sensor tell my car broke so till my car drove these a little mechanic seventy should marco resort hotel resort of the sochi olympics. with results michael beverly plaza hotel riviera hotel in the current situation. the russian president pledges and drastic measures in a bid to create a better investment climate in the country. these centralizing power and stifling corruption called voice pieds need to be made stated here at the international economic forum in st petersburg during me and he said now wait for more details in just a month. no consent and no cash u.s. congressman say they'll cut funding for the libya campaign unless the president gets the proper constitutional go ahead for the ongoing war obama's ninety days of action without sanction it runs out this week. and palestinians are out of pocket

after israel holds back millions in tax dollars leaving tens of thousands of people without jobs. a very warm welcome to you this is our seed live from moscow i'm sure russia must modernize its economy in the next few years regardless of who is in charge president if spain outlining the country's direction at the st petersburg forum of top business leaders he also warns of the government's larger role in the economy along with corruption threatened development and must be tackled now in our reports from some artistic. but there are certainly a lot of obstacles and president medvedev knows that that became very clear and as for real with his hometown as president that he thinks modernization is the way to go into the future with russia he clearly outlined all of the obstacles that the

country is facing first let's take a listen to our what he had to say about modernization of for russia and its path. it pursue your only choice is not only a major very new all of outdated elements in the economy but all koblick institutionalised we need to hesitate to say sorry about many bad habits we can focus only on the step by step development that would be a mistake which we should focus on the following improvement of the investment climate in russia to create new jobs in the regions the creation of police and other security forces improvement of the effectiveness of the jurisdiction system and finally the modernization of government employee approaches and the centralizing power. of course one of those bad habits so to say as the president phrased it that he was talking about was corruption it's no secret that corruption is widespread in russia of course in many other emerging economies it's widespread as well the president clearly wants to fight it this is the morning he had the last

of the fish oils that are. the noose around the neck of those who practice corruption should be taught and and the whole of russia agrees with this without exception which corruption is very difficult to do with the government should be purged of corruption in a more decisive way but young for that purpose we should enhanced the way those suspected of corruption or dismissed from public service. three way now here is a fears for his think more about water is a sin and the challenge is that russia is facing especially in terms of the economy is ten year old trees ranges from u.c.l.a. thanks for being with us i'd like to begin with the president's speech of course once again we heard the trend of modernization corruption decentralizing the government. what are the detail problems if you could tell us briefly that are hampering this process that's why police such on some very familiar the street there's a lot of help from corrupt for the need for police reform the need for the

judiciary and so on. it's climate that's part of the tunnel but the problem really has become unsafe for the many speeches and many programs that mailed so it's less clear ground level that this has really changed the way the bureaucrats because of this throughout the day so. how do you think those not steps can begin to be taken where does it need to start of the lowest level it's the sort of whole of the civil tenuously that i think everybody knows the most effective techniques fighting corruption and so if proving the effectiveness of the state and not just if your support political competition will up. at the same time as increasing freedom. of course sometimes for exaggeration in the west that the restraints on the present some of the saturated fat still to have was genuinely independent of

publications such elvish travels with help tremendously the question is whether the breach if this point is there to take more risks introduced elements of political competition and media freedom of course that all adds to the push for modernization as well tenuous reason thank you very much for being with us here at the economic forum will continue our coverage over the rest of today and tomorrow as the world's modern innovators top business executives and world leaders gather to face the challenges facing the modern world and of course the clock. and i think petersburg and the aussies business team is also keeping track of what's coming out of the international economic forum i'm not trying to use that. president medvedev announces that the government is planning to privatized more of its assets and move toward a more open economy more live from st petersburg coming up. to get some more

insight on the economic forum in some petersburg coming from the international federation for pete's consideration based here in moscow good to see you so corruption is one of the issues the president of the brought up of the conference saying that it's one of russia's main stumbling blocks that is basically preventing or slowing modernization and that of foreign investment he think if you think would be a political cleansing strategy can pay off. so i think corruption this is the problem of course for russia but also for the country so. the solution of this problem differently important for any economic stabilization in any country. it seems to me and it's steps which have been taken before the fighting corruption. will really show if the fight will be consequent and the results will come and it seems to me the. present time this is quite good.

