george weston. you can the answer to that you don't need to go. read this in the kernel was that you know as a retreat. it's almost a full time for the bidders battling to host the world's biggest sporting event with russia hoping that. the world cup its way for twenty eight thousand. prime minister putin told the fans and democracy to primetime america candid interview with veteran talk show host larry king. and the russian premier also took the view asked to task over the latest wiki leaks wave has america launches into damage limitation mode after exposures leave the white house red faced.

it's three pm in moscow a warm welcome to you if you're watching our team with me and he said now way to our top story in three hours football's governing body will make arguably the biggest decision in sport thinks it will select the host for the twenty eight thousand and twenty twenty two world cups which will spark a decade of multibillion dollar investment for the winners well russia is among the favorites to stage the world's largest sporting event in eight years time and our team is andrew farmer is in switzerland for us he joins us live there the final lobbying has ended within the last half hour andrew what was russell's final presentation like. well personally i thought it was very strong very heartfelt you have to say that yes that was the glitzy video showing the proposed stadium and how infrastructure would be developed remember russia has to do a lot of this from scratch it did stress the fact that it has the political will and the financial muscle to achieve this but it also did try to tug on the heart

strings of the fever executive the whole presentation was done in english that went down very well with the executive committee the sports minister vitaly move course said that never mind russia eastern europe has never had a world cup in its history it's a bad time it went to that part of the world then we had the deputy prime minister who said that russians history and russians over the last hundred years have suffered greatly and this world cup was certainly helped revolutionize a country and create a new russia and then on top of that we had the human legacy that would be created almost healing is imbiber the pole vaulter the double olympic champion she explained in english how she benefited from sport as a youngster was able to achieve what she's achieved today then we had the russian captain on the new also told a similar sort of story he told his life story how he started is an instant paid this bird and ended up playing for russia and he also felt that the world cup could benefit many people many youngsters looking to get into sport he was able to speak

to us before the presentation and this is what he said. i wasn't the easiest get to manage when i was little i feel scorch so something can mean something more than just a terrible. football made me more than probably it took me regardless of discipline to play and respect my coach believed in me but no one else did and now we ask you to believe in us. and. future of fresh. ok will next then it is the voting everyone has taken a slight break for lunch at the moment after the presentations this morning but around about two o'clock local time the voting will be given this is how it will work to put it very simply the winning bid for the twenty eighteen and twenty twenty two world cup will have to receive an absolute majority from the three for

executive there are twenty two members on that executive so that means the magic number is twelve if it is in the end we have nations on eleven votes each set blatter would have the casting vote we understand that the bidding teams will not know who's won the winner's names we put into blatter will then come here to the media center and announce who has won the right to host the twenty eighteen and twenty twenty two world cups fingers crossed it could be russia i have to say the english presentation was extremely strong too but we just have to wait and see looks like rosslyn england are going to have to tell head have a say and you are far more live in zurich thanks for that will be joining you throughout the day we of course are bringing you continuing coverage from the regions where russia hopes to stage the twenty eight hundred world cup i'm now joined. in moscow. i there like a prophet a little bit more about the level of support for football here in russia. the

feeling of great expectations concerning this russia's bid may not be tangible in moscow streets probably because of strong subzero temperatures now in the russian capital but indeed this does not mean that the support for this bid is weak in the country last time russia played a friendly against belgium we saw a huge banner in the stands of the stadium saying twenty eighteen we believe and i believe this depicted how strong the support is among the russian fans among just ordinary russians across the country that the world cup will be coming here for the first time and even though that some some of the press especially in britain are writing off russia's chances saying that russia is no longer favorites to win this still the feeling of great expectations is all the way around the country and people believe that the voting which is due to come in several hours will bring a positive result for russia and russia will have its very first world cup we

believe that the stands in the stadiums across the country should russia gain the right to host this championship will be full as i told yesterday to one of the radio hosts in the u.k. when he asked me whether russia would be able to fill the stadiums with fans and this is certainly seems to be so with such level of expectations in this country. i next say on a more practical note let's say russia wins what would have to happen for a country as huge as russia to be able to accommodate those hundreds of thousands of visitors not just getting them into the stadium but building those stadiums. well indeed it's not a secret to anyone and experts agree on that that russia right now lags behind its main rivals england and spain and portugal in terms of infrastructure in terms of how the fans would be getting from one city to another and in terms of. stadiums itself we know that sixteen stadiums will be built in the country nine of them already under construction and they will be built regardless of whether or not

