the two russians or the italian was his killer., we wanted to talk to all three. >>> coming up we track down the first suspect named. are you frightened for alexander litvenenko, the former russian agent, the man friends called sasha, died without knowing what killed him. the results from a battery of tests came in too late. but they did come in. it turned out he was killed by something far more lethal than common rat poison. >> it's polonium! >> reporter: polonium 210 to be exact, a rare and deadly radioactive isotope. the news shocked the world, even though most people weren't exactly sure what polonium was. but paul joyal knew what it was and what it could do. that his friend effectively burned to death from radioactivity. >> it's a horrible death. it's a gruesome death. >> he lived longer than he -- than any man normally would under those circumstances. and he lived just long enough, within 12 hours long enough, for them to finally determine that it was polonium versus something else. >> why if he had died 12 hours earlier, wou

i have good hearing. >> because i'm russian also and i know russian. >> he's russian. >> oh, so russians yell. that's the idea, right? they also drink vodka, dance, play and all of that. russians are regular normal people. what i'm saying is this. your mother had her experience. i think i'm even older than your mother. >> yes. >> and i lived in the soviet union. >> but we lived on a different side of the sense. you were on the propaganda side. we were on the opposite side listening to you. >> not true. you don't know anything about me. the propaganda in russia was very different. it was far less sophisticated because russia was totally isolated. >> you mean the soviet union. >> soviet union. >> today is more sophisticated, i agree. >> and today it's much more sophisticated. it's much more dangerous. i'm not saying it isn't. >> there's better pay. >> would you not interrupt? >> no, no no i'm saying. >> but the average russian, i'm saying to you, sadly, is anti-american. sadly. >> let's have you guys reflect on that. >> what are you saying? >> what vladimir is saying is that the policy of

the japanese and russians no differently. it didn't help when truman give the victory speech in september without mentions russian participation. i would like to throw an interesting but little known fact. before the war, the soviet union and the united states were the same size in terms of population, they were slightly larger. 160 million to your 135 million. there has been changes and that included the accrueukraine. so before the war russia and the united states were the same size. but the russian population is the same as it was; 143 million. we are over 300 million. they are now half our size. essentially russia has never recovered from world war ii. thank you very much. [applause] >> hitler and stalin were tyrants but isn't it true that during the 30s with ukraine and trials and that hitler mass murder more people than hitler? >> you mean stalin? >> i mean stalin, i am sorry. >> actually that is not true. no. but the major difference between the two of them is sort of ideaological. stalin killed trying to create a grea

it's not a russian a russian policy and it's not an american policy. it's separate people and let's make that clear. >> all give you the final say on this important point on how nuclear weapons flow into the discussion of engagement or isolation. >> both of them talk of nuclear weapons as reemerged. not in the same way as we were conscious of them in the past but the discussion has reemerged. ms. applebaum wrote a column lately i don't think she put a head on it, but it should rattle the discussion of nuclear weapons. when people start talking about that i think we know were in dangerous territory. i would go even farther and i would say we are in a new cold war by whatever name and it's potentially more dangerous than the last one. this is where the nuclear weapons come in. for several reasons it's more dangerous. this one is in ukraine right on russia's borders. secondly, and this is what really worries me, during the last cold year cold war they came up with a series of rules of conduct. this happened over 40 years. there are no rules of conduct yet

on the polish-russian borderes. he instructed his generals to level lenin grad to target key buildings. his directive was quote it is intended to surround the city and then raze it to the ground. requests to bell allowed to surrender will be rejected. we have no interest in preserving any part of the population of that large city. hitler's master plan called for the uprooting of the remaining pollses, ukrainians, and replacing them with germans germans who would kill slav lands with the latesting a culture machinely and produce buntous harvests of food for the growing german nation. given this mindset it followed that all russian soldiers taken prisoner were routinely brutalized tended open fields and starved to death if death by exposure hadn't killed enough of them. more than half of the russian soldiers that were captured died. another area of agreement roosevelt and stalin discovered at tehran was that both believed it was simple play matter of time no matter what post war measures were taken before germany woul

