good to have you with us a currency union between russia and the european union is a possibility that's the message from prime minister vladimir putin and german chancellor angela merkel they pledged to strengthen economic ties after talking business cooperation in berlin are going of has more now from the german capital. judging by what we've heard today in berlin on friday russia and germany are continuing to move closer together any increasing and increasing cooperation which means russia and the european union are moving towards each other as well russia's prime minister vladimir putin and the german chancellor on go america will have been discussing joint ventures and projects in many spheres like energy and car making and other sectors joint projects joint investments both in business and science but even talked about the possibility of. currency union of course and that

is something which is really far away at the moment hard to imagine right now but both of them have knowledge that this is something inevitable which would happen if they continue moving closer or further let's listen to what was going to post and i have to say mr griffiths of a look in the business for the currency union we realize that it's a derivative of putting the economies together and it depends on the level of the economies development it has to become mature but on the whole i don't rule out such forms of cooperation between us in turn up until america has named to russia germany's important partner and it's no wonder why since the total trade turnover between russia and germany this year has reached. around thirty six billion euros worth around even things billion euros on its side so the cooperation is quite intact the prime minister person suggested have been for a zone between europe and russia in the future and i agree with that and i think

that russia and europe partners wonderful words they have to broaden and develop their potential now you just heard i'm going to talking about the idea of building this free trade zone from lisbon to avoid to us talk that was also discussed however the german chancellor also mentioned some of the ring. meaning problems in the relations between russia and germany russia and the european union for example the european union's concerns over russia's hand kazakhstan's and bellows customs union. that has been discussed as well by going to put and has ensured that this will not hurt the relations between the european union and russia and russia succession into the organization which was also talked about it wasn't only just about business and serious topics numbers and charts in fact. talked about the russian bid to host the two thousand and eighteen and two thousand

and twenty two football world cups and actually said that he hopes germany will support russia's bits and will help russia get these as just asked you to we will help other overcomes the consequences of a global economic crisis he's drinking at least she's in this forum just previously in the day we also heard some of that legendary humorist from what one person let's listen to what he had to say when talking about quite a serious subject energy security in europe. a sort of german community doesn't like nuclear power i don't want to make any comments. yesterday but i don't understand what you're going to use straight he see you don't develop your nuclear power what are you going to use i would. not but i suppose if you'd have to get it from siberia to go.

of course some humor there from was going to push him but the topic is quite serious and judging by the current economic situation in europe about some serious problems in greece portugal possibly spain and other states only by combining their efforts and working together again the european union specifically germany in this case and russia only by working together can they overcome the consequences of the economic survey once. in crisis hit you're of germany is the safest place next keyser economist and host of volunteers kaiser report believes the country is ready to emerge as the twenty first century superpower you can't really make an economy based on real estate speculation ireland and spain greece they tried to make an economy based on this idea that you could flip palaces and you could create a ponzi scheme with loans and mortgages and it collapsed as

a result of the global credit collapse germany on the other hand nobody in germany is taking out mortgages like this nobody is flipping houses in germany germany are savers germany are sound business people and as a result they are in a much better position now as or is it going forward from this crisis the crisis is only adding to germany's ability to ultimately break away from the euro and to compete head to head with china for competition in terms of being the twenty first century global superpower it will be germany and china the u.s. has gone the u.k. is long gone continental europe is outside of germany doesn't produce anything so you've got a reconstituted germany with their own central bank again their own currency and i predict the rise of germany again this is something that after world war two was it was attempted to be outlawed but germany is back and of course germany has excellent relations with russia the russian leaders leadership speaks german the

german leadership little ships big russia so there's a lot of a lot of talk there and so we're talking about a complete reconfiguration of the global. money system. that was max kaiser economist and host of our tease kaiser report. after months hurting around the world in orbit a russian cosmonaut and two nasa astronauts have their feet firmly back on the ground after returning from the international space station and although the landing in kazakhstan was dubbed ideal the crew had to bite their lips before their trip to turn a firmer artesian a town in africa has more now from star city the heart of russia's space program. russian veteran cosmonaut through the years in has now safely returned to the government center for training his colleagues from nasa and douglas wheelock from the back to the united states three members of the team will be undergoing after flight procedures for rehabilitation flights back to earth from

