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national security complex that was basically had a first strike capability of the soviet union and could get away with it and that is the basis for which. the cuban missile crisis and the berlin berlin crisis of one nine hundred sixty one two brought us to the edge to the brink of war eisenhower's secretary of state dollars had called it brinksmanship going against the soviet union going to rollback containment it was a far more aggressive policy in that scene we'd had five or six nuclear threats we made against the chinese and against the soviet you kennedy inherited this office as a young man. and he was suspected by the military leaders the hardliners of the us that he did not have the wherewithal to really continue the eisenhower policy he had failed to do so in laos to go in to send ground troops he failed in cuba at the bay of pigs to give it to the air support that it needed when he failed in the vietnam to really carry through a a much more in gauged process with the vietnamese he said non-combat advisors but not combat people so if this was going on that he was fighting and this
national security complex that was basically had a first strike capability of the soviet union and could get away with it and that is the basis for which. the cuban missile crisis and the berlin berlin crisis of one nine hundred sixty one two brought us to the edge to the brink of war eisenhower's secretary of state dollars had called it brinksmanship going against the soviet union going to rollback containment it was a far more aggressive policy in that scene we'd had five or six nuclear...
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despite the fact that twenty seven million soviet people were killed in the by the nazis and most of the soviet union was devastated and in addition to all of that that meant that sort of is all she wrote about what about human suffering around the world but richard what about the human suffering that so many experienced during that transition is let him push forward socialism so many people that suffer which makes you wonder about socialism and the idea of totalitarianism and authoritarian regimes that can in the future really that sort of system a socialist system exist with democracy. i think that there's no question that it can i mean i think we have to recognize the fact that the soviet union from the day it was born when when winston churchill the leader of the counter revolution really against the russian revolution a vile had to strangle the bolshevik baby in its crib the soviet union really never got a day of peace in its whole existence that doesn't excuse. the mistakes serious mistakes that were made by successors of lenin but lenin brought the world to a different place a
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will it be the warming between the united states and soviet union.he pumped $2 trillion into the military. it would have been a persuasive negotiating. the treaty calls for the dismantling of all russian missiles. the man who once called the soviet union the evil empire had done a turn around. early in his administration it was telling the country it could survive a nuclear war. hardly good news. >> what can we think about a yet so callusly and quickly commit a terrorist act. >>> when the russians shot down a korean air carrier, his statement would very scantily. who can forget reagan walking with the russian president. we saw these symbols throughout his time in office and carefully calculated moments designed to be reassuring as well as a spark to the country's collective sense of patriotism. we saw him in normandy. and now the curtain finally falls. >> we meant to change a nation and instead we changed the world. >> reporter: as he said, parting is such sweet sorrow. for him the sweet was returning to california and the sorrow leaving washington.
will it be the warming between the united states and soviet union.he pumped $2 trillion into the military. it would have been a persuasive negotiating. the treaty calls for the dismantling of all russian missiles. the man who once called the soviet union the evil empire had done a turn around. early in his administration it was telling the country it could survive a nuclear war. hardly good news. >> what can we think about a yet so callusly and quickly commit a terrorist act. >>>...
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we made against the chinese and against the soviet you kennedy inherited this office as a young man. and he was suspected by the military leaders the hardliners of the us that he did not have that the wherewithal to really continue the eisenhower policy he had failed to do so in laos to go in to send ground troops he'd failed in cuba at the bay of pigs to give it to suit the air support that it needed when he failed in the vietnam to really carry through a a much more in gauged process with a view at the me he said non-combat advisors but not combat people so if this was going on then he was fighting and this is known now this is all come out now not when the film came behind the scenes tremendous civil war. and fifty years later right now if evidence came out that implicated the us government or elements of the government and his assassination how do you think the american people would react what you're asking me if it came out now i think we've reached a sort of a because of kennedy's death that we went back in time i think we had a backlash of conservatism ronald reagan and all th
we made against the chinese and against the soviet you kennedy inherited this office as a young man. and he was suspected by the military leaders the hardliners of the us that he did not have that the wherewithal to really continue the eisenhower policy he had failed to do so in laos to go in to send ground troops he'd failed in cuba at the bay of pigs to give it to suit the air support that it needed when he failed in the vietnam to really carry through a a much more in gauged process with a...
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and most of the soviet union was devastated. i noticed what had been in that sort of bizarre about what human suffering around the world but richer but about human suffering that so many spears during that transition has been in push pull its station is in sight many people could suffer which makes you wonder about socialism and the idea of totalitarianism and authoritarian regimes get killed in the future really that sort of as a system of social assisted exist. we have democracy. i think that there's no question that the economy added we have to recognize the fact that the soviet union from the day i was born when when winston churchill the leader of the time come the revolution really against the russian revolution about to strangle the boast of a baby and its crew of the soviet union really never got a piece in its whole existence that doesn't excuse. i've had so many mistakes and serious mistakes that were made by successors of lemon lemon brought the world to a different place on all over the world particularly in the colo
and most of the soviet union was devastated. i noticed what had been in that sort of bizarre about what human suffering around the world but richer but about human suffering that so many spears during that transition has been in push pull its station is in sight many people could suffer which makes you wonder about socialism and the idea of totalitarianism and authoritarian regimes get killed in the future really that sort of as a system of social assisted exist. we have democracy. i think that...
