does but by the sites i believe would be experiencing some problems. the opening of the airport coincides with the knowing the sochi economic forum prime minister vladimir putin will be delivering the keynote address to more and more that could be addressing the it's you all of it best meant to improve the investment climate and the noise say she's a themes that have been much troubled in the recent months we'll be bringing you full analysis of his speech plus extensive coverage of the mobile home over the next couple of days your. business correspondent nic full thank you very much. going on and we take a look up markets european equities are also losing that song off to asia last. purchase a foot see isn't the read ahead of job stay to add new stuff for just retail sales fell in august for first time since january p.p.a.

shares are up two percent on reports china see a nucleus ten billion dollars us for us it's. ok and let's have a look at the united states here at stuart saw flights to negative because the new economic reports indicate economy continues slow growth. and finally in moscow the r.t.s. on the minus six a low of bucking the trend on the shelves of russia's biggest oil producer but also next relate to and to help with central reports the company may win an extension of tax breaks for spying put oil field. that's the business for now more than the last time.

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a suspected of chechen terrorists has reportedly arrived in poland where authorities have threatened to arrest him moscow wants to extradite him to stand trial in russia but for the last two years he has enjoyed political asylum in the u.k. . the russian and canadian foreign ministers meet in moscow to hammer out an agreement over a slice of the arctic the two countries have been competing claims rather for the region for to hold massive mineral reserves. and a u.s. senate panel decides on whether to approve the start. if endorse the nuclear arms reduction deal can go on to a full senate vote and achieve ratification. well those were the top stories of the day so far now up next r.t. talks to a harvard professor and russia expert timothy colton they talk about historical dilemmas facing the country resetting relations with the u.s.

and the power sharing challenges the kremlin is experiencing stay with us. tim of the colton professor and chairman of the department of government at harvard university and an expert on russia on says all questions today thank you very much for joining us mr colton you're a regular participant of the discussions club this serious topic is russia's history and future development why do you think russia is so interested in history today twenty ten more than it was say ten years ago i think it reflects a trend which is not just russian but a think this whole part of the world. history has come back so to say you know after the collapse of the old system of the soviet system there was of course much ferment about history at that time understandably but then as the post the

transition period developed it seemed more practical concerns about economic hard times and social issues and that russia had the chain on all sorts of burning questions and history was kind of moved to the back burner there were other things that seemed more pressing. but it didn't stay that way through history kind of came back and partly it's the effect of. your neighbors in the neighborhood the trim is full of countries that also have historical delenn dilemma's many of which are about their relationship with russia and so even if russians wanted to leave history alone. your ukrainian polish and the stone and other neighbors don't want that and so they press you in a sense on the historical questions you mention three countries russia poland and ukraine which of the three do you think have problems with self or didn't if it takes i'm not sure it's sort of a problem of the self a dedication but if you think of it that way then it the ukrainians for sure because it's not not as homogeneous this point or stony as so in ukraine. maybe

a look. a bit like russia history is very divisive whereas in poland this would be perhaps less the case but just to go back to what i said a moment ago it's not just about these external pressures on you i think russians themselves and not everybody by any means but more than ten years ago let's say find themselves drifting back to history your bookstores now have more history books than ever before and specifically twentieth century history this was where communism started. and communism had its good points but it also obviously had its many very bad points and it is in analyzing them you're looking at yourselves so it's not to the poles can say that the russians did this to us but you can say that it forces you to look carefully and sometimes very painfully at the losses of the soviet period so a lot of it's just about that i think communism is has rather unexpectedly returned

to the agenda and you see europe your leaders talking about putin with his prime minister putin with his interventions on cotton. and relations the risk with poland of course majed of maybe has been less active but he's made one very dramatic statements in october two thousand and eight and it seems as if he takes this very seriously how would you assess the effectiveness of russia's current ruling time down with president dmitry medvedev and prime minister vladimir putin sharing power well power sharing is not unique phenomena to russia that prompted many other countries. and presidential constitutions that also have a prime minister as a separate senior leader are found now in many parts of the world fifty or sixty countries. but what's unusual here i think is that it's the former president the

