environment in russia and that is. not talking about. the kremlin or the russian i would like to bring mr banta men because mr bennett was talking about you know a more nuanced way of all of dealing with russia which is what you were saying that the u.s. administration that the president donald trump has been you know more than dealing with this than he has been in the possible what will the u.s. administration do now do you think beyond these expulsions is there any way to to move forward here i think many of us in the united states were surprised that president trump has a more subtle approach to these issues than we originally thought of him because these his public statements are often a conflict for his actions but i think what's important is president putin is the leader of russia countries deal with country countries and therefore we have to deal with president putin and the russian government we're not we're not going to deal with the people we prefer to leave with it within russia russia is an important player on many many issue

with russia here. well i think that the cold war is going on and in some places as. well it and a hot war not only a cold war because we know wash our relations with the united states in this idiom area not in a syrian region for example where have that. direct. confrontation between i'm not taken and the russian. military services one of them supported this forces and now the syrian governmental forces so i think that she to asian is right dangerous it needs contacts and diplomatic and political manages to settle down all contradictions what we watch today we watch we watch and when any chance to meet mr putin was mr trump and we watch that mr trump is and was he doing it when welcome his russian colleague that's why no dialogue no political contacts no got to do nation in any other place because our opinions our current relations with the united states is critical as i stand for the united states i'm a firm russia won all of that satellite it is impossible in the real situation and i think that's the

russia could make a proposal similar to the one the russian made when russia propose coordination on military reaction in syria to the president of united states in that location america said yes to the coordination and then we moved from court of the nation to corporation and dice was defeated maybe russian should put to me till april pulls down on counter terrorism global stoppage there should be one of the priorities when president trump says there nato is obsolete is quite right well mr french and i have lots and lots of more questions but unfortunately we have to leave it there really appreciate your being with us and terribly your speech keep the conversation going in our social media pages as funny hope to see you again same place same time here and i want the party. that's. what politicians do something. they put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president i'm sure. most somewhat want to be preached. to going to be pressed to supply them for free in the morning can people go i'm interested always in the winds out. west so. i played f

crame year we had syria we asked the western campaign against russia and russia gate to gate. this british scandal now with scrape it all the olympics that's what i said the olympics it all helped put in i mean i think the wheat from of all day yesterday says it all he said i didn't plan to vote so he's a mate. then it's big. mean for outsiders looking in there are only two figures in the selection there was a lot of your putin obviously and then you're subject to the socialite she got what one point six seven percent of the vote i mean she actually went to washington d.c. campaign in washington d.c. and nobody accused of. meddling in she went to live in d.c. and he couldn't imagine collusion edgerton there's a great image in. an american came to that openly going to moscow and meeting. russian officials in the kremlin and having lunch with them and discussing the presidential election in the united states what with this he was doing she got a lot of criticism here also got version of cynicism but not nowhere near what an american candidate would get over there and she was sti

do you also think that russia has to make the first step i do think it should come from the other russia could make a proposal similar to the one the russian made when russia propose coordination on military action in syria to the president of united states in that location america said yes to the coordination and then we moved from court of the nation to corporation and dies was defeated maybe russian should put to me till it propels a long counter terrorist globalists out these days should be one of the priorities when president trump says there nato is obsolete is quite right well mr french and i have lots and lots of more questions but unfortunately we have to leave it there really appreciate your being with us i'm terribly your speech keep the conversation going in our social media pages it's funny hope to see you again same place same time here and i want to party. the period of fake the flesh. engineer all the central banks of the day don't have the control that they think that they have and once you start to see this being picked up in markets like the gold market and others you

what about russia's role in venezuela and russia's role in the middle east? and i talk about venezuela, but then i want to get to syria and touch on syria and maybe some of the news you were able to break. >> the situation in venezuela is a terrible human tragedy. we're seeing a country imploding. at various stages going back to the early days putin was in office, there was this embrace, this bromance between him and hugo chavez. a lot of that was around weapons sales and venezuelans had a lot of money and were buying significant and expensive weapons system. at some point, when the venezuelans had trouble paying for those, it switched more to a relationship focused on energy. you had the russian state energy led by a portuguese speaking intelligence officer who is probably the most powerful person in russia other than putin launch a pet project to embrace the government of venezuela and expand russia's commercial activity there. in recent years as the government has started to kind of go through this terrible domestic and economic crisis, they have been a ke

