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in the region country club so sure to find its beach of the fittest or a book called sure can be swiss or told close knit hold built in let me go it's going. to take you to. the russian president pledges drastic measures in a bid to graze a better investment climate in the country. these centralizing power and stifling corruption tolstoy spied me to be made for a different year at the international economic forum in st petersburg during me abuse and now wait for more details in just a moment. also u.s. congressman warning about cutting all funding for the need to complain saying obama is acting illegally and will seeking formal approval to extend american military involvement pasta ninety days the white house however denied that it needs permission from capitol hill. under new wave of protests in syria as the u. moves towards

a third round of sanctions against the country with critics fearing it's part of a build out put another libya style intervention. international news line for most this is aussie with me thanks for joining us russia must press on with modernizing its economy in the next few years regardless of who takes office president medvedev has been outlining the country's different direction at the st petersburg international economic forum saying political will is needed to force a major overhaul and he also warns that the state's major role in the russian economy along with. corruption threaten development and must be tackled now reports now. that. there are certainly a lot of obstacles and president medvedev knows that became very clear and has for real with his whole term 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 what he had to say about modernisation of the whole process and it's a call. at the studios in my choices not only in major green you'll of outdated elements in the economy but all public institutions used we need to hesitate to say sorry about many bad habits we can focus only on the step by step development question 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 creation of police and other security forces the improvement of the effectiveness of the jurisdiction system and finally the modernization of government employing modern approaches in 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 unless of course in many other emerging economies it's widespread as

well the president clearly wants to fight it this is the morning he have for us in the fish sauce that are corrupt got a noose around the neck of those who practice corruption should be toilets 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 for that purpose we should enhance the way those suspected of corruption were dismissed from public service. joining me now here in st petersburg to speak more about modernization and the challenges that process 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 crops in decentralizing the government. what are the details problems if you could tell us briefly that are hampering this process that's why well he has touched on some very familiar to us we heard

a lot about the problems of corruption the need for police reform the need for the judiciary and so on. that's fine but that's part of the trouble but the problem really has been implementation in many speeches and many programs that they'll just it's less clear ground level that this has really changed the way the bureaucrats for christmas throughout the supply how do you think those odd steps to begin to be taken where does it need to start at the lowest level it's to start a whole local civil tenuously to i think everybody knows the most effective techniques fighting corruption to improving the effectiveness of the state and that is to introduce more political competition although. at the same time it's increasing freedom. for sometimes weak saturation in the west. the restraints on the press marshalls of the trade if it still to have was

a genuinely independent publication some television trials will help tremendously the question is whether the breach if this point is there to take more risks introduced elements of political competition. media freedom of course that all will add to the push for modernization as well tenuous reason thank you very much for being with us here at the economic forum we'll continue our coverage over the rest of today and tomorrow as the world's modern innovators top business executives and world leaders gather to debate the challenges facing the modern world and of course the economy. you know we've still coming out of this hour israel opens up another front against the palestinians this time with financial tel aviv with holes millions and tonics own to the palestinian authorities leaving tens of thousands of workers without their paychecks would buy into. u.s.

involvement in the nato military campaign in levy has just two days left before annoying to day limit on military action without congress' approval runs out the white house says it doesn't need permission from comfortable hill but as again they can no explains some congressmen say president obama is violating american law. u.s. lawmakers are saying that president obama has to either stop waging war in libya or ask for congressional approval 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 rights as commander in chief as well as certain legal speak you know up to this day the administration has refused to say war when it comes to their actions in libya they call it kinetic military action as a result of that kinetic military action civilians are bombed every 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 they've 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 are caught up in that war in tripoli go unnoticed in the international community but here in the u.s. 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 president to 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 tappable hill observers say it's mostly political

games that the lawmakers are playing to score points by snubbing the 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 verbal review. 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 suits and this is where it hits a dead end that it makes many wonder whether or not u.s. lawmakers actually have the capacity to effectively represent the people and while congressmen try to get obama to comply with the u.s. constitution a former reagan administration official paul craig well that says the u.s. is not ready fighting gadhafi in libya but they're not actually fighting

a kadafi in libya but in china and russia could be next in line. libya is important to the administration because they want to be a china oriel investments china has massive all investments in eastern libya and the united states the omen is concerned by the report recently from the international monetary fund that within five years china would overtake united states as the world's strongest economy so washington trying to protect its enemy is trying to reduce any independent sources of energy that china has so that's what the libyan conflict is about you see now they're confronting channer in libya and the reason for the trouble in syria is the americans while the russians have the naval base of tortoise they don't want a russian naval presence in the mediterranean so so the americans now are hiding

