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time to make friends nato hopes for a better russian time. help on missile defense. set to join the. us government wants to dominate the world the american taxpayer 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. tolstoy state.

there it's twelve noon here in the russian capital and you're watching r t welcome to the program. nato seems to be sending a clear message it once russia as an ally the bloke is meeting in lisbon right now and he's courting moscow to sign up to a joint missile defense shield and its presence attendance could signal an historic turn in relations between the two sides or investor explains the common interests the former rivals now have. today here in lisbon portugal where the nato summit is taking place russia nato relations are expected to be on the agenda russian president dmitri medvedev is expected to be here in talks with nato as the alliance continues trying to improve 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 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 backed 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 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 relations which many would characterize that there are still some and many that say nato is simply outdated the situation of course with the big question marks are also put not only behind me. but also behind the next. 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 the analysts who believe nato is outdated it's also averaged 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 so 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 sending 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 an increased era of cooperation but they also need to down discontent among member nations among their governments and their citizens and

that's what 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 the decade to come 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. now after we have lived through the conflict in south ossetia under 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 suckers really warm 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 hand is 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 toward bamma 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 that too most important to us is to have fewer headaches and even more we don't want someone else to have troubles to. journalists pepe escobar told r.t. that the current case of it is about promoting pentagon doctrine around the world in effect making the allies the united nations. they are discussing the so-called

strategic concept in lisbon this means we keep our nuclear weapons between two hundred three hundred american owned plus two hundred from france presse two hundred twenty five from britain we built this huge dome the missile dome which might protect us because it hasn't been tested yet against nonexistent iranian missiles and existent north korean missiles that that will go on to and we prayed to expand our operations all over the world which is they actually doing that they are right in central asia they are enormous in africa coupled with after a calm you know the african command from the pentagon that they plan to expand to the south pacific they plan to spend to the south atlantic even here in south america so nato now is the new un it's a global operation it's full spectrum dominance doctrine which is the official pentagon doctrine the proven in two thousand and four and the agenda is global domination so i would say be afraid be very afraid which is nato mission in

afghanistan they don't know because they were more or less forced to be there according to the article five of the nato charter so they are there to basically just to support the american trying to find osama bin laden mullah omar and i'm and also what do you which are not in afghanistan by the way there in baluchistan or he was serious then so what is nato doing over there not saying now they're trying to make an arrangement of the russians so they can extract their through through that thick is that it is because then and russian territory and the russians say ok well rick a few million dollars exit for us not a big deal. also ahead a vicious ideology that refuses to die. it was not just a few people who had to be punished but. mass killing. sixty five years after the nuremberg trials leading nazis convicted of crimes against humanity we ask why some europeans are now glorifying not supposed. selling

democracy abroad doesn't come cheap hard up american taxpayers are finding out today cost the u.s. is spending billions of dollars to finance foreign politicians and parties which fall on its side of the fence on half their expense. 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 on 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 us 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 healthy real life and democracy and freedom and the people without 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 have a history in washington one deeply rooted in sustaining the current foreign policy priorities to understand us 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 usa id

requests eight hundred thousand dollars for strengthening governance and democracy in one door us journalists and activists are being brutalized and killed under the u.s. backed government was was in egypt a revolt against the u.s. backed policies of the his new. barque 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 they received funding or support from many india. people looking for support with the project of middle east democracy. for democracy with me 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 in it and i sounding name which would be free of the taint of the cia

and that's been that was the reason the energy 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. no not that much which would be ok if foreign governments were giving our politicians money for the election campaign no that would bother me and here in lies the hypocrisy we have a very clear law on the books prohibiting foreign governments from interfering in our actions of supporting and the candidates with money so we do exactly what we prohibit at 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 programmes are unavailable to the public and contact with the media is limited over the last. r.t. repeatedly requested interviews with us any d n d i all of our requests were either tonight or on entering. our t. washington d.c. . but you can see here more analysis on that story on our website right now let's look at what else well i. called the german boxer who's gone from being in the blue corner to corner in the blues read how one of sports tough guys is now punching above his weight as a sex oftenest. why a russian nurse is turning more heads than the headline grabbing spy and the treatment details earth r.t. dot com.

