that's being france germany ukraine and russia where they can discuss what is happening. i want to say very clearly the free movement of ships in the sea of us of to ukraine's coast and cities must be guarantee. violist. as being indeed up to correspondent max hoffman who is in buenos aires for us so max i just heard anglo-american there confirming that the recent russia ukraine escalation was discussed by the leaders do we know what the atmosphere of the talks was like. of course we know that this was a big part of the discussion between vladimir putin and i'm going to machall but the german chancellor was very matter of fact for you to her the important part was that what says what we just heard in that sound bite that the norm of the format will continue so that format that involves ukraine russia germany and france at a lower level not the leaders level but at the lower level still this year this is important because it keeps things going otherwise about the atmosphere in general at the g. twenty she said things aren't as easy as they used to be but there are still a l

the economy also of course spoke about the current straight instance some time ago involving russia ukraine ships the u.s. russia relationship that was spoken about lent particularly by the cool war era nuclear arms treaties which have been in place as we say since the one thousand meetings on indeed before a number of them talking about the u.s. a bonding and what it could mean for security and the world as well so a lot of issues being spoken up by say we may just go in and out of this saying we believe we'll call in for quite a little bit longer we don't know of course so let's just cross spock just to see if there's a lady asking a question see what blood putin has to say. let's take a listen. don't you think that's true no i don't think so you just you know you know it's not like that. and. here i'd like i'd like to i have a request please pay attention to the criminal case of murder of gus and goosen of brothers and during this special operation to have been shut down and later it was proven that they've been they had nothing to do with illegal groups and they have been they have not

as we mentioned the standoff between ukraine and russia is one of the big issues on leaders' minds and ukraine's president has upped the ante banning russian males between the ages of sixteen and sixty from entering his country andrew simmons reports from cock and one of the flashpoint border regions. this is the latest message sent from ukraine to russia via social media a miniature video packed with action drills said to be taking place nearly as. intended to show off the cranes defensive capabilities. that have been around so i view our joint forces operation is full of air defense weapons that are able to stop the aerial aggression of the russian federation. and as the live fire exercises were playing out on the world wide web president petro poroshenko decided to ban all russian mail holders aged between sixteen and sixty from coming in or going out of ukraine. just outside hockey here of one of the main board oppose any seven hundred russians normally leave the country every day. now the numbers are going down drastically with all the disruption that goes with it in the. brahmi u

to move our ships from the port or for this to mario people in the wake of the incident both russia and ukraine called for an emergency session of the un security council or here's how that played out. what we witnessed this weekend is yet another reckless russian escalation it follows on from russia's illegal an accession of crimea in two thousand and thirteen grains because the ukrainian side violated our border in a place which even before twenty fourteen was russian territory you know russia must respect the full implementation of the means grim and if you're not a magician i hope that you read the mid-scale greenman to know perfectly that there's not a single word about crimea russia wants to comics the c. of s. or at least and now it's surprisingly turns out that we occupy the hands of c. is well this is something new in the afternoon we thought i'd like to assure you create an affair with solidarity united states will continue to stand with the people of ukraine against the russian aggression. so this could be perceived as cult braun's for ukraine to carry out further provocations of tha

france and germany the former that was established to talk about the crisis between russia and ukraine that has escalated in the past days and mackel and the french president who also met. the russian president vladimir putin on friday have both insisted that they were very unhappy about the situation as it has unfolded this week. and max macaluso made a very personal statement about the passing of the late president george h.w. bush want to shift saying. yes she said that she might not be standing here in war desires in front of the journalists if it wasn't for george bush who back then of course was somebody who made it possible that the wall came down who made it possible especially that germany be unified and i got a backhoe is from eastern germany so that liberated her that liberated all her fellow countrymen back then and she called george bush a great friend in the white house who somebody whom the germans back then could trust a sharp contrast baby grace heard american president we have hear them over the borders hours max often with the very latest in point us ira's thank you.

