hatred speech is banned in russia and all rude, so—called f words and so on, is banned in russia.bout these words, with russian linguists, with russian experts, and scientists before the law came in power. and after that, they banned this article. it's against all rules. we published this article at i march, for example, and the law maybe ati may, state duma test this law. you're saying they applied is retrospectively? yes, retrospectively. when you are russian journalist or editor, you are like working in a minefield. every metre, every article should, or may, blow you. you decided to leave, you could have stayed. no. why not? you know, in this year, i realised that russia became new soviet union. and once i lived in soviet union. i didn't want to stay here. because? because soviet union is autocratic state. there is...there is something... the most hatred, the most hatred. it's absence of freedom of speech, it's absence of rule of law, double standards and so on. ijust realised that i do not want to return to soviet union. so your concern was one of professional standards rather

has violated russia's violation russia shamelessly violates it the russians are violation of the agreement the russians have been violated they have documented is being violated by the russians let the charge sink in for a while and it's time to switch to threats here comes the pinnacle of the scheme and ultimatum if russia does not return to fall in verifiable compliance with the treaty within the six month period by verifiably destroying its violating missiles there launchers associated equipment the treaty will terminate other side of the story easy just stay deaf to any counter-argument and build on the empty accusations white house officials have named to the weapon they believe violates the treaty russia in turn invited to the u.s. to come and examine it personally but since the u.s. ignores russia's attempts at corp those offers are apparently worthless for washington's allies as well and the response russia has long violated the treaty and if true it is no longer contributes to global and regional security totally agree with the u.s. decision u.k. and allies are clear that russia a

red snows urias reaction over russia. and i don't think fred lovell must love wolf must talks in most school have been very serious not convinced lol but this is very slow to a serious discussion between vertu how to reduce under the given circumstances potential. tensions and vet would come up it would be a little bit because of i was. with the famous blame game if the russians refuse a nice year you spoke would come from a moment where of what is perhaps under american pressure or under some pressure of some europeans will have to react and if necessary nuclear real moment please be aware of this. side they're actually saying american side and russian side are saying that they have no money for nuclear we are moment this is not a question of a new nuclear robin this is just a question of this treaty being obsolete and useful and useless and there is just one very impressive factor urges china because china is a power that has intermediate range missiles and they have nothing governed by the treaty one trunk wants to rep

and russia. welcome to. europe can find itself the epicenter of confrontation between major powers their historic i know our history on the word. collapse in washington opposing the nordstrom two pipeline. in germany stands tall and defamed to its interests while i ask you him bitterly if the former advisor to hell let's call and german ambassador to nato. midrange missile treaty come up since europe might once again because of the cross. with europe's leaders do to salvage the remains of the arms control system the e.u. jumpstarted princess from the rubble of the old one who could nothing stand in the way of a new arms race. the former advisor to how would call in german or embassador to nato welcome to the show it's great to have you with with us mr bitterly so lots going on lately hero would likely suffer in the case of a missile standoff between russia and the us and the e.u. foreign policy chief said our economy or any says europe as a want to become the battlefield for confrontation between the two pow

hatred speech is banned in russia and all rude, so—called f words and so on, is banned in russia.e about these words. with russian linguists, with russian ex— births and scientists before the law came in power. —— russian ex— births. after that, they banned this article. it is against all rules. —— ex— births. we published this article on the first of march, for example. the law maybe at the first of may, the state duma tested this law. they applied is retrospectively? retrospectively. when you are russian journalist or writer, it's like working in a minefield. every article should or may blow you. you decided to become you could have stayed. no. why not? it no, in this year, i realised that russia became a new soviet union. —— unio. and once i lived in soviet union. i didn't want to say —— i didn't want to stay here. because? because soviet union is autocratic state. there is something... the most hatred, the most hatred. its absence of freedom of speech, its absence of freedom of speech, its absence of freedom of speech, its absence of rule of law, double standards and so on. ij

treaty to this day russia remains in material breach of its treaty obligations russia's violation russia has jeopardized the united states' security interests russia's shamelessly violates the russians are in violation of the agreement there's no mistaking that the russians have chosen to not comply with the treaty of washington's official beef is with this particular system but see russia says that it's in full compliance with the demands of the treaty moscow was even ready for reciprocal inspections of nuclear facilities but washington acted as if nothing happened but withdrawing from the treaty actually opened a whole range of possibilities for the us to perfect their own missiles for example this bad boy it's much smaller than your average nuke but also much better for conventional usage production already started back in september and the donald has promised there's more where that came from we will move forward with developing our own military response options and will work with nato and other allies and partners to deny russia any military advantage from its unlawful conduct of co

