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the tolstoy estate have been distributed alfred's. to business like many other governments around the world has taken steps to reduce its budget deficit but with parliamentary time president. elections are watching cheering their. words were. very warm welcome to you this is live from moscow with me alice habit now you say you seems to be sending a clear message it wants russia as an ally the blog is meeting in lisbon right now and is courting moscow to sign up to join the missile defense shield and the advantages attendance could signal and historic turn in relations between the two sides get that in as out of there is out there solid ferrante. many critics of the

of the organization have frequently said that it is basically being pulled in too many different directions by too many of its members that there's not a clear unified policy for its strategic development and of course it is according to many critics an obsolete institution now this summit many already have said could be a historic one because it could bring about a very abrupt change in direction nato and russia could well be working very closely together as they're beginning to already because of course there are a number of areas of cooperation that already exist between russia and the alliance specifically a joint work in afghanistan where not only russia realizes the need for some sort of a security. system to be in place him but also the alliance realizes that it heavily relies on russia for support for help for transit routes allow its troops

its forces to deliver a much needed humanitarian aid to the country and so on and so forth so both sides do realize the significance off cooperation specifically when it comes to matters such as security and afghanistan and it seems at that moment could be transferred to other areas of potential cooperation between moscow and the alliance specifically the anti-missile defense plans that nato wants to include russia in the so-called european anti-missile defense system that the head of the alliance the secretary general and many other leaders including the u.s. leader were talking about during the first summits working dale friday optimists have already said that the new strategic concept that nato has ratified here is an attempt to show the world that it is capable of producing a unified policy that it is capable of being a stable international organization for how. similar to the united nations and not

just a ghost of the past when it was necessary and existed primarily because of. a standoff so to speak with the soviet union during the cold war times nato is basically trying to bring itself further into the twenty first century. or let's get some insight now with the hands of clearly one applauds the former german empire that's a rush i'm also awful more representatives of the naysay council he joins us live now from berlin many thanks for being with us now several political analysts suggest that nato is on the brink of a possible collapse well how do you describe the ally. well the alliance has been. has or has had its ups and. its history has been accompanied by all kinds of prognosis what i see today is an alliance which forcefully enters conception mr t.j.

into the twenty first century it has analyzed the situation it has consulted profoundly publicly and transparently what needs to be done and it has reached agreement on that now and they so jim russia has a fine up to a joint anti missile defense what's out of iraq and what does it mean for european security. well there is no doubt that russia is an important player and an important part of european security we we hoped in. nineteen eighty nine one thousand ninety eight that we would in fact enter into a real partnership and security for the whole of europe. we made progress but we didn't make enough progress and now i think we have we have

a chance to go much much further because nato has decided that given the international security situation. it is ready to cooperate with. countries and organizations who share the same security interests and as we see it nato and russia have a lot of common security interests even though there are points where we disagree but put points of agreement on much more important talking about these common interests with raster free put this in the head the oracle context the rather extraordinary event a dramatic shift for the organization here that was forged in the cold war now wanting to develop warmer relations with russia doesn't mean that the alliance finds itself in strong need of change and new ally. well i would i would put it

a little bit differently. in the in the last let's say decayed was sometimes a feeling of it with some in nato that that they could go it alone this is a matter of the past we can't we want to cooperate with countries and organizations who are capable and ready to do so so one partner in makes absolutely necessary and vital is the united nations another one is the european union and there is very forthcoming language in the new strategy and a third one is without any doubt russia. now nato is chief says the alliance would like russia to boost its assistance in afghanistan thanks in on that now do you think that musky should expand its role in the region. well russia

has has its own history in afghanistan and i would not say i would not foresee again russian boots on afghan soil but having said that there are many ways in which russia can express its own interest in a successful operation under you and many of you know of nato and nato as partners and russia is doing today already and not let me only mention the transit of of supplies for the allied forces in afghanistan i think more than fifty percent are now going through to russia. now at president obama says that russian native corporation could be damaged if the u.s. congress fails to ratify the nuclear arms reduction treaty. all the grounds for concern . well i think the the american president is

absolutely sincere in wanting. the new start treaty ratified and ratified soon and which means that he would like to get to get it done with the present configuration of the u.s. senate because next year there will be new members they will be in different different was a large majority of. republicans who seem to be. questioning the interest of the united states in in this treaty but the points which the president making are absolutely relevant this is not as we see it but a partisan issue where republicans and democrats should could agree it is a matter of security for the united states and the world and this is

a bipartisan issue so i think we wish the president supports success and we try to support him where we can just don't to hand surf lee de vaughn up ploy the former ambassador to russia and also a former representative to the naysay council many files to speaking to us from by along. sowing our democracy abroad doesn't come cheap is hard up american taxpayers are finding out their cost the u.s. is spending billions of dollars to finance foreign politicians and policies which fall on that five of the fence the one half of the bank. 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 health 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 in egypt a revolt against the u.s. backed policies of the host name of. 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 . people. of course more with the project of middle east

democracy. or for democracy or 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 a new organization with a nice sounding name 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 elections are 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 usa id any. and all of our requests were either tonight or an answer. r.t. washington d.c. . you can see more analysis on mt story on our website right now let's look at what

else we're lining up if you would come of the menace of the german public so you've gone from being in the blue cornett support to the police read how one of the sport's top guys is now punching a popular weight as a science. class why this soap opera is raising the home of so many russians even more than the headline grabbing spy out of the details all that dot com. now the cool quest senior nazis were trolling for war crimes sixty five years ago is going on display in the german city of nuremberg this we tend the exhibition also features the original film of the hearings and a courtroom where the war crimes of hitler's closest allies one heard the russian