to move forward in this struggle so the president intentions are good they optimistic and also showing as you as you are saying the corruption is not just in russia it's all over the world particularly in developing nations but the president is also promising better conditions will private enterprise that's after a decade of a state controlling concentrating on securing the main industries how do you think russia would benefit from allowing a greater role for the private sector so i think the world economy shows that the private sector is not in confrontation with the great interest if they should. help each other in development of economic growth and from this point of view if the decision will be taken to support the private interpreter ship especially if the economic conditions will be created for them to move forward i think it will be good support for great interest this is the way we'll create the opportunities for

the young generation like you show up there i mean you mentioned the economy moving forward how is the russian economy at the moment. i think that the evolution is different depending on what sector you will cover and what are the perspectives for this economy so i think there is different clear positive developments in the. natural resources the natural. resources i mean there are many analysts say that you know russia is most probably the richest country in the world because of its vastness and its natural mineral resources if i may talking about mineral resources and energy maybe it also argued in his speech that russia cannot rely on high oil prices for one of the most effective ways you need to reduce the country's dependence on energy so i think differently it's. heavy industry. examples of the problems of this intuition in this field really. all in

all exploration and the industry speech mechanism is going to be. drilling more and more expert exploration for the natural resource here i've been the exploration to do also speed up the development of the industrial into a process which really fits with this industry and the second thing in my opinion this is different. to create opportunities for new technologies especially when you talk about the sort of trouble you talk about new technologies saying that russia must press on with its modernization program regardless of who is in power do you think that the process has taken a good start so far in russia i think the promise is a very good and we knew that there is quite a lot of. russian institution. actual scientists in there if the state will provide. the president

a good ground good basement for using this technology and i think the real be. now there are some people out there that are saying that i mean you'd have speech it was almost like he was outlining a possible future presidential candidates political course but do you think is he going to run for the presidency again in two thousand and twelve. so as for the presidency i think that this is the decision of each person. on their own but what is your what is your view on this i think there is not a final decision near. the speech or this is just the attempt to show all that. he is a president he was. doing. it will be the first pictures for the next doing a lot of work as your right look when issues of modernization programs and a lot of optimism but is he going to run for two thousand and twelve yes or no. i

think that he can do it i think he can do it all right. from the international federation for peace conciliation place here in moscow thank you very much. now our u.s. congressional members are threatening to cut funding for america's military campaign in libya which is racking up a bill of ten million dollars a day and the white house is refusing to ask for congressional approval of military action which is required by law the president is allowed ninety days before asking permission and that runs out this weekend as he's gone each account explains. 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 referring to his right as commander in chief as well as certain legal speak in order to this day the administration has refused to say war when it comes to their actions in leadership they call it kinetic military action but it was written as a result of that kinetic military actions of unions are on their three day a group of international observers is now in tripoli including the former u.s. congresswoman cynthia mckinney we spoke with her a few days ago she said be heard and they counted eighty nine blasts in just one day those are civilian neighborhoods eighty nine bombs dropped in just one day there is a lot of concern that the voices of those who work out being that you're in tripoli go unnoticed indeed national community but here in the grass it seems that this 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 pursue in leap year but

suddenly 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 president to comply at least with the u.s. constitution because there are ways to get around ways he obama administration seems to be using extensively most congressmen now criticize president obama for as they say ignoring congress the capitol hill observers say it's mostly political games that the lawmakers are playing to score points by solving. the presidential candidate who actually told 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's 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 a suit and this is where it hits a dead end that it makes me wonder whether or not u.s. lawmakers actually have the capacity to effectively represent the people. you can right now are coming up for you here on the program a woman's world at the bottom of the earth rejoin russia in the field during her eleven month results expedition in antarctica to hear why she was drawn to work in icy isolation. a u.s. judge is casting doubt on the charges against alleged a russian that got run out of the group calling the prosecutor's evidence against him thin boots accused of smuggling arms to colombian rebels labeled by the u.s. as terrorists and is currently awaiting trial in a new york jail his lawyers asked the judge to dismiss the charges i mean they don't prove who knew the arms would be used in america was extradited to the u.s. from thailand last year but he was arrested in an american sting operation in march

