russian greatness. >> it was the kind of pageantry which putin and russians in general loved. he was riding very high. this was, you know, a moment of personal and national triumph from his point of view. (cheers and applause) >> narrator: the games were an announcement that the world needed to pay attention to russia and vladimir putin. (putin speaking russian) (cheers and applause) >> sochi was a huge moment for vladimir putin, and it was meant to be his validation and crowning moment of acceptance on the world stage as, you know, sort of the new russian tsar. (cheers and applause) >> narrator: but putin's moment of glory was tarnished by troubles just over russia's border: in ukraine. >> ukraine is stuck very much in the middle both geographically... >>> ...with the protests in neighboring ukraine, what is russian president... >> narrator: to putin, the crowds were a repudiation. the protesters demanded their government move away from russia and toward the west. coming in the midst of his olympics, putin saw something else. >> putin was sure that that was a real conspiracy

he denies the allegations and then now deleted tweet takei said russian bought. the allegations against him he attached a charge which claimed to show he was targeted by russian trolls however he didn't seem to win over the backing of those on social media. he should have said the cling on may have done it no he says russian bots so let me get this straight they're going to get back at you by repeating something which apparently may or may not be true they're not making this up they're not lying they're not crafting some story of you having been and all they're doing is repeating all according to you allegations made by someone else who benefits from this this absolutely specious idea that somebody is going to go through all of this work to make some some strange and some cryptic association with some has been star trek actor or what an accusation is forty years old i mean it doesn't make any sense but it's great commentary. the head of the world and he doping agency has admitted it's almost impossible to separate sport and politics craig read his comments follow

the russians do. that's who you go to, the other organized crime group. >> there is something particular about the multiple bankrupbankru unlike other real estate developers. he was squeezed off from the traditional sources of capital and real estate, the entire game is that you borrow money. you invest it. you hope to make money and get out. that's basically out. if you can't borrow money, you have a harder time. >> one of the most interesting things to the sale was the timing of it. it happened in 2008 when trump was going through essentially multiple bankruptcies. nobody would loan to him. this was a huge infusion of cash into his bank account, so, you know, when you look at the circumstances surrounding the sale and more questionable. >> can you imagine a world in which there is -- game out the possibility of some kind of indictments related to these offenses that don't relate back to the sort of core question about russian political. >> i would say highly likely. we know for certain the president

and we saw a lot of the evidence that russian hackers and russian advertisers were playing in our elections, to the right and the left, entangled in a very bitter war trying to really promote that. so the rnc maybe should have been a little more pro active, joy, you're right. but what about the fec and what about getting them to get a little bit more reactive and a little bit more proactive and trying to be, you know, prevent some of this? >> richard painter, a lot of democrats doing a lot of soul searching wishing the obama administration had been more aggressive trying to combat this. we have examples in other countries, richard, same thing happ happening. an aggressive attempt to hack into e-mails of the french, the candidates running for the president in france. hackers came after them, but the french were prepared, headline in the "new york times." we had finland and estonia attacked by the same exact kind of campaign. but the difference is, that in those countries and in germany and other places, both of the political parties came together and were very public about saying, we don't c

we got russian ambassador, russian banker, russian ex-con, mil military, russian lawyer, russian lobbyist, russian money laundering suspect. russian billionaire son and connected academic, oil executive, russian foreign ministry official, russian president's fake niece and now new guy head of russia's fund. that's too big for a band. that's too big for a marching band in most towns. i mean, but there is one more thing to say about the russian sovereign wealth fund that met with eric prince. the russian direct investment fund, the fund he runs is one of many russian government institutions under u.s. sanctions. since russia invaded crimea in 2014 which means that no american business person even eric prince should be doing business with that fund. prince's explanation about that meeting in the seychelles is it had nothing to do with the trump transition. it was just business. it couldn't have been business with that guy from the russian sovereign wealth fund, at least it couldn't have been business if it was legal business. eric prince scheduled to testify before the house intelligence com

