tonights rushes across the country are on cloud nine with football on their minds. twenty eighteen feet for both labor and gender money will be organized. it's a cool so throughout the night full coverage to come also in the program russia will never provoke an arms race unless it's pushed to extremes probably mr putin sets the record straight on missile defense under the relationship with the president during games of you with veteran talk show host larry king that's coming up this out. plus washington lands itself in a hold water after a new leak exposes its true color of opinions of

a so-called corrupt russia raised questions over u.s. politicians and their stereotypical view. hello i'm kevin owen welcome to r.t. it's eight pm this thursday night on a huge good news story for russia dominating our coverage this evening as you would expect russia has got its hands on the golden statue of the world cup after winning the bid to host the event in twenty eighteen the announcement was made by fee for the football governing body in switzerland just a little bit earlier on one of the world's top sporting events therefore is expected to bring billions of dollars of investment and a massive influx of tourists to russia it gets a lot of comment on this post one of the people of his in moscow for the latest reaction hi there pay good see you the celebrations of course will continue into the night we're expecting a media conference in about two hours time from zero eight but of course. in the

cold light of day let's just look at a little bit the organizers know down there they're going to have to pull out all the stops to make this event the best it can be and live up to the faith and faith ultimately is now put in russia. well i'm sure the delegation that are in syria could be celebrating late into the night as you say especially celebrations here as well in moscow but tomorrow in the cold light of day the real work begins russia's bid was mostly based on the potential which they could put forward which they could bring to the table a lot of stadiums need to be built a lot of infrastructure needs to be built all the training facilities hotels in order to make sure that russia is ready in eight years time for those international teams as well as the thousands of fans that will be arriving here in the country now in moscow they already have a couple of stadiums that will be used just behind me is to listen to the stadium now the key to that given a rethink given to a world so to make sure it's the best it can possibly be come the come the final in two thousand and eight say no that's held the the luzhniki said you know they're

going to help the champions league final two years ago in two thousand and eight a great success they'll be hoping for a similar success in eight years time we're also seeing stadiums that are almost ready in st petersburg a snow the stadium almost ready in khazan they'll be opening in the next year or so does new stadiums that will be built in places like kaliningrad and so she such of course holding a lympics in a few years time a few years after that they're going to be having the world cup in town so plenty going on there will be a new stadium built in that city as well but there is a lot of work needs to be done to make sure that russia is ready and can philip live up to the distaste that's been put in them by sepp blatter and by things but for now let's enjoy the moment let's have another look at those scenes sincere record the announcement was made. twenty eight hundred feet for both ladies and gentlemen to be organized.

a great scenes in switzerland they have it let's take a moment to look at just beats in order to take this on earth hosting the world cup finals they piece of very very strong bits from the idea the idea of portugal and spain the fate of the from the netherlands and belgium as well as the bid for england a bit it was expected to go right down to the line between russia and england the english suffering quite a humiliating defeat they went out in the first round of voting so russia really beating off some of the the top names in world football and european football in

order to have the right to host this told event and we've been hearing shortly from prime minister vladimir putin who on his thoughts on the trust as you say that kevin you told me early on the trust that's being put in russia in order to host these finals. yeah exactly it's a huge huge day will pay for all of her from moscow thanks very much for your thoughts on that would become back to late serve let's go the rest of the team to go correspondents dotted around the thing we're going to some pages next just a reminder for you russia is celebrating i said great news tonight if you've just joined us i'm celebrating the ultimate goal winning the right to host the football world cup in twenty eighteen right as a nation let's go to the northern capital now it's like call it some pages but one of those cluster sites sarah that is going to be is so important is going to be a really great venue because it's a beautiful city anyway of course what's likely to be happening there now than over the next coming few years. yes we're a sensitive topic. for russians here of course since

they feel like neither of us going to be celebrating this is a couple of people around here that maybe any just starting to realize and hair about that and of course not a lot of writing down the main focus is going to be delivering on the infrastructure and the child support which is one of the main focuses of the video here in st petersburg needs and it. is already underway that the construction that too is being completed in the next couple of years and that's very likely to be the highest as the semifinals of the world cup in twenty eight days and and this winning bid now meaning not only some of the main cities like st petersburg but many many other it will be getting a huge amount of investment also and that's really going to have a very positive effect on the face to the fans but the general public in russia is also very very exciting it's the russian region you. know we already know there's

a lot of construction work going on and simply duisburg are going to be. a heck of a lot more now isn't there. this really will be a main fake assisted living on these promises now we had the committee saying that the government guarantees they felt were rock solid i clearly they did as they chase in russia to be the case the local twenty eight take over there really is a large amount of work to do and the russian bidding committee themselves very very honest about that they said you know they were never make any secret about the fact that it's not russia's not able to host the world cup the more i become twenty eighty that infrastructure will really be in place and the main focus will be on these new build stadiums as we said not only stay in such as the senate stadium but there are many other cities that already have a lot of the construction underway places like that which has a forty five thousand seat stadium current under construction ransacking crossing into. other cities that have plans of course say it's already getting it.

