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Putins unpredictable, somewhat erratic behavior, which has been designed in a sense to provoke the united states. designed to force the united states to take russia seriously when we might otherwise focus on china, climate change, covid, so many other huge challenges. our domestic challenges. having had this meeting, having used this meeting as a chance to launch a process that will come afterwards, what were calling a strategic stability dialogue, whats going to be the next nuclear arms control...

See continuations of those types of dialogue. >> this is a meeting between two countries. but personalities always play a role here. different with obama. very different with trump. different with biden, too. and i wonder, especially as we were talking in the break about how much history governs this approach for vladimir putin, if joe biden having spent decades in the senate, having such immense foreign relations experience and maybe a greater appreciation for history. certainly we can say that...

Coverage. the backdrop of this historic summit between the u.s. and russia, a recovering global economy. as the world reopens, oil prices have doubled over the past year. and it doesnt get top billing but energy policy affects both countries. our chief business correspondent christine romans has got more for us. christine, update our viewers. >> well, russias economy, its not even in the top ten globally. its smaller than canadas. but its outsized influence especially in europe. thats because ru...

Greater leverage in europe. but this administration, the biden administration, softened u.s. sanctions against the company behind the pipeline. thats arguably a win for putin. also a way to help repair the u.s. relationship with germany. despite the u.s. preaching energy independence, russia still holds sway in the american energy ecosystem. u.s. refiners, for example, bought russian oil at a record pace in 2020 after they were cut off from venezuelan crude due to sanctions. and russian-based ha...

Recent gains the rebels are making and the loss of some of his political support. they do not want asad to go. what theyre saying is their purpose for being there is theyre going to go after radical islamists, in particular isis. thats a false narrative. its asads regular anytime. the long-term strategy isolates way he outmaneuvered president obama. russians influence in the middle east with a fighter based there now and also a naval port. thats what the strategy is about. >> advantage putin. th...

Feel this way under president george w. bush. particularly the last time that putin invaded another country, which was during the presidency of george w. bush. but since president obama has been in office, the american political right has been tongue bathing president putin on a fairly regular basis, even before now. >> putin really has been schooling our president of the united states on how to be a leader, hasnt he? >> putin is riding to president obamas rescue. >> russia is the player here. i...

Got permission in 15 minutes. he makes a decision and he executes it, quickly. then everybody reacts. thats what you call a leader. >> thats what rudy giuliani calls a leader. these guys did not appear to feel this way under president george w. bush. particularly the last time that putin invaded another country, which was during the presidency of george w. bush. but since president obama has been in office, the american political right has been tongue bathing president putin on a fairly regular ...

These guys did not appear to feel this way under president george w. bush. particularly the last time that putin invaded another country, which was during the presidency of george w. bush. but since president obama has been in office, the american political right has been tongue bathing president putin on a fairly regular basis, even before now. >> putin really has been schooling our president of the united states on how to be a leader, hasnt he? >> putin is riding to president obamas rescue. >>...