1 00:01:11,363 --> 00:01:13,364 I have concluded the ABM Treaty 2 00:01:13,374 --> 00:01:18,068 hinders our government's ability to develop ways 3 00:01:18,078 --> 00:01:21,029 to protect our people from future terrorists 4 00:01:21,039 --> 00:01:24,129 or rogue state missile attacks. 5 00:01:25,335 --> 00:01:28,370 Today I have given formal notice to Russia 6 00:01:28,380 --> 00:01:31,248 that the United States of America 7 00:01:31,258 --> 00:01:35,258 is withdrawing from this almost 30-year-old treaty. 8 00:01:57,868 --> 00:02:00,078 On what basis? 9 00:03:14,027 --> 00:03:16,019 The system we are contemplating 10 00:03:16,029 --> 00:03:17,650 would not undermine Russia's deterrent 11 00:03:17,660 --> 00:03:23,151 or the principles of mutual deterrence and strategic stability. 12 00:03:23,161 --> 00:03:25,612 The missile defense capabilities we are developing 13 00:03:25,622 --> 00:03:28,990 are not designed to defend against Russia, 14 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:30,161 just as the new NATO we are building 15 00:03:30,171 --> 00:03:34,121 is not designed to defend against Russia. 16 00:03:34,131 --> 00:03:36,164 The Cold War is over. 17 00:03:36,174 --> 00:03:38,514 Russia is not our enemy. 18 00:03:40,011 --> 00:03:42,761 - Okay, so no rules. - New rules. 19 00:03:44,349 --> 00:03:47,099 American rules. 20 00:05:30,956 --> 00:05:33,782 Oh, well, this is actually what Reagan and Gorbachev 21 00:05:33,792 --> 00:05:37,244 came so close to achieving in 1986. 22 00:05:37,254 --> 00:05:39,335 At one point, they wanted to go all the way... 23 00:05:39,345 --> 00:05:41,299 complete disarmament. 24 00:06:05,615 --> 00:06:06,615 Right, right. 25 00:07:08,678 --> 00:07:12,130 So stop referring to them as partners, our partners. 26 00:07:12,140 --> 00:07:13,180 You've said that too much. 27 00:07:21,775 --> 00:07:23,975 You should wish me a... 28 00:07:23,985 --> 00:07:26,945 happy Fourth of July, being that the, uh... an American. 29 00:07:32,369 --> 00:07:34,579 It's our independence day, so to speak. 30 00:07:40,585 --> 00:07:44,037 So, uh, in a, in a hot war, 31 00:07:44,047 --> 00:07:45,757 is the US dominant? Yes or no? 32 00:07:48,635 --> 00:07:50,001 No. 33 00:07:50,011 --> 00:07:53,171 It would, it would be a case of, uh, 34 00:07:53,181 --> 00:07:54,561 Russia surviving it? 35 00:08:05,193 --> 00:08:06,393 Even with the missile shields? 36 00:08:36,850 --> 00:08:38,550 This was originally proposed, you know, by John Kennedy, 37 00:08:38,560 --> 00:08:42,980 with Nikita Khrushchev in 1963. 38 00:09:20,226 --> 00:09:21,843 - I know. - It was a crazy time. 39 00:09:21,853 --> 00:09:25,805 Uh... Stanley Kubrick, a filmmaker I much admire, 40 00:09:25,815 --> 00:09:29,476 made a wonderful film called Dr. Strangelove 41 00:09:29,486 --> 00:09:32,228 Or: How I Learned to Love the Bomb. 42 00:09:32,238 --> 00:09:33,646 Has he seen it? 43 00:09:33,656 --> 00:09:35,398 - No. - Ah, you must see it. 44 00:09:35,408 --> 00:09:37,650 Really, it's well worth it. 45 00:09:37,660 --> 00:09:40,195 It's a classic. Because the... 46 00:09:40,205 --> 00:09:42,030 Mr. Kennedy was dealing with the military system 47 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:45,867 that had been growing and growing since World War II, 48 00:09:45,877 --> 00:09:48,078 and the generals, at that point, knew 49 00:09:48,088 --> 00:09:51,873 that the Soviet Union did not have the capacity to match them. 50 00:09:51,883 --> 00:09:54,881 And many of them said, this is the time to hit the Soviet Union. 51 00:09:54,891 --> 00:09:58,588 So there was a desire for a unilateral strike against Russia. 52 00:09:58,598 --> 00:10:00,173 Kennedy said, you're crazy, 53 00:10:00,183 --> 00:10:04,344 and then as, as other situations developed in Berlin and Cuba, 54 00:10:04,354 --> 00:10:06,904 it became more dangerous. 