generation, people who were born already under the putin presidency that putin's role has been going on for 21 plus years but there's a whole generation of young people who know only putin as their leader. what happens when they ascend to positions of power in not just politics but in the economy business society and will have the same habits and adaptive habits that i write about in my book and will they be as willing or kind of thinking first and foremost about how to attach themselves and insert themselves and adapt to the rules of the game and to try and benefit from those rules of the game or will they have a more kind of demanding attitude and insist that the demand in the system reflects their values and their ideals rather than adapting themselves to the system, will they expect the system to adapt itself to them. that's really still an open question as putin generation is quite young. for reasons, you know, human biology at some point, you know, putin and his generation will fade from the scene and the younger generation will take over and it'll be interesting sociological e

but russia and putin persevered. under the steady leadership of the incredibly competent tend bore is yell stin putin rose through the political ranks eventually becoming prime minister. the russian public wanted to know who was this young, objectively perfect man. to answer that, putin commissioned a documentary about his life. just like beyonce. and putin's film was even cooler. >> he commissioned this rarely seen documentary about himself. presenting vladimir putin, the credit reads, in power. the soundtrack is from the broadway show cats. it it was without question the second most disturbing movie ever to feature songs from cats. in 1999 bore is yet sync a gruptly-- yet sin resigned to spend more time with his-- and putin became the second elected and first permanent president of russia. he proved himself not just the formidable head of state but a man of many talents. a beast master, an adventurer, a sportsman. and a born entertainer. ♪ on blueberry hill. ♪. >> vladimir putin is truly a quadruple threat. qui

i have president putin. he just said it's not russia. >> her impeachment testimony made her a target. >> i can't, for the life of me, understand why a respected person like fiona hill continues to embarrass herself. >> but threats against democracy, here and now, have her sounding the alarm. what does dr. fiona hill say now? >> "firing line with margaret hoover" is made possible in part by... and by... corporate funding is provided by... >> dr. fiona hill, welcome to "firing line." >> thanks so much, margaret. >> you write in vivid detail in your new memoir, entitled "there is nothing for you here," about your childhood in the north ofngland, a place that was left behind by modernization, and your family growing up that lived on the margins financially. you are the daughter of a miner and a midwife, and you rose, quote, "from the coal house to the white house." maybe you can expand on how the experiences of the places left behind have led to populism and even authoritarianism. >> well, thanks very much, marg

immediately, trump wanted to call putin. that is what putin wanted the the american president calling and treating him as an equal. a very easy triumph. he got trump to call him. the press in the u.s. was all over every time. they thought that he was a candidate. he was being manipulated in a different way by putin. being -- pressing buttons to get him to do what he wanted. it wasn't about black male or holding anything over trump other than trump seeming to like him. seeming to talk about him in favorable terms. i found that really disturbing. it was a counterintelligence risk. something that we all think putin may have on trump if he can beat that easily manipulated, you are in enormous trouble. >> coming in to ask. arguing to the extension, involved in overreach and russian relations with the west. especially since russia is more regional than a world power. >> certainly, i mean, it was not just in overreach, it was actually a threat. you know, my earlier, you know, when i was starting out, i actually did not think that i

trump admired putin. that tied into how putin was able to manipulate trump. about it what you feel about trump, he is charismatic. i described in the book's appeal. he is also incredibly thin skinned. he is quick to respond to insult , also very susceptible. anybody who follows him by -- on twitter could be retreated if they said something nice about him. putin didn't try to blackmail him, as was suggested. he was not doing anything for putin, but he was extraordinarily susceptible to outside influence by people who tried to praise him. i saw upfront that putin tried to manipulate trump. i sought in meetings where he tried to push his buttons, pushes commentary in a certain way, but also putin would say things on russian national television presenting economic performance, the stock market when he knew trump was focused on this. on one occasion, trump asked for phone call with putin. he said, he said nice things about me. i want to call and thank him. evident manipulation. for me, it was extraordinary problematic, because trump could be induced to do things o

like vladimir putin.— happened to look incredibly like vladimir putin. svetlana certainly became wealthy _ vladimir putin. svetlana certainly became wealthy after _ vladimir putin. svetlana certainly became wealthy after the - vladimir putin. svetlana certainly became wealthy after the baby i vladimir putin. svetlana certainly i became wealthy after the baby was born. she landed a shareholding worth tens of millions of dollars in a controversial russian bank. the americans think the bank is a front for president putin's wealth. so they sanctioned the bank to stop it doing business in the west. brute doing business in the west. we tar: eted doing business in the west. we targeted it because it is known as kind of— targeted it because it is known as kind of the — targeted it because it is known as kind of the putin cronies' bank and we went— kind of the putin cronies' bank and we went after it very early. this was part — we went after it very early. this was part of— we went after it very early.