in preparation for the winter olympics in twenty forty and says a lot of we're already underway but much much more speed and another is the fake this will be on transportation obviously huge amounts of fans that will now be coming to watch these games and that will be only place for them as well yeah of course the. fee for the big two free for those saying embodies the mission that was to build a better future for the world by using the power of full bore. according to russia's bid that's exactly what they're going to set out to do as you say along with the work being carried out there in some papers as well just something as big as well just one of those of many sites they're going to be so crucial to making a great game ok well sarah ferguson from some petersburg thank you very much we'll move on no more correspondences get some reaction from zurich of course with that announcement was made just over an hour ago where a fetus you know it's one thirty really good news tonight to the russian bid team

there was this expected was it a surprise at the end of the day for the russian team. well as you know the russia has been one of the favorites in their run up to the decision day but towards the end of the race it was really tight though we have been hearing speculations it kept changing every hour there was really nobody really had a clue who was going to answer towards the end all bets are off basically let's just wait and see until the decision comes and also after england made made their final presentation it was praised by a lot of people and we started seeing the bookmakers odds change a tip towards england so there was that slight doubt creeping into the minds of the russian camp but in the end of course russia had won and we saw the reaction of those in the russian gabby had. chelsea owner and they said by a champion pole vaulter they were clutching their fists into the air we had to get also very happy and so there are no words to explain the reaction of the russian

capital because they're very happy half of it would probably be a result of that fear at the end that we might not win but in the end they did that what about the fate for officials. russian i know there's a big media briefing coming up in two hours time eleven o'clock is the latest we've heard. just now in fifteen minutes away we're hoping to hear a lot more from the team also we're expecting prime minister putin to be there as well but what was the word from faye for officials about why russia took the scales at the end of the day against as was seen to be stiff competition. right if we're this if you listen to the speech made by supplant or earlier before he announced the actual winners he was talking about the legacy of football he was talking about football being more than just a game it was about humanity it was about passing something on a value to the future generation if we look at that the choices as well qatar and russia fee for world cup has never been held in either of those two countries and so we can see that they're moving along the lines made

a decision along the lines of the philosophy of the bigger philosophy that fifa wants to spread football wants to bring it to areas where football may not be so popular as of yet so we think that that's where the decision i really tipped the balance towards both russia and qatar and so you're right we will be expecting prime minister putin here to give a press conference later on and we'll get more reaction from him later ok looking forward to that thanks for bringing us up today from zurich tonight let's get more thoughts now this time from london our europe correspondent laura. individuals one of the british to host the world cup in twelve. next in the sporting event work hard a lot of the top brass were there when they lower and i guess a lot of disappointment in britain tonight britain of course such a football loving nation. that's right a lot of disappointment in what. natives and around the world it's called the home of football they were hoping to bring football home for two thousand and eighteen

for the world cup fortunately at the final hurdle really it seemed those hopes were dashed russia looks like the favorites off until the last twenty four hours when england really and people on the street started to sink their england was certainly in with a chance ultimately it turned out that that wasn't the case big screens were posts up both on the south bank and just down the river in the opposite direction from the direction in which your looking people gathered there to see the results of the competition announced those results were announced russ's name was said and then almost immediately those crowd started to disperse i hear from my producer who was on the ground that they found extremely disappointed that are not going to host the world cup but really it was a big although the presentation was roundly seen as being extremely good this morning it was a bit that's been believed good since the very beginning by allegations by the b.b.c. among other people of corruption in the fee for team. among three four members

