so russia winning the competition. very very soon to stay. and it's a very good idea that you could say one of the places they could play and not sort of an in seven years' time could be about ten years old right now so maybe set a tone watching on t.v. at this moment you never know they could be playing told well it was it was mentioned by the face of president he did think that russia was developing really as a as a footballing nation on the international stage of course and the european championships a couple of years ago russia really one hundred three body they were the neutrals favorite they were the darlings of the children if you will eventually finishing fourteen of course didn't qualify for the last world cup in two thousand and ten but. mr blatter house said. there is a future for russia and perhaps you know you never know stranger things have happened kerry you could say or if you were. you never know chaotically thought of reporting from said petersburg thank you. poland is planning to recreate the flights that led to the death o

to its knees but they thought 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 and prime minister putin attended services all religions uniting to commemorate those who died in the attacks. 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 the scene of tragedy. and of mourning now it's time for action and the message to the international community to stand united away together now to fight this global terrorist threat so. there's been a huge international reaction to the bombing that killed people from at least seven different countries u.k. based aviation

in russia there is amazing history of story telling and for this new russia 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 release that's really interesting to us actually fall for a stable hollywood tradition here in russia or just a russian audience needs to be fat like a very specific content that it's used to strongly believe that russian audience has very distant taste and definitely a lot of big blockbusters work in russia and russian ordinance a lot higher. 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 and we tapped into something that was not done in russia for a long time is that quality family entertainment and family stories which we see can travel around the world because w

president dmitri medvedev reiterated russia's position of the meeting with the king of jordan as he wraps up his tour of the region at his cattle groucho is following that visit for us. of course jordan for russia is more than just a middle east partner in this region they have a very close very special relationship a visit is part of major appropriations for the russian jordan economic summit which is due to take place in march these here and to leaders will see them talk how they go into both straight konami ties their cooperation and added to spirit today they also discussed plans for the construction of a nuclear power plant in jordan which several countries are beating to build and russia among those countries but of course all of that was on the sidelines of talks on the major on the top priority subject regional developments in the middle east and the israeli palestinian conflict. there's no need to separate us within the culture its strength is in our unity only in this way can we try to find a compromise which will satisfy both sides palestinians as well as israelis determi

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

if we if we compare russia's participation in. the last two or three five years do you think this country i mean the russian federation is becoming more important more influential. in davos specifically at the forum or not. well on a couple of different levels i think it's been very very interested very positive certainly in terms of other business and gauge and there's been a strong and growing engagement but also in terms of the political and intellectual engagement there's been a strong development having prime minister putin here two years ago was one manifestation of that having president medvedev here this year with a record russian contingent in terms of public figures but also other figures is a very important indication of how actively russia is in gauging in these key issues at the forum and we think that's extremely important because russia has a very important role to play in all these critical issues we've just been talking about so we very much welcome their strong presence here. thank you thank you very much for bei

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

not hard to find good doctors and most of our children has been killed in russia and russia in russia we can help them here some very difficult cases when we can have our children. we send them abroad israel america germany and now to england as well but. you. try to keep most of the cure or most of the children here in russia because this is the policy this is this is your position or because it's just cheaper in and i mean because of all simple because we have the good doctor because we have this ability to help sixty percent of children who needs to be treated and. and then why not to not to do that. the rest of the children who we can help here with them abroad unfortunately we don't have enough. fully equipped morden medical centers we have only a few places where we can really treat our patients from start to there and so we hope that much more special clinics would be here in our country that one is would be open first to june two thousand and eleven you're talking about this hematological clinical center the is it really your center that sponsoring this clinic that you actuall

this week the deadly attack on russia. has cost more than one hundred victims including foreign service to. our hospitals some of them in critical condition police say this was a terrorist attack and the bomb was carried into the building through an unsecured entrance how can we feel safe if the country is. protected here is vice president of the international vets association the terror group. still out. of an apple or two place in the international arrivals the police say the bomb was stuffed with shrapnel to cause serious injury and damage many of the dead are foreigners from the former soviet republics and from the u.k. and germany present bed of this postponed his visit to switzerland where he was to attend the devils forum the president says the dead of a managers must be charged with a security failure but experts say it's the police responsible for safety at russian airports. thank you for your time my first question to you now what's happened. seems to indicate. has become a very dangerous place to live and do you

