depends on how people will react so far there aren't that many of us many people are unhappy with united russia and its supporters is the lowest since 2006 but people are scared of coming to the streets or taking party rallies of half a 1000000 take to the streets. despite the crackdown the protesters that did make it well hopeful change might come down more stormin yes i'm here because i have a conscience i don't like a lot of things that are happening in this country i'm happy that the young generation woke up and want to have their voices heard i am here because candidates weren't allowed to run i'm against banning of alice i'm against the crackdown and i think protest is the only way to show your opinion police say the protest was illegal and detentions will load and opposition monitoring group says the numbers will you much higher than the police who claim it's not clear what's next for russia's protest movement but the authorities are hoping the show of force has stopped a completely immoral cardholders in moscow. their ass were condemned by rights groups in a statement on a c internation

depends on how people will react so far there are not many of us many people are unhappy with united russia and its supporters is the lowest since 2006 but people are scared of coming to the streets or taking party rallies of half a 1000000 take to the streets trying despite the crackdown the protestors that did make it were hopeful change might come down more stormin yes i'm here because i have a conscience i don't like a lot of things that are happening in this country i'm happy that the young generation woke up and want to have their voices heard i am here because candidates weren't allowed to run i'm against banning of alice i'm against the crackdown and i think protest is the only way to show your opinion police say the protest was illegal and detentions were low and opposition monitoring group says the numbers were you much higher than the police who claim it's not clear what's next for russia's protest movement but the authorities are hoping the show of force has stopped a completely immoral cardholders in moscow. they arrests were condemned by rights groups in a statement on this in

russia's deputy foreign minister ripped off made it very clear that the risk of a nuclear arms race between the united states and russia has increased significantly now that 3 t.d. intermediate nuclear forces treaty signed in 1987 is that and he blamed completely and fully the united states for this he said the united states has deliberately killed this treaty and put all the blame on russia he says it's true russia owns a missile the $9.00 and $7.00 to $9.00 missile but we never tasso this beyond the 500 kilometers range so basically he can't we can't be blamed for violating the treaty he also said that it is clear that the united states has other options that he and the united states has a lot of strategy basically aiming at a.z. and that's why the treaty had to be. terminated he said that one of the reasons is but for example that the nuclear arms race in asia could increase russia said that if the united states puts a new missile in asia that it will consider and look at the situation and react accordingly to defend its national security basically the big key word here is china the united states w

shoigns of trying to race to catch up to the united states or russia. both the united states and russia have about 4,000 nuclear weapons each. china has less than 400. so, we're ten times the size of china. they do have intermediate-range missiles because their issues, their curity is related to their near-abroad. the chairman... oranhe vice chaif the joint chiefs of staff has said we don't need land-based misles in east asia because we have ship-based and air-based systems. so, the push tpull out of this treaty and to develop some of these systems are not driven by military requirements. they're being driven more by ideology and a "gee, they have them, so we need them, too." it doesn't make a whole lot ofry miliense. >> sreenivasan: finally, what's the ripple effect of this treat on the ng one that's coming up in a couple of years? >> well, this is, i think, why most people are sort of saving their ammunition over the death of the i.n.f. treaty.ee we're sad tot go, but the real target for john bolton and nald trump is the 2010 new start arms control tre

russia's concerns regarding the m.k. for one launcher this is the representative of the united states blaming russia for the demise of the i.n.f. treaty. here today because the russian federation preferred a world in which the united states continued to fulfill its i.n.f. treaty obligations while the russian federation did not we've heard a narrative today that the united states had itself been in violation of the i.n.f. treaty because of our recent flight test which used the m k 41 launcher that is also found in our ages to shore missile defense system this is categorically false thank you madam president now russia when they responded to the united states they reiterated their concerns are regarding the m.k. for one launcher and they furthermore said that they had asked for dialogue with the united states when the united states accused russia of having violated the i.n.f. treaty they talked about the possibility of inspectors coming to russia to confirm whether or not this accusation from the united states was true this is what the russian representative said to the 15 member security council the united states and the