russia win the right to host the world cup also the railroads will be improved dramatically millions and millions of dollars investment will be pumped into the railroad system across russia and of course the hotels in airports all of that will be built should russia gain this right to host the world cup and this is sharon says we've heard from basically everyone including the russia beating team and the government and the authorities right alexia's have to live here in moscow thank you very much for that we're continuing our coverage and for more on russia's chances of hosting the twenty eight hundred football world cup we can now talk to you on three content skis a former player for both the national side and several english premier league clubs thanks for being with us i'd like to begin by asking you how hopeful are you of russia when later today. they were playing the world cup. because.

this is good for the. country for the kids for the everybody. who still who sued. what do you think are the bid strongest points and of course you mentioned that it would be good for russia but what are the benefits of holding the world cup. because. if you if you play if you. knew the new blome. this for the important for everybody for the people for the boards for the ball. improving improving for their for their food bowl. for the food bowl everybody so you of course have played

for the national squad what was of most importance for you playing at international level. again because the reception i was to ask a what was most important for you when you were playing at international level. you have one of an iron plate when you were playing was it a feeling of national pride was it being famous getting to travel what was important for you when playing in front of the whole world. play mood for the national team moved. before was a long time ago. i'm safe again you for. proving for the. every food bowl for the russian concert this is this is

important for everybody says well all right andre scaife former player for both the national side and several english premier league clubs thank you very much for your input. thank you very much for you my wife. says. when something really. what you want to get down to the last. special coverage. is almost gone pete rose finally whistles looms on an international faceoff for the future of the two thousand to eighteen world cup. final to be hosting the world's largest sporting event live on a. question. flight from moscow here with r t in the russian premier has outlined the stark 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 putin told america's prime

time t.v. audience that shoring up weapons is not what russia wants 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 live with their run for office in two thousand and twelve but then basically said they'll figure something out with president medvedev sort of indicating that they are first of all partners with the current president and don't see each other as rivals to their absolute larry king brought up the comical comparison with batman and robin that comparison that a u.s. the queen like gave to russian leadership to the lot russian leadership in a classified cable posted by we here is what prime minister what is said to that. you know 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 of cooperation is a significant factor in the country's internal political scene 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 of course seem to be 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 come down. as 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 what's 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. but if we receive very negative to our suggestions and moreover if there's an additional threat in the form of a new missile shield new. russia will have to maintain its security by taking certain measures launch new missile strike systems against the new threats in your own 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. i repeat we do not want this at all. regarding what was leaked fire there was a blowing website weekly experiments that which has said 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 weekly leaks 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 hi mr

bolton also was or was asked to comment on on an other leaked cable with with the u.s. secretary of defense saying democracy in russia has this appeared in the countries ruled by security services but has 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 yeah. 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 so 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 see him a little bit off the topic here but also regarding wiki leaks and you portion of

classified cables was released also russia related the u.s. ambassador in russia is is writing about the former moscow mayor here a little scoff he writes how corrupt he was and so on and so forth. the gulf was fired by the kremlin in september as we remember it because the president didn't trast to trust him any more it's the kind of the point out to the point about how much of the stuff released by we can these is actually new store or secret many of those cables are speculating on on rumors sort of hearsay. well russia has dismissed fresh weak you leads to scholars that paints a bleak picture of the country's political system contents detail 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 after leaked cables real less than flattering opinions of other countries. 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 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 behemoth of the u.n. they pay a lot of the bills but they also have the ability to veto a second term for a bank. the u.s. 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 details allegedly demanded about pop u.s. officials has not only left the us red faced but it's also caused some to question whether washington was ultimately laying the groundwork for surveillance for hiking operations here that the world body had orders from governments that are constantly talking about democracy the transparent see in poor and in the world and say that they're invading all sorts of countries in order to promote there's a 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 had to argy dot com for a round the clock updates and analysis of the world's biggest stories here's a taste of what i would like for you right now only and the prayer of the well by slum residents they want compensation from officials who are trying to evict the expand the airport also. the idea of hunting a young russian spammer who spoke to be behind a third of the world's junk e-mails his network is apparently the biggest pumping out billions of messages a day the details. let's take a look now at some world news in greece for you this hour an emotional service has been held new zealand for the twenty nine miners last following