in russia u.s. business relations american business leaders listening we're not doing on one even said to me that if it gets business in a way that barack obama does not the president of america of course on the fire in some quarters back or for his perceived lack of understanding of business resume both really harness many of the key themes that are being. brest throughout the votes for 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 says 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 development and one of the mo

robert dudley says russia is a top priority for the company. i think it's a very good good deal for b.p. i think it's a good deal for us now i think it's a watershed deal in the international oil industry i think it's good for russia this cross holding between two companies that have aligned interests is is a very good thing i think it's a harbinger of things you know it's in the decades ahead between the international oil companies and national how important is the arctic to p.p.s. new oil production strategy i think the arctic has great potential you look at the maps in russia i think it's going to be something that's great for russia good for the companies involved and a course of b.p. were very very excited about it could new finds hope to maintain oil production at current levels if you look out to the year two thousand and thirty the growth in oil production will be fairly limited its value though will be high the world will need forty percent more energy by twenty thirty it's going to be something the world needs how would you summarize

becomes very interesting because russia scottland russia's cold water and russia can be a great source of food for us so one of our goals is to develop russian agriculture to be the hub for certain fruits stone fruits in particular the rest of the world the differences between three business in russia and another emerging market india russia is perhaps. more developed than india in terms of frameworks exists systems exist so does in india too but in india. when you want to buy land you have to really go through a long process to get it because as a rule of law you can go to a small farmer and say i want to learn you've got to go through a process. the first deputy chairman of the c.b. will become the president of the bank of moscow analysts say this effectively means russia's second largest lender has been given the green light to acquire the bear market which was founded by a specific of the t.v. was the first to express interest in the assets but then alphabetic wanted to buy one hundred percent of the land but it seems it has lost the race. the spike the terrorist attack at one of m

russia's parliament considers a new color coded warning system to prevent future terror attacks this following the deadly suicide blast at moscow's airport on monday. and as the aftershocks. roll through the greater middle east analysts draw parallels with the last decade's colored revolution revolution in the post of soviet space. a very warm welcome to you this is r.t. a key nuclear reduction treaty between russia and the us has now finally been fully approved by moscow president dmitri medvedev signed the start of ratification document on friday the last step in a lengthy process involving both sides the agreement could come into force as early as next month after an exchange is made between russia's foreign minister and the u.s. secretary of state. is going to has more on this. only a form of formal exchange off documents between the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov and us secretary of state hillary clinton is left before the treaty can officially step into power that's already planned as we're hearing for the fourth or fifth of february in munich. this is a very significan

and russia has become the world's third largest country in terms of international reserves off to china and japan more in business in twenty minutes. why from moscow you are watching r t with marina joshie welcome to the program russian lawmakers have reopened debate on a key arms control deal with the us the new strategic arms reduction treaty or start has already been ratified by the u.s. senate and all it needs now is a green light from moscow artie's an italian advocate a has more. i was busy trying to get it going see here is going to the world's biggest nuclear power is significant to me. at least if they're. there to do it maybe it was by nearly the soles of their important step their relations between russia and the united states is significant in their relations but this last year was the c.g. was starting to play and this tendency was teeming with the expectation of the sequence of life that supplying the new start treaty changes and the united states to be an example to other nuclear powers powers in the world to join them and have the words and music live. but if she was suc

russia and the u.k. team up as well giants rosner have to be peace swap stocks in a multibillion dollar deal to explore the untapped natural reserves of the arctic. federal employees at the heart of the u.s. capital live the high life new figures show they're taking home double the money of their colleagues in the private sector struggling to make ends meet across the crisis gripped the country. and schools in india and run kashmir choose education over separatism in defiance of warnings to cancel classes. what you know if you live from moscow nine am in the russian capital i'm marina joshie welcome two of the largest oil companies in the world russia's rawson aft and british petroleum are joining forces and they have sealed the stock swap and agreed to extract the untapped riches of the arctic sea bed together the deal said to be worth billions of dollars and is being endorsed by both governments are diesel or am it reports from london. rosneft and b.p. are calling this deal a groundbreaking strategic g

we've been back and we will be back in the rights of the tallest indians to create their own state russia is committed to supporting the independence of the palestinian state with a capital in east jerusalem. during his middle east to visit the russian leader meets with his palestinian counterpart israel has been left on the sidelines due to political infighting. and blames russian traffic controllers for the plane crash that killed the polish president in april that's despite the findings of the official investigation that cited pilot error and bad weather as causes of the accident plus. the banks pay the same seem especially when the people step in to even pay their rent to even see the play that show. anger anger is boiling over in the u.k. as the banks bailed out by taxpayer money trying to hand out billions in bonuses despite a harsh austerity cuts in the rest of the country. this is our life. to me treatment here that has reiterated russia's commitment to back a palestinian state with a capital in east jerusalem he said this during his current middle east tour the initial plan for t

