o how do you think this is going to have impact all foreigners look at russia because now russia is part of the club you can actually say now we're a member now everybody has to play by the rules i mean how much do you think the consumer in a very macro sense who is going to benefit from entry into the w t o or russia has been entering into w t o for a long time since one thousand nine hundred three or since two thousand and active stage. a lot of changes that could have happened there already happened russia broad the legislation customs regime more or less. law and w.t. requirements so i don't see that in the short term there will be any significant impact in the world in prices lower for people because moscow is a very expensive city well it is. but i think in the meat the longer on the goods that russia imports will go down in price because of a slight five to ten percent change in custom stereo and as a result russia will become more competitive so i think local industry will respond by raising the productivity and then eventually bring the prices well ok victor and i'm going to you

of risk in russia is obviously elevated. because of the protests and the disturbances in moscow and around russia as a result of the problem introductions long term it doesn't necessarily have to be that way i mean i think if if the kremlin listens to the protesters and understands that there is a growing call for more. clarity in parliamentary politics here as well as a very strong economic necessity to reform. the way that the budget generates. its revenues back at its revenues from predominantly not just oil and a slightly more diversified knowledge based economy if they can make these changes i think for investors may well worn story in russia russian shirts after the dynamic lessons are concerned and i think the rest premiums might start to dissipate i think there's a real potential for foreign investment to start flowing into russia i think in the short term maybe run the run up to the elections it will the presidential elections in march to the a bit more complicated but beyond that potentially this recent process cou

innovations all the developments around russia we've got the future. russia holds its breath. election results the ruling united russia party losing its overall majority but still coming out well on top of the latest figures and in-depth analysis coming right out. of. the u.s. spy drone and on the eastern border the use of unmanned american aircraft over the country is being seen as and latest evidence of washington's efforts to destabilize regimes beyond its influence. and cross the atlantic tempers flare again as british m.p.'s fumo for a one sided extradition policy that leaves its citizens. in the american justice system. and later this hour despite expectations of the contrary the russian markets are losing value in the first hour of trade details in about twenty minutes from the business. this is a twenty four hours a day. yes on the moment of truth for russia's ruling party with almost all the votes counted in the parliamentary election a united russia is to lose the large majority it held in the previous two but it will still stay the biggest party by far well for that

russia. now this year's election in russia follows the introduction of new laws designed to allow smaller parties to have a voice in parliament even though they may not reach the seven percent vote threshold martin callie a specialist on russia from the university of london believes this is the right step for the country. it would be a big good thing if there were some of the smaller parties more independent minded people because they could had to create a different view for. the united russia because it's the ruling party it will contain the people who are in power the people who want to be in power. and the people who work for the government and so on and those in the economy who depend on government contracts and so on outside that you need the others who are not dependent of the government. and all of this can be put into the mix to develop a russia which is going forward by all accounts elections have shattered russia's old one party one power set up and that's something that's left me b

very powerful factions of united russia. russia and we need to trill ations with our partner second so in this parliament that i knew that in the end of the day we want only the more best for our country. that's why a while ago. as the president of russian federation i raised this issue multiple times when i always talked with my colleagues from other parties and the factions. in any case were taken into consideration and more difficult to configure a. you know the president well we won't have to. make that alliances some of these democracy because this is what parliament is about in order to address the issues we need to address and the leaders of the parties and factions said that they are ready to do that and i'm very glad they are because this means that our democracy is getting stronger and your friends up with the idea that it is early to draw the conclusions but i would like to say. well again i say thank you very much thank you very much to every one of you knows them and journalists and reporters who helped in cover

