petersburg was putin's big mentor. but she did do that, and she is trying to push the envelope as far as she can. do you see any currency in that at all? >> i do. it presents a moral dilemma for anybody thinking about russian elections and thinking about whether to vote in russian elections. i wouldn't vote in russian elections because no matter how you cut it it is a farce by voting. at the same time, what he is doing is breaking sort of the mono on the me of the public space and it is an affront to the monopoly that the kremlin has on any kind of conversation. i think she is trying to push it as far as she can. the fact that it's been done by arrangement of the kremlin and the fact that she is succeeding some of the support makes it highly problematic, but it's one of those thing, and that's part of what makes the experience of living in russia and the experience of living in a totalitarian society because it specializes in presenting people with untenable choices. >> let's talk about alexei novotny because for all i

putin's policies. i always remember human rights activists continuously tell us that russians the passage by the united states congress was the best law we could have passed it is in favor of the russian people. as pointed out with the helsinki commission russia and the united states are members we made a mutual commitment to respect the rights of citizens and it is a challenge if the country is not complying with the helsinki agreement. we must work with our allies a to build the defense against mr. putin's arsenal and then to deter such behavior by russia or any other country. that is the essence of what we are recommending in this report now it is time for the united states to exercise leadership. thank you. [applause] >> thank you for those remarks and for your leadership to get at this comprehensive report. now i will ask a couple of questions i know you have a hard stop five minutes before the hour. what is interesting is much of the public dialogue in this country is russian interference were of

on the other hand, it is difficult for me to speak negatively about putin as a -- activist.sts putin is the first non-anti-semite in russia in a thousand years. i can say a lot of bad things about putin. he is permitting or supporting the development of jewish communities. he has created no problems for us, the jewish agency, to help those who want to migrate or build communities. at the same time, the same putin is very problematic for democracy in russia. authorities, corruption, you name it. many of my friends are dissidents and they find themselves in this capacity. as to the middle east, with all of the sympathy that putin has from israel. his main policy is against america. for him, it became clear to me from our conversation almost 20 years ago that for him, iran -- he does have policy towards iran. that is his way to show the americans that they should taken seriously. the same about syria. here i have to say that the one who really built -- not really built putin but helped him to become so big again is president obama. i do not see much difference in obama orom president pr

but this president is paralyzed when it comes to putin and his cronies in russia. here are two words the president will not say tonight, here are two words the president may not say tonight. russia sanctions. but he ought to. i yield the floor. .. >> i do want to maken

cvs safety guarantees those were the thoughts of president putin who's been talking to a panel of russian journalists and what guys if was listening in for us let's go live to him now see what was said north korea wasn't only subject was it putin touched upon what else did the president have to say. well with with north korea putin's answer was actually very interesting and he said that kim jong un everything he wanted he got his nukes he got this thirteen thousand kilometer range missile and it's stopping all of that now he has his peace talks with which to defuse the situation he's the winner here said to me a putin. john has definitely won this round he's achieved his strategic goal he's got a new clip payload a long range missile that can reach any place that he sees as an enemy now he wants to come the situation he's a well rounded and intelligent politician there's plenty more of course the elections the upcoming presidential elections in russia one of the early questions was about that and there's a record number of candidates running this year and vladimir putin was asked what he

>> look, on one hand it's very easy for me to speak about putin as a dissident and putin as a former k.g.b. officer and is not a big friend, when i speak of democracy. on the other hand, it's very difficult for me to speak negatively about putin as a jewish activist, as the one who has become a huge operation in russia with the jews there, for living because of putin is there but building their communities because putin, i would say is the first not anti-semite leading russia. there was gorbachev and gorbachev for a period. he's not anti-semite. i can say a lot of very bad things about putin, he's not anti-semite, he is permitting or supporting the development of jewish communities if they want to and in his case, no problems for us, the jewish agency to help those who want to emigrate and to those who want to build their communities. at the same time, the same putin is extremely problematic for democracy in russia. into t have to go further the presence of the courts, the authority's prescription, you name it, thanks that my friends, dissidents, find themselves in this capacity. as

putin a arsenal. as part of this -- to build awareness of and resilience to the kremlin's maligned influenced operations. specifically the president should convene an annual global summit modelled to the global coalition to counter isil. civil societies and private sector should participate in the summits in the follow-up activities. to reinforce these efforts the united states government should demonstrate clear and sustained diplomatic leadership in support of individual human rights that form the backbone of our democratic system. members of the united states congress have a clear responsibility to show u.s. leadership on values by making democracy and human rights an essential part of their agenda. they should conduct hearings to publicly advance these issues. i am proud the record of the senate foreign relations committee in this regard and highlighting human rights and the actions that we're taken in passing legislation. i thank senator cor kerr for his leadership, but we must do more. the u.s.