of two thousand and eight. oh you were going to see let's bring you up to date now on some other top stories at this hour syrian security forces have expanded their assault by deploying tanks into northern towns and violent crackdown on anti-government protesters has already forced over nine thousand to seek refuge in turkey the syrian army's actions against its own people have been denounced by turkey's leader human rights groups say more than forty and one hundred have been killed since march. a top the saudi official says yemeni president ali abdullah saleh will not return home although it's unclear where he will stay but there was no detail as to whether the decision was taken that might sell a himself as the government demonstrations have been taking place in yemen for over three months now to force him to quit he flew to saudi arabia for treatment after being wounded in a rocket attack. greece has appointed a new finance minister in a major government reshuffle to try and stave off

a catastrophic collapse of its economy leaders are trying to force deeply unpopular cuts with strong smart violent street protests this week recently to secure billions of euros in a second dui. and i am a bailout meanwhile germany and france say a quick deal is vital to stop greece's debt problem spilling into other countries. north korea is accusing seoul of forcing its citizens to stay in the south warning that it could worsen relations between the two countries but seoul says it won't extradite the group which defected by boat last week saying they have asked to resettle in the south in february the north responded angrily when its neighbor refused to send back for fishermen who had asked for asylum. well israel has been holding back millions of dollars of palestinians money leaving thousands of people without any wages it's tax revenue that supposed to be passed back to the palestinian people but since the political groups hamas and fatah reconciled by the

payment of stop his policy has not been meeting some of those who are suffering at the sharp end. i look we are either we 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 pardon my salary comes late 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 television collecting on goods arriving at israeli ports and distant palestinians the arrangements in one thousand nine hundred three as part of the oslo accord giving television 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

for a million dollars because mr graves can be five hundred fifty pounds. ask anyone to remember if they were freed the situation of so. palestinians fear they tell of of could again choose to withhold tax money like it did last month is where it is argued if we wanted to do so if they suspect the money could be used for buying weapons the salaries to the hamas terrorist paid for the same bank account so i build world to find these terrorist only in order to kill me the palestinians insist the monies for ordinary workers it is. sore because of one it's a punishment but on the other it's a punishment it's a collective punishment that would mainly weaken the moderate elements within the palestinian society and play to the hand of the extremists the relationship between hamas and fattah is a tribute and one that both groups are trying hard to work together ahead of

september planned declaration of statehood no doubt is what will be working. and harder to walk and chew to feel its interests are threatened policy r.t. . israel's other big worry is one that concerns the rest of the world as well as we reported on our two dogs come the new head of al qaeda with renewed threats for both israel and the united states to terrorism expert tells us online how the world it still needs to stay alive but. also with r.t. dot com our feeding the fishes in a totally new way why the scientist is a bearing all for a loop go. if. you . twenty minutes now past the hour here in moscow to work in some of the world's

hottest conditions you need to man up and muck in the case of one topic worker it's bringing an essential woman's touch to the tough life john thomas has been to meet her. as a filmmaker olga stefano the likes of the penguins and seals but for her antarctica is about something much greater still that she had the flu. even though it seems like this is a naked land that make it still is empty cliffs nothing special smile like and it's no more than what happens inside of you when you are here for the whole here and there are moved from all other external factors is a very valuable experience up to seeing through an antarctic winter is serious business and so every member of the winter team has a specific purpose and they rely 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. and the team was a big bonus for us as the first star and such an intelligent young woman in such

high professional objectives as being on the winter theme which is definitely the existence. of close to us and difficulties and attractive girls with fifteen men for them so it wasn't difficult the the people that got us the. experience and wintering of building a house and gave her a true rare opportunity to experience and document life here in antarctica now she's working to expand on her project and find an audience for her work but she just can't get the minute ran out and putting the finishing touches to the second part out film the first one is already finished it's cold weather in the winter the second part of me probably because this is and it and it will feature of the antarctic summer was that the state of the country debut her documentary open invited some special guests the same answer if we can change the subject of her film a fact that makes her slightly nervous you know she watches. i loved. and respect them they're close and dear to me and they have such huge background knowledge they

know people in the field i know the interest is in first hand that they have been through this themselves. because for the thoughts of those who have seen the film i question whether this little makes a big impression on you there may be some. professionals americans by a couple levels that i seem to show that the way it was showed in the way she saw it you have a secular. a unique look into a world that is inaccessible to most try to push on thomas. i know you can follow more of our strong as a discovery in the world's cultures continent with its videos on his blog. here than a month. in one of the most extreme environments on the planet this is antarctica and people have to be aware that they are far away from civilization sean thomas discovers what makes antarctica so special and attractive for many the wildlife in

