but really it's so much different because russia crimea is like united states and florida and russia syria is actually really handling immediate threats of homegrown terrorism extremism right next to a border it's not a will or over the ocean for us you know everywhere for america and war over the ocean that has nothing to do with proximity of your borders so do you feel like americans they actually see these one assessing russia's actions no difference it's an american actions are from russian action whether it goes all the way back to the second world war and the feeling of vulnerability to repeated invasions from germany from the west and the need that stalin felt to create a kind of buffer zone of allied countries all the way to the present and what happens in chechnya what happens in syria in afghanistan how close those terrorist threats are russia americans have never fully appreciated the jew graphic vulnerability that russia's geography condemns it to they have a general idea that we're a great power we mess around in the world russia is a great power they mess around we usua

when it comes to russia and people in russia it does seem like the politicians to public they have a longer view of relations with the united states what i mean is russia scenario switch try to be friends with the guys in the ninety's and they were trying to be friends with the after nine eleven but then the americans broke their promise pushed a nato towards russia's borders and then there was serbia iraq except or etc etc. to the americans says decade old can continue to be one assessing relations with russia because it does seem to me that the media in america have. a much shorter attention span and so does the public we see the whole picture and they think well why cycle when you are so right this is a bigger problem even than you know the average journalist working in foreign affairs working on russia i have to remind them as preparation for their interview of me what happened five years ago it's as if not just with every administration but every turnover of the bureau staff no americans. you know we tend to approach everything as if we can start from scratch it's a very endurin

of mid-level officials who spent their career in russia in prague maybe in beijing back to russia developing expertise they tend to have very balanced and sensible views but you know what happens every four years or maybe every eight years we have an election and it's the secretary the deputy secretary the assistant secretary the deputy assistants the political appointees in the basters who come in and we've got to say every administration it's not just wrong but it was obama before and it was clear before that they put in more and more political and i'm qualified people because their campaign contributors because it's politically advantageous and therefore the competence at the top declines well their latest trumpet wiser in russia and europe on the hill and she's not like a putting lever and it's not like her views towards russia are super favor rule but she sensible and she's pretty magical which is already a very good and rare thing for american if as an academic colleague i have great respect for if you go to the hill for her work i had her as an invite to a conference at our university

c7 refused to be the c8, they threw russia out, they should let russia back in. continuesg-7 summit in canada, we would like to get your reaction to the headline from day one as president trump is calling on the g7 to allow russia back in the group. not everyone disagreed with the idea. as we take a live look from the meeting venue in quebec, we invite you to join the conversation. would you think about president trump's call for russia to rejoin the g7 and make it the g8 once again? if not by phone you can weigh in on social media. this saturday, june 8. here's the headline in the wall oneet journal, following up this. trump's russia call jolts the g7. the lead says president trump's suggestion that russia rejoin and his recent imposition on metal tariffs rattled the g-7 betweenxposing fissures the members. >> it doesn't matter what you call it. it used to be the g8, because russia was in it. now russia is not in it. i love our country. worst been russia's nightmare. ishillary got -- putin probably going mad, i wish hillary got in, because you see what i do. tha

both russia and the u.s. are calling for relations to be rescued but hostile rhetoric is still growing louder on both sides in moscow and washington let bygones be bygones robert english former policy analyst at the u.s. defense department international relations scholar is with me today to talk about this. ghost of the cold war is hovering in washington and moscow as relations between russia and the u.s. raid into a series of personal jobs and escalating decisions what is inhibiting the understanding of the two great powers how long will the current confrontation persist and who will be strong enough to stop. robert english former policy analyst at the u.s. defense department welcome to the show it's really great to have you with us here so interesting times really didn't. start off with henry kissinger quote he says that demonization of lattimer putin is not a policy it's an alibi for the absence of one degree with him. yet is there a coherent policy line on russia in washington. there are seven or eight co