global concern as russia and ukraine are brought to the brink of conflict after russia seized three ships it says violated its territorial waters also ahead. paris is recovering after the worst riots in a decade sparked by more protests against higher taxes the demonstrations in france are now into their third. day in moscow this december the second it's sunday so we're wrapping up the biggest stories covered here during the past seven days first overnight developments the g. twenty summits concluded in argentina with leaders tackling a raft of crucial problems including the u.s. china trade war the ukraine crisis and strengthening cooperation. the u.s. president had a keenly walks to meeting with his chinese counterpart to the summit but neither got a news conference afterwards the russian president did talk to reporters though to share his thoughts on the gathering in buenos aires from way into trying to report . one of the top reasons why this g twenty summit was meant to be a real attention grabber is the one on one between the man whose limo is parked right there it's about to depart

gerry: russia could overwhelm ukraine if it wants to. united states i would say is not going to go to war with russia over ukraine. >> i think there is more we could do in terms of strengthening nato's presence in the black sea which russia is trying to turn into a russian lake. we could give them more defensive weapons and coastal defenses to help them maintain the security of their ports. we could get our allies to do morph this and conduct military training and exercises with ukraine. if they don't return the boats and sailors they seized in this recent incident we should couple with some kind of package of sanctions to impose a real cost. sanctions are mainly about getting them out of eastern ukraine. but we can't allow this incident to go unpunished. gerry: i asked ambassador bolton, there seems to be a disconnect between the administration's tough stance on russia, and still the sort of relationship that president trump still seems to want to have with president putin. how do you explain that? and does it matter in the answer is the

stepping in as some point in guaranteeing ukraine security you know that would that would be a higher risk of a military confrontation between nato and russia which both sides want to the point what we will see is maybe or and what they at least will see is unworkable. support for ukraine in condemnation of russia's action we may also see air patrols less likely sanctions that's what the u.s. is pushing for but the european partners they want to they want to postpone it to have more and more room for leverage for negotiations with russia on diane f. treaty briefly if you could with ukraine out there with the i n f all but dead are you concerned about a new arms race a new nuclear arms race yes i think most most people are because if i if is is not able to or is not not being uphold will definitely see an arms race in terms of intermediate missiles that we still have a new start in place which limits strategic missile iles but they may be connected so if we see i n f going down the drain not may also have problems for long you start it could on rival other agreements yes it beginning of that or at least are a pagan from the german council on

this to mario western countries were quick to express serious concern over what happened both russia and ukraine called for an emergency session of the un security council russia's representatives seem to be little headway there with others around the table here's how it all played out what we witnessed this weekend is yet another reckless russian escalation it follows on from russia's illegal acts ation of crimea in two thousand and fourteen grains because there are great inside violated our border in a place which even before twenty fourteen was russian territory on particular russia must respect the full implementation of the means agreement you're not an additional i hope that you'll read the mid-scale greenman to know perfectly there's not a single word about crimea russia wants to can access the sea of us or at least she and now we'd surprisingly turns out that we occupy the hands of c. is wealthy this is something new we thought i'd like to assure you christopher was solidarity united states will continue to stand with the people of ukraine against the russian aggression. so this could be

and ukraine -- big invasion of russia and to ukraine?being ashamedelf speaking russian in europe, and i am russian. the responsehink should have been or what would be a proper response? gen. breedlove: i will not satisfy on that, but i think the things that impede russia from attacking on ukraine, it would be a huge step, a costly step. i do also believe that mr. putin has done more damage for himself and the russian people inside of ukraine than even he understands. i think there are many other impediments. i do not place new is much emphasis on nord stream as the collective here apparently does. i go back to my answer. i think we do not have to go lessfar back in history, than the last five years, to understand how russia uses energy supply, energy dynamics, pricing, etc., as a weapon. my suggestion to nations in don't put the weapon through your own hands. mh17, first and foremost, we should have done something right then. without assertion, going beyond where we can talk, i cannot give any great proof, but it is my assertion that we