is hopeful that russia. come back into will come back into compliance and your ass is ready to engage in nuclear arms talk with talks with russia however we have to say that it's rather on realistic that sort of agreement can be reached within such a short period of time to reason for that two reasons for that first of all the u.s. has been complaining about russia's violation of the treaty for years now the u.s. has been trying to put to russia under pressure to increase of this pressure with diplomacy and sanctions and nothing happens and the second reason is that we have to look who is now the national security advisor in the white house is john bolton who is an outspoken critic of nuclear nonproliferation treaties and at the moment he seems to have the president's ear all right so it doesn't look that realistic that this pact could be salvaged in the next six months and let's come to you in moscow this was expected especially after talks to salvage the agreement failed what is the kremlin saying. well th

russia wants to have a proper friendly and equal relationship with the us russia does not pose a threat to anyone and the actions we take or retaliate about is to say in defense we never seek confrontation we do not want it especially with a global power like the u.s. used in the treaty so that was the point when the russian president began to talk about other things where he might even sound sound a bit aggressive and definitely the things that he said the words were very strong and very serious he spent a few minutes explaining what the country will be obliged to do in terms of r. and t. r. and d. in terms of military expansion in terms of military deployment if it was forced to defend itself against some sort of military actions by its adverse sarees. russia will be forced to produce weapons that can be used not only against those territories where the direct threats originate from but also against the places where the decision makers are located russia wants to have a proper friendly and equal relationship with the u.s. russia does not pose a threat to anyone or any actions we take

says its decision is because of russia's allege of violations russia accuses the us of violating the treaty but is it just about russia and the us or is there more to all of this well it's primarily both those two and it's been the view several years of mutual accusation which russia started with the kind of complaints about the u.s. missile defense but there was more to it yes i mean russia also concerns itself with china as a rising military are nuclear power asked does the u.s. and the u.s. have the majors document and last year the nuclear posture review in which they report refer again to your more multi-polar nuclear world which they have to respond to so it's really also one of the powers all right rafael this song from the german institute for international and security affairs many thanks indeed. well turning now to venezuela where rival protests are planned today between supporters of the opposition and supporters of president nicolas maduro now the country's political crisis intensified last week when congress leader one white dove declared himself interim president is gai

to russia. but please look at the last words of the last interview of a polish foreign minister where it's been asking let's say a european nuclear force. with french and british weapons i don't think the french are ready to do so but priest. be over where that europe as a matter of fact is not to fret. a window in europe is not a threat but it could become a battle zone in america and russia that's what's worrying most of the europeans i believe i remember you have said previously that of those want to see i don't think anyone wants to see europe becoming a battlefield that's why i'm asking you how can hear of help you know not solve this issue of an afternoon but clearly there is no way out right now you know purposely said that person americans and the europeans have made too many mistakes in the past towards russia that they misjudged to needlessly corner dates is this whole situation around the island after treaty basically repeating the same mistake you only with your own you where you cou

russia wants to have equal. relations with the united states or russia doesn't threaten anybody. whenever we do anything it's we do this in response so we are defending ourselves no those situations we do not seek confrontation we don't want confrontation especially with the global power like the united states. how do you read that. well again here in britain we have actual institutions supported by the british foreign office and intelligence services the deployed journalists and think tanks so that what let me putin was saying just there is never disseminated to the british public i'm not sure about the other e.u. and nato nations but we have a thing called the integrity initiative it deploys think tanks to create this idea arguably in newsrooms up and down the country that the mere putin was saying there is just not true and that in fact russia as i said and this is reflected in the two exercises that have been occurring the past few months that in fact quite a separate and in complete opposition to what the president of russia was saying russia is in fact planning an invasion

while russia violates it. if russia does not return to verifiable compliance within a month or per, their lodges and associated equipment, the treaty will terminate. the secretary of state from 8:30 eastern this morning. see his entire statement in our video library. mike pompeo what will we -- will the white house today. the white house released a statement, saying russia has violated the nuclear forces treaty with impunity and building a prohibited missile system that poses a threat to our allies and troops abroad. the white house will suspend its obligations under the inf treaty part of their statement. thatc-span, we are life the inter-american dialogue in washington. puertocussion will be on rico infrastructure one year after hurricane maria. it should get underway shortly. [no dialogue] announcer: we are live waiting to start a discussion on peter -- on puerto rico, their infrastructure one year after hurricane maria. we mentioned mike pompeo announcing the u.s. is suspending its obligations under the in

