also publishes the full conversation between grown controlling the call the jet which crust killing the polish president who also continues to refuse the official reports and will make a statement later. loss and media freedoms and not be on the firat after a series of raids on the homes of journalists have been investigating the activities of high ranking officials. on strategic paulo's alternatives are one labelled chinese media pays a rare visit to the united states to the skulls waterwise the head of the world's biggest economic having a. very

warm welcome see this is our scene live from moscow and poland's apartment will go wrong wednesday to discuss the final report on last april cross in western russia which killed president kaczynski would be official and it was the last day based interstate aviation committee that the truth. is that different after one of the main reasons for the tragedy russia has now released the full transcript of the air traffic controllers conversation with the crew on the roof will criticize the report is incomplete and it is now it is clear to the cross of that. we do know that the parliament will be reviewing this report by the interstate aviation committee in detail of course it found that inexperience polish crew bad weather as well as pressure from high ranking officials on board the flight all ultimately led to the tragedy. so far we've had mixed reaction from poland we understand they're

going to try to get on the same page and find consensus from the prime minister donald a relatively diplomatic reaction from the current president borderline anti russian rhetoric and from the late president's family blake to blaming russia for the crash we've heard from experts and have understood from reaction that there seems to be a bit of an internal battle inside the country as to how they should peacefully react to this report but it is expected from these hints that we've had that the reaction could be less than positive but we heard from the polish interior minister as well as other high ranking polish officials on tuesday and basically they're looking to put the blame with russian air traffic controllers now that's despite international aviation laws which basically state that any final decision to land lies with the pilot and his crew but also that air traffic controllers can never deny a landing they can only advise to land at an alternate airport which we know from

the cockpit recordings that was done several times in this incident in reaction to what we heard out of poland on tuesday the interstate aviation committee took an unprecedented move they published new transcripts of recordings that took place during that flight here's a piece of one of the conversations that was revealed. what are the weather conditions fog four hundred metres visibility temperature and pressure please temperatures plus two pressure seven forty five seven four five there's no opportunity for landing thank you but if it's possible we'll try a landing approach weather permitting if not we'll proceed to a second circle one a one where you have enough fuel for a second circle after the landing approach yes we will making a landing approach is the captain's decision at the height of one hundred meters you have to make a decision minsk and vitebsk will be requested for a sidetrack have you ever made a landing at a military airfield of course polish one a one at one hundred meters be ready to proceed to a second circle yes or flaps and wheels down high control horizon make

a second circle make a second circle make a second circle where is it make a second circle one zero one. goal emergency crews hopefully that will add to poland and perhaps accepting this report we do know that the committee is confident that they have the evidence to prove that their findings are accurate and thorough and that's also been deemed internationally by x. birthday around the world the family of the late polish president lech kaczynski has denied all the findings of the interstate aviation committee and pretty much blatantly said that they believe russia is responsible for the death of lech kaczynski his son in law to be more specific claims that the plane crash was a planned a softer nation in revenge for kaczynski and to russia rhetoric also to prevent him from being reelected but many experts around the world that we've been speaking to in the past couple of weeks believe that first of all not all of poland believes that second of all that people in the country who do support these kind of

accusations obviously have had a hard time trying to break with old stereotypes of russia as the enemy and it's certainly hoped at least diplomatically that that won't be what the polish parliament concludes today as they review this official report. well aviation security expert joins us now he's from the gates consultancy based in the u.k. so get more analysis on this mysterious many thoughts of being with us head on also now wolf saw isn't absolute challenging any evidence presented in the final report by the interstate aviation does this mean that pony's claims all unfounded specifically the russians at traffic control is all behind the plane tragedy. i think you know the the evidence speaks for itself alice the reports that we've seen today the cockpit voice recording the air traffic control recording. together

paint a very clear picture that there were issues on board both the aircraft. with with traffic control which conspired to to cause this accident you know we're talking about very clear instructions here from air traffic controllers to the pilots that there were no conditions for landing. because of pressure we assume brought within the cockpit the pilots decided they were at least going to make an attempt to land that area so to be clear is there any question mark over the issue of whether that controllers could have done more to prevent the tragedy i can't see that they could have you know they issued warnings to the pilot numerous times the conditions for the landing existed it's also instructive to note that a conversation between another polish aircraft and the president's plane

