it's the grand imperial truth to tell us to push coromandel. to go. run to the kennel was her job as a retreat. it's almost time for the big sparkling to host the world's biggest sporting event with russia hoping that the world cup it's way twenty eighty. i mean circle where people will vote and decided you will host the world cup twenty eighteen and twenty twenty two. prime minister putin talks missile defense and democracy pronto america in a candid interview with veteran talk show host larry king. russian premier also took us to task over the latest wiki leaks way as america launches into damage limitation exposures leave the white house red faced. coming

up that they need the russians. this year and not just because of the summit drought there are calls for an all overhaul to the farming industry as a whole we'll have the details in about twenty minutes time. around the world and around the clock you're watching out later on thursday the governing body will make the biggest decision in sports free for 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 well russia is among the favorites to stage the world's largest sporting event in eight years time and. in switzerland where the final lobbying is taking place. the atmosphere where you are at the moment must be getting pretty tense right now. yes it is well the

excitement is definitely building in a few hours we'll vote and decide on who will host as you mentioned the world cup twenty eighteen and twenty twenty two and the big names have been arriving since yesterday two days before they've been coming to back the a bit in countries their home countries and now one of the main questions that people have been asking the russian cab is whether prime minister vladimir putin is coming as you know he is not coming because he said he doesn't want to put pressure on fifty five now he's also condemned the media allegations of corruption in fee for well let's talk more about that i'm joined in the discussion with r.t. source for center andrew former now andrew we know that there are big names coming put and start coming now what does that mean for russia's bid the c.e.o. russia's but it actually sort of can doesn't seem to be cheaper to buy this he says that still there are bits of the facts still that i'm alive for the faith executive also they have been boosted by the arrival of russia captain. and former player lexi smith and definitely confident about russia's chances all right well they've

been doing some last minute lobbying last night club competition is really tough really tight that is and so what can we expect today from the presentations well from the presentations i start in about an hour's time belgium holland will go first then it's spain and portugal then england and then it will be russia they will have the last word if you like the last message of the fifa executive from russia that could work to their advantage and also we mentioned. arrived and let's hear from him and also alexis murphy. i believe that our people want to see the world cup championship in this country and they want to see the best players in the world. put in their native city and i want kids and probably my son too to come to the stadium and twenty and to see missy. i think will still be playing them i think that a big advantage is that they will develop the infrastructure and after the world cup people's lives more comfortable. of course there is excitement on the eve of

such an event but we're all gathered here to learn futures decision which no doubt will be for you or russia it's crucial for us as it should be i can assure you that does not matter that the world cup championship will take place in some troll part of russia everyone from coming toward us stalkers excited and wants russia to be the host of the twenty eight hundred world cup. so there is a lot of optimism a lot of excitement and what people are looking forward to after all the presentations are dod is the actual voting now andrew was the voting process going to be like well it's a little complicated but essentially what it does mean is that the waiting winning bid will have to have an absolute majority of twelve that's unlikely to happen in the first round of voting and if that happens that same or that bidding team the least number of votes will drop out of the race then the fee for executive will be able to continue to update on the remaining candidates that process will continue

and it could mean three rounds of aging it could mean that only two teams will be left in the final round of voting fingers crossed one of those could be russia another factor into the equation is that if it's tied in the final round of voting at eleven votes each sepp blatter the fate of president will have the casting vote you mentioned yesterday he has been speaking positively recently about rush's chances are hopefully you never know he might send the world cup rushes way but the fee for executive committee they will make their votes but the bidding teams won't know the result of that it gets very exciting dramatic because the actual winning votes will be the winners names were placed in an envelope and the winners for the twenty twenty two will cup and they will be taken here to the conference center of the world's media is waiting and it will be announced by set blatter there you have it we're going to keep you updated on what's happening and later in the afternoon we'll be broadcasting a live coverage of the voting process. as exciting stuff thanks very much for that

out. throughout the day of course we're reporting from across the regions where russia hopes it will be staging the world cup let's go to moscow first to find out what the atmosphere is like among russians alexy our chef skis in the capital for us. lexi hello now you're a massive football fan yourself what level of support is there for the sport in russia. well kerry it is minus twenty degrees centigrade in the russian capital and you probably won't see many people in the streets with flags and banners supporting russia's bid to host the twenty eighteen world cup but that does not mean that the support is weak in this country indeed indeed during the latest during the recent international friendly of the russian football team against belgium we saw a huge banner be put on the on the tree on the stadium supporting the twenty eighteen bid and indeed this this indeed symbolizes how strong the support is indeed the voting in zurich today is something the whole country is talking about

