to business as on the w.r. get out of office it's a premier aimed at making a big impact hostess by russian president vladimir putin african leaders are gathering in the russian resort town of sorcery this week for the 1st ever russia africa some as russia's attempt to jumpstart relations with the continent 3 decades after the fall of the soviet union when which then was a major player in africa. in the room but russia does not want to stand aside while other powers like the u. china and india strategically increase their influence and investment on the continent putin has big plans for africa especially with its rich mineral resources that's a quick look at selected activities of russian companies on the constant. yes energy a multinational luko which is involved in a natural gas development project in the republic of congo in sudan and the central african republic

a close ally of president putin has secured licenses for mining gold in guinea russian element in produce roussel is digging up bauxite and in zimbabwe russia wants to dig for platinum until now russia's trade with africa was muted last year exports to imports from the entire continent well value that only 20 $1000000000.00 in comparison china's trade volume was 10 times bigger as the more than $200000000000.00 and africa's largest trading partner of course that during that time was the european union with nearly 340000000000 dollars of total trade russian officials have said that in the medium term they want to triple trade with african countries might be helpful that russia is still seen as a partner with out heavy colonial baggage well at the russian african summit the russian government is hoping to seal some deals d.w. caught up with one of the companies presenting its products to potential investors

at the forum in sochi to find out more. these flushes fight infections and medical devices created by the russian company military generate ultraviolet light that kills dangerous bacteria in minutes. the company which was founded by doctors has been producing these units by hand in moscow for nearly 15 years they started selling the devices in south africa 2 years ago and say they're competing with european and u.s. companies for the african market. we aren't afraid of competition our prices are more competitive and our quality is high. and we produce our own bulbs for the equipment. we also have more experience using these devices in the medical syria than anyone else worldwide.

militar is one of the handful of companies that builds machines like these the edge they could have in the african market is exceptional for a russian firm in overall trade revenue with africa russia lags far behind competitors like china india and the u.s. even if it has doubled its trade with african countries in the past 5 years. russia doesn't have a strategy on the african market and so we see a hectic back and forth from one area to another chinese interests in africa a wide spread and then a universal russia can't compete with them. but 2 representatives that my little mistake they hope that medical equipment to shine at the russian africa's summit and allow them to look a new business on the continent. are reported on the chin both joins me now is taking a closer look at the subject on the in terms of economic relations between russia

and africa what can we expect from this summit that's going on right now well we can of which they expect the leaders who are there to highlight the areas that will be important going forward and we had flooding reports and mention trade being doubled in the next 4 to 5 years from the current $20000000000.00 a year of imports of imports and exports between russia and africa so that's one area another area of course of cooperation is the defense russian news agencies and they have this news today that 2 bombers that a cable carrying nuclear weapons where flew flying over from russia to south africa for a training mission so that just highlights military cooperation between the 2 countries but of course russia is focusing on defense with other african countries as well and then we also have energy and mining as 2 other areas of focus between russia and africa in the last couple of years actually we've been reporting about china's

investment in africa and the. growth projects and all that can russia compete with china in africa is even trying to well compete with a belt and bold initiative which is muscle which is huge i mean china is everywhere almost when you're in africa when you're traveling in africa you see you see chinese presence in several parts of the continent and it's hard to miss to be to acknowledge will rogers is a major thing they're doing they're building airports roads bridges airports name it everything and of course russia just doesn't have the money to do the same and they recognize that which is why they are carving out certain areas. focusing on the fans for which of course you know they are the biggest supplier of arms and weapons in africa and they want to do more of that going forward they also focusing on energy trying to sell nuclear technologies to african countries starting next year they'll be building a nuclear reactor in egypt for instance they're building 2 research centers one of

the few o.p.o. one in zambia for instance so there's a lot of areas that they are really focusing on as just nice areas but that those are areas that allow them to have long term relationships with certain african governments so it's mainly energy and. resources that russia is focused you know i don't dance of course you should thank you very much for this inside for. now mercury in drinking water air pollution that dangerous levels series and of environmental incidents in vietnam has triggered a public backlash the government stands accused of disregarding environmental concerns in the name of economic development but more and more vietnamese are asking does economic progress necessarily carry this kind of an by mental preist. feeling containers with clean water supplied by the government because these residents can no longer trust what's coming out of their taps at home after toxic river waste contaminated the water supply of several neighborhoods in the

vietnamese capital affecting about a 1000000 people. around. the local authorities were slow to act. they didn't warn the residents soon enough because when the snow the people didn't know how to deal properly with these incidents. i think the authorities should intervene and inform people as to how to keep the environment clean also the authorities should do something to give us clean water to live to have a degree and when that map out all didn't really don't mean i would guess that it doesn't. it's not just the water however rising manufacturing output increasing vehicle emissions and the dust from a construction boom meantime noisy air is getting hard to breathe the mountain pollution crisis is causing worry that noise will go the way of other cities that have borne the environmental cost of unfettered industrialization. ha noi.

resident we don't want to live another an aging polluted city and we. don't want to be like. paradise. is china west over 5 percent growth in the last decade has turned vietnam into one of asia's for. asked this rising economies but the corresponding decline in livability means those concerns will only deepen. now to some of the other global business stories making headlines today because michel and design issues led to the crash of a boeing 737 max jets last october in geneva that's according to a briefing given to families of the victims plane maker boeing has been under fire since that accident and another one in the opium overlock safety controls during production. nike is changing its leadership a long time c.e.o.

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