55 00:10:18,910 --> 00:10:20,491 Well, the United States has become more right wing 56 00:10:20,501 --> 00:10:22,987 since the Ronald Reagan era, 57 00:10:22,997 --> 00:10:26,032 and now we have Hillary Clinton on the left... 58 00:10:26,042 --> 00:10:30,954 supposed left, she's the Democratic challenger, probably will be... 59 00:10:30,964 --> 00:10:33,795 making very aggressive statements also against, uh, about Ukraine 60 00:10:33,805 --> 00:10:39,760 and comparing Mr. Putin to, uh, Hitler. 61 00:11:14,257 --> 00:11:17,792 The United States has never really had a war on its own homeland... 62 00:11:17,802 --> 00:11:20,343 - That's true. - ...and to many people, 63 00:11:20,353 --> 00:11:24,299 who are very important people, war is somewhat of a game. 64 00:11:24,309 --> 00:11:27,051 I fear that still in the United States. 65 00:11:27,061 --> 00:11:30,346 I fear the neo... the neoconservative element 66 00:11:30,356 --> 00:11:33,892 as being so hungry... 67 00:11:33,902 --> 00:11:36,952 to make their point, to win their case, that it's dangerous. 68 00:11:40,533 --> 00:11:44,152 Uh, hello, D... hello, Dimitri. 69 00:11:44,162 --> 00:11:45,453 Listen, uh, I can't hear too well. 70 00:11:45,463 --> 00:11:48,495 Do you suppose you could turn the music down just a little? 71 00:11:49,626 --> 00:11:51,492 Oh, oh, that's much better. 72 00:11:51,502 --> 00:11:53,620 Yeah. Yeah. 73 00:11:53,630 --> 00:11:57,582 Now then, Dimitri, you know how 74 00:11:57,592 --> 00:12:01,377 we've always talked about the possibility 75 00:12:01,387 --> 00:12:03,637 of something going wrong with the bomb. 76 00:12:05,308 --> 00:12:06,598 The bomb, Dimitri. 77 00:12:08,311 --> 00:12:09,311 The hydrogen bomb. 78 00:12:10,939 --> 00:12:13,640 Well, now, what happened is, uh, 79 00:12:13,650 --> 00:12:15,350 one of our base commanders, 80 00:12:15,360 --> 00:12:17,769 he had a sort of... 81 00:12:17,779 --> 00:12:19,854 well, he went a little funny in the head, 82 00:12:19,864 --> 00:12:24,025 you know, just a little... funny. 83 00:12:24,035 --> 00:12:28,947 And, uh, he went and did a silly thing. 84 00:12:28,957 --> 00:12:32,087 Well, I'll tell you what he did. He ordered his planes... 85 00:12:33,461 --> 00:12:37,330 to attack your country. 86 00:12:37,340 --> 00:12:41,751 Yes, but, uh, the whole point of the doomsday machine 87 00:12:41,761 --> 00:12:44,254 is lost... 88 00:12:44,264 --> 00:12:45,551 if you keep it a secret. 89 00:12:45,561 --> 00:12:47,548 Why didn't you tell the world, eh? 90 00:12:47,558 --> 00:12:49,550 It was to be announced 91 00:12:49,560 --> 00:12:52,303 at the Party Congress on Monday. 92 00:12:52,313 --> 00:12:53,953 As you know, the premier loves surprises. 93 00:12:56,609 --> 00:13:01,319 Woo-hoo! Woo-hoo! 94 00:13:01,781 --> 00:13:06,734 Woo-woo-ha! 95 00:13:06,744 --> 00:13:09,153 Woo, woo-hoo! 96 00:13:09,163 --> 00:13:11,543 Woo-hoo! 97 00:13:25,972 --> 00:13:28,973 A lot of this footage was unknown at that time. 98 00:13:28,983 --> 00:13:31,884 It was, you know, revealed in this movie. 99 00:13:31,894 --> 00:13:33,774 Thank you for indulging me. 100 00:13:36,899 --> 00:13:39,480 I thought the, uh, the Russian premier was very good. 101 00:13:39,490 --> 00:13:41,275 He was... Dimitri. 102 00:14:04,385 --> 00:14:08,087 The concept of nuclear winter, you know, the end of the world, 103 00:14:08,097 --> 00:14:11,424 that was the, uh, you know, the hydrogen bomb. 104 00:14:11,434 --> 00:14:15,475 The scientists, they talked about it in... right after the war, 105 00:14:15,485 --> 00:14:18,070 and, uh, Truman went ahead anyway. 106 00:14:48,554 --> 00:14:49,684 I believe that. 107 00:14:50,765 --> 00:14:53,175 - At some point. - Thank you very much. Bye. 108 00:14:55,645 --> 00:14:57,055 Okay. 109 00:15:03,236 --> 00:15:04,393 Thank you so much. 110 00:15:04,403 --> 00:15:05,895 There you go. 111 00:15:05,905 --> 00:15:07,445 Bye-bye. 112 00:15:36,519 --> 00:15:38,803 You look colorful. 