russia is anti-democracy. they think democracy is brittle and they can go got it in ways that make the u.s. weaker on the world stage and allow russia to do more of what it wants. host: you think motivation matters. guest: i also think tactics matter. to hack into a domestic political campaign and then share the contents of that campaign's internal communications with a domestic electorate to skew the results, that is not a tactic the united states has engaged in but that is part of russia's play. host: we will see with our reviewers agree. independence: 202-748-8002 start dialing in. you mentioned a coalition of the united states and our allies together combating this type of interference in an election. what with the coalition look like? and are there any models out there from previous incidents that other countries in the united states could use going forward? helps that this is not a problem distinctive to america. europeans suffered from russian democracy interference before america's 2016 campaign season

it's cloth us for us it's clear that russia has violated this treaty and that's why we must talk to russia and from the german side we will in any case do everything we can to make to expressible within the next six months. to a nuclear bomb when it comes to relieve their american counterparts told us during the official meetings on various issues of disarmament an arms control deal that the decision to withdraw from the i.m.f. treaty is final and not negotiable route to the water from this this is the statement in which it looks. somewhat contradictory those two statements do you think there is room for maneuver here if both parties have to will to really negotiate that should be room for maneuver but again i think they will only. negotiate or safe the treaty if they have the interest to do it and as long as both sides are looking much more to china than to europe i don't think it's very likely that we'll see this treaty site ok again i want to save the child a topic just a little bit longer alan german m.p.'s from both the conservative and the social democratic party have said the proble

with russia has thousands of intermediate range rockets and missiles and russia has nothing to counter them now in the meantime since two thousand and four there was a slight warming of relations with russia. china so they the russians backpedaled on that but now they're getting really worried and that's why they're very happy i they provoked this they're very happy to be out of it tonight can i bring you back to china a bit later i'd really like to stay with the question of breach and evidence and really on that because i think what we know click turns is always a system of of beliefs. it's like like theology. and sets of beliefs two. we don't have any. proof that we could follow that we could. argue ourselves look at whether there is a breach of the treaty or not well what do you believe the u.s. made it to defense officials made a tour to different like capitals saying they were presenting evidence that doesn't sound like theology that sounds like hard facts the us for two years of three years didn't say which was i was the preach it was research was first detected that which which

russia politically. that is one of the reasons why i also will these agree that russia it is just another way for the rest of the bridge go off their strategy which is a goal sided of course instead of it being their russia as one of the main this is their main object is the target of their policies. well those behind the bell say it means they could sanction key state banks is that likely or do you think it's just a bluff again this goes may be going into a global strategy the us says it's going to be even badness as our having quite some hard time in in the clear it was these because the course of the banks in the us are making that very very very dim in the you know difficult and it is of course the stance against russia. because this is not a weapon that. let's say political or economic a weapon that the u.s. care can use a moment because through the enormous markets and transaction at a global level our kind of knowledge into us the our cleared through the swift and the u.s. this is where he talks a

we need russia suppose ok so. what if we speak to bill greatly if we speak concretely right because that what you're saying words of a true diplomat but if we're speaking can critically applying to the problem of today will ability if there were russians move the missiles in question beyond the euro mountains that will still leave the united states miss our system in place in poland and romania and nobody is planning to move or dismantle them can we expect a benevolent peace gesture from one side without the other following sit. you know . quite well because the russian side is considering the missiles. as a sort of frett. understand. if you take into . the real. deal these missiles. are for it it's more psychological than anything else and therefore i think we should come. down to earth. and to look in a realistic way and fees questions and disciplines to request as it applies to russia. but please look at the last words over the last interview of a polish foreign minister which has been let's say a european nucl

has said that well really russia did not try to corner anybody and since the very beginning. has been very consistent in its approach and the approach was well quite unprecedented transparency or. and as you've said yes i was at that briefing and they saw the two missiles shown by the defense ministry but of course i'm no military expert so it's really not about me and as a matter of fact it's not about anyone who were at that briefing but rather it is about those who decided to ignore it because nato countries and the united states in particular did get an official invitation from russia basically russia saying that they are ready to give exclusive first hand access to those missiles and really what the united states did they just abstain they decided to never go to more school to really for a chance to lay their hands on those two missiles at the same time and so now what we have is a month since that briefing and apparent leak of a classified documents submitted by you to intelligence agencies including the cia who are adamant that russia should try to stage a hoax showing

