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dragged through the mud what exactly i mean you were it's it will it will get to talk about russia russia russia in the second half of the program once something is proved it just disappears oh it never really happened here line a let me go to you in new york i mean this is the weaponization of the me too movement and it's because cavanagh is obviously a conservative but when i talked about the destruction of institutions the senate committee did you know confirm some is to judge if he is competent to be a judge and everything we all through the three days it was proven that he's more than competent and. and in the eleventh hour extra procedurally we get this nonsense being thrown at him the man can't even defend himself go ahead lionel. look at it you know when you call of the world it is a sure to me too that makes it sound like there's some there's some rhyme or reason to it i'm a former prosecutor try picking up the phone right now calling anybody police your local da and say listen i might have been attempted orde and attempted rape may have occurred thirty six years ago which i want to bri

serious and i'm sure that russia will be there to extend your question little bit i'm sure that russia will be the last country in the world to abandon its nuclear deterrent i think russia will be the last to give up nuclear weapons because russia regards nuclear weapons as the bow walk against invasion or war by a superior coalition of speaking about this affair superior outside coalition force as those tensions that we've been discussing came to had in ukraine in two thousand and fourteen and in your book here try to explain both russian and western thinking in great detail and there is this popular view in moscow that as painful as the ukrainian rupture was and it certainly was and is for russia russia is playing it as a great cost for the kind of decisions that made in the ukrainian conflict there is also believed that the rapture. how to prevent a much bigger conflict between russia and nato that if russia didn't act. moment back in two thousand and fourteen that the nature would continue pushing across its border and there would be no other way to escape that direct confrontation how much do you crave at that oh very much so i mean there was a sort of a rehearsal

russia. then i would like to underline that russia is there to stay, russia is our neighbor and nato is not seeking confrontation with russia. but for us there's no contradiction between being firm, strong in our approach to russia as we are but at the same time seeking dialogue and try to reduce tensions with russia because russia would not go away. russia will remain our biggest neighbor and i know very well politician coming from norway, a small country bordering russia that it is possible to have a firm, predictable approach to russia but at the same time work with dialogue with russia, even during the coldest periods of the cold war, norway was able to have a working relationship with russia on defense and security issues. our military speak regularly with russian military up in the north. on energy and environment, we agree the borderline but that was not despite nato, despite norway's membership in nato but it was because of nato's membership in nato because the nato membership provided the strength and the platform to engage with russia. so i say this because we will all be losers if we mov

from the intelligence community regarded to regarding russia russia russia which i'm so sick of after two years this document release could clear up a lot of things and tie up a lot of loose ends my humble opinion but of course the intelligence community is fighting back with congressional republicans democrats go ahead don. well first of all i'm going to state something that has been my position since the church hearings back in the seventy's i hope that somehow trump gets the light and orders the release of all the documents ever created by the cia and that includes releasing the techniques and statecraft and everything that they've used to do all of the nefarious things they've done since harry truman founded them in the forty's so that's what this is my friend work what we're talking about here is an allegation with pretty strong you know first hand evidence to try to everybody more away asked that the intelligence agencies have tampered with have meddled in the political process here that they abused a court that is itself an abuse of the constitution the visor court rian right o

these people will decide to leave or not in ukraine but in russia what consenting russia and ukraine i'm absolutely sure that as georgia and russia one day will leave in peace even good relations and good neighborhood relations the same will be always the ukraine and russia but before it will be quite painful time for ukraine and ukraine russian relations in case of georgia is things that in georgia necessary to change the government and to brings the people into this is obviously not something that russia should or should no no of course not i mean in no case i mean georgian people should change the government of the russian rules how should the poster of the russian state change in order to allow both you know geography and destiny to be pursued so to say because obviously many in ukraine and many in georgia do feel that russia's presence is too overbearing and perhaps that they that they perhaps lack some space to develop their own country you know if you know if you are comes change a good joke a few change the name but you should not try to change anybody even if your children you should try just to explain what is important

russia to once again host major sporting events yes i do score ect because the result was reinstated this cannot happen at least it's kind of happens that people refused to. grant that russia. was a big russia was russia was because competitions i'm pretty sure that this is why not take much longer than you have big events again in russia you you know we talked about you being somewhat something of a person on the non grata in russia russia denied you a visa to the world cup last summer you have talked about the dangers journalists in russia who try to report on the conveyor what does today's decision mean for our ability to try to get to the truth about athletic sports and there being in russia it's very complicated for independent journalists for people from other countries to really dig in and to investigate and russia this week we tried again you tried to get a visa to russia this week and they rejected it again so it's very obvious that they have no interest. to support journalism and to be honest it's it was possible in two thousand and fourteen because we have been under the radar at that point under the radar there but now it's completely different. so to be honest to get more infor

