the communist party than i did the late seventies and early eighties because of the fall of the soviet union, because of the opening of the moscow archive was because of the opening of of certain intelligence archives in washington, d.c., for example, we know a lot soviet espionage in the early 1980s. harvey whose book you gave a that you turned theodore furies upon you harvey clara said that the communist party didn't spy and wasn't, you know, maybe there was one or two spies, but it wasn't a central part of the party history. and we know that it was that the communist party, i mean, we're talking about maybe 300 or so members, but with the knowledge, the full knowledge of its leaders deeply enmeshed in soviet espionage during the second world war, after afterwards that that those spy rings were broken. we also know that the communist party from the beginning drew a substantial financial muscle stipend from the soviet union, so called moscow gold, which they always denied and in the sixties, seventies alone, the soviet union funneled something like. $30 million, which was a lot more money i

conversation, - every person or organisation latvia, where i'm reporting from, was once part of the soviet union, with a shared border with russia, but nowadays is a staunch member of nato. and its changing society, when it was forced to move out of moscow i, donald john trump, do solemnly swear... president trump used to say he'd sort out the war in ukraine within 2a hours of coming into office. that was never going to happen, of course, but getting a peace deal russia will keep all or most of the territory it's captured, and ukraine won't be allowed tojoin nato for a long time, that'd be victory of a kind for president putin, he was lucky to survive an attempted coup but has the war now turned decisively in putin's favour? here in riga, still, he's in power. he doesn't have any plausible opposition. it seems like russian forces so, like, he has some territorial gains. whether it means that his winning now allows him to stay in power because, as we have seen working inside the country, russia is an amazing place to make sure that putin doesn'tjust do the same thing again in the future. in ten y

i first visited moscow in the late �*70s, when the soviet union was going into a period of serious economicecline. the system was headed by leonid brezhnev, who was showing clear signs of mental and physical decay but couldn't be got rid of. there are signs that and in 1979, iwatched as he and his politburo colleagues — of shortages and controls. though gorbachev, critically, got the changes the wrong way round. he introduced glasnost, or openness, in the economic system, took time to get going. they chant in russian for three chaotic days, for their new freedoms. shouting, horn beeps and now, to take up the story right away, we have john simpson, our foreign affairs editor, boris yeltsin — old, drunk but sprightly — pushed him aside four months later. old name of saint petersburg would be restored. his ginger—haired deputy with a kgb past — a certain vladimir putin. i witnessed the russian economies fall about the way older russians support putin, even now. putin himself, no longer deputy mayor of saint petersburg into the topmost reaches of politics, took over as president he was young, p

i wanted to dump on the soviet union. so i think i endorse this. and secondly, that the soviet leaders are prepared to evacuate in the event of a nuclear war and, you know, so you can say, well, that's on the one hand. and ken on the other hand is like, i write a 500 page book about that russian history. it's good to have both perspectives. but, you know, in the realm, you know, deterring the adversary and to figure out how to structure forces to do that and how to explain that the american people, you know, i think that you sort of have to come down on on the one side and you have to evaluate, okay, what are the worst case scenarios? and even if you have even if you've laid out what are worst case scenarios and the worst case scenarios come to pass, that doesn't necessarily negate, you know, the the conclusions you came to. right, that is sort of what i find interesting about this. you in contrast, in today's era, i think there were a lot of people that did not know china and wound up with a policy that no engagement, that was really self-defeating

i wonder if it was christy as fighters who killed the here with the soviet union major kind of check middle just 1944. they shot him then, told petro on his body and that 10 villages they killed communist. some government officials, convenience, kind of show a cool new system. i have to believe what's going on to levels kick. there's 10 sites, it's just loaded up and done a good. i was looking at what's going to allow us to consider an unusually pretty soon guys and usually surprised bottom to fail. so that was the point and that old and apple changing and modeled ladies if of course the full not home. mommy kept and keeps clients about his role, intuitive activities, but the documents in his criminal case consignment and now it can take name to both institute to escape from his loving sides and when time to lead to where he lives today. the hall here. yeah, we chose to follow here, sorry. which of our for sure. now, to hear the news go for the next to the who is good till they fall. usually was on the road, show the show not to wish to hon. you've got the you're going to what the po

