right we know that mr putin is a strong negotiator but he is also man of compromises that. there are some shifts in your favor and ukraine should also make some concession that he promised anything some concessions that you are ready to make to get the right. he could be concessions we said that there should be a fair approach to determining if the prize so for russian gas supplies. considering that we're of the biggest wire of that gas no other country would purchase as much as we do there's this of this means that we should enjoy wholesale discounts based on the amounts we want. more than that we not only buy gas but also story in our storage facilities and this requires a lot of work gas is accumulated in summer time and then is consumed in winter in this way uninterrupted deliveries to european countries are secured let me stress once again we didn't speak of concessions on either side we discussed a universal math that to calculate the gas price and we said both sides should be happy with this formula but both sides should be happy with a contract you can't have a cont

a new hospital in moscow the center officially opened by prime minister vladimir putin is said to be the biggest and most well of quipped of its kind in europe the launch date of june first was chosen because it's recognized worldwide as international children's day or geezer son of boyko books of a little boy whose dreams of the hospital came true but he never got to see them. it was supposed to be a happy ending six years ago. was successfully recovering from leukemia he was already strong enough to give then president vladimir putin a tour around these overcrowded cancer wards and insightful enough to ask when the country would build a new more spacious hospital how much would that be it's very expensive out of five thousand russian kids who are diagnosed with cancer every year less than half managed to get specialized medical how do you know who was born in a small town of kalugin in central russia was sent to moscow for treatment and opportunity that cancer patients in russia don't often get. there now

since putting putin might be challenging medvedev for the presidency in the next election but if it is took a few political sides of the prime minister today criticizing what he called a centralization of economic and political power in the kremlin under putin's presidency in the eight years prior to his own some would say putin's presidency meant a big move in the direction of economic freedom but as with any modern mega state government russia has its own government empowered ruling class and super rich perhaps this is a move to just differentiate himself from who before the election and while neither man has announced yet speculation remains all but certain that one of the two in the political pairing will hammer down a spot in the race. jot that one down cliff anyway if russian politicians and lots of know how to do it right avoiding any of that messy centralization of economic power stuff maybe they should study them with us in it in the united states after all our thriving free market principles of a modern america into a beacon of economic prosperity oh. yeah ten cities all r

it's another round of talks with prime minister putin which as far as i can judge was a success and generally are you pleased with how the process goes on yes of course we're generally the relations between russia and ukraine have been developing with the dynamically the fact alone that trade has grown by seventeen percent is a record it is not with every country that tree grows at this rate to get that we're going to through it was considerable even before bracing entire segment so

it's hard for me to imagine we're putin and i both running for president of the same time for at least one reason that thing is we strictly speaking represent the same political force competition between us would bring harm to the golden tasks we've been working on for the past several years it wouldn't be good for russia and it wouldn't be good in this particular situation. worse no interview specifically no interview that is. taken by western media source has gone by without the issue of the seat where c.e.o. will try to speak for a french president reiterated his position that that was his release should it happen not in any way be a danger to society like any russian citizen serving time that he has the right to an appeal which according to the president is what exactly was he is planning to file for an appeal which wasn't just matters of domestic policy that were touched on fire from the f.t. the ongoing conflict in the middle east specifically of course the us in libya and syria the russian president speaking quite harshly about the nato military intervention in libya it is said

it's hard for me to imagine loving we are putin and i both running for president of the same time for at least one reason. we strictly speaking represent the same political force competition between us would bring harm to the goals and tasks we've been working on for the past several years it wouldn't be good for russia and i wouldn't be good in this particular situation. russia's president saying that one of the things that he took with him into his political career from his the legal background is to respect the verdict of a court no political party has the right to use a particular sentence to their advantage which is of course what he believes is happening with the case of the filth that is of course in prison currently serving out his second person. the president however said that he reiterated his belief that his release would not in any way be a threat to society and that as a citizen of this country because of that of course he has the right to file an appeal which according to the defense so i think what he's going to do speaking on libya russian president with a bit of criti