the international space station took about three hours t.m.a. nineteen spacecraft land safely the mission is now complete and the crew feels good and is satisfied with the way it went landing. i congratulate everyone who contributed to the success of this project for their huge achievement has all together spent a year in space and his colleagues from nasa sean and douglas will or have spent about six months there each in their mission included a number of space walks and say different experiments and they in fact brought a container a refrigerator with the result of one hundred twenty scientific experience they conducted during their mission including by technical physics and chemical chemistry tests for this particular jim they musta been in an element of extra stress before their departure because they witnessed their predecessors failing to

undock from the international space station due to a technical difficulty with an automatic lock that connects the international space station and the so you spacecraft that delayed their return back to earth by twenty four hours nonetheless the previous team also won that safely but this team seemed to be rather optimistic about their return they even had a special thanksgiving dinner before they started getting ready to flying back to earth right now three more cosmonauts remain at the international space station and they're welcome there were waiting to welcome three more in the middle of december . joseph stalin was responsible for the mass killing of polish prisoners in western russia in one thousand nine hundred forty russia's parliament has accepted the soviet leader ordered the catton massacre that's settled relations between moscow and war so for years what is katrina's are of a has the details. for decades the soviet union denied any responsibility in this atrocious crime for fifty two years the soviet union attempted to blame nazi forces

for the killing of polish officers in the so-called cutting massacre that was in the 1940's when and nearly twenty thousand polish officers were detained and executed all over the soviet union it became known as the cutting massacre because i think was one of the burial grounds where nearly four thousand officers were executed shot in the back of the head and buried in mass graves and for decades the soviet leadership insisted that this was the work of nazi forces that were on soviet territory at the time russia in the early one nine hundred ninety s. finally admitted responsibility for those murders and of course it was a very significant event for the revelations between moscow and warsaw because the polish side was just as frustrated at not knowing what happened to nearly twenty thousand of its citizens as they were with the law as they were being fed by the soviet leadership and the admittance of guilt in this was if that incident has been already called a turning point in relations between moscow and warsaw that crimean the left was

commuted by. studying and his comrades and. unfortunately this was against a lot of people. know in the duke liberation of the parliament or my country we. was sort of with polish people a boat that the of course the sorrow is not just a purely on the polish side thousands and thousands of russian citizens were also executed there in the 1930's as part of stalinist repressions and all the facts have been released all the archives declassified and made available not only to the polish side but also to the public they were posted online just earlier this year and today we've already. you heard from some polish officials who have said that this latest step this acceptance by the russian state duma of joseph stalin as the

man behind the executions of those polish officers a laser foundation of trust between the two countries that will allow them to build a much more open and honest relationship of course cutting it for the polish side is not just a historical tragedy it is also a recent one earlier this year the polish president lech kaczynski was on his way to the team to pay his respects after for the first time in history both the russian and the polish sides official delegations were there to pay their respects to all the victims very then got the. plane crashed just outside of smile killing everybody on board most of poland's political elite nearly one hundred people so for poland this is a very wrong subject and stuff like these hopefully will bring the two sides closer to reconciling their differences and putting the past behind them. katrina czar over the. stories of our doc online here's what else you can find there at the

moment plus plenty of other features. with extreme care the russian post office shocked to discover a submachine gun winding its way to a woman. and also on the web site americans were facing a thanksgiving full body scan of airports but many opted to go cold turkey on one of the busiest travel weekends of the year all the details and plenty of other features for you. dot com. rush is concerned that the u.s. state department is not responding to an appeal over the recent detention of an r t news team the russian foreign ministry says the lack of reaction from washington is in stark contrast to its claims to be the leader of free speech in the world the crew was arrested while covering a peaceful protest outside a military academy in the state of georgia the school of assassins the two crew members spent around thirty two hours in jail before they were released on bail called on the american authorities to condemn the incident europe's major security

