early results of the investigation suggest this terror attack has nothing to do with the chechen republic. and people gather in moscow and in moscow region on a day of mourning to commemorate those who died in monday's terror attack more details just ahead for you. terrorism is expected to grab the spotlight while the economic forum where russian president dmitri medvedev. russia's house of parliament. the new nuclear production deal with the u.s. will see each nation's warheads reduced by.

a very warm welcome to you this is. now state flags are at half mast all across the region to mourn the victims of monday's attack at russia's busiest airport people have been gathering at the site of the blast to pay tribute to those who died. for . now i will be catching up with a really close go in just a few minutes time here r t but for the meanwhile russia's prime minister says the suicide bombing which killed thirty five people is not linked to chechen based terrorists here's one of lot of my putin told reporters and then usually. resilin results of the investigation suggest this has nothing to do with the church and

republic and we're not going to have any negotiations with terrorists not a single country in the world that respects itself never does this that's common international practice. while various newspapers have been quoting sources that suggest the attack on film idea ever may have been planned and prepared but somewhere outside of russia more on this i can now talk to r.t. is the guy next to can writing us alive in washington a high guy in a so tell us some of the things that the media in the west has been reporting about monday's attack. well worry security experts and investigative journalist have started looking into where these terrorists come from that telegraph another media outlets say the two suicide bombers who carried out the moscow attack were thought to be part of a suicide squad training pakistan's a stronghold sent to the capital to target the city's transport system there was a warning from russian security services early in december that said the team had

spent time in pakistan and that one of the women had a relative with a flight in moscow that might be used as a bomb making factory another group of five hundred fly missed militants trained in pakistan was also expected to cross into russia soon that was what the intelligence said back then well now everyone is talking about terrorism as a common threat and that the international community has to fight it together words of sympathy and solidarity were coming from all over the world and this really was an act of international terrorism this monsters of attack the busiest international airport in washington the terrorist clearly knew that not only washington nationals are going to suffer we had french italian british nationals who were caught up in this tragic attack the perpetrators didn't really seem to care about nationality here what's really shocking is that over the last year and a house russia's speed has seen a succession of horrendous terrorist attacks there were the moscow metro suicide

bombings last month last march there was the attack on the passenger train a little bit over a year ago so russia is falling victim to terrorism on a regular basis but only recently has the united states and the west in general started to see this as part of international terrorism and not just russia's the mastic issues many security experts believe that terrorist groups operating in russia do get funding from abroad some of the members are known to have been trained abroad so really to stop this it seems there has to be an international effort. or don't go in there we're hearing oh we're hearing statements from the russian prime minister the chechen rebels had nothing to do with monday's blast do you think any further reaction from capitol hill in washington d.c. regarding that and why they do some speculation as to who it might be coming from could it be that of al qaida also or some other terrorist group. well there have been no statement specifically on that terrorist being linked to two but

incidents like this are kind of supposed to bring countries together because after all it's a common goal to prevent things like this from happening now everyone is talking about terrorism as a common threat and president obama in his conversation with president medvedev as well us as well as everyone else all the other officials are saying that the international community has to fight it together but the rhetoric hasn't always been like this for a long time the west would see that terrible things that terrorist head of russia as part of some rebel separatist movement but now it's very much clear to everyone that these thugs are as threat to the whole of the international community and that their actions cannot be justified by anything but it again it took the west a while to realize this. life in washington d.c. thank you. we can hear from. on wednesday to see the people there paying their respects. people have been gathering here in fact laying flowers since

yesterday but today of course was the day of mourning so there were a lot more of them coming in and laying down flowers lighting candles and taking their time just standing there praying or taking a moment to remember the thirty five victims of monday's terror attack we spoke to john byerly american ambassador to russia who said it does accusations in western media which say that russians have begun brigida cold hearted and continue to go on as if nothing happened are in stock to biased and do not have any basis in reality whatsoever. i think that the best response that we can give to the kind of people who are capable of carrying out attacks like this is to show them that they're not going to change our laws but of course we're going to be more vigilant we're going to have better security but we're not going to stop living. we're not going to become like they are. the services were held all across churches and they were attended to by russia's leadership president medvedev and prime minister

president which i have also add to that immoral services in the churches in moscow and in the moscow region but it's not just the russian orthodox churches which have held those immoral services we have to remember that russia is a multi-national months a confessional country and those of a similar services were also held not just in churches but also in mosques and synagogues and not just in the country's capital belt all across the country the blast occurred it started to four thirty two pm in the arrivals hall just outside of course hotshot vick was out did we see how it was rick's how immediately following the blast everything was still the small but we'll also spoke to the brother of one of the victims who shared his experience and his thoughts with us then you know what my brother called me and said that he and his wife were trying to get tired but they were bleeding and didn't understand what was going on there was an explosion then we got this connected i couldn't believe that this happened to my brother and his wife because we think that these things happen only to