right now we are seeing commercials on television supporting this bid and i would describe the atmosphere now in the country as a silent discreet anticipation and still many people are confident that russia will emerge as the winners in this in this battle against a very strong contender such as england spain and portugal and will have the right to host a twenty team games basically this is something the whole country the whole one hundred forty million or populated countries hoping for alexi on a more serious note russia knows it has something of a problem with violence at football grounds what's being done to combat that. yes indeed the problem with hooliganism in russia is very strong in fact just several weeks before the voting in zurich there was a huge clash in st petersburg when the city's teams then it became the russian champions in the football championship and there was

a very strong clash. between the supporters of that and the police many especially in the british press considered this to be a very strong blow for russia's aspirations to host the cup in two eighty eighteen but we've heard lots of assurances from the authorities from the fans movement that should russia be granted this right to host the world cup this problem will be dealt with and the security will be stepped up at the stadiums and fans themselves will behave accordingly so that the whole world will understand that russia is capable of hosting a very good and very strong world cup. ok well thank you very much for now and reporting for us. and she's old enough to. win something really crucial what you want to get down to brass tacks. special coverage battle is almost won pete rose finally sold looms on an

international faceoff for the future of the dow's making world cup. final it will be hosting the world's largest sports event live on a. question on the. other news now the russian premier has outlined the start choice ahead on european defense either moscow becomes an equal partner or it will be forced to put more missiles on russia's borders but in the putin told america's primetime t.v. audience that shoring up weapons is not what russia wants his guy to chicken has more on the interview with veteran talk show host larry king. larry king started off with a question that is a beginning of money not only in the west but also in russia will lead to nowhere to run for office in two thousand and twelve but then basically said they'll figure something out with prism innovative sort of indicating that they are first of all partners with the current president and don't see each other as rivals to their

eyes larry king brought up the comical comparison with batman and robin that comparison that you as the queen might gave to a russian leadership to the lot russian leadership in a classified cable posted by weekly experience what prime minister putin set to the words good. you knew that mr medvedev and i were 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 discord within our common approach is building the state of russia and economic development it's because our cooperation is a significant factor in the country's internal policy but frankly speaking we could not imagine that it was going to be done in such a bold pushy and impudent way such a claim is of course aimed at insulting us sitting upright in provoking steps which would destroy the beneficial cooperation in managing the country i must say that we've got used to it already and i asked those who make such attempts to calm down . the ports and larry king certainly did touch upon

some major international headlines for example larry asked about prism innovative three since they plan 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 answers to our suggestions and me. if there's an additional threat in the form of a new missile shield near own borders russia will have to maintain its security by taking certain measures launch new missile strike systems against the new threats near our borders and create new missiles 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 case we

can't reach an agreement on collaboration that's it i repeat we do not want this at all. regarding what was leaked by or there was a blowing website weekly experiments the protests that he doesn't see a catastrophe in what happened is sort of suggested u.s. diplomats be more cautious with their internal correspondents but he also said there was a number of facts parts of believe the hype around week killings was created on purpose to be able to later or maybe use it as an instrument for reaching political goals nothing is known for sure but experts are looking into that as well i missed important also i was always asked to comment on on an other leaked cable with the u.s. are they fast saying them ocracy in russia has this appeared in the countries ruled by security services what they said robert gates is deeply misled here he said russia's role for people they elect into office but he also had something to say about the democracy in the u.s.

take a listen. to me i would like to remind you that twice twice in u.s. history 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 with the democracy there so when we say to our american colleagues that there are issues with that system we hear stay away from that on tradition and that's how it's going to be. but i would like to advise our colleagues to stay away from the way we live to. let 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. about the former moscow mayor yuri luzhkov you're right he was and so on and so forth how he bribed the kremlin while bush got forced fired by the kremlin is that tambor as we remember it because the president didn't think anymore it's kind of the point out to the point about how much of the stuff released by we can raise it's actually new store or secret many of those

cables are speculating on on rumors sort of hearsay. auntie's going to check out in washington that now russia is not alone in dismissing the wiki leaks disclosures even though the latest way 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 of diplomatic rescue mission off the leaks cables revealed less than flattering opinions of other countries in the point nine 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 target 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 us on 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 these revelations will probably be seen as an undesirable distraction but little more it seems only belgium oh. bradley criticised 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 un itself only went as far as reminding member states that international treaties per hit spying at the un

their response has been so weak to being spied on by the us in large part because the us is just the behemoth 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 a 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. transparent see in poor newnham blah blah blah in the world and say that they're invading all sorts of countries in order to promote his 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 you can head to r.t. dot com for round the clock updates and analysis of the world's big stories has

