discuss the investment climate here in russia and the program on the money. when you feel spring overseas my grocery birds will come home to roost. when their massive tongue great. empathy gives way to the emotions. towards those who live on the current. welcome to on the money where the business of russia is business i'm peter lavelle to invest or not to invest this is the question asked by investors and money managers all around the world with so much uncertainty impacting the global economy how do countries like russia stack up air are they sufficiently insulated from external shocks. to discuss russia's economic and business environment i'm joined by timothy crouse he is head of the russian bank opportunity phone i have see asset management company we also have let america mirror he is chief economist at all critter financial corp and simon fenton fletcher he is a portfolio manager with renaissance asset managers ok first let's have a look at where russia's economy stands. following a significant drop in december two thousand and eleven russians tugs gain

will discuss a story and a brilliant expert in russia and russia the way she was stephen hope. to nevada and barack obama came to power they proclaimed they must reset the russian american relations after the cold rhetorical question we should ministration that period of partnership and cooperation rather than standoff. knowledge the reset has been one of the biggest foreign policy achievements of both russian and american leaders the biggest reward is being used and treaties signed in april two thousand and ten or as the kremlin is something about to welcome the return of president putin and there have been down the recent year old continues yet on school insists it's not going to confront washington but americans i get to choose their course the leaning republican camp. mitt romney for example has recently called russia america's number one geopolitical. commerce a coworker to the shell thank you very much for being with us. well first of all i've got this new book or the new edition of you have got here in my hands which is called serving trade center last alternatives from

we're grateful to russia for it russia has always been the first one to come to our rescue i think that the countries that recognize our independence will be followed by others we will try to create a certain image of our republic so that other countries make its new south a city a better and let's hope that we will not share northern cyprus its destiny. on election day spoke about your dream to unite south a city with a north which is we know is a member of the russian federation how do you foresee this happening. it is not just my dream it is the dream of our people we had this dream for a century today we have an independent state but we have this dream for our people to reunite we have been split into two parts one part lives in north of the other part lives in south ossetia say we held a referendum in one thousand nine hundred two where we asked one question do we want to become part of russia people answered yes to this question over ninety nine percent did so we still have this issue and this problem cannot be solved in a day we work together with north the city or towards reunit

who are grateful to russia for it russia has always been the first one to come to our rescue i think that the countries that recognize our independence will be followed by others we will try to create a certain image of our republic so that other countries make it to new south a city a better and let's hope that we will not share northern cyprus is destiny. an action days think about your dream to unite south a city a with a north which as we know is a member of the russian federation how do you foresee this happening. it is not just my dream it is the dream of all people we've had this dream for a century today we have an independent state but as we have a stream for our people to reunite we have been split into two parts one part lives the north of the other part lives in south a set so we held a referendum in ninety ninety two where we asked one question do we want to become part of russia people answered yes to this question over ninety nine percent did so we still have this issue and this problem cannot be solved in a day we will work together with north the setia towards reunit

i thought showed that russia is growing russia is changing but there was no blood most importantly there was no blood i don't think it was any harder on demonstrators than in any other country and on myself. i myself hope for miles that whatever happens on the streets it will be peaceful and things that it was peaceful so i think it's a big step forward for any country in the world to do it to have demonstrations protestors but to make sure their lives hell for their well being absolutely not. and i think russia is moving and moving in the right direction that's my feeling i'm artist i'm not spending hours and hours myself on the streets for you going inside did his work and work and actually i hope a lot of people of russia will do this they just work quite hard that's why i'm interested in your opinion because there are plenty of politicians that more or less easy it's a game for them but for you it's not a game it's a piece of music is your world and this thing it's part of your world is this so so this is why it's very important for me to know your point of view what do you think and

former soviet union from russia now the russia seems to be sort of losing its positions on the indian market do you think that india will and russia will come up with a new agreement on our straight in the near future well i think it is one of the most. sustainable. and going difference relationship that we have every day the russian federation i think that is going to continue and. they said that we need to end drug this and we need to defend this i think it is my idea of a trickle. thank you thank you very much mr krishna and just a reminder that my guest today was the indian minister of external affairs and that's it for now from all of us here the spotlight will be back with more for us and problems on what's going on outside russia until then it's they who are take and take. it. seriously. think. there hasn't been anything good on t.v. . it is to get the maximum political impact possible. before the source material is worth helps keep journalism honest real optimism. we want to preserve. something else. if. it. is easy if. you believe. you to. see.