watchdog the o.s.c. is also lost the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton for an independent investigation. time now to have a quick look at some other news making headlines around the world at this stage of the day first to south korea it's reported a second round of artillery fire near one of its islands in the yellow sea this follows early reports of smoke and gun fire officials suspect was a north korean training exercise the news comes as pyongyang warned that u.s. south korean naval drills planned for this weekend pushing the peninsula to the brink of war with a show of solidarity a top u.s. military commander visited the island which was the site of a previous artillery exchange between the countries earlier this week. and you know mumbai is set to mark two years since terror attacks around the indian city killed one hundred sixty six people ten men targeted luxury hotels the main railway station and a jewish cultural center and a siege lasting two and a half days terrorist police will be among those deployed to bolster security in

his criticize pakistan in the lead up to the anniversary for not pressing ahead with charges against the alleged masterminds. police in rio de janeiro say they've regained control of a shanty town that had been taken over by violent drug gangs five days of clashes sorte least thirty people killed as officers backed by special forces and military hardware try to restore order police said the violence began in protest against a crackdown on gang members in the slums brazil is trying to reduce violent crime in the lead up to hosting the football world cup twenty fourteen. three teenagers who spent fifty days adrift in the south pacific are safely back on land after being rescued the boys from the new zealand territory of talk a lot stole a boat and attempted to reach a nearby island it's been reported the most of the trip was a girl who'd caught the eye of one of the youths the boat drifted off course for more than a thousand kilometers before being found the teenagers survived by collecting rainwater coconuts and also a sea bird they managed to catch. the appearance of an armored

vehicle on the streets of lot of us talk in russia's far east had some fearing that world war three was in the offing however it turns out its owner was just popping to the shops victor cole bought the vehicle three months ago his personal transport he's made one too little adjustments it's not live sound proofing you're not tested when he goes fishing or hunting but he's sure it'll go whatever is thrown at it from trends to city. well that brings up today for the moment with the main stories in just over ten minutes from now but the meantime martin andrews dives into some authentic oriental culture here and the russian capital because it's time for a weekend edition of. open

five years ago i'm from contemporary restaurants and various shops. that's what we'll be exploring on the streets and that's the route program chinese culture.

although thousands of kilometers from moscow people forget that russia borders china the countries have had diplomatic and commercial relations for centuries and today this extends to russia's fascination with chinese traditions and designs. furniture from several manufacturers in china and it's all handmade good pieces made of solid wood inlaid with pearls and various turtles many chinese people who come to worship i'm very impressed as this is has been difficult but in defiance of schmoozing friendship in their country and we have it here in. dating back thousands of years chinese interior design is founded on the principles of energy simplicity and nature they strive to achieve surroundings characterized by tranquility and peace and from chinese lanterns to rich opulent fabrics and must their stores like china style here will help you create such a rich exotic look in your home in russia as a form of freedom of expression is now a great need for different styles

a sign of how diverse the tastes of muscovites becoming. on pausing to take a look at this week's entertainment news. and a new show by the famous canadian entertainment company set to select just premiered in moscow it is the second time the international company of acrobats gymnasts clowns and other performers have come to the russian capital the shown in court t o meeting cauterize your italian offers the audience a spectacular performance of a festive parade to the iceberg clown the production is not only a wonderful show of tricks and stunts performed to live music but also aims to touch philosophical matters to help discover kindness and wisdom within each spectator.

and the popular band from norway aha present was. the concert in the russian capital as part of that twenty ten world tool the live performance was one of the last chances to see the musicians on stage as they decided to retire at the end of the year formed in the early ninety's eighties has recorded dozens of international hits including take on may first have a not ules crying in the rain and many others too it's the audiences of all ages and nationalities enjoyed the concert. one of the best things about chinese culture is the food and there are dozens of chinese restaurants here in the russian capital like this one here to go driving. the golden dragon restaurant features five areas the chinese hold the imperial hold the sea hold the ip and karaoke bar. restaurant is decorated with typical classic chinese items such as mats or fans and figurines. it just feel like

a faded underground venue but i think something about that brings charm besides the food he said to be amazing here in the busy kitchen the chefs are working away today i've ordered the asian fusion dish of the sabi prawns. to golden dragon specializes in dishes of chinese and japanese cuisine so the restaurant also cases with vegetarians and those with special diets and hey presto my food is ready and caviar very nice. to stop because when i look at the smaller grades we've got a ministry of chopsticks fortunately i could have used. a mr clinton's. wonderful chinese food in the russian capital for certain words. disappointing.

