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we need the us, we need russia. your message to donald trump then, donald trump the man who says vladimir putin is very smart and who also says that when it comes to analysing the serious situation, his objective and his overriding concern is smashing the jihadists in so—called islamic state. it doesn't seem to be in getting rid of assad whatsoever. so your message to trump? the message to trump is get the foreign fighters out of syria. shia militias, pro—iranian, they are iraqis, they are afghans, they are iranians, they are not syrians and on the other side, there are jihadis who are foreigners and we want them out of the country. this is what the international community needs to help the reasonable syrians in order to achieve the coming weeks and months. that's when we can have the ground for a political settlement. we don't have much time left and i just want you now to reflect on the six years that have brought us here. you have been actively involved with the opposition throughout that six—year period an
we need the us, we need russia. your message to donald trump then, donald trump the man who says vladimir putin is very smart and who also says that when it comes to analysing the serious situation, his objective and his overriding concern is smashing the jihadists in so—called islamic state. it doesn't seem to be in getting rid of assad whatsoever. so your message to trump? the message to trump is get the foreign fighters out of syria. shia militias, pro—iranian, they are iraqis, they are...
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but this dramatic thing that happened in russia, it's dramatic for russia, it may also be important for what's going on in our country right now. and i am fully aware there's a lot going on in our country. there's a lot to see, a lot to follow, a lot to absorb, we just got this vague non-specific order of some kind from our new president saying he's going to build a wall between us and mexico. today that resulted in the mexican president cancelling his planned visit to washington then our new president tried to say the mexican president didn't cancel on him, it was a mutual agreement. then the white house announced the way they were going to pay for this wall was big tax on all mexican imports into this country. they announced that then within a couple hours they dropped that and walked that back and said no, no, of course we're not going to do that even though we just announced we're doing to do that. we were told we should expect an order from the president, maybe today, maybe tomorrow initiating some sort of federal review into his bananas absolutely unsupported contention that there
but this dramatic thing that happened in russia, it's dramatic for russia, it may also be important for what's going on in our country right now. and i am fully aware there's a lot going on in our country. there's a lot to see, a lot to follow, a lot to absorb, we just got this vague non-specific order of some kind from our new president saying he's going to build a wall between us and mexico. today that resulted in the mexican president cancelling his planned visit to washington then our new...
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russia, turkey. if any set of meetings is to have an effect on the outcome of the war in syria, it would be this one. although, we need to realize the moscow declaration was quite vague and ambiguities reflect the built in tension to the trilateral meeting. so, yes, there is reason to believe that moscow declaration and the trilateral talks do actually matter on the ground in syria. but at the same time, you should be cautious about the potential among the partners and the longevity of the talks. >> sure, sure. more of an agenda that what is happening in the syria. >> also it is hard to get around. >> absent from the dealings at least with the united states, what kind of response do you think is happening in washington with this? >> i think there's a noticeable out -- absence from the united states in syria. part of it with iran and the ground troops and then russia providing airpower. i think it does have a political outcome of the syrian crisis and we need to have a military state. russia, turkey a
russia, turkey. if any set of meetings is to have an effect on the outcome of the war in syria, it would be this one. although, we need to realize the moscow declaration was quite vague and ambiguities reflect the built in tension to the trilateral meeting. so, yes, there is reason to believe that moscow declaration and the trilateral talks do actually matter on the ground in syria. but at the same time, you should be cautious about the potential among the partners and the longevity of the...
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we must also be clear-eyed about our relationship with russia. russia today poses a danger. but it is not unpredictable in advancing its own interests. it has invaded the ukraine, including the taking of crimea, and supported syrian forces that brutally violates the laws of war. our nato allies are right to be alarmed at a resurgent russia. but it was in the absence of american leadership that this door was left open and unintended signals were sent. we backtracked on commitments we made to allies. we sent weak or mixed signals with red lines that turned into green lights. we did not recognize that russians do not think like we do. words alone do not sweep away an uneven and at times contentious history between our two nations. but we need an open and frank dialogue with russia regarding its ambitions to we know how to chart our own course. where cooperation with russia based on common interest is possible, such as reducing the global threat of terrorism, we ought to explore these options. were important differences remain, we should be steadfast in defending the interests o
we must also be clear-eyed about our relationship with russia. russia today poses a danger. but it is not unpredictable in advancing its own interests. it has invaded the ukraine, including the taking of crimea, and supported syrian forces that brutally violates the laws of war. our nato allies are right to be alarmed at a resurgent russia. but it was in the absence of american leadership that this door was left open and unintended signals were sent. we backtracked on commitments we made to...
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no agenda for a greater russia? no agenda for greater russia. we want to have strong and self—sufficient country. but there are no plans for any expansion of russia. will america change tack on ukraine? this week trump has said in return for a nuclear weapons deal he might lift sanctions. trump has to be mindful of russia's very clear interests in ukraine and how their politics ultimately play out. i do think that there are some thorny issues regarding crimea, regarding ukraine that trump is going to have to work through with putin. they are within the sphere of influence of his country. they're on his borders. he has every right to have concerns about them and what we're doing in these regards. but if donald trump turns a blind eye to russian war mongering but if donald trump turns a blind eye to russian war mongering and lifts sanctions, the kremlin might see it as a green light to exert its power further west. i haven't been sleeping well since the invasion of crimea. i have since then begun to worry about what russia's aims are in europe.
no agenda for a greater russia? no agenda for greater russia. we want to have strong and self—sufficient country. but there are no plans for any expansion of russia. will america change tack on ukraine? this week trump has said in return for a nuclear weapons deal he might lift sanctions. trump has to be mindful of russia's very clear interests in ukraine and how their politics ultimately play out. i do think that there are some thorny issues regarding crimea, regarding ukraine that trump is...