russia or against u.s. allies or against so because direct aggression against russia where conventional weapons that were posed as an existential threat to our nation is very clear and specific so i have to say the following yet again he used a nuclear weapons against russia more its allies a couple small range medium range. and any kind of attack will be regarded as a nuclear attack against russia and in response we will take action since things. that are consequences. come when they make sure nobody should have any doubt about it that you don't know what. new threats for the world on the contrary should come to the negotiating table and thinking together on their. international security system that will provide with for a steady. all of the world in the future and we haven't talked to you about this on a many occasions you know we remain open for that our policy will never be made based on exceptionalism we just to protect our interests and we also respect other countries' interests based on international

beach presupposes a certain degree of politeness and having to please russia critics or russia haters both at home and big in his own administration right well let me say two things first to clarify why i use that language because i saw a number of things happen that i think the kremlin had a hand in everything from the attempted assassination of the double agent in britain to some of the support for the assad regime and its barrel bombing and artillery attacks on its own populations in syria and perhaps even issues. like than them soft killing in russia and the evidence that i've seen suggests complicity at the highest levels of the russian government in some of these tragedies which had a very human cost now i could be wrong but that's my working understanding and that's why i use strong words at the expense of the russian president however i also have written about how i think that lattimer putin is genuinely respected among russians because he did help stabilize the country after the yeltsin years he tried to restore a sense of stability growing prosperity international prestige a

and russia matters. they have played that fantastic all in syria which is by means a relatively modest footprint on their operation which is had a dramatic impact on the country steering the civil war. also, showing russia can mount a meaningful expeditionary force. >> i think we have time for one more. let's go to the woman on the left. yes, you. -- gameden't gained out how the warfare escalates in cyberspace. is that you, andrew said that? yes. have ation is, do we skill set to accomplish that and, if so, how are they deployed? onrew: everyone who works cyber in the u.s. government says we don't have enough people working on that, nor do we have enough people who are technically qualified to do it. we have a lot of good people, but we don't have bought farms -- bot farms to give you an example. john: we are at an example of acquiring the skills and building them. in terms of what i said earlier, about understanding and escalate or a letter in something like ciber, my real analogy there is looking act o

ambassador and he made some very strong statements about russia he essentially accused russia of carrying out what he called an unlawful use of force this is the u.k. representative. as the president for more of this we can conclude that russia is in serious breach of the chemical weapons convention through its failure to declare the no visual program this fact alone means you should discount any arguments you hear about the possibility of of a countries having inherited this technology. now the u.k. representative who called the emergency meeting was then followed up by the u.s. representative nikki haley now nikki haley not only made reference to allegations against russia about the recent incident but she further fit it into a wider narrative she made allegations against the syrian government she even mention north korea and she fit into a wider narrative about russia's role in the world and this is this is what we heard from nikki haley the representative of the united states. a growing concern and all of this dangerous and destabilizing activity is russia. russia failed to ensure syr

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if it was putin's or russia's military, it was putin's or russia's military, it was putin's or russia's military, it was positive. they got written instructions of what to present and the conclusion is that people should draw. ludmila thinks that very few trolls are driven by patriotism. she tells me it is about the money, and, ifa tells me it is about the money, and, if a new boss instructed them to criticise putin, they would. and it seems the trolls are still operating. we have been told that the troll factory has mooted this premises. i am coming to see if any of these people in the smoking shelter opposite work there and what they can tell me. the man tells me he has seen here and he does not like what they do. inside, i managed to speak to the director of one firm named in the us indictment, but he would not comment on camera its work. 2000 kilometres away perm as weathered all the twists and turns since the soviet union fell apart. it was the home to soviet factories for decades and closed to foreigners. then a dry day transformation. —— then i tried a was

wants to know why russia boys and this man and what russia is saying that the that we are denying that we poisoned him and this is all that they're saying. they're not saying that there is an investigation that the investigation is not completed that the results of this investigation have not been given to any courts. that the u.k. is part of the on this is a shoo in for the prohibition of chemical weapons and that is why they need to file an official request to the organization regarding this matter they're not saying that russia has expressed. the that. the u.k. needs to file this official request and that we base our actions on an international document ratified by the u.k. the u.s. and all of the countries that are so worried about what's happening right now. they told us we are not going to talk to us and this is a direct violation of the international convention. because when you. are going to do something. that was good at what you do to us you need to do is up with. the use actual of international law and your professional your colleagues your which is in the in the west even t