is not important for russia russia is not a member of the european union and so whatever the european in these think of the russian elections is not relevant for the russian leadership. and i sing basically the. taking into account the statements which were made on this score by the leaders even of opposition parties. this is a consulate datas position of the russian parliament whatever. requirements and requests the opposition parties may have. they would like it to be domestic procedure the opposition parties in the parliament even those who insist that they were well ations on russian elections do not support the declaration of the european parliament and the statement which was made by hillary clinton they regarded also as a domestic affair. therefore i think that the pollens will probably stick to this position although as we have already seen there were some public protests against the result of this election and some opposition party members of those opposition parties took part in this process i. know that the russian services dealing with those issues are open twenty or twent

russia. as we near a final tally for the vote there is growing speculation the united russia set for a make over to recoup its election losses political analyst meeting about it she attributes the vote shortfall to disillusionment with a party that's been in power for a decade. a lot of the sward you know a lot of the border go to communist party or to fair russia a lot of it is just broadest lot of people do not believe that these bodies will rule them they just wanted to send a signal to him and atrocious if you account of all this in two thousand and seven forty five million voters almost would really have voted for you know it's russia now it's it is at least they're not you i would agree with this model they've also accounted so maybe that the figure will reach twelve million so there are twelve million disillusioned people it so it will not be able to change the political system of the country singlehandedly it will need the support of other partners. and they'll be more on how the poli

to stop russia joining with. how fair has the process been i haven't been active in this file for the last eighteen years have been the. steering the process for the last six months let's say. and. i believe fair negotiations yes i mean sometimes stuff and they go about with if you will by both parties to get to a result there also major interests at stake you know it's not a chat the force it's a negotiation but i believe that they were fairly treated and they were also asking us to be let's say lenient a name for example in the automotive sector was not easy to come to decision because there was this new scheme with a very high level of local content and so on so it was not easy i think it's a fair deal you know and once you have a clue the deal you should stop discussing the content of the ones that is a deal is a deal and then you execute it many russians think they've made too many concessions in agricultural industry to join the how can you show them that's not the case it's certainly not true that they mad

to which conditions could russia help the. there is a. there was a talk about the twenty billion aid could you confirm this and maybe for me another question to the side the european parliament called yesterday for new elections. to be or to be all in held in russia was this call also related among the concerns you had about the irregularities and if mr medved if wants to react to this thank you. you would. vision pastoring the first part of your question. but i think i want to say that russia. is the beautiful is interested in. the youth so when you use. preserve ation as a powerful economic and political force says you have end up going toys civilizational toys is the mood i mentioned advantageous ties with the us or us for russia united europe is very important for us it's important that we were being states should agree and the river exercise preserve and courage to preserve all that has been done over the recent decades and chris and one of the most important reserve currencies the euro these beautiful and the e.u. rules of the europ

to see vote counting is almost over in russia's parliamentary election the united russia party is in the lead winning the majority of seats in the lower house but still there isn't a big share of its previous popular support we've got the latest for you. moscow downgrades diplomatic ties with qatar after the russian ambassador to the country is assaulted by airport security with claims the incident could be linked to moscow's position on syria. and his global players need to decide the future of afghanistan pakistan whose role is key to stability in the region boycotts the events of the nato recent deadly air raid on one of its border posts. welcome this is r t it's nine pm monday night here in moscow is kevin zero in with you this hour and our top story russians have had their say in who they want to see in parliament. with almost all ballots counted after sunday's parliamentary election four parties have made it into the country's lower house the state duma the ruling united russia party remains by far the largest group but it's been dealt a significant setback with a sharp fall in

in russia mr hard headed back. in the crisis stricken economies return to growth or two years ago most of them are still weak and vulnerable the major indicators of the konami health are worse now than they were before the start of the financial crisis in two thousand and seven economists warn that entering the second recession at this stage would be much more painful to see the new wave is most likely to hit the u.s. and europe first but eventually every country will feel the pressure. hello mr list mr breckon welcome to the show thank you very much thank you very much for coming well first of all everybody today is talking about an imminent second the way of recession does the i.m.f. share this pessimistic pessimistic negative mood and if yes when you least expect it ok well clearly the world economy has entered into a new and dangerous phase we adjusted down resort growth projections for the world economy only last month by about half a percent this year to four percent and also to four percent next year so we c