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we know that russia is already in georgia. russia is already in moldova. russia is in ukraine. and do they have their sights now for lithuania or latvia or hestonia or poe landed land -- r poland, where there's large russian-speaking populations? well, interesting were made, if russia doesn't use that resolve. russia a few years ago had very little influence in the middle east. now it has a growing influence in the middle east, not only in syria but in other countries in that region where you see russia's active engagement. so this is not theoretical. and russia's interests are different than our interests, make no mistake about that. they don't share our values. they're not our friends. they're trying to compromise our democratic institutions. we've seen that over and over again, not only on the attack on our election system here in the united states, not only the attack on the system in montenegro in the parliamentary elections and their concern now in western europe as they're entering into the election season, but we see it over and over again what russia has done in denyin
we know that russia is already in georgia. russia is already in moldova. russia is in ukraine. and do they have their sights now for lithuania or latvia or hestonia or poe landed land -- r poland, where there's large russian-speaking populations? well, interesting were made, if russia doesn't use that resolve. russia a few years ago had very little influence in the middle east. now it has a growing influence in the middle east, not only in syria but in other countries in that region where you...
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and what now for russia—us relations? well, i'm going to the kremlin to meet vladimir putin's spokesman, dmitry peskov. is he triumphant or cautious? dmitry peskov, welcome to hardtalk. do you care that a host of western intelligence agencies have accused your government of sophisticated, covert operations, dirty tricks, meddling in their internal politics, do you care? you mean cyber attacks? cyber attacks, not just that, but cyber attacks have been one very big part of it. let's talk about the united states first of all. yes. we have to be very precise in wording. you're speaking about secret services and special services of the major states. no. we're speaking about only the united states of america and some retired gentlemen who used to work in mi6 or mi5, i don't know exactly, from great britain. the rest of special services in european countries, they have never accused russia of interfering into somewhere, they have just started to feel uncomfortable, at the same front of allegations... that's not strictly true. wh
and what now for russia—us relations? well, i'm going to the kremlin to meet vladimir putin's spokesman, dmitry peskov. is he triumphant or cautious? dmitry peskov, welcome to hardtalk. do you care that a host of western intelligence agencies have accused your government of sophisticated, covert operations, dirty tricks, meddling in their internal politics, do you care? you mean cyber attacks? cyber attacks, not just that, but cyber attacks have been one very big part of it. let's talk about...
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is russia really that dangerous? >> i think russia is dangerous, not a superpower. i know what the president is trying to say. i worked for him for five years, not just two. he doesn't want us to overreact. he doesn't want to go back to the cold war and some superpower competition, but my own view, and i think general mattis stated something similar today, russia is a challenge for the united states. it is a threat to some of our allies. and what means they have, they're prepared to use them. that's the big difference. take cyber capability. we have way more cyber capability than they do. we could intervene in their elections easily. we choose not to do so because we're a different country. that's what obama was trying to say. the means that mr. putin has, he's not afraid to use them. >> inskeep: i'm remembering the word "asymmetric," which we all had to learn about 9/11 when we heard about ais symmetric threats. al qaeda was not that large, not conventionally powerful, didn't control territory, but they found new ways to project power that were extraordinarily dang
is russia really that dangerous? >> i think russia is dangerous, not a superpower. i know what the president is trying to say. i worked for him for five years, not just two. he doesn't want us to overreact. he doesn't want to go back to the cold war and some superpower competition, but my own view, and i think general mattis stated something similar today, russia is a challenge for the united states. it is a threat to some of our allies. and what means they have, they're prepared to use...
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and russia. most recently in the last few months and specially in the last few weeks, i've been alarnled by the way the american media seems to be taking on a tone for people who specialize in eastern europe is sort of all too familiar. this absolute hysterical witch-hunting tone, the endless promotion of narrative, we have fake news problems but americans are great at making their own fake news. we have loads of it and it has a very, very damaging influence on politics. it's very important not to follow russia given in this thinking, everything is the plot of our foreign enemies and sort of jumping to conclusions without any evidence. i think we should look at the russian media and try to be unlike them as possible. [laughter] >> you mentioned the outset of your book that you were 7 years old when the berlin wall fell and that you were -- not really aware of living memories of communism and so forth, you really are a scholar and observer in the era and what you do in the book is recount the tens
and russia. most recently in the last few months and specially in the last few weeks, i've been alarnled by the way the american media seems to be taking on a tone for people who specialize in eastern europe is sort of all too familiar. this absolute hysterical witch-hunting tone, the endless promotion of narrative, we have fake news problems but americans are great at making their own fake news. we have loads of it and it has a very, very damaging influence on politics. it's very important not...
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russia relations. at that time, i have to say if there was american democracy promotion in russia, not russian interference in the united states but it provides you with a certain perspective. george beebe is truly one of the most insightful and serious american experts of russia. george was a foreign service officer, stationed in moscow, became a member, i think it is called senior intelligence service; right? was also director of russian analysis of the cia and before that was special advisor to vice president cheney who has many of you know was not suspected of particular ways as par as russia was concerned. and george published a very powerful piece several weeks ago where he was raising some questions about how reliable was our involvement in russian interference and not so much if the russian interference existed and what level it was trying to accomplish. most of our speakers will speak for ten minutes. >> thanks, dimitri and to the center for the invitation. i would like to keep my remarks brie
russia relations. at that time, i have to say if there was american democracy promotion in russia, not russian interference in the united states but it provides you with a certain perspective. george beebe is truly one of the most insightful and serious american experts of russia. george was a foreign service officer, stationed in moscow, became a member, i think it is called senior intelligence service; right? was also director of russian analysis of the cia and before that was special advisor...
