both chambers of our parliament classified the start treaty after the exchange of ratification papers between our foreign ministers it will define the size of causing nuclear arsenals for the next ten years the russian president dmitri medvedev the new strategic arms reduction treaty with the us with an immediate signing it was approved by the parliament. russia beefs up efforts against terrorism with security staff shake up tough new and legislation all of this following the bombing which killed thirty five on monday in moscow's busiest airport. and a common link experts are drawing parallels between the latest on rest in tunisia and egypt and string of colored revolutions in the post soviet space in the last decade.

r.t. is coming to you live from moscow welcome to the program russia has fully ratified the historic arms reduction treaty with the us president dmitri medvedev has now just signed the resolution it's only a formality now before the bill becomes law and we get more details on this by crossing like the one you're going to spin off who is are now in the center of moscow how you go to tell me when will the treaty fully come into force at this point. well now that it's been signed by the russian president and ratified by both chambers of the russian parliament it now has to be signed by the us president as well but since there were talks that the signing off this treaty by the two heads of the two nations could happen simultaneously barack obama may say that as soon as on friday then only a few. he's left an exchange of the ratification documents between the russian

foreign minister said you are off and you are state secretary hillary clinton and after that is done but treaty will officially come into force we're getting reports that barack obama and. if you and discuss the date when this exchange may happen and this is either the fourth or the fifth of february in munich so quite soon indeed and it was quite a long running process for us to view negotiations and then since the nine months have passed since the president initially signed this treaty there were many disagreements stumbling points but nevertheless the two the nuclear superpowers were able to overcome them and finally ratified and signed it. she's national missile which is this is a very significant event for our country due to agreements we have with the united states americans have gone their way we also have finished these procedures both

chambers of our parliament ratified the start treaty certain remarks were taken into consideration to satisfy the parliaments on both sides the most significant thing is that after the exchange of ratification papers between our foreign ministers it will define the size of cutting nuclear arsenals for the next ten years. quite significant indeed this is the third such treaty between moscow and washington the first two were signed back in one thousand nine hundred one in one thousand nine hundred three but this latest one is set to reduce the number of strategic arms on both sides by one third so it's a significant step forward in the relations between the two countries it's also a great event in terms of global security and a great example for other nuclear nations to follow and you've got a certain imagine there are probably some rounds of applause in washington d.c. and here in moscow but certainly there are some obstacles there regarding the treaties ratification from both sides. well first of all the negotiations

initially lasted for over a year before they were signed by the two presidents last april after the republicans gained the upper house of representatives and. amendments are me to the treaty before it can be ratified by the congress since the meaning of the republicans were initially against the treaty that's why. signing. the biggest achievement of president barak obama in the. foreign policy then put up this the congress did end up making some special statements which are non-binding they do not affect the actual implementation of the treaty. washington's rights to modernize the. treaty would not affect

washington's. defense system on the other hand here in russia the ratification did happen really quickly just. to state the lower house of the council the upper house the russian deputies also made some special statements which are non-binding as well the first one. to step out of the treaty. by. these statements previously made by the u.s. congress do not free washington from its obligations so once again these statements are non-binding they will not affect the implementation of the t.v. and according to the russian deputies one of the major sticking points in the negotiations was a link between offensive and defensive they say they've managed to legally leave these two together as well so a successful story in the end of these negotiate. and once again the russian

president is saying it is the that the us president also which may happen in the nearest future and then just exchange ratification documents. you're going to is going to the center of moscow thank you. well under a claim or who is the deputy head of the russian state duma foreign affairs committee says that the additions to the treaty made by the russian and american parliaments will only help the mutual understanding. i'm sure that we did a lot to explain the very sensitive details all these paper. our colleagues in the capitol on the capitol hill they all saw. their job so. i think with that span of these months. the real results are now we have a very clear. paper. be very useful for

implementation of this treaty or at least for the period of ten years. i tell you all with r.t. live from moscow and still to come for you this hour. rocking the boat. it's the same footprint that we saw going back this far as serbia will be through most of it we look at why the antigovernment unrest in islamic states may be just the latest trend going back about a dozen years. we do play special responsibility with the public leaders who are charged with protecting our financial system and the chief executives of companies whose failures drove us to crisis officially slammed as the cause of the meltdown of wall street big wigs are likely to go on home. russia's parliament has discussed a new bill on a new terror combat system in the wake of the suicide bombing at the country's busiest airport on monday that killed thirty five president dmitry medvedev harshly