new york city russian bank branch. sam clovis is credited with bringing carter page on to the trump campaign and also credited with bringing on to the campaign george papadopoulos, who has now become quite famous for lying with the fbi about his contacts with russia during the trump campaign. in the plea agreement revealed by a judge on money, it was apparently sam clovis who was george papadopoulos's supervisor who told him he was doing great work when he initiated and maintained contact with russian sources. when george papadopoulos suggested that there be an off-the-record meeting between trump campaign personnel and russian officials up to and including people from putin's office, sam clovis is reportedly the campaign supervisor who encouraged george papadopoulos to take that trip. well, now we've learned that m clovis has not only spoken to investigators on the russia investigation, we've learned that he's also reportedly testified to the grand jury in the mueller investigation. now, this happened while sam clovis

interference in the vote one example used to suppose that russian who's profile didn't fit a typical british political observer however the person posted or retreated nearly one hundred posts mentioning that the political and media scare mongering may have actually now how can effect as poorly boyko reports in recent weeks and days the british media has been heavily focused on the lack of progress the braggs it talks and the problems facing to raise them a government the russian interference story has drawn the fire away from all that and now media outlets can pour over the question of how many trolls does it take to incite a revolution not many according to everyone we approached to discuss this story. london do you think four hundred twitter accounts from from russia is enough to change the outcome of the referendum here in the u.k. well i think it could i think it could sort of and there could be a lot more yeah so you think it's only the tip of the iceberg yes i think it's just the tip of the iceberg i believe there is something at the bottom of it and i'm being very careful with

election twitter and google representatives told a senate hearing they found evidence of russian backed posts trying to influence the vote it's inside story next so stay with us. if you are president donald trump visit to asia the goal is to forge relations and strengthen the resolve to confront the threat from north korea but what impact could this visit really have that we'll be live across asia to bring you the very latest coverage here on al-jazeera. three of donald trump's former advisors are indicted the probe into russia's involvement in the u.s. election is digging deeper so whose name could be honest next and could this investigation sink the u.s. president's administration this is inside story. i welcome to the program i'm jane dutton critics of donald trump have been calling for his impeachment since he became the u.s. president ten months ago now some say a step has been taken in that direction three of his former advisers were charged with federal crimes on monday including tax evasion conspiracy against the u.s. and lying to the f.b.i. about contacts with alleged middlemen

and pressure on russian media doesn't end there u.s. lawmakers are now considering a bill proposing that cable and satellite providers aren't required to carry video content some are linked to the kremlin providers could decide for themselves whether to show such content or not it's important to note here is the bill is yet to be approved russ's promised a similar response with some top politicians proposing a tit for tat response if the bill gets adopted journalist and writer new client believes the pressure on russian media is down to its recent success poor this is absolutely outrageous i think we could quit mcafee's of what it really is mccarthyism on steroids now and it's a signal from the escalation in this cold war launched by the us against russian media r.t. as a growing audience share in america around the world in r.t. puts a different narrative out to the war party narrative on issues like the syrian conflict for example so i think these are war mongers in the us are very angry that artie's been so successful and i think it

your mention team russia being dealt a number of blows this november six russians. yours have been banned for life for doping violations while the former head of the moscow anti doping law who was the first to allege a state sponsored doping program has put forward new information on the claims i'm nuts led to some officials calling for russia to be completely bombed from the twenty eighteen winter olympics the experts we spoke to though stressed the need for a case by case approach. i think the most important thing is a case by case decision and that means that every athlete that is proven to be clean should be to discuss any older decision like the quality of ban as it was decided that against russian paralympic members is not illegal and i think we should aim at a proportionate decision that russia is not putting up its hands and saying we accept the mclaren reports finding that there is state sponsored doping it's held the line throughout the whole to ing and fro ing that we've experienced over the past two three years it's always said we want hard evidence that

