there have been, these states have been petro states, both russia, russia's not a petro state that the gulf countries have been there. why was it comply with russia successful in tapping into the market come in building these relations? i think there is a regional reason for this and also macro economic processes that happen simultaneously at the same time. first of all, the chaos that was created after the vacuum that was created after the arab spring and united states didn't interfere in the region that much, following the new conflicts in the region have greater of vacuum and russia felt the right time to interfere and to become a player in the region. but the more important process happen and there are two processes actually. the first was the oil prices plummeted in 2015, but what's interesting, it happened at the same time with yes, and the west applied sanctions to russia. so as russia is constantly in a state of paranoia, being encroached, a were saying, they were hinting that the united states was behind the price plummeting, directly by intelligence offices. so they understoo

saudia arabia and russia. and they call the shots in that joint mechanism commission that they have. so, yes, i think opec is becoming less and less important. as far as saudia arabia's gas import from russia, first of all, it's just a proposition. it's just a proeption. it's a political statement made by putin. saudia arabia has this aggressive state program called vision 2030 which, you know, claims to decrease the dependence on oil powers generations. and, you know, it makes sense for them to develop any gas takes more than 7 to 8 years, especially with the gas -- the foreign gas. by the time they launched a program it will take probably ten years or less than that. if they take the substitute gas, they can sign a shorter term with russia. having said that, uae is another major producer. wherever oil is used, gas is used to produce oil. there have been talks between the united states and the secretary who visited saudia arabia and other gulf states to sign these long-term deals. and we heard the deal betwee

because if the democrats lose it's going to be russia exactly it's going to be russia's fault so russia is the ultimate scapegoat you know it's the paranoia of not knowing what you don't know there's going to be some meddling but how when where the assumption that it's going to be we remind you that the election has not yet happened and it's going to be in november themselves and by then. this is already saying the head of the national intelligence director saying that there is evidence about russians involvement and we have lindsey graham who has just advised president trump to check the so-called ball that putin gave him and house and get to check it for k.g.b. bugs we have this very same person elaborating with other senators this new draft of all that just called if i'm not mistaken or the translation protecting american security of from the kremlin said gretchen two thousand and eighteen so these guys they can forsee the future they can see how russia is mad and into a little different i mean i really don't this remind me it's kind of a bad episode of the twilight zone ok this is t

which is called i hate religion i hate russia russia is the enemy and we almost. genuflect at the altar of this new religious icon and that's the way you can take the american people's money heart yearned tax dollars which could be used for housing and health care and the education the things human beings need and shovel it over to the defense contractors you have to explain to them that it's an absolute national imperative to do that in order to carry out this looting of the national budget and that's what we're witnessing rather than he let me go to let me go to earl before we go to the break you manufactured consent this is what be in its most recent incarnation it's manufactured consent and and and i want to talk about the intelligence committee in the second half of the program but the liberal media loves it and they perpetrated go ahead girl thirty seconds. if it is manufactured consent to it and i believe it's probably orchestrated some somewhere in the dark corners as well i mean look what we have here we have mccarthyism two point zero even if you shake a

spent sixty billion and you had russia's on the march you know early and rideable and russia is that then spending is on decline right now ok it's not being increased here early does the united states need brushes an enemy is this the it because it to justify all of these expenditures ok i mean brian is a logic lee looking at it but logic good politics don't always parlay ok i need a sensually we need an enemy justifies is here montenegro. it is good it is adding value added to nato defense ok montenegro's army is smaller than the new york police force ok but we need an enemy here is that would russia's purposes because it's really easy to paint russia is as an enemies because because it really demands stubbornly its sovereignty go ahead. and i agree pete peter i mean we mean we mean let's face it it's the fence industry we need an enemy. nato is searching for a new mission i mean really it's a good defense grouping but you know should russia be included in that as well and and what's the real mission the mission has is is not there i don't think there's any fear for russia invading

russia russia is was going to be continued.