both russia and the u.s. are calling for relations to be rescued but hostile rhetoric is still growing louder on both sides in moscow and washington let bygones be bygones robert english former policy analyst at the u.s. defense department international relations scholar is with me today to talk about this. ghost of the cold war is hovering in washington and moscow as relations between russia and the u.s. into a series of personal jobs and escalating decisions what is inhibiting to understanding the two great powers how long will the current confrontation persist and who will be strong enough to stop. robert english former policy analyst at the u.s. defense department welcome to the show it's really great to have you with us here so interesting times really didn't. start off with henry kissinger quote he says that demonization of lattimer putin is not a policy it's an alibi for the absence of one degree with him. yet is there a coherent policy line on russia in washington. there are seven or eight coherent li

see russia in the g. eight as opposed to the i would say that the g eight is a more meaningful group than the g seven absolutely trump also said that he'd be discussing a range of other issues with president putin including alleged election interference syria ukraine relations with china and russia to possibly deescalate the conflicts going on in the world but until july sixteenth we will know exactly what happened so we'll just have to wait until then. it's not just crimea causing friction between russia and the west for example sanctions on the square pals poising have also soured ties russia's foreign minister touched on both of these issues in an interview with britain's channel four news. can. present he didn't give any assurances that the upcoming midterm elections if you know it's time will not be meddled with by the press or something because we can't look intelligent or discuss something which is based on highly unlikely will it might be. the best a geisha in the united states has been going for

not as a way of bringing russia to do world by there's a way of bringing the world to russia particularly the provinces do you seeing all these openness all this hospitality the smiles bildad all disappear in a few weeks or do you think it will be more lasting economists try to measure the impact of three world cups and one thing that we know is that they make people they make people this company this will fade away maybe in a couple of months or maybe a year but two people and i think any example of open some tolerance brought tour. is a good thing even for two weeks now like most economists i know you're quite skeptical of the state's massive presence in the economy because it's supposed to be. more corrupt and i suppose less efficient and yet the few. take the example of the world cup. was primarily organized by the state it was a huge logistical challenge it is also a massive security operation it's a major hospitality test and yet so far all those conflicting priorities i think have been balanced rather smoothly what's your own take on how has the russian state fair it so far as an o

that russia needs and russia needs a draw against egypt and job done and. to want to. ok great play then let's go into great big joe as i said spain and portugal and it's only one game so i ran portugal but nothing to just me you just need to be careful when you play against iran you cannot lose against iran because if you're on the six points is qualified and one of the big ones is all traipsing let's have a look at that one. jos i said france australia the title says france denmark yeah but you saw how they lost yes australia lost not deserving to lose in my opinion they lost but showing clearly that they were competing for points and if they compete that's where you're going strong and i still think we can do obviously a better result against the on against so my for the action you steal. great take argentina nigeria. yeah you know here i think i'm going to lose with nigeria not just because they lost the match but specially because the way they lost. i didn't like a troll when i looked to paper i like many of the players i like. the names i saw nigerian

and russia? >> thank you for the question. i just want to address a couple of the premises. the way that i try to run the first couple chapters is by following the russian sources very respectfully and in particular following what mr. putin himself says very respectfully. so in the runup to the presidential election of 2012 and also in the runup to the december 2011 parliamentary elections in russia, mr. putin publishes a series of articles in which he lays out, essentially, what i'm telling you. he doesn't use exactly the same terms. he doesn't talk about the politics of eternity, for example. that's my general concept for the whole worldwide phenomenon. but he talks about how russia is a civilization state, and by civilization he means something which is defined by a past as he defines it. so russia and ukraine are a single entity because borders and law and things like that don't matter. what matters is the baptism of vladimir and what matters is the russian empire, what matters is the second

in the middle east and you need russia. to speak to a partner in the constructive part of the europeans see russia that way because we have a problem with ukraine specially with these some parts of ukraine that the premier ok's this is this is a burning issue and i think this is we sold these problems gradually and step by step he could really come because to do deals with you know one european house i know that you view the vans in ukraine as these turning point in that the relationship between russia and. the european union and you referred to it as a major challenge to europe speech since security is water since the helsinki final act was signed in one thousand seventy five and i think we in russia can feel how acutely the europeans might have. fouled being violated. by what happened in your frame but i think you in your in europe also need to recognize that russia acted the way that has acted in ukraine because of its own very very deep sense of insecurity europeans may feel very safe under nato security umbrella we fee