behind arab protests to work against the interest of china and russia. protests continue to rock syria with at least sixty people reported dead in clashes on friday between police and demonstrators demanding president resignation meanwhile the u.s. planning a third round of sanctions as they crack down on protesters continue but and you will actually as brian baucus says western powers want to replace the damascus regime with a proxy that will set their interests the e.u. if it adopts these new sanctions the third wave of sanctions there incrementally as school lady in the u.s. and western european intervention into syria i think that we're going down the road as we when libya where one step leads to another step there climbing the escalation letter they have a very sort of selective concern for the lives of protesters and democracy movements or movements that call themselves democracy movements you take bahrain they're they're they're condoning the crackdown on peaceful protesters i think

what's really happening is that syria syria has been targeted by the united states and also in principle lead by. france and the u.k. for regime change and i think they see this growing protest movement in the possible slippage of the country in the direction of civil war as an opportunity to overthrow what has been considered to be independent government in syria. let's now bring you up to date on some other top stories this hour the alarm is being sounded by the i.m.f. the world economy now faces increased risks it says debt ridden european countries and the u.s. are playing with fire unless they make immediate moves to cut their deficit it's making it worse is america's internal wrangling over raising the national debt ceiling and analysts say that even if the country only technically defaults its credit ratings will suffer and that's all there were birds worldwide.

one hundred people have died and over sixty a missing after floods in china forced more than heartily in from the homes central and southern regions affected all on the highest state of alert with troops dropped today to help rescue efforts there's been significant property damage caused by some of the worst flooding in fifty years weather forecasts say torrential rains will continue until the end of next week. secretary-general ban ki moon it said for a second five year term after receiving strong backing from the five permanent veto holding members of the security council this is now three and four foreign minister faces no other arrivals and is to be reelected by the un general assembly on tuesday donkey moon has pushed a number of vital reforms in such fears spheres as climate change or nuclear design and as well as supporting pro-democracy movements in the middle east and north africa. israel has been holding by. israel has

been holding back millions of dollars of palestinians money leaving thousands of people without any wagers it's tox revenue that suppose that's supposed to be passed by the palestinian people but says the political groups hamas and fatah reconciles the payments stopped policy or has been meeting some of those who are suffering at the sharp end. we are we gods of 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 a long overdue if my salary comes later it's like my life stops 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 leave the ministry gets its money from the israeli government it comes in the form of customs and tax treaties that television been collecting on goods arriving at israeli ports and destined for palestinians

the arrangements and one thousand nine hundred three is part of the oslo accord giving television control of the international borders between israel and the palestinian territories with the money transferred each month to the palestinian ministry of finance which uses it to pay wages except now we're talking about seven hundred forty million dollars because mr davis can be five hundred fifty pounds or . one of the military if they were freed the situation could still. palestinians fear that tell 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 this salaries to the hamas terrorists are paid for the same bank account so i don't want to find these terrorist. palestinians insist the monies for ordinary working as it is. sore because of

one month but on the other hand 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 turbulent one but both groups are trying hard to work together ahead of september's planned declaration of statehood no doubt israel will be working even harder to thwart them should it feel its interests are threatened policy or r t. the big worry is one that concerns the rest of the world as well as reported. in a new head of al qaeda with renewed strength by the united states a terrorism expert tells us online how the world still needs to stay on alert. and also as he took home a bit of a lead in some zero waters were boiler a free diving champion who is bearing full beluga whale.

negs to mountain andrews runs rings around moscow he's exploring one of the capital's orbital roads but one which is perhaps as pretty as you find.

hello and welcome to the moscow outsell the program this week i'll be exploring the capitals daughter bring approximately sixteen kilometers in succumbs friends it was recently created in the early days of hundreds as a tree lined boulevard to replace the city's outer wall today it's undeniably the heartbeat of the russian capital i'm a salsa here right next to the moscow river at the famous public outdoor space goalkeeper hog. the golden ring consists of seventeen individually named streets and squares. it's not the same circular layout as the moscow metro a mistake many people commonly make the brown much actually overlaps it in several

areas and features metro stations outside this facility also known as the cell to a console in mission new visitor to the russian capital the famous and chaotic golden ring road by to a starting point a cool keep down to amusement park was named after the writer maxine gorky. bluefins in one hundred twenty eight in covering an area of three hundred acres along the river the outer space is currently undergoing a major renovation it's a plus. place to relax in the city take place to start. moving around the ring. and head to. cash express train. driving around the ring you'll see it's a cultural mishmash of apartment blocks shops and. drive.

including which is in fact. just make sure to get on the right a mistake. exceptionally . so. it's much cheaper than public transport to cities.

