major events are expected on the international arena who are asking sergey lavrov the foreign minister of russia. to security conference in munich will see russia and the us exchange the start if occasion papers signed by presidents that have an obama this document will provide stability and we can be confident but we won't see an arms race wellat least not in the next ten years and while it's quiet in the west the arab this is a serious concern for russian diplomacy the unrest which started in tunisia spread over the region like wildfire the great situation is in egypt where hundreds of thousands of people have been rallying to force the long serving president out of office. and welcome to the show thank you very much for being with us well first of all i want to say that i have a lot of questions to you and our viewers our listeners wrote facebook and they also have a lot of questions which are more personal so what we start with politics of personal you choose politics ok. egypt israeli politicians claim that the overthrow of mubarak in egypt may lead to action is and that this may

we haven't set a date yet for the promise of visit the promised mr lavrov able to discuss this this afternoon obviously we're working on a date that is suitable to that of the president of russia so i know the date is not set yet but a lot of work is going on on that. and on the question of around. i do think it is important given the breakdown in the talks that took place in geneva in december in istanbul in january in which iran's said holy unrealistic preconditions i do think it will be important to intensify the peaceful and legitimate pressure around to negotiate in good faith about its nuclear program. the three plus three nations have worked together closely on this and of course we will want to continue to do so and i think it's fair to say there's a good deal of discussion to be had. only a three plus three about how we take this forward and about how we increase the chances of iran being willing to negotiate about its whole nuclear program but certainly our position is that it will be necessary to intensify the peaceful pressure on iran to be able to take these negotiations forward.

the key meeting between the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov off the u.s. secretary of state is due to start in munich the two would exchange the documents on the recently signed its start treaty between russia and the u.s. which will officially put the deal into force. joins us live from munich and can bring us up to date here let's cross over to you go to mao and so it's all happening on the sidelines of the annual security conference tell me what's been said that today at this point. was quite a busy day here in munich on saturday is the second and probably most important day of the forty seven security conference in munich we've already heard statements from many well known political figures international political figures from the secretary general of the united nations the prime minister of great britain who actually outlined britain's new with immigration policy saying some really strong words all hell newcomers really do have to try to integrate into the european society hillary clinton also spoke russia's foreign minister said if you are made quite

russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov says moscow is willing to cooperate with tokyo but slams its claims for the islands this comes as the japanese foreign minister entered talks with his counterpart on his visit to the russian capital. and sweden's under fire for its controversial wiretapping law slammed as the most far reaching eavesdropping plan in europe which you leaks cables on the country's close cooperation with the us suggests it was adopted under american pressure. next door in martin andrews and his search of the russian spirit in the british capital. the hundreds of thousands of us living in great britain said. take a look at recent history. this. is a. conflict she's. just how much. has simple in fact. one thing is for sure. in the british capital. things well. you can if. it's celebrations in the city street. new style. several. times everything. i'm trying to trips to. the recent past things here one of life's great supply to me here. about working in russia i think. it's a wonderful. may sue me clients said frank said just a little and i think you're going to be th

lavrov also hinted that japanese foreign minister seiji maehara appear positive for the joint developmentf the islands when the two officials met last week. japan has been opposing joint projects, saying they would justify russia's control over the region. >>> two suicide bomb attacks in russia's southern republic of dagestan has killed two people, including a police officer and wounded at least 20. russian police say a woman detonated explosives outside a police building in gubdan building on monday night. hours later a car driven by a man exploded at a security checkpoint on the edge of the village. authorities say they suspect the attacks were carried out by a group based in the north caucasus. last month a suicide bomb attack that killed 36 people at an international airport in moscow is also suspected of being the work of an islamic militant group. >>> italian prime minister silvio berlusconi has been indicted on charges that he paid for sex with an underaged girl. judicial authorities in milan announced on tuesday that berlusconi is charged with paying for prostitution and abuse of

my discussions with my counterpart mr lavrov. because we found some common i would say points there we could walk of course but to say that. like minded in one hundred percent it would be stupid but i must say one thing but i see the real prospect and real hope to make small i'm talking about very small changes in transnistria conflict and we agreed on some actions i mean on some events and now i mean goal but. resume of the talks five plus two and here i. understood that we could expect some support from the russian side how we discuss the south the city issue at all with the russian foreign minister have you have you touched upon the matter of the readmission of the o.e.c.d. mission. i present our view and i said that it will be fruitful to i would say to extend the mission in the whole territory and. i must say that it will be not so easy. why because of the position of the russian side or because of the situation. i would think of a much more easy situation engine of. what's russia is russia ready to have the mission that you

