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comes down ordering the country to store all personal online information. and business this hour just one day out of the deal collapse between ross there can be it looks like it starts maybe zero tranny for that and more have business cards . welcome you're watching out c it's just after five pm here in moscow my name is kevin know and our top story today the release of jail the oil tycoon mikhail khodorkovsky would pose no danger to society that was among several answers given by president medvedev in a number of media question and answer session that lasted over two hours he also addressed his working relations with prime minister putin and the upcoming presidential election and this now has been following the eventful frothiness of the. prism fielded a wide variety of questions over just over two and

a quarter hours that may take us through some of the main points that. the session went on for almost two and a half hours hundreds of journalists were there eight hundred in fact three hundred of them international all packed into a hole in the scope of that menu was not chosen by mistake it's somewhat of a jam up for president medvedev part of his modernization plan and what it is the project to develop was a sort of text town very similar to that of silicon valley bringing together some of the greatest russian minds in one place to develop new technology and other sorts of developments about was chosen very especially for this session lots of different issues were covered of course in the two and a half hours sort of the most straightforward questions came from opposition journalists this is what one blogger asked the president about the fate of jail poil tycoon mikhail khodorkovsky. he could of course he is released who he did

injure to society that was a short question and the own son will be equally short no absolutely not. of course the biggest anticipated question our i should say answer of the day was whether or not president medvedev would run for a second term in the twenty twelve election but he himself joked that he was surprised that it only came as the fourth question at least the first of several but he expected to be the very first question that wasn't the case but it became very clear at the beginning of the session that today was not the right time or the right place as he started he said making that kind of announcement today would be playing somewhat of a political gain however many questions were asked about the election about the intrigue surrounding whether he would run whether prime minister vladimir putin would run and this is what he had to say about his relationship with the prime minister pointing out that they do think alike on many issues but they also have their differences. russia machine is lame my relationship with my colleague and

political partner of the timea putin is north's just something that people call a tandem and actually we have been working together for over twenty years and we know each other while we think alike and the 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 motorways ation i think this process could be much faster just. so for anyone expecting to hear on whether or not president mitterrand of would run for a second term today of course was not the day good news though for anyone who was waiting for it he did mention that the decision an announcement would come sometime soon this was not about internal politics so was it one of the present after so. current international matters. of course and when you take into account that so many things have already happened in the six months of two thousand and eleven a lot of issues are on the table all eyes now internationally on of course what's

happening in libya r t in fact asked whether or not russia would be in favor of any kind of resolution to interfere in syria of course there we're seeing an uprising and much violence lately president is made of mention that russia would be against any kind of intervention in syria because of what happened after the resolution on the piano. but it's not as if a syrian 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 a coup or both because it undermines the authority of the u.n. . another international issue that came out was russian relationship with the red the west and with nato president medvedev said that he did believe the operation was going well but that they are still weary about miss out defense both the u.s.

and nato and that in the future they would be looking for transparency and if that was not the case russia would be ready to develop its missile systems on a lighter note many jokes were made a lot of light hearted questions were asked once again it was put on display how involved the president made it is in technology how he keeps up with his social networks and with his blogs in fact a lot of time he pulled out his i pad read breaking news of how the head of the speaker rather than the operative or a part of the minutes had been added to his position and also he mentioned that it's through these social networks like twitter and his blog that he keeps in touch with what with what's really happening in the world and with the people that he's in fact the first russian president to do that. well just wanting all of use if they want to do so they can catch that whole two hour seventeen minute speech online about. streaming whenever they want to see this in our live from central moscow thanks for bringing us your thoughts there following on from that we got

will call in as well from the moscow bureau chief of britain's times newspaper he told us that madrid is reaction. on nato as actions in libya show that the president was clearly annoyed his commitment have appeared somewhat to regret russia's support of the resolution on libya was quite strong in saying that. the actions are currently going beyond what he thought he was voting for. so i think internationally people take note of that because it will signify russia's increasing these i think about what's going on in libya more broadly in the middle east but i didn't detect a sense from mr. security council wasn't the proper forum in which these things should be discussed. and thoughts too from political analyst burbage who told me that my take on quarter koskie is like that one but he want to pose the decision of the court i don't think it means he is 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 really have to top or all to go off the cliff although he has such a possibility according to all. these sort of things happens very rarely in any country in korean version so i think basically what we did if we wanted to see is that he doesn't dispute the decisions of the court but he doesn't consider this person a danger. and that throughout the afternoon will be more reaction of what the president had to say here on r.c. understood by the you get the whole thing online at r.t. dot com if you'd like to see it again. when the people of egypt deposed the president it was to herald a new era of democracy instead they should in a wave of religious violence which both muslim and christian leaders are at pains to bring to an end now before it gets out of control what is written on reports. president. but there is little satisfaction in the key to free egypt. previously

