all. take it or leave it russia says it's only prepared to participate in the european anti-missile defense system on the full partnerships of the detail state with their teeth and. also this hour washington is spending months about mounds of time as money to make sure it's a german days promoted abroad through political policies and opposition groups will have a special investigation. and one hundred years since the passing of one of the world's most influential vices and think is leo tolstoy worse than philosophical ideas are as alive and popular as ever.

and welcome to r.t. twenty four hour news live from moscow and you know tshabalala tommy's story russia's doors are open to discuss its participation in the european missile defense but it was a summer and equal role in it alternators sector general made a big remarks on the issue president medvedev later appears to suggest a slightly more cautious stance on his catarina wraps up the main details of the nato russia council in lisbon. the european anti-missile defense system that was widely discussed both in the nato summit and in the russian nato council the nato secretary general mr rasmussen spoke at length about its importance and about how much of that as the nato member states want russia to be a part of it as a strategic partner and as

a key player not only in the region but also in. a guarantor of global security that supposedly this anti-missile defense system would provide coming out after the talks of the russian nato council mr rasmussen made a few very optimistic remarks that now many chose to believe. major major and the sorry the there the. corner of the capability to defend european territory and populations against me is there an attack. and they extended an offer to rush air. cooperate with our so. let us do this together. and i'm very pleased that president medvedev there has taken up that's offer from the russian president the make imitative the speaking to the journalist said that he was a bit more cautiously optimistic about the potential for relationship between nato

and russia he said that there are conditions to cooperation between russia and the alliance and one of those conditions one of the most crucial conditions is that of a full partnership in the involvement in the european anti-missile defense system. we have agreed with our nato partners that we will pursue donnegan the european a.b.m. a main guide his should be that our participation be equal and i will stress this it could only be as pontin's no other form of participation for the sake of the parents is acceptable by the we participate fully we exchange information take part in this is in making we do not participate at all part of a bomb i took the chance to reiterate the significance of ratifying the start treaty that once again urged congress to do so not only for the future of european security but also for the future of american security and a general sense of stability in the world arena but also for it because it

symbolizes the new start the so-called reset in ties between moscow and washington and to not ratify the treaty would be damaging to those ties which are crucial to relations not only between moscow and washington but the entire international community i have received overwhelming support from our allies here that start the new start treaty is a critical component to us and. european security my expectation is is that my republican friends in the senate will ultimately conclude that it makes sense for us to do this journalist of course pressed molds he would be us in the russian leader to speculate on what will happen to relations between russia and the united states should the treaty not be ratified both leaders said that they hope it won't come to that because it will mean that a whole lot of work going to whole lot of effort would have been wasted but of

course both the leaders reiterated once again the fact that they believe this treaty will get ratified and the sooner the better. and pull in ground executive director of the british american security information council says although barack obama is facing an uphill battle in the senate the ratification of the new start treaty is a question of when a new and. this this treaty is good for european for american and for russian security it's the logical extension from the original start treaty that lapsed last december and there is now no official clear verification treaty between the two countries so this this this treaty maintains takes on arms control for one foot and and takes the first step in a very long road to that is around obama's vision so he's certainly not about trying to score political points here he's exposed himself to some extent to

opponents who do seem to be trying to use this treaty themselves to score political points against him in a very very difficult political situation but i have to say if that treaty comes up for us for cation on the floor of the senate it will pass the debate is when it comes up for votes and the objections are largely about not having enough time to properly scrutinize the treaty senators have had eight or nine months to do this it's plenty of time compared to previous treaties so it really is quite baffling as to whether there really any concrete objections to this treaty coming from the senate and dr adrian padstow professor of politics at the university of kent says with netas position weakening its members are well aware their lives cannot exist without rush. the europeans have been arguing for a long time behind the scenes that russia needs to be brought on board that nato can not function properly without stronger russian involvement that required