in nineteen thirty five has to expand. to fill in with many buildings were demolished to create the. whole route completely built. plans would never fulfilled and today the width and buildings around the ring change constantly most notably you can see the. skyscrapers that were built between nine hundred forty seven and nine hundred fifty four. the seven sisters symbols of stalin's vision and still stand proud. there are many buildings around this location with pretty bridges in top ways and. lovely places to. summer sun. now further up. that impressive looking building to the five star swiss hotel situated not far from the kremlin square the elegant accommodation and. views of the city and.

moving on next week you'll see a house of music it has various stages concert halls and the largest in russia a well worth taking. music in two thousand and two. and a standing. very close it's performances of both russian and international theater and ballet companies to showcase stadium houses to greek. railway station is located one of the largest in the city center. open from ten in the morning until eleven at night geoffrey think. street brand shops a supermarket a multiplex cinema restaurants and cafes all under one roof. the city floor.

as is suitable for the disabled and people with. its time for some entertainment and for a ninety minute destruction head to the cinema. is housed in a. building but a trip is the effort. so . problem is it's a saying something because just as the phrase we will leave a year because of the film festival programmes. nationals. from all over the world the book and the shop also runs inside the building that you can find newspapers and books a russian and international cinema. a favorite place of moscow's intellectuals and students the cinemas name comes in the face of the silly use the original thirty five millimeter film at this dusty project

a room here i'm sure looks like it did decades ago with some new technology and sound equipment added it off as a first class experience. leaving a set amount let's move on to around the garden bring a superstar metronet prospect mira we're just about at the top of the range here we need a beautiful shot to the screen and. one of the oldest and most scots is history dates back to sixteen thirty two in the end of the seventeenth century the church was especially guarded by piece of the great he donated a large sum of money to us it's a beautiful landmark which i have seen many times sitting in traffic nearby is also located one of moscow's main hospitals the stiffest scientific research institute of medicine the history of this complex of gram buildings dates back two hundred one can show methods from an old russian noble family to the hospital on the spot in the memory of his beloved wife in one thousand twenty three discus lawsky institute has found it instead of the old hospital and now living fifty thousand

patients a year were treated in the hospitals fully equipped emergency surgeries and intensive care rooms. a one of the largest said she believes that you should see in europe. than eight hundred thousand operations a year including transvaal inch of heart liver kidneys pancreas and nowadays even logs of. moving round to the west of the city now and there are several large hotels in the golden ring such as the peking which you can see here. built in the style and consistent style it opens in one hundred fifty six celebrating friendly relations between the us song and china the building of the hotel itself is a state historical and actual monuments located near american skier metro just up the central to postcard street it's walking distance from the main mocks. the hotel makes the most of us if it's a true away source surrounded by statues and fountains it's a peach rest area to relax in it's also where we are meeting this week's guest.

the smi sergio first year here in the russian capital yes as a chef and yesterday. i got the job in london and i was with him there and so i know. what you think of arson capital how do you think it would look before you came here i had mixed reports. coming estens. thinking it might have been graham and i like it it's pretty divests in my mind so said some restaurants cafe coach just explained it and i just i'm really enjoying being here actually and i but really as for the app we send so all the heartbeats of capital yeah yeah i mean if you're going to have around the center you very much end on that one problem with the golden ring is. being with the traffic it's horrendous the traffic. pretty bad i mean if i go to school right in the morning which is

a little bit outside it takes me. twice a day so it's you can be sitting in traffic for hours not sorry about the golden ring culturally to say many museums around and galleries and and there is a friend ballet and. beautiful old mansions dating back and. it was the. so hidden away. is. the fountain of blackness and could be anywhere i'm saying that about sums up the school system and that makes schools. every three years thank god bring it especially well thank you very much i'm loving it and. the golden ring is the appeal to me to black south to buy from sadie's waits in the traffic

alongside so the trolley buses and new trendy european bakeries open next the typical old fashioned russian productive jungle stools a taste of modern time will start and i'll find a location at the intersection of the time the gold ring also sums up the capitalist russia the luxury center the plaza and by the south korean retailer of his a five star hotel department store and several expensive restaurants. i'm heading up to the popular clean about elites high rise office some of the best piece in the capital fun for the rich and fabulous it's about sky high prices. those who think they're going to bring office just the traffic ridden concrete jungle mistaken there are numerous going to speak for historic mentions quinn's cathedrals and many secret hideaway around it sixteen kilometers a conference. a moscow hold some amazing secrets. from the. city as it was called in the seventeenth century the gold ring has come

a long way and looking down on it as the safety veins of the capital i just wonder what it will look like in centuries to come. wow that. is just brilliant. we have in this week's program i'll see you get the same time next week until then for me and the rest the team in the tunnel. by.