well hidden saw you see life from central moscow where president dmitri medvedev has now finished delivering his annual state of the nation address to parliament the president stressed the significance of russia and nato is toying with solid defense plans adding that there is only one alternative and that's an all right are all the headlines this tuesday. wald lead is the whole cold war for all the exposure of america's counted cables saying the wiki leaks wiles will not affect global diplomacy. and to keep the loyalty tests or president obama's political course as the democrats pressed republicans to get the nuclear cut steel signs off while the senate is

still in action. in a very warm welcome to you for vaults even brought calls to life in the very hot all of the russian capital with me alice have bed just behind me is the kremlin from which president dmitry medvedev did deliver his annual state of the nation address in that address the president to highlight to the significance all of the russia and they say joint mistrustful defense plan for the whole being discussed because of course echoes previous statements made at the lisbon russian they say so mr who's the president said that russia is very key to cooperate in such plans but only if russia can do so on an equal footing and as an equal partner well in this book. kill or address to meet the said of major or rather all mr moggs saying that

there's only one real alternative seeing such joint missile defense plans and that's an honest race. in the next decade we have the following alternatives he do we reach an agreement on missile defense and create a full blown mechanism for cooperation or if we fail to have a constructive agreement a new stage of the arms race will start and we will have to make a decision on creating new strike forces. or rather all minutes warning there from president dmitry medvedev outlining a possible scenario that of course no one wants to see another potential arms race a corporation on missile defense. a key priority for russia made clear enough to address the president was also making to say that russia's foreign policy is not simply about this than about the feds they also want to see

a more pragmatic approach being taken towards trade with foreign partners and so was foreign investments the president made clear that he wants to see more common economic zones being set up this is the one in the pacific area stretching as he said from the arctic to the pacific ocean which would of course includes china and japan so we're foreign trade not a key focus of this presidential address. on that issue its economy we need to step up economic diplomacy it should provide specific results for modernization our foreign policy should not just be based on missiles it should be specific achievements that are understandable to our people creating joint ventures in russia producing high quality inexpensive goods facilitating the visa regime such a pragmatic approach me to an understanding from our foreign partners. so the

need to improve russia's trade legs with its foreign partner is a key focus there of president made that is speech he did of course also talk a great deal about domestic issues here in russia he talked about the need for greater modernization of both economic and this a cool spears he talks about the need to safeguard the future for russia's next generation to improve the life of its children improving health and educational facilities he talked about the demographic problem here in russia the need to encourage families to have children he talked about the environment about the need to humanize the criminal justice system but he also did on the issue of corruption and he said that we need to fight corruption in every sphere is still the top priority of him and his governments. should.

someone when you make the most of them the battle with corruption remains the top priority for us i think we have to analyze what we have done and go ahead with it our experience shows that even facing a twelve year jail term does not stop corrupt people we think that sometimes economic measures such as a fine could be more productive so commercial bribery can be punished with a hundredfold fine. so you modernization in again the ball's words of this address but the fight against corruption still the top priority for president medvedev and his government but surface further analysis on that the contents of that presidential address my colleague in isa now we who is in some ways the kremlin this self earliest spoke to alexei pushkov a political scientist. a new arms race what do you make of his statements in the translation we had seemed a little bit lighter and. it came off really strong am i right in understanding

that in russia going forward is really a means arms race so the translation is completely right. i think mr madrid for wanted to make a very strong point that the a.b.m. system which may be creative jointly between united states europe and russia. may become the foundation for a new relationship as they say in the united states a big game changer something which will dramatically change the strategic equation if it does not happen he wanted to say then we may be for a new period of confrontation looking from today and you are israelis does not look as a very high probability. i think he was putting the stress on the fact that if we don't move forward we will definitely move backward and what is backward what is behind our backs it's a cold war and so if we do not progress in our relationship with the worst of

native women a very well find ourselves regressing and then the relationship between russia and nato as it has happened many times in history will become very called again and maybe we will face a new period of confrontation. that was used in the east and now eat that discussing the finer points of that are no presidential address with alexei pushkov of the school scientists so the main focus is all of that address the ongoing fight against corruption the need for russets of best syrian prove it's a trade relations of form part is but most importantly the need for russia to work together with they say to develop its missile defense systems so was the main points of interest from this presidential address just earlier delivered by the need to medvedev. now they've got to see you in the r.c.c.

