Sen. Graham todays hearing is going to be holocaust era insurance claims, what to do about it. It is a difficult topic in many ways, but i am glad we are having the hearing. Senator feinstein, i will not have an opening statement. I defer to you. Sen. Feinstein get settled here. First of all, thank you, mr. Chairman, for holding this hearing. Today, we are discussing holocaust era insurance claims. Before anding during the second world war, many europeans purchased insurance policies to protect their assets and loved ones, while many of these individuals perished as victims of the holocaust. Those who survived and the heirs of those that did not have since attempted to collect the proceeds from those policies. Haveer, beneficiaries found it difficult to collect on these policies because paperwork had often been left behind or destroyed during the genocide. To remedy this injustice, american insurance regulators, european Insurance Companies, the state of israel, and jewish and survivor
Holocaust survivor testified that this week about holocaust era interest times. The Senate Committee is looking at both of legislation is need it to process flames that were not adequately addressed. By the International Commission on holocaust era interest times before it closed in 2007. Senator Lindsey Graham shows the committee. Todays hearing is going to be holocaust era interest flames. What to do about it. Difficult topic in many ways but i am glad we are having the hearing. Senator feinstein, i really i wont have an Opening Statement to refer to you. For small thank you mr. Chairman, for holding this hearing and today were discussing holocaust era insurance flames. Its interesting, before and during the second world war, many europeans purchased insurance policies to protect their assets and loved ones. While many of these individuals perished as victims of the holocaust. Those who survived, and the errors of those who did not have since attempted to collect the proceeds from th
Russias place in the world and the disagreements that both sides had with regards to that question of what place should russia take in the world when i think i focused on europe and there may be issues and complaints having to do with other regions the world but europe i think has been and the near abroad vision is that a visual has been most important to russia since one thousand nine hundred ninety and remains one of russias key interests if i read the Foreign Policy concept correctly. The point is that structurally indeed it would to a large part as nato and the e. U. Expanded and more and more decisions were taken in nato in the e. U. Russia had less opportunity to participate in the formulation or the taking of key decisions. And in that sense i recognised that russia had had a complaint that needed to be addressed since sometime in the last complaint i think according to you its a series of complaints that have been voiced repeatedly and repeatedly ignored or dismissed well by so
A long negotiation within the c. E. That i remember that resulted in an autonomy agreement for crimea within ukraine by the late one nine hundred ninety s. The ukrainians were so happy with this that they were showing it to foreign diplomats like me as an example for or elsewhere by two thousand we thought. We knew there were some discontented people but the question seemed resolved apparently it was not well i think one of the reasons it wasnt result because those agreements that you mentioned address the territorial status of crimea but they did not address the geopolitical status of crimea the military status of crimea would it be possible under any circumstances for you to imagine that russia would simply say that from now on we do not want to have access to the black sea russia investigated moving the headquarters of the black sea fleet and found that the conditions at novara see school are not. Deal for this they signed a. Lease agreement with the ukraine and extended it in a rat
Again divided in europe and the relationship is very hostile suspicious. Neither side no one wanted this and the book is an attempt to answer how this happened now correct me if im wrong but the main argument of this book is that what happened in ukraine in two thousand and fourteen and what transpired since was essentially the result of russia not having a meaningful place within the European Security institutions i wonder if its a bit larger not just russias place within the security institutions but generally russias place in the world and the disagreements that both sides have with regards to that question of what place should russia take in the world when i think i focused on europe and there may be issues and complaints having to do with other regions the world but europe i think has been and the near abroad vision is a little bit or has been most important to russia since one thousand nine hundred ninety and remains one of russias key interests if i read the Foreign Policy conce