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time to make friends and nato hopes for better russian ties as the indictment seeks moscow's help on missile defense the president will get it to join the lisbon summit. the u.s. government wants to dominate the world the american taxpayer setting out billions of dollars to fund washington's foreign influence under the guise of democratization. and living with leo it's a hundred years since the death of one of the world's greatest writers visit the tolstoy state a mecca for literature love it swept down russian spirit it's kept alive.

hello there around the world and around the clock this is r.t. now nato seems to be sending a clear message it wants russia as an ally the bloke is meeting in this but right now and he's courting moscow to sign up to a joint missile defense shield and it's hoped president vetoes attendance could signal an historic turn in relations between the two sides on this tour explains the common interests the former rivals now how. today here in lisbon portugal where the nato summit is taking place russia nato relations are expected to be key on the agenda russian president dmitri medvedev is expected to be here in talks with nato as the alliance continues trying to improve russian relations we've seen u.s. president barack obama call for nato to reset relations with russia similar to the

respect that the u.s. called for that was an editorial in the international herald tribune and he also called for this summit to be the place that nato establishes that it sees russia as a partner and not as an adversary now he on the agenda will be afghanistan this is an area where we've seen increased coordination between nato and russia and russia has really been looked to for help in fighting the drug trade and increasing routes for supplies getting in and out now also works back into here russia and nato talk about other joint global challenges including nuclear proliferation for example now also key nato is pushing russia to get on board and their missile defense plans now this is been a sticking point between nato and russia over the years now nato is trying to get russia on board saying that these this missile defense against a common threat a common threat of ballistic missiles facing both nato members as well as russia now political analysts that we've talked to do say they believe that there is the

political will from russia to get together on this issue however a lot of details remain to be heard and in addition there's going to be a need for nato to meet halfway as what we're hearing now aside from those improvements in russian relations which many would characterize that there are still some and many that say nato is simply outdated the situation of course with big question marks are also put not only behind made to suit your own but also behind the mixed years one two three years we have a lot of differences for its current. the relationship to russia the u.s. nuclear weapons in central europe and i'm not sure that this summit can solve these problems so i have the problem with this is that i do not think the approach is correct there are too many strategic differences and they're not really discussed now it's not just analysts who believe nato is outdated it's also average that if

in fact right here in this square in the portuguese capital a protest against nato is expected to take place later this afternoon in fact right behind me you can see signs advertising not protest now organizers expect thousands here thousands who are opposed to nato whether or not there is a new strategy now they are issues that are key to them include nuclear weapons they want them out of europe and also troops out of afghanistan this highlights the discontent not only among average that event but that we see trickle up to all levels where we see country nato members who are increasingly weariness over that mission in afghanistan that are reevaluating the resources that they're standing there that are even pulling troops out so people are looking to nato at this summit to put a new face forward and to really change direction because not only are they dealing with needing to partner such as russia and increase era of cooperation but they also need to sit down discontent among member nations among their governments and

their citizens and not so people are looking for this summit to do we will continue to follow any developments to bring you the latest but for now right here from the capital of portugal in lisbon i'm lauren lyster r.t. . what is nato sets out its plans for decades to come while school is also looking ahead russia's nato representative says the country wants more joined up thinking in the advance to ensure security isn't threatened. and now after we have lived through the conflict in south ossetia on a sharp decline in relations it turns out we might have needed such a test on the one hand these events have shown that old nato policies were provoking such an adequate regimes like the sack is really one to bloody actions on the other hand nato did not get involved in this conflict because europeans did not support the most aggressive part of the bush administration for us nato was a big headache it used to be an enemy now an unpredictable partner the left hand of

which doesn't know what the right handers doing we are tired of this we want more stability and security on our western borders and in the long run maybe even certainty that there will be no trouble at the whole i think the americans are finally heard us today for them restoring relations with russia is not just very important to foreign relations but also key to obama's success on the domestic front he is saying to his electorate by improving relations with russia we have made americans more secure even if this is part of the domestic agenda that obama has set for his team then tank god we are ok with our two most important to us is to have fewer headaches and even more we don't want someone else to have troubles to. well let's get some insight on the summit now with you who is the head of the franklin roosevelt foundation of u.s. studies at moscow state university thank you for joining us here at r.t. now where the key points of the summit is nato is image they're trying to redefine it what are they getting at well you know nato has been created at the beginning of

