the leader of the world's most clothes day comes out into the open north korea's kim yon ill visits russia for the first time in almost a decade. it's . nine am in the russian capital you're watching are. you walk into the program rebels have stormed and loser colonel gadhafi compound in tripoli after three days of fighting in the libyan capital here's how it happened i was like i. hope. this happened i. was like oh my goodness you know i have just been. killed. most of the back of. it while they should have killed himself it's still not now and listen to radio address and said that he's been treated from the compound was a tactical move and promised to fight to the death some progress forces continue their armed resistance with reports suggesting they're attacking the town of aijalon west of tripoli with missiles and tanks journalist richard spencer says that even if the rebels take control of the country civil war is imminent i think would be us has accomplished is to establish a coming civil war in libya which we have financed we will be we will have trained a number of the people who w

nuclear tests and six party talks resume so says the country's leader on a rare trip to russia. three hundred. they don't fall under a un resolution. stories. international headquarters here in moscow this is. another russian cargo space craft crashed in eastern russia progress launched from baikonur cosmodrome in kazakhstan on wednesday morning was due to the international space station on friday. taking it into orbit. joining me live with more on. what did happen. as we know the. rockets launched scheduled from baikonur in kazakhstan one of the three hundred twenty fifth second. blastoff. there was an engine failure which was. it's crashing back down to earth in the altai region in russia's east it certainly hit the ground with a bang the the reported impact was felt around one hundred kilometers away and has also been unconfirmed reports that the craft may have split up into three parts leaving three areas of impact in that region and eye witnesses who saw the the craft falling out of the sky told us earlier what she saw. accurately pointed out you know i looked at it and it

course is russia. progress to crush in the remote seas the impact was felt one hundred kilometers away. european. countries oil rich. from. nuclear tests and six party talks are resumed such as the country's. trip to russia. a little suit against russia refusal to supply. un resolutions preventing weapons. and also energy in russia.

do prove that that in fact is the case of other countries agree with russia that that means russia will get to develop the possible incredibly rich oil and gas resources in that field of course russia has to compete with other countries who are also going for the for the peace of the arctic lie in those countries of course are canada the united states denmark norway and interestingly enough china. are going to be right there with all it's you know that's some of the stories from around the globe for you this hour another of about who live you know. sons has reportedly been killed in a nato strike historic conversation off he was in one of the colonel's compounds when the raid begun by nato won't confirm or deny whether the twenty eight year old was among the thirty two died in may one of confused other sons was killed along with three grandchild. nato bombs hit the house. and our teachers have joined the anti-government protest movement currently sweeping across israel hundreds of education workers rallied through the streets of jerusalem demanding better working conditions and use come

america a very big impact so it's a good development of the game here in russia. i think we're give a very good team it's all for us and for all because sam is one of the best there to where he is not the star of the past russian money in european football is nothing new. back in two thousand and three russian businessmen are more men but are more beach boys english club chelsea and transform to men to local club entering you are paying pilot house i should have small enough has also ploughed his millions into english giants arsenal but this time this situation is different here is that that is to make a little known russian football team known across the world this deal may herald a new reality in the european game where international football superstar playing for russian clubs are asked common as those goals like the bush no r t reporting from the north caucasus. and now it's time for the latest of our close of series where we ventured to areas of russia where few have traveled before. this week were in the kid over regional located around one thousand kilomete

price for gas imports from russia would. cost to build in the pipeline so the pipeline has to be extended into south korea since the south korean market the foremost it. war between north and south korea is a huge obstacle and this is yet another situation where russia has an advantage bush is in the perfect position to play this role because of their calls a relationship with the united states over the past eight years because of the fact they are seen as a large with north korea as china is you know president obama once said we must change our real attention from what separates us to what unites us and russia plays a role right now to help lead the world in that direction markedly different approach from some of the other members of the six party talks like south korea and the u.s. who is constant sanctioning has failed to bring results and results are what this brief trip to russia appears to have achieved with kim jong il's announcement of a desire to return to the talks and implement a moratorium on production and testi