while you watch sergei lavrov speech as i just mentioned at the munich conference live in our channel later today and r.t. also managed to catch up with russia's foreign minister is interviews coming up in our spotlight show and a few hours time. and from navy captain to t.v. presenter no one is off the hook when it comes to political correctness in the united states now many americans say the p.c. overdose makes them keep their opinions to themselves as a wrong word can land you in serious trouble thirty's marina port now reports even classic literature couldn't escape censorship. america is a country that pioneers freedom of expression but is the rising tide of political correctness reigning in the right to say what you think people do hold back to to actually speak their mind it's almost as though you have a sort of a code to call them sometimes you want to call a spade a spade and sometimes you want to call it trouble according to a museum poll the majority of citizens think the us is overdosing on p.c. turning the land of the free into a nation of hyper sensitive sissies. were ev

auntie's more and they're reporting on the visit of russian foreign minister sergey lavrov to london. russia is taking new measures in its fight against terrorism in the special operation five militants were killed in the north caucasus region three policemen died and three were injured in the ensuing gun battle auntie's katrina czar of reports. a number of terrorists were surrounded by a local law enforcement a gun battle in shoot and which five militants were killed one is supposedly on the run and this of course is just the latest installment in the ongoing battle against terrorism in russia specifically in the volatile caucasus region another suicide bomb was detonated in a village in the republic of the guest on a woman who walked up to a military outpost and detonated a suicide belt with a bomb of course killing herself killing one security officer and injuring many others one of the a suicide blast that also took place in that same village in the guest on that was a car that was detonated by a suicide bomber he himself was in the car of course and died on locations russian auth

the two countries is estimated to run at seventeen billion dollars that's always a positive that lavrov can focus on when he meets foreign secretary william hague he's also said jill to see prime minister david cameron and make a speech at the london school of economics on the agenda for european security cooperation in europe's missile defense project russia e.u. and russia nato relations and the situation in the middle east and afghanistan together with iran's nuclear program those last two points russia has allowed allied forces to use its transport routes for troops and supplies crucial for the war in afghanistan and it's also led fruitful negotiations with iran on its nuclear program the fact remains however that while russia has good relations with all the european countries and the reset button on russia u.s. relations has been pressed and appears to be working to visit to the u.k. may not be an easy one however slowly progress is being made in particular with person expressing interest in resuming cooperation with russia on securing. the fight against terrorism that's expected t

community supports and that is a sentiment that is a code by the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov which we don't think it's helpful dream time solutions for even ultimatums egyptian political feels the need to find a consensus which will be one of the questions that people are asking themselves following these clashes today wednesday is what can and will the military do if there is no clear indication in terms of how they should control crowds the that might be one of the questions people are asking but certainly one of the conclusions people are reaching as at the possibility of more violence is on the horizon the focus now is turning to finding some people calling it the final friday . night live. an international political consultant based in tel aviv says it's well has to be concerned for what's happening in egypt israel has a lot of fears on its mind it's not just a general fear it's a very particular thing as you know israel is afraid of an islamist takeover of egypt israel's afraid of destabilization spreading to the palestinian areas and israel's afraid of the leader who m

community supports and that is a sentiment that is a code by the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov which we don't think it's helpful dream find solutions from outside even ultimatums egyptian political forces need to find a consensus which will one of the questions that people are asking themselves following these clashes today wednesday is what can and will the military do if there is no clear indication in terms of how they should control crowds the that might be one of the questions people are asking but certainly one of the contours and people are reaching as at the possibility for more violence is on the horizon the focus now is turning to friday some people calling it the final friday. or. foreign policy expert at the danish institute for international studies and all three of the book why your fears it's they both says the e.u. has not had a sound the ball. the european union clearly was taken by surprise by the events in egypt and for that matter those in tunisia before that it has always had very close ties with with most of the governments in the region so it would be onl

s most important trading partners foreign minister lavrov outlined six priorities for improving the trade relationship he talked about finance he talked about working together in the nanotech sector and the g officials say of course one of these big projects coming up for russia is the lympics cooperation on olympic infrastructure strengthening the small and medium business sector in russia and also improving the business environment in general they also talked a bit about modernizing communication links between london and moscow this is obviously a lover off first visit to london in this particular official capacity let's hear what he said about those communication ties that they're looking to improve through this it's my first visit to london an invitation if you could government symbolises and you can see of our relations based on partnership interest economic cooperation between our countries is on the rise the strategic b.p. rosneft the later examples would be to look at the agreement on establishing a direct line between the british prime minister and the kremlin it's an important n