and with that overall assessment being mainly positive we always see mission in fact russia said there were no alexa law violations that we did say the folks somewhat like transparency we spoke to some of the observers. to say that they didn't see anybody lation maybe i was too short a time there but i don't i don't think that in and about asians. we wanted to see how it works we were we are particularly interested very much in the transmission line which is i sit here and although a very high level really. important thing to do is to have a sister and i wish that also in truman the you would have the opportunity sure lect or president by direct elections or coop consists of eight different members of. parliament i want to congratulate mr putin and hope that we can improve cerm of russian relations have to disallow actions it would be really important for us because also the chairman's suffer because of sanctions. all the pressure was positive there was a. systematic. thing like this. we were. reporting station what i can say from my observations this was positive and that's what the g

russia eventually. it is only a matter of time. there is a picture on the front page of the times in the uk, if people want to look on it, look at tomorrow's papers today. the are probably familiar with, three friends, they are locking arms and looking at the camera, all three are dead and a mysterious circumstances in the uk. why does this kind of thing keep happening? in the uk. why does this kind of thing keep happening ?|i in the uk. why does this kind of thing keep happening? i think it sends a clear signal that no matter where these people are who have crossed vladimir putin and crossed russia, that they have ended up dying. and nothing will protect them. i think that sends a very strong signal to those in russia as well as those abroad not to cross vladimir putin and the russian government. it is an election weekend coming up in russia. tessas up weekend coming up in russia. tessas up president putin will be re—elected, are there any circumstances under which mr putin is not president of russia

measures against russia russia is no order precipitated to to make. sure we measure holes so it will add a new new it we agreed. distances because because russia is a sovereign country cannot stand without a reaction so. what i am afraid. as i said seen from geneva is now we are in a kind of escalating as collating tense sons because of russia as currently the right to make retaliations which is not too good a good thing but what what can or should do i think that there is no. means of doing so do songs for for russia and that's a pity for hold the situation on the european continent and will not be striking some people as particularly peculiar is how just yesterday we were reporting u.k. counter-terror police bringing live footage of them saying they were yet to declare any suspects so why now then just be twenty four hours later are we saying what is politicians being completely insistent the russia was responsible for the poisoning . yeah i think the russia is is nothing to see with this kind of thing. directly because there is no evidence but russ

no just not russia as well unless of course russia comes to its senses and stops assassinating or trying to assassinate people on british soil loads of people aboard about international politics in this country and don't really care one way or the other of course they care about the tragedy of a british police officer and so forth is that way to resume could never have said that the england squad can't go to mosque and i think it's not inconceivable that that made position may change so so far the prime minister has said no member the royal family will go prince william is president of the football association in this country a job i imagine he loathes because we all know he can't stand for much happier on the polo pitch old chap but he won't be going no officials to be going so i'm sure that to me peter will be devastated that the sports minister tracey kraut to go by . word to be terrified by that is can you are so bulls as well but there is talk of the possible that could be the england football team may not go and it would be it people say you can't involve sport politics hang on. br

russia, russia, they chanted. however, in putin's fourth term, are russia and the west destined for a cold war? later, the president dismissed british accusations that he was behind the nerve agent attack in salisbury. translation: it is rubbish, drivel, nonsense, to think that russia would do something like that ahead of a presidential election and the world cup. president putin's pitch to voters had been to stick with me and russia will be strong. and many russians believe that. he is a genius. putin wants russia to prosper and for us to live in happiness. she says that it is thanks to vladimir putin, russia still exist. however, critics of the kremlin says that the election was fixed and only those candidates who stood no chance of unseating vladimir putin were allowed to run. the problem with russia is that there is no such thing as russian politics. politics has been eliminated in russia altogether. there is only one political institution in russia and that is the physical body of vladimir putin. which is why

and russia than the united states or russia have with each other. russia's power is waning and we are starting to see a greater eurasian alliance is supposed to russia trying to turn itself with europe in the primary temps that putin had made in the ukrainian crisis. ambassador bolton will probably have more to say about that but i do think that china is trying its best to walk a fine line between maintaining an economic powerhouse which may be a democrat-- demographic crisis in the future so we will see what the result of that will be but i do believe china is in a unique position. i'm curious to see where it goes forward from here. it's the largest country population wise in the world. >> the chinese are declaring victory and what they perceive as is a long war here but the north koreans, i don't think the media has recognized president trump really and a lot of ways has managed to shut down little rock that manner at least bring little rocket man to the table. and you have the chinese-- would he think is lacking in terms of recognition? >> i thin

