strategic deterrent capability on the contrary we will strengthen it russia cannot rely on diplomatic and economic methods alone to remove contradictions and resolve conflicts our armed forces special services and other security agencies should be prepared to provide quick and effective responses to new challenges. they can see all the precise details of that article translated in full on our website don't call and staying on topic the prime minister today is visiting the countries far east where he's in a meeting having discussions about the development of the military industrial complex that will be developed over the course of the next ten years as well. all right listen talk a little bit more about how the presidential race is shaping up here in russia as you know there's only two weeks remaining before russians have to the polls. yet know long enough to tell essentially being a very interesting political landscape that we've seen developing here in the

country of course in the lead up to the parliamentary elections now in the lead up to the presidential elections you see protests that come to protest why it's political debate you think it took a season as well happening we've got to move protest planned coming up to the days of the presidential elections itself is the very interesting to watch the situation develop you really see the awakening of a political class amongst the population here is being described as evolutionary rather than revolutionary and certainly that seemed quite out is not expected to be too much of a surprise the result of the presidential elections of prime minister putin is the front runner at the moment but what everyone's looking at really now is what comes next because if he does as expected win that presidential race he could be in power again for another twelve years so what you really think from the population here in

the country is much more suss of notice when it comes to talking about wounds will be happening in the features the country and they'd be much more food input into mom's a full reform school and some regards the kremlin was seen as being rather slow off the mark to respond to this new political movement here in the country and it could be seen these are schools as the prime minister's way of responding in part to what he says his vision for the future of the country over the next decade. indeed sara thanks very much indeed for bringing us this of the terror of reporting there live from moscow. let's take a look at some other stories from around the world and south korea has begun life fire military drills islands near its disputed sea border with north korea which have threatened to attack in response so far the north does not appear to have reacted in twenty tempe responded to military drills from its neighbor with an artillery attack that killed four south koreans. fighting between two warring drug

cartels led to the deaths of forty four inmates in what could be mexico's deadliest prison riot the clash erupted when inmates from one cell block invaded another cell getting them with stones and stabbing entire prison staff on duty of the time has been detained while an investigation looks into how the violence started. if you visuals have failed to confirm an official date for the country's first presidential election since former leader hosni mubarak was ousted officials say the delays due to problems organizing voting for those living abroad but insist it will be held sometime in may barak was forced from office a year ago after a mass uprising in clashes which saw hundreds killed the protests continue across the country people calling for the end of military rule. a pastor and former east germany human rights activist looks at shoo in to be germany's next

president he has the backing of chancellor angela merkel and all political parties as a replacement for christian wolf who was forced to quit last week over corruption allegations marco have posted gawks bid for the presidency in twenty tan in favor of world. and was nato due to pull out of ghana stand by the end of two thousand and fourteen kabul is trying to manage ties with the taliban president karzai has asked a senior pakistani cleric known as the father of the taliban to help with the talks with insurgents but artie's military contributor says those efforts are useless until washington appeases pakistan next door. one of the main challenges for the afghan president during his visit to pakistan was how to persuade pakistani military and civilian leadership to mend their ways and to shew poort this. negotiation proceeds between the united

states. government. and the taliban. however despite their best intentions in kabul and washington d.c. the whole formit of negotiating with taliban was doomed from the beginning to do the right thing the right way the united states has to told directly to islamabad and only after the successful completion of this negotiation only of them they have a chance to competition and a positive development in rick installing peace and security both you know afghanistan and across the border now coming up in an hour's time retaining the tile rush of the take europe's soccer crowd right here in moscow all

the details that are supportable it away or. am right now as he was happening in the world of business whether to usher. almost twenty four minutes past one here in moscow are you watching business on our t.v. or oil prices have jumped to the highest levels in the nine months after iran halted crew exports to the u.k. and france on sunday the move follows the european union's decision to stop buying a reigning oil starting in july the west hopes to persuade iran to curb its nuclear program brando's trading at more than one hundred twenty one dollars a barrel have to games to the w t i which is currently topping one hundred five dollars a barrel experts don't expect crude prices to climb much higher as they say iranian risks for the most part have already been priced in despite a surge in prices analysts say you want a decision is more of a symbolic act neither britain or france relies on iranian oil while to iran is

dependent on revenues from selling crude to the block. meanwhile iran is turning to water as it offers gold and oil in return for food economic sanctions by the united states and europe make a difficult for iran to pay for imports in euro's of dollars iranian traders are in talks with russia over using a rubles to pay for grain over the past two weeks or on bought more than one million tons of grain from russia a significant increase from last year. by celtic look at the markets currencies first the euro is seeing some gains against the dollar however it's lower to the rubles whereby strong crude the dollar's also losing against the russian courtesy and now on to equities europe is pretty upbeat at the second hour of trade london's first c.n. germany's doubts are gaining around half a percent each. and here in russia the markets are trading in the one o'clock hour