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union, in their museum in moscow when they had geopolitical maps from the '40s, '50s, and pro soviet countries of the world were colored red and the pro american ones were colored blue, and what's interesting that the newly created israel was colored red, which would seem under socialist ideas, and the arab states were color blue. and that doesn't change, i remember, until the late '50s, when everything switches around. right? and then start looking as israel is sort of an attachment of the united states. so, looking from that element, the soviets had a similar sort of take in terms of knowing who they wanted to support during those crucial years which you discuss. so i'm wondering, isn't it more a question of geopolitics and directives rather than the agency of some arabists that happened to be sort of believers in the great christian civilization? and the second question, '67, you say it was a turning point. isn't it more '91? when the soviet union collapses, and when it does the whole primp of -- prism of looking at this region falls apart and makes is more dangerous because the s
union, in their museum in moscow when they had geopolitical maps from the '40s, '50s, and pro soviet countries of the world were colored red and the pro american ones were colored blue, and what's interesting that the newly created israel was colored red, which would seem under socialist ideas, and the arab states were color blue. and that doesn't change, i remember, until the late '50s, when everything switches around. right? and then start looking as israel is sort of an attachment of the...
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maybe the soviets continue to use the base. after latvia became independent, more than 20,000 soldiers were pulled out. >> many people who live here just want to get away. the young people look at their parents and think, "i don't want to live like that." they just want out. >> in front of the splendid orthodox churches, the soviet era prefab houses look all the more dilapidated. 7000 people, because it's cheap. unemployment is high, and new jobs are not in sight. >> i grew up here. it's a fairly wild and dangerous area. sooner or later, you have to decide -- do i want to get stuck here like most people, or do i want to find my way out of here? >> is out after eu accession took him to britain where he worked as a laborer on a chicken farm. about 200,000 latvians have integrated. many of the work in construction or farming. this is the steelworks nearby. there was always work until the plant went bust weeks ago. more than 1500 people are out of a job. a skeleton crew is keeping the plant functional. they hope to find an investor
maybe the soviets continue to use the base. after latvia became independent, more than 20,000 soldiers were pulled out. >> many people who live here just want to get away. the young people look at their parents and think, "i don't want to live like that." they just want out. >> in front of the splendid orthodox churches, the soviet era prefab houses look all the more dilapidated. 7000 people, because it's cheap. unemployment is high, and new jobs are not in sight. >>...
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at the region through this geopolitical lens physicals apart, and in the process, the soviets makes it a more dangerous place because the soviet union is not around anymore to keep the place in check, and there's no interlocker to put the lid on them to permit crisis from spinning out of control. to what degree is 91 more important, and for arabists who write on the region, and the region. >> briefly, you're right about how it's sort of -- it flips the region in terms of cold war geopolitical calculations that the side is like likely to fall into the soviet cap rather than the u.s. and stall lip does not have that much interest in the arab countries to begin with, and so -- but that changes with stalin coming to power and he sees that the middle east is up for grabs as the cold war extends into the third world, and the arabists lose the arguments, and within the cia, that james angleton, better known as a chief of counter intelligence runs the israeli's so-called account, which is growing espionage connection between the cia and massad and the arab world lost to the americans, that
at the region through this geopolitical lens physicals apart, and in the process, the soviets makes it a more dangerous place because the soviet union is not around anymore to keep the place in check, and there's no interlocker to put the lid on them to permit crisis from spinning out of control. to what degree is 91 more important, and for arabists who write on the region, and the region. >> briefly, you're right about how it's sort of -- it flips the region in terms of cold war...
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state but it's hard to argue that he is resting in peace there for the soviet union lenin was an iconhe represented the communist ideas that an empire was built on his statue stood at pride of place and the central squares of cities across the nation but his appeal waned over the decades and when the soviet union collapsed many of the statues were removed from their plants his image had passed all the way from revolutionary hero to mastermind of the bolshevik movement that claimed many lives on its ruthless rise to the top when it had gone from deliverer to oppressor from what i can see here now in twenty fourteen lenin's position and red square shows what the passing of time can do he remains a key part of russian history but also perhaps above all now a tourist attraction a face to sell russian dolls and t. shirts to visitors with money to spend icons like lenin are never really forgotten and the art world either his image still has a place in the imagination of artist because of what it stands for although not everyone is prepared to let his political crusade go easily. lennon's id
state but it's hard to argue that he is resting in peace there for the soviet union lenin was an iconhe represented the communist ideas that an empire was built on his statue stood at pride of place and the central squares of cities across the nation but his appeal waned over the decades and when the soviet union collapsed many of the statues were removed from their plants his image had passed all the way from revolutionary hero to mastermind of the bolshevik movement that claimed many lives on...