someone else i never understand that it really happened but it is hard to fathom why somebody would do such a thing to innocent people became victims of the attack. and immediately of course the question arose who is responsible for. this to happen we're not talking just about the terrorists that people in question of course are the security services the airport security the police whoever allowed this to happen in president of has already was sacked for high ranking police officials most of them. working in the structure of transport safety for their inability to prevent such an attack here is more from my colleague sara first. the harrowing scenes from the moment the blast hits for those who witnessed the attack it's a memory that weight fade fast so. i was waiting for someone then there was an explosion. took. place. after.

the blast hit peak time is around thirty flights hoochie to land the bomb it seems time to cause max and then devastation. doing. something serious just. the start of the work. very well for it was achieved. by. others didn't have such a lucky escape i could have lost my brother but i want them to be punished. and punished they will be as president was great of his out that all those responsible will be held accountable but investigators know what to establish exactly who is behind the attack the finger of blame he's also

a fool and on the airport and transport authorities good people have shown a resilience that many fail is a commendable trait of the russian people are caring to get on with azure. using circular saw was a tribute to dr the situation. in the aftermath of the attack people should rally. hospitals and ensuring the victims and their families receive all the help they need and the child where she stood united in its refusal to be intimidated people still a treat an act of remembrances and a mock risk but they too lost their lives in the attack. despite the moscow airport bombing it's down to business in switzerland. terrorism is threatening investor look at president bashir there's a visit to the economic forum that's coming your way just a little bit later right here. where the nuclear treaty between russia and the

u.s. known as start has been ratified by russian federation council the deal would slash both country's nuclear arsenals by around a third now approved by both houses of russia's parliament the treaty must be signed by president medvedev our correspondent you got pissed off those details. everything happened really quickly just on tuesday they stay duma ratified the treaty now the federation council has unanimously voted for the ratification of the treaty which means that both chambers also have now supported education it's also backed by both president who's sitting now he can now sign a treaty and president barack obama's lead in both monitoring the way ratification has been going in fact on tuesday barack obama praised the stay dumas decision to ratify the deal previously were able to speak to the chairman of the federation council's committee for international affairs also in the running

negotiations may come out of the elephant he says that this is a significant step forward in the relations between moscow and washington we managed to pass successfully through the us senate the so-called wanted three agreement on the russian american cup ration in the nuclear field i mean the peaceful part of it. that is concerned we also moving forward on the russians w t o accession america is very supportive we are moving relatively fast and i think that two thousand and eleven will be the year of russia's w t o accession after that. those will have to do their part of their work repealing the so-called jackson very commandment which is one of the dinosaurs of. the time of the cold war. but it's not enough

we have to have more time as we have to have more docking mechanisms we have to have more bridges the more dependent we are the better it is for our future it's the third such agreement between the two countries the first two were signed back in one thousand nine hundred one and in one thousand nine hundred three with this lady. one is meant to reduce the number of strategic weapons on both sides by over one third so it's significant for global security russian deputies did make some special statements or recommendations first of all securing moscow's right to step out of the treaty if it feels threatened by a u.s. missile defense plans in europe and secondly they've outlined that similar recommendations made previously by the u.s. congress are none binding meaning the will do not to free washington from its obligations previously the u.s. congress has secured washington's right to modernize the remaining arms and has also claimed that the treaty should not obstruct america's missile defense plans

but these statements on both sides are non binding meaning they will not affect the actual implementation of the agreement. if you go to school for putting that or that so let's talk about the significance of this treaty you don't have a chat with max bugman nuclear nonproliferation policy analyst for american progress so we'll see some good signs of cooperation here between moscow and washington d.c. but some critics say that russia and the u.s. are actually sacrificing their own security to send a signal to other countries what do you make of that. i completely disagree with that i mean i think this first of all is about the security of the united states and the security of russia this is about unwinding the excesses of the cold war but this isn't some radical reduction this is going down to fifteen hundred fifty strategic nuclear arms for both sides which is more than enough for both sides to deter the other and to destroy the world many times over so i think this is firmly in the security interests of both the united states and russia that maintaining

