guest: that russia you covered from ash host: that russia you covered. nikita khrushchev becomes premier of the soviet party in 53, so this book is about khrushchev and kennedy. that plenty of years under a different president, under dwight eisenhower. what was that relationship like. khrushchev and eisenhower. and the changof presidencies, what was his view coming in of john kennedy. guest: great questions, a historical questions. in 1956, i arrived there in january. khrushchev had been essentially the boss only for about a year or 18 months. it took a year or so before he could establish his position following stalin's death in march of 1953. so khrushchev wanted very much by 1956 to say to the russian people and to the world that russia is now changed, it is no longer stalin's russia, it is now khrushchev's russia. and delivered a very famous secret speech, i believe it was february 24, 1956. and he summoned all of the leaders of various communist parties which had been meeting in moscow at the time to come back to the kremlin in the middle of the nig

let me say a few words about russia. russia's logic is also very much state-centric. you probably heard the same from vladimir putin, who was quoted, the state, the institutions of structures have always played an exceptionally important role in the life of the country and its people. so for russia, a strong state is not an anomaly to fight against by the country. it is the source of order, the initiator, and the main driving force of any change, end of quote. but if china's aid policy has been linked to the goal of global leadership, russia hasn't really proposed anything that can be emulated on the global scale. instead, russia's humanitarian action have been driven by concerned with projecting and defending its great power, its great power status. but for russia, great power identity comes with both rights and responsibilities. among those responsibilities are to play a bigger constructive role in global affairs, but also help to alleviate poverty, also help to aleaf ate consequences of natural disasters. so in russia's context, there's been this curious place of a

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they since continued in their efforts to exclude russia as they include russia. now it is because they see it as a possibility of using that time and that relationship as a weapon against china. it's always a plan for the next war and how to face and for others in a very dangerous game in the us imperialism on so many levels is coming down is the chain. and the only strategy they have for moving forward is for more constant for so that means even when they to a fees to planning more speaking to us from new york, sorry, i flanders co director of the of the war international auction center. as always, thank you. thank you. described as a quote direct the warming conversation. this week's putting trump phone call caught european officials completely off guard your brains, e u l. i subsequently issued a joint declaration, demanding a seat up in negotiating table in future peace talks. i think that support for kit will continue until then agreements rich, but not all leaders in the block are on the same page. the president trump at least called zalinski, after a long

caller: russia should stop attacking them. russia started the work. russia should pack up and go back home. host: how do you get russia to do that? caller: you continue to fight them as long as they are being attacked. like if somebody came into your home and taking over your home. lay down your arms, i'm taking over your home. your life belongs to mina. -- your wife belongs to me now. host: let's see what pete has egseth said about the administration's approach. [video] >> we are at a critical moment. as the were approaches its third anniversary, our message is clear. the bloodshed must stop. this war must end. president trump has been clear with the american people and many of your leaders. stopping the fighting and reaching an enduring peace is a top priority. he intends to end the war by diplomacy and bringing both russia and ukraine to the table. the u.s. department of defense will help achieve this goal. we will only end this devastating war and establish a durable peace by coupling ally strength with a realistic assessment of the battlefield. w

are you intercept the gas and oil coming from russia to china because russia and china are neighbors. so this is very strategically important for china itself to mean to, to keep that pipeline open. one, you also accused other countries of politicizing economic issues to try to put pressure on china. i'm wondering, do you think he was referring to any country specifically? well we, we know that it's traditionally that it's caesar united states or g u on behalf of the united states malware. but in a very interesting time, because trump has specifically said, do you want to wrap up the war in ukraine? and this has throw a lot of european leaders into a tailspin because they, they don't know what to do now for 4 years. they have followed the washington line on ukraine and in regards to their relationship to russia. and now trump is saying, you know what, it was a mistake, the green worries, the mistake we should make peace. and so i think it's still very hard for a lot of european leader to make that adjustment. he also warned that if the us doesn't consider resolving all disputes to dia

