previously. robert english, is director of central european studies at the university of southern california, who specialises in the politics of russia. russia s investigative committee has reportedly said it had launched an investigation over acts of terror . he outlined what that tells us. it tells us they haven t cut the suspects yet. they were local militants. this was a knot and organise attack carried out by the islamic state like in moscow, but something more local and so my sponsors. they were heavily armed with automatic wagons but struck at a church come a synagogue and a police checkpoint any kind of hit and run fashion. again, locally organised militants. what do you make of the fact those were the targets, churches come a synagogue, playstation? playstation? that is the key question- playstation? that is the key question. what playstation? that is the key question. what people - playstation? that is the keyi question. what people need playstation? that is t
officers were wounded. state media is also reporting that a russian orthodox priest was killed in the attacks. the assailants have not been identified, but dagestan has in the past been the scene of islamist attacks. i m joined now by robert english, director of central european studies at the university of southern california, who specialises in the politics of russia. i want to get your thoughts in the fact that the russian investigative committee said it launched an investigation into acts of terror. what does that tell us? mat investigation into acts of terror. what does that tell us?- investigation into acts of terror. what does that tell us? not a great deal what does that tell us? not a great deal. it what does that tell us? not a great deal- it tells what does that tell us? not a great deal. it tells us what does that tell us? not a great deal. it tells us we what does that tell us? not a great deal. it tells us we have what does that tell us? not a great deal
as a police vehicle in the village of sergokal. local officials say at least ten people have been killed. most of the victims were police but also included a priest. religious buildings were set ablaze. six of the attackers are reported to have been killed and russia s counter terrorism agency said the active phase of its operation had ended. robert english is director of central european studies at the university of southern california, who specialises in the politics of russia. afp news agency reported that russia s investigative committee said it had launched an investigation over acts of terror . he outlined what that tells us. it tells us we have not caught the suspects yet. they have an idea that they are local militants, this was not a highly organised, co ordinated attack such as in moscow back in march carried out by the islamic state. but something of a more local and so my spontaneous nature. and semi spontaneous nature. heavily armed with automatic weapons but th
Department that essentially says the president is above the director, therefore the president is not subject to the jurisdiction of the director, therefore it doesnt meet the definition of urgent concern, therefore the Inspector General is done. The Inspector General cant investigate anymore. Thats the Inspector Generals reading of the Department Opinion, that he is no longer allowed to investigate this. Is that your reading as well . Chairman, not necessarily the president , but the allegation has to relate to the funding, administration, operation of an Intelligence Activity within the responsibility and the authority of the director of National Intelligence. Okay. Im just trying to get to whether the president is somehow beyond the reach of the law. No, sir. No person in this country is beyond the reach of the law. Well, thats the way it should be but im trying to figure out whether thats the way it is as a practical fact. The Inspector General believes that based on the opinion tha
and it wouldn t be this, it wouldn t be the cluster munitions. there is not a choice, it turns out that the ukrainians are running low on the unitary armaments, the unitary shell. it turns out that our stocks, the u.s. stocks are low as well. so we don t have the stocks to provide ukraine with the artillery they need. what we do have are these cluster munitions. and no one likes, that last speak clear. i don t like them, the president doesn t like them. but that s all we ve got, and what we can have, yasmin, is we can have the ukrainians out of ammunition with the russians attacking. with our military budget, and what this applies that we have been stockpile, that is all we have to send. considering the possible repercussions here. i m sad to say, yes.