eternal a good girl i would international flood to change every green laurel eternal in talk of. them. all r t freeing jailed oil tycoon mikhail khodorkovsky is in no danger president rivetted gives direct promises to direct questions of a lengthy media conference including working with putin on the presidential election highlights straight ahead. also this the end of egypt's dictatorship of the start of sectarian division christians and muslims blame post revolution leaders for failing to stammer worrying rise in religious violence. and freedoms efforts to keep people's data private takes a hammering as the comes down to hard altering

a country to store personal information online. and in business just brang day after the deal collapsed the pain was met and the heat it looks as though talks made from the scene you will bring it if obama spent around twenty minutes time. welcome you watching r t it's now just after four pm here in moscow you know we're not top story the release of jailed the oil tycoon mikhail khodorkovsky would pose no danger to society that was among several answers given by president medvedev been a mammoth media question and answer session that lasted over two hours he also addressed his working relationship with prime minister putin and the are probably presidential election and this now is following the gallery forests for. their president feel good. columns of questions tell us. that's right over two hours

of time with the media all sorts of journalists and eight hundred of them gathered at a venue in that skolkovo just outside moscow apparently this was the format chosen because in recent months president medvedev has received so many requests for one on one interviews it's not possible he took the time to sit down and try to get as many answers out as possible lots of different kind of journalist some of the harshest questions came from some opposition journalists let's listen to one question from a blogger about the fate of me tell father for skate. he couldn't cross he's released who he did injure to society that was a short question and the own son will be equally sure absolutely not. of course the biggest anticipated answer really more than

a question was about the tried to twelve elections here in russia will take place next march the president has made himself joke that he was surprised that it only came at the fourth question he expected it to be the first but he made it very clear at the beginning of the session but he did not feel today was the appropriate time and place to make that kind of an announcement. i'm healed of a stroke about streaks around the relationship with my colleague. that's your question yes my aim my relationship with my colleague and political part of the timea putin is no it's just something that people call a tandem and actually we have been working together for over twenty years and we know each other well we think alike and your views on key issues in our country's development are very close but this doesn't mean we always think the same way we have different views on modernization and i think this process could be much faster

because. that was an answer to the question referring to the intrigue surrounding the elections and the president's relationship with the prime minister he obviously they're trying to make it a bit clearer but those who wanted to find out today whether or not he would be running for reelection did not get their answer to have to wait he did say that it would come soon and at the right time. all about internal politics was and what else did the president after say this time on international matters. that's right there's so much happening if you just look at two thousand and eleven so many developing vents have taken place of course the big question and it will always be is the relationship between the u.s. and russia that was one of the first questions asked really i mean did it pointed out that things really have developed in the right direction for the west with nato but he did point out that russia is still weary about missile defense they feel like the alliance hasn't been forthcoming about their plans and this is what he had to say about what russia will be ready to do if it feels its interests aren't being

taken into consideration. what you do when you need a computer when you're a missile defense is a way to prolong the strategic capabilities of other countries together when they tell us it's not against us of course i agree with that but i realized at the same time that this is actually going to work against us and i want to ask nato to seriously consider this we already see cooperation and at the same time as you hope that we will have guarantees that those capabilities are not going to be used against us otherwise we'll have to take measures and we don't want to do that then we'll have to quickly develop more nuclear strike potential and this is a very bad scenario that would send us back to the cold war era that nobody and so . on another issue which could not be ignored it's pretty much standing center stage in terms of global politics at the moment of course the arab uprising and what's happening in libya r.t. in fact asked whether or not russia would support

a revenue resolution to interfere in syria we're seeing there an uprising and much violence and this is what president medvedev had to say he pointed out that russia would not vote to interfere in syria because of what has happened after the resolution to interfere in libya. he said is a persevere yes i will not support resolutions on syria frankly speaking they would disregarded by the actions that some states took even though initially russia supported the first resolution and didn't veto the second what happened afterwards demonstrated that these kinds of resolutions can be manipulated this is deplorable because it undermines the all thirty of the u.n. . on a lighter note it has to be said that there were some lighthearted moments during the session several times where the entire hall broke out into laughter and also once again became very clear that president museveni did isn't even politician or politician that is very involved in the technology keeps up his i pad and through