of the r.t.s. is up more than one percent of my sex is gaining three quarters of percent sour. and now the biggest movers on the my six energy majors a gaining momentum thanks to higher crude young. oh man moo quarrel of putting on more than two thirds of a percent each banking stocks also are spared bankers topping the list more than one percent in the block the sour. since the start of the year merging markets to sing record cash inflows more than four hundred fifty million dollars flowed to russia focused funds over the past three weeks markram unchanged from moscow based metropol i a sikh's planes the growing risk appetite some managers there are changing their locations towards more aggressive mean more equity more emerging markets exposure that's what we see this of course is on the back of the general. improvements in expectations you know they're. going to make a picture this year and there's i think and i think most of their fund managers

pretty much priced in their greek default and greece exiting the euro zone and this is. not happening and that needs to be then taken back this all this you know that things which were priced in the their equities and their high risk gases need to be bid up to take back that discount. foreign investors are eyeing brushes regions that's according to kill dimitri of the has the country's investment fund speaking at an economic forum in siberia had told business r.t. about the main attractions of foreign money in russia as a specific interest in logistics area that's very important there is quite a bit of interest in the infrastructure and those are very specific projects so for example airport infrastructure is very interesting to look up and i would trip if to which is one of the largest us or some airports worldwide we tailor investments and we invest with those investors into areas in industries in the stand well and

therefore they can do a good analysis of the project and their value to it going forward. that's all the latest from the business desk join me for an update in about fifteen minutes. her. wealthy british style. is not on the tireless.

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her. book. welcome back here with our team here's a look at the top stories israel's allies warn against an attack on iran at urgent diplomatic solution saying military action would have grave consequences all as to iran impose the ban on oil shipments to britain and france in response to international pressure on its nuclear program. the chinese government uses its main newspaper to accuse the u.s. and its allies of pushing the opposition in syria defied a prolonged civil war violence is reportedly escalating across the country out of

a controversial referendum on a new constitution in a week's time. and fresh from a green deepest already consequences prime minister fly is to brussels hoping that eurozone ministers like the finally hand over billions of euros the meeting is fulfilled to determine whether the country's made enough cuts to receive the new bailout. while next year in ours he would take a trip to one of the oldest and most historic cities in russia. stay with us. for almost eight hundred years. has stood along the banks of the volga rivers and it's one of european russia's most picturesque cities is the fourth largest in the country an important economic and cultural center and home to one point three million people. steadily one of the better waterfront views of nice name you can see where the river meets the volga and also take

a good look at the city's famous markets and some of its churches. streets of filled with echoes of its past from the statues that line the promenade to the city's beautiful range of architecture but it's also home to a modern business community and one of the biggest markets here is transport. so this is a. minibus they're everywhere in russia cheap reliable and if you're very lucky really comfy. and seventy percent of them are made. and they're made by gas one of the city's most famous brands they've been producing automobiles since the one nine hundred thirty s. and all the classics are on display in the company music. so you can see that used

to produce some pretty snazzy family vehicles including the famous boulder which every soviet citizen wanted to own but it's commercial vehicles that have always been the company's. old. back in. this very first thing that rolled off the production line. the guy has a. they still make trucks today. of course along side the mission because. gas is seen some tough times but production is now on the increase and it's all overseen by swedish c.e.o. bohem dessen who previously worked for general motors for more than twenty years.

grab among the faithful smith if the. excuse me strengthens james brown has come to god thank you very much for how it's i have you got a minute to tell us your growing up and going off the. i've been looking at the museum so you can already see there's a long history with sweetness and you know the road on gas how important do you think this factory and company offer the city begins extremely important i mean first next year we're turning eighteen years. psycho only to go through been anything noble old love the seventy five without the little machine building we have three plants here of three complexes is a lot of business three thousand hectares of land. and there's fifteen thousand employees are expecting a busy time ahead churning out one of the most popular minibuses the gas micro bus on this line and each component is fitted in

a matter of seconds they each cost around fourteen thousand dollars and they can produce four hundred every day. sometimes the puzzles been put together there's just a few final checks to take care of. sort of the last tests that they do. make so in stock cars was approved see. with my fingers firmly crossed we entered the college. ok as you can see i was prepared for the spots i can safely say these are very good job. but dr. point tour of gas was almost over but unfortunately my new minibus wasn't taking me home but at least in a commercial vehicles company you can always hitch a lift and something. once started with a very modern factory but now i want to get a feel from this nice cultural life well you might not think it to look around here