russia relations. you know alexander one of the in particular things about the u.k. since the end of the soviet union is that a lot of ethnic russians with a many of them with very dubious pasts in ways that beat their money and found their way into the u.k. when it's convenient they say there are political dissident i always like that little trick here. with their pockets all stuffed full of money but it's kind of turned into a kind of morbid playground of settling scores that have you know have some kind of connection with russia in the case that we're talking about right now that it looks like it was a purely british affair i mean you know don't think that you know isn't there any kind of reflection in the u.k. that maybe you shouldn't let these crooked billionaires into the u.k. i know they've got a lot of money and money does talk go ahead alexander what is so strange about this is yes the reason or if there is some reflection about this there are people who are saying we've allowed all sorts of very give me the people from russia to rowing here but in all comin

russia is not in a competition with the united states russia is simply trying to provide security for its citizens and to take away opportunities for the united states to a ticket without baseball the great powers are in competition so i get home and i'm going to have no playing to run out of the many thanks my guest here in moscow this is the in of our broadcast segments stay with us for the extended version on our you tube channel see you next time and remember across. fundamentally the united states and russia are have been for decades two scorpions in a bottle each capable of destroying the other but only at the price of being destroyed itself and putin said well these weapons will overcome u.s. missile defenses u.s. missile defenses were totally ineffective against russian forces already so they'll be more effective against russian forces. apply to many clubs over the years so i know the game and so i got. the ball isn't only about what happens on the pitch for the final school it's about the passion from the fans it's the age of the super money. to spend spend be true to the twe

this relationship between russia and china. quite a lot can be quite tricky and would be very difficult to undermine. what did you make of some of the media coverage of this story because obviously the anti russian moods if you can put it that way have been prevalent for quite some time so when this story happened were you surprised to see the way it unraveled given the the investigation is still going on and the police have not made any official statements in terms of pointing fingers quite yet the launch was made by after the speech of boris johnson that was the next day so immediately under the command you know of the foreign secretary we've got all this media reports without any evidence if you read the british newspapers you will see that there are no evidence this is this is first. the beginning of this. we heard two things going interesting the first one there were calls that. the license of the r.t. should be revoked. and the second one that the world there were promises in the parliament to launch the cyber attack agai

russia is already subject to sanctions. ministers insist these damage russia's economy but their impact on behaviour is doubtful. crucially these are largely eu sanctions, the uk cannot impose them on its own. so what unilateral options is the government considering? some of russia's 58 diplomats in london could be expeued diplomats in london could be expelled but that might promote a tit for tat expulsion. russians could face travel bans, but who and how? there could be tougher laws to crack down on russian officials guilty of human rights abuses, and russian television stations like rt could be targeted. here at the foreign office, they are also investing a lot of effort and diplomacy in trying to bring international pressure to bear on russia but the bar is high. russia has a veto at the un and some eu countries are reluctant to contemplate yet more sanctions. to date, the russian embassy said accusations of involvement in the salisbury attack were groundless as diplomats promised retaliation against any new sanctions. r

but for russia to energy is anything but a game. in northern europe the baltic nations denmark and sweden are worried that the. destruction of north stream too could escalate the military buildup in the region. that is the cat's bullshitters aspect is that's money caught it out in terms of security policy there is concern that russian submarines will accompany the ships that are laying the pipeline as of that the fear is that the sphere of russian activity if you want to call it that will expand the white house wider so although many are calling this a purely commercial venture others are viewing it within a security context often as a problem of securitisation as it were the context given. the linkage between energy and security policy has also been felt in georgia another russian neighbor and former soviet republic. we had for tbilisi the capital of georgia the country is a close ally of ukraine both are turning westward and seeking closer ties with the european union. to please see and hear share another thing in common both coun

relationship between russia and china. quite a lot it could be quite a movie very difficult to undermine. the good and the bad you need capitalism to work both winners and losers you can't bail out every single bank that gets into trouble you can't bail out every sale the nice free money you've got to let the system weed out the losers otherwise you end up with you know a state controlled state maintained price fixing regime by the state that resembles all failed such experiments in the past why not just let the free market be the free market. whether watching from laredo texas or from right here in moscow this is our view international we're glad to have you with us now u.s. central command has admitted it does not know how resources it gives to the saudi led coalition are being used in the conflict with yemen. does set time track the purpose of the missions that it is refueling what targets it strikes and the results of the mission senator we do not ok reuters recently reported on a saudi coalition air strike in late feb