country running poland in russia. was the justified move forward. since the battle for democracy. on our team. takes fifteen to twenty million years for the. to recover from a major extinction event the planet has time we don't. it's been going on for about twenty twenty five years and since the eco terrorists before there was even islamic fundamentalist terrorist in this country one nine eleven the bush administration could not find any terrorists because the feds couldn't find any real terrorists they decided to take these young people who were accused of property sabotage and label them as terrorists someone he'll destroy his property. with absolutely zero intention of harming a single human being. in my mind is not. real people who work in this country are the housewives who recycle. and the children who play trees on the weekend with their cub scout troops that's the. welcome back to cross talk i'm peter lavelle to remind you we're discussing the events of august ninety nine you want. to. go to you i mean archie brown brought up a very interesting point before we went to the

america very big parts of the world from top of the game here in russia. i think we're given a very good image of ross and football because. he is one of the best where he is not the star of the past russian money in european football is nothing new back in two thousand and three russian businessmen are more in the bromwich english club chelsea and transformed a mid-level club into you or a pin powerhouse i should've small enough has also. ploughed his millions into english giants arsenal but this time the situation is different here is the bid is to make a little known russian football team known across the world this deal may heralds a new reality in the european game where international football superstars playing for russian clubs are asco men as toes goals and i didn't question our city reporting from the north caucasus. let's now join our close up team are exploring historic regions and traditions across the world's biggest country. this time a close up team has traveled around a thousand kilometers from moscow to the camera creature it's famous for

and swimmers in russia's far east of grits plights hair off to two people with salvaged by shoulder in two days it's time for the never been seen before because the hunt has begun for the shah responsible. and he's now here in less than thirty minutes time with today's main stories about a while guest on cross talk debates whether the soviet union was already on the park to extinction despite the failed coup or whether it could have been reform that's next on our city. keep the story. hello and welcome across our computer all about the food that failed but changed everything twenty years ago communist party hardliners attempted to derail me help out of a child's efforts to reform the soviet union and in the coups aftermath the communist party was banned to be followed by the end of the u.s.s.r. could history of played out differently. taken the stewards. to cross-talk the events of august one thousand nine hundred one i'm joined by geoffrey hosking in london he is america's professor of russian history at the university college london in oxford we have archie brown he's america's profe

russia we were talking talking about the atlantic is it isn't the only region where russia is interested in deep sea mining is it. no absolutely not of course there's the the arctic. sixty russia is very interested in possible development of our oil and gas resource there and back to russia for quite some time has been trying to prove that the a long lost of bridge in the arctic sea is in fact a continuation of russia as a consequence of self and if they do prove that that in fact is the case of other countries agree with russia that that means russia will get to develop the possible incredibly rich oil and gas resources in that field of course russia has to compete with other countries who are also vying for the for the peace of the arctic fire knows countries of course are canada the united states denmark norway and interestingly enough china also was looking at possible development in the pacific ocean but russia has also applied for a possible research in the in the seabed all of the pacific ocean as well so we have to find out whether or not those developments will bring forth any f

for deep project of russia. is to provide the advantage of cheaper engines without compromising performance parameters and available resources most importantly in terms of the lifecycle cost as compared to our competitors abroad it's important to point out that we're regarding this engine as the platform on the basis of which engines will be designed for the home run of the place to p.t. fourteen is projected to meet and exceed international standards on fuel consumption emissions and noise pollution new engines are restored but they aren't the only innovative rethink for the year could jet. are leading aerodynamics institute soggy made a crucial contribution to this project their experts produced a new concept for. design it has an altogether new profile for supercritical airfoils all of their work helps greatly improve the plane's aerodynamics in addition to this super critical design the high wing aspect ratio on the wide reaching the airplane is a further aerodynamic advantage but it's largely with the winds

now apparently this is one of two places in the whole of russia. in the wild now in eastern tradition the opening of the lotus flower petals a spokes to signify the expansion of the soul so i'm hoping that my trip to her is going to be as well and i was going to start my journey down on the riverbank. hundred fifty years ago. it links russia with china and. it's a great way to see the city. resident and to take. trains young. and we had a. so . it wasn't long before we were doing it. and. i took the. great day just to be messing around. but we were having. just enough to enjoy the. grace. and for me. if you want to find out about history there's one place that you have to visit this is the museum. and it's the biggest and the most visited museum in the whole of the country. a thousand people step into this building every year and they get to enjoy a huge collection of exhibits from live local river residence to back in time. one of the things that sets this place apart from most russian museums is that you can interact with the exhibits and today w