seemed unlikely that fifo would vote for a country whose media seems to have launched a smear campaign we know also that the chairman of the bates campaign nor treason resigned. also what seems to count against england in the end was the fact that the infrastructure here is good oddly ironically really a lot of the stadiums that would have posted a world cup in two thousand and eighteen already in place said of england that it could host the world cup tomorrow the necessity to do so i think in the eyes of fifty that counts against england because they wanted to leave some kind of legacy and giving the world cup in two thousand ac into russia was something that was almost guaranteed a. billion dollar. is worth an investment deals now set to kick in with this announcement the government's promise that if it got the beds and sure enough it got the thumbs up to do it were promised sixteen stadiums three renovated thirteen

from new as you know laura railways are going to be improved on locations as i was talking about just just not where the other correspondents would be clustered around the european side of the russian landmass from a catcher in bergen east to some petersburg in the north we went there just to such a course in the south and such and such a high vicinity of investment and building at the moment looking forward to those twenty twenty fourteen winter olympics good stuff well great to see you tonight will be catching up with you for more reaction from london little bit later let's not catch up with another of our correspondents. as the country wide celebrations of russia's winner on the way we'll go live to. can offer is there reporting on an unusual way that football fans have come up with to cheer on team russia what we got for us to go. well it seems that the whole city was supporting russia's bid since cousin is one of the cities which is going to some of the games during the

two thousand and eighteen football war and they supported russia's bid in their all unique way this pitch which i'm standing on right now it was used to a. man stop football match which the players were changing but it continued from eight am to around half an hour before the end else what the final announcement was made in europe and everybody found out what washington the announcement on this big t.v. screen installed here people came over to this indoor arena in the center of the city despite the fact that it's over minus twenty five degrees at the moment outside people gathered here was extremely extremely happy atmosphere the suspense when they were announced. the winner of that bid was almost unbearable but then people started running around and hugging each other with flags singing songs and

running around it was a really truly happy atmosphere because they were not only happy for the city they were they were saying i spoke to meaning of them that they are all happy for the entire country since they understand that this is a new opportunity for major developments for investment and for modernization of the many of those cities which are going to host to some of the games in two thousand and eighteen and that's why not only cazan alone but i think the entire country millions of people as the first vice prime minister said millions of people are fans in russia of football and i'm sure that millions of them were watching got the announcement made for crossing their fingers and now everybody is celebrating not only cheering us on but definitely in other parts of russia as well you know you go as the world looks saw in the end hopefully celebrates with russia it's not so lauren that just now and london of course britain known to be a nation of football lovers you're

a young chap no doubt sporty to who can you just tell us what is russia think about football doesn't embrace it in the same way the some other countries say it's a lame britain germany does. you know i think football has always been a major sport in russia during soviet times and after that during soviet times every kid every boy played football in court yards in europe near their homes just with their friends. in cities and in villages everywhere during the ninety's there was a decline in the popularity of the sport because of the financial and economic situation in the country the last people started going to stadiums and the teams themselves started performing. who are some would say yes it was more squad event for example now now football is coming back it came back of the teams are performed. much better than we used to in the ninety's and more people are coming to the stadiums we know that a number of russian teams are competing with european champions in the european

champions league clegg's the neat. little beauty which is actually here in gaza and the local team here is competing there as well so the popularity of the sport is growing and growing and that's why this new opportunity to host the two thousand and eighteen world cup is going to give you a new push to even expand that far where you can further and to increase and boost the sport culture in the entire country that's what is going to do for sure yet the chance for modern russia to put itself on the world stage with such a huge event now as we head towards this next big sporting date on the calendar of course after twenty fourteen lympics all right well thanks for your thoughts from tonight's pre-show had so then with the winner decided we can now look back at the glorious moment for russia when it was granted its golden take it just a bit earlier on tonight and its name was revealed to the world here it is now without the suspense ok maybe but with all the joy nonetheless of the big result.

twenty eighteen feet for both our labor and gender mandeville be organized. over there of course russia's national team captain he made such a heart felt plea to the three for panel a little bit earlier on if you saw that i think and exactly what i mean now that we were bringing a clip of that little later as well ok well thoughts too from prime minister vladimir putin who we believe is on his way to zero at the moment for a media conference said ten eleven pm moscow time he said he always believed in

russia's bid and the country deserves the right to host the world cup it is due to affect your public i want to thank the fee for executive committee for his decision for trusting us to host the twenty world cup this decision is in tune with people's philosophy to promote football globally especially in regions we needed them much with my feet and russia's victory was based on the fact that russia is truly worthy of hosting the world cup even during the second world war in besieged leningrad people were playing football but this says a lot decision means russia is trusted russia's delegation in zero eight was led by the deputy prime minister igor shoval of promised russia won't let down those who put their faith in the country to host the world cup. here mr president. all the members of the. executive committee dearest friends and colleagues and everybody who is here. you haven't trusted us with people

world cup for twenty eighteen. and i just can't trauma's we all control means you will never regret let us make history together it was the russian team says it will hold a media conference as a mentioned in zurich just a few hours' time we will bring you coverage of that as when it happens the waiting for the arrival of prime minister putin before they start.