it was a group of economists and policymakers who went to the soviet union after it had collapsed in1991 to restructure the economy theoretically in a more like and free. but it ended up just really impoverishing people and also pushing like vladimir putin to power. yeah and so there was just widespread poverty and suffering and hunger and jobless ness and this created conditions where. the modeling industry could really thrive because you had all of these desperate people, many of whom were white, which is preferred race in the fashion industry. and yeah, it like you would get these there's this 12 documentary called girl model and it follows this modeling scout from the united states as she goes to russia to. she goes to like these rural towns and there are like hundreds like teenage girls just in their underwear lining up to be evaluated. and she something like yeah it's better when they're younger it's better when they're younger because it's easier guide and direct, you know because this is all about like the reason that they were so appealing is that they were desperate. and so

you, you know, whether it's cuba or the soviet union or you guys familiar with what's going on in venezuela today, the starvation, the empty grocery stores, that 300%, 500%, 800% inflation, you what people in venezuela are standing in a food line. they're not thinking about opening a grocery store. they're not thinking about how to feed the person in front of them or behind. they're thinking about how they can get the most bread for themselves when they get to the end of the line that that system causes you to focus on yourself. if you're not going to be able to improve your life by your own efforts, who do you focus on? well, you focus on getting as much as you can from what's available that's wrong. that's bad. that's not what we want. and that's where these kinds of philosophies take us. all righty. and will be our last question. really, that's kind of bummed by that. i feel a long wait for this. know. could you just talk little bit about how blackrock and some of these big three asset management firms got to the point where they're currently and how they are in the position

of german divisions, stuff were destroyed or destroyed by the soviet union forces. thank you, usa all the another interesting fact that passed during the past week where mister schultz and the stuff are decided that america deliberate, jeremy was the calibration of the 8 the anniversary of the liberation of the nazi death comp. not see room by the germans. mm. inconvenient fact of was liberated by the soviets, fed army guess who was asked to the party, me the russians. so the germans, who did the killing, the polls who built the calms for them. are there, do you find you there who populated the, you know, 14, the subdivision, you know, work in the camps. the last thing is led to aliens who gleefully told through the villages for a bottle of vodka, exposing their jewish neighbors, telling them and ditches executing them on last, they were all invited with the soviets, the russians, who did the fighting and dying to liberate these calms. were left outside the gate . welcome to the 4th, right. welcome to the 12 that brings us to the end of another, a rapid fire hel, ho

one or the point to this, i think during the cold war, we had a much more open debate about the soviet union and us soviet relations. then we have today about russia and us rush relations. it's really quite remarkable how it a little society like the united states. we've closed off the option of open debate about foreign policy in the main stream uh for a policy establishment, the mainstream media, and so forth and so on. so i think in that in that sense, trump is a breath of fresh air. well, i want to be clear. i always want to hear your views, university of chicago professor john mearsheimer. thank you so much for being with us today. my pleasure is always steve. so what's the bottom line, as we wave through the noise and the inconsistency, i mean unpredictability, around us present donald trump, there is one thing that is clear, he cares about borders and geography, which makes sense for a guy who spent his life in real estate. one, he wants greenland to give the us greater strategic depth in the north pole, to compete with china and russia to he wants to intimidate and subordinate canada

so used to be soviet union. do you remember that? right so that shows what used to be the soviet union used to be saddam hussein. it used to be alucarda. it used to be oil blackmailers, the bad guys in the world have evolved over the years and and the pro-israeli propaganda always links the palestinians with these bad guys which works well in many western societies only have superficial knowledge of that situation and most people who watch american tv or read the new york times don't know really much about the middle east. so what they read, they they accept. but the change happens not by anything that one can measure. like we did this and this happened. it happens over time. and you see it happening today so dramatically with the young people in the united states. the progressive jewish movements, the progressive churches, some unions, black and hispanic and women's movements. there's all kinds of movements, and many of them have come together. the uncommitted vote movement. but this changes so strong and, visible among young people

sensor was opened to is such a new type of weapon. deadly viruses for use against china on the soviet union. the desk went by weapons. what tested on humans was code named unit 731. so as i say, this is dyllis. it is a facility on the measurements, viewing pleasure with you, and just some little as there are some of them. both of us are actually pretty large and he seems to be loudly shooting at our store near bluffing the natalie, a list of the witness, the terrible experiments. the japanese military performed on civilians and occupied china during world war 2. the recording, those horrible events is not easy for her. know of any of that discounts? few survivors, the when the lower driven get an overlay, shes maternity, it was do a 7. she remembers black smoke billowing from the chimney above the building day and night. they incinerated victim, so it died during the run this experiments think of a swat up somebody else. the radio is a d, a show, a toy store where you 1st of all as a new show you got it efficient material. the museum exhibits reminded her again of those terrible moments whe