113 00:15:38,813 --> 00:15:42,064 You look like... Mighty Mouse. No, that's cool. 114 00:15:42,074 --> 00:15:43,276 Very nice. 115 00:15:48,239 --> 00:15:50,650 Yeah, we'll be, uh, on the ice, looking at you. 116 00:15:50,660 --> 00:15:51,948 Any advice? 117 00:15:56,205 --> 00:15:58,030 But he's told all the other hockey players 118 00:15:58,040 --> 00:15:59,600 that he's gonna score two goals or one? 119 00:16:07,008 --> 00:16:09,258 Do they check him as hard as they want? 120 00:16:43,211 --> 00:16:45,671 You started playing hockey at 40? 121 00:16:48,007 --> 00:16:52,835 Three years ago. Really? At age 50? 122 00:16:52,845 --> 00:16:54,962 That's pretty cool. 123 00:16:54,972 --> 00:16:56,464 Oh, at age 60. I'm sorry. 124 00:16:56,474 --> 00:16:58,684 I keep thinking you're 53, instead you're 63. 125 00:17:02,855 --> 00:17:04,565 You know, I couldn't skate before that. 126 00:17:05,316 --> 00:17:07,106 I know. I heard that. 127 00:17:11,822 --> 00:17:14,232 You fell down one time. 128 00:17:14,242 --> 00:17:16,567 You were tired. 129 00:17:16,577 --> 00:17:18,117 Twice. 130 00:17:18,663 --> 00:17:21,239 Tired in the legs, no? 131 00:17:21,249 --> 00:17:24,992 At your age? Come on. 132 00:17:25,002 --> 00:17:27,672 If he gets checked, I mean, he could easily break a bone, right? 133 00:17:36,681 --> 00:17:39,760 What if, uh, one of the men on either team admitted... 134 00:17:39,770 --> 00:17:41,551 in Russia... that he was gay? 135 00:17:41,561 --> 00:17:43,021 Could he keep it quiet? 136 00:18:13,718 --> 00:18:15,078 Well, you have the propaganda law. 137 00:18:21,767 --> 00:18:22,847 Yeah. 138 00:18:58,888 --> 00:19:00,254 There's a tradition, though... 139 00:19:00,264 --> 00:19:01,924 whatever he says, there's a tradition... 140 00:19:01,934 --> 00:19:04,013 there is a macho tradition in Russia, 141 00:19:04,023 --> 00:19:06,348 a pretty strong one. 142 00:19:14,945 --> 00:19:16,355 No, that's different. 143 00:19:22,787 --> 00:19:24,577 Is that true in the military as well? 144 00:19:27,124 --> 00:19:28,495 - No restriction in the military? - No prohibition. 145 00:19:28,505 --> 00:19:31,621 I mean, if you're taking a shower in a submarine 146 00:19:31,631 --> 00:19:33,788 with a man and you know he's gay, 147 00:19:33,798 --> 00:19:35,318 then do they have a problem with that? 148 00:20:20,010 --> 00:20:22,630 Could I just point out, even in a society 149 00:20:22,640 --> 00:20:25,881 where there's some malfunction, there will be many orphans, 150 00:20:25,891 --> 00:20:26,972 and some of those orphans could be adopted 151 00:20:26,982 --> 00:20:29,436 by same-sex couples? 152 00:21:02,428 --> 00:21:05,171 Gay people across Russia say there's been a surge of intolerance, 153 00:21:05,181 --> 00:21:08,048 discrimination and violence, 154 00:21:08,058 --> 00:21:10,509 and it started around the time Russia's parliament passed 155 00:21:10,519 --> 00:21:13,399 what's become known as the "gay propaganda law." 156 00:21:17,318 --> 00:21:19,810 Moscow is not Sodom. 157 00:21:19,820 --> 00:21:23,370 We are here to support normal people that want to create families. 158 00:21:25,910 --> 00:21:28,819 I hear you work out almost every day 159 00:21:28,829 --> 00:21:30,946 or five times a week? 160 00:21:30,956 --> 00:21:32,865 - Seven days? No. - Yes. 161 00:21:32,875 --> 00:21:33,875 That's too much. 162 00:21:35,294 --> 00:21:36,464 Swim first, then gym? 163 00:21:38,422 --> 00:21:40,460 Right. Then relax the muscles. 164 00:21:40,470 --> 00:21:42,082 Do you think when you swim? 165 00:21:42,092 --> 00:21:45,336 Do you get ideas... 166 00:21:45,346 --> 00:21:47,466 from the unconscious? Do you find it to be meditative? 167 00:21:50,851 --> 00:21:52,941 This is for badminton or what? 168 00:21:58,818 --> 00:22:00,568 Judo master, yeah. 169 00:22:03,572 --> 00:22:05,442 - Very much. Yeah. - Yes? Is good? 170 00:22:05,452 --> 00:22:07,900 So all your, uh, all your energy, your aggressive energy 171 00:22:07,910 --> 00:22:09,830 comes out in judo in the morning, or exercise? 