hungry for the. we've got. the biggest issues get a human voice ceased to face with the news makers. of the. reasoning of corruption and to centralizing power president medvedev lays out a program of reform for russia. the russian leaders keynote speech comes at a major international economic forum here in st petersburg more in a moment from me and he said now a. war of hostility the u.s. congress threatens to block washington's campaign in libya that's now been in full swing for ninety days and without lawmaker approval. and thousands of palestinians are left scraping by for a living as israel withholds money owed to the government over fears it could be

used to fund terror attacks. here with r.t. live from moscow on a roll reception welcome to the program now a country free of corruption and a move towards a more than a zation at all levels that's the future that president dmitri medvedev outlined for russia he did so at the same petersburg international economic forum and he said now is there with details. the modernization certainly was the main theme and in fact it ran through very smoothly into all of the other problems that he touched upon so modernization is connected to all of us. and challenges that it faces to modernize its economy as the president laid out in terms of modernization for these business executives a world leader is an ma. integrators this is what the us a president had to say

about what he's saps think are vital for russia to really move forward and its course to modernize the economy why would. anybody launch a major we knew of just outdated elements on the economy that could open a constitution that says we need a systematic changes in these we should not hesitate to say sorry about many bad habits to it's become focused only on the state budget developments that would be a mistake there might be other stagnation behind the stability that's why we need to quickly change everything stops breakthrough development slow this is the basis of the strategy and outlined in the past three years is russia's president with a strategy is a modernization program of i'm sure this is the most up to date policy for russia we can significantly change the situation age limits for your vehicles that's why we should focus on the following must look at improving the investment climate in washington to sort of create new jobs in the regions of the creation of police and other security features that really is the effectiveness of the two stiction system

see finally the modernization of government you'll find the french is the centralized power the president also mentioned that he believes that this push for modernization was a house again and it is really taking steps at all levels that society really has up desire to modernize their country right to do that and with that he believes russia can really become the biggest house of the colony in the world anyone who is investor is here for sales that crosses a big problem in profit so that we hear from officials all the time quite some harsh words from the president saying that he believes that corruption is literally ok profits economy and that people and the think here is that are doing this themselves to be taken care of that here was worth solving out for you how this is tough canarsie groups on your knees around the neck a place you practice corruption should be talking to you and the whole of russia agrees with ace. the only exception is actually corruption is very typical to do

with the existing order through. very slow very complicated should be maintained at least seasonally rogge clear counties in place in case of unjustified accusations the confusion the does sometimes happen but at the most of the same time the government should be purged of corruption chetumal dishonestly and for that purpose we should enhanced the way they suspected of corruption disgraced in public service . now i in terms of corruption of course the president also spoke about government reforms talked about decentralizing power and of course that's something we hear from him very often in this term as president and the fact that this is system is suffering serious problems and that needs to be reformed as well all in the end to modernize. artes and it's in iraq that what our reporting of course on a president i did ask you know a draft of the some papers but economic reform a more international financial gathering and our special business bulletin live

from russians in the capital that's coming your way in about fifteen minutes time. let's get to some other news now here in the u.s. president is under fire from congress over the military campaign and libya which is continuing despite not having the approval of lawmakers barack obama has rejected accusations that the law is being broken arguing that america is only playing a supporting role through nato which then makes it legal things governor scott has details on the story. u.s. lawmakers are saying that president obama has to either stop waging war in libya or ask for congressional approval the lawmakers claim that the military action will violate the nine hundred seventy three war powers resolution if it does not and by friday and they mean this friday ninety days after the intervention began under the u.s. constitution to wage a long term war the president needs to get authorization from congress analysts say the obama administration will certainly find a way to get around the requirement by referring to his right as commander in chief

as well as certain legal speak you know people stated ministration has refused to say when it comes to their actions in libya they call it kinetic military action but it was written as a result of that kinetic military actions of unions are valid every day a group of international observers is now in tripoli including the former u.s. congresswoman cynthia mckinney was spoke with her a few days ago she said they've heard and be counted eighty nine blasts in just one day those are civilian neighborhoods eighty nine bombs dropped in just one day there's a lot of concern that the voices of those who are being that who are in tripoli go unnoticed in the international community but here in the grass it seems the voices of the majority of americans those who oppose the u.s. military involvement in libya also go unnoticed by the white house the administration continues to stress the good cause that they pursuing leiby of but some analysts say the administration also seems to be in denial when it comes to the will of their own people regarding the issue as well as constitutional