girls are more cash friendly places like the moment our chain of restaurants the value of his traditional dishes from the asian countries such as vegetable rolls in peace and dark and generous portions and fast service. if you're hungry for art and the state museum of oriental art is the place you should visit it's one of the largest museums representing the culture of the eastern countries and chinese art is part of its permanent collection exhibited in several schools the display features around twenty thousand items representing the country's artistic traditions in chronological order starting from as early as almost full thousand years ago. jolty imperato meaning you know emperor in russian is a clinic of alternative medicine combining the traditions of chinese theories which of thousands of years old with the latest developments top specialists from china

work in the clinic and pharmacy the philosophy behind their approach is to treat the past and not just the disease its methods as acupuncture massages and treatments for plants and hubs are usually used as remedies. in the first patient is examined by both russian and chinese doctor's. appointment if needed and carefully study a medical history and suggestions treatments that acupuncture suction cup therapy messages and herbal medicines. may start if it's an upmarket chinese experience she wants to take a look at this next venue just encourages a business from australia is the head chef here located on the second floor of a mansion in cars next you must hear russian history contrasts sharply with the restaurant's bright contemporary interior and it said to serve the best chinese

food. in the russian capital. recently. so tell me about the rest for mr may here in the concept when we opened. it was we're going to do a fifty percent traditional chinese menu and fifty percent and we do traditional chinese food which you know we're using lots of different sources used to chickens . like traditional chinese cooking and then we do a pension which is what we make everything else and you know has more of a western life and what doesn't capital i was brought here three years ago by. chef and down evil stuff. so he found me in sydney an invited me. here i am today the russians famously dual sushi but chinese food it really kind of is a new thing for the mission that. i think it it's starting to grow to like chinese more i think the flavors are

a bit different for them. they used to. maybe blended type foods i mean from the soviet era. but i think slowly the it's catching on also the flavors i mean we have to sweeten everything. for this for that we take out a lot of spice. because russian people on that really like spicy. we change it a little bit but you know we try and keep it as traditional schools i'm not about the rules or ingredients steve bring the measure from china. fly most of the stuff in twice a week we bring it from china thailand. all their mates. are all brought in from abroad and what you think about living here in moscow i love living here you know. three years every day it's exciting every day something it's unpredictable you don't know it's going to happen. and. it was obvious to me and i look forward to.

more of your tribe is third in the future. version some of us aside a number of chinese tea houses have sprung up in the center of the capital of the past few years the longest established being the tea cups a club in the l a times gardens. russia is one of the world's great he drinks nations and in moscow today we saw cities can be found expensive exotic traditional and healthy once the beverage of chinese floral sedate with its spread across the world the methods of production and brewing have also undergone a sea change. and from tea sets to chinese lanterns the gift shop here has a range of exciting gifts. welcome to the club tries to culture it opened six years ago and the value of more than four hundred the horizon's depending on its heart of the season the focus is on chinese traditions and relaxation and the average

history can take two hours. of course every country faces it's own translation that enchanted tea ceremony of it as well as the ceremonies a chance to get in touch with the oriental culture of south and. east their legs and to enjoy a. wonderful taste. and there's no smoking drinking or mobile phones allowed inside here before. there are several special circumstances in which tea is prepared and consumed in china as a sign of respect for a family gathering to apologize and to connect large families on wedding days here with the club assistants were poor and splashed in and over turkey to cups generous with their time to explain the five stages of boiling cattle for. i have crap to

wind through pine trees sounds a little odd but only part of the unique traditions and customs related to tea no wonder russians love it and as for me my daily l. gray now a serious competition to their purple to a really. small. site morning to absolute one of. the fortunately that's once all we have on this week's program on chinese culture is in the same camp so i'll see you again at the same time next week then for me and there is the same.

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