we got a new supply route in afghanistan open through russia, flying soldiers through russia the first since world war ii that happened, that allowed us to not be dependent on pakistan as we were at the time that we joined the government. over 90% of our supplies back in 2005 went through pakistan. and that allowed us to bring the war against terrorists inside pakistan, including most directly and dramatically in 2011 when we killed osama bin lauden. when vladimir putin came back, there was no disagreement in the white house. i was still at the white house. but things were going to get difficult. i had written for years about putin and joined the white house. i don't think anybody would accuse me about being naive of vladimir putin. he so doesn't like my views about him he has banned me from traveling to russia. i'm the first ambassador since george ten an to not be allowed to travel to russia. >>> the question, you have to deal with who is in place. you don't get to choose their leaders. we tried. we tried to engage with mr. putin. and when things went south, we then put together a ne

because if the democrats lose it's going to be russia exactly it's going to be russia's fault so russia is the ultimate scapegoat you know it's the paranoia of not knowing what you don't know there's going to be some meddling but how when where the assumption that it's going to be we remind you that the election has not yet happened and it's going to be in november going to solve something by. then of course is already saying that head of the national intelligence director saying that there is evidence about russians involvement and we have lindsey graham who has just advised president trump to check the so-called ball that putin gave to him and house and get to check it for k.g.b. bugs we have this very same person elaborating with other senators this new draft of all which is called if i'm not mistaken or the translation protecting american security of from the kremlin said gretchen two thousand and eighteen so these guys they can forsee the future they can see how russia is mad and interested in a different line here you know this reminds me it's kind of a bad episode of the twilight

russia's government. i know my constituents are clear-eyed about these threats, the ukrainian community in ohio and around the world knows firsthand like our nato allies, in latvia and lithuania, the dangers of unchecked russian aggression. we should implement current russian sanctions and strengthen our response. these hearings are a critical next step. thank you for the three of you for joining us today, i'm interested to hear where we are. what effects if any the sanctions regime is having on russia's economy and more importantly on its behavior and your ideas on how we will more forcefully confront these threats in the months to come. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator brown. >> today we will hear testimony from three administration official who is deal firsthand with confronting the russia threat. we will first hear testimony from ms. sigal mandelker. the acting deputy secretary and current undersecretary of treasury for terrorism and financial crimes. who is the country's chief sanctions

sanctions on russia the restrictions are in response to what washington views as russia's poisoning double agent powell and his daughter in march also to face book allies on nato and u.s. funded experts to tackle foreign influence on its platform we take a look at how it affects freedom of speech online resource a word of warning though these images disturbing. over forty civilians including children were reportedly killed as a saudi airstrike his school bus in yemen the coalition says it was a big just a military operation in accordance with international law and the straw islands demanding the return of a sacred statue stolen more than one hundred years ago and now on display at the british museum we asked visitors if we should be given. this whole. list british empire i think it's stuff he's been retired and i think it's heritage so it's just our history. fellow that's four pm here in moscow you're watching r.t. international now the kremlin has denounced new u.s. sanctions against russia calling them unacceptable and not conforming to international law on wednesday america unveiled fre

one from the united states russia wants to be left alone russia has its own problems russia is still undergoing a major restructuring and the americans have managed to weaponize finance they can cause a lot of damage by blocking people from the international financial system they block them from the dollar system first but then the european banks are all running scared of the u.s. treasury so they can do substantial damage and yes the political dialogue in here in washington has become a little more surly a sub that means there's the assumption that somehow of your some circumstances russia is going to buckle but that is a wrong assumption russia is most certainly not going to buckle and russia has survived very well everything they've thrown at it for the simple reason that russia has a very conservative fiscal and monetary policy the central bank has done an excellent job of insulating russia from the sharks but it's still very incomplete. this draft all has not yet been published by the n.c.a. gramp has already like that and that's why i think when they they proposed that they wen

and russia? i party said my main conclusion which is we have to see how we are and how it aren't important. we are not important for them in the way we think they are enough in the way we say they are. the europeans are actually much more important and what's false for that is the best way to have the european policy. anything that is remotely thinkable right now, but the best way is to have the e.u. policy in the ukraine policy. those are but actually make some difference. the second thing that follows is on questions -- operational questions of actual security, there's no reason we can't talk and can't talk in review on things that actually have to do with nuclear weapons as opposed to the distraction destruction on the internet or on sputnik. they actually have to do with hard-core national security. there's no reason we can't talk to them and they can talk to us. >> that leads me to my next question, which is several times a day in the book you describe the united states has used the term sle

because if the democrats lose it's going to be russia exactly it's going to be russia's fault so russia is the ultimate scapegoat you know it's the paranoia of not knowing what you don't know there's going to be some meddling but how when where are the assumption that it's going to be a reminder that the election has not yet happened and it's going to be in november going to solve them. but then of course is already saying the head of the national intelligence director saying that there is evidence about russian involvement and we have lindsey graham who has just advised president trump to check the so-called ball that putin gave him and house and get to check it for k.g.b. bugs we have this very same person elaborating with other senators this new draft of all which is called if i'm not mistaken or the translation protecting american security of from the kremlin sic ration books thousand and eighteen so these guys they can for see the future they can see how russia is mad and interested in a different line here you know this reminds me it's kind of a bad episode of the twilight zone ok