dominant. the leader for eight years who became the junior partner so to say under the constitution that's very unusual maybe almost unique so imagine a president former president of france becoming prime minister later this is almost unheard of so that's what makes this all a bit of a mystery and they don't really tell us much about how it really works mr putin. in fact i think is tired of answering questions about this but i think they said what they're going to say they say it works well that they have a trustful relationship but they're in regular contact one has his job the other one has another job and up to a point i believe that i mean i think you know they it's lasted. almost three years and. clearly they have managed to cooperate on many many issues president medvedev has now carrying out a well publicized drive for him with their new zation and diversification of

russia's economy what was else have you seen so far i've seen very few and most of my russian friends say they've seen very few as well. and you know his call for modernization was not just about the economy but it's even broader so it's a very grand idea it's not a new idea because most of russia's leaders including yeltsin and putin before him also thought they had a program for modernization although they didn't necessarily use the word as much as he does but some sources of russia's. economic problems i think lie very deep in putting corruption we can surprise pretty writes well i think it requires a more fundamental reform of the legal system of the institutions it requires greater openness it requires a more competitive political system you have it seems to me in many ways a very dynamic and admirable society and a great culture but you have

a very backward state and you have to do. fix the state and how do you think russia did in handling the financial crisis and you know i think i would give them a pretty good grade of foreign russian terms you see here the effects of some rather smart things that the putin people did saving this money putting it away in a. fund that could be used to get over hard times so i think you have to give them pretty good marks for managing the crisis but what the crisis has done it seems to me is revealed at a deeper level the underlying structural problems that were not necessarily the result of the crisis it just showed you know in a way how bad things are in the auto industry for example now you have. industries that are more dependent on government support than ever mr putin the other day mentioned tariffs for the auto industry and that's that's sort of a twentieth century solution. and did might provide some protection but the future for all of us is i think more open economies where you can compete apart from the

corner which meets diversification obviously what other big challenges will the russian government be facing over the next few years well it depends what you mean by challenges i mean this particular group has been in power for a decade and they are quite smart reasonable people and clearly a very high objective for them is just to remain in control and i think that for them that probably is the biggest challenge and they have proven to be very smart at doing that but i think the long term consequences for the country of a you know a governing structure which has a monopoly and then surrounded by really political relics of the one nine hundred ninety s. communist party of journalistic and so forth these are not contemporary they don't give the ruling group competition it needs competition to innovate to thrive and to move forward and it's not getting that and what about security threats like islamic radicalism ok i'm glad you raised that that's

a serious matter of course. and. the north caucasus problem generally has clearly become. more inflamed in the last several years it's no longer just a trial but rather a whole region and your government is used to variety of approaches and sometimes there are great people one another. there is a security response of course armed forces some of which is absolutely necessary and i would support if i were russian there's an economic development program. but it seems to lack energy and coordination this you know a bloody revolution unseated the ruling regime in kyrgyzstan and into him government is now in place with parliamentary elections do you want to tober this yet what are the most important points the current administration should remember as a tries to build a democratic future for the country maybe even deeper i mean what the kirghiz leaders now talk about is whether it can survive as a society let alone as a democracy which seems quite out of the question right now how many times can you

do it the wrong way and this is the second time in five years that the overthrow of a government but a lot of the pain about whether russia should have intervened in the events in kyrgyzstan what's your take on that i actually was surprised at the time i thought that they would have your government would would have said yes but it didn't there may be things that went on surrounding kurdistan that are secret for example there i think were a lot of communications between russia and the united states on this issue there was a proposal apparently that the two of them send peacekeepers together. but this was rejected because it would be seen as too provocative the united states and russia in a sit in the situation where you have a lot of radical islam in play but i don't think this is an. gave this once and for all i think russia will be drawn into kyrgyzstan into central asia more

generally kurdistan i soon will join the customs union as it seems to want to do. i think russia's presence in kyrgyzstan and ca's extend is probably going to increase in the rest of central asia are probably going to decrease we've seen a real you know rather small between russia and the united states of america recent date but one of the problems the two countries have and. well we've seen progress definitely and last year when i'm not involved by the new obama administration had announced this reset policy but it was still very early stages and there have been really no successes at all today we you know it looks quite different. both sides of learned to i think look at the point of view of the other side and the policy has moderated we have an arms control agreement all but so many things that i had i mean there's a question of whether the united states will even ratify the agreement because we're going to have a congressional election in november where the opposition may gain control over the

congress so that and that's only the beginning i mean the agenda is very wide and very deep and there's been limited progress which is good but it's it's only the beginning we're talking here about it would take ten years to work through these things in terms of what is next i think russian admission to the w t o i mean i think that would be finally a promise that was delivered on that we know is important to russia that will have good consequences for russia like it did for trying to help modernize your economy that i think there's reason to be optimistic that finally this is going to happen and that would open up a whole other front than for interaction which i think would be very good mr colton thanks very much for your insight. wealthy british style.

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trial in russia for the last two years he's had political asylum in the u.k. . russian and canadian foreign ministers meet in moscow to hammer out an agreement over a slice of the arctic the two countries have competing claims for the region to hold massive mineral resource. and a u.s. senate panel decides on whether to approve the start treaty if endorse the nuclear reduction deal can go on to a full senate vote and to treat ratification. all right all the sporting highlights of next. hello and welcome to sport on r.t.m. that seven week look at what's making the headlines this hour spartak moscow start champions league campaign on a high note upsetting must say one way or no way in france. on the ice we'll take

a closer look at two time consonantal hockey league champions of bars. and it's tea time as the inaugural russian challenger deep some fat a new course at moscow regions. and we begin with champions league football west product moscow are off to a great starting the main stage of the competition beating maul say in the opening group match muscovites how well both were helped by their opponents. and that's it and they'll go in the eighty first minute so one nil this score away in france for a good thing in the hands of the poor record in europe boasting a first victory against a french club in eleven matches elsewhere in group after english champions chelsea edged out surely not for one week put on their car with a brace in that won. over in group b. boy in the unit b. throw mud to kneel at home with goals from villa and close it while basel one down

to remain an outfit. glued to one. group g. now where real madrid had no problems against santiago bernabeu el good luck to go seven out to nail winners and that seeing this second after a need to score the known goal in the first half and also their milan posted the same score against all south helped by double from the slot which. finally in group h. ukraine's shocked of the now defeated point to some nail while in jail shot in five one of six against champions in a group is braga as the gun has crashed in. portuguese club six at the emirates stadium that despite the london as well playing without some of that key players left out injured. it's fantastic because it shows that you have a style of the everybody knows. no matter who comes in. the same way. so it's good. to have

a big squad where everybody can play a part and virtue is when you look at who was out tonight. who was sitting behind. some quality players moving through the eyes though and starting this week our team presents a series of reports featuring consonantal hockey league competitors and we begin with the league's reigning champion. robert but i now has the story. it's often hard to ridgetop but it's even hard to hold on to the summit of worse the undisputed powerhouse of the kontinental hockey league but if you're a gay chelsea isn't underway because inside is still the only club to have lifted the league's top trophy the guardian cup this isn't the snow leopards received yet

another boost to their roster after signing one of the league's top scorers marcel hossa you're going to play ok for everyone rich something else will. feel this team has a life where's all the want to trample chips will. that's why i came here of course i want to win something in my pocket. when israel. is very tough tough for all to get for the covering all but i think they're still very much a wash it's pretty much same thing for years of. course the falls are going to be for just three believe. although a strong lineup is not often enough to secure a long term success. brightest stars in russian internationals i would say more rows of indonesia review of don't just appear out of the blue they need to be home . for tea went on a mission to the republic of their stand to find their hokey teams best kept secret

the secret of continued success first and foremost traditions followed by years of building and nurturing necessary infrastructure combined with investing into the future that's what gives the cape. the edge because of poor kids or to the local authorities deep their best to secure the most favorable environment for our club and the development of the sport in general with new venues. have been built a lot of kids are getting involved into sport so i hope will soon get a lot of new home grown talents for russian hockey and i could bars and besides hockey worries in a new healthy generation and that is a great example to follow these balls he has already proved to be very efficient the sixth largest city of russia in two thousand and nine cars and was officially recognised as a sports capital by president read it. the local so it will be in claim to back to bed dials in the russian food bowl premier league although he is still considered

the number one sport into the stone. the better result back doors achieved the more people here will fall in love with the game as soon as the team won two k. chill championships many parents took their kids to ice hockey schools are going i'm going to lose a voice palaces are being built in nearly every town all of the talk to start. every sport that deals will be ice is extremely popular here that's great. but over the two term chilled champions are miles away from resting on their laurels is there is hardly a team in the league that will give their all to be the champs. we are two time good garden cup wins so every team will have some special motivation against us we realize it and we will like to face an ambitious opponent this is what makes us tougher as well it's just another opportunity for us to prove we are worth the team

looks like it's going to be an extremely hard to snatch that going up from the snow leopards named. course that's what they call this beautiful animal here and of our stand and maybe it's magic power helps the cousin side dominate the kontinental hockey league for the last few years but now it's time for us to leave form and get a gorski to find out more about in the other giant of the russian hockey. for the new r t so russia. moving to cycling now is lot better valid stick the top honors in stage seventeen of love oil task the race raese and on wednesday after tuesday's rest day russia's denise michelle faul they rob a bank today was the second foster stay in the spanish town of panel feel the stage itself was a four to six kilometer individual time trial world champion five and counselor as favorite cycling shonar and the swiss battled. way to top small parody on bob he was soon down to second by main shelf a double lovewell to

a winner of the day obviously belonged to vel it sounds leitz once a five year old age to see columbia rider surprise the odds by winning his first major a stage with a time of fifty two minutes and forty seven seconds in chance a new body meanwhile regained be over a lead from joaquin or drake is with four stages still to go. and to go finally where some of the world's top players are in moscow region this week ready to show their best swings at the russian stage of the european challenge tour constantin but out of free boards from the opening day of the russian challenge cup. financial crisis has manta to russia dropped off the major golf tournament map but the european challenge tour is back after a two year absence the russian challenge cup gets under way in through is the and is going to be the biggest golf an event in the country this season and why moscow is hosting the second time a professional golf tour in europe is largely down to one man former world number one tennis player you have to make of it is currently the vice president of the

russian goal for c n n it seems his fame in the sporting world still serve in terms of influence. of course it was extremely hard to get the european challenge to return and great work was done to achieve that we had to persuade all the officials that the course was worth hosting a stage and i'm very pleased that my efforts at low being for this tournament helped. over hundreds of professionals who take tours in the lucrative who and it's a stunning to leave a golf and pool club sit in the outskirts of the russian capital the course just two years old is as big as its demanding and will test the goal for skill to be limits the golf course is amazing there is a golf course a jack next to design in moscow in russia is actually the best golf course i've played in europe this year. it is long it is good conditions are amazing and

just you know a privilege to be playing. with big tournaments and good facilities were she's still missing one key ingredient in the sport homegrown goal for us withdrawal ranking sable to compete with the world's best players however international coaches are optimistic about finding the brightest young talent in turning them into stores can also find a young talent by. over the next few years. and they can be competing in events like this. would be great as well. i'm for everything that can help. golf commit developed in russia. be great for the nation great for golf worldwide meanwhile golf is returning not only in russia but to the olympics and will feature at the games in brazil in two thousand and sixteen this will give the sport a huge boost in russia where much can depend on status in the sporting world golf is so very new needs developing but it needs encouragement

from the government to put money into the sports ground roots level the younger end of the market and it needs to be affordable for everybody the russian challenge cup is a big step forward for golf in russia it's the country's second quick to get to top levels of the sport and those behind it will be hoping that the greens and farewells here will become a fixture on the shuttle of major tournaments concerned about out of r.t. . and that wraps up this fall for the moment coming up right after this a check on the world weather and then the main headlines athletes of the hour don't go away.