isolate russian money, isolate russian oligarchs, isolate russian political influence and propaganda.revent the russian violence and corruption from distorting the politics of eastern europe. putinism is a danger to russia ukraine, and all of us. inc. you very much. -- thank you very much. [applause] >> 10 seconds on the clock. that was impressive. stephen: unlike ms. applebaum, i come here on my first trip as a patriot of american and canadian national security on behalf of my family and yours. to achieve that type of security in the world, we need a partner in in the kremlin. not a friend, but a partner shares our fundamental security interest. to achieve that, we must not merely engage russia. we must pursue full cooperation on the security and other matters with russia. that is our real reality today that the national security hours -- hours and yours, mine and yours, runs through moscow. this is an existential truth. why? in this debate there is a favor to ask of you. remember what the former united states senator, patrick moynihan, once said. it is profound. everyone is entitled

russians are very determined. the job of the president and the central bank is to past -- is to pass this difficult time with minimal costs. it is just about patients. we have to take advantage of this time and we can do it. host: a word on our -- on a new threat that could emerge this year. president putin: there are so many threats so that we cannot forecast. if we maintain the domestic political situation, if we still have the consolidation of our society, they are no threat. host: mr. president, i still want to ask about -- there is a set of measures taken by the government, but at this point we don't see how it is supposed to work. it seems like the primary strategy is to wait for oil rices -- oil prices to rebound. when oil prices start to go up we will have more money and this will take care of all of our problems. president putin: well, this is an overly critical assessment. certainly, you must always criticize the government and the president and the governors of russian regions. when you have criticism,

citizens or russian speakers. in the separatist-held area 41% would agree with that. i find this to be a dramatic rejection of the russian point of view. in particular mr. putin's point of view. last point and very short and i will defer to catherine on this. 82% of all ukrainians surveyed want to keep crimea. even they want to get it back right away or they want to get it back over time. i was just north of crimea in may to observe the presidential elections there. and the presidential elections, by the way, were as free and fair as you could have hoped for and as a consequence the people sitting around the polling booths observing had nothing much to observe. there was no funny business as there always has been in previous elections. they were happy to talk to foreigners and one of the conversations i had with many of the people was about crimea. you will be happy steve to know that the informal assessment i got is exactly the same. a lot of people said you know, it's going to take some time. crimea is clearly p

the russians assaulted this mountain for three months and could not take it. 3,000 russians and 1,000eople from the mountains died here. only seven of our mountain people survived the battle. narrator: eventually the czarists prevailed but the caucasians still dreamed of autonomy. in 1918, bolshevik revolutionaries exploited caucasian desires. it began a pattern of betrayal. wixman: lenin lied. he got all caucasians to support him in the russian revolution, and they did. and then, instead of being given a caucasian republic they were divided into mini territories that caused a t of problems. rrator: the boundaries were drawn byoseph stalin in a classic case of divide and conquer. the chechens were treated especially brutally. during world war ii, the entire chechen nation was deported to siberia and to the northern part of kazakhstan, where somewhere between a third and a half of the people died. therefore, the chechen bitterness is much greater. another thing is the chechens were not permitted to return to their homes whereas the dagestanis are living in their traditional homes. narr

also, russian banks and russian corporations have paid off their external debt. we're also adjusted the russian ruble. the central bank doesn't control the exchange rates. you know unemployment is still 5.8. it's not that much as in europe. in europe it's 11%. >> mr. president we have a large number of people representing sme's present here and they have a lot of questions. let's now take a question from a businessman. >> mr. putin. hello to russia. i have the right for first question. so the support measures in sme's are respective so we launched our firm two years ago, so this year we have now the best young business projects this year. but we have our problems with our human capital. when young people graduate from university, thai don't know what kind of tall president they have so they don't know -- talent they have so they don't know how they can help russia. so maybe the government can help us to -- can help young people to understand what kind of profession they want to work. and we are ready to share our expertise. >> what do you manufacture? >> now it's

he killed 27 million russians 16% of the population. he boasted that he planned to turn russia and poland into slave nation. the conflicts he announced would be very different from the conflict in the west and poland was the only country outside of the fatherland by death james perkins acted. they served a dual purpose of finishing off ration three of the polish death camps were built virtually on the polish russian border. he instructed his generals to level on a grad, to target key building, sentenced to amortize. this directive was quote, it is intended to surround the city and raise it to the ground request allowed to surrender will be rejected. we have no interest in preserving any part of the population of that arch city. hitler's master plan calls the uprooting of the remained in the low rations and russians and replacing them with germans who would kill slav land with the latest agricultural machinery and produce hard this growing germination. given this mindset it followed all russian soldiers taken prisoners would routinely br