you know misled by russia or russia is behind it and you know even though there are genuine grievances to be had with you know all sorts of things that and russia plays a minor role if any in you know on the internet do you buy the idea that all this racism and all this division and all these protests are all caused by russia. now i honestly think it's just what i want to highlight is the intersectionality of what happened today like there were a small amount of white supremacist here but there are a lot of people who are coming to counter protest them so i don't blame russia very wide variety of causes represented here in front of the white house says thousands of people have come out other not unified around much but when it comes to opposing the ku klux klan opposing the white nationalists that is one thing that has brought all these people together caleb mopping r.t. washington d.c. . russia's prime minister has warned that if the u.s. goes ahead with sanctions against russia's major banks it will be viewed as an act of economic war that was after a first wave of measures was annou

designed to counter russia with u.s. money we've seen the bombing of syrian installations all of these things very tough on russia tougher than obama was on russia but then you have president trump who like presidents before him say well let's see we can actually have a closer relationship with russia we saw helsinki where he really seemed to be bending over backwards to say look putin and i need to value putin and i need to speak and we need to have a good relationship for the good of the world that's that all sorts of conspiracy theories although it's lone been a position in the us about some foreign policy analysts that especially with a rising china perhaps you should you should move towards russia and of course on issues like arms control and all sorts of other things are all sorts of parts of agreement or points of agreement that many would want russia and us to agree upon but so there's that there's that split between what trump says and what his minister is actually doing so we actually look at the policies again

russia russia less than one half of one percent of the american public considers this an important story trouble for as i said several meetings now with the russian president he's had the press conference obviously despite as you say this drumbeat of russian meddling russian collusion etc was that when you stopped you know don't stop trying to make some sort of at least because we haven't said to to make amends with russia do you think this will get in the way of those efforts. i think it will certainly get away of these efforts if he's removed and i think that's the ultimate goal of this campaign i think that one trump promised during the two thousand and sixteen campaign that among his most important agenda items would be to improve relations with russia and let's remember every single american president going way back well to to rosa to roosevelt and stalin thought that we had to have some kind of reasonable relationship with first russia and now the u.s. is our trump wanting to return to that is treated as some literally is being accused of treason for one of the say that so i think

russia's prime minister has warned that if the u.s. goes ahead with sanctions against russia's major banks it will be viewed as an act of economic war that was after a first wave of measures was announced over moscow's alleged role in the poisoning of russian agents sergei screwball and his daughter back in march now the new sanctions ban the russian state owned firms from buying certain american electronic devices on security grounds a much tougher the second wave which has yet to be passed into law could prevent leading russian banks from obtaining credit on international markets artes and he just said he takes up the story for us. when it comes to global disagreement sanctions that the u.s. weapon of choice as russia's number two at the u.n. put it let us welcome the united sanctions of america well russia has been on the receiving end of plenty of them they stem from allegations of election meddling military aggression human rights abuses all cyber crimes take your pick and the latest well there for the souls we're poisonings washi

you know whatever else now when it comes to that russia russia question the crowd is not unified but they are unified in denouncing these forces that are assembled in front of the white house there are a lot of signs invoking memories of what happened one year ago in charlottesville there are a lot of signs invoking the black lives matter movement and opposition to police brutality we're seeing a lot of different political forces represented out here community organizations school groups religious organizations a lot of different folks here to counter the very very small crowd of roughly twenty four individuals associated with white supremacist and white nationalist organizations so huge huge turnout here in d.c. to denounce the folks gathered around the white house where there unite the right two point zero rally huge mobilization lots of different forces here lots of different causes represented all of them denouncing the ku klux klan white supremacy ism so quite a diverse crowd out here so far we have not heard any reports of any violence or anyone being injured huge police presen

and i mean you think it be good for the usa and russia to get along right. why can't we get along with russia i mean i think that we can but it would be really difficult right now in this situation now where and when. you know the current president i mean it's nice to get along but you can't trust russia they always been under an enemy so they get what they deserve a better relationship with everybody i'm in favor of russian. think one hundred percent of our country wants a better relationship with russia and i would think a hundred percent of russians want to get a relationship with us and the north koreans and the iranians and the mexicans and you know and the people in new jersey for that matter they say this is the best way to deal with russia's malign activities are these sanctions do you buy that argument now you know you don't really believe anything anymore and i am led to believe the people that we spoke to seem to overwhelmingly feel that it would be better if the united states and russia could see eye to eye get along more now that certainly just