the cold war and. a lot of time has passed since that period there had been no major changes in strategy in approach. world problems later relationship were other countries so that is why it is necessary to watch. what is the purpose of this organization what it is what is a strategy what is the new image supposed to be while the new emerge is supposed to be. a review of the modern threats every view of the relationship with other countries and other parts of the world and probably the more global role of nato which united states is insisting on nato to play why is the alliance pushing pushing so hard for a partnership with russia while you know speaking about the global role. is

impossible to play the more important global role without establishing any kinds of relations with russia certainly or what do we see in the world is the merging of the new centers of power economic power political power military power like china like india like brazil and certainly establishing a relationship with russia we choose a big country you know the russian territory goes from the far east to the west certainly in nato is becoming to. do relationship to this new centers of power as well on the other hand does russia actually need this partnership while this is questionable certainly we need. some kind of partnership with nader first of all we are neighbors and we cannot ignore nato and nato cannot ignore russia if we don't have any kind of cooperation we would have an adversarial relations and what will remain a potential threat to each other so to overcome these obstacles we need some kind

of cooperation you took a potential threats there what about missile defense we see that's bound to come up or is a joint russian nato anti missile shield actually feasible in practice well certainly this is a very difficult issue nato is a military organization and certainly the united states plays the key role in this organization of nato what i see which could be possible is the exchange of information the creation of a joint information center about the possible threats and some kind of cordon ation between the russian military forces or for indeed would have to be concessions on both sides or yes of course you have to create some kind of code some kind of you know approaches to both center of strategic centers of your defense and it will require some concessions as well what about afghanistan so that some of this

is bound to come up there's been some anti drug initiatives there where can i go in the future. well the drug initiatives were not quite successful. always saw some kind of joint actions just recently but the danger is increasing the amount of drugs traffic is increasing very rapidly which a large part of it goes through russia. russia will insist on some strong measures against this drug in afghanistan but you know the situation becomes very difficult because of the situation with pakistan. matter of supply of nato forces in afghanistan is in danger because the major routes through pakistan are not safe and russia and. middle eastern republics are becoming the only safe way all of. the supplies in both ways to afghanistan and from of guess

that it's one matter another matter is that. nato is interested in close cooperation in russia in training of police forces. and military supplies because a large. part of an army. using russian made equipment. and that is why some of the russian. some of the russian armament. more. suitable and evgeny climate like helicopters or some other things that we have to. thank you very much indeed for joining us here with us thanks. wow still ahead of their ideology that refuses to die. it was not just

a few people who had to be punished but on intolerant audiology of mass killing. sixty five years often during bad trials so leading nazis convicted of crimes against humanity we are squires some europeans are now cannot find a nazi. now set in democracy abroad doesn't come cheap has hard up american taxpayers are finding out to their cost the u.s. is spending billions of dollars to finance foreign politicians and parties which fall on its side of the fence as jihad office expects a. great party but who's picking up the tab apparently the american taxpayer nine billion dollars spent by the united states agency for international development and promoting washington's democracy initiatives. a new model for influencing a target country's internal politics and favor of u.s. interests to financing training support and guidance to pro u.s.

forces in foreign countries another democracy promoter the national endowment for democracy received one hundred thirty two million dollars during two thousand and nine nearly all of it from u.s. government agencies but these are just the tip of the iceberg there is an entire network of organizations involved in the democracy promotion business now in its third decade of helping real life and democracy and freedom and the people without hold all across the world. the international republican institute stands although all organizations insist there is no political affiliation the board of directors for both n.d.i. in iraq i suggest otherwise former secretaries of state national security advisers members of congress and even clinton bush and reagan administration officials they all. i have a history in washington one deeply rooted in sustaining the current foreign policy priorities to understand u.s. foreign policy one must first understand

a very basic fact the us government wants to dominate the world. this is what democracy promotion brought the people of one door us. while us the ideal requests eight hundred thousand dollars for strengthening governance and democracy and one door us journalists and activists are being brutalized and killed under the u.s. backed government was in egypt a revolt against the u.s. backed policies of the hosni mubarak regime has mobilized these agencies to co-opt opposition groups and sharing the results of the upcoming elections will be beneficial to washington. is a member of an egyptian opposition party that received funding or support from many . people with the very first vote with the project of middle east democracy. for democracy but with. or many who

