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for russia to export is lower because of that the second issue is on the investment europe as russia's largest investor so there is less of an inflow coming from europe when europe is in crisis . the other issue is that there are more outflows from russia abroad because russia is seen as being susceptible to the european downturn and finally of course the other very important trend. emission mechanism is wool prices through the oil price channel the crisis in europe affects russia so what is russia is trying to do is to diversify its economic links and to develop links with asia with other parts of the google doesn't happen very quickly yeah it will take time but it is encouraging to see the paradigm of russia's economic forum economic policies changing it's starting to forge alliances with countries in the far abroad like new zealand like vietnam like aussie i mean it's like taking virtue from the city i mean this was something that was thought about now you have to do it you don't have much choice. we have to do that and we have to turn toward tools sells. even excluding china becaus

said it would veto a un resolution two years ago maybe we would have made it all russia it's all russia is all this isn't it no member if you remember libya libya you member may have finished go right ahead maybe a maybe a maybe if the u.s. had had taken the steps that were absolutely necessary when the violence started in the regime was using aircraft to have a no fly zone if probably would have been no right now so i think all sides external powers that have a new influence there have made strategic mistakes which have been deadly for the for the syrians you know flint i think i've always wanted to. go always been a very curious when the americans say someone has to go and it's usually a strategic mistake go right ahead. no i absolutely agree with that and you know your reference to libya is very important i mean the russian and chinese veto it was at the u.n. come against the backdrop of both russia and china having let the libya resolution go through in march the libya resolution which authorized the use of force to protect civilian populations on humanitarian grounds but which the

russia has another. solution for two years the only major country to go right how how why don't they say it now saying negotiation to go all the way back to geneva last year best example go ahead flynt yeah you know i think that a lot of talk in the matter is i would i would i would challenge judith to find one case in which the united states applied military force ostensibly for the protection of civilian populations in which part of its agenda was not also regime change in that country i mean if you look at the balkans if you look at iraq if you look at what we did in libya if we look at what we say we want to do in syria and every one of those cases you know the argument for you may. in a tarion intervention is an extract of lee bound up with the argument for coercive regime change and you know frankly i think i think russia and china are eminently justified in and saying they're not going to do we have run out of time and judith won't have time to reply we have run out of time i'm very sorry many tha

for russia to export is lower because of that the second issue is on the investment europe as russia's largest investor so there is less of an inflow coming from europe when europe is in crisis . the other issue is that there are more outflows from russia abroad because russia is seen as being susceptible to the european downturn and finally of course the other very important transmission mechanism is world prices through the oil price channel the crisis in europe affects russia so what is russia is trying to do is to diversify its economic links and to develop links with asia with other parts of the globe thousand happened very quickly yeah it will take time but. is encouraging to see the paradigm of russia's economic for and economic policies changing it's starting to forge alliances with countries on the far abroad like new zealand like vietnam like us so it's like taking virtue from the city in mean this was something that was thought about now you have to do it you don't have much choice. we have to do that and we have to turn toward to. asia even excluding china because cells are

talk more directly about russia. there are apparently 59 kind of centered -- cultural centers that russia has around the world. china, he says, at last count 900. i'll bet there are more than 900 by now. because there are opening them. why do countries use soft power? they use it to change the narrative about themselves. the russians believing there's a false narrative out there. that is being created by its enemies, countries that don't want russia to do well. could be their actual enemy. it could be -- let's say their economic enemies. and the chinese could be using it. there are many people who say they are using it in order to soften the impact of their economic move around the world to capture resources, and sell things to the world. that could be another reason. i just -- briefly want to go to one thing we talked about as we were discussing how we would break up the enormous subject which is branding. there are actually is a russian word now, branding. and as i talk to one russian official, i got whattic is the

is the chief economist at deutsche bank russia and. he is the c.e.o. of otis russia and c.i.s. all right. if i could start out with a very broad question here. mr putin has his annual event in st petersburg he's quite proud of it the russian business community used to what a lot of foreign investors and business people can even opinion makers what kind of economy does mr putin want to show them i think this is an economy that is showing growth i think a lot of investors are looking for growth as one of the key factors in their investment decisions and in the beginning of this year growth. was slow it was significantly smaller than what the government wants to see the government wants to see five percent at least in terms of the average growth rates per annum so i think it will be important. the government the president deliver the message deliver a vision. a vision and a message to the cabin in tanzania. there were various signals there were various messages what is important is also a message to investors in terms of the road map of the key. steps that are going to going to be