ignores russia's attempts at coole and the response russia has long violated the treaty of trudy and no longer contributes to global and regional security totally agree with the u.s. decision u.k. and allies are clear that russia alone is responsible for the demise of the i.n.f. treaty yeah apparently more schools eagerness to provide open access to something as sensitive as a key new one. russian made cruise missile is not very fire ball enough for nato we have to be. an alarming development and we see that we are stepping back. behind. the cold war era at the end of europe on the other hand to seize the iron of deal as one of the few documents preventing it from being blinded to right into the middle of a new arms race between the us and russia yet while the e.u. has been very consistent pleading for the treaty to stay now it is torn between obligations to its transatlantic big brother and well instinct of self-preservation so we must prepare for a world without the un if. i want to we definitely don't want to see our continent million back to being a battlefield or a place where.

wants and give russia what russia believes is due a dominance of least in the eastern parts of the continent but we were just listening to president putin pst speak and he said he would wait until quoting him as partners had maturity and i have to conduct an equal meaningful dialogue what's the point of adopting what sounds like a really just disrespectful tone in addressing washington. well back to you mr adams from the your understanding in the kremlin you know belief in that has been promoted by the russian generals russia through this program through classes where at least ten years of rearmament has achieved military superiority and that's a fact and the west should recognize that fact and made political concessions stop the sanctions recognized granny nice person you're crazy and remove forces from the baltics from oh and then there's a long list of what russia wants ok defense analyst pavel felgenhauer in moscow thank you for those insights. it is a crucial weekend in the bundesliga title race with challengers byron and dortmund both facing tough away battles league leaders dortmund w

some new technological thing i mean how much development is russia. adding in to developing new hypersonic he described that as a hypersonic rocket. they named a technical name is khan and it has a range of about one thousand kilometers it could be. it could target both sea based on land based. targets i'm not a military i just i don't trouble yourself about it already from moscow particularly the some of these weapons that were being put in europe could get here to moscow in about ten to twelve minutes so if you look at the range he's talking about he's worried about missiles in europe he's very he's making very clear that russia is building up its deterrent it is very concerned about all the syria particularly in the united states and he also makes it very clear that russia is not going to engage in an arms race based and then many of those weapons are produced on a cheap and he also made a very interesting point in. that i mean not compared to if you compare the american military expenses and military expenses i mean there is no comparison there. c

russia wants to have a proper friendly and equal relationship with the u.s.russia does not pose a threat to anyone and the actions we take or retaliate. that is to say in defense we never seek confrontation we do not want to especially with a global power like the us and this was the point when the russian president may even have sounded aggressive definitely serious the russian president began to talk what his country would be forced to do an r. and d. and actual military deployment if the western military expansion continues. russia will be forced to produce weapons that can be used not only against those territories with direct threats originate from but also against the places where the decision makers are located we should let the u.s. take into account the range and speed of our prospective weapons and then they can make a decision that might create an additional threat to our country however we kept hearing it time and again that the bear only rewards when someone attacks it anything that russia would choose to do will only be in response to hostile ac

line with russia as the project takes center stage at the munich security conference. in moscow in damascus agreed to open to humanitarian corridors for refugees stuck in a tent camp in u.s. control. on seven pm this something evening here in moscow a very warm welcome to the program my name's. top story there's been an arrest the latest yellow vests protests in part this where hundreds gathered for the fourteenth consecutive weekend of action against present government policies police used tear gas and some protesters to. live fruits picture. just after five pm meeting people have been streaming all fright the day down to the shoals only say they are to create so a lot of gas as you can see there we go there report earlier from our correspondent charlotte dubin ski let's check in. where i as you can see are the anger is creeping up here quite dramatically on the streets of paris processors that now are pushing over one of those buildings that you normally i close a lot of them picking up those portals assumingly with the aim of throwing it they go to war it's the poli

