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hospitality writer rather than hostility has so far greeted in england world cup football fans in russia russian english fans fought the last time they were involved in a major tournament major security operations in place before england play tunisia and a few hours and the richardson reports from volgograd. england and russia fans posing for photographs together wasn't the same pessimists had predicted before this world cup heightened political tensions between london and moscow don't appear to have filtered down to the supporters gathering in volgograd the need for england's opening group game against you lizzy at. the european championships in france two years ago russian and english fans full team are say raising concerns of a repeat out this tournament the violence in your i twenty sixteen was an unwelcome reminder of some of the darker up a sergeant involving england fans including at the world cup in france in nineteen ninety eight when england were again in last say and again getting ready to play to next year the surroundings the supporters find ourselves in here like it hardly be any m

what i also learned because i was writing months later is that the material that was taken by russia russian intelligence which is quite what can i tell you russian intelligence in damascus i mean without russia i don't think he could have survived i think they saved them a couple you fifteen he was in trouble he might decide to anyway the army was holding forth there wasn't collapsing as much as people thought that he was having trouble. anyway and by the way i'm always taken his apologist for bashar assad only doing is telling the truth i'm telling facts period. people who fight wars all fight with same way he he doesn't do anything differently than we do we bomb the hell out of people how can the united states use the nuclear bomb and hiroshima did daylight bombing of major cities in germany one thousand forty four cities you know the sent the famous bombings that everybody dreads that just fire storms we just say somebody's house this is war criminal for fighting the war they say he was in a war a war and by all accounts the casualties were almost the same of both sides if this is an apo

welcome to russia! russian national anthem plays.e for a stirring rendition of russia's national anthem. the tournament's opening fixture featured its two worst ranked teams but the hosts soon had the dream start, yuri gazinsky scoring the world cup‘s first goal. this how much it meant for the thousands watching at moscow's fan fest. saudi arabia were on the ropes. denis cheryshev, giving russia the second goal their dominance deserved. russia weren't finished there, substitute, artyom dzyuba, sealing a one—sided victory. watching on, saudi arabia's crown prince, clearly not enjoying the game as much as the president. the relief on the face of the victorious team's coach, plain to see. cheryshev‘s second, an early contender for goal of the tournament, as russia went on to complete a 5—0 win. amid the emotion and expectation, they'd delivered when it mattered most. dan roan reporting. that's a summary of the news. now it's time for newsnight with evan davies. silent night... peace and quiet in kensington this evening, in memory of gre

maneuver for hitting back at countries that are hostile to moscow so if someone chooses to punish russia russian companies possibly russian individuals that's something we've seen many times in recent years think the u.s. first of all all the russian president has to do now is say we are responding name specific countries and then the countermeasures will immediately enter into force among the countermeasures that are available for the russian government the severing of ties with states and companies and also import and export bans target industry sectors though haven't been specified but as the legislation was drafted we heard about such sectors as nuclear power agriculture pharmaceuticals space and aviation alcohol and tobacco industry use the issue is very sensitive so that was then dropped from the final text it requires more in-depth consideration but there is an important segment of the document which is about exceptions so if a certain type of goods falls under the banner however it is not produced in russia in this case these sanctions won't be applied. another story we're closely follow

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russia. [speaking russian] >> i appreciate this research into my prior writing. as i have said many times in washington and i am happy to say for the first time in moscow, i don't address what i have said in the past. it is all out there. right now i am an advisor to president trump. it is his agenda we are pursuing. that is the agenda i intend to advance. we did talk about russian interference and i expect it will be a subject of conversation between the two presidents. russian] >> that is to bolton. hear aboutke to specific results you expect from the meeting between the president's, specifically in the area of arms control, continuation of a treaty. >> we certainly discussed these issues today in the various meetings i had. anypurpose was not to reach conclusions, but to help lay the basis for the conversation between the presidents. i expect they will proceed along the issues they regard as most important. i don't think we expect necessarily specific outcomes or decisions. i think it's important after the length of time that has gone by without a bilateral su

chip in russia kicks off and it's not just national football teams that are arriving in the country official delegations have also been welcomed members of the german bundestag and the russian state duma played a friendly match in one of moscow's central parts a team russia won five to three with both men and women playing against the germans . managed to speak with the vice president of the bundestag thomas opperman about the. i consider the issue gesture to boycott this event would fundamentally wrong people it's a sporting event which millions of people around the world are looking forward to it we want to demonstrate that a sporting a match can also be an anchor point for political negotiations the chancellor has said that good relations with russia are in germany strategic interests and the majority of people in germany think so as well as. i am sure that germany will manage to get into a semifinal and if they manage to do that they will probably get into the final i think that we have a good team formed by york you know so i am optimistic to mention you. we played against the duma eleven years ago i took part then also however we lost badly and now the fee for world c