a series of underground explosions at a coal mine more than ten thousand mourners including the country's prime minister attended the open air memorial in great mouth on the south island rescue teams have been unable to recover the victims' bodies as conditions are still deemed too hazardous a disaster of 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 snowfall also forced major airports to close and brought many train services to a standstill britain has so far been one of the worst affected shivering through its coldest start to december on record insurance companies in the u.k. estimate the big freeze it's costing the local economy up to one point nine billion dollars a day of shops restaurants and bars hit hardest. several people have been injured after three separate bomb blasts hit the iraqi capital during morning rush hour the explosions were caused by roadside devices and appear to target police patrols five

policemen and several civilians are thought to be among the injured the latest violence comes as a reminder of the ongoing unrest in iraq as u.s. troops continue their withdrawal from the country. up next here in r.t. all the latest business with charlotte after a short break. hungry for the full story we've got it for. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers on. we'll . bring you the latest in science and technology from around. we've got the future covered.

russia would be so much brighter if you move. from place to. start time dot com. hello welcome to business program paradox here with racial i was folly the walls major soft drink juice that pepsi co was buying sixty six percent of russia's juice and dairy giant then build on food the price of three point eight billion dollars calls a variable. more than twenty percent on life that deal still leaves approvals for russia until monopoly regulated a company can charles about a third of russia's drinks and dairy walk it has thirty eight production pass across the c.i.s. this year increased its u.s.

gaap net profit by around fifteen percent to over one hundred ten million dollars. russia's harvest fell. because of the summer drought the experts say weather was only partly to blame for the farming industry is an urgent need of improvement of all the details. you report to sound but not in russia this year the country lost transfusion million tonnes of green the government wants to cover any shortage by boosting next summer's plantings by caution 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 now 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 war struck one hundred thirty. she hears how with the nature can't cure all the blame analysts say sixty percent of losses were due to all took knowledge 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 sorrow 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 your new book of a business. time sale the markets are performing out here in russia the indices are

climbing up more than one all the way players a high gas problem there as they call it leading the gains adding to five percent on the r.t.s. and i very near markets are higher as speculation continues but the european central bank may take steps to halt the sovereign debt table plaguing the region but it meets the sultan the mining subsidy leading against the footsie with a return to up to five cents. russia will out the australian dollar to international reserves the head of the country's central bank says this may happen within six months us dollars a year right constitute more than forty percent of russia's reserves along with british pounds and japanese yen the central bank has already invested in a small amount of canadian dollars reserves consist of foreign currency gold and other assets. the german energy company eon is selling its remaining three point five percent stake in gas prom for more than three billion euro russia's v.e.e.p.

bank by two point seven percent the rest has already been sold in the market despite this breakdown in relations eales says it will continue investing in russia's energy sector. and saying with gas from other russian gas giant and ukraine's energy company enough to organize have agreed to create two joint ventures and ukraine the first of extract gas from coal beds and the second will develop black sea offshore deposits parties didn't provide any further details. farm since those relatively small russian pharmaceutical company which is just raise almost eighteen million dollars in an i.p.o. in an exclusive interview with r.t. the company's chairman to meet you again can talk about that and its plans to expand abroad. considering the united states europe and israel. we are looking for a small growing generating company as we judge as in

calls for what we call one affection. in fact hopefully next week we will in norm's the closing of the deal since we will be. in the picture in company young. with a huge potential which is located in the european union. two weeks ago form since that started trading on the my sex on wednesday it appeared on russia's r.t.s. stock market why both i think the main idea besides this was to allow foreign funds to trade and to enlist to from us and to share with the moment. this type of change where foreign funds are present how attractive is foreign since it's a foreigners it's a direct if it's taken first of all there are. one of the markets. pharmaceuticals that is growing. and you know that. according to the.

prognosis in the next three to four years the but also the overall pharmaceutical market worldwide from the market will be driving mostly by emerging markets russia brazil china india so that's a shift issue of going to the second tier goods from us into this is a quite unique company so combine both. the cash generating business on growing from us with the market. together with and eyes on the pipeline which will force with a knife and with a good upside from a myth. and that's so for me my call to you to book the behave next hours take you through the business the rest of the day in the meantime you can always find more stories on our website r.t. dot com slash business.