but. a meteoric rise to stardom a once in a century meteoric its central russia exploding with the force of around twenty hiroshima bombs and leaving more than twelve hundred people injured. egypt's port saïd is gripped by mass protests led by football fans who are furious over the damning court verdict that blamed the local supporters for a stadium riot that left more than seventy people dead last year. and more nuclear test shock waves from north korea which detonate the thirty device despite a un ban and international sanctions.

and live from moscow this is r t with our weekly report i'm sean thomas going to have you with us now the world was why died this week over dramatic images from central russia a plunging meteor exploded with a blinding flash before crashing into the earl's early on a friday now if you take a look at these pictures it's very hard to imagine this flash across the sky in the shock felt by the region's residents who saw the fireball race above their heads it took a while for people to realize what was actually happening the blast set off a powerful shockwave smashing windows in buildings while injuring and bewildering those inside if you can see some of the footage there now after a struggle to locate traces of the space visitor a team from the russian academy of sciences has reportedly found some remnants of the meteor artie's you've got a piece going to take a closer look about how it all unfolded.

it was like a scene from a movie but with one exception it was real first the brilliant flash was big bright like he was shining across the sky you know blinding brighter than the sun the skies were lit up by a meteor streaking across the skies above the russian city of over one and they have thousand kilometers east of moscow where not just unusual glare on the floor i thought it was lines from a car then we ran to the window and saw this strange cloud and then and then this. would turn around and the wall was gone and someone had moved it the series of massive explosions rocked the entire city damaging buildings and shattering windows . nasa said the explosive force of the media were breaking up was the equivalent of

two one to hear oshima bombs over twelve hundred people were injured including over two hundred children mostly from pieces of shattered glass. the windows just exploded i saw one girl he had and the bring his hand were told to quickly put all clothes on and ran outside many were able to film the owner of the phenomenon later flooding the web with footage as rumors spread of what it might have been a stricken airplane a satellite that fell out of orbit even the beginning of the and of the world would mrs reported seeing fragments of the crashing all across the region. i saw a small can there was a weird smell but it was not a fire so i think it's a piece of meteorite and a small during their no for now the immediate priority is to look after the injured and repair the damage to buildings especially the broken windows in schools and residential areas as sam perjures at night drop below minus fifteen celsius is going to take time to clear everything else but for now science like this collapsed

factory or a clear reminder no matter how advanced technology gets nowadays often when it comes to nature we can only watch helplessly and hope for the best until you got a piece going off reporting there from the region where it all took place in the urals despite the huge size of the meteor its appearance in the russian skies was a surprise it entered earth's atmosphere completely unnoticed by anyone. explains why. you may wonder why the scientists haven't seen this thing coming after all it was quite a doozy was really large as a matter of fact buzz at the same time the scientists are saying that there's way too many things flying out there in outer space and although this one was a big one they can't really keep track of everything that's coming but seriously this thing weighed more than ten thousand tons when it was approaching earth or so the scientists say of course when it entered the atmosphere it mindblowing the speed of thirty kilometers per second that's really really fast when it entered the

atmosphere it broke into several pieces and those went scattering all over the region this is the region that we're actually concerned with but it actually went all around the place we're only going with what the scientists and the emergency ministries are saying and they're saying that this icy pits this is a crater where the fragment one of the fragments has fallen of course we have to understand that this actually has been the biggest thing to hit this planet in over a century or so the scientists believe the last time something like this happened was in one thousand nine hundred eighty two when the. crash landed somewhere in siberia destroying thousands of square kilometers of forest causing acid rains to fall causing me and plants and forests but it's also one of the biggest mysteries in the universe because nobody has ever found a crater from the meteor or no no fragments of the meteor have been found so this is kind of a big mystery that