putin's policies. i always remember human rights activists continuously tell us that russians the passage by the united states congress was the best law we could have passed it is in favor of the russian people. as pointed out with the helsinki commission russia and the united states are members we made a mutual commitment to respect the rights of citizens and it is a challenge if the country is not complying with the helsinki agreement. we must work with our allies a to build the defense against mr. putin's arsenal and then to deter such behavior by russia or any other country. that is the essence of what we are recommending in this report now it is time for the united states to exercise leadership. thank you b-17. [applause] >> thank you for those remarks and for your leadership to get at this comprehensive report. now i will ask a couple of questions i know you have a hard stop five minutes before the hour. what is interesting is much of the public dialogue in this country is russian interference we

putin's policies. i always remember some of the most human rights activists who continuously tell us russians that the passage by the united states congress of the law was the most pro-russia we could have passed because it spoke in favor of the russian people. russia and the united states are members of the osce. we made a commitment to respect the rights of our citizens and we have a right to challenge when our country is not complying with the commitments. that's our responsibility. the united states must work on our allies to build defenses and strengthens international norms of values to deter such maligned behavior by russia or any other country. that's the essence of what we're recommending in this report. it's now time for the united states to exercise leadership. thank you. [ applause ] >>> thank you for your leadership and getting at this report. i think what we'll do now is maybe i'll ask a couple questions and throw it to the audience. i know you have a hard stop to leave five minutes befor

he worked for a close associate of putin. oleg, one of a few wealthy oligarchs putin consults with regularly, according to a u.s. state department cable. >> he can pick up a phone to the oligarchs and say, hey, i need to get a message out and it gets done because he's vladimir putin and that's how the system works. >>less than two weeks before trump got nominated, manafort offered to brief him privately on how the campaign was going, according to "the washington post." >> it's not often that the russians get somebody to volunteer like that. >> does he owe you millions of dollars? >> in fact, court documents indicate that manafort may have been in debt to him. >> did he offer you those private briefings to try and repay some of that debt to you? is that why he offered them? >> get lost, please. thank you. >> his spokesman told cnn that the oligarch was never offered briefings by manafort. manafort's spokesman has denied he was in debt to him during the trump campaign and afterwards. but he has admitted that manafort offered th

peas a hostage to putin and his life is at risk, but then putin is a hostage to navalny, and the consequences of doing something to navalny would be very grateful the regime, and that is why navalny himself is not injail, and that the regime, and that is why navalny himself is not in jail, and that is because of his significance, because there is real power behind navalny. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. dozens of people have been killed after heavy fighting in the yemeni port city of aden. it followed clashes between separatists who want independence for south yemen and forces loyal to the saudi—backed government. the yemeni government has called for a ceasefire and urged arab allies to intervene. turkish media say the military have used improved weather conditions to resume air and artillery strikes against a kurdish militia in northwestern syria. the anatolia news agency said a hill near the strategic border town of azaz in the kurdish region of afrin was attacked. hollywood actress and un goodwill ambassador angelina jolie has urged world leaders to find

but look at the -- putin. i am not sure i agree entirely but in my former life the worst mistake you could make to underestimate putin. that is a big mistake. she is right he is poorly educated but he has instinct. the man stays in power 18 years and he is a savvy dictator. he knows how to manipulate people. to instinctively learned it is a brand-new world. you can use free speech. in a free environment of democracy to promote your own agenda. and then to be called by a special counsel. but then crania. how dare you? i am a man of peace. but then a few months later maybe there were some russian vacation patriots. how could we let these people fight alone? and then one year later of course it was us. and he was kgb. the acting prime minister and foreign mom --dash foreign colleagues? and it is amazing and they are still asking him. did you do that? of course people think i did that. not because he read books like us but he had those instincts that no one in history ever attacks a strong dictator. as long as the

and russian president vladimir putin of course. oh my god i've had so i have sued so many newspapers for defamation some things don't just happen by chance it was very striking there were no more americans to go especially a lot of people from the brics countries specially brazil russia and china that this special project reveals what was missed in the media coverage. of the panama chronicles. ecuador grants citizenship to wiki leaks chief julian assange the country's embassy in london for more than five years. called the stage with nuclear weapons nuclear weapons and long range missiles the only way to make the country abandon its nukes would be security guarantees that's president putin's take on the ongoing crisis. the u.s. army wants to help but develop software that can read social media accounts and even respond to them. and live from moscow with me. tonight thanks so much for joining us this. now it has officially granted citizenship to wiki leaks chief julian assange who's been holed up in the country's embassy in london fo