procedures legal experts say there is not much congressman can do to force the presidential comply at least with the u.s. constitution because there are ways to get around ways the obama administration seems to be using extensively most congressmen now criticize president obama for as they say ignoring congress but capitol hill observers say it's mostly political games that the lawmakers are playing to score points by snubbing. president come the day to actually vote the majority of them will vote for more military spending as they always do but there is a small bipartisan group of congressmen ten people in it who went further than. they sued president obama on the grounds that he is violating the constitution but everybody here knows that the lawsuit is certain to be dismissed on procedural grounds because the u.s. supreme court has determined that members of congress do not have standing to file such suits and this is where it hits a dead end and it makes me wonder whether or not u.s.

lawmakers actually have the capacity to effectively represent the people. he is going to turn right now nato warplanes have targeted the libyan capital in more time raids with very credibility of the campaign could be fatally damaged if congress forces barack obama to abandon operations well that it wants and so as the problem is that those political confusion over exactly what's happening in libya. white house doesn't make the arguments that many of its orders make that the war powers act does not apply much less the constitution because this is neither a war nor are hostilities this is something else this is a military operation but it doesn't rise to the level of hostilities which absolutely absurd the war powers act was written in one nine hundred seventy three very intentionally and clearly to encompass all military engagement see louis imminent threats of us still of these obviously a dentist who soonish was debating former lawyer from the reagan white house he was

defending obama and he asked this guy twice never got any answer if there were two thousand nations over the united states by a foreign nation in many of them were dropped the bombs would there be war would at the hostilities he could have gotten congress to authorize war in libya it would have been quite easily done he put it down if in the sixty day gap after he started the war he chose not to presidents want and this president is no exception the power to make wars on your own. without a lot from moscow and here's a quick look at what is still ahead for you in the program i want to try to save young women to try her luck in a male dominated environment of the world contest continent. or u.s. charges called the case against alleged russian are going to run over to vote as unconvincing and the prosecution's accusations thin after consulting defense and prosecution lawyers the manhattan federal judge said she didn't see much evidence

against her to prove he is currently awaiting trial in a new york prison facing charges of smuggling arms to colombian rebels i can say sions he denies it was arrested in a two thousand and eight american sting operation in thailand i later extradited to the u.s. . well america's top military commander says that al qaeda is new leader will be found and killed just like osama bin laden the new top man i am and he has been second in command since the terror group was founded in the late eighty's but terrorism expert philip reese says that no matter who is in charge of al qaeda washington will still use the perceived terror threat as an excuse for military action a month where he was the main theoretician osama bin laden thought in broad strokes it was a means of what are you involved in the nitty gritty and some people even said he was the brains behind the movement so in that sense it would be a continuum i think the west was it was wrong footed by what was going on in the middle east and i think they're very keen to have

a foothold there now certainly al qaeda in the arabian peninsula is one of the most active ideological groups there but the yemeni president ali abdullah saleh who was injured recently used al qaeda as an excuse to get funds from the united states and then he used those funds against another group in a local dispute and in the same way that i think that the united states going to attack you know drone attacks in certain areas and claim that's flying we go so our influence there shouldn't be questioned so i think we should be slightly cynical about those claims. and israel claims it's fighting its own war on terror by refusing to hand over tanks and custom figures collected on behalf of the palestinian autonomy in marked to pay wages but israel says it could be used to fund attacks and as artie's apolo reports with hamas not likely to enter a unity government alongside fatah palestinians are even less likely to see their money. other weak gods the palestinian ministry of finance his job is

to check everything that comes into this building but he has no control over what goes out least of all his salary which is paid by the ministry and sometimes comes long overdue out of my salary comes later it's like my life starts i simply cannot do anything i have a wife and four children to feed and when i don't get paid on time it makes lots of problems for me and my family. i want to keep the ministry gets its money from the israeli government it comes in the form of customs and tax treaty said tel of if it's been collecting on goods arriving at israeli ports and distant palestinians the arrangements and one thousand nine hundred three is part of the oslo accord even tell of its control of the international borders between israel and the palestinian territories but the money transferred each month to the palestinian ministry of finance which uses it to pay wages except now we're talking about the budget and foreign. ministry moves can be five hundred fifty pounds and. ask any one of them and then tell you they were free the situation should still.