172 00:22:14,500 --> 00:22:15,920 Does he have a trainer? 173 00:22:18,295 --> 00:22:19,835 - Well, I used to have one. - Yeah. 174 00:22:21,924 --> 00:22:22,924 And I think I'm a master. 175 00:22:38,065 --> 00:22:39,435 Probably helps you a lot. Yeah. 176 00:22:44,446 --> 00:22:46,522 I have to raise some concerns 177 00:22:46,532 --> 00:22:49,483 that are raised by Foreign Affairs magazine, 178 00:22:49,493 --> 00:22:52,614 which I consider like the official government viewpoint. 179 00:22:52,624 --> 00:22:55,823 This is the Council for Foreign Relations, 180 00:22:55,833 --> 00:22:57,584 they publish this, and they have all these experts 181 00:22:57,594 --> 00:23:00,494 who come in and they write on their fields in Russia. 182 00:23:00,504 --> 00:23:03,424 Some of these questions are raised by them. 183 00:23:06,343 --> 00:23:07,433 Yeah... 184 00:23:10,723 --> 00:23:13,340 Putin's Russia, down... 185 00:23:13,350 --> 00:23:14,990 That's, that's their point of view, yeah. 186 00:23:25,696 --> 00:23:27,021 I understand. 187 00:23:27,031 --> 00:23:29,319 This is their... This is an official point of view, 188 00:23:29,329 --> 00:23:31,942 and therefore, it has... it is listened to in Washington, 189 00:23:31,952 --> 00:23:33,542 and this is what he has to deal with. 190 00:23:52,306 --> 00:23:54,926 I'm not gonna argue with that. 191 00:23:58,103 --> 00:23:59,523 Why did you... after 2001... 192 00:24:01,565 --> 00:24:02,890 why did you acquiesce 193 00:24:02,900 --> 00:24:07,450 in the US military encroachment across Central Asia? 194 00:24:34,431 --> 00:24:36,048 He said that they were... 195 00:24:36,058 --> 00:24:37,978 He said that they were not gonna stay forever? 196 00:24:47,653 --> 00:24:49,314 When was the wool pulled from his eyes? 197 00:24:49,324 --> 00:24:52,648 No, I mean, by 2007 in Munich, 198 00:24:52,658 --> 00:24:56,151 he's casting another eye on this relationship, correct? 199 00:24:56,161 --> 00:24:58,570 What happens between 2002-03, 200 00:24:58,580 --> 00:25:00,614 he has the Iraqi invasion, 201 00:25:00,624 --> 00:25:04,743 then he has the Ukrainian orange revolution in 2004. 202 00:25:04,753 --> 00:25:08,998 What is he thinking when the Ukrainian revolution goes down? 203 00:25:09,008 --> 00:25:12,128 Hundreds of thousands of pro-democracy Ukrainians in the streets 204 00:25:12,138 --> 00:25:16,257 today protested against the results of the presidential election, 205 00:25:16,267 --> 00:25:19,925 pitting their candidate, the West-leaning challenger Victor Yushchenko, 206 00:25:19,935 --> 00:25:24,138 against the pro-Moscow prime minister Victor Yanukovych. 207 00:25:24,148 --> 00:25:26,724 They claim Yanukovych's victory was rigged, 208 00:25:26,734 --> 00:25:28,894 with reports of ballot stuffing and voter intimidation. 209 00:25:55,804 --> 00:25:58,133 In Ukraine today, anti-government demonstrators 210 00:25:58,143 --> 00:26:00,382 finally had something to celebrate. 211 00:26:00,392 --> 00:26:03,343 The parliament voted to disband the government of the candidate 212 00:26:03,353 --> 00:26:07,224 who has been declared the winner of the disputed presidential election. 213 00:26:07,234 --> 00:26:10,062 Opposition leader Victor Yuschenko joined his supporters 214 00:26:10,072 --> 00:26:11,979 in a victory celebration early this morning. 215 00:26:11,989 --> 00:26:15,564 With most votes counted, the Western-leaning economist 216 00:26:15,574 --> 00:26:18,609 leads by an insurmountable nine percentage points. 217 00:26:18,619 --> 00:26:20,490 He thanked the hundreds of thousands who had taken to the streets 218 00:26:20,500 --> 00:26:23,197 to demand democratic change. 219 00:26:23,207 --> 00:26:26,909 Earlier, his opponent, the Soviet-style prime minister Victor Yanukovych, 220 00:26:26,919 --> 00:26:29,299 looked defeated but conceded nothing. 