and russia so i think it's a p.r. exercise for john to make sure that people still believe him but next year two thousand and twelve north korea as promised is going to be strong evidence that all of russia is probably very significant he. will talk about the economic and political landscape in the region in more detail a little later before is out there i'd like to ask you a question about the media coverage of this visit i mean because what's interesting though it's very unusual this time it's very publicized we usually see a few pictures photos of after the event and awful media coverage during it so what should we read into this change in approach in your opinion. far there is some change in approach kim jong il was in china just three four months ago probably learned from this chinese who maintain his positive image among his own futile but also abroad before. traveling to china usual soviet union and information about his travel was not publicized until he was safely back in this time actually last month the rum

so far not very well known outside of russia and even inside russia is going to brand itself after one thing and this thing is cucumbers the most russian of vegetables so if you look behind me what you are seeing is a cucumber festival people thousands of them coming here all day eating cucumber you know fresh or pickled or whatever else and this is something of an initiative we'll see what it takes off but we're noticing that over the last fifteen years first it was getting bigger and bigger and this year the national with people coming in from all over the world just a sample of these special cucumbers which are local speciality but more than my report it's the pride of the cure of region that annual cucumber festival the governor himself invited journalists from all across russia just to showcase the region's tourist potential organizers here make the bold claim that pickled cucumbers in this village of disturbance are the best in the world. so while the players sing folk songs extolling the virtues of the green staple because only one store where the actual vegetable can be bought

that that in fact is the case if other countries agree with russia that that means russia will get to develop the possible incredibly rich oil and gas resources in that field of course russia has to compete with other countries who are also vying for the for the peace of the arctic by in those countries of course are canada the united states denmark norway and interestingly enough china. is a really good reporting right now it's twenty minutes past the hour here in moscow to check out some of the international headlines for you libya's government has described reports that the youngest son of moammar gadhafi was killed in a nato airstrike dirty trick rebels claim that twenty eight year old a comment was among the thirty two who died in the road which the alliance says targeted in a munition depot and a military police were still if you know a town southeast of tripoli in may one of could have used other sons was killed along with three grandchildren when a nato bomb hit the house they were. thailand has its first ever female head of government. has been elected prime minister after he

for the courage of russia we need only. heat inside or it's heating inside words as enough to cover the russian territory but now we develop the end user equipment that can work with two systems with one nasa engineers. these dual system equipment. as we believe. give the user more idle i believe. so this is the major technology to acknowledge it. and certainly it may be used on . the usage of the use of true system. i just just crossed my mind that it would have been a very good answer if it was i believe you said that the russian army uses learners i don't tell territory to position and the army russian army doesn't need a positioning system outside the russian carry that will appear to be an expat at i hope so by the way we all thought ok well as to gloat. those eighteen or whatever you have today nineteen they are already used today intensively i mean they are functional or they just ready to start being operational can some of the console least understand the way it's to be used to. know when to develop. chipsets. on t

and we take you to russia's far east where integration with neighboring china is marking alexander borders and that's it a russian close up at this hour. nine am here in the russian capital you're watching our team thanks for joining us now our top story asian stocks longs on friday following a day in the red for european and american markets investors are nervous over the prospect of a sharp slowdown in the u.s. economy as well as having the euro zone debt crisis on their minds the specialist who helps american firms forge international says the crisis shows that washington's not tuned in to the right signals. i can't speak for all the investors but certainly. looking at what happened in washington doesn't raise anybody's confidence that the politicians will do the right thing the us ship be concerned and should be worried but i'm not sure that the our politicians in washington are getting that message it seems like they are it involved in their daily political struggle and battle and they place a higher importance to winning those political points then taking into consideration the natio