why is the president so afraid to sanction putin, his associates or other corrupt superficials? -- officials? why is president trump giving putin a pass when he attacked our democracy? what is he so afraid of? the american people are asking that question. only a year after a hostile power shook the bedrock of our democracy, any other president would spend his first state of the union talking about efforts that were under way to punish the abuser and prevent such an attack from occurring. why not this president? if president trump wishes to save his presidency from the shame of having failed to address some of the gravest threats threatening our country, he would announce this evening in no uncertain terms that he was sanctioning president putin. any other president would have taken decisive action in their first year, but this president is paralyzed when it comes to putin and his cronies in russia. here are two words the president will not say tonight -- here are two words the president may not say tonight, russia sanctions, but he ought to. i yield the floor. [captioning perfor

a jarring new warning tonight, that vladimir putin's hackers are still targeting america's elections and will only get more aggressive. a report out today from democratic senator ben cardin of the foreign relations committee, whose led the push for sanctions on the kremlin, says the u.s. won't be prepared to defend against possible russian meddling in the 2018 midterm elections. or in the next presidential cycle in 2020, unless it takes action immediately. >> putin directs these attacks with an asmymmetric arsenal, th weaponization of energy resources. >> cardin and his investigators say the u.s. and its allies have to coordinate their cyber defense against russia, have to target putin and his cronies and freeze their money. and they have only a few months to do it before the midterms. cyber investigators are warning that putin and his hackers are ready to strike this fall. >> what we would expect to see are similar efforts to leak compromising information that

putin. >> he is very much of a leader. he's done an amazing job. so start. >> where does the storyn end? >> you may or may not find evidence of an impeachable offense. >> the russian story is a total fabrication. it's just an excuse for the greatest loss in the history of american politics. [ speaking foreign language ] >>> good evening. i'm pamela brown. for more than a year i've been part of a cnn team investigating this critically important story. a consensus of u.s. intelligence agencies concluded that russia interfered with the treasured right of american democracy, the free and fair election of a president. the big question now, were the russians working with any associates of donald trump or his company or his campaign? we followed hundreds of different threads to financers. we've reported new information almost every day. tonight we will bring that reporting all together in one place to tell a complete story. we don't know how this investigative journey will end, but we do know where

eighteen year grip on power the vani has been barred from running against putin due to a previous fraud conviction that he says was trumped up. public sign of valmy violence councils as his supporters try in vain to pull him free from police who will risk the opposition leader and president vladimir putin's most prominent rival hurdled into a bus and taken away from protests that he called. i was several thousand turned out in moscow one of dozens of rallies being held across russia authorities say the demonstrations are illegal the protesters want to boycott of what will be rigged presidential elections peace march expected to extend president putin's grip on power and a volley he's barred from standing. at the bottom is that right it's a lawlessness that they're not allowing the valley to run in the elections there's no democracy here putin makes me sick. to the thin police raided the headquarters and t.v. studios belonging to alexina valmy interrupting a live program the saying they were looking for a bomb police also detained some of the valley stuff jurong the ride. though it's unl

alexina vonnie the outspoken kremlin critic was arrested after making a short appearance at an anti putin rally earlier today police also rated now bombings office also coming up. another heavy day of fighting in serious offer in the region turkey claims a diplomatic success in its offensive against a u.s. backed kurdish militia. and seven goals really are in the bundesliga between table toppers fire munich and hoffenheim could the variance opposing sides bring another upset. my ass waiter welcome to the program. russian authorities have detained opposition leader an outspoken kremlin critic alexina vonnie according to news reports he is expected to be charged with a public order violation that could mean up to twenty days in jail police arrested nobody after he made a brief appearance at a moscow protest one of more than one hundred rallies planned across the country the opposition is calling for a boycott of the march eighteenth presidential election which is certain to extend a lot of my putin's eighteen year grip on power has been barred from running against putin due to a previous pr

