was to support everything that yeltsin did because the u.s. was supporting yeltsin it was shock therapy that was democratic it was sending tanks to shoot up the parliament that became democratic and now he looks at this this group of opposition which includes skinheads and national bolsheviks neo fascists in every way he says we're going to somehow get these people together and do something in the two thousand and twelve presidential election thanks to the fact that we have leaks and our son john our sides just the word about him soft this of course was one of the young wolves of the chernomyrdin yeltsin era and if you look at what he did every conceivable disaster in the book of economics the need visited hyperinflation a bubble a crash moment of privatization the coming of the oligarchs all of this is the handiwork of softened who now thinks that he should make a comeback and really softly be the only people who believe this is possible. for more be sure to check out our website all the latest developments blogs and analysis all online for y

was to support everything that yeltsin did because the us was supporting yeltsin it was shock therapythat was democratic it was sending tanks to shoot up the parliament that became democratic in ukraine when you had these kleptocrats coming in you shan't go to go for. that was also democratic and now he looks at this this group of opposition which includes skinheads and national bolsheviks a neo fascists in every way he says we're going to somehow get these people together and do something in the two thousand and twelve presidential election thanks to the fact that we have weekly leaks and our son john our side because that's what we've proven in tunisia i would read that is the mentality in the middle where in the age of that reset button being so off the press too in the age of the start agreement coming in why do you think the u.s. is still doing business with the opposition what is washington have to gain. well of course this i think in many ways was was illusory i mean what we see here is that this is the usual interference in the sovereign affairs of independent states and anoth

i had the great opportunity to meet boris yeltsin. that was really the only meeting that i did not sit in on from beginning to end. i had the opportunity to meet yeltsin and then they held their talks in private. but i met havel in the czech republic. i met lech walesa and sukova in poland. and in asia, i met with the japanese prime minister and the south korean head of state, and all the chinese communist leaders -- jiang zemin and li peng. c-span: who of all those people impressed you the most -- personally, not their political beliefs? guest: boris yeltsin, simply because i'm fascinated by russian politics and russian history, and he's just such a formidable presence. even walking into the room, he's just quite a force in his own right. and i admired him very much for having such a tremendous influence in bringing the end of communism to his state. c-span: when does your second book come out? guest: next fall. it will be published by random house. i haven't titled it yet, but it will deal with nixon's foreign policy views and it wi

the story of barbara bush and yeltsin. do you remember? if you don't remember, i have the page. >> no, i do remember that. that was -- and i write about so many of the political figures in washington. first ladies included. barbara bush was quintessential first lady, obviously hillary clinton who followed was a different style of first lady, one we had not seen in washington for a while, so we didn't hear too often about barbara bush, but it was after they left the white house that she told a story of an encounter she had with boris yeltsin, who obviously was a tremendous world-wide figure at the time. and he -- and i can't wait for readers to delve into it, because there's more to the story. but to make it short, he talked about what it meant for a gentleman to tap the foot of a lady, beneath the table, while they were having dinner. and he was doing this with mrs. bush and explained to her what it meant. she got a big kick out of that. but the style of woman she was, she waited until she left office to tell the tale. >> in this country,

he said we're watching television and yeltsin. what is it about watching television and paying attention to the internet, among those in the 20's and 30's. >> they're watching al jazeera. >> they're going through something they never gone through before. this is about young people. it is not about political parties. and if i could make a reference to the muslim brotherhood, whatever happensen igypt, the army will be crucial. there's fears about the muslim brotherhood taking over and the -- outside about the muslim brotherhood taking over, but the army is the backbone of power. think about that. when obama said yes, we can to this and that, th ebrotherhood is the same. if they brought into power, when you're in power, you have different cal clays and narrative. chris: we could trust that. >> i don't know if you could 100%. but turkey has done the 180 degree transformation. i'm not saying the brotherhood. chris: becoming stable and responsible. it is different than being a protest organization. it is the biggest foreign policy crisi

for example, to use one of their words, guaranteeing yeltsin's reelection. they also controlled the media, and so they poured huge amounts of money into yeltsin's campaign and were rewarded for that. >> and you suggest this all a came after 1989? >> yes. >> fall of the law and the whole change and all that. >> yes. >> what is the impact, though, in that country? when i was reading it, i was thinking about our own country, that in the early days, there were a few that had all the money. >> yes. >> same thing, as they got on to dem cdemocracy, is this workingn russia? is democracy working at all? >> well, this is tricky. i mean, some of the olegarks, actually their role models are the carnegies. we used to be robert barrons but now it's time for -- a few of them turned to philanthropy, and i think that's a great thing. it's a complicated question, what the state of their democratic institutions are right now. wealth is still very disproportionately concentrated in the hands of a relatively small number. >> is there a percentage, by the way? >> yes. at least so