re some political protests in russia the fate of prisoner mikhail khodorkovsky and russia's relations with other countries those were part of a whole range of issues that came into focus as the outgoing president to meet them individually was grilled by journalists and the final question answer event of his tenure let's get the details from our tease. alot of things to assess for me the video of who is leaving the kremlin and two weeks following his four year term what exactly did he say. while a very very lively q. and a session with the representatives not of just state a run media outlets but also with opposition channels of course a very wide range of issues that would which was covered first and foremost of course as you mentioned the protests which followed the duma elections to that's meant to be did have said that he respected those who came out in moscow in another russian cities to express their own political view but he did say that he believed that the speakers a lot of people who were speaking from the stage these protests were actually pursuing their own political agenda

we're grateful to russia for it russia has always been the first one to come to our rescue i think that the countries that recognize our independence will be followed by others we will try to create a certain image of our republic so that other countries may get to know south a city had better and let's hope that we will not share northern cyprus is destiny . on election day you spoke about your dream to unite south a city with a north which is we know is a member of the russian federation how do you foresee this happening. it is not just my dream it is the dream of our people we've had this dream for a century today we have an independent state but we have this dream for our people to reunite we have been split into two parts one part lives the north has said here the other part lives in south ossetia so we held a referendum the ninety ninety two where we asked one question do we want to become part of russia people answered yes to this question over ninety nine percent did so we still have this issue and this problem cannot be solved in a day we will work together with north the setia

russia. the jackson benny commitment has long been a thorn in the russia you ask operation it was introduced at the height of the cold war the saudi. denies normal trading relations with countries that restrict freedom of immigration and human rights the u.s.s.r. has long been gone but the names and places are rarely called more hostile time. president obama and many american businessman are calling for it to be repealed especially since russia is being admitted to the world trade organization but some republicans want to leave the place as a reminder to russia. it's human rights. heard welcome to the show thank you thank you very much for being with us thank you for that well first of all welcome russia's w.t.r. membership expected. to become final this summer will it have any immediate effect on the volume of bilateral trade i think you'll have. want to overstate it but we think cording to a study that was very well known. back where economic research institute states that we could see a do

and status to russia will not enjoy the benefits of russia's accession agreements that only refers to the united states new things or this program where it may become history before the presidential election in the states or the other things to do well i'm going to be optimistic and say i think that it could be lifted by doing by the end of the current congressional session that is sometime by sometime in july i would. guess another question listen will russia when it will become a full fledged member of the senate would get a possibility to see the united states over this and then restricting free trade. not that i'm aware i don't i mean we extend those formally we have this right i mean. lawsuit. i don't believe so no ok now. do you agree that the. jensen think an amendment is mostly is mostly defended by the so called big chicken. no i think that i think that there is a understanding and awareness that now that russia is going to be a member of the w.t. you know it doesn't provide any leverage in our trade negotiations with russia and that's what the degree even is what we've got a

clear he did not feel safe keeping that money in russia or even keeping himself in russia. so despite his apparently have a relationship with the kremlin, took his money and moved to london, where he is been living for the last nine years. he was recently in court with his former business partner who is suing him for billions of dollars, alleging that obramovich with the kremlin's help forced him to sell him his assets for below market value. and obramovich's testimony in court has really been his only public statement, ever. he's another one of those guys who really doesn't like to really have a face. his testimony was incredible. i mean, he confirmed everything that we have ever heard about kremlin corruption, and it was very clear that, he assumed that his audience was in the courtroom, and i see clearly new in russia, people were following the trial very closely, that his audience was prepared to hear how corrupt the putin system was. and it's also clear that he's probably not going to be going back to moscow anytime soon after having made those statements. >> had an in

russia will no longer be held hostage by energy. it's as it is today so but we should go for a lot of what do you think about that i mean it looks like they're really everything is being said in the right way but i mean do you think that the next presidency in that putin's six year term coming back to the presidency do you think that he has everything together to make that happen. well actually i'm fairly bullish about future developments in russia for a reason i think that what was perhaps one of the major lessons that the russian government and particularly mr putin have learned from the recent crisis was that the government cannot really fully become dependent on the reserves of its own money that it has managed to it can do it the government has been very bullish pre-crisis on its ability to fund growth and russia on its own however when the crisis came they had to use a very considerable part of or their reserves to try to bail out companies to try to stop diversification in russia so now looking to the next term of mr putin ac