but really it's so much different because russia crimea is like united states and florida and russia syria is actually really handling immediate threats of homegrown terrorism extremism right next to the border it's not a will or over the ocean for us you know everywhere for america and war over the ocean that has nothing to do with proximity of your borders so do you feel like americans they actually see these one assessing russia's actions no differences as an american actions are from russian actions whether it goes all the way back to the second world war and the feeling of vulnerability to repeated invasions from germany from the west and the need that stalin felt to create a kind of buffer zone of allied countries all the way to the present and what happens in chechnya what happens in syria in afghanistan how close those terrorist threats are russia americans have never fully appreciated the jew graphic vulnerability that russia's geography condemns it to they have a general idea that we're a great power we mess around the world russia is a great power they mess around we usual

match for russia although he didn't make the world cup squad playing for russia is still an honor. does it in. for us finish a moment. from . why the models force. through. in the. like all other russian national players mouse to have to deal with the issue of doping russia's athletes are often regarded with suspicion and football players and no exception. at the last world cup in brazil allegations of doping were made against the russian scene russia was accused of manipulating here in samples to cover up doping. richard mclaren a special prosecutor on behalf of the world anti-doping agency named the number of affected cases. and there are also on hundred fifty five samples were awaiting analysis and were seized by water and we also reported those to few according to the investigation urine samples have possibly been swapped that gives rise to a suspicion one that there is a bank of clean samples and that it's being used with respect to footballers so far none of the players implicated in the scandal have had their identities revealed. ben should still pink up and down good each m

russia saudi arabia huge pressure for russia of. the world cup at home. and the world is watching them and this is the big chance to qualify is to be the saudi arabia that in spite of some talents is a knife team is as. i'm from a different reality and russia has to win it. now maybe four legs are better than two when it comes to making predictions kelly the oracle cat now i remember very well from the confederations cup spots on retired out of fuel when they came to the east last year and the count was open for the russian flag over the food bowl for they certainly much patriotic at good to see results of the cold save the most easily get out. and to prove that it's not. true and it's german steel. to do so mexico. and what will be interesting to see is these pictures come out as the cat the sailor is more merino what are you going to say if the seal beats marine all of it signing him up for most. of the world cup favorites sweeping right across russia and people are already thinking about the future lots of countries want to be in this position now and

and russia could have, so the deal would be russia keeps iran out of that area and in return, russia is allowed to help president assad in syria take over that area. that of course means that assad remains in power for the foreseeable future and the priority on the part of the u.s. is still getting out of syria as soon as possible. we've heard that before. the u.s. seemed to walk that back a little bit after there was pushback recently. but we are told that that's still the priority that president trump will try to work on with putin, how to get the u.s. out of syria as soon as possible and keep iran out of that section. >> michelle, can ythank you for reporting. >>> president trump broke with his own u.s. intelligence agencies and seemingly gave russia the benefit of the doubt as michelle just said over election meddling. abby phillip is at the white house with that. he's writing a lot this morning o this and other issues. >> reporter: that's right. the timing here is really the thing that is raising eyebrows. just 30 minutes before this official announcement and hours after his nat

see russia in the g. eight as opposed to the i would say that the g eight is a more meaningful group than the g seven absolutely trump also said that he'd be discussing a range of other issues with president putin including alleged election interference syria ukraine relations with china and russia to possibly deescalate the conflicts going on in the world but until july sixteenth we will know exactly what happened so we'll just have to wait until then it's not just crimea causing friction between russia and the west for example sanctions in the script all sportsmen have also soured ties. touched on these issues in an interview with britain's channel four news. kerry. hasn't given any assurances that the upcoming midterm elections if he wants time will not be meddled with by the press or something because we can't look intelligent or discuss something which is based on highly unlikely will it might be. the best a geisha of the united states has been going for problem to europe because no well indicted the

well i mean russia is not a major in would invest the the u.k. and the united states is major and would invest the front resample of a you country's major investors but it will have a disproportionate effect if for example russians do not invest in the u.k. we've already seen that every move it has said that he'll council the one billion pound development of a football stadium in west london which will fit about local economy in the london economy so there will be a cost to taking this sort of action of course i'm not against the u.k. or other countries fighting an influx of dirty money because we all know where the oligarchs in the early ninety ninety s. got their money from with the breakup of the soviet union and a lot of the wealth business inside russia ended up in the hands of their incidence because you just brought him up as an example because he's money seems to be quite transparent clint what do you read into a not promote his work this end up being renewed in the u.k. is this a very first of many more refusals to come well you know cle