loving biden is a thing of beauty, so by definition vladimir putin must destroy it. it's like a sunset, a rose garden, a baby's smile. it's something lovely that must be defiled if russia is going to dominate the world. so in order to correct what is good and beautiful, putin has spread the lie that these expressions of your devotion to joe biden are instead attacks on

now we've heard from black putin and the russian energy minutes to know as well. today. novak saying that this is hysteria and that it doesn't reflect the fundamentals. putin managed to sort of soften the market a bit, bring prices back down where the rhetoric of potentially increasing supply. he also said that russian gas suppliers have been a reliable partner for europe for decades. now. why do you think some in the you are so skeptical of russian gas and perhaps in particular, is their economic rush now behind those concern? yeah, i think obviously higher prices are better for suppliers and that could be where some of the concerns come from. there is a general sense of distrust sometimes attain russia on the e u, which certainly is an adding to the uncertainty in the morning in the, in the, in the relationship. but we all definitely seeing some real aberrations. and the fact is, is that it's become very difficult for people to substitute gas for other forms of energy like coal because we've seen a surge in the price of carbon permit as well. so now it's become

what is vladimir putin's intelligence gets there? first of dumps a sound and then flies him to moscow. that's a possibility. the paranoid ca offices thought brace yourself. the plan to counts of russians may just blow your mind. the cia left nothing to chance bisons gets into the car with the russian operatives. the cia initiates a car crash with the russian diplomatic vehicle. god knows how many other londoners collateral damage is. they say, assange gets on the plane. the cia blocks it on the runway by shooting its tires, as well as anything and anybody else's way. the plane takes off with a flat tire. the cia hub is a helicopter over is still manages to leave the ground. they demand that the european countries close their aspects. we are still talking about catching julian assange, not the number one terrorist. oh, well, if you are an independent journalist who happens to cross the american government's path, the cia, it's pretty much the same thing. the rule of law may not surprise you. geopolitical analyst, patrick, headings, an

what if vladimir putin intelligence gets there? first of dumps a sound and then flies him to moscow. that's a possibility. the paranoid ca offices thought brace yourself. the plan to counts of russians may just blow your mind. the cia left nothing to chance bisons gets into the car with the russian operatives. a cia initiates a car crash with a russian diplomatic vehicle. god knows how many other londoners collateral damage is. they say, assange gets on the plane. the cia blocks, it's on the runway by shooting its tires, as well as anything. and anybody else's way. the plane takes off with a flat tire. the cia hub is a helicopter over. it still manages to leave the ground. they demand the european countries close their aspects. we are still talking about catching julian assange, not the number one terrorist. oh, well, if you are an independent journalist who happens to cross the american government's path for the cia, it's pretty much the same thing. rule of law may not look like you are geopolitical analysts, patrick headings, and

putin is the strong mind. it's the person he wants to be most like and he wanted putin to like him. . >> the one question, am i going to like him? >> you mentioned that in your challenge putin. does vladimir putin rule as long as he wants to? he's so consolidated power and wealth and those of his friends, what do russia requested of vladimir putin? does he change it or becoming more open? >> what do you look at this country from decades. what do you think? >> it's russia for the foreseeable future. putin's stashing money away and all that cronies. we have a system that's in place right now. that'll continue while vladimir putin is in place. by which time he'll go into his 80s. he'll be the longest serving of russian leader of any kind. >> you can't predict anything. he could the rest of us die tomorrow. that throws everything into a massive theater. it's not like he's paved away. it becomes uncertain and rather dangerous times. >> his legacy is not clear? >> it's not clear. the fact he's got navalny in jail, t