a lot of people who are trying to cash in on this the even even today one hundred years later but back to reality back to present day region of course there has been plenty of damage you have seen the pictures of the damage to plants and buildings but actually a lot of people are saying it could have been a lot worse if history is any indication they're all too. massive you will cause my. and russia the european space agency others that are out there trying to detect its record asteroids but honestly there's a lot of there's hundreds of thousands and their biggest focus is on the really large ones ones that are hundreds of meters in diameter or kilometers in diameter that could potentially you know do to us what happened to the dinosaurs and another thing to have been scraped in is actually something of a nuclear hotspot in russia and fact during the soviet era this was the place for

nuclear research so it has at least seven nuclear facilities that are located in the region and a lot of people are saying that if at least one of them was hit with one of the fragments from an asteroid we would have been dealing with complications infinitely worse than we're having on our hands right now we would be dealing with a nuclear disaster but thankfully that did not happen and although this entire event was rather frightening and quite damaging still things could have been a lot worse that's a good thing that everything turned out the way it did from the universe to the twitter verse so to speak the dramatic strike led to an immediate online response with video being shared in the bloggers speculating as to what had just happened the impact also triggered an entrepreneurial impulse amongst some of the locals who wanted to sell parts of what they claimed was the media the most expensive pieces would set any potential buyer back a cool ten grand however the offer left many skeptical as even scientists at the

scene had trouble locating what was left of the meteor after it broke apart artie's live in france and kevin owen have been looking at the online reaction. the twitter sphere is blowing up the internet is just chock full of funny outrageous just odd things people are posting with maybe a little too much time on their hands you know all this video is great and wonderful but then you hit twitter and you see posts like this tanks are passing down the streets citizens are urged to get out of the shelters lunch box handouts parliamentary only at the end you realized ok this is not really happening this is not the truth this same guy sits there and starts tweeting about what's happening in town saying we're being given chemical protection and gas masks the city is almost entirely evacuated we're setting up barricades and in islam you know we're joking you know the power of these things i mean it was a frightening of if you didn't know what was happening at the time if you're reading this it could spread but it would startle you and think why is he why does it have so much time to tweet about all of this happening and then you got you got they did nearly funny stuff to the citizens of chile have been scar already

checking to see which superpowers they have god knows of you know the radiation from the explosion may have caused them to have extra to go and so when tomorrow i'm certain you come to our local weather reports it's negative seventeen degrees celsius in chelyabinsk there's wind and a slight meteor that's more clever yeah. i think so ok and then you know who is the guy who you know it's that one liner that happens around valentine's day pluck a star from the sky who is that you know what who promised to pick a star from the sky on valentine's day it's going to in the details of course and then you've got people from over you know english speaking countries tweeting about breaking news baby found in the middle of a meteorite crash that he's miraculously unharmed wrapped in what seems to be a red cape and allusion to superman if you get that i got when i saw the thought that was nice and then of course you've got the photoshop action of angry birds flying in on the tail as

a meteor coming and then you've got the russian or bruce willis popular boy are going to run the worrying sign of sorts this stuff kill. my brother please don't laugh let's said happened all those years ago guess you never know get a better man you don't know what's going to hit you just know i was kicking the rock right over there russia from the united states shield karate hero because you know you have to go ask where these friends almost went over then of course per hour of the rock and down to the crash site as he does you know as i think about it that's nice excellent lots of fun well also we've got one as well a football fan was over in britain for a couple of this one football speculating over that much for three rushes in the evening glynn's a little hole just a day before he said it could be read snow for a meteor or a meteor shower would come down and hey what did he know that we didn't when i saw this i was thinking you know what i want to know when the red snow is. your place spread so much or at least it will let you get on with it thank you very much and

you can find out more about the meteor on our website r t v dot com very we've got a special section devoted to the unexpected to space guests including the exact timeline of the incident as well as more images and firsthand accounts. of. the egyptian city of port side has been brought to a standstill by protest spearheaded by local football supporters the strike action affected transport communication as well as other government services this follows a wave of unrest in the city unleashed by a court decision to convict local soccer fans for inciting last year's riot that left more than seventy people dead artie's belcher who has the latest from that own car. the ultra hardcore football fans who call these out disobedience how upset they will escalate in the next few days if their demands

