petersburg i have from moscow. but the president might make a proposal and then the moscow government might rename the street to vladimir visclosky street and maybe we might have the bridge named after four boris themselves -- after boris nemtsov. pres. putin: i don't think there is any need for me to repeat myself. it is up to local and regional authorities. there is a law according to which flags can be set up at a place where someone was killed after 10 years since his death. but i repeat, moscow authorities can and should make an appropriate decision as for flowers and other things. i don't know why there is a need for such restrictions and i don't welcome that. on the contrary, i don't think there is anything wrong with that, with people laying icons or flowers. i will definitely talk to the moscow mayor and make sure that they don't interfere with that. you mentioned discuss the -- v iscosky street. i think vladimir visclosky deserves to have a street named after him in moscow. and i will also talk to the mos

hans nichols joins us in moscow. angela merkel's view on the visit, she has tried to brush it aside as a sideshow. hans: according to three german officials, merkel thinks that separates's -- merkel thinks that alexis tsipras's visit is a sideshow. he said the idea of world war ii war reparations is a dumb idea. he may be looking for a little bit of help to cope with the austerity that has been imposed. there may be some forbearance, some relief from russia for greece for the export ban on fruits and vegetables. this could help greece exporting little bit more. remember, russia imposed that dan eu wide in response to the sanctions that russia is enduring. at the same time, remember that sanctions rx -- sections are set to expire on russia in july. they will be looking for greece to block the renewal of any sanctions. they are also looking at some discounted natural gas prices. earlier yesterday, there was a report that there could be an asset swap. some greek state assets in return for a reduction on gasoline prices.

it was the same going in to the first round of discussions in moscow at the end of january. but the middle east is currently going through turbulent changes. changes that could well already be having an affect on the balance of power in the syrian conflict. >> between iran and the west worries saudi arabia and israel, but it suits tehran's ally syria just fine. the rise of islamic state in northern syria and iraq means syria's unyielding president is no longer the west's regional public enemy number one. russian analysts think it's all playing very well for bashar al-assad and very badly for syria's option opposition. >> iran could help syrian force who is are loyal to bashar al-assad government to fight off this islamic militants. one thing is sure, that bashar al-assad and quite stable, and actually he is the president who is ready to deal with opposition. >> the man who mediated four days of talks here thinks it's positive the delegates did not get into a fist fight. but in syria the very real fighting drags on while all around governments are reevaluates who they conside

cnn's matthew chance is in moscow monitoring the epic event. good morning, matthew. >> reporter: good morning, john. there has been 2.2 million questions submitted to vladimir putin. hopefully he won't get to all of them, but it is expected to be a marathon session. last year, he than went on for three hours and 48 minutes. the kremlin says it is a range of topics. the conflict in ukraine and sanctions over the russia alleged involvement in ukraine. the country's sinking economy. all of these part of the conversation that putin will be leading on the slick set of russian television. a lot of anticipation. russian television is just running a countdown clock in the minutes before the question and answer session starts. a lot of anticipation. >> excitement. 2.5 million questions and counting. matthew, you will monitor. thank you. >>> retailers have raised minimum wage to $9? some say it is not good enough. raise it higher. we have that after the break. technology gives you control and now technology gives you home security and control in a new an

tsipras will meet with putin in moscow. the greek government says it doesn't want support from russia , at least on the financial front. and, closing a loophole. ed miliband pledges to end the non-domicile rule that allows some people in the u.k. to avoid paying their income tax.

russia says it's concerned about moscow's decision to sell a sophisticated missile system in iran. vladimir putin signed the deal in 2007 but it was cancelled over sanctions regarding iran's nuclear program. tehran says the keel could help regional security. rory chandler challands is following the story. >> the p-5 plus one nuclear talks basically mean this type of self imposed arms embargo is no longer necessary. he says that russia is unwilling to carry on incurring the financial and reputational costs associated with it because iran has been pursuing russia through the courts over this. now what does this decision do? it does a number of things. one thing is that it smooths over those ruffled feathers with iran. it louse russia to carry on its good relationship with tehran. it also moscow thinks that it shows russia as an independent actor on the global stage and it is also likely to raise the blood pressure of policy makers in washington, d.c. >>> voters in sudan have been casting their ballots in an election which has been boycotted by the main opposition parties. they say it

markets are not overheating. >> a meeting in moscow. greek prime minister prepares to meet the russian president vladimir putin one day before athens is due to make a key repayment to the imf. >> let's get back to our top stories this morning. shares are soaring after it agreed to a 47 billion pound takeover bid by ftse rival share. it's one of the biggest in a decade and comes amid the tumbling price of oil. earlier our colleagues on squawk box europe spoke to the ceo of shell that denied the takeover was a bet on the oil price. he also asked about the combined exposure. >> if you look at brazil. if you look at the geology of brazil, what we are looking at here is an absolutely world class upstream province and that is unchanged. that's going to be there for decades to come. if you would look at how we were exposed to that upstream i think people are underexposed. to yes we do have a bit of upstream production at the moment in brazil. of course we went into the project and it has given us a lot of learnings in the past as well but by a