that it was normal stuff for him, that it was easy for vladimir putin. watch, in the putin tactics, misinformation, false flags, and alike, do you see going on in our own life here? >> well, we've seen a multi-pronged attacked from the russian security services, the from the russians overtime. but they're doing is really exploding the polarization of the united states. so what the russian services launched -- an old textbook cold war influence operation in 2016, to try to interfere in the u.s. election. they were really just taking advantage of information that was already out there. they created fake persona is on the internet, exploiting the algorithms of facebook that we've heard so much about this past week. and then when it comes to targeting our leadership, they were targeting all the campaigns of most of the front runners that they saw on the election. and they found it very easy to manipulates our body politic, in the case of president trump for putin, it's quite easy to manipulate him because on the basis of flattery. there's been a lot of fixat

it turns out she is also a very close friend of vladimir putin. some indeed say that she was his mistress. in 2003, she had a daughter who happened to look incredibly like vladimir putin. she certainly became wealthy after the baby was born. she landed a shareholding worth tens of millions of dollars in a controversial russian bank. the americans think bank rossiya is a front for president putin's wealth. so they sanctioned the bank to stop it doing business in the west. we targeted it because it is known as kind of the putin cronies' bank and we went after it very early. this was part of the theory of going after the putinesuq system and making it clear that we could expose it. what we are interested in is who looked after svetla na krivonogikh�*s money. the files reveal it was this financial services company, moores rowland, monaco. we have discovered the firm had two other important russian clients. one man is the billionaire businessman gennady timchenko, a childhood friend is another. both were sanctioned by the us because of their close li

putin's role in the gas story. u.s.-china relations are at the margin, but we are set for positive trading in europe. mark: the u.s.-china thing is important. and now the talk of a virtual meeting between biden and xi jinping. there are many things you can throw your hat on if you want to ride the positive sentiment. we have seen a little retracing, a little discounted, stocks that look invincible now look discounted. maybe this is the dip to buy. anna: comments yesterday about the strategic petroleum reserve in the united states, suggestions that maybe they could open that up to put downward pressure on oil prices. maybe that is just a message to opec. mark: china released a little from their strategic reserves. suddenly you have china and the u.s. saying, we are intervening in the oil market. they do not have the power to control the price. it is an important signal they are not happy with prices, and they will fight it. anna: brent back down to an 80 handle. thanks to mark for spending the past hour with us. tom mack

in the case of president trump, putin used flattery. there's been a lot of fixation of some kind of nefarious hold putin had over the president. but it's really quite simple in my observations. i talked about in the book that putin saw that president trump was easily induced by some kind of praise. there was one occasion in which president putin clearly was hoping that president trump would call him and speak to him. he spent some time on russian television and interviews praising the performance of the stock market and the u.s. economy from the russian perspective. immediately after that, president trump said, i'd like to call putin because he said some nice things about me. the broader point is, putin has our number. he knows how to push our buttons. and he recognized perhaps more quickly than anyone else that the united states was in some political problems. and really that's where we are right now, we're tearing ourselves apart as we've been talking about over the past week or so. >> dr. hill, please take about 60 seconds and tell t

and i get all these other people hiding their money but why is putin hiding his cash? who's going after him? i doubt anyone at the russian i.r.s. is willing to take on that case. comrades, it appears vladimir putin has not paid his taxes. but, reel, what is tax, huh? can't it be only be paid in money since he's paid so much more in spirit, we agree? yeah? i will say, the shakira thing surprised a lot of people because, all the this time, we were worried about her hips lying where we should be focused on her accountants. before you're quick to judge, ask yourself this question -- when was the last time any of us paid for music, hmm? so basically, the mega rich around the world have been creating fake companies to hide their money in various countries. not surprising. what is surprising is which countries are on the list. >> according to the comets, many of the bank accounts used were registered in well-known offshore h.h.s., the british virgin islands, hong kong and belize. but the passive amount of companies are based here in u.s. like south dakota. >> south dakota's p

what did you think when you heard donald trump stand next to vladimir putin and side with vladimir putin over the entire american intelligence and national security establishment? >> well, i thought the same as everybody else, of course, and you know, i write in the book about some of my feelings in that particular moment. but it was also entirely predictable. because president trump did not want to be challenged at all about the outcome of 2016. he thought that if he admitted the russians had done something, it would be admitting to essentially saying, i was not elected. i am moscow's candidate. he didn't want to do that. and he also, most importantly for his perspective, didn't want to be shown up in front of vladimir putin. because he has this autocratic strongman envy, he saw himself as a vladimir putin. he doesn't see his staff, his cabinet members, anybody else around him as his peers. he doesn't take their word, you know, on anything. he just looks to his fellow strongmen. it's not about the country. it's about the person themselves and what they stand for, and he did not want to

