russia and africa, very similar, actually russia and latin america in that russia inherited a lot of mostly military sales, some energy ties and has tried to build those into influence without quite the same enthusiasm it shows in other parts of the world. but certainly looks for opportunities. i have to admit i've not followed the congo situation closely. i will say that it is unlikely to be the next syria quite simply because it's unlikely to get the sort western attention that syria has gotten almost regardless of what happens there. and i'm going to leave the balkans and u.s. pressure to you. >> first off, i want to broaden the first question, i think where, we get it wrong is this assumption that we have to choose between europe and asia. we still have to pivot on europe, i don't think we can afford to pivot. i think they're both important. we have to be able to see the whole thing at one time. russia is a factor in both china. is a factor. europe, even though -- is not as dynamic in terms of growth and population growth, as asia. is nonetheless a stock of enormous wealth, enorm

being russia. it is syria, ukraine, more ripal.erence, it is sk russians, individual russians, and firms. this perception in russia is that the sanctions are forever and there is not an exit path. believe that these new us to sanctions will not be lifted. the prussianeeping on by escalation is not a smart move and less you make it clear -- this is why keeping the pressure on by escalation is not a smart move. is,e russia approaches this they will keep up the pressure and we will counter with no pressure. there is no way out of this so why would we look for mechanisms? the challenge for me is that she sanctions -- is that sanctions are tools to shape and over arcing policy. we are starting to get tangled up in what we should accomplish. this is getting tangled up in other behavior, providing aid to the atoll a bond -- to the taliban or whatever. what is the overarching policy framework? , as useep applying them adjusted kurt, what is the policy framework -- as it used suggested kurt, what is the pol

russia and the e.u. the uncertainty about the changing political landscape makes investing and doing business in general increasingly difficult. german wholesaler metro has a big presence in russia but of late business has been flagging this week the company announced billions in losses attributed in part to a decline in consumer spending in russia fears over the state of the russian economy have left german businesses on edge. many european companies now find themselves stuck in the middle of a flurry of sanctions and counter sanctions there are some u.s. sanctions on russia that european companies have to comply with in order to keep doing business in the u.s. but the same firms could also face repercussions from russia for complying and other thawing of what some see as a simmering global trade war. let's discuss this global trade war that's looming with this ocean of german chances of commerce and industry. things for joining us let's talk about western companies in russia one concern for them is the

russia's navy has stepped up patrols in the atlantic and both russia and nato have been building up forces in eastern europe at levels not seen in decades while russia has fewer ships than it did during the height of the cold war u.s. officials are especially concerned about its expanded submarine fleet and increased presence in the atlantic ocean but one military expert sees this more as saber rattling than an outright threat of war i think what the russians will do is probably over time react with more submarines operating in the atlantic more messages to us that to be aware but i think that this will be kept at a relatively low level and i really don't see a huge escalation or any escalation proceeding from these actions the u.s. second fleet will be responsible for an area extending halfway across the atlantic and will include a staff of more than two hundred dian us to brooke al-jazeera. the u.s. says its second fleet will counter what it calls russian aggression but moscow says the situation very differently in one thousand nine hundred ninety the soviet union was given assurances by

i think russia may be looking for an off ramp. third, russia can play constructive role in syria. let's play constructive role. has lost his assad legitimacy so let's figure out a way to move forward on a true peace process and let the syrian people choose their next leader. russia clearly will have some influence in that. we recognize that and are not trying to stop that. these are some of the issues i would like to have a conversation with mr. putin between our presidents but it has to start with a clear statement and understanding in a public way that the whole world knows what he did in attacking our country. it's night awesome -- it's not isolated. he is done it before. there are consequences. >> our ready for the november 6 elections? can we deter future interference? >> because of the reaction you saw in 20, mr. putin has taken notice. in 2016, mr. putin has taken notice. i think he was surprised at the response that occurred. since that election, he has been much less successful in europe. he has had some success but less. we are much more prepared now. we need to deal wit

depends on all of us the people of russia. but i think the more people whatever their profession or status might be actually with the more people realize the importance of their in gauge meant of their involvement in these transformations the more successful will be moving forward unless of course. at that lean. and local government bodies will but it less a genius play a particularly important role here in the new mind they thought that you should treat people. people's complaints. not with the care it's they need to respond and react immediately without a shot at christ we need it but he might have to live expanded freedoms for. our businessmen and. he needs the artists of all people who seek novelty and developments. i sure that will leave a foundation for russia's development to say so and i expect our young people to come up with new ideas new approaches they should be the pioneers of change but i hope our young people will be committed to their early years of justice and fairness mannion. their skill as the experience of