offers to the russians. i'm not specifically aware of that specific proposal that you mentioned back in 1997, but what i would say is that across the spectrum of administrations on the u.s. side there have been very similar proposals to work with the russians on missile defense cooperation. unfortunately, none have worked because we always at the end come to the challenge of russia wants guarantees in limitations on u.s. missile defenses. and i think that makes us -- makes cooperation very, very difficult. >> and i think that goes back to the problem that you had in 2007 was the russian offer was very attractive. you know, but the price of getting access to that russian radar data would be foregoing the planned deployments of interceptors in poland. you have to ask the question then, if you have the data that shows the missiles coming but you've given up the interceptors you really have i think negated the plan, which was provide some missile defense capability. >> richard, up in front. >> suddenly a microph

why were the russians ignored. that is the type of humiliation that is led to the greatest anti-american sentiment another russia that i have ever known. since soviet times the average russian for the day. is avenue absolutely anti-american. and that was not the case. anti-bush. anti-reagan and not anti-american there. is a reason for that. not just propaganda a there is a propaganda a a lot of propaganda. my mother was raised unstalin. she heard hatred 24-7. >> why you are yelling? have i good hears. >> i am russian also. i know russia. >> he don't care. [laughter] they drink vodka, dance. and all of that. russians are regular normal people. what i am saying is this. your mother had her experience. and i this i that i am older than your mother. and i lived in the soviet union. you don't know anything about me. it was far less suffocated because russia was totally isolated. it today it is more suffocate and dangerous. so i am not saying it didn't isn't but average would you not interrupt. i say to you sadly is anti

offers to the russians.e of that specific proposal that you mentioned back in 1997. but what i would say is that across the spectrum of administrations on the u.s. side, there have been similar proposals to work with the russians on missile defense cooperation. unfortunately, none have worked because we always at the end come to the challenge of russia wants guarantees in limitations on u.s. missile defenses. >> i think that makes cooperation difficult for him. >> the problem he had in 2007, the russian offer was very attractive, but the price of getting access to that russian radar data would be intercepters in poland. you have to ask the question, you have the data that shows the missiles coming and given up the intercepters and you have negated that plan which was provide some missile defense capabilities. >> so i want to bridge between the points we're making and ask about the potential effect of having the epa deployments take place at the end of this year and again in 2018 time frame. and if we remain

japanese and the russians know differently.it didn't help when truman gave his victory speech in september without mentioning russian participation. i'd like to throw in an interesting but little known fact. before the war the soviet union and the united states were roughly the same size in terms of population. they were slightly larger, about 16 million to our 5 -- 160 million to our 135 million. of course there have been changes, and of course, that included the ukraine. before the war russia and america were roughly the same size in terms of population. but the russian population today is essentially the same as it was, it's 143 million. we are now over 300 million. they are now half our size. socially, russia has never recovered from world war ii. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you, susan. we'll take questions -- [inaudible] >> hitler and stalin were tyrants, but isn't it true that during the '30s with ukraine and gulags that hitler mass murdered more people than hitler? >> you mean stalin? >> i mean, stalin. i'm

what should the russian people ask the russian president?r, a big focus on the economy seems to be the main area people want to talk about. francine: guy:. @flacqua. ♪ guy: welcome back. you are watching "the pulse," live from london. i'm guy johnson. francine lacqua's back tomorrow. . these are the top headlines. the german finance minister wolfgang schaeuble has ruled out further debt restructuring. on a similar subject -- >> the program has been extended twice and runs through june 30. if greece once to avail itself the solution must be found. >> your deadline is the 30th? >> that is the deadline of the program. guy: on a similar subject, the u.s. treasury secretary jack lew has been speaking to bloomberg about greece. he warned about the uncertainty a great exit would create. mr. lew: no doubt if this leads to an exit it would cause disruption and hardship. i would think all of the risk is protectable in advance and even if the contagion risk is less now than it was in 2012 and earlier it would not be good for a world recovering from a r

the russian language is the mother time and you think they belong to the russian culture. any country of course including russian. so there is nothing extraordinary about that. normalizing our relations with ukraine. will do all we can. we expect that ukrainian authorities will abide by all the minsk agreements. first and foremost and actually started talking about that, they have to set up a working group as part of the process and start working on several areas political reform constitutional reform the the economy, border issues and so on and so forth. they have to start doing those things. stop talk about these things were doing and practically. at this.unfortunately we only see attempts to continue to exert pressure and there is no real desire to resolve the conflict through political means. it is my understanding that there is no other solution except for political want, and i and i hope that everybody will come to the same realization. >> another question from our studio. thank you. well known in russia. she has a question on ukraine. [speaking in native tongue] >>