. >> 2018 will be a special year for vladimir putin. first is his predictable victory in the presidential election than the football world cup in russia. but it also involves risks especially in foreign affairs. the middle east and syria in particular is the most prominent example of russia's attempt to reposition itself on the world stage. putin announced russia's withdrawal syria, but even if the military mission was successful achieving a political solution, compromising with a group whose -- a radically different may prove a difficult task. some groups have canceled their participation because they called russia in aggressor committed to war crimes in syria. here, how do people in russia the -- >> it was a great victory for russia. >> the war lasted too long. it was time to pull out. >> now we don't have to pay some much and tax. >> they called the withdrawal the most important foreign-policy event of the past year. they say pumping grandeur are well and good, but it won't be bad for the government to turn down -- western sanctions

putin's policies. those who continuously tell us the passage of by congress is both in favor of the russian people. as pointed out from the helsinki commission to be members we made a mutual commitment to respect the rights of citizens to challenge if they are not complying that is our responsibility united states must work with allies to build defenses against the asymmetric arsenal to deter such aligned behavior by russia or any other country that is the essence of what we are recommending in this report it is time for the united states to exercise leadership. thank you. [applause] >> thank you for your leadership to get out this informative report and now asking a couple of questions i know you have a hard stop but what is interesting about this report is much of the public dialogue is about fake news somebody hacking into the election happily that did not happen as far as i know but you say those activities are much harder than that? with those investments overseas and in europe to leverage russian

will be reelected our moscow bureau chief yuri rashad tonight on tidings of the new year in putin's russia. twenty eighteen it will be a special year. first is his predictable victory in the presidential election then the food bowl world cup in russia. but it also involves risks especially in foreign affairs. the middle east and syria. prominent example of russia attempt to reposition itself on the build stage just a few weeks ago putin announced russia's withdrawal from syria but even if the military mission was successful achieving a political solution with partners whose individual goals are often radically different might prove to be a more difficult task the so-called syria peace congress planned for the end of january in such is the best example of this syrian opposition groups have canceled their butt dissipation because of a cold russian aggressor committed to war crimes in syria. and here how do people in russia see putin syria policy it was a great victory for russia good the why not the war lasted too long it was time to pull out now we don't have to pay as much in taxes.

will be reelected our moscow bureau chief yuri rashad tonight on tidings of the new year in putin's russia. twenty eighteen it will be a special year. first is his predictable victory in the presidential election then the food bowl world cup in russia. but it also involves risks especially in foreign affairs. the middle east and syria. prominent example of russia attempt to reposition itself on the build stage just a few weeks ago putin announced russia's withdrawal from syria but even if the military mission was successful achieving a political solution with partners whose individual goals are often a radically different might prove to be a more difficult task the so-called syria peace congress planned for the end of january in such is the best example of this syrian opposition groups have canceled their but dissipation because of a cold russian aggressor committed war crimes. and here how do people in russia see putin syria policy it was a great victory for russia why not the war lasted too long it was time to pull out now we don't have to pay as much in tax. most of those who we

will be reelected our moscow bureau chief yuri rashad tonight on tidings of the new year in putin's russia. twenty eighteen it will be a special year. first is his predictable victory in the presidential election then the food bowl world cup in russia. but it also involves risks especially in foreign affairs. the middle east and syria. prominent example of russia attempt to reposition itself on the build stage just a few weeks ago putin announced russia's withdrawal from syria but even if the military mission was successful achieving a political solution with partners whose individual goals are often a radically different might prove to be a more difficult task the so-called syria peace congress planned for the end of january in such is the best example of this syrian opposition groups have canceled their but dissipation because of a cold russian aggressor committed to work. and here how do people in russia see putin syria policy it was a great victory for russia and one of the war lasted too long it was time to pull out now we don't have to pay as much in tax. most of those who we

will be reelected our moscow bureau chief yuri rashad tonight on tidings of the new year in putin's russia. twenty eighteen it will be a special year. first is his predictable victory in the presidential election then the food bowl world cup in russia. but it also involves risks especially in foreign affairs. the middle east and syria. prominent example of russia attempt to reposition itself on the build stage just a few weeks ago putin announced russia's withdrawal from syria but even if the military mission was successful achieving a political solution with partners whose individual goals are often radically different might prove to be a more difficult task the so-called syria peace congress planned for the end of january in such is the best example of this syrian opposition groups have canceled their but dissipation because of a cold russian aggressor committed to war crimes in syria. and here how do people in russia see putin syria policy it was a great victory for russia good the why not the war lasted too long it was time to pull out now we don't have to pay as much in taxes.

