close. race. the state of play in russia's modernization comes into focus in a few hours as president medvedev prepares to outline the country's progress and future plans in his annual address. world leaders more cold water on the exposure of america's empty tables saying that wiki leaks was will not affect global diplomacy. and the loyalty test for president obama's political course as a democrat suppressed the republicans get the cuts deal signed while the senate is still in action.

there you're watching on t.v. live from moscow welcome to the program in a few hours time dimitri medvedev will outline russia's goals underachievement to parliament in his previous state of the nation address the president said more than the rising the country's politics and economics with the main challenges with more on this. in central moscow now look through no let you know what's expected in this year's address. will carry on like last year's address the topics of this year's address that will be delivered by russian president dmitry medvedev in just a few hours remain undisclosed there are of course general areas that the president is definitely going to cover concerning both domestic and foreign policies problems successes and failures all those will be addressed by the russian leader in just a matter of hours but the exact thesis is that he will be delivering force i know and we do know that he will be touching upon various aspects of russia's domestic

policy specifically of course the ongoing fight with the option which has become somewhat of a theme to meet. biggest presidency it is something that he wants to leave as his legacy and definitely wants it to become somewhat of a success during his time in office so the ongoing fight with corruption is definitely going to make it onto the list of subjects addressed today by the russian president there are also a lot of social issues on the agenda according to some sources close to the president so far we know that it is a going to be an ongoing debate with various social issues social reforms all those are going to be covered by the russian president the question all of the politics is also definitely going to make it onto the agenda according to the russian president and russian policies and russian politics are somehow somewhat stagnating a little bit they need a little bit more motivation they need a little bit to be more invigorated russia's opposition needs to be more prominent

there needs to be more. contest at local elections and various other elective a body as you would for russia's politics and russia's politicians and political system to move forward and not just simply stagnate of course of the past that the question of foreign policy is also going to be on the agenda relations with the united states the whole concept of restart i'll close the surest deal we're definitely going to be addressed by the russian leader but asked to the exact subjects in exactly that is of course what we're waiting for and what the russian president will deliver in just a few hours yes indeed and we understand that the program is to be a little more traditional this year off to last year's more interactive address. indeed well this year's is very traditional. it's shown even by the fact that the topics of the address are not revealed last year the russian president chose to make a more interactive approach which has been so not synonymous with his entire presidency

of the middle ages has made it a point to excite the cow to the people of the country to get them when. all by starting on twitter blogs facebook pages online video blogs all those kinds of things and this was also noted in the last year's address to the federal assembly where just prior to the address itself he published an article called go russia where he outlined the focal points of his address to inviting the people of the country to send in their suggestions and he covered quite a few of them in his actual address delivered to the federal assembly but this year's is a slightly more traditional you'll only find out exactly what it is the president chose to focus upon and that of ours and we will of course be bringing you that address live. from central moscow thank you for that. and of course we'll be bringing you more live analysis ahead of the president's speech at the beach or maybe it is expected to begin his address at nine am g.m.t.

that's midday moscow time. now the latest to wiki leaks revelations on nothing new and will not damage international diplomacy according to major world leaders they voiced their doubts about the whistleblower which contained more than two hundred thousand classified documents from u.s. embassies across the globe also he's going to church account rounds up the reaction . those files exposed definitely exposed diplomatic information never meant for public eyes but experts say most of those documents are nothing new for the international diplomatic community most employers are kind of aware of the u.s. attitude some experts are saying what's really embarrassing is not the fact that the u.s. has secrets but that it's no longer able to keep those secrets also the reason they released shows not so much some huge secret facts but rather the level of correspondence among u.s. diplomats which which some described as similar to high school kids chat the u.s. embassy in paris for example described the french president as as

a naked emperor thin skinned and also read for among other things the u.s. embassy in moscow described pres the minute as playing robin to putin's batman you find a lot of nicknames in those files actually that would be an amazing great if it were not so diplomatically embarrassing there are lots of versions on who would want all that secret secret diplomatic correspondence revealed someone did that still not clear who one of those versions is that the leaks words used to undermine obama many were quick to dub it as a diplomatic crisis for the u.s. not just because of the facts revealed in those files but most most of all the first of all because of the revelation itself how is that possible right the secret of us they department allowed this to happen how weak their protection system must be if more than two hundred fifty thousand classified files managed to pour out and second of all home they're saying and often undiplomatic those cables actually actually were some are saying the leaks could be an inside job by some