at least. live. live . live live. live. you are watching r.t. live from moscow this thursday night the second of december twenty day the russia heard the news it will host the world cup in twenty eighteen more coverage about that of course throughout the evening here on this channel with me kevin when we're talking a bit of business next though you leave here. hello

welcome to the program and the top news here on business is that the world's major soft string producer pepsico is buying control of russia's juice and de re giant them both down foods the price three point eight billion dollars to six to six percent represents a premium of about a third to the company's recent share price that course has chest a jump shot no moscow exchanges but you know probably we most often on a front sold with a ten percent stake and then bowed down back to the russian company pepsico will take control and staggered first by six to six percent on the breast in terms been dated by the question will embolden controls around a set of rushes trains and dairy markets and has thirty eight production plants across the c.i.s. this year of them both down profits rose fifteen percent to over one hundred ten million dollars that are due from the city partners thinks their position is strategic. initially all to say that when there's a takeover bid put in the aggressive nobody loses

a little bit of value which puts because doug but i think when you're looking at the strategic deal looking forward i think there will be a recovery period you know because when you pay a sixty percent premium to sixty six percent of the company it's an awful lot of money but i think everybody agrees the cross border deals are very much the way forward in order to get or started to show itself in a new country and then with a new company it's very often necessary to make them up by playing quite a premium to the existing share price i think that in the long term they'll be extremely happy about it i mean food is something that is going to be in short supply for many many years to come so when healthy foods the big target for a big international catering company such as pepsi cola you have to sit up and take notice. of the quick look at the markets non-rational stocks stocks extended their . ali for a fourth day as high oil prices and speculation europe's debt crisis will be contained boosted confidence in the global recovery. sixty percent after pepsi

co said it would quiet a controlling stake in the russian day or a company gas from about two and a half percent gained two point three percent on higher oil prices. and the european markets ended the day high e.c.v. has extended the window on which it will lend to european banks until april that's when the euro drop turning to stocks true troublesome on top you know more than seventy percent. stocks are on the up on thursday weekly jobless claims rose more than expected after its biggest single day jump in three months the dollar john's is gaining point eight percent this hour. russia's second biggest mobo prates of his fortune sent in the third quarter after its consolidation with ukraine's stop net income totaled four hundred ninety six

million dollars while revenue reached two point eight billion dollars hope whether according to general director of russia the company's competitive position on the domestic market has weakened this year. the first quarter results showed us a certain growth from quarter in year to year post-surgery to markets they may be seen but why it's ok by the staking him to come to those months comparing us that without competitors we're not satisfied with that development and of course we see maybe the main reason for our leg slightly behind it is. monday investment into the data services. ministers of the gas exporting countries have backed russia's push for more discussion before the e.u. approves its third energy charter that amendments would ban energy producers from distribution it also agreed that the first full summit of gas exporting countries will take place in doha next year speaking to media at the forum of gas exporting

countries russia's energy minister said course that the regional market is crucially important for the industry. that we. while we talk about stagnation in gas demand in europe the asia pacific region is growing fast straightly is also a growing competitor to qatar and algerian gas we are broadening our presence there first of all our l. and g. production we plan to build such a plant in light of a stalker and a discussing the construction of the third stage of sahal in order but we also want to keep our position as a pipe gas supply in the region for example today we are discussing possible supplies to korea and china. the capital of the went to olympic games twenty four thousand sorties host two leading italian and russian businessman energy and aerospace dominated trade ties but both sides are looking for a broader relationship the head of russia can on but amid maître explains. it turned businessmen which generally represent small and medium.

businesses in italy which i think generate more than sixty percent of g.d.p. in italy want to be more visible in russia not only in moscow or some petersburg cities with million citizens but in smaller cities the fire and a lot of opportunity is of setting up their own businesses advising russian entrepreneurs how to start small and medium businesses and making business jointly with them. that's often our part you can get more store a small website r.t. dot com slash business.