221 00:28:42,471 --> 00:28:46,381 He let that situation go, but then somewhere between 2004 222 00:28:46,391 --> 00:28:50,510 and 2007 in Munich, the ball moves the other way. 223 00:28:50,520 --> 00:28:53,513 Iraq's a disaster, Afghanistan's been a disaster. 224 00:28:53,523 --> 00:28:56,363 Somewhere in there, he changes his point of view. 225 00:29:38,443 --> 00:29:40,394 I can't wait to visit with, uh, 226 00:29:40,404 --> 00:29:42,574 my friend Vladimir Putin in Shanghai... 227 00:29:44,241 --> 00:29:47,484 to reiterate, once again, 228 00:29:47,494 --> 00:29:49,504 that the Cold War is over, 229 00:29:51,039 --> 00:29:51,990 it's done with, 230 00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:54,919 and that there are new threats that we face. 231 00:30:11,268 --> 00:30:13,268 Yeah, I know. 232 00:30:15,605 --> 00:30:16,685 Yeah. 233 00:30:37,210 --> 00:30:38,210 I know it. 234 00:30:39,504 --> 00:30:41,125 We know that Bush supported 235 00:30:41,135 --> 00:30:44,301 the Georgian offensive in 2008. 236 00:31:03,945 --> 00:31:06,104 Georgia is under attack from its neighbor Russia, 237 00:31:06,114 --> 00:31:09,816 and the whole day today, they've been bombing Georgia 238 00:31:09,826 --> 00:31:13,612 from, uh, numerous war planes, 239 00:31:13,622 --> 00:31:16,953 uh, and, uh, specifically targeting civilian population. 240 00:31:16,963 --> 00:31:19,910 The United States of America stands 241 00:31:19,920 --> 00:31:22,331 with the democratically elected government of Georgia. 242 00:31:22,341 --> 00:31:26,249 Columns of Russian tanks and troops rolled into the American-backed 243 00:31:26,259 --> 00:31:29,377 former Soviet Republic of Georgia today. 244 00:31:29,387 --> 00:31:32,923 Georgia attacked its then breakaway Republic of South Ossetia, 245 00:31:32,933 --> 00:31:35,931 with the aim of bringing it back under Tbilisi's control. 246 00:31:35,941 --> 00:31:39,179 But Georgia is reported to have resumed aerial and artillery bombardment 247 00:31:39,189 --> 00:31:42,349 of Tskhinvali, the main town in South Ossetia. 248 00:31:42,359 --> 00:31:43,683 Hundreds of civilians 249 00:31:43,693 --> 00:31:44,524 and more than 70 peacekeepers 250 00:31:44,534 --> 00:31:46,988 were killed in the following days. 251 00:32:09,010 --> 00:32:10,836 Did you take a gamble? 252 00:32:10,846 --> 00:32:16,133 Your government launched its own attempt to retake South Ossetia, um, 253 00:32:16,143 --> 00:32:18,224 - just 24 hours ago. - No, we didn't. 254 00:32:18,234 --> 00:32:21,847 - Was that unwise in retrospect? - We didn't. 255 00:32:21,857 --> 00:32:25,559 We didn't. At twenty-four a. m. last night, 256 00:32:25,569 --> 00:32:29,312 Russian APCs started to cross into Georgian territory. 257 00:32:29,322 --> 00:32:30,860 And there we had to act. 258 00:32:30,870 --> 00:32:33,066 There we had to fire back the artillery. 259 00:32:33,076 --> 00:32:37,404 There we had to take measures, because it was a clear-cut case of intervention. 260 00:32:37,414 --> 00:32:41,950 Do you think that, uh, the US, uh, or NATO in any way 261 00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:46,590 were supporting Saakashvili to do this? Or told him to... it was okay to try? 262 00:33:06,026 --> 00:33:08,476 As you know, Putin's a straightforward, 263 00:33:08,486 --> 00:33:10,353 pretty tough character... 264 00:33:10,363 --> 00:33:13,940 when it comes to his interests. Well, so am I. 265 00:33:13,950 --> 00:33:17,580 And, uh, you know, we've had some, some headbutts... 266 00:33:18,163 --> 00:33:20,280 diplomatic headbutts. 267 00:33:20,290 --> 00:33:25,452 Most Americans think that Russia is certainly as bad as the US 268 00:33:25,462 --> 00:33:27,954 when it comes to, uh, surveillance. 269 00:33:27,964 --> 00:33:31,304 As bad. That's just an assumption, because of the old KGB. 270 00:33:43,104 --> 00:33:46,640 You're serious about that? I mean, you don't think you're as good technically? 