the transcript of that conversation reveals that the other polish air force pilot also warned the president's pilot that conditions for landing were very poor in the few seconds before that aircraft made its attempt to land and they were warned again his ability had been used to such an extent that there simply were no conditions for landing but poland is still is the only thing its own probe into the design is there any new evidence. to investigate who can we expect any new findings to come out of this independent polish investigation. the interstate aviation committee as far as i can see has done a perfect job of this investigation all of the evidence we have before us now i can't see that if the polish side is going to decide to carry out another

investigation the results will be any different it's what we've seen the evidence is the evidence it is hard evidence it is factual and you know we simply can't change that with yet another investigation into the events so if you don't think there is any new evidence to consider what's the motivation behind a war for one thing. in this investigation does it simply want to shift the emphasis to pick a people within poland. there is an element of that of course you know there must be a degree of embarrassment i would suggest. on the part of the certainly the polish air force. the polish government that. this situation could have developed with the loss of so many very high profile people from the polish government and yes you know sometimes hard to accept

blame but blame i think is going to have to be accepted by the polish side because i can see no other reason for this tragic accident other than the mistakes that were made in that cockpit. now the release on those transcripts in the pilots in the air traffic controllers by that moscow based commission that's never happened before has it so to what extent do you think that that shows that the investigation really was as far as it could possibly have better. so i think. obviously adds weight to the interstate aviation commission's final report quite clearly some of us including myself seen the transcript of the traffic conversations before i first saw those transcripts back. in july of this year. they are all pretty much the same everything is.

the information that we've been presented it hasn't changed any over that period of time and i missed a hundred years of experience now do you think that anything else could have contributed to that plane crash but five those factors presented in the final report no quite clearly whether or with a part to play in. in. these sorts of investigations that there is always the question as to whether. the prevailing weather conditions of the time could have contributed to an aviation accident certainly that is the case here also instructive to know to course that you know the weather conditions were such that the airport was below operating. as it's called significantly before operating that in the pilots on board the aircraft should have taken note of

that but quite clearly some form of pressure was brought to bear so the psychological pressure or suchlike because the pilots take what amounts to a rushed decision to attempt to make a landing at that airfield on that. now this very painful and emotional subject christenings even genetics that from consulting in the u.k. many things. now the chinese a president is in the u.s. for a four day state visit the leaders of the world's two biggest rival economies held a private welcome on tuesday night at the white house among the business of how to do it all makes trays and human rights policies with us to talk about what might be achieved is only me if he's the deputy director of the african studies here in moscow many thanks for joining us mystical to me of not clearly each side here is

pushing hard for its own interests and the chinese president has a lot to negotiate with a man that many perceive to be his main rival mr obama so what is his key priorities do you think. this economy ever i'm afraid maybe you can hear me very well i'll just repeat that question to you what do you think towels main priorities will be gerri his meeting his four day visit to the u.s. with president obama. yes i think there. will be first. try to. reload the relationship between the two countries the opinion of the year two thousand and ten

was very successful for the relationship so now it's the time. to try to tackle some of the most difficult. american chinese relationships and looking specifically for a new american side now president obama well he's got a long way to china hasn't he what do you think he wants to get out of this. will clearly live mr obama in the. election period. dealing with president hu so probably one of the most important. there will be a progress in this. there will be beneficial for bomber the current see the. the. expected.

him the chinese currency is sold that obama could say to the american people here are good some. something from the chinese side on this very important piece that you mention current see there in so many ways it's clear isn't to the global interest. eastwood's but does the u.s. still hold enough influence do you think to try and retain the power to it's been used to having for so long. i can just. hear your clear. i'll just repeat the question for you mr conan the f.t.c. think that america still. has enough influence to really persuade china to come around to their way of thinking on all the issues that are going to be discussed over this four day visit when it seems very clear

that much global power is shifting eastwood's. well i think that the united states still has a very very much influence on china america market is very much important for the chinese exporters china although the current leadership. repeatedly denied the. g. tool for maps. there is a very wide interest. because china together with the like ruling the world together with the united states or like. making. very important decisions on the same. level on the same state is the united states i think they're all all these.