a huge nuclear arsenal is very expensive and very. extremely in this area so i think you know this is about bringing back bring both countries back to a sane level of nuclear weapons because we reached really insane levels during the cold war so i completely disagree with that assessment although i think it will have real international implications in effect other countries as decision making as well when it comes to nuclear weapons so i'm sorry is this just an act of mutual cooperation or an act of peace between moscow and washington are they just doing out with the old in with the new they cleaning out the old nuclear supplies but they still have a very large perhaps renovated lot summer and saddam is around the world. well i think i think this is an important step to begin to to continue to reduce nuclear arms said. number of russian leaders have also spoken to the fact that they want to

continue to reduce nuclear weapons that we had a race to build up our nuclear arsenal during the cold war now we're having a race to disarm and so i think what we'll see is a future rounds of talks and negotiations that i think this is about the. increasingly the u.s. and russia are on beneficial terms that this is part of the reset of u.s. russia relations that there is no need for countries that are at peace with at peace with each other to maintain such a large nuclear arsenals. in the bent of war with each other but that war is no longer a prospect on the horizon between the two countries and it's time that the posture of the military posture as a nuclear posture is between the two countries reflects the political realities of the present which is a united states and russia which are at peace and so i think this is about consolidating that in moving towards a more secure future where we don't have nuclear weapons thousands and thousands of

nuclear weapons pointed in other will not be the start treaty only applies to russia and the u.s. but the u.k. and france they have their austin olsen are also nato members could russia become vulnerable with this treaty in effect. no i mean with fifty one hundred fifty strategic nuclear weapons russia has more than enough to deter anyone and has a more than enough nuclear capability to destroy the world many times over you know i think what we're going to the i think the future of arms control talks will now the u.s. and russia have to sit down and. look to find further ways to reduce and at some point there's going to have to be a larger discussion that includes the u.k. france as well as china and other nuclear countries such as india and pakistan to begin to multilateral the reduce nuclear weapons we're not there yet because the level of the arsenals between us and russia are so large and also you know russia's relationship with nato. a shooting increasingly improved that the united states and

russia are have are now at peace in our improving relations and i think there is a hope that the next stage of the reset can begin to improve relations with nato countries as well in russia already has a fairly strong and friendly relationship with many european countries and so there's no reason while why russia should feel any more threatened by the u.k. france nuclear arsenal in those two countries by the way are also beginning to decrease and emerge their nuclear capability as well as nuclear nonproliferation policy analyst for american progress mike spoke when live in washington thank you. well you can also share your opinions about the new start treaty through our online poll that r.t. dot com here's how the vote is going at this point in time and almost half of you about forty four percent think the new start is just a p.r. stunt and having a few less nukes doesn't really make any difference at all a quarter if you believe that the treaty is sensible then makes the world safer

twenty two percent describe the treaty as an act of stupidity saying that russia and the us will lose out to china and india and nine percent if you think that the new treaty is purely pragmatic and the russian the us are just trying to save money now and well those are the results at the moment but you can always have your say on our website at r.t. dot com. the official. pulled from the. video. in the palm of your. on the dot com. now dimitri medvedev has arrived in switzerland so promote investment in russia at the annual economic forum in davos the president's visit will be shorter than planned due to monday's attack on moscow's main airport even

so it's the first time the country has been represented at the forum by its president lauren that reports from the us. well this is a key moment for both medvedev and for russia and what it really does is put russia at the center of what has become the most important meeting of world business leaders and governments if you looked at the program of course just sort of ten to fifteen years ago it was really exclusive to western leaders in fact it started off as a european business forum but there's been a trend in recent years and it's carried on this year whereby there are schools of indians chinese people and russians there are more than sixty important business leaders and government ministers from russia in davos this year and in fact fewer and fewer western europeans and that's what we see as a balance of power shifts to these emerging markets these bric countries and moves towards what we call this new world order where these growing economies these

emerging markets are developing so far just. biggest speech and his appearance here at davos will also show that russia is open for business despite what happens and i'm of course referring to monday's a bomb blast at port this did cause medvedev to perspire on his arrival but he's going to deliver this opening speech but before that he'll be taking part in the international business council which is a meeting of what the world economic forum calls one hundred concerned uncommitted business leaders it's all to promote russia as an investment destination and in economies from a knowledge of russia to show how they have made economic and legislative steps forward in recent years and to try and attract investment medvedev said that he won't be brushing aside fools and difficulties in russia and of course one of these current difficulties is this terror attack i asked some of the foreign delegates