a not match to be expecting tomorrow and then the following in the next three days for that to be similar acts to disobedience across this very restive city what happened today is we saw about three thousand people come to the streets of port saeed to basically show a mass of anger against the president the authorities they reportedly surrounded the governor building they managed to actually get the government employees on science they stopped the hobbit from working and even went to the telecom buildings this however was not just the ultras the hardcore football fans who are in both other sectors got in bones there were students teachers who staged protests after the death of a young student over the past few weeks in clashes in port sorry i'm as i said government protests during dinner as well. taking quite a step toward independence from the country expressing that this is stretching across different parts of the city what they're saying the reason that they're

angry is the january that was this court verdict that sold twenty one citizens sentenced to death after this deadly massacre that happened last year in february and basically poor sayit people are saying this is unfair in addition they're saying that the anger off the security forces so they way they reacted to protest by following this very contentious decision saw dozens die in they said that this forces attacked the people of foresight to live ammunition so low the anger here is also got to do with the reaction of the security forces off the protests following this very contentious verdict as i said they will escalate in the next few days people are predicting violence and they want to continue to but break the coffee which is on the city. continue these activists opinions possibly bringing the city to a standstill for the next week bill true reporting for us there now anti-government protesters have been active in bahrain as well as demonstrations against the ruling

monarchy were once again plunged in devival into this weekend scores of marchers were reportedly injured when security forces used tear gas and stun grenades after being pelted by stones and petrol bombs the protest began at the funeral of a teenager who was allegedly killed by security forces during a rally marking two years of anti-government unrest that incident and of the turmoil which followed put into doubt talks between the sunni dominated government and the mostly shia opposition while activists maintain that there are no signs of even progress or pending which. we're looking at two years in which we've seen no reform we've seen nothing change i mean we started this uprising two years ago. on the day the first monster of the uprising was killed and now two years later on the same day the fourteenth of february. another teenager has been killed and this shows and displayed. for continuous human rights abuses the continuous repression

taking place on the streets of bahrain it's good that dialogue has come back on the agenda and there is discussions happening but it seems that you know this latest escalation of security against the people is going to also be put in jeopardy within the ruling family i think of course there are those who simply want to please the international community to say look we're having this dialogue and there is not a great thing was continuing with the violations on the street still ahead exit polls suggest that the current leader of ecuador rafael correa has won the country's presidential elections. later in the program we'll explain why the results could prove pivotal for the world's most famous whistleblower julian assange but first we have a short break right here on our team. choose

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and live from moscow this is going to have you back with us during his state of the union speech president obama said america needs to boost its helpful for libya and its neighbors to bring security to the restive region defending his counterterrorism framework he talked about the fate of arab spring countries and outlined plans to end america's afghanistan military mission by the end of next year here's more commentary from marty's going to church account in washington in his state of the union speech president obama outlined some of the external threats that the country is facing first of all paired spreading to different parts of the world for what he said although the u.s. is pulling troops out of afghanistan america's war on terror will take a listen this is true different al qaeda affiliates in extremist groups have emerged from the reagan peninsula to africa the threat these groups pose is of all