it's about his cronies or inner circle or russian bureaucracy or middle class in moscow. they should understand that policies of engagement that enhance dictators with russia will no longer be in place. and the free world will stand behind its values and will think not about putin's russia but the future of my great country. thank you. >> three minutes. >> i was going to begin with a lighthearts remark with saying it would really be fun just to see kasparov and posner go after each other alone. actually, i was in moscow in early march and i was in kitchens where russians had this conversation and representatives of both sides were there. a big debate goes on in russia. but when kasparov that he thought sokorov was going to be on his side today, i suddenly felt i wouldn't say angry but really disappointed. something should be sacred, and i think that's the name of sokorov. he absolutely would not have supported the isolation of russia under no circumstances. his whole life, everything he wrote, no, garry. the father of the soviet hydrogen bomb derived a lesson from that, a

this holy week a different mission was bound for moscow. greece needs money and friend to face a hostile creditor. they want to prevent e.u. sanctions, sanctions that prompted it to ban european products. >> russia will try to tempt greece through various deals and a unilateral suspension of the counter-sanctions. but whether they can make a very tempting offer of let's say offering $30, 40 billion, which is the amount greece will neat in the future it is unlikely. >> a direct russian loan to greece is not the only option. russia could lift the import ban for a billion of greek products. because greece spends 10 times that amount russia could lower the price and bid for infrastructure such as port authorities. >> these are part of the bilateral relationship. there's an overarching priority. greece want to remind them of strategic values and demand it has friends. is this enough to break ranks. >> before he became foreign minister emphasise suggested that greece could win a debt deal in exchange for something the creditors could want. >> if

. >> moscow state university. mr. president, i have a question on isis. we know that there are russians who fight alongside isis, and we have special camps where they dropped people in central asia and there are russian citizens. so how serious is this threat in your opinion, and is russia capable of withstanding this organization? are we taking preventive measures? president putin: first of all, i would like to say that isis first emerged in iraq and in syria. i like to point out that in iraq there was this undemocratic regime but there was no terrorism there at the time. then, they killed saddam hussein. he actually cooperated with the united states at a certain point and they actually supported saddam hussein in his war with iran. iran has not been at war for 30 years. they have not attacked anybody. anyway, after they destroyed the country and after some of the people there, a smaller part of the population feel part of the former elite was sidelined, lost their offices, lost their jobs, and had no way to survive, they joined extremist organizations a

if some of those warheads were aiming at moscow today -- it would have never crossed the border. [applause] it was a signature of bill clinton which ended up either way with disarming small nuclear arms in belarus. it created an a nuclear-free fall of the soviet union but territorial integrity. if we think the crimea is locally are wrong because the message is being sent to every country of the world if you want to protect your sovereignty gets nukes. that's why you hold the ukraine tragedy it's an issue that affects everybody on this planet. i hope eventually we will recognize it's not about isolating russia. it's about isolating putin's regime. we don't engage the virus. it needs to be contained. thank you. [applause] .. you can say anything. billions and billions, you've got to be kidding. it is not true. billions and billions were not invested. what was invested was invested to make money. putin's cronies. why are they cronies? why are they not his comrades? this is all about the wording. this is not about the facts. if indeed the ukraine had nuclear missiles, can you imagine

minister's visit to russia and there are already rumors of low interest loans and cheap energy from moscow. what are you hearing? >> that is deftly what is on the agenda. tsipras wants some financial breathing space from russia, but russia in return wants a trade-off for greece to help block further eu sanctions on moscow. whether that trade-off will actually be clinched during this visit remains to be seen, because the stakes are very, very high. x we will have to leave it there. a lot of diplomatic activity is the prime minister of greece heads to russia. >> time to catch you up on the latest is this news. a megamerger in the making within the express parcel delivery industry. fedex has announced it is taking over rival tnt for 4.4 billion euros. >> that is a huge merger that is building up fedex's business in europe. an attempt by ups to acquire tnt was locked by antitrust regulators, but analysts to not expected to last. were going to a short break. >> see you in a moment. >> what is the sound of a tree not walling -- not falling? it's the sound of community development, reliable food

andrew simmons, al jazeera, donetsk, eastern ukraine. >>> greece's prime minister heads to moscow on wednesday. in january his new government voted against further sanctions against russia and now the kremlin says it will consider an anticipated greek request for a loan. john psaropoulos reports. >> reporter: orthodoxy has bonded greeks and russians for a thousand years. the russian church is a reminder that it is greek missionaries who converted the slavs. greece needs money and friends to face increasingly hostile creditors in europe while russia wants to prevent e.u. sanction from being renewed in june. >> russia will try to tempt greece in various ways by offering various deals in the sector and perhaps a unilateral suspension of the counter embargo or counter sanctions on greek agricultural products but whether they can make a very tempting offer of let's say offering 30 or 40 billion euros to greece i think this is very likely. >> reporter: a direct russian loan to greece isn't the only option. russia could lift its import ban for more than a billion dollars worth of greek prod

