take it or leave it russia says it's only prepared to participate in the european anti-missile defense system on a full partnership that the details stay with r t. washington is spending massive amounts of tuxpan of money to make sure it's the journey for most of the broad through political policies armed opposition groups will have a special investigation. one hundred years since the fall single one of the world's most influential writers and thinkers leo tolstoy is wax and philosophical ideas are as alive and told him that i have.

news for russia and around the world this is all see with me thanks for joining us russia's doors are open to discuss his participation in the european missile defense but it was a fair and equal role in it after nato secretary general made upbeat remarks on the issue president medvedev later appears to suggest a slightly more cautious stance oh he's kind of a sign of wraps up the main details of the nato russia council and this. 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 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 about how many chose to believe. major major and decided that the alliance will acquire the capability to defend european territory and populations against me style attack and they extended an offer to russia. cooperate with us let us do this together. and i'm very pleased that president medvedev there has taken up that offer from the russian president the main theme in today's if 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 will be equal and i will stress this it can only be as pontin's around no other form of participation for the sake of the parents is acceptable only by the we participate fully we exchange information take part in this is in making we do not participate at all mark obama 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 our 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 u.s. 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 jealous of course. well few would be us and no 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 a whole lot of work and a whole lot of effort would have been wasted but of course both leaders reiterated

once again the fact that they believe this treaty will get ratified and the sooner the better. and for enron executive director of the british american security information council says although there are a balmy facing an uphill battle in the senate the ratification of the new start treaty is a question of when and not if this this treaty is good for european for america 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 takes the first step in a very long road to around obama's vision so he's certainly not about trying to score political points he's exposed himself to some extent to two opponents who do seem to be trying to use this treaty themselves to score political points

against him 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 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 pops to professor of politics of the university of kent says was nato's position of weakening its members are well aware their lives cannot exist without russia 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 poland the baltic states recently acknowledged that it's greater dialogue and more cooperation with moscow a good thing for everyone involved this is asio still ahead the nuremberg justice. it was not just a few people who had to be punished but the new time ideology of the mass killing or the sixty five years after the nuremberg trials saw tom narses convicted of crimes against humanity when best to gage why some of europeans continued to glorify the shameful fascist. political influence abroad is bought and sold to the highest bidder often with american taxpayers' money the us government spends billions of dollars annually to finance foreign politicians and policies that can promote washington's agenda in the second part of her special

report on history one half that 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 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 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 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 usa id requests eight hundred thousand dollars for strengthening governance and democracy in hundred us journalists and activists are being brutalized and killed under the u.s. backed government. in egypt a revolt against the us 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 been that was a reason the energy it 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 fuld how much of your tax money would you like to go to promoting democracy in venice i. know not that much would you 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 in our elections are supporting and the candidates with money so we do exactly. what we were going to 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 and the d. and d. i all of our requests were either tonight or an answer to have office our t. washington d.c. . just to remind you there's plenty more how website i ask you to home and you can check for blogs political cartoons and photo galleries look now at whole timeline of the moment. the german boxer has gone from being in the blue corner to corner in

the blues learned what made one of sports toughest guys abandon the ring for the world of cameras. in our interest in a swan a sleeping beauty but about all russia's prima ballerina does not profess to celebrate standing eight to five stars still shining as proud as ever truly stunning by. starr at. sixty five years ago the nuremberg trial not only brought top narcisse to just as that also laid the bedrock for what has become international law twenty two architects of those chorus face the tribe you know made up of judges from the soviet chain and the u.s. britain and france representatives of allied nations will attend an opening

exhibition of this weekend marking the anniversary of the nuremberg trials but describe the trials that is they have revealed as the next harish ask you to force a disturbing revival of fascist ideology is underway in parts of europe today. what about the this red army veteran was close to the trial which changed history his best friend i'm on the bench 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 the outcome could have been very different. he understood that the truth was not only about him. it was not just a few people who had to be punished but. if you mass killing is speech impress the judges so the number of those in little 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 and what

a lot of people at 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 you know days 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 so. it's army literatures and here just meters away is the monument to stormin soldiers who fought alongside the troops. is still many 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 streets of this monument it's clear that 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 historian government ordered the relocation of a soviet soldier station from central to the outskirts of the city thousands of dissenters protested and clashed with the police and monuments to free estonia was several hundred meters from the square where the soviet bronze soldier statue used to stand it was a cross and in the very heart of it is an emblem which was used by the a stonie an s.s. legions back in one nine hundred forty s. . from swastika marches to. 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 grass but the rise of real lords as money used to europe is a sign that these ideas still live on looks odd see reporting from darwin is story your. turn now to take a look at some other international news this hour