the resistance of democratic activists twenty years ago open the era of a new post soviet russia. about with more on their stories a little later in the meantime unions here with all the latest from the world of sport you know experience gets the nod then for russia's next european football qualifies and david does. the republic of ireland counts. warrant all faces all around for september's european games we'll have a look at that squad plus the rest of the sunday morning sports in just a second great. to have your company this is sports today i mean only these are some of the stories we're covering over the next ten minutes or so. sticks with the tried and tested for september crucial euro two thousand and twelve qualifying. big rock feel that roger federer the puerto final stage of the western. secret weapon the russian rugby team hope new edition. of the approaching world cup. has resisted calls for more youth in the russian squad for next month's european qualifiers. but national team manager naming an experienced twenty mom squad for clashes against macedonia on the republic

russia needs such a project if it is to make best use of its talent and. succeed as a developed country in the future russia has great resources but these are expendable they are being expended now they make the country wealthy at the present time but that will not last forever it needs to leverage its. human resources to assure the best possible future it needs to leverage those resources for the benefit of the country and to avoid their loss. otherwise as has happened so often in the past this talent will migrate abroad there are many other countries that have in mind the goals of the scope of a project they are fast implementing them if russia wants to retain its capacity to compete and it must do this now science in the u.s. has also always been internationally very cosmopolitan you have the chance to work with russian scientists before oh i have some of my closest colleagues and most admired amongst them are russian they are working in america for the most part for the very reasons that i have mentioned they are probably not inclined to return to russ

and business paper could become and so russia in its twenty five million dollars deal will have more in business in twenty minutes. global news a live from moscow's city center this is artsy. the man who ruled egypt with an iron fist for thirty years is on trial after the february uprising that ousted him from power hosni mubarak is accused of corruption and ordering the killing of some eight hundred forty people that's a charge that carries the death penalty. is outside the courthouse in cairo standing by live for us on a high the opening day of the trial has wrapped up can you can you take us through the hearing what happened. has that. feel they can primarily be. expected to remain military far from overseen by and colleges. to undergo. cantor and. indicated that he may be suffering for lots of that illness nowadays now he's how. third. in his hands indicated that he was in quite a feeble condition. public t.v. here in egypt a few days ago saying that he needed assistance every time to the bathroom so. that he was sleeping in and out of consciousness that he was suffering from a m

iran files a lawsuit against russia reversed refusal to supply s. three hundred missiles saying they don't fall under u.n. resolution preventing weapons imports. to have you with this is from the russian capital with the twenty four hours a day the top story this hour an unmanned russian cargo spacecraft is crashed in eastern russia after its engines fail to take into orbit to take it into orbit i should say progress launch from baikonur cosmodrome in kazakhstan on wednesday morning and was due to dock at the international space station on friday launches tom cotton joins us live with more now on tell us what did happen. was in the three hundred twenty fifth second goal that splat. that this progress modules sat on top of a soyuz rocket suffered what serbian call the third stage engine failure that's the third stage of the rocket boosters the take it up into orbit and essentially that failure a drop in pressure was noticed in the fuel apart from that little is known as to what may have caused it but that burns basically meant it came crashing back d

follows his meeting with president bush in russia. and a major breakthrough in the. case investigators say they know who ordered the russian journalists much as follows the rest of the man suspected of all going to the killing. worldwide news live from moscow this is artsy with me. rebels have stormed. his compound in tripoli after three days of fighting in the libyan capital here's how it all went down. i was like oh my god i'm going to have a. guard but then there's this thing happened i found. i was like oh my goodness you know i'm having this angry crowds of vented their anger at the portraits and the luxuries of the compound the location of kidnapping himself is still not known he made his a second a radio address in the space of twenty four hours calling on his supporters to cleanse at the capitol claims that his retreat from the compound was a tactical move and promised to fight to the death some are prohibited forces that continue their resistance with reports suggesting there are typing in the town of agile that just west of tripoli with missiles and tanks j

and saw in sort of the great you where you talk about material by russia but russia is helping iran with the development of the bushehr nuclear power plant here but when it comes to this lawsuit do you think russian authorities really take it seriously you know the lawsuit has no legal grounds iran says yes we know we want to develop peaceful ukraine nuclear program because we need a cheaper source of energy which sounds pretty funny given the fact that iran one of the largest fuel supplies of gas and oil but russia said yes we can help you build a nuclear power station according to international agreement who can help you develop your peaceful nuclear program but iran has gone far beyond that it's talking about me to reach enriching uranium itself it's definitely preparing to build and a bomb and in this case you see russia and all other countries of international community have to taste creation seriously iran is a lot of the red is very close to russia and the last thing russia needs is nuclear war between israel iran with involvement of major. i might even be somebody say that y