disillusioned or discouraged us government workers. these leaks would never have happened if not for the number of in scientists who are ready to leak this information it looks like it's linked to the wars in iraq and afghanistan we know this is and they looking for a not exactly business this moral decay inside the pentagon who's these leaks the main thing this leak has done is break delusions of the street. appointment has everything down to control they have been exposed mechanisms not secret but quite simple and cynical public news of the us will be more careful now it's another sign that the us is no longer dominating the world for those who remember earlier this year we can release thousands of secret documents on u.s. actions in afghanistan and iraq they showed civilians killed by american forces though this was just another huge batch of classified files linked by the whistle blowing web site the wiki leaks are definitely causing a lot of american and for the obama administration they're trying to sort of play this down in obama's case just just they get more he walked out on

a reporter who asked about the we factor of state hillary clinton is now doing all the damage control work sort of sort of here's what she said i want to make clear that our official foreign policy is not set through these messages but here in washington our policy is a matter of public record as reflected in our statements and our actions around the world many countries that were mentioned in those files were kind of restraint in their comments including russia. is obliged it was fun to read sure but in actual policies we prefer to base our decisions on our partners concrete actions we're going to practice this approach in the future. meanwhile obama ordered to tighten measures to safeguard classified information but we can explore missis to reveal more i haven't heard an opinion here at that maybe we can leave you as diplomacy a favor or that would make them work better and maybe watch what they're saying

behind the backs of their allies even. well former british ambassador craig maria says there are no surprises in the latest leak but believes there's a lesson for envoys to address their concerns directly and not behind people's backs. most of this material is not really very highly classified and it doesn't contain a great deal but the world wouldn't have suspected already. the difficulty is of course that there's been a great deal of discontent with the united states foreign policy ever since the iraq war the continuing occupation of afghanistan so a missile launch on the gauge your ground to have people putting out information in to be public domain not to do fact of life but diplomats services have to come to terms with i think diplomats should speak honestly about world leaders i think the difficulty is that you have people speaking honestly and. cables but not speaking on the sleeve to people stay says diplomacy shouldn't just be

a synonym of duplicity if you have a problem with the world leader you should tell them so explain what the problem is politely but firmly. where you get trouble is where you are very very polite to people spaces and been very dude about them in private and that sort of behavior shouldn't be any more acceptable in diplomacy i mean while trends on the list says the leaks show a vivid example of the u.s. government's shortcomings it's just another example of how inept the united states government is just another level whether it's losing wars in iraq or afghanistan whether it's failed health care or how about this one a failed economic policy everything that washington is they turn to ruin and this is just merely another example of their levels of incompetence we the people should have the right to there's information they want

a transparent government let's have it this is the diplomatic thought this is levels b. and now we have these grazie congressman i don't want to call them a terrorist so now they're going to try to stop it every way they can but you know it's very difficult to say where it's going to go. well still ahead for you on r t the call for peace that no one's hammering. you cannot fight terror with wall because war is terror that's our main issue you know. we explore why the authorities and media in denmark turning a blind eye to campaign is demanding that troops withdraw from afghanistan. internal conflicts in the u.s. congress should not hamper efforts to reduce nuclear weapons that's the call from the head of the senate foreign relations committee john kerry says the atomic cuts treaty with russia should be ratified before the union acted and republican dominated senate gets the chance to block it new start he is quite simply

a commonsense agreement to control the world's most dangerous weapons and then have stability between the two countries two countries that present us over ninety percent of them and what are completely opposite irresponsible decision it would be if the united states senate just got bogged down in politics and walked away from this moment unwilling to make that kind of decision that offers the kind of leadership that the world and i think certainly the american people expect us to make. kerry's message echoes that of the u.s. president during a nato summit in lisbon that he this month. said rubber stamping the deal this year is crucial for national security and the warming of relations with russia the treaty it would see the nuclear arsenals of russia and the us national almost

