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Does evolution occur in any structure . The russian economy is undergoing a largescale transformation, the most difficult period has been passed, said mikhail mishustin, speaking at the moscow financial forum. According to him, russia managed to adapt to new challenges and quickly return to sustainable growth. Well, in fact, this whole story with sanctions has finally made it clear to many countries that without their own technological groundwork, they can easily , i would say, end up overboard,...

The conditions. Global transformation was discussed was discussed there today literally just now you saw the live broadcast the Plenary Session ended, well, our correspondent anna is joining us now lazareva ann, welcome, a lot was said today, a lot remains unsaid, what can be said based on the results, hello, so i propose to summarize the results at least. Ill start with what seemed to me to be the most striking, for example, Maxim Oreshkin , assistant to the president , said that russia switche...

Including in new regions of the country. For the first time, now according to russian law, elections were held in our new , as i have already said more than once, in fact, our historical regions in donbass and novorussia, where, based on the results of voting in regional parliaments, the composition of which was also elected for the first time according to russian laws, they confirmed their existing heads of the federal subject and this is certainly a significant event, an important step towards...

Quest the business many will come to order, we will do a little business on the front end and hopefully take care of some business quickly, i know people have other meetings and then will move to the hearing itself. We think our witness for allowing us to do this and we are glad you are here. Items on theber of agenda today, we will move a number of nominations and Foreign Service officer list. Theill also take up multilateral act of 2017. I want to think sen. Coons his leadership and hard work ...

The audience. Questions on arrival and select add few at random which i will put to the secretary. By the way, your predecessors and most recently john kerry have addressed us on prior occasions but the times in which they served seemed less perilous than the present. Today as you and i were discussing, our country and the world face an existential threat from north Koreas Nuclear program, many governments in the middle east are struggling for stability despite the enormous reduction in the capa...

A little more and tale of this is the news hour live from london coming up. The Gulf Cooperation Council meets for a summit in kuwait but with four of its six leaders absent. Supporters celebrated yemens capital sanaa where a planned funeral for former president saleh has been postponed. President trump tells arab leaders he intends to move the u. S. Embassy in israel from tel aviv to jerusalem. And im peter stammered in doha with the latest sports news in the next hour the International Olympic...

Palestine jordan egypt and saudi arabia to inform them of his intention to move the u. S. Embassy in israel from tel aviv to jerusalem to or from his plan has been met with criticism across the board the palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas saying it will have dangerous consequences and the saudi king warning it will inflame the feelings of muslims President Trump is expected to announce his decision on wednesday after a six month waiver to delay the move expired israel claims that all of jerusal...

Room. Our going to introduce Panel Moderator and let him theyduce the panelists so can introduce themselves. I am very pleased to introduce the director of the heritage foundations Margaret Thatcher center for freedom. His key areas of special place of specialization include the United Nations and the role of Great Britain and europe in the u. S. Led alliance against international terrorism. He was recently named one of the 50 most influential britons in dailys. By the london telegraph. And a le...

Include the Anglo American special relationship, United Nations and the role of Great Britain and europe in the u. S. Led alliance against international terrorism. He was recently named one of the 50 most influential britons in the u. S. By the london daily telegraph. And a leading authority on transatlantic relations, he has advised the executive branch of the u. S. Government on a range of issues from the role of International Allies in postwar iraq to u. S. British leadership. His policy pape...

Transatlantic relations, he has advised the executive branch of the u. S. Government on a range of issues from the role of International Allies in postwar iraq to u. S. British leadership. His policy papers are widely read on capitol hill where he is regularly sought after for his advice. He received his doctorate degree from yale university. Let us welcome him and the rest of our panel today. [applause] good morning, everybody. Welcome to todays event. Thank you everyone for joining us in such ...