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caller: russia should stop attacking them. russia started the work. russia should pack up and go back home. host: how do you get russia to do that? caller: you continue to fight them as long as they are being attacked. like if somebody came into your home and taking over your home. lay down your arms, i'm taking over your home. your life belongs to mina. -- your wife belongs to me now. host: let's see what pete has egseth said about the administration's approach. [video] >> we are at a critical moment. as the were approaches its third anniversary, our message is clear. the bloodshed must stop. this war must end. president trump has been clear with the american people and many of your leaders. stopping the fighting and reaching an enduring peace is a top priority. he intends to end the war by diplomacy and bringing both russia and ukraine to the table. the u.s. department of defense will help achieve this goal. we will only end this devastating war and establish a durable peace by coupling ally strength with a realistic assessment of the battlefield. w

it's been to come to life like china by russia. gas and china has been helping russia and i don't think was the person that would be able to get that you can so i think uh instead of this uh, based off that bill of getting benefits for us. yeah. i think for us. yeah, since we're giving you a good basically, we will not forget what time that has to be. we've been helping us for the last 23 years or be awesome. it's always been on the sides. i've always been think they were all for us. yeah. and everything us will be one time of the big bottles use issue because they don't want that. they sign up get the spotlights. so yeah, but i think brushing is very closely as long as, as long as there will be wonderful living dining room. thank these devices going to side by the while china has been very helpful to russia for so far. okay, we're gonna leave it there. head of brokerage, the universities government and international relations department, assman already on to as ease. thank you. thank you for having a 20 it pedestrians, including children, have reportedly been injured in a car ramming i

that's trying to percolate again with russia. because russia controls 22 percent of that. and zalinski knows that, so he's trying to put in a bar, you know, any kind of negotiating, you know, leverage that he can because whenever you're trying to do piece right, you want leverage and zalinski doesn't have much. i think that's it. they definitely don't have any cash to give the us, right. i keep hearing increasingly in my view, valid question being raised at flooding. there's a lensky thing. why aren't you more actively pursuing peace? but as you say, when you look into the details of it and the money that's been coming in to your credit of shutting off that, you know, that's ukraine is the hold it to us. let's say it directly. so if that stops on europe is not willing to do this. he knows he's in a hole here. he's no longer of any use to europe or the us as he and he's committed crimes and some more crimes. so if, if you know there's a landscape problem, we're trying to figure out an exit route, among other things. right? um, i don't really see him running for president ag

and the piece still will be between russia and ukraine. not russia and america. i was so sure i'll just go to washington. well, it's here from ukrainian president reload him. is lensky who says that he's held what he calls very substantive talks with washington, the ends of war and new crime. he prizes what he described as terms of genuine interest in working towards pace. it is useful which the most time i met again blog . i had a conversation with president trump a good and detailed discussion. i am grateful to the president for his genuine interest in our share at opportunities, and how we can work together to bring real peace closer to to it was a long conversation. we discussed many aspects of diplomatic, military, economic and keepers down the drum and president trump informed me of what putting had told him because we believed in america strength is sufficient to pressure russia and putting in to piece together with us together with all our partners. lemme and con joins us now from popular opposite in easton, ukraine. and 1st of all, can you just give us a

the breakup of russia and that so the goal is remain the same. you know, the regimes different, but the goal remains the same. all right, we're going to live with our jar, sent me while a senior research fellow at the global policy institute george right to have you on, as always. thank you very much. all right, and do stay with us here on our to international. i'll be back with much more news and just about half an hour, i'll see you then by the the, my fellow americans. today, our armed forces joined our nato allies in air strikes against the serbian forces the .

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and our crimea sanctions against russia will remain in place until russia returns the peninsula to the correct in moscow, eventually has to end its occupation of ukraine's sovereign territory. crime may is still sovereign territory of ukraine and also another door closed for a key of seemingly as lead i 5, a us defense secretary to right to be the headset also said that the washington doesn't see that it's very realistic for ukraine to become a member of nathan, and both of both the ukraine becoming a member of nato and the whole border of the situation and of course, cried me. it was something that a key if was very keen on resolving and with this possibility closing down, it's not very good news for a key of the us and defense. secretary says that if a diplomatic solution was reached and if some sort of 5 theoretic peacekeeping contingent what's to be deployed along with the line of contact in this complex, then that would not be nato troops, either the so that they could not be protected by article 5, so all of these are not very good news for keith. a prisoner exchange between wash