foreign minister officials from from the u.s. and the u.k. we attend the opening ceremony to mark the sixty fifth anniversary of the trials the judgments almost of criminals that are profiting from what formed the basis of international law says. paul some parts of europe are seeing a warning system book by bill. this red army veteran was close to the trial which changed his story. and acted as a prosecutor on behalf of the u.s.s.r. in the new number of hearings sixty five years ago. if it wasn't for example the outcome could have been very do. friend. he understood that the trial was not only about here. it was not just a few people who had to be punished but an entire ideology of mass killing his speech impress the judges so the number of those in the grows dramatically in a trial which lasted for almost

a year twelve high ranking nazis were sentenced to death 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 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 meters away is the monument to stone in soldiers who fought alongside the v.s.s. troops. is still only an anti-fascist activist andrei says this historic paradox is reflected in the current state of affairs in this baltic country. even looking at the crumbling state of this monument it's clear that ira government doesn't see the red army as saviors 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 story in government ordered their relocation of a soviet soldier station from central to the outskirts of the city thousands of dissenters protested and clashed with the police monuments to free estonia was split several hundred meters from the square where the soviet bronze soldier statue used to stand it was ambles 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 marching. veteran gatherings sixty five years ago prosecutors in newton 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 real nazis middle eastern europe is a sign that these ideas still live on let's. see reporting from darwin.

it's a hundred years since the death of lear tolstoy the world we're now philosopher is still remembered in his home country but nowadays more is industry trade and the favorite author visit the family estate south of moscow. leo tolstoy like his family estate because it was as far from the madding crowd as you could get a place where he could feed darks 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 men and 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 really tolstoy's books after finishing high school. unfortunately most people never go back to question call it torture have to been 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 estate this film also face still serves as a pillar of strength for bass family alfred and elaine put their vinnie called belong to do her board a christian group that with the help of tolstoy moved to canada in the late

nineteenth century fleeing from persecution in russia ten years ago their descendants came back settling of a village where tolstoy banned most of his life what happened is that void that was in me in canada disappeared and it's a 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 taken them a decade 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 have 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 foremost throughout his life toaster became renowned for defining 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 defiles and a century after his death the count goes on 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 bleachery warrior in the wake of archy. or we'll have more on the right his legacy in just under ten minutes times spotlight hears from the director of the tolstoy museum first of all the latest business these dust a moment. hungry for the full story we've gone to. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. in some petersburg polities available in hotels a story of a little ambassador in

a sense bill to kowtow to trip on his hotel to tryst good hotel new golden nova tolson to. dostoevsky. in a sea of this column if you visit. time to get the latest from the world of business like many of the governments around the world russia's state has steps to reduce its budget deficit but with parliamentary and presidential elections approaching it steering clear of an populist era to mattias instead texas autobytel raised a ticket on business nick pool reports. taxes in russia are going up from the beginning of two thousand and eleven the increase would 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 thing to do you don't 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 you know many countries excepted 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 that he would and the measure which is cause most concern among lawmakers is the decision to increase insurance payments but 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 payroll funds will apply to the first four hundred fifty thousand for ever sellers of foreign companies pay a higher than small and any russian businesses around for them will be exact if a four percent which is a dramatic increase compared to what the bank today for nonresidents i for the companies that trade is a russian rather than operate in a country it's completely irrelevant there are fears the cancellation of tax breaks

could be a deterrent to those wishing to invest in russia but the head of ernst and young's tax and legal practice and c.i.s. at mit yet have says that's unlikely we as a country will not be able to attract investors by simply reducing taxes even by completely during integrate the stimulus outside of those with what will. incentivize them to invest in russia the finance ministry is trying to have its cake and eat it by reducing the budget deficit while not scaring business and for the most part the experts believe this will be possible as even after the tax hikes the government will be taking a smaller slice that in almost any other developed country nick whose business t. . a look at the markets now their russian equity market. close to flat to positive on friday the r.g.s. broke the sixteen hundred point benchmark finishing just a ten four percent up my six hundred up and down session and ended just

a little higher. looking back at the last week the russian markets were pulled in both directions both touch an equal force konami data from the us encouraged the bulls while inflation was in china feel the best the markets and that up there we slightly down but largely unchanged. the past week has seen. the continuation of the tug of war between the blues and the berries you know there are people who are seeing a lot of economic data coming out of the u.s. coming out of asia a lot of quality a.p. always a big general motors which is 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 to stop the rapid increases in prices there is also called the board china and hong kong can take

measures to arrest the rapid growth in real estate prices to prevent the bubble and so all of between these two kind of a big positive global problem 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 we slightly down bit essentially flat russia is creating a special zone to boost industrial innovation a so-called tally of value will be set up in central russia five end of the here and astral help is expected to attract national and foreign investors in the hope of a shift from producing role materials to a more advanced output. the russian government is a through z. asked for special economic zones gambling ports and high tech i've either got one or it's under development so why not do the same for titanium at the best possible

because it will give enterprises the opportunity to develop them at a g.e. study out it could us and also bring our partners here with new technology and crude 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 this m.p.o. of the smart get all excited and his thirst of all we are inviting our partners and our buyers these are the companies like boeing air boss get three hundred was royce is fully corresponds with their games to cut costs we are ready to invest some two hundred fifty million dollars into the team 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 of the s. and p. o. of these spent seven hundred million dollars in preparation and it's not the only one it's now.