things the certainly make a visit to the work to washington. broadly leave them to all of the year so i think we should all watch closely what will come out of this very crucial meeting in washington i think we will all be watching very closely most on the economy as a direct although the is you to beijing an african sun is a must in many bangs. present that is the middle east tour has reached jordan where talks have been fueled by potential energy deals the russian a president has also spent time in the palestinian told me discussing moscow's role as a mediator peace talks in the region. is following the visit to the middle east and joins us live now from amman yesterday was the outcome of these talks in jordan. well you see it was

a working visit of the russian president to jordan but because of the first visit of the metra medvedev to this country king up the law the second did all his best to receive his high ranking guests with pomp and ceremony of course jordan for russia is more than just a middle east partner in this region they have a very close very special relationship and despite there were no deals today on the table for signing these visit its paws held major book rachael's for the russian jordon economic summit which is due to take place in march this year they will talk on how to pull straight konami ties. how to cope ration and interest fear they discussed plans for the construction of a nuclear power plant into russia's one of the country's beating to build to construct these projects along with south korea fronts but of course that all was on the sidelines of the talks on the top priority subject of regional developments in the middle east these very palestinian conflict also this visit of the russian

president to jordan points sites the. church celebrations of it before any of this is one of the twelve main orthodox holidays january nineteenth put into the julian calendar marks the day when jesus christ was baptized in the river jordan and we are now at this very side here some forty kilometers outside of armaan it is the first style russian president dmitry medvedev that he's. making a pilgrimage to this side every year thousands of people are coming to these very place which is where peter to be the very spot where drawn. jesus christ the russian president is always keen on visiting those russian orthodox holy places and as an orthodox christian he is known to follow those religious holidays and traditions you alluded to and that he never president said it has been discussing of course the middle east peace process during his visit what's been said. well he just waved her way to the position of russia which also follows the position of the

soviet union the position which hasn't changed since nine hundred eighty eight soviet union recognized palestine as an independent state and today russia is looking russia's president made from a very busy looking for a month because the middle east peace process is thought the three other members of the middle east quartet the united nations the united states and the european union have been able to persuade their israeli alot to make any form of concessions and israel continue to build settlements and israeli apart as a result of that in reaction palestinians to return to negotiations russia is very keen to become an alternative. negotiator. in the lodge and it is very. engaging. in an exclusive interview to our president mahmoud abbas. very good chance to become so.

crucial negotiator. really recognize palestine in one thousand nine hundred eighty eight it was also recognized by ninety other countries we expect from russia now. the first the middle east. it's necessary to do everything possible to boost its activity similar to the role of the european union we would like russia to convince the us because it's the only country that you're going to the final statement containing new conclusions. to have a better substantiated discussion with israel in the peace process could also insist on its position in stopping the settlement activity in its relationship with the us and israel and on getting back to the negotiations table i think that russia was ready for that that's what president has reaffirmed during this visit. very sorry i'm afraid we've lost connection with all correspondent get that in the

garage over there he was speaking to us live from amman on the visit of president dmitri medvedev to the region well of course we're across the story online fuel don't call him a wall so where you can look at some of the all the stories that we have for you on the website including the rational church weighs in on the war troops as a senior cleric accuses the country's women of dressing like stripper. why that is soon maybe a little resting in peace in the very extend the treatment plans to turn them into the life and soul of swiss society. now used to have a stronger reputation for press freedom but international independent reports are