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. >>> days of talks between syria's government and opposition figures have ended in moscow. no sign of an end to the break through that is over four years old now. 9 million people have been forced from their homes. rory challands reports. >> reporter: how many press conferences does it take to announce that very little has been agreed. with this russian hosted syrian talks the answer is three one from the opposition one from the mediator, and one from the representative sent by damascus. it was serous [ inaudible ] who put the best spin on things. >> translator: our assessment of what happened is positive. we managed to find a common denominator and secure our common approach to a number of key issues. >> reporter: for the opposition troubled by its own internal disagreements was damming. >> he played with us talking about terrorism, and what can you do with terrorism, et cetera. this was very disappointing. >> reporter: the possibility of more negotiations in moscow or geneva switzerland was left hanging in the air. hopes of a significant break through was slim even before

let's get reaction from moscow. what's been the response from the russian government? >> sergey lavrov is the russian foreign minister and says the european union is unfairly back dating these charges according to lavrov the eu has applied recent legislation to old gas contracts. gazprom itself says these are unfounded allegations that it always sticks to the law wherever it operates and it hopes that this issue can be resolved at in intergovernmental level. the company has 10 weeks to respond to the charges. it can also of course appeal this in court. if it's unsuccessful in all of that then big fines could well be on the cards for gazprom running into billions and billions of dollars. >> doesn't this risk making relations between the eu and russia even worse? >> one of the interesting things about this is that these charges haven't just suddenly been reached by the european union. they decided that they wanted to do this last summer, but they never did. it was basically shelved for a while and has only actually been revealed properly right now. now why did this happe

years but believes this cap was delayed until now because of risk of further inflaming tensions with moscow and seeing supplies cut off. it is a pulled move being taken by the commissioner. reporter: she has artie taken on internet double -- she has already taken on internet giant google but she already has her sights set on another target. this case is against gazprom europe's biggest gas supplier. accused of illegally abusing its dominant place in europe's gas market by overcharging restricting the refill of its gas, and blocking rival gas suppliers. the case focuses on gazprom's pricing policies, which the eu says it differs between customers. most affected by this are eastern europe former soviet countries, estonia, latvia lithuania, poland, hungary, and bulgaria. the investigation into gazprom has been going on for more than two years, but with diplomatidc relations artie strained between russia and the eu over the crisis in the ukraine, previous commissioners have held up fearing a gas cut off from moscow in response. gazprom supplies about 1/3 of europe's gas and half of that goes th

. >>> daughters of talks between syria's government and some opposition figures in moscow have ended with no sign of a breakthrough to end syria's four-year conflict. the fighting there has now killed more than 200,000 people. from the russian capital rory challands reports. >> how many press conferences does it take to announce very little has been agreed with the russia hosted syrian talks the answer is three. one from the opposition. one from the mediator, and one from the representative sent by damascus. it was syria's top diplomat who put the best spin on things. >> i can say our assessment of what happened during the second meeting is positive. we managed to find a common denominator and secure our common approach to a number of key issues. >> but the opposition troubled by its own internal disagreements was damning. >> talking about terrorism and what you can do with terrorism etc. >> the possibility of more negotiations either in moscow or geneva switzerland was left hanging in the air. even before these talks started hopes of a significant break through was slim. it was the

hundreds of members would race through the streets of moscow at night, hence their name. now, whether they will stay true to their nocturnal traditions and cross into the eu secretly under the cover of darkness remains to be seen. brian: it is one of the most urgent problems facing the european union -- what to do about the thousands of migrants trying to reach europe. laila: germany says new efforts will focus on refugees fleeing conflict in syria and iraq. berlin will send manpower to italy and greece to help register migrants. brian: just today, italian authorities rescued 274 migrants in the mediterranean. the coast guard ship came to their rescue about 40 nautical miles off of the libyan coast line. europe's budget for rescue missions as he has just been tripled -- missions at sea has just been tripled. laila: people on the ground in italy need to be convinced. we have this special report from our correspondent. reporter: migrants arriving here have all survived and arduous journey across the mediterranean -- survived an arduous journey across the mediterranean. this

he is in moscow of all places. hans nichols half-inch -- has been following this story for 15 years now. what is going on? is the first -- alexis tsipras trolling germany? hans: he is celebrating and honoring those in moscow who stood up to fascism. his position on sanctions is unchanged. in an interview last night he claimed they were "a road to nowhere." that is what everyone in brussels and berlin is wondering, has the greek government position changed on russia? and if so, what do they get in return? brendan: that is a negotiating tip that they are offering -- negotiating chip that they are offering. germans have officially calculated they -- the debt they are owed for war representation -- the debt they are owed for war reparations. hans: it is $278 million. they did a variety of calculations to arrive at that number. that is what alexis tsipras the same. the german spokesman said it was a dumb distraction to be talking about this in this context. and we have a more recent tweet from alexis tsipras showing an