alexei vonnie at a rally in moscow it comes as russia's opposition kicks off a day of nationwide anti putin protests the police are out in force across the russian capital as opposition activists gather for a mass demonstration volleys offices were also raided early sunday also coming up. another day of heavy of heavy fighting in syria up for in the region turkey claims a diplomatic success and its offensive against a u.s. backed kurdish militia. and the sights and sounds of carnival in venice as millions of revelers come out to party among the city's story ten hours. on my own schwager welcome to the program russian opposition leader alexei i know danny has been detained by police as he was on his way to an anti putin protest in moscow these images show police arresting now bonnie as he made a short appearance at an anti-pollution rally in moscow just a short while ago the opposition has called for protests in over one hundred cities to support a boycott of the presidential election in march social bonding has called a farce. vonnie himself is banned from running due to a previous fraud co

twenty team turn up for president putin. today. greetings from berlin and a warm welcome to our latest edition all lined up and power packed with the following top stories.

you know ronnie the outspoken kremlin critic was detained after making a short appearance at an anti putin rattling earlier today police also raided the bodies office also coming up. another day of heavy fighting in syria's offer in the region turkey claims a diplomatic success in its offensive against the u.s. backed the kurdish militia. and a seven goal thriller in the bundesliga between table toppers byron munich and hoffenheim could the bavarians of bookies sites bring another upset. i my own schwager welcome to the program russian opposition leader alexina vonnie has been detained by police as he was on his way to an anti putin protest in moscow these images show police arresting the vani as he made a short appearance after he made a short and parents at an anti putin rally in moscow just a short while ago the opposition has called for protests in over one hundred cities to support a boycott of the presidential election in march push obama has called a farce of on himself is banned from running due to a previous fraud conviction that he says was trumped up. for more on this let's talk

trump, you and your campaign and putin and his regime? >> no, there are not. it's absurd and there's no basis to it. >> but u.s. intelligence saw a different story. agents intercepted communications from suspected russian operatives, indicating manafort appeared to be asking them for help. >> they describe him essentially encouraging help, encouraging the russians to provide assistance to donald trump's campaign. >> manafort's ties to russia go way back. he worked for a close associate of putin. >> is it true mr. manafort owes you millions of dollars? >> olhoh, one of the few wealthy oligarchs he consults with quickly. >> he can pick up a phone to the oligarchs and say, hey, i need to get a message out and it gets done because he's vladimir putin and that's how it works. >> less than two weeks before trump got nominated, manafort offered to brief darpasks. >> on how the campaign was going, according to "the washington post." >> it's not often that the russians get somebody to volunteer like that. >> does he owe you millions of dollars? >> in fact, court docume

this after the el spoken kremlin critic was arrested after making a short appearance at an answer to putin rally earlier today palooza rated not only office as well more on that coming up plus another day of heavy fighting in syria is out for when egypt turkey claims a diplomatic success in its offensive against the u.s. back to kurdish militia. and swedish ikea founder of our count grog has died he turned a small scale mail order business into a booming global formatter empire making himself one of the richest men in the world. i'm sarah harman welcomed the show we're happy you could join us russian authorities have now released opposition leader alexina volley he was detained earlier in the day after he made a brief appearance at a moscow protest one of dozens of rallies held across the country and all news expected to be charged with a public order violation he and his supporters are calling for a boycott of the march eighteenth presidential elections in russia down the vuln a had been barred from running against putin due to a previous fraud conviction a conviction that only has always

. >> 2018 will be a special year for vladimir putin. first is his predictable victory in the presidential election than the football world cup in russia. but it also involves risks especially in foreignn affairs. the middle east and syria in particular is the most prominent example of russia's attempt to reposition itself on the world stage. putin announced russia's withdrawal syria, but even if the military mission was successful achieving a political solution, compromising with a group whose -- a radically different may prove a difficult task. some groups have canceled their participation because they called russia in aggressor committed to war crimes in syria. here, how do people in russia the -- >> it was a great victory for russia. >> the war lasted too long. it was time to pull out. >> now we don't have to pay some much and tax. >> they called the withdrawal the most important foreign-policy event of the past year. they say pumping grandeur are well and good, but it won't be bad for the government to turn down -- western sanctions

in moscow, a leading opponent of vladimir putin is detained during a demonstration. of vladimir putin is detained he's been barred from running in the presidential election. he's now being arrested by police. in the presidential election. roger federer wins the australian open — and with it, his 20th grand slam title. and ingvar kamprad, the man who founded ikea, dies at the age of 91. the man who founded ikea, good evening. the prime minister has faced mounting criticism of both her leadership and her negotiating stance on brexit, with fears expressed by leave supporters within her own party about britain's final relationship with the european union. about britain's final relationship one former cabinet minister warned there was a danger that a final deal might keep britain in the eu in "all but name". a serving minister, david lidington, urged party unity. chris david lidington, urged party unity. mason reports. if it felt a little bit chilly for the prime minister at the world economic forum in switzerland last week, well, the politicalforecast isn't looking much sunnier for her

