we're going to join. the gateway hotel the grand imperial tried to talk west coast coromandel new kind of what the socialist says don't need to go and . run this in the kennel was such a retreat. it's almost a full time for the bridge is battling to host the world's biggest sporting event with russia hoping that will keep the world cup it's way for twenty eight teams. prime minister putin talks missile defense and democracy to primetime america in a candid interview with veteran talk show host larry king. russian premier also took the u.s. to task over the latest wiki leaks way as america launches into damage limitation right after exposure snooping on its house which thanks to.

that are you watching r t well live from moscow welcome to the program where later on thursday football's governing body will make i'll be the biggest decision in sports fifo will select who gets to host the twenty eighteen and twenty twenty two world cups which for the winners will spark a decade of multi-billion dollar investment in those countries russia is among the favorites to stage the world's biggest sporting event in eight years' time it faces stiff competition from england as well as joint bids from spain portugal the ventilators. russian premier confirmed he won't be in switzerland after the final at which to try to deal saying he wants proof for executives to choose without any pressure from the outside looking also come damned what he called the fair competition by other bit it's nice whether it's british media claims of an option people officials australia isn't. today is

a very exciting day in the world of sports as it is the day to fifo will announce who will win the hosting rights of the world cup twenty eight thousand and twenty twenty two now yesterday be a bit in countries for the twenty twenty two events have made their fardell presentations and today it's the turn of the bidding countries for the twenty eight team and the competition is really very close now although bookmakers have a given russia a slight favorite has made russia a slight favorite and a close second it's still all up in the air i've been speaking to different people and really the essence of this competition is no one really knows who is going to win twenty. russia will be the last country to make a final final presentation to feel how coming last could work to russia's advantage as some people believe. such an event. gathered here to. russia it's crucial for us. i can

assure you. the world cup championship. everyone. is excited. to be the host. of course all the countries are keeping their final presentations are going to be but we did manage to get a bit of information from the russian. side from presenting technical capabilities of the country talking at a few heartstrings and presenting. and also bringing some emotion to their pitch. i believe that our people to see the championship in this country and they want to see the best players in the world. in their native city and i want kids and probably my son too to come to the stadium in two thousand and to see me. i think then i think that a big advantage is that they will develop the infrastructure and after the world cup. so again the voting will happen right after the last

presentation and so we can expect that in the afternoon as are a time. star of who runs the manchester united supporters club in moscow says russia has many attractions which would make it an excellent host nation. will offer the culture and it's going to be different from. all western europe will offer different food different people different attitude basically nice street because a lot of people say like or like to go to russia or keep on postponed here but now it's a world cup and the cultural thing altogether might be between worldly hockey for sickleave here but we are getting into it and all the people are coming to the ground to the domestic football and obviously the world cup the big event never been called in russia and i think it will be of great interest and the fans will be welcoming and really an eighty it's time the football hooligans policy or whatever but after this policy might change their might say oh we're back off we are to all

now for this and this security security wise russia is really trained to take to take really serious situations not even the full football hooligan violence now we're saying that yes we want it and we're not going to turn we wanted to lympics we wanted to lympics and now we've got the impacts now we've been won the big football we went and we want to have it and we will definitely get it somehow. says ok i'm. going to do something really. what do you want to get down to brass tacks. special coverage. is almost gone pete rose finally was sold looms on an international faceoff for the future of the two thousand eighteen world cup. final to be hosting the world's largest sports event live on the larger. question more on. the russian premier has outlined. a stark choice ahead on european defense if the

mosque area becomes an equal partner or it will be forced to put more missiles on russia's borders but they were putin told america's primetime t.v. audience that shoring up weapons is not what russia wants auntie's garniture can has more on the interview with veteran talk show host larry king. larry king started off with a question that is a big and make money not only in the west but also in russia will lead to their run for office in two thousand and twelve what then basically said they'll figure something out with president medvedev sort of indicating that they are first of all so far nervous with the current president and other rivals they're actually larry king brought up the comical comparison with batman and robin that comparison about a u.s. that one might gave to a russian leader share to the russian leadership in a classified cable beholders that bi weekly experience with excitement as the book is set so that the words good. you knew that mr medvedev and i would tackling the issue of future cooperation which is actually come on how we were going to build up