study these agencies believe the soft money working behind the scenes is directly linked to the cia they had to have this new organization with a nice sounding name a democracy and it and i sounding name which would be free of the taint of the cia and that's been that was a reason an idea was created usa id has implemented democracy promotion initiatives in over one hundred countries in the past twenty five years this year's budget one billion dollars according to usa ideas website spending ten million dollars in a target country increases its amount of democratic change five fold how much of your tax money would you like to go to promoting democracy in venezuela. now not that much. i mean ok if foreign governments were giving our politicians money for the election campaign you know that would bother me and here in lies the hypocrisy we have

a very clear lure on the books prohibiting foreign governments from interfering and the russians are supporting and the candidates with money so we do exactly a group where we prohibit a home encouraging transparency is a stated core element of the u.s. government's democracy promotion efforts in foreign countries however here at home the agencies themselves are far from transparent detailed budget programs are unavailable to the public and contact with the media is limited over the last six weeks r.t. repeatedly requested interviews with usa id any d i r i n n d r i all of our requests were either tonight or on answer to have office our t. washington d.c. . now the actual court dock where senior nazis were trying to in their war crimes hearing sixty five years ago is going on display in the german city of newburgh this weekend expansion also features the original film of the hearings and

a courtroom where the war crimes of hitler's closest allies were heard the russian foreign minister officials from france u.s. and u.k. but attend the opening ceremony to mark the sixty fifth anniversary of the trials judgments not so well set a precedent for what form the basis of international law but as our. reports some parts of europe are seeing wiring naziism revival. this red army veteran was close to the trial which changed his story his best friend. acted as a prosecutor on behalf of the u.s.s.r. in the new and better hearing sixty five years ago could have says if it wasn't for them then the outcome could have been very different. he understood that the trial was not only about here. it was not just a few people who had to be punished but. mass killing his speech impress the judges so the number of those in grows dramatically in a trial which lasted for almost

a year twelve high ranking nazis were sentenced to death ten got lengthy prison terms it was a milestone in history the nuremberg trial laid the foundations of international law as we know it in particular they created a precedent of judging people for starting a war against other nations so nowadays we all know what a crime against humanity is you know days most of free europe acknowledges the positive effect of the nuremberg tribunal but some nations have a complex relationship with the past look there's a monument to the soviet army liberators and here just metres away is the monument to a story in soldiers who fought alongside the v.s.s. troops. is still only in and. fascist activist andrei says this historic paradox is reflected in the current state of affairs in this baltic country. even looking at the crumbling cities of this monument it's clear that government doesn't she the

red army see if yours and stayed to be glorified those who fought in the side of fascists that's despite the fact a large part of our country would never support such ideas in april two thousand and seven this clash of opinions spilled onto the streets the estonian government ordered the relocation of a soviet soldier statue from central to the outskirts of the city thousands of dissenters protested and clashed with the police monuments to free estonia was pulled several hundred meters from the square where the soviet bronze soldier statue used to stand it was ambles across and in the very heart of it is an emblem which was used by the a stone s.s. legions back in one nine hundred forty s. . from swastika marches to mass veteran gatherings sixty five years ago prosecutors in new and better could not have expected a legacy like this the trial was meant to make sure fascist ideology stayed in the bloody cross but the rise of new nazis middle eastern europe is

a sign that these ideas still live on let's. see reporting from tallinn is stony. well you can see more analysis on that story on our website right now and let's look at what else that we have for you just a click away at r.t. dot com the german who has gone from being in the blue quarter to quarter in the blues read one of sports tough guys he's now punching above his and wait a sec something that's. plus why russian nurse is turning more heads than the headline grabbing sexy spy and the chapman details. a hundred years since the death of leo tolstoy the world renowned russian writer

and for the first still remembered his home country but nowadays more is in the tree trademark than a favorite author. visited the family estate south of moscow. leo tolstoy liked his family estate because it was as far from the madding crowd as you could get a place where he could feed docks and get lost among birch trees without anyone disturbing him. a century after his death it's an easy thing bought solitary group after group falling into his house not to minute for contemplation we. just had to learn has never been short of visitors in fact during the hi susan some are spring and autumn we have trouble handling the flow of tourists it's pretty hard to get it if you have to call it a certain time to book a visit on a particular day otherwise you just won't get there. it's. a great great grandson of the writer tolstoy can we side many of his famous ancestors novels by

