Future. I think putin has deliberately decided to poke obama in the eye. Even before snowden, this was not a happy relationship. Maybe something went wrong when they met at the g8 summit. This has been a deliberate act decided by the kremlin. Do not believe any of the russian stuff about lowlevel officials have taken the decision. His Election Campaign last year was marked by a series of mass protests in moscow and other major cities. His reaction, according to human rights watch, was to introduce curbs on public demonstrations and a wider definition of treason in what they described as the worst political crackdown in russias postsoviet history. Pussy riot became the International Symbol of the protests. Two band members are serving jail sentences in remote prison colonies. They said they were hiding differences between government and the orthodox church. In june, the russian government approved a new law allowing jail sentences for offending religious feelings, along with another controversy and new law banning gay propaganda aimed at minors. It also imposes fines on those holding the price rallies. It is already having an effect. This gayrights demonstration last week was broken up by paratroopers. It is argued scenes like this help to help Vladimir Putin maintain his power base. He sees his power base as the conservative portion of the population. ,y using these divisive issues he can drive a wedge between the positions taken by the liberal and the courts conservative, traditional values of what he would see as his majority. Russias repressive new laws could have international implications. In february next year, the 22nd Winter Olympics were to be held in a russian city on the black sea. The Russian Sports minister said while the rights of athletes will be respected, they would have to respect the laws of the country, including the antiday loss. The actor and writer has called for russia to be stripped of the event over the issue over gay rights. An absolute ban on the russian Winter Olympics is essential. It is not enough to say gay olympians may or may not be safe in their village. The ifc must take a firm stance. Imagein loves his macho and does not seem to care. Russia is increasingly divided. He is not worried about the liberals or the educated opposition as long as over half of the country supports him and his conservative nationalist agenda. He clearly feels he can do what he wants. Joining us from washington, we have a former moscow correspondent for the new yorker. Rights the lgbt activists, a russian activists politician who led protests against the mayor. Last year. We also have a former kremlin adviser. Idea on the snowden affair that he is poking obama and i is one thing. This appeals to Traditional Russian values. This has the backing of the majority of the russian people . About snowden and the notion about the antigay laws and other conservative pieces of legislation passed recently are all driven by internal politics. Putin needs to consolidate the conservative part of the society, which represents about 2 3 of the russian population. His support base is deteriorating rapidly recently. Without getting those guys together, without proving he can provide stability for the Traditional Russian values, without that, he cannot preserve his power. It is also about distancing himself from the west. He says russia can be great again with the resurgence of the church. He is saying he steps to protect its conservative russian. In a sense, yes. He has to respect the views of the people that live in russia and not listen to what the western powers are saying. Gaye saw images attacking protesters. Is that the future for russia . Has beenlaw misinterpreted. There is a lot of confusion around it. This law was about protecting the children. From what . From any sort of propaganda, including pornography. Lets be quite clear. The thrust of the law, it would saying is that it is relations between people of the same sex cannot be discussed or represented in front of children. Children will get a sense that is wrong. Gayou believe in russia relationships are wrong . I am explaining to you about this law. Were getting and used by the law. Were getting confused by the law. Is about preventing children from having information about heterosexual sex or gay sex, all of it together. The were onlyng sticking to one part of the law. Said, thatd what he gays is not anti legislation. It is protecting children from all sorts of things, including pornography. Of wood remind the gentleman that the children of russia are standing on the street watching the police beat Peaceful Protesters bloody. I do not think that is the best influence on them either. We will have a chance to see if the gentleman is correct about the interpretation of the law. The russian gay activist stood on the steps of the library and unfurled a banner saying homosexuality is normal. He is the first person to be arrested and indicted under the new law. Were watching his trial with great interest. It right to arrest him . Homosexuality is normal. What is wrong with saying that . I cannot speak on individual cases. What i can say to our american guests is your country supports countries like saudi arabia where gays and lesbians are arrested, prosecuted, and tortured. Were missing a big point here. Thes go through all countries in the middle east and outside. The u. S. Gives money to them. Why did they not ask china the world is watching you. Let me bring in nancy. You are a russianamerican. Do you think we misunderstand what is happening in russia . If were going to talk about china and saudi arabia, neither saudi arabia nor china pretend to be part of your. They are not party to european conventions. They do not sit around talking about how they are integral part of european culture and part of the civilized world. Russia tries to be part of the west but when it is convenient to russia it says to get out. This is not something we want in our country. President obama has said