a different attitude in moscow which was seen with present mediators but also a new openness on the part of all the nato partners and even countries traditionally more critical and perhaps even hostile towards russia such as potent of the baltic states have recently acknowledged that it's greater dialogue and more cooperation with moscow a good thing for everyone involved. political influence abroad is bought and sold to the highest bidder often with american taxpayers' money the us government's parents' billions of dollars an elective finance foreign politicians and policies that can promote washington's agenda in the second part of her special report r t s d hunt hafitz explains how it's done. 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 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 although all organizations insist there is no political affiliation the board of directors for both n.d.i. and i are 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 and 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 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. 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 many who study these agencies believe the soft money working behind the scenes is directly linked to the cia they had to have a 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 when there was a reason and idea was cool. 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 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 what 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 an answer to head office r.t. washington d.c. . sixty five years ago the nuremberg trial not only brought top narcisse the justice that also laid the bedrock for what has become international norm twenty architects of the phase the tribunals made up of judges from the soviet union the last britain and france representatives of allied nations will attend an opening exhibition this weekend marking the anniversary of the nuremberg trials but despite that chastity's they've revealed. reports a disturbing revival of fascist ideology is underway in parts of europe today.

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 newton but appearing sixty five years ago could have says if it wasn't for example the outcome could have been very different. he understood that the trial was not only about. it was not just a few people who had to be punished but an entire mass killing his speech impress the judges so the number of those in the top grades 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 no 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 meters away is the monument to a story in soldiers who fought alongside the v.s.s. troops. is stoney an anti-fascist activist dre 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 government doesn't she the red army see if yours instead to be glorified those who fall to 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

a story it was 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 historian s.s. legions back in one nine hundred forty s. . from swastika marches to mass 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 past but the rise of new narcism in eastern europe is a sign that these ideas still live on. reporting from thailand is. let's now take a look at some other international news this hour a german magazine has received that color and the face hate groups are plotting an attack on the german parliament. was planned for early next year with to militants having already arrived in berlin several weeks ago the information was provided by

harvest to the german interior ministry and he says other parts of the country are also targeted the report comes as officials confirmed the discovery of a suspicious package bound for munich and maybe an airport but a german interior ministry say it was a false alarm meant to test our port security. efforts to reach workers trapped in the new zealand mine by gas blast has stalled because of fears of another occurring twenty nine miners are unaccounted for more than a day after a powerful explosion ripped through the pit two men managed to escape with only slight injuries the fate of their colleagues is unknown explosive gas levels are still too high for rescue crews desperate to begin work to go underground. story which might disturb yours now and thai police have found more than two thousand aborted foetuses in the buddhist temple in the capital city of bangkok the grim discovery was made while officers investigated

a smell coming from the building bags of fetuses were recovered the side of broken stubbornness suggesting they were cremation abortion is illegal in thailand except in special cases and several of arrests have been made over a suspected illegal clinic. it's been a century since the death of a world renowned russian writer leo tolstoy the also of celebrated novels of war and peace and the qur'an in the is being remembered as a country tolstoy also had controversial views on religion which saw him excommunicated from the russian orthodox church visited his family estate south of moscow to find out how russians view him today. leo tolstoy like his family has stayed because it was as far from the madding crowd as you could get a place where he could feed dark some gets lost among birds 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 are in the yes hypo learner has never been short of visitors in fact during the hi susan some are spring and autumn we have trouble handling the fall 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 charles story can my side many of his famous ancestors novels by heart but he says few of the museums 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 selina which. unfortunately most people never go back to question call it torture that to been forced to read it as call ins to prefer it was trendy and popular these days there's nothing bad about that is just

a pity that those people miss out on religion which are. just a few hundred metres from tolstoy's history his philosophy still serves as a pillar of strength for this family all fred and elaine put their vinnie cough belong to do have borst a christian group that with the help of tolstoy 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 spanned most of his life what happened is the void that was in me in canada disappeared and its spiritual void i found myself here like tolstoy who despised exploitation all for the elena 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 having to be reached. and there are just starting to be tapped into and

that's why i think russia has agreed to chair and i can form as throughout his life tours to became renowned for defining all sorts of conventions including his own. to a 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 lauzon a century after his death the count calls 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 military warrior of the week r t i p s there pollyanna. lore and this song to leo tolstoy his biographer andrew wilson about the author's enormous contribution to world literature that's coming up next.