unified on earth live square three common enemy parents resignation so egypt in muslims and christians and each other. we want justice we want equal rights. in institutions in businesses police in oregon and politics. for centuries the coptic christian minority has failed to scream in egypt 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 met 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 and northern flashpoint as years of simmering religious tension or a lot over. how we know mubarak 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 mean the old regime. others glorify the january revolution among them the muslim brotherhood banned under mubarak today to the country's only well organized political group with the president gone they moved from jail cells to this luxury building in central cairo a revolution given them a long awaited voice at least. the radicals are triggering the transitions they saw how the revolution united people and they want to ruin their own want to see egypt strong and independent but i'm sure they will disappear after the parliamentary

election this time for us. in batteries chiros poorest district is home to millions of people surviving on just a couple of dollars a day full of in the fear of revolution egypt's immune system has been a weekend dramatically its economy is in critical condition the army is ruling the country when this happens the symptoms strike the most vulnerable first and the question now is just how far the damage might spread and what egypt can ever recover. refresh our cairo. libyan state t.v. is reporting that nato war ships been hit by gadhafi forces close to the border because . however the alliance is lying those claims that rebel forces say the former libyan oil minister has defected and fled the country something not confirmed by the gadhafi regime if true though he will be the second high ranking libyan official to flee of the foreign minister of britain in march on tuesday envoys from

tripoli visited moscow for talks to find a way to stop violence in the country they say they're ready to hold fighting only if the opposition downs arms and nato stops raids aided perves from kent university in the u.k. told r.t. the pressure from russia could be key to finding a diplomatic solution that. we haven't really seen enough evidence that the gadhafi regime is prepared to lay down its weapons and stop its own campaign 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 very hard to see how this can come about with more pressure from countries like russia on the gadhafi regime perhaps things 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 from the west from countries like france and others won't be enough they know they need the support of security council permanent members like like russia and ultimately also china as i would have thought they have a strong interest in visiting moscow meeting with the russian foreign minister who . clicks today at r.t. dot com and alleged cannibals arrested here in moscow police say they made a gruesome discovery at his apartment where the suspects admitted he was eating is a victim of story online today also don't make too many plans for the weekend why it was well these billboards of period cross russia say that the end of the world. no i and three days' time biggest cross we hope not will tell you more with r.t. dot com.

next sweden has been trying hard to make sure that people's private online daters stays just that but the e.u. nonetheless is insisting it has to store uses confidential information i think other burnet went to stockholm for us to find out why big brother isn't welcome there. recall 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. for the safety information probably will be in some case misused is endangering their foundations of. the c s s e l r 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 the has been wrong in many cases before and there also in this case and 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 being 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 base one that sound portions and well guarded professing is here. at the moments we use free from the watchful gaze but it's not about cameras a data traffic 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. the majority of the requests that are coming from law enforcement authorities actually concern communications which were made within the first three models so it means that if this is proportionate the extra storage will cost operates as 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 with lots leak into the hands will you richard not be even the european commission admits changes are needed in its report last month found the right to privacy was being threatened so there is room for improvement in the currently to attention directive these roches shortcomings are sources of considerable concern for citizens and for industry porter later this year will present amendments to this directive is taken sweden

four years just to get that far is a long way to go before david pietz goliath but he's certainly not giving up yet i've been it r.t. stuck on. some top stories around the world right now violent protests a program in northern afghanistan over a nato raid image for people who killed clashes during a demonstration left at least eleven there the dozens wounded mate has confirmed that it forces killed two women during a house raid a pointed out that they were all armed and tried to fire troops because widespread anger in afghanistan over heavy handed house raids and civilian casualties are made to operations. every international monetary fund's been put on a suicide watch while being held of a sexual assault charges from an extra is in new york prison and will appear in court on friday to reapply for bail he was detained at j.f.k. airport on sunday accused of attacking a hotel maid something which he denies. poll workers go inside at reactor number

two of japan's crippled fukushima plant to check the radiation levels in the building where they're equipped with intense protective gear and indeed the other first to enter since the earthquake disaster in march the data is needed to try to work out how best to cool the. efforts using an unmanned probe failed winstein blockheads you find it making it impossible to navigate. america maybe being dragged down by record debt and employment filtering through the economy but there's one industry that's bucking the trend it's a boom time right now for arms manufacturers and they're branding themselves as saviors of the job market artist carolyn ford reports next on how americans have little choice but to go gunning for work. it's career day and for one industry business is booming business is going great as a small business of a hundred percent pro revenue increases two thousand for. two this year with a significant revenue increase defense contracting. for missile defense maker