you pointed to putin _ rock the boat further. you pointed to putin saying i rock the boat further. you pointed to putin saying he would do his best to stabilise gas prices, but you could have also have pointed to the words of deputy prime minister and energy minister alexander novak, who said very recently that in his view, european certification of the nord stream stephen sakur pipeline so that it could be built, it is being built, he says certification for use were definitely call soaring european gas prices. now, too many in europe, that sound like a little bit like an implicit threat that if they don't do what you want, with regard to nord stream two... it what you want, with regard to nord stream two. . ._ nord stream two... it means that your _ nord stream two... it means that your preferred _ nord stream two... it means that your preferred option i that your preferred option would not be to certify so that prices saw further. i will say that we are talking here on a market that is kept in the hands of those who, through spelling out policies and approaches, determine what wi

we have done in recent days and weeks, including with direct and personal involvement of president putin, who spoke very forcefully in favour of doing maximum on the part of russia to stabilise this market. we are the most secure, reliable and forward—looking supplier of natural energy to europe. we have always been such a supplier and we will continuously work to this end. we invite all the colleagues in the european union and beyond, including our neighbours, to recognise this simple fact — we favour energy security of europe. we want to work collaboratively with them, with countries in europe, and with the european union for that case in order to ensure that there will be no jumps like the current one. but if you're so determined to send that message, why is it that, according to the international energy agency, russia is providing less gas to europe today than it did before the coronavirus pandemic? and the iea believes russia could, quote, definitely do more to increase gas availability to europe. why aren't you? gazprom has in fact started pumping out from its reserves into the

so mister putin believes reforms are needed. however, he thinks that this is something that needs to be done very carefully. that's why he disagrees with his turkish colleague, hybrid on actually heading into the holidays as a star warning for americans from the federal reserve that a supply chain crisis and stopping shortages has led to significantly slowed economic growth. critics pointing out to the problems old appeared to have developed on president biden's watch escalade corresponding cash in milton in new york. kind of hi, what does this warning mean for america? is the situation genuinely calls for alarm? while the federal reserve is a very vital institution in the us economy, and it has just published a report nicknamed the beige book, now that report contains some information that is a bit disturbing to those who are worried about the economic future. the united states. it says quote, the pace of growth slowed constrained by supply chain disruptions and labor shortages, referring to september through october, goes on t

danny, what else has president putin said? well, yes, thus right. and just today president vladimir putin has brought in this non working period of in fact, 9 days from october 30th to november 7th. now that could extend past and november 7th. should it be needed? it also could be brought in earlier in some regions. president pearson has given, as a power to regional lawmakers to bring it in at 20, in the 23rd of october. should need be that's in places in russia with particularly high at covey cases. now president patient has said that there is just the needs a break at the chain spreads of the virus and in no case can the number of co v cases be underestimate. he said it's very dangerous into days or climates. of course, russia has had a record highs of cold cases daily. $34000.00 over $34000.00 reported on monday at the daily deaths hall reached a 1000 for the 1st time. and since the virus imaged on saturday, now that figures around about 1028 said day president, putin was very clear. he said that the people should be going out to, to get the vac

google blocked the videos at the request, at the demand of putin's government. today "the washington post" published an eerily resonant story along those same lines, except this time it involves the ceo of facebook marx zuckerberg and the nation of vietnam. here's how they put it. late last year, mark zuckerberg faced a choice. comply with demands from vietnam's ruling communist party to center anti-government dissidence or risk getting knocked offline in one of facebook's most lucrative markets, in the months leading up to vietnam's process in january, facebook increased censorship of anti-state posts giving the government in vietnam near total control over the platform. according to local activists and free speech advocates. that decision, and mark zuckerberg's reportedly personal involvement in it, that is just one of the mounting revelations that has come out of what's being called the facebook papers, a trove of documents provided by facebook whistleblower to a consortium of news outlets around the world. it's been making headlines all weekend and into toda