russia and everywhere in between i think that it's appropriate that the united states and russia as the major nuclear weapons powers meet and get rid of those damn things before they destroy us i think it's critical for the united states and russia as two of the nations doing the most to destroy our natural environment to meet and start reversing all the policies david that's not so much of the agenda. i mean complete agreement with you in this they would they would have what why it seems to me that. trump engagement with russia should come out very clear twitter is fine with me i need to deal with a lot of your putin to sign a new arms control agreement it's about to expire in two thousand and twenty one this is what's most important to all of humanity why can't he just write that i mean that is very straightforward and you know what david it's transactional what trump is supposed to be all about go ahead david well it would make perfect sense it would fit with some of his agenda of body it is not where he comes from it's not something he knows anything about it's not something he'

watered down to doing well but i'm skeptical about the relationship between china and russia russia is facing a laborious rethinking process a solution that russia used to be china's big brother today it struggles to accept that china is superior. to handle war trauma of course china and russia are cooperating on military to raise. geopolitical reasons but the new silk road has little support in russia because russia has its own eurasian project and with the shah should have housing it all yeah i'm with you fine and you they see. the whole story and for putin as for stalin before him military strength is the primary factor decision but that's just not enough in today's world and if acutely you need an efficient economy technology science which is putin's russia has none of that cosmic stan and his backers stand are already turning towards china while trying to maintain a balance but russia's all talk of it is go order china has the money all russia has is memories who glorious past it was when the overly complex or. people like to come to the bridge of orenburg to enjoy the sunset look

or proposing with russia? >> absolutely, senator. there's an extensive inner agency on the sanctions with the state department, with the department of energy, and of course with our closest allies and partners. >> mr. krebs, your testimony, you note, leadership role, the department plays in conducting elections, coordinating efforts to assess vulnerabilities and mitigate risk. within this structure, dhs also plays an important role in sharing information with election officials. i've visited with county clerk and officers in kansas with personnel within our secretary of state's office that conducts oversight on management of elections in our state. what steps has dhs taken to ensure that information intelligence is shared with local officials? my general impression is that while there's concern by election officials, they don't know the direct nature of any threat. >> so we have prioritized security clearances for state and local election officials, i think right now we're up to 92, and that includes every sin

which is called i hate religion i hate russia russia is the enemy and we almost. genuflect at the altar of this new religious icon and that's the way you can take the american people's money heart yearned tax dollars which could be used for housing and health care and the education the things human beings need and shovel it over to the defense contractors you have to explain to them that it's an absolute national imperative to do that in order to carry out this looting of the national budget and that's what we're witnessing right and he let me go to let me go to earl before we go to the break you manufactured consent this is what be in its most recent incarnation it's manufactured consent and and and i want to talk about the intelligence committee in the second half of the program but the liberal media loves it and they perpetrated go ahead girl thirty seconds. if it is manufactured consent tenet and i believe it's probably orchestrated some somewhere in the dark corners as well i mean what we have here we have mccarthyism two point zero even if you shake that amb

we disable russia. we don't want to get into that. we want recognition for what was done, which was our fundamental basis of government was attacked, and that we must now defend our electoral process, and our information sharing process. >> host: you and i both are products of the intelligence community. parent my career in national accurate and we came up at a time when you left any partisan views of poll -- or politics at home and we all operated in the best interests of the country without regard to party preference and so we paraded with a sense of shared value and shared commitment, and i think when this nation has been at its best, is when we have that strong sense of shared narrative, shared value and shared commitment and so going back to what you have described so thoroughly in your book about the ways in which putin is trying to sow division and divisiveness in this country, why is that such a problem? why is that so threatening? it and is because of undermining that strength which is so impor

urged the western partners to ramp up the pressure on russia. those who do. use need to know that there will always be a serious price to pay if red lines across but today the united kingdom its allies to go further by calling on the european union to ensure its sanctions against russia a comprehensive and that we truly stand shoulder to shoulder with the u.s. we heard him speak to the u.s. peace institute he made his remarks and essentially he called for more hostility to russia in aspen and it's interesting because his speech was actually leaked to the press ahead of time so people knew what he was going to say before he said it then he followed the draft of his speech that was leaked pretty pretty closely and now just two weeks ago we saw a new sanctions imposed on russia by the united states in response to the accusation about the involvement in the chemical weapons attack now the latest measures will come into rounds those sanctions are they limit financing and exports they specifically banned the sale of national security goods that are sensitive like t