social networks with what's happening in the world and keeps in touch with the people and also just to point out he read breaking news during this session the fact that the speaker of the upper part of them into the upper chamber apartment rather had to resign after a vote that he should be fired so the president answering all sorts of questions and really getting a chance of getting a chance for people to get you know get to know him in a lengthy better way to seventeen minutes now live from central moscow thanks very much let's bring the conversation our political analysts to give us some thoughts about what we saw today and what president medvedev had to say it was quite a long no media conference hosni no towards the end of it one of the journalists raise a question about nicole khodorkovsky it elicited a very very short symbolised trying to read something into that i mean president avert have said that the jailed. quote pose no threat to society if released

but one of the main there is that he's going to be released i don't think it means he's going to be released and after all it's not the president who put him in jail and i don't think it will be politically easy for me to be a. parole. although he has such a possibility according to war but for you know these sort of things very rarely in any country including russia so i think basically what mediator wanted to say is there he doesn't dispute the decisions of the court but he doesn't consider these things that many expect him to. answer question even further up the media conference about what's going to happen these elections next march the presidential elections as it was it wasn't really brought up and so for questions into it. are you surprised at all that the was nothing mentioned that he kept his cards so close to his chest again. well i think a lot of western up service

a lot of newspapers and websites and. opposition t.v. channels such as rain t.v. in russia they're all maybe a little disappointed if you are seen as legal if you go you know so i wonder when it's going to happen well he basically said that we'll take the decisions you court partly flaunt take us along with a clean decision. he did not give all which he spoke at a press conference and to be frank with you i'm not particularly surprised i don't remember when the president of the russians yeltsin or it would give all which he is mean political decisions during press conferences when built and suddenly resigned in one nine hundred eighty nine when in fact passing the part it was not done at a press conference it was done in a televised. you know interview not even

a need to your guy in a televised address to the need should actually you expect me to be that way now when it happens eventually than you or in some other way but certainly not at a press conference and the president again underlined his relationship with pm putin he said the see the same on strategic issues but they don't always agree on more minor issues but generally they want the same thing well i think it's true and there is nothing surprising of our prep and if we take the foreign policy . the west leaves them not much room for disagreement. the situation. is everyone taking aboard the situation in libya now in the west is there to ration or is that the nato operation there is it continuing according to the plan was there any plan there was no plan and there is very very slim legitimacy for this

operation and war smith of a different kind of were not happy about it from the very beginning so basically it's not quite clear what does the west want us to do they want us to support this kind of operation i don't think the majority of people even in such country as france supports a plan indeed and what do they want us to. see that everything that goes right don't go towards makes perfect thanks for your thoughts good sushi here today. and we'll have more reaction of the present what the president said in the coming hours here on this channel you can also get word for word on live as well the whole thing the whole two hours seventeen minutes of it streaming online few on our web page r.t. dot com. now when the people of egypt deposed the president it was to her all the new era of democracy instead though it's such it in a wave of religious violence which both muslim and christian leaders are pains to bring to the end before it gets out of control are these real financial reports.

present. but there is little satisfaction in the data for egypt. previously unified on live square through a common enemy who borrows resignation so egyptian muslims and christians turn on each other. we want justice we want equal rights. in institutions in businesses police and army and politics. for centuries the coptic christian minority has felt discriminated in a country dominated by eighteen million muslims the revolutionary euphoria has brought a desire for change. people have to sit freedom and they like it now we are kind of fed up of the situation. tensions in the past month have left dozens killed scores injured and several churches burned his muslim woman and her entire family had been welcome in liberation until her twenty four year old son was killed

in the street by a greek thrown during sectarian clashes in baghdad a northern flashpoint as the years of simmering religious tension boil over. how we know barack was a dictator maybe he was corrupt but at least we have been able to sleep and our children were alive we never saw the before we couldn't have even imagine something like this happening yes from this point of view i miss the old regime and the others glorified again your revolution among them the muslim brotherhood bend under mubarak the days the country's only well organized political group with the president gone they moved from jail cells to this luxury building in central cairo the revolution given them a long awaited voice that. radicals are triggering their transitions they saw how the revolution united people and they want to ruin their. i don't want to see egypt

