native however there is one thing between russia and nato russia and all the nato countries which is a still growing misunderstanding concerning this nuclear umbrella nuclear shields this this american analysis of nato nato progress program of installing the anti a missile defense. russia wants proof show us why we shouldn't be afraid nature says we'll just take it for granted but do you think that nato the west has to to to show said to give some proof to russia. that russia will not be not be worried in losing russia moscow i think political class players are for first of all i think it's very important to remind all bad was the relationship between russia in nato in the summer of two thousand and eight with the war in georgia and i think that's really the turning point and says since about time we had some positive evolution as was certainly a change of stance in russian leadership probably due to the crisis and the impact of the crisis and also the research approach promoted by president obama and since that time definitely we can observe an improvement between nato and nato and

russian poland relations russia e.u. relations do you think that that poland polish presidency will. play some role in making this russian issue special for the e.u. and for relations with well they were not directly in the sense that they are not responsible for the foreign relations in there actually on a number of issues it might be might have of course a bearing but but not on what is the bilateral relations between russia and the e.u. which is a matter now for the institutions in brussels. on the twenty seventh of june russian and the european union diplomats had their meeting on visa related issues and agreed on some joint action steps on the way to these are free travel could you specify what have these joint action steps well this is something that came out of the not this dust summit but the previous summit where we agreed that the best way to be more efficient in making progress would be to identify were of the problems which are the issues that need to be solved in order to reach one day these bits of regime s

for for russia is in. this current period of time the best policy is flexible change and maybe change it if you appreciate will be not so weak as it is today why they think it's the best option in this creation because you know the. the major export of russia is role much you know and oil gas and so on it means that for export. this policy is negative neutral. for imported goods yes in case of appreciation to your. competition but you have to take into account that a lot of consumer goods produced in russia based on the. euro or are zero materials some raw materials imported from. abroad and from this point of view is in conflict companies which invested in russia in the consumer protection consumers production. we'll be moralists neutral again this policy says. the former deputy finance minister aggression spotlight will be back shortly after a break so stay with google. the . motion would be so much brighter than if you knew about sums from financed impressionists. from his firm stance on t.v. don't come

that russia will not be be worried look at russia moscow i think political class players for first of all i think it's very important to remind all bad was the relationship between russia in a toe in the summer two thousand and eight with the war in georgia and i think that's really the turning point and says since about time we had some positive evolution as was certainly a change of stance in russian leadership probably due to the crisis and the impact of the crisis and also the research approach promoted by president obama and since that time definitely we can observe an improvement between nato and nato and russia having said that it's i share your views about you know. defense problem which is at the same time very complicated in military terms but it is a real strategy problems and i think that it's it should be seen as a part of a much more global strategy and for both russia and nato so a key question is do we consider the main difference between us or do we consider that the main frets outside us this is one way to say i was a little this is this is against an outside threat

and russia is its recent plan by russia on. the bulls and fruits from the pros from the european union the ban was imposed in the wake of the deadly e. coli strain outbreak which to date killed thirty people and hospitalized thousands thousands of others brussels harshly criticize the measure calling needs disproportionate and saying that it was very on time reminding that russia is apology for the w t o finally after seventeen years of being in membership talks with these one hundred fifty three nation clock at the moment russia is the only major economy which is still outside the group and we expect that russia all the formalities will be sorted out by the end of the summer and russia will finally join the organization now as far as the word ban is concerned russia excuses brussels of failing to provide sufficient information in the stores on containment shall be in fact and said that progress could be reached during the summit in brussels is transparent and shows flexibility on the issue like it could partially lifted the ba

russia says it's ready to lift a ban on european events to pull imports if sufficient safety guarantees are provided one of the results of the talks where nato is missile defense system and moscow's accession to the world trade organization were also discussed. and as nato airstrikes once again wrong the libyan capital rico over civilian deaths and anger over foreign intervention continues to grow on the ground. plus a fresh vision of world news on american airwaves the voice of russia radio wants to do you want space station. it's three pm in moscow this is r t coming to you live on news now with our top story a former russian military commander who served time in jail for killing a chechen teenage girl has been shot dead in moscow period the dawn of became a nationalist icon after his conviction which is death already triggering fears of a possible backlash we're going to join our correspondent peter over a little bit later this hour for more details but to me bob it's a political analyst for ria novosti news agency says despite the fact that you were going to have had huge support am

