which brightened if you move from phones to question these. stunts on t.v. don't come. out of air and welcome this is all to come from a slow build goal now sophie shevardnadze let's take a look at our main stories today. busting democratic

development and sons i think into national security today global policy forum take self in a russian city of yugoslavia with influence and thinkers politician sun old leaders all taking part. the part of became heroes new details emerge of the amazing escape for a plane as it crashed in a remote forest leaving eighty one passengers show you could put on the hood. plus take us to lace announcing plans to remove its military presence from the japanese island of okinawa that's as local safeway marine base is dead. the environment and pushing up the crime rate. the u.k. special envoy to afghanistan steps down the speculation that he was forced out for his criticism of the military campaign.

well as you can see today we've moved from our usual moscow studio to the fresh air of the city. is now showing and there's something here that reminds of the russian capital actually the kremlin right behind us this is the local one it is a really ancient part of the city here for the next few days we'll be bringing you full coverage of the global policy forum which is being held here and statesman and strategists investors innovators so we will best minds are all gathered here well there are representatives from twenty nine countries and it's being supported boy russian president dmitry medvedev of course all the latest news as well all of the developments in russia and around the world the city of here is located about two hundred fifty kilometers northwest of moscow and it's on the list of unesco heritage sites this weekend as that in markets thousand and we'll be following the celebrations here on r t you could say that the city is an example of how far

globalization has come and this global forum here. to talk more about the forum one of the top of vents in russia's political come and we're joined again by our correspondent catherine it's not of. the scale of this event is really quite something isn't it can you on some of the main aims and issues that will provide the focus for the forum here. yes bill indeed as you and sophie have been telling our viewers the venue is indeed huge and the event is quite well fitted to the venue despite the fact that the whole policy forum is a relatively new platform specially on the international arena this is only the second year that this forum has been held people from over twenty different countries have come to attend journalists policymakers foreign policy analysts all kinds of people have come to share their opinions to hear what their colleagues and opponents have to say about constructing. world with

a stronger economic policy a global policy concerning security both financial and let's go also this is a very interesting forum that many are already optimistic about saying that it could well provide a platform for global force of foreign policy decisions and of course the forum itself is a two day event with the plenary session already in full swing right now as we speak and tomorrow the russian president meeting with will also be taking part in some of the discussions that the sessions that are taking place everybody here of course is really looking forward to sharing their opinions and as many believe this could very well become not only an annual but a very much awaited event. to. this forum is taking place only for the second time but it has already attracted

a lot of interest from our foreign partners as well as political circles aside from the russian president italy's prime minister silvio berlusconi and south korea's president who will take place in the forum a large number of prominent florida and russian political analysts will participate and work in different fields i'm sure will draw a lot of interesting conclusions during the forum president medvedev will meet his foreign colleagues and make an address but who also separately meet with russian and foreign political experts to discuss the problems and achievements during the year. now of course the working sessions are underway and despite the fact that many of those that we've managed to speak to have said that they would love to see the sights of this beautiful of russian city they're quite happy that the weather is perhaps not as inviting because they can focus more on the work at hand. that was our correspondent. and we'll have more live coverage from the globe here in

a city of the next hour so stay with us for that. when the news is. when it's something really crucial when you want to get. special coverage. this time the latest news from the. policy for. special guests discussions on the stage in providing security and stability of the present day world. question more. global security is going to be one of the major topics during the forum ahead of the event robert skidelsky. economic historian is as the e.u. should consider russia's proposal for a huge european security treaty. russia should become

a much more effective part of the european security system and not the outside because the european actually european military is very very weak the only two military power in europe the french and the british the rest have to do anything really but this small and there's no unity. sort of no agreement to create something larger and russia has a has it has has good military forces and they're becoming increasingly modernized and specialized to the kind of work. that military forces have to do today which isn't a huge war but to be part of the counterinsurgency operations peacekeeping operations and so on so russia could be a great asset for european security system and president medvedev has suggested a new security concept that would include russia and we should we should take him

