a lot of people still worried about corruption across russia. but you know what i tell them is that you know there is a there's a lot of money to be made in russia almost because of some of the inefficiency of the inefficiencies that exist that creates the opportunity and you know some of the changes that are being made now by the government are opening up possibilities i think the you know and that was a classic example of that we've had we've had a wave of reform in the utility sector and what has happened the third largest power generator in europe has invested three billion dollars into into this country so when i'm talking to investors i'm emphasizing the move the scale of the opportunity and you know how this process of modernization can unlock a lot of the value that still exists in russia. and when you when you're looking at in talking to investors and looking the development of the economy how important is partnerships how important is it for a company to come in and say we have to partner with somebody they'll help guide you through it

and i'm not sure russia is europe but europe at the moment no need for russia what i want that i ask. for in one of your interviews you spoke about the role of poland and said it could become a great. between europe and russia what kind of bridge and what are the current dynamics of russian polish relations machine door until very recently it seemed like a great idea but now represent between russia and poland has actually happened i think however that some politicians use smart politicians for soldiers even prime minister donald to speak he was bringing poland closer to russian with a plane crash followed has always been the final frontier of europe russia began after that france here is also in close contact with ukraine the question of ukraine is very delicate given it e.u. accession without exception russia would upset russian europe with poland is a bridge of sorts between russia and europe it's a bridge to russia because it is at the same time a slab it and a european country which could serve for bringing kindness closer russians europe holiday russia and ukraine and russia so

russia and i think above all the thing that we like the most about russia is the fact that the government of russia is actually doing everything possible to encourage foreign investment i tell you the unprecedented access that they give investors to the government officials is unbelievable just to speak about the been done in a position where you know i was close be involved to make a request to the russian government to ask for a meeting with prime minister putin to say you know we'd like to buy were moved on and to get that request granted in a matter of hours i think is phenomenal to just before christmas and then for them to approve the deal in such a record time i mean less than six weeks i think is a tremendous testimony to the fact that russia is welcoming a foreign investment and wants to make it work in russia. switzerland for the world economic forum and general bushnell brings us the latest from the former hello general so what are the key points of schalit speech at the round table. speaking in english she says that russia is moving to the mix of development of its economy tha

russia is aware of its place in your worry that russia. aware of its responsibilities to its citizens i mean will comply with. its responsibility to the world community and this is the reason why. on this day i'm speaking from this ross from here it is look if terrorism negates the most important thing which is the value of human life. or. any rights and freedoms. i wouldn't give it no matter what i do a logical russian r.p.s. it generates fear and hatred for you it. is an obstacle it through. their first world this situation is also dramatic the at the terrorist acts in a cardinal way disrupt the normal life the normal occurrence of flushing and three such acts very often force us to take very tough decisions. those terrorists acts radical change their way of thinking not those who fall victims but also with a way of thinking all for everyone living on the planet but unfortunately no state in the world is immune to terrorism their relatives such charity stags like the one that. it has just happened in russia unfortunately not for the firs

which could serve for bream's kind who is closer russia and europe holiday russia and ukraine and russia so poland could play a historical role if it in the stands the situation center of one of them or so if not i'm of on course at one point you predicted the collapse of the soviet union any new forecasts for more than russia. that's for fear no i don't email forgot it's just what i was writing about to solve and i didn't see it as a forecast i looked at the can tweet and saw so many negative and elements that i couldn't help but ask myself how long will it last i don't make forecasts as a rule historian if i look at the past and try to figure out what's happening in the present i think russia has come a long way over the past twenty years it is having some difficulties as countries do it's not easy to introduce democracy or capitalism it to western europe's a choice to do that or do. it within twenty years isn't so easy that i think russia is following the path he chose in one thousand nine hundred ninety one there have been ups and downs but i don't see any discomfort u.-t. so i think

russia still hasn't found its place in the wall. the use of since was looking is not exactly what the book says that russia has made these kind of decision but over the past ten years it's been pursuing two different paths rather than one word what i've been trying to explain is that after the soviet union disintegrated russia rushed to your door but as you have does not offer a warm welcome it's just a beginning of this century a russia's foreign policy has been focusing on two directions rather than on one on the one hand which fall courses on the west all the other hand because it was joe graphical position so decided to position itself as an asian country as quickly as it gives it a greater priest and influence in the world has been pursuing this policy for more than ten years now and has broad great success as out of the twentieth century russia's international reputation around the world was not very good but now after the past decade it's obvious that it's been reckon it's a big change russia has taken a very important step f