the actual court dog quest senior nazis were tried for war crimes sixty five years ago is going on display in the german city of newburgh this weekend the exhibition 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 the u.s. and the u.k. attend the opening ceremony to mark the sixty fifth anniversary of the trials of judgements on nazi criminals set a precedent for what form the basis of international law. reports some parts of europe are seeing a worrying not says a revival. this red army veteran was close to the trial which

changed his story his best friend. after as a prosecutor on behalf of the u.s.s.r. in the new hearing sixty five years ago could have says if it wasn't for example the outcome could have been very different. he understood that. it was not only about hitler and roy control it was not just a few people who had to be punished but on the entire ideology of mass killing his speech impress the judges so the number of those in the dock rose dramatically in a trial which lasted for almost a year twelve high ranking nazis were sentenced to death ten lengthy prison terms it was a milestone in history the nuremberg trial laid the foundations of international law as we know it in particular it created a precedent of judging people for starting a war against other nations so nowadays we all know what a crime against humanity is nowadays the most a 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 meters away is the monument to stone in soldiers who fought alongside u.b.s.'s troops. is stoney an anti-fascist activist andrei says this historic paradox is reflected in the current state of affairs in this country. even looking at the crumbling streets of this monument it's clear that ira government doesn't she the red army see if yours instead 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 historian government ordered the relocation of a soviet soldiers statue from central to the outskirts of the city thousands of dissenters protested and clashed with the police monuments to free estonia was put

several hundred meters from the square where the soviet bronze soldier statue used to stand it resembles a cross 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 as veteran gatherings sixty five years ago prosecutors in newton there 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 russia ski r.t. reporting from thailand is stony. let's take a look around the world now at some of the international stories making. any remains on high alert following this week's warning by security officials of an imminent militant attack police have been posted around the country at train stations ports and tourist attractions the potential terror threat has led to

rising water bombing so far from arms missions also confirmed that a suspicious package found in the movie an airport bound for munich was a security test and contained no explosives. families of the twenty nine missing miners in new zealand are being briefed hourly at a red cross said the situation on the men became trapped after gas explosion in one of the country's biggest congress rescue efforts are being today because of the risk of a second blast threat of poisonous gas five miners a skate with slight injuries but it's what happened to their colleagues there are fears that toxic gases building up inside the totals. it's one hundred years since the death of we're told story world renowned russian writer in philosophy still remembered in his home country but nowadays more than the true trademark in the favorite author visited the family estate south of moscow

leo tolstoy like his family stayed because it was as far from the madding crowd as you could get a place where he could feed dark some 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 and start during the hi susan some are spring and autumn we have trouble handling the flow of tourists it's pretty hard to get it 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 my dear tolstoy ken my side many of his famous ancestors novels by heart and he says few of the museum's visitors could do the same russians are proud of tolstoy but more is the brand than a favorite author according to polls only eleven percent returns to his books after

finishing high school. unfortunately most people never go back to question call it torture or to being forced to read it as call ins to prefer it it was trendy and 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 history this philosophy still serves as a pillar of strength for this family all fred and elaine put their vinnie called belong to do have bourse a christian group that with the help of toll floyd moved to canada in the late nineteenth century fleeing from persecution in russia twenty years ago their descendants came back settling in the village told stories abound 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 it in a lane of building their new home all by themselves even though it's already taking them a decade like tolstoy they strongly believe in pacifism and a unity big nature and above all they see told stories ideas as timeless i think his ideas haven't yet been reached. and there are just starting to be tapped into and that's why i think russia has a great future and i thought forms throughout his life tossed to became renowned for defying 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 in deflower than a century after his death the count goes in millions lost here war and peace was named the greatest book of all times by music magazine bringing an ultimate moment of peace to this warrior in the wake of our key.

