where once russia soviet union were dominant force. and now they are not. they have never won the fight against the fighters. they have the mustle on the ground to base up to the addens haves over the past year. meanwhile, they are now stepping up the supplied. several flights are said to be landing every day. they are now said to be working on extending an air ball, to cope with the increased flow. but there are real fears that the weapons could be used in syria's civil war. that has cost the lives of hundreds of thousands of civilians and in the west that is not acceptable in moscow. >> meanwhile, the united states has reiterated it's view that president asaad can't be part of any coalition to fight isil in syria that was said at a state department briefing. roz, obviously, the u.s. is very worried about developments when it comes to increased president's what else was said about that briefing? well, we have learned from the spokesperson that secretary of state did call the russian foreign minister, earlier today. the read out of that call is not yet comp

where once russia soviet union were a dominant force, and now they are not. the kremlin argues that air strikes alone will never win the fight, and only the syrian army has the muscle on the ground to face up to the advances made by fighters over the past year. meanwhile, russia is now stepping up the armed supplies, several flights loaded with weapons are said to be landing every day. russian troops and engineers are now said to be working on extending an air base, to cope with the increased flow. the kremlin insists that the regular shipments of armed are used in the battle against isil. but there are real fears that the weapons could be used in syria's civil war. that has cost the lives of hundreds of thousands of civilians. and in the west, that is not acceptable. peter sharp, al jazeera. >> and the french prime minister says getting rid of the president is one way of easing the refugee crisis in europe. speaking at a parliamentary debate, on the decision to launch flights over syria. he again ruled out sending ground troops, and said if a regional coalit

in fact at the yalta conference, the decision was made in the soviet union, russia the soviet union and russia as the successor of the ussr is a founding nation and a security councilmember. sure i'll have to say a few words about the current situation and how about international relations are shaping up today. the united nations remains the only universal international organization which is charged with maintaining international peace and security. in that sense there's absolutely no alternative tight. clearly it has to adapt to a changing word at what pace and what should be changed exactly. and of course i'll have to not just that i'll have to, i'll definitely avail myself of the opportunity to speak from this international rostrum to give the russian vision of the future of this organization and the international community. >> rose: let's much anticipation that you will speak about the threat of isis. and that your presence in syria is related to that. what is the purpose of the presence in syria and how does that relate to the challenge of isis? >> i believe, i'm pretty certain tha

decision was made in the soviet union. russia and the soviet union. russia's the legal successor of the ussr. i will have to say a few words about how the current situation and how international relations are shaping up to date. united nation remains the only universal international organization charged with maintaining international peace and security. there is no alternative to it. it has to adapt to a changing world and we have all been constantly debating how it should change, at what pace, what should be changed exactly. have toave to not just -- i will avail myself to speak from this international rostrum to give the russian vision of the future of this organization. charlie: there is much anticipation you will speak about the threat of isis, and that your presence in syria is related to that. this of the presence in syria, and how does that relate to the challenge of isis? president putin: i believe come i'm certain that everyone speaking from the united nations platform is going to talk about the fight, about the need to fight terrorism. i cann

russian military and intelligence services in the entire region of the middle east where once russia, soviet union, were a dominant force and now they're not. >> the kremlin argues air strikes alone will never win the fight and only the syrian army has the muscle on the ground to face up to the advances made by isil fighters over the past year. meanwhile, russia is stepping up its arms supplies to damascus. flights are landed every day. troops and engines nears are working on expanding an air base. >> the kremlin says they're trying to back the syrian army's fight against isil but there are isil but there are isil. >> of course, as you noted, the obama administration is very concerned about the russian military build up while the pentagon press secretary peter cook did not want to talk specifically about what the u.s. believes the russians are doing or how they have been gather ling their information. there is a real concern that the russian activity is being done in large part to support al assad although if you trust the americans, they will say that you need to ask moscow exactly what it is the