>> i am russian so i know -- >> russians yell, they drink vodka and dance.y are regular normal people. what people. what i'm saying is this. your mother had her experience. i think i'm older than your mother and i lived in the soviet union. >> i lived on different side of the fence. >> you don't know anything about me. >> the propaganda in russia's very difficult different because it was totally isolated. today it's much more sophisticated and much more dangerous so i'm not saying it isn't, but what i'm saying is -- please don't interrupt, the average russia individual is anti- america. >> what he's saying is the policy of what you want containments, isolation is stoking the anti- american sediments. >> we created him. our banking systems laundered the money and are tax systems created. stop acting like this is a reaction to our isolation. we created it kept putin on board. we invited him to the meetings and we wanted him to be part of the west. we had this idea that russia is a candidate western country and if for just nice enough, they'll join. what we wha

>> well, if the russians were to go in the bto the baltics, that trigger a wall. the establishment of russia from the soviet dwrun union is that t balance tetic states have all j nato. >> but we're part of nato. so that would entank gem the u.s.? >> sleuth pabsolutely and germa france. they are obligated for come to the defense. so what putin is trying to do i think is not set up an invasion of the baltic states. i don't think he's that crazy. think he's trying to put pressure so the focus becomes the balance techs and not the ukraine. and the other thing that he's doing -- >> so he's -- >> plus he's demonstrating the overall weakness because in all nato capitals they are as to be saying are we going to war? we're treaty bound to do it. so i think they're all very concerned and putin is playing the cards. he's probably bluffing this hand. he was not bluffing the hand in the ukraine. >> and what did you make of the two russian navy ships located off the shores of the u.s.? >> this is international water. they can go wherever they wants a long as they stay in intern

that would include the russian $3 billion. those discussions are only beginning with what we anticipate will be the approval of the imf program tomorrow. second, let me also mention that treasury specifically rsfisin is cooperating with the ukrainian authority, the recovery of assets that went missing with the departure of the previous regime. we're certainly willing to look at the issue that you mentioned, should that eventuality arise, but right now, as i said, russia has not accelerated this claim and also this claim is going to be subject to the discussions between the ukrainian government and its creditors. >> one final point. i hope we don't wait until russia pulls such a trigger. i hope they don't. but then, if it is all too late and the process of doing what is necessary to create the appropriate protection under international law as it relates to the u.n. security council rez lagss may be too late so it seems to me there is no harm in having a discussion to be poised for that possibility so we're not on the back end o

american troops end up in some way being confronted by the pro-russian rebels and possibly even russianroops? >> right now they are well west of where russian troops are. they are closer to the eastern european countries as well. >> so they are on the other side of the country. >> yes, but they the border. they could train more troops that reach back out to where the russian soldiers could be. they're going to try to make them become better soldiers. >> how is this in the u.s. interest? >> this is about showing our allies that we're going to support our friends. ukraine is not an ally. >> not a nato member. >> but look at the countries just to the north, and how are they going to react and see what russia is doing in ukraine and not think that they are possibly next. and they joined nato just to make sure that that wouldn't happen. what would happen if little green men started showing up in those countries disrupting them. what would nato actually do. that might be the next step. >> i want to talk about some news that is breaking because i know you spent time in iraq. iraqi officials sa

money isolate russian maligned russian political influence and propaganda.revent russian violence and corruption from distorting the politics of eastern europe western europe and north america are. putinism is a danger to americans and all of us. thank you very much. [applause] >> 10 seconds on the clock and go, that was impressive. you are up next. >> unlike ms. applebaum i come here on my first trip to canada as a patriot of american and canadian national security on the half of my family and yours. to achieve that kind of security in the world, we need a partner in the kremlin. not a frat but a partner who shares our fundamental security interests and to achieve that we must not merely engage russia we must pursue full cooperation on security and other matters with russia. that is our real reality today that national security ours and yours, mine and yours, still runs through moscow. this is an existential truth. why? in this debate i have a favor to ask of you. remember what the former united states senator daniel patrick moynihan once said. it's profoun