as a murder knowing it would be traced back to russia or all russia was trying to keep it secret but one of the of them cannot be true at the same time and indeed on the first day we heard that the police say that the poison was somehow administered through the front door of their house and. well well yeah but i mean you've been attacked by a chemical weapon you decide to go to a cemetery then you go for a beer then you go for lunch an italian restaurant it takes four hours for the chemical weapon to act i don't call that military grade i don't think that would work very well on the battlefield do you it's amazing or let me go to lord lord richard in london i mean in it seems to me that this is styria is being conjured up in jindo because of domestic issues in the us in the u.k. we have we see massive political changes going on in europe nato countries by the way this is a very interesting way to kind of keep the alliance cohesive because that is fraying go ahead in london. well it's fraying but the whole of the this story just doesn't hang together i mean we're asked to believe that

russia says the u.k. still has not replied to its offer to help with the investigation or its request for access to the chemical used in the incident moscow earlier rejected a midnight automates and to answer questions about the origin of the nerve agent used. human rights advocates call on the u.s. congress to reject donald trump's choice to be the new cia director over her involvement in the intelligence agency you take your program. and welcome to block chain ville we hear how the technology that helps underpin the security of the online currency bit could be the foundation of all time and cities in future generations. a very warm welcome you are watching r.t. international with mina key aaron good to have you with us this hour now our top story the u.k. has called for an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council to discuss the diplomatic standoff between london and moscow the british prime minister is now speaking live let's go over to her and listen to what she's saying. i want to thank the prim

this isn't simply one act we see from russia, this is a pattern of actions from russia where they are undertaking in a variety of ways the different actions of course, what we've seep -- seen them doing in syria, and crimea and use of propaganda and interfere in elections across the continent of europe. these are all actions that russia state is getting involved in. in response to the second point we will bring forward a government amendment to reflect the magnisski amendment and the most strongest means to deal with these issues. >> we welcome to the actions taken by the prime minister today. sits in contrast with a policy of appeasement we've heard from the-- i'm sure that the people of the united kingdom are pleased that it's the prime minister sitting behind that dispatch box today, defending the rule of law and the citizens of this country. however, she has told us that she's spoken to our allies over the last couple of days. perhaps you could tell us, apart from words of support, what actions have they committed to to ensure that, first of all, a message is ent sent out about th

in relation to russia, we have a very simple approach to russia which is engage but be ware, and i think this shows how right it is that this government has been cautious in relations to which arrange.s with russia. i set out in my mansion house speech in november very clearly the concerns we have about thank you activity's russia. it's a matter i have discussed witch the fellow leader at the european union council. i think we must all be be very well aware of the various ways in which russia is affecting activity across the constant continent and elsewhere. there can be no question but business as usual with russia. the right honorable gentleman raised the issue of party donations. will say two things to him. first of all, as my right honorable friend the chancellor said at the end of the weekend, you shouldn't tack anybody who lives in the country with russian extraction with the same brush and sadly, there are rules on party political donations and i can assure him my party and i hope all parties follow those rules. >> hear, hear. >> he talk about -- an issue where challenged previous

russia no longer had access to the black sea because. it was only under catherine the great that is changed. it gave russia a new identity as a major european state and returned to its cultural roots which had been led by prince bloody mary back in the tenth century the most which of course we are. situated outside the gates of the port city of sebastopol on crimea's southwestern most point by the ruins of the ancient greek city of trysts arsenals. in one thousand nine hundred two seen vladimir's cathedral was built in the middle of the excavation site on the very spot where prince fled emir of the kevin rose is said to have adopted the christian faith. let him near had conquered no switch at the time belonged to the byzantine empire in a military campaign. he planned to crown his victory by mary. the daughter of the byzantine emperor. byzantium consented to the union but only if the prince agreed to be christened. let him use acceptance of the faith laid the foundations for the christianisation of the russian empire. centuries later rus

frankly, russia should go away. it should shut up. >> his comments may fuel the russians argument that britain is provoking them. bret, the russian ministry of defense felt compelled to answer the comment tonight, issuing a statement decrying the british defense secretary, the coarse language, something they said perfectly characterizes his "intellectual impotence." no one here expects this furthering sense of siege in russia is going to have any negative impact on president vladimir putin's popularity. >> bret: amy kellogg come alive in moscow. thank you. let's get reaction to the news involving russia, the latest to the investigation surrounding russia in the u.s. senate judiciary committee chairman chuck grassley and member lindsey graham. i sat down with them this afternoon in the judiciary committee hearing room on capitol hill and started by asking about the administration's new sanctions against russia. >> glad to know it's happening and secondly, because of the tort 2016 election of a good reason for doing i