. >>> the greek prime minister is in moscow for a visit with vladimir putin. he is seen here visiting the tomb of the unknown soldier. greece is in difficult negotiations over its bailout programme, and must repay a 450 million euro i.m.f. loan on thursday. russia indicated it could offer relief by lifting import and boosting trade with greece. . >> deep in the woods, a weekend hobby has taken on new significance. 4 hours drive away is the ukraine border. a country in real conflict. poland's part-time militia say no one can be certain of moscow's intentions. >> we want to be prepared. we would do what we have to do. if this means, you know, fighting, we'll probably fight. concerns about ukraine and online recruiting videos online recruiting videos like this prompted an increase in volunteers for the paramilitaries, who date back to the parties end of the war. it's estimated that there are 120 groups across poland, with a membership of around 10,000. until now, the government kept its distance, now it wants to harness it enthusiasm to help boost poland's defens

isolating russia from the west will not make moscow more cooperative or compliant. instead, we know what russia will do. it is doing it today. it will turn elsewhere, to the east. to china. and too many other dozens of regions and regimes that harbor resentments against the west. what will they do if we isolate them? it will sell nuclear weapons -- nuclear reactors. it will sell excellent weapons. it will give them credit. it will protect them politically. if the united nations with its veto. fallacy number three. a weakened and destabilized russia will make every danger listed worse. and create new ones. consider for example, if this policy of isolation with its subpolicy of weakening moscow were to succeed, what would become of russia's weapons of mass destruction? diminished. think about that. think of yourselves and your children and think of this type of madness. that what we really want? finally, what arguments at the two hour upon his naked favor of isolating russia? none that i can see. the towering example and what ms. applebaum would mention is ukraine. is

yesterday, i had a discussion with colleagues in moscow. almost 40% of young people want to go to university. it's good that they are hungry for knowledge, but it also indicates that we do not have this kind of vocational training in school, so we will keep working on that through the years. and so let's have another question. >> we will give the floor to alex, former finance minister. he has been recognized as the best finance minister in the world. >> hello, mr. putin. my question will be on the economy. so your first presidential term saw a 7% growth annually. and oil prices were around 130. but if you take this presidential term, even if oil prices are 65, then our gdp will be around 1.5%. so it is lower than the world average, and the share of the russian economy and global economy will shrink, so we will not have enough investment in high-tech sectors, so we won't -- so we will be lagging further and further behind. that might have an impact on the defense industry and of course the defense industry heavily depends on the state of the

president has been the [ inaudible ] leader in moscow. did you think it was useful? and did you ask and get any specific commitments for the renewal of the sanctions against russia in thank you. >> translator: -- obviously all of the countries interested in finding a solution barring none. we appreciate the work that certain countries are finally doing in the area so all of the countries are part of this huge undertaking, but please allow me to be very clear. peace in libya, either the tribes do this or no one is going to do this. no one is going to achieve this. the only way to reach peace is if the tribes finally accept that they are going to go towards stabilization, and peace. and our work is that of looking for this to favor all of this at all levels so that that effort does indeed lead to peace. the diplomatic initiatives you are aware of these are the ones we are doing with [ inaudible ] leon and they are the ones that foreign ministers are also trying to support and to study. obviously this is not a job that starts in libya. i would like my italian journalist

. >>> vladimir putin said north korean leader kim ki-jong will not be attending celebrations in moscow marking the end of the second word war. he earlier said kim had accepted an invitation to the victory day. it would have been his first foreign trip since three years ago. here is harry fawcett. >> reporter: well despite the resounding silence on this this visit had seemed to be very much on. russia said so the south korean intelligence service said they found it highly likely that kim ki-jong would travel to moscow. and now it seems to be off. from north korea's perspective a snub to china, which has been under harsh criticism of north korea. and from russia's perspective, it would have been a signal to the united states that if you threaten us we can cozy up to north korea. perhaps there has been a recalculation about snubbing china in this way. also potentially there is some internal event in north korea that requires kim ki-jong's presence. also potentially something more prosaic prosaic. there would have been lots of other world leaders and media in the mix, so perhaps they thoug