saluting the state on russia today. it was created to serve public interests to inform and to entertain. these days there's nothing easier than opening a new media outlet but there is nothing harder than revoking its license in case of corruption on. one just from. san antonio and from. the crowd you can enroll in a community where you have one law. large corporation controlling the building newspaper radio stations television stations the cable outlets you told me that that sounds like democracy public opinion versus f.c.c. broadcast blues. welcome back to spotlight i'm old enough and just a reminder that my guest on the show today is nicole a well jennifer who's the foreign minister of bulgaria a list of what in area was determined to contribute ensued another. big. program of nato which is the mission in libya russia's foreign minister lavrov was criticizing nato some pressure in libya in its current form he said he said that it was not corresponding to the initial nato resolution so what close bulgaria think about y

and russia will resume imports of e.u. perhaps the poles as soon as safety guarantees are provided this is one of the outcomes of high level talks for nato as missile defense plans and moscow's possible w t o membership were also discussed. it's five pm in moscow this is our to coming to you live on the snow way with our top story a disgraced former russian military officer and nationalist movement icon has been shot dead here in moscow's during the dawn of had spent eight years in prison for kidnapping and killing a chechen teenage girl officials on the scene of his murder however don't believe it was an act of revenge but an attempt to ignite ethnic tensions are just peter all over has the latest details. putdown of a hugely controversial figure here in russia the hunt being a highly decorated military officer the commander of a time great german during the second chechen war he was stripped of all of those those owners following his two thousand and three conviction for the abduction and killing of an eighteen year old

so i think corruption this is the problem of course for russia but also for the country so. the solution of this problem differently important for any economic stabilization in any country. it seems to me and it's steps which have been taken before the fighting corruption. will really show if the fight will be consequent and the results will come and it seems to me the. present time this is quite good. to move forward in this struggle so the president intentions are good they optimistic and also showing as you as you are saying the corruption is not just in russia it's all over the world particularly in developing nations but the president is also promising better conditions will private enterprise that's after a decade of a state controlling concentrating on securing the main industries how do you think russia would benefit from allowing a greater role for the private sector so i think the world economy shows that the private sector is not in confrontation with the great interest if they should. help each other in development of economic growth and from this point of view i

by surprise the second point i would make is that russia itself. was ambivalent about the soviet past about its own past and that made it much more difficult to craft a policy. in one way or the other political or economic to russia and the way we try we want to go on the fact that because the russians themselves were uncertain about which way they want to go dimitri i mean in and we look at it in retrospect now. after his presidency was it a missed opportunity i mean was it was yeltsin really wanting to be. a partner of the west and if we just wasn't simply in braced i think he wanted to be a partner or of the west and i think it's very unfortunate what happened there was a lot of news to pick unitless you know moments were moving in russia. and americans and the europeans just didn't recognize that moment and sort of only they didn't believe it and when they finally believe that russian law started to set in you know that moment and still will be you know but it will be very interesting to me always tell me look at the one thousand nine hundred s

union says that it is not designed against russia but russia wants legal confirmation of that legal guarantees which it has not received so far russia argues that the system will pose a threat that it will definitely neutralize its strategic potential will lead to an unbalance in forces and another apple of discord is russia's recent ban on vegetables from the european union in the wake of the deadly e. coli outbreak which to date killed twenty seven people and hospitalized thousands of others brussels criticized that measure and called it disproportionate russian. accuse russell's of failing to provide sufficient information on the source of this infection but progress could be reached during the summit here and usually not greg's eve the e.u. is more transparent and shows more flexibility on the. r.t.c. got it in a grouch over their reporting of the upcoming russia e.u. summit in need of god. though it's a sedative used to cure everything from epilepsy to insomnia but some u.s. states have started using a controversial drug to put people on death row it will turn all sleep human r