russia was a partner. we are turning the corner on that in this past year, in the sense we are focusing energy among the european partners. ontrying to get a focus improving our infrastructure and capabilities to handle the movement of military forces. there is an assessment early. there is an infrastructure that supports it. we are working -- working closely with nato, as well as the european union. nato and the european union is one of their primary efforts -- mobility is one of their primary efforts. the otherto bear outlets of national power outside the military. i think we have a good start and a broad alliance of nations. grateful to be with you in munich and brussels, where i saw the high regard as allies for your efforts on addressing this issue. -- of allies for your efforts on addressing this issue. the state department has assistancey approved to ukraine. 10,000 ukrainians have been killed, as vladimir putin has a legally and fit invaded and occupied crimea. high hopes for a democratic and prosp

the same number of diplomats inside russia. the intelligence officers were spies, russian spies in the united states, the president took the move to expel them, shut down their consulate in seattle. we know in st. petersburg, the u.s. consulate will be shut there according to russia. this is their retaliation. we'll cover the news as it happens. this just breaking moment ago. (vo) dogs have evolved, but their nutritional needs remain instinctual. that's why there's purina one true instinct. real meat #1. a different breed of natural nutrition. purina one true instinct. now, try new purina one true instinct treats. tired of constantly battling lingering smells in your home, like pet, shoe, and body odors? for long-lasting, continuous freshness, try febreze plug. febreze plug provides 45 days of freshness, with a unique dual chamber design that alternates between harmonized scents for a continuous renewal of fragrance. plus, febreze plug is formulated with odorclear technology, which cleans away odors instead of just masking them

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russia wanted to kill this man so you could have killed him when he was a prisoner in russia why have they waited this long and why use a chemical weapon that makes you look definitely is so russia's behind this that very odd to think that the president of russia is sitting in his office deciding who to kill someone who is no threat or legal that basically now retired in britain i would guess that mr putin has got more important things to do than that but the reason maine says russia has been given a chance to disprove its guilt until proven innocent despite many unanswered questions the most expulsion of diplomats the freeze on the high level talks tit for tat action approaching means the diplomatic damage has already been done and it's too late to undo. and we have a significant development from the syrian enclave of eastern ghouta more than five thousand civilians have escaped the rebel controlled areas via a humanitarian corridor or established by russia and syria the russian defense ministry center for reconciliation in syria says up to thirteen thousand people are expected to re

in london british prime minister to resign and russia was in flagrant breach of international law russia's response doesn't change the facts of the matter the attempted assassination of two people on the british soil for which there is no alternative conclusion. the russian state was culpable. the kremlin has fiercely denied being behind the attack which involved a military grade nerve agent that british officials saying was developed in russia russia has also said it will shut down the activities of the british council a government backed organization for cultural and scientific cooperation. on the streets of moscow russians were split over the country's actions. there must be retaliatory measures so that we are respected so i support our side taking action. but. this is very bad i think they should be peace on earth especially now times where we see such problems everywhere. people should live to be happy and also war is bad . moscow announced the measures just ahead of a presidential election which president vladimir putin is expected to win comfortably. and voting in the presidential e

both of them immediately after they made strong comments about russia and russia's leadership. the reason i think this is worth looking more closely at is because there is a piece of this that the white house is lying about. and i don't say that lightly. i think it's a big deal if the white house lies about something. whether or not you think it's a big deal and care about the white house lying as a general experience, my experience is when high-ranking people go out of their way to concoct a lie about a checkable thing, whether or not you care about them lying, you should probably look more closely at the thing they're lying about because that's probably going to end up being the juicy part of the story, not just the fact that they lied but why they had to lie about that thing. and in this case, what the white house has lied about is how rex tillerson was fired. this is how we found out that rex tillerson was fired. it was this tweet from the president on tuesday morning. mike pompeo will become our new secretary of state. he will do a fantastic job exclamation point. thank yo

is now imposing sanctions against russia because of russia's meddling in the twenty's sixteen presidential election well some people maybe that's what but yeah the president said that's going to happen is just a little later than expected right. yes and it's not just the election there are also some other attacks that being that with here so the us has now slapped new sanctions on five russian entities and nineteen individuals most of them connected to the russian intelligence agency and this is for a number of attacks treasury secretary steve minucci in mentions meddling in the russian elections but also destructive cyber attacks on u.s. computer systems and intrusions targeting critical infrastructure which means computer systems for instance that control america's electric grids and of course that is a big issue if the russians are trying to attack the american infrastructure here electricity of course we all dependent on that these days and that is a major concern so the treasury secretary the american finance minister saying we will try to target these people we will make sure that th