for russia russia is paying it a great cost for the kind of decisions and made in the ukrainian conflict there is also believed that the rapture how to prevent a march bigger conflict between russia and nato that if russia didn't act. moment back in two thousand and fourteen that the nature would continue pushing across its border and there would be no other way to escape that direct confrontation how much do you crave at that oh very much so i mean there was a sort of a rehearsal for crimea some years before in georgia of course when under a lot of american encouragement of the saakashvili government but very provocatively towards russia in a couple of if nick pups of georgia in a year and i think i forget the name of that number one the current dutch and russia drew a line that russia moved in with support for the local local governments local affiliate groups and drew a line that was a dress rehearsal if you like. ukraine became the real thing because for many years before the the overthrow of the in the case which government for many years before two thousand and fourteen there was all kinds of encouragement being given to nationalistic elements in the crowd and the russian e

russia today. and i think it's growing because i think russia in the last few years particularly since you crying since that experience since syria. russia. the west when it criticizes russia has not been good they haven't. basically tried to undermine russian flow full steam and i think russia has learned that yes we have our own problems we have our own disputes we have to deal with for example gender equality we have to deal with the way we treat option the really really old. particularly the way we treat homosexuals because i think for homosexuals there are still very biggest news about being russian and it shouldn't be that way but it's not my place and it's not the west good place to lecture russia about these things well i know you're very reluctant to criticize russia openly but you just mentioned this attitude towards the community and if you actually look at the polls you will see that russians by and large. homophobic they for example if you ask people do you mind homosexual couple living in the apartment next door to you they would usually say the majority would say no i don't care and yet in the political. environment these

that and they also have an inability to admit defeat to russia that would have huge geopolitical import you know representatives of russia russia russia on our ground the world they simply can't allow it so what the neo cons have been doing is all along since trump took office they've been planning to use the sea ron spin to make to convince trump to become more active in syria not because of russia but because of iran and that has played out in what the u.s. has announced as their new strategy i.e. they are never leaving their illegal military occupation of syria unless iran leaves all their troops home which is a matter between syria and iran. and the syria syrian government that is acceptable to the international clinton so we're not interested in regime change but we're not leaving until we get a government that is acceptable to the international community which means the washington consensus here glenn. we've talked about this subject so many times on this program here but really the issue that we have players like turkey that are unpredictable but one country that is absolutely predictable in all this is iran in iran has

and center in russia's relations with both georgia and the ukraine and that is partly the reason what happened to those countries or russia's policies towards those countries because russia clearly sees nader as an existential threat and in the grand scheme scheme of things i think russia believes that it can sacrifice its relations with both georgia and ukraine in order to protect itself i wonder if the same is true in the reverse. for both of these countries that you see of russia as an existential threat we only need to count protect you from know that russia is the existential the threat for georgia who will be clever and brief enough to speak openly about the problems which exist i'm sure that we will find solution always russia and i'm sure that we will have normal relations with russia russia have a right to be sure. he's its. borders will be in their will not to bring is a straight forward for them and in today's situation we should take this into account because the world have been changed a lot and very seriously and i'm absolutely sure that if georgia wants to restore territorial integrity of georgia wants to be a. normal country and to develop the normal way

that russian soldiers him in ukraine crimea and now in syria yes yes what does russia get out of this. for for russia russiatechnologically industrialized you need somebody to to to take his on his arms if you have heard the new russian main battle tank the russian fifth generation stealth aircraft the russian general staff announced that he coming to serial production they claim that sort of they don't need it but the fact is they don't get the parts from abroad the need for the stuff so they need to turn into another a horse and all the advanced industrial power that can supply them with the technologies and china is on the rise and that's in china was and has lots of money they need investment right yes and i have a prosperous civil sector and private economies are there for really a lot to offer in economics feet or excuse not brazil with the european council on foreign relations mysteries are we appreciate your insights tonight thank you for coming. with tonight turkey is calling on the world to wake up to what is about to happen in syria in the u.s. newspaper the wall street journal turkish president.

experience that russian soldiers him in ukraine crimea and now in syria yes yes what does russia get out of this. for russia russiatechnologically industrialize you need somebody cheated to take his only zones if you have heard the new russian main battle tank the russian fifth generation stealth aircraft the russian general staff announced that he will not come into serial production they claim that sort of they don't need it but the fact is they don't get the parts from abroad the need for the stuff so they need to turn into another horse and all the advanced industrial power that can supply them with the technologies and china is on the rise and that's in china has lots of money they need. with tonight turkey is calling on the world to wake up to what is about to happen in syria in the u.s. newspaper the wall street journal turkish president. writes that the entire world stands to pay the price of an assault on syria's province and he adds that the consequences of inaction will be immense the president warning comes as tens of thousands of people flee it lead to his syrian and russian forces preparing to take t