da for the rest it's days. all right many thanks for that indeed alice now to other news now and the latest a wiki leaks revelations are nothing new and will not damage international diplomacy that's according to major world leaders they voiced doubts about the leaks from the online whistleblower which contained more than two hundred thousand classified documents from u.s. embassies around the world but it's all to use a guy nature can reports many experts say it's still a huge blow for washington's reputation. 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 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 secretive u.s. 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 how embarrassing and often undiplomatic those cables actually actually were 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 things off among other things the u.s. embassy in moscow described president medvedev as playing robin to putin's batman you find a lot of nicknames in those files 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 to just ignore it he walked out on a reporter who asked about the week secretary of state hillary clinton is now doing

all the damage control work here is 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 because. 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. there are lots of versions on who would want all that secret secret diplomatic correspondence revealed someone their dad still not clear who one of those were versions is that the leaks were used to undermine obama some are saying the leaks could be an inside job i found this a little friend or discourage the u.s.

government workers these leaks would never have happened if not for the number of insiders who are ready to leak this information it looks like it's linked to the wars in iraq and afghanistan when officers and they're looking for a not exactly fair business and this moral decay inside the pentagon caused these leaks the main thing this leak has done is break delusion that the state department has everything down to control they have been exposed mechanisms not secret but quite simple and cynical partners of the us will be more careful now it's another sign that the us is no longer dominating the world 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 the u.i.c. cuomo say a favor that would make them work better and made me watch what they're saying behind the backs of their allies even. he's gone h kind reporting well trends on the list gerald celente says the leaks are a vivid illustration of the u.s.

government's shortcomings. it's just another example of how inept the united states government is it's 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 this information they want a transparent government let's have it this is the diplomatic talk this is the bills be and then we had these crazy congress men that want to call him 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. ahead for you here on oxy cool for peace but no one's here. you cannot fight terror with the wall because

wall is terror at that sound main issue you know we explore why the old northeast and the media in denmark turning a blind eye to come pain is demanding the country's troop withdrawal from afghanistan. internal conflicts in the u.s. congress should not have efforts to reduce nuclear weapons that's the cool from the head of the senate foreign relations committee john kerry says the atomic cuts treaty with russia should be ratified before the newly elected senate is in place when the republicans will get the chance to block. new start he is quite simply a commonsense agreement to control the world's most dangerous weapons and enhance stability between the two countries to countries that possess over ninety percent of them and what

a 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. senator john kerry's message echoes that of the us president worked nato summit in lisbon earlier this month barack obama said rubber stamping the deal this year is crucial for national security and for the warming of relations with russia the truth you would see the nuclear arsenals of russia and the us slashed by almost a third to come into force it has to be ratified by the us senate republicans are trying to stall the process saying there are more pressing problems to deal with investigative journalist away in madison says some republicans are in favor of signing the treaty but that president obama still faces a daunting task to persuade the rest of them to do so. unfortunately if we don't

pass the 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 monumental statesmanship not only on the part of president obama but on part of the democratic and republican leaders in the senate who are not trying to sabotage the start treaty with russia 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. just now off to a quarter past the hour here in moscow you are with odds here let's check out some more of today's main world headlines now and old twenty four hostages. released from a u.s. high school in wisconsin they were being held by an armed student for five hours the fifteen year old did not make any demands ern has had no previous run ins with the law he suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound and is now being treated in hospital nobody else was hurt. the world football's governing body has been hit by allegations of corruption three days before the vote to select the hosts for the world cups in two thousand and eighteen and two thousand and twenty two three senior officials are accused of receiving kickbacks totaling one hundred million dollars from a sports marketing firm in the one nine hundred ninety s.

there are also fraud allegations against a vice president reportedly involved in the resale of world cup tickets to touts has so far refused to comment. well there's no shortage of skepticism in europe over the war in afghanistan in denmark though veteran activists have been camping outside parliament for nearly a decade to make politicians listen but their calls are falling on deaf ears artie's ironical explains why. they've been here for nine years and they're not planning on leaving anytime soon among us the i'm through break. no we don't want to go home alone 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 tell the terror over the 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 days we happen to pass by i also don't show much enthusiasm i don't see. really. you know to the aggressive.

militaristic policy 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 year while there's a majority of the population against continued participation of. georgian party before the public opinion has become skeptical but that's quite. a piece watch i determined to stay put. until they reach their goal even if it takes in no they're nine years you're whole thing here and there's a more the ending but everything may be in english glory t. company in denmark. well in other news now four policemen have been wounded and blasted in critical stands capital it happened just a few hours before officials from the ousted president's government doing court on

charges of causing civilian deaths during a pause uprising several former top officials including ex-president kiyo for being tried over claims they ordered the military to open fire on protesters who were trying to force the government's resignation almost on hundred were killed back here was eventually forced to flee the country leaving the ether an interim government to deal with months of on rest but despite the tensions the country's new parliament agreed to form a new unity government following october election u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton is due to visit critical standard later on tuesday let's now get the view from inside bishkek we can now talk live to journalist back to what it is kinda. so hello to you tell me who do you think could be behind this latest blast. well there were several versions about this today secretary of the security council of kyrgyzstan he told that there is some nation separatist group as he called it