northrop grumman to chemical and biological weapons producer patel for weapons builder pragmatics to work fighter supporter he ate all of the big names are here at charlottesville community job fair business is very good for be a systems currently we're the second largest offense contractor in the world. we have anything the department of 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 at the us is more than one thousand military bases worldwide we are located ever sees in iraq afghanistan germany south korea and 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 northrop grumman is the

second largest defense contractor in the united states with nine point nine billion dollars in contracts in two thousand and nine alone i want more and more people here in charlottesville so they don't mind taking a piece of a defense contracting pie i'm a pacifist but i'm a realist to me sometimes war is necessary just because we want to be peaceful doesn't you know people i mean if you see others don't see us presence in iraq and afghanistan as negative at all with there to help you know that a lot of them they don't they don't know to just look at a murder like a you know we're tired but we're not there it's a real estate advisor michael o'brien went to iraq as a defense contractor to do just that help but i realized before 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 the corruption and mismanagement and they were taking land from iraqis. without securing title and when i brought this to their attention i said what would you

call the house in the united states on a piece of land that you didn't know. it was office still o'brian 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 of pride in the defense contractors. and. you know when to eisenhower talked about the military industrial complex in one nine hundred sixty one were there now you know they 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 in charlottesville military contracting is the best defense here in florida our t.v. charlottesville virginia it's going to seventeen twenty two moscow time just try and do a few minutes away from hearing how the man who was the father of the soviet hydrogen bomb became one of the communist regimes most outspoken critics of his day but programs ahead shortly but first this hour's top business stories with three for

a quick break. zerkow love to talk to the international film festival in the event of russia from may twenty third to twenty ninth featuring two hundred films from forty eight countries thirty five russian premiers and fifteen tries winners from the berlin chance venice film festival appearances by ray feinstein andre consul speak don't get dozens of forums discussions of workshops the circle of international film festival fine cinema for a demanding audience. and thanks for joining me russia's state run ross have could resume talks on cooperation with the british all major big me the announcement comes just one day after i had arctic exploration deal fell apart that was due to objections from

a.o.r. which is b.p.'s ruston parting b.p. says it has now received a new offer from b.p. which goes beyond the original agreement however no details have revealed have been revealed for its part they are also says it is willing to reopen this constant during his conference with the news media. presence between if it ever hinted that the government still saw b.p. as a strong potential partner in the moisture so to keep your exploiting those who prepared the deal should have paid more attention to the details of the shareholder agreement the government should have done diligence for more carefully this was not done because difficulties among the shareholders and these troubles could have been avoided if the parties had come to an agreement in advance but if the deal does go through i will be it would also be good for russia. skulk of a hydrate cup has been

a favorite project of mit there for little so far little in the way of construction has taken place however it's not possible to see what the future city might look like after the presentation of the design concept earlier in the week going to cost has more. congress whole of business center and the technology park now these are just some of the features that skolkovo will boast according to the designers but that comes with a hefty price tag and that is one hundred and twenty billion rubles which is about four point three billion dollars about half of the funds will come from the state and the other half from private investors the government has already agreed to subsidize the purchase of construction materials as well as the equipment and in order to attract foreign investors skolkovo provides tax costumes and visa incentives companies from all around the world have already signed up to take part in this project and some of them include cisco which is allocated one billion dollars over the next decade to transform skolkovo into russia's first smart

connected city then we have boeing which is establishing a design sense or simply three hundred i.t. specialist to support commercial aircraft construction then we have private equity firm sigil or gough and that is investment so you hundred fifty million for digital infrastructure and i.t. services the other big names include stocks are in cell and microsoft dell stoeckel is expected to be complete of bytes one to fifteen and the payback period is expected to start in five to seven years during the call serve a business artsy. to collect at the markets or price continue to rise as we can u.s. currency is encouraging investors to buy in on dog bites commodities also investors are waiting on a key ventry report from the us which is expected to show a client in all stockpiles it's a similar story in europe where the footsie and the dax continue to train in the black and south in london all that shows up almost two percent in germany total

telecom escaping over one in a descent and here in russia both fiancés nine six are trading in the black lift by series of strong corporate earnings reports now looking at some index will result in lies ics still make or other. service ball is high after the board of got a five hundred thirty one million dollar profit for the first quarter of golf analyst expectations come natural gas producing novacek is also walk after it almost doubled year on year net profits in the first quarter to around ten dollars billion metal is also on or three percent supported by strong the precious metals prices. russia's biggest airport dead it was announced it will be holding an initial public offering in london to one head of reportedly plans to raise up to one billion dollars it generated revenue of one thousand and six billion in two thousand and ten compared to about eight hundred thirteen million dollars

a year before he recent spate of russian companies had counsel to list in london due to a lack of investor interest. that's the latest business for now but i'll be back with more in about forty five minutes from now joining us. for the full stop we've got it for the biggest issues get

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