heart and he says if you have the museums visitors could do the same russians are proud of troll story but more is the brand than a favorite author according to polls only eleven percent really toss these books after finishing high school. unfortunately most people never go back to question call it torture or to been forced to read it at school instead they prefer reading was trendy in popular these days there's nothing bad about that it's just a pity that those people miss out on religion which are. just a few hundred metres from tolstoy's estate this film also face still serves as a pillar of strength for bass family now fred and elaine for the venue called belong to do hogwarts a christian group that with the help of toll floyd went to canada in the late nineteenth century going from persecution in russia ten years ago their descendants came back settling like a village told stories i found most of his life what happened is that void that was

in me in canada disappeared and it's the spiritual void i found myself here the boy like tolstoy who despised exploitation. all for them and lane of building their new home all by themselves even though it's already taking them a day case like tolstoy they strongly believe in pacifism and a unity with nature and above all they see told stories ideas as timeless i think his ideas haven't yet been reached and they are just starting to be tapped into and that's why i think russia has a great future and i thought form is throughout his life tossed to became renowned for you find all sorts of conventions and turning his own. leo tolstoy once out of the dark is terrible because it means the end of everything but this doesn't apply to his own legacy during his lifetime his readership was indifferent than a century after his death the count goes in millions last year war and peace was

named the greatest book of all times by music magazine bringing an ultimate moment of peace to this very warrior in the wake of a. date well let's get the weekly business news from the book. i. hello and a very warm welcome to the business news trade between former soviet states has accelerated shelter this year at a meeting of c.i.s. prime ministers in st peter's question of the founder of dissent in korea evidence of improved corporation the customs union of russia belarus and kazakhstan forms the new core of regional trade and is not going to hold reports although some thorny issues remain progress is being made. of stone are gearing towards full scale integration and speeding up the next phase of the customs union the single

economic space with a free trade area and a common external trade policy the meeting of the prime ministers of the three countries is taking place within the framework of the u. region economic community which also includes kyrgyzstan to because to moldova or of india and ukraine some of these countries are also showing interest in joining the customs union now the key document is a final agreement on the single economic space of russia belarus and kazakhstan which is due to start functioning next year and to provide more mutually beneficial opportunities for its members in a free trade area now i'd like to remind you that the customs union the trilateral union of russia belarus and council which came into effect this year has been designed to simplify the movement of capital between the member countries under a unified tariff and customs territory now the creation of the customs union has stirred up the long lost in a go she ations on russia's accession to the world trade organization after russia

said it would see the accession in a joint. account of style and now according to russia's president. there are few questions remaining in the negotiations with the european union on the matter and they should be solved quickly at the same time the first year of the customs union . has revealed some serious discrepancies currently existing export duties on russian oil for bella ruse almost brought the countries to an oil war well is any really wise about twenty million tons of russian oil at domestic prices for two years is only a fraction of it at home most of it is being refined and re exploited to europe at much higher prices feeding the belorussian budget that today's meeting may finally put an end to the conflict as the russian prime minister vladimir putin has promised to lift all the duties for valorous on russian soil once all the documents on the single economic space are signed. are telling her over approaching their

customs union doesn't come without course finance minister alex it could really believes that russian oil companies may have to pay an extra fifteen billion dollars in june it is due to techs harmonization how weather could national companies will be compensated for their costs by either subsidies or it increase in extraction taxes. there's no point in privatizing russian technology is for the time being that's according to the head of the state corporation which controls several hundred center prices in russia is a show with him ability as a reason to be privatized russian technologies for the time being i would even say could be harmful privatization would hinder the development of the enterprises under control we first have to transform the enterprise into joint companies create holdings and distribute companies between them and help them develop financially. a look at the markets now the russian equity markets close flat positive on friday

the r.t.s. broke the sixteen hundred point benchmark finishing just a tenth of a cent m i six have an up and down session and just. looking back at the last week the russian markets were pulled in both directions with virtually equal force upbeat economic they. from the u.s. encourage the bulls while inflation war isn't china feel the bets the markets ended up there we slightly down but largely unchanged. the past week has seen. the continuation of the tug of war between the bulls in the bear is you know there are people who are seeing a lot of our beat economic data coming out of the u.s. coming out of asia a lot of quality. of general motors which was very well received a lot of good news in the market and good developments but the biggest fear now is inflation is special in china where the central bank had to act.