criticized law enforcement and airport authorities and fired several officials over security lapses parties are really going to score was inside the stadium in moscow with more on the security shake up in russia. as it stands right now russia does not have a unified system which will allow the country and the security services in the country to act together in unison in case of a terror threat now exists it will be somewhat similar to the american system of warning basically there will be three levels of terror threat which will be imposed in the country first level color coded blue will mean an increased level of a terror attack a second level yellow or mean a high level and this thirty five will be color coded red and it will be critical level also federal security service has proposed that a certain unified governmental body be created in order to act where that where and if any of these terror levels will be imposed on the country the parliamentarian's insists that such

a system is harshly needed this is what they have to say. just look how much we needed this system in light of the damage of attack no they're trying to find the culprits and they will find them and the culprits will be punished some have already been punished but what everyone is seeing is that there was no relevant information and now according to the rule we will have to inform the society both the threats facing the russian government has allocated more than one hundred twenty million rubles to help the families of the victims and the wounded some of that money will go towards the funerals which are being held today in moscow and in the moscow region and of course a lot of that money will also go towards treatment of the wounded horses who are still in hospitals more than a hundred people remain hospitalized and are being treated for their wounds which they received in the terror attack and my call the good side of boy has met with some of them devout muslims these to france usually pray five times a day but the jumma did have a blast. ever since multiple shrapnel wounds bound them to hospital beds they've

been praying. for is that i never have to witness such carnage again they came to the airport to be. up there reality of flying in from to decus to on him is the explosion by several minutes and still can't make sense of what happened. people who did it come up possibly call themselves muslims a true muslim should be striving to help others not killing innocent people those who did it will answer for it before. yet for many of those whose life was damaged by the blast the promise of the almighty is rare earth is not enough the domodedovo airport had already been implicated in terrorist attacks in two thousand and four when two passenger jets were blown up me there as some russians vented their anger with more enforcement for not being able to prevent their attacks others through the initiative into their own hands hundreds of volunteers turned out bad blood

than a king station's pawel is a first comer and the explosion really seemed to pretty cute conscience. when something like this happened before i was concerned like everybody else but i never did anything to help but based on the thoughts i had to get involved instead of just bashing our security services and blogs. while the tragedy at the airport prompted many russians to ask what they can do for their country improving security is still the main thing their country can do for them. r.t. moscow. a man killed during a police operation in dagestan has been identified as the number two figure in an islamic militant movement in the southern russian region officials say. joined the ranks of militants in two thousand and three. for suicide bombers in two thousand and four he was put on the federal wanted list as a militant russian police exchanged fire with suspected militants. outside the city

of a gun battle came after the suspects who were surrounded in a house refused to surrender officials say the police operation may be linked to a bomb attack the previous day which killed four and injured six at a cafe. we can always get more and all the stories we're covering here on our. website. is a taste of what's waiting for you that right now a story about a friendship between. an american farmer. in the u.s. state of iowa where fifty years ago a remarkable meeting took place. how to become famous helping people. without even leaving your house party has the on. twitter and facebook pages.

rippling throughout egypt where deadly clashes with police have claimed five lives on the third day of violence that is inspired by the chaos in the uprisings deposed the country's leader killed and it led to a cabinet reshuffle and as. you found out the images of angry protesters gathering in the streets are ringing bells. georgio two thousand through. ukraine two thousand and four. cutest on two thousand and five. and egypt twenty eleven i. think these are all completely different revolts

well think again and not only because they're racist fist was one of their symbols if you look more closely you look at the people who are leading those are being coached in the they're being coached by u.s. intelligence services the same way the orange revolution was in ukraine or the roles revolution was saakashvili and in georgia a string of revolutions some bloodless some not rock the post soviet space at the beginning of the twenty first century there were a number of common factors an uprising against the regime rooted in a popular dissatisfaction with standards of living hence the collective name colored revolutions amazingly the outcomes have been quite similar to six years ago key of independence square was the birthplace of the orange revolution it promised a new dawn and major changes for the country but ultimately all aspirations came to nothing. lawyer grigori sudan is one of those disenchanted with the outcome of the