be a different kind of war also proved a key issue the conflict between russia and ukraine it was top of the agenda for german chancellor angela merkel's one on one with russian president vladimir putin . she called on him to release the ukrainian sailors detained by russia last weekend and said she wanted to avoid any further escalation. undirected us off to stamford can we proposed and it is being considered to have a meeting in the normandy fall not in which the normandy councils being france germany ukraine and russia spewed about the processes happening there. and however said he believes only a change in the ukrainian government would bring an end to the crisis just like i forgot one thing all twenty leaders disagree on the need to reform the world trade organization given current trade tensions globally a success for this summit. and for more now i'm joined by our political scores upon it thomas or sparrow thanks for being here a lot of one plus one meetings at this multilateral meeting of the big one being between of course donald trump and china's paying trump likes to announ

aspects of the conflicts between russia and ukraine first it's a tragedy imagine all these millions when mommy is ukrainian and daddy is russia just a friend a lot like me and just the other day ukrainian president not just the right sector but the ukrainian presidency banned all russians from visiting their relatives in the ukraine that don't get earlier through either as that order was still in force you've been critical of russia you noted there russia's missteps do you think that a country that wants to be part of the european union should respond to a never naval arctic altercation by banning the entire population of another country is that democratic is that in line with western values first place you have to understand that the skin and the sound where russia took three naval vessels is a military and military at it must be brought to a class. and then done the standing of the. point is that that is a war of war by proxy a mob between ukraine and russia in the southeast in the manner that is banning the entire population of another country is a proportionate action to that no

sanctions target russia's financial energy and defense sectors the ukraine russia conflict flared up again last month when russian forces seized three ukrainian vessels and twenty four crew members as they tried to pass through the catch straight from the black sea to the sea of as off now some even members have called for new sanctions in response but the block has shied away so far. it's going to euro chief in brussels max hoffman for more on the e.u. council decision to roll over sanctions against russia max remind us again what these sanctions mean for russian and european businesses. the sanctions are believed to have contributed to the downturn of the russian economy pressure on the ruble force russia to use part of his foreign exchange reserve it was sanctions basically that target the oil industry for equipment and also dual use good so goods that could be used for the arms industry and it seems to have had an effect but not the desired political effect to stop russia's meddling in eastern ukraine now for the european economy really depends which cou

from very bad even worse russia ukraine relations in my palm pale gives credit to the saudis for relieving suffering in yemen and is the guardian simply the commune's. to gas in spite of medics protesting in paris again on monday that as president. well surveying the aftermath of the weekend's carnage in the capital. was. also the russian t.v. reporter was accused of spying in the u.k. by the military and also the media following what was called his suspicious behavior i've side an army facility found a three person crew is on its way see international space station they're almost there the soyuz rocket lifted off without a hitch almost two months on from a failed launch pull. oh they're just going seven pm here in moscow you're watching international it's good to have you company. now police in paris have used tear gas against medics who've joined the wave of protests that have gripped the french capital he can see some of the pictures which have come out of paris today the medics have been using their sirens and emergency lights to trucked attention to their cause students have also join

in the so-called normandy for issue i mean of course the escalation of the conflict between ukraine and russia now the normandy format is something that had been established to talk about the crisis in ukraine with the participation of ukraine and russia so those are two countries that are part of that the other two countries are france and germany this is expected to happen on the lower level so not on the leaders level by the end of the year but probably you know one of the one of the most moving parts of that press conference if you can put it that way was her beginning when she talked about herbert walker bush as the president of the united states the former president of the united states making the connection a very personal connection to saying if it hadn't been for george bush back then she would be able to stand here now in front of this press conference because of course she was from a source she is from eastern germany and bush contributed to the fall of the wall and reunification of germany right now max there were fears ahead of the summit of the g twenty is so divided that agreein