is running a continuous covert operation in russia. the russian government is calling attention to the fact that the us is doing something of a full court press on russia a shadow war so to speak they have the using the n.g.o.s and the penetration of russian society by us soft power through the n.g.o.s at one level trying to carry out many many intelligence operations to get russians to defect kind of trading russian society branch the us media very favorable coverage to the russian opposition any protest that takes place in russia even if it's small gets enormous front page coverage while here protest movements in the united states get almost no coverage you see the general scenario being played out of hostility to the russian government even if there is still a mattock overtures at another level twenty three years apart and finally united we've got an amazing story for you on a website the only tool that helps my knees man locate his home and family two decades after being kidnapped as google maps. also the pentagon that pulled the p

but comes as america's top diplomat visits russia or in an attempt to bridge the divide over syria with accusing the u.s. of inciting bloodshed but it rebels are expecting a press conference by john kerry. very shortly here in. the u.k. it's radioactive materials have gone missing in dozens of locations across the country something that could pose a terrorist threat in the wrong hands. china hosts both the leaders of israel and palestine as growing economic and political clout spreads to the middle east our top stories this is. online on screen international news and comment live from a studio center here in moscow this is. syrian rebels have abducted four un peacekeepers patrolling the separation zone between syria and israel members of the brigade posted this picture online claiming they're holding the peace keepers for their own safety after clashes in the area where the u.s. is still considering arming opposition fighters regardless of their tactics and despite russian opposition that's just one of the differences the u.s. secretary of state is trying to bridge during talks here in

and russia positions on syria but i wouldn't say it but we had a very large. approach is that we should use that as the us all with what we see encouraged for a political solution for prevention for maintenance of their territorial integrity and sovereignty and multi-ethnic nature of syria and that was set forth in the geneva communiqué and for a number of reasons the practical implementation to offer such arrangements has been long overdue we called up on a specific measures to implement them we knew we missed the votes. of value and the fact that the current administration about. should i wish to go with secretary kerry i'm still some shares our opinion i believe were made a vital step for our voice to be heard by all. the next question will come from jill dougherty from c.n.n. international rules were drilled through thank you very much i'd like to begin with the question in russian for sig signatory which. you mentioned but issue of chemical weapons to get president obama says that there are certain red lines here. does russia does president putin have in

picking sides arming the assad regime but this is not what russia believes in fact russia has always maintained that they are not picking sides in the conflict but they believe the way to end the conflict is through diplomacy but these are through existing contracts this is nothing new this is something that was agreed on before the conflict began and that they're simply fulfilling old contracts that they're obliged to do so but they have said that this is a stabilizing factor in the syrian conflict because it prevents her from other countries and other nations from getting involved in the syrian conflict now russia has been involved in diplomatic talks to try and find a solution to the syrian crisis this week and john kerry the u.s. secretary of state meeting moscow has said that this they are disappointed in the decision to allow this arms embargo to expire because they see it as a. basically two faced diplomacy and it undermines efforts for diplomacy saying that allowing the arms embargo to expire is a double standard which directly damages the prospect of an international peace c

gresham the home nation to produce its own talent is also increasing with russia said to host the world cup in just over five years and spark toxic anime with its long term experience of encouraging talent could be one towards al gore own for growing young stars who shine sooner rather than later. i was led by the arty. now from the russian stars of the future to the worldwide headline makers of today here's the pick of the week. on monday they usually cheer on others but a bunch of mascots themselves run a race at kempton park in england the boy and field included britain's former olympic sprinter human thomas however the former european champion proved no match for believe barrett as the safety mascot for a major building for denied one mr bomberger a trick of titles so tears of regret for the bonnet f.c. mascot and celebrations for the win out if it in kid of sprint you're saying vote. on tuesday a baseball player was stretchered off the field and later admitted to hospital after toronto blue jays pitcher j.a. happ was hit on the head by a line drive during a game at the tampa bay ra