orange make over he says the bright promises of the revolutions leaders have in reality pushed the country into an abyss. and corruption increased the country became divided on the. issue was nothing changed for the better it changed only to the world's poor and the next elections revolutionary hero received only five percent of the world the lowest percentage for acting president of the world it was a similar story in georgia where they had the optimism of the rose revolution soon gave way to disappointment and eventually to mass protests their anger with president saakashvili was met with a response that was all too familiar as gas grenades and water cannons were used to quell the unrest. and didn't get a good start in the revolution of two thousand and five or so quickly turned sour last year or so yet another popular revolt but those false dawns and bitter lessons are far from the minds of those clamoring for change in north africa. or no danger

emerges when the power overturning the government which they thought illegal and autocratic like in the case of tunisia and egypt does not have a political platform and a government apt to put things in order in the country the danger lies in the personality of those who would desire to use the revolutions which happened in the arab world we have to take care that the far right or any other forces with an imperialist acknowledge will not take advantage of this situation if those are really people's movements they should not have let anyone in to feel would there there is that hope will artist experts agree that it may take some time before the world will see whether the revolts indonesia and egypt will change things for the better in these countries just as they have a common opinion that if these uprising floor europe will be the first to suffer from waves of immigrants let's see.

now let's check out some other world news in brief this hour the remains of the miners killed in the deadly blast in colombia have now been returned to their families loved ones held wakes in memory of the dead whose bodies are soon to be buried the accident which officials suspect was cornered by i mean they got killed up claim that twenty one workers lives on wednesday a similar blast occurred in the same mine four years ago and killed thirty two. now at least eight people have been killed in afghanistan's capital when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a supermarket some of the victims are believed to be foreign nationals the explosion occurred or chaos in the store as remnants of merchandise obstructed police from getting inside officials are still investigating the cause of that last . well a report on the causes of the recent global financial crisis has sparked anger over the authors of the meltdown the document released by u.s.

investigative commission points the finger at the country's economic elite but as aussies lauren lister reports previous experience showed those responsible are likely to remain unpunished. it wasn't so long ago the world was reeling from a financial crisis and in the financial capital of the world hard hit americans were calling for heads to roll on wall street and then he blamed irresponsible and illegal actions of big wig bankers for the economy's near collapse but i did get it he they got it he did that we get it yeah it was born from this mess the us president formed a bipartisan commission to get to the bottom of the crisis. it is our hope that together we can rebuild the american people's belief in a financial system that puts americans to work over a year they heard from stewards of the economy the most important lesson of this crisis is we have to end too big to fail they heard from c.e.o.'s of investment

banks anyone who says i wouldn't change a thing i think is crazy. now the meltdown panel believes the answers to this outrage can be found here and five hundred plus pages of their findings it gives them enough room to point the finger everywhere for a crisis they say was avoidable we do play special responsibility with the public leaders who are charged with protecting our financial system those entrusted to run our regulatory agencies and the chief executives of companies whose failures drove us to crisis but we believe that we must also as a nation except responsibility for what we permitted to occur dad as far as wall street specifically the dramatic failures of corporate governance and risk management at many systemically significant financial firms worth. causes of the crisis wall blame is directed it wall street that's where we are right now the irony is though the new york stock exchange is here that's what you

see behind me most of the big banks and investment firms people associated with the financial crisis aren't even here anymore they're spread out all over new york city so just as wall street has become merely a symbol of the american financial industry so too is washington's condemnation of it like we're seeing in this report the reality is we've seen this all before we've already seen congressional hearings where u.s. lawmakers interrogated bankers we've heard lawmakers threaten those in charge of the economy yet no one on wall street or that was watching over finance has faced criminal charges no one has really been held accountable and by many accounts nothing has changed about financial practices and most of the people who are in power before the crisis are still in power most of the business practices that you know other than a few things are still going on and now nearly three years after the crisis the opportunity for this commission to sway public opinion and make any difference to

those practices has seemingly passed it by the chip itself the moments those political moments when everything comes together and you can pass this kind of comprehensive reform legislation our. little bubbles and they don't last very long and we missed ours. so for the american people who wanted wall street held responsible these guys have looted the american economy the global economy they may not get the justice they're looking for five hundred pages and a year later a world once sent reeling by a financial system on the verge of collapse maybe no more protected from it happening again i'm not sure that we can prevent it from happening again lauren lyster r.t. new york. are your guests here she's got the business news for you.