met in london on tuesday in an attempt to turn a new page in their country's relationship sergey lavrov and william hague agreed to establish a hotline between downing street and the kremlin to improve communications lavrov says visit comes years comes after years of simmering diplomatic tensions between london and moscow the most recent spat unfolded two weeks ago when a british journalist was denied re entry to russia after violating accreditation rules it was quickly resolved though when the reporter was allowed back into the country. the president of delarue says opposition will be quote bashed on the head on less that stops the stabilizing the country alexander lukashenko is warning comes just after just days after the first person involved in last year's mass protests in minsk was sentenced to four years behind bars thousands of opposition activists took to the capital streets as polls closed in december's presidential election over six hundred protesters were arrested and more than forty now face trial including several presidential candidates the editor in chief of the magazine

and calling for an immediate political transition in egypt however russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov told us here at r.t. that foreign intervention is not necessary to help resolve the crisis in egypt i don't think i would say there's. really. pushing one way or another i don't think any suggestions from old so i'm going to be hopeful and they're going to lead to a sustainable resolution of the situation i don't think artificial deadline set of ball to move. in order. to have the political forces political groups. themselves find their way or you can watch the whole version of the interview with russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov in our spotlight program that's coming your way this saturday. well there is a similar wave of protest in nearby yemen pro and anti-government demonstrators have been holding protests in the capital. thousands of opposition supporters holding a day of rage demanding the resignation of the country's president. so-called current government also got the programming accusing the opposition trying to create. the demonstrations come a day yemeni president ple

in internal egyptian affairs because a message was put out by the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov he has called on the world community to allow interruptions to decide for themselves. we want to see egypt as a stable thriving democratic state we want the current social political and economic problems to be resolved as soon as possible through peaceful means but it's up to gyptian politicians and the people to decide how this could be done in practice we don't think it's helpful to impose solutions from outside even ultimatums egyptian political forces need to find a consensus which there's been no reaction so far from president mubarak but no doubt whatever he has to say what only install the anger on the streets of cairo. or for more on this let's cross live to a pro israel advocate in the allows or as he joins us from jerusalem many thanks for joining us here mr last for us now is israel concerned what's happening in egypt and how can the political crisis there affect israel status in the middle east do you think. well i think israelis today are looking at their television scree

secretary of state hillary clinton to meet with her russian counterpart foreign minister sergey lavrov at the sidelines of the munich security council this week conference this weekend the date that we're hearing is february fifth where the two sides are set to exchange the so-called documents of ratification the actual signed documents which will officially bring this agreement into force and it's one that we've been waiting for for quite some time now the bigger stumbling blocks that we've seen for this historic agreement even right here in washington we saw force a minority but yet a vocal minority of republican lawmakers opposing this treaty which is part of the reason that we've had such a long delay in getting this document ratified. arizona republican senator jon kyl one of the vocal critics of this treaty even earlier this week raised criticism of the of the agreement saying that the united states did not have enough time to look over this document but it really is a minority opinion as the consensus here in washington is that this is a critical step towards improving internati

in calling for an immediate political transition in egypt however russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov told r.t. that foreign intervention is not necessary to help resolve the crisis in egypt i don't think outsiders. should really be pushing gypped one way or another i don't think any suggestions from also going to be helpful and they're going to lead to a sustainable resolution of the situation i don't think that if you show lines at the bottom a term. you know there are. strongly believe that the egyptian political forces political groups must themselves for in the way i. mean you can watch the full version of the interview with russian foreign minister sergei lavrov in our spotlight program this saturday. well there's a similar wave of protests in nearby yemen a pro and anti-government demonstrators have been holding process in the capital sanaa while thousands of opposition supporters are holding a day of rage demanding the resignation of the country's president ali abdullah saleh a supporters of the current government also gathered for a rally accusing the opposition of trying to

laura and then reporting on the line mark visit of russian foreign minister sergei lavrov to london. five militants have been killed in a special on to ten operation and more violence in russia's troubled north caucuses three police died in a gun battle while two officers were killed in twin suicide attacks in douglas stan the incidents come as russian president dmitry medvedev ordered in terms of measures to fight terrorism following last month's suicide bomber demanded of an airport in moscow in which thirty six died catarina was out of a brings us all the details. a number of terrorists were surrounded by a local law enforcement a gun battle in shoot and in which five militants were killed one is supposedly on the run and is being sought after as we speak in the gun battle and this of course is just the latest installment in the ongoing battle against terrorism in russia specifically in the volatile caucasus region one of the a suicide blast that was a detonated in a village in the republic of the guest on that was a car that was detonated by a suicide bomber he himself was in the