and russia. more than a month after president trump's helsinki meeting, we remain in the dark about what the two leaders discussed. we continue to hear more information, accurate or not, from the russian government and from our own. it is not only embarrassing, but i believe this lack of transparency has implications for our national security. i'm not convinced that those who need to know in our own executive branch have a full understanding of what happened. after more than three hours with secretary pompeo, this committee has little more insight and we did before the hearing. since the administration has failed to answer congressional information,rovide i am formally requesting the department to provide all classified and unclassified cable traffic related to the helsinki meeting. i won't spend time today running through russia's ongoing transgressions. i think president trump's and others have warned that russia continues to undermine our democracy. russia uses chemical weapons to attack its o

which is called i hate religion i hate russia russia is the enemy and we almost. genuflect at the altar of this new religious icon and that's the way you can take the american people's money heart yearned tax dollars which could be used for housing and health care and the education the things human beings need and shovel it over to the defense contractors you have to explain to them that it's an absolute national imperative to do that in order to carry out this looting of the national budget and that's what we're witnessing right and he let me go to let me go to earl before we go to the break you manufactured consent this is what be in its most recent incarnation it's manufactured consent and and and i want to talk about the intelligence committee in the second half of the program but the liberal media loves it and they they perpetrate it go ahead girl thirty seconds. if it is manufactured consent tenet and i believe it's probably orchestrated some somewhere in the dark corners as well i mean look what we have here we have mccarthyism two point zero even if you sh

attempts by russia to hack u.s. senate and conservative groups for hacking group affiliated with the russian government the russian military operation the intelligence operation the russian military intelligence unit r t z goes down of commentary on microsoft's claims microsoft is ringing the alarm russians are at it again apparently how has set up a bunch of websites doppelganger of those belonging to prominent political groups and the us senate this technique is known as phishing designed to lure unsuspecting users to pages that look just like the real thing and then basically steal their data according to microsoft that they recognize this.

thousands of civilians fled to russia but not everybody managed to get there. many were killed on the way. the s.n.c. in this one capable of defending themselves on their own against the will to train georgian army people died instantly. the peacekeepers were surrounded and couldn't help. russia launch the operational force in georgia to peace the military were fighting their way through to relieve. back oh georgian kristen michel saakashvili claimed russia had a tank georgia my country soon sold if i was against russian aggression russian russian troops invaded georgia they've been bombing georgia from numerous warplanes and specifically targeting civilian population and did you take a gamble your government largest its own attempt to retake so sasha we didn't that . we didn't have the morning of the eights my wife calls me and says that they bombed a couple hundred meters away from her mother's house i remember. i was actually crying and afraid and thinking that if anything happens to my family i'm going to kill saakashvili. and i meant that we met jim mistre

for really a confrontational position against russia and then he gets to russia i'm going to helsinki and meets with putin and the american media says this is the surrender some vendor some and acting as if you know here's a united states spend seven hundred eighty billion dollars on war every year russia spent sixty billion and you had russia's on the march you know early and rideable and russia is that then spending is on decline right now ok it's not being increased here early does the united states need brushes an enemy is this the because it to justify all of these expenditures ok i mean brian is a logic lee looking at it but logic good politics don't always parlay ok i mean sensually we need an enemy it justifies is here montenegro is good it is adding value added to nato defense ok montenegro his army is smaller than the new york police force ok but we need an enemy here is that would russia's purposes because it's really easy to paint russia is as an enemies because it because it really demands stubbornly its sovereignty go ahead irl. i agree pete peter i mean we meet we mean

just a few weeks later, rebellion arrived in russia. tens of thousands rallied in the streets of moscow. the biggest protest there since the fall of the soviet union. >> people were hanging off lampposts. people were in the streets. really shocking. >> putin was now living the same nightmare he had endured as a kgb officer in east germany in 1989. this time in his own backyard. and he wasn't even president at the time. he was prime minister. having handed the presidency over to his associate, dimitri medvedev. >> as the winter got longer and longer and colder and colder, the protests got bigger and bigger. >> as putin saw people turning against him, hillary clinton weighed in. >> the russian people, like people everywhere, deserve the right to have their voices heard and their votes counted. >> when putin hears something like that, i imagine he hears bush talking about saddam hussein. he hears that as, they're coming for me. they're trying to drive me from power. what the hell do you know about my people and whether they deserve to have