any improvement of relations between the west and russia well they've gone into meltdown over this they're saying that any sort of meeting with the russians would cause dismay and alarm and be counterproductive you'd think that these two countries the united states and russia which almost came to a military conflict in syria it would be good that they improve relations but not according to headlines they've had a field day with this saying that such a meeting would you know would ruin everything and the real beef the pundits have had with with this meeting is that if donald trump during his trip to europe meets with vladimir putin before heading to a native summit later next month that that would send all the wrong messages and that would frighten already jittery european allies. the nato secretary general warning the political disagreements and infighting risks tearing the international military alliance apart but at a speech in london and stoltenberg did insist that preserving nato is in the interests of its twenty nine member state. these disagreements are real it is not written in stone that the transatlantic bond will survive for eve

and what i also learned because i was writing once later is that the material that was taken by russia russian and challenges which is quite what can i tell you russian intelligence in damascus i mean without russia i don't think he could have survived i think they saved a couple you fifteen he was in trouble he might decide to anyway the army was holding forth there wasn't collapsing as much as people thought that he was having trouble. anyway and by the way i'm always taken his apologist for bashar assad only doing is telling the truth i'm telling facts period. people who fight wars all fight the with same way he's that he doesn't do anything differently than we do the hell out of people how can the united states use the nuclear bomb on hiroshima did daylight bombing of major cities in germany one thousand forty four cities you know the sent the famous bombings that everyone dreads that just fire storms we just say somebody's house this is war criminal for fighting the war they say he was in a war a real war and by all accounts the casualties were almost the same of both sides if this is an

federation because of that expansion i roamed russia's russian federation's borders the possibility of ukraine joining nato it's effectively part of that alliance alliance know the presence of nato forces in eastern europe the buildup of nato bases right along the southern as well as the western border of the russian federation this is a very dangerous game i think they need to will survive on the balance because for the united states nato expansion to virtuous their own the russian federation has been very important and the been nato presence has been built on russia's borders so for that at least they're going to they want to keep nato up and ahead of the nato summit another crucial meeting may take place the white house has announced that u.s. national security advisor john bolton will travel to moscow next week to discuss a potential meeting between donald trump and vladimir putin and his bride garcia breaks down for us. well it was all rumors up to this point but now john bolton has confirmed that he will be coming over to europe first perhaps symbolically to meet w

federation because of the expansion russia's russian federation's borders the possibility of ukraine joining nato it's effectively part of that or an alliance know the presence of nato forces in eastern europe the buildup of nato bases right on the southern as well as the western border of the russian federation this is a very dangerous game i think it's who will survive on the balance because for the united states nato expansion to virtuous arone the russian federation has been very important and the been nato presence has been built up in russia's borders so for that at least they're going to they want to keep nato. ok back to the world cup now and away from the jubilance and festivities there have been a few dark moments and fortunately british police have opened an investigation into a group of england fans who were allegedly seen giving nazi salutes in one of the host cities live to london now our correspondent and associate can is there. what we know at this point. well call and that indeed quite an unfortunate incident seems to have unraveled in one of the host citi

federation because of that expansion i roamed russia's russian federation's borders the possibility of ukraine joining nato it's effectively part of that align our alliance know the presence of nato forces in eastern europe the buildup of nato b.c.'s right on the southern as well as the western border of the russian federation this is a very dangerous game i think we need to will survive on the balance because for the united states nato expansion to virtuous around the russian federation has been very important and the been nato presence has been built on russia's borders so for that at least they're going to be want to keep nato up and ahead of the nato summit another crucial meeting may take place the white house has announced that u.s. national security advisor john bolton will travel to moscow next week to discuss a potential meeting between donald trump and flatterer putin or at gas death breaks down the story. well it was all rumors up to this point but now john bolton has confirmed that he will be coming over to europe first perhaps symbolically to meet with u.s.