tell us that all the people of russia. will always remember. russia. destroyed the arrogant. and prevented the nats is from concord in your world. freedom and independence protecting their homeland and liberating your. victory that will always remain great in history in the. r.d. of veterans. you have always cared for you security you go home i want you in the above all. your military. once a month period through fierce battles. telling red. blood . you see joe learning read. not getting down the u.n. through countless battles. will sustain to you only your labor him using it in the rear. the sufferings you bacteria are in the measurable will always be that remember what you did and we will always stand on your chain of shit but it's truth above even though the war. and nobody's the bar and sisters have demonstrated their the valor and impressed the world yearly with their that bravery that i did but he had a tradition he's a good example for our young people the sheriff and they have repeatedly demonstrated that protecting the sovereignty of our homeland. we remember. war is

russia, why was russia so tolerant towards people with dark skin in general? because russia, unlike countries in north and south america, never enslaved people of afghan descent. russia and served their own peasants. there was the institution of serfdom that was very much like slavery, but the victims were the peasantry in russia. and unlike a lot of european countries, russia never engaged in colonizing africa. russia colonized her neighbor instead by expanding the country owes into asia and into europe. so that explains kind of the demographic situation in russia. moscow, which i said frederick chose to live in, was a very heterogeneous city in the period 1900-1914. that's one of the things that struck me when i read this verse guides for english-language tourists going to russia at the time but they stressed how the crowds in the streets were. not just in terms of peasants wearing their primitive guard ordered religious figures wearing their set of extravagant garb, but also people from central asia where international cautions. people from asia come to mos

as we know russia supplies syria where the s. three hundred defense missile system is not bound by any international convention and not used by ground forces but ok isro claims that it strike against syria was to prevent weapons falling into the hands of hezbollah but in weakening the assad regime isn't israel effectively strengthening hardline islamist groups in syria which could also pose long term threat for israel. yeah it's a very dearly created game a very dangerous game i'm not sure that israel knows what does she won't does she want us. regime to remain does she favors a position it's not very clear i'm not sure that these are no walls and he any case i think that israel should not interfere it also can hardly interfere there but they seem to not interfere towards the only difference that i would expect this would be true like the other neighbors of syria to suggest some kind of humanitarian aid to the. victims of these civilian a war and also israel is trying to stop russian arms as you say falling into the hands of assa

now tennis and in three weeks' time russia's maria sharapova will aim to defend a grand slam title for the first time the french open in paris and relishes the prospect of facing rival serena williams but first the world number two had another sweet encounter with michael graf shanker reports. it turns out that maria sharapova has a sweet tooth which a venture into the candy making business has clearly shown a recent visit to moscow for the russia wide launch of a sugar pobre candy brand wrapped up a successful half year for the commercial project. and sharapova has also managed to emulate that success on the court this year with her recent defense of her stuttgart grand prix title proof things are starting to fall into place she's now back up to second in the w.t. a world rankings behind her nemesis serena williams it's a rivalry that has spanned almost a decade and one that has continued this year sure of the met serena williams both in the semifinal of the doha open in qatar and in the final of the miami open tennis tournament but couldn't break her eleven game losing streak against

russia. the future. with me today the price winning new york times reporter mark mazetti the author of the way of the knife we're going to talk about the cia and how it turned from a spy agency into a killing agency and the drones the ultimate weapon of its secret wars thank you so much for coming thank you for having me on in your book you're writing about how covert operations sometimes blow up in serious face how often instead of weakening islamicists they tipped the balance in the other direction i'm sure there are lots of smart people in the cia who also understand that but why is that still happening well there's a lot there's probably several reasons if you look at sort of as they describe in the book sometimes the cia just gets relied on because presidents like secrecy presidents like using the cia to do things so for instance in somalia in two thousand and six no one really knew what to do there is there is no strategy so the cia comes forward with this plan to arm of a bunch of warlords and tak