russian lawmakers vote in favor of getting media register as foreign agents. in the united states. in response to washington's actions the self appointed global press freedom stay quiet on the treatment of. also ahead this hour u.s. officials from using bestselling russian security software on the alleged espionage threat but there's no evidence to suspicions. volunteers trying to help refugees are being considered. from the humanitarian aid. to the world this is r t international my names you not only a welcome to the program this hour's top story russian lawmakers have voted in favor of forcing media outlets to register as foreign agents it's in response to similar pressure placed on r.t. america in the united states. has been following developments for us just bring us up to spec about what a fact that these amendments could have. didn't hi well we wouldn't be hearing this news from the russian parliament if it wasn't for the american department of justice that demanded that r.t. america register as a foreign agent in the us the russian government promised to fight back and we'r

athlete being only two points short of fulfilling the road map to continue to spend has seen russian officials make their feelings a very clear first up the russian olympic committee chief alexander as you call. relevance to restart his book the mclaren report itself created a clash of opinions it was contested by the russians who claimed that the report lacks sufficient proof to be deemed it legitimate and water itself did speak out when they cleared ninety five out of the ninety six russian athletes accused of various doping allegations in the report their reason being yes you guessed it lack of evidence and hence their cases were closed the russian sports minister has said his disappointment to these two demands are obviously of a political nature we want dialogue not addict out however. has made it clear there is a doping problem and has since become one of only five european countries that have criminalized doping austria france italy and spain being the others president putin had a clear message on the issue in russia when he spoke out some of the main thing is that we have to

russian clears the way for cruisers. they get a naval base and vast amounts of [indiscernible] narrator: french communists sabotaged the electrical system on the french fighter plane. with the fall of france, hillard decides tohitler invade the territory of the recent partner, russia. ♪ narrator: the turning point of the german invasion of russia grads at belgrade -- volgo or stalingrad. besarake eastern poland, sakhalin, portions of finland. latvia, lithuania, and estonia are incorporated as soviet republics, and much of the native population is deported. there are russian occupations pending final peace treaties and austria and north korea. the russians have the right to maintain garrisons in poland, hungary, and bulgaria. how did we get from here to there, the present situation? with the iron curtain dividing europe and communist outposts through much of the world? what is the secret to their postwar expansion? what method to the use? the answer is, they use them all. occupying troops remain after political achievem

army russian ideology and the russian world. me. most belarussians still accept the monopoly of their russian neighbors and of left to walk a fine line between solidarity and independence. but georgia was a different case. after the rose revolution it quickly developed into a pluralistic comparatively well functioning country. the tax system was simplified and the banking sector and public services modernized its cities were transformed. mikhail saakashvili the new president completely renovated the center of tbilisi. after the rez revolution foreign capital began to flow into the country it felt like a new era was coming people had a great visions that our country would become a new switzerland or singapore or that an economic miracle would happen. and a big boom really did start and things that were worth a million dollars now cost one hundred million apartments in tbilisi were more expensive than in moscow we had an enormous growth in our client base and hired new stuff and really good money. looking west away from putin's ru

back to join olympic chiefs they dismissed media claims as premature that the russian national anthem will be banned at the upcoming winter games. revelations about the offshore tax avoidance and money making schemes of the super rich become a goldmine for the media with many publications rooting out and focusing on links to russia. are broadcasting live direct for our studios in moscow this is our to international thomas is certainly glad to have you with us now the un back to joint mission investigating the chemical attack into syria is it believed the province back in april has found the watchdog says that they have looked into various scenarios questioned hundreds of witnesses and examined thousands up to the actual site of the attack the leadership panel has identified ice add responsible for the use of sulfur mustard in. and the syrian arab republic that's responsible for the use of sarin at conseco and their studies showed that the samples from handshake koon match with a particular chemical from the syrian arab republic stockpile that is required to make sarin hard to correspo