other countries not what do we expect from russia now. the first concern is the middle east quartet it's necessary to do everything possible to boost its activity so that it's similar to the role of say the european union we would like russia to convince the us because it's the only country that you're going to the final statement containing. it will help us to have a better substantiated discussion with israel while promoting the peace process russia could also insist on its position in stopping the settlement activity in its relationship with the u.s. and israel and on getting back to the negotiations table i think that russia is ready for that that's what president medvedev has reaffirmed during this visit. the global headlines here now that the thing that. filled with explosives has crashed into a security headquarters in central iraq killing over thirteen people more than sixty four others were it happened in the ethnically mixed city of baquba north of the capital baghdad it's the second suicide blast in the last two days on tuesday

last year's spy spat between russia and the u.s. made global headlines now one american ad firm decided to cash in on the simmering scandal by turning a russian sports celebrity into the latest star of cold war deja vu all the it's. what you do in the dark when. just filings really follow your russian spies. well in this sad for us sports news t.v. show n.h.l. superstar alexander ovechkin and his colleague pretend to do some covertly spying after another session of the ice the a washington capitals captives no stranger to the advertising business. while this commercial featuring the so-called trick of mine girls just found a world wide world for him for a bit of ingenuity now ahead in the sport in twenty minutes time staying with sporting vein it's always nice to feel wanted isn't it twenty thousand fans turned out to see their favorite football or one of the know it is their new club in rio de janiero got some great great pictures with andrew coming up a little later in the program plus the thrills and spills from tonight's ice hoc

with news from russia and around the world this is in moscow crowds have gathered at one of the russian capitals main squares to mourn the thirty five victims of monday's terror attack it comes as police have reportedly named one of the suspects who could have been behind the attack when i. discussed these developments with this can often push square and sarah at domodedovo airport. 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 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 those geishas 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 t

will undoubtedly remain one of russia's main sources of income for a long time yet. i think we should openly admit that the current economic modernization in russia would have been impossible without raw materials because this sector pays it earns the phones which state and private business invest in modernization projects an innovative economic development. block well nevertheless we're trying to reduce our dependence on raw materials. in my view russia isn't trying to use its dependence on raw materials the thing is that those responsible for economic decisions understand only too well that we have quite a short time left to continue living off natural resources in the next ten fifteen or twenty years the world economic architecture will change so much that the raw material sector will simply lose the significance it has today. this year has seen a landmark event which is largely gone noticed for the first time in fifty years america's tesla a company that brought the first electric vehicle to the market has gone public this is a very significant event because it m

has invested so much in russia so they cannot step away. and russia still needs the expertise of western oil companies and its interest and it's interesting because you know they have to sell a lot of. the oil spill in the gulf of mexico to put money aside for the recovery for well they are saving their money for russia other than so in this ng and they are investing more so it means that b.p. is there for the long term the potential of russia is so huge if it's not them it's going to be somebody else so it's really a question of who gets in first and they were world position and the put aside their difficulties from the inside to move forward. and you can get more on this story in our business bulletin a little later in the program and government workers in washington are taking hold on average double the wages of the or private sector colleagues according to the newly revised u.s. census meaning a very people in charge of getting the nation out of its financial hole are living the high life are used to look so whether they're really worki

now last year's spy spat between russia and the u.s. made headlines across the globe now one of american out firm is the size of the cache and on the simmering candle attending a russian school celebrity into the latest star wars and cold war days r.v. all the it's. what you do the dark with. just the way it goes pilings really follow your russian spy so that. it's very sad for a u.s. sports needs t.v. show n.h.l. superstar alexandra skin and his colleague portent to do some covert late night spying after another session on the ice the washington capitals captain is no stranger to the advertising business verizon and one liners commercial featuring his so-called very trick of nine goals has just wild fans worldwide. what a star like a day go away got a business update on the way now we're doing. thanks alex hello and welcome to the program 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 a

which could serve for bringing its kind was closer russia and europe holiday russia and ukraine and russia so poland could play a historical role if it in the stance the situation saying i've seen one of them cause so much damage 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 you know i know i don't email forgot it's just what i was writing about the solving i didn't even see it as a forecast i looked at the can tweet and saw so many negative in 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 he's having some difficulties as countries do it's not easy it is reducing democracy of capitalism it to western europe centuries to do that. doing it within twenty years isn't so easy 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