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only example in the laboratory, you have and tracks in the walls and herds of cattle in the soviet union, the deadly disease was practically eradicated. in the caucuses, livestock was vaccinated english and again, it's a new, it's just other people. but a cool way is, by the way, this continued until the early 2, thousands. when american ministry biologists arrived in georgia and they stopped the vaccination program, the government didn't in order to see how the end tracts would evolve in new generations, more resistance to antibiotics. and which is ultimate use because of biological military weapons controls you be able to just get on with that stuff. we've got that as far as you know, the scholarly color stuff, simple style with the baby. so i'm and tell them you and you said the top industries, there's no that's actually she i'm, i got the g less able to intelligence help you at least one year. in 2014, according to the national center for disease control and public house. some 60 people contributed anthrax and georgia infected numbers of gross and most recently people of even being t

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no withstanding that in april 1972, the us britain and the soviet union assigned to conventions strictly prohibiting such developments. and many con, seamless money on the 2nd year coming in super village school. but that's in the model you see in utah seems the put the she or say she can wait for the use of the building, scalable authorities, tickets the full may end an easy and health minister city if i deal so potty trying to find out what was going on in the mysterious number to us lab opened in her country in the early 19 seventies. surely if the less for me is to do for the position of the shots until we go infectious diseases with isn't ition me, the sales staff bad. the position never had by the most are of the larry ships program or 7 base themselves and but the very need to apply.

culture, old habits and, old ideas, tens of millions of chinese perished along the way in the soviet union. they rewrote their history so often. it became a standing joke. they said the only thing that certain is the future. it's the past that keeps on changing. so history matters because it largely defines our culture. it tells us who we are, where we came, how we got here, and more importantly, what were the what were the beliefs, the values that inspired and and sustained ancestors on their journeys? because it's those values, that same values today that inspire and guide us on our own journeys into the future. so when the radicals erase history really trying to erase and cancel our values, particularly religious values. that's why george orwell said who controls the past, controls the future, and america's past is and greatly diminished without robert e lee, because lee was the greatest example of, noble character and virtue in american history. he was the perfect balance of the softer character traits kindness, humility and and the more manly virtues of courage and strength and honor.

our last chance to help save thousands of holocaust survivors who are suffering in the former soviet unionhat these forgotten jews have are something beyond anything you can imagine. have you eaten this morning? i ate the carrot, so i ate half of it yesterday, and i had it today for breakfast. and this is what she ate in two days, one carrot. please pray for me! the international fellowship of christians and jews began this ministry to help elderly jews living in horrible poverty around the world. we urgently need your gift of $25 now to help provide one survival food box with all of the foods they critically need for their diet for one month. i am very proud to partner and align with the international fellowship of christians and jews. this trusted ministry has given christians like me a way to bless elderly jewish people who live in extreme poverty around the world. i believe in god, but i sometimes feel maybe he forgot me. perhaps you could tell my story, and i will find a matching soul that would understand. i face hunger again. please don't delay. call, scan, or go online now to help

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it was the signifier that that america had misconstrued what was happening in the soviet union.and the same is true in china at the moment. and that's not some great secret. anyone who's listened to g over the last ten, 15 years, they've been telling you what they're going to do. and if you look at a map of of chinese investments in countries around the world, in both coasts of africa, in the pacific, in the indian ocean, it looks like a map of the british empire in the 18th century. it's already happening. so there's there's the geopolitical aspect of it. there's the technological aspect of it. i mean, outside america, in the uk, where i'm from, there's, you know, china was recently banned from investing in infrastructure, but people are running cap in hand to china to build power stations. to build infrastructure, to build communications. >> and this goes back to a point in history called desert storm. in 1991, we fought a war and we annihilated the world's fifth largest army in 100 hours. >> and we. >> thought that iraq. >> iraq. >> under saddam hussein. >> yeah, we wiped the

our last chance to help save thousands of holocaust survivors who are suffering in the former soviet union. today. the needs that these forgotten jews have are something beyond anything you can imagine. >> have you eaten this morning? >> i ate the carrot, so i ate half of it yesterday. and i had it today for breakfast. and this is what she ate in two days. one carrot. the last of you. please pray for me. >> the international fellowship of christians and jews began this ministry to help elderly jews living in horrible poverty around the world. we urgently. need your gift of $25 now to help provide one survival food box with all of the. foods they critically need for their diet for one month. >> i am very proud to partner and align with the international fellowship of christians and jews. this trusted ministry is giving christians like me a way to bless elderly jewish people who live in extreme poverty around the world. >> but i believe in god. but i sometimes feel maybe he forgot me. perhaps you could tell my story and i will find a matching soul that would understand you. don't i face hung