going to be as media is under serious threat is the problem did buy a series of incidents involving raids on the homes of journalists who've been trying to investigate senior government officials. story. with professional persistence latvian t.v. reporter. interviews a local politician in twenty years as a journalist she has done hundreds but one of them got her in serious trouble an expose on a security breach in latvia state revenue body and it with police in her apartment was forced to open the doors and went into my flat and then they showed that they had a security search they had a search warrant one say took my computer and information and i got they also acquired information all my information sources by a law i am allowed to pretend that was a business problem for me as a journalist because i could not protect my information sources use a story shocked many in law to be a country used to press scrutiny just

a couple of years ago allowed to be a boast that one of the highest freedom of press ratings in all of europe being placed seventh on the annual reporters without borders index but for one reason or another in twenty this country is down on the very same list this incident is far from an isolated case say experts this one received a lot of public attention but it is not the only one a skull of from spills cars school and economists was charged but the secret police and he was actually arrested for two days for disseminating alternative opinions of the future of the local currency. devaluation a lot was imminent we are losing the last. support for the alternative information the liberal information. among the trees saltless of this country lotta love and the other journalist who defined the insists freedom of the press is not

being deliberately strangled he believes the reason is down to economics. newspapers when then crowd to the recession he others turn to their owners for money to survive so the. singlehandedly shift look paper's editorial policies to their own preference simply for the sake of three anyhow three dollars in their has directly to. their other theories however some believe that a lot of spearing down the freedom of the press ratings simply because the people behind the index are biased and review has fallen out of favor geopolitically but not to believe that as long as nobody has been punished over the forceful search of her apartment concerns about pressure on the press may not be groundless. all see reporting from brega and large we're. going to check on some global headlines for you this hour other through with driving in here still slow since has crashed into

a security headquarters in central iraq killing over thirteen people more than sixty four others wounded it happened in the ethnically mixed city of baquba north of the capital baghdad it's the second is there were five blasts in the last two days on tuesday almost fifty people were killed attacked a line of police recruits in the city of tickets. jaycee's a former dictator claude duvalier has been charged with corruption during his years in office between nine hundred seventy one and nine hundred eighty six. military regime he's accused of embezzling hundreds of millions of dollars from state funds during that time the valley is also suspected of torturing attention it's been nearly twenty five years in exile before a surprise return which he claims was to help the country on a massive earthquake ignorant. ok to go away with all the latest business news now

. welcome to business here's our top story this hour the recent deal between b.p. and ross nipped could spark investor interest in other state assets that's the opinion from presidential aide our colleagues are college i don't agree what the two companies will carry out exploration in russia's arctic shelf. since two thousand and six we've been saying that we are interested in the international exchange of assets in the oil and gas sector and we've been following this strategy so i think we deal goes along perfectly with the whole campaign from a financial point of view this is a very attractive deal in the global investment market and we welcome more agreements like this. baby says it will be looking at new areas to develop together with ross nat what we'll do is look at opportunities. offshore with some of the same challenges we face in the arctic so that we can begin to work together and

develop some of the technology and know how when the russian waiter. let's look at the markets european stock markets are mixed after starting the day on a positive note the footsie has slid in the red while the dax is still trading higher technology stocks are in focus up to apple and an i.b.m. reported results on tuesday she has of pearson jumped five point four percent in london often lifting its outlook and russell stocks continue on high this hour both the obvious and minus the trading in the black energy majors a helping the indices while snape is gaining on both of course is after striking a deal would be peak on the arctic drilling look oil is also high and gas problem is in positive territory as well with but wild rose to the call that is losing over a percent. and now for some corporate news russia's market leading search engine and in yandex increase its revenues forty three percent to more than four hundred million dollars in two thousand and ten the year on year now revenues for

a long line out of ties ing being bases of yandex is business who want to have times the number of advertisers grows over a third totaling one hundred eighty thousand ahead of yandex that the sharp increase in revenues reflects a post-crisis revival of small and medium sized business. and supermarket chain x. five retail group has reported a like for like growth of seven percent in two thousand and ten the russian retail giants revenues also jumped by twenty four percent largely easy to an increase in consumer traffic recent acquisition of the baker supermarket chain was only included in the company's december calculations. so for me to solve my call they actually kill will be with you in less than fifty minutes with more business updates here on alt.

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