russian media is doing the job that i would be you should be doing neal do you think because that you know we've seen an all for a lot of russian rhetoric going on for quite a while now in your opinion do you think russian media outlets are an easy target perhaps. but absolutely i mean a lot of things are going wrong in britain the moment we've got the bricks it. indecision chaos crisis what i want to call about that we've got rising poverty record numbers of people sleeping on the streets wrecking homelessness etc so i think for the establishment it's a pretty good easy target really to go at russian russian media and i think it's quite extraordinary the what you know what's been happening is it's i would good for us call it harassment i think putting the pictures of photographs of people who work for sport the on a in a newspaper like that i think is tantamount to incitement almost it might put those people's lives in danger as a russian senator has said this morning i believe and so i think really i mean i'm a member of the national union of journalists and i'll be writing to my union in the new year to ask what the union is planning to do about this because people who work for russian media british

the mosques the minds behind hamilton sixty eight which claimed to track russian online influence operations russian bots real russian bots. ironic again that outlets including new york times washington post c.n.n. all use the hamilton sixty eight its data to accuse russian ball it's of sowing discord and conspiracies online wonder how much of that was fake but food for thought there was more by luck than not that we found out about this quote the sea of n.y.t. yet how many more incidents like this could there have been that we don't and never will know anything about. food for thought journalist david lindorff believes that the bottom parisian reflects broader problems in the us electoral system dirty tricks are not illegal there. you know they're part of our our corrupt electoral system you can you can lie. you can make up stories you can live all people all of these things are. allowed in us the us electoral system and then what what compounds it makes it so corrupting is the vast amount of money that can be poured into these campaigns that allows them to pay for this kind of corruption and then on top of that we

russian bots real russian bots. ironic again that outlets including the new york times washington post c.n.n. all use the hamilton sixty eight its data to accuse russian boards of sowing discord and conspiracies online wonder how much of that was fake but food for thought there was more by luck than not that we found out about this quote the sea of n.y.t. yet how many more incidents like this could there have been that we don't and never will know anything about food for thought. russia has successfully tested a new hypersonic strategic missile named avant garde president vladimir putin called it a big event for the armed forces and country as a whole a bit earlier in the program my colleague spoke to our correspondent who has done us to find out more. this launch did certainly become a top news story all over the world those analytical pieces that have had a chance to come out there were more along the lines of why the united states should fear this missile and i should say it kind of does carry the same message that we've been that we've been seeing for months really because this evan god missile was one out of five vance two weapons unveiled by vla

russian bortz real russian bots. again sad sort of irony that the guy busted for making fake russian bought was cited by the media's the authority on real russian bots but food for thought the media pounced on roy moore back then on mere hearsay the very allegation of being tied to russia is that damaging it was more by luck of the not that we found out about this. it's called the sea of and light sea but how many more incidents like this could there have been that we don't never will know anything about food for thought. russia has successfully tested a new hypersonic strategic missile named adam gault president vladimir putin called it a big event for the armed forces and the country as a whole and that early in the program my colleague spoke to our correspondent. find out more. tell us about the media reaction to this well this launch did certainly become a top news story all over the world those analytical pieces that have had a chance to come out there were more along the lines of why the united states should fear this missile and i should say it kind of does carry the same message that we've been a world that we'

of the masterminds behind hamilton sixty eight which claimed to track russian online influence operations russian bots real russian bots. ironic again that outlets including the new york times washington post c.n.n. all use the hamilton sixty eight its data to accuse russian boughts of sowing discord and conspiracies online wonder how much of that was fake but food for thought there was more by luck than not that we found out about this quote the sea of n.y.t. yet how many more incidents like this could there have been that we don't and never will know anything about food for thought. we can now bring in dave lindorff who is the editor of the news website this can't be happening dot com thanks for being with us here on archie international as always. so the republican candidate won more he ended up narrowly losing the alabama state election. there is a lot of other things happening there but do you think this bot operation called hamilton sixty eight could have actually swung the results. it's hard to tell which which way the that would have worked i mean they were making it look like. you know trying to say that