. but to meet this threat we don't need to send tens of thousands of our sons and daughters abroad occupying other nations we will continue to take direct action against those terrorists who pose the greatest threat to america although there was no mentioning of the word drone everyone knew that's what the president meant when saying direct with no u.s. troops involved what he did not talk about was the limits for this war that they'd ministration his waging with the remote control the justification that the administration gave john brennan's words we don't punish people for past guilt strike before they take action that offers a very broad scope for the use of drones to afghanistan president obama wants to leave some troops on the ground twenty fourteen when they're supposed to be all out in the speech you mentioned ongoing negotiations with the afghan government on that issue and it's going to be a hard bargain because the afghan government wrists further spearing anger of their

own population over foreign military presence one could sense a change maybe even your concern as the president on the results of the revolution in the arab world he said it's quote unquote messy he said the u.s. cannot dictate the course of changing countries like very very briefly pressure on syria and it was a change of. remember how the u.s. was cheerleading for revolutions in those countries just a year ago with radical forces gaining momentum in places like syria like maybe the changes that we've now in the region are not much to their liking among other threats america faces the president talked about cyber attacks he said he had issued an executive order to protect government agencies and structure from cyber attacks but he did not mention is how the u.s. government itself is carrying out cyber attacks like the reported cyber attack on iran's nuclear program. that they're building in this administration said it would

view a serious cyber attack a. against the united states is an act of war but apparently when the u.s. carries out the attack it should not be seen as an act of war. borders closed to international flights suspended its security forces on high alert that's how libya is marking two years since the beginning of the uprising that resulted in a bloody civil conflict foreign intervention and the toppling of the longtime leader moammar gadhafi artes and he's now explains why any celebrations are being overshadowed by desperation with the current government and fears of more unrest. from our going off he has lost legitimacy to lead and he must leave the shoot at their feet it's impossible to imagine a future for libya with get daffy still in power he must go. well

gadhafi is long gone and we don't need to imagine but can take a close look the revolt which began in benghazi was followed by an eight month nato bombing campaign costing thousands of lives and left libya torn apart drowning in conflict and suffocating in stagnation still rich in oil libya economically is a mess despite rampant unemployment and an overwhelming housing crisis huge construction projects are on hold and violence reigns if you look at the country before the bombardment and the invasion by nato and nato supported militias. the country now you can clearly see that the country is suffering from the front problems the not exist before the country's infrastructure has been destroyed you have militias running. free on the streets attacking people killing people and doing whatever they want so yes

a lot has changed but not for the better amnesty international describes tribalism post gadhafi as armed militias acting completely out of control hundreds of them across the country arresting people without warrant detaining them incommunicado and torturing them all these points gadhafi was accused of by the rebels and the west now the watchdog says this is happening while the government is unwilling or unable to rein the militias in another problem is the south in december libya closed off its borders with algeria niger chad and sudan citing a deterioration of security and declared the region a military zone well recently a video has emerged of representatives of the south libyan tribes declaring independence for the region the federation of south libya they claim the government has failed to secure the inside of the country and borders and this is a result of stalled economic activity and discontinue a. and other essential infrastructure projects that have been driven by

international partners well it's still not clear how that news is being taken in tripoli but it cambodia well for any chance of stability and finally who is reaping the fruits of this revolution well some analysts say it's an economic powerhouse putting lots of money into the region that the west just doesn't have while at the same time benefiting from their military efforts it's china the chinese have no boots on the ground they have no more use they're. getting a free ride from the military. the west countries like the two years after the revolution for libya the only certainty is still gadhafi is gone north korea is reportedly preparing for fresh nuclear tests that's despite widespread international fury after it detonated a third atomic device on tuesday pyongyang described the move as an effort to shore up its national security and safeguard its sovereignty against what it called

outrageous u.s. hostility the test prompted warnings from washington and its allies of more sanctions against the communist state asia based independent news editor james corbett says the timing of the latest test could not have been worse. thrilly i think going to fall into a lot of diplomatic pressure on china to use its leverage with north korea and it's and i imagine that officials in beijing must have known that this this was coming probably in the next few days and it certainly is it couldn't have happened at a worse time internationally speaking it's the lunar new year in china so basically the entire country is on holiday and in the u.s. there is no confirmed secretary of defense or central intelligence director so it's a very interesting time throw that through into that the wild card of xi jinping we don't know much about him or how he's going to lead china and the fact that kim jong un is a relatively new leader as well you also have the new army government in japan and there's a lot of wildcards in this mix to see how this is going to shake out but i think on