our relations when deciding on how to design the election campaign the presidential election in two thousand and eight we fully realize that many would try to suit a school within our common approach is building the state of russian economy development if it's because of cooperation is a significant factor in the country's internal. but frankly speaking we could not imagine that it was going to be done in such a bold pushy and impudent way so such a claim is a cool seem to be insulting us pride in provoking steps which would destroy beneficial cooperation in managing a country i must say that we've got used to it already and i don't suppose you make such attempts to come. to. primus the ports and larry king certainly did touch upon some major international headlines for example larry asked about prism innovative three since they claim that that if washington then and nato don't figure out a joint sort of even approach to the planned missile defense shield in europe it

could trigger an arms race and quickly made it very clear that it is the last thing russia would want russia's actions will only be in reaction he said and russia will never be the one to provoke an arms race take a listen. but if we receive very negative suggestions. if there is an edition with threats in the form of a new missing a shield in your own borders who have to maintain its security by taking. new missile strike systems against the new threats in your own borders and create new missiles because it's not a choice we do not want it and it's not a threat in any way we're just talking about what it waiting for us in the case we can't reach an agreement on collaboration you don't see it i repeat we do not want to sort all of mobile who will go to both of those who was. regarding what was leaked by or there was a blowing website we can make the prime minister put aside he doesn't see a catastrophe in what happened to sort of suggest that he was there plus being more cautious with their internal correspondence but he also said there was

a number of facts personal believe the hype around weekly leaks was created on purpose to be able to lay her maybe use it as an instrument for which in political goals nothing is known for sure but experts are looking into that as well promised important also i was also asked to comment on on another leaked cable waves with the u.s. secretary of defense saying the moc we're seeing russia has this appeared in the country's ruled by security services what is said robert gates is deeply misled here he said russia's role for people they elected to office but he also had something to say about the democracy in the u.s. take a listen your. store would like to remind you that twice twice in u.s. history in which there were cases that presidential candidates who later won the election were supported by a big number of electors who were chosen by the least number of voters in the u.s. where's the democracy there so when we say to our american colleagues that there are issues with that system that we hear from tradition and that's how it's going

to be. but i would like to advise our colleagues to stay away from going we live to . a little bit off the topic here but also regarding wiki leaks a new portion of classified cables was released also russia related the u.s. ambassador in russia is is writing. former moscow mayor yuri luzhkov you're right he was and so on and so forth how he bribed the kremlin while the gulf was fired by the kremlin is september as we remember it because the president did interest in many more kind of the pointed out to the point about how much of the stuff released by week of these is actually new store or secret many of those cables are speculating on on rumors sort of hearsay. in washington there well russia is not alone in dismissing the wiki leaks disclosures even though the latest wave paints a bleak picture of russian politics this time detailing how spanish and american

officials claim organized crime runs at high levels in russia it comes as the u.s. scrambles a diplomatic rescue mission often leaked cables revealed less than flattering opinions of other countries portnoy explains. a global partner in peace or paranoid superpower hungry for secrets our diplomats are doing what diplomats do around the world every day which is build relationships negotiate advance our interests and work to find common solutions to complex problems that's what they do but according to documents released by wiki leaks in two thousand and nine u.s. diplomats around the world were in fact directed to gather saif i take details including facial images fingerprints iris scans and even d.n.a. from u.n. officials among the targeted ambassadors from russia china france and britain even secretary-general ban ki moon many people didn't understand what that meant or that mean the diplomats do spying on the side of the order of operation allegedly came

from u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton and as the u.s. assumes the presidency of the security council today that afternoon these revelations will probably be seen as an undesirable distraction but little more it seems only belgium openly criticized washington for mixing diplomatic work and outright espionage the united nations is not in a position to comment on the authenticity of the document purporting to request information gathering activities official reaction from the u.n. itself only went as far as reminding member states that international treaties per hit spying at the u.n. their response has been so weak to being spied on by the u.s. in large part because the u.s. is just the behemoths. of the un they pay a lot of the bills but they also have the ability to veto a second term for ban ki-moon the us is the un's fattest financier said to contribute more than two and a half billion dollars in two thousand and eleven and this is not the first time