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don't invade russia. don't try and provoke russia. russia is so vast that armies can be swallowed up in it. essentially, the thing to do is to try and contain russia. suggest to russia that we are serious about western defence and we need to start thinking again... put brexit to one side. the much bigger european question is the integrity of the west and western security. and we have got out of the habit of having to think about this in the last 25 years or so and it is now back front and centre. part of that is that at the end of the cold war, to put it in simple terms, the west won the cold war. nato won the cold war and there was no big conference or congress of vienna, there was no versailles treaty. the russians have reasons to believe they were discounted because they were weak. that was perhaps, looking at it, a long—term mistake. it was, and one that people have not learned from in the past. i know that it is tedious when people hark back to nazi germany but it is the same mistake people made with germany in world war i. a s
don't invade russia. don't try and provoke russia. russia is so vast that armies can be swallowed up in it. essentially, the thing to do is to try and contain russia. suggest to russia that we are serious about western defence and we need to start thinking again... put brexit to one side. the much bigger european question is the integrity of the west and western security. and we have got out of the habit of having to think about this in the last 25 years or so and it is now back front and...
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is russia a democracy? not properly, no. is russia a democracy? not a proper democracy as we understand it, no. democracy is underfire in russia. since putin came to power, more than 20 opposition figures and journalists have been killed. if you care about democracy this is an important place, the kremlin is 100 yards away and it was here almost two years ago that boris nantsov was shot dead. he was the bravest and most outspoken of the russian opposition. people ask questions about vladimir putin's commitment to democracy. but please be careful and you could not teach us democracy because you trying to impose to every people, every state american system of values without asking, it is absolutely racist. you are racist. in russia, the pro—kremlin camp doesn't like to be challenged. what happens is, if you're critical of vladimir putin, you may end up dead. if you, for example, are engaged in wikileaks, you can be murdered. julian assange is dead, is he? not, but... so, hold on a second, please, tell me about boris nemtsov. he was murdered 100 ya
is russia a democracy? not properly, no. is russia a democracy? not a proper democracy as we understand it, no. democracy is underfire in russia. since putin came to power, more than 20 opposition figures and journalists have been killed. if you care about democracy this is an important place, the kremlin is 100 yards away and it was here almost two years ago that boris nantsov was shot dead. he was the bravest and most outspoken of the russian opposition. people ask questions about vladimir...
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russia knows it. well, i will tell you what, quickly, russia seems to want, as best as we can understand from what officials have said, is they want a much more federal system, assad to still be president, much more autonomy to the regions of syria, which would recognise the rights of the different ethnic groupings in the country, a looser, looser system, but one which still has assad at its federal centre. could you imagine accepting that? i think the russians will themselves realise that that is not going to work with assad. we want decentralisation, we want a loose control from the centre, we want, obviously, a democratic participative system, so we are on the side of the community on this, is assad on the side of the community? that is a question to ask. is he willing to fightjihadi groups? the shia groups are as jihadi as as al—nusra or daesh group. so that is what we need to achieve. is assad a partner in doing that? i don't think he has shown indication of that. this is where we believe the o
russia knows it. well, i will tell you what, quickly, russia seems to want, as best as we can understand from what officials have said, is they want a much more federal system, assad to still be president, much more autonomy to the regions of syria, which would recognise the rights of the different ethnic groupings in the country, a looser, looser system, but one which still has assad at its federal centre. could you imagine accepting that? i think the russians will themselves realise that that...
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against russia. then you have rex tillerson, secretary of state nominee who has ties as a president of exxon to russia and donald j. trump was elected because he was bold, he takes on everyone. but the person he never takes on is vladimir putin. >> i need time to respond to that. your quick response that the president-elect be more critical of john lewis than vladimir putin? >> i think for anyone to think that donald trump will be a puppet to putin is sadly mistaken. he's making it clear we don't want to have bad relations with russia, good relationship with russia is in america's best interest but at the same time, he will be tough if putin pushes back on us and i think there is a great point made by mattis this week. we can't have history be a straitjacket and the historic relations need to change and change the way we deal with them, remains to see how but we have a good cop/bad cop with some of the national security team and mattis and pompeo were clear and firm with russia and then in concert wi
against russia. then you have rex tillerson, secretary of state nominee who has ties as a president of exxon to russia and donald j. trump was elected because he was bold, he takes on everyone. but the person he never takes on is vladimir putin. >> i need time to respond to that. your quick response that the president-elect be more critical of john lewis than vladimir putin? >> i think for anyone to think that donald trump will be a puppet to putin is sadly mistaken. he's making it...
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b, that he's soft on russia and putin. c, that going forward that he's not going to sort of take the advice of, say, a briefing versus what he thinks he has in his gut instinct. >> tillerson, rex tillerson, the nominee to become the next secretary of state, so far marco rubio, john mccain, key republicans have not said -- >> lindsey graham -- >> that they will vote to confirm. there are some democrats lining up. they'll probably have the votes. it could be close. >> i think it could be close. i think there are some questions that remain out there. marco rubio remains very noncommittal. and i think the problem with tillerson is, again, on russia and his close relationship as a businessman with vladimir putin. i think the question that members of congress have been asking was, okay, you were serving exxonmobil when you were dealing with putin, now you're serving the american public. and he voiced a skepticism toward russia, but what was striking to me was that he said he hadn't discussed russia policy with the incoming presi
b, that he's soft on russia and putin. c, that going forward that he's not going to sort of take the advice of, say, a briefing versus what he thinks he has in his gut instinct. >> tillerson, rex tillerson, the nominee to become the next secretary of state, so far marco rubio, john mccain, key republicans have not said -- >> lindsey graham -- >> that they will vote to confirm. there are some democrats lining up. they'll probably have the votes. it could be close. >> i...
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they're saying russia, russia, russia. it could be someone sitting on their bed that weighs 400 pounds. >> they have no idea if it's russia, china or somebody. it could be somebody sitting on a bed some place. >> our country has no idea. >> he'd rather believe -- >> i doubt it. >> as mr. trump was being briefed i sat down with two republican senators who have been critical of trump. john mccain and lindsay graham. i began by asking the both of them about mr. trump's claim friday morning that what we're seeing is nothing more than a political witch hunt. >> i believe our intelligence leaders, general clapper and admiral rogers who testified before the arms services committee are credible people and well respected. general clapper, i think, has 53 years of experience in the intelligence business and yes, intelligence authorities have made mistakes in the past that have been wrong in the past, but what they're saying is there is a long history of russian attempts to affect the outcome of our election. >> you know, here's the
they're saying russia, russia, russia. it could be someone sitting on their bed that weighs 400 pounds. >> they have no idea if it's russia, china or somebody. it could be somebody sitting on a bed some place. >> our country has no idea. >> he'd rather believe -- >> i doubt it. >> as mr. trump was being briefed i sat down with two republican senators who have been critical of trump. john mccain and lindsay graham. i began by asking the both of them about mr....