yes we have talked to russia and the united states because we cannot remain silent with the continuation of the provocative strikes that come from that area we have been patient but our patience has limits 19 people have been killed in egypt after a crash involving multiple cars in cairo on sunday the accident triggered an explosion which set fire to the neighboring national cancer institute 30 people were also injured in the blast egypt's prosecutor general has ordered an investigation the president of honduras has denied having links to drug trafficking after he was named in a document filed in a us federal court american prosecutors accuse one orlando hernandez of receiving campaign contributions from cocaine traffickers in return for protection under says he's a victim of criminals seeking revenge. this is an act of revenge from drug traffickers against the only president that did what it had to be done it's only logical to expect this criminals to react like this they want to block us from continuing with our fight but we won't be stopped. now a new form of eco tourism is helping re

russia did not begin to comply with the agreement the us would withdraw on august 2nd russia has jeopardized the united states' security interest and we can no longer be restricted by the treaty while russia shamelessly violates that announcement prompted russian president vladimir putin in the united states against deploying new missiles in europe well showcasing next generation russian weaponry that's i'd like to tell you about this hypersonic missile which can travel at about 9 times the speed of sound has a range of more than 1000 kilometers for months nato leaders urged russia to comply with the deal to prevent its collapse the u.s. concerns on nato concerns about the new russian missiles have been raised with russia over several years but last minute pleas to keep that deal intact failed in july putin signed a law suspending russia's participation in the agreement now hopes are diminishing for preserving the last remaining arms pact between the united states and russia the new start treaty signed in 2010 and set to expire in 2021 trumps national security adviser john bolton has called the treaty

security council where russia and the united states traded accusations over the collapse of that treaty. and accusing russia the united states and the countries that. are ignoring facts and common sense the united states will not remain a party to a treaty that is deliberately violated by russia. this hour conservative activists in the united states are celebrating after important to reconsider a censorship case. such as facebook and. also in the program a ship captain who faces jail time for saving migrants from the mediterranean has turned down a french bravery award accusing the capital of. as european states still wrangle over what to do with those newcomers flooding into their countries. you're watching r t international bring you your live news update from our studio here in moscow where it's just turned 2 pm welcome to the program lot of putin has ordered an analysis of the threat posed by the latest american missile the weapon was recently tested not long after the u.s. pulled out of an arms control treaty the russian president also ordered asymmetrical response to their wish to

it was only russia and the united statates. this deal being dead means the united states and russia can build their arms in the face of china. it suits russia and the united states this deal comes to an end. >> civil servants are taking part in a rally in hong kong to show support for pro-democracy protesters. to thehave been taking streets, venting their anger at an extradition bill. the movement has grown into a broader set of demands. a general strike is due to be held in hong kong on monday. asian markets plunged after donald trump's hiking tariffs on more chinese imports. fell 2.2.5 percent. trump says the additional 10% tariff on $300 billion worth of goods will take effect after the start of septembeber. china has responded, threatening unspecified countetermeasures. hiatuss,a three month any hope surrounding the shanghai meetings were short-lived.d. after the talks concluded, donald trump took to twitter and announced 10% tariffs on another $300 b billion worth of chinese imports starting in september. he said the chine

is the federal duma not the this is the russian parliament alexander look of from the from the united russia party who had suggested that the in the next duma the next russian parliament elections that are coming up in 2021 it is quite possible that a liberal one of the liberal parties will be able to get get it so and not get seats which has not happened for for a number of years to russia so what if the eve of these protests keep up if they are if they become more long term more wide widespread than they can of course affect the russian political landscape as you have seen similar effects in other countries. joining the discussion now from london dimeter loss an expert on russian affairs and lecturer in security and development in the department of war studies at king's college london. there are 2 key opposition figures who seem to be no instrumental in the protest movement volley. ball do you see them able to build up the momentum for the of for the opposition and shaping the narrative for the future i think what is very interesting about this movement is i did is it follow some leaders b

russia did not begin to comply with the agreement the us would withdraw on august 2nd russia has jeopardized the united states' security interest and we can no longer be restricted by the treaty while russia shamelessly violates that announcement prompted russian president vladimir putin in the united states against deploying new missiles in europe well showcasing next generation russian weaponry because i'd like to tell you about the hypersonic missile which can travel at about 9 times the speed of sound has a range of more than 1000 kilometers for months nato leaders urged russia to comply with the deal to prevent its collapse the u.s. concerns on nato concerns about a new russian missiles have been raised with russia over several years but last minute pleas to keep that deal intact failed in july putin signed a law suspending russia's participation in the agreement now hopes are diminishing for preserving the last remaining arms pact between the united states and russia the new start treaty signed in 2010 and set to expire in 2021 trumps national security adviser john bolton has called the. treaty f