up on that and really see what we can do with it because all through russia is part of europe it shouldn't be outside it. and you can watch the full interview with roberts jake about exams in the next. let's look says let's look at some other stories now prosecutors are investigating the crash landing of the crippled russian airliner in the northwest of the country all eighty one people on board heard a miraculous escape after electrical systems on the plane failed while it was in flight it ran into trees talk about and has this report. near reckless that's what experts and passengers are calling the crash landing of this plane in the russian tiger without anyone injured most even the most willingly ever in history and ended up in the woods emergency crews arrived to find two week

everything was organized very fast asleep in the course not for the professionalism of the crew we would not be standing here. the tupolev one five four was flying at ten thousand meters on its way to moscow from russia's far east when there was a massive electrical failure the plane lost all automatic navigation and communication its fuel supply and wing flaps were crippled meaning i had to land quickly and at higher than normal speeds even the lights in the cabin and cockpit went out by sight alone the pilots found an abandoned their strip in the depths of the forest and managed to land on the third attempt but of course it's not being used for what it was intended because it's a helicopter airdrome the ground was too hard and without any runway markings but you have to be a monster to land a plane like this what is most important is the insurance and ability and professionalism of the whole crew if the whole crew listens to their pilot and he

really acts with responsibility for the whole plane this is the main thing this means it's a professional crew the proof is that no one was injured on board the plane the runway was too small for the plane and it overshot plowing through two hundred meters of trees before stopping but despite the danger all eighty one people on board were evacuated to see. safety investigators now pondering what cause such a massive electrical failure providing that to police what fifty four is not quite the brand your aircraft and i'm sure that aircraft was manufactured probably at least twenty years ago where you would more. i believe there is a chance that the we plant was just war. in which owns the plane says it wasn't aware of any issues with. the investigation committees working out the site to find out what really happened before the flight the plane was functioning normally it on the ground plans technical maintenance and preflight checks after seventy two

passengers every two people a married couple if used to continue their journey by plane they went by train there was no real panic when the plane landed there was slight nervousness because there were emergency slides and everyone was anxious to leave the plane as soon as possible but the stewards did everything well and the evacuation was done in the normal manner you put it to the pilots to help investigators to examine the scene before following the passengers back to the capital in a few days but whatever the technical courses were already calls for them to receive medals for bravery and skill with the passengers now back in moscow everyone's awaiting the return of the two pilots and when they do come back it will be to a hero's welcome tamasin r.t. moscow. the u.s. navy has delayed the release of its plans to move more than eight in the whole thousand marines from their military base on the japanese island of okinawa the delay is likely to upset locals who are highly critical of the u.s. presence there and have repeatedly requested they be moved islander say the base is

damaging the environment and pushing the crime rate up artist sean thomas when talking now let's investigate. since the end of rule who are to the united states has had a military presence in japan which some people living in okinawa are finding. i don't hate people but sometimes we have a. because of the. song. for. america. around eighteen percent of okinawa's main island is occupied by u.s. military forces here we can hear the noise of their airplanes which. have been maybe some crimes not only with this base but with their

bases but. as we know it's also. they also help the economy and people from. bases or depend on the basis weeding some to believe that in order to provide a more stable future there needs to be less reliance on the basis. on the direction and the make more business. we need to be independent. and do need to market represents in japan's house of representatives and is looking to bring about change. it has been sixty years since world war two seventy percent of u.s. bases in japan are now. know that there are security measures and programs and gleason asian countries we want the u.s. to reduce their bases games aside from noise pollution and space concerns one of the arguments against u.s. military bases on okinawa is crime according to the treaty american citizens

attached to the base can't be tried under japanese law now most of the crimes about ninety percent involve drinking and driving or traffic related but there are a few high profile crimes which include rape and murder which have put a strain on japanese u.s. relations. crimes do happen germany. security cannot deal with them directly they must go through the u.s. military base command and then you have to simply trust them and it becomes very difficult for the u.s. military declined an interview with r.t. but did give us this statement. whereas a small group of people in okinawa vocalize that they are not happy with the bases many people there on mainland japan fully support u.s. forces in okinawa and to japan the realize the vital role they play in the defense of japan and for regional stability and security but getting the u.s. out isn't as easy as