should be represented at these events by top level leaders for different reasons neither president yeltsin nor president putin went to this forum during their presidencies we need to fill this gap and we also have something to say we are not going there to chat with people or even solve serious but individual problems on the sidelines our task is to promote awareness of russia's capacities economic and legislative strength and capacities by talking openly about them but we also should be talking about our flaws and difficulties about on solved issues i think that only such an open dialogue can help people understand the current state of things in russia and we are indeed expecting more investment we hope for quick growth and recovery from the crisis and we do have pre-conditions for this therefore without jumping ahead to my future speech i'd like to say now that it will certainly address everyone who comes to the forum on the one hand but not only them it will also address anyone interested in developing economic relations with russia in investing into russia in setting of joint ventures

the country has already denounced yeltsin. the british singer and songwriter gerry rafferty has died at age 63 after a long illness. he became an international star in the 1970's with a string of hits including "baker street" and "stuck in the middle with you." >> the distinctive saxophone solo made "baker street" one of gerry rafferty's most well-known records, but he began his career as a bus tour before moving on to join billy connolly's folk group in the 1960's. in the '70s, he joined steelers will, where he wrote another worldwide hit, "stuck in the middle with you," which sold more than a million copies. he went solo and his music reflected disenchantment with the music industry, reflected in the lyrics of "baker street." >> it was about how uncomfortable he felt in the star system. what do you know? it was a giant world hit. the album went to number one in america, and suddenly he found that as a result of this protest he was a bigger star than ever. and he now had more of what he did not like. and although he had a few

in which the collapse of the empire was a difficult one with bloodshed in the fifty's and sixty's yeltsin sad to take as much as you can swallow and another day he said you're free get out of here many things about fashion haven't gotten the people from godly saboteurs to was dominating under still fear and then got scared of the country or what it was or how or another ability to speak is positively with erlich and try as all this was forgotten it and these new russia was not interested i see it what engine your country are people suspicious of russia i don't know what to say to that or the thoughts of your current president nicolas sarkozy said in his election campaign it's better to shake hands with push than with putin who would you shake hands with . and then you have to all i feel uncomfortable talking about my president is changed a great deal in he was in love with america was an example of where a believer were that he did not know russia has a hunger and origin and hungary it was a factor but the soviet union to a certain extent and even by russia this is come a long way he chos

in the ninety's president boris yeltsin could not adopt any law because the communists or other parties were blocking we have been able to adopt normal legislation but that doesn't mean the united russia or any other party she gets a mandate to rule once and for all and up all the cheap money in the city well that's exactly what i'm asking about i am more interested in the opposition leaders that are outside of the parliament that's what that's what i'm asking about why is it that an opposition leader again in russia. can be arrested at a peaceful demonstration. and just because he set this demonstration no he was accused of provoking a policeman but a lot of people so that was. again i wouldn't want to interfere with the proceedings but if you mean the administrative rest of small opposition party's leaders then this issue should be addressed in a lawful manner no country in the world allows violation of its laws on meetings rallies and demonstrations to you can simply by committing. against those who maintain law and order. your very popular president the opposition is very small why

which the collapse of the empire was a difficult one but bloodshed in the fifty's and sixty's was yeltsin sad to take as much as you can swallow and another day he said you're free get out of here many things about russia forgotten the people for godly some axes to was dominating under still fear and then got scared really can't recognize how or not ability to speak is doggedly with ehrlich and to is all this was from god and these new russia was not interested i see it and a new your country are people suspicious of russia i don't know what to say to that or the thoughts of your current president nicolas sarkozy said in his election campaign it's better to shake hands with than with putin who would you shake hands with. in there then you have to all i feel uncomfortable talking among my president is changed a great deal in he was in love with america it was an example of horrible evil were there he did not know russia was a hunger in origin and hungry and was affected by the soviet union. to sudden extent and even by russia has come a long way he chose russia's and i agree with him it's