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and the shared border with russia. russia denied it but pretty much everyone knew that it was happening so they played a huge role at the same time there were a lot of things going on internally in ukraine but also made the situation possible and i think that if russia had tried to support a place citizens felt they were fully integrated into the west they sort of fully identified themselves as ukrainian citizens and they wouldn't have embraced this or supported it. part of it was the russian propaganda at that time. there have been problems of identity information in ukraine, and i felt especially critical of the media narratives that reduced it to ukrainian versus russian because you know they have been extraordinarily fluid way of using language and to say one person is ukrainian and one is an ethnic russian i think the narratives like that serve to sort of increased vision while not being an accurate sense of reality and so there were a lot of problems that were not fully citizens and a lot of them had e to do with
and the shared border with russia. russia denied it but pretty much everyone knew that it was happening so they played a huge role at the same time there were a lot of things going on internally in ukraine but also made the situation possible and i think that if russia had tried to support a place citizens felt they were fully integrated into the west they sort of fully identified themselves as ukrainian citizens and they wouldn't have embraced this or supported it. part of it was the russian...
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saying, while russia has every right to respond, he's going to wait to work to restore russia/u.s. relations based on trump's policies, not obama's. trump's response, great move on delay by putin. i always knew he was very smart. we are joined by sean spicer, the incoming white house communication director and press secretary in his first sunday show interview since being tapped for the job by president-elect donald trump. congratulations and thank you for being here. >> you bet. good morning. happy new year. >> the big news from president obama imposing those sanctions on russia, expelling those diplomats. does president-elect trump agree with the moves or will he reverse them? >> as he said he's going to sit down with with intelligence committee heads next week, get a full briefing. i think one of the questions we have is why the magnitude of this. when you look at 35 people being expelled, two sites being closed down, the question is is that response in proportion to the actions taken? maybe it was, maybe it wasn't. that's nothing we haven't seen in modern history. when we look
saying, while russia has every right to respond, he's going to wait to work to restore russia/u.s. relations based on trump's policies, not obama's. trump's response, great move on delay by putin. i always knew he was very smart. we are joined by sean spicer, the incoming white house communication director and press secretary in his first sunday show interview since being tapped for the job by president-elect donald trump. congratulations and thank you for being here. >> you bet. good...
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positively with russia. we have a relatively short list of successes in that regard. i think right now the most important thing is that we recognize the reality of what we deal with with mr. putin and we recognize that he is trying to break the north atlantic alliance. >> b-17 warned about threats to the current world order. >> under the biggest attack since world war ii, sir. that is from russia, terrorist groups, and with what china is doing in the south china sea. >> they retired generals of the u.s. military is not equipped to deter those threats. >> do you think we have a strong enough military today in order to achieve that goal? >> no, sir. >> mattis was asked about the president-elect's twitter habits, especially when complaining about the cost of defense programs. >> senator, it's not my role to comment on the president-elect statements other than to say i believe it shows he is serious about getting the best bang for the dollar when it comes to defense dollars. >> using twitter as a means, not the
positively with russia. we have a relatively short list of successes in that regard. i think right now the most important thing is that we recognize the reality of what we deal with with mr. putin and we recognize that he is trying to break the north atlantic alliance. >> b-17 warned about threats to the current world order. >> under the biggest attack since world war ii, sir. that is from russia, terrorist groups, and with what china is doing in the south china sea. >> they...
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russia must know that we will be accountable to our commitments, and those of our allies, and that russia must be held to account for its actions. our approach to human rights begins by acknowledging that american leadership requires moral clarity. we do not face and either/or choice on defending global human rights. our values are our interest when we come to human rights and humanitarian assistance. unreasonable to expect that every foreign policy endeavor will be driven by human rights considerations alone, especially when the security of the american people is at stake. but our leadership demands actions specifically focused on improving the conditions of people the world over, utilizing where appropriate, economic sanctions, as instruments of foreign policy. and we must adhere to standards of accountability. our recent engagements with the government of cuba was not accompanied by any significant concessions on human rights. we have not held them accountable for their conduct. their leaders received much, while other people received little. that serves neither the interest of cubans
russia must know that we will be accountable to our commitments, and those of our allies, and that russia must be held to account for its actions. our approach to human rights begins by acknowledging that american leadership requires moral clarity. we do not face and either/or choice on defending global human rights. our values are our interest when we come to human rights and humanitarian assistance. unreasonable to expect that every foreign policy endeavor will be driven by human rights...
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russia and egypt. russia and iran. is tryingt how russia to go bit by bit, country by country, and trying to undermine our relationships. , ouralled to question credibility as a partner. trying tos russia undermine our set of relationships across europe and divide europe from the united states, i would say watch the middle east because we have seen signs in the last year or so of some very interesting visit and relationships unfolding that are either unprecedented, or we have not seen that type of engagement for many, many decades. oni would add to that julie's point, what that means trump's viewdent that perhaps america is too engaged in the world, in a drawback or quasi-isolationism represents an enormous threat to our future position in the world and our current position in the world, and in particular with respect to the middle east, we cannot allow that to happen in terms of our relationship with our middle eastern allies. and to go back to where we started, each one of those countries is equally vulnerable to cyb
russia and egypt. russia and iran. is tryingt how russia to go bit by bit, country by country, and trying to undermine our relationships. , ouralled to question credibility as a partner. trying tos russia undermine our set of relationships across europe and divide europe from the united states, i would say watch the middle east because we have seen signs in the last year or so of some very interesting visit and relationships unfolding that are either unprecedented, or we have not seen that type...