now president trump has an active invitation to visit russia, and the president of russia has an active offer to visit the united states of america. they've also agreed to quickly coordinate and hold a working meeting somewhere in the 3rd country. this meeting will take place according to the plan of the presidents earlier as diplomats say, which in a venture will exchange a visit. this meeting is currently being coordinated at the working level by the assistance. a final decision has not been made as to where it will take place. but saudi arabia was indeed mentioned with were yard was mentioned to trump has a warm relationship with the crown prince. and the president of russia also has a very good relationship with him. these are well developed relations. in general, the saudi arabia is our good partner. therefore, both russia and the united states said that the location really suits everyone. the decision has not yet been finalized. this will be done at the working level of the month, try on the reversible pump to nato membership for kids while it's being much altered since the start

well, russia and china full, there's back is indeed what it is. well, you know, therefore they gaze uh, we were monique, during the military situation across europe. and uh, we um, work towards um, lowering the degree of, uh, military uh, military forces opposing each other across here. and that was positive, for example, in not send you a box of outcomes and then we'd be game, i would say a window for everybody showing that a low are much lower than oh, you repeat a level much lower levels of military presence in loveland. europe would be positive elements. so the situation and actually an example for uh, other countries to follow. well, today unfortunately, 2 countries have enough and you choose to switch from being around say a very i respect the neutral countries. a bunch of kids above their weight in international politics, i would admit to becoming a native bank the, i mean finland is sweet and uh this is where it says lead the rest of the data system decisions to increase its own military potential in that part of you, which is not helpful,

and of course, there's the famous comment to russia publicly saying, russia, if you're listening, in is during the campaign, russia, if you're listening, i hope you're able to find the 30,000 e-mails that are missing. i think you will probably be rewarded mightily in the press. then there were the episodes that i mentioned earlier, where he said, no, russia wasn't meddling in our elections, despite the thickety that -- the fact that everybody knew they were, but he took putin's side in all of that. most recently he refused to condemn putin for the death of alexey navalny, who had been such a brave fighter, standing up against the corrupt putin regime and died in a penal colony at the age of 47. for a long time, i have described the united states as being in a clash of civili civilizations, with rule-of-law countries like ours on the one side and kleptocrats, autocrats, and governments run by criminal organizations, like the narco traffickers on the other side. fairly simple clash, rule of law v. rule of thuggery. there ought to be bipartisan support for making sure that the united st

and our crimea sanctions against russia will remain in place until russia returns the peninsula to the correct and moscow eventually has to end its occupation of ukraine's sovereign territory. crime may is still sovereign territory of ukraine. even on the state department website, you can still find this wild claim that just doesn't correspond to reality, that the us is a does not and will not recognize crimea. crime is democratic decision to become part of russia, which the website calls an annexation. right? but there's also another big take away from what the us secretary of defense said. because this also ties into another thing that the us said that the or, or rather that russia said was one of its goals in the military operation to prevent ukraine from being becoming part of nato. and the secretary defense just said that this idea that ukraine might get nato membership is not going to be on the table for any sort of peace negotiation. the united states does not believe that nato membership for ukraine is a realistic outcome of a negotiated settlement. instead, any security guaran

s. bay was russia to invade. one of the reasons, of course, was to drive it out of europe, not just energy, but in general. so the american companies could enter the vacuum, not only in terms of natural gas and so forth, but in banking, in other areas which has occurred. so the u. s. has been successful, whether it's sanctions, but successful with regard to making europe and more of the dependent on the u. s. natural. successful in terms of a, you know, trying to slow rusher of auto reverend there, which hasn't really had much of an impact. so that's my success for the year wish. sure. okay, can i just talk one? we're all on the oil. maybe i'm not even a no, there's other players involved society or pack, etc. but the more put in point to the russian to us there. major oil producers, i'm consumers at said saying the prices are too low at or high that's damaging to both countries economy. so. ringback is there a balanced approach when it comes to the energy market that must go and washington could agree upon that