in the beginning of 2012, russia reached pre-2008 level so russia fell down by 10%. in 2008. and it took three years to recover. so the russian economy before crisis, before sanctions, were not in good shape. and they said very well about targets, the administration in the west, i will say none of those targets were reached. maybe one. that was reached. that was reached. because i believe looking backward, we have to say there was not any significant pressure on russia. and what president obama called for was not reached. we know about the financial turmoil in december, 2013. ussia rubles was 70 rubles per dollar, but it was combined with the decline in the oil price, combined with the mistakes of the central banks. altogether, this led to a collapse in the exchange rate of the ruble but maybe february, 2013, the market stabilized and they declined in 2015 when the russian economy declined by 2.5%. it's much smaller than the crisis of 2008. was mainly by the low of oil prices. so in the beginning of 2015, maybe in the first half, there was a different assessment or the impact

what do we mean when we say russia wants this or russia wants that. i think we've got a great group today to talk about that. i will introduce each of them sequentially as they speak. we will start with peter and then will go to my far left and my colleague george will wrap up. peter clement, to my right, is a senior research fellow and an adjunct perfec professor at columbia university at the school of international and public affairs. he last was at the cia several months ago after a career on the analytical side of the agency as director of the office of eurasian programs and analytic programs in a number of key posts. he is a longtime russia watcher and were very pleased he could be with us today. >> thank you so much. >> let's start with you. i would ask each of you to try to limit it to ten minutes. we have a big group. i'm sure we will have a lot of questions and discussion. >> thank you for having me. it's always a pleasure to see a lot of old friends and colleagues both from the intelligence community, from the thing tank world and other agen

what does it mean when we say, russia wants this or russia wants that? i think we have a great group here today to talk about that. i will introduce each of them senator roberts went usually -- success consequently as we speak. d -- sequentially as we speak. peter clemmons to my right is the senior research fellow in an abjacket -- abjuct senior research professor. he was the deputy director of intelligence for analytical programs and in a number of other key posts. peter is a long-time russia watcher and we're very pleased that he could be with us today. so peter -- >> thank you so much. >> -- let's start with you. and i would ask each of you to try to limit it to ten minutes. we have a big group. i'm sure we'll have a lot of questions and discussions. >> first, thank you for having me. always a pleasure to see a lot of old friends and colleagues from the intelligence me, the think tank, other agencies around town and other media friends i've made over the years. so thank you for having me today. i'll cut to the chase and try to identify a core question

being russia. ukraine, more interference, everything. sanctions imposed on russian government officials, individual think this feeds a perception in russia that sanctions are forever. because there is not in a set path. it makes them not believe the sanctions are going to be lifted if minsk is fulfilled. that is an interesting game. that's why the pressure, i am not sure in and of itself is a smart move and less you make it clear there are ways out and the ways out don't involve russia ceasing to be russia. i think that is a tremendous challenge. i think russia approaches this as ok, they will keep up the pressure, we will counter with more pressure, there is no way out of this so why would we look for mechanisms? >> the challenge for me in thinking about this is the sanctions are a tool to help shape an overarching policy. what you just described, we are getting tangled up in what we are trying to accomplish, it supersedes ukraine in some ways, election interference, other behavior, providing aid

ambassador to russia. currently a professor of political science at stanford university and author of "from cold war to hot peace, an american ambassador in putin's russia." taking your calls. steve is waiting in milwaukee, wisconsin on the independent line. steve, go ahead. steve, are you with us? [ inaudible ] we'll go to fran from jacksonville, florida, line for democrats. >> caller: yes, john. i heard a story in the last few months about some russians that had been expelled or not allowed in the u.s. coming in, you know, like one night, more than one of them, meeting with some trump administration people, and i wanted to know if mr. mcfaul knew anything about that, how these people got in, and what were they here for? i was just interested in that story. >> fran, before you go, where did you hear that story? >> caller: actually, i heard it on the rachel maddow show. >> it's an interesting question, fran. and there are russians that come to america from time to time in strange ways. on different kinds o

