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

you showed us the modern russia open to russia what is for you personally suppress separation which you encounter where we often in your discussion about russia which makes you most upset wong perception what do you feel you see the biggest long perception of a lot about russia. mum was led to believe i would think that the beautiful in any stereotyped chant but it's the least receptions i knew what it was that as i think can i really. well the more be distressful and i wouldn't think that there is just one sole thing in this regard which would. make me feel extremely. upset emotional. city and sometimes it's unpleasant to read certain things in it and you know what struck me in this regard. in the morning when it involves an internet let's say through this well known gadget here. and there would read some. reaction or. regarding russia and the russian government and me personally. i can tell you. waking up a freshly i lose all the beer in there with sleepiness on the other hand i get to wish that. promptly respond to some of those. actions through tweets. to. give a call to the pre

to its knees but they thought room russia was aware of its place in the world that 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 any time anywhere in the world there is no universal remedy against this evil even the one thing we can say for sure our success in battling this threat very much depends on solidarity and he did understandably spend quite a lot of time on that about five minutes of what was only a twenty minute speech but he did then move on to talk about various other things including environmental issues he mentioned how the world. he is only one step away from a major environmental disaster that could bring us to her to our knees he was talking about incidents like the icelandic volcano which stopped flights in europe he was talking about the extreme heat. wave this summer which caused just forest fires and he said that russia was proposing an early warning system to deal with monitoring those kinds of threats so

and i'm not sure if russia is europe but europe at the moment of needs russia is one of them cause so worth my time 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 hear anger there is that she saw it when i was writing about the soviet union i didn't see the. just a looked again and saw so many there negative elements that i couldn't help but ask myself how long will it last i don't make forecasts as a rule or the story 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 reducing the marcos of capitalism it didn't bust in europe centuries to do that or it's doing it within twenty years isn't so easy that i think russia is following the path he chose in ninety nine to one there have been ups and downs but i don't see any discourse you know unity so i think if we can become about russia's future it's starting to look the more

well this is a key moment for both medvedev and for russia and what it really does is put russia at the center of what has become the most important meeting of world business leaders and governments if you looked at the program of course just sort of ten to fifteen years ago it was really exclusive to western leaders in fact it started off as a european business forum but there's been a trend in recent years and it's carried on this year whereby there are schools of indians chinese people and russians there are more than sixty important business leaders and government ministers from russia in davos this year and in fact fewer and fewer western europeans and that's what we see as the balance of power shifts to these emerging markets these bric countries and moves towards what we call this new world order where these growing economies these emerging markets are developing so far just. this speech and his appearance here at davos will also show that russia is open for business despite what happens and i'm of course referring to monday's a bomb blast. port this did cause medvedev to perspir

the russia u.s. strategic arms reduction treaty known as 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. bush going off without the voting in the federation council following all the developments as opposed to our capitol hill the american senators they were accused of dragging their feet over the last month or two off two thousand and ten but apparently it didn't take the russian senators much time to approve this end of the treaty now. that's right everything happened really quickly just on tuesday the state duma ratified the treaty and now the federation council has unanimously voted for the ratification of the treaty which means that both chambers poland have now supported it it's also backed by both president hu's and now he can now signed a treaty and president barack obama leading both personally monitoring the way ratification has been going in fact on tuesday barack obama praised the stay do mos

but for war why does europe and yet russia now. a russia is needed because the entire history of international relations is moving away from europe it's played out in asia even the us. is refocusing its foreign policy on asia so you're aware of the huge current that will plays a big role the loci media in asia or latin america but that's a deal with russian now what is the current state of european asian release of this europe is of no interest asia view europe as a landmass and tweezers the pacific ocean with russia as your of i'm not a. hole but if a picture there was an alliance here then what is sailing europe reaches the pacific to fill in this is the reason europe flees russia and i'm not sure if russian is europe but europe at the moment of need for russia well of course 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 and now i don't hear very good as it's just selling when i was writing about the soviet union i didn't see i

to further improve relations between russia and the u.s. the a bomb or administration has a stance simply refrain from vocal support for democratic reform civil society activists in russia are unaware of the contours of the u.s. approach to shuman right and its record of public statements and speeches russia's democrats remain in near terminal disagree constant personality disputes disagreements with the kremlin differences over the viability of political activity . another reason why it doesn't look like the united states is going to be showing any support to russia's opposition is because like mr much force that they believe that the opposition is acting in a rather an effective way. ok for now and tell an overcoat that thank you for that . still to come on the program russian fashion is stepping across borders. these are the vogue. russian made for. the wall easy enough to come by in russia fashion found in europe that found it much harder to get back on the meek that. is how traditional boots that kept the peasants and czars worn for ce