271 00:33:46,650 --> 00:33:48,970 I'm not talking about money. I'm talking about technically. 272 00:33:55,659 --> 00:33:57,239 Yeah, that's different, though. 273 00:34:12,217 --> 00:34:16,347 Is Russia collecting any bulk communication in any form? 274 00:34:20,100 --> 00:34:23,176 Everything is sort of targeted? 275 00:34:23,186 --> 00:34:26,429 We're just talking about collection, not reading it, just collecting it. 276 00:34:26,439 --> 00:34:29,319 Just using all the telephone system or using all the Internet system. 277 00:34:37,951 --> 00:34:40,530 Fifteen percent of the population is Islamic, 278 00:34:40,540 --> 00:34:41,948 in Russia, that's what I'm told, 279 00:34:41,958 --> 00:34:44,285 and many of them are in Moscow. 280 00:34:47,127 --> 00:34:49,035 So, then you're telling me 281 00:34:49,045 --> 00:34:51,335 that there's no bulk collection on Muslims? 282 00:35:17,073 --> 00:35:18,824 Yes. Have a good night, sir. 283 00:35:18,834 --> 00:35:20,734 Good night to you. 284 00:35:20,744 --> 00:35:22,861 - Spasibo. - Thank you. 285 00:35:22,871 --> 00:35:24,821 - Oliver's wife. - Nice to meet you, ma'am. 286 00:35:24,831 --> 00:35:26,531 Very nice to meet you, Mr. President. 287 00:35:26,541 --> 00:35:29,117 - Your first time in Russia? - Yeah, first time in Russia, yes. 288 00:35:29,127 --> 00:35:30,160 - Not in Saint Petersburg? - No, no, just in Moscow. 289 00:35:30,170 --> 00:35:32,912 You must go now to Saint Petersburg. 290 00:35:32,922 --> 00:35:34,042 - Okay. Thank you. - Bye-bye. 291 00:35:52,359 --> 00:35:55,185 Um, I want to talk about Snowden a bit? 292 00:35:55,195 --> 00:35:58,897 You said that you're in good with Bush. 293 00:35:58,907 --> 00:36:01,237 And, presumably, you were good with Obama. 294 00:36:02,619 --> 00:36:04,819 You were dealing with him on Syria, 295 00:36:04,829 --> 00:36:07,280 you were dealing with him on Iran. 296 00:36:07,290 --> 00:36:08,990 And then, uh, out of the blue, 297 00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:11,460 you give asylum to Edward Snowden. 298 00:36:39,572 --> 00:36:43,274 So it's June 2013, you get a call, I suppose. 299 00:36:43,284 --> 00:36:46,236 You hear that Snowden is on the way. 300 00:36:46,246 --> 00:36:49,823 I'm sure you get calls from the US, including Obama. 301 00:36:49,833 --> 00:36:53,093 How do you handle... How does the situation devolve, and how do you handle it? 302 00:37:43,887 --> 00:37:45,427 He just disappeared? 303 00:38:04,407 --> 00:38:05,407 To Cuba, yeah. 304 00:38:07,410 --> 00:38:09,040 And then Ecuador. Yeah. 305 00:38:27,013 --> 00:38:29,353 While he was in the plane? 306 00:38:57,877 --> 00:38:58,997 Why not? 307 00:39:36,583 --> 00:39:38,793 Did Obama get on a phone with you? 308 00:39:46,009 --> 00:39:50,962 Uh, let me ask you, I'm sure you must have... As an ex-KGB, uh, agent... 309 00:39:50,972 --> 00:39:55,852 you must have hated what Snowden did with every fiber of your being. 310 00:40:12,112 --> 00:40:13,112 Right. 311 00:40:19,375 --> 00:40:21,085 Did you agree with what he did? 312 00:40:26,549 --> 00:40:30,335 Did you think the, uh, National Security Agency had gone too far 313 00:40:30,345 --> 00:40:31,345 in its eavesdropping? 314 00:40:59,415 --> 00:41:01,165 But he should not have whistled? 315 00:41:02,752 --> 00:41:06,829 So, he's saying that he should not have whistle-blown, 316 00:41:06,839 --> 00:41:11,042 and he should've resigned, in principle, on the principle, 317 00:41:11,052 --> 00:41:14,432 like Mr. Putin did when he resigned from the KGB? 318 00:41:30,113 --> 00:41:33,773 Okay. So, uh, you do agree that the NSA went too far? 319 00:41:33,783 --> 00:41:39,083 And how do you feel about Russian intelligence activities in their surveillance? 320 00:42:08,526 --> 00:42:10,143 In a scene in the movie, we show 321 00:42:10,153 --> 00:42:13,104 where Snowden discusses the heat map. 322 00:42:13,114 --> 00:42:17,025 Okay, so this is data collection for the month of March, 323 00:42:17,035 --> 00:42:19,986 worldwide, e-mails and Skype calls. 