which it all screwed be exported to russia or imported in russia come in with a certificate that in e.u. certificate extended by the national laboratories that the e.u. would. notify russia would certify that these products of course were. necessary center conditions. so what happens is that some countries that the commission notified to the russian authorities first bunch of laboratories for a number of countries now i think i think not i'm sure of that and laboratories from other countries have been also communicated and i think that the case here is that the first ones were these ones so in. good logic the first products to get here were the ones of the first laboratories that had been communicated to the russian authorities so this is simply a matter of time and of course of having the necessary certificates and for the products to come to the russian customs were the products and he said the case will be very fine. let's talk about the w.t. one of the favorite subjects to talk when it concerns russia and europe doubly turns one of one of the heads of all the discussion so so let's

this is a great time for russia both for the me to. the end x. and mail route but i think also. for companies that are started with real russian technology were russian technology and from yours could spread to the rest of the world right now. most of the big successes are copies of u.s. developments but. i think there's a great future that. energy also is something that is on the table here in st petersburg especially in the wake of a post quake japan something that a lot of people are talking about something that's on the right of minds they say demand for gas could rise by up to fifty percent because of that catastrophe and it's something that has a lot of people talking including the head of the international energy agency who says that russia can play an important role in this regard going to about three point one three pm cubic meters so production will increase about five million. leads. almost fifty percent. will happen. to five o'clock p. five. major producers. to continue to provide the very important school system to try mor

understands that russia has to change. policy part of the the global world and you know i think russia is moving in the right direction you know we've been a russia now for ten years and we see a lot of change but there's still a lot of work to do how would you rate russia's investment climate and what do you think could be done to improve it. it's still difficult there's a growing market here you know international paper and our joint venture with will and we're in the business of adding value to russia's resources and supplying products here in russia and also export of them to china so i think the best of times getting better but there's still a lot of work to do now in terms of that more work that needs to be done are the anti-corruption efforts and the things along those lines what do you think can be done in order to have it not only the real effect of that but also the perception of that insofar as it keeps it may be a barrier to doing business here i think the best way to demonstrate that russia is different is by

russia business council. is right some political spats between moscow and washington that you are getting closer to the u.s. has agreed to help lay the welcome mat for russia at the w t o. russian travelers and business. dissipating the introduction of the extended three year american visa i'll get you one with no easy times. hello ed hello underneath thank you very much mostly for being with us on the show and first of all i wanted to to hear your comments on something that we hear through the grapevine these days and that michael mcfaul and probably moving to moscow as the new american ambassador and should we expect something from him from this and how problems it will be used. well it's a rumor i think she really does. but maybe we can speculate on the basis of the rumor. michael mcfaul is. someone who is known to be close to president obama he is a scholar on russia is an expert field he's worked very closely with the members of the ministration spent some time also working with people on capitol hill so

and china will endeavor russia sees d.s.t.o. as a jew strike they'd seek roddy very important in terms of not only countering the battery of nature but countering american influence and you regime as a whole and china still seems the su as a truly in economic cooperation mechanism so you reticence to create a stack on the ground that would undoubtedly amaze the u.s. immediately no it's a very central to our strategy as well and it's not only related to central asia it's really to the indian ocean out the chinese navy wants to have a very strong presents in the media notion and perhaps in the arabian sea it's going to beg the chinese territory in their own run through less privacy with espresso we're considering the fact that maybe send a rebel general in the pentagon if it's your directions that i think that there are strange no ideas. this is r.c.m. coming out the russian businessman being lined up for jail not just. they're willing to floor every international law to get what they want and that means doing all these illegal th

resolution talking of russia which is russia actually. dealing with syria. well recently foreign minister sergei lavrov has spoken with journalists reiterating the russian federation stance that any. restructuring of the government in syria needs to be wholly undertaken by the syrian people and since saying sincerely that russia will continue to disagree with submitting the syrian issue to the un security council now he says this especially in light of the escalation of the libyan issue where he says the nato actions in libya are exceeding the framework designed by the security council so in light of that and many times it's been said by president rid of and other russian officials that the problems in syria need to be left to syria and russia will not be partnering with any foreign governments to intervene there because you thanks very much indeed lindsey for reporting there in brussels thanks for that update and the middle east expert and blogger shero joins me know he's joining us live from london thanks very much indeed for being with us here in our team