plus the man known as russia's gray cardinal resigns from the government we take a look at the man and what could be behind his exit from the halls of power. plus when life in prison is the only line you can afford some courts in ohio jailing the homeless and people with disabilities because they can't afford to pay small finds . welcome you watching our team with make sure and pharma. the u.n. is calling for the immediate release of four of its peacekeepers held by syrian rebels the peacekeepers were abducted in the golan heights the demilitarized zone between syria and israel is our middle east correspondent. i've just gotten off the phone with the deputy chief of staff for the united nations peacekeeping force in the area and he says that they are definitely remaining there this follows the kidnapping of four filipino u.n. peacekeepers who are being held in the ceasefire between syria and the israeli side of the golan heights now that is almost a no man's land not the israeli nor syrian forces can go operate in that area what we do know is that they were abducted while on patrol the

ass and russia had to r.t. dot com for the background of this story. the u.s. justice department is on the bike food defending its massive spy operation against their sociedad press news agency about one hundred journalists and editors had their phones tapped for months with the revelations sparking widespread outrage on his little has been following the scandal. it's being called an unprecedented government intrusion the justice department secretly collected two months of telephone records from the associated press and its reporters. a.p. believes this story prompted the secret investigation the cia uncovered a plot to bomb a u.s. bound airliner a plot originated in yemen and was carried out by al qaeda their arabian peninsula by reporting this al qaeda was put on notice that the cia had an inside look at their activities be a piece says the justice department did not say why they needed the information but says among the nearly two dozen telephone records collected at least five of them were from reporters working on the story in question. i've been a prosecu

and russia agree on an international peace conference to tackle the deadly conflict . also this week a spy scandal rusher exposes the cia's chief in moscow on u.s. intelligence is caught red handed trying to recruit a russian agent. live from moscow this is our weekly news review with me carrie johnston. more than one hundred days and counting a hunger strike on a tourist guantanamo bay prison is showing no signs of ending prison officials admitted to r.t. that one hundred three prisoners are now refusing food the lawyers for the inmates say the number may be as high as one hundred thirty where many are being force fed through the nose an extremely painful procedure the detainees are seeking an end to their indefinite detention without charge him on the us president has repeatedly promised to close the facility so far no action has been taken and each account has more. after years of inaction injustice and indifference and after more than three months of starvation one tunnel detainees have finally got the president's attention i'm going to go back out this they've hea

he took the lie detector test in russia he's repeatedly said from russia that he's happy to give evidence and to take part in the inquiry so at the moment the inquiry into the death of alexander litvinenko looking very. undecided and it could be falling apart at the seams still very much indeed for that explanation of this turn of events there of that case thank you very much for that low. update from london and of course we'll have more on this over the next few hours with live expert opinion and analysis as the development unfolds and we stay with the spy theme one spy scandal too many for russia as it says the cia is crossed the line with its antics after the latest u.s. agent was caught in moscow this is r.t. obtained a phone recording involving another american operative intercepted earlier this year. so that story still to come for you here on r.t. in the meantime the european union can survive without britain that's according to the french president two gave a marathon three hour news conference yesterday for all and went as far as accusing the british of being a threat to the very

relations with russia. we're expecting to hear from john brown at cnn foreign affairs correspondent, jill dougherty. the associated press rights with the u.s. decision to arm and three rebels and russia's decision to supply the assad regime with missiles, possible that it has overshadowed attempts to bring representatives of the regime and the opposition to peace talks at an international conference in geneva possibly happening next month. we are expecting this discussion to get started momentarily. bu [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> we are expecting this discussion to get started in a moment or two. guests are preparing and getting their microphones on. the associated press writes that a spacecraft carrying an american, russian and italian left earth today heading for the international space station, where they will spend six months conducting a variety of experiments. >> good evening, everyone. welcome to tonight's panel.

and to help stop the nazis from going any further than what they were in russia actually they carried the brunt of that was absolutely yeah absolutely actually the losses of the allied forces in the western front united states a little more than four hundred thousand. i think even well so get me bill but i think that you know the americans lost fewer people than the russians lost in. what about but. every human life is of value and of course it's a heavy loss for the nation but it's just giving these numbers just for comparison and the demographics that russia has had to deal with the demographics of this loss of men and women on the home front as well when you speak to other veterans about that time of. what was it like in terms of family life in terms of just being in the country being in the country and being a part of that war did they feel that they were fighting for something that they feel that this is what they needed to do to protect their country to protect. to save everybody from the nazis what would say if needed. to describe i can tell you i read some of the letters which