palestinians fear their tel of of could again choose to withhold tax money like it did last month israelis argue they have every right to do so if they suspect the money could be used for buying weapons the salaries to the hamas terrorists are paid for the same bank account so idled world can find curious only in order to kill me the palestinians insist the monies for ordinary workers is. sore because of one it's a punishment but on the other it's punishment it's a collective punishment that would mainly weaken the moderate elements within the palestinian society and play into the hands of the extremists the relationship between hamas and fatah is a troubling one but both groups are trying hard to work together ahead of september's planned declaration of statehood no doubt is rob will be working. hard . should it feel its interests are threatened policy r t. you with

r.t. live from moscow and if you missed something on a you can always find it online of our tube dot com more news and videos always available for you that so so go to put it right now so we. thought declares war on a copyright violators by the computer giant works on a breakthrough technology that will allow cinemas on the concert halls to disable i phone cameras to prevent illegal films. and to question deep sea subs which explore the titanic record for the hollywood epic take the plunge into lake geneva and out more about their mission of art you've got to go. right on let's get to some other stories from around the world this hour greece has a new finance minister following a cabinet reshuffle aimed at pushing through deeply unpopular economic reforms the current defense minister will take over the post prime minister george papandreou wants more austerity cuts to secure billions of euros in a second u.n. i.m.f. bailout the leaders of germany and france have expressed support for the greeks

government's actions. china has raised its disaster to the highest level after days of downpours and severe flooding over half a million people in the central and southern parts of the country were forced from their homes if say the disaster is in several areas is the worst almost sixty years with floodwaters cutting off roads ruining crops and destroying villages in stream weather has left almost two hundred people dead or missing since the beginning of june in china. syrian security forces have expanded their assault in the northwest of the country it points signs around several towns it's forced more people to flee raising the estimated number of refugees to almost nine thousand u.n. secretary general ban ki moon has urged president assad to quote stop killing people i think aging dialogue activists say more than fourteen hundred have died since and think government. noticed in my. released court papers

show that dominique strauss told police he had diplomatic immunity after he was detained at new york's j.f.k. the former head of the international monetary fund was arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a hotel maid last month the french man who denies the allegations has been released on bail he faces up to twenty five years in prison if convicted. well or work on the frozen continent of antarctica has always been a male dominated environment which means when a woman arrives to ply her trade it's still something of a novelty so what is the chance of us track down an intrepid film director to ask what drew her to the ends of the. as a filmmaker olga stefano vote likes the penguins and seals but for her antarctica is about something much greater still that i have the flu. even though it seems like this is a naked land make it still is empty cliffs nothing special smile like an a snow and what happens inside of you when you are here for the whole year and are removed

from all other external factors is a very valuable experience. staying through an antarctic winter is serious business and so every member of the winter team has a specific purpose and they will lie on each other to make it through all the is one of only a few women to have ever been allowed to be a part of this experience. with. team was a big bonus for us as the first time such an intelligent young woman in such high professional objectives has been on the winter team which is stephanie made our existence heck last year of course there were some difficulties and attractive girls with thirteen men for them so it wasn't difficult the people that manage them bogus experience in wintering are going house and gave her a true rare opportunity to experience and document life here in antarctica now she's working through expand on her project and find an audience for her work as you just pick up at the minute ran out and putting the finishing touches to the second part of our field first one is already finished this cold weather in the

winter the second part will probably be called the seas and it and it will feature of the antarctic summer as it was at the stadium to debut her documentary olga invited some special guests the same entrusted with your team who are the subject of her film thank goodness for slightly nervous you know she watches you louis i love and respect them they're close and dear to me and they have such huge battleground knowledge they know people in the film they know the winters isn't firsthand but they have been through this themselves. as for the thoughts of the. those who have seen the film the coaching there there's little makes a big impression on you there may be some. professionals actions by couple of members of his team but to show that the way it was showed at the way she saw as he picked back a little he had. a unique look into a world that is inaccessible to most anyone try to push on thomas or cheap. and