just russia does not need u.s. military assistance russia has developed a cutting edge systems which are in demand all over the world all that the us is really doing is forcing russia to become even more self-sufficient than it was before so these military senses against russia are going to have exactly the opposite effect this is completely fabricated this hysteria over russia and the sooner the american government grows up and act like an adult the sooner said the american people and the rest of the world of course it will be. so trump russia cohesion stories again ing them and him again but now one u.s. t.v. channel is under fire with it even suspected of having links to the kremlin and daniel hawkins looks into the cloud. we've all heard about trump russia election collusion you know the great scam that brought the u.s. president to power whose ation of collusion collude passably smells a whole lot like collusion there was ample evidence of collusion where is the closure you know there's no looking for collusio

that leaves russia. iran does not have anywhere to turn except russia and possibly china and while china may give it money, it cannot give it the political and military support it needs against the west. therefore, russia is in a position, or so it believes, to deliver, if i may use that term, iran in some sense, but it is not strong enough or willing to enforce the situation where a -- iranian gets kicked out of syria altogether because it cannot do that and knows it would simply further destabilized syria and undermine everything moscow has accomplished. so it is in a strategically fortunate decision. -- position. it is now the primary interlocutor between israel and iran and the united states has been forced to accept russia on its terms. which is the way the russians saw the helsinki summit. it is also the primary interlocutor between syria and jordan, as the recent agreement shows, and also, it is, as we will discuss later today, fully active in north africa and the gulf, and using that springboard

relations with russia. state and treasury department officials discuss reports of russian interference in american , clarifying details into the july 2018 helsinki meeting between president trump and russian president putin. sen. corker: foreign relations committee will come to order. we want to thank our witnesses for being here today for the second in a series of hearings on russia. this committee is attempting to get a clearer sense of the administration's overall posture on russia. we thank you both for being here. we have outstanding witnesses today. we would like to understand what was agreed to when the leaders of our two countries sat down in helsinki. whether there were discussions about future arms agreements. today, we have received no real readout, even in a classified setting of this meeting. we would like to understand the administration's assessment of the threat posed by russia to us, to our allies and other countries and institutions around the world. finally, we need a better understanding

putin is remarkably popular in russia. why? we'll tell you when we come back. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> the most powerful man in the world is also the most popular. >> vladimir putin's approval rating soared as high as 86% in recent years. consider that american presidents are happy when they break the 50% mark. ♪ >> how has he done it? partly it's the cult of putin. he has mastered the art of the manly photo-op. he rides horse back bare chested, finds ainge enlt treasures underwater, he rides a submarine to the bottom of the sea, he fights flames. >> ridiculous about a middle age world leader riding around shirtless on a horse like konan the barbarian after a dozen donuts. who thinks this looks good? >> everything that we find ridiculous about vladimir putin is very appealing in a media universe that he controls absolutely everything. >> perhaps the foundation of the putin juggernaut is a truism no mat wrer you liv matter where you live, it's the economy, stupid. >> after the chaotic years of yeltsin, putin stepped in and stab

to tell us the years of course russia has a lot of empty land but russia is still strong central asia is weak and it's the weakest link in the chain there. as so often china's population figures are a cause for concern the fear of the yellow peril is always there below the surface a region with such a low population density like kazakhstan is always very interesting for china not least since it's very rich in oil agricultural land an oil are two resources that are absolutely vital for china's growth the new silk road which goes right across kazakhstan in a northwesterly direction runs right past the big oil fields as zone of the greatest strategic significance to russia. but these days china is gaining in power thanks to its state run oil company c.n. p c it's a pipeline now transports twenty million tons of cars to the chinese province of sheen junk every year there's just one upping at least in the garden within central asia the west is the most important region at the access to the west has to be secured for that because that's where the huge energy sources lie that is i mean that

capitol on how best to punish russia over it. on capitol hill it was all about sanctions three high profile events subtle differences but the main thrust in all of them was punish russia the u.k. foreign secretary even flew into town to make his case those. values need to know there will always be a serious price to pay if red lines across the day the united kingdom asks its allies to go further by calling on the european union to ensure its sanctions against russia on a comprehensive and that we truly stand shoulder to shoulder with the u.s. to different hearings on capitol hill about russia's supposed mon line actions now the two things named are u.s. alexion meddling and the poisoning in britain of survey and yulia screwball with know that shock now no proof has ever been presented ongoing efforts to interfere in our sacrosanct election process seize and those of our allies are just some of the unacceptable behaviors of the putin regime putin wants to break apart the american republic russia's attempts to interfere in the two