how they thought this bomb blast would affect the perception of russia as an investment destination here's what they told me i don't think we look for. perception. vestment. think they need to understand. the countries. i cover america we certainly have had terrorist attacks so there are unfortunately as well and it's very unfortunate but we keep going like keep going business keeps growing and i think they will be true. when you're with r t let's have a brief look now at some other major headlines from around the world at this hour opposition groups are calling for a second day of. rallies problem government decree banning protests police used tear gas and beat up demonstrators in an effort to disperse yesterday's unprecedented rallies against the government four people have died and dozens detained with some potentially facing severe charges the unrest comes against a backdrop of growing anger over rampant poverty and unemployment. the new

hezbollah backed prime minister of lebanon has begun to form his cabinet following two days of widespread protests thousands of sunni muslims poured onto the streets burning tires throwing rocks and accusing the militant group of a coup the new prime minister has valid to unify lebanon's a diverse society has and its allies ousted the previous western backed government two weeks ago when they quit the cabinet. and time now for the business news with dmitri. welcome to business. consider the main growth driver in twenty eleven and that's reflected in the turnout for the world economic forum a record number of executives from emerging markets. our correspondent daniel bushell has been looking at the guest list. no he calls it fact cats in the snow nonetheless bono is here today along with

a record number of v.i.p.'s behind me as you can see it's a very packed hall today on the opening day that was in fashion again after three years of global meltdown and bankers are once again coming to the fore last year when the head of barclays bank told me he gets people's anger at the bankers and the banking system but this year he says the time for same story is over but it might be too late anyway because the chinese are coming china's economy thought ten percent last year through the global collapse compare that with barely one percent for many drugs emerged economies and this is really reflected in today's forum we've now got a true track system for growing emerging states with currency reserves like china russia are on the one hand and on the other you've got sluggish growers with north to levels of debt for example the european union and the united states the slogan for this year's shared norms for the new reality tries to find common ground

between the two sides and the first four sessions today all try to learn from the experience of those upstart the first four sessions of dedicated to emerging markets that china russia india and also brazil in particular president medvedev of russia goes on to give a speech where the priority is expected to be welcoming investors and promising them their shareholdings all entirely safe of course that comes on the background of the holocaust trial at the moment and other issues which are of raise some doubts in the west over the safety of investments in russia which are related for say that in order to transform russia to a knowledge based economy over the coming years from a resource based one it really needs foreign expertise and for that it needs to guarantee foreign to foreign investments. well the president's speech sure will be happening in around two hours time don't miss it we'll be broadcasting it live on r.t. well keen to improve the investment climate russian representatives to woo foreign

investors if you are bigger than b.p. which is stepping up its so work with rosneft to develop the arctic shelf the head of b.p. robert dudley told r.t. as daniel bushell russia is a top priority for the company. i think it's a very good good deal for b.p. i think it's a good deal for ross now but it's a watershed deal in the international oil industry i think it's good for russia this cross holding between two companies that have aligned interests is is a very good thing i think it's a harbinger of things you know in the decades ahead between the international oil companies and nationally we've learned a lot about our difficulties this past year we're going to take great care a great responsibility of developing the arctic i think the arctic has great potential you look at the maps in russia i think it's going to be something that's great for russia good for the companies involved and pursued b.p. we're very excited about it we are deeply embedded in safety risk management into everything we do in the company we're going to meet our commitments we need to rebuild trust back in the company and then our strategy going forward to rebuild

the value for shareholders in b.p. in the future prospects with ross not just part of it. and it's a costly affair to say the future of the global economy the new york times is calculated just to get the invitation for the devils for one has to cough up an annual membership fee of roughly fifteen thousand dollars a ticket for the forum cost nineteen thousand dollars and to take part in the closed sessions a person has to be an associate member which cost another one hundred thirty seven thousand dollars it's no surprise that that was for it's a money spinner it's generating one hundred ninety five million dollars a year. more money generating heat on the markets they're up in the united states barack obama's state of the union address when he called for an overhaul for taxes that down as you can see there finally breaching the twelve thousand points mark for the first time since two thousand and eight games are limited however as u.s.

new home sales in twenty ten they came in the lowest in forty seven yes. european markets are taking their lead from both praise and the united states president obama again calling for a freeze on the best. discretionary spending and low corporate tax pushing stocks up carmakers shares were in the focus in frankfurt after porsche reported high sales its shares jumped over six percent inspiring other people to make. up three point four percent gains and b.m.w. both strong and a steady recovery in moscow for monday's decline and choose the financial oil and gas stocks are leading the way miners are showing big gains to telecoms are kind of like to be high more details on the stocks now energy shares leading gains as we said gazprom is far more than three percent three point seven percent is a bit weaker than the market up point seven cents burbank is continuing its winning streak of more than two percent. that's it for now we'll be back in

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