a vote by the people japan's surrender at the end of the war limits the country to having only a security defense force as part of the treaty the united states officially acts as japan's military in case a conflict should arise that affects the country but now there is a small but vocal movement suggesting that it is time to review old policies that just aren't needed anymore. the situation in egypt has calmed there are no conflicts here any conflicts that exist or in western iraq and not here the people in okinawa think that the strategic value of these bases has diminished but the u.s. . but with china growing stronger as a geo political force in the region and the instability of north korea still a concern it is likely that the united states won't be leaving okinawa any time soon john thomas r.t. okinawa japan. a powerful bomb has been defused of the hydroelectric plant in russia's southern republican dagestan it follows an also an attack at the facility

that's being blamed on militants the bomb was placed under a sixteen ton oil tanker and would have caused devastation if it had gone off a special robots was used to defuse the remotely controlled device police are searching for a worker who disappeared as a father broke out at the station on cheese day security analyst alexander semin of says this is all a sign that militants of changing their tactics. they have done it too of shill the inability of the authorities at present to provide security mainly in the region of north caucasus and the second you know that's either structure is one of the of key elements to modernization of the country which was announced my own president and this is a major threats to many people living nearby those hydroelectric power stations so festival the aim is to destabilize the atmosphere to the steel city while in the citizens of any advice it is threatened by possible and then introduce the test for

peace the measure of security have to be mighty intensified not just in reports to the presidents to premier because you know that these attacks happened shortly after the triumphant revolt old mr ball of how the federal security service two presidents all the successes all the alterations in the course so i think this was part of the reaction to that was triumphant reforms and of course not just the federal authorities but the local authorities have to be more vigilant all the situation they have that's happens. the u.k. special envoy to afghanistan who has been an outspoken critic of military policy there has stepped down from his position there is speculation that sort of share of cooper coals was forced out because of his views on the conflict arches lower is following the story for us in london. he had clashed with u.s.

and nato officials his line has always been that there is no military solution to the problems that we're seeing in afghanistan and the only way forward is to open some sort of dialogue a close and have relationships with the taliban and the military solution just isn't viable he also. in june two thousand and ten he took an extended leave of absence from his post and already a couple of months ago it seems unlikely that he would return possibly a slightly less clear cut issue is whether he jumped or was pushed he was quite influential with david miliband who was the former foreign secretary before this new government came in four months ago but the moment the new government was appointed the new foreign secretary william hague put his position under review as to the question certainly is did his skepticism about u.s. foreign policy in the region mean that he had to go and his job was to coordinate

strategy with the u.s. and with other countries that had troops that have troops in the region which is obviously a diplomatic position and diplomacy doesn't seem to be something that he either had much of or didn't didn't want to use this in this case and there's certainly a suggestion that he got into so many disputes with so many different people that they rendered his position really untenable now the interesting thing is that the foreign office in the u.k. says that the position of special representative is no longer necessary and that bearing in mind that the u.k. will no longer now have a full time special representative dealing with afghan afghanistan and pakistan that's a region that the new government itself has identified as a key foreign policy priority so that is an interesting point. reporting now we're reporting live from. a city hosting the global policy forum. to some of the stories making headlines around the world portuguese tourists were

killed when their bus overturned in north america whether it's believed to of course the accident that left another fourteen injured they're now receiving treatment in local hospitals the country's authorities have offered to pay medical and repatriation. a third mexican mayor has been killed within a month in the latest outburst of violence he was shot in his office by two armed men the murder took place near a stage where last week seven suspected cartel members were arrested and they were charged with shooting deaths seventy two illegal immigrants that refuse to work for a drug. north korea is celebrating the sixty second anniversary since being founded observers expect a meeting of the workers' party to elect a new leader it would be the first major political conference in thirty years room of the country's leader kim jung il may use the event to introduce his youngest son the successor the founding anniversary is a major holiday among the birthdays of kim il and his father who was the nation's