all the russian military and intelligence in the entire region of the middle east, where once russia soviet union were dominant force. and now they are not. >> and only the syrian army has the muscle on the ground to face up to the advances made by fighters over the past year. several fighters are said to be land every day. troops are now set to be working on extending an air base, to cope with the increased flow. the regular shipments of armed are used exclusively in the army wattle against isil. but there are real fears that the weapons could be used in the civil war. that has cost the lives of hundreds of thousands and in the west that is not acceptable. peter sharp, al jazeera. >> the french prime minister has told a debate france will not send ground troops to syria. but he said if a regional coalition were set up, they would support it. >> the continuing harm numbers of syrians threing into europe, clearly is one of the driving factors making the french plans to look at air strikes all the more urgent. however, he said it was very important that any acing thats against the targets should no

. >> once russia soviet union were a dominant force, and now they're not. >> the kremlin argues that airstrikes alone will never win the fight against the islamic fighters, and only the syrian army has the muscle on the ground to face up to the advances made by isil fighters over the past year. meanwhile russia is now stepping up its armed supplies to damascus, several flights loaded with weapons are said to be landing every day. russian troops and engineers are extending an air base to cope with the increased flow. the kremlin insists that it's regular shipments of arms to syria are used against isil. but there are real fears that the weapons could be used in syria's civil war that has cost the lives of hundreds of thousands of civilians, and in the west that is not acceptable. >> syrian president bashar al-assad has given after interview to russian media. that interview was released today, but it's not known when that was taped. syria's war is now in its fifth year and has left hundreds of thousands of people dead, and forced more than 10 million from their home. the professor of p

. >> once russia -- soviet union were once a dominant force there. now they are not. >> reporter: the kremlin argues that air strikes alone will never win the fight and only the syrian army has the muscle on the ground to face up to the isil fighters. and meanwhile russia is now stepping up its fight to damascus. russian troops and engineers are now said to be working to extend an air base to cope with the increased flow. the kremlin insists its regular shipment of arms to syria are used exclusively in the battle against isil, but there are real fears that the weapons could be used in syria's civil war, which has cost the lives of hundreds of thousands of civilians, and in the west that is not acceptable. peter sharp, al jazeera, in moscow. >>> 36 palestinians have been injured when israeli security forces stormed a mosque in occupied jerusalem. palestinians now fear israel wants to change the rules which allow jews to visit the mosque but not to pray. >> reporter: tuesday the police wanted to arrest people that had stayed in the mosque overnight. ro

russian military and intelligence services in the entire region of the middle east where once russia, the soviet union were a dominant force and now they're not. the kremlin argues that air strikes alone will never win the fight and only the syrian army can face up to the isil fighters over the past year and meanwhile suss russia is stepping up its arms supplies against damascus. russian troops and engineers are now expected to extend an air base to cope with the increased flow. the kremlin insists its regular sipments are used exclusively in the batsal against isil but there are real fears that the weapons could be used in syria's civil war which cost the lives of hundreds of thousands of civilians and in the west, that's not acceptable. >>> meanwhile in syria itself, rockets fired by rebel fighters have killed at least 38 people in the northern city of aleppo. three government held neighborhoods were bombarded. that's according to the u.k. based syrian observatory for human rights. 14 children were among the dead. 150 people wounded. >> an opposition rally in the democratic republic of congo has tur

valuable. >> the soviet demographic policy put settlements over russia and the soviet union that in a market economy is difficult to sustain. if some of the settlements in the far north, the bases can acquire a strategic better. with 13% of the world's undiscovered oil and a third of natural gas, many here think russia is holding on to barons berg to keep the russia over. >> the politics, the being here is very important for them. >> that means supporting settlements even if a few lived >> if there's a settlements, if it had been a flag in the snow that is something the kremlin would seek to explore. >> today only a hardy crop of 400 russians and ukrainians are left. after conflict in ukraine, new tensions merge here. locals feared fist fights could break outs between russians and mines. >> it's difficult for me. my parents are in ukraine. that's why it's difficult. >> this new cold war is putting strains on those like constantine, a cold miner who game to barons berg learning he could make four times as much as he earnt in ukraine. and like the chinese business tycoons and prospector