second, russia is very large. there's a whole lot of russia to defend. and this is the densest part of their air defense network, and there's still gaps. so they have really concentrated around moscow. they have concentrated around st. petersburg, which is not shown, but is north and east of estonia. and also it's worth noting, you may notice the ex claf, the small little island of actual russian territory, that is on the baltic sea between lithuania and poland. that is among other things an opportunity for them to push their defensive umbrella out. air defense, anti ship, long-range strike capabilities. and finally, a note i want to make of caution about focusing exclusively on air defense. air defense doesn't get you the kind of air superiority you would get from a large capable air force. what it does is it buys you time. the other side decides when they fly. if they can operate outside your air defenses, the other side gets to decide in what volume and how often they're going to enter. and essentially given the numbers that russia faces in terms of,

and russia the state of relations at this point in time and said that bolton's arrival has given russia hope that things could turn around at this point out a press conference after they did meet bolton stressed the importance of the two presidents meeting let's take a listen to what he had to say. the fact is that it's important for the leaders of these two countries to meet their wide range of issues despite the differences between us where those present trying to present to think they may be able to find constructive solutions i'd like to hear someone say that's a bad idea. so we have both the u.s. and russia saying that this is important this needs to go for the two leaders need to meet and discuss what how they're going to move forward in the future but of course not everyone's exactly excited about the idea because the timing of this meeting is important to expected in mid july but also mid july on the eleventh and the twelfth in brussels we have a nato summit taking place and many in europe will probably be worried about what trump could possibly promise putin when the two do mee

see russia in the g. eight as opposed to the i would say that the g eight is a more meaningful group than the g seven absolutely trump also said that he'd be discussing a range of other issues with president putin including alleged election interference syria ukraine relations with china and russia to possibly deescalate the conflicts going on in the world but until july sixteenth we will know exactly what happened so we'll just have to wait until then. but it's not just crimea causing friction between russia and the west for example sanctions and the script poisoning have also soured ties russia's foreign minister touched on these issues and an interview with britain's channel four news. can. give any assurances that the upcoming midterm elections if you know it's time will not be meddled with by the press or something because we kill. their children to discover something which is based on highly unlikely. might be. the best a geisha in the united states has been going for a problem to europe because no.

when i see how russia is prepared. moscow's prepared for this game how everyone is looking forward to that. i'm convinced you can it's possibly a final message for the fans we're going to see the game at luzhniki and the fans everywhere else in russia who will definitely want russia to win their first game. you know enjoy every second of it supports your team for. then you know the pitch the sights but the motivation certainly there thank you very much thank you very much for the best interest unless speaking to us here now c.n.n. just before the game we also saw didn't we before this world cup offer some of the best place here and there seems to be so many of them in here you are you're playing. well the obvious ones i mean you're always going to be interesting in players like ronaldo messi name our thing name has a lot to prove i think he was billed as a big big league player in the in the two thousand and fourteen world cup in brazil and unfortunately had the incident wait wait broke a bone in his ears back but even

russia intervened in the u.s.ection to help donald trump win the presidency according to every u.s. intelligence agency. he's now welcoming russia back in the g8. maybe there was no collusion, it just -- he's raising all these conspiracy theories again by doing this, and p i just, frankly, don't understand it. >> it is baffling, but jill, you know, might there be some kind of potential long view here? the president might see on the eve of his summit scheduled for tuesday with north korea that by complimenting russia in some kind of way that perhaps russia might in some way be influential on the potential outcome of north korea? >> you know, that's interesting, because in a way you could be right, you know, complimenting. but i'll tell you, the interesting reaction that came from the kremlin, which wasn't reported a lot right after donald trump did say, hey, maybe they are to get back in the g8 or g7, the spokesperson for president putin said, you know what, we are concentrating on other formats, other internationa