this type of week a different mission is bound for moscow. greece needs money, and friends to face increasingly hostile creditors in europe. russia wants to prevent e.u. sanctions being renewed in june sanctions that prompted it to ban products. >> russia will attempt to ban it by offering the deals in the energy sector and perhaps a unilateral suspension of the counterembargo or sanctions on the greeks. whether they can make a tempting offer, the greece the amount that they'll need in the future - i think this is a result. >>> a loan to greece is not the only option. russia could lift a ban for more than a billion of greek products. because greece spends 10 times that amount buying russian gas, it could lower the price. it could deal with infrastructure that greece is privatizing. these are parts of the bilateral relationship. there's an overarching priority greece wants to remind europe of its strategic value. is it enough to break ranks with europe. >> before he became foreign minister nikos suggested that greece could win a deal in exchan

while moscow evolves with the west so, too is foreign policy. this unidentified school girl poses her question. is there a threat to russia's interests from the united states and europe, she asks? will there be a new iron curtain it? is not just russian school children who want to hear putin's response. critics of the kremlin slam this entire event. as russia's imitation of democracy in action. it is hard to imagine a truly critical question getting aired on national television here. instead, it is a highly produced highly choreographed opportunity for vladamir put yen in to spea the world. some times the kremlin likes to throw in a surprise. last year, saw nsa whistle blower, in asylum in russia, address putin by video link. >> does russia intercept, store or analyze in any way the communications of millions of individuals? >> reporter: who know who may pop up this time? >> kremlin confirms there will be celebrities an personalities asking questions of vladamir putin this year along with members of the general public. they say it will be busine

even as moscow grapples with its own economic problems, it has lavished attention on its far left and far right. in our in context segment patricia sabga reports it's a big leap from courtship to serious political clout. >> from the far right to greece's radical syriza. an enthusiastic suitor in the kremlin. >> russian government and parties across europe. >> like a share of dislike of european far left and far right rail against brussels encroachment on facial authority national authority over austerity issues. vehement opposition into what russia regards as its backyard. >> and the russians obviously like this idea that they can make common cause with someone within the west to denounce this idea of expansion into what russia regards as its own sphere of influence. >> reporter: faith has also proven fruit i'll courting ground. putin casts him self. >> putin's willingness to publicly embrace the russian orthodox church has energized western european right wing groups who feel as no that kind of speech is almost taboo in their society. >> the kremlin has seen benefits after french ban

washington, he said wasted little effort and flatly rejecting moscow's initiative on grounds that were embarrassingly unconvincing leaving open the basic question was stalin genuinely ready to sacrifice the newly created german democratic republic, east germany, on the the altar of peace and security that could have been enormous. melvin leffler is one of the most respected cold war scholars that recently published a review of research in a released soviet archives. he observes that many scholars were surprised to discover quoting him, the head of the secret police proposed the kremlin offered the west a deal on the unification and neutralization of germany, agreeing to sacrifice the east german communist regime to reduce east-west tensions, and improve internal political and economic conditions in russia, opportunities that were squandered in favor of securing german participation in nato. ... this is about 45 minutes. [applause] >> thank you so much. [applause] thank you so much for that wonderful introduction. good afternoon. that was pretty weekend unacceptable. let's try that one

greek prime minister citrus heads to moscow -- greek prime minister tsipras heads to moscow next week. california is taking unprecedented steps in its fight against record-breaking drought. governor jerry brown has ordered mandatory water restrictions for the first time ever. local water boards will be told to cut water usage by 25%. brown says the time has passed for those steps. tom: the reality is that the climate is getting warmer, the weather is getting more extreme and unpredictable, and we have to become more resilient and in a fit -- and efficient and innovative. that is exactly what we're going to do. olivia: the sierra nevada's snowpack is at its lowest level in 65 years of record-keeping. olivia:brendan: lawmakers in indiana and our guitar trying to reside a religious freedom bill -- are trying to re-vise a religious freedom bill. in arkansas, government agent -- governor asa hutchinson says he would not signed his own state's bill until it is revised or it commodities regulators are suing craft and mother lay -- and mondedle. mondelez is not commenting. kraft says it cover

and european sanctions on moscow over ukraine a road to nowhere. and suggested greece could become a bridge between russia and the west. in recent weeks, greek officials including the energy and foreign ministers have beaten a path to the kremlin store. fueling speculation a cash-strapped athens wants a russian bailout. an alternative line of credit from the kremlin. for many in the west, these greek overtures to russia are disturbing. tourettening to undermine -- threatening to undermine the united front over sanctions in iran and a host of other issues. for the kremlin, bailing out athens may be attempting, potentially giving russia leverage over a european union and nato state. don't expect any major geopolitical shift during this visit. analysts warn there's not the will nor the means. >> that is not what it used to be in terms of its -- of the money in the hands of the government. the russians have to be more judicious and extending financial assistance to other countries. and on the other hand, i don't think greece is ready to leave europe, t