states now when the representative of the united states spoke to the security council they accused russia of being responsible for the agreements demise this is the us representative here today because the russian federation preferred a world in which the united states continued to fulfill its i.n.f. treaty obligations while the russian federation did not we've heard a narrative today that the united states had itself been in violation of the i.n.f. treaty because of our recent flight test which used the m k 41 launcher that was also found in our aid. the sure missile defense system this is categorically false now russia emphasize that its concerns about the m.k. 41 launcher have been proven to be indeed correct and that this launcher could easily be tested in transformed into the tomahawk missiles that were recently tested by the united states and those missiles do indeed violate the treaty now russia which had been accused of adding violated the i.n.f. treaty had repeatedly requested that inspectors come to russia and see if indeed these allegations from u.s. leaders were true however t

russia's interference in. a battle for the truth. about the president of the united states and for the principles of american democracy. according to top u.s. intelligence chiefs the russians interfered in the 2016 presidential election putin they say developed a clear preference for trump over clinton so russia's intelligence services stole and leaked thousands of clinton's e-mails to discredit her. 2 weeks before his inauguration they briefed trump. trump rejects their conclusions he does not want his victory to be questioned. the intelligence agencies maintain their findings and partially release them to the public they say putin ordered an influence campaign to help trump win the election. putin's role is immediately raised in congress which calls the chiefs of the intelligence community to testify. in. their question by democratic party senator michael scotto wine in. any of your careers have you ever seen this level of russian interference in our political process and start with draconian just going on the lord no. i have known. you know . i think very few docu

depends on how people will react so far there aren't that many of us many people are unhappy with united russia and its supporters is the lowest since 2006 but people are scared of coming to the streets or taking party rallies of half a 1000000 take to the streets. despite the crackdown the protesters that did make it well hopeful change might come down more stormin yes i'm here because i have a conscience i don't like a lot of things that are happening in this country i'm happy that the young generation woke up and want to have their voices heard i am here because candidates we aren't allowed to run i'm against banning of alice i'm against the crackdown and i think protest is the only way to show your opinion police say the protest was illegal and detentions were low and opposition monitoring group says the numbers were you much higher than the police who claim it's not clear what's next for russia's protest movement but the authorities are hoping the show of force has stopped a completely immoral cardholders in moscow. as a professor of international relations at the london school of economic

united states and russia not succeeded in keeping this treaty alive. well terry it's not today that the u.s. would say the treaty is dead it would allege that moscow violated the i.n.f. years ago when it started building this missile system and that basically it's not a treaty if only one sided hears to it and it took the us a few years to convince the europeans its nato allies that this is indeed the case and that it's more dangerous to continue to follow an accord that isn't working and now all of nato unanimously supports the united states pulling out of the treaty russia has been given many many many warnings until the very last minute and now while some european leaders don't like that the i.m.f. is dead they understand it now many see the termination of this treaty as a threat to global peace u.n. secretary general antonio good terrorists had this to say yesterday the intermediate report. is a landmark agreement. and the cold war when it expires tomorrow the world will mean variable break on nuclear war and this will likely i. suppose by i believ

nuclear forces agreement signals the end of legal limits on the nuclear arsenals of the united states and russia. 1987 the historic agreement between the soviet union and the united states president mikhail gorbachev and ronald reagan signed the i.n.f. treaty marking a change of course after decades of cold war nuclear tension. the root of the tension was this the soviet s s 20 missile a nuclear warhead that could strike western europe at short notice. that worried those european countries on the other side of the iron curtain were well within the missiles reach of 5 and a half 1000 kilometers. the u.s. response was to deploy its own mid range pershing missiles in europe that was met with protests across the west the demonstrations showed demand for a new direction the result was the i.n.f. treaty. it banned all ground launched ballistic missiles with ranges of between $505.00 and a half 1000 kilometers the soviet union got rid of $1846.00 intermediate range missiles in the united states about half as many. by $991.00 a total of $2692.00 missiles were destroyed. now president onil trump has offi