strong and independent but i'm sure it will disappear after the parliamentary election congress if you want me in bad very scary as poorest district is home to millions of people surviving on just a couple of course it's a pile of in the trash pre-revolution egypt's immune system has been a weekend to mattick leaks economists in critical condition younis ruling the country when this happens the symptoms strike most vulnerable first and the question now is just how far the damage. and whether egypt can ever recover and. written off now r t cairo. libyan state t.v. is reporting that a nato war ship has been hit by gadhafi forces close to the port of misrata over the alliance denies those claims and rebel forces said the former libyan oil minister has defected and fled the country again something not confirmed by the gadhafi regime if true it will be the second high ranking libyan officials to flee

after the foreign minister. left for britain in march on tuesday envoys from tripoli visited moscow for talks to find a way to try to stop the violence in the country they say they're ready to hold fighting only if the opposition. and nato stops raids adra perves from ken university told r.t. the pressure from russia could be key to finding a diplomatic solution. we haven't really seen enough evidence that the good our fusion is prepared to lay down its weapons and stop its own can pain and of course it's very difficult with claims and counterclaims but for the moment i think to get out the regime lacks any credibility no one in the regime. at the moment i think can be trusted and in that sense it's a hard to see how this can come about with no pressure though some countries like russia on the get up you perhaps will be able to move in that direction but i would have thought that the rebels will want to visit moscow in order to increase their

own international legitimacy of course we know that the rebels have been seeking diplomatic recognition from around the world but just getting recognition from on the west from countries like france and others won't be enough they know they need the support of the security council permanent members like like russia and ultimately also china so to thought there had a strong interest in visiting moscow meeting with the russian foreign minister. more top stories for you online today from our web site r t v dot com an alleged cannibal is the rested here in moscow police say they've made a gruesome discovery at his apartment where the says suspect admitted he was eating his victim or about that online. also don't make too many plans for the weekend these billboards of korea across russia say the end of the world is on its way in just three days time will tell you more about that too the hot seat of course.

sweden has been trying hard to make sure that people's private online daters stays just that probably you is insisting it has to store uses confidential information i think other bennett went to stockholm to find out why big brother isn't welcome there. every email. even every text will be watched if the e.u. has its way its forcing members to impose a law to store all telecom traffic data it will know where you are and who you are talking to sweden's refusing and is now being sued by the e.u. or the safe information probably will be in some case misused is endangering their foundations and. what you see as democracy or a free society the law was meant to combat terrorism and sweden should have been

tracking calls since two thousand and seven but parliament just postponed it for yet another year one of just five members standing up to big brother bill you has been wrong in many cases before and also in this case there of course were through the chase criminals and combat terrorism but we should not build up a big brother society going under the radar could land sweden a fine of up to sixty eight million euros a small price to pay for a country that doesn't like be watched it's not something you notice at first glance but c.c.t.v. doesn't actually exist in sweden the only security cameras on the street are cashpoints but there aren't any public places like this one that sound porton well guarded previously is here. at the moment sweden's free from the watchful gaze but it's not about cameras that they to trap it can be stored for up to two years it's

already kit for three months by operators for billing reasons they say that's enough for the majority of the requests that are coming from law enforcement authorities utterly concerned communications which were made within the first three months so it means that it is really disproportionate the extra storage will cost operators an estimated twenty million euros in total i would say that it is a problem. it is a big burden for all operators they cannot give me a hundred percent guarantee that this information will lots leach into the hands which would not be even the european commission admits changes are needed its report last month found the right to privacy was being threatened so there is room for improvement in the current data retention directive these roches shortcomings are sources of considerable concern for citizens and. hopefully later this year will present amendments to this which is taken sweden four years just to get that

far there's a long way to google food believe it beats goliath but he's certainly not giving up yet i've been it r.t. stock. around the world as the head of the international monetary fund's been put on suicide watch while being held over social assault charges the extras is in a new york prison and will appear in court on friday to reapply for he was detained at j.f.k. airport on sunday accused of attacking a hotel maid something which he denies. for workers have gone inside reactor number two of japan's crippled fukushima plant to check the radiation levels in the building there equipped with intense protective gear and the first to enter since the earthquake disaster in march the data is needed to try to work out how best to call the efforts using an unmanned probe failed when sting blocked its viewfinder making it impossible to navigate. next america may be big dragged down by record