they suggested that russia, then the soviet union, make japan's northern territory its territory as a consequence of world war ii. russia controls the island, and japan claims them. japan claims the islands are inherent part of the territory and says they were illegally occupied after the war. they will resume talks on the ace treaty on october 8th. >> japan would like to resolve the territorial issue with the four islands, and we'd like to keep negotiating to find a solution that can satisfy both sides under basic policy, which is a conclusion of the peace treaty. >> he also used the term, "territories." >> translator:irst of all, as far as the russian delegation is concerned, we did not discus the territories, neither the territories of japan or those of russia are the subject of our dialogue. >> he said under discussion was the signing of the peace treaty. >>> childn in the central african republic are in gve risk to be being brought in the middle of a conflict, many forced to join armedroups in a recent battle, but now therere advocates underway to bring these children back into s

soviet union. now what are they doing? everyone is talking about rapprochement, russia, and the european union. at actually happens in practice is they plan to remove the baltic states from this unified energy system of the former soviet union and hook them up with the european system. what does that mean for us? it means among some of our regions in the russian federation, there will be some zones were there will be no electric power lines -- where there will be no electric power lines. he four, it went to the baltic --before, it went through this means starting from scratch. why? when we are striving for some sort of integration, not in words, but in practice, why do this? this is what is happening along many lines. they say one thing, but they do something quite different. i think this comes from growing pains. i think common sense will finally prevail. , this is moretes important for them than russia itself. take one of the countries, lithuania. do you know what the population was? 3.4 million people. and now? 1.4 million. where did the people go? country, over half the citizens left the cou

lavrov suggested russia, then the soviet union, made japan's northern territory its territory as a consequence of world war ii. russia controls the four islands. japan claims them. japan maintains the islands are an inherent part of its territory. it says they were illegally occupied after the war. the two agreed to resume vice ministerial level talks on a peace treaty on october 8. >> translator: japan would like to resolve the territorial issue with the four islands and we'd like to keep negotiating to find a solution that can satisfy both sides under basic policy which is a conclusion of the peace treaty. >> lavrov referred to kishida's use of the term "northern territories." >> translator: first of all, as far as the russian delegation is concerned, we did not discuss the northern territories. neither the northern territories of japan nor those of russia are the subject of our dialogue. >> lavrov says the issue under discussion was the signing of a peace treaty. on the economic front, kishida and russia's first deputy prime minister have agreed to strengthen relations in this field. they h

soviet union. now what are they doing? everyone's talking about russia and the european union. hat actually happens in practice now is that they plan to remove the baltic states from this unified energy system of the former soviet union and hook them up to the european system. so what does that mean for us in practice? it means among some of our regions in the russian federation, there will be some zones where there will be no electric power line. because, before, it went through the baltic countries and, so, it means that, once again, spending billions of u.s. dollars, this system must be built from scrarchtion just as our european partners will have to spend billions of dollars to hook up the baltic states to their energy grid. why? why when we're striving for some sort of work and integration not in words but practice, why do this? and this is what's happening along many lines. they say one thing, but they do something quite different. i think that this all comes from growing pains, and i believe that common sense will finally prevail, if not here, on other issues. we're all

syria is the oldest client state in the middle east for the soviet union and now russia. the relationship goes back decades. assad's father cemented that relationship, so the prime military supplier of nuclear technology, supplier of training and equipping of the military in syria was the soviet union and now russia. it was no coincidence, for putinle, that prudent -- and russia negotiated an them to remove chemical weapons which were the former this -- soviet union and russia. relationshipd, old . they are not going to give up easily on that. problem we have got is even in military,he syrian they are kind of crumbling. assad'ss -- a solid -- position in syria continues to erode. think qiagen -- putin has some motivation in trying to rescue the situation before death collapse or host: so the united states is training rebels were trying to fight a sod -- assad. what is this doing to long-term relationship between the united states and russia? there is really nothing new with the united states and russia being on opposite sides of conflict, and in fact even using them as sur