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

files type mysteries from russia and around the world. up next ahead of president karzai meeting with the major medvedev the afghan leader sat down with r.t. sophie shevardnadze tells us how he plans to solve his. problems which are spreading across borders. karzai afghan president it's an honor and pleasure to have you with us today sir. thank you what were your hopes two thousand and four when you were a mate. my hope and aspirations were the. peace for afghanistan a stable afghanistan afghanistan in close contact. with its neighbors and near neighbors a country that would progress into a better economy. and better living standards would be. triggered who were deprived of a future cation for so many decades would have a chance to go to school some of those are. some of them have not been so that was my my aspiration at the. but what would you say precisely seven years or what are you meant to achieve and where did you fail maybe you managed to achieve a better economy we more than twenty universities right now term vision channels the.

russia and the us very special cases. so quiet. not similar. in comparison with other great powers however this is a positive signal and. russia countries showed that they do not think that the enlargement of nuclear potentials is reasonable and these are some people might say this is a crazy time when you see the perceived threats from north korea and iran where we see that the two big countries now reducing their nuclear arsenals is some people may say this is not the time to do that well and this is this is more or less reasonable for them because. they see they regard nuclear weapons as a guarantee of their security and they will strive to get in their nuclear weapons do you think a bomb or obviously he in the presidential campaign he said that he wished for a nuclear free world obviously this is a gesture towards that but it's is it really realistic to think it will never get to that stage of the genie is out of the bottle is it's a isn't it well. to think that it is realistic even in the long long time perspective because nuclear weapons

position here in russia what you think is going to go. when you look at this opposition you have to say what do they stand for they seem to be a group of people who are united only by their hatred of prime minister putin they have. deep puttin ization is the only thing they have to offer they seem to wait around for murders to occur and then blame that on putin kind of a knee jerk reaction i don't see an economic program i don't see anything constructive i don't see anything that could help the future of a great nation so therefore i don't see why people would be interested the difference i think is in russia the opposition is an embarrassment sometimes here in the u.s. we think our government is an embarrassment but maybe the russian opposition needs to to to retool to get some actual positive ideas and not simply be the. the long arm of a foreign power websites all the really good to have your take on it tonight thanks for joining us a line from washington i do you see as you. say that our web site so we've got for their dot com tonight

and the the need for russia in afghanistan to engage with. not only in the manner of russia helping afghanistan rebuild itself and re re develop its institutional capacity but also by way of trade investment by interaction between all businesses which is very strong but you countries signed a trade in business cooperation deal over the past few years russian afghan trade turnover has increased more than four fold and it's now half a billion u.s. dollars president got as i mentioned his country's developing economic relationship with the united states but that the relationship with russia is developing at a larger scale again we should come back to history more than one hundred forty enterprises were built by the soviet union driven karzai agreed to prioritize the fight against narcotics since russia bears the brunt of afghanistan's fast drugs production industry russia hoped that international forces could crush extremism in afghanistan and russian officials hope that maybe they could. to stop the influx of drugs common in russia for american

back in one hour bring you the closing figures for friday and for the week in russia. for the full story we've got. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. we use special knowledge. meant. to. sift through the those feeds with the previous ones.

and in russia the r.t.s. has opened slightly lower my six which went over one thousand seven hundred eighty points last week will open in a few minutes the biggest i see on the screen of yesterday's closing. russian equity funds have been given a vote of confidence from international investors last week they have attracted a record seven hundred million dollars that's despite money flowing out to. marchin markets it's the eighth consecutive week of investment inflow in russia worth a total of around seventeen billion dollars among factors boosting the demand is a multi-billion dollar deal between b.p. and ross nafta which spurred russian energy chips plus that's growing interest of international mutual funds and russian i.p.o.'s which has said it to market stability according to. and after an eventful week investors are anticipating another action packed seven days from the russian stock market that's according to director of equity sales at creech investment bank marc stein. this week we're likely to see a l

russia's commitment to the middle east peace process is something to the region. and superpowers in talks as the chinese president meets his u.s. counterpart this week washington of the growing influence on the global stage. this is our two years midnight here in moscow welcome watching around the world muslims kevin zero in on our top story for you the polish prime minister donald tusk has told his country's parliament that political game should not affect the pursuit for the truth the investigation into the plane crash that killed the former president this comes as the country's parliament valuating the final report into the tragedy. of a report from moscow. there's been a lot of reaction of course to the investigation into the presidential plane crash that happened in april last year just outside the russian city of smiley and a lot of outrage was initially heard from poland but today's address by the polish prime minister actually comes as the voice of reason the polish prime minister. mentioning to his colleagues that it is unwise to try and politicize this t