next we look into the issues surrounding russia nato just trust in. hello again the world complete spotlight the incidence challenged on our t.v. i'll bring all those today my guest on the program is trauma. french president nicolas sarkozy looked very content added g eight summit and goodwill russia announced it is ready to buy two helicopters carriers from france along implicit faded but contradictory deals that pride president clinton emitted in the bargain will cost russia more than a billion euro but it is likely to improve moscow's with progress as probably with dress suit would be the first step in rejecting xin remaining distrust between russia and myself some of them are proud of their russia and i asked senator if the french institute of international relations is here also the question of. two french helicopter carriers will sail to russia to become part of it's needed a couple of years it's the first time after the second world war moscow is trying for it weapons but what's more it's going need to military technology is this has been stron

we have better relations for from russia is important to be can only put before because it. was many times approved by some of the. new democratic politicians who told me the paparazzi here say that we hate russia who will get immediate international support. i can see this. absolutely and absolutely in respect of. our relations with russia will continue just a little bit if we have good science where we had best the best times we have also dramatically reduce the noise through of relations but we managed to continue in the middle of the room and as for develop it in the better way so i think we have hope. believe teams who can and improve this world and made them for the benefit of future generations how has the country changed since gaining independence in two thousand and eight in the world most of it was a good world more international issues it's true to us it brought more cooperation to the us for the kids it brought more person but it was for the future. the wife the recognition all merinos more. possibly with possibilities to choose an international forum. so let's a

and intense dispute between russia and nato over the u.s. plans and i miss all the fan shield in europe is seeing little progress r.t. caught up was dr use of but from the federation of american scientists who believes it will take both sides to make the system work. the war of words on missile defense has been going on for quite some time now between russia and the uighurs with washington saying we need powerful interests after this against a potential that type from some dangerous they think you can rename iran or north korea also saying why do you need interceptors for that is that those rogue states don't have what we do so it's against russia the russians knew america's missile defense plans as an attempt to preach that very precious parity principle that was said in the start treaty and now the federation of american scientists has come up with a report that looks seem to russia's concerns and i'm going to find you so but from that very federation thank you very much for joining me dr thought thank you very much for the so from what i

here in russia the r.t.s. over his heart or fourth day from isaac's is still closed on wednesday the indices ended the session slightly higher. now uncertainty has been the main trend in russian forces in recent days neither bears nobbles able to take a leak it means investors prefer to stay in a defensive. i think valuation wise you want to look at branksome telecoms and particularly gas looks cheap but you know really long term it's not going to do very well in my view as they have done over the last sort of ten to fifteen years if you're looking at momentum trades i think that's again a very difficult one i would go defensive if you see you believe in a downturn in the market in all process i would be telecoms utilities consumer staples i would call more aggressive i do finance them into the fold if you more bullish on the market if you and i think this is actually a trader you should turn on and should always have one in russia is that you go for corporate governance. russia has how electricity supplies to

coli virus the move of one of the outcomes of the today russia e.u. summit are just because i mean a great show of an outright lie from the city of new grads and company not it looks like the best symbols were literally on the table tell us more. but doubles were literally on the table at the press conference a european leaders some host russian president dmitry medvedev were asked whether they had vegetables for a launch the answer was yes they had e.s.p. enjoyed them and moreover a certain breakthrough was reached on the issue of a russian ban on fruits and vegetables imports from the european union recently russia imposed a full import ago in the wake of the deadly e. coli strain outbreak in order to prevent the infection from coming into the country these measure of was halted disproportionately by european union officials and they said that it was going against the policies of the world trade organization in its turn criticized brussels for failing to provide sufficient information on the source and containment of the infections and today preside