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maybe the soviets continue to use the base. after latvia became independent, more than 20,000 soldiers were pulled out. >> many people who live here just want to get away. the young people look at their parents and think, "i don't want to live like that." they just want out. >> in front of the splendid orthodox churches, the soviet era prefab houses look all the more dilapidated. 7000 people, because it's cheap. unemployment is high, and new jobs are not in sight. >> i grew up here. it's a fairly wild and dangerous area. sooner or later, you have to decide -- do i want to get stuck here like most people, or do i want to find my way out of here? >> is out after eu accession took him to britain where he worked as a laborer on a chicken farm. about 200,000 latvians have integrated. many of the work in construction or farming. this is the steelworks nearby. there was always work until the plant went bust weeks ago. more than 1500 people are out of a job. a skeleton crew is keeping the plant functional. they hope to find an investor
maybe the soviets continue to use the base. after latvia became independent, more than 20,000 soldiers were pulled out. >> many people who live here just want to get away. the young people look at their parents and think, "i don't want to live like that." they just want out. >> in front of the splendid orthodox churches, the soviet era prefab houses look all the more dilapidated. 7000 people, because it's cheap. unemployment is high, and new jobs are not in sight. >>...
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well, that is the key question when the soviet union lapses. the whole prism of looking at this geopolitical blends falls apart in the process makes it dangerous because the silly unit is not around anymore and there is no ability to prevent the crisis in this way. so it fits for those as well. >> briefly you are right about how it flips the region in terms of the cold war geopolitical calculations and israel is seen on the american side is more likely to fall into this and the soviet camp rather than the u.s. and he doesn't really really have all that interesting arab country. so that changes with stalin's death and he sees that the middle east is up for grabs to extend into the third world and they sort of lose the argument and he is known as the chief of counterintelligence and he also runs the israeli account which is a growing espionage connection between the cia as the arab world increasingly becomes very important as an alliance for the united states not just within the middle east but as well in africa for example. and so your point is
well, that is the key question when the soviet union lapses. the whole prism of looking at this geopolitical blends falls apart in the process makes it dangerous because the silly unit is not around anymore and there is no ability to prevent the crisis in this way. so it fits for those as well. >> briefly you are right about how it flips the region in terms of the cold war geopolitical calculations and israel is seen on the american side is more likely to fall into this and the soviet...
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they couldn't really afford to fight the soviet union. they had their neutrality back, so we will just keep things quiet in keep biting china and going into china, so that they can sustain that warring position in china for the time being. >> its like let's attack another giant. >> also the inter-services rival between the amy -- the army and the navy they had to strike the north faction which was largely the army to strike the south section of the faction which was naval because they needed the resources to keep going and they wanted to fight the war in southeast asia and the debacle in mongolia where these battles were fought against zug off. the debacle basically meant the end of the strike north faction. >> can i get a second question? >> we will come back to you but since you you're standing. >> all right. i'm also kind of interested in in -- to what extent was he sort of trying to ride herd on these factions in sort of move japan toward being more centralized and less factional a system? >> sorry, at what point? >> so i mean what li
they couldn't really afford to fight the soviet union. they had their neutrality back, so we will just keep things quiet in keep biting china and going into china, so that they can sustain that warring position in china for the time being. >> its like let's attack another giant. >> also the inter-services rival between the amy -- the army and the navy they had to strike the north faction which was largely the army to strike the south section of the faction which was naval because...
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post soviet states has absolutely no national basis on which to construct a state when the soviet union collapsed in one thousand nine hundred. and all the soviet republics were to find themselves in front of a fait accompli which was that they needed to set themselves up as states even though many of them had never tried or sought for independence and that was certainly the case of ukraine in the case of nearly all the other states they have had some national basis however artificial and however unpleasantly manipulated on which to create a state and that has not been the case with ukraine which doesn't have a national basis on which to create a state add to that the fact that it has this extremely weak political position comparable perhaps to the traditional position of poland between two great powers poland traditionally between germany and russia ukraine now in a sense has inherited that unfortunate geo political position and the result is that when as has happened the european union sets about a very expansionist political agenda geo political agenda the ukraine ultimately has beco
post soviet states has absolutely no national basis on which to construct a state when the soviet union collapsed in one thousand nine hundred. and all the soviet republics were to find themselves in front of a fait accompli which was that they needed to set themselves up as states even though many of them had never tried or sought for independence and that was certainly the case of ukraine in the case of nearly all the other states they have had some national basis however artificial and...