but the main reasons why russia's economic development ministry could the g.d.p. two thousand and twelve forecast to three point four percent from an earlier announced three point seven percent former finance minister aleksei could drink gave yet another wake up call shall we continue to only use the country's resources we may be able to only hold out for one more year if the oil price lowering is not dramatic maybe two years but not more some experts however are more up to mystic when it comes to russia's ability to resist the potential crisis well currently the national reserve fund is about three percent of g.d.p. or sr is its forecast for two thousand and twelve so i think there is still there is quite a buffer there and i think correction economy could cope with the recession in the european union another spike in oil prices could benefit russia if the upcoming negotiations with iran result in more sanctions if finance ministry is determined to save all the additional oil revenue to either replenishes or fund a cunt domestic borrowing like law that took right

a passenger plane goes down in russia's western siberia killing thirty one people with a frantic rescue operation pulling a dozen survivors out of the wreckage. a group of nations backing a regime change in syria believed to have put the rebels on the payroll which would fly directly in the face of the u.n. back peace initiative. party fever russia's opposition movements if the government prepares to loosen up registration for new and not so new political factions. also. with the school. he's only that instead of. the man who guided europe's central bank through the chaotic early years of the euro crisis talks of the full and fears for the single currency bloc. a very warm welcome to you from all of us here at our team oscar robertson shine doctors are currently fighting to save the lives of twelve people rescued after a passenger plane with forty three on board crashed in russia's western siberia it happened just minutes after takeoff it's believed the pilots were attempting an emergency landing and the plane's engines reportedly froze as the crew decided not to spray the craft with an

we're grateful to russia for it russia has always been the first one to come to our rescue i think that the countries that recognize our independence will be followed by others we will try to create a certain image of our republic so that other countries may get to know south the city a better and let's hope that we will not share northern cyprus's destiny. on election day he spoke about the dream to unite south a city with a north which is we know is a member of the russian federation how do you foresee this happening. it is not just my dream it is the dream of our people we've had this dream for a century today we have an independent state but as we have history and for our people to reunite we have been split into two parts one part lives in north setia the other part lives in south ossetia so we held a referendum in ninety ninety two where we asked one question do we want to become part of russia people answered yes to this question over ninety nine percent did so we still have this issue and this problem cannot be solved in a day we will work together with north the setia towards r

the protest mood sweeping through russia and relations with the u.s. president may be evaluates his legacy in his final of the q. and a and before leaving the kremlin. also a massive blast tears through an allegedly rubble bomb making labs in syria as the successor to the influenced a lot water mercenary company seemingly takes the opposition under its wing. coming up with the american missile shield in eastern europe house been a focus of discord between russia and the u.s. for years with washington refusing to give written guarantees that it won't target russia next up post all good most of takes to the issue in the spotlight. hello again i walked into a spotlight. and today my guest on the show is nikolai. the american missile shield in europe has long been an issue in russian american law much as the u.s. keeps insisting that it will never pose any threat to the russian side but for some reason washington this one to put anything in right this may be the reason why the russian foreign ministry recently mourned of some corresponding steps which may

but first from the pirate party of russia to the group headed by billionaire. there is no shortage of fresh political blood hoping to find a place in russia's parliament this week the president is expected to sign a new laws making it easier for them to register their competition could get a whole lot tougher are things and he said now reports on what's become a real party russia. politics in russia may never be the same protest have become a common sight and new parties are registering left and right and it's political reform starts reason them so former deputy prime minister in the ninety's is no stranger to the white house. you know him from was one off the political radar until a sudden mass protest movement picked up after vast fraud claims against the december parliamentary vote now might be his chance to get back in the game to pressure only by you know to create just about suit but one proposal is for any party with five hundred members that represents no less than fifty percent of russia's regions should be registered. but if you're on the street only