there is a new cold war going on. That there is distance between the west and russia that is becoming greater. Do you worry about that . I worry about it when the american president goes on a comedy show and says things like that. We will always have cycles. We will always see politicians saying things, posturing and so on. I see the economic ties are strengthening. The americans invest a lot of money into russia. The british investor a lot of money. If you compare russia and america, who was more friendly to britain, bp is being torn apart in america. Bp in russia was given 20 of the biggest Oil Corporation in the world. The reality is there may be concerns over Civil Liberties and human rights for gay people. At the end of the day, it is about cash. People like bp are not going to pull out of russia because they do not like what president clinton is doing on civil discourse. With president putin is doing on civil discourse. President could is pragmatic. He despises. He devised the issues he divides the issues from real business. Western corporations are more than welcome. They appeared to be the first to putins wrongdoing against Civil Society in russia. Societies are struggling to recover economically. Are we destined to be to be feeling more miserable . The old model in which success in to long hours, lack of sleep, and constantly checking email is not working, she believes. We will hear from her in a moment and from the professor who says there is not a lot we can do about basic instincts of drive and aggression. For too long, we seem to have surrendered personal excellence and Community Values for the accumulation of material things. Our Gross National product is already a hundred dollars billion a year. Robert kennedy gave that critique of gdp as an indicator of americas success in 1968. 42 years later, David Cameron says he wanted a new measure, gwb, or general wellbeing. The gdp does not give the full story of the economic growth, but it gives a useful indicator of where were heading. I believe a new measure will not give the full story of our nations wellbeing or happiness, but it could give us the general picture of whether life is improving. According to arianna huffington, it is time to redefine success beyond money and wealth because of the state of the countrys mental health. Thinks she is on to something. He used to be a gdp kind of guy. I was fortunate. I did not have to worry about money. I could plan a holiday without thinking about it. He was a very wealthy banker at goldman sachs. Now he runs have been as workshops teaching people money does not matter as much as they think it does. Now he runs happiness workshops teaching people money does not matter as much as they think it does. It is leveled every person in society. Yacht club,n the you are surrounded by people that own yachts. It is a question of understanding what you have and not wanting to jump. The jumping and competition cannot continue. At some level, it has to stop. The quicker we acknowledge that and become comfortable in reasonable means, we can open up to happiness and engage in society in a different way. General wellons being index never materialized but the government is publishing happiness data. Apparently, we are cheerier than last year. 77 give a score of seven or more out of 10. A high mark for life satisfaction. That is up from last year. There were also asked to what extent do you feel the things in your life are worthwhile. 81 gave a score of seven or more out of 10. Again, a high score. Also a rise from last year. The data shows. In his tent on the have in this table the data shows that britain is number 10 on the happiness table. The diamonde been jubilee that helped the mood . Was the drop in unemployment more significant . Statisticians say they do not know. The research on the relationship between economy and happiness keeps changing. Obviously, money matters. The question is how much and for what reason. There has been a lot of back andforth in the research about whether having more money above a certain level make you happier. For a long time, people seemed to think about a basic threshold more money did not make a difference. Now the research has come back and the other direction to suggest it is worth having more money for happiness indefinitely. If money brings happiness, this should be happiest place on earth. They are well seasoned observers of the well heeled. Most of the people do not seem very happy. I do not know why. Does it surprise you they are not happy . Large house iad a would be happy. Are never find them that have been. How do the same . Miserable, to be honest. I suppose they work 16 hours a day to earn it. . What does he recommend think happy thoughts and apply stickers your gadgets. Well, it worked for him. Has beenleague speaking to the founder of the huffington post. Author whon and the spent 50,000 of his own money making a short film to cheer people up in britain. What is happiness . How do you measure it . Going back to the greek theysophers and socrates, talked about a kind of flourishing. The Founding Fathers in the states talk about the pursuit of happiness in the declaration of independence. It was not just about having fun. It was the pursuit of feeling good by doing good. Happiness is something which has to go beyond the measures of success our culture has endorsed like money and power. Model. Is an old you are saying is broken . Is broken. There issays depression and stress. Pressure,a high blood diabetes, heart disease. , in one year, prescriptions for antidepressants have gone up by over 9 . 