thus russia has to be forced to peace. so here again, ministers and delegations had been meeting here in paris earlier this week for what they thought wasn't a very important strategy session. only to realize that they were basically just holding the equivalent of a giant circle jerk corporate team building exercise. here is your brains, foreign minister, your seats, 60 roll insurance, just and comprehensive, almost in fees for security and security. the reasonable, basically at this point from the scenes here at as an atm for tennessee 0 as background noise. and they are already picking out the tape. busy settings for their piece talks while europe is left standing outside that v. i p room, begging the bouncer to check the list again while they stand there trying to deal with ukraine's toddler tantrum. no rush is foreign minister has questioned why a phone call between the leaders of 2 of the most powerful countries on earth would inside so chopper were in the west circle of ralph also stated his colleagues in europe seem

so i think that the 1st of all, the russia will benefit russia will be assisting, sorry to interrupt you. that's the way i left this on the ground should been recognized by all participants. so there before negotiations by the united states, by the unit and you know, by your brains. so that is what i think i would not get additional, but there will be no sense in doing a peaceful negotiation. so just quickly, the thing tell me, what's all those realities on the ground, they should be recognized from the, from the perspective before the, the news, the, the nation that the, uh, sort of scratch region, assault scared region don't, that's the people's republic and look out to people remotely our duty to this office, whether i should just like it will stay just as the the rain stated, the russian constitution almost 2 years ago. the condition i think is that the ukrainians feel should be retreating. probably close scrooge of beth was a venture, which was undertaken by the ukrainian troops last august. so that means that they just seize upon the russian to the daughter. so they, they shoul

and just russia would shoot. you should be worried because it has a huge terry too, but this territory is really, really unprotected. so again, i mean. busy i don't think speak ukrainian school retreats. don't think that you bring us won't give up just because some statements of some big political leaders. it's a razor is, is you're gonna have to pay for all of this. in the end, reconstruction funds on supplies. peacekeepers, the americans don't seem to be wanting. want to be involved the toll, so we'll leave, which would your pa, this, if it's the one that's got a for the bill at the end of all of this? well, that's the question. that's what the europeans are horrified about. they want everyone to come in to pay. they want multiple countries to work there. uh, you and peacekeepers perhaps showing up in ukraine. so the, all these facts and details need to be worked out. it's early days. we don't know, we don't have anything yet from the jump in ministration on this. so that is something, you know, pay or not play

and our crimea sanctions against russia will remain in place until russia returns the peninsula to the correct in moscow, eventually has to end its occupation of ukraine's sovereign territory. crime may is still sovereign territory of ukraine as quite the contrast to what mister, cuz i was saying to dave and he didn't stop there either today. yeah. then other very important, the thing that he said was that the, she doesn't see it as something realistic for ukraine to become a member of nato. so that's one of the way to guess cancel is the one of the, if that would happen, that would cancel one of the root causes of the special nose would opperation. he says that that is not a possibility in washington's view. and he does say that any uh, safety security guarantees to ukraine uh, could happen with the engagement of, uh, some peacekeeping contingent throughout in ukraine. but he says that cannot be nato troops and they to not be protected by the article 5. so that is a very important point there, which was uh, in general, uh, greeted with applause, i guess, uh by both sides and proved fr

look, it's not a question of liking russia or not liking russia. it was the g8. and, you know, i said, what are you doing, you guys? all you're talking about is russia. and you, they should be sitting at the table. i think putin would love to be back. obama and a couple of other people made a mistake and they got russia out. it's very possible that if that was the g8, you wouldn't have had the problem with ukraine. and if i was president, you definitely wouldn't have had the problem with ukraine. russia would have never attacked ukraine. but but you asked a very good question. the g8 used to be the g8, and then these people threw them out. and i was arguing with, uh, trudeau and with with numerous of the people, actually, uh, prime minister abe, a great man from japan, agreed with me 100%. and some of the others did, too. but i got there. it was the g7, as you know, they they had already been terminated. i think it would have been very helpful, and it still would be helpful to have russia be a part of that mix. and i think if they were, i don't think you would ha