for russia w.t. membership will become a leap into the unknown some states have benefited enormously from membership china's exports to the west of skyrocketed in the decade since it joined the top tier works by cutting countries import tariffs to make international trade easier but others have found it hard to compete with an increase in cheap foreign imports the w.t.r. works by consensus meaning any country can veto talks the latest objections came from georgia has taken some last minute mediation from diplomats here in switzerland to find a compromise but membership also provides opportunities ross says low cost space could allow it to export more products to of the w.t. or members if the signing ceremony goes ahead as planned on friday evening all that remains is for russia's parliament to ratify membership russia's chief negotiator here makes the medved cough says that should happen in the first part of next year the real test will begin then as russia's companies begin to face new international

how much can you expose to russia also go up i see several big advantages in russia becoming a member of the w t o. for example that is part of those accession conditions it's. a completely new set of rules which respect to specify which respect to figure seventeen norms for for food is also very important what we having concluded perspecta the automotive sector where russia had been taking. measures and now well that we have come to a two a compromise on the use that certainly contributes to more trade although that vantage i see is that it will be possible to attract more foreign capital because. their access into the w o will. give them assurances they were in a. legal environment that is more transparent so that it was so that it was before so i expect to. trade with russia to rise considerably some economists think countries have put in meaningless barriers to stop russia joining the w how fair has the process been i haven't been active in this file for the last eighteen years have been. steering the process for the last six months let's say. and. i believe fair negotiations yes

there is no need for russia or for the united russia at this point in the next duma to. compromise with other factions and opposition parties to pass regular federal laws. that may be required to pass a constitutional or which needs two thirds of the votes and then the united russia will have to cooperate with the so what you're saying that even after losing a significant number of seats the united part russia still is still considers itself and still should be considered by everybody else as the ruling party in the . countries that are true well absolutely status is at least till the next presidential election since president invidious was leading the list of the united russia party in the parliamentary election and now it's get it got more than fifty percent of the seats which makes it not just the strongest political force but the force with a law making capability now let's hear what the meat the middle of who lead lead united russia through this election said last night. the party has i thought fairly well the party represents almost fifty percent of the population

this is our senior vote counting is almost over and russia's parliamentary election united russia party is in the lead winning the majority of seats in the lower house but still losing a big share of the previous top of the support the communists are second in the race for the nickel democrats also making it to parliament. as global players need to decide the future of afghanistan pakistan his role of keys instability in the region boycott the event it's the latest sign of the summer about relations in washington taking a turn for the worse following nato as we said deadly air raid on the pakistani border pads. and most downgrades diplomatic ties the kids are off to the brush ambassadors of the countries assaulted by the security there a claim to be entered and could be linked to moscow's position on syria. now heated debate over the outcome of russia's parliamentary elections coming up in crosstalk . technology innovation all the latest developments around russia we've got the future covered. hello and welcome to crossfire computable about continuity and change united russia's long dom

twenty years let's compare russia and egypt. sixty three percent of the muslim brotherhood in a part of the myth that will pretty much have no power so the military is running the country the west all of the reports i saw in western media the first steps towards democracy everything is great no one was speaking about violations which were much much much more severe and at least what i saw in egypt you saw people going up to people whispering in their ears practically in the polling stations you saw cars driving by campaigning right outside polling stations with given thousands of people on the streets listening to this campaigning up to the booth and i make a fool comparing russian they do it because countries are just to different they are so different but that is what everyone thought it was nobody but in this is actually. fleshing out the point i'm trying to make is that no one size doesn't fit all ok and and of course and we're doing russia right now but i mean john if i go to you i do get a little worried though when the th