russia. that you don't have to make sense you don't have to have any rationale or credibility or over that matter any evidence to stop making these kind of allegations the media has traded very strongly on the fear. that it is of two u.s. elections and so if the more you put russia into the headlines the more attention you get and i think basically most of the united states and particularly the media haven't actually woken up to the fact that the russian government is not the soviet government and that things have changed somewhat and russia is not a communist threat to the united states or the west at this stage all right thank you for your thoughts arthur and strategic analyst gregory copely it's been interesting to watch this one play out we'll see how it goes from here forward. all right telsey gabbert is just one of a growing army of prominent political figures accused of being under the kremlin's thumb in case you missed it is artie's point blank. get is you misstate russian stooge is t

we provided russia a window of time to amend its way and for russia to honor its commitment. tomorrow that time runs out. russia refused to take any steps to return real compliance over these 60 days. the united states will therefore suspend its obligations under the inf treaty effective february 2. we will provide russia and the other treaty parties with formal notice the united states is withdrawing from the inf treaty in six months. pursuant to article 15 of the treaty. russia has jeopardized the united states' security interests and we can no longer be restricted by this treaty while russia flagrantly violates it. if russia does not return to verifiable compliance in a period by destroying launchers and equipment, the treaty will terminate. before close i want to give a , special thanks to our nato allies, who stood with us and our mission to uphold the rule of law and protect our people. their solidarity reflects the historical strength and unity of the nato alliance. their support is good for our shared security. it is good for international peace and security. presiden

relationship with not only europe but also of russia. well this most of the issues here are divisive for example these really prime minister benjamin netanyahu is hoping to be able to build bridges with our muslim leaders here in warsaw and to team up against iran and here is the problem with this particular approach is that not really there is no consensus among arab leaders it is about time to team up with these rioters for different reasons first of all they say that these writers are not genuine about a viable political solution to the middle east crisis and they're concerned that he could just be using this to further advance his political agenda back home in israel the sudden loss of president trump is going to deliver a speech where he's going to talk about his peace plan something that has infuriated the palestinians and many delegations who remain very skeptical about this new peace plan which they thing could undermine the chances for the palestinians to have their own state for the time being as we speak the dog in the arab an

that's just the prime minister of russia defending the president of russia." >> no, i'm gonna ask you that question. at what point do you draw the line and n accuse the president of the united states without any evidence of being an agent of russia? >> yeah. he's betrayed our country, and i don't say that lightly. i worked as a prosecutor for seven years, and i -- >> but betraying the country -- by the way, we want evidence before you say that, but you said an agent of russia. >> yeah. he works on their behalf. since he met with vladimir putin in helsinki in july, where he took the interpreter's notes or hasn't told any u.s. official what they discussed, he has taken us out of syria, which is a top priority of russia. he sought to diminish or pull out the u.s. from nato. and he's easing sanctions on vladimir putin's friends, who are under investigation -- >> but he did pass sanctions against russia. he has armed the ukraine. he has killed 200 russians in syria. i mean, those aren't the actions of an agent of russia, either. >> he signed, i think, you know, begrudgingly, sanctions agai

it's clear to us that russia has violated this treaty and that's why we need to speak to russia from the german side the foreign minister and i will do everything we can to enable discussions within these six months. let's get more now on the e.u. reaction to this u.s. decision to pull out we're crossing over now to bucharest romania where correspondent our vessel has been covering you foreign ministers meeting barbara welcome to you we just heard from the german chancellor is she reflecting a common e.u. position on the u.s. decision to pull out of the i.m.f. treaty. largely yes because there is dismay of course all over europe was pretty much all european governments that the street need now is coming to an end even though everybody appealed to the two partners to still in gauge within the six months window that is left open to the beginning of august but nobody really holds their brass that this is going to happen but if you sort of take the next step and look at what comes behind that then directions very somewhat because the consequences from this are that you have particularly

has long accused russia of violating the treaty without actually providing any credible evidence russia has jeopardized the united states security interest and we can no longer be restricted by the treaty while russia shamelessly violates the us is accusing russia of testing and deploying an intermediate range missile meanwhile russia has actually exhibited the missile and given detailed explanations of its characteristics moscow is strongly denied washington's accusations saying its land based missile fully complies with the ins requirements and u.s. officials didn't even bother to attend the testing of the missile on december which they were invited to this treaty the i.n.f. treaty is crucial for the balance of powers it was signed back in one thousand nine hundred eighty seven by the united states and the u.s.s.r. and it stipulates that both countries destroyed missiles within the five hundred to five thousand five hundred kilometer range under the agreement now neither the u.s. nor or russia are allowed to produce or test any such missiles in the future russia is saying that the us