1 3 of people say they cannot sleep. Sleeping pill prescriptions are skyrocketing. Stress and anxiety disorders. Clearly there is something wrong. The idea behind having a Happiness Index is great. It is wonderful to have a conversation like were having. We have time in our daily lives to have a National Conversation about happiness . It is interesting. I suspect you are much more likely to be less happy than you and died. I am most happy because as you get older, it is shown you get happier until you are totally happy. Apparently, people seem to be least happy in their mid40s. That is when they are striving the hardest to keep up. Old are you . Are you the least half the of the three people here . I would not want to presume or assume. I am 47. I have two daughters who are millennials. The data shows they are the most dressed generation. A lot of it has to do with the prevalence of technology. Many of us never disconnect. It has a deleterious effect on us with stress. Those are parts of the old model that you project. You have subscribed to that model throughout your working life with the long hours, addiction to technology. Your Randy Huffington post. You are still the editor in chief. You Randy Huffington post. You sold it for hundreds of millions of dollars. You can reject the model because you made it. I am not rejecting the model. I am saying we need to include a third metric. Were not going to reject the first two metrics and go and live in the dirt. Were going to include being happy as a third metric. That measures our wellbeing and capacity to tap into our own wisdom and make better decisions, our capacity to wonder at life, and to give back. These are four elements. Lets go with the third metric. Are we going to give it the attention of the other two . That is an interesting question. You have done that with your work. Retaining thes job by quality review the childlike quality we tend to lose in middle age and regain again when we become grandparents. There are all sorts of elements that constitute happiness. I think we need to look at the natural way in which children present themselves. We can learn a great deal from them about how we are designed as human beings, about how we should operate and move forward. There is a lot of evidence happy children are less depressed when they are adults. There is an advantage in having a good, loving, stable relationship as a very young person. There is another model you are talking about. Some Research Shows you need about 1,000 more a year than your nextdoor neighbor and you will be happier. It is only 1,000. Wentme years ago, you through cancer. You have experience depression. Do you think that means you are more able than others to know what happiness is . With cancer, perhaps not so much. I had cancer in my early 20s. Depression i had five years ago. Extraordinary violent illness, quite unlike what people who have not would think it constitutes. It is a privilege to recover from depression, which almost everybody does. When you recover, you look at the world with new eyes. You regain your capacity to experience joy. It is as if for the first time. That is incredibly rewarding. That is important. Says he thinks a fortune for having given him the pain. What i am pain free, i understand what it is to be happy. It is almost as if to be truly happy, you have to be unhappy at some stage. That is perhaps what you are saying. Without question. It is a privilege to experience joy. For me, it is simple human things. The connectivity between human beings. Love i suppose is another way of expressing it. Love is one of the most fundamental tenants and ingredients to the recipe of producing a happy life. What they said about gratitude and love, to me that is what the third metric is. We can bring these into our lives and will have lives that are much more fulfilling. If that did not cheer you up, remember is the weekend. We will be back next week. For now from all of us, goodbye. Makes sense of international news. Funding is made possible by thefreeman foundation, newmans own foundation, and union bank. Our relationship managers work hard to understand the industry you are in. Working to nurture new ventures and provide capital for key strategic decisions. We offer expertise and tailored solutions in a wide range of industries. Where can we do for you . What can we do for you . Is made by mpt, to serve all of our diverse communities, and is made possible by the generous support of our members. Narrator coming up. Hunting duck on the wing with a twist. Exploring a vast urban oasis. And, riding rails to pedal trails. Next. Outdoors maryland is produced in cooperation with the Maryland Department of natural resources. Dnr. Inspired by nature, guided by science. Closed captioning provided by Maryland Public Television narrator for pat vincenti, the sea duck hunt begins right here, in his workshop outside churchville, maryland. Pat has been a duck hunter and decoy carver for 40 years. Hes recently started carving, and hunting, sea ducks. Pat so this is the head for the surf scoters that were making. I believe theres more of a demand for sea duck decoys because i believe theres more people actually hunting sea ducks. I believe its actually become more popular over the years. I gained aew respect for the sea ducks because theyre a lot more intricate and colorful than what i thought. What were doing is just taking the bulk of the stuff off. Narrator there are several different species of sea ducks in maryland, and pat carves them all. Pat this is our surf scoter. Very common on the bay. A lot of guys love to hunt these. This is our common eider. You dont see as many of them on the bay, but we do have a few. This is our long tail decoy or what we refer to as our old squaw decoy. Ive only been sea duck hunting a couple of times and ive enjoyed it very much because it is a social event. On this trip im taking my grandson dylan with me. Itll be his second trip out sea duck hunting. D, you have all your stuff together . You have your gun, of course. You got your license . Dylan yup. Pat life jacket . Dylan yup. Pat i take dylan with me because ive seen how hes grown over the years and how much he loves the outdoors, and i enjoy spending time with him. Dylan he taught me how to shoot a deer, shoot ducks; what not to do and what to do. Narrator pat and dylan are heading to Taylors Island on marylands eastern shore