constantly do not even trouble in russia it's true nevertheless russia and france do share a very special relation and do you agree that this two countries are closer than any other european countries president but america we kind of have good relations but we have fundamental blocking point with france we share. nearly what i think we get also as opposed to other countries. i think that russia is in many ways a much stronger relationship with germany than than with france but. you could in economic terms but i think it is true nonetheless that france and russia has always been kind of a special relationship it is very interesting because one of the new president in france for instance want to change the relation and that was the case with sarkozy at the beginning because at the beginning of his term sarkozy was a little negative about russia but usually after the while when the when the newcomer sees job so to speak to the classical relation is restored. so it's exactly what happened with president sarkozy by the way so and also it's important to see that in russia in france. russia is c

ok this is almost all the votes counted in russia's parliamentary election but the united russia party would still suffering a loss of the support meanwhile people are unhappy with the outcome of prozac to the capital center with police intervening when the march moved beyond your fries venue would bore downtown moscow to a standstill. the year a faces its biggest threat yet is the entire eurozone faces a ratings downgrade an announcement that said global markets reeling passes e.u. leaders prepared. ditches had to save the troubled currency had a meeting in brussels thursday. and already strained u.s. papa stone relations afresh as american senators push for a review of toys and a reduction in aid to its kenyan middle east ally because the natives recent deadly airstrike on the pakistan border to do is to shut down a vital supply route. next a look at what's over the economic horizon russia's representative to the i.m.f. . hello and welcome to spotlight the interview show on arts aren't elderly already today we'll be discussing the results of the parliamentary election and rush. by su

russia's w.c.l. entry may have some sectors of the russian economy but he will eventually the big winner is going to be the consumer we talk to experts in business in twenty minutes . moscow breaks down the syrian crisis for the un with a sanction free draft resolution calling on both sides of the conflict today down arms and talk. and an indian summer in the midst of the russian winter prime minister singh is in moscow for top level talks join me in a few moments to find out what's of the discussion. there world news and comment twenty four hours a day this is r.t. well the wait is over friday sees russia finally get to join the world trade organization after nearly two decades of talks is expected to provide an economic shot in the arm and help strengthen bonds with other nations but it will also raise the competition stakes as daniel bushell explains. for russia w. tear membership will become a leap into the are known some states have benefited enormously from membership china's exports to the wes

the euro zone problem has been on the top the agenda and russia russia's role possibly in trying to help the eurozone nations one of the ideas put forth is russia contributing a certain amount to the international monetary fund now the amount has not been specified by a president medvedev although there had been talk that it's in the vicinity of around ten billion dollars and you know there is the option also the contributing to the f.s.f. or even russia would prefer to contribute to the international monetary fund and again both sides reiterate the importance of this partnership russia in particular because the e.u. comprises about more than half of the foreign trade between the two countries and its foreign reserves are also a euro so it does see its interest in trying to support the country in the countries in overcoming the crisis that are in right now both sides did admit to and reiterate the ties between the two countries saying praising the success particularly of the north stream project and they say baby could be will expect continued continuous exchanges especially in the energ

security council which russia co-sponsored. but the regime in damascus today is very unpopular not only in syria itself but also in the arab world in the arab street and you know with the arab street it's a very powerful opinion. making process so isn't muscular great of losing his prestige in the arab streets we are not afraid of anything let the syrians decide for themselves this is the core element of our position why all this meddling why all this interference from abroad i don't know what might be the can sequences which the so-called arab street draw. from this our idea here is we need to ensure that any internal crisis would be first and foremost addressed by the people by the locals by the government and opposition let them continue their dialogue. surprise western diplomats by submitting the draft on syria which can then both sides without mentioning sanctions is it fear to blame the syrian opposition which is mostly a no army civil protest equally with a repressive regime massacring its own people several issues. we h