and the last half an hour president putin has reacted to the so-called kremlin list he said he didn't really understand the aim of compiling it but that russia will not be preparing any counter measures he also said such measures worsen u.s. russia relations even further but the moscow still wants to mend those ties. with tensions are high in the russian city of sochi where peace talks over the syrian crisis have got under way during the opening speech of russia's foreign minister some in the audience became quite emotional and that is more advanced the ever reports. it's been a busy and unpredictable start to the sochi peace conference first there's a deal for hours and hours while last minute arrivals couldn't quite make their minds up on whether to attend or not and when foreign minister lavrov finally got around to making the opening speech well this which is different i want to say. the only difference thank you very much. difference we have to continue working you will have a chance to participate in the discussion. as for myself. released the results and once express my sincere

i have nothing to do with putin. i've never spoken to him. i don't know anything about him other than he'll respect me. >> congratulations to you. good night, everybody, from moscow. >> vladimir putin did not show up at the pageant, but trump made other contacts. >> i got the meet all of the leaders, i mean, everybody was there. it was a massive event. i was at the top level people, oligarchs and generals. >> it's hard to say if ol ig arcs or generals were at the party. >> i mean, everybody was there. it was a massive event. it was tremendous. >> but trump did have at least one business meeting. >> we're thinking about doing a trump tower moscow, so we're talking to a group of people about doing that. >> trump sent this good-bye tweet to his new russian friends. fantastic job, he says, trump tower moscow is next. four years would pass but the players of miss universe would return to take center stage in the trump russia drama. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> the most explosive evidence yet in the russia investigation. >> it was in july just

he's also the most critic of president putin. he has been barred from running in the presidential election, which takes place in march. the reason, a suspended prison sentence, which he and his supporters say is politically motivated. we were standing right next to mr navalny earlier this afternoon when he was detained. it was afternoon when he was detained. it wa5 dramatic. he was walking up the main street in moscow towards pu5hkin square when police bundled him intoa pu5hkin square when police bundled him into a police van. he was driven away. quite dramatic. his supporters on pu5hkin square square, when they heard this, they were shouting, "freedom to navalny, down with the kremlin and putin i5 "freedom to navalny, down with the kremlin and putin is eight —— i5 "freedom to navalny, down with the kremlin and putin is eight —— is a thief". dramatic pictures and the russians don't mind if it is bad publicity for the russian authorities around the world. are they trying to send a message in a sense that opponents like mr

president putin talks korea saying the only chance to persuade kim jong un to giving up his nukes would be through security guarantees. to r.t. international are watching live from moscow with me daniel hawkins rev you are tonight you're very welcome on the program. as you do in a song that has been granted citizenship by a quid or a country that has been hosting him and its embassy in london since twenty twelve after he requested political asylum and as a spiritual couldn't explain this morning what the motive means for the we can exchange unfortunately for julian assange continues to be quite complicated as this long winded saga continues if you remember the rumors were spread last night following him tweeting a picture of himself wearing a t. shirt with the ecuadorian national colors stirring lots and lots of rumors online and in the press about the possibility of him potentially having received ecuadorian citizenship now and tonight we have got a confirmation of this here is what the ecuadorian foreign minister had to say. this naturalization was granted on the twelfth of december t

putin. should we do that? probably should, shouldn't we? >> stahl: margarita simonyan is blustery, a force to reckon with. she's the head of a vast, state- run tv network, with almost 2,500 employees. they broadcast around the world, with a spanish channel for latin america, an arabic channel for the middle east and four english editions, including rt uk and rt america, available on cable and satellite. while not a lot of americans watch rt on tv, it is widely disseminated on social media and youtube, where it has racked up more than two billion views. much of their schedule is routine news-of-the-day or talk shows, including this one hosted by larry king. >> larry king: there is no movie like this movie! >> simonyan: we wanted a cnn of our own. you can put it in these words. that would be true, i can't deny it. >> stahl: let me tell you what u.s. intelligence agencies say about rt-- and i'm talking about the c.i.a, f.b.i., and n.s.a.-- they describe you as a weapon in an information war. >>

i think that is putin's judgment. everything he can do to dismantle the post-world war ii liberal world order including nato and the eu is in their immediate self-interest, they view. richard: let me ask you the same question. if you had to describe an elevator, what do you think of the essence of russian national security strategy and how they would defined success for themselves, what would be the? -- >> russia has 3 principal goals. it is to weaken democracy internally and another is to divide the country's in nato and the eu internally. to deal individually with those nations as opposed with a united front. and to undermine the rules of international order which in moscow's perspective, is slanted in favor of the united states because it promotes other norms of democracy. and other norms in the international sphere, international integrity and sovereignty that russia feels can trend west when it wants to. what russia has done is taken the fight from a was originally just contained to the post-soviet space and take