this will be it for you why does europe and yet russia now see a moving up in russia is needed because the entire history of international relations is moving away from europe it's played out in asia or even the us a significant role is refocusing its foreign policy on asia so you're aware of the huge countries that will play the big roles are located here in asia or latin america but that's a direct question you know what is the current state of european asian relations europe is of no interest asia view europe as a landmass and tweezers to pacific oceans russia is your of the not a whole but if you picture there was an alliance here then we can say europe reaches the pacific affairs and this is the reason europe flees russia and i'm not sure if russian is europe but europe at the moment of needs russia well of course 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 and now i don't email records that she's selling when i was writing about the soviet union i didn't see it as a forest or

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russia help rebuild itself and develop its. capacity but also by real trade for investment by introduction between business which is very short the two presidents are discussing military corp of course earlier russian the united states have agreed that the u.s. military cargo would be allowed to be transferred through russian territory to ease the process of delivering military aid russia has also sold eighty m. i seventeen helicopters to afghanistan with guns and ammunition the military talks are also on the table two presidents are talking about how russia could increase its involvement in tackling the problem of drug trafficking russia has been trying to do so over the past couple of years by participating in all sorts of international meetings that sir the involved to know that brought upon this problem of the table so the russia of course is very much interested in being involved in this because thirty thousand. people die from heroin addiction in russia every year and that heroin comes from afghanistan altogether in russi

around the world around the clock this is the life from moscow russia. to back a palestinian state with a capital in east jerusalem that's according to president who's been meeting with. but that's years they have the news russia's position stays the same we made a choice at the end of the one nine hundred eighty s. we've been backing and we will be back in the rights of the palestinians to create their own state independent united sustainable with the capital in east jerusalem. now the initial plan for president of the middle east tour was to hold talks with israel as well but this was when us officials went on strike leading to the visits cancellation mostafa but a goatee the secretary general of the palestinian national initiative party says the reason for that is much more complicated. the issue of the strike of the foreign ministry is not a justification by any means the prime minister of israel could have arranged the visit. of the security apparatus is so big and is that this would not be a problem today surely it is that. feeling of superiority i

russia and the u.s. complete the ratification process with months of negotiations and heavy opposition our team takes a look at the bumpy road of the nuclear arms reduction deal. one pm in moscow i match reza giving you today's top stories and a look back at the week's news here on r t we start the program with a story that shook up the week a suicide blast at moscow's domodedovo airport monday's terror attack claimed the lives of thirty five people more than one hundred still in the hospital many of them in critical condition on saturday russian investigators said they had solved the case and knew the identity of the suicide bomber or more. four thirty pm on the twenty fourth of january a suicide bomber blaze apart the packed arrivals hall at russia's busiest airports . my first thought was to get away a lot of people willing motionless even more people were being piled up near the first aid area some well ready dead they were dragged away a horrible picture. i looked at my watch and then flash and i pa

with news from russia and from around the world this is r.t. here in moscow twenty four hours a day good to have you with you good to have you with us this dmitri medvedev has reiterated russia's commitment to back a palestinian state with the capital in east jerusalem during his middle east tour the initial plan for the two always to hold talks with israel as well but this was spoiled when its officials went on strike leading to the visits cancellation has more now from jericho. and the palestinian officials have already described it as historic first and foremost because it allows russia to make a political statement for me it should mean that if it is not the. first russian leaders to visit india policy in territories pushing was here back in two thousand and five but even if it is the first after russian leader to come to the west bank bypassing israel and he agreed to rate its trials they struck during his news conference rich received a very very loud of applause from the palestinian officials and journalists present here now medvedev als

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 in all the decent movies that's really interesting to us actually solve. a stable hollywood tradition here in russia or just a russian audience need to be fat like a very specific context that it's used to strongly believe that russian audience has very distant taste and definitely a lot of big blockbusters work in russia in 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 without fairytales that we started with masters and 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 wi

russia also shared. the concerns and dangers that the dentist office and the rest of the world shared in that part of the world in afghanistan and in parks on and in the region as a whole and also because russia understood well as you just heard the president made a bit of talk about the need for afghans on stability the need for afghanistan's progress into a silv reliant country and and and government so relations are not new relations or old we are adding to the strength of this relationship in view of the country ality in the view of the good will and good in the standing shown. by the russian federation tours of ghana stan and in view of the fact that we are. neighbors not only close neighbors but next door neighbors and the expansion of the sort of this ship is only good for both countries and for the rich and. right. so there we have it that news conference regarding the visit of afghanistan's president hamid karzai to moscow today and for his part president medvedev said that we would like to cont