a german magazine received a tip that al qaeda and associated groups some plotting an attack on the german parliament biggles salsa as it's planned for early next year with two militants having already arrived in berlin several weeks ago the information was provided by jihadists to the german interior ministry and he says other parts of the country are also targeted the report comes as officials confirm the discovery of a suspicious package bound for munich in the may be an airport but the german interior ministry say that it was a false alarm meant to test a port security. the 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 rips 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. the

story which might disturb us now and time police have found more than two thousand aborted foetuses in the buddhist temple in the capital city of bangkok a grim discovery was made while officers investigated a smell coming from the building bags of fetuses were recovered beside a broken furnace suggesting they were for 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 world renowned russian vita leo tolstoy the also celebrated novels war and peace and anna karenina is being remembered throughout the country tolstoy also had controversial views on religion which saw him excommunicated by the russian orthodox church also have visited his family estate south of moscow to find out how russians view him today. 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 if anything i thought so attorney group after group falling into his house not to minute for contemplation we. just had to learn has never been short of visitors during the hi susan summer 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 because of and it's. a great great grandson of the writer a good idea or tolstoy can we sighed many of his famous ancestors novels by heart but 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 toss those books

after finishing high school. unfortunately most people never go back to question have to been forced to read it at school instead they prefer it it was trendy and popular these days there's nothing bad about it it's just a pity that those people miss out on religion which are. just a few hundred metres from told. this film also be still serves as a pillar of strength but this family friend and elaine put their video called belong to do her born a christian grove that the house was told to canada in the late nineteenth century fleeing from persecution in russia twenty years ago their descendants came back settling here a village told stories i found most of his life what happened is that void that was in me in canada disappeared and its spiritual void i found myself here the boys like tolstoy who despised exploitation. all three of them and lane of building their new home all by themselves is given though it's already taking them

a day. mike jewel story they strongly believe in pacifism any unity big nature and above all these details stories ideas timelines 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 agreed to. and i thought form a strong and he's lived to be gamed by now and would you find all sorts of conventions in trying to he's on. the one side of the doubt that 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 warrior in the wake of archy.

and he's a lawyer and that's talked 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 layo tolstoy's death and to mark that out of a story i'm talking to one of his biographers a and 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.c. 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 of the two great triumphs so that's what attracted me to him and the fact that ever since really become a serious researcher in my teens it was his novels are so regarded as the greatest tell stories books i'm thinking specifically of war and peace consistently tops the

list of the best book ever do you agree with these kinds of ranking. you can't really compare war and peace with any other novel he himself said 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 new realize that it's a novel about the whole of russia and also it's a novel about personal regeneration tolstoy was as much as right what do you think in compass is his philosophy in life the thousands of people who are following his coffin when he died and we 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 underwent this

transformation didn't he from high society to spiritual on a case. 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 a 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 the he never really. played a big part in the political life there was this huge crisis in the middle of his life when you'd finished and 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 for fear 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 buy the. set up schools not only on his interstates but the vast acres and miles around last probably on the starting education. 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. 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 on ethics how to live. the miraculous stuff meant for leicester and it was out of that was his volved his call for last year's life 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 society is to get away from a system of the military of war solving problems of torture is in all selves to forswear violence but also to force where 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 chat well he was religious in this way that you get in the novels i think where he parted company with the church. 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 lampoon of the liturgy of the orthodox church in it the extreme indicated him

didn't make any difference to him because he hadn't been going to communion anyway put it. it 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 orthodox it wasn't for him he'd never wanted to be buried in church ground anyway he was buried in the place that is the states where his brother thought he buried this greenstick when they were playing it but a game in childhood on the green stick was written the secret of how we should live the secrets of human happiness so it's very appropriate it should be buried. and we are celebrating the hundredth anniversary of tolstoy's death what's to celebrate well 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 loon 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 one thousand. the civil wars the first of all the civil war the revolutions and so forth the tradition of tolstoy lived on and it's enabled the distance when the courageously began to emerge and stand in this times to look at his example and see that it's only it is one voice telling the truth look at a lot of our 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 of the world. made a complete mess of things and that what we call civilisation must lexington's of

the banks and he would be saying just what he was saying in one thousand between your. try to love people try to live for others and thank you very much.