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channel august two thousand and eight the russia georgia war that was three years ago but its consequences i still post today even though the war on the last half of five days right now we are in sochi in georgia is just a few kilometers away. right across the border from here but i can go to a party at i am georgian and i will be simply denied entry and it will be oppression border guards will stop me five hundred thousand georgian refugees have found themselves in a similar situation been unable to return to homes how could you help those people . i think it is possible to help them but that would require action aimed at finally restoring peace so the georgians and the sachems could engage in civilized dialogue that would enable them to deal with even the most complex challenges including the issue of refugees or you issue of entry and transit all of these matters are secondary to the conflict the took place almost exactly three years ago therefore the diplomatic efforts negotiation and the willingness to listen to one another these are the necessary prerequisites for resolving these iss

do you think russia is a place. at which the world's i.t. technology is a particle you should be looking because we talk a lot today about innovation about building our own silicon valley outside moscow do you think this is going to happen well i can only. see. somewhere where you know i know what's going on which is internet and russia is already in the top five global superpowers. together with us china japan south korea and the russians and talk like thank you thank you very much for being with us and good luck to you just reminded us my guest today was a beauty millner of the doubt general d.s.t. global and the first russian venture capitalist in the fortune teller fifty that's it for dow all of us here if you want to have your sales spotlight or maybe you have someone in mind who you think i should do next time to drop me a line of cal going up and party t.v. dad are you and let's keep spotlight interactive movie back with more plays than i'm a fan of what's going on and so gosh so then they are to take. it. in

our priority strategic partner is russia and our foreign policy will focus on relations with russia in addition to this we keep working on getting the other more distant countries to recognize us we're looking for partners for friendly states which are less dependent on nato's policy and the united states and despite some quite high pressure from the major powers such states are at their this process continues and it will not stop we are convinced that it cheating further international recognition will to a significant extent depend on how we keep on developing as a country on our progress in home affairs and what example we'll be setting. is joining russia an option any time and if you church. we are highly interested in joining those international organizations that russia our strategic partner is a member of for instance such organizations as the shanghai cooperation organization with his joint military program also euro sec and the customs union and many other organizations we'd like to participate wherever possible that's our interest but we are not talking about becoming part of

to russia now for deciding whether it's ok to launch a missile was when we should got that there is russia billion to get out and leave and here it is imposing sanctions against syria how do you accommodate your decisions in georgia back then and russia's stance on today's prices ocean figure you see alexey it's always case by case there are no identical countries and there are no identical solutions i guess it's clear to you what is going on in libya so there's a man who has been running the country for forty years and at some point he decided to use force against his own people this was condemned by the entire international community including russia which is we're not taking any part in the military campaign reza few nations are attempting to instill order in libya through military means we don't think it's the point thing to do but there is one nuance you should keep in mind there had been split into three parts by the time of the war with them it should have been about pulling the country back together for them with rather than merely restoring constitutional order i don't read libya

russia and their satellites. that was eisenhower's main message at the geneva summit of nine hundred fifty five but soviet and western leaders failed to agree on a mutual inspection regime and the idea was put on ice for a generation it was reborn in one thousand nine hundred two however as the treaty on the open skies the united states and russia were eventually joined by thirty two other. signatories to gate eight completed more than eight hundred flyovers it generated both valuable data and at prices boost in mutual relations then on thirty in a tuple of one five four have carried out most of russia's flights to date but like their counterparts in other countries the plane for aging adaptations aeronautical and electronics are willing company vaguer is responsible for bringing russia's open skies surveillance capacity into the twenty first century cameron sensor equipment allowed within the treaty has to be fine tuned like maximum ground resolution for photo and video material strictly limited to thirty centim