. >> you had mentioned earlier that japan was worried about russia, about soviet union entering the war, and that if they had to face the russians coming in through -- >> yeah. >> -- into the war, that they may lose, you know, various possessions, including some of the homeland. i don't know. i don't know what their -- >> yeah, it's often discussed as what would have happened if the war had been continued and the russians were allowed to come into thek09çÑ war against japan. everybody feared that, including most of the americans. we didn't want to have an endless war, we wanted the war in the pacific over. all we can say is that by ending the war the russians didn't have that choice. they got all they could, but that didn't actually enter the fight and get more territory. >> can you remember in your discussions. i get the sense that no one expected that the war was necessarily going to end after two bombs. there's a third one on the way, and the people assigned to tinnian or the duration thought they'd be there for six more months, or i don't know. can you, if that's correct, or whateve

. >> guest: when we look at a little bit of history with russia and soviet union. syria is the oldest state in the middle east and now russia. the relationship goes back decades. assad's father cemented that relationship so that prime military supplier on nuclear technology supplier, training and equipping was the soviet union and now russia. it was no coin -- coincidence, for example, thae,t putin and russia negotiated an agreement with the western allies including the states to remove chemical weapons, which were provided by -- at least technology from the so -- soviet union and russia. that's an old, old relationship. they are not going to give up easily on that. syrian military is crumbling and assad's position within syria continuing to erode. it's not an overnight thing, but it's a steady errosion. putin has motivation to try the salvage the situation before it collapses. >> host: the united states training syrian rebels who are trying to fight against assad. >> we will go live for white house briefing. >> before we get to the questions, let me do announcement

russian military intelligence services in the entire region of the middle east, where once russia and soviet unionere a dominate force, and now they're not. >> reporter: the kremlin argues that airstrikes alone will never win the fight against the fighters, and only strikes on the ground will go up against the fight. now russia has weapons landing every day. and russian troops and engineers are now working on extending an air base. >> the kremlin insists that it's regular shipments of arms to syria are used exclusively in the syrian army's battle against isil. but there are real fears that the weapons could be used in syria's civil war, that has cost the lives of hundreds of thousands of civilians, and in the west, that's not acceptable. aljazeera, in moscow. >> meanwhile, syria's president, bashar al-assad, said that he has the solution to the influx of syrian refugees in europe, saying that europe should target the root cause of the problem. >> the issue is not whether europe accepts refugees or not, but is it necessary to eliminate the cause of the problem. if europeans are worried about refuge

syria is the oldest client state in the middle east for the soviet union and now russia. e relationship goes back decades. assad's father cemented that relationship, so the prime military supplier of nuclear technology, supplier of training and equipping of the military in syria was the soviet union and now russia. it was no coincidence, for putinle, that prudent -- and russia negotiated an them to remove chemical weapons which were the former this -- soviet union and russia. relationshipd, old . they are not going to give up easily on that. problem we have got is even in military,he syrian they are kind of crumbling. assad'ss -- a solid -- position in syria continues to erode. think qiagen -- putin has some motivation in trying to rescue the situation before death collapse or host: so the united states is training rebels were trying to fight a sod -- assad. what is this doing to long-term relationship between the united states and russia? there is really nothing new with the united states and russia being on opposite sides of conflict, and in fact even using them as surro