a third to come into force it has to be ratified by the us senate republicans are trying to stall the process saying no more pressing problems to deal with a vestige of journalist wayne madsen says some republicans are in favor of signing the treaty and that president obama still faces a daunting task to persuade the rest of them to do so. unfortunately if we don't pass a start treaty and this congress it's going to be thrown into a senate where the republicans are going to have an increase majority people like senator john kyl and senator john mccain both from arizona will have a lot of influence and less so people like senator lugar who's been forcefully arguing he's a republican of course he's been forcefully arguing for the republicans to do the right thing if he can persuade enough republicans and maybe some of the outgoing republican senators to get on board maybe we could see passage but this is going to

take some. some monumental statesmanship not only on the part of president obama but on the part of the democratic and republican leaders in the senate who are not trying to sabotage the start treaty with the with russia ok i think we're going to have to wait and see it's really incumbent i think on president obama to use his bully pulpit being the president of the united states to to really force this issue and tell these recalcitrant republicans why this is important for the united states has some severe financial neck and. mic problems right now and to reduce nuclear weapons i think would in the long run be one issue that the president doesn't have to be really concerned with when he has many other issues he needs to be concerned with not not a new nuclear arms race certainly. north korea's parliamentary chairman is in china

for diplomatic talks official reason for the visit has not been announced but it comes after beijing called for an emergency meeting of the six nations involved in north korea disarmament because she ations south korea said it was not interested in forming resuming talks tensions had been stoked by the u.s. and south korea been holding a joint military exercises in the ghettos sea near the disputed maritime border. reportedly put its surface to surface missiles on the alert that comes just days after the north that an island along to the south killing four claiming it was provoked korean affairs expert unit petroff says american efforts to keep north korea on edge are getting dangerously close to sparking a conflict. there are many questions about the reasons. behind the u.s. and involvement in this military exercises that have been already the fourth

military exercise in the last eight months i believe that you will see is eager to make sure the south koreans and their manes brutalised along with japan in this region well trained well prepared needs more weapons. probably the worst providing needed republics and finally that north korea is weakened or annoyed and. intimidated of course staging military exercises is not. part of the armistice agreement so it's a clear violation from what it was signed it happens so it's hot here in the united states. military exercises solve all of the thirty eighth parallel or the northern limit line which they you know that the new rule in the west and the real. soul the their actions can easily be interpreted misinterpreted by north koreans as a violation of alms disagreement. so i keep across that story for you online as

what else you can check out r.t. dot com today the submarine that anyone can pilot we show you the world's first ever pedal powered underwater crawl. on the young sumo wrestler proving she's tough enough to train with the boys. there's no shortage of skepticism in europe over the war in afghanistan and veteran activists have been camping outside parliament for many a decade to make politicians listen but their calls are falling on deaf ears he's going to the square explains why. they've been here for nine years and they're not planning on leaving anytime soon among us through.

we are like no we don't want to go home or leave it to them again you know they are peace watch and they believe their government is doing the wrong thing but participating in the war in afghanistan you cannot fight terror with a wall because war is terror that's our main issue you know denmark has more than seven hundred troops in afghanistan a soldier killed recently brought the total number of danish losses to thirty nine so peace watch believe very case is as important today as it was in two thousand and one this is the danish ministry of defense right across the street from this is the danish parliament members of peace watch have been standing here for the last nine years day in and day out demanding the pullout of danish troops from afghanistan so has anybody been paying attention to them apparently not in fact they say it's not just the government that ignores them but the media and the

general public too sometimes they say well denmark isn't war we say to the youngsters over here coming to us they say look around where i don't see any war and occasional deeds we happen to pass by i also don't show much enthusiasm i don't see. really an. aggressive. militaristic. so why have peace watch activists not been able to gain any attention at least for their perseverence some believe it's because an anti war mood in the country is something over a new thing within the last. well there's a majority of the population against continued participation of got the stuff even though there are still a large political majority in parliament for public opinion has become skeptical but that's quite new but peace watch i determined to stay put until they reach their goal even if it takes and you know their nine years the whole thing here on