debt and unemployment filtering through the economy but there's one industry that's bucking the trend it is a boom time right now for arms manufacturers and their branding themselves as saviors of the job market is calling for reports on how americans have little choice but to go gunning for work. it's career day and for one industry business is booming business has been great as a small business. revenue increases two thousand four we're now going into this year with a significant revenue increase defense contracting. for missile defense maker northrop grumman to chemical and biological weapons producer patel three weapons builder pragmatics two were fighters of quarter b. eight all of the big names are here but charlottesville community job fair business is very good for be a system sternly we're the second largest defense contractor in the world. and anything the department of defense does we do as well to support them so we've been

fortunate over the last several years to experience a considerable amount of. growth in iraq and. afghanistan and that the u.s. has more than one thousand military bases worldwide we're located ever sees in iraq afghanistan germany south korea so we have a lot of opportunities in the united states as well as ever see and with the pentagon budget over six hundred eighty five billion dollars in two thousand and eleven there are plenty of defense dollars to go around your program is the second largest defense contractor in the united states with nine point nine billion dollars in contracts in two thousand and nine alone and more and more people here in charlottesville so they don't mind taking a piece of that defense contracting pie i'm a pessimist but i am a realist to me sometimes war is necessary just because we want to be peaceful doesn't you know you want to use others don't see us presence in iraq and afghanistan as negative at all with there to help you know

a lot of them they don't they don't know you just look at a murder like a. charge but we're not with the real estate advisor michael o'brien went to iraq as a defense contractor to do just that help but i realized here for i'd been there you know nearly a year i was there fourteen months i was just a warm body to collect fees for my company o'brien became disillusioned with the corruption and mismanagement and they were taking land for more iraqis. without securing title and when i brought the studier attention i said what we should do all the house in the united states not a piece of land that you could know to go to you know his office still o'brien says americans won't see the end of defense contractors anytime soon without a draft the military depends on hundred thousand contractors to support its two words a bribe and the defense tried tractors. and. you know when dwight eisenhower talked about the military industrial complex in one

nine hundred sixty one we're there now kamala say that without the defense industry america's nine percent unemployment rate would soar to eleven point five percent in piecing those odds for many and surely military contracting is the best defense kill in florida are thieves charlottesville virginia where you have to feel about twenty one is timecode scott the latest sports news again we hear from president very live this time as the urges the country to go behind russia in the next two lympics. probably has the world of business where to play with country. thank you kevin hello and welcome artie's business bulletin for this hour russia's state run rosneft could resume talks on cooperation with the british oil major b.p. the announcement comes just one day after their shares for an arctic exploration deal fell apart that was due to objections from a which is b.p.'s russian partner interior k.b.

rosneft says it is now received a new offer from b.p. which goes beyond the original agreement however no details have been made public yet for its part they are also says it's willing to reopen discussions during his conference with the news media and skulk over president medvedev hinted that the government still saw he as a strong potential partner. the more you look at q do you think those who prepared the deal should have paid more attention to the details of the shareholder agreement the government should have done due diligence more carefully this was not cause difficulties among the shareholders and these troubles could have been avoided if apologies and comes with agreement. and if the deal does go through i will be glad this would also be good for russia so let's take a look at the markets now oil prices continue to rise as the weaker u.s. currency is encouraging investors to buy in dollar price commodities also investors are waiting on a key inventory report from the u.s.

which is expected to show a decline in oil stockpiles now and see how stocks are performing asian stocks have closed in the black the hang seng was helped by bargain buying in energy and property stocks same story in europe where the footsie and the dax continue to trade in the black this hour in london royal dutch shell is up almost two percent and in germany deutsche bank is gaining over one and a half percent. and here in russia both the r.t.s. and the my six are trading in the black listed by a series of strong corporate earnings reports. that are looking at some index moves on the my six still market still make it seven star is extending gains after a report of five hundred thirty one million dollars profit for the first quarter above analysts forecasts natural gas producer know the tech is up after almost double year on year net profits in the first quarter to around heart of billion dollars and holly metal is also after almost three percent supported by stronger precious metal prices. russia's biggest airport domodedovo has announced that it

will be and holding an initial public offering in london domodedovo reportedly france to raise up to one billion dollars it generated revenue of one point zero six billion in two thousand and ten compared to about eight hundred thirteen million dollars the year before recent spate of russian come. he's had to cancel plans to list in london due to a lack of investor interest. while that site has business for now we'll have more for you in just under an hour's time say with us now.

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