to sudden extent and even by russia has come a long way he chose russia's and i agree with him it's in europe's interests and in france's interests cross has always had its interest in relations with russia. and why has the course changed what is these changes related to. simply because he realized what's right he's a very smart guy really i should not be calling my president a guy well he's a very smart person or chairman he's very active and he thinks something over he got to understand things correctly and he took a look at the world and has realized a lot of things over twenty years of what you're realize trust that russia wasn't a terrible country it was a country to be spoken to not let the georgian incident help him to he stablished close relations with the russian president and prime minister he realized the dial o'gara european country is the most important thing to build relations with russia he also realized russia was a european country or at least he didn't understand very well and for us he also realized that europe was no longer strong it was falling out of the history o

russia. reduction treaty start has been ratified by russia's upper chamber now approved by both houses of the country's parliament the treaty must be signed by president. was at the voting in russia's federation council. everything happened really quickly just on tuesday they stay duma ratified the treaty now the federation council has unanimously voted for the ratification of the treaty which means that both chambers also poland have now supported education it's also backed by both president who's sitting now he can now sign the treaty and president barack obama lead in both only monitoring the way ratification has been going in fact on tuesday barack obama praised. decision to ratify the deal the russian deputies did make some. binding of recommendations but said they will not affect the implementation of the treaty and previously were a we were able to speak to the chairman of the federation council's committee for international affairs who also took part in the long running negotiations m

and i'm not sure if russia is europe but europe at the moment of need for russia is one of them core so it's not on and on course at one point you predicted the collapse of the soviet union and you knew forecasts for more than russia. that's the fear in the i know i don't email address that you saw when i was writing about the soviet union i didn't see it as a forest or a look is it good to eat and saw so many there negative elements but i couldn't help but ask myself how long will it last i don't make forecasts as a rule of the story a list of how i look at the past and try to figure out what's happening in the present i think russia has come a long way over the past twenty years it is having some difficulties as countries do it's not easy it is reduced to marcos or the capital. isn't it to quest in europe centuries to do that or if doing it within twenty years ends in so easily that i think russia is following the path it chose in ninety nine to one of there have been ups and downs but i don't see any discourse you know unity so i think we're going to karbala trash future it's star

one solution would be for russia to be a. participant at least to some extent in the bucco it may be there for russia and ukraine and europe can solve the transit problems with respect to ukraine maybe that would make unnecessary spending large amounts of money on south street so maybe you could have a situation where you had nord stream. modernized ukrainian system that all the parties felt comfortable with and russia participating in the southern corridor that may in the end make the most sense. looking looking down the road in this new world. what about the shale gas that was discovered in europe well americans know a lot of shale gas do you think that if it really. is a success story. will it make because struction of need to get his pilot's license in europe or didn't i don't think so i think there's always going to be a need for new pipelines but again. as i mentioned earlier i don't think that we should over emphasize the importance of these new pipelines whether it be nobuko or south stream or whatever what's happenin

russia's lower house of parliament has ratified the new russia u.s. strategic arms reduction treaty the debate over the deal ended on tuesday with russia having added on its own interpretations the latest from. going off in moscow . in washington well you go first to you russian legislators have ratified the deal made some amendments to it so can you tell us what all of those amendments . well first of all do not exactly a man called special statements because they will not affect the actual implementation of the treaty itself the first one is aimed at ensuring moscow's right. off the deal if it feels threatened by us. and the. similar statements previously by the us congress do not free you our ships in the from its obligation this is the third such treaty between russia and the united states the first two were signs from back in one thousand nine hundred. ninety three but this latest one is meant to reduce the number of officers on each side around one third so it's a giant in terms of global security now that it's been ratified by the state accordi

russia is aware of its place in the worry that russia is in aware of its responsibilities to its citizens and you will comply with them and their responsibility to the world community and this is the reason why you're with. on this day i'm speaking from this rostrum. terrorism negates the most important thing which is the value of human life. tramples upon annie the rights and freedoms. we could give you no world. logical in the russian our case it generates fear and hatred for you it. is an obstacle to. your there for simple and for our world but this situation is also dramatically in the at the terrorist acts in a cardinal way disrupt the normal life the normal occurrence of flushing and three such acts very often force us to take very tough decisions. those terrorists acts radical change their way of thinking not those who fall victims but also with a way of thinking all for everyone living on the planet but unfortunately no state in the world is immune to terrorism their relative. charity status like the one that europe. has just happened in version points that are not for the first t