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a right you may need a code next as would you go into the most popular extreme sports or russia that's our special report exploring freezing outdoor pursuits. with the winter olympics coming to sochi in twenty fourteen it won't be long before the always of the world to train on russia's snow easters thankfully you don't have to be limping athlete to make the most of the country's point system. and i think it's fair to say you haven't had the real russian experience until you've lived through one of their winter snows comes up to knees and bone chilling temperatures that last for months at a time. if you travel around a little you'll find that one thing the russians do really well it's no fun when it's freezing. cold winters turn your average fix the piece to the point surely journey is going to span nearly three thousand kilometers say came from the race tracks of western russia to the streets of some period starts with some bumps on collapse. but when someone they're preparing for losses spike is with my seven sons so i until the spring. but there are a great variety is to say the i.c

a long way away but i believe that russia is because its neighbor and yes russia is the largest country in the world and the eastern part is very close to the power actually the distance between japan and russia is only through a forty three kilometers. and they are suffering yes. but they're both very culturally both very very different yes very different and i think every year the interest in japan gets larger and larger every year no matter what kind of japanese festivals like there are in the music. and our traditional cultures paintings people can't just come in our last year we have. a japanese contemporary culture festival in the vendor and during the two day period we have over twelve thousand people well visit so. there is no doubt that the japanese culture in japan itself they try very very popular and becoming more and more popular among the russian people here final question what do you miss about about japan or the newest hot springs. of course it will own my god my hometown now but thanks very much for the all you welcome your work here on the she couple thank you very muc

to see it today or is it just popular discuss a story and i don't really an expert in russia and russia the local elections stephen. went to meet him in the bath and barack obama came to power they proclaimed the famous reset in the russian american relations after the cold rhetorical administration that manton a new period of partnership and cooperation rather than a standoff. knowledge the reset has been one of the biggest foreign policy achievements of both russian and american leaders the biggest reward is being used in the trade he signed in april two thousand and ten as the kremlin a song about to welcome the return of president putin and there have been downs the recent year old continues yet also insists it's not going to confront washington but americans are yet to choose their new course the leading republican. romney for example has recently russia america's number one geopolitical. politico welcome to the show thank you very much for being with us. well first of all i've got this new book or the new edition of your work here in my hands which is called service for the last a

and russia is very tense to say the least secretary clinton said russia's refusal to support quote unquote constructive action by the u.n. security council on the crisis in syria is keeping its president bashar al assad in power the u.s. ambassador to the united nations susan rice went even further saying russia and china have both laws on their hands who are refusing to go along with an intervention in syria and that she was disgusted her words very graphic statements one would argue utterly on diplomatic susan rice is generally known for making on diplomatic statements and sometimes getting too creative with facts for example she wants announce that could offer troops were being issued by agro and told to rape as a measure against terror but interesting u.s. military and intelligence officials said there was no evidence no basis for resources claims anyways there policymakers here who are very pro intervention and they tend to blame russia for all that's happening in syria so that's the kind of environment that russian diplomats have to work in and it is a very tough environment as some

biggest party the united russia party as well as he is also going with most likely to be russia's prime minister after he was going to prison takes over on may seventh as russia's president all right now we're going to go listen reporting live from moscow thank you. age of tells announced a final list of thirteen presidential candidates with the vote now less than a month away however there are fresh concerns that the revolution was in vain the last prime minister under hosni mubarak is. back in the running for the top job earlier his kind to see was blocked under a law banning former mubarak officials from taking part in the race party sarah furthur ports from cairo. with yet another twist to egypt selections. which if the moment the prime minister reinstated as a candidate just one day after he was disqualified from running because he's seen a large number of very controversial disqualifications for a number of reasons and they must fight that from the original. twenty three candidates is still there i knew going to be thirteen almost finalists not among those who have made the cut th

be appealed to russia to bring more pressure to its -- they appealed to russia to bring more pressure to its ally, syria. >> we have to end the violence, to make sure the annan plan has every chance to succeed. the assad regime must know it cannot rely on russia. >> the un-brokered cease-fire has been in force for a week, but there is fresh shelling in homs on thursday. >> if the cease-fire does not work, i think it will be understandable who was responsible for that. the assad regime. it looks to russia to pressure the regime to comply. >> but russia says the other countries should give the peace plan a chance to work and not condemn it to failure. >> the syrian government should ensure the human-rights and security of its citizens. >> discussions will continue at the friends of syria conference, taking place in paris. >> for more on this, we're joined by our correspondent covering the friends of syria conference. nina, why in the world should we think russia will change its stance on syria now? >> he put it quite nicely when he said nobody wants to be isolated, and russia is risking