the question of china specifically if they have a lot of pressure that they can put on north korea voting has finished in ecuador's presidential elections with exit polls suggesting the incumbent rafael correa has won a third term the socialist leader has strong popular support within the country thanks to spending programs targeted at helping the poor the president is also known for granting asylum to the world's most famous whistleblower julian assange who is holed up in the country's london embassy geo political analyst eric draitser believes korea's challenge to american influence in south america means washington does not want to mend power. we've seen repeated attempts by the united states and other international forces to subvert the korea government to subvert the morale is government in bolivia as well and of course chavez in venezuela we saw against the korea government and attempted coup a couple of years ago using some strategically bought off officials within the police apparatus we should also remember korea's oppositional stance to the united

states and to us imperialism a courageous oppositional stance to multinational corporations such as chevron and other corporations which seek to exploit indigenous populations in places like ecuador now close to our heart here at r t he is known for granting asylum to julian assad last year something that angered america as well was that considered a pre-election move to gain some support here i think partially that's part of it i think it was also a way of kind of striking back at the united states after their attempted coup against him in two thousand and ten it was a way of announcing to the world that ecuador was not within this fear of influence of the united states or rather that ecuador was able to make its own decisions to stand on its own two feet and also that it was promoting human rights and peace and we've got more international stories for you right after this short break you're

watching r.t. . bases based on. you know care respite. from music. concert the show today on how to sing we just had a studio upgrade put them on just to go to the scenes of it which is basically devoted to you know just saying the same would be classic scenes from the repeats it's a sandy hook school of someone coming to stop the bloodshed of this morning tom stooping coming coming is there a nonsense of the steam past. more

news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. giant corporations rule today. and live from moscow this is our team good to have you back with us spain is engulfed in protests with thousands gathering in madrid and several other cities in simultaneous marches but over quite different issues employees of the spanish airline iberia are angry at its british based parent company's plans to layoff almost five thousand workers that's a quarter of its staff and in a separate rally thousands marched against the government proposals to partly privatized public health care political analyst miguel on hold as the protests are becoming more generalized with more anger being directed against the political

system as a whole. the wave of the work is so high yes see these magic that was affected between nigeria and we just say it was two years ago has faber's massively reduced a ways off from tough but the fact is that it is true that. the leadership of these holding is mostly rechy space and they have been unable to you see you soon find a compromise we despise west force and land them but that's the way to use with we have seen last year was mostly security of protests health care or of education what is essential now is seeing a more generalized of the system not just of the government but of the whole political system and this has to do with the discount most of corruption which i'm now of very prominent in the spanish media people are very angry about that and what we've seen is so actually something very new spain very wide and deep protest

that it goes far beyond a stage you know all the problems cause. now is take a look at some international news i'm sorry for you this hour in northern nigeria a security guard has been shot and killed and seven foreign workers have been kidnapped when militants at. back to construction site among the nationals thought to have been taken hostage or to lebanese and italian and one greek national militants abducting foreigners and wealthy nigerians for ransom has become a relatively common occurrence in the country last month's deadly algeria oil plant seizure left many fearing such attacks would surge in the west africa because of regional instability. in pakistan people have it taken to the streets to voice their outrage at the killing of eighty one shia muslims in the city of quetta protesters in islamabad and across you have demanded the government boost security and take action against the sunni militants who carried out the attack some

families even refused to bury the victims until they see that their demands have been met. israel's former foreign minister is being tried for fraud and breach of trust hearings started on sunday avigdor lieberman is accused of trying to promote a source that leaked details of a police probe in his business activities the former top diplomat had to step down from his post last december when the charges were first brought it close ally of the prime minister binyamin netanyahu if convicted he will be banned from holding any government post for seven years. but she could face a death penalty in her native afghanistan for converting from islam to christianity a young girl has been allowed to stay in russia as a refugee after she was disowned by her family for changing her beliefs and he's been a question over reports. gloria was born in afghanistan by two thousand and eleven