the veto has been cast 80 times, by russia, formerly the soviet union, and the united states. if you look at the record and i went over it and looked at it. what do you see. in the first 25 years, the russians used the fogs to defend their veto. in the second 25 years. they used it to defeat israel. in both cases that is not why san francisco. >> we speak of if like the design is a problem. in fact, the major westerly direction powers were not going to be one amongst all countries. you are not going to get the united nations and russia to play on an equal footing. >> let's talk about leadership. it's a term i near about in the united states. and it means to pursue selfish american interests, and defeat your enemies. what about the notion - i am sure the same is true in russia and other places. what about cooperate. >> you share the few that one shouldn't regard the united nations as a failure, despite the numbers of people killed, and i buy the argument we have not this "three muskateers." what is the best argument about why it has worked. what good has it done. >> let's look

we're joined by an author and historian on russia and the former soviet union.oins us to break down some of the dynamic between these two leaders. how would you characterize the tone of putin's speecher early in the day? >> i was first of all surprised it was so short in comparison to obama's speech. >> which was about 45, 50 minutes. >> yeah, and one of the russian comment taters that i was listening to, said he thought putin seemed sort of prickely and very negative. i think the speech said exactly what we expected it to say. because he already laid it out in an interview with 60 minutes and said it would be an enormous mistake not to include assad in a coalition against isil, and he talked a little bit about the economic sanctions and -- against russia, and mentioned how difficult it was for the russians after the collapse of the soviet union to have nato expand. he made a reference to that. >> we also accused the west and u.s. of meddling in affairs in ukraine as well. >> yes. >> and president obama actually in his speech today said that the russian policies

mongolia, that the mature in court -- manchurian port would be nationalized and least to the soviet union. that russiaoviet union and that the cure-all islands islands wouldral be handed over to the soviet union. agreement went on to state the soviet union stood ready to conclude a treaty of friendship and alliance with china to legalize these concessions. finally, f.d.r. also said he would gain his concurrence. the secret agreement reflected in part an ingenious solution to a fundamental conflict of interest between the united states and soviet union over china. long-term soviet strategy had been to establish buffer zones around the borders of the states, as was then occurring in eastern europe. and asia, the buffer zones -- in asia, the buffer zones were outer mongolia, manchuria, korea, and the islands. the soviets had long ago established estate in outer mongolia, exerted substantial influence, and were poised to take a page from japan's book in seizing manchuria and korea. states for close to half a century had espoused a strategy of the open door which meant undeserved support for china's territ

russia. but as we all remember, the soviet union that negotiated with us armed control agreement and changed behavior fundamentally, and that process led to the big confirmation to the collapse of the soviet union and emergence of russia. the anti-american and anti-western tone was -- abandoned until 20 years later as we witnessed today. and russia gave up its empire soviet union gave up its empire -- far flung places like vietnam an nick nicaragua but we have the imperialism with involvement in yemen where iran is backing the hewi strengthening hezbollah which is the shock troops of the assad regime, and iraq, of course, and our sunni arab allies are really, really insecure and frightened what the future may bring in only 15 years. we are thinking in the united states election psych psych cycles like our china friends and partners, they're thinking centuries they're thinking the glory of the preislammic of persian empire. so we gave an empties that 15 years from now iranians will be only weeks with the capacity t@ enrich uranium on unpress deputied levels, weeks from the japanese of the dutc

russia. i would say couple of things. first of all this is not the soviet union. russia certainly not a democracy but as the soft authoritarianism and people are on line and they can still say what they think even if this guy has wiped out the organizations of democracy and he certainly has completely removed all the oxygen from competition. he is now the number one and there is no number two. there is a lot of bad behavior but i would say if somebody goes to russia periodically and cares about it we shouldn't confuse putin. there's an ente middle class that benefited for the last 20 years from the amount of open as they did have. it's been the most open time in a thousand years of russian history and i think we can hope that even with a strongman leader the influences that we the americans and western europeans have helped spread will prevail over time. >> i have a question. did the cia take care of natasha and her son after he was executed? >> i tell the story in the book and i don't want to spoil this for you but it's a sad story. i would urge you to read it. i