the border ending with everything maybe in english glory tea cup and denmark well some more of today's main world news for you now all twenty four hostages have been released from a u.s. high school in wisconsin are being held. for five hours the gunman did not make any demands and has had no previous run ins with them or shot himself the police broke into a classroom what else was injured. europe's big freeze is set to continue its heavy snowfall covers much of the continent it's led to huge disruption to travel cancellations hundreds of flights and jamie emergency services had to provide food and shelter for stranded motorists in britain where record low temperatures for november. the extreme weather comes from the high pressure from greenland which is funding arctic winds into europe. the russian president's advisor on climate

change says diet consequences lie ahead if the issue is not tackled head on and he tells us in a few minutes time it's up to people and politicians to seize the initiative. they can move into submission and think that nothing can be changed or they can try to influence the processes civilizational burns fuel and emit greenhouse gases as they develop those emissions can be cut the population of the earth is growing and we are at risk of finding ourselves in a very difficult situation within the next twenty or thirty years. yup business update is up next. hello welcome to our business program i'm sure on the. president dmitri medvedev has suggested more tax cuts for those who back innovative start ups he was speaking

at a gathering on modernization and technology the president said investors should be exempt from taxes when they sell their shares and start up projects such as investor own money differing from venture capitalists to manage third party funds. the president's suggestion is the latest proposal to aspire a russian version of silicon valley but business leaders doubt the economy can be modernised by a decree. one brother should adopt as it is a big bust practice and. learn from the actions how to how to implement initiatives it's also important to develop infrastructure also develop trust in businesses and well should promote development of joint interest. before us there's little bit more skeptical about government. investing in particular technology i think that should be led by private sector but if you good government should do and

what states should do is promote equal rights and promote clear rules on the right climate for such investments to post. the who has agreed on an eighty five billion euro bailout package for ireland but that is still only a fraction of the money that banks in ireland have lost and many doubt this summer is enough to halt the crisis the head of london school of economics told business r.t. that the bailout package is credible but i wish banks will have to give up their global ambitions the i.m.f. and the rest of the european union are now standing behind the government the question remains however what is the future for the irish banks because in the past they were very large they did a lot of international business particularly in the u.k. and my own view is that's over that we will have to see a significant contraction in the activities of the irish banks and they will have

to go back to being essentially local domestic banks because this adventure that they went on overseas was a failure last week chancellor merkel made a strong quote she asked if politicians had the courage to confront the bankers and bondholders to make those who took the risks share in the bailout how comments were barely reported in the western press why is this a touchy issue because if you say that's what you are thinking about people in the market react to it immediately so this is not something that you can speculate about either have to have a clearly worked out plan which involves a debt restructuring which is for everybody painful maybe but at least equally painful if you have that plan and you can do it you could do that for greece or italy for portugal you could say we're going to have

a standstill and over a weekend we're going to work out but everyone's going to take a haircut that's possible what you can't do is speculate about it. now let's have a look at the markets asian stocks are trading down this hour both indices are shedding more than one percent financials are dragging in hong kong with h.s.b.c. down almost one and a half percent away from the financials lenovo group is also lower after the data group gartner reduce its forecast of global p.c. sales in two thousand and ten and two thousand and eleven. meanwhile in russia the indices had a positive start but closed down on the day last night hydro and ross now lost just under one percent on the why sex shares fell the most in almost four months after a sinkhole that form near the company's main part of ash mine different complicating efforts are a pair the main rail link the company uses to ship potash from its main russian mine. coal we're also down over one and a half percent on the r.t.s.

. and russian ukraine may repeat their traditional winter gas dispute as kids are still not satisfied with the price of russian gas supplies that's according to constantine siminoff from the national energy security fund from the point of view of the war there will be no crisis because we have gone through ukraine must feel free. and if we are going to school in ukraine must give us some essence or sell some property so the problem of ukraine but you can still see us in washington maybe you will some describe because remember looking at the price of russia at the beginning to solve the. situation is them for example. but they saying twenty thirty percent is still the possibility of these new crisis between other countries. and that's all the updates for this hour but you can always find more stories on our website that's r g dot com slash business stay with

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