and she and her family arrived in russia in a small town in the prone region in search of a better life her father pleaded for asylum but it was denied because there was no evidence that either he or his family were threatened with political religious or ethnic persecution by afghan afore it is that was when rumors real horror story began while living in russia she started worshipping in local churches and last november converted from islam to christianity it was a friend of my brother who showed me christianity now i go to the local church i can still be allowed to stand with the priests are seeing i read the bible in arabic but i did it because everyone has a choice she says that for her father it was the betrayal here could not overcome her family flats leaving her behind quickly she realized she was old lone in an unknown country barely spoke the language and faced deportation but going back to

have vanished down would mean as a queue ssion for recounting islam under the country's shari'a based law of gunnison is one of the most hazardous countries in the world for christians in early two thousand and eleven a video was circulated showing to be having a christian convert. by the muslim taliban there are many more similar cases some christians are thankfully saved from agassi q sion after international pressure others are not so lucky it's a problem that's hard to quantify will was already in a russian deportation center when she appealed to the authorities again it's given her the chance to start a new life and find a job and hopefully leave behind the threat of being killed for changing her beliefs. iran announced this week event it may allow inspectors from the u.n.

nuclear watchdog into parchin military base their visit is scheduled for wednesday the facility is suspected of housing the country's alleged nuclear weapons development program something strongly denied by tehran but the move is unlikely to stop the avalanche of international sanctions which mostly end up hitting ordinary iranians as maria financial reports. behind the smile lies pain and despair a vast and they run in with blood a cancer has just received his medicine but there is no guarantee he'll get it tomorrow the best jokes about patients being patient but sadly has no choice. it's so hard to get treatment these days it's not that i don't get any at all but you have to wait a long time and if you get it that only means someone else has missed. the reason for the drug shortage sanctions imposed by western countries republic they're not

directly targeting the pharmaceutical or medical sectors but they hit banks and the pace trade restrictions. unfortunately many foreign companies stopped selling us drugs they're not allowed to have cribbed relations with iran and people prayed to price with their lives. iran's officials warn it may have an impact far beyond its borders. if we have a disease of the demick and are unable to vaccinate the population it could spread easily to neighboring countries and the sector many even outside iraq. iran produces ninety six percent of its own medicine but the roma tears for half of them come from abroad more than fifty vital medicines have disappeared from the running pharmacist says international sanctions came in because the foreign in britain c m a from can no longer make their way into iran people with cancer and team ophelia

wait often ended with bad news but the drug is not available the chances of survival are getting ever slimmer as sanctions patients instead of politicians officials estimate a total of six million iranian patients could be in danger because of the drug deficit in the fembot local and international media reported on the first death apparently caused by the shortage a fifteen year old boy who suffers from him ophelia couldn't get the medicine he desperately needed despite a frantic search by his family and he died in hospital on. the west try to do now they tried sanctions on the military sector they realized we actually started making progress there but they wanted to weaken destabilize the country and the government is their aim this is why they now target people so that people get angry and take to the streets protesting that things. and people indeed take to the streets this is

a meeting of organ donors and some whose lives have been saved by transferring a process now complicated by the likes of medicine and. i thank god and the donor who return me to life i had heart problems and now his heart beats in my chest and i'm again a lie but the problem is that. many too many are still awaiting surgery became extremely expensive and the number of donors decreased and will they have enough time. iranian doctors find themselves facing a very hot situation having to decide who will get the medicine and who will not in desperation they wrote an s.o.s. letter to the un chief this still waiting for an answer. from iran. and you can head to our t.v. dot com for more stories online for you right now one parent's desperate action we tell you why this frenchman's frustration drove him to perch on top of