has grounds to believe the nerve agent came from russia it should share the evidence for now russia has received no access to the substance or the investigation reporting on a case that has spiraled into an international diplomatic crisis here's on the sea a church into and just over we can and fit into a quiet city in southern england snowballs into the biggest international spy scandal in years pushing ties between russia and the u.k. to breaking point. on sunday march fourth a couple are found slumped on a bench and souls bury reporters arrive at the scene for what was thought to be a local incident but soon after a global media frenzy unravels with accusations allegations and speculation moving at the speed of light exposure to an unknown substance and her comparisons to the two thousand and six death of alexander litvinenko march sixth the u.k.'s counter-terrorism police take control of the investigation the u.k.'s foreign secretary boris johnson has this to say while it would be wrong to prejudge the investigation i can reassure the house that should evidence emerges it implies st

and his daughter russia's foreign ministry adds that it expects. questions wide london refuses to even on the investigation. the foreign ministry spokesperson said a number of things firstly he reiterated that russia could have in no way benefited from the attack moscow says they consider this to be a terror attack secondly they stated that the u.k. refused to cooperate with russia which is against the convention on prohibition of chemical weapons and he mentioned the attack could have been orchestrated by another party but then clarified that russia is not pinning the blame on anyone and asked that his words not be distorted let's take a quick look. we see that the british authorities are becoming ever more nervous and it's clear why the clock is they have backed themselves into a corner they will eventually have to provide an increasing number of unanswered questions we expect from london and from the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons and official. developments regarding the scruple case we need comprehensive conclusions and de

regarding russia, president trump is too easy on russia, 47%. too touch on russia, 4%. about right, 41%. so enter john bolton. so now what? he feels completely differently about russia than president trump as far as we can tell. now what happens? >> i think if you had those numbers on obama at the end of his administration, they would be about the same. it's hard no know exactly how to hit. i'm hearing people say we need to tighten the sanctions against the oligarchs. putin has been trying to get them to bring money back to russia for a long time. if the americans do that, this makes him seem like more of a state yot. we have to be a little bit careful. >> he's very popular there, the reason is russia is back on the map as a player. the metric that seems to be a fair argument, ignored during the obama administration, are not aggressively pursued, what do you do in the places where russia is being actively an anymore cal to the cause of democracy. for the obama administration, it was ukraine. that was a big bright line. go in, annex crimea, they took crimea. they seeded

tonight, taking action against russia. president donald trump does the unexpected with the very expected. trump says he will impose fresh sanctions against moscow for meddling in the 2016 presidential election. show of solidarity with the u.k. as london accuses russia of a chemical weapons attack, carried out last week. also coming up, thousands of syrians flee besieged ghouta as government forces closing. the battle, one of the deadliest in the country's seven year civil war. and a protest in rio de janeiro after the gunning down of a popular counselor. she frequently criticized police killings of poor people in the shantytowns. and, its winters are freezing with night that seem to go on forever. but according to the u.n. it is the happiest place on earth. which country could that be? stay with us to find out. ♪ brent: i am brent goff. it is good to have you with a spear tonight u.s. president donald trump is to impose new sanctions on russia, in response to allegations moscow meddled in the 2016 presidential election.

naming russia specifically i'm saying it was growing evidence pointing at russia was in fact there's been no evidence pointing anybody. just so far as tall. as this was going to be used to stoke up even further just a phobia that's pretty prevalent in the media for quite some time but we should remember of course that the people who told us that it will be exactly the same people who told us about saddam hussein's weapons of mass destruction so whether you believe them or not is of course quite a different thing than. in other news tonight terrorists and rebels occupying the enclave of eastern ghouta just outside the syrian capital damascus have reportedly started to fight each other that's according to the russian reconciliation center for syria it says in fighting began after one of the rebel groups resurged to separate from our mystery terrorists in exchange for talks about their safe passage from the area earlier the reconciliation center struck a deal with some rebels allowing thirty two civilians half of them children to safely leave yang taif through a humanitarian corridor or