president trump was all eyes on putin, didn't want to be shown up in front of putin. the part of his press conference is of course trump's, you know, evident admiration of the russian leader. it wasn't about russia itself, it was about putin. >> remember that when he actually backed up putin when he said, oh, he says he had nothing to do with the election and all of that, which defied i think it was 17 intelligence agencies and the conclusions they had drawn. that was one that was just jaw dropping for so many of us watching that. let me talk about another part of your book in which you write, the example of modern russia, which i have spent most of my career closely studying offers a cautionary tale for the united states at this juncture. russia is america's ghost of christmas future, a harbinger of things to come if we can't adjust course and heal our political polarization. so fiona, what do you think is the key to adjusting course, and is time running out to do it? >> look, time is running out to do this, and this is why i and many others are coming forward with t

to matter. political economy putin is a very insecure political leader. and he clearly fears that if he has a serious opposition, canada who is able to speak and travel around the country and mobilize that things may get out of control in russia, which is the land of monopoly power and monopoly greed, and the state that is capable of being murderous when it needs to be in the night of february 27th, 2015. barshan himself almost most prominent opponent vladimir putin. he was dumb down why 5 bullets in the back. literally in the shadow of a cronan in moscow. the forest and so was on just a close call. he is a very close friend. he was someone to whom i owe everything i've ever accomplished in my political life. it's says a lot about today's russia that this is the price of freedom that you have to pay the ultimate price. i the i was talking into occasions both times in moscow both times through sophisticated poisonings. presumably carried out by chemical agency. a tool used by the security services going back to soviet times with this method has especially

in the same way lee with putin. how much does that explain his public affection for putin? >> it explains a lot. i mean look, vladimir putin was a trail blazer. he's the first populist leader, of a major country in the 21st century. you know a lot of people have thought of him as a throwback to the 19th century, but putin was ahead of the curve. people like trump, there are many other political leaders around europe and elsewhere in the world have looked at vladimir putin, to set the tone. he has his first early slogans were about making russia great again, i will fix everything, he has short-circuited the marker democracy, he has no political party around him, he appeals directly to the public, he has a similar base of voters, frankly, to president champ. millions of people who got fed up with the political system, or feel they have some socioeconomic reasons they feel like they are being cut out of their country that is sort of changing around them, the stimuli arenas are unfortunately striking. the one big differ

this is how we get to putin. putin is a dictator with an army, a cyber-army, a spy service that literally poisons people. he has many powerful tools, jokes around with other leaders, that just getting rid of reporters. >> mr. president, are you a killer? [ laughter ] >> translator: he dplibtly wanted to be arrested, so he did what he wanted to do. if someone had wanted to poison him -- >> if all of your political opponent are dead, poisoned or in prison -- >> there you go again, mr. president, what about america? when i've asked you about rush '. >> one of the most powerful media bosses is under arrest. >> he's sending a message, those force are are in danger and they should beware. >> a leader who wields that kind of power can be scary. yet the press has its own sway, especially outside of russia. it remains a threat. as the u.s. consideration weakening they laws, know where putin goes to attack his critics. to the uk. even if journalists are courageous there, he goes for the corporate publishers, and uses the l

who could be the putin candidate. so if you are russian citizen, voting in this last election, you download this, app and turn your zip code, and you would then be told by the app, which opposition candidate in your district, had the best chances of taking down a member of putin's party. that smart voting, at that whole, idea was such a big threat to putin and his party, that just days before their national election last, month the russian government started harassing google and apple, literally threatening to prosecute russia based employees, of those companies. if google and apple did not pull the app from their app stores. and google and apple said sure, okay, no problem. they caved. right before the election, the companies pulled the app from their platforms. letting the russian governments have even more control over their already rigged elections, and kneecap-ing the opposition in their best effort, their best hope, to finally stand up candidates again putin's party. google went one step further, they also block

though mister putin did say that he's okay, would that happening elsewhere and the world? but he didn't want this to be aggressively imposed on russia. besides, this president vladimir putin addressed the criticism of the russian government for being too conservative. according to mister potent moderate conservatism is the way to go in the police station from my point of view, moderate conservatism seems to be the most reasonable policy for the upcoming time period of re imagining the world. and it could last some time as the final design is unknown. costless policy is going to inevitably change our conservatism, isn't optimistic. one, we believe that stable and successful development can be achieved. it's all up to us and we're ready to work with partners for the great good world capitalism isn't working and there's no recipe for success either. there was one pointer during the plenary session, that grabbed special attention of the audience. that was when the floor was given to a recent nobel peace prize winner from russia. a prominent journalist in this country, a mr. mu