in russia u.s. business relations american business leaders listening were nodding and one even said to me that medvedev gets business in a way that barack obama does not the president of america of course under fire in some quarters back home for his perceived lack of understanding of business president very fairly high on this and many of the key themes that are being expressed throughout that last for instance here this week one is the push towards a new green way of doing business no longer is it enough to pander only to the shareholders and the bottom line the president said it's very important for business to take care of the environment and also make that at the forefront of the way it does business and third and finally russia hitched the way it does business to the rest of europe saying that it would start to forge a common economic ground with the european union also in its attempts to join the world trade organization and then the o.e.c.d. the organization for economic cooperation and dev

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in russia there is amazing history of story telling and for this new russia for the country would like to get inspiration from the russian stories and make movies based on the russian heritage and culture but use some of the heritage that we have in the world this new company and tell them some how we tell stories how the characters develop and we always have the happy ending you know the distilleries that's really interesting to us actually of. a stable hollywood tradition here in russia or just a russian audience needs to be fat like a very specific context that it's used to strongly believe that russian audience has very distant taste definitely a lot of big blockbusters work in russia and russian audience love. that love alice in wonderland but at the same time there are a lot of stories that can be told specifically for the russian audience and we believe without fairytales that we started with masters and we tapped into something that was not done in russia for a long time is the quality family entertainment and family stories which we see can travel around the world because with

to its knees but the wrong russia is aware of its place in the world russia will fulfill its obligations towards its citizens and the world community unfortunately no state in the world is immune to terrorism terrorist attacks like this one in russia unfortunately can happen at any time anywhere in the world there is no universal remedy against this evil but one thing we can say for sure our success in battling this very threat depends on solidarity. and the official day of mourning both president medvedev and prime minister putin attended services all religions uniting to commemorate those he died in the attacks allowed to continue to be laid at the site of the blast it's a poignant reminder that in the war on terror it's once again ordinary people here on the front line in a scene of tragedy. and of mourning now it's time for action and that's if the international community to stand united or work together now to fight this global terrorist threats so. well there's been a huge reaction to the airport around the world u.k. based aviation expert says it was a deliberate attack on foreign

good news for russia around the world this is in crowds have gathered at one of moscow's main squares to mourn the thirty five victims of monday's terrible. it comes as police have reportedly named one of the suspects who could have been behind the attack. discuss these developments with. the ceremony began with a minute of silence at exactly four thirty two pm the time when the explosion happened to the much of the airport on monday and despite the freezing temperatures scores of people gathered here at pushkin square a square which is not only one of the main squares and historic science of the city was also a scene of another terrorist attack in august two thousand wins the was a day of mourning in moscow and in moscow region people came to them on to the airport including officials and even for the usual also laying flowers at the scene of the attack the moral services were held at churches mosques and synagogues across moscow and moscow region also in commemoration of the victims and the president the prime minister visited some of the ceremonies as well and just to remind you of

tonight on the program afghanistan won't be left to struggle alone when western forces leave russia to president karzai to help his country recover from years of war. also a family were slaughtered in their home in southern russia a diver at least one infant is found alive. the suspect's arrival criminal gang are behind it we'll have the latest on that story just. norway's immigration paradox a russian born woman crowned as a model citizen for this is being kicked out by the u.n. wants an iraqi terrorist is allowed to stay. i'm just russian businessman victor boot faces a pretrial hearing in the united states the alleged gunman who says a mounting media campaign has convicted him before he stepped foot in court. gorging r.t. coming to you live from moscow welcome if you're just joy this is now eight pm here my name is kevin owen and our top story tonight russia is promising to support afghanistan after western forces withdraw from the troubled region in three years prison with various pledge came of talks with ahmed karzai here in moscow the leaders also promise to clamp down on the va

the continent russia is working on the north. lawn project as an alternative direct way to supply energy to europe europe has its own. project which is finding support. states what does washington have to do with gas supplies on the european continent. u.s. secretary of state's special envoy on energy mr richard. europe relies much on the gas tax goes from russia provides over forty percent of the natural gas used in households but when ukraine tried to reduce the price to pay for russian gas by blocking supplies to europe decided it needed tract. of delivery routes the north stream pipeline is expected to begin pumping gas in a year's time and south stream four years later construction of the european sponsored pipeline has yet to begin go ahead on schedule. by the end of two thousand and fourteen. thank you very much for being with us on the show my pleasure. first of all you were the u.s. state special envoy for european for eurasian rather energy why is this issue of eurasian energy so important for the state department and t