now you say not all of those were russian related. very gone back and cross checked those russian related accounts that you took down in france to see if any of those accounts were active in the american election? >> senator, the 30,000 accounts that we took down in -- >> the accounts that were related to russian accounts that you took down, your leadership in fact, bragged about how proactively you were in the french election process. did you check those accounts to see if any of them were active in the american elections? >> senator, the system that ran to take down those accounts, which were fake accounts of really all type and for any purpose, has -- is now active worldwide. >> have you -- please answer my question. have you reviewed the accounts you took down in france that were russian related to see if they had -- played any role in the american election? >> senator, i apologize. i'm trying to answer the question. >> well the answer is yes or no. i don't want a long explanation. i want to know have you done -- because i have be

the international olympic committee makes another ruling in the russian doping scandal banning four russian skeleton athletes for life. a very warm welcome you're watching r.t. international broadcasting to you live from the russian capital only care and good to have you with us. with the tide it now turned against islamic state in syria there's renewed hope that a political solution can finally bring peace war torn syria has now got a real chance to stop the six year long civil war in the country that's the message from vladimir putin speaking at a summit in sochi attended by russia iran and turkey our correspondent in the trunk is there for is what have the leaders said. nagy hello again well we've seen the president's vladimir putin type aired on and has saw me at one big negotiating table smiling and looking quite determined the foreign ministers were there the heads of the military as well so there you have it we got to the point when i saw almost got completely erased from the map of syria and serious to biggest regional neighbors as well as russia whose air strikes were a really big

russians are waking up to their history. they're not trying to replicate the past, they'rejust trying to remember it. it's time for the final part of myjourney. i'm off to the other end of russia, to khabarovsk, seven time zones away from where my trip began. this is the capital of the russian far east. here, china is closer than most of russia. the cradle of the revolution feels a world away. but then, i am more than 6,000 kilometres east of saint petersburg. liev lepovich lives here. he and the russian revolution have one thing in common, they both are 100 years old. born in 1917, lievhas survived three famines, he's fought in four wars. in his lifetime, his country has disappeared twice. first, tsarist russia, and then, soviet russia. how does a nationa survive that kind of century? after the revolution, it would take five years and a brutal civil war before the bolsheviks conquered the russian far east. the decisive battle was near khabarovsk, at volochayevka. there's a giant panoramic painting of it at the local museum.

his bella russian is worse than his russian years ago so he needs two official languages. he's a course badly educated dictator the good it done it at the group where mullah brazil ejector. opposition is largely for britain in belarus. in the one nine hundred ninety s. just gave rich to it as a candidate for a new party but he didn't stand a chance. at that time he still hoped to supplant the old values with new ones. it was a vain hope that the. overwhelming majority of people in belarus support democratic principles our leadership only came to power with russia's help. he would be on the roads there has to be if he does what he wants and everyone else shuts up and accept that. if they object he removes them from the fi trough and a fast buck but the west doesn't understand that we're not a state based on law and order and that the way to becoming one has been blocked because we're not a country where the government is democratically elected and we were moving towards it but then we were stopped. in the daschle the will of the liquid a bottomless no problem. so at least r

russian federation in fact there is one culture that has one language the russian on their ease. like almost on history. russia provided for this time a lot of a lot of assistance. the existence of transnistria is based on the old pillars of the soviet union the army a common language and a policy of dependency on. moscow pays for part of the pensions of transnistria and retirees which certainly doesn't harm their love for russia. many of them long for the good old days back when. john as a grandmother is a typical example. moves. when you look at a hand for example you have five fingers with five fingers it's easier to take or carry something try doing the same with one finger. the soviet union was like a single powerful hand today it's different all that is gone. everyone pulls in his own direction everyone has his own household i don't like this was never going to happen again but many people of her generation see only disadvantages in the way things are now and advantages in the way things work and the soviet system of values is still hanging on. already i mean what i said i