and israel but the preliminary agreement with the nuclear standoff meant moscow's part of the deal was no longer necessary. >> translator: 3 00's exclusively a defensive weapon which cannot serve offensive purposes and will not jeopardize the security of any country including, of course israel. >> reporter: israel did not agree, it said it was proof that iran would use relief from sanctions for arms and the white house also objected to the missile sale. >> i'm not in a position to obviously speculate on the decision-making process that russia is engaged in right now but i do think it's safe to say that russia understands that the united states certainly takes very seriously the safety and security of our allies in the region. >> reporter: the nuclear program still has to be finalized particularly over how and when to lift sanctions. president obama has to deal with opponents in congress who fear iran is seeking to build weapons, tehran denies that. president putin's latest move complicates the process but in tehran the spokesman said the missile deal would improve ties between iran and

isolating russia from the west will not make moscow more cooperative or compliant. instead, we know what russia will do. it is doing it today. it will turn elsewhere, to the east. to china. and too many other dozens of regions and regimes that harbor resentments against the west. what will they do if we isolate them? it will sell nuclear weapons -- nuclear reactors. it will sell excellent weapons. it will give them credit. it will protect them politically. if the united nations with its veto. fallacy number three. a weakened and destabilized russia will make every danger listed worse. and create new ones. consider for example, if this policy of isolation with its subpolicy of weakening moscow were to succeed what would , become of russia's weapons of mass destruction? diminished. think about that. think of yourselves and your children and think of this type of madness. that what we really want? finally, what arguments at the two hour upon his naked favor of isolating russia? none that i can see. the towering example and what ms. applebaum would mention is ukraine. i

. $500,000 to give one speech in moscow. the reason that became important was because moscow and russia, this uranium company, was trying to invest in the u.s. and buy u.s. uranium and someone else involved in it happened to give $.35 million to the clinton foundation. the deal went through so, of course, it looks suspect. we don't know if it is suspect. but that was one example "the new york times" wrote about this week that reminded us this is such an unusual situation. a former president, secretary of state and now she's running for president. so everyone is looking at this. gwen: wasn't the secretary of state supposed to notify the administration she was now working for whenever she had any -- the foundation had any dealings with with foreign governments or foreign entities? jeff: yes. and that did not appear to happen in this case and that is a good point. going back to january of 2009, senator dick lugar sat in the foreign relations committee hearing and said the clinton foundation is going to be attempting entity for

first let's cross to our matthew chance in moscow. russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov left there week saying he would only return if there was a serious chance of a deal. he did, but we still haven't seen anything formalize yet. what's being set this morning? >> reporter: lavrov left the talks and is on a preplanned visit to tajikistan where he will meet his tajik counterparts. the russian foreign minister not going back to talks unless there's serious chance of a final agreement. he ended his last visit on a positive note saying that a framework agreement has essentially been agreed between the foreign ministers and is waiting for it to be set down on paper. from a russian point of view at least officially, the nuts and bolts of this agreement to prevent iran from continuing with its uranium enrichment program is essential oh the table. it's just as always the detail which appears to be preventing the two sides from coming together and putting this down on paper. the two main -- some the main sticking points include the pace at

this week, there is a different mission bound for moscow. greece needs money and friends to face increasingly hostile creditors in europe, while russia wants to prevent e.u. sanctions from being renewed in june sanctions which prompted it to ban european agricultural products. >> they will offer deals and perhaps a unilateral suspension of the counter embargo or counter sanctions on greek agricultural products. whether they can make a very tempting offer of let's say offering 30, 40 billion euros to greece, i think this is very unlikely. >> a direct russian loan isn't the only option. russia could lift its import ban for more than a billion dollars worth of greek products and because greeks spend 10 times that amount buying russia gas russia could lower the price. it could bid for infrastructure such as port authorities and rail. >> these are parts of the bilateral relationship. there is an overarching priority. greek wants to remind europe of its strategic value and demonstrate it has friends elsewhere. is this enough to break ranks with eu

kremlin-connected bank promoting stock in the company soon paid bill clinton $500,000 for a speech in moscow. several u.s. agencies ultimately had to approve the deal because uranium is a strategic asset, including the state department. a clinton campaign spokesman told the times no one, quote, has ever produced a shred of evidence supporting the theory that hillary clinton ever took action as secretary of state to support the interests of donors to the clinton foundation. to suggest the state department under then secretary clinton excerpted undue influence in the u.s. go. 's review government he review of the sale of uranium is utterly baseless. clinton is also facing scrutiny after a news week report that the largest individual contributor to the krinclinton foundation allegedly traded with iran in breach of u.s. tapgs sanctions. the fourth richest man in ukraine reportedly attended bill clinton's 65th birthday party in 2011. "newsweek" reports records show a series of shipments from his company to iran. so we have a lot of different stories here that lead to more of a narrative, but poss