watching this this program watching fox news you would have a completely different view of what russia russia russia means no i agree and i think that this this replacement of facts with this emotional rhetoric kind of demonstrate that they obviously building this case anything but pure evidence i guess overall i would be a bit concerned about the state of journalism opened up with because. this is just emotional rhetoric about every time they do put forward evidence we often find that you should this no evidence there but also several occasions we see that it's been disproven be it that the for example russia the electric grids or the voting booth what happens after these journalists obviously got a completely wrong. our journalists. held accountable are the new self let's how we can get people been fired ok c.n.n. fired a couple of people but overall the recall the rush overall i think that it this initially get a lot of the clicks and then of the their efforts in terms of mobilizing international opinion against russia still succeeding. yeah. first of all i want to equate us to march with fox the

russia russia again. is this the last thing they're going to do before the midterms you know because man afford papadopoulos when had nothing to do with russia and i've said repeatedly for two years if there were some kind of collusion would have been leaked by now by peter struck at least a page you know well i mean the are you with the trump is crazy i mean i think most of it there was not an impeachable offense i think most of his voters knew he was crazy when they were he elected him and that's part of the reason why they voted for. but. i don't see that there's going to be any immediate against drum because it's already been. proven in fear and in this. deep state or steady state anonymous editorial the new york times that trump is powerless i mean trouble said we're going to pull all of our troops out of syria it was a stupid thing we're supporting terrorists and obama never should have got involved and suddenly we're doubling down we're net we're have an indefinite military presence in syria were openly doing military drills in the last week with rebels on the. changes visit why did he submit because he knows he can't fight them or he

russia. brent: we talked about you being persona non grata in russia. russia denies you a visa to the world cup last summer. you talked about the dangers to journalists in russia. he tried to report on building there. if you try to report on doping there -- you tried to report on doping there. what is the decision before our ability to get to the bottom of athletics in russia? hajo: it is important for journalists to dig in and investigate russia. this week we tried again -- brent: tried to get a visa? hajo: projected again. it is obvious they have no interest's to support journalism. it was possible in 2014 because we were under the radar at that point, but now it is completely different. to get more information about what really happens in russian sports, it will become very complicated for journalists. brent: as always, we appreciate you taking the time to come on the show with us and sharing your insights. hajo: thank you. brent: cap for business. j -- time for business. javier is here to talk about pressure on companies allegedly growing if they do busine

russia to once again host major sporting events yes that is correct because the result was reinstated this cannot happen at least it's kind of happens that people refused to. grant that russia. was a big russia brazil russia was big competitions and i'm pretty sure that this is when i take much longer than we have big events again in russia you know we talked about you being somewhat something of a persona non grata in russia russia denied you a visa to the world cup last summer you have talked about the dangers journalists in russia who try to report on being there what does today's decision mean for our ability to try to get to the truth about athletics orts and there being in russia it's very complicated for independent journalists for people from other countries to really dig in and to investigate and russia this week we try to get you tried to get a visa to russia this week and they rejected it again so it's very obvious that they have no interest. to support journalism and to be honest it's it was possible in two thousand and fourteen because we have been under the radar at that point under the radar but now. it's completely different so to be honest to get more information about what

all these data points, russia, russia, russia. russia, if you are listening, we are looking for the 30,000 emails. pro change of the rnc platform, only one plank, a pro-russian/ukraine stance. you have constant russians involved. this guy patton spending $50,000 of illegal money to be in the inauguration, we don't know the whole file. i am a prosecutor. i have done this and watched the media comment on my ways and you only know a piece of it because there are court proceedings. there is a lot of data points. >> but there is nothing implicating president trump directly? >> listen, i said this before. i am a lawyer. i'm a legal analyst. i am telling you as a prosecutor, when you see gyrations, it's like something odd is happening. nothing says he specifically knew about the trump tower meeting, which is more rooungs. russians. >> when you think about the entirety there, that paints the picture that fuels the ongoing investigation and makes us all pause and say, let's just wait and see what the conclusion ends up being. on top of the

russia in their struggle and contacts. the associations are probably not so positive are they. live they can be quite negative unfortunately we have been fed a diet of cliches about russia. russia is still very much seen through a post soviet lens. of success the state to the soviet union and somehow or other images of go leg of stuff. in the countries of extreme cold discomfort of rudeness these are the kinds of things that unfortunately still linger on and you wrote the whole book to address some of those negative stereotypes and i think you have a very unusual take for a western or former western diplomat. when it comes to russia because. i think there's a lot of understanding there's also a lot of compassion in your book and i really appreciate that but i will want to ask you whether you ever felt that you are giving this country an easy pass i don't think i think that the majority of the content of my book deals with the sometimes very disagreeable parts of russia's history i've got a chapter on the leg museum i've got a chapter on the jewish museum of tolerance and i talk very frankly in those two chapters of some of the black spots in russia's history. and i think what i