russia main rival scenting the same. book optimist them remain an optimist he writes that the only solution to the conflict in ukraine is the fulfilling of the two diplomatic process russia has been failing to do not because the pro russian. separatists in some of the east your crane should be. cooled down down not send thousand lives lost my point is that. in doing what putin did in two thousand and fourteen many people and notably all the western countries think that he really how police say the debris doctrine defending the invasion of czechoslovakia twenty first of august one isn't at once and that was why he did. i think that putin felt an infringement the nato enlargement again towards the east infringed russia however yes i do think that the russians panicked because i was in kiev i broke all of my coverage should go limp again since or she going to key of the bloodbath ninety people were killed by the. don't know at this point who actually was there i saw where the snipers one day while on the roof of the government and on. front of the february two thousand and fourteen i counted fifty people killed in front of

and out as professor cohen joins me from new york his latest book is war with russia i'm showing it to you from putin and ukraine to trump and russia gate ok steve invasive words for joining us. i thought everything between russia and the united states was going to be better because of the relationship between putin and trump and the fact that russia wanted trump in the office. well i think larry you and i are what's called veterans of the previous cold war which lasted forty years it's kind of nice to talk with someone approximately of my generation i'm old women you cause the oil i don't know about that you look but you look better so where are the same generation the point is is that the younger generation didn't live through the preceding cold war it's history to them so they don't understand or feel the need to explain how we ended up in a new cold war particularly since we were told you and i and we told our kids who are now in their twenty's when the soviet union and communism ended in one thousand nine hundred one we were now going to have friendship and partnership in fact clinton's presidency bill clin

waters ukraine, russia legally share. six members were injured and all 24 of them were detained and are still in russian custody. this attack marks significant escalation in russia's war against ukraine. it is the first time the kremlin has overtly used its armed forces against ukraine. several western countries, the european union and nato have condemned russia's aggression against ukraine but a comprehensive response has yet to take shape. we're gathering at a pretty important time on the heels of a nato formal minister discussion in brussels on this issue. but we also gather when there is a time of intense debate here in washington. there's a current debate happening inside the executive branch up on capitol hill about these events, about our response. and our intention today is to help inform that conversation and to shape these decisions. our panelists will surely touch on a response must take shape soon if russia's government is going to take this seriously. many of the experts you'll hear from today and many others

as trouble concern is russia and ukraine approach to the brink of open conflict after russia sees fit

the move to create an independent ukrainian church marks a historic split with russia ukraine's president petro poroshenko was the driving force behind the new church critics say poroshenko is using it to drum up support ahead of elections next year. poroshenko hopes it will take you have even further away from russia's influence. for if it's there what kind of church is our church it's a church with the puton. circle church with moscow patriarch kirill under the prayers for the russian state and russian soldiers to these girls until now there have been several branches of the orthodox church in ukraine the largest and oldest was part of the russian orthodox church but now moscow patriarch kirill has banned the ukrainian branch from joining the new church. this is about determining what kind of church should exist in ukraine. but church i go to war created by gold for a fold church that serves the devil that he. hardly any priests who belong to the russian branch attended the founding ceremony the new ukrainian church leader appealed to them to join. but it was the doors of our united ukr

well many western countries were quick to express serious concern over what happened both russia and ukraine call for an emergency session of the un security council russia's representative seemed to make little headway with others around the table here is how it played out. what we witnessed this weekend is yet another reckless russian escalation it follows on from russia's in legal an exception of crimea in two thousand and fourteen because that on your cranium so i try later border in a place which twenty four team was russian territory you know russia must respect the people implementation of the music remember you're not an additional i hope that you break in the midst of agreements and know perfectly there's not a single good about crimea russia wants to comics the seat of us all. and now it surprises me turns out that we occupy the hazell sea as well to this is something new and if you me for i'd like to assure you christopher was solidarity united states will continue to stand with the people of ukraine against the russian aggression. so this could be perceived as college loans for u

know you have contacts with ukraine and russia. you be so kind as to brief us on the possible topics you are discussing with the russian president? are you going to be mediators between the two countries? is that a possibility? pres. erdogan: prior to coming telephonena, i had conversations with the leader of ukraine during which we reached a certain level. four countries, russia, ukraine, france, and germany -- a quadruple. they will organize a summit. they will hold a summit at the end of which i hope and pray bet a new phase can initiated so that the tensions will not further escalate and a more negative picture will not emerge. reporter: press society. if i am not mistaken i would like to ask you about the jamal khashoggi murder. you said it was not a matter for turkey but for the rest of the world as well. during your negotiations with the world leaders, were all of the leaders aware of the severity of the situation and this matter was of a close concern to not only turkey but the entire world? are there any elements in terms