the possibility of a presidential runoff with prime minister putin next year's election interview with the financial times the russian leader also said it's still too early to say he will stand for reelection from. the international atomic. to present a report on the fukushima crisis to nuclear security for an interview. for this response to the results stop using the on the risks of radiation groups. takes a closer look at the nuclear crisis in japan we talked to the number two and you can officially in the disaster hit country. we are here with he day he call in the sheehan man who is with the ministry of a colony here in japan specifically with the agency that deals with nuclear safety and thank you very much for taking some time to be with us today now as this. devastating event has happened in the news has spread out around the world it's become clear in the past three months that the information coming from the from nuclear plant has gotten worse can you tell us what's the situation on the ground right now the situation is improving. for example we're steadily in introducing a wa

it's hard for me to imagine not a mere putin and i both running for president of the same time for at least one reason being is we strictly speaking represent the same political force competition between us would bring harm to the golden tasks we've been working on for the past several years it wouldn't be good for russia and it wouldn't be good in this particular situation. because it wasn't all about the election was it i'm sure some other tough questions were asked as well. indeed it was a very long interview that the russian present. gave to the financial times and of course many issues were raised throughout the course of it both of course pertaining to russia's national and foreign policies many aspects that are interesting both to people living in russia to those observing russia from abroad of course who are raised in the course of the discussion specifically of course questions relating to the goals that the russian president set out for himself during his term in office modernization battling corruption all those things were discussed in detail course no interviews specifica

it's hard for me to imagine putin and i both running for president at the same time for at least one reason. we strictly speaking represent the same political force competition between us would bring harm to the golden tasks we've been working on for the past several years it wouldn't be good for russia and it wouldn't be good in this particular situation it was a very long interview that the russian president gave to the financial times the course many issues were raised without the force of it both of course pertaining to russia's national and foreign policies many aspects that are interesting both to people living in russia and to those observing russia from abroad specifically of course questions relating to the goals that the russian president set out for himself during his term in office modernization and that only option was no interview that is taken by western media source has gone by without the issue of the seat where she'll will join us being raised russian president reiterated his position that that was his release that it happened not in any way be a danger to society b

medvedev he still isn't announce whether he'll stand again but did rule out a faceoff with prime minister putin. here monday evening here in moscow welcome if you just joined this you watching artsy international monitors kevin zero in on our top story tonight nato has admitted its forces killed up to nine civilians at a bungled air strike on a poor neighborhood in tripoli anger over the incident among libyans was heightened when the country's health ministry announced that the intervention had left more than eight hundred civilians dead so far his breath national reports now from the capital tripoli it may find some of the images coming up in a report disturbing. to. mohammad that hurt his extended family used to be one of the biggest in the neighborhood and a terrible mean killed five of them his father one of his brothers his sister and her own family mohamed shows us the picture of little jumana his niece taken on his mobile phone just days before he pulled her dead body from monitor the. i woke up when i heard an explosion and stones a piece of the roof fell on me i ran immediately see how

vladimir putin appointed her presidential adviser on human rights and his successor made her the head of the council. she has now turned her back on the government. >> over and over you hear the right words, "liberalization" and "freedom. over and over they say they need to take action against criminals, but they do not take action. they're just words, no deeds. >> she is a familiar face at discussions about freedom in russia. she does not play the opposition party, denouncing the kremlin. she is a democrat through and through, respected by the opponents of the regime. >> i have been arrested and put behind bars and i was only released because respected activists stood up to me -- for me. she helped me a lot. at the time, she was the adviser for human rights. >> she was the head of the advisory council in eight -- for eight years and in the end served under medvedev. she placed her last hope in him, only to be bitterly disappointed. she felt her only action left was to step down, which she did. >> whenever putin did not agree with something he would say no. but when he supported an in

putin was -- prime minister putin was opposing steps by the united states and president medvedev wasupporting them. this may be the reason why, for example, the current reaction is more one-sided. but a more relevant reason is that russia's concern with the axe of the united states and nato broadley. it wants to show its own influence. russia can maintain as much of its own position as it wishes to do. russia has a veto power in the security council. this current action by the u.n. will eventually lead to some sort of resolution similar to libya. russia can be to this new resolution. russia has quite a bit of leverage in this circumstance. >> while the united nations' nuclear watchdog have decided to refer syria to the council, the international atomic agency debated to review syria on claims of an unreported near of their reactor. the structure, which syria has maintained is not a military site, was destroyed by israel in 2007. hillary clinton, the u.s. secretary state, says the libyan government has made tentative contact about a possible and to the conflict. it came as a meeting i