coming up the american missile shield in eastern europe has been a focus of discord between russia and the u.s. for years with washington refusing to give written guarantees that it would target russia next host takes the issue into the spotlight. wealthy british style sun it's time to rise on. market why not come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into a report on our. hello again to waltham to spotlight i live in all of that and today my guest on the show is nikolai. the american missile shield in europe caused me to shoot in russian american english because the u.s. keeps insisting that it will never pose any threat to the russian side but for some reason washington doesn't want to put anything in right this may be the reason why the russian foreign ministry recently mourned of some piracy ponding steps which may fall out if an agreement isn't selling so what does the russian side have in mind let's put this question to the commander of the general staff on the russian armed

more confident about the game russia's coach was understandably disappointed but adamant his team will still qualify for next year's european championships we must think those we could do. for me i have in my head no questions and no negative think that we can do it it's impossible we must be so complacent risking that we go to sweden russia remain second after the defeat two points ahead of poland while having played the same amount of games with a win would have set them up well in the fight with italy over first thought they will now surely have to settle for runners up position which is still far from guaranteed in the end it was too much for the loss of the women's national football team the italians were willing to nail on the day but it was a fantastic day of court ball sun is shining with all the good performances from both sides and now for the russian team it's up to them to secure the runners up place to qualify for next year's european championships and that starts with greece on the sixteenth of june. r.t. region. now it looks like russian fans have a new cycling champion

diplomatic pressure is being brought on both russia and china, prixly russia, that's had a long-standing relationship in that part of the world with syria, to bring pressure other than them to xpersz whatever influence they can to try to ensure that they abide by the annan plan. there is some progress made on that front. the additional steps that are important is that the international community continues to be very unified in taking action against that regime. there are additional sanctions that can be applied. we have applied some significant sanctions, they are having -- putting great pressure on the regime itself. that pressure needs to continue. the third thing that i would indicate is that this is a broad based insurgency. and i think it's fair to say the intelligence community feels because it is a broad based insurgency, yes, he can strike back. yes, he can try to continue to hold on. but ultimately his days are numbered and ultimately he will be taken down. >> thank you. >> thank you, mr. chairman. that's all i have. >> the committee will recess now until we're able to return af

you are one of the most renowned cardiac surgeons not only in russia but also worldwide he was in the papers recently that he knew headed received an award for developing a new diagnostic method. that the article said it was a group of mathematicians and engineers how did they let it to get involved in what exactly is the method it's a code examination method to rate the activities at their absolute absolutely was that you see having started out as a chord extension of eventually going to perform interventional surgery and seizure free flowing catherine technology in recent years we started to answer training and ideal for diagnostic patients using a new method the so-called heart mapping and in rules setting up two hundred fifty electrodes on the patient's body filler the patient undergoes their c.t. scan and we map out the position of the electrodes on the patient's heart and now it's me and then our mathematicians physicists and programmers if you can just download from now the rhythm to calculate the difference in portentious between body surface and heart illnesses and other word

russia global security are let's focus on cooperation first i think. russia u.s. bilateral relationship is one of the most important relationships on the planet today and i was with all the things i was privileged to be able to do in the white house i think working on the so-called famous reset of the relationship was one of the most satisfying it was manifest by the personal relationship of our two presidents from day one and resulted in that spirit of working together and developing trust and confidence that resulted in the start of training. and i think resulted in. the two countries looking at the same problem through a much more common blandness and perhaps ever before so it's not only very important i think it's crucial certainly the signing of the new start treaty and twenty ten was hailed as a tremendous step in the reset but a lot of people now are wary that progress is being halted by differences on missile defense how do you see that moving forward well i think missile defense least in my view and not in my discussions with my russian counterparts. in w

and russia it's tense to say the least secretary of state hillary clinton said russia's refusal to support quote unquote constructive action by the u.n. security council on the crisis in syria is keeping its president bashar al assad in power u.s. ambassador to the united nations susan rice went even further saying russia and china have quote blood on their hands for refusing to go along with an intervention in syria there are policymakers here who are very pro intervention and they tend to blame russia for all that's happening in syria at least in their public statements in the meantime moscow's pushing for a political solution with a dialogue between the opposition and the government whereas the u.s. and the u.k. for example and the arab league tends to prompt the syrian opposition not to hold any talks with president assad and to continue fighting the sensually even as if they say they're also for a political solution because it's really lose their lives trying to influence the syrian opposition meetings with the opposition inside the country and the exiled opposition but it's absolutel