host: elaborate on this idea that it benefits the former soviet union, how so specifically?aller: he mentioned commitment to our allies and our relationship with friends to take other lambs in our hemisphere. we tariff our immediate neighbors canada and mexico. he's making is always among allies and neighbors, which means put in will have a weaker opposing force elsewhere in europe because we are no longer going to be viewed as a linchpin. and he's also giving himself reasons why he can create more chaos at home, by creating more inflation for average people and possibly giving himself a reason to oppose martial law. input an trump have already had a relationship that very closely inset some combination of promises and bribes. he mentioned he had a moscow hotel deals in the works with putin. host: bob in ohio, independent line. caller: i've been listening to a lot of this, and here's one of the big things, is the fact that trump has been foisting an oligarchy here in the country under people like muska who he has teamed up with. so what he seeks to do with all these policies

host: elaborate on this idea that it benefits the former soviet union, how so specifically?aller: he mentioned commitment to our allies and our relationship with friends to take other lambs in our hemisphere. we tariff our immediate neighbors canada and mexico. he's making is always among allies and neighbors, which means put in will have a weaker opposing force elsewhere in europe because we are no longer going to be viewed as a linchpin. and he's also giving himself reasons why he can create more chaos at home, by creating more inflation for average people and possibly giving himself a reason to oppose martial law. input an trump have already had a relationship that very closely inset some combination of promises and bribes. he mentioned he had a moscow hotel deals in the works with putin. host: bob in ohio, independent line. caller: i've been listening to a lot of this, and here's one of the big things, is the fact that trump has been foisting an oligarchy here in the country under people like muska who he has teamed up with. so what he seeks to do with all these policies

but it's clear this is just like the soviet union in terms of their ambition for their country. they only respect one thing, and that's strength. and that we learned from ronald reagan peace through strength works pretending enemies don't hate you does not work. you can hide out at they're still going to hate you. michael talk at his party. not all of republicans in his party agree with his mindset. i think there's a growing number who don't agree with it and one of them is going to be sworn in as the vice president, j.d. vance, who is a harsh critic of ukraine. ukraine's an issue that i think really stands out in senator mcconnell's career because it was a time when he put himself at risk. he put the politics of it at risk, in favor of an issue that he really cared about. it would have been easy to reject ukraine aid. instead, he worked to build a package to make sure ukraine had its aid. and it's a great example of something i think he looks at as a signature part of his legacy when it comes to foreign policy. he is stepping down as leader, but he is not stepping down from the

of german division stuff were destroyed or destroyed by the soviet union forces. thank you us. oh need another interesting fact that passed during the past week where mister schultz and the stuff are decided that america deliberate, jeremy was the calibration of the 8 the anniversary of the liberation of the nazi death comp. not see room by the germans. mm. inconvenient fact of was liberated by the soviets fed army, guess it was and asked to the party and the russians. so the germans, who did the killing, the polls who built the calms for them. are there, do you find you there who populated the, you know, 14, the subdivision, you know, work in the camps. the last thing is led to aliens who gleefully told through the villages for a bottle of vodka, exposing their jewish neighbors, telling them and ditches executing them on last, they were all invited with the soviets, the russians, who did the fighting and dying to liberate these calms. were left outside the gate . welcome to the 4th, right. welcome to the well, that brings us to the end of another, a rapid fire he

the soviet union at the time, the first three nation conference in tehran 14 months ago. the ground which stalin now walks was still in the enemy's hands. and. the three parties reach a firm, a card, military and political points. coordinated plans are made great new blows against germany from all directions, reaffirming the resolve of the united nations to cooperate fully after war. roosevelt. churchill and stalin reach agreement on the foundations. european peace. germany shall be disarmed. german militaries and nazi ism will be destroyed. germany shall be occupied zones with france, a major, an organization for world security will be permanently established. the three leaders reaffirm their faith and the principles of the atlantic charter charter and. moving outside sarah oliver, catherine harriman, daughter of the american ambassador and mrs. bordiga watch as the three leaders briefly interrupt their to pose for history making picture. that is the special communique signed by all three. our meeting here on crimea has reaffirmed our determination to maintain and streng