324 00:42:19,996 --> 00:42:21,446 So France, 70 million. 325 00:42:21,456 --> 00:42:23,823 Germany, 500 million. 326 00:42:23,833 --> 00:42:26,200 Brazil, two billion. 327 00:42:26,210 --> 00:42:28,494 Inside the US, 328 00:42:28,504 --> 00:42:31,706 3.1 billion e-mails and calls. 329 00:42:31,716 --> 00:42:34,377 That's not including any of the telecom company data. 330 00:42:34,387 --> 00:42:36,502 Okay, so what's the collection of Russia? 331 00:42:36,512 --> 00:42:38,963 Russia is... 332 00:42:38,973 --> 00:42:40,339 1.5 billion. 333 00:42:40,349 --> 00:42:43,009 Wait. So we're collecting twice as much in the US 334 00:42:43,019 --> 00:42:44,844 - as we are in Russia? - Yeah, I figured it was a lot... 335 00:42:44,854 --> 00:42:47,154 - Russia is number two, - US is number one. 336 00:43:02,747 --> 00:43:06,282 Well, you must be spying on the US, because if the US is spying on you, 337 00:43:06,292 --> 00:43:09,302 I mean, the Americans are gonna say, I'm sure you're spying on us. 338 00:43:15,968 --> 00:43:20,046 The Snowden affair in terms of the US-Russia relationship 339 00:43:20,056 --> 00:43:22,256 seemed to turn, was a big deal 340 00:43:22,266 --> 00:43:25,384 for the neoconservative movement in the US. 341 00:43:25,394 --> 00:43:28,105 And the neocons seemed to focus in on Russia once again. 342 00:43:28,115 --> 00:43:32,225 It wasn't too long afterward that the Ukraine issue came up. 343 00:43:32,235 --> 00:43:35,603 I think I would consider Snowden a pawn in a game. 344 00:43:35,613 --> 00:43:40,083 Unless they wanted him here, in Moscow, to embarrass. 345 00:43:46,124 --> 00:43:48,254 Really? 346 00:44:09,105 --> 00:44:11,347 Very strong. 347 00:44:11,357 --> 00:44:12,682 Well, one thing is clear. 348 00:44:12,692 --> 00:44:15,434 I think the only place in the world where he's... safe 349 00:44:15,444 --> 00:44:18,244 is here, in Russia. 350 00:44:22,577 --> 00:44:24,152 And there's a great irony in this. 351 00:44:24,162 --> 00:44:25,403 In the old days, 352 00:44:25,413 --> 00:44:29,031 the Russian defectors would go to the United States. 353 00:44:29,041 --> 00:44:31,001 This is a reversal. 354 00:44:35,173 --> 00:44:37,433 - No, I'm not saying that. - I'm saying it's ironic. 355 00:45:30,353 --> 00:45:31,934 So, uh, this is your dacha. 356 00:45:31,944 --> 00:45:35,014 Your ranch. 357 00:45:35,024 --> 00:45:39,034 Official state residence. And you come here on weekends? 358 00:45:45,117 --> 00:45:48,037 So it's about 25 minutes, 20 minutes from Moscow. 359 00:45:52,541 --> 00:45:58,329 His adoption of orthodox religion back into the Russian system, 360 00:45:58,339 --> 00:45:59,839 he's been a proponent of that. 361 00:46:02,969 --> 00:46:06,809 I understand, but there's been a renaissance of... 362 00:46:23,322 --> 00:46:23,983 Right. 363 00:46:23,993 --> 00:46:26,274 When he comes here, does... 364 00:46:26,284 --> 00:46:29,235 where does he, uh, sit if he sits? 365 00:46:29,245 --> 00:46:31,785 Are there any chairs? Does he sit down? 366 00:46:35,835 --> 00:46:37,243 So how do you...? 367 00:46:37,253 --> 00:46:39,245 The mass is while you stand. 368 00:46:39,255 --> 00:46:40,625 Aha. 369 00:46:42,300 --> 00:46:43,590 I see. 370 00:46:47,430 --> 00:46:51,350 People don't pray in... uh, kneeling. They pray standing. 371 00:46:58,274 --> 00:47:01,074 This weekend, you have guests coming over for the weekend? 372 00:47:08,117 --> 00:47:11,027 The two daughters are married, and they bring their husbands, 373 00:47:11,037 --> 00:47:13,287 so you meet your son-in-laws on the weekend? 374 00:47:16,792 --> 00:47:20,286 So are you a grandfather yet? 375 00:47:20,296 --> 00:47:23,080 Do you like your grandchildren? 376 00:47:23,090 --> 00:47:26,510 So, are you a good grandfather? Do you play with them in the garden? 