russian foreign minister sergey lavrov is visiting the u.k. at a difficult time for the two countries relations earlier this month the guardian correspondent causing was expelled from russia he maintains it was because of his work with wiki leaks russia maintained breached accreditation requirements now back in moscow after it was widely seen here in britain as a climb down by the russian authorities but that's just the latest affair and what hasn't been an easy relationship for some years most notably the murder of former russian security officer alexander litvinenko in london in two thousand and six disrupted relations in a way that hasn't been overcome yes the u.k.'s chief suspect in the case is russian parliament deputy and by lugovoy and the two countries can't see eye to eye on the u.k.'s also harboring people who are wanted criminals in russia tycoon. akhmed zakayev person so far refused to extradite them despite repeated requests despite difficulties the russian remains one of britain's most important trading partners with more than a

their reporting on the visit of russian foreign minister sergei lavrov to. five minutes since have been killed in a special and. troubled north caucuses three policemen died in a gun battle while two officers were killed in twin suicide attacks in douglas than the incidents come as russian president dmitry medvedev ordered intensive measures to fight terrorism. integration. brings us all to have. a number of terrorist war surrounded by a local law enforcement a gun battle ensued and which five militants were killed one is supposedly on the run and is being sought after as we speak in the gun battle and this of course is just the latest installment in the ongoing battle against terrorism in russia specifically in the volatile caucasus region one of the a suicide blast that was detonated in a village in the republic of the guest on that was a car that was detonated by a suicide bomber he himself was in the car of course and died on location another suicide bomb that also took place in that same village. a woman who walked up to a military outpost and detonated

it's their reporting on the visit of russian foreign minister lavrov to london well still to come for you this hour speaking out on multiculturalism in a courtroom in austria. we have to respect individuals in our society and we have to ask them to integrate and we have to help them to find out what happened to a free speech activists to didn't agree with this viewpoint multiculturalism a failure. the first russia is taking new measures in its fight against terrorism in the latest special operation five militants were killed in the north caucasus region three policemen died and three were injured in the ensuing gun battle. has this report. a number of terrorists were surrounded by a local law enforcement a gun battle ensued in which five militants were killed one is supposedly on the run and is being sought after as we speak in the gun battle and this of course is just the latest installment in the on go way battle against terrorism in russia specifically in the volatile caucasus region one of the a suicide blast that was a detonated in a village in the republic of the guest on that w

in internal egyptian affairs because a message was put out by the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov he has called on the world community to allow interruptions to decide for themselves. we want to see there's a stable thriving democratic state we want the current social political and economic problems to be resolved as soon as possible through peaceful means but it's up to gyptian politicians and the people to decide how this could be done in practice we don't think it's helpful to encourage solutions from outside even ultimatums egyptian political forces need to find a consensus which there's been no reaction so far from president mubarak but no doubt whatever he has to say well only install the anger on the streets of cairo. although if sell and live an international political consultant based in tel aviv says this will have to be concerned over what's happening in egypt. israel has a lot of fears on its mind it's not just a general fear it's a very particular thing as you know israel is afraid of an islamist takeover of egypt israel's afraid of destabilization spreading to the pa

are as partners together that lavrov talked about how important that u.k. was its partner in its dialogue with the e.u. and also the partnership that it has in dialogue with nato and on improving european security and william hague the british foreign secretary also underlined the importance of that relationship let's hear him speak to those countries continue to see a patient steady improvement in relations it will take time there will be no giant leaps it is a very measured practical steps and this welcome visit is an important part of the steady improvement in relations which we initiated on our side when the coalition government came into office and as a working practical relationship on bilateral issues and on global issues it is undoubtedly on an improving trend. and alongside the bilateral relationship that these two countries have and are trying to improve there's obviously that cooperation on the international stage and in terms of that they have issued a joint statement on afghanistan which talked about the transfer of power in afghanistan also ta

he'll meet on friday with his russian counterpart sergey lavrov and minister. he plans to convey his position that the four islands are an integral part of japan. past agreements include 1956 joint declaration say the territorial issue must be resolved before the countries can sign a peace treaty formally ending their world war ii hostilities. seem willing to give up the islands. it's held them for 65 years. before leaving tokyo on thursday he said he wants to settle the territorial issue to enhance bilateral ties in economic and other fields. high-ranking officials have been visiting the islands in recent months. >> reporter: in november of last year russian president dmitry medvedev visited kunashiri island. he was the first leader of russia or the soviet union to set foot on the disputed territory. the russian president inspected a geothermal power station and visited a marine products processing plant. >> translator: we must make an effort to improve living conditions on these remote islands. >> translator: in the following month of december, first deputy p