antarctica. and the fragile. expedition to the bottom of the earth. more headlines are coming our way syria because there are a lot more of the movers and shakers and the same because by economic forum a business is coming your way next. i am at present with the r.t. business team live in a land where the sun doesn't set out of the sea petersburg international economic forum where the highlight of the day has been president medvedev as keynote address to the assembly here among the things he highlighted were innovation and modernization of the russian economy pointed out two examples of that young dates and mailed out rue having their i.p.o. as he said those are successful models that other of the russian business is the

way to go to have international success and also there was the goal of bringing international business and innovation to russia he hopes to accomplish that through the salish made of a state in fact ten billion dollars private equity fund and also the expansion of a thirty billion dollar program of asset sale in order to help privatizing government held assets or to help bring more investment and innovation to the russian economy something that he highlighted during his speech. to school. government such loans amounts of frequency it has only through skate you fool privatization of major companies implementation of these plans is necessary with a very modest government has until the first of the scale of transit times ation in order to result lease i'm sure we'll be able to get through with it in a movie chance to earn money to attract people from the events to his and generate sufficient funds for the russian budget. and on that note of

transparency transparency and openness something the president was highlighting during his address here at the forum also had a hand with that russia's accession to the w t o something that he says is going to definitely spur innovation and investment here in russia along with that he highlighted that state capitalism is not what's needed in russia but that the role . government you can get a healthy spurring investment and make an environment where business can thrive here. the country needs it less regulate regulation and less lead tape in order to have less barriers to doing business with russia and that needs to bring about more efficient development in order to help business here now for more perspective on all this i'm joined by as you're cranston the senior partner of k p m g and russia and the c.i.s. thank you very much for joining us here at business r.t. thank you. russia is pushing for companies development international accounting standards do you think this will make foreign investors happy or do you think this

will bring more money and it's definitely a positive step because it's it's parts of being a modern transparent economy and that's what investors would expect supplied self it's not going to change the picture overnight but it's one of the steps that you needs when you take them all together they give you the investment climate the people are talking about it for them that they really want very good develop market companies are seeking acquisitions in the emerging world and russia is a popular target what do you think this is and i do think that trade is going to continue with. as you say foreign companies are looking at old emerging markets because that's really where the growth is so it's a no brainer i think they have to consider all the options not just one of the other bits but really look at all of them and they're all quite different the thing though the sun so with russia if you look over the past ten years or so it was not only given huge growth but it's given very high profile billets so it's this kind of magic jewel so it is a very attractive market despite all of the problems and issues that we hear about

there is a lot of hope for small and medium sized businesses to further economic growth in china that's something the president highlighted in his address he said that private private business is need to be the spur of the engine of the russian market what role do you think those small medium sized businesses will play do you think will continue to grow it's that it's really really important for russia's further growth that this sector. expands quite dramatically and it's it's a very i think where there's still quite a lot of concern because it's it's easier to operate in russia if you're a big company you can get your voice heard if you're smaller it's not so easy but if we look at some specific examples of innovation this is a sector where typically a lot of the bright ideas are driven by small or middle sized companies but also i think if you look at its for example the if you ultimately of factories that are being built in russia you know as you build a big factory you get a lot of knock on effects into the economy where you need services and materials

supplies and that's often room for small middle sized has already thanks very much for your perspective and your cats and from k.p. energy right we have a couple more last minute things to mention to you johnson and johnson and skolkovo here are made a deal they've agreed to invest thirty million dollars to support russian medical start ups also gazprom an american shell creating a joint venture to develop difficult to reach oil supplies into russia and there's a bunch of news about a deal that could become an important deal of this decade the failed arctic tie up between ross and f.n. b.p. countries were planning to jointly develop the arctic but the deal collapsed in b.p. and another russian partner they are opposed the agreement despite this b.p. says they are optimistic. we were not successful in reaching a set of commercial conditions that were acceptable to all of the companies and go home i think the concept of a strategic partnership like this was good for russia good for.

the energy markets and good for all of the companies and. ross now says they are optimistic we'll find a new partner and energy minister sergei much moscow says it also was a good deal to bring more intention and to russian investors and business has it for here is a piers berg will be live with more in the next hour stay with us on our chief.