377 00:47:29,972 --> 00:47:33,341 Very seldom. Do you... 378 00:47:33,351 --> 00:47:35,261 Do the son-in-laws argue with you? 379 00:47:35,271 --> 00:47:39,229 They have different opinions? They give you sort of gossip? 380 00:47:44,320 --> 00:47:45,320 Daughters too? 381 00:47:51,994 --> 00:47:53,084 Yeah. Yeah. 382 00:47:57,583 --> 00:47:58,824 Yeah, that's amazing. 383 00:47:58,834 --> 00:48:00,534 You're a very lucky man. 384 00:48:00,544 --> 00:48:02,004 Two good children. 385 00:48:06,467 --> 00:48:08,334 Yeah. 386 00:48:08,344 --> 00:48:11,224 Good. So... 387 00:48:19,480 --> 00:48:23,190 That's a beauty. What is this, a race horse? 388 00:48:30,449 --> 00:48:31,949 Looks like a thoroughbred. 389 00:48:32,284 --> 00:48:34,454 Yeah? 390 00:48:38,040 --> 00:48:39,710 He rides them all? 391 00:48:48,300 --> 00:48:50,430 Well, if they throw you, these are big horses. 392 00:48:56,934 --> 00:49:00,052 Yeah. That's dangerous. 393 00:49:00,062 --> 00:49:02,563 I must've fallen off five, six times. 394 00:49:02,573 --> 00:49:05,105 And here's a tiny one. 395 00:49:15,911 --> 00:49:18,121 You have the largest Muslim population in Europe. 396 00:49:22,751 --> 00:49:25,161 You've mentioned in the past the, uh, white, uh, 397 00:49:25,171 --> 00:49:27,881 the Russian ethnic population is diminishing. 398 00:49:31,469 --> 00:49:33,549 Right. 399 00:51:09,024 --> 00:51:12,735 You've said several times in the last two days, you know, 400 00:51:12,745 --> 00:51:15,020 that Russia is a democracy. 401 00:51:15,030 --> 00:51:17,022 Your critics in America, and there are many, 402 00:51:17,032 --> 00:51:19,193 would say that Russia is not a democracy, 403 00:51:19,203 --> 00:51:23,961 Russia is a traditional authoritarian state... 404 00:51:24,707 --> 00:51:27,116 and that, uh, there is, uh... 405 00:51:27,126 --> 00:51:29,702 the parliament does not decide, 406 00:51:29,712 --> 00:51:31,123 does not make major decisions. 407 00:51:31,133 --> 00:51:36,584 There's limited access to, uh, television for the opposition parties, 408 00:51:36,594 --> 00:51:40,296 that... your party dominates the media. 409 00:51:40,306 --> 00:51:42,047 The registration process is difficult 410 00:51:42,057 --> 00:51:45,217 for these opposition parties, 411 00:51:45,227 --> 00:51:48,387 that there's a lack of judicial independence, 412 00:51:48,397 --> 00:51:51,640 although that's an old problem in Russia, I gather. 413 00:51:51,650 --> 00:51:54,393 These are the criticisms that are often launched at you. 414 00:51:54,403 --> 00:51:58,283 I'd love you to take a chance here and respond to that. 415 00:54:54,249 --> 00:54:57,089 What do you think of these candidates in the US election? 416 00:55:05,302 --> 00:55:06,752 No, we want to hear what you think. 417 00:55:06,762 --> 00:55:09,102 This is a personal thing, uh, characters. 418 00:55:30,494 --> 00:55:32,454 - How about Bernie Sanders? - Would you like that? 419 00:56:05,821 --> 00:56:08,355 Yeah. I get it. 420 00:56:08,365 --> 00:56:10,190 But you didn't answer my question about Sanders. 421 00:56:10,200 --> 00:56:11,280 Do you like him? 422 00:56:13,912 --> 00:56:15,872 Aah! 423 00:56:21,878 --> 00:56:22,878 Yeah. 424 00:56:54,620 --> 00:56:58,030 But you do realize how powerful your answer could be 425 00:56:58,040 --> 00:57:01,710 if you said suddenly that you prefer X candidate... 426 00:57:03,045 --> 00:57:04,745 he would go like that tomorrow. 427 00:57:04,755 --> 00:57:08,081 And if you say you didn't like Trump or something, right? 428 00:57:08,091 --> 00:57:09,374 What would happen? He'd win, right? 429 00:57:09,384 --> 00:57:12,224 You have that amount of power in the US. 430 00:57:28,570 --> 00:57:31,897 Thank you, sir. We'll see you tomorrow. 431 00:57:31,907 --> 00:57:33,107 Talk about some heavier stuff. 432 00:57:35,035 --> 00:57:36,535 Thank you, sir. 433 00:57:41,208 --> 00:57:42,788 - Yes. Thanks very much. - Bye-bye.