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the soviet union's forced collectivization program was supposed to modernize farming. but it killed millions of farmers. when the soviet union collapsed in 1991, the transition to private farming meant productivity plummeted at first. now, it's booming >> reporte. >> this was an jolted old collective farm in soviet times. now, it's one of the most modern agricultural complexes >> reporter: a farm like this has allotted of catching up to do. the average cow produces 25 liters a day. it would be about 60 in europe. >> the sanitary conditions also leave much to be desired. so milk can't be used to make soft cheese or yogurt. still, the country has a lot of potential. >> ukraine has some of the richest soil in the world. and many here believe with better integration and closer ties to europe, ukraine could become a regional bread basket >> reporter: who ounwns that so is a big obvious stackel? >> land is a problem here because there is no clear ownership. there is no clear right to buy or sell land which makes it difficult for people to invest. >> that makes modernization
the soviet union's forced collectivization program was supposed to modernize farming. but it killed millions of farmers. when the soviet union collapsed in 1991, the transition to private farming meant productivity plummeted at first. now, it's booming >> reporte. >> this was an jolted old collective farm in soviet times. now, it's one of the most modern agricultural complexes >> reporter: a farm like this has allotted of catching up to do. the average cow produces 25 liters a...
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so he becomes the superstar of the soviets during the mid 40's. after the war ends it goes back to the common terms and there is an amazing coincidence that mao takes over china in an montagu has someone who likes the game of ping-pong in charge of the most populist nation on earth. he realizes culture, sports, communism this is perfect for her montagu. he gets on the plane and tries to sell the chinese on the idea that ping-pong would make a fantastic national sport. it seems preposterous he tried this in russia and it did not work but he tries again and to his surprise the chinese think it is a pretty good idea. they run with it through the fifties they don't want to come out and play yet because they want to come out and win. not to represent themselves week. they put on what a state money into it and get better and better. with the 1950's is about the only thing say are successful at is ping-pong and win their first gold medal. the rest of the country is the absolute disaster. montagu has another friend who is one of the great soviet peasant s
so he becomes the superstar of the soviets during the mid 40's. after the war ends it goes back to the common terms and there is an amazing coincidence that mao takes over china in an montagu has someone who likes the game of ping-pong in charge of the most populist nation on earth. he realizes culture, sports, communism this is perfect for her montagu. he gets on the plane and tries to sell the chinese on the idea that ping-pong would make a fantastic national sport. it seems preposterous he...
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cars became a joke in the soviet union and managers talked about how we wanted to copy the americans and their production capacity. and yet their cars came up a little bit short. as one russian joke said in russia proverb said in russia there are no roads, only directions. there is an auto plant near gorky that was supposed to be the highlight of the soviet production facility. it featured green spaces, parks, apartments with bathtubs and showers for workers which is highly initial at the time but no cars in his car production facility until five years after it opened to the entire soviet auto industry produce a number of cars at this one plant was projected to produce at the time it opened. as with everything though in the ussr cars and car ownership would -- severe penalties. if he jumped in line to buy a car if you bought a car outside of authorized dealers if he speculated in spare parts are stocked piled fuel vouchers that could land you in the gulag or worse. this was pretty much true throughout most of the east german. the east german true bond was labeled one of the worst car
cars became a joke in the soviet union and managers talked about how we wanted to copy the americans and their production capacity. and yet their cars came up a little bit short. as one russian joke said in russia proverb said in russia there are no roads, only directions. there is an auto plant near gorky that was supposed to be the highlight of the soviet production facility. it featured green spaces, parks, apartments with bathtubs and showers for workers which is highly initial at the time...
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he was almost shot by a soviet soldier. he collapsed in the middle of berlin from exhaustion and hunger. vermin, all that, fleas in his case. he was particularly frightened. but he was nursed back to some kind of health by a german prostitute, and it up in a displaced persons camp and then back to holland in 19, summer of 1940. went back to university only to be told by senior members of the fraternity because the initiation and 41 had gone on underground they had to do the whole thing all over again. [laughter] and there were those who suffered far worse than my father who were suddenly forced to jump around like frogs and so on. so i said to my father, how is it possible that you could've put up with this nonsense after all you have experienced? he shrugged his shoulders and said, it's the way it was, and also we thought that was normal. and i think that's the key word because i think there were some yearning for some kind of normality, if you go back to the world before the war. that to him and to others this represented
he was almost shot by a soviet soldier. he collapsed in the middle of berlin from exhaustion and hunger. vermin, all that, fleas in his case. he was particularly frightened. but he was nursed back to some kind of health by a german prostitute, and it up in a displaced persons camp and then back to holland in 19, summer of 1940. went back to university only to be told by senior members of the fraternity because the initiation and 41 had gone on underground they had to do the whole thing all over...
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and they naturally equated both of these leaders as tools of the soviet. and that is the way the world looks at him. and i found an interesting document written by the ambassador from brazil in the united states during the period when the brothers were overthrowing us and wal-mart. they came to see him and they said, how do you know that the land reform program was ordered by the kremlin? and he said that dulles told him that it is true that we have no evidence that we are proceeding on the assumption that must be solved. that was the way that they solved the world. and so the first two monsters that they went out to slay in the world were against whom they had a deep grudge from their days as private lawyers. and by the time we get to the middle of 1954, both of those monsters were gone. and one of the things that i understood as i began to research the secret history of the brothers is that what i knew and i think what most of us know about the 1950s is fundamentally mistaken and we think of this as an age of peace and we were at a continual war and we d
and they naturally equated both of these leaders as tools of the soviet. and that is the way the world looks at him. and i found an interesting document written by the ambassador from brazil in the united states during the period when the brothers were overthrowing us and wal-mart. they came to see him and they said, how do you know that the land reform program was ordered by the kremlin? and he said that dulles told him that it is true that we have no evidence that we are proceeding on the...