because as we have discussed before the russian economy is a mess. >> the russian economy is a mess but also as we know from the communist past and putin is part of that past they can always find money when they need to for their causes. the soviet economy was almost broke but it found enough money to fight in afghanistan. it is not entirely black and white for them. >> nina always good to have you with us. thank you. >>> thank you. >>> best way to bring an end to the conflict in eastern ukraine. petro poroshenko said urn peace keepers are one solution but that's up to the security council. more than 6,000 people have died since the fighting broke out between the ukraine government and pro-russian separatists. >>> significant people in poland view russia as a direct military threat, so much so that hundreds of young poles are signing up for paramilitary groups. tim frend is friend is in warsaw. >> deep in the woods east of warsaw playing military games with model weapons but the ot sound ofto thesound of real gun fire. their weekend hobby has suddenly taken on a new significance. just f

began with the russian invasion of crimea. there is an ideological campaign against the european union itself. it begins in 2013, when the russian leadership begin to describe the you. only in your -- the european union as an adverse -- adversary. after a year in ukraine, it is best to see the role in that war as supporting separatism, supporting client states inside the eu, supporting the far right and the populist right inside the eu. the long game is to weaken the european union, to see if it can be made to fall apart, so that russia can deal with individual nationstates, rather than with a larger coherent entity. laila: does the current cease-fire deal a truce in name only? is it worth the paper it was written on? >> these things are certainly worth trying. i think the way to understand what is happening is, it's a challenge for the european union and its leading member states such as france and germany. therefore, it is appropriate for the prime minister of germany or the president of france or leaders of other european m

of the uranium russian capacity in the united states. hillary clinton charities saying they are going to refile their tax returns after a reuters report finding millions in foreign donations were misreported or actually omitted. a "new york times" reporter also taking the clintons to task just this morning. >> what we are seeing consistently from the clinton world is that there appears to be no criticism of her leadership of the former president's leadership that is legitimate. that is going to be a real problem going forward. they are basically saying offlimits. anything you want to say, anything you want to report about their background you are biased you have an axe to grind and you're part of the vast right wing conspiracy. >> let's have real talk with critical wright and bernard whitman. bernard, would you agree with that "new york times" reporter that it's going to be difficult for the clintons to go back to the age-old excuses it is a vast right wing conspiracy? >> legitimate questions about leadership are appropriate. this is ano

the end result is 2013 russian newspaper headline quote, russian nuclear energy conquers the world. the clinton campaign responded to the allegations releasing a statement that reads in part, quote, no one has produced a shred of evidence that hillary clinton ever took action as secretary of state in order to support the interests of donors to the clinton foundation. to suggest the state department under then secretary clinton exerted undue influence in the u.s. government's review of the sale of uranium is baseless. here to help us unfold in the big board experience is ed henry. good to see you, sir. >> how are you? >> it's very complicated here. let's go back to 2005. clinton takes a trip to kazakhstan. on this trip he's with a guy that is named gustra. who ends up donating $33.3 million -- >> over $30 million to the clinton foundation. >> and on this trip right after the trip they had secured mining rights to three specific mines. explain. >> yeah. that opened the door to this ownership that is now cornered -- allowed the russians to corner the market on uranium here in the unite

he considered it rude. >> he would only speak russian in front of some other russian. just assumed that whoever he was with was some other russian. >> later, michael called his boss at home with an unusual request. >> he was asking for money, $200,000, that he said he needed to raise for a client that night. this, of course, put everyone on their guard, because to get a call from a broker at night seeking $200,000 is highly unusual. >> michael said his client was leaving town early the next day and needed the money immediately. naturally, michael's boss said no. >> he just said, it's not that we're unwilling to come up with the $200,000, but we certainly aren't going to be able to come up with it tonight. >> and michael's boss said that he made a strange reference to a boat. >> what he said was, didn't you tell me that your father gave you $200,000 to buy a boat, to help you buy a boat? well, his supervisor hadn't told him anything like that. and his supervisor later concluded, and later told the police, that he suspected that michael was trying to send an alarm of som

every aspect of every day life for many russians. russians are grappling with an eye watering inflation rate that sit 16.9% last month. that is the highest in more than a decade. food inflation was 23% year over year. russian spending power has been hammered the ruble losing half its value lasted year while sanctions the russians slapped on in retaliation have sent food prices through the roof. putin pointed out the ruble has been climbing out of that deep hole hailing it as a sign of renewed investor confidence. the ruble is roughly 30% weaker than it was a year ago. if you think putin's popularity is going to suffer over his lag of the economy a recent poll by a well respected source found 72% ever russians have a favorable view of their president. 83% trust him and nearly half think he has restored russia's status as a great and respected world power. >> president obama would kill for those approval ratings. take one more look at live feed coming out of russia. when you look at the video from moscow, you can tell it is a highly ru