federation because of the expansion i wrote russia's russian federation's borders the possibility of ukraine joining nato it's effectively part of that so i and our winds know the presence of nato forces in eastern europe the buildup of need to be seas right along the southern as well as the western border of the russian federation this is a very dangerous game i think a little will survive on balance because for the united states the need to expound to virtuous around the russian federation has been very important and the big nato presence has been built up in russia's borders so for that at least they're going to be want to keep nato up. and ahead of the nato summit another crucial meeting may take place the white house has announced that u.s. national security advisor john bolton will travel to moscow next week to discuss a potential meeting between donald trump and flood them it puton what breaks down the story. well it was all rumors up to this point but now john bolton has confirmed that he will be coming over to europe first perhaps symbolically to meet with eur

its collapse almost thirty years ago left the perfect breeding ground for a hooligan scene in russia. russian real fun culture style was nineteen ninety's when there was a huge vacuum of the government when they could do whatever they wanted at the stadium and government just turned a blind either. nowadays it's about competition and ana it's almost it's own school what russian hooligans don't drink alcohol they train but russia is not the only country with a hooligan problem just weeks ago at the champions league semifinal clashes erupted between diehard liverpool and roma fans. russia says it is taking strong measures to avoid violent scenes at the world cup both inside and outside the stadiums these days we see on the president a crackdown on trust on facts like at six o'clock they knock your door and say hello we came just for you know four of the four a talk to tell you what should be done and what should not be done but they don't leave you a choice to either you disappear from the whole city for the tournament or you will have some very huge troubles. even the russian president has ass

maneuver for hitting back at countries that are hostile to moscow so if someone chooses to punish russia russian companies possibly russian individuals that's something we've seen many times in recent years think the u.s. first of all all the russian president has to do now is say we are responding name specific countries and then the countermeasures will immediately enter into force among the counter measures that are available for the russian government the severing of ties with states and companies and also import and export bans target in. history sectors though haven't been specified but as the legislation was drafted we heard about such sectors as nuclear power agriculture pharmaceuticals space and aviation alcohol and tobacco industry's the issue is very sensitive so that was then dropped from the final text it requires more and depth consideration but there is an important segment of the document which is about exceptions so if a certain type of goods falls under the bad however it is not produced in russia in this case the sanctions won't be applied. and the deadly advice which condemne

i have been in russia for nearly 20 years. the russianrnment borrowed from the franco germanic model. we have lived with very strict data protection privacy requirement almost 15 years now. mark: the battleground in banking, it is an incredible landscape, isn't it? financial services. what is the next battleground? how is it going to next -- look in the next five to 10 years in what is your position within that? oliver: it will be the battle of the ecosystems. it sounds intergalactic, but it is true. just don't understand it yet. if you cater to a new innovation of millennial's, you need interface, data, customer services., joined these big cap -- big tech pay.anies, alibaba with ali we've got this interesting picture emerging where we don't just have the tech, but also banks building ecosystems out of financial platform. mark: great to see you today, please come back. oliver hughes, ceo of tinkoff bank. we are 4 minutes away from the end of the friday session. banksifecta of central meeting, the trump-north korea meeting, the g7 today. e

welcome to russia! russian national anthem plays.f russia's national anthem. the tournament's opening fixture featured its two worst ranked teams but the hosts soon had the dream start — yuri gazinsky scoring the world cup's first goal. this how much it meant for the thousands watching at moscow's fan fest. saudi arabia were on the ropes. denis cheryshev giving russia the second goal their dominance deserved. russia weren't finished there, substitute artyom dzyuba sealing a one—sided victory. watching on, saudi arabia's crown prince, clearly not enjoying the game as much as the president. the relief on the face of the victorious team's coach plain to see. cheryshev‘s second, an early contender for goal of the tournament, as russia went on to complete a 5—0 win. amid the emotion and expectation, they'd delivered when it mattered most. rush are not the footballing force they once were so to come here today amid such immense pressure and win some emphatically will be a source of great national pride. i think the organisers will be delig

russia is still an honor. does it is foolish have to consider. for a moment. from . why the modest. like all other russian national players mouse to have to deal with the issue of doping russia's athletes are often regarded with suspicion and football players and no exception. at the last world cup in brazil allegations of doping were made against the russian team russia was accused of manipulating urine samples to cover up doping. richard mclaren a special prosecutor on behalf of the world anti-doping agency named the number of affected cases. and there are also or one hundred fifty five samples awaiting analysis and were seized by water and we also reported those to few according to the investigation urine samples had possibly been swapped that gives rise to a suspicion one that there is a bank of clean samples and that it's being used with respect to footballers so far none of the players implicated in the scandal have had their identities revealed. ben should still pick up. stanislav chess off takes a defensive stance when it comes to the doping issue he refuses to comment publicly until this concrete