green spaceagrees a huge payment is due as greek prime minister alexis cyprus is visiting moscow. rory challands has more. >> reporter: alexis cypras paid his respects at the tomb of the unknown soldier well aware europe is watching his visit clovis. this is geopolitical theatre for greece and russia. it shows russia it has options beyond the euro zone. russia shows the eu its unity is fragile. punishment denied a bail-out was in the cards though assistance was discussed. >> the greek side has not addressed us with any requests for aid. we discussed cooperation in various sectors including the possibility of developing major energy projects. >> before coming here cypras had been warmed by the european -- warned not to break the eu's line on sanctions. russia has long complained that it's weakness following the collapse of the soviet union was exploited by the west. now that it senses fragility within the european union, it wants to use that for its own benefit. grease is one opportunity for russia -- greece is one opportunity but there are others. >> victor orbin welcomed putin to

we are joined by anthony in moscow. tony, prime minister tsipras met with putin yesterday and today sits down with the prime minister of russia. what did his meeting with putin produce? >> it was high on rhetoric and low on specifics. tsipras made a speech in moscow where he said they did reach agreement on a gas pipeline from russia to greece, which will be meeting greece posco's need -- greece's gas need. essentially, apart from warm words, this is been a meeting which has promised tomorrow, when greece needs to take its medicine today. anna: what can he expect from today's meeting? >> we may get a bit more detail in flushing out what was agreed between tsipras and mr. putin yesterday. again, i suspect we will have more warm words about cooperation. culturally, historically, economically. mr. putin did observe that trade between the two countries was down 40% last year. there was a lot of ground to be made up. anna: thank you so much for joining us. prime minister tsipras having met with putin yesterday and today sits

. >> vladimir putin's am question and answer marathon is underway in moscow. the general public has been asking the russian president questions live on t.v. so far, there have been a lot of questions about the sanctions imposed on russia for its role in ukraine. >> we did have discussions with entrepreneurs and issued they shouldn't expect sanctions to be lifted anytime soon. it's a political question. it's a strategic issue for many of our partners, who want to stop russian development. i don't think it's related directly to the situation in ukraine. >> about 2 million people have submitted questions. two years ago, one of the sessions went on for nearly five hours. rory challands joins us live. they are more than two hours into this year says event. is the public mostly asking about the economy? >> well, it's not just the public that submits questions in this format. you get questions from the anchors of this program who fire questions at putin you get questions from the audience, you get questions being asked from kind of remote locations down the wire, as

in june of 2010, billion clinton gets $500,000 for a speech in moscow. in october a u.s. government committee approves the sale of uranium one to the russian company. question, is there a connection between all of those millions of dollars that are going to clinton personally and to the clinton foundation and state department's approval of this uranium deal? >> i believe there is. it's not just frank giustra but there are nine major donors who have written multimillion dollar checks tied to the deal. the two financial advisers who arrange for the sale are both major clinton contributors. the chairman of the company is and some of the key shareholders are. the question is when this transfer was approved, what role did hillary clinton play? >> and the sale to russia was approved with close ties to vladimir putin. this is precisely the point of the clinton campaign has hit back hard because it's a committee of nine agencies not just a state department. nine separate agencies and they point out there is no hard evidence and you don't cite any in the book that hillary clinton

russia calls the program a threat to moscow. the move comes days after russia threatened poland after involvement in a larger american missile defense program. >> news out of france, police may have prevented an eminent attack. investigators arrested a 24-year-old college student in paris, saying he admitted to planning to attack churches in a suburb. they also link him to the murder of a teacher. officers found automatic weapons, bulletproof vests and computer equipment in his car and in his dorm room. >> the flow are migrants making the journey from africa to italy is not slowing down. hundreds of refugees rescued off the coast are being brought to shore. one ship docked in the city port of augusta, another loaded with 100 more arrived in lampedusa hours ago. italy's prime minister is calling for more help from european leaders. paul brennan has more now from britannia. >> the 446 migrants brought ashore in augusta which is a port half hour drive south of here will now be looked at medically and taken to a reception center to

matthew chance is live for us in moscow. matthew? >> thank you very much. obviously russia has been a key aspect of these negotiations over the many years that they have been taking place. i's part of the same p5 plus one group that includes the united states and so yes it's been instrumental in bringing these negotiations to a relatively successful if only interim conclusion at this point. one of the items that is not quite clear is the issue of a snap back. they call it a snap back but this is something that russia has been resisting that russia would want a new security council resolution. for the moment, this is something that the russians are pleased ab. >> i read in the report if i read it correctly that iran would not be allowed to build any new nuclear facilityies you mentioned that russia has contracts for eight nuclear reactors. so our nuclear reactors allowed under this frame work agreement? >> i haven't examined the frame work agreement in detail. we have got other statements that have been made by the joint statements and the u.s. fact sheet th

if some of those warheads were aiming at moscow today -- it would have never crossed the border. [applause] it was a signature of bill clinton which ended up either way with disarming small nuclear arms in belarus. it created an a nuclear-free fall of the soviet union but territorial integrity. if we think the crimea is locally are wrong because the message is being sent to every country of the world if you want to protect your sovereignty gets nukes. that's why you hold the ukraine tragedy it's an issue that affects everybody on this planet. i hope eventually we will recognize it's not about isolating russia. it's about isolating putin's regime. we don't engage the virus. it needs to be contained. thank you. [applause] ..