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you said that russia is not unpredictable. russia does not think like we do. can you further expand on both of those comments. >> [indiscernible] that will ruin the climate and destroy the future for our children and grandchildren. please don't put exxon in charge of the state department. protect our children and grandchildren. please don't put exxon in charge of the state department. if we can stop: the clock when these kinds of interferences take late, that would be appreciated. senator johnson? senator senator johnson: if you could expand your comments that russia does not think like we do. mr. tillerson: in my experience dealing with russia, and representative of russian entities, and the length of time that i have spent in russia as an observer, my experience with the russians are that they are very calculating. they are very strategic in their thinking. they develop a plan. >> you view the world's most vulnerable communities as expendable. in her home state of texas, people are resisting pipelines. whether or not you become secretary of state, people wil
you said that russia is not unpredictable. russia does not think like we do. can you further expand on both of those comments. >> [indiscernible] that will ruin the climate and destroy the future for our children and grandchildren. please don't put exxon in charge of the state department. protect our children and grandchildren. please don't put exxon in charge of the state department. if we can stop: the clock when these kinds of interferences take late, that would be appreciated. senator...
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we have a russia-u.s. -nato-russian council. bill perry started it, both in response to georgia and in response to ukraine. nato took the position and russia did also that we won't communicate. why do you have it if you are not going to communicate in a crisis? the other thing i would say, while we are really trying now to figure out -- or at least we should be -- trying to figure ,ut where to draw the red lines we are accusing the russians of interfering with u.s. elections, etc., etc. it is apparent that u.s. and russia and other powers in the world have not developed understandings and red lines in the cyber area. we have got to do that. we have got to talk to do that. i think it would be the supreme irony if while we have not developed redlines in the cyber area, which can interact with nuclear warning systems and so forth -- while we are not developing redlines in the cyber area, we seem to be forgetting the redlines we have learned in the nuclear area. -u-m dumb is that? it is not in the interest of u.s., russian, or world
we have a russia-u.s. -nato-russian council. bill perry started it, both in response to georgia and in response to ukraine. nato took the position and russia did also that we won't communicate. why do you have it if you are not going to communicate in a crisis? the other thing i would say, while we are really trying now to figure out -- or at least we should be -- trying to figure ,ut where to draw the red lines we are accusing the russians of interfering with u.s. elections, etc., etc. it is...
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charlie: n/a work word, they believe he's soft on russia. -- in a word, they believe he's soft on russia. david: i think people are mystified. of theiridence interference, and here is the president-elect seeming to , tomize their activities say that good was achieved by publicizing the dnc emails, etc. if trump is now trying to speak to those concerns, that's probably politically sensible move. michael: go ahead. charlie: my sense is he must have been getting information. --had been getting briefs not trump himself, but general flynn, has been. a lot of this information i'm sure must have been conveyed. what you have now is the report that was prepared for the president is now prepared for the president-elect. michael: right. i think there was certainly more information than you and i or you and your viewers have been privy to.i think the report was much more comprehensive and detailed about as davidl methods, noted, the story about the intercepts. those details were not provided until president yesterday. keep in mind, there's one other pressure point coming up. next week, the hearings
charlie: n/a work word, they believe he's soft on russia. -- in a word, they believe he's soft on russia. david: i think people are mystified. of theiridence interference, and here is the president-elect seeming to , tomize their activities say that good was achieved by publicizing the dnc emails, etc. if trump is now trying to speak to those concerns, that's probably politically sensible move. michael: go ahead. charlie: my sense is he must have been getting information. --had been getting...
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what is russia doing meddling? i wonder if trump sees that shift. >> his party leaders and comr e comrades are hoping so. we saw lindsey graham speaking clearly. if the u.s. government does not respond to the russia involvement in the election, we could see maybe china or iran get involved in future elections and including hacking the republican party's e-mails. this is not just about clinton and trump. this is bigger. >> you used the right word. comrade. i saw you jump a little bit. >> tal, i want to play sound from the vice president on pbs. his thoughts and his ideas on what mr. trump should do. >> grow up, donald. grow up. time to being an adult. you're president. you got to do something. show us what you have. >> he was talking about the various tweets that president-elect donald trump has been sending out and clearly saying grow up. i take it this is not going to be welcome advice for the president-elect. >> i can't imagine given the long track record we have now with how trump has dealt with criticism that h
what is russia doing meddling? i wonder if trump sees that shift. >> his party leaders and comr e comrades are hoping so. we saw lindsey graham speaking clearly. if the u.s. government does not respond to the russia involvement in the election, we could see maybe china or iran get involved in future elections and including hacking the republican party's e-mails. this is not just about clinton and trump. this is bigger. >> you used the right word. comrade. i saw you jump a little...
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it's hurt russia's exports as well. it's had a financial effect with a lot of bangs being sanctioned, a lot of individuals not being able to get back on the individual financial market. a lot of people want to sanctions to go away. but at the same time, one of the things it hasn't happened is it certainly hasn't hurt the approval ratings of vladimir putin. much still support his policies in syria and ukraine as well. it hasn't hurt him from that perspective. one of the things that the russians want, they want the sanction to go away but at the same time it really hasn't hurt the political class if you will in this country. there was a conference call earlier this week with the spokesman for the kremlin where he was asked, look, do the americans need to get rid of the sanctions bf you have talks and improving relations. he said absolutely not. they're willing to talk under any circumstances. but one of the believes here is that if the americans soften up their stance on the sanctions, that possibly european countries wou
it's hurt russia's exports as well. it's had a financial effect with a lot of bangs being sanctioned, a lot of individuals not being able to get back on the individual financial market. a lot of people want to sanctions to go away. but at the same time, one of the things it hasn't happened is it certainly hasn't hurt the approval ratings of vladimir putin. much still support his policies in syria and ukraine as well. it hasn't hurt him from that perspective. one of the things that the russians...