is the hundredth anniversary of layer tolstoy's death and to mark that out of our story i'm talking to one of his biographers a n. wilson he wanted awards in one thousand nine hundred eight for a biography of tolstoy and wilson thank you very much for talking to r.t. now first as a biographer what attracted you to tolstoy here's a giant he was the great giant of the novelistic form greater even than dostoyevsky who was too great so that was what attracted me to him and. really become a serious reason remote it was his novels overdrives was the greatest tell stories books i'm thinking specifically of war and peace consistently tops these lists of the best book ever do you agree with those kinds of rankings you can't really compare war and peace with any other novel. himself so it wasn't a novel and it isn't really a novel. it's

a book about everything. yes all the years you know five campaign culminating in the battle of our salutes and then the invasion of eight hundred twelve but the further it is on you realize that it's a novel about the whole of russia and also it's a novel about personal regeneration tolstoy was as much a philosopher as a writer what do you think in compass is his philosophy in life thousands of people who are following his coffin when he died and will no doubt get on to this. they weren't following him because he was a great novelist they were following him because he had taught not only russia but the world how it ought to live how we should be less selfish how we shouldn't be wrecking the planet we shouldn't be fighting wars and he essentially and underwent this transformation didn't he from high society author to spiritual allocate storm it was always there from the beginning actually this feeling that we are called to a deeper truer life away from the absurdity of society and so forth the tolstoy

family were very grand i mean some of them were advisers to the emperor the family . on whom old prince bolkonski more in pieces because his maternal grandfather was also a very grand military and political figure tolstoy himself lived almost entirely in the country at his estate in the us my apology on he never really. played a big part in the political life there was this huge crisis in the middle of his life when he'd finished an accordion you know and he had a crisis what's the point of it all there's a moment in his autobiography where he said he couldn't even be in a room in the room with a piece of rope and feel that he would want to hang himself he then thought the way to live for is to try to be like a peasant and for a few years he pretended. he'd by the way set up schools not only on his interstates but for vast acres and miles around last probably on the starting

educate. he was the great pioneer of russian education and even now they sometimes in some russian schools use his a.b.c. to teach people to read. so it wasn't just sort of pious try dreaming but having pretended to be a peasant he then went back to being the reasonable man he was and he thought what is due to christianity and the church is teaching ethics how to live. the miraculous stuff from leicester and it was out of that was his volved his call for last year's lies which as you say is that he felt that. all governments not just the governments. but particularly evil in his eyes all governments are based on violence and the only way that we as individuals and we are societies can get away from a system of the military of war solving problems of torture is in ourselves

to forswear violence but also to forswear the idea of authority so he was an extremely subversive figure tolstoy was a deeply religious man but he did get into quite serious conflict with the orthodox church well he was religious in this way that you get in the novels i think where he parted company with the church was over the claim that for example the miracles were literally true or that the church had the right to dictate to men and women what they believed in what they thought and how they should behave and so he fell out with the church in a very very big way and they eventually after he wrote the novel called resurrection which has a lot of the holy liturgy of the orthodox church in it the extra muni cases him didn't make any difference to him because he hadn't been doing to communion anyway but he was excommunicated it meant he couldn't have a church funeral which was quite a big deal in a state it was a big deal for his wife who was who was an author. it wasn't for him he'd never

wanted to be buried in church ground anyway he was buried in the place the states where his brother thought he'd buried this green stick when they were playing it but a game in childhood on the green stick was written the secret of how we should live the secret of human happiness so it's very appropriate he should be buried there. and we are celebrating the hundredth anniversary of tolstoy's death what's to celebrate was to celebrate is the greatest novelist who has ever lived but also this man who was guided with a passion for the truth and here lou stood up against this extremely powerful regime. and told the truth in a world of lies and this was a fantastic example for russia because in all the terrible years which followed his death he died in nineteen ten the civil wars the first of all the civil war the revolutions and so forth the tradition of tolstoy lived on and it enabled the

distance when the courageously began to emerge and sternness times to look at his example and see that it only did one voice telling the truth look at a smart about look at social needs and they would guided by the influence of tolstoy and that's really what we have to celebrate and you said that he was in essence an advocate if told so he'd be alive today what you think he would be doing . he wouldn't be very surprised that for example the americans just as the russians did before were trying to defeat the afghans nobody's ever defeated the afghans so he behalf amused by it that he wouldn't be very surprised that the bag because of the world. had made a complete mess of things and that what we call civilization must lexington's of the banks and he would be saying just what he was saying in one thousand between yourself live more simply try to love people try to live for others and wilson thank you very much thank you.

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