to the task just a word about soft this of course was one of the young wolves of the chernomyrdin yeltsin era and if you look at what he did every conceivable disaster in the book of economics visited hyperinflation a bubble a crash moment latour of privatization the coming of the oligarchs all of this is the handiwork of soffit who now thinks that he should make a comeback and really fallen limbs off maybe the only people who believe this is possible. now out of a day's other internationalising brief for you. officials say at least thirty two people have been killed off a bus come out of the oil tanker western focused on nine others were injured in the accident said scribed fifty passengers lost control and crashed into a station crew tiger authorities are working to recover the victims from atlanta recalls. the pressure is mounting on tunisia's into and prime minister to step down immediately as anti-government protests rage on in the country's capital tunis hama don't cheat has already vowed to quit after fresh elections are held the transitional government promised to hold a vote with

this of course was one of the young wolves of the chernomyrdin yeltsin era and if you look at what he did every conceivable disaster in the book. visited hyperinflation a bubble a crash moment of privatization the coming of the oligarchs all of this is the handiwork of soffit who thinks that he should make a comeback and really soft maybe the only people who believe this is possible. a quick check now on some of today's main world news and the goals of blockade q re like you said the word illegal also called into an israeli inquiry the findings were issued by a television wanted panel made up of four israelis and two foreign observers in may last year the vessels were intercepted by israel's navy commandos and nine it's turkish activists died during the raid which sparked strong international condemnation. at least six people have been killed in a series of bombings across the iraqi capital. more than thirty others were injured five car bombs appear to be part of a nato attack of targeted police and ship pilgrims near busy roads in the city officials say the attacks were designed to s

the task just a word about him soft this of course was one of the young wolves of the chernomyrdin yeltsinera and if you look at what he did every conceivable disaster in the in the book of economics the need visited hyperinflation a bubble a crash moment clip tour of privatization the coming of the oligarchs all of this is the handiwork of softened who now thinks that he should make a comeback and really fall in themself maybe the only people who believe this is possible. and he hopes of getting more immediate cash in the kitty for the eurozone bailout fund fell flat this week even though portugal and spain are teetering financially and e.u. finance ministers meeting saw six of the wealthiest nations including germany and france are reluctant to boost the four hundred forty billion euros they have already committed british nigel farage says pumping up the fund will only keep struggling you members in an economic stranglehold. i think what they're doing here is they're reinforcing failure at the end of the day countries like greece and portugal and ireland and possibly. should never have j

even after the soviet collapse when i was a correspondent in yeltsin's time there were many risks to being a correspondent. since 2017 russian journalists have been killed including many who now ball sometimes on their own or under coercion to the new authoritarianism. today we have a chance to talk to two journalists working in today's russia in this environment. what makes them special is they are real digging investigative reporters and determined to ferret out facts, to judge them, to check them and especially they are doing this in one of the most difficult fields. i know from my own experience the security services are very a okay and secret. andrei soldatov and irina borogan are co-founders of their own web site. i would mention to you that there is a very nice and easy to navigating. version of this web site where you can go and see a lot of their work. a new media way to carry out their investigations when they write their articles which are published in russia. they also opposed them so people can have access to what they found as they pursue their investigation. andrei sol

and we only have them now because they were declassified by the yeltsin government in the early 1990s. so you see here right off, and this is why i think scholars on the left are ignoring this stuff. what the anticommunists said all along was right. there was this tight bond, this inseparable bond between the american party and the soviet party. another document, this is from, again, chicago where the party was founded. this one is from november 24, 1919. and it says, to the bureau of the communist international, okay? as international secretary, again, charles ruthenberg of the american party, i make application for admission of the communist party of america to the bureau of the communist international. they're filing their formal membership application in this. it's a three-page document, and you get to the very end, last page just a few lines, and it says here: the final struggle of the communist proletariat will be waged in the united states. our conquest of power alone assuring the world soviet republic. realizing all this, the commune i party prepares for the struggle. long liv

you had that the y actor yeltsin on the tank. host: waterbury, conn., good morning.aller: thank you for taking my call. the united states has become a plutocracy as the citigroup memo points out. we need to change our own democracy that has been stifled by big business and health-care industries that pay big money for campaigns and lobbyists to pretty much enhance their own way. my question is, how can we as americans, as we see in egypt, thank god there are people rising up and using their influence on government. guest: it is an inspirational story for many americans. it takes is back to our own roots. that is where the administration will have to be careful. they have been trying to split the difference. vice president joe biden three days ago said that mubarak was not a dictator and secretary clinton said the government was stable. that was three days ago and i think that has changed. i am expecting a signal a shift from secretary of state clinton in all her a bit -- appearances that they are giving up on mubarak. i think we will get signals in that regard. host: