anomie growing at an increasing rate and it's looking to his old allies to help spur the two lone. russian money big companies are flowing to vietnam bringing millions of dollars of investment which is a good sign of healthy relations. but the biggest venture estela had rushed to build vietnam's first atomic power plant it took several years for georges an environmentalist to find the right place hand vietnam to the country's first nuclear plant they chose the central province one chon haiti's locals call it the land of sand and sun. there is no rain here now it's raining but it's for the first time in the last few months and as a result few people live in here and that makes it an almost ideal place for a future project and the plans include a power stations within the next two decades we think the first unit we launch by twenty twenty it will provide us with cheap and safe energy to meet up to fifteen

percent of the rise on demand. people welcome the ideal the region which is among the poorest in the country becoming vietnam's energy powerhouse communities here have traditionally been dependent on fishing and dries growing but now the sense of brighter future. for structure and give us opportunities i think one day my children can work has planned for this they work hard to get education because smart it's an honor. but one long reach over the river north of annoying vietnam the country's longest for years is symbolized a long friendship between vietnam and its strongest ally the big communist brother u.s.s.r. it's vietnamese name could be translated as rising dragon and it seems the drug it's still flying high twenty years on after the collapse of the soviet union russia is among vietnam's closest partners or even ocean r.t.

vietnam. or now let's get some more details on the austrian summit was also used catherine i was up on our joins me live from hundred noise so catarina you've been following the events tell me what's what's come out of a surface. so far of course this summit has been very productive like as many readers have said like most of the summits a lot of work has already been done the russian president meeting with taking part in today's addresses and working sessions also said that russia's involvement in the asia pacific region is of a. nature and he hopes that his relationship with the asia pacific region countries as a very good potential showing and economically developing economies and countries he hopes that that relation between those countries and russia will only grow and prosper of course many issues were addressed during the a.c.n. working sessions of for example the issues of natural disasters which of course

this region is specifically prone to specifically hurricanes tsunamis underwater explosions all those things this region suffers from them quite severely and the russian president expressed his condolences to the people of thailand which of course are at the moment suffering from that very face so dealing with natural calamities has been on the agenda for the summit leaders today also various other issues like economic cooperation global security dealing with the aftermath of the global financial crisis all those issues were discussed too much satisfaction it seems from the a.c.l.u. hers. can you tell us why you say why is the southeast asia region so attractive for russia. while the region is a very attractive one primarily because it has a lot of growing economically growing countries china of course is one of russia's

main partners and is of course a part of bric brazil russia india and china says some experts say one of the strongest emerging economies in the world today in those poised to deal with the effects of the global financial crisis a lot better than the so-called economic giants like the united kingdom the united states and the european union so a lot of economic potential for russia to be involved with this region of course globalization has also meant that there are a lot of other interests with countries separately that make up the asia pacific region not just the a c. on or. as a whole and specifically of course russia and vietnam have a very long history together as the russian president said in an article published in the local newspaper the russian stood by the vietnamese as they fought for their independence and they will continue to stand by the vietnamese as a vietnam emerges a strong economy into the twenty first century world arena a lot of interest

a lot of financial benefits and that is what leaders and russia perhaps is looking for here and finally. out of there reporting live from the summit in hanoi thank you. well let's get some more analysis now on russia's links with asian countries and i'm joined by. an expert on the region as politics she comes from moscow state university of international relations hello to you so russia has been very active in asia recently both politically and economically does it seem that moscow is perhaps focusing more on the east than on the west. well i would not say likely is that. there is much more focus on. the west but i would rather say that it's a sign of normal foreign policy normalization no foreign policy or brush only one side and on the other side to normalization of russia's perception of the world

like a country like russia should courage and eight both the west don't want to see one so. my judgment is that it is a good sign that russia is the. present. in the east and in the west now many other countries in the region wanted russian help in establishing a nuclear power plant why did russia choose vietnam. well i think that. the very first reason is that it now is a stable current three second one that is that. this is a reliable partner with russia has a long history often to write interconnection in direction and productive to ration that is why i think that. this is the first sign that our relations with vietnam are getting back to normal not only in the political sphere about also in the economic one we have many joint projects including in then you could. well.

now all of these countries have economies which are dependent on their own domestic cheap labor how can they modernize and move away from the stooping. i think that this high reliability only to play ber is the reason all for the very. essence of the model the contrary is selected to follow i mean that they followed similar del ferice japan introduced and. china proposed but i think that the key aspect to change the situation is that cookie ration international cooperation in this sphere of high technology has and here i should can propose a broad spectrum of variability is i think that. if we speak about russia as soon states relations this can be an option for them to overcome all this cheap labor reliability and now the head of the japanese government is also in hanoi do

you think the president has made their fish likely to discuss the fate of the real islands claimed by both countries' lines of the summit. and frankly speaking i do not think that this is a probable option because i see the problem is the. more . is much more the bilateral one which russia and japan should decide on the biological basis without any international involvement here that is why i think that the issues often can only come if you're a show in the regional scope is a much more probles theme of discussion with japan involvements right. now almost half a century ago north and south vietnam were divided between russia and the u.s. now this year vietnam is host of c.n.n. and both of the countries are invited to think there's any symbolic meaning for this. us here because they buy a lot or buy a lot or

a logic to the logical the cold war is. over come over and over came knowledge and the international arena. is also. trying to diversify to its international relations. normalized its diplomatic ties with the united states in the early ninety's in the early nineteen years and i think that that both contrary russia and the united states are present here. meeting in vietnam and can. normally discuss the project. multilateral meaning it is a good sign also a symbolic one thing all right major expert at catherine a cold and over from the moscow state university of international relations thank you. well a new spy scandal has flared up between georgia and russia after reports that twenty people have been caught allegedly spying for moscow georgian officials have

so far refused to confirm or deny any parts of the story but have said they will soon make a statement peter all of a try to shed more light on the story. well on friday the reuters news agency was reporting that twenty people had been arrested in georgia accused of spying for moscow the report cited a source saying that all twenty were georgian citizens however way yet to hear any official response from the georgian sides over those arrests now we may not hear until perhaps november the fifth when the georgian foreign ministry has said that they will issue a news conference to talk about the situation at the georgians might not have said anything but russian political figures have spoken out on they say they supply scandal if you will saying that they believe that there's no dues no need for russia to have a spy network in georgia at this is just the georgian side trying to play russia off as the bad guy again furthermore. this looks like another of georgia's internal

political battles in russia is used as the boogie man as usual russia doesn't need a spy network in georgia it would be waste of resources russian officials can get all the information in georgia without leaving their desks there's a massive georgian jospin here in russia was giong toys to homeland's so there's absolutely no need for any old spying methods to gather intelligence it's all basically nothing more than part of george's internal policies twenty thousand and six russian military personnel who were arrested in georgia accused of spying for russia that resulted in the the temporary terminations of of travel and services between the two nations and the relationships between the countries hit its lowest ebb in two thousand and eight following georgian aggression in south ossetia this forced russia to send troops into the region and resell today in the military conflict in august of that year and in march of twenty ten this year we saw two russian citizens and one georgian receiving lengthy prison sentences here in russia

on espionage charges so quite a few incidents over the past few years involving tensions between these two countries. comedian jon stewart has more clout in america than president barack obama that's the view of voters on an online men's magazine who picked the daily show host as the most influential man of the year in the u.s. and as r.t. is on a start you're going to reports this saturday he's putting his popularity to the test in public. when if an bots get in the way of political promises. promised during the campaign change you can believe in right it wasn't change you can believe in in eighteen months when the media over with fear and anger. are well in the minds of the population are attacked with misinformation there's such a lack of truth on the airwaves were being dumbed down by the news business who are americans left to trust according to

a poll conducted by an online men's magazine comedian jon stewart is the most influential man in america after eleven years on the daily show how four million voters bumped him up to the number one spot and i would be concerned if it was they said larry the cable guy was the must trust a man who married guy so i feel like. one way of earning the trust has been confronting the mainstream media we need help from the media and there are. dissecting the lies being spun by pundits taking over t.v. screens in america i. know you don't think it's going to kill you during the lonely how do you word on the board always doing the right thing there you. know. you know do you think he's dangerous well i wonder what

the letter would have to say about. the security in the us these days it is taking the comedian to show that the rock of trust in the media is what's causing programs ratings to crowd i have privately amongst my friends and also an occasional newspapers and television show. mentioned this show as being bad you made the right choice you are leaving this place you know where you are in the last guy out of a burning building or on. and you are so up and so comedian jon stewart became the most trusted man in america he calls crap like you sees it and always uses humor humor and simpler reasons to he's just a handsome man he's just a handsome trustworthy fellow but it's far from just believing he's appreciating the humor for the first time a sitting president has appeared on stewart's show just a couple of days before the midterm election democrats this year she had to be running on. please baby one more chance. in the same pool stewart won the number

one spot obama didn't even make the top twenty with tens of thousands of americans if not more headed to jon stewart's rally to restore sanity this weekend the fight for truth in media and in politicians is moving almost right into the homes of the political elite and even though stewart and denies being a man of politics there is this idea out there that comedians do not have a personal political agenda but how's one i can say that we do if the comedian were to push his agenda forward the most trusted man in america would have his followers join him which should be the scary thought for all those politicians media pundits and the rest of the establishment so far the way to earn trust with their own people once they see it you're going to park see who your.

they can carry. the day. russia has a zero tolerance approach to drinking and driving but still alcohol is blamed for around two thousand road deaths every year and opponents of the law think it's actually too strict they say new breathalyzer is also effective just eating certain foods can push motorists over the limit. operation in the break the driver is in full swing it's the latest attempt to combat russia's drink driving problem one of the worst in the world these offices are equipped with brand new breathalyzers and all because zero tolerance law that allows no alcohol at all and to drive the system. instead of her arresting more people where rectal is seen and

drop people are deterred by the new laws and the the several dozen draws stopped by the police and this night all test clean authorities say that the combination of tough legislation and more intense of policing is having the desired effect not everybody agrees drivers' associations have been up in arms they say statistics show the drink driving has been on the wane in recent years regardless of legislation and they claim the new laws are unworkable and discriminatory drinking a small mind of alcohol has no impact on driving licenses being confiscated from those whose ability to drive isn't impaired. it's the same question current through yesterday gave dieudonne is asking. for benefits sergei tries a government sanctioned breathalyzer. after a cup of tea he takes the test again now he's over the legal limit. i got one of

these government sanctioned breathalyzer for my birthday last year when the legislation was introduced i tried it and was surprised to discover alcohol content can be triggered not just by drinking small amounts of beer or by bread spicy food in milk now i'm starting a campaign against islam because i am not a criminal with the sort of gay is still driving and hoping his corner experiences won't cost him his license while the police hope that the number of drink driving related there falls from the two thousand recorded last year whatever it takes you go over on the party moscow. exhibition to showcase the latest equipment available to military and civilian security forces taking place here in moscow. for a ride on one of the new super for your goals at the frontline of the war on terror . that's a fourteen inch knife. a provision

a state security say devastation at the moment we're told they only got a ping this ceremony and throughout the day they got. amongst the flyback the officials i just love the russian forces a capable of this is a three day event that combines full connected specialized exhibitions one with the international exhibition of police and defense technology another is the international specialized exhibition of technical systems and facilities the border service and specialized international exhibition at the medical equipment and technologies in that area is one of the largest expense of its kind in russia and it's a very unique event with the book from the russian government that's the only exhibition in russia that demonstrates in the way it does the technical capabilities the base the full season and the equipment you have a demonstration by the russian in terror and then it's a question of a combat operation and you can see now that the landing that. the specialist so

we've got to get it taking this building so this was a high ranking official says all the participants of the exhibition a chance to get up close and personal some of the specialized military equipment like this heavily armored vehicle. take it easy carry up to ten so did at a time you can see that it really does provide a unique opportunity so that since it was a big submission to see exactly how they work in combat. time now for the weekend business update with korea. my. hello and welcome i'm going american good to have you with us russia will increase gas supplies to poland by forty percent following the signing of a new agreement which of sides have finally sealed the deal after nearly two years of negotiations and legal delays they did or has more. the

improvement in russian polish trade relations has been a long time coming but they'll may finally be here just in time for the harsh northern winter. accompanying the openly held so this is not a collusion between russian and polish companies amendments to the contract caused some delays but this is a new experience for us which we'll use when discussing new projects the new accord increases the volumes of gas that poland gets from russia from seven point five to nine point seven billion cubic meters with potential to further race imports and till the contract expires in twenty twenty two the deal brings adjustment that accommodates european union concern that russia and poland's gas national company would have a monopoly control over your gas pipeline the e.u. wanted so parties to be allowed to access the pipeline but in the and gas price and the polish operators successfully argued that no other company would be able to

field the pipeline and in any case the amount of your pipeline really had capacity a compromise was found in the form of want to spare and contract along with a promise to offer excess capacity to third parties. both holland and denmark have requested to increase gas deliveries which means gas has a big future in europe judging from the forecasts i think by twenty thirty europe's future gas market will total seven hundred billion rather than the expected five hundred billion cubic meters mr europe is currently taking on the eighty five percent of contracted gas from gas an increase of just three point four percent in two thousand and nine when the financial downturn more in full force the company expects demand to rebound to crack prices levels by twenty twelve the competition for gas from is getting tougher with european consumers trying to diversify

supplies. put you produce on the markets but their choices are limited to. gas from. i'm home and home on gas you know when you do a business archie hall and. let's see how the markets finished on friday russian equity markets were higher here in moscow they obviously raised early losses and managed to pull into positive territory demise it's also finished more than a percent higher energy majors let's support and banks paired losses on the rise x. where i was two percent higher at close. after climbing past the sixteen hundred level at the beginning of the week the r.t.s. couldn't hold on to these gains and despite the rebound on friday both the r.t.s. in the end of the week below where they started roll a national relations capital explains what caused the downturn. mark you start off quite well earlier in the week and then it came off towards the end of the week and the really big talking point is over the stimulus package coming out of the u.s.

can keep pump enough money into the u.s. economy to not only get the u.s. economy back on track track but to get those dollars into it's a global assets one of which is russia is to say it's a russian companies move to sectors that are really in the public eye right now the first is the banking sector and the second is the utility sector and banks is all about the privatization this announcement that russia is going to be privatizing states inspired bank and b t v as a lot of people pretty excited and you know there's been some pretty positive changes that have taken place but from the management and in the way in which those banks are being being driven they're looking much more because of the pan russian platform and people quite enthusiastic about that so the banks have done well and then the utilities side there's a lot of speculation about when tariff reform will actually take place and we had some very good news this morning that finally the markets expectations have been met and you know tariff reform seems to be on track and so we've got

a lot of money coming into the utility sector as well there was a central bank has left its key with financing rate unchanged at seven point seven five percent for the first straight month bank i see said weakening consumer demand an uncertain prospects in the global economy post added risks for growth have alpha bank president says there was no room to cut rates further. i would support it because they can for very serious years on glacial. the budget a problem still there. for the budget station the soft i would say. also the way to put it would be a state so i guess they could be here adequately. and finally russia plans to create twenty one national parks sense ignorantly in large eleven existing ones over the next decade the state will also increase spending on pay and training for park employees moreover they will be proved with modern an improved provided with modern equipment to manage the forest and fight fires prime minister put in says he

hopes the new parks will help the country develop eco tourism following this summer's devastating wildfires the government pledged an additional two hundred forty two million dollars in two thousand and eleven to the rehabilitate to rehabilitate the forests. that's what we have for you on this week's business program headlines are next out don't go away.

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with max cons or for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kinds a report on r g. it's now half past the hour here and. the headline powerplay plans for russia to build vietnam's first nuclear plant feel closer links president. of asian nations. reports of a russian spy ring being busted in georgia what's left relations between the two believe it's just another. funny business a poll shows the most trusted opinion maker in the u.s. is a t.v. comedian while president obama doesn't even make the top twenty. all halloween is

just around the corner does his best to give you a fright with moscow out that's coming up next here on r.t. . this weekend thousands of people will dress up as witches or ghouls and celebrate halloween when it comes to actual ghosts in the russian capital whether you believe them or not well there are several famous spooky stories here now this is an abundance ferris wheel kind of the.