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hello and a very warm welcome to the program time to have a look at the latest business news politicians at least and some countries have given up the pretense of economic recovery and president obama this week called for another round of public spending to prevent a slide into depression but the debate has finally balanced with all this and europe determined to cut spending and bring down deficits tonight in advance of our polls. there at the bottom wants to keep it not the one hundred eighty billion dollars into the u.s. economy after a data suggesting the economy from house prices to jobs is shrinking again given his mood is a debating whether more spending will end a decade of contraction in the land of the rising sun the russians to face a choice for the next few years we seem pretty stunned that. we see a combination of private increase spending which we believe. i believe to

be private capital will return to russia over the next twelve months in a meaningful manner secondly we do see increased spending from the government as well the combination of two should be the base for we believe to be five to six percent growth over the medium term the government plans to borrow more money this year but also spend their means of this to build zeeshan fund domestic growth is already accounts for over sixty. million dollars and russia will be ready to use you are going to november fourteenth the finance ministry motion. will be boring a lot in any case a deficit of three point six percent supported next year we will say for close to twenty twelve deficit will be three point one two point nine for twenty thirty mm the current situation has forced us to borrow and we will be spending from the reserve fund next year. the reserve funds have shrunk to a third of their former size when that runs down

a little hole in the russian budget unless the government can bump up its moorings or one by state companies legs bank with presidential elections less than two years away analysts say politicians will respond in cuts off limits the ninety minute of business or two months. and a look now at the markets let's start with asia where the markets are off for the first time in three days as worries about europe's financial health eased sending wall street high and investor sentiment approved as the yen which hit a fresh fifteen year high against dollar wednesday softened slightly. under most of the r.t.s. on the my success down the sour with all the major blue chips sliding into red bucking the trend russian call maker after us it says a rally more than one percent. russia's credit rating outlook has been upgraded to positive from stable by features ratings the reasons for the start accelerating

growth a stabilizing banking industry under flexible exchange rate policy from the central bank said it may further raise russia's credit rating with the government reduces the country's vulnerability to swings in oil prices. plunging interest rates have led to a three fold rise in boring on the syndicated loans market by russian companies corporate loans have jumped to twenty billion dollars from just under seven billion dollars from the v.a. before for example look oil took an unsecured loan this year at about one percent of interest into bankrate a similar but secured loan by the same company had an interest rate four times higher. and that russian call markets could return to pre-crisis levels in three years time that's according to a new research from after stop russia would be on the road with other top car markets like germany's however many market watchers warn growth won't be quick

after stock predicts russian sales will be less than two million vehicles this year . and russia's economy has a long way to go before the ruble becomes an international reserve currency that's the dominant view from a conference focused on the prospects for the russian currency he steps according to some analysts to boost the government point market stabilize and diversify the worship economy and lower the inflation but whether the president of the mice it's strange says russia is making progress. getting ruble to be accepted in settlements this is important stuff and this is the first step towards the ball making borders of cars. and darrell who go from i can't says the ruble is already attracting international interest the trading that we're seeing on the b.s. platform is growing month by month so there's all sort of three to six months we've

seen huge increases in volumes and we would expect those volumes to double over the next six months so there's massive uptake we see in counter parties in hong kong and singapore in new york and chicago in particular all looking at the rupee and so most of my inquiries now about ruble are actually coming from north america and asia. my six aims to stop trading of the yuan ruble cross by the end of this year the trade will boost the profile of both current says my suit says the initiative came from russia central bank and the people's bank of china is expected to launch the same trade. russian oil companies are increasingly looking east several producers want to expand or establish operations in china within several years grossmith representatives told a conference they could build a new world finally jointly with china in well the quote plans to sell for that china vice president may need to look for its priority instead spent to a new show.