russia took a real blow to its sense of self during the. yeltsin years it lost a lot of power a lot of prestige the economy was terrible and i think under putin russia has sort of come back into a sense that it's a global player that its voice matters the economy has picked up russian people are becoming more proud of being russian i remember even six years ago when i first came here people kept apologizing to me for how terrible everything was that this wasn't like america and i had to finally tell them to stop i'm like i knew when i came here that this wasn't going to be like america and that for me was we are because americans never apologize for a country like welcome to america enjoy. and for people to be ashamed of their country was so different and now i don't really see that i see people are more proud of their country and i think putin has you stalin in particularly the great patriotic war in the victory there as a way to inspire nationalistic pride now you said before that the russian people a generally good at gaming or circumven

in russia. i think we have been very clear about where the boundaries are. >> i appreciate your comments. >> thank you secretary mitchell for being here today and for all of the good work you are promoting in your statement. you say very clearly that we seek a better relationship with russia but it can only happen when russia's capsids aggressive behavior. do you think russia has stopped its aggressive behavior? >> no ma'am. >> this week, national security advisor john bolton, is heading to moscow to plan a summit with vladimir putin. here in the united states, president trump is talking about having what appears to be a very positive meeting with vladimir putin. what kind of message does that send to our european allies about our willingness to be tough with vladimir putin? >> thank you for the question. our european allies consistently say to us that they want the united states to have a less adversarial relationship with russia. i think they see the need to strike the same balance that we see

i doubt he will in russia either. this is as much about the pr opportunity and the way he comes across as it is any specific issue. >> it's about that photo op. we saw this. we saw it in the way that he went in, the way he was leaving kim jong-un, not the first time. it started with the handshake with emmanuel macron. but this is very much about the pr move and about the photo op. i am meeting with leaders and summits are important. >> this is not even photo op diplomacy because it's a summit. if the president's not standing up for american interests. conservatives criticize barack obama and said he is embracing our enemies and alienating our allies. that was a campaign talking point. that is a closest statement of fact with this president's actions with geopolitical dictators. if he can't see the national security implications, vital national interest in russia influencing our elections is to an invitation to do it again. >> this president will tell you that no one is tougher on russia than me. you have to combat tha

-russia relations.during the world war you mentioned as high school student in montana you feared the tension between our countries. your mom saw the soviet union as the evil empire. i don't think that consensus exist. our president not sure if he sees putin as a friend ors a sir vary, how does that impact u.s. foreign policy and pruitt -- president putin's able to carry out the campaign against the west. >> margaret, that's big, hart question and you're not writing a term paper for me. that sounds like a good thesis. don't have a sound bite answer to that. i do know that there is a causal relationship, which is to say when societal attitude are more positive, gives you mow freedom to maneuver in terms of more audacious things and when it's negative, it constrains you. when wayns he government we're often times constrain bid republicans in congresses. certain things they would not let us. do missile defense cooperation, for instance. and i have a chapter on it in the book. we had a pretty ambitious plan

russia back in a western orientation we have no interest at all said russia is moving east this is not in our interest but you has it's not have not shows that yes you have to choose . we had to make absolute matters o.c.d. like nation ukraine that life is not black and white i believe we'll i think there's a man in the white house yes well yes but for. charlie but i believe said we have to make sure said we are doing a lot of efforts as europeans is specially scenes sees united states irrelevant said we are doing everything to bring suspensions down and show you know is my opinion about it because to arizona i think the litmus test is going to be your energy policy vs you know what europe's energy is how she's been made in washington d.c. right now yes and they have. to make that relish as well since it's not black and white you will see said we will find a solution for. not straight to into next couple of weeks i didn't know it sets american serial here guys you hear and knowing say it's americans will not lie gate and say it's a field so they look for us or ways and means to bring m

as for the presence of russia in the g. eight we will see for sure italy was traditionally a supporter of the russian presence in the g. eight. may however disagrees with them let's check out how she justified that we have seen the line activity from russia in a whole variety of ways of course including on the streets of barry in the u.k. so we need to see i think before any such conversations can take place russia needs to change its approach russia was kicked out of the group after the twenty fourteen crimea referendum when the majority of the population of voted to join russia with international observers present but somehow the west still considers that and even legal an extension but going back to trump's comments the kremlin already responded saying that g seven is not really a priority for them and that russia is focused on other formats now president putin has always said that the group is exclusive that it no longer represents the world's interest. we spoke to lawyer and political activist a christian that months h