russia was consumed by revolution and unprecedented violence it is not an understatement to say the russian revolution or bolster big coup d'etat was the defining moment of the twentieth century how did it change russia and the world. crosstalk in the russian revolution i'm joined by my guest here in moscow geoffrey robertson is a professor of history at university college cork and a member of the royal irish academy we also have marc sloboda he's an international affairs and security analyst and of course we have bob and she's a political analyst with sputnik international all right gentlemen as always crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it. geoffrey robertson we go to you first here one hundred years on i will the most obvious question was it worth it was it worth it yes i think it was one because what the revolution showed was that it was possible to. get nine hundred seventy eight was that the people into the history fundamentally changed to kosovo history but there are those that say that it was a coup d'etat that the bolsheviks

is simply given the russian perspective on the news the way c.n.n. and the new york times gives an american perspective on the news and b.b.c. a british perspective of course american journalist don't think that when they think they're giving a universal truth they don't see that they are speaking from within their own national perspective so to call r.t. propaganda and sputnik is a joke in my opinion and worse than that is to lump them both of them in sputnik and archie would in four wars i mean this shows you the quality of the mind to wrote that article it's delusional because in four words is nowhere near journalism r.t. as a news channel and if you want to understand what's happening in the world you've got to look at the different perspectives from russia from iran from the u.s. from britain and take these all into consideration so to call one russian television r t propaganda and to lump it in one in four words is just extraordinary and it really shows the depths of the despair i think that the people who are pushing the russia gate story are

a very reputable company and so what this is quite frankly it's a no russian compromise out that. you impersonate the as they see it the enemy could in fact mean for the chinese or in fact the north koreans and as a result of using the protect the hive program that they have that they. impersonate again and. again. in english on said earlier until recently the u.s. government also uses services of the. labs what has happened of course is the whole issue about. the influence of so-called influence of the russian government on the american elections and also. the allegations in terms of the french election for. the forthcoming german ones as well so it is mischief making. if you have. particular political and geopolitical operations looking and criticizing the russians they don't look carefully at what's happening. in terms of the revelation that the agency had a special program to control its malware operations i mean is this cutting edge stuff does it suggest that reach is grown. and absolutely i mean the whole thing is you know whether it's edward snowden whether it's wiki leaks

about properties russians have bought, russian oilgarches. if you go beyond the collusion thing, we'll flip out, we'll fire the special prosecutor, and there's something there they're sensitive about. i think if you're looking now at this investigation and it's clear mueller is looking at people with financial experience and money laundering and your top campaign guy got nabbed it's super worrisome. >> there's a lot of russian oilgarches in the global luxury real estate market around the world, buying lots of properties because it's a useful asset to park prept. how much do you think trump is a person selling and they're parking money there. how much do you have a sense that russian oilgarches that are doing that are in contact? >> i think what you said is correct. i think rugs love to buy property to park their cash abroad and to have a place to flee. in you're successful in russia, if you reach a certain level of success, then you have been blessed by the state. does that mean you must participate to get trump elected? not necessarily. it t

but first, a look at the investigation alleged russian interference in the 2016 election. this week, executives testified before congress about the role their companies played in allowing russian misinformation to spread in the run-up to the presidential election. the questions revolved around how russian operatives were able to pose as americans and spread content through facebook, twitter and google onnish shoes such as immigration and race relations. and the first criminal charges into russia's role in the election. paul manafort, donald trump's former campaign chairman, was indicted for tax fraud and conspiracy against the united states. he and his business associate, rick gates, surrendered to authorities and for more on all of this, we turn to california congressman adam schiff, the ranking democrat on the house intelligence committee. he joins us via skype from washington, d.c. congressman schiff, nice to hav. >> thank you. great to be with you. >> you were at the hearings this week, where facebooks of facebook, google and twitter all testified you their companies w