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and with russia. look, we have some common interests that would be well served if we were able to improve our relationship with russia, most notably the battle to defeat radical islamic terrorism and to defeat isis at its source, but i think the president elect also made it clear this week, john, that while a better relationship with russia would be a good thing, that i think he is realistic about the possibility of that and i think when you see the cabinet that he assembled, general mattis and general coates and -- we are coming at this with realistic expectations. but the president elect is determined to reengage the world, put america first and see if we can make progress for the security and peace of the world. >> dickerson: let me ask you about that, because the picture that donald trump puts forward about his view of russia seems quite different than the gentleman you mentioned, incoming secretary of defense mattis and then also secretary of state tillerson, mr. tillerson russia pose as danger,
and with russia. look, we have some common interests that would be well served if we were able to improve our relationship with russia, most notably the battle to defeat radical islamic terrorism and to defeat isis at its source, but i think the president elect also made it clear this week, john, that while a better relationship with russia would be a good thing, that i think he is realistic about the possibility of that and i think when you see the cabinet that he assembled, general mattis and...
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talking tough about russia and hacking. donald trump's pick for the cia comes out stronger than the president-elect. >> this was an aggressive action taken by the senior leadership inside russia and america has an obligation and the cia has an obligation to protect that information. rajini: adding to tensions is the deployment of thousands of american troops in poland. moscow describes this as a threat to national security. and we pay a visit to "la la land" and hear from the director about why musicals still matter. viewerswelcome to our on public television in america and also around the globe. with just under a week until donald trump's inauguration, he and his cabinet nominees are not reading from the same page. his choice for the cia, mike pompeo, told a senate committee today that he strongly endorses the work of the intelligence community, hours after his future boss criticized it yet again. and general james mattis, the nominee for defense secretary, accuses russia of being a threat to europe. a far cry from the pre
talking tough about russia and hacking. donald trump's pick for the cia comes out stronger than the president-elect. >> this was an aggressive action taken by the senior leadership inside russia and america has an obligation and the cia has an obligation to protect that information. rajini: adding to tensions is the deployment of thousands of american troops in poland. moscow describes this as a threat to national security. and we pay a visit to "la la land" and hear from the...
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hacked and russia hacked in order to get trump elected. more that he tries to deny that and more we hear about conversations they were having between them before even the new year, it is concerning, i don't think it helps from perception stand zblnt and don't know exactly what they -- go ahead andre or -- go ahead. >> think the broader issue here is that you have this open-ended outreach to russia and argument that we're getting from the president-elect is look, we should be willing to work with countries will be to work with us, problem is russians haven't indicated willingness to work with us, latest interaction is hacking of various offices and institutions here in the u.s. before that all of their collaboration against us in syria, everything they've done to conclude with iran and aggression against ukraine, we have no evidence the russians are looking to work with us, engaging with open hand when every time we try, slapped us in the face. >> they have. russian reset, iranian deal, putin directly calling bill clinton. had outreach but
hacked and russia hacked in order to get trump elected. more that he tries to deny that and more we hear about conversations they were having between them before even the new year, it is concerning, i don't think it helps from perception stand zblnt and don't know exactly what they -- go ahead andre or -- go ahead. >> think the broader issue here is that you have this open-ended outreach to russia and argument that we're getting from the president-elect is look, we should be willing to...
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state department as it pertains to russia? >> what i think you have to do when you're looking at trump's evolving foreign policy toward russia is what he says but also what his nominee said. this week, we had general james mattis, the nominee to lead the pentagon and also, representative mike pompeo come out with pretty strong statements about russia saying they're an adversary and out to undermine the u.s. and yes, they were behind an attempt to influence the election so i think what you could be seeing is a sort of good cop, bad cop policy forming where president-elect trump reaches out with the hand of friendship while he's got his team behind him saying and if you step out of line, we're ready to react. could that be militarily or a cyber response but at least they're ready to do that. that's what i hear from trump advisors and they keep telling me, stay tuned, watch what we o do. >>> michael mukasey said comey crossed several lines during the investigation of private e-mail server and also questioned comey's judgment on t
state department as it pertains to russia? >> what i think you have to do when you're looking at trump's evolving foreign policy toward russia is what he says but also what his nominee said. this week, we had general james mattis, the nominee to lead the pentagon and also, representative mike pompeo come out with pretty strong statements about russia saying they're an adversary and out to undermine the u.s. and yes, they were behind an attempt to influence the election so i think what you...
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she's saying russia, russia, russia, but i don't -- maybe it was. i mean, it could be russia but it could also be china. it the could also be lots of other people. it could also be somebody signature on their bed that weighs 400 pounds, okay. you don't know who broke into dnc. >> now that president-elect trump has been formally briefed, has he been persuaded that russia did carry out a comprehensive cyber campaign against hillary clinton and what is he prepared to do about it? >> jake, if you read his entire statement that followed the briefing on friday he makes very clear that russia, china and others have attempted to attack different government institutions and businesses and individuals and organizations over a series of time. he specifically mention the the democratic national committee because that's why we're having this conversation can. i don't want any of your viewers to be misled into thinking how the kremlin and the republican party, that they had -- that the kremlin was dealing with any of the hackers and bringing that information back
she's saying russia, russia, russia, but i don't -- maybe it was. i mean, it could be russia but it could also be china. it the could also be lots of other people. it could also be somebody signature on their bed that weighs 400 pounds, okay. you don't know who broke into dnc. >> now that president-elect trump has been formally briefed, has he been persuaded that russia did carry out a comprehensive cyber campaign against hillary clinton and what is he prepared to do about it? >>...