and russia as well for months russia has been criticizing the west for taking one side in this conflict that is the side of the syrian rebels russia has been criticizing the calls in the west to arm the syrian rebels provide them with military training and even possibly intervene into the conflict going on in syria now definitely we also know that russia also said about the syrian conflict that the west has been calling on assad to step down but at the same time never mentioned that the future of the future of syria must be decided by the syrian people and mosco john kerry in many ways agreed that the syrian people who will have to decide the future of the country in election at the same time he reached aerated that that washington does not want to see assad in power it's interesting to see whether the same sentiments will be coming from david cameron after he meets president putin here in sochi especially given the fact that he already did a statement saying that there was an urgent need to find a quick and peaceful solution to the syrian conflict and that is exactly. a reason why davi

russia criticized u.s. intelligence this week for crossing a red line. after cia agent was on covered in bosco trying to recruit a russian agent in the wake of the arrest russian intelligence made public the identity of the cia bureau chief in moscow in the culture never investigates ryan fogle was caught in the act trying to recruit a russian special service agent to work for the americans now russia's federal security service has released a photo of technical equipment and some other items that were found when he was detained including a compress a map of moscow a large amount of cash and even two weeks to allegedly use as disguises now this is suspected cia agent was offering one million dollars a year for passing on classified information and that was revealed to you know why a taped telephone conversation between full goal and the security agent he was trying to recruit made public by russia's federal security service. if you're going to the store it's a lot. more. talk of the war than you want to store attack us because of more than just about the

possibly the greatest threat to russia faces now from afghanistan is the flow of afghan heroin that kills thousands of russians every year so russia has a state it has stated a clear interest in afghanistan that would be under control of a responsible government not plagued with corruption. a government that would help and this drug plague but what if global powers are on able to avoid a power vacuum in afghanistan what could happen then if you've ever comes to the stage where we have to be ploy forces or support somewhere you may have to delete the only problem is in the past in the one nine hundred ninety s. after the soviet withdrawal discussion of external proxies led to a major civil war with. positive outcome one thousand nine hundred ninety six so we want to avoid that kind of civil war like situation now as far as the taliban the talks with them stalled last year after their failure to agree on the terms for the release of five afghan insurgent commanders held at guantanamo it's not really clear how far those talks will go because the taliban are not homogenous either part o

russian security forces say they have killed the right hand man of russia's most wanted terrorist in a special operation in the north caucasus. justice department versus journalists outrage over what's seen as a government swipe at media freedom after a target a fox news reporter who published secrets from an official. seven pm in moscow watching r.t. with me marina joshie welcome to the program the search for survivors continues in the suburbs of america's oklahoma city devastated by one of the deadliest tornadoes in years a massive cyclon tore through a residential area leaving chaos in its wake. local medical examiner's office has revised the initial number of dead down from fifty one to at least twenty four some of the victims are schoolchildren but the figures are still expected to rise as rescuers continue to sift through the rubble president obama's declare the area a disaster zone party sam sachs has more from washington. a massive tornado ripped through oklahoma ripped through the areas around oklahoma city i was need for a tornado it's the second strongest tornado on the sc

and russia r.t. dot com has the background on that story well still here on the download for free while you still can the record industry in the united kingdom a box on a crusade to prevent online music sharers from stealing their tracks and their profits that's coming your way in just a couple of. old . technology innovations all these developments around russia. the future. modern russia was built on coal. fuel for its factories. code for its steel. coolers it more than heat for its people. join me james brown to meet them and spend their lives underground and work in one of the world's most dangerous professions. i. would love to see you. hearts of coal on our t.v. . live from moscow this is on t.v. with me role research to show you france has entered it recession for the second time in five years the numbers come as president francois hollande marks one year in office which some have already labeled as a disaster as ati's tester australia reports are adults over the whole euro zone's ability to m