my thanks and let's tell you something like this guy russia saudi arabia will be worth watching russia still ahead. second half just under way thanks neil we'll speak to you again. and we'll see you again so you know i've been a side long we'll see you next out say for the full time result i think russia against saudi arabia i said tail fingers crossed it's going to stay that way talk again light. at the expense of a longer term growth south here etc investing in the future in products and employees you're taking all that future revenues in your pocket today just like the buying back all the stuff in his own store yes he bought back. all of the stuff in his story has a lot of revenue but now the store is empty and he has nothing to sell so the next quarter he says my sales are zero because i have nothing in the store to sell i bought it all myself so. back all their stock they wanted us in the future and when it comes time to report. for us. this is what before. bringing you up to speed on our of the headline news now the un general assembly has voted to condemn israel's use of excessi

looks the other way i think indirectly it does impact on russia's own interests do you think russia will continue looking the other way or do you think it will actually become a little bit more proactive in deterring these type of assertiveness on the part of israel when i think the close cooperation will continue and there is a very good chemistry and personal relationship between prime minister and it's and you know and president putin and in that case i think the things look very good for both our countries i think the last thing that russia needs in israel is a very active iranian presence. and with the other shiite militias at the end of the day we have to remember whether it's the shiite militias or whether it's sunni militias whether it's in chechnya or whether it's in israel or in europe we are old in the same boat so i think the limiting. runyan presence in syria is very important and we have to remember senator that we are not the one who started it we have not been any we didn't have any involvement in syria whatsoever until the iranians came close and they also said that

and russia and this and this will. probably last he had visited didn't matter do you think that ted koppel him so what can the president putin to do with it. and what could or should do to improve the situation. because now you just said it's russia has an issue with. credibility i don't have that we have a question any issues with credibility it's an issue for them who would like to paint russia that way we are an open country we are open for carburation we. you know up until recently. we had a serious. communication with the e.u. . in terms of the economy we had dialogue twenty. currently has been almost completely shut down. did not initiate this nevertheless we are ready and open who are trying to work steadily we are seeing the resumption of. joint efforts we have consultations with. the but i will representatives from brussels a number of tracks so far it's been very constructive. quite challenging but. again it's not just russia it's also the u. that's seeking to restore our full fledged ties. this is. sugata ma

i would russia than i have. i think that's a bit... iwould not russia than i have.ot agree with that but there is continuity. sanctions, the obama administration did. no sanctions when russia when he did georgia in 2008 so when i hear that 0bama georgia in 2008 so when i hear that obama was weak, how many did george w bush put on the list? zero. we put hundreds of russians on the list as a result of that, i am on the list, i can't go to russia. the trump administration, and there are many i know well in the administration, it basically has the right approach towards russia and pushing back on putin and cooperating when we can. the right strategy. the president doesn't agree with his own strategy. i know it. he doesn't like the sanctions. he went along with the tough stuff on ukraine, he wants a different policy towards russia. how do you know that? that is easy to say. just that... i have lots of friends at very senior lenders, some who have been fired subsequently, you work in the administration. my __ my you work in the administration. my —— my original question w

that's not really made in russia, it's package from fish in russia. about products made in russia. barca. i have been down to the park, you can buy beer, i would not encourage it, it's not very good. i bite every now and then for nostalgic purposes. my point is, that it is not of goods made in russia sold here because there's not enough things that we want to buy from them. but in ukraine there's a lot of russian goods. so to get ukraine to join was key to making this whole thing. so that's your goal, how is it that you would invade ukraine and sees crimea? guaranteeing that ukraine will never join what was back then your biggest project. to answer that question we need more proximate variables. when he something closer to the events that happened. argument number two, it is all our fault. we americans screw up everything and we are responsible for everything, everywhere. this is another instance of u.s. foreign policy screwing everything up. we lectured them about markets and democracy. i was part of that crew in the early '90s. we expanded nato, we invaded iraq, we allegedly supp