all the worlds are cold as a continental showing discovered many unusual stories and came back with some spectacular footage and follow his blog talk. more than a month. in one of the most extreme environments on the planet this is and charging and people have to be aware that they are far away from civilization sean thomas discovers flight makes antarctica so special and attractive for many wildlife in antarctica. and the sun's. expedition to the bottom of the earth our teams. are going on just a few minutes here and i think we explore whether the eurozone is collapsing like a house of cards but our business bulletin comes to you live from the international economic forum and it's something just bypass coming away after a short break. reza

live in st petersburg of the st petersburg international economic forum where the word of the day was modernisation the keynote address of today russian president dmitry medvedev addressing the more than one thousand people attending the conference here talking about primarily the need to modernize and innovate in russia's economy now among the things that he was highlighting the war the successful i.p.o. those young backs and mehldau group using this is them as examples of how the

russian technology sector can be made better along with this he said there was a ten billion dollars state pac a private equity fund that's being established in order to help spur development in russia and he's also the expansion of a thirty eight billion dollar asset self program something that he said it should also help the economic climate. it's. such a loans amounts to pussy it has only. privatization of major companies. of these plans is necessary at the very modest goodman has until the first of the school uniforms the toys they should in order to his old lease i'm sure we'll be able to go through with it in a movie transparent way to attract fitzy from the against his and generate sufficient funds for the russian budget but. another point he made was that it is important not to have it state capitalism in russia but rather the state

should foster an atmosphere and environment that spurs on business development brings business interests to russia and helps helps spur innovation here in russia he said privatization is very important to foster in russia and he said that that is also something that. so to be forwarded by russia as a session to the world trade organization. is this minute used to go into business men have a saying markets are just like parachutes leave only works when there are people in the case the rush to is that we will fall hard economy is not what you know that's why we'll know barry is with foreign investment and looking forward to finalizing membership of the. o.e.c.d. but it's the believe it's. there are several things that russia's president also said it would help the economic climate in russia he said there needs to be less regulation in russia he says there needs to be

a step continuation of the anti-corruption campaign going on in the country he says there needs to be more efficient development in russia something that you said is sure to help the economic climate in the country that's all for now here in st petersburg will be back with more throughout the day here at r.t. . and thanks to matt we will be bringing more from the economic forum as soon as we can system on our russian's major financial corporation and said for energetic expansion the company is planning to spend rather five billion dollars to buy businesses ranging from agriculture to chemicals to see. outlines the cornerstones of the strategy. the expression strategy is very simple we have to return the cost

of that would you please the course of the editing which in our case is about fifteen percent so that's the kind of returns we're expecting and we we have to do whatever it takes the terms of for investing in new projects and they just come here existing assets to deliver this kind of return to our two key markets our russia is a primary market for ninety percent of our investment is concentrated and also india which is sad because what the market at this point though those are the markets that we are going to be looking out for to so both expand on the existing businesses that we operated and and also new projects. alcoa the top aluminum producer sees a big future for the metal with an average growth rate of six point five percent annually the company wants russia to take a big part in that development and the vice president says they are trying to make that happen. we have a strong business and in russia been here since two thousand and five bested is seven hundred fifty million dollars in market you see you know you see growth in

this market so we're we're going to we're going to your focus on russia and what we're trying to do in russian there is increase productivity which is to make sure that you know both our plants reach a level of productivity that is consistent with what we were seeing aluminum you know growing when the man growing we look at a market like china. the man growing fifteen percent in two thousand and eleven seen a market like washer you see the man growing probably eleven or twelve percent this year so it's double digit growth for movement there's a lot of substitution going on copper wire you change into aluminum there's a lot of lightweight the vehicles trucks and cars where you have to meet new emission gas standards and so a lot of people are shifting to limit and. now let's have a look at how the markets are performing oil prices have continued to fall after the major losses of two days ago the uncertainty of modesty's market is a reflection of investors fears it greece's debt troubles are far from over. here

period starts coming back from the early losses though the markets are unstable still due to the fears that the debt crisis in greece could spread across the eurozone and continues to rattle investor confidence the dax has climbed to more than half of the sentiment like this album from the for tickets but the positive. and the russian markets continue to trade in the red this hour with the r.t.s. half of the cent down and then my six almost one percent in the red investors wary of the damaging effects of greece's escalating economic crisis. well that's all the business for this hour but we'll be back with more from st petersburg in just under an hour's time stay with us for headlines with rory next.

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