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 russia's security situation something that needs to worry investors. well i would like to start with something else this issue ation definitely concerns first and foremost russian citizens and me as the president and this is the most important thing because only by consolidating all public forces can we vanquish this evil consider that 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 but it's got to be the same for our country the only way we can defeat terrorism at all as 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 we will ensure the proper level of security for the winter olympics and the world

to bella reuss now as a stearns there's been no deliveries of oil to russia from russia i beg your pardon to valorise since the first of january now this is because of the dispute between the companies and the two nations the russian side saying that they want a forty five dollar per ton of oil increase from bella ruse now it's put that into some more easy to understand terms a ton of oil gets you seven barrels and. has already signed up had already signed up to receive twenty one point seven million tons of oil over twenty eleven in. january alone they were set to get one point five million that's not going to happen now that hasn't happened so far no oil hitting its way to belarus now the reason this is come about is the russian big play is in the oil markets the russian big companies looking to ross now if you look they are saying they want more money from bellary so the reason why is they saying that the prices have gone up on the markets and also they're looking better russian side now the oil the crude oil that goes into valerie's the fellow russians then they change it in the two d

russia's second seed there's. personally found to kim clijsters in the belgium will face leno in the final after she beat world number one car and wozniacki or the one of the over was hoping for revenge against clijsters and beat her in the final of last year's u.s. open however the russian was outclassed early on as the number three seed took control of the set after gaining a crucial break before serving out to move one up the world number two had breakpoint opportunities in the second set as she tried to get back on level terms but she couldn't find a way past wise as you see with a six three six three victory in just under an hour and fifteen minutes today i was able to. stay very aggressive throughout it all and keep my own unforced errors down put a lot of pressure on her. you know so i mean it was good on month very happy with the way that i am the business today i think should play a very good match very clean match i tried to hang in there you know i knew what i had to do but i think she was. really well

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

russia. we should also add for that that the us and are seeking to transform from some of the fires like the issue of sit in months and maybe a date on the issue over the conniving of a senior state to the security council and russia i think would help in that because an independent that i shan't. pollution would even. affect the influence of the european. but with this in order to make. a living that is more independent from the american vision let me just ask you there you are need to say no to me you are one of the palestinians making of russia's position. and speaking out when not actually being supported vocally by the rest of the quartet as you were mentioning do the palestinians now see all hope resting on moscow as being the initial well in fact we eventually peace. but that is more peace process we're talking about the political process we talk about about such a process it's important for that but it's. such a political force but also it wouldn't be utilized either by the americans

russia's lower house of parliament the state duma is to consider ratification of russia u.s. treaty to arms reduction treaty in a third and last reading or does it work as kind of joins us live from very hard moscow with more details on this story it or it seems like we're very close to the actual ratification of the treaty by the russian side so what are the chances of success there well the chances are quite high it's very likely that this the duma is going to ratify the new strategic arms reduction treaty between moscow and washington just initially it was backed by the presidents of both countries and the united russia party which holds the majority of the seats in the parliament also let the media know previously that it's very clear that the treaty is going to be ratified this is the third and final meeting it's already started actually starting with a minute of silence in commemoration of the victims of monday's blast in the airport after a ratified in the. formalities will be left should be you would have by the federation council and then signed by the president just

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the biggest and best to ever that's russia's promise for the twenty eight hundred football world cup as it gets official endorsement to host the planet's largest sporting event. of all ages 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 claiming the russian lead report leaves some questions unanswered. and russia pleasures of support to rebuild war try to ghana stand as president karzai visits moscow. lawyers for alleged russian arms trafficker viktor booth set to challenge the u.s. government attempt to prosecute them and by the western media the merchant of death . it's three am in moscow i'm mad treasure bring you today's top stories and a look back at the week's news here on our t russia is promising to stay should tournaments like no other what it hosts the fifo world cup in twenty eighteen earlier fifo presidents president officially handed over the b