session with them and a highly evaluated the results of the program russia's prime minister vladimir putin who is no stranger to martial arts having competed in judo back in one thousand nine hundred seventy s. understands the athletes' needs and objectives the fight and win program also provides force and major sport infrastructure developments across the board with a pulse construction commercial schedule already in place and that means jobs in a region where they're in high as demands well last but certainly not least is the pride of the country there's no this isn't it what we've done with a team is international as he can't see have guys from georgia and concious sense here all north cation republics siberia i'm from some petersburg as well and all of you working together for one goal for the interests of russia and you're doing a great job kind keep going you are the pride of the country we always watch your performances root for you and a breach over the trees then use that wrestling events in dagestan are usually back to the rafters there are always people sitting even in the aisle

of politics as head of a liberal pro-business party aiming to become the second largest after putin's united russia in an upcoming parliamentary election. in afghanistan as barack obama promises to follow through with the decision to withdraw one third of u.s. troops from the country the white house is acting against the advice of top military commanders who want a much smaller troop reduction. london is accused of harboring foreign fugitives after it was revealed the egyptian finance minister is living openly in britain despite a thirty year jail sentence he said he was convicted of corruption and power abuse for personal profit but. about. fifteen minutes from now. martin andrews walks the same streets as lenin in the russian capital moscow art is next stay with us for that. hello and welcome to the show on this week's program i'll be exploring that in slice. of australia to change the course of the straits and starting off the red square next to the magnificent moscow kremlin joining us as we take a look at his epic journey and visit various landmarks associated with his life at .

presidential runoff in the next year's election if it means going head to head with prime minister putin. and the tragic story of a russian mother whose baby died because she asked for help through the internet and also dr disturbing trend with children suffer from their parents distrust health care services. they are watching auto. well live from moscow welcome to the program nato has admitted that civilians were killed in an airstrike in a tripoli suburb on sunday that all thier fishel say two babies were among the knowing dead it's the first time the alliance admitted its responsibility the health ministry claims more than eight hundred civilians have been killed over three months of airstrikes and national reports now from the capital tripoli they find some of the images disturbing. mohammad that hurt his extended family used to be one of the biggest in the neighborhood and a table mean killed five of them his father one of his brothers his sister and her own family mohammed shows us the picture of little jumana his niece taken on his mobile phone his days before he pulled her dead b

of a presidential runoff in next year's election if it means going head to head with prime minister putin. times the russian leader also said it's still too early for this kind of the see. coming your way in just fifteen minutes time now let's head latest on the world of sport with andrew on a new sensation go thundering kerry. has won his first goal from just twenty two years old a card member what i was doing when i was twenty two but nothing is impressive is that i want. to live to the u.s. open trophy with a record school we've got more not just in my. day you're watching the sport and these are the headlines majestic mcelroy becomes the youngest u.s. open champion in almost a century. on the defensive arena williams are not biomed outplayed and their chances of retaining their titles has been with the gets underway. all shockers any plan to sue police amid claims they use an electric stun gun on strike can last a bit. but first more knowledge rory mcilroy has won the u.s. open is the first major for the twenty two year old who won by a whopping eight shots the congressional congressi

how mr putin thank you very much for coming a little shell miss if you can there was a time when the when the economic forum in st petersburg was was overshadowed by by the london economic front everyone is talking about the to take it taking place simultaneously now the russians are no longer envious and. the london eye gathering why is it a sign of. maturity or does this reflect the rising interest are far enough for a. businesses and the politicians to the events in russia to the gate to to russian market our russian economic forum in london has started for for mostly discussion of russian shoes. some put there before which actually force. some point of view is. pretty new new form which is a london form as a predecessor. looks like global because most of the main agenda of some pretty well form is a global agenda and a lot of discussion was the water and we'll be doing water this time to. global issues of course russian issue also will be presented and russian president is going to keep a speech to but anyway i believe that the most part of his speech will be about the global pro