vegetables have been top of the menu at a two day russia e.u. summit but not for dinner says a ban on food imports from europe in the recent. break has been discussed with well trade organization then ship. nato's contentious missile defense system is also on the agenda that's a couple joins us now live from the venue where the talks. looks like. it is this friday tell us more. i'll carry the summit it will focus on libya on the arab world uprisings by far the four to stop economic iran european security the middle east peace process the e.u. delegation is led by the heart of the european commission had a month on their own pay and the european of the european council story and the european commission's president was annoyed but also the had of the russian side is host president dmitry medvedev the summit has entered its second day here at the historic site in need of the north groves because and the first working session has already begun on the table are russia's accession into w t o p's of the regime with the european union and finding a comp

has been crowned russia's golf channel. and for the next year at least got to look up and to national championships as a pro but here really expected the thirty seven year old to top the leaderboard his tournaments start of slowly but he was boosted by the fact that two favorites to win and passed over had been disqualified for rules violations so off today three governors of trailed. by eight strokes until he found a study out of an impressive last round on the closing day which included six spirit is and only one bogey and despite a fairly average finish of fifteen over it allowed to leapfrog his opponents and grab the title. very unexpected for me. it was for the under which was very good two favorites. were disqualified and if that hadn't happened i probably would have won the competition. rules and go for the same for everyone. now the w.b. world middleweight title has stayed around the waist a fellow x. to the german retaining his belt off the ending a split decision of a challenge of matthew macklin the five disclaim

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russia will resume imports of e.u. vegetables as soon as they guaranteed to be infection free and that as well as nato is a missile defense plans are moscow's move for w t o membership all on the table during the latest high level. just after eight pm on friday here in moscow you with r.t. . now a disgraced former russian military officer and nationalist movement icon has now been shot dead in moscow. had spent eight years in prison for kidnapping and killing a chechen a teenage girl if the shoe was on the scene it was murder however i don't believe it was an act of revenge but an attempt to ignite ethnic tensions. as the latest details. yury put down of a hugely controversial figure here in russia being a highly decorated military officer the commander of a tank regiment during the second chechen war he was stripped of all of those those owners following his two thousand and three conviction for the abduction and killing of an eighteen year old chechen woman he remained in prison and till late two thousand and nine wh

bombs are actually being dropped day and night we all the time hearing sounds of having explosions russia which has always been against ministry means to stifle the protests and live in conflict has recently signed a peace mediator to leave its rights misplayed the war incised to start talking often missing the rebels in gaza and pro productive people here in steeply making money off a side that he believes there is for peaceful solution of this crisis with both sides saying they are ready for negotiations with the knees are now ready to provide an appropriate location for tolls puts people actually through extremely exhausted after months of devastating war which has already taken many many lives and has actually completely destroyed the country's infrastructure. and have been wars already causing to vision in washington with a no make as demanding obama explain his charge into libya and account for the expense and lack of progress but political radio host comment russell to chance kay says he doesn't believe congress will really pull the plug. the problem is that. there was a prior laws

in the russia i've seen today as this is supposed to make sure that there is easing this. gaze this business is to do business one thing the government souls' this i think it will become much of a financial center. but jack are enough from elbrus capital management believes it's also important to boost a message to capital in russia i would like to immediately points to. one weakness of the russian financial system which has to be addressed and it's very unique looking. at global perspective no other major economy in the world it's such a tremendous luck for the mystical so for the for the financial market being got a quick useful office then you've got sense right she's very unique we are truly no presents a point system the sort of which mutual funds which would provide the mystique of proof to support it with the market there to provide liquidity for the i think that's a very specific the mystic probably the go forward to selfhood chris you know the provide for success recreating the financial side of this meeting often being called russia's answer to davos the st peter