the u.s. has been caught spying. back in two thousand and three in the lead up to the invasion of iraq the national security agency was reportedly conducting secret surveillance operation providing intelligence on the voting intentions of u.n. members this time around diplomats were asked to provide information on computer upgrade security measures passwords and personal encrypted and keys of their human colleagues the exhausting level of the details allegedly demanded about top u.s. officials has not only left the u.s. red faced but it's also caused some to question whether washington was ultimately laying the groundwork for surveillance or hocking operations here at the world body had quarters for governments that are constantly talking about democracy see transparent see him poor newnham blah blah blah in the world and say that they're invading all sorts of countries in order to promote the new democratic spirit and

then they behave this way i'm sorry but i think it's time for some outrage while washington repeatedly claims to be rebuilding and repairing relations around the world the image of the u.s. as big brother watching at the u.n. may be repairable what is the u.s. policy is this u.s. policy going forward and you know it was in the past will it be going forward and if so you know people better hold on to their wallets around here while the u.s. appears to be left holding the smoking gun. r.t. new york. well shortly the middle eastern musicians with a message for the world. number of arabs are letting their music cage the people who politicians can reach. the world needs a new integrated security space from the pacific to the atlantic is the key message from the organization for security and cooperation in europe that's holding its first summit and for

a decade. security on the war in afghanistan are on the table for the fifty six member states attending events in kazakhstan president has once again pushed his initiative to create a pan-european security treaty and also said they are seen as using its influence and needs much more modernized the head of the organization described it as well this was a great. proposal by president evidence that one great merit because there were sort of a. fresh look the fresh approach had to be given to the issues this clearly energized the discussions to deal with the years you know there was a so-called process. i think this laid the groundwork to have this summit which we are having now and which anyway part of this dialogue to renovate to give a new foundation to european security. and

a full interview with the head of the on air in an hour's time or not. now that a quick update on some other international headlines an emotional service has been held in new zealand for the twenty nine miners lost following a series of underground explosions of a coal mine although ten thousand mourners including the country's prime minister attended a memorial in films so far rescue teams still being unable to recover the victims' bodies as conditions are still deemed too hazardous a disaster is the country's worst mining accident in more than a century. fifteen people have died in europe as a result of the cold stuff that schools and havoc across the culture a fourth day of heavy snow falls forced into airports to close brought many trains services to a standstill to save for being one of the worst affected shipping through its

coldest start to the central record insurance companies in the u.k. estimate the big freeze is costing the local economy up to one point nine billion dollars a day the shops restaurants bars must. now when you think of the middle east she such as conflict and oil often spring to mind but now a growing number of young arab musicians are trying to present an alternative picture of that ati's policy there is more. name young very vibrant and they taking the world by storm. we wanted to do alternative rock in arabic. the new arab league rap stars i would musicians making waves on the hip hop scene they share the same beat and can mobilize millions of foot soldiers young fans around the world the fun of the music and the mixing. things that we experienced in the world and all of

life and that experience really bad this is really missed something called peace. and it'll do politicians well to take a note from the lyrics these are natural politicians whose music in bodies the sport of diplomacy. culture shock was the first to evoke all honesty you know what band it's a far cry from the traditional palestinian music and he took that they live in english. on so many levels it was this insane down that came to shock the palestinian culture which is why we're a culture shock here. their songs resonate touching on real issues faced by real people the occupation of course. a kids the kids working on

calendar for example on the checkpoint we have a song about that. maybe somebody would hear that and do something about those kids it seems that a rag heads impact he's a worrying your dad or your dad's favorite food discovery and no one is a hip hop artist with a bush father iraqi mother and strong views alternately i believe there's one line between human beings it's a line between those that believe in the equality of all and those that believe in the superman see if something with a homemade bomb committing suicide i know you would terrified with and his message is political i think music can reach people that don't really have the patience or the necessary context. to sit down and watch a political program. and it's the same reason these four iraqis got together back in one thousand nine hundred ninety it was a time when no one in baghdad would have thought of forming a rock band but they've been climbing the charts ever since. and they are well