russia says u.n. action could help bring an end to violence in syria but once against excessive measures that could lead to a libya style intervention some experts suspect a mask is being targeted for regime change by the west. and the voices of tens of thousands of anti-government protesters and calling for the prime minister to stand down are going on reported by the international media the demonstrations demanding social justice are the biggest the country has seen in decades. now the global positioning system developed by the us says long been the only world wide navigation tool but recently russia introduce its own equivalent glow in the us good of interviews the director general of this innovation google spotlight is up next. hello again or welcome to spotlight the interview show on r.t.e. i'm al gore and today my guest is. g.p.s. the global positioning system developed in the united states has long been the only functioning and reliable worldwide navigation system put recently russia introduced

now apparently this is one of two places in the whole of russia. in the wild now in eastern tradition the opening of the. expansion of the soul so i'm hoping that my trip is going to be an eye opener as well and i was going to start my journey down on the riverbank. hundred fifty years ago. it links russia with china and. it's a great way to see the city. constantine is a lifelong. resident. of calls. helping. train young. shipmates for the right. so. it wasn't long before we were doing it. and as the guys fixed up the rigging i took the rather. i see this is pretty easy perfect weather beautiful calm water great day just be messing around in boats this is the eleventh longest river in the world but we were heading out to fall just enough to enjoy the water and get some great views. that's not the best way to get snow this river i can't think of one that said. it was trying to head back to dry land and for me to really start discovering the bars . if you want to find out about history there's one place that you have to visit this is the museum of r

in russia's far east. the region's ministers have sent home to more than half a million people in a place that really sparkles in the summer. locals come out to enjoy the city's wide picturesque. and. there are plenty of places to work. and for the nature. very close to a baton. now apparently this is one of two places in the whole of russia. in the wild now in eastern tradition the opening of the lotus flower petals a spokes to signify the expansion of the soul so i'm hoping that my trip is going to be as well and i was going to start my journey down on the riverbank just over one hundred fifty years ago. it links russia with china and. it's a great way to see the city and. constantine is a lifelong sailor and resident and he offered to take me out on his yacht pulled my wife of course. helping out. trains young sailors and we had a couple of other shipmates along for the riots so it's not just. so . it wasn't long before we were doing it. and as the. fixed up the rigging i took the rudder. i should be th

also that day rocket broke into three parts which fell in three different areas in the altai region in russia's east we heard from an eyewitness earlier who saw the rocket coming down in that region you know how. i looked at it and it seemed like a white stripe i thought it was a train at first but then i realized the planes never fly that low or quietly then it turned into some white object and i saw that it was sparkling you went behind a cloud and i thought you were come out in a minute but it disappeared i didn't see it again when i heard a loud noise it was like three bangs one really loud and two quieter here. so obviously that evidence there from that eyewitness also perhaps supporting the idea that there are three separate sites of impact those three bangs however on the ground having fallen in such a wide area it's not known whether anyone was around at the time and may have as a result become a casualty from this massive falling debris there were no crew on board and the search in the area will begin shortly sale storage fees we heard recently from the local administration as people g

and european countries started what is now a military intervention russia china and many other council members believe that the text of this resolution was taken advantage of manipulated misinterpreted and that is an offense that russia china brazil india and many other countries do not want to see a repetition of so this is why the security council. i think the way in which it is trying to come to a peaceful solution try to send an international message and of course it will continue the security council to keep its eyes on the if that's taking place in syria. but is more important from the big apple now the syrian opposition has dismissed a to create from president assad allowing for a multi party government system france has also reacted with skepticism but journalist neil clark says to make change happen in syria the western powers need to keep away from the country's internal of. the opposition. to these reforms but also i think the international situation and the fact is that syria has been under pressure by the u.s. and its allies with many many years and i think that one of the