russia however a lot of good products specially now russia surely can supply a lot of avocado product with a high quality and then we look for the sea brought up you know a simple mock as a russian producers participate in the world's largest food exhibit thanks to the russian expert center with its help intrapreneur and their new markets while foreign consumers get high quality natural products which it was important to present a new brand that we're introducing on the asian market good food russia we expect this brand to become a driving force for the russian products which will be marketing is top quality organic food these are the real qualities by the way and we tell that to our partners overall the mission was a success it is hoped that good food from russia sampled in viet nam will leave a lasting impression as well ron cost r t. as a decisive battle looms over the last rebel stronghold and could leave competent syria but the united states discards russian intelligence on a possible chemical attack being prepared by terrorists that are going to. this is enough for many to try t

you know misled by russia or russia is behind it and you know even though there are genuine grievances to be had with you know all sorts of things that in russia plays a minor role if any and you know on the internet do you buy the idea that all this racism and all this division and all these protests are all caused by russia. you know i honestly think it's just what i want to highlight is the intersectionality of what happened that day like there were a small amount of white supremacists here but there are a lot of people who are coming to counter protests then so i don't blame russia very wide variety of causes represented here in front of the white house says thousands of people have come out other not unified around much but when it comes to opposing the two klux klan opposing the white nationalist that is one thing that has brought all these people together caleb mop and archie washington d.c. . russia's prime minister has warned that if the u.s. goes ahead with sanctions against russia's major banks it will be viewed as an act of economic war that was after the first wave of meas

has been gauging what americans make of the latest moves against russia. well if you watch the recent hearings on capitol hill american politicians or rather al spoke out about what they think about these new moves against russia ongoing efforts to interfere in our sacrosanct election process seize and those of our allies are just some of the unacceptable behaviors of the putin regime putin wants to break apart the american republic russia's attempts to interfere in the two thousand and sixteen u.s. presidential election are well and widely known russia has undertaken a campaign of malign activities in its attempt to compete with us our allies and our partners and cats up to thirty one gives us more tools with which to respond however a new gallup poll shows that among the u.s. public fifty eight percent that's well over half favor improving relations between the usa and russia and that it's just over a third thirty six percent that say they want further steps against moscow and now we decided to go out on the streets of new york and talk to people about t

china russia does not need u.s. military assistance russia has developed an edge systems which are in demand all over the world all the u.s. is really doing is forcing russia to become even more self-sufficient than i was before so these military sanctions against russia are going to have exactly the opposite effect this is completely our robert kagan issue this is the area over russia and the sooner the american government grows up and actually like an adult the sooner there's the american people and the rest of the world of course it will be thank you. russia collusion stories are again gaining momentum but now one u.s. t.v. channel is under fire with it even suspected of having links to the kremlin daniel hawkins looks into the claims we've all heard about trump russian election collusion you know the great scam that brought the u.s. president to power he was asian of collusion collude passably smells a whole lot like collusion there was ample evidence of collusion where is the closure you know they're still look

military assistance to russia what effect if any will they have on russia. well i believe president putin was right that these sacked lose will have no effect there counterproductive they only lay only build out a monster the hysteria among the population russia does not need us military assistance or russia has developed coming age cutting edge i should say aircraft cutting edge tanks cutting edge anti aircraft systems which are in demand all over the world and by imposing sanctions on russia all the how all the u.s. is really doing is forcing russia to become even more self-sufficient than it was before and becoming more creative and more dynamic and developing its own system so all these sanctions these military sanctions against russia are going to be have exactly the opposite effect that the u.s. administration foresaw and in your opinion to what extent is this sentients push being driven by domestic pets call considerations rather than any action that russia may have taken for example. i don't believe russia has done anything in violation of internatio

putting l and g terminals in russia, rather than have europe dependent on natural gas from russia. he put a ton of economic and social pressure on them when in fact the last administration did very of the opposite. the president talking in detail about the relationship of energy between germany and russia. >> i'm glad you brought up the energy part of this. the ability of the u.s. to be energy independent is not only energy, it's national security issue. by us now being at a place where we no longer have to go hat in hand to the saudis or anyone else to get energy, because of technology like tracking and because of exploration, we put ourselves in a very strong position where we can put the squeeze on putin, we can really make it difficult for him. the only thing he really has in terms of a great commodity is energy. when we take that away from him, these sanctions, i mean they're a gut punch to the russians right now. >> and it doesn't make for noncorrupt regimes. look at the energy producers around the world. what happens there. look at saudi arabia, russia, venezuela, look at th