dates and our main headlines in a few minutes shortly they will have all the business news with us to go it. under eight for the full story we've got it for. the biggest issues get a human voice ceased to face with the news makers. hello and a very warm welcome to the business news like many other governments around the world russia's taking steps to reduce its budget deficit but with parliamentary and

presidential elections approaching is staring clear of unpopular austerity measures instead text. particularly on business make poll reports. taxes in russia are going up from the beginning of two thousand and eleven the increase will be the equivalent of two percent of g.d.p. to reduce the budget deficit which is expected to be a little below five percent but these will not be temporary measures as they did the best to be viewed there is a difficult period ahead and there will be a new trend for taxes which will not be temporary taxes are going to increase many countries if accepted such measures but priority should be first given to ending tax breaks and creating neutrality in the tax system which applies equally to all companies the measure which is cause most concern among more makers is the decision to increase insurance payments for companies to thirty four percent from fourteen percent although this will have little impact on nonresident companies operating in russia the increased insurance premiums on not on payroll funds will apply to the

first four hundred fifty thousand troubles ever sellers of foreign companies pay a higher than those traditional smaller and more russian businesses rates for them will be exactly fifty four percent which is. for nonresidents i for the companies that trade is russian rather than operate in a country is completely irrelevant there are fears the cancellation of tax breaks would be a deterrent to those wishing to invest in russia but the head of ernst and young's tax and legal practice in c.i.s. people to admit the end of says that's unlikely we as a country will not be able to attract investors by simply reducing. completely during integrate the stimulus. with will. incentivize them to invest in russia the finance ministry is trying to have its cake and eat it by reducing the budget deficit scaring business and for the most part the experts believe this will be possible as even off to the tax hikes the government will be taking a small series that in almost any other developed country who business or.

a look at the markets now they have russian equity markets closed on friday the r.t.s. broke the sixteen hundred point benchmark finishing just ten percent and i said head and up and down session and ended just a little. a looking back at the last week the russian markets were pulled in both directions by a fraction equal false upbeat economic data from the us encouraged the bulls while inflation was in china feel the best. the markets and that of the week. down but largely unchanged the past week has seen. the continuation of the tug of war between the blues and the bears you know there are people who are seeing a lot of beat economic data coming out of the u.s. coming out of asia a lot of quality a peals a big general motors which is very well received there are

a lot of good news in the market and good developments but the biggest fear and now is inflation is special in china where the central bank had to act to stop the rapid increases in prices there's also told that both china and hong kong can take measures to arrest the rep of the growth in real estate prices to prevent the bubble and so all of between these two kind of big positive over improving global economics and certain positive corporate developments and defeat here of rising inflation in china and therefore maybe elsewhere in the world these two opposing factors have resulted in the share prices and in the week slightly down bit essentially flat russia is creating a special zone to boost and astral innovation a so-called titanic valley will be set up and central russia by the end of the here and us trial hub is expected to attract national and foreign investors in the hope of a shift from producing raw materials to

a more advanced output artist timothy. the russian government isn't thews yes for special economic zones gambling ports and high tech have either got one or it's under development so why not do the same for titanium the best but it will give enterprises the opportunity to develop the veggies fairly added products and also bring our partners here with new technology and drooled introduction of titanium valley wants to attract shipbuilding power plants engineering pecial chemistry medicine and nuclear engineering will be located in the year old mountains next to the world's biggest titanium producer the s. and p. o. of this mine and his first of all we are inviting our partners and our buyers these are the companies like boeing air bus q three and rolls royce is fully corresponds with their games to cut costs we are ready to invest up to one hundred fifty million dollars entity name valley even though the decree to set up the economic

zone will not be signed for another couple of weeks companies are already showing an interest via simpy a lot of the smaller has spent seven hundred million dollars in preparation and it's not the only one its neighbor russia's leading pipe producer chel pipe is also actively modernizing for thirty million dollars. let's call. it. however the creation of the titanium valley will not be swift ups of four years could be needed to create the infrastructure to fix rosser business r.t. urals that's the business update and all the back with more in less than fifteen minutes and get most or a small website article dot com slash business.