iran has filed a lawsuit against russia in the international court over its refusal to supply s three hundred missiles let's get the details on this marty as you go to prison officers outside the iranian embassy right here in moscow are you go to say what is this lawsuit all about that. well according to the iranian ambassador whose country is suing russia over a shipment of its three hundred air defense systems to tehran this deal was signed back in two thousand and eight but the shipment never once through since in june two thousand and ten the u.n. security council adopted a set of sanctions against iran which enforces a wide range of limitations including the sales of various types of all arms so moscow froze the shipment last year officials said that they are ready to give iran down payment which is around two hundred million dollars or they could go through with a deal if and when the u.n. security council a lifts of sanctions on iran says that it has taken this matter to the international court of justice but what's interesting is that they claim these steps are not aimed again

multiple suicide bombings rocked the capital of russia's chechen republic on an important of muslim holiday leaving at least eight people dead twenty injured you say one terrorist has already been identified as the brother of a suicide bomber who carried out a similar attack one year ago. and israel reportedly trains and west bank settlers ahead of a u.n. vote on recognizing palestinian statehood in september but experts warn is the anticipation of violence that could actually spark a conflict in the settlements. those are the headlines here and to stay with us for now to global energy giants america's exxon mobile and russia. have struck a multi-billion dollar partnership agreement on monday the deal focuses on the exploration of russia's vast arctic shelf. into the region talk to a norwegian diplomat about his country's stake in the untapped resource rich territory. today we're talking to mr erekat state secretary with the norway's ministry of foreign affairs about they are sick region and the role his country plays in the region. thank you very much for joining us today let's go straight

and the the cuckoo and the conflict which followed from it was a confrontation between russia and the soviet union yeltsin when he got on that tank warned people that if their bade the emergency committee they would be dealt with under the laws of russia. well you think about that archie the whole reform ability of the communist party slash the soviet union we'll talk about later in the program if the country could have stayed together but what about the communist party with a spent force. i don't think it could have been reformed but i think it could have been transformed into a multi-party system but actually the communist party had already lost its monopoly of power the politburo by nine hundred ninety ninety one it was meeting only once a month not once a week and power had moved elsewhere. garbage often he went there because you know he was exercising power through the presidency and through his own long term and were less ignoring the politburo what gorbachev wanted to do was to split the communist party and lead its social democratic component he intended to do that in the vend

and iran the files a lawsuit against russia over its refusal to supply s. three hundred missiles saying they don't fall under the u.n. resolution preventing weapons in. and also energy and russia's north caucuses signed superstar striker samuel it do it from italian side in similar unpassable side is making him the world's highest paid. for more news developments corner stores nice and hot enough not to meet on a special report looks at life in the former soviet republic of to seek a stand in central asia twenty years after the collapse of the u.s.s.r. and that's our special report next. tragic you stand a former soviet republic became independent in nine hundred ninety one. that were an independent state is important but it's only good as long as it's backed by economic performance. unemployment is the greatest issue in this independent central asian country meaning one and a half a million migrant workers flock to russia from tragic to stand alone they have left their country to feed their families. after the breakup of the soviet union we had a very hard

russia close up on our t.v. . here with our t.v. live from moscow our top stories global markets and the week wall of fire manso sell off investors' panic over forecast of perception in the u.s. and europe. the middle east is inflamed once again as the mass pulls out of a ceasefire following two days of israeli airstrikes on gaza exchange of fire between the sides came as israel targeted those inflamed and. deadly attack on its territory on thursday. and russia marks the anniversary of a crucial turning point the failed coup by communist hardliners and the bloody resistance of democratic activists twenty years ago that opened the era of a new cold soviet russia. now in spot.

russia's accession it is the only country that's not seen favor of russia joining the w. there's been talk about georgia agreeing to agree to russia's succession if russia lifts its impact on the import of georgian goods will make some other concessions is russia willing to barter for it and what is your take on the prospect of russia joining. us. that was very well put the one point i don't want to do is barter for it that would be a. georgia has a position on russia's w o t o a session we respect that position as we respect the stance of any state as long as that position is in line with the goal set out in the charter trade trade preferences custom regimes we're ready to discuss it all the imports of wine and mineral water we will discuss anything but the problem is something else in essence our colleagues in georgia trying to force a new edition of the political problem under the guise of w t o a session i'm referring to entry points control over the traffic of goods then they will want to get the e.u. involved our position on this is clear if you want information abo