of -- it has created a vacuum in russia -- and russia felt it was the right time to interfere. process isportant happening. there are two processes that russia's way. oil prices limited in 2015. it happened when the u.s. applied actions to russia. hinting thaty were the u.s. was behind the price plummeting directly by intelligence officers. they understood that if they do not make a deal with the gulf states or major exporters, the prices will go up -- will go further down. to the soviet in the 1980's will happen to the current regime as well. that kind of paranoia drew them closer. the way they made their way into the gulf was the power vacuum created by the strategy of the u.s. it was facilitated their, their interest in the market. one of the biggest success that they have achieved was the oil prices through this russia opec deal. it seemed incredible. nobody expected that to happen. first of all, the members of inc -- some members are constant confrontation. them to getted along and come up with a solution or a deal. russia managed to play between these two powers and comme

russia russia moments controversial causes and causes opposed to those causes. putin's thesis is the american constitution is an experiment that will fail if it is challenged in the right way from within. putin wants to break apart the american republic not by influencing an election or two but by systematically inflaming the faultlines in our society. accepting this is essential for developing a long-term response to the problem. the most dangerous thing we can do is politicize the challenge which would be a gift toputin. what russian efforts are about is geopolitics . nguyen and his self-justifying struggle for dominance. as stated by handbook of the russian armed forces, the goal is to carry out mass psychological campaigns against the population of a state in order to destabilize the society and the government and force that state to make decisions in the interest of its opponents. doing so involves an evil toolkit of statecraft, first employed by the whole civic and soviet state, upgraded for the digital age.the state department takes this threat seriously.

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but the new silk road has little support in russia because russia has its own eurasian project and with the shock of housing it all yeah unless you find any they see a. couple stolen for putin as for stalin before him military strength is the primary factor but that's just not enough in today's world if acutely you need an efficient economy technology science which is putin's russia has none of that kazakhstan and his backers stand are already turning towards china while trying to maintain a balance but russia's all talk with us go all the china has the money all russia has is memories who glorious past was in the know you can call for. people like to come to the bridge of orenburg to enjoy the sunset looking west towards europe but many confess that they're looking the other way more and more often. at this moment i'm sure that it's easier will be our future just china and i'm sure other european our other regimes underside british developing and their influence a life our culture our wealth and that's why injuries our future or. maybe the new silk road will cross the ural river tomorr

with russia and everywhere in between i think that it's appropriate that the united states and russia as the major new. earlier weapons powers meet and get rid of those damn things before they destroy us i think it's critical for the united states and russia as two of the nations doing the most to destroy our natural environment to meet and start reversing all the policies david that's not so much on the agenda. i mean complete agreement with you in english they would they would hear what why it seems to me that. trump engagement with russia should come out very clear twitter is fine with me and i need to deal with a lot of near putin to sign a new arms control agreement it's about to expire in two thousand and twenty one this is what's most important to all of humanity why can't he just write that i mean that is very straight forward and you know what david it's transactional what trump is supposed to be all about go ahead david well it would make perfect sense it would fit with some of his agenda of body it is not where he comes from it's not something he knows anything about it's n

because if the democrats lose it's going to be russia exactly it's going to be russia's fault so russia is the ultimate scapegoat you know it's the paranoia of not knowing what you don't know who there's going to be some meddling but how when where and the assumption that it's going to be a reminder that the election has not yet happened and it's going to be in november going to solve something by. then of course is already saying the head of the national intelligence director saying that there is evidence about russian involvement and we have lindsey graham who has just advised president trump to check the so-called ball that putin gave to him and house and get to check it for k.g.b. bugs we have this very same person elaborating with other senators this new draft of all which is called if i'm not mistaken or the translation protecting american security of from the kremlin said gretchen two thousand and eighteen so these guys they can forsee the future they can see how russia is mad and interested in a different i mean i really don't this remind me it's kind of a bad episode of the twi

they testify on sanctions imposed on russia. the senate banking committee is examining that sanction strategy and what impact it may have on the russian government. this hearing as two hours and 15 minutes. [inaudible conversations] the hearing will come to order. this morning we will receive testimony from senior administration officials. from the department of treasury on the implementation and effectiveness of the sanction program currently in place against russia. the reason for the sanctions include russia standing military deliveries in ukraine. with the warfare activities in the cyber attacks against the united states critical infrastructure including malicious meddling in a host of other activities. the banking committee has a leading role. were specially those with financial institutions. to address serious threats from the national security of the united states. just about one year ago on august 2. the president signed into law. sanctions act of 2013. it included in it. with this strength and sanctions against russia.