on russia. we know very well about the initial turmoil when russia -- the ruble crashed. but this occurred -- it was combined and it was combined with mistakes of the central bank. altogether -- later it started from -- and they declined in 2015 declined by 3 1/2%. is much smaller than the crisis of 2008 that was caused mainly by oil prices. so in the beginning of 2016, there were different assessments for the impact or potential impact of the sanctions. and all experts agree that it will be between one and 1/2% of gb -- gdp. there was no -- i believe that overall the decline of the russian economy -- the recession started in the second half of 2013 and lasted 9/4. was the longest recession in 20 years. it was three times less benin 2008 -- if you look backwards to the economic history will see that when oil prices went down, the russian economy was down as well. and when prices go, the economy went up as well. so i think that is the most important factor. the russian banks and corporations were

being russia. it's syria, it's ukraine, it's more interference, it's everything and there's sanctions that are imposed on russian government officials, on individual russians, on russian firms, and i think this perceives that they are familiar, and it makes them mean that the most sanctions are going to be lifted, and i think that's an interesting game here and this is why just putting pressure, and it's not a smart do and you make it very clear there are ways out. i think that's -- i think russia's approach to this is they're going to keep up with the pressure, we're going to counter with more pressure, there's no way out of this so why would we look for mechanisms for that. >> the challenge for me in thinking about this is that sanctions are a tool to help shape an over arching policy. we're starting to get tangled up in what we are trying to accomplish, this supersedes ukraine in some ways, it gets to election interference, other behavior providing aid to the top, whatever, it can be the other n

russia and the e.u. the uncertainty be uncertainty about an ever changing political landscape makes investing and doing business in general very difficult. german wholesaler metro has a big presence in russia but of late business have been flagging this week the company announced billions in losses attributed in part to a decline in consumer spending in russia fears over the state of the.

russia might be looking for an offramp. third, russia can play a constructive role in syria. so let's play a constructive role. let's figure out a way we can move forward on a true peace process and let the searing people choose the next leader. russia clearly will have some influence in that. there are some issues i'd like to have a conversation with mr. putin. but, it has to start with a clear statement in understanding in a public way that the whole world knows what he did by attacking our country. it's not isolated. an independent country will not allow another country to attack it without consequences. >> are we ready for the november other future interference? >> because of the reaction you saw in 2016, mr. putin has taken notice. i think he was testing to see how far he can go. think he was surprised to see the response. since the election he has been much less successful in europe. i think we're much more prepared, we need to deal with social media and know that were prepared on other platforms. elections run at the local level and we have confidence that would be nec

and russia paid a price. now, we'll calculate what impact did it have on the economy, what impact did it have on its politics, we could argue that back and forth, but it's clear to me that because we acted, it's changing the calculation of mr. putin on the use of his force as relates to solving other problems outside of russia. that was one of its major purposes. so, let me go back, if i might, about ten years ago. heather mentioned my work on the helsinki commission. well, ten years ago, i got involved in a human rights campaign and i've been involved in human rights since i've been in the congress of the united states. a young lawyer, sergei, a young lawyer representing a u.s. company basically in russia that was being cheated. so, he was taking on the case and as a russian lawyer, he did what he was supposed to. he did his due diligence and found out there was a significant russia corruption. he did what any lawyer is supposed to do. he reported it to the local authorities. as a result he was imprisoned, t

i'm against the plex interest in the caucasus but i'm for for a great russia and a great russia what about a great russia post and we don't see anyone that putin is grooming to replace him do we. know but i think this will to the regime or desist in the decided fight five and a half years either putin will stay because he has to protect the system he has to protect his proxy system his own security that might be one option i mean that it's interesting i read today that he may never want to leave power because he's afraid that if you leave power then no one will protect him that's possible i think that's the deal that was a deal with mr. that he and he read guaranteed his security and the security of this heavily and i think that's important also from his support the intensity of the german foreign minister has called on putin to play a constructive role on the world stage these next six years take a listen to what he said today. i mean we're interested in dialogue with russia but we also have expectations regarding russia's behavior we know that with most of the issues we're discussi

they will if they would come to russia they will talk to russia and they will see that. works not so bad in russia actually that there is no aggressivity from from the russian population even with the u.s. cities and all of their quarterly that are here many thanks my guest here in moscow this is the end of our broadcast segment stay with us for the extended version on or you tube channel see you next time and remember. it is my city's. milton's i would say i'm not american but americans helped out really. world war two cures the depression cars tonight shows his concern prosperity of course in store. for the for us the whole world what it what and. historical rewrite ever since world war two to foment the cold war against russia against communism and. socialists nish bush. the so you call me out you off just a swipe and we're so used to all go. all i think world war two has been the story credibly by the anglo-american media and that's because they wanted to minish the role of russia. and stalin who actually defeated hitler. ministries police forces and city administrat