the chasm between russia and the u.s. the how to achieve peace in syria seems to be narrowing with both sides saying they'll try to bring all wearing factions to the table the unusual show of solidarity came despite the u.s. not giving up its plans to be on the syrian rebels at some point in the future alessio just has been following the first visit of secretary of state john kerry to moscow. after a very lengthy meeting between the russian president the russian foreign minister and the u.s. state secretary hardly anybody in the press room expected that there would be somewhat of a backing down from a very harsh rhetoric which we heard from washington and moscow on the syrian conflict a lately in fact at one point of the press conference john kerry even said that there is a common perception that russia and the united states have been on a different page about syria and they were here to show to everyone that they were on the same page in fact the main bottom line of the meeting and that was voice that the press conferenc

actions that could worsen the civil war in syria that warning comes as israel's prime minister visits russia to his country was accused of bombing sites near damascus earlier this month and also. a video appearing to show a syrian rebel in the heart of a dead soldier human rights watch. next in revenge killings in the country's civil war. online on screen international news and comment live from our studio center here in moscow this is. a two hundred journalists and editors at the associated press have been targeted in a massive u.s. government surveillance operation against the new senate a p is calling the monitoring network created by the justice department itself unprecedented size and scope and a gross violation of privacy. has been tracking the investigation. the u.s. justice department secretly obtained two months of telephone records targeting a.p. reporters and editors work and personal phone numbers a few believes more than one hundred of its journalists may have been caught up in this surveillance week the a.p. boss called it a massive and unprecedented intrusion into how news org

time this will become the top priority facility in russia the brand new cosmodrome. this will make russia is a pendant mostly independent from the baikonur cosmodrome which is now using and paying an annual rent of six hundred million dollars of this was so make life easy in terms of political decisions on several occasions asked on the blocked launch of russia's satellites and manned space ships of course when russia will have its own space port here in the far east this problem will no longer exist there will of course be some disadvantages for instance the transportation of the russian carriers to the cosmodrome here in the far east right now it takes several days to deliver them to the baikonur cosmodrome which is two thousand five hundred kilometers away from moscow this side here is five thousand five hundred kilometers from moscow so it will take longer and a little more closely but the advantages which exist in this project of having its russia having its own cosmodrome are much much more significant in the first place the parts of the carriers the parts of r

alongside china, russia has vetoed three u.n. security council resolutions, condemning assad's brutal crackdown and it opposes any military intervention, including arming the rebels. secretary kerry aims to change that calculation. according to the "washington post," kerry will attempt to persuade russian president vladimir putin to support or at least not veto a fresh effort to impose u.n. penalties on syria if assad doesn't begin political transition talks with the opposition. officials say the u.s. is prepared to act with or without kremlin support. needless to say, it would be much easier if russia was cooperative. in any ordinary year, russia and america have trained relations, decades after the cold war, debates over human rights, sovereignty and democracy stim persist. this year presents a whole new set of challenges for an already-rocky relationship. joining me today, former dnc communications director and msnbc host, karen phinney. deputy mayor of new york city, howard wolfson and "washington post" columnist and msnbc co

russia. and the biggest intrigue of that meeting was whether david cameron would sing to the same tune as john kerry did in moscow it's no secret that we have had differing views on how best to handle the situation but we share fundamental aims to end the conflict to stop syria fragmenting to let the syrian people choose who governs them and to prevent the growth of violent extremism so i strongly support the conference that mr lavrov for mr kerry agreed this week to deliver a political solution a solution which has a transitional government based on the consent of the syrian people as a whole so clearly the events of the of this past week have given us a clear indication that there may be interesting things to come in terms of the syrian conflict and this conference can actually produce something of a peaceful solution to the syrian conflict the western backing for the opposition is being blamed for the movement going in creasing the radicalize russian and european politics expert but as i m

russia doesn't mean we have turned away from the u. cooperation with the e.u. doesn't mean we've turned away from russia moscow has never told serbia directly or indirectly that it shouldn't cooperate with the e.u. russia wants the serbian government to do whatever it takes to improve the living standards of our people we leaning towards europe simply because of our geographic location we're in the heart of europe surrounded by e.u. countries that's why european standards are the benchmark for us but becoming an e.u. member is not important in itself a primary goal is to catch up with the developed european countries and if we succeed the lives of our people will definitely improve earlier our relations with the west boiled down to serbia doing what the west says but i refused to go along with such an approach and then drafted a platform which served as the basis for a major very solution in the status of kosovo serbia had to face new conditions regularly being placed on it now we've set out own conditions you must have seen how the ta