a taste of what's online for you right now under pressure from by slum residents they want compensation from officials who are trying to get them to expand the airport also. the f.b.i. is hunting a young russian spam but was thought to be behind the world's junk e-mails his network is apparently the biggest believes of messages and. get the details. now and some other international headlines an emotional service has been held in new zealand for two nine miners last following a series of underground explosions of a coal mine more than ten thousand mourners including the country's prime minister attended and then more from the south rescue teams have been on able to recover the victims' bodies as conditions are still deemed too hazardous the disaster is the country's worst mining accident in over a century. fifteen people have died in europe as a result of

a cold snap that's causing havoc across the continent a fourth day of heavy snow four also forced major airports to close many train services to a standstill britain has probably one of the worst affected shivering through its coldest start december on 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 and shops restaurants and bars hit hardest. more than two hundred firefighters are battling bushfires in western australia with the help of water boarding planes the authorities are blaming austin for the outbreak of blazes south of perth some three hundred fifty hectares of burnt out causing power blackouts to homes on the fact and transport links the flames have been contained but flared up again when there was a change in wind condition. and flooding and landslides have killed at least twenty

five people in venezuela following days of torrential rain a state of emergency has been declared in four states including the capital caracas the heavy downpours have also in the one five thousand people homeless person who has met some of those affected as well as giving dozens of families shelter at the presidential palace new homes are built. now fixing global defense is what we focus on in ten minutes time as the head of the world's largest regional security organization gives us his insight next there which the business update with charlotte that's after a short break. hello

welcome to the program here on r.t. with me. russia's harvest fell by a third this year because of the summer drought the experts say weather was only partly to blame the farming industry is an urgent need of improvement in a book or has the details. your report has sound but not in russia this year the country lost two hundred forty million tonnes of grain the government wants to cover any shortage by boosting next summer's plantings by quarter but russia's farmers have their doubts. the banks cannot give loans to farmers whose debts are already restructured if the situation remains as it is no plantings may not increase but actually fall because farmers face the toughest financial situation in many years. grain crops declined by a third after the worst drought in one hundred thirty years how were the nature can't carry all the blame analysts say sixty percent of losses were due to all technology and practices. russia's wheat crop yield is

a third of that of europe to improve we need access to modern see 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 for the use of the technology we also lack modern farming vehicles it's hard to improve technology quickly and apart from what to say how and how to reap another problem is transporting the harvest but i mean the situation we see ports is improving as it 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 a 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. business . time see how the markets are performing down here in russia the answer is

open for trade and is climbing hundred percent so far that follows a positive session on wednesday most of the name players were high up with gasp on the shares soaring four point seven percent this comes off the german engine company on sold a stake in the russian gas giant more details on this story a little later asian stocks are trading in the black this hour helped by improving u.s. economic data and easing worries about the european debt results dogs are on the rise in hong kong on commodity prices car makers of also hit the pedal on both indices pushed by strong vehicle sales in north america your son is four percent. is i think around three percent. the australian dollar to its international reserves ahead of the country's central bank says this may happen within six months us dollars a neuro constitute more than forty percent of russians reserves along with british

pounds and japanese yen the central bank has already invested in the small amount of canadian dollar its reserves consists of foreign currency gold and other assets . the german energy company own is selling its three point five percent stake in gas prom for more than three billion euros russia the bank will buy two point seven percent the rest of the ready being sold in the market says it will continue investing in russia's energy into such. and staying with gas problem the russian gas charge and ukraine's energy company enough to gas have agreed to create two joint ventures in ukraine the first to extract gas from coal beds second to develop black sea offshore deposits the parties didn't provide any further details. farm since it is a grocery a small russian pharmaceutical company which is almost just raised eighteen million dollars nine ph in an exclusive interview with r.t. the company's chairman to me again ken talks about that his plans to expand brought

. considering the united states europe and israel. the we are looking for a small growing cash generating company we judge is in calls by pharmaceutical manufacturers. in fact hopefully next week we will enormous because in the field the answer will be. an affliction company young rolling with a huge potential which is located in the european union. two weeks ago form since this started trading in the my sex i was it appeared in russia's r.t.s. stock market why both i think the main idea to say this was to allow foreign funds to trade and doing was to form us into shares known that. the stock exchange where before even from the present. how attractive is foreign

synthesis of foreigners just attractive it's thank you first of all there actually is one of the markets. from us to tickle that is growing. you know that. according to the. little villages in the next three to four years the but also the overall for most of the market world what was that market will be driving mostly by emotion. is russia. china and india so that's a shift to you shouldn't the second tier goods from us into this is a quite unique company so combine both. the question the region could be in this ongoing for most of the market. to give a nice on the pipeline which will force with a knife and with a good upside for them with. master updates that stay with oxy for headline news

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