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used to be the soviet union's biggest antarctic research station. now it only works during the summer. in the southern hemisphere someone starts in december and ends in much it's now april so seasonal operations are over. geological samples are gathered during the summer a loaded into containers. cold water is drained from the station and windows are boarded up and filled in with insulation if it was given even the slightest chance to sneak in it will be impossible to dig it out of. the diesel generator was the last to be shutdown no one can survive without heat. takes just a few hours to complete. the station is ready for winter. comfortable flying people to make feel. good to say you know good to see you back here they told us you would come you're here unfortunates smiling upon us again everything's going to be great. i'm going to be eighty five in april now i only go to the doctor. and entered to go. i'm drawn towards it my wife isn't even aware of these expeditions in the last few years. russia's expeditions to antarctica set off from cape town
used to be the soviet union's biggest antarctic research station. now it only works during the summer. in the southern hemisphere someone starts in december and ends in much it's now april so seasonal operations are over. geological samples are gathered during the summer a loaded into containers. cold water is drained from the station and windows are boarded up and filled in with insulation if it was given even the slightest chance to sneak in it will be impossible to dig it out of. the diesel...
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of the most or least since independence most of that arrived off to the country was annexed to the soviet union in nineteen fourteen. nas will see an estimated three hundred thousand of them still have so called known citizen status meaning they call votes or holds government jobs. isaac's that will go in progress. this report. his reader's mind during the national flag that teaches keeps his hand down as he pronounces that house his parents came here in the sixties from russia when he was just a baby. coming up the air was still cost of the ussr. it even up to fifty five he is in the country he's not been granted next ninety and without question paid lackeys technique e statements. so this is my pa score. then you can see here either i think attendance plus work. which means i am an alien in my own conscience use the reading or sleeping can you say it with my honest and strong mitigating its independence in nineteen nine two on the head of marvel's is exactly the same position. so everyone will see to some fuses star and won a pair of recently to be used for some people of all peoples an
of the most or least since independence most of that arrived off to the country was annexed to the soviet union in nineteen fourteen. nas will see an estimated three hundred thousand of them still have so called known citizen status meaning they call votes or holds government jobs. isaac's that will go in progress. this report. his reader's mind during the national flag that teaches keeps his hand down as he pronounces that house his parents came here in the sixties from russia when he was just...
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that the longer run issue is what will russia become, as china increases its influence in the former soviet central asia. we should keep reminding the russian people and their leaders that we respect russia's european identity and culture. and that russia's true destiny is also to be a major european state in a larger democratic west. we should make it clear that we seek neither russia's isolation nor fragmentation, but russia's evolution towards a genuine democracy. one way or another, that day will come. putin stands in the way today with this nostalgic dream of a new empire called the eurasian union. but the fact is that such a prospect is not realistic. none of the would be members of the eurasian union truly desire to limit their sovereignty, to cede it to russia, to participate in the creation of a new union which revokes memories of the recently disappeared union, not to mention the older still russian empire. in brief, and i will conclude on this, we need to construct an open-ended, long-term policy for ukraine as well as a long-term option for russia that may follow. thank you, mr.
that the longer run issue is what will russia become, as china increases its influence in the former soviet central asia. we should keep reminding the russian people and their leaders that we respect russia's european identity and culture. and that russia's true destiny is also to be a major european state in a larger democratic west. we should make it clear that we seek neither russia's isolation nor fragmentation, but russia's evolution towards a genuine democracy. one way or another, that...
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but practices dating back to the old days of the soviet union could be getting in the way. >> in some ways, agriculture hasn't changed much here in the past 100 years. some work the fields by hand and most are still poor. the soviet union's forced program was supposed to modernize farming but it contributed to a famine that killed many farmers. in 1991, the transition to farming made producttivity mum et at first, but now it's booming. >> look where we're standing now. this was an old collective farm in soviet times, and now it's one of the most modern agriculture complexes. >> but even they have a lot of catching up to do. the average cow produce 60 in europe. expensive products like soft cheese or yogurt. still the country has a lot of potential. ukraine has some of the richest soil in the world. and many believe that with better integration and closer ties to europe, ukraine could be a bread basket. who owns the soil is a problem here. >> there's no clear ownership. there's no clear right to buy or sell land, which of course makes it difficult for people to invest. >> that makes mo
but practices dating back to the old days of the soviet union could be getting in the way. >> in some ways, agriculture hasn't changed much here in the past 100 years. some work the fields by hand and most are still poor. the soviet union's forced program was supposed to modernize farming but it contributed to a famine that killed many farmers. in 1991, the transition to farming made producttivity mum et at first, but now it's booming. >> look where we're standing now. this was an...