russia because they were getting from sixty to seventy percent of their energy from russia and a new pipeline that's one of the concerns the president has about north stream to why your would voluntarily itself even more to russian energy supplies there is considerable pressure i could there from washington do you think you're a power as the the control to withstand it or will they cave in. well i'm not sure about this of course of the possibilities from the us to so politicians or blackmail many countries but the europe is huge and in the office a lot of work that are not set is the case not russia. germany by the us we have more troops in germany the us troops in germany russian troops of course but he is . he's a businessman and he wants to sell his part to stand up look we are you know we don't need to learn to accept our but i think this is a matter where we have more in east in europe germany has more enemies in europe then people who supply the german the even though every oil is is living on german and german money in the euro so this is just insane what was happening now if

we heard russia quite a bit their government williamson went on russia very much in focus when it came to the british defense secretary speech he continued about what russia needed to do in his opinion. we need to bring all pressure to bear to bring them back into line. the united states britain and others are all siding with the. world they're standing with one guy who's announced himself as the interim president of venezuela we're expecting more statements when it comes to venezuela and what to expect with the international. reaction to venezuela coming from the security conference i'll be here throughout this of course bring you all of the latest here on l.t. . appreciate it peter peter all of our correspond with the late. friends conducted airstrikes in the central african country of chad in a bid to avert a coup d'etat aerial attack helped the chaldean army capture two hundred fifty five but french support for the current leadership in chad is drawing criticism in a potential explains just to the south of libya and between countries like nigeria and sudan there's a rare patch of r

nor or russia are allowed to produce or test any such missiles in the future russia is saying that the u.s. withdrawing from the street he could trigger a new arms race a moscow has long accused the u.s. of making all to mesdames russian president vladimir putin said the us was searching for any possible reason to withdraw from the treaty first the american side says it wants to leave the treaty then they start looking for reasons why the main reason given is that we are violating something of the same. time no evidence of this was presented. and now president donald trump goes further and openly suggesting creating its own so-called military response will move forward with developing a response option some will work with nato and other allies and partners to deny russia any mildred vantage from its a lawful conduct so this seems the fall we play into the hands of the u.s. as it develops its own new nuclear weapon and further expands its military capabilities the head of the foreign affairs committee of russia's federation council says that the u.s. decision proves washington's quote i

russia has long accused the u.s. of making all tomatoes russian president vladimir putin said the u.s. was actually searching for any possible reason to withdraw from the treaty. first the american side says it wants to leave the treaty then they start looking for reasons why the main reason given is that we are violating something but at the same time no evidence of this is presented. and so now mike pompei o goes even further and openly suggest even creating its own so-called military response. move forward with developing a response options to work with nato and other allies and partners to deny russia mildred from its a lawful conduct. so this seems like it's fully playing into the hands of the united states. states or would be in violation of the basic rule of the treaty and further developing its own military capabilities ok thank you down there that was done cohen in the united states for us we get more reaction now to enjoy and join rainer office is it your political analyst in consultant in these where this

call russia the biggest threat to the us that i would but i can tell you that russia wants to have an equal and friendly relationship with the united states and russia is not threatening anyone all our actions in the security solely as a risk. of a defense nature but i need to discuss what this new missile might mean for global security with experts i think is a reasonable massy you know i have to tend to agree with the sentiments that putin has expressed because i saw no purpose that i think the initiation of acceleration of the animosity between the two countries came by us is canceling out of i and out out of the treaty and that opened up the door for this so i think it's reasonable for defensive purposes to do this i think we're a lot safer then the people in washington and the people who build our weapons claim we are because even if it's not for the fact of aggression and starting a war i think people when they make profits building weapons there are likely to promote problems actually in hans's the state stability of deterrent systems and the reason i say that is because deterr

with russia. the president said he did not believe that north korea had the capability to hit us here to which the president replied i don't care i believe a former. leader of the russian us it. so when we report our french. faith. to the world this is your r.t. international your company my name. we begin with breaking news this hour the russian defense ministry has presented new images of a successfully tested on. water drone called poseidon here is video all of those tests on the new weapons system is just a few seconds long but it is exclusive footage news they had been successful came immediately after of love him or putin gave his i knew all the states of the nation address the president said in his speech that the drone could be in full operation by spring so that's within a number of months time it's been described by most school as a planned modernization of military capabilities to conjure hostile u.s. moves here's what both the russian defense minister russian leader and the say about p