the way russian officials handled the dating issue makes it difficult not to succumb to believing the worst clichés about russiaeven vitali not co-president of the russian football association declined to give an interview in which doping was not even the prime topic of discussion. but choosing to remain silent rather than being transparent creates an unsettling feeling. cover to feel annoyed. and nobody's adopting. but it's good all. that's. on the list. and that's. me ah i see tops. stopping but modernist. also. on. monday and. from what i know. nonetheless the doping issue along with the absurd costs of. the world cup have dampened the country's mood clue chef publisher of a russian sports paper thinks otherwise. you know useful spoke at the club and it was mr. bush abolished. it was we did bush the british prime minister and you know that anyone on able to grab a ticket for one of the sixty four matches can still experience the world cup on a boat ride down the musk river. and with a little luck maybe even the world cup ambassador and supermodel victoria praver might be on board. for you know if you get the

committee, even occasionally the trump administration itself, everybody on earth 1 admits now that russia, russian government, russian military, russian intelligence interfered in the u.s. presidential election in 2016 to try to help donald trump win that election. to put a finer point on it, we got that indictment in february filed against 13 russian individuals and three russian corporate entities. indictment filed in federal court in washington that spelled out the findings of robert mueller's office, the special counsel's office on how exactly russia conducted that operation, at least the part where they conducted their own influence operation from outside the united states targeting the american public to try to skew u.s. public opinion in ways that would benefit trump during the election. we've got that spelled out in that indictment. what we don't have any definitive public findings on thus far is the question of whether or not the russian government also found ways to directly assist the trump campaign as an entity rather than just targeting u.s. public opinion. i mean we do have evidence

russia. chanting in russian. a much better reputation for russia. excitement, especially among these schoolchildren enjoying a pre—world cup treat, a visit by russian soccer stars. a pre—world cup treat, even if the world cup doesn't boost russia's image abroad, at home, russians are proud to be hosting the world's most famous festival of football. hosting the world's most famous steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. hosting the world's most famous with all the sport, here's karthi gna nasegaram, at the bbc sport centre. karthi gna nasegaram, hi, karthi gna nasegaram, thank hi, karthi gnanasegaram, thank you very much. rafael nadal‘s remarkable run on the red clay of roland garros continues. run on the red clay the world no 1 has won an eleventh french open tennis title by beating the seventh seed, dominic thiem, in straight sets. patrick gearey reports. dominic thiem, in straight sets. for all the french ceremony on men's final day, this is spanish territory. on men's final day, this rafael nadal‘s red carpet, where he can look his best and lap up the

we sincerely was glad to see you the words welcome to russia russian. president putin speaking. members voting on who's going to get the twenty twenty six world cup or even the u.s. condor mexico all morocco is going to be decided in the coming hours we'll tell you about what we think about i want to know if i was time well on the forget of the twenty eighth the world cup taken off in russia not a city huge event with four weeks of great football coming up so that's the wrap so far for me kevin though in this wednesday morning in moscow if you don't already got our good time to remind you good time to download it now especially with all that football around you can keep abreast of all the lights as for now though for me have a very good day. light for many gays so i know the game and so i got. the ball isn't only about what happens on the pitch for the final school it's about the passion from the families it's the age of the super money. to spend spend to twenty million. it's an experience like nothing else not to be true so i want to share what i think what i know about the bea

project is going to be more successful because russian will be general do not believe that it was very very stunning success. after its serious form russia back in one thousand nine hundred do you think your crane will be more. things that. if huge disappointment if. you create the kind of the. russian economy is much much more strong but i guess the question is not only. the absolute figures. but also they have billeted to bring new practices to bring new institutions and to in a way to change the culture that's what allow you to. criticize and the current state of the russian economy the ukrainian government and the ukrainian economy because a lot of those took a pitch of russian i mean we russians are usually accused of you know taking pleasure in ukrainians failures and this is not what i thought i would never do. i would neither but i wonder because i think that's applies to both of our countries i wonder why do you thing it is so difficult to apply the foreign advice in india's cultural environment again is it the cultural environment is it something else that does not allow adopt you know advise that's worked in other countries to