a forty meter high crane for almost two days. and israel and australia may be on the brink of a diplomatic spat over the suicide of an alleged spy that's after the so-called prisoner x. from melbourne committed suicide despite being held in a highly secure jail with around the clock surveillance australia wants answers. com has the story. the vatican is scrambling to choose a new pope after benedict the sixteenth stunned the catholics by unexpectedly announcing his resignation this week the pontiff said his poor health led to his decision to be the first pope to quit in six hundred years some though blame the numerous child abuse scandals and coverups across the catholic church and try abuse campaigner barbara doris believes the pope just didn't do enough to address pedophilia during his eight years in charge. we believe that he uttered words he said there was filth in the priesthood he apologized to the victims but he took no

actions he didn't discipline a single church official for hiding enabling children to predators or you know moving them from country to country from diocese to diocese so until he does that nothing has changed and we believe the words were just empty empty promises we have a bishop in the united states that was convicted of child endangerment and is still being allowed to run a diocese the message is clear if you follow the company line if you keep this secret if you put the reputation of the church above this if t. of the children then you will be promoted what a terrible message to send many people no longer trust church officials like they did in the past and that's a very sad statement that you can't trust your bishops well the head of a major economic and diplomatic organization has spoken with president putin about russia's potential membership coming up on how good area of the o.e.c.d. on currency wars the robin hood tax and russia's future in the group.

all of those north korean scamps are added again another nuclear test in north korea has made all the headlines trust me nuclear missiles are something worth being concerned over but haven't we heard this song and dance before all the way back in two thousand and two the north korean scoring to the b.b.c. ruled that they have a secret weapons program and turned their young beyond nuclear reactor back on since then every once in a while a missile flies and people see it coming and silence then another test of some sort shock horror and then silence again with crew just uses this is a bargaining tool to get what they want and whether how wacky the north korean state may seem they understand that launching water two missiles against united states means they probably won't even hit their target and in return their entire country will turn into ash instantly this situation really isn't cause for concern

until something big changes like the us not being in a position to support south korea japan or some other dramatic event that changes the game like china giving up their support for the north korean side but for now the cycle just keep going on and on and about two years the same headlines will be back with the same fear will be back a lather rinse repeat but that's just my opinion. speak your language. programs and documentaries in arabic in school here on. reporting from the world talks to feel at peace interviews intriguing story. arabic to find out more visit arabic don't call.

reviving global economic growth is one of the priorities for the g twenty summit that will take place here in russia here but the key to achieving that is setting the right policies to discuss what these policies should be i'm joined by on him. the head of the organization for economic cooperation and development thank you so much for joining me sir during this visit to moscow you had a chance to meet with russia's president vladimir putin was russia's bid to join the always discussed was almost the only topic because we did not have time to discuss too many more we discuss the g twenty also the accession of russia into the o.e.c.d. is for us of a game changer and it's going to be very important russia is a very large economy it's a very important presence in the world of energy it's

a very important presence in all these international fora accent and so we really are very interested very excited about the buzz ability of having. as a member and i think russia can benefit also from being in an institution that is not about lending money is not about giving grants it's not about fixing economies that are not broken it's about policy discussions about what are the best possible policies and therefore what can be the best practices. that russia can adopt we're not going to tell russia what to do with russia we're going to tell the russians what other countries in the world are doing about the same problem of health care the same problem of education the same problem with innovation the same problem with research and development the same problem with the tax structures the same problem with the deficit whatever you just mentioned taxation and that's definitely one of the big issues that you're working on in

particular with this. yes. trying to work with this scheme that many companies use to avoid paying taxes and these are big companies we're talking about including google and you know a number of others. what then amazon of course and starbucks and so on these are big names but there are plenty of companies i don't why refer to any company in particular because there are thousands we created the set of rules that are being used legally by these companies to avoid paying taxes ok now we have had a big war against tax havens a big excessive bank secrecy about the secret counts by people not divulging the names those are to hide away from the taxpayers so that was in a way in.