and russia nor do. they love alice in wonderland but at the same time there are a lot of stories that can be told specifically for the russian audience and we believe with our fairy tales that we started with masters we tapped into something that was not done in russia for a long time it's the quality family entertainment and family stories which we see can travel around the world because with book of masters we've got nine prizes in various field festivals around the world what we see i mean traditional russian stories can also travel just beyond the russian audience even though the book of masters was created for the russian audience specifically was book of masters as big of a block baster here in russia as alice in wonderland all over the world but even my question is what kind of movie is profitable to produce and fresh. in order to make profits like blockbusters make in the west for the movies to be successful the audience needs to be interested in the movie and the box office obviously is one of

is european both russia and. culturally better and we have to start the goods for the better that's a fact of them that's very true thank you very much mr president and welcome and i sincerely wish you and your people all the best in achieving peace and democracy wish you the best to. the strangest attempt of a military takeover. the us president trying to overthrow a foreign country's government but his strategic games are small. and america recognized. cuba to cope with its victory. i leave you think you are you go but the wrong. games are. soon which brightened. a song from months to. come. the biggest and best ever that's russia's promise for the twenty eight hundred football world cup the fair handed over the planet's largest sporting event had a ceremony in st petersburg. a look back at the week's top stories poland will stage a reconstruction of last staples fatal plane crash that killed president kaczynski and ninety five others including many high ranking officials warsaw insists the russia led report in

continued russia will continue and will continue to play a very major role i have no doubt that russia will will will play a major role so i i really hope that these issues are not politicized become less politicized and that we can all work together towards a common end and it's one of the reasons i'm here in moscow when you say that russia is going to play a major role on the table gas and that your markets does that mean that this role is increasing and it's not. that today it is not going to be big or is that it certainly a major role today and i look at i can't predict whether it's going to increase or decrease all i know is that russia is going to continue to be a major player you know i don't think any of us. can accurately predict what's going to happen in energy markets over the next several years all of the climate right i mean you know. to give you an example our energy information administration which was part of our department of energy every five years comes out with an energy outlook in two thousand and five it said that the united states would be major importers of liqu

do investors need to worry about the security situation in russia you've got. the olympics coming up you've got the world cup coming up is is russia's security situation something that needs to worry investors. can actually. what i would like to start with something else this situation definitely concerns first and foremost russian citizens and me as a president and this is the most important thing because only by consolidating all public forces can we vanquish this evil we have no right to get hysterical about terrorism and spread out for this will make terrorism stronger look at the way americans came together after the events of nine eleven even those who are not very fond of president bush said yes he's got to be at the helm he's got to be tough has got to be the same for our country that's the only way we can defeat terrorism while it does regards fears and concerns for our investors and all those who want to come to russia rest assured that we will ensure a high level of security what we will ensure the proper level of security for the winter olympics and

fresh wiki leaks revelations show russia's opposition leaders begged washington for help against the current leadership but what turned down. barack obama pressures his chinese counterpart that beijing is cards right as far as increase among americans of eastern economic heavyweights growing might. turn israel's our eyes and ears on the east report on one of the world's largest spying facilities they pull into september every e-mail and hemisphere. and russia central bank class a cell is blocking stake in moscow's my zick stock exchange under a privatization plan ordered by the president warning that in our business update and twenty minutes. of news and much more you're watching our team welcome to the program russian opposition leaders and human rights activists pleaded with top u.s. officials to support their plans for political and social change based on fresh fall from wiki leaks russia's komsomolskaya pravda newspaper reports that the groups were consistently critical of the kremlin and wanted american help for reform but the request was apparently given short shrift by washing

the biggest and best ever that's russia's promise for the twenty eight hundred football world cup as it gets of official endorsement to host the planet's largest sporting event. i'll have all the latest from st petersburg where the president sepp blatter has put pen to paper on the document confirming russia is the host of the twenty eighteen wilco finals. and a look back at the week's top stories poland will stage a reconstruction of last april fatal presidential plane crash that claimed the russian claiming the russian lead report leaves some questions unanswered and. russia pledges of support to rebuild war torn afghanistan as president karzai visit business moscow. and protests in oslo as norwegians lend their support to a russian born immigrant about to be deported despite being brought up in the country and voted a model citizen. two am in the russian capital i'm mad très are bringing you today's top stories and a look back at the week's news here on r t russia is promising to stage a tournament like no other when it hosts the world cup in twenty eighteen earlier the president