>> orthodoxy has bonded greeks and russians for a thousand years. it was greek missionaries who converted slavs to christianity. grease needs money and friends to face increasingly hostile creditors in europe. and russia needs imports in the face of sanctions. >> whether they can make a very attempting offer let's say offering $30 billion europes the amount that greece will need in the future. >> a direct russian loan to greece isn't the only option. russia could lift its import ban for more than a billion dollars worth of greek products and because greece spends ten times that amount buying russian gas russia could lower the price. and it could bid for infrastructure that greece is privatizing such as port authorities and rail. >> these are all parts of the bilateral relationship, but greece wants to remind europe of its strategic value and demonstrate it has friends elsewhere, but is this enough to break ranks for europe. >> just before he became foreign minister the foreign minister suggested that greece could win a debt deal in exchange that eur

this year putin started by addressing what is clearly on many russian's minds, the economy. urged them the recession will end. >> translator: with the strengthening of the rubble and growth in the markets and some other indicators i think it may happen faster and somewhere in the region of two years. >> reporter: millions of questions came from all over russia's vastness by phone, text video and e-mail. technically anywaun -- anyone can ask anything of the prt president but this is carefully managed events and the questions are not easy and handed to nor can organizers run the risk of actually making him look bad. a former opposition politician allowed to demand response to what western leaders consider fact the acquisition that the russian military is involved. >> translator: to the question of whether there are or there are not russian troops in ukraine i tell you straight and clearly there are no russian troops in ukraine. >> reporter: the murder in late february is a crime much of the opposition blames on putin but for the president who ordered the killing is still a mys

the russian church is a reminder that it is greek missionaries who converted the slavs.eds money and friends to face increasingly hostile creditors in europe while russia wants to prevent e.u. sanction from being renewed in june. >> russia will try to tempt greece in various ways by offering various deals in the sector and perhaps a unilateral suspension of the counter embargo or counter sanctions on greek agricultural products but whether they can make a very tempting offer of let's say offering 30 or 40 billion euros to greece i think this is very likely. >> reporter: a direct russian loan to greece isn't the only option. russia could lift its import ban for more than a billion dollars worth of greek products. and because greece spends ten times that amount buying russian gas, it could lower the price. these are all parts of the bilateral relationship but there is an overarching priority. greece wants to remind europe of its strategic value. but is it enough to break ranking with europe. just before he came the foreign minister this man suggested that greece could win

they were russian. no question a major form of communication was in the russian language. everyone thought that was fine. that is not the case today. there may be individuals. but it's an entire change of generation. it has been 20 years. it has been this long period, not a peaceful period, certainly, and with lots and lots of turbulence and change. but in that process, the formation of the identity around language in part, but mostly about the way in and the nation has operated on the -- even on the individual level, i think has changed what was true in the '90s, playly the early '90s to a quite different profile at the moment. here. >> so we had a hand up over here. and then over there. >> thank you very much. thank you very much. i also found it fascinating, professor kelleher's reference to germany, that despite all the years separately there was this sense of being one nation. the question though arises, what kind of nation does donbass area believe they are? is there a sense after everything that has happened remaining russians? that brings me to the, huge difference

we have survived the peak of the problems, also the russian banks and russian cooperations -- corporations have paid off debts. and we are also adjusting the russian ruble. the central bank does not control the exchange rates. unemployment is still 5.8, it is an odd that much in europe. in europe it is 11%. >> mr. president, we have people representing businesses. we will take a question from a businessman. >> mr. putin hello to all of russia. i have the first question, so -- is effective and we launch our firm two years ago and this year we are now the best young business project this year. but we have our problems with human capital. when young people graduate from university they do not know what kind of talent they have, so they don't know how they can help russia. so maybe the government can help us. can help young people to understand what type of session they want to work. we are ready to share our expertise. president putin: what do you manufacture? >> we teach and help children. president putin: this is the best way we can do things. personal training especially and productive seg