we had in the west a very romantic vision of russia back in 1991 when soviet union died and whatever to emerge, and we began to think of it as a democracy. we were going to bring it into the west. all is going to be wonderful. that was never in the cards. >> reporter: so what was at the root of this, that vladimir putin in his spirit and world view? >> vladimir putin is a russian czar. he's kind of a mix of peter the great and stalin. he's got both in his veins, and he looks out first and foremost for the national security interests of russia. he accepts that, in eastern europe, that is a russian backyard, that is a russian spear -- sphere of influence. ukraine lives most uncomfortably and unhappily in a russian backyard. if anything good will emerge out of this, it's going to be the result of an acceptable modus of ukraine and europe. the two will have to get together at some point. it will be a result that many people in the rust will not like because russia as the bigger power is going to get the better of the deal. so a lot of people will say, that's appeasement. it's reality. >>

and russia, former soviet union have been through these kinds of issues before. rst of all, what is russia up to right now? >> first of all, i think ton honest, isis is as much of a threat to russia as us. their whole southern border is possible terrorist activity -- >> but the targets today in this first air strike clearly if you listen to the pentagon were not isis. >> well, that i think needs to be determined but targeting isis for them a priority and what bothers me here, do we have a joint air coordination center? >> u.s. russia. >> u.s. russia, russia, nato or whatever how to pull the coalition together and make sure we don't go bump in the night. that to me is imperative here if we're going to have a coordinated effort in syria. >> you were shaking your head, julia. >> it's been confirmed now that the targets that russia hit today were actually cia-backed, u.s.-backed anti-assad rebels. when russia said it would help assad, it meant helping assad and doing what assad is doing, not hitting isis because, you know, isis' existence legitimate his power. there i

and he readily admitted that russia had discarded the soviet union and this was a new situation. nd they're back to what normal countries are -- should be judged by, not by standards that were established during the cold war when russia itself was being directed by an ideological zealous clique in the communist party, the same way radical islam is having such a major impact on islam. the radical islamists have that type of ability to impact on policies and large numbers of people through their violence. so, i really reject the idea that, well, putin is only down there and russians are only down there to help assad, their friend. although part of being a great country is making sure that when you make a deal with somebody, that you keep the deal even when it gets tough, and you don't leave your friends in a lurch after they've risked everything for you. and it seems that in the last few years the united states h has -- my colleague accidently indicated, the united states -- yeah, some -- we've left -- we've left a lot of people behind here, and also the united states policy was, wh

director of the museum he inherited the post from his father and has guided it in russia's transition from the soviet union to vladimir putin. he invited me to visit on a saturday afternoon. the museum was full of people. this is not movie making perfection but it is what it would be like if you were there yourself. so join us as we examine the history of its vast interiors and look at some of the most famous works of titian, rem brant, picasso and ma tees. we begin in -- and mit -- matisse. we simply took advantage of an extraordinary opportunity and wanted to take you with us on the journey. we are in the office at the hermitage of mikhail piotrovsky. we have known each other for a long time and he's been on my program a number of times, including most recently when he came to new york to talk about the 250th anniversary of this museum. this is his office. it looks like the office of anybody who loves books, loves art, loves culture. but it is from this office that he direct this is magnificent museum and its extensions, the art they bring in, the art the allow -- he allows to be seen around the world th