i now know russia wants to make a deal.orter: did you ask the secretary to walk back his comments saying it won't go back to pre-2014 numbers? president trump: no, i didn't p. somebody told me. but i thought his comments were good questioned and probably good today. they're a little softer. i thought his comments yesterday were pretty accurate. i don't see any way that a country in russia's position could allow them just in their position could allow them to join nato. i don't see that happening. and long before president putin, russia is very strong in the fact -- i believe that's the reason the war started because biden went out and said they could join nato. i said he shouldn't have said that. i said you know what, you'll have a war and i was right about that. this is a war that never would have happened if i were president. i think biden is incompetent and i think when he said that they could join nato, i thought that was a very stupid thing to say. and he said, well, it depends if it's a minor incursion, in other words

therefore russia has to be studied and and well. and today all woke up and the world where we are expected to believe that usaid funded aid and the spread of covid and so the idea of understanding and studying russia and all these key assumptions don't seems so obvious. but still, i'll try to to do it. how how was how i was still thinking i might do it just a second and maybe i'll maybe everything i'll say it will seem like bragging because a russian independent journalist, honestly, i'm talking only about colleagues and i just i'll try to say a few words about the context because russians have been journalists who've been working for, okay, let's say 24, 25 years. they were working in, said very interesting infrastructure because. i think that. yeah, i think that by. 2004 on the putin's first term, he already built the whole infrastructure for the dictator ship. it might look like a democracy, he might pronounce all the right words till the 2007 and he's famous speech in munich world might have illusions but on his first term he di

president has visited russia. we will see if donald trump is another one, but certainly he likes to make big trips like this. i would not be at all surprised. dana. >> jeff and fred, thank you so much. don't go far. let us know if you hear anything more back here. i just want to actually, as i'm listening to our colleagues and as i'm frankly absorbing this, i think we need to really underscore what a huge moment this is. it's one of those that we've said many times in the past three plus weeks that is not surprising, given what we heard donald trump say so many times in this case, about the russia, ukraine, ukraine conflict. clearly, as jeff said, favoring the notion of settling things maybe more in the favor of russia than ukraine wants. now it's happening. it is unfolding before our eyes right now. and this phone call was really going to be i think it's going to be in the history books as something that helped to change the the relationship, perhaps back to the way it was. we're getting information from our coll

i mean, if, if china did not buy gas from russia, where is europe going to get rushing gas? you know, as we all know, lot of the rushing gas is being sold to china. india gets re package and re sell it to europe, malware. but in a very interesting time, because trump has specifically said, do you want to wrap up the war in ukraine? and this has throw a lot of european leaders into a tailspin because they, they don't know what to do. now for 4 years, they have followed the washington line on ukraine and in regards to their relationship to russia. and now trump is saying, you know what? it was a mistake, the green worries, the mistake we should make peace. and so i think it's still very hard for a lot of european leader to make that adjustment most school safety of is attempting to frame russia. fred roland strongly on the defense nuclear plant, inter noble, the concrete shelter that covers the pumps destroyed former 4th power unit was head, sparking a fire that was later extinguished. the incident occurred just the day after the russian and american presidents agreed to seek

they perceive that russia is not, in fact, in a good faith negotiator. and i think they might learn pretty quickly that russia's not indeed a good faith negotiator. but i think the vice president has long said that providing long term security and military assistance to train is simply on turning them all given finite resources. and the fact that he believes it will not lead to a decisive ukrainian victory on the battlefield. again, a dis, a difference in perception between ukraine, united states, i think you created, believes that you ongoing u. s. military assistance wouldn't lead to a decisive ukrainian victory. but clearly the thinking of washington is, at this point, that's wasted resources unless it will deliver russia as a to to the negotiating table to reach an actual relaxing piece. okay, we appreciate your insights. david salvo from the gym and marshall fund in washington. thank you. or thank you for checking on some other news headlines. supporters of the lebanese militant group, hezbollah have attacked the convoy of united nations peacekeeper

and then we have to say, at the same time on the part of russia, russia is a poor teens. concern of a many, many years has been the approach of, of nato towards the russian border. so the border that he was talking about between your train and well as he was saying, is that border towards russia. is that going to be a border between nato and russia, between the european union and russia, that's or what's on the table, and it's a very, very complex situation. you know, as you speak, it makes me realize we do have something from zalinski on nato. let's pause and listen to what he had to say just moments ago or. but our army alone is not enough to and we need what you can provide weapons, training sanctions, financing, political pressure, and unity team. 3 years or full scale war have proven that we already have the foundation for a united european military force. and now, as we fight this war and lay the ground water for peace and security, we must build the forces of your so that your future depends only on your opinions and decisions about your are made in your of course it's only the