russia waved the verdict of its people with the ruling united russia policy appearing to be clear winners in the country's parliamentary elections as counting continues but so far falling short of an overall majority after a big drop in its tracks and of course the latest results and analysis as the country decides. also the sound of iran's new the chief the also say they have shot down an unmanned you as a drone in the east of the country according to a state news agency. and also in a roundup of the week's top headlines big one human rights commission of course for international investigation and into bench and see red but russia and china vote against the resolution saying foreign meddling will only cause more bloodshed. well a very warm welcome for all of this is she with me to leisure thanks for joining us . and let's go straight to our extensive coverage of russia's parliamentary elections here on r.g.p. and votes all over russia being counted now and the central election committee is publishing all the latest figures live for us and. is there kind of here over to you so what are th

strongly opposes acosta reports of a meeting between russia's energy minister sergei. europe's energy commissioner good auditor. talks between the two have stalled since may and today was the first time since then both sides try to argue their case now even though there was no resolution the european commissioner did say that amendments could be considered to the third energy package next year and this is crucial for russia because the package does require the separation of gas transfer production and supply going against everything that russia's gas monthly gas from the stands for got the same type europe is currently trying to build its own pipelines trying to lessen its dependence on russia its main gas supplier and this is seen as the main rival to russia's sounds simple logic and even though russia insists it's far more efficient than the google pipeline does have europe's seal of approval so right now russia and gas really are trying to get the trans european network status for south stream which will increase confidence in european investors many analysts believ

russia. drake agree reporting there from central moscow. is work university political science professor gary hart told us earlier that the loss of votes by the ruling party united russia have increased western acceptance of the elections democratic and that elected to do elections. to reshape some of the. elections is an electoral process is simply manipulate it completely and so will the ruling party has lost considerable today does she looks great then it has been expected right western powers sort of image the whole building of course is very important to have an influence international relations and. russia. and dr patrick fuller of capital science connections who has extensive a volved and international business and technology ventures in russia says that whatever changes may result from a new parliament it's vital that russia's drive towards modernization stays on quarles. modernization is really key for the russian economy isn't it as we go forward over the next ten or fifteen years as

voting in russia's parliamentary election is over the united russia party so far is falling short of fifty percent of the vote but president dmitri medvedev said the party is ready to form a coalition and other political forces have also expressed their willingness to do so we are bringing you special coverage. also iran's military forces say they have shot down an unmanned u.s. drone in the east of the country according to a state news agency. and in a round up the week's top headlines the u.n. human rights commission calls for international intervention in syria but russia and china voted against the resolution saying foreign meddling will only cause more bloodshed. it's midnight in moscow you're watching r t live from the russian capital with me built on. straight to our extensive coverage of russia's parliamentary election here on. a special studio in central moscow is from where we are following the developments closely and my colleague and he said now he's there and he said. thank you bill indeed rose from all over russia are being counted as we speak the preliminary results do

vote counting is almost over in russia's parliamentary election the united russia party is in the lead winning the majority of seats in the lower house but still losing a big share of its previous popular support. as global players meet to decide the future of afghanistan pakistan his role is key to stability in the region boy because the event even eighty's recent deadly air raid on one of its border posts. gyptian is a back at polling stations for the second round of the country's parliament reelection after an opening stage which saw an overwhelming win by the islamists. and online with international news twenty four hours a day this is our city. now russians have had their say in who they want to see in parliament with almost all ballots counted after sunday's election four parties have made it into the country's no house the state duma the ruling united russia party remains by far the largest group but has been dealt a significant setback with a sharp fall in support. of his intent from moscow for us with the latest piece is a with a vote counting almost complete hour what does th

can play a better role russia is a major country in the region and russia should be more active and constructive way in afghanistan needs that partnership with russia as well because of the conference and of course the regional game that is being played in this country one can see a regional touch in this situation by trying to explain to the international community that this region has its own wife and events can turn on its on their own here and international conferences could mean very little that's one way of looking at it but on the other hand also there are many rogue elements within the country also that can be. pinpointed. fingers could be pointed to them too early to really. point your finger specific direction there are so many variables so many factors that i'm sure the next few days will be more clear. it is very nearly half past the hour here in the russian capital you're watching a recap of the week's top stories coming your way in just a moment. twenty years ago largest country. to some to. see. what had been killing. each began a journey. where did it take the. world