alexina irani the outspoken kremlin critic was arrested after making a short appearance at an anti putin rally earlier today police also raided nobody's office also coming out of the group to another have it done another day of heavy fighting in syria offer in region turkey claims a diplomatic success and its offensive against a u.s. backed kurdish militia. and a seventh goal thriller in the bundesliga between table toppers fire in munich and hoffenheim could the five could the variance of both the sides bring another upset to. maya schwager welcome to the program. russian authorities have detained opposition leader and outspoken kremlin critic alexina vonnie according to news reports he is expected to be charged with a public order violation that could mean up to twenty days in jail police arrested of any after he made a brief appearance at a moscow protest one of more than one hundred planned across the country the opposition is calling for a boycott of the march eighteenth presidential election which is certain to extend of lattimer putin's eighteen year grip on power now than has bee

he worked for a close associate of putin. >> is it true that mr. manafort owed you millions of dollars -- >> oleg deripaska, one of a few wealthy oligarchs putin consults with regularly according to a u.s. state department cable. >> he can pick up the phone to the oligarchs and say, i need to get a message out to this american, and it gets done because he's vladimir putin and that's how the system works. >> less than two weeks before trump got nominated, manafort offered to brief oleg deripaska privately on how the campaign was going, according to the "washington post." >> it's not often that the russians get somebody to volunteer like that. >> in fact, court documents indicate that manafort may have been in debt to oleg deripaska. >> did he offer private briefings to try to repay some of that debt to you? is that why he offered them? >> get lost, please. thank you. >> oleg deripaska's spoke manz told cnn the oligarch was never offered briefings by manafort. manafort's spokesman has denied manafort was in debt to oleg deripaska during the trump cam

plans that i think everyone understands of lattimer putin would enjoy a would be fond of reconstructed soviet union type russian empire so that he can be the world power that he sees historically that russia should be and i think it's incumbent upon us to resist that in a civilized and quiet manner and i think at this point the idea of potential sanctions in existing legislation that can be triggered very easy is all donald trump has to do all the same trump has to satisfy congress because everything is always about domestic politics here in america he's got to satisfy congress that he's ready to do that and willing to act against russia so that they won't continue to believe and continue to construct a media narrative that somehow he colluded with putin to steal the election in two thousand and sixteen so it's a multiple levels sort of game that's being played here well as you alluded to that yourself i mean there are already allegations that russia's influence on trump is the reason that he didn't want to impose more sanctions i mean do you think it has about any of these allegations

entire memory of computers undetected and counting down to the russian elections president vladimir putin is tipped to win in march but there are several candidates in the field ls the supporter of one of the contenders about her chances of snatching victory. it's good to have you with us we begin with that now a very public feud in the u.s. trump versus bannan the warrior for u.s. president trump is threatening legal action tonight against former white house strategist steve bannon over what he calls disparaging statements and outright defamatory statements made in a new book a cease and desist letter has also been said to the author and the publisher trying to halt the book's release the president launched a scathing attack on big. and as a result saying steve has nothing to do with me or my presidency when he was fired he not only lost his job he lost his mind now it's emerged that bannon attacked donald trump jr for a twenty six team meeting with a group of russians in the book by journalist michael wolff bannon is quoted as saying even if you thought this was not treasonous or unpatr

putin is again a return. the territory that was not exactly no man's land but not under the russian control for a period of time, you see russia returning there. and the united states is also relative -- again, all parallels have their limits -- by a relative newcomer in the region. it was certainly a newcomer in 1945-1946. and when we look at the recent changes in the in american policy, 2013 had the united states involved in eastern europe as well. that is another set of what i think of as interesting parallels. there are also significant differences between the eastern europe of today and soviet-american relations back in the cold war. first of all, the borders of eastern europe are different. it is also not under occupation. it is not under moscow's controller occupation, which is very different from what we see at yalta or posda. another thing is it was not economically in great shape in 1945. in this economically, it is in a weaker position than the soviet union at the start of the cold war. apart from