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among those rounded up, general polyakov seen here in this remarkable footage arrested by soviet agentshe was later shot. >> it's -- still hard to talk about. >> reporter: it didn't take long for grimes to start to suspect rim ames. he had affair with a younger columbian woman named rosario. she had expensive tastes. they brought a brand new house and ames started wearing expensive suits and driving a jaguar. grimes' counter intelligence work helped prove that ames was taking soviet money which led to his arrest and that of his wife. >> he knew it full well and did it basically for money. >> what do you hope the viewers take away from this show? >> i want them to remember that treason is a crime against every citizen of our country. >> dan harris, abc news, new york >> our thanks to dan and to sandy grimes for her work. the assets, by the way, starts tomorrow night right here on abc, 10:00 p.m., 9:00 central. >>> when we come back here on "world news," seeing double tonight, the wonder twins that have become a viral sensation this evening. you've got to hear the story behind these littl
among those rounded up, general polyakov seen here in this remarkable footage arrested by soviet agentshe was later shot. >> it's -- still hard to talk about. >> reporter: it didn't take long for grimes to start to suspect rim ames. he had affair with a younger columbian woman named rosario. she had expensive tastes. they brought a brand new house and ames started wearing expensive suits and driving a jaguar. grimes' counter intelligence work helped prove that ames was taking soviet...
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whether it was in the soviet canyon or britain. she said in 2000 was no, incidents in the 1970's that was a reflection of the world and at the same time socialism was at its height in britain. she said the same socialist politicians who were accused of leaving blueprints on britain also decrease in the advance of the soviet power abroad. and she wrote what occurred in britain in this period was not there for just a clash between the two parties, but it was a struggle between the two systems offering to entirely different destinies. for america in the 1970's it was caught by among others marxist's at santa barbara. the clarity provided was liberating. 20,000 cheered peron in november of 1988. the understood what it stood for. she wrote in 1992i set out to destroy socialism because i felt it was at odds with the character of the people. we were the first country in the world to roll back the frontier of the socialism. and they rolled forward the frontier of the freedom. last, she believed britain and america were important to the wor
whether it was in the soviet canyon or britain. she said in 2000 was no, incidents in the 1970's that was a reflection of the world and at the same time socialism was at its height in britain. she said the same socialist politicians who were accused of leaving blueprints on britain also decrease in the advance of the soviet power abroad. and she wrote what occurred in britain in this period was not there for just a clash between the two parties, but it was a struggle between the two systems...
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and the soviet union. so kennedy, in his senate years, was very, very hawkish. and he actually was, you know, something of a conservative. and then when he went into the white house there was a sense that he is 42, 43 years old. his initial meetings with khrushchev were very, very tough i think he actually walked out of one meeting saying, you know, that's the hardest meeting never been at. he just dismantle me. so there is a sense of personal softness which, again, is somewhat ironic given this is that he was a war hero, incredibly disciplined, a tough person politically. but his early meetings with the soviets were not, you know, were not successful. they thought that he was weekend, but could, perhaps, pushed around. >> how would you say that president kennedy, say foreign policies, especially issues such as syria, such as, you know,s how would you say that president kennedy, say foreign policies, especially israel and palestine? >> yeah it's one of those questions that i think about a lot. the issues are so different. i do think that maybe the obama administ
and the soviet union. so kennedy, in his senate years, was very, very hawkish. and he actually was, you know, something of a conservative. and then when he went into the white house there was a sense that he is 42, 43 years old. his initial meetings with khrushchev were very, very tough i think he actually walked out of one meeting saying, you know, that's the hardest meeting never been at. he just dismantle me. so there is a sense of personal softness which, again, is somewhat ironic given...
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very active in foreign policy debates, very active in the discussion about vietnam, algeria, the soviet union. he also did something kind of interesting. he chaired a special committee to determine the five best senators in american history. this is a committee that lyndon johnson created for himself, grew tired of it, handed it off the kennedy. so this is really in some sense the one project kennedy was in charge of during his senate career. he took it very seriously, inquired of all the great historians in the country and spent about six, seven months digging into this. came up with a list of the five greatest senators, and it was something that came part of his identity as being a young politician but also someone very steeped in american history. >> the book came -- who came out of the top of that list? >> there was robert taft, but the big ones were john calhoun, daniel webster, henry clay, the pre-civil war era. securities committee quickly decide on the top three, webster, clay, calhoun. they had a longer debate on the next two, and even back at that point kennedy preferred a ger
very active in foreign policy debates, very active in the discussion about vietnam, algeria, the soviet union. he also did something kind of interesting. he chaired a special committee to determine the five best senators in american history. this is a committee that lyndon johnson created for himself, grew tired of it, handed it off the kennedy. so this is really in some sense the one project kennedy was in charge of during his senate career. he took it very seriously, inquired of all the great...
