around the clock around the world of this is r t here in moscow so a currency union between russia and the european union is a possibility that's a message from prime minister vladimir putin and german chancellor angela merkel they pledged to strengthen economic ties after talking business cooperation in berlin r.t. europe going off 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 and 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 ongo a miracle have been discussing joint ventures and projects in many spears like energy and car making and other sectors joint projects joint investments both in business and inside of science but even talked about the possibility of a. 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. the have to say just a bit of a litmus test 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 the 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 between his billion euros on its side so the cooperation is quite intact the prime minister person suggested heaven phrase sound between europe and

russia in the future and i agree with that and i think that russia and europe partners wonderful course 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 the 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 and 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 and 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 bids and will help russia get these bills just as to you will help us rather overcomes the consequences of a global economic crisis he's drinking at believe she's misinformed just previously in the day we also heard some of that a 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. you know that sort of german community doesn't like nuclear power i don't want to make any comments. but i don't understand what you're going to use for 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.

thanks 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 a 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 europe germany is the safest place mexico is economist and host of auntie's koza report but leaves 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 this 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 leadership speaks russian 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 mexico as an economist and host of all artes report. after months hurtling 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 terra firma wanted to tell enough about has more now from star city the heart of russia's space program. russian veteran cosmonaut through the year in has now safely returned to the government center for truth. his colleagues from nasa and douglas we look back to the united states who free members of the team will be

undergoing after flight procedures for rehabilitation slides back to earth from the international space station took about three hours t.m.a. nineteen spacecraft learn the safety 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 you the chief and has all together spent a year in space and his colleagues from nasa sean and 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 there must have been a match and elements 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 fly 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 nine hundred forty russia's parliament has accepted the soviet leader ordered the cat in massacre that served relations between moscow and warsaw for years but his country has or ever 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 it 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 the 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 but. study and his comrades and. unfortunately this was against a lot of people. no he did euclid regional the parliament of my country we. was sort of with polish people a boat that's the of course the sorrow is not just purely on the polish side thousands and thousands of russian citizens were also executed there in the 1930's it's 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. i've 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 base 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 done got to be plane crashed just outside of smile lands 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. just to remind you more on all of our stories available at our dot com that's all the time here's

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

secretary of state hillary clinton for an independent investigation. tom let's have a quick look at some other news making headlines around the world south korea has reported a second. 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 that u.s. south korean naval drills planned for the weekend pushing the peninsula to the brink of war in 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 this week. the boy is set to mark two years since terror attacks around the indian city killed one hundred sixty six men targeted luxury hotels the main railway station and a jewish cultural center and a siege lasting two and a half days and terrorist police will be among those deployed to bolster security india has criticized pakistan in the lead up to the anniversary for not pressing ahead with charges against the alleged mastermind.

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 sorties thirty people killed as officers backed by special forces military hardware trying to restore order and he 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 in twenty four. the appearance of an all in vehicle in the streets of lot of all stalking russia's far east had some fearing that world war three was in the offing however it turns out his owner was just popping to the shops picked up on call of bought the vehicle three months ago for his personal transport he's may want to do just. one of the seats and. test it when he goes fishing or hunting but he sure whatever is thrown at it from the. city potholes.

would be ideal for the streets. now next he'll be diving into some more fantic oriental culture right here in the russian capital it's time it's the weekend edition.

opens five years ago i'm from contempt for. various exciting that's what we'll be exploring on this for its must go out program chinese culture. how for. all those 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 pieces made of

solid wood inlaid with pearls and various turns many chinese people who come to our shop i'm very impressed that this is has been difficult for them to find such mazing furniture 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 moscow 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 eyes of a 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. in the popular band from no one aha has presented a concert in the russian capital as part of that twenty ten world tool the live performance was one of the last chances to see these machines 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 you'll see crying in the rain and many others which 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 the golden dragon. the golden dragon restaurant features five areas the chinese hold the imperial hold the sea hold the ip room and karaoke bar. restaurant is decorated with typical classic chinese items such as mats old fans and figurines. it just feel like a faded underground venue but i think something about that brings charm besides the food is said to be amazing here in the busy kitchen the chefs are working away today i've ordered the asian fusion dish of the saudi 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 chute is ready and caviar very nice. to stop because when i look and smell are great we've got another tree of chopsticks fortunately i could have used. that as a christmas or. wonderful chinese food in russian capital words disappointing. they're also more cash friendly places like the moment out chain of restaurants the value of his traditional dishes from the asian countries such as vegetable rolls in peace and dark 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 yellow emperor and russian is a clinic of alternative medicine combining the traditions of chinese theories which of thousands of years old but 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 doctors translator also turns your appointment is needed in doses based carefully study of medical history and suggestions treatments believes 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 originally from australia is the head chef here located on the second. russian history contrasts sharply with the restaurant's bright contemporary interior and it said to set the best chinese in russian capital. recently. so tell me about the rest for mr me 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. like

traditional chinese cooking and then we do a thing which is what we make everything else and you know it has more of a western. and what doesn't capital i was brought here three years ago by. chef and. he found me in sydney an invited me. here i am today the russians famously. chinese food it really kind of is a new thing for them isn't it. i think it starting to grow to like chinese more i think the flavors are a bit different for them. they used to. maybe blended. 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. really like spicy. we change it a little bit but you know we try and keep it as traditional schools and what about the. fly most of the stuff and twice a week we bring it from china thailand. 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 new it's unpredictable you don't know it's going to happen. to me and i look forward to trying more votes chinese food in the future. coming up. some of us assigned a number of chinese tea houses have sprung up in the center of the capital of the cost few years the longest established being the tea cups in the emma tosh.

russia is one of the world's great teacher inclinations 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 of chinese culture opened six years ago and the value offers more than four hundred favorite is 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 has its own tradition that enchanted tea ceremony of it to their eyes to the ceremonies a chance to get in touch with the oriental culture of south. east their legs

and to enjoy a niche with 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 to record the cups generous with that time to explain the five stages of boiling cattle from i have crap to wind through pine trees sounds a little odd but all are part of the unique traditions and customs related to tea no wonder russians love it and as for me my daily grey now has serious competition there. really.

site morning to absolutely. fortunately that's once all we have on this week's program on chinese culture here in the same camp so i'll see you again at the same time next week then for me and there's the theme of i. will. bring you the latest in science and technology from the realm of russia.

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we're here in the russian capital twenty four hours a day time to update you on our main news stories this week a possible currency union between russia and the european union message from russian prime minister putin talking cooperation with chancellor angela merkel in berlin. also reporting the russian cosmonauts and astronauts have made a successful landing back on earth they spent five months on the international space station. and russia's joseph stalin was responsible for the captain massacre in which nearly twenty thousand polish people were killed in the tragedy relations between moscow and warsaw for decades. not present will be with us the news continues in less than half an hour from now here on r.t. in the meantime it's cross-talk out of a program.