plan of money would you make of the russian plan or if it's just a plan to push russia to the front of everything that's happening in syria the man but syria is just part of the big game that's happening in the middle east and on not only in the middle east for russia the main thing is to build an anti american coalition with iran and hopefully with turkey on the basis of this syrian campaign of course iran and russia are already kind of anti american russian military both by the poor and forces in syria russia outflanked nato but the ultimate goal would be to part possibly pull turkey away from the united states and nato and of course syria is important because an asset is important for russia because he can guarantee that russia will retain military naval base on the syrian mediterranean coast and even more importantly and their base there so this is just part of it and russia is using what's happening right now in syria to promote its overall strategic intentions which you're even much wider than the entire middle east sammael ramani. this plan it seems when you listen to both of

before it ends, the white russians rebel against the red. allied troops fight to keep russia in the war. czarists try to restore the monarchy. the czar and his family are executed. and the checya, the first of many soviet police groups become active. the rest without charge, no trials, disappearance without charge, no trials, disappearance without explanation becomes routine. but lenin complains. >> there is still too little [indiscernible] not because we lack determination but because we do not know how to capture enough marauders. capitalists. james: however many they capture, they miss one. on august 30, 1918, dora kaplan takes a shot at lenin. our marksmanship effective. he is slightly wounded. that night in moscow alone, 500 anti-leninists are executed on suspicion of being with ms. kaplan's effort. the signposts along the road read peace, freedom, and bread. because they understood these can be theirs only when freedom is attained. on march 7, 1921, they are in the streets asking for freedom and bread. at 6:45 in the evening -- [gunsho

and pressure on russian media does not end there u.s. lawmakers are now considering a bill proposing that cable and satellite providers not be required to carry video content somehow linked to the kremlin that means providers could decide for themselves whether to show such content or not though it is important to note the bill is yet to be approved russia has promised a similar response with some top politicians proposing a tit for tat move if the bill gets adopted journalist and writer neil clark believes the pressure on the russian media is down to its recent successes. well this is absolutely outrageous i think we could call it mccarthyism but it really is mccarthyism on steroids now and it's a signal from the escalation in this cold war launched by the u.s. against russian media r.t. as a growing audience share in america and around the world in r.t. puts a different narrative out to the war party narrative on issues like the syrian conflict for example so i think the war mongers in the us are very angry that artie's been so success

for manafort he was a client. >> the pro-russian candidate, was proteching russian language, church, politicians and regime, is advised by paul manafort, who was citizen of united states. >> he was one of the leaders of the uprising. he said everyone in the square was determined to stay there for as long as it took to hold their ground. yanukovich responded with force. he sent in the riot troops, the protesters responded with rocks and molotov cocktails. >> the protesters here put themselves in the center of a ring of fire and said they will hold this square, even if it costs them their lives. and cost them it did. around 100 were killed. i watched as the wounded were rushed to a make-shift hospital. not everyone could be saved. but where was paul manafort? we obtained his travel logs and confirmed them with a source of ukrainian border patrol, leaving just two weeks before his client, the ukrainian client ordered police to turn guns on the protesters. >> he didn't say anything. >> as people were being shot in the streets, i was here i saw their bodies manafort was -- >> he was year

you know sensible productive because russia they made the russian envoy made a very distinctive. notion by saying this should have been a preventive measure and it actually didn't prevent anything so we need to look at it in a different way was probably the other parties of the security council want to keep it as it is in order to track down and news use it as a tool to you know maintain influence so there is a bit of a battle we don't know which we have two issues here and there really two different resolutions proposals and we'll see ok yet certainly not black and white is it or we're going to have to leave it there for now i really appreciate your thoughts what cafferty rect of the going off this think tank thank you. now the international olympic committee has dismissed reports that the russian national anthem could be banned from the twenty eighteen winter olympics the claim was made in the new york times ahead of the i.c.c. decision on what action to take against russia for alleged state sponsored doping charlotte reports now from the lympics headquarters in switzerland. we