the gcc proposal does include all of the points of the russians added to it which the russians don't like, the idea of getting the houthis back to force them to get back to the dialogue table the idea of you know houthis and the former president to really comply with the previous resolutions of the u.n. security council especially two 100 and two one 0 one -- and 2101. >> many thanks indeed, mohamed l kobas sfertioni. kobasi. >>> l abdel fattah >>> general abdel fattah al-sisi says the strait,. >>> palestinians in syria's yarmouk refugee camp. calling on the u.n. to do more to help the people there. i.s.i.l. fighters have taken over most of the camp. stefanie dekker is following developments in syria for us. what's the latest you've got from the yarmouk camp stefanie? >> between 90, 95% of the camp, we're getting a report that the syrians have used barrel bombs there have bem a been a number dead, it is streld strel concerned and extremely concerned 18,000 since in yarmouk besieged for over two years they've been starving. very difficult oget aid in, aid has been trickling in perhaps

intelligence under estimated russian concerns and the threat of russian preventative nuclear strike whichwould have been the end. recently we have learned that it was even more dangerous than that. in the midst of these world threatening developments russia's early warning system detected an incoming missile strike from the united states sending the highest level of alert of the officer on duty the russian officer on duty decided that it was a false alarm and he did not transmit the warnings that violated protocol. that was the difference between survival and extermination. russian air defense systems are much less sophisticated than those of the united states. they pretty much rely on radar which means line of sight and detection of incoming missiles and u.s. systems rely on satellites so the russian systems have a much more tense alert that is of us back in the cuban missile crisis, a russian submarine commander blocked the launching of torpedoes which could have set off a terminal nuclear war. there were three russian submarines and two other commanders had authorized the launch when t

i think the russians have got to get the aspect of dealing with it. losing long-term friend in yemen. they are about to do it. sanaa and aden need help. people have been killed by the houthis, we have a devastating humanitarian situation. let it stick to the proposed resolution asking for people to come back. but for the basis of withdrawing from the cities and so on. >> it's a way to get them to the table. thank you very much for bringing that. they are not coming to the table. because until now, the former dictator manipulator is a way from being targeted. i don't know why, and that's why he's continuing to push the country into a state of chaos and disruption. >> always good to talk to you. egypt's president says securing access to the red sea should be a top priority in the fight against rebels. it's strategically important. egypt is part of a saudi led coalition launched at the end of march. in syria, some people have escaped to safety after the area was solved. shovelled. i.s.i.l. -- area was shelled. i.s.i.l. fighters have taken control. >>> ya

russian president vladimir putin casts himself as a defender of traditional russian orthodox values aat resonates with the conservative far rite. >> vladimir putin's willingness to embrace the russian orthodox church and the values that it espouses has energized person european right wing groups and feel the speech is taboo. >> the kremlin's friend saw benefits, of there was refusal to lend to the national front. the far right party securing a loan of $10 million from a russian bank. can the kremlin's goodwill drive a wedge into europe? >> i think the kremlin will like to do what it can to undermine the effectiveness of the e.u. it's hard to imagine that it can do very much. >> reporter: the kremlin's friends denounced sanction that is pretty much all russia has to show underscoring how difficult it is to parlay a tactical courtship into genuine influence. >> is it just as simple as vladimir putin trying to exploit the anti-austerity feelings in europe or is something else going on? >> he's trying to exploit the oint austerity -- anti-austerity feelings. you have to keep in mind the r

quote, russian nuclear energy conquers the world. no one has produced a shred of evidence that hillary clinton ever took action as secretary of state in this. here now to help us unfold a lot more in this "hannity" big board experience is my guest. let's go back to 2005. clinton takes a trip to kazakhstan. >> right. >> on this trip he's with a guy who donated millions of dollars to the clinton foundation. >> right. >> they had secured mining rights to three specific mines. explain. >> that opened the door to this ownership that has allowed the russians to corner the market on uranium here in the united states. the problem i see for hillary clinton is think about at the beginning of the clinton administration. aides signed a memorandum of understanding that there would be no donations from foreign governments, but bill clinton's speaking engagements, there would be a heads-up or some sort of vetting going on. they promised all kinds of transparency and didn't deliver on it approximate. >> it was a memorandum of transparency. that's a

the deal making the russian agency one of the world's largest uranium producers and bringing russian president putin closer to controlling most of the world's uranium supply. there is more to the story. the leaders of the canadian mining industry are also major donors to clinton family charities. as the russians assumed control of the iranian company, canadian records reportedly show a flow of cash millions of dollars made its way from toronto to the clinton foundation in new york. the clintons did not publicly disclose those convictions. also shortly after the russians announced their intention to acquire the uranium company former president bill clinton received a half million dollars to speak at a moscow investment bank. hillary clinton may be facing heat on another front. republican chairman trey gowdy revealing today that he is going to call clinton for testimony. he says if he doesn't hear from her soon, is he going to schedule a hearing may 18th and force her to testify no later than june 18th, greta? >> that of course is ed henry filing that report for "on the record." this u