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in the soviet era to get to antarctica it wasn't enough to just be lucky you needed relevant experience with drift ice in the arctic as well as recommendations there was no other way to reach the southernmost continent today it's enough to send your resume to the arctic and antarctic research institute along with a clean bill of health.
in the soviet era to get to antarctica it wasn't enough to just be lucky you needed relevant experience with drift ice in the arctic as well as recommendations there was no other way to reach the southernmost continent today it's enough to send your resume to the arctic and antarctic research institute along with a clean bill of health.
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, very clear that poland was the weak link in the soviet empire. he thought that the foreign policy statute at that time, the cadillac should be amended so that the u.s. to give generous financial assistance, exchange programs to poland saying, i think, this is a country that might not want to be in the soviet orbit. there might be ways that we can induce them into a little different status. he fought that battle really hard. and finally to my think you saw foreign policy as sort of the overarching theme to criticize president eisenhower. his view was that the eisenhower ministration was reactive, slow-moving, was not imaginative in the sort of used his critique of the eyes and our foreign policy to gain visibility within the democratic party and also to sort of project and self as this kind of aggressive, for cleaning, vibrant, new leader. and another dimension of kennedy as senator was as historian. he loved history. he wrote a pretty good book when he was a senior at harvard on great britain's foreign policy in the 1930's. he came to the senate
, very clear that poland was the weak link in the soviet empire. he thought that the foreign policy statute at that time, the cadillac should be amended so that the u.s. to give generous financial assistance, exchange programs to poland saying, i think, this is a country that might not want to be in the soviet orbit. there might be ways that we can induce them into a little different status. he fought that battle really hard. and finally to my think you saw foreign policy as sort of the...
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so that lets montague become this superstar for the soviets during the mid-1940s. after the war ends he goes back to more of the common stuff. and then has this amazing coincidence at the end of the 1940s, and that is that mao takes over china. and montague suddenly has someone who actually rather likes the game of ping-pong in charge of the most populist nation on earth. so it's an opportunity, perfect for montague. so, he gets on the plane and goes -- flies to china and tries to sell the china on the idea that ping-pong would make a fantastic national sport. seems preposterous. he actually tried this in russia and it didn't work, but he is trying again, and to his surprise, the chinese think it's a pretty good idea. now, they run with it in the 1950s. don't want to come out and play yet because the chinese, when they came out to play, they wanted to come out to play and win. they didn't want to represent themselves weakly. so they worked hard and put a lot of state money into it and get better and better. now, the end of the 1950s is the great leap forward in chi
so that lets montague become this superstar for the soviets during the mid-1940s. after the war ends he goes back to more of the common stuff. and then has this amazing coincidence at the end of the 1940s, and that is that mao takes over china. and montague suddenly has someone who actually rather likes the game of ping-pong in charge of the most populist nation on earth. so it's an opportunity, perfect for montague. so, he gets on the plane and goes -- flies to china and tries to sell the...
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when the soviet union collapsed latvia only gay full citizenship to people and their descendants who had lived in the country prior to nine hundred forty when it became a soviet republic that was around fifty two percent of the population everyone else was classed as a non-citizen today one in seven people are considered alien canady is one of those affected he was born in latvia and although his mother is latvian because his father moved to the country after nine hundred forty eight was denied citizenship he eventually went through the process of naturalization when he was twenty two years old how did it make you feel having to go through that process despite the fact is he saying you were born in this country well does your mother loves you. right and that's the same if she does that you feel good and if she doesn't you feel a bit about insulted the process of naturalisation attests noncitizens on their knowledge of latvian history culture and language many feel they're hostages to history claiming the latvian government are using them to avenge the past but it's not just a moral i
when the soviet union collapsed latvia only gay full citizenship to people and their descendants who had lived in the country prior to nine hundred forty when it became a soviet republic that was around fifty two percent of the population everyone else was classed as a non-citizen today one in seven people are considered alien canady is one of those affected he was born in latvia and although his mother is latvian because his father moved to the country after nine hundred forty eight was denied...
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nazi germany against the soviet union. conditions in the refugee camp in south sudan are reaching crisis point as thousands struggle to find enough clean water at least one hundred twenty thousand people have fled their homes many have come to this camp in the capital juba more than a thousand people have died in fighting since the former vice president try to take power by force two weeks ago talks between the government and rebel groups are expected to start soon. and the latest rescue operation has begun for the people on board a russian research vessel that's been struck in stuck in the ice in the antarctic for over a week now how he caught up to has airlifted the first group of people to a nearby chinese ship from there they will be taken to illustrate the an ice breaker fifty four people are set to be evacuated while the twenty russian crew remain on board to try to free the ship from the ice. coming up next report on another group of scientists who packed up their gizmo strapped on their boots and headed to antarcti
nazi germany against the soviet union. conditions in the refugee camp in south sudan are reaching crisis point as thousands struggle to find enough clean water at least one hundred twenty thousand people have fled their homes many have come to this camp in the capital juba more than a thousand people have died in fighting since the former vice president try to take power by force two weeks ago talks between the government and rebel groups are expected to start soon. and the latest rescue...