with russia concerns over abuse of the u.n. mandate in libya moscow is trying to make sort of the same mistakes are not repeated elsewhere it's effectively blocking draft resolutions put forward at the u.n. nuclear watchdog on the security council which are aimed at pressuring the syrian regime. reports it's because the same kind of language is used which led to the bombing of libya. following two hours of closed door consultations with the u.n. security council members france and britain did not corner enough support that they clearly needed for this resolution that they introduced to be adopted got that resolution introduced by britain and france calls for a condemnation against the syrian government for our crackdown on anti-government protesters that has taken place over the past three months the resolution the draft resolution proposed by the u.k. and france as i mentioned also urges countries to not supply weapons to damascus it also calls on syria to comply and to work with the u.n. human rights organization now this is

russia china china russia leaving leading this new. the robot moving on to balanced of power in the wall so that they can build a new world order where norm or unilateral row aggressive or you can clone your own methodology being put into a sovereign nation such as libya. a u.s. judge says the case against an alleged russian gun water victor boot is unconvincing and call the prosecutor's evidence then lawyers claim the united states does not have a jurisdiction to prosecute him and want the charges dismissed artie's made a point not in new york explains. he is the russian citizen american fought relentlessly to adopt victor boot was secretly and swiftly extradited to the u.s. seven months ago and this may be where he stays indefinitely if found guilty on arms smuggling and terrorism related charges fifty years could be. he's looking at life there's no parole there's no early release in the federal system really the only way in the federal system to get a reduction in your sentence. a significant reduction is if you cooperate with the u

to russia. economic future is now pointing more than west definitely florida and liberals are reasons. that still chesler read the big energy games out of peter lee all across the region number two the relationships brazil russia india and china are getting closer and closer and now it's our south africa squad at the best it looks really great game even you reject it so it's weak she's also insist how two souls the great my ex and russia and china have to be right of this solution and this implies the shanghai cooperation organization summit has just ended you know stana and afghanistan are right to be an observer and soon maybe soon three four years of course you could become a member of the should like operation as they should but be saying that russia and china went to be proud of this solution for us going to stand it cannot be in the hands of the pentagon to solve the ask and write my own because where will happen let's talk about this gas deal between china and russia gazprom we understand

my name manzarek turning job day and night we are all the time hearing sounds of having explosions russia which has always been against ministry means to stifle the protests and even conflict has recently signed a peace treaty a chance to leave it to try to explain to the warring sides to start talking often saying the rebels in benghazi and proper duffy people here in the fleet making money off has said that he believes there is time for peaceful solution of this crisis with both sides saying they're ready for negotiations with the knees are now ready to provide an appropriate location for tolls puts people actually few extremely exhausted after months of devastating war which has already taken many many lives and has actually completely destroyed the country's infrastructure. rif an ocean our correspondent there well the libyan was already causing divisions in washington with lawmakers demanding a bomber explain his charging to libya and account for the expense of lack of progress but political radio host common russel's the chance he told us he doesn't believe congress will readily pul

we do not consider russia as threat to nato and nato does not constitute a threat to russia so let's join efforts let us cooperate but russia sees it as they can't go forward on promises why put you down to the russia on paper that a missile defense system would not be directed towards them. either but it's very easy to guarantee that because we do not we don't have any intention to attack russia not whatsoever but to guarantee russia could get would be to engage in a close cooperation then for instance establish a common joint center where we could exchange data that would clearly demonstrate that this system is not aimed at russia. mr rasmussen the facts might demonstrate otherwise thank you very much for taking the time out to be live with us from brussels it's very much appreciated hope to see you again. oh. it was created to serve public interests to inform and to entertain. these days there's nothing easier than opening a new media outlet but there is nothing harder than revoking its license in case of corruption. when just to. stand out on the control of. the crowd you can inv

russia. in one thousand nine hundred one the west was applauding russia and unfortunately the country was collapsing. and then in the end of the nine just when russia tried to say something but west suddenly became very critical so it was not yeltsin who changed it was the editor of all that of the west exchanged us for it him i think there were again cool very distinct process. yeltsin was a democrat in the early ninety's by the end of the ninety s. he was a different person talking about their political system it were it became very difficult to access hear him much more difficult than to accept gorbachev in the end of weakness there were all kinds all weird people around him who had absolutely no legitimacy including on a political base was never elected by a. sole basically people when they made demonstrations in support of us in one thousand nine hundred one what they wanted was kind of their social democratic political girl is this point out of the road regular continue our discussion o