a separatist group which is behind it but he couldn't mention what exactly group is behind that there also like. several. opinions about this concerning international terrorist groups again as officials so they for example mentioned the union of islamic jihad that can be behind that they also mention the islamic movement of suspect is down that could be behind that and they also said that today's blast in this case is linked with yesterday's events in all when the police was trying to capture people who were having some guns and bombs with. and some storage in one of the districts and they eventually had to kill them so there are several versions and now officials are saying that. these are really just fundamental extremists behind that or as they also call them. separatists which is quite a strange term for that. but the speculation here that you're naming

a number of different groups who could be behind this latest blast let's start with a nationalist possibly and let's also start with what you say could be international terrorist groups if indeed people in these groups are behind the blast what kind of message do you think they're trying to send. again it's really hard to say but obviously the fact that they made this blast near the place where the court is happening the prior on the seventh of april events means but probably it is somehow to give some sign that they had they had they disagree with what is going on in the court right now and one other interesting thing is that this blast occurred today near the entrance in this building where usually the relatives. of. of let's say former president people are usually coming into the building so again this also rises like several sorts of what exactly can be because it's really hard to say what exactly it can be because. it is still too vague

and it's really hard to explain but. it happened just near the entrance to. where the relatives of ex-president supporters are coming into the building but at the same time maybe they could you know about this details so maybe it was generally just to just to frighten people who are going to this trial maybe to frighten like the whole new authorities i really don't know about this the timing of this could prove to be wrong of the person and here because you have rather big guest coming your way on tuesday the u.s. secretary of state. and hillary clinton is due in the country talk to me how significant is the timing of this blast and how do you think this could affect the visit of america's secretary of state. well today we're trying to actually phone the u.s. embassy here in bishkek and we tried to get some information from them but it seems like it's very hard for them to communicate with the press because they are also under another attack right now because they were also. because you the u.s.

embassy was also mentioned in this we could leak story and that's why they were really busy yesterday with solving this issue so today they couldn't actually answer us about this officially but as far as we know. there was no like information that the visit of hillary clinton would be for example. so it seems like she will come anyway and it seems like that's the program and has schedule would not will not be changed so much all right jonah specter. thank you. for the business news with stay with us. welcome to our business program. president dmitri medvedev has given more details of his plan to modernize the economy the president also confirmed the broad sell off of state assets announced earlier this year while small business medvedev said

social and manufacturing sectors will be exempt for the next two years from plan tax increases. but. we must find an opportunity to soften the impact of the measures on business and decided on a two year transition period for small firms in the social and production sectors we will have a lower level of insurance payment of twenty six percent this year i signed a decree for the list of strategic companies to be reduced by five times the main goal is to increase the efficiency of these companies to attract additional investment and to use the income to modernize the economy. should be privatized the authorities should not own factories newspapers or ships everyone should stick to their own business. let's take a look at the markets european stocks are higher with banks among the leaders the forty is a point fourteen percent led by gains of around point six percent for royal bank of scotland and point eight percent for lloyds banking group the german dax is up half

a percent with deutsche bank showing similar gains. meanwhile in russia both indices are gaining almost half a percent g.d.p. is down point three percent and point four percent this hour on the my sex role callias shares fell the most in almost four months after subsidence at a rail link to the company's main potash mine deepened however a look well gained over two percent on the r.t.s. . and russia's largest independent oil producer raise profits twenty nine percent in the first nine months earnings came in at around six point eight billion dollars under international accounting rules local oil credit cost controls will generating record free cash flow. and in general the russian markets have been moving sideways on negative news from that's according to alexey nyad our energy security . expert the markets have been moving sideways the last couple weeks and of course

the russian equity market is also moving on the certain. quite important metric moment when some factors first of all it's a military conflict between so and not been career and of course the problems concerning the european countries some european countries like spain and portugal the european union is supposed to provide some economic and financial support for countries like spain and portugal so the thing is the question is whether this support will be sufficient and well whether the funds aimed at this problem will be sufficient the most interesting subject through the end of the year easily stocks all the while and telecoms interest in the tokamak preterist because practically all of them have a certain upside potential to the valuation within that of those telecom what else of course is utility stocks first of all it's interesting to see the distribution

companies all of them quite interesting kind of price levels and most of them. significantly undervalued or navy. base relation. and you're all set and i go a power company controlled by oleg deripaska has postponed its listing to complete a deal with china's yangtze power. better go is expected to launch a rocket show this week to promote its i.p.o. in hong kong instead it will focus on a bid by china's yangtze power to invest over one hundred fifty million dollars when the listing of actually takes place. is a subsidiary of china's state owned three gorgeous corporation. and that's all the update for this hour but you can always find more business stories on our website that's our two dot com slash business stay with us.

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