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practices dating back to the ways of the old soviet union could get in the way. jennifer glasse has more on the story from western ukraine. >> reporter: in some ways agricultural hasn't changed much in the last hundred years. many work the fields by hand and most are still poor. the forced collective program was supposed to modernize farming, but it contributed to a famine that killed millions of farmers. when the soviet union collapsed in 1991 it met productivity plummeted at first but now it's booming. >> translator: look where we're standing now. this was an old collective farm in soviet times, and now it's one of the most modern agricultural complexes. >> reporter: even a farm like this one has a lot catching up to do. the average cow here produces 25 liters of milk a day, about 60 in europe. the sanitary conditions also leave much to be desired, so the milk can't be used to make expensive products like soft cheese or yogurt. the country has a lot of potential. it has some of the richingest soil in the world and with better integration and closer ties to euro
practices dating back to the ways of the old soviet union could get in the way. jennifer glasse has more on the story from western ukraine. >> reporter: in some ways agricultural hasn't changed much in the last hundred years. many work the fields by hand and most are still poor. the forced collective program was supposed to modernize farming, but it contributed to a famine that killed millions of farmers. when the soviet union collapsed in 1991 it met productivity plummeted at first but...
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republican science reminds me a lot of soviet science.ogy dictates what the -- the way it should be. when ideology dictates to science, you get very bad science. >> my father is an exsoviet engineer and republican. he doesn't believe there's manmade global warming. >> he doesn't? >> no. >> i've never done a panel quite like this on tv. we'll find out if that was a good or bad thing. i want to thank you all. >>> coming up, the president kicks off a new year on offense. [ bottle ] okay, listen up! i'm here to get the lady of the house back on her feet. [ all gasp ] oj, veggies -- you're cool. mayo? corn dogs? you are so outta here! aah! 'cause i'm re-workin' the menu, keeping her healthy and you on your toes. [ female announcer ] the complete balanced nutrition of great-tasting ensure. 24 vitamins and minerals, antioxidants, and 9 grams of protein. i see you, cupcake! uh-oh! [ bottle ] the number one doctor recommended brand. ensure®. nutrition in charge™. became big business overnight? ♪ like, really big... then expanded? ♪ or their new pr
republican science reminds me a lot of soviet science.ogy dictates what the -- the way it should be. when ideology dictates to science, you get very bad science. >> my father is an exsoviet engineer and republican. he doesn't believe there's manmade global warming. >> he doesn't? >> no. >> i've never done a panel quite like this on tv. we'll find out if that was a good or bad thing. i want to thank you all. >>> coming up, the president kicks off a new year on...
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it was a soviet period. i like the children to see other moms dads and grandparents celebrated new year in japan and the car seat and looking mom laugh about it. the thing is he. i do know that santa claus hat such places where he keeps old toys and put it on and with such vintage clothes i like the exhibition displays in this house that pulls me up reading this he's at it. costume. wordpress phone famous international exhibition of foreign journalist has just opened up and coming under more than one hundred thousand photographs from all over the world took part in the competition however only one hundred and fifty best photos made the final cut each photo illustrates how basic human rights are violated all of the world summing it up and went to the most interesting thing you know is the second emotional state of the photograph or is not just shooting the photo there's a meaning behind the phone could be dutifully began in this photo to go rummage in the way until recently discovered the book she's reading a
it was a soviet period. i like the children to see other moms dads and grandparents celebrated new year in japan and the car seat and looking mom laugh about it. the thing is he. i do know that santa claus hat such places where he keeps old toys and put it on and with such vintage clothes i like the exhibition displays in this house that pulls me up reading this he's at it. costume. wordpress phone famous international exhibition of foreign journalist has just opened up and coming under more...
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there is a large collection of christmas toys it was a soviet period. i like the children to see other moms dads and grandparents celebrated new year in japan and the coptic stitch and what mom laugh about it. given the space needed to know that santa claus hat such places where he keeps old toys and put in tune with such vintage clothes i like the exhibition displays in this house that pulls me. see this adding costume for the latest news is that three w dodge cars out that stevie got kate said and. for one year in the context on mortgage market has increased by nine per cent or seventy three b the team did according to previous reports the mortgage market in the country has dropped and lost two percent in august. in addition the mortgage market in kazakhstan becomes an outside given the country's lending markets. however more than fifty per cent of deals was primaries second tree housing are implemented was borrowed money experts advice goes these mortgage loans to be prepared for additional spending. apart from the actual interest rate loans the most
there is a large collection of christmas toys it was a soviet period. i like the children to see other moms dads and grandparents celebrated new year in japan and the coptic stitch and what mom laugh about it. given the space needed to know that santa claus hat such places where he keeps old toys and put in tune with such vintage clothes i like the exhibition displays in this house that pulls me. see this adding costume for the latest news is that three w dodge cars out that stevie got kate...