in our russia close up series we explore russia's extreme north and its region is bigger than france and half of its territory lies beyond the arctic circle the winter the last eight months to get here which means only surviving the harsh conditions and fish mean everything for them to trust people populating this unwelcoming land. and i call of the new or. some other native. follow brazing. routines revolving around the animals the life of the reindeer herder is usually hard and isolated but occasionally they gather. and compete in the skills they hold on the tundra and i'm about to join the celebrations. and. throwing. stick wrestling. and hurdle jumping oh all cause for competition but the main event is rapidly approaching the range of races bringing teams from foreign wars from the competition is tough i feel a bit nervous my rivals get better every year even though i won last year this year the younger ones may compete on a par with me. and perhaps he's right to be a bit jittery it seems getting started is the trickiest moment. it's. sometimes for a cameraman to. knock your feet

for hostility towards russia so this idea that somehow or another russia is a concern for americans it just doesn't add up at all with a very small sliver of people asked about romney's comments president medvedev advised him to stop reverting to holden days hollywood steering types and take a look at the calendar. and you can go i would advise all u.s. presidential candidates to make reasonable sleep and didn't do them any home to do so they will choose it's the year twenty twelve look the mood nine hundred seventy s. and the current leaders of the two countries may have long delayed the cold war to aggress but for some it's just. to good to like girl boy to return to those cold war simple days. russia is not the only foreign policy bandwagon the republican presidential hopefuls are capitalizing on the list also includes china iran's syria each candidate except ron paul trying to sound tougher than the other the strategies they put forward warming arming isolating threatening i want to be china i want to go to war with china these guys are ranchers and the end of it but as you can

and russia is very tense to say the least secretary clinton said russia's refusal to support quote unquote constructive action by the u.n. security council on the crisis in syria is keeping its president bashar al assad in power the u.s. ambassador to the united nations susan rice went even further saying russia and china have quote blood on their hands for refusing to go along with an intervention in syria and that she was discussed that her words very graphic statements one would argue are totally undiplomatic susan rice is generally known for making on diplomatic statements and sometimes getting too creative with facts for example she wants announce that khadafi troops were being issued as niagra and told to rape as a measure against terror but interesting u.s. military and intelligence officials said there was no evidence no basis for miss rice's claims anyways their policy makers here who are very pro intervention and they tend to blame russia for all that's happening in syria so that's the kind of environment that russian diplomats have to work in and it is a very tough environment i

russia didn't are very significant long lasting reforms the legacy of the. still is present and you can see that they. want to be all right concerts and go again thanks so much for the time thanks for being on the kaiser report thanks bob all right that's going to do it for this edition of the kaiser report with me max kaiser and stacy herbert or think i guess cause it's a good get if you want to send an e-mail please do so at kaiser report r t t v are you in so much time this is nice guys are saying. he. is.

we're grateful to russia for it russia has always been the first one to come to our rescue i think that the countries that recognize our independence will be followed by others we will try to create a certain image of our republic so that other countries make it a new south a city a better and let's hope that we will not share northern cyprus is destiny. an action they spoke about your dream to unite south a city with a north which as we know is a member of the russian federation how do you foresee this happening. it is not just my dream it is the dream of our people we've had this dream for a century today we have an independent state but it's we have a stream for our people to reunite we have been split into two parts one part lives a north of setia the other part lives in south a set here say we held a referendum in ninety ninety two where we asked one question do we want to become part of russia people answered yes to this question over ninety nine percent did so we still have this issue and this problem cannot be solved in a day we will work together with north or setia towards reu

russia global security are let's focus on cooperation from i think. the russia u.s. bilateral relationship is one of the most important relationships on the planet. i was. of all the things i was privileged to be able to do in the white house i think working on the so-called famous reset of the relationship was one of the most satisfying it was manifest by the personal relationship of our two presidents from day one and it resulted in that spirit of working together and developing trust and confidence that resulted in the start training. and i think resulted in. the two countries looking at the same problem through a much more common blandness than perhaps ever before so it's not only very important i think it's crucial certainly in the signing of the new start treaty and in twenty ten was hailed as a tremendous step in the reset but a lot of people now are wary that progress is being halted by differences on missile defense how do you see that moving forward well i think missile defense at least a night of you know and my discussions with my russian counterparts. in