that's right gauri time to get the latest from the world of business and moscow has moved closer to fulfilling and stream of becoming an international financial center top officials and the business elite have given advice that a working breakfast hosted by his burbank in dallas where the annual economic formal world business leaders is underway dental bushell brings us the latest from switzerland. pancakes and caviar was served at the annual bank break first it's an annual gathering here in davos of the world's top bankers where of foreign investors and business leaders what's more sco still needs to do to transform itself into an international financial center the head of do it your bank joseph ackermann said that was pretty much unique that a country actually openly foreigners what they need to still do he told the story of how at the same petersburg economic forum president medvedev gathered some of

these top bankers from abroad and said that he fully backs them at the height of the financial crisis despite all the bank of bashing going on in the west they here understand their importance to the world economy and to russia's development and also that he would continue to support them through the crisis now josef ackermann said many thought that the u.s. government was actually against them and still are to some extent and it was pretty surprising to see the president medvedev was so forthright in his backing of bankers that there was then a public vote what is the single thing holding back moscow from becoming center for international finance worldwide things like transport infrastructure but by far the winner was corruption and began in the new mayor of moscow then came out and said that he was selling dozens of stakes in banks energy companies that the moscow government owns so that business can really get on with it without the interference

of government when it was pretty much or who's who of russian and western business elite there was in the russian side there was sent central bank representatives the head of the bank obviously v t v troy could dialogue leading investment bank rubin valid then yeah and there and also western leaders and of course the man at the center of a bitter. probably the most bit the shareholder disputes in world business at the moment between north nickel the world's biggest nickel mine and roussel the world's biggest alum in your mind the victim is a key shareholder in roussel and he said that not only did they reject the recent twelve billion dollar bid by norris nickel to buy out the resell stake he would also reject a new sixteen billion dollars bid even though many analysts think that is a fair assessment let's listen to what he told us of course a six to be a loose not enough but slower of course are a part of our discussion with two we said we would like to find our financial.

role or if there was a bomb a discussion was big financial situation. everybody is a. group just like the more specific more they don't precisely review how we should build hopes. it's even before where our cooperation with us was a business and the next step will be in the north and south some cooperation with the financial institution. and daniel bushell will be definitely bring us more from davos where the any real economic gathering is underway so stay with archie for that and in other news coming from the form the head of russia's largest lenders burbank's says davos has been a great success for russian business but. these kinds of events are crucially important for a better understanding of russia by international investors because i think the key point the business audience took from yesterday's discussion of russia's investment

climate is the personal commitment the prime minister has shown this is a very good example of how we can demonstrate our belief in our country and explain what steps were taking. the president of russia second largest bank of the t.v. says he expects net profit to grow by sixty percent this year on trade cost and that current market conditions can generate further growth and he gave our team more details in his exclusive interview. but we focus particularly. efficiency. and we have waiting for me. i mean business corporate business more efficient are definitely will develop with first months of business for. who will have a substantial growth for free to do this which is although it's also a hard margin business. let's have a quick check on the markets european stocks have opened blow when they are down right now they're tracking losses in asia and they're definitely dragged down by

mining shares isn't there and read point seven percent germany's dax is flat to positive all eyes of course on the u.s. g.d.p. data to tonight minus of the top declined us as of her to her job the news from the u.s. as it's expected to provide some hints about future demand for gold materials. and here in russia the indices are also losing ground tracking asian losses that's just here also of course as the head of u.s. g.d.p. data. at one thirty g.m.t. and the r.t.s. slipped below nine hundred four and spot has broken the market again this hour. let's have a look at those stocks energy shares are leading the fall when the might sit still for oil is feeding the troll with one point two percent and conoco phillips plans to sell the last two percent of its shares in russia's oil company and on that. one point two percent russia santa monopoly federal entity or not this is inquiry into

the justification for world sport of pricing on russian exchanges is also edging tension gazprom is also suffering and novacek looks to be the biggest loser on the my six point about one percent down. that's your business update for now my colleague mitch magenta will be bringing you more news than an hour's time and you can find more stories on our website r.t.e. dot com slash business.

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