news asia coming up a major nuclear arms control treaty ends between the united states and russia but it will impact the asia pacific we'll tell you how plus. a car crash or attempted murder india's public is demanding answers as the young woman who accused a politician of rape fights for her life. and from icon to insurgent to ordinary citizens of hong kong has driven its summer of protests but not without being led by some serious star power. i'm melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us the united states and russia have withdrawn from a landmark arms control treaty today it had been in place for 30 years the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty the i.n.f. banned land based missiles with a range between 505002500 kilometers now asia's nuclear powers that's china north korea india and pakistan were not signatories to the i.m.f. but it's and has raised fears of a global arms race that could ripple across the region i'm especially talking about the dynamic between the united states and china and of course that then has an impact on the other neighboring nuclear sta

developing and started producing these systems russia will be forced to begin its own full scale development of similar missiles so even after the united states withdrew from the i.n.f. treaty we did not see an escalation from russia however the united states has proceeded to test this missile that would have violated the treaty now it's important to remember that the i.n.f. treaty was signed in 1987 and it was a key moment in the scaling down in deescalation and eventually end of the cold war however that i.n.f. treaty that banned nuclear and missiles of a certain length is no longer in effect now russia has repeatedly reached out to the. united states for dialogue around this issue but so far the conversation hasn't seemed to start. a reaction now from professor peter cosmic who's director of the media studies institute washington's american university professor welcome to. what's this launch it's a milestone of sorts coming 30 years off to the signing of that treaty how do you see it i see it as another in this series of very unfortunate moves that have been going on for the past couple of years at least well we can actually dated b

worried the upcoming last go city council elections are being rigged in favor of the governing party united russia most of the opposition candidates have been arrested but one who is at the protest said the numbers will load because the authorities are cracking down. everything depends on how people will react so far there are many of us many people are unhappy with united russia and its supporters is the lowest since 2006 but people are scared of coming to the streets or taking party rallies of half a 1000000 take to the streets. despite the crackdown the protesters that did make it were hopeful change might come down most or mean yes i'm here because i have a conscience i don't like a lot of things that are happening in this country i'm happy that the young generation woke up and want to have their voices heard i am here because candidates weren't allowed to run i'm against banning of alice i'm against the crackdown and i think protest is the only way to show your opinion that it's not clear what's next for russia's protest movement but the authorities are hoping this show of force has stopped i

interference in trying to rig the city council election in favor of the candidates of the ruling party united russia thousands of been arrested but they say that won't stop them. only time will show how people will react to the authorities actions fate but we are full of fear if we let the fear control us we are truly living why is when we are calm our fearless and i understand the risks to me and my family but i don't see how to resolve this issue in any other way to understand what people want you have to give them. the moscow city council is an administrative body not a political one and it's elections rarely trigger control bisi this time it's different the banning of opposition kind of it's why the government has angered most courts and that's spilling out into the streets maria lipman is a political analyst says the government crackdown is designed to prevent the public becoming aware of the protests and from it spreading nationwide every thing at their disposal and. unfortunately sounds like a real prospect right now the government is showing determination to hughes more violence harder viole

it's about the principle of having people who are not a homber of the official united russia party and have independent views have some say in this system. >> brangham: we've certainly seen here in the u.s. a lot of discussion about russia's lastrference in ou election. we've also seen russia trying to flex its muscles in europe and the middle east, syria, and in turkey. you wrote a recent piece whweere yo trying to get americans to recognize that judo is putin's sport of choice, not chess as a game. that?id you mean by >> so what i meant by it, and vladimir putin became a judo champion as a young man. he said in an essay it helped him to get out of the rut and the hardscrabble background he had. what i meant by that was that in judo, even if you are maybe weaker than your opponent, if you sense their own distraction, if you sense their owweness, if you can distract them, you can in fact prevail over what would appear to be a stronger opponent. and i think what putin has done very effectively is to take advantage of the opportunities presented to him by distraction in the west by the d

this is not the only issue happening right now on the front between the united states and russia. the united states also yesterday imposing new sanctions at russia over the poisoning of that former russian spy in a nerve agent attack that took place in the united kingdom. and all of this comes after the united states, president trump and president putin spoke on wednesday over the phone. questions about whether or not they discussed any of these matters that the president of the united states was preparing to impose both this new round of sanctions over the poisoning, as well as this withdraw from the imf treaty. the white house in its readout of the statement and tt's comments suggested that he was merely calling about the forest fires that were taking place in siberia, as well as trade issues. the white house so far has not responded to our requests asking about anything else was discussed in particular. and russia.ons between the u.s. kate. >> let us know if that changes. >>> joining me ruth now is cnn global affairs analyst and senior fellow at the foreign relations. thanks for