they're not used to listen to guitars with that tone and that aggressivity. so it was you know it was like something that we really wanted to do for a long time to do you know the style that we do in english but with arabic lyrics the reach of this arab league is potentially greater than the formal one that sits in cairo and its impact just as important it's just a report done by arabs. but it's not the arabs that need to hear what these are is to say it's the world that needs to these remote control drones killing off human lives or man with homemade policia on t.v. i would start by. shortly meet the russian pilots who saved more than seventy people despite the plane losing power ten thousand meters before that shot will have the business news in just a few minutes status. would

be so much brighter if you knew about songs from pundits to french and be some. don't.

and i welcomed the business program hey on off with a shawl i miss fawley investors have taken a less favorable view towards russia in comparison to all that bric countries so much the market should still see higher growth and then more developed arrivals. global economist at h.s.b.c. bank explains why. in the growth. of the other emerging market countries this was. imitating from the drought and also they were because of the inflationary pressures you were. going to there were these two factors that come to also you have to remember that. the growth. there was expectations that this can be sluggish and so oil prices in particular. these two factors have russian growth expectations but that should change going

forward a lot of money around the system right now. and that liquidity is looking for and it is really available in emerging markets not just the year but also the story in emerging markets is a lot more attractive. market speed expecting. over the next. two percent or thereabouts so overall the. story should sustain over the coming. russia the australian dollar to its international reserves the head of the country's central bank so this may happen within six months u.s. dollars in euro constitute more than forty percent of russia's reserves along with british pounds and japanese yen the central bank has already invested in the small amount of canadian dollars reserves consist of foreign currency gold in other

states. thomas see how the markets are forming an agent stars trading in the black this hour held while grieving u.s. economic data and easing worries about european debt results stocks on the rise in hong kong on higher commodity prices carmakers of also have a paddle in both industries pushed by strong big new sales in north america the sun is full percent aren't pandit is adding around three percent. and here in russia the license the r.c.s. fish wednesday session most of the main players were high i would guess palm leading against its shares for your point seven percent this comes after the german energy company sold a stake in the russian gas giant. a more in that news. only selling its three point five percent stake in gas from more than three billion euro russia's v e b p bank will by two point seven percent the rest has already been sold in the market says it will continue investing in russia's energy sector.

the same with the russian gas giant and ukraine's energy company. have agreed to create two joint ventures in ukraine the first of extract gas from coal beds second to develop black sea shore deposits the parties didn't provide any further details . russia's harvest fell by a third this year because of the solid drought the experts say weather was only partly to blame but the farming industry is an urgent need of improvement you know a book of a has the details. your reporter is sound but not invited this year the country lost john forty million tonnes of grain the government wants to cover any shortage by boosting next summer's plantings by future but freshest on this has their doubts one people want to point to the banks cannot give loans to farmers whose debts are already restructured if the situation remains as it is no plantings may not increase will be actually for you because farmers face the toughest

financial situation. grain crops declined by a third after the worst drought in one hundred thirty years with a nature can't carry all the blame analysts say sixty percent of losses were due to all technology and purchases. russia's wheat crop yield is a third of that of euros to improve we need access to more than c. our seed industry has been lost and foreigners won't sell their technology to us because they're afraid they won't be paid royalties and for the use of the technology we also lack modern farming vehicles it's hard to improve technology quickly and apart from what to sow and how to reap another problem is transporting the harvest but i mean the situation we see ports is improving as there has been investment the main problem is railways the lack of wagons it's cheaper to transport grain from the center to the south of russia more than one thousand kilometers by lorry than by train it's nonsense. the caprices of nature gave russia

a record harvest in two thousand and eight and a drought this year but the country will have to get to grips with technology and infrastructure if it is to become once again the bread basket of europe your business r.t. . update for this hour but stay with our say for headline news coming up next. i am. a

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