another question from facebook jury in the communist era have you mr lavrov been a member in that communist party if yes what made you change your political views yes i was a member of the communist party. i was a member of the party until. the last day of the party. and they still have a memory my party card. by to do use monthly until the last moment and then the party ceased to exist to be the member of the party. frankly speaking we all know that being a member of the communist party. in the voice of the cynicism. and some primitive them as well was being a member of the communist party and before that of komsomol people couldn't really count on the deuce and kerry especially if the option was diplomacy. almost all miss nature of i never thought that there should be any other way and when there was and come some alone then and. by the way being a member of the party was the come some organization of the soviet foreign ministry and the young communist league sort of yes i just tried you know as young communist leaders of the foreign ministry to have some fun if you wish we organized even

sergey lavrov told a russian news agency the incident would not affect the upcoming visit by his counterpart. he is due to arrive in moscow by friday. monday was northern territories day in japan. the northern territories are for russian-held islands that japan claims as its territory. >>> military officials of north and south korea will hold talks again on wednesday, after discussions on tuesday failed to narrow differences. working level talks are being held at the truce village of panmunjom. the south korean defense ministry said its aim is to set a date and agenda for a future high-level military meeting toward easing tensions on the korean peninsula. south korea insisted that north korea should first apologize for its two recent attacks and pledge to prevent any recurrence. that includes the sink of a south korean warship in march and artillery attack on a south korean island in november. south korean officials said after that they would be ready to take up the other issues. north korea opposed setting pre-conditions. >>> the party led by myanmar's pro-democracy leader aung san suu kyi

subject of intense style of name between half years and this high representative and foreign minister lavrov we condemn and consider an acceptable the use of military force to break up peaceful demonstrations as well as any other money for stations of violence in particular we strongly condemn violence and the use of force against civilians in libya which has resulted in the deaths of hundreds of people we express deep regret and condolences for the loss of human lives we urge all parties involved to show responsibility respect human rights and international monetary law and ensure the safety of civilians and foreign nationals supporting the peoples of arab countries and there is provision for a more just and prosperous life we stand ready to provide economic and other assistance to interest countries at their request. but of course the great part of our meeting today very constructive very concrete discussions was. in terms of the european union russian relationship he's meeting as shown. yet again all important our common interests. russia is always third largest trading partner. european

when it comes to missile defense that's what we will do i have seen quotes from foreign minister lavrov just in the last few days saying that of course russia would defend russian territory that's what russia does like any nation like my own country canada so nato will defend nato russia will defend russia our challenge is to be interoperable. to cooperate and to become more than the sum of our parts when it comes to defending europe but here's another quote comes from hillary clinton she told participants of the munich security conference in germany where she said we seek a genuinely copulative approach in a year of the a.b.m. one that strengthens corporation with russia and increases our common security while maintaining strategic stability but can there be this kind of. genuine car peroration between two systems which are absolutely independent of each other i mean which are not interacting but there's a difference between independent and interacting they will be too independent systems that's quite clear but they will also interact according to our vision of this we have to first ma

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no radicalism and preconditions that's the message from russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov right after his meeting with his japanese counterpart if you point out when japan adults are radical approach towards the peace treaty with russia which happens regularly and issued by the country's government it's impossible to negotiate these issues i said to mr million here and that we're still ready to work on the peace treaty but with no preconditions the tell you through dispute between russia and japan over the southern crew islands has been going on for over half a century now and swears up every year during these so-called northern territory's the in japan talk your claims that these southern crew islands are traditionally and historically japanese tutorial russia says that a b. or a strategic part and that is one of the outcomes of the second world war so we continue standing firm on their positions but nevertheless both sides said that they are ready to talk more about this issue and also to work together in many others years from culture and energy to business of course which is

capital on tuesday russian foreign minister sergey lavrov revealed that trade investment finance high tech and nano technology is worthy monk the priority issues to be discussed during the form all correspondent laura emmett brings us the latest . it's an annual conference which brings together russian businessmen and foreigners involved with russia to discuss the business in investment environment russia is one of the u.k.'s most important trading partners with the route just thousand british business is working in russia trades topping seventeen billion dollars as such participants drawn from the public and private sectors in russia will address opportunities with and for russian companies and how to strengthen the political and economic image of russia in the world they'll be presentations on the role of foreign capital in the oil and gas industry and also a look at the changing investment climate in russia as the country diversify is away from hydrocarbons and tries to be fast pits technology and small business sectors they'll also be sessions on building and promoting moscow as a