and russia who ignored the hype with cool cooperation. record heat wreaked havoc in russia with summer temperatures and twenty ten lingering at forty celsius for over a month hundreds of wildfires ravaged the country killing over fifty and leaving thousands homeless. the flames left the capital covered in a blanket of toxic smog for weeks almost cows mayor stay on vacation in the out yuri luzhkov was sacked the next month with president medvedev saying he lacked confidence in the mayor and sergei sabean and soon became our scouse top man. officially our first in the middle east iran's bushehr nuclear power plant was launched and loaded and is said to be connected to the country's electric grid within months saving iran eleven million barrels of oil a year the plant design provided by specialists from russia which also provides the nuclear fuel and deals with the waste iran considers the launch of victory and proof of their peaceful atomic program despite criticism from the u.s. and israel. he never made it off the short list as time's per

the start to arms reduction treaty and russia's progress with the e.u. and nato were highlighted as russian foreign minister sergey lavrov looks back over the kremlin's international actions in twenty ten. patients he found refuge in the united states after last year's earthquake maybe forced out of the country under away from their families. very warm welcome to you this is all sea life from moscow i'm alice said but poland's prime minister said his country will carry out its own investigation into april's plane crash which killed the polish president also but expressing anger over the findings saying russian air traffic controllers should have stopped the plane from landing well earlier russia's foreign minister defended the official report saying the findings were beyond downed cut that out of. the us and joins us live. and a lot riding on the outcome of this final investigation was on the podium with initially quick to criticize but a mulcahey different tone coming from the prime minister was. indeed perhaps one of the most important statements to co

to its knees but a little 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. depends on solidarity. and the official day of mourning both president medvedev 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 is a poignant reminder that in the war on terror it's once again ordinary people who are on the front line in a scene of tragedy. and of mourning now it's time for action and message to the international community to stand united work together now to fight this global terrorist threat so. an award winning journalist and author on the subject of terrorism fail recess the blame for the tragedy lies with north caucasus terrorists linked to al qaeda. i think the f

in russia u.s. business relations american business leaders listening were nodding and one even said to me that medved if it 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 many of the key themes that are being expressed throughout several forums 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

that infringes national security interests of russia to an extent that. we know continues implementation of the treaty becomes questionable and returning to iran's nuclear program tehran claims it stands for the full nuclear disarmament in the world and accuses nuclear powers of not moving in this direction while the start treaty is a direct step towards a reduction in weapons or was this also mentioned during negotiations with iran showing them look we are dissolving. i think to be hearing in part he tries to look at it in a broader context. we definitely feel that russia owners its obligations according to not least article six of the nonproliferation treaty that really has have to do with the issue of nuclear disarmament. original security issues are of growing importance and therefore russia is advocating. the full implementation of the decisions of the n.p.t. to be conference from last year including the decision on for example organizing a conference next year the year twenty twelve of the international into the organizing international conference o

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 all 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 he's 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 olympic

russia's parliament considers a new color coded warning system to prevent future terror attacks following the deadly suicide blast at moscow's airport last monday. and does the aftershocks often easier as a result roll through the greater middle east analysts and droll parallels with the last decades of colored revolutions in the post soviet spies. this is r.t. welcome to the program but it's been a long time in the making but finally the nuclear production treaty between russia and the us has been fully approved by both sides president jimmy treatment we have signed at the start ratification document on friday the last step in a lengthy process. is going off reports only a form of formal exchange of documents between the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov and u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton is left before the treaty can officially stepped into power that's already planned as we're hearing for the fourth or fifth of february in munich the missile but this is a very significant event for our country due to agreements we have with the united states the americans have done their

discussing russia's role in the process. person. in the penn state capital in east jerusalem was also supposed to visit israel walk out of the foreigners was canceled despite that medvedev renewed the offer to host peace talks in russia speaking exclusively to what. explain what the palestinians expect from moscow. mother. russia will really recognize palestine in one thousand nine hundred eight it was also recognized by ninety other countries what do we expect from russia now there are two things the first concerns 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 is against the final statement containing new conclusions 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 us and israel and on getting back to

both russia and the u.s. have approved the same treaty but included different requirements and paul ingrown from the british american security information councils has by moscow and washington want to reserve their right to self defense in the worst case. in the end it's the same treaty the same text and these interpretations i think both sounds as if they are contradictory but they are both accurate in the sense that there is clearly a link in the preamble of the treaty between defensive and often so forces and. russian duma is quite correct point to the us senate has said that there is nothing illegal preventing the americans from developing the south of france for both the right the russians certainly have a right to withdraw from the treaty should should they deem their security to to be threatened. and these are points of fact of the treaty so it's not that they are ratifying two separate treaties the same treaty is there and in the end i think it's quite right to say that this is the first step in a ver