russia i am now concedes that intrigues found outside of russia you know we've seen quite a few successes you know it's really interesting across our culture of beer for confectionery again if you translate it into english red october it still does not have an appeal to outside discover the borders of this country which i can attest via their product is excellent ok it is competitive but you know i mean they are there can you think of any brands outside of kalashnikov which is a real negative one mostly because of any other brand that can be sold outside of russia's borders using its name no. we will name we named our hero far that's probably the most prevalent they will spread believe probably of what car you see in la a t. in the software if you ever use such a school if you are in love it will store i think girl must pump a whole program speech of her in large enough. problem the problem company sourcing stupidity and some people's will. so you can use a mini or a little monkey jumping here we're going to go to a short break and after that short break we'll return discuss russia's bran

coming to terms on the cost remains the final step in russia and china securing a multi-billion dollar energy. no place for colonel gadhafi in the future that's the message from russia's peace mediator off to maintain a loyalist officials here in tripoli to broker peace. from the libyan capital in just a few moments. the lawyers for alleged international arms dealer victim booch prepare to challenge a new york court on the legality of his extradition to america. international news and comment live from our studios here in central moscow this is. two of the world's biggest emerging countries of got a bit closer russia and china energize their relations and hope to do much more business together negotiating a thirty year gas deal is another reason why the chinese leader is currently in the capital it's to help feed beijing's growing economy and secure billions of dollars for russia all of a result side gazprom headquarters here in moscow where the talks took place this is a potentially must if agreement which would see russia provide gas to china for thirty years prime minister vladimir

down to business billion dollar energy deals between russia and china spearhead a major financial form instant petersburg how to push the world economy forward to . more hostility the u.s. congress threatens to block washington's campaign in libya that's not been in full swing for ninety days without lawmaker approval. and the founders of palestinians are left scraping for a living as israel withholds money into the government of a fifth as it could be used to fund terror attacks. so you're watching our t.v. accosting live from the russian capital welcome to the program the supply of energy will remain at the very center of russian chinese relations that was the message from president dmitri medvedev off the talks with china's hu jintao in moscow the country's hope to hunt around gas deals with buttons of donors and to st petersburg for the city's international economic forum. and always following the three day business brainstorming event. the economic forum is in full swing here in st petersburg top business executives global innovators and world leaders all gathered together to deba

to thought of the five russia as a major producer of. people who continue to provide the very important sources to china or to be. the pipeline through your all so this is a very interesting time to watch the energy market and we will respond to the current situation now just to give you a sense of the numbers involved in this year's program this is the fifteenth annual st petersburg international economic forum thirty two million dollars budget to twelve percent increase over last two years two thirds of that coming from the sponsors so there are many many partners involved here and dozens and dozens of companies also involved all of this and plenty more tomorrow when the next day when the conference starts again see you all then. presidential aide says this year's forum is more important than ever for russia as it begins to look east as well as west best months the focus is on russia's energy corporation with china alex largest trading partner and the two sides are discussing a landmark deal it will enable russia to deliver almost seve

russia because really in all emerging economies it's a big problem why does russia take so much flak for it what's the exception well in the west people look at russia and they always seem to have in mind russia's nineteenth century history a very evocative literary descriptions of corrupt officials gogol's all the federal of the writers and this gives the impression that corruption russia is really something quite unique to impossible to fight effectively of russia this was captured by its history my approach is to look at russia here and to other middle income countries. when you do that you very quickly find that all these countries almost all these countries have serious problems with corruption they have problems with their political systems that quality of democracy that sought to russia to me seems awfully unique in this respect which doesn't make fighting corruption any more any less essential the president also mentioned that it's expected that five the end of this year russell will finally pass this accession to the w t l what will this mean for ordinary votes i mean it wil