making it easier to get the party started in russia president dmitri medvedev signs into law reform city political system however some opposition leader is still on top of the. closet dishing the dirt on a high level flirt as senior f.b.i. official claims russian spy siren anna chapman was extradited for getting too close to someone inside obama's inner circle. despite the president is among global markets declining oil prices russia sees a very positive session on tru as they would be my six and out so yes i think around two percent more of this in around twenty. seven pm here in moscow to start coming to you live with me and he said no way our top story the russian capital has been struck by two massive fires within hours of each other the top floors of a skyscraper and moscow's business complex became engulfed in flames on monday evening that was followed by a deadly fire at one of the city's markets and we're going to go now report. will have. died in a blaze in the warehouse on the outskirts of moscow the people who died in the fire also to be migrant workers who lived and worked he

now the ups and downs in russia u.s. relations endure and facts on the world are under scrutiny in our special interview we talked to brock obama's former national security adviser. general james jones thank you for taking time to time this of course former security advisor national security adviser to president obama from two thousand and nine twenty. i'd like to start with what you think the top priorities in terms of u.s. russia global security are let's focus on cooperation first i think. the russia us why lateral relationship. is one of the most important relationships on the planet for. words. of all the things i was privileged to be able to do in the white house i think working on the so-called famous reset of the relationship was one of the most satisfying it was manifest by the personal relationship of our two presidents from day one and resulted in that spirit of working together and developing trust and confidence that resulted in the start training. and i think resulted in. the two countries looking at the sa

i thought show that russia is growing russia is changing but there was no blood most importantly there was no blood i don't think it was any harder on demonstrators than any any other country i know myself. i myself hold very much that what happens on the streets it will be peaceful and things what it was peaceful so i think it's a big step forward for any country in the world to do it to have demonstrations protestors but to make sure that their lives hell for their well being absolutely not. and i think russia is moving and moving in the right direction but it's my feeling i'm artist i'm not spending hours and hours myself on the streets even in st petersburg and working actually i hope a lot of people of russia will do the same just work quite hard that's why i'm interested in your opinion because the opinion of politicians are more or less easy to game for them but for you it's not a game it's a piece of sheet music is no world and this thing it's part of your world of this so this is why it's very important for me to know your point of view what do you think and many people say th

who are grateful to russia for it russia has always been the first one to come to our rescue i think that the countries that recognize our independence will be followed by others we will try to create a certain image of our republic so that other countries make its new south a city a better let's hope that we will not share northern cyprus its destiny. on election day you spoke about your dream to unite south a city with a north which is we know is a member of the russian federation how do you foresee this happening. it is not just my dream it is the dream of our people we've had this dream for a century today we have an independent state but as we have the stream for our people to reunite we have been split into two parts one part lives a north a city or the other part lives in south a sect here say we held a referendum in ninety ninety two where we asked one question do we want to become part of russia people answered yes to this question over ninety nine percent did so we still have this issue and this problem cannot be solved in a day we will work together with north or setia tow

i thought showed that russia is growing russia is changing but there was no blood most importantly there was no blood i don't think it was any harder on demonstrators than any other country you know myself. i myself hold very much that whatever happens on the streets it will be peaceful and things what it was peaceful so i think it's a big step forward for any country in the world to do it to have the most precious protestors but to make sure their bill lives hell for their well being absolutely not. and i think russia is moving and moving in the right direction that's my feeling but i am artist i'm not spending hours and hours myself on the streets even in some people's work and working actually i hope a lot of people with russia will do this just work quite hard that's why i'm interested in your opinion because there are plenty of problems issues that were less easy to game for them but for you it's not a game it's a piece of sheet music is your world and this thing it's part of your world and the so this is why it's very important for me to know your point of view what do you think an

series is an overview of the peculiar winter sports one can enjoy here in russia. with the winter olympics coming to sochi in twenty fourteen it won't be long before the always of the world to train them russia's snow easters. thankfully you don't have to be limping athlete to make the most of the country's one stone. i think it's fair to say how do real russian experience until you've lived through one of their wins it's snow comes up the knees and bone chilling temperatures that last for months at a time but if you travel around a little you're find that one thing the russians do really well is have fun when it's freezing. but we're not just on your average trip to the peace to my chilly journey is going to spam you three thousand kilometers take me from the racetracks of western russia to the streets of some period sunset with some culture so i could see. my friends i went to pretty for example the losses by this with my seven sons so i until the spring. but there are a great variety is this a guy still the best seller. this busy gary just fully speedway competi