the deputy foreign minister has said that russia will deliver the s. three hundred anti-missile defense system to syria under old existing contracts but what's really important here is that they say that this is actually a stabilizing factor in the syrian conflict preventing a hotheads and foreign forces from using force in syria now russia's president's office as well as the foreign ministry of expressed a disappointment as you mentioned in the decision for the e.u. to allow the arms embargo to expire on friday allowing the way for arms to go to the rebels from different independent countries within the european union now the decision to allow these old contracts to be fulfilled by russia is seen as controversial in the foreign world in the international community because it's basically seen as arming the assad regime this is something that russia disagrees with they say that is basically fulfilling old contracts and that they are not taking sides in this contract moscow has even said that this will hamper diplomacy efforts and in fact john kerry the

to leave russia and that such a discovery makes positive relations between russia and the u.s. more difficult according to the f.s.b. one of russia's security agencies ryan fogle is not in fact the third politically at the u.s. embassy in moscow he is in fact according to the f.s.b. a cia agent they claim that they caught him in the act of trying to recruit a russian special service agent they say a counterterrorism agent working in the north caucuses to work for the cia there if so applied r.t. with video showing what they say is the astonishment of one of the unnamed f.s.b. officers after round fogel's detention. but first was shocked that something like that could happen the f.s.b. has been actively cooperating with the u.s. working on intercepting threats to its national security the f.b.i. chief has also visited moscow recently while barack obama and vladimir putin have reached an agreement that the country's secret services should work together and with all that in the background this u.s. diplomat has committed a major state crime against russia do you have any questions

my next goal is winning the championship of all russia. i know it's not easy to become a winner, but i will try my best with confidence and continue my training. >> reporter: maxim and his fellow wrestlers will continue training hard in hopes of raising the profile of russian sumo even further. elena solodayka, nhk world. >>> rachel ferguson has the weather team has more on the sigh colonic storm that's on the way to myanmar, rachel? >> yes, we'll get you another update on this cyclone. it is starting to move now. it's picked up the pace and it is moving at ten kilometers per hour. with gusts up at 93. it's expected to pick up the pace and continue this northerly movement, swerving toward the northeast before making landfall. it could be myanmar, it could be further towards the west. that looks like it will be happening on thursday. local time. it will be bringing in some considerable precipitation and that is going to be a concern because the last seven days have seen significant rainfall here. what you're seeing in the red is very small

john kerry was in russia last week. there is a prospect of a peace conference. would everyone -- anyone have a vested interest in this? people who want to see an interest in moscow. the other strange thing is the russians have identified him as a spy. why not follow him and let him lead you to where you can catch bigger fish? was he -- the person he was trying to recruit, was he such a big catch? it does not smell right. >> i think a skeptical andrew kuchins, thank you for joining us. curiouser and curiouser. in the uk, seven members of a child sex ring have been found guilty of a string of offensive including child rape and arranging child tuition. pakistani heritage, targeted girls between 11 and 15. two defendants were clear. has declaredident a state of emergency in response to attacks by islamist militants. goodluck jonathan said the nigerian arming would take over following escalating violence in nigeria by the militant group haram.rom -- boko three were killed in afghanistan today. it is the latest reminder of security concerns the country faces as americ

so from russia to the wider world and the rest of the week sporting action. shot on monday n.b.a. veteran jason collins became the first active player in a major team sport in america to come out as gay the thirty four year old washington wizards center will become a free agent this summer but aims to land another deal while soccer champions the l.a. galaxy train with recently retired robbie rogers after the former usa midfielder also revealed he's gay. on tuesday while the before david ferrer traded in his tennis racket to take a paddle boarding lesson in portugal this involves a board and a paddle it was that simple as a thirty one year old fairly even though he said he enjoyed it the top seed later lost the final of the nearby portugal open six won it six four to stand his last brinker russia's anastasio apologetic about did win the women's title. on wednesday the world water bombing championships made a big splash in the english city of sheffield thirty six contestants but nothing different teams forgot style grace and acrobatic diving skill to send as much water flying as pos