a loss just between russia and the u.s. made headlines across the globe but now one american ad firm has decided to cash in on the bring scandal by turning a russian sports the liberty into the latest star of some cold war deja vu. it's up what do you do the dark you know just the way filings really falling russian spies. very well and this sad for us t.v. show any jealousy alexandra they had skin and his colleague pretend late night spying after another session on the ice the washington the capital captive is no stranger to the advertising business of verizon wireless commercial featuring his so-called very trick of knowing the rules it's just wildfire like it's. a day away but all that exists business is on the way now with dmitri. welcome to the business updates on our global economic growth will slow to three point three percent and twenty eleven according to the world bank's latest assessment asia will keep its position of the fastest growing region expanding by about eight percent involving countries growth is expecte

and in russia russian stock this hour both the r.t.s. and trading up on the day with energy majors helping the indices. is gaining on both horses after striking a deal with b.p. on the arctic drilling the biggest gainer is. over sixteen percent after side agreement with the set up a production line. losing over eight percent. and that's awful news this hour you can always find more stories on our website that's our. business stay with us. repairing a broken. construction and humanitarian aid. official good news if you it's the people who paid the price. is no longer just a drug trafficker. the. wealthy british. it's moved on to. the.

not solely russia's response ability although russia is in many ways much more vulnerable to terrorism then other western states indeed i was there i was talking to people and we were both discussing the fact that you know terrorism is not just a national or an isolated issue it is a worldwide issue that nations you know all around the globe have to face on a fairly routine basis you're in america you're in washington d.c. that eastern seaboard of the states no stranger to security issues tell us what are the security experts saying it specially about the thought of the here in moscow is a major international hub in five years that is the busiest airport in all of russia the. the biggest country in the world. you know they are saying this certainly was a message you know they try to kill as many people as the good security experts point out that these monsters could be staging the attacks to sort of raise funds from international terrorist networks to show that they can pull the saw and in russia it is not as difficult to pull it off as say in the united states and with suicide bombers

st petersburg where the feet of president sepp blatter has put pen to paper on the document called russia is the host of the twenty eight world cup finals. and in our look at the week's mainly use poland plans a reconstruction of the events that led to long staples presidential play insisting the official report leaves on all of the question. pledging support the war torn afghanistan and balloting to tackle the flow of drugs the russian president meets his afghan counterpart in moscow during the first visit in decades. under alleged russian arms the live in a beautiful face a jury in new york in september but his lawyers say if u.s. trial is illegal. a very warm welcome to you this is live from moscow with me now russia is promising to stage a tournament like no other when it has the world cup in twenty eighteen here surance came as the future president officially handed over the world's biggest sporting event to the country's successful team. is in st petersburg where the ceremony took place. it's all official now they've signed today a three headed contract between the russian football

a bomb has exploded in russia's republic. although there are no reports of any casualties the blast occurred at a village market in the district and the device was said to have been hidden among the stalls two more bombs were later discovered and the things near the scene the area has been cordoned off as police search for any more devices. technology some of the day's other international news in brief and official say at least thirty two people have killed. collided with an oil tanker in western pakistan on nine others injured in the outside and reports say the boss carrying fifty passengers lost control and crashed into a stationary fuel tank authorities are working to recover the victims from the burnt out the police. a series of campomanes across baghdad has killed at least seven hundred wounded more than thirty others the explosions appears to be part of a cool dated attack were targets including an iraqi police patrol as well as busy roads across the city last week more than one hundred fifty people were killed in a wav

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turning to the day's other news russia's lower house of parliament has ratified the new russia u.s. strategic arms reduction treaty the debate over the deal ended tuesday with russia having added its own interpretations our correspondents a group is going off in moscow and guide each chickie on washington we're following developments. they're called special statements because they will not affect the actual implementation of the treaty itself the first one is ensuring moscow's right . off the deal if it feels threatened by us. and europe and the second one. similar statements previously by the us congress do not free you are shipped in from its obligation no this is the third such treaty between russia and the united states the first two were signs from back in one thousand nine hundred one and one thousand nine hundred three but this latest one is meant to reduce the number of officers you go on just one each side going on one issued so it's a giant step in terms of what has been global security know that it's been ratified by the state duma according to the procedure it will have