and next year's russian presidential election it won't see the beach medvedev and prime minister putin going head to head standing speculation as he ended by the russian president in an interview with the british newspaper. more news in a quarter of analysis time sports with andrew follow and money and sports is pretty staggering these days and you rory mcilroy picks up one point four million dollars for winning the u.s. open and he's only twenty two not to bat an eye. and has made an eleven million dollars four years ago so it was a good career decision but he was insisting for we have to admit that much more on his amazing trial. just after. that thanks for watching the sport and this is what is coming up over the next few minutes. majestic mcelroy becomes a younger she less open champion in almost a century. class on the defensive trainer williams and not by a let down play down a chance to retain that title as when the going gets underway. i'm sure there's any time to soon let me kind of policeman use an electric stun gun on stryker down cause of it. but first northern ireland roy

next year is a russian presidential election of won't see dmitri medvedev and prime minister putin and going head to head the longstanding speculation was finally ended by the russian president in an interview with a british newspaper. i'll be back with those stories in fifteen minutes time but first the sports news for that. hello there thanks for watching the sport good to have you company and they used other headlines. majestic mcelroy becomes the youngest u.s. open champion in almost a century. on the defensive serina williams and rafael nadal play down their chances of retaining their titles has been with them gets under way. our whole shockers in a plan to see you amid claims of policeman in the electric stun gun on strike it down caroline's of age. and treat the world cup touches down in moscow on a two day world when told. the first no knowledge remark to roy has won the u.s. open is the first major for the twenty two year old he won by a whopping eight shots making him the youngest winner since bobby jones in nineteen twenty three mcelroy had led from the very first random is

their russia actually their statements off their bridges in their view and their prime minister mr putin to us but very powerful message to this series seem that russia has no special interest in syria rather than they condemning actually the violence done by by and by the syrian government otherwise the guarding the army which which it's important that the syrian army as i told you before it's a professional one it's and this is why when when when when russia and turkey use its leverage to and carry the army the syrian army is made by their people every seat and has to see of the army in two years i see of the army and our. my brothers and others serve in the army two years and this is why they see it an army made by their be bored just to mention wanted to many of them it international there are actually this all does he actually has you know from daraa is born and raised in daraa and the syrian are at the scene now and we need or should send him actually to serve in house there and they give him in a suction stop in the fire on the protesters and the people in hatteras there started c

because of poor company but some people in france said that it was all done on an order of let him or putin if you know that. who does that come from i mean this is bizarre is it's coming from a french p i'm not strong. it was seen as a put in the although as a sort of russian plots it makes predictions very very simple you know all the stuff is absolutely amazing and the media coverage of the stuff in france is much more than surprising for i would say real professional journalists. there is something completely irrational. entrance and so very is also a tendency to see clocks everywhere to explain what happened. so one day it's a russian plods over there it's an american blogs the other day something organized by to be honest open bets. is so complicated and definitely impact dramatically russian the mystic story russian french politics that it's it's not very important to to comment on the result of the correction from my point of view ok. france today is advocating the military campaign against gadhafi in libya advocating the un resolutions against bashers as a regime in syria well that

is hinting that the minister of the military operation against this russian prime minister vladimir putin recently rejected the possibility of. foreign intervention in syria world russia is in general pretty cautious about developments in syria and are you feeling this is because the target to use the naval base that russia is afraid to lose do you think that if assad's regime will fall this will mean for russia. the loss of a partner and the loss of a naval base now it's important for russia to understand to stay on this side and artistic side of history we don't want actually there are sort of flags to be burned in damascus them are supposed to be friendly secret off that are sign of flags and this is why there are government has to understand this message actually this is why we came here for fourth thing starts for the russian officials first of all that we have a shared invitations why then mr maher get off and other russian officials and this is actually it's a good beginning to have a channel with this year and i wish and and they we we need to oversize above the historical relatio