representative to nato of russia. had said that the talks at the summit will be quote rather serious and it's fair to say that we can expect just. now with the absence of a guarantee russia deployed a raid all its western ones territory the response and missile defense plans have been stress as offensive as. a. cleaning job is not against the us that are lives washington is sealed deals with poland for mania talk and space tells them it's about a system what's the white house wants right and by pointing out some observers think that the point of the shield is person europe towards a new rise. in the system won't provide any measure of protection against weapons in iran or north korea that they don't exist yet they might in the future but if they do they'll be able to defeat this system it's raising questions about what the u.s. long term intentions are and where are we headed in the future but right now i think it's a very good thing that russia is do you know harder line unless now i wish it would have done it sooner

very much for joining me mr you off russia and boy to nato said the u.s. seems to be surrounding russia with military installations like an anaconda and that was his comparison and that russia would have to try and break out of that not how deep is the misunderstanding on the issue at the moment and does it seem like all of russia's concerns are falling on deaf ears in washington i wouldn't describe this is along the lines as you did i think we have a very very productive and all the way straightforward a difficult one but a very productive dialogue with our u.s. partners we are making no secret of our concerns we are definitely disturbed by the fact that the instability will grow according to our assessment because of the u.s. effort to deploy anti-missile assets in several regions of the world including in europe according to what was described by president obama and his people as european face the dept of approach when you're saying strategic stability will be disturbed what do you mean by that strategic stability is a very multi first term and notion t

russia. but they were monitoring it very closely all throughout the day across the country yesterday there are almost half a million service from competing parties and around seven hundred international observers now from the competing parties and service that has been complaints of violations in the election process the safe and the haven't been any reports of major violations from the international observers. the organizational election could hardly be better. this corresponds to my experience as an observer in russia and in other post soviet republics in organizational terms they're absolutely excellent the ladies it's very often ladies who run the election commissions are extremely competent there's a very tranquil. atmosphere that's rather a festive atmosphere in fact in most stations. now we did see yesterday in the capital some rally happening support as the various political parties that were arrests made is still more than a hundred arrests made and there are more rallies expected to

russia or expresses concerns over u.s. plans to maintain military bases in afghanistan even after the planned twenty fourteen withdrawal but this as a conference a little today where the international community is set to decide the country's future. a very warm welcome to you this is live from moscow with me alice had that. start with a moment of truth for russia's ruling party with almost all the very now counted in the parliamentary election united russia is to lose the large majority it held in the previous steamer but will still stay the biggest party by follow circles live out off the sarah ferguson central midfield more analysis and over syria the official results are still do you good one of the latest standing. at the moment is the figures stand united russia is good at just under fifty percent of the votes of the communist party just under twenty percent that rush's got around thirteen percent of the liberal democratic party around eleven percent now the election commission actually come up with the early results

russia holds its breath for the final parliamentary election results with the ruling united russia party losing its overall majority but still coming out one of the top with a twist because an in-depth analysis coming right up. there on claims so shot down a u.s. spy drone along its eastern want to use of unmanned american aircraft the country's being seen as the latest evidence of washington's efforts to destabilize regimes beyond its influence. pressure expressed his concerns over u.s. plans to maintain military bases in afghanistan even after the twenty fourteen withdrawal as a conference opens today but the international community is set to decide the country's future. and in about twenty minutes they would be worth less than a dollar if it were based on the help of the greek economy find out how the very bank arrived at the conclusion in about twenty minutes. and on line with the international twenty four hours a day this is. the start of the moment of truth for russia's ruling party with almost all the votes counted in the parliamentary election united russia is to lose the majorit