meetings the next step is that they will have a more monday meeting the normandy format is a ukraine russia france and germany it's served in the past and they will try to meet again this year but not on the leaders level probably at a lower level negotiators ministers ministers we're not sure about that yet all right max hoffman in bonn osiris thanks so much for your force and. now the former u.s. president george herbert walker bush has died at his home in houston at the age of ninety four and people from around the world have been paying tribute to the forty first president of the united states bush sr served an eventful one term in office saying the collapse of the soviet union and the full of the but in will and he'll be remembered here in germany as one of the architects of reunification let's take a look back now at his life and his legacy. this was one of george bush's last public appearances and surely one of his toughest to make it was his wife barbara funeral in early twenty eight hundred. he bid farewell to her up to seventy three years of my reach. he was the youngest pilot in

be a different kind of war also proved a key issue in the conflict between russia and ukraine it was top of the agenda for german chancellor angela merkel's one on one with russian president vladimir putin . she called on him to release the ukrainian failures detained by russia last weekend and said she wanted to avoid any further escalation. and give it to us officers don't forget we proposed and it is being considered to have a meeting in the normandy fall not for which the normandy councils being france germany ukraine and russia spewed about the processes happening there. putin however said he believed only a change in the ukrainian government would bring an end to the crisis. but he does you one thing old twenty leaders disagree on the need to reform the world trade organization given current trade tensions globally a success for this summit. for get us joins us from buenos aires have it's good to see you so first the deal between china's president xi and u.s. president trump isn't really a deal well you get it's interesting because before this summit even started and most expert

as we mentioned the standoff between ukraine and russia is one of the big issues on leaders' minds and ukraine's president has upped the ante banning russian males between the ages of sixteen and sixty from entering his country andrew simmons reports from kake of in one of the flashpoint border regions. this is the latest message sent from ukraine to russia by a social media. video packed with action drills said to be taking place nearly as. intended to show off the crane's defensive capabilities. of the heads around serbia our joint forces operation is full of air defense weapons that are able to stop the aerial aggression of the russian federation. and as the live fire exercises were playing out on the world wide web president petro poroshenko decided to ban all russian mail holders aged between sixteen and sixty from coming in or going out of ukraine. just outside hockey here one of the main board oppose any seven hundred russians normally and.

guess at the moment i'm an optimist thangs are gonna get worse stevens book is war with russia from fujinon ukraine to trump and russia gate it's out now and available everywhere including the download thank you so much always great talking with you stephen have a high i.q. larry you too and thank you for joining me on this edition of politic you will mumma you can send the conversation on my facebook page or tweet me at kings things and don't forget to use the politicking hash tag and that's all for this edition of politicking. teraflops russian headlines. you know world big part of the lockers and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the back and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. there are a flight russian airlines. will say you will be in luck that is your last us does. it with the people most of us are not all what i mean. to make

politicking on talk he was stephen cohen the russian scholar the new book is war with russia from putin and ukraine to trump and russia gate he's in new york city all right my scholar friend. do you wish hillary were president. that's. stead of donald trump that's what you're asking me right because if i had my wish neither of them would be president we think of somebody else who only had two choices you only had two choices i can answer the question i was very worried about her but more about the people around her. you know my attitude toward trump today is. for all the ways he offends me that on the one issue that i think is vital to us our kids and our grandkids and i got for the grandkids now is that we can't have any kind of war with russia not this little book war with russia has a question mark at the end of the title and it's written for general readers is not written for my scholarly colleagues and to be fair ninety percent of them do not agree with me you get another professor of russian studies up here and he'll tell you cohen's all wrong he doesn't understand anything maybe but this is