to be hugely important trait for russia both. in energy terms only in general trade these are two countries that for many decades shared a political ideology least to some extent they share the longest land border in the world to be much much greater partners than they are now if we look at russia is extremely keen to develop its oil and gas resources in the east of the country exporting those anywhere other than asia just doesn't make logistical or economic sense so really this is about russia spreading its wings everybody who can export anything is looking at the asian market because that's where the growth in this is a. you know this is a very sensible and understandable move on the part of both countries. energy analysts generally they're giving his take on the strengthening russian chinese ties. the u.s. president is under fire from congress of the military campaign in libya which is continuing despite not having the approval of lawmakers obama has rejected accusations that the law is being broken arguing that americans are

and china are closer than ever russia sees d.s.t.o. as a jew strategic priority very important in terms of not only countering the batter if the age of the country can influence your regime. ensuring there still seems the su as a truly correctly clipped aeration mechanism be a very reticent to create effect on the ground that would entail amazed us immediately no it's a very central to our strategy as well and it's nearly related to central asia it's really to the indian ocean and stopped the chinese navy wants to have a very strong presents in the media notion and perhaps india really the seat it's got back to chinese territory in the run. up yes sealed espresso we're considering the fact that made you sell real general in the pentagon in stead that there are strange no ideas for why the outlook on how the emerging powers could reshape the financial landscape check out our website the business section by an expert opinion on the latest updates providing you with a perspective of what's going on in the global economy right now just wan

in russia and the former c.e.o. is countries thank you very much for joining me here so just tell me so far what are your impressions of the conference of what do you hoping to accomplish here well i think it's very impressive set up. i think it's probably the premier. forum in which the business community can meet each other as well as the political elite and discuss both the things that are happening today as well as the way forward very good now since president medvedev took office diversifying the economy he said has been one of his primary goals how far do you think progress has come on that i think there's been some progress i don't. it's enough and personally i think the actually the government also believes that it's not that the job is not complete. they have done some good things like you like they've established kolkata they have asked for politicians to leave the boards of various companies they have extensive privatisation program they've established the fund that you're talking about that would look fo

during that time because she's in the band that this was recognized play several countries including russia apostles who managed to avoid conflict with georgia in two thousand and eight during the war itself the city what can you say though the efforts made by sergei but go through these revolutionary bands it was very smart lawrence. for such a thing. thanks to the use of force on the things to it is personal to. many of us in africa so or i foresaw the government of a possible or implements of again the right way so most of those children's true in the time of his. presidency were the chief of things for his personal them prefer some moral choice for some time because in the books were seen as a step allies in fact are doing least thirty times no he's gone are people feeling uncertain path ahead. one of the most achievements during his presidency is the he created a stable political system in the process so. i don't feel in them fear about the future so what comes next for a positive following the passing of a president who will continue working on those borders they were stuck to some wo

russia and c.i.s. says there are many things that have already been achieved so there's been some progress i don't think it's enough and personally i think the actually the government also believes that the job is not complete. they have done some good things like you like they've established they have asked for politicians to leave the boards of various companies they have extensive privatization program we've established the fund that would look for a word investment so they've done some things but there's more to do. and russia's oil giant look for oil is looking to get exploration licenses in iraq the company's c.e.o. told me that this could dramatically increase local production. soon would you not see them if you take into consideration the twelve contracts of the those from which were presented in the tender that comes from and. they're being realized and twelve million barrels a day in seven years to do the right produces four to five million barrels so these will triple good amount to more tha

is it possible to do business in russia would. well and having close ties with those in power you know you need to have some connections to do business in any country everything depends on the measure of these connections to a greater or minor degree big business always has more ties and connections we are like the rest of the world in this respect. where would you put the level of corruption in russia on a ten point scale the level of corruption is high and it permeates practically all spheres of life for our people i think that we've inherited this corruption in the former u.s.s.r. it was more widespread at that time in order to buy meat it was necessary to make friends with butchers in order to buy nice clothes it was necessary to have friendly ties with shop directors in the market economy this is become a thing of the past but a new kind of corruption has appeared everything linked to people's daily life is corrupt everybody talks about that we understand how we should tackle this problem russia's economy is still deeply depe