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russia and china concluded major joint military drills with look at their significance in the wake of similar war games conducted in the region by the u.s. . cairo's tahrir square is expected to fill with anger again on friday as a gyptian islamists vent their frustrations towards the country's current military . well there's whoever the same people who are condemning the current leaders for failing the demands of the revolution themselves stand accused of trying to monopolize power and sarah furth reports for many egyptians the ongoing political wrangling is pushing democracy to the sidelines. protests nation after the revolution toppled president barack gyptian siv continued to use people power as a way to force change the sights the sounds of protesters on cairo's tahrir square have become a familiar one more than a guess and president back without the from power with presidential elections just around the corner and the activities here have once again taken center stage but if the last years taught us anything is a revolution alone is not a democracy make this why the upcoming ele

russia global security are let's focus on cooperation sourced i think. the russia u.s. bilateral relationship is one of the most important relationships on the planet. and i was of all the things i was personally to be able to do in the white house i think working on the so-called famous reset of the relationship was one of the most satisfying it was manifest by the personal relationship of our two presidents from day one and resulted in that spirit of working together and developing trust and confidence that resulted in the start treaty. and i think resulted in. the two countries looking at the same problem through a much more common blandness than perhaps ever before so it's not only very important i think it's crucial certainly the signing of the new start treaty and twenty ten was hailed as the tremendous step in the reset but a lot of people now are wary that progress is being halted by differences on missile defense how do you see that moving forward well i think missile defense at least in my view and in my discussions with my russian counterparts. in which we've

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we're grateful to russia for it russia has always been the first one to come to our rescue and i think that the countries that recognize our independence will be followed by others we will try to create a certain image of our republic so that other countries make its new south the city a better and let's hope that we will not share northern cyprus is destiny. on election day you spoke about your dream to unite south a city with the north which as we know is a member of the russian federation how do you foresee this happening. it is not just my dream it is the dream of our people we've had this dream for a century today we have an independent state but as we have this dream for our people to reunite we have been split into two parts one part lives the north of setia the other part lives in south setia say we held a referendum in ninety ninety two where we asked one question do we want to become part of russia people answered yes to this question over ninety nine percent did so we still have this issue and this problem cannot be solved in a day we will work together with north or setia t

a long way away but i believe that russia is the closest neighbor to japan and yes russia is the largest country in the world of the eastern part is very close to actually the distance between japan and russia is only for forty three kilometers and that suckling they are suffering yes. but they're both very culturally very very different yes very different and i think every year the interest in japan you know gets larger and larger every year no matter what kind of japanese festivals like in the music and dance and our traditional cultures paintings people can't just come in our last year we have. our japanese contemporary culture festival in the vendor. during the two day period where we have over twelve thousand people well coming for a visit so. there is no doubt that the japanese culture in japan itself. very very popular and becoming more and more popular among the russian people here final question what do you miss about about japan or the whiniest or hot springs. of course and all of my my hometown now oh thanks very much the shouting over there you're welcome you're watching the

former soviet union from russia now the russia seems to me so losing its positions on the indian market do you think that india will and russia will may come up with a new agreement on our straight in the near future well i think it is one of the most. sustainable. ongoing difference relationship that we have every day the russian federation i think that is going to continue and. as a set that we need to have brought this and we need to do this i think it is my endeavor total. thank you thank you very much mr krishna and just a reminder that my guest today was the indian minister of external affairs and that's it for now for all of us here the spotlight will be back with more for us and problems on what's going on and outside russia and so then stay with our team and take. i. i i. i.

and nato saying again it's not directed at russia. russia is saying you want to guarantee. nato u.s. missile defense shield is not a russia or live in brussels thank you. activists a gathering near a moscow court today in support of a feminist punk band whose members were arrested on hooliganism charges back in february or the court will consider whether to extend custody which expires and now in less than one week the group rushed to the altar of russia's christ the savior cathedral in moscow and performed what prosecutors claim was a blasphemous song of the five women who took part three were arrested and charged in our face up to seven years in prison performances drawing huge public response and a wave of criticism from russia's orthodox church. a twenty two million dollar fine that's the latest punishment dished out to america's perhaps most controversial financial giant goldman sachs and the penalty came after revelations the bank gave inside information to us preferred clients allowing them an unfair advantage over other investors and as always our very own kaiser re