. >> you had mentioned earlier that japan was worried about russia, about soviet union entering the war, and that if they had to face the russians coming in through -- >> yeah. >> -- into the war, that they may lose, you know, various possessions, including some of the homeland. i don't know. i don't know what their -- >> yeah. it's often discussed as what would have happened if the war had been continued and the russians were allowed to come into the war against japan. everybody feared that, including most of the americans. we didn't want to have an endless war, we wanted the war in the pacific over. all we can say is that by ending the war the russians didn't have that choice. they got all they could, but that didn't actually enter the fight and get more territory. >> can you remember in your discussions -- i get the sense that no one expected that the war was necessarily going to end after two bombs. there's a third one on the way. and the people assigned to tinian were assigned for the duration thought they'd be there for six more months, or i don't know. can you -- if that's correc

ever since the collapse of the soviet union, russia had no base of its own to hold its own ships ands. that is why it was paying rent to use the black sea base inside crimea. the previous administration demanded that this base had to be removed after several years. >> but when the next president is elected, he signs a new agreement with russia that extends the lease for another 25 years. the majority of parliament supports the deal, but some politicians and many ukrainians vehemently disagree. and they intend to make their objections known. >> me and my crew, we were working outside the parliament. there had been very large-scale protests in the wake of the ratification. close to 1,500 men were here protesting. lots of police and the atmosphere was very tense and deep. i was actually recording a sound bite with one of the protesters then i had a call from my office in moscow and said something big is happening inside the parliament and you should have a look. so i quickly ran to the truck and had a look at the feed. >> it turns out the chaotic protests outside parliament are nothing

russia now filling a vacuum in syria that we left for? >> following the explosion of soviet advisors from each of the 1973, the soviet union and russia hadeen out of the middle east. by the thankless foreign policy, they are back in. president obama said assad must go. three years ago he said if they use chemical weapons it's a red line. if he had moved, two things would be a reality today. isis would not be in control of a great swath of iraq and syria and russia would not be emerging as an influence in the middle east. you mentioned a lot of equipment, fighter bombers and tanks. you didn't mention one thing. the au-22 surface to air defense system that the russians have now put in syria. now last time i looked, isis doesn't have an air force. that is a clear and provocative gesture towards the united statesat saying we will determi what happens in syria not you. you interfere from the air, we have surface to air missiles which can take out your equipment. it is astonishing what a place of weakness we have found ourselves in by this administration. >> kerry reaching out to his counter part and you have the defense secretary. >> begging

syria is the oldest client state in the middle east for the soviet union and now russia. the relationship goes back decades. assad's father cemented that relationship, so the prime military supplier of nuclear technology, supplier of training and equipping of the military in syria was the soviet union and now russia. it was no coincidence, for putinle, that prudent -- and russia negotiated an them to remove chemical weapons which were the former this -- soviet union and russia. relationshipd, old . they are not going to give up easily on that. problem we have got is even in military,he syrian they are kind of crumbling. assad'ss -- a solid -- position in syria continues to erode. think qiagen -- putin has some motivation in trying to rescue the situation before death collapse or host: so the united states is training rebels were trying to fight a sod -- assad. what is this doing to long-term relationship between the united states and russia? there is really nothing new with the united states and russia being on opposite sides of conflict, and in fact even using them as sur

again for russia's presidency, the response was mass demonstrations in moscow's streets, protests which had to be put down by police. >> there's never been a good succession model in the soviet unionsia, and he's very worried about how he will leave power. he doesn't want to leave in a coffin, he doesn't want to go to a jail cell. he's got so many guilty secrets, so much money's been stolen, and so many people have been killed that he doesn't really trust anyone to keep him safe if he steps down from power. so in a way, he's both the master of the kremlin but also a prisoner in it. (russian national anthem playing) >> narrator: in 2012, putin moved medvedev aside and took back the presidency in a kremlin-controlled election. by now, the presidential term had been extended to two six-year terms. vladimir putin could remain in power until 2024. but the country he rules over is in deepening trouble. in russia's cities, there is a veneer of prosperity left over from the earlier days of high oil prices. but the economy has been pillaged, and in the vast reaches where the majority of russians live, deep poverty stubbornly prevails. >> putin's greatest fear is that the russians will real