a lot of people still worried about corruption across russia. but but you know what i tell them is the you know there is a there's a lot of money to be made in russia almost because of some of the inefficient 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 now is 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 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 you know and of

like russia close up on r.t. . the center of the revolution is in the air across egypt amid claims the unrest is being stoked by the west this comes after protests led to the dissolution of the cap and. it's money versus the journalism in the united states. the media leading many americans to look for the truth from unbiased sources. and a new security alert system could make its way into russia as the president demands lawmakers find more effective way to prevent terrorist attacks. this is. just after eleven am welcome to the program the u.s. government has been planning to topple the egyptian president for the past three years well that's according to diplomatic cables released by wiki leaks the fall show washington had been secretly backing leading figures behind the uprising at least twenty six people have died and hundreds more injured in nationwide demonstrations since tuesday president hosni mubarak dismissed his government and promised a new cabinet to be announced on saturday unrest in egypt comes weeks af

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

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and in russia other stocks closed mixed today the r.t.s. was up point ten percent and the my sense was down point five percent energy majors did help the indices. and russian markets are seeing some profit taking after the oilfield rally early in the week all because of the t.v. capital explains why wednesday's winners were the leaders again. of the view williams local and rose from half percent zero percent. see continued brutish and into commodity names out of retailers. more than three percent was a popular name here and they're losing some ground as investors for their portfolios system was also one of the names popular in a day again almost four percent. and that's all the business news for this hour but you can always find watch stories on our website that's artsy dot com slash business stay with us. on. this street still keeps its secrets but now it's time to reveal. the soviet finance house on the embankment and on the. very first verses of the bible that all human beings are created but came in god's image and it doesn't say just j

becomes very interesting because russia's got land rush has got water and russia can be a great source of fruits 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 doing business in russia they merge in markets 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 small farmer and say i want the land you've got to go through a process. pepsico c e o indra nooyi talking to archie's daniel bushell and chairman of b two b. will become the president of the bank of moscow and let's say this effectively leaves russia second largest lender and has been given the green light to acquire a bank of moscow which was founded and owned by moscow city government to be was first to express interest in the outside but then alpha by wanted to buy one hundred percent of the lender it seems it has l

and russia's bourses closed trading up on the day the r.t.s. in my sex were both over three quarter percent lukoil and ross enough for both up close to two percent bucking the trend was gazprom shedding over three and a quarter percent. and this week the russian markets were mainly dominated by oil companies it all started on monday on news that b.p. and ross enough will together develop the russian arctic continental shelf says director of equity sales at. investment bank michael stein. the markets were exceptionally active this week triggered by monday's very substantial news in alliance between british petroleum and rosneft the news sparked a big rally in rosneft which was up by three or four percent at one point and the other oil companies also been a couple likewise this week we also saw substantial progress on. government will sector tax changes and in specific the market has been very optimistic that the government's going to cut the export duty on crude oil so those two developments underpin a lot of the buying that we saw in the market

reports on how the end is in sight for russia's seventeen year journey to joining. very. tempers are flaring me ten vegetable growers saying that russia is too big and too cold to compete with foreign agriculture on a level playing field they want their industry protected and one of the consequences if the rules are changed. if we enter the w. my company will shut down because my potato will always cost twice as much as there is because they harvested three times a year and i do it only once. the world trade organization vultures to test for agriculture it will impact the average sector of the economy of productivity and russia is several times lower than in many western countries it makes up for the lack of technical efficiency with a large numbers of low paid workers it's a legacy of the soviet era just as the poor logistics and pockets of bad management w.c.l. membership will provide extra incentive for vince to change in the major. unemployment rate simply because people of the business maybe even structural employment so people will have to. go to start thinking just

and russia how did it fall to pass the firm's new chief bob dudley used to be the c.e.o. of the russian joint venture. beat but he had to quit and leave the country following disagreements with the russian shareholders russia's prime minister putin met with the representatives of the british oil giant and congratulated them on the deal. but. i would like to let you know that the government of the russian federation supports this joint operation this is a project that could become global and have a significant influence on the world's oil and gas industry russia's arctic reserves are estimated to be five billion tons of oil and ten trillion cubic meters of gas such a project may require tens of billions of dollars of investment and state of the art technology and we are fully aware of the risks involved. with b.p. chief robert dudley says he is very excited about the project which will make both companies much stronger i would look at this in terms of the share swap and say that both companies absolutely believe that both companies are undervalued today and what we have is

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