defense ministers will gather in moscow for a two day conference on international security. on a plenary in australia fell -- the unemployment rate in australia fell. the rba kept its rate in efforts to boost growth. about chilean dollar is rising today on the news. -- the aussie is rising today on the news. i'm putting pressure on pricing. the drop in supply may be partly related to the upcoming election with uncertainty causing sellers to hold off putting property on the market the new government will need to address that crisis. >> oil traders with a high. showing signs of elite eating the surplus. as leaders meet in paris for the oil summit prayer it -- oil summit. let's talk about your views on where oil prices are going. you are looking optimistic to the second half of the year. while prices could edge higher? >> it is a good thing. you could describe it as optimistic. it is extraordinary. they publish their outlook, reminding us there is still an enormous surplus of supply and the demand in global markets. the oil markets are forward-looking more than ever today. the

no exclamation of moscow by a visit -- no exclamation by moscow over a visit to the arctic. a day earlier, they posted pictures from the norwegian island of small barred. he has been banned from visiting norway under eu sanctions imposed over crimea. farmers have protested against plans for government land purchases in india. rabble gandhi made his first public appearance in all two months and promoters -- and accused prime minister modi of giving away land concessions in exchange for his -- in exchange for those who helped his campaign. president xi jinping's visit to pakistan starts any hour now. david tweed is with me now with a look at the sale of these chinese subs to pakistan. -- subs to pakistan. >> the reason why -- there are two reasons why this is a concern to india. what is the fact that in the era up its own summary force. they have one nuclear submarine which they are actually hoping to convert so that it to get have a nuclear strike capability. the pakistanis will have eight that will more than double their pet -- double their sacrament -- --double their summar

private correspondence it is quite clear the state power they fear the most is not the soviet regime in moscow but the new deal administration in washington. >> host: freedom under god. who started this? s. copastor of an elite congregation. with ample backing from corporate leaders, he promotes this idea do with christianity and capitalism he takes a loose approach to the bible and says famously reading the bible should be like eating fish. we take out the bugs to injury to me. all parts are not of equal value. he ignores all the teaching and instead makes christianity and capitalism go hand-in-hand in the lines and against the creeping socialism of the new deal. >> host: who are some of the corporate folks that are involved? >> guest: his big backer is howard pew but the leaders of general motors, u.s. steel chamber of commerce, association of manufacturers, all these big names come in effective way to push back against the new deal. they tried to do it on their own. they start offending massive campaigns of public relation propaganda of their opponents called them to push back against the r

cnn's matthew chance is live in moscow for us. from the very beginning of the story, when these two brothers were first revealed, she has been very vocal about her thoughts of conspiracy against her sons and americans deserve what happened to them anyway. >> reporter: that's right. she is the mother of dzhokhar tsarnaev. she has been defending her sons all along. initially in interviews with u.s. officials in the days after the arrest of her son dzhokhar tsarnaev. she said she wished she never come to the united states in the first place and better off in dagestan. in the past few days, remarks an contributed to the mother on russian web sites defending her son in the days after the guilty verdict saying she believes her son is in the claws of a predator who will tear him to pieces like meat. also blaming the united states again like her son did in that that inscription in the boat. very much a rant. it is written in capital letters and a lot of exclamation marks. contributed to the mother of dzhokhar tsarnaev saying they are inno

this was very disappointing. >> this was the second round of talks in moscow this year, left open the possibility of more talks bit butt did not say when. >> members of congress will find out more of the framework nuclear deal with iran when they return to work next week. secretary of state john kerry and other officials will move to capitol hill to brief law makesser ton agreement. told a iranian news agency the deadline could be extended past june 30th to satisfy new iranian demands. iran wants international sanctions lifted whether the agreement takes effect. the u.s. and other world powers want them to be lifted gradually. >> mourners gathered in the small kenyan town of gatundo today to bury a woman gunned do you by at the attack. down at the attack. al shabaab gunned down nonmuslim be students the garrissa university. >>> terror attack in mumbai couple francois hollande told nairnd modi thatnearnd modi thatnairnd modi thatnarendra modi that he was indignant. >> he is a hated man but when he shows up his supporters follow. be indians believe he planned the mumbai siege. his trial