russians got their allies the bolivians to reintroduce the resolutions of the russians got what they wanted in the first place which was their resolution to be voted on second and the holy said that really was very bad faith by the russians and the bolivians she said they've been playing tricks and games and subverting the rules of the u.n. security council so james is is this this avenue or this particular avenue kray entail chemical weapons use in syria as it pertains to the u.n. is is it get dark that guy cannot come up again is that right or is there any other avenue. well it could it could put it could potentially come up again if someone reintroduced it but i think for now it's standard and i think it's damaging to the whole efforts to fight weapons of mass destruction once you nipple way of this global system on fighting proliferation then you get problems other other nations take their chances ok james we're going to take a quick break here and pick up the discussion of this on the other side of the break the vote in the u.n. security council basically to further investigate

donald trump. >> a russian government. >> but the point is it is the russians not the russian government. >> one is knowledge. >> but allow the to finish this point. is a matter of total destruction and diversion from the russian probe to go look like a smoke screen by his stooges. >> is not a program for american parties to have the agents of foreign governments. >> as an american company. >> meanwhile robert mueller we will take a look as he announced charges at cop -- across the two top officials in the foreign policy advisers that had pleaded guilty like to the fbi it was a response from the white person sarah huckabee sanders. >> it has the the to do with the president for the president's campaign or campaign activity it has everything to do with the clinton campaign and use it -- fusion gps and russia. >> what type of statement did robert mueller made with the moment demonstrate?. >> this statement he made is i am just getting started. he has a couple of indictments with a guilty conviction so he wants those people he indicted and those that have pled guilty to talk about those hig

russians seem to have been overtaken by the apocalypse murder looting. the mongols took possession of the holy soil. why does the damp earth not give way why does it not open there was no daylight to be seen and we baptize one suffocated from the breath of the time. towns. they devastated our land they occupied our towns and they destroyed our holy churches they slew our fathers and brothers they violated our mother's insistence. the russian faithful sold a two hundred year foreign domination as divine retribution is. the skyline of the little town of soused one hundred eighty kilometers southeast of moscow as if set in another world another time eight hundred years ago this was the capital of russia and the seat of a bishop it remained a spiritual center even when the secular power moved elsewhere. in soused they turned their eyes to the heavens. the domes of its churches were and remain its home or. prince unity don't go to fortified his new capital with the kremlin a mighty rampart defended with palisades. says tao grew quickly and the number of its c

russian lawmakers voted in favor of giving moscow the power to classify media. similar to those made. in the united states. in response to washington's actions the self appointed global press freedom usually quiet on the treatment of parties. also had this r t u k thing reveals the volunteers attempting to help refugees crossing international borders are being treated as criminals. we hear from one humanitarian aid worker who felt. the money purely out of a humanitarian. help this little girl. you're tuning in from right around the world this hour welcome to moscow onto r t international my names you know neil your company our top story lawmakers in russia's lower horse of parliament voted in favor of requiring media outlets which are funded from abroad to register as foreign agents it is in response to similar pressure placed on r. t. america in the united states with the details breaking that done. first of all we wouldn't be hearing this news from the russian parliament if it wasn't for the american department of justice which forced r.t. america to register

hour in russian transit flights from the source area to. base but now it does so most likely he was over flying thirty territory so yes it's important for russia to demonstrate to the russian public are there is there in the election coming up next march presidential action that russia is victorious pushing as again victorious the war in syria is almost over mission accomplished plays well on the domestic front in russia as well. do we generally accept now is there an acceptance that russia is firmly in the driving seat when it comes to finding a solution to the syria issue i guess it is and in fact. shall i say it was actually called to sochi head of an important summit that's going to take place to morrow for the heads of the key players in the syrian conflict. and iran and i think having pressure actually hosting this meeting but important meeting in my opinion and means that russia is the de facto power broker in syria don't forget that the united states actually has already accepted that russia is calling the shots and russia is leadin