settled on, vladimir putin, that's particulars. what they said and you can hear it clearly if you open your ears to the truth, is "let's go, brandon." the nbc lady made that very clear. not f, joe biden. let's go, brandon. who is brandon, you ask? another happy american grateful for the wise leadership of his benevolent president. brandon is a newly arrived american, part of what we call the biden generation. he's an undocumented transportation migrant controlled is a film studies major at nyu. brandon is the embodiment of the new americanamerican dream where everything is free but everyone is still angry. just this month, thanks to joe biden, brandon got his fourth covid shot. means he's an incredibly good person, far better than you are. the crowd is simply celebrating that, as grateful people spontaneously do. let's go, brandon. let's get a fifth shot. let's go, brandon. what you strip away the russian propaganda it's pretty obvious and natural but it does make you wonder if you pause for a moment if the russians are lying about

why isn't president putin here in rome? >> reporter: well, the official line is that russia has a covid problem, and it's true. it is. daily over 1,000 people now officially dying of covid, wolf. and clearly vladimir putin's people don't want him traveling into an environment in which these face-to-face meetings are going on. the real reason, though, wolf, is that these are not meetings that vladimir putin values very highly. what he does value is chaos in the ranks of his rivals, and he's no doubt sitting back watching the anglo phone world squabble. you've got a diplomat spat going on with fishing and other issues in the united kingdom. poor relations after the afghan debacle between the united states and her allies in mainland europe. and vladimir putin's real focus over the next year is going to be on a bilateral meeting with joe biden. joe biden's the only man that he sees as a sufficient colossus for him to meet in any serious sense. the other, of course, would be the president of china. he sees himself very much in t

trump admired putin. that tied into how putin was able to manipulate trump. about it what you feel about trump, he is charismatic. i described in the book's appeal. he is also incredibly thin skinned. he is quick to respond to insult , also very susceptible. anybody who follows him by -- on twitter could be retreated if they said something nice about him. putin didn't try to blackmail him, as was suggested. he was not doing anything for putin, but he was extraordinarily susceptible to outside influence by people who tried to praise him. i saw upfront that putin tried to manipulate trump. i sought in meetings where he tried to push his buttons, pushes commentary in a certain way, but also putin would say things on russian national television presenting economic performance, the stock market when he knew trump was focused on this. on one occasion, trump asked for phone call with putin. he said, he said nice things about me. i want to call and thank him. evident manipulation. for me, it was extraordinary problematic, because trump could be induced to do things o

ah, ah ah oh, president putin also said in that address that much of europe's current energy will . this could be used with north stream to a major project designed to deliver gas under the baltic sea from russia to germany . it's not complete on the project operator house already started filling one section with gauss, but the pipeline is awaiting the final green light from germany on several countries still opposed the project, claiming it's a threat to europe's energy security. moscow rejects those allocation, saying rushes proven in previous deals has always been a reliable partner. while maintaining a trusted energy partnership between russia and europe is a key focus of an international gas forum taking place in saint petersburg. it's day 3 of the gathering thunder correspondent ilia tranquil is there for us. oh, look at all these complicated tubes, valves taps gas industry equipment. this has literally become a nightmare for energy officials. lately. natural gas prices in europe have been astonishing. governments across the region for a while now the previous st. petersburg,

but this method has especially proliferated on the vladimir putin. both times i was in a coma on artificial life support. and dr. so told my wife that had about a 5 percent chance to live with so many people in my generation, in russia, it was sort of inevitable to become really politicized. this did perhaps smoke the beginning of the end. the 1st conscious political memory was the democratic revolution in august of 1991 the 3 days that ended the soviet regime. as we woke up that morning in august of 1991, tens of thousands gathered at the cent russian citizens musk heights who refused to accept dakota. when are armed with anything i except their dignity and that determination to defend their freedom. and they went into the streets and literally stood in front of the tanks and then the tank stopped the soviet and turned away poise. this was my 1st conscious medical memory. i was chinese, although the times use yesterday roaring approval for every freshman. now the biggest fear of any autocrat is his or her own people. it has been like this throughout