in fact, i'm moving towards with russia. uh, is he going to be able to even get parts to negotiating tables to really interesting to see where he's now coming from? it feels as if every day, perhaps, even every hour. we getting a very different sense. if wesley's lensky is coming from and probably a lot to that is to do with the right hand and that we have seen from him. i since these a flurry of announcements have been coming from the trunk administration. what's also really interesting is here with the media, secure to comb furniture. he's also been trying to the fuck is a division between the u. s. and you are a percent. you go we all were looking at us leaving this. i was just the sure. let's do it together because he was calling for link, say, you know, when present from caused me about this possible negotiation. he was sideline in, not just ukraine. he was side lining you were to, i had a most go will pull. you are part of the if we, as your opinions don't trust each other. a few days ago, president trump told being ab

so a lot of this has to change to build that trust back with russia. so i think trump is going to make some big moves. i think swift will come back, those sanctions will be lifted and they'll figure out a way to legitimately make peace talks and peace agreements. whether zalinski is president or not, it seems to be he's sweetening the deal though. he's being that talking about the necessity of signing a mineral agreement with washington. in fact, we can just take a listen together to what was said on the way. is those 3 she is we met with our american colleagues. we have had a lot of meetings and i'm very happy about it. we had a good conversation with president from you, and we received an offer to invest in ukraine's critical minerals that was discussed extensively me. and i said that we need to protect your brain and our resources, if we're speaking pragmatically about, and not just about the security of your own as well. no, i believe that the security of europe is 1st and foremost when we talk about protecting our resources he keeps keeps so that

god bless the people of russia and ukraine. i myself just spoke to the president about these calls, and he told me to tell all of you. they were very good calls. they were very positive. and the administration is wholeheartedly committed to a peace deal to end once and for all. the russia-ukraine war. more on that later. i'm sure you will have more questions to ask this week. the president has continued to deliver on his promises to the american people, according to new polling that was released at the beginning of this week by cbs news. an overwhelming 70% of americans said that president trump is following through on what he pledged to do during his historic campaign. the poll also revealed that americans see president trump as a tough, energetic, focused and effective leader fighting hard to improve their lives and our country. and yesterday in particular, was a truly special day for the united states of america, thanks to the great leadership of president trump and the strong and tough leadership of president trump. marc fo

caller: it is because of the faker russia, russia, russia hoax which was investigated and found out toe fake and purchased information from hillary or by hillary clinton. i think mccain even had something to do with it. it was investigated. that was all false information. is that not correct? host: go ahead with your comment. caller: well, you won't even agree to that? you correct republicans all the time. host: sandy in orlando, florida. democrat. caller: hi. my dad was in world war ii. his brother was with patton going through. he helped to go into the camps and free some of the people that were -- the jewish prisoners. we all know trump is a draft dodger. he doesn't know anything about war. he did not want to go to work. he gave up -- to war. he coordinated an agreement with the taliban in afghanistan. what happened there? the other thing that bothers me is who is talking about the 10,000 kids that supposedly putin and russia took from ukraine? trump doesn't care about kids. why doesn't he make that part of the deal, they get the 10,000 kids back? he won't even know how to do that b

after the aggression of russia, there is no betrayal there. there is a recognition that the whole world in the united states is invested in interested in peace and negotiated peace, ridiculous questions like raised or the reason he decided to skip the munich security conference, even though he is in the europe this week. but there are enough high level officials from the us going who will no doubt have a lot of questions to answer. the problem is, history has shown that all these world leaders don't really pay a lot of attention to what is being said at this conference. bladder, where it puts in the use the very same platform for years, warning the west not to expand nato eastward from as early as 2007 and what became known as his munich speech. it's, it's not as good as shooting it. nato expansion does not have any relation with the modernization of the alliance itself or with ensuring security in europe. on the contrary, it represents a serious provocation that reduces the level of mutual trust. and we have the right to ask against whom is t