seven years that this has been exercised by the united states, united kingdom, france, china, soviet union and russia alike. it is natural for endeavors and representatives at the organization. when the un was established, its taunters didn't think there would be unity. the strength is coming from taking different views into consideration. decisions debated taken as such. whatever actions any state might take by pausing this procedure is not legitimate and defy international law. we all know that after the end of the cold war, everyone is aware of that, a single center of domnation emerged in the world, and those who found themselves at the top were tempted to think if they were strong and exceptional they would not have to wrereckon wit the un. this often creates obstacles or in other words gets in the way. it is now becoming commonplace to see that in its original form it has become obsolete and completed its historical mission. of course the world is changing and the un must be consistent with this natural transformation.to work together with its partners on the bases of broad consensus but we con

eleanor: before that it was the state of russia and before that the state of the soviet union. he's going to do everything he can to bolster assad. pat: why not? eleanor: why not? fine, as long as they then operate against isis. john: ok. europe mounts up. i havethis is reason why asked the minister of defense, already starting tomorrow to carry out reconnaissance fights over syria so as to be able to envisage the possibility of striking daesh. john: france, australia and the u.k. are extending their military intervention against isis in syria. this week, as a result of the migrant crisis, and the expectation of the iran "done deal," they are prepared to follow president putin's request to work together in order to defeat the enemy. >> so we believe that we have to be able to talk with all countries that could facilitate that solution and that transition. i'm thinking here of the gulf countries, i'm also thinking of russia, of iran, and many other countries that are already part and parcel of the coalition. john: and the so-called "bashar has to go" was put into hibernation. th

many of these artefacts never left russia, some needed to be declassified before they travelled. the soviet union's earlier achievement is san as beating moscow, in putting a man on the moon. >> it may be a legacy of cold war tensions that here in the west sees major achievements eclipse the bid n.a.s.a.'s moon landings, when it comes to the space race, there's a winner, the soviet union. >> russians landed the first probe on the moon, and on venus. when you think about it calmly, they are incredible scientific achievements. just as important as the loner lander. it's sexy and has p.r. other things are important. >> with a space race over, tensions have been replaced by cooperation and joint missions. after the u.s. grounded the shuttle fleet in 2011, it pays russia 63 million per astronaut, per trip. this charts man's early cos fibbing achievements. from the spacecraft to toilet. meaning. moments in the journey into the unknown >>> i'm antonio mora, thanks tore joining us. for the latest news any time head to aljazeera.com. ray suarez is next. have a good night. ♪ >> the stage was crowded, the deb

it's a long standing ally of soviet union and russia.he also sends a message to all the dictators in the world that putin does not leave his clients, you know, in trouble. and of course he is working closely with iran. that's another strategic ally of putin there. together they believe they can control the middle east which is trying to control all crisis and as a side effect, good for putin, hundreds of thousands potentially millions of refugees flooding europe and that's good because it creates room in europe. it's no longer capable to oppose putin as one unit to crush ukraine. >> one of the real concerns here is the advanced s-300 air defense system. u.s. officials are concerned that russia is moving ahead with these plans to sell iran this sophisticated missile system. why would they want to sell this missile system that could actually undercut washington's ability to check on tehran's air space and check on tehran's ability to create a nuclear bomb? >> because putin -- putin always was a faithful ally of iran. it started back in the

it's always been exercised by the united states, the united kingdom, france, china, the soviet union and russia alike. it is a diverse and representative organization. when the u.n. was established, its founders did not in the least think there would always be this. the strength comes from taking different views into consideration. decisions debated within the u.n. are either as resolutions or not. as diplomats say they pass or do not pass. whatever actions any state might take by passing this procedure are illegitimate. they run counter to the charter and defi internationy internati. at the end of the cold war -- everyone is aware of that -- a single center of domination emerged in the world, and then those who found themselves at the top of the pyramid were tempted to think that if they were strong and exceptional, they knew better. they do not have to reckon with the u.n., which instead of automatic legitimizing of the necessary decisions, often creates obstacles or other words stands in the way. it has now become common place to see that in its original form, it has become kocome obso. the