second russia of one's status quo sought russia of once didn't carry. if mr trump if president did mean business eva. he was really going to deliver a strike against last year m.s.e. war not their city yukio but a mess of war was the most likely outcome therefore any kind of reduction in tension is a good news for russia however talking about a possible negotiation for moscow well until recently it would be a good idea to have laws sells kadian summit or say assignments be to be in north korean leaders and u.s. president or western leaders it would be a good idea to have them in russia maybe there's a city in moscow where you are still because of on the full seated to the you can be sure or maybe in my native petersburg why not maybe not moscow but not now. said truth is right now russian issue is very big in the united states probably it has never been the case that russia attracted so much of the favorable attention well since maybe as a nine hundred fifty years since there anticommunist fear and a communist scare saw it to be probably a good idea if

but also between russia and other european partners. german chancellor angela merkel she's been described as one of your pre-teens most steadfast adversaries among european leaders what is the government here in berlin expecting from putin this time around well there are two elements when you look at the german relationship towards russia on the one hundred obviously there is an interest to have good political and economic relations that's something that's absolutely clear just think for example of the north stream pipeline on the other hand there is also an awareness that there's two asian and russia is very difficult at the time and again if you look at the coalition agreement you will see exactly what i was talking about the human rights situation in russia whether we're talking about all the conflicts between russia and the west those are elements that the german government is very much aware of and in fact it says for example that the russian foreign policy requires from the german government both awareness and resilience so you ca

russia wants that. i think we've got a great group here today, to talk about that. i will introduce each of them sequentially as they speak. we -- as they speak. we will start with either -- with peter clements to my right, and then we will go to my far left. and my colleague george will wrap up. peter clements, to my right, is a senior research fellow and an adjunct professor at columbia university at the school of international public affairs. he left the cia just several months ago, after a career there on the analytical side of the agency. as as a deputy director for -- as a deputy director for intelligence, for analytics programs. and a number of other key posts . peter is a long time russia watcher and we are very pleased that he could be with us today. so peter, let's start with you, and i would ask each of you to try to limit it to 10 minutes. we have a big group, i'm sure we will have a lot of questions and discussion. peter: thank you for having me. it's always a pleasure to see all old friend

so they will if they would come to russia they will talk to russia and they will see that. works not so bad in russia actually that there is no aggressivity from from the russian population even with the u.s. cities and all of the quote really that are here many thanks my guest here in moscow this is the end of our broadcast segment stay with us for the extended version on or you tube channel see you next time and remember. disappointed to know that armenia is not ukraine or georgia and that our experience is unique to certain extent we're building on the success and the fielder's of past efforts to address the issues that you're talking about so in many ways we have a leg up on anything that's been tried in the past this is not just a democrat a grassroots effort by the armenian people for the armenian people. who are deep seated myself and. i would say i'm not american but americans really. world war two cures the depression cars united states is concerned prosperity of course from store. for the for us the whole world what it what and. historical really ever since world

especially in russia. the last 20 years have been spent propaganda to create the by propaganda to create the wrong attitude to politics. it is especially important to talk about values, ideas, and moral things. this sounds absolutely true to your ears. it's not in a moral thing to participate in this election. as a candidate, as a voter, as such, after the independent candidates have been cut out and this election has become a circus. it is also important also for of what of our message to the voters. to talkot complicated to this majority. our campaign from the very beginning has been a majority campaign. it was not a campaign targeted like 2% of well educated intelligentsia or 5% of them, which could be a strategy for a duma campaign where you me just -- you need just 5% to get your representatives at the duma. it has never been successful yet. but it could be a strategy. but our campaigns have targeted the majority of those feeling injustice, poverty, corruption in their everyday life. we really have pe

with some hesitation nevertheless but she will tell you we have to talk with russia because russia is an important player and without russia you don't get the. new treatment in syria that in the meantime we have so many different players at the same time that neither america nor russia can guarantee find a solution but the condition is they have to talk to each other to get a final solution to convince the others around them to help them you have iran you have turkey you have saudi arabia you have a number of players in the meantime and that makes the situation so dangerous because. you never know how of when the escalation so to speak. reached is its final point and you something is happening and probably it's an escalation you don't want but you get if you look back to syria on the very moment you had an escalation of words but at the very end you have in the meantime what number of destroyed buildings no russian have been hurt and probably now is the chance to talk i think it's a very good chance in the very moment to find a solution together because everybody sees it's not working