we've heard a russian spokesman saying that two russian planes were successful in evacuating some 300 russian and other citizens of other states including those of the former soviet union. no indication of what other nationalities. that happened today, and that followed the delays and complaints that the saudi-led coalition had delayed the successful evacuation of those people on friday. also we've had reports that 600 or so indians and pakistanis have been evacuated in the last few hours. so this really doesn't relate to the ongoing fighting when it comes to providing some kind of relief to the actual local population as far as this resolution is concerned. >> i'm sure when the russian ambassador makes an appearance, there will be questions asked by claims of the yemeni foreign minister that russian planes want to evacuate as they drop off aid to the houthies even as they call for humanitarian pause notice bombing. >> well, we've heard no response yet from the russian abouts that accusation. what is clear is that the russian position in this dispute has shifted slightly in the last f

the russian ruble hit a high against the u.s. dollar. it's a remarkable turn around for a currency that lost 20" of its value in 2014. >> a plunging ruble late 2014. this season, the first quarter of 2015, the ruble is the best performing currency in the world. >> indeed, rouble has been up about 20% from its lowest point in the end of january. the scenario that everyone forecasted at the end of last year is not realising >>> ekaterina puts it down to a rally in the price of oil and a ukranian ceasefire that though repeatedly violated seems to have calmed. when it comes to why the rouble is strengthening analysts are not in agreement. oil is a factor, said this analyst, but something else is having a bigger influence. >> russian population sell more currency than buy. >> reporter: it's normal people off-loading dollars. >> yes, yes. they are looking at the savings. it's less. >> it's not much of a surprise that there's disagreement. few saw this coming. for those people - and there are plenty of them, who predicted the rouble's precipito

russian spending power has been hammered thanks to the ruble losing halfly of it's value.le sanctions the kremlin slapped on e.u. products in retaliation for western sanctions, has sent food prices through the roof. now pattyn j pointed out that the ruble has been climbing out of that deep hole, hailing it as a sign of renewed confidence in the russian economy. still, the ruble is roughly 30% weaker than it was a year ago, but if you think putin's popularity will suffer over the handling of the economy don't hold your breath a recent poll found 72% of russians have a favorable view of their president. 83% trust him and nearly half think he has restored russia's status as a great and respected world power. it has been one year since a ferry sank killing more than 300 people. the country held somber memorials today but the families refused to meet with the country's leaders. harry reports. >> a year since the so well sank and the president came to the port which was the center of the recovery effort to offer condolences and it seemed to grant one of their key den mas. >> i n

is the russian crisis over? mark: time for the chart. as the russian crisis over?n is important to the russian president. let's start with the russian currency. it strengthened and for the first time since november, a far cry from the price or the level reached on december 16. the white circle was a day after the central banks surprise the world. there was the basis point hike and the ruvell has gone from the worst performing currency last year with a drop of 46%. the best prefer more -- the best performer. currency bonds are telling the story. this is the second chart and the local sovereigns bond asked -- local sovereign bond index. it is one of the emerging-market sovereign industries with a return of 2.2%. the yellow circle right there is december 16 with the index following to an all-time low after the surprise rate hike. the trend improves and russia tops the emerging markets with a return of stocks. the third is one of two equity benchmarks in russia. it is counted in rubles in 2014. it was the worst performing global stock market out of the 93 we track have

anyone who knows about the russian presence in yemen there have been 2,000 russians in yemen, and if this whole resolution is trying to evacuate the russian diplomats and other citizens from yemen then it's quite shortsighted. there isn't that kind of emphasis or attempt to work on the gulf states that lead the campaign there. they're trying to finding is a bit more fundamental. yemen needs more than than humanitarian pause. it needs a more coordinated effort to implement the existing resolutions and make sure whatever needs to be done is done under the auspices of the u.n. security council. >> in terms of russia's role over all calling for the aid corridor, and then on the other side the yemeni foreign minister of sending aid in to the houthies under the guys guise of aerial correction of russians aerial evacuation of russian nationals. >> they have not gone out of their way to substantiate the things they're saying or giving evidence to that matter, but certainly there is major tension tee abd rabbuh mansur hadi and the saudis on one hand and the russians on the other hand. that te