putin has outlasted them all. he perfected the art of controlling every detail to achieve his own goals. all you really see when you look putin in the eye is exactly what he wants you to see. >> there is an inexplicable and irrational affinity and i think affection on donald trump's part for vladimir putin. >> in every utterance the president went out of his way to praise vladimir putin, to speak highly of him. >> he bragged about what a good, strong leader putin was when confronted by our colleagues. >> he is running his country. at least he is a leader, unlike what we have in this country. >> again, he kills journalists that don't agree with him. >> well, i think our country does plenty of killing also. >> you and i get to hang out around terrific experts. we get to have them on our broadcasts. you take a guy like malcolm nance, a 35-year veteran of counterterrorism, get him started on vladimir putin. >> he views kgb officers as the new nobility of russia. they are the pinnacle of russian society. he uses them o

we didn't talk about vladimir putin, number six. >> american presidents come and go, but putin has outlasted them all. he's perfected the art of controlling every detail to achieve his own goals. all you really see when you look putin in the eye is exactly what he wants you to see. >> there is an inexplicable, so far, and irrational affinity and i think affection on donald trump's part for vladimir putin. >> in every utterance during the campaign, the president went out of his way to praise vladimir putin, to speak highly of him. >> he bragged about what a good, strong leader putin was when confronted by our colleagues. joe scarborough and mika brzezinski. >> he is running his country. at least he is a leader, unlike what we have in this country. >> again, he kills journalists that don't agree with him. >> well, i think our country does plenty of killing also, joe. >> you and i get to hang out around terrific experts. we get to have them on our broadcasts. you take a guy like malcolm nance, a 35-year veteran of counterterrorism. get him started on vladimir putin. >> he views the fsb and kgb

putin's judgment. everything he can do to dismantle the post-world war ii liberal world order including nato and the eu is in their immediate self-interest. richard: let me ask you the same question. if you had to describe an elevator, what do you think of the essence of russian national security strategy is and how they would define success for themselves, what would you? >> russia has three principal goals. it is to weaken democracy internally and another is to divide the country's in nato and the eu to deal individually with those nations as opposed with a united front. and to undermine the rules of international order which in moscow's perspective, is slanted towards the united states other normsromotes in the and national sovereignty that russia feels can trend west when it wants to. it has taken the fight from a to originally just contained europe and to the united states by subverting our institutions internally. power -- hard to underminetion these democratic institutions internally. one might

alexei navalny the outspoken kremlin critic was arrested after making their short appearance at an anti putin rally earlier today police raided not only an office also coming up. another day of heavy fighting in syria's offer and region turkey claims a diplomatic success and its offensive against a u.s. backed kurdish militia. and swedish founder engg our count brothers died he turned a small scale mail order business into a global foreigner to empire and became one of the richest men in the world. from sarah harman welcome to the program and thanks for joining us. russian authorities have released opposition leader alexina valmiki he was detained earlier in the day after he made a brief appearance at a moscow protest one of dozens of rallies across the country he's expected to be charged with a public order violation which could mean up to twenty days in jail of all me and his supporters are calling for a boycott of a march eighteenth presidential election of only himself has been bored from running due to previous fraud conviction a conviction he says is politically motivated. aleksei navai

will twenty two tourney president putin. this is the w. news life from brawl and firing back u.s. president donald trump appears to assume his former chief strategist for libel and slander steve benen is explosive accusations in a controversial tell all book on the trump white house call a meeting with a russian lawyer treasonous the president blasting back and saying quote you lost his mind also coming up. the chips i doubt as tech firms scramble to fix major security flaws that are bad news for everyone the floss could compromise everyone's day that and allow hackers to steal sensitive information. great to have you along well we begin our broadcast with that very public falling out in the u.s. where the lawyer of u.s. president is threatening legal action against former white house strategist steve bannon over what he calls disparaging statements and in some cases outright defamatory statements made in a new book all the president launched a scathing attack on bannon saying steve bannon has no. thing to do with me or my presidency when he was fired he not only lost his job he l

alexina ball named the outspoken kremlin critic was arrested after making a short appearance of an anti putin rally earlier today the police raided of all news all photos also coming up another day of heavy fighting in syria's alfre and region turkey claims of diplomatic success in its offensive against a u.s. backed kurdish militia. and the sights and sounds of carnival in venice as millions of revelers come out to party among the city's story can now see. their harm and welcome with the show it's good to have you with us. the arteries have detained opposition leader alexina all night is expected to be charged with a public order violation which could mean up to twenty days in jail police arrested evolving after he made a brief appearance at a moscow protest one of more than one hundred rallies planned across the country now the opposition is calling for a boycott of the march eighteenth presidential election ellen himself has been barred from running against putin due to a previous fraud conviction a conviction he says is politically motivated. aleksei navai violent scuffles as his supporte