ukraine was quick to blame russia for the tragedy however the final report does not directly blame russia for the crash. investigators concluded the book was driven in from russia and returned across the border after the launch that was based on intercepted telephone conversations witness statements photographs and videos posted on social media but the accuracy of such evidence remains questionable. several mainstream media outlets and prominent politicians also didn't hesitate to pin the blame on russia even before the investigation reached any conclusions many reports used questionable evidence from amateur investigators like belling cat who used social networks and open internet sources to try and decipher what happened. b.b.c. is being accused of breaching its own guidelines and wholly inaccurate reporting greater manchester police in northwest england slammed britain's national broadcaster after it aired a documentary about the manchester arena terror attack the programme was shown last tuesday on the first anniversary of the bomb let them a suicide bomber detonated explosives as peo

against russia russia will be able to kind of say will look at this whole story it was so absurd and ridiculous and in fact the foreign ministry yesterday also in a statement the spokesperson predicted that things will get even crazier so it seems that russia there is sort of preempting any evidence that ukraine may present a present against it going forward and you wonder if there's something that we don't already know one thing that we do know that has been admitted by go was that his wife didn't even know that he wasn't actually dead that he was indeed alive and christian i'd just like to ask you i mean you know that perhaps shows also the the line of thinking here doesn't it i mean remind us of who is why would somebody have wanted him dead does this seem plausible here so he needed to do this sort of the option group is a freelance journalist writing for russian language outlets which are all in opposition to president putin and his. but trinket is a member of a small community of excited russian journalists writers academics was living and working in kiev right now and within t

sanctions on russia. we'll hear from former treasury department officials and the former deputy chair of the central bank on how sanctions impact the russian economy. >> good morning. or afternoon. gosh, it's morning somewhere. i'm matthew goodman. i hold the simon chair in political economy at csas. delighted to welcome you here. thank you for coming. welcome to our online audience. we have always a good crowd who watch from their desks. so delighted to have you as well. just a few administrative points for -- oh, sorry. one immediate thing is to thank for this event which by the way in chase you'ase you're in the place, this is an event on russian sanctions and roughly four years after they were first impodsed. so i want to thank iconic foundation which made this event possible, it's part of a series that we do in the simon share on economic state craft. we haven't delved into this topic before and are delighted to have this opportunity. if you could silence your phones, please, and if there's any kind

but just a little while later we see germany and russia standing together in support of the iran deal against american attempts to dismantle it can one of the effects of the iran deal affair be to actually bring germany and russia closer together. yes i think i think it does we have a busy strong common interest here and perhaps it shows that a many many other us have common interests as far as the new foreign minister in germany is concerned. and for the house they should give him a little bit of time i was slightly surprised when he made that announcement because this is. not to put his seed. in the coalition agreement and it's clearly not the policy it's also democratic party to which to which he belongs my my feeling is that a strong strong majority not only of social democrats since many but who will pollution once good and plenty leave the least since with russia and strongly dislikes the complication of policy that we have seen during the last time in his first interview as german foreign minister mr masse was using words like villager and hostile was speaking about russia some

partner a trade partner of russia. and it is the second most important part now after china last year we had a twenty three percent increase in trade. and we have seen another increase as the beginning of this year we also have an increase in investment process the overall investment in russian companies. in germany is high and german investment is over eighteen billion dollars. that is a fifteen percent of all if. the russian federation five thousand german companies work in russia which is where a. seventy thousand employees and a high turnover. and in many we have one and a half times with russian companies and that also means that the two governments have to work to get that towards any improvements of cooperation in terms of trade and investment energies are very important fields we have talked about the whole spectrum of operation and we also have tripped about infrastructure projects projects i'm not includes stream let me also say that we have always had across different attitudes towards the north stream pipel

and relations with the country between russia and the e.u. saying that they want to scrap the sanctions that are currently in place against russia and want to see russia as being a trading partner and not a threat and also quite crucially they want to revise the e.u. migration rules that currently exist which mean that migrants have to apply for permission to stay in the first country that they set foot on well we have had confirmation from the five star movement that this document is authentic but we've been told that it isn't all document and there have been revisions since that was dated on may fourteenth however we are aware they've told r.t. that there is a final agreement that's already been put in the new agreement on russia but we don't know the wording of that yet but one certainly to watch out for given the tensions between the european union and russia so why is there anxiety about these two parties coming together is seen as being anti establishment and some fear that the suggestion that these two parties could form a governing co