businesspeople, russian political people, russian comedians, russian grocery store keepers, nothing involving a criminal conspiracy. in fact, all of the illusions to michael cohen's attempts or attempts to get to him by russians are simply described as things that happen. they are not described as parts of a crime. so the notion that there was some sort of conspiracy described in today's multiple pleadings is false reporting of the worst kind. it is hopeful reporting, anticipatory reporting, and it is not actual reporting. >> laura: alan dershowitz weighed in tonight as well, he was on west tucker and david, i want you to react to this. >> the report set out as circumstantial case based on the line that is taking place, a circumstantial case for arguably political sins. but i don't see any crimes. collusion itself is not a crime, using information, given by russia to wikileaks would not be a crime unless the campaign participated with wikileaks in the hacking itself. there is no evidence to support that. >> laura: david, where is the russia crime >> that is one of t

happened since then all the british big companies brands and the russian they all invested during or since ninety's the russian russian people i hear everywhere i mean that they educate their children here they come with investment and restate they did live here so and now again twenty years bust now where you get the much at the macro level you think if the i.m.f. was still running russia or they would be. in the press. to some extent yes but what happens is m.f. is still running which don't you think that we don't need their credit because we are quite wealthy we don't have any debt anymore to anybody in the world but the economical policies interest rate hard financial policies the world changed from that i mean he wanted to easing is the main word and economical policies of britain united states you were china or japan but russia is still very hard on the financial policy and they love it and international monetary fund in the world bank they love it but usually good usually when they ever have that's what i'm giving head skeletor of the suspicious because we are offering another economical policies to russia q.e.

the must the minds behind hamilton sixty eight which claimed to track russian online influence operations russian bots real russian bots. ironic again that outlets including new york times washington post c.n.n. all use the hamilton sixty eight its data to accuse russian boats of sowing discord and conspiracies online wonder how much of that was fake but food for thought was more by luck than not that we found out about this quote the sea of n.y.t. yet how many more incidents like this could there have been that we don't and never will know anything about food for thought. if you can list charles a little shared his view on the issue. lots of like minded thinkers believe that the ends justify the means and whatever you need to do to destroy a potential threat to civilization is existence like dollar drop is fair game and republicans that they would believe that they could go this far or they could solicit money from somebody use a parrot violation of the many types of laws it's not just campaign finance violations you hear deceptively claim you. make claims about somebody their man or first not true in this magnit

the mosques the minds behind hamilton sixty eight which claimed to track russian online influence operations russian bots real russian bots. ironic again that outlets including new york times washington post c.n.n. all use the hamilton sixty eight its data to accuse russian boards of sowing discord and conspiracies online wonder how much of that was fake but food for thought there was more by luck than not that we found out about this quote the sea of n.y.t. yet how many more incidents like this could there have been that we don't and never will know anything about food for thought. to political analyst charles or. charles this campaign revealed a week ago do you think anyone will be indicted for it is it legal. it certainly doesn't sound legal but it comes as no surprise if we look back over the two thousand and fifteen sixteen cycle what do we know that's in the public domain we know that hillary clinton colluded a better word might be conspired with operatives in the democratic party to rig the democratic primaries to ensure that she would be the victor with minimal effort on her part and she broke i think i belie

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russian markets. secondly, consider no new debt financing apply to all russian state enterprises are that's not quite as drastic because we have already applied restrictions on debt financing to the big russian state banks. nevertheless this would be a significant additional step. third, if you are going to go after a single russian bank, a large one don't do the tv. that would go back on western financial markets. that is the russian economic development agency. we could apply blocking sanctions to them. there is more asked like terry headroom and there's enough for now. in the energy there is less headroom. in the obama administration in the administration they decided to go at your future rather than current productions and not touch gas but i would maintain these guidelines and increase pressure on russian keuchel oil production that means broadening the technology restrictions. that's easier said than done because the russians have their own technology and some of the technology they can get from china but western firms collectively still haven't not monopoly on some of the technology the russians need to take the oil out of certain of their projects. that would hurt americans in some e

russian facebook accounts spend the same money hundred thousand dollars on advertising on a national campaign the disclosure adds to the evidence of the broad scope of the russian influence campaign. so when a democratic group is all but cool with spending a hundred grand on this information on lies framing and defaming someone it's just one hundred grand pocket change but if it's the russians at one hundred thousand dollars becomes an absolute fortune crime against america and go on i've always been suspicious that the russians bought in there it was lindsay and was probably made up simply because that's the kind of thing that the democratic party does they make things up in order to create the basis for an attack on the right wing and on the conservatives this is in the character of the democratic party and in the lack of character i should say and it's a it's a criminal element that has taken over the democratic party the mainstream media only talk about things that service that democratic party agenda and it's an agenda that we saw in syria you know it's an agenda that will lead to war it's an agenda that risks nuclear conflict with the two great nuclear powers it's an agenda that needs to be stopped. after the alabama case came to light facebook suspended five accounts link to where it says this was for engaging in a coordinated in authentic behavior now one of those w

