and the answer to both questions that they sold it to yeltsin he did not give up. that was very important to prepare the warehouse for the coming presidency of putin. talking about it openly that even the top of it did not trust him and said putin is the real deal and will be great and continue on the path so they repeled down a building and crashed into the media offices. very well but i believe he honestly believed in it. does he realize that this was a mistake? but at the time he did not realize here is talking about two parallel tracks of getting yeltsin but of those it renewed you would protect and then to learn that they have to play by his rules. >> questions? >> vendor stand britain's former boss and then works a few blocks from here and is under a death sentence in russia.

wrist ris yeltsin's victory was an american imperative. we had to make sure that zuganev did not win the round of the political election. so it wasn't simply about supporting process, it was about looking at particular outcomes, political outcomes that we wanted and then as we've gone back and looked at what t willingness to compromise the process or allow the democratic process to be compromised in order to ensure president yeltsin would have his second term in office. and finally one critical part of the central east european experience which may not be replicated in other parts of the world was that the fact that the united states government put its full faith and credit behind the democracy process was very important. local governments looked at that as part of the validation of the reform process that they were doing. the fact that u.s. officials, the ambassadors, that government and functionaries were involved and supporting the process was seen as a positive for the process. so therefore it can be tempting to say well, it worked in

yeltsin had been at the summit in helsinki just a day or two before he was described as indisposed, but what methods or anybody else who who wanted to complete the most important meeting was with his national security staff in the kremlin late at night but we talked about details of possible enlargement, poland, czech republic and hungary. with a happy? no. they felt wounded. whether the slightest bit worried? not in the slightest. was there talk there's been a promised that we would never do this? no. by the end of the discussion we were talking about if russia continuecontinues on its current trajectory could someday join nato. so that's it. one last final point. having to do with the lethal defensive weapons to ukraine. the decision is going to happen sooner rather than later. there are at least two bipartisan bills in congress right now. unless i speed read incorrectly, at tony blinken's confirmation hearing yesterday for your old job, strobe, he said the administration felt that it was about time we furnish them. i guess my question is what are the implications for our relations wi

. >> even russian president boris yeltsin seems comfortable on the dance floor. >> kick it. >> not alluite so musically inclined however. just ask karl rove. ♪ tell me what is your name >> mc rove. >> i saw this one live, i'm afraid. it was even scarier to watch karl rove rapping in person than on the tv. he's got some of the movements that only dick cheney could manage. >> mc rove. ♪ our dnc is what they're calling me ♪ >> colin powell is equally musically challenged. here he is singing at a security meeting in indonesia. and bad boy blagojevich is caught on camera taking on elvis. ♪ >> yikes. don't quit your day jobs, fellas. oh, wait, never mind. perhaps they should have made a speedy escape like president bush tried to do after this press conference. >> this was one of the famous episodes with george bush looking like he didn't know what he was doing because he didn't even know where the door was. >> i was trying to escape. >> and talk about wanting to escape, who can forget vice president dan quayle exercising his spelling expertise in front of the cameras. >> add one little bit o

. >> it was for a time boris yeltsin's russia. >> yes. >> this is where putin says, i don't care. and you see this over the baltic last night. you mentioned boats in australia? >> he is doing everything. nobody is more scared than the baltics. they have a recent and vivid history of russian involvement. there is a huge russian minority in estonia. they are aware of their own memory of what russia is capable of. >> we are in by having mary advantaged by -- having mary childs with us. >> it is a little muted right now. the u.s. looks pretty stable right now. >> let's look at the geopolitics of the moment. putin.el may meet with david cameron calls for a new cold war. inneed to go to hans nichols berlin. what is the hope of the western world? >> not much hope. there might be muted opportunities for angela merkel and francois hollande to meet with putin. merkel was not- by these shipsd entering international waters. she wants to preserve her position as a go-between between the west and putin. ad is she the vl whisperer? >> i think some of that has been pretty overplayed. she has been

yeltsin had been at the summit. he was described as an disposed in the suburbs. he met with just about everyone he talked to, including his national security staff. we talked about details of possible enlargement, paul and czech republic and hungary. were they happy? no. they felt wounded. were they the slightest bit worried? no. could it someday join nato. so that is it. the lethal defensive weapons, the weapons, the decision is going to happen sooner than later. there their are at least two bipartisan bills in congress right now. for your jobs program. he said that that the administration felt it was about time. >> if you can ask your question in 60 seconds or less you we will get two extra copies of this book. [laughter] >> thank you very much. i wanted to add a sense of urgency. the ukrainian economy will melt down if nothing seriously is done. what ukraine needs to do is to unify the energy crisis. it is a serious reform. what what the west needs to put out is the package on top of the $17 billion. the next five or six years. >> thank you. well done. >> toni

and so first we dealt with this and boris yeltsin had been at the summit in helsinki a day or two before and we met with just about everyone who wanted to be included and most importantly was with the national security staff in the kremlin late at night. we talked about details of possible enlargement and were they happy about a? now. were they the slightest bit worried? not in the slightest. and was there any talk that there had been a promise and that we would ever do this? now. by the end of the discussion we were talking about if russia continued on its current trajectory could it somehow join nato. so one final point having to do with the legal defensive weapons of the ukraine, the decision will happen sooner rather than later and there are at least two bipartisan bills in congress right now and unless i read it incorrectly, tony said that the administration felt that it was about time that we furnish us. my question is, what are the implications for relations with russia and with the european allies if that does go through? >> thank you. if you can ask your question in 60 seconds o

yeltsin had been at the summit in helsinki just the day or two before he was described as indices posed in the suburbs, but we met with just about everybody else we wanted to including the most important meeting was with his national security staff in the kremlin late at night. we talked about details of possible enlargement, poland, czech republic and hungary. wherewere they happy about it? no, they felt wounded. were they the slightest bit worried? not in the slightest. was there any talk that there had been a promise that we would never do this? no. by the end of the discussion, we were talking about if russia continued on its current trajectory, could it someday join nato? so that's it. one last final, very final point having to do with the lethal defensive weapons in the crew crane. ukraine. this is going to, the decision's going to happen sooner rather than later. there are at least two bipartisan bills in congress right now, and unless i speed read incorrectly, at tony blinken's confirmation hearing yesterday for your old job, strobe, he said that the administration felt it was a

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boris yeltsin took that picture. so here's the thing about andy.s and are friends with. some people are phonies. i'm just going to give you an xap example. i walk into the book party, i walk into the bar to get a drink. a woman who's back to me, i turn and say hello, the face turns, it's monica lewinsky. >> oh, my god. >> i was happy to see her -- how's she doing? >> she actually seems great. and she's -- she looks great and she seems upbeat and strong and, like, she's kind of having a rebirth. and she was very funny -- i was talking to the cbs news correspondent erin moriarty for whom i interned years ago, and erin said to me to monica, andy was my intern. and she's like, i was an intern. i'm like, good for you. you know what i mean? she laughed. >> the thing about you, andy, i'm always interested where it began. because you run in this circle of monica lewinsky is a friend of yours and sarah jessica parker and lady gaga and all these people now want to come on your show. it's the andy cohen orbit. >> yes. >> how do you pull all these people toget