russia i. i. think it. was the russian president welcoming the world to russia for the twenty eighteen thing for world cup underlining that football is a uniting force no matter where you are in the four corners of the globe let's now go back to that opening ceremony and hear from the faith of president i. would argue you are generally are your friends i. will not turn to you not to the world cup i. hear friends. to defeat. here in russia. i have by. i learned you are cylon i mean actually. for you to see. as well today i for one. football when you can russia. and from russia football when you co-occurring tired or not. enjoying the biggest celebration. thank you of president putin. thank you moscow spicey not actually i was. pretty much launches what has been a feels like a long wait eighty years in the making and now five weeks of global football lie ahead of us and in just a four minute's time not opening match between russia and saudi arabia big cheers at the luzhniki stadium as the president of world football's govern

perception of the results of those reforms is a very very contentious issue in russia i think if you paul the majority of russians they would not tolerate yeltsin's policy. and for the kind of a crisis of. emergency room for us stage four cancer ok but this is how politics works not only in russia i think it's more it's more general but i want to go back to the point that the you mentioned that putin has been in power for so long. for him to do to push for anything new and it's one thing when you're talking about political will reach i think was the case maybe seven or eight years ago but it's another thing when you are faced with an accurate necessity because russia is in the pretty difficult economic situation it is facing a major decrease in the labor force it is challenge when it comes to the access to technology challenge when it comes to day access of financing its main x. sports have now become its liabilities i think you would agree that the pressure. that russia faces. has a challenge of sustainable long term roof which it was there for but there is no threat there is no. crisis so you seriously believe

was the trump campaign in on this russian influence operation to try to affect the campaign? i mean, well, we know they were notified of russia's efforts to help trump win the election. that was part of setting up that trump tower meeting in the summer of 2016. this is part of the russian government's efforts to help the trump campaign, right? did the trump campaign become a owanin that russian influence operat change the outcome of our ection? did it become a joint operation between russia and the trump campai? well, there are some blunt connections, right? russia, of course we now know stole documents from the democratic party and the clinton campaign. they then organized and distributed those documents back into the united states in ways that were designed to inflic maximum n hilly tocaaign. even after widespread public reporting and discussion about the fact that that hacking operation had been conducted by the russians, candidate trump himself openly encouraged people to seek out those documents. he encouraged russia to steal and leak more of those documents. then late last year, we learned about another operational link b

further football world cup begins in russia on thursday but hooliganism for russian football fans is casting a long shadow chris harrington from do we force is here to tell us more this has been a big problem for russia for some time chris yes it has started in the ninety nineties when the soviet union collapsed since then it's become a way of life and for many militaristic in some ways we have a report let's take a look. hiding for the sake of fighting this is the hooligan seen in russia with a group in the world cup. in these fights a pure adrenaline in that it's a rush everyone wants to prove that the strongest thing that they step in and that's exactly what happened in australia at the twenty sixteen european championship violence broke out between russian hooligans and england fans it wasn't always like this union did not have a major problem with hand violence but its collapse almost thirty years ago left the perfect breeding ground for a hooligan scene in russia. russian real phone call to start with nineteen nineties when there was a huge vacuum of the government when they cou

let's start with a russian daily that says "a long awaited start." since winning the bid in 2010, russia has become ever more isolated from the international community. isway, the paper says russia hoping to hold a memorable world cup and leave a good impression on those who come. if you are heading to russia, the moscow times has put together a helpful list of questions you might have about russia and russians -- things like, how do i get out of jail, gay rights, wi-fi. and the ultimate question -- will russians be nice to me? the paper does admit russians have a reputation for being downright mean and surly. that behind this is an innate desire to be friendly. and i: on the front pages imagine attention in the sports pages. headline,: a great "dance with the czars." wink, wink. a page saying, why we believe in them. unlike the ghosts of world cup's past, the site have presented a controlled image to the public. perhaps as a sign of that seriousness, this year's star players have abandoned their eccentricities. there are no wild, radical haircuts from france. just military style buzz cu

russia. >> [speaking russian] mr. reagan: i think you are courageous. think you contribute a great stability to the whole society, but also to all of you, i think you should know that the general secretary and i have one idea in common. and that is that there must be friendship between our two countr >> [speaking russian] >> we want our children to live in peace. >> like everybody. >> [laughter] mr. reagan: we have been talking about an exchange of students on a regular basis every year. some of your young people will come to our schools, and some of our young people will go to your schools. >> [speaking russian] >> the young people will leave while they are young. >> this is a young president. [indiscernible] >> [speaking russian] >> do you recognize president reagan? >> [speaking russian] [laughter] [applause] [indiscernible] >> [speaking russian] >> there is a continuation, too. >> [laughter] >> [speaking russian] >> we should have dialogue. good, honest dialogue. >> [speaking russian] >> because we know our own problems. >> [speaking russian] >> [la

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