russian markets. secondly, consider no new debt financing apply to all russian state enterprises are that's not quite as drastic because we have already applied restrictions on debt financing to the big russian state banks. nevertheless this would be a significant additional step. third, i thank you very much. we were expecting no less. ambassador vershbow. >> i have the fortune of being the last and everything are to being said so i'll offer a few main points in some small additional i hope insights. first of all to frame this issue it goes back to what celeste said the kremlin is pursuing a revisionist policy to a bend the rules of order established since the cold war but even at the end of world war ii. concepts like sovereignty in territorial integrity. in moscow it is not brought in a country which has a sizable number of ethnic russians or for that matter russian -- the way to understand what is happening in eastern ukraine is that if moscow succeeds in up-ending the territorial integrity of ukraine the chance of moscow provoking the baltic states goes way up. it's 25% they population in estonia that are russia. the smartest and safest way to defend our baltic allies is to make sure mo

clergy and pro russian congregations there have also been moves by the security services to actually interview russian clergy several russian clergy interviewed about exactly what their motivations are and what they're doing and what they're thinking so this is a pretty big new dimension not new perhaps the wrong word but a big extra dimension to the tensions that already exist thank you very much for that and are simmons live for us in care. british m.p.'s have begun five days of debate on teresa mayes prexy deal with the european union the democratic unionist party from northern ireland which props up a minority government says it will vote against the plan early m.p.'s halted to hold the government in contempt of parliament emotionless pass after the prime minister failed to publish in for the legal advice received on the deal or has more from london. or tuesday sourced series of setbacks for to resume a and her government it was supposed to see the start of five days of debate on her breaks that deal ahead of a parliamentary vote on it for next tuesday but that was delayed because politicians from all of the opposition

russians and russian speakers. clearly, we know there is a cynical game when they talk about the well-being. it happened november 25 as part of this russian tightening of the clamp. in september ukraine sent its naval ships through the straits into the sea of azov. the russians let it happen. my understanding is that putin ultimately did not say no but was not enthusiastic. and did not want it to happen a second time. that is the second data point if you look at this. the third data point ukraine is in the process of winning a critical victory in its war for true independence on the religious front. we all know the constantinople patriarch has announced his intention to grant ukraine mercifully very soon. this will lead to the unified ukrainian orthodox church which will take up substantial chunk of the patriarch churches with it and become the second largest church in the orthodox world which will be a counter to kremlin interest in the orthodox community. putin is not amused by this. next point. putin's own domestic problem. you've seen a rash of not particularly well informed analysis that was declared as martial law as a way to declar

haven't been fulfilled except for cutting ties with russia but that was russian was one that was russian failure. because the russian state claimed i hate the us it's not about the russians i mean whatever russians do did not influence the. potence of precious miss today and your friend. of the alleged. russia's most profit for the right this day got zero point sixty one percentages during the president show elections in the ukraine in two thousand if there is a lot of nationalist. ultranationalists in ukraine you would not argue that doesn't russia however you cannot say to see two aspects of the conflicts between russia and ukraine first it's a tragedy imagine all these millions when mommy is ukrainian and daddy is russian from 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 it 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 respo

russian boortz who retreated and followed roy moore the republican candidate in alabama's two thousand and seventeen special election they then publicly declared that that was proof he had ties to russia because fake russian boughts were retreating him dirty very very dirty. so surprise the chopper support him or they both have a deep love of country the country's russia but still roughly take a good question is for you it's pretty alarming when a guy's lips in a fluent russian or speak fluent russian russian is everywhere year later it's moving closer to the oval office. interestingly enough the democrats lofton mocked roy moore when he accused them of setting him up last year but food for thought the media pounced on roy moore back then on mere hearsay the very allegation of being tied to russia is that damaging it was more luck than not that we found out about this called the c. of n.y.t. but how many more incidents like this could there have been that we don't know when never will know anything about food for thought. trump and his wife have paid a surprise visit to u.s. troops in iraq commentators called it a rock star entrance as trump signed autographs and soldiers took selfies with the president. the visit didn't all go to plan though also on the agenda was a meeting with the iraqi leadership however the two sides couldn't agree on the format of the meeting which then ended up being replaced by a phone conversation the head of one of two main blocs i