Moscow utilizes Digital Technologies to target us and our democratic allies from within. It includes election meddling and influenced operations directed by the highest levels of the russian government the very heart of the western world. We provided significant foreign assistance in europe and eurasia, almost all of which supports building resilience to an increasing pressure on russian malign influence in accordance with the fine. The department has increased his support for the Global Engagement center through additional funding and tapping. We have degraded prudence costs. By imposing the administration a section 321 russiarelated individuals and entities in january 2017. These sanctions and related action serve as a warning to the russian government that we will not tolerate inactivity aimed at undermining or manipulating our 2020 election. I confronted Deputy Foreign minister on russian interference in our elections in july and have raise the matter with Russian Ambassador severa
D if they are working. Y are this is about two hours 20 minutes. s. [inaudible conversations] the committee will come to order. Thank you, all for coming today and thank you to our witnesses for joining us today as we examine the current relationship with russia. To assess our relationship with russia as we have recently celebrated the 30th anniversary of events that led to the collapse of the soviet union, the fall of the berlin wall, the election victory of solidarity in poland. Among others. Many former soviet states have become prosperous democracies with memberships in nato and the eu. Mr. Vladimir putin has taken russia down a darker pass. Any russians suffered today. Tosia rates its elections make sure that only kremlin approved politicians make the cut. The russian people are inhumanely imprisoned and tortured for daring to disagree with the government. Not only does the Russia Federation make life at home painful for the average russian, but Vladimir Putin is making life hard
Cnn this is gps, the Global Public square. Welcome to all of you in the United States and around the world im Fareed Zakaria coming to you from new york. Today on the Program President biden the state of, the union and americas role in the world i talked to Susan Glasser and ian bremmer, but great The Middle East, then much more also cnns jim sciutto on how close russia may have come to using Nuclear Weapons in ukraine. And how a new Global Nuclear arms race his apartment then allbirds, noah feldman on what it means to be a jew in this time of ever rising antisemitism but first, heres my take as weve watched the horrors of another war in The Middle East, its easy to get gloomy and depress. It seems that the region continues to be violent and unstable but that mrs. An important shift that has taken place in recent time, one that provides some cause for optimism about the future. The arab states that are now The Middle East leaders are playing an important and constructive role in stabil
Of scandal with jake tapper next sunday at nine on cnn. This is gps, the Global Public square, come to all of you in the United States and Around The World im Fareed Zakaria coming to you from new york today on the Program President Biden A State Of The Union and americas role in the world i talked to Susan Glasser and ian bremmer, but ukraine the middle east then much more also cnns jim sciutto on how close russia may have come to using Nuclear Weapons in ukraine. And how a new Global Nuclear arms race is upon us then allbirds, noah feldman, on what it means to be issue in this time of ever rising antisemitism but first, heres my take as weve watched the horrors of another war in the middle east, its easy to get gloomy and depress. It seems that the region continues to be violent and unstable, but that mrs. An important shift that has taken place in recent time one that provides some cause for optimal msm about the future. The arab states that are now the middle east leaders are playi
In the very lowlands, ukrainian troops daily come under attack from our artillery and our aviation about what is happening parttime work right now, we find out war correspondent Pavel Kukushkin, pavel, hello, hello, you recently returned from the direction of rabotin, how is the situation there today, i havent even returned, i m still here parttime work, literally 78 km from the combat line contact, here, literally, while i was waiting for the broadcast , our saushki, our selfpropelled, selfpropelled galbits were working on enemy positions, yes, there are constant attacks, and there was an attempt on the eve of the ukronazi breakthrough in the novoprokopovka area, but it was not successful, the ukranazis were thrown back, our fighters, the heroic fiftyeighth army, are standing here quite clearly, now while the broadcast is on, in any case, i can hear our artillery exits again, and to the left they went on the left flank in the populated area kopani point, and the ukrainian nazis also t