and pressure on russian media does not end there u.s. lawmakers are now considering a bill proposing that cable and satellite providers not be required to carry video content somehow linked to the kremlin that means providers could decide for themselves whether to show such content or not though it is important to note the bill has yet to be approved and russia has promised a similar response with some top politicians proposing a tit for tat move if the bill gets adopted and journalist and writer neil clark believes the pressure on the russian media is down to its recent successes. or this is absolutely outrageous i think we could call it mcafee is what it really is mccarthyism on steroids now and it's a signal from the escalation in this cold war launched by the us against russian media r.t. is a growing audience share in america and around the world in r.t. puts a different narrative out to the war party narrative on issues like the syrian conflict for example so i think the war mongers in the us are very angry that artie's been so suc

russian. the u.s. military steps up its efforts to militarize space splashing the cash on new warfare capabilities. very warm welcome you are watching aussie international broadcasting to you live from the russian capital. the top story this hour attacks on r.t. in the u.s. are equal to attacks on free speech that's according to the president of law to me appear to he was also a reporter's questions on the final day of the apec summit in vietnam. and. those who are doing this in the u.s. so. always been proud of being the world's number one democrats and freedom of speech has always been the main value it here to buy them there's no democracy without freedom of speech and it's not going our media in the us is making a mistake an attack on freedom of speech itself mr putin also promised that the russian government will come up with appropriate retaliation such retaliation may affect american or american funded media that are operating in russia this is a reaction to a very recent decision by th

approved by the russian duma and now the draft bill will be moved on to the upper chamber of the russian parliament for a final vote the amendment has it that a media outlet may find itself on the list of foreign agents in russia if it receives money from foreign countries i.e. their governments international organizations or foreign organizations for an individuals as well as russian legal entities which are funded from any of the sources that i mentioned above if a media organisation becomes a foreign agent whatever it publishes has to come with a disclaimer plus it has to provide the russian authorities with regular reports on their finances something that was also discussed at the same duma session was a recent buzz feed piece titled secret finding sixty russian payments to finance the election campaign of twenty sixteen but the first thing that comes up on your mind if you're reading this headline is that it's a groundbreaking investigative report on russian meddling in the us election the article tells you about citibank money transfers intended for russian embassies abroad wow the

the female russian meddling reaches a new level. prime minister. the head of the world watchdog admits it's almost impossible to separate sport politics and. political motives behind those refusal to. drugs. also this week. leader explains all in the first edition. he tells. how he felt. his mistake. start a new. era that will start. we hear from an activist who was terrorism after releasing. headlines of the week top stories of today welcome to the weekly. britain's prime minister may have set a new low for relations with russia in a speech on tuesday after accusing moscow of military aggression and election meddling but also uprising details and apparently the key issue. seems far less important. chief among those today of course is russia but it is russia's actions russia's illegal onix ation of crimea so i have a very simple message for russia because we know there's a strong and prosperous russia russia has the reach and the responsibility russia can russia does not to secure the best possible brics it. the day after mays claims the times news

five more russian police receive lifetime bans from the winter olympics as fears grow the whole of russia could be prevented from competing in the twenty eight games here the latest verdict on the doping scandal from sports chiefs. but the. claims it doesn't prove you want to. give them some time. and germany could be on track for the same coalition government that it had before september's elections three way talks with other parties collapsed last week. police in the french city of concern over a. crime more than a year after the closure of the notorious jungle. here police officers are more than fed up i cannot remember times when so many call came to me to say that they wanted to leave the police. global headlines every hour on the hour you're watching are to international live with me. thanks for joining us tonight five more russian athletes have been given lifetime bans from the winter olympics that brings the total number of disqualified athletes to nineteen the decision was made off the retesting doping samples from the twenty fourteen sochi games based on the findings of the repo