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this was the russia show yesterday. >> reporter: it certainly was the russia show. you can tell, christine, russia was watching it closely and angry and frustrated at the hearing. it is interesting. the state-run sputnik news came out not just blasting the news, but the tweets over why they did not look at the dnc computers. this is all contracted out. this is criticism to begin with. even as the hearing was going on, russian officials were coming out with statements. the spokesman for vladimir putin, actually textied me whil the hearing was going on. he said we have suggested cooperation on combating cyber threats numerous times. it was rejected. we are sick and tired of those blaming everything on our country. if there is a need for an enemy, why not try someone else. you can see the russians sticking by the line they were not behind the hacking and getting more and more frustrated with the debate. very interesting for the russians to see the hearing and see it wasn't just pointed out there may have been hacking, but saying russia uses various tools to try to infl
this was the russia show yesterday. >> reporter: it certainly was the russia show. you can tell, christine, russia was watching it closely and angry and frustrated at the hearing. it is interesting. the state-run sputnik news came out not just blasting the news, but the tweets over why they did not look at the dnc computers. this is all contracted out. this is criticism to begin with. even as the hearing was going on, russian officials were coming out with statements. the spokesman for...
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we have a horrible relationship with russia. russia can help us fight isis, which is tricky. there was appeasement for some but vitriol for others, especially cnn, the news channel that broke the russia story. since you are attacking us, can you give us a question? go ahead. no, not you. your organisation is terrible. go ahead. quiet. go ahead. she is asking a question. don't be rude. can you give us a question? no, i am not going to give you a question. you are fake news. this press conference was to be about the trump business empire. today he produced papers showing he is handing over control to his sons. not that he feels he has to, mind. as a president i could run the trump organisation, a great, great company, and i could run the company, oh, the country, but i don't want to do that. the president—elect has left trump tower and in nine days‘ time he won't be the president—elect, he will be the 45th president of the united states, this is a combative performance by donald trump but doubts and questions will still linger about his business practices and in some peop
we have a horrible relationship with russia. russia can help us fight isis, which is tricky. there was appeasement for some but vitriol for others, especially cnn, the news channel that broke the russia story. since you are attacking us, can you give us a question? go ahead. no, not you. your organisation is terrible. go ahead. quiet. go ahead. she is asking a question. don't be rude. can you give us a question? no, i am not going to give you a question. you are fake news. this press conference...
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first, rex tillerson's knowledge of and experience in russia. second, how his work in the private sector prepares him to be our top diplomat and run one of the most important departments in our governments. russia's flagrant actions show its interest sharply differ from america's interests. russia's values differ from america's value in our form of government and our commitment to personal freedom and human rights and the rule of law. these fundamental differences are very important and the fact that our interests and values different should always form our policy towards russia, but it's also a fact that russia today deploys hundreds of nuclear warheads on ballistic missiles that could be fired and hit their targets around the globe in less time it would take to have opening statements at the hearing today. for both the united states and russia, the risk of an accidental unauthorized or mistaken loss of a ballistic nuclear missile is high particularly in the cyber vulnerability, and the united states and russia, like it or not, are bound togeth
first, rex tillerson's knowledge of and experience in russia. second, how his work in the private sector prepares him to be our top diplomat and run one of the most important departments in our governments. russia's flagrant actions show its interest sharply differ from america's interests. russia's values differ from america's value in our form of government and our commitment to personal freedom and human rights and the rule of law. these fundamental differences are very important and the...
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russia was not happy with new leaders taking power in these countries and had negative affects on russia's sort of regional influence and the fact there were ng os involved organized revolutions were getting funds from foreign donors, including american donors, made it very easy to russia to do that and create an easy pretense in some cases for arresting activists or passing foreign agents laws. but another problem i think is that ngo workers -- people who are dependent on ngos, a. -- this is very clear in the case of health especially -- it does often lead to creation of parallel systems that are probably not sustainable. right? if you have very essential halve services being provide evidence -- provided not by the government's haven't health sim but by ng os funded on maybe one two, five year grants, that's very precarious. if these are police officer saving servicers, essential services especially in da country where the government can afford them these should be integrated in government stills and operated in a sustainable way. so ngo employees -- there is a huge problem -- it's diffic
russia was not happy with new leaders taking power in these countries and had negative affects on russia's sort of regional influence and the fact there were ng os involved organized revolutions were getting funds from foreign donors, including american donors, made it very easy to russia to do that and create an easy pretense in some cases for arresting activists or passing foreign agents laws. but another problem i think is that ngo workers -- people who are dependent on ngos, a. -- this is...
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he needs to take on russia as russia is, and that means that president-elect trump is going to have to look at all this information and make an independent decision, not one that i would give him and not one that john mccain would give him. >> speaking of john mccain, let's listen to what he just said. he is visiting ukraine, about russia. >> when you attack a country, it's an act of war. and so we have to make sure that there is a price to pay so that we can perhaps persuade the russians to stop this kind of attacks on our very fundamentals of democracy. >> he is also talking about the russian annexation of crimea, which he said was an act of war against ukraine. he is clearly convinced the russians did engage in the cyberattack against the united states. >> he is sitting in ukraine, a country that we promised to defend and then, when it came time to defend them, we didn't. there were cyberattacks that shut down their eyes and ears as so-called little green men came in, who were really russian soldiers. it's appropriate to be there talking about having to provide a tit for tat check o
he needs to take on russia as russia is, and that means that president-elect trump is going to have to look at all this information and make an independent decision, not one that i would give him and not one that john mccain would give him. >> speaking of john mccain, let's listen to what he just said. he is visiting ukraine, about russia. >> when you attack a country, it's an act of war. and so we have to make sure that there is a price to pay so that we can perhaps persuade the...
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this was russia's 9/11. russian historian yuri felshtinsky has written a book on the apartment bombings. >> we have to understand that the whole country is very nervous. the feeling is that every several days or, like, once a week, a building is going to be blown up. >> narrator: all of a sudden, a prime minister few russians had heard about was everywhere, swearing revenge. >> narrator: putin would point to rebels in chechnya, where a separatist movement was holding ground. >> the russian officials said that there was a chechen trail in the apartment bombings. not proof of chechen involvement; a chechen trail. it wasn't clear what that meant. but it was used in order to justify a new invasion of chechnya. (explosions) >> narrator: and putin's invasion would be brutal. (people crying) >> narrator: the man who waged it was a new national hero. >> he quickly became the most popular politician in russia, even though before the apartment bombings, he was believed to have had no chance to succeed yeltsin as presi
this was russia's 9/11. russian historian yuri felshtinsky has written a book on the apartment bombings. >> we have to understand that the whole country is very nervous. the feeling is that every several days or, like, once a week, a building is going to be blown up. >> narrator: all of a sudden, a prime minister few russians had heard about was everywhere, swearing revenge. >> narrator: putin would point to rebels in chechnya, where a separatist movement was holding ground....