but when it is almost over there's a few buds up here on the trees i'll always come to this old village to have a look at a very traditional. rite of spring new right. to be lights on your feet for this celebration. or go the wrong season discuss. this because. sadly my tank spills on. much of the break to joint only to find out a little more about what was going on. so i got some. too old for this previous who don't know so what's going on here then there is

a bit of marrow making going on here spring has come the snow is melting away and you call them swift edition but it's a festive occasion. and it's been celebrated for well over a century mothers would bake shaped biscuits and when everyone how to treat it was time for the procession. everybody sings and books around the village leaving a biscuit on the door of every house. the idea of putting these little birds here is that they're supposed to attract the real you'll then fly down and bring spring with. the nesting locks were regarded as a good omen meant to protect the villages homes from fire and disease and finally when the biscuits are thrown into the air it's believed they become part of spring itself. but if you're taking part in this ritual you might want to keep an eye on

your new friends. the way it's apparent i've got some spring inside. and this snow is also supposed to be good for your health. always go right down my neck. now that spring had officially sprung i was eager to continue my sightseeing and all got pointed me in the direction of one of the area's most popular tourist spots this has got to get it literally means little town in russian and it's one of the most picturesque places in the newsmen of growed region originally though it was founded as a front here outpost and it's the place where the most famous russian warrior principal time i was on the nevski died. over the

centuries gora jets gained an enviable reputation renowned for its painting architecture and woodwork and down by the riverside there's a house where the old arts are still practiced nowadays the artists make souvenirs and entertain the hundreds of visitors who pass through here every week. well i think. these guys tackled the brushwork today but i'm still going to take on something birch additional and very russian but it's much more up my street. burst back in the day having a couple was a very elaborate affair in all my time in russia i'd never had tea from a some of our and i was garrett jets post the largest exhibition in the country it seemed like a good place to break the habit there are some of us here that date back to the seventeenth century from single person pops to ones that can hold more than fifty liters of water but always talking really was making me thirsty.

but i've got to have a drink so. let's go ok. but there was still some serious preparations to take care of. there's a good. getting the sum of all going takes time once you're out of your water you need to put in plenty of kindling lighten up. or go on. more pile on the charcoal yellow now we give it some air. you have done only way you. can put on the chimney. and now we wait. it was pretty cold outside and i was getting a little impatient yes i mean it's long. ok let's take this off ok now i'm lost for which. i got on top but apparently the

russians had an ingenious method to turn up the heat you just needed to give it a good showing ok that's. what. i. thought point of. but i have it doesn't taste of. going to be very tasty and i've heard of. the wellington. boots did the job admirably and with all some of our steaming we headed into the dining room to be greeted by a fantastic spread. saw through all that effort i think this is a cup or the deserves a bit of ceremony and they definitely nurse do afternoon tea here and there are addicts. it was a very civilized way to end my trip to go and jets but sadly i haven't come to the

news new region for tea and cakes. the time for relaxation was over ok well it wouldn't be discovering rush to show if i didn't do something bizarre and potentially dangerous outdoors so i've come here to a place called extreme land to see what they've got. in session several hectares of land around an hour's drive from but they promise it's worth the trip ok well this looks interesting it seems that one of the most popular activities here involves inflatable fruit going very fast so i need to cry out i think if i fall off the extreme but on a. this is a. band attached to another snowmobile but was given

a tour of the complex. even gripping on for dear life one save you on the stage. so this is going to. take two. zero. zero zero to several more crashes i might be around to rest but here is extreme they make you put up or shut up. those who are still. growing. so although i was getting a break. in the army it's time. to show the little bit who intends. to. have no idea what i'm going royce. people with this royal.

it seems that if i wanted my lumps i was going to have two points for my food and he's a watching the celebrity gladiator programmes would eventually come in handy. maybe launch filled cubes but believe me he still didn't want to get smacked in the wrong place for. the bottle went back and forth but i knew in the end brain even highly tactical assault on the red team would suffer and. it. is one important. that they can be quite a come down once the adrenaline wears off. dangerous

. but in this case a. good boy. i had suffered enough for one day and i was ready to head back to the safety of the city it was time to explore more of the ground itself i just needed to find someone to give me a hand. up. but. it's all designed to keep you closed in your small world as a prison. you know you leave somebody in there for a couple hours like that in a stress positions. you have this fear of the unknown in this stress sort of building and. i've seen interrogations go on ten twelve hours they chose

songs i remember from marilyn manson and metallica slayer the two songs would be angel of death and raining blood to kill the enemy going through war coming up here into iraq into baghdad. johnny pull the bodies to the floor which is the rock n roll band was fitting for the job we were doing. the.

last. seen plenty of the outskirts of new girls but it was time to get out and take a look at the region's capital. so it's good to get a bit of local knowledge on these trips so i'm off to meet a man who's going to help me get to know. a little bit. me a little bit of mission if i want to show. siegfried moved here from germany back into.