but french president lavishes praise on russia for its international role as he joined vitamine putin at the international economic forum in st petersburg we've got all highlights from day one. russia rejects the latest findings of the air crash investigators looking into the mh seventeen tragedy saying their conclusions will rely only on social media pictures rather than the eyewitness accounts. of broadcasting large reference to those moscow this is our chief national league landed to have you with us now after days of uncertainty donald trump has canceled his upcoming meeting with north korea's kim jong un which was scheduled for june in singapore the u.s. leader later gave his reasons for going to reporters spending much of his time mentioning in the american u.s. military and its readiness to act. our military which is by far the most powerful anywhere in the world powerful anywhere in the world is ready if necessary and has been greatly enhanced ready we are more ready than we have ever been before our military as you know has been greatly enhanced greatly enhanced will soon be

one of russia's largest companies. i spoke with him about how russia and the west got to this dismal place and how it could all get a lot worse before it gets better. vladimir, welcome to the program. >> thank you. >> i'm really interested because your book sort of puts a fine line on the situation right now. you have said the west and russia are on the brink of a hot war. i mean, things are even worse you believe than during the worst times of the cold war. >> listen, this is my humble opinion that nowadays the situation is very, very tense and difficult and once a friend of mine from the united states of america asked me my opinion that was, like, two years ago to compare the cuban crisis and then today's tension. my answer is i consider the tension higher and the problems are much, much worse than them days. >> so why do you think that? because in those days you had thousands of nuclear weapons pointed at each other. you had two, you know, completely divergent ideologies and the cuban missile crisis could have broug

that's nothing special to russia. it did frame in a negative way the way that many russians thought about democracy. as a result of that, throughout the '90s and in particular august 1998, when there was another financial collapse, russia was hit hard, that's when yeltsin decided he needed a new leader. that's when he chose from obscurity vladimir putin. he became his prime minister first. and then was his anointed president. at the time, 1998, by the way, there was another heir apparent. he was a charismatic leader, former governor. first deputy prime minister. had been elected many times before. yeltsin made clear he wanted him to be the next president of russia. that financial collapse meant that that government had to resign. that's when putin came into the void. that's how he became president. >> i just want to ask you -- again, it's really important to try to figure out where this all went wrong. we all remember that in -- after 9/11, putin stood firm with the rest, stood firm with the united states, allowed the

the month for gust from russia. to say between two sets addition to. which we already have all right thank you very much for this interesting talk we were talking to. her again former vice president also european commission discussing european efforts to rescue the deal and germany's relations with russia that's it for this edition of. next time. seventy four design submissions. seven thousand pilings. to join judges. and eight hundred sixty nonstop days of work. a russian w.b. a champion. and a russian pop stuff. show you how. long the crimean bridge was built. witnessed the construction of when you need to transport. that will help out of crimea. faster most of those you know what google more familiar quite a bit but it's clear. i don't think that is our that are out here. much as the streets are. getting a little. look. a. little bit i'll build. on them and. by then coffee session on their own. by then is a shift that long. all of a sudden it's going to not a sudden loss is going on want. some some. not so with. the most of it was revealed to the po

they will if they would come to russia they would talk to russia and they would see that. works not so bad in russia actually that there is no aggressivity from from the russian population even with the u.s. cities and all of the quote really that are here many thanks my guest here in moscow this is the end of our broadcast segment stay with us for the extended version on or you tube channel see you next time and remember. searcher out the way is anti american and anti-democratic and he can look at that quite plainly by understanding the stock price approach or half of it was that response so it's trading i think there are three hundred thousand dollars a share so the message from charlie munger and warren buffett to americans is unless you've got three hundred thousand dollars to buy one share of berkshire hathaway you're a player you're a peasant here you know they are the neo feudal lords that are building the system milking the system abusing the system and aggregating wealth as wrong see a coupon clippers and nickel and dime or they add nothing to the economy. the new

play in russia and in france events are organized within the framework of the russia france cross cultural year for languages and culture. which will integrate let's context i would like to highlight that we are now implementing the initiative for government will go forward presented by the president of france on their tran and dialogue the russian signatory and france they go to our own north and st petersburg will host a first meeting of the coordination council of the tree and dalla can tomorrow me and mr micron are going to meet the participants of this dialogue but it will be voted best for our negotiations on the international agenda but they covered all the relevant issues with your search else. we have exchanged our opinions with the guts to the unilateral actions undertaken by the us on they withdraw all from the way. alleging you do if you can that you don't wish to ask for syria we have highlighted that you need to further boost the political resolution especially with regards to the decisions made by the syrian national dialogue congress that russia is going to working with the