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even if a guy like tillerson has great history with russia and really does understand russia they think that obama was so weak that putin will respect a tougher line but one of the things that was revealed yesterday is that tillerson and trump haven't talked about russian policies. they don't know what they're going to do other than be tougher than obama and they think that's enough and presumably that putin hasn't thought this through. and he is always gaming this out. >> he was so careful to not give away things that would hurt him. why would he acknowledge on the stand in effect -- yeah, we haven't discussed this area at all. >> that was his way of saying i don't want to speak for what donald trump believes on russia. tillerson's whole problem in terms of confirmation is that if he is viewed as having donald trump's views on russia and putin he'll have a problem with confirmation. gregory makes a really good point in that trump and some of his team have talked about getting tougher with vladimir putin than president obama has been and yet everything we have seen from donald trump sin
even if a guy like tillerson has great history with russia and really does understand russia they think that obama was so weak that putin will respect a tougher line but one of the things that was revealed yesterday is that tillerson and trump haven't talked about russian policies. they don't know what they're going to do other than be tougher than obama and they think that's enough and presumably that putin hasn't thought this through. and he is always gaming this out. >> he was so...
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they say it was russia this time. why is there this persistent intentionality by the president-elect and his transition team to insulate russia from being singled out for blame here? >> you know, i have not discussed this issue with him but i do know 2014 was declared the year of the breach because of the attacks on our infrastructure, financial and health care systems. congressman peter welch and i have worked diligently on data security legislation and unfortunately it was the democrats who chose to back away from that last year. we would love to move that forward because it is russia. it is china, it is north korea. it is other bad actors, and they -- every day we have thousands of attempts to hack into our system, and whether it is credit card information, whether it is health care information, whether it is data being held, they are seeking to get this. now, china did the opm hack. quite frankly, we were stunned that nothing was done against china. maybe the administration didn't want to go over them because they
they say it was russia this time. why is there this persistent intentionality by the president-elect and his transition team to insulate russia from being singled out for blame here? >> you know, i have not discussed this issue with him but i do know 2014 was declared the year of the breach because of the attacks on our infrastructure, financial and health care systems. congressman peter welch and i have worked diligently on data security legislation and unfortunately it was the democrats...
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and russia. they were happening at the very same time as the obama administration was retailiating for moscow's effort to undermine the u.s. election. joining me now is "washington post" columnist and associate editor david ignatius. the first to report these contracts with general flynn and the russian ambassador to the u.s. thank you for joining us tonight. >> thank you, jim. >> so, tell me, david, how significant is this kind of contact, particularly knowing it was on the very same day that the obama administration was imposing new penalties on russia for meddling in the election. >> well, i think your previous guest, congress missa made clea what the concern was. as he put it, this evil regime in russia headed by vladimir putin, which assaulted the u.s. election process and was about to be sanctioned by the obama administration. was it appropriate to have conversations with the russian ambassador on that day. trump says december 28th. about the sort of future of the u.s./russian relationship.
and russia. they were happening at the very same time as the obama administration was retailiating for moscow's effort to undermine the u.s. election. joining me now is "washington post" columnist and associate editor david ignatius. the first to report these contracts with general flynn and the russian ambassador to the u.s. thank you for joining us tonight. >> thank you, jim. >> so, tell me, david, how significant is this kind of contact, particularly knowing it was on...
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russia that russia cancelled recently. what are we going to do about the intelligence hacking? and really get to the bottom and tell them to stop the stuff because what he has done is unacceptable. the commercial agreement and oil agreement you negotiated is very different. >> what's your world view in other words. >> what question would you have for rex tillerson. >> allison, we have to remember that the election occurred in november and the vision that prevailed was that of donald trumps and donald trump as president elect now has the prerogative to accept his nominee. the senate will go about confirming that nomination and i think any question is appropriate for sure but let's remember rex tillerson is now working for donald trump and has been really covered over the last several months is that donald trump wants to see whether there will be a better relationship with russia in order to tackle the serious issues that the government just mentioned and i think he certainly has a record. he was in business. he was ceo of o
russia that russia cancelled recently. what are we going to do about the intelligence hacking? and really get to the bottom and tell them to stop the stuff because what he has done is unacceptable. the commercial agreement and oil agreement you negotiated is very different. >> what's your world view in other words. >> what question would you have for rex tillerson. >> allison, we have to remember that the election occurred in november and the vision that prevailed was that of...
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is going to be facing sanctions, russia is going to be isolated, russia has no internationalfuture. and yet trump's message is very different. well, i don't like it and i could say honestly that i am irritated by this, annoyed by this, but i don't feel betrayed, and i can tell you about moments when i feel betrayed — when putin's oligarch in the top of the british list of their most wealthy people, when government officials from russia buy an apartment costing £11 million in london, when they are freely travelling all over europe and all over the world despite you have a lot of regulations like, you know, you have a so—called bribery act in russia, in britain, and you can, without any problems, prosecute these people on your own laws for the money—laundering, for the bribery, but they are feeling completely free. i feel a bit betrayed but it doesn't have something with donald trump so far. isn't one of your big problems that vladimir putin has very successfully wrapped himself in the russian flag? he's used nationalism as a post—political force and he's as a potent politica
is going to be facing sanctions, russia is going to be isolated, russia has no internationalfuture. and yet trump's message is very different. well, i don't like it and i could say honestly that i am irritated by this, annoyed by this, but i don't feel betrayed, and i can tell you about moments when i feel betrayed — when putin's oligarch in the top of the british list of their most wealthy people, when government officials from russia buy an apartment costing £11 million in london, when...