see russia in the g. eight as opposed to the i would say that the g eight is a more meaningful group than the g seven absolutely trump also said that he'd be discussing a range of other issues with president putin including alleged election interference syria ukraine relations with china and russia to possibly deescalate the conflicts going on in the world but until july sixteenth we won't know exactly what happened so we'll just have to wait until then. but it's not just crimea causing friction between russia and the west for example sanctions and the script poisoning have also started ties russia's foreign minister touched on these issues and an interview with britain's channel four news. can. you give any assurances that the upcoming midterm elections if you know it's time will not be middle with either the press or something because we can't look intelligent or discuss something which is based on highly unlikely will be a source. of the just a geisha in the united states has been going for her longer

eight years in the making and the twenty eighteen feet for world cup in russia is here the biggest event in football picks off in moscow matter of hours. fans from across the globe are being out in force in the russian capital reveling in the festive atmosphere. plus we have unique insight and analysis from one of the best minds in the game manchester united manager chose a marina. low from the all to new center here in moscow this thursday june fourteenth you can get up to speed on global developments dot com now though it's the day that football fans worldwide have been waiting for the start of the twenty eight hundred fifty four world cup now just a couple of hours away over the coming weeks we'll bring you the best of the atmosphere from all of the host cities across the biggest country in the world so for now over to andrew farmer dottie's world cup h.q. overlooking central moscow. yes hello welcome is the kind down does continue at the start of this world cup we've got a few different things you hear. and we've already had a. very. for the a bit later on the first place let's liste

and all that helped build hope that russia.just be the heists but also a team to be taken seriously on the pitch. was a real good as it was some of the worst sermon or share them with the subway take us the queue on us this was more of the spirit crossed my. first than your preferred by leisure for but it's a must for those of the other because i've got a sort of seal of. her for the risk of muslin i suppose it's for the record was false this close on she wouldn't get to speak once and that's. as cindy convert the. muslims and thus plus on the. ones always had and. have a new video showing us past come on. come on they're falling on the kind of a cup doesn't it was his and. it's a long road to the title and stanislav chesnoff and his squad hope to defy expectations. of him a good thing and. i. the clean. cut of the law. i'm going to. go. on. the but. i'm going to be left germany to live from oz now the man. several german i ascribed to being held in kurdish detention camps want to say nothing of nothing about the hardest atroci

it's a different part of the russia but. you have to say it welcome the world we're on the shore do. you know that there is a peculiar quality to russians that we tend to treat our aghast batter than ourselves or our own people do you think there will be any change in russia on the inside in the aftermath for example of the world cup in terms of how our police force treats large crowds on the streets and about how open russians are to the rest of the world do you expect any of that you know even then that i could give this most. men your game. which is supposed to be you know how to play and how to teach them to stuff like that they play out of the stick really ripley create your style of you know always being. grace if you can in your sport uses the form to the people around the game and of course you know it's. not a hard thing sort of not to host people to give them a spectator and make them feel comfortable and think it's not so wrong. trust me i've been around for and i. feel right now in the streets of the huge future

football when you can russia. and from russia football when you co-occurring tired or not. enjoying the biggest celebration. thank you of president putin. thank you moscow spicey not actually i was. pretty much launches what has been a feels like a long wait eighty years in the making and now five weeks of global football lie ahead of us and in just a four minute's time not opening match between russia and saudi arabia big cheers at the luzhniki stadium as the president of world football's governing body and the president of russia officially launch russia twenty eighteen will be back as our team's world cup had quarters in just a couple of minutes wherever you're watching this is r.t. international. it's. you know world's big partners through a lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that made stream 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 c

states so for the united states to impose sanctions against russia it's pretty much. economically light decision for them it doesn't really have an impact on their economy it has a big impact upon the european economy as a whole when you have countries like germany the reliant on on german on russian imports of gas under a lot of business with russia who are very concerned about the sanctions and indeed in the new government in italy refuse frankly saying that they think the sanctions against russia should be dropped so again you know the world is changing the days when the united. states just turn around and say you know we're going to impose sanctions on everyone else needs to fall or those days are coming to a close even had a french minister saying you know that the europeans an awful states the united states there is a different mood and particularly with the trumpet ministration it's becoming more and more difficult for western powers to follow the united states blindly or you'd have the united states pulling out of the paris climate accord you've had them impos