welcome to worlds apart of a type developed by russia that's the crux of the u.k.'s allegations against the kremlin in this crippled case presupposition that if a nerve agent originated in a country it bears responsibility for its use decades later will these geopolitical formulation of a type developed long practice by the u.k. be supported by the chemical analysis while to discuss that i'm now joined by john pascal sonders they had of the trench a research initiative dedicated to the future of disarmament mr sanders it's great to have you on the show thank you very much for your time thank you now correct me if i'm wrong you fully bagged the british authorities in their version of events you called the russian foreign ministry is response to the allegations absolutely pathetic the response that included the call on london to initiate formal or p c w procedures and yet when the british authorities did just that you said that this was exactly what needs to be done putting aside your clear political preferences do you find it encouraging that both sides are now seeki

russia is not a country to be spoken to in the language of ultimatums. i think it is high time the uk learned that. but unless moscow gives britain a satisfactory answer by midnight, some russian diplomats here might be clearing their desks very soon. james landale, bbc news. we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:40 this evening in the papers — our guestsjoining me tonight are michael booker, deputy editor of the daily express, and the times columnist jenni russell. counter—terrorism police are investigating the unexplained death of a russian businessman in london. 68—year—old nikolai glushkov was found at his home in new malden last night. our correspondent andy moore — who's there — has been explaining the background to the story. police say that were called to this has about a quarter to 11 last night, you may see the police cars behind me that, the cord and has been extended in the last few minutes. the call came last night. this is being investigated by counterterrorism officers

tillerson was very outspoken and very tough talking about russia, he had a long history in russia. he understood the country and the people. that was viewed as a positive rather than a negative. it's also understood in moscow that the proposed sanctions threat has not been driven by the white house, is coming from congress. that is not going to change with a new secretary of state. they will be nervous until they get the measure -- mark: the relationship between the u.s. and russia at a low. it is certainly at a low. do you see it coming off those lows anytime soon? the repercussions for the investment community. no, i don't of all, see it coming off the lows. it's likely that we will reach new lows. one thing we've heard from the u.s. treasury secretary, that the u.s. is planning to come with new sanctions against russia in the coming weeks. there will be pressure from congress to continue tightening sanctions. that's coming. there's morethat conflict over the nuclear treaty. that could lead to new tensions. of course, this crisis with the u.k., again, that could reinforce the har

russia retaliated and threw out 60 american officials, a direct punch back taken against russia officials a few days ago. that's interesting given the investigation swirls around the president and campaign and given the previous difference to vladimir putin but the second big scoop of the night. headline -- trump tells aides not to talk publicly about russia policy moves. quote, president donald trump's national security advisors spent months trying to convince him to sign off on a plan to supply new u.s. weapons to ukraine to aid in that country's fight against russian-backed separatists, yet when the president authorized it, he told aids not to publicly tote his decision. trump argued doing so might agitate vladimir putin. he doesn't want us to bring it up. it's not something he wants to talk about. that happened in december. policy change made but trump doesn't want anybody talking about it. it might upset putin. that same dynamic is with the policy moves we've seen recently. the white house announced monday that the u.s. would expel 60 russian diplomats, the largest number since the c

that russia is in violation of the i.n.f. treaty is repeated it within there which of course russia has repeatedly denied and there are also calls to extend existing arms treaties with moscow to cover the new weapons that putin referenced in his address at the beginning of march so clearly the u.s. is worried but the fact is. that has been taken by the u.s. by america in particular for quite some time now not least of which being you know washington's expanding deployment of missile defense systems they have been in alaska they have them in california there's of course also nato is continuous expansion into eastern europe they have that in romania and poland as well with future plans in other parts of the world and what have may have been the straw to break the camel's back here in the situation was an early february we saw the us release their nuclear posture review and within that it widened the gamut of scenarios where a nuclear response could be considered and that includes in response to a non-nuclear attack so rather fr

still on going up media were very quick to blame russia. jaclyn for reports the west is in no doubt russia tried to poison one of its ex agents on putin's orders but if true that's actually a bit embarrassing professional assassins cover their tracks they don't leave their fingerprints all over the scene yet that's what using a nerve agent produced only in the soviet union essentially amounts to at least if it was the russians on top of this the assassination bid looks like it was a botched job with collateral damage and it's attracting an intense amount of global scrutiny presumably that was not what was intended and not what you'd expect from a slick all powerful secret service russian or not and yet outrageous an illegal act on british soil an attack on the united kingdom a new generation against the west the increasingly violent erotic approach of the right just content to bring contempt of the rule of law and content of our values so which is it bumbling idiots or super spies if we look back it seems the answer that question can be tai