of trustees we have presented a plan of action up to the year two thousand and twenty to vladimir putin a wrestler said a meeting at a training session i with him and highly evaluated the results of the program russia's prime minister vladimir putin who's no stranger to martial arts having competed in judo back in one thousand seven hundred understands the athlete's needs and objectives after all wrestling in russia's caucasus is not just a way to occupy the kids and young adults free time to fight and win program also provides for some major sport infrastructure developments across the board with the post construction commercial schedule already in place and that means jobs in a region where they're in high as demand well last but certainly not the least is the pride of the country there's no the sydney filling them with on the team is international as he can see have guys from georgia and concious sense yet all north cajun republics siberia i'm from some petersburg as well and all of you working together for one goal for the interests of russia and you're doing a great job and thank y

with putin for a western libya professor lawrence davidson from west to chester university in pennsylvania told r.t. that nato has understood from the very beginning that its humanitarian operation what inevitably bring civilian deaths what this calls into question the original justification for american intervention which was humanitarian my own personal opinion is that that was always a just a media story for our domestic consumption you cannot enter being anywhere with this level of munitions and not kill civilians so ok you're going to protect civilians by intervening with the type of munitions that cannot avoid killing civilians i think that nato and its commanders and the president and the politicians involved in this are beyond a point of no return so they simply cannot stop in terms of their own mind what they've invested in this and therefore they will end up doing whatever is necessary to secure victory in libya and they will project media stories to cover. and there's more on nato and u.s. foreign interventions to calm the sour here in r t a look at a triple up for ghana stan an

if agreement which would see russia provide gas to china for thirty years prime minister vladimir putin and representatives from welcomed president hu jintao and a delegation from the chinese state energy provider his headquarters to try and iron out what's essentially the final wrinkle in the deal not final wrinkle is the price just how much russia will charge china for providing them with tons of of natural gas over. a year period now russia saying that they want three hundred sixty dollars thousand cubic meters now that's the market rates the rate that russia charges europe today gas china are saying they're looking for a discount they want to they don't want to pay that much for this gas by no stretch of imagination is this deal going to be dead in the wall to overprice this deal is just too important to both sides this is a mutually beneficial deal russia wants to sell china the gas over the thirty year period because they're going to make a lot of money out of selling china at once the gas because they need to fuel the essentially race car that is their economy and they need that

it's hard for me to imagine driving we are putin and i both running for president of the same time for at least one reason the thing is we strictly speaking represent the same political force competition between us would bring harm to the goals and tasks we've been working on for the past several years it wouldn't be good for russia and it wouldn't be good in this particular situation. because it wasn't all about the election was it i'm sure some other tough questions were asked as well. indeed of course questions that forward by the financial times concerning russia's domestic and foreign policy alike many questions to which with limited. detail lengthy answers of words concerning russia's interests national interests and its interests abroad many issues ranging. russia's position on the ongoing conflict in the middle east to the questions of rupture the sesame of reforms and what needs to be done in order to see those words actually take if there were no went to especially one with the western source would happen without the question about the former c.e.o. of will try to speak out t

with london's financial times dmitri medvedev said he would not say so with prime minister vladimir putin as both of them represent the same political force oh he's cancer he has the details. well it's definitely the question that the russian president has been asked most frequently in the recent months lots to do with it decided to keep the suspense up for a little longer but is it a new leader especially one who has the president's seat has to be willing to run for reelection however it's not a question whether he would make that decision for himself but i suggest waiting a bit longer and keeping the intrigue. of course the main intrigue of the twenty two of the presidential election still remains but with imitative did answer some questions in relations to who will run for office and one thing is certain both he and with him a person will not run for the same office it will just be one man or still remains to see cool well that man be. it's hard for me to imagine the mere putin and i both running for president of the same time for at least one reason we strictly speaking represent the

turkey is hinting within me start a military operation against us russian prime minister vladimir putin recently rejected the possibility of. foreign intervention in syria world russia is in general pretty cautious of the rooms in syria in the you think this is because the total use the naval base that russia is afraid to lose do you think that if assad's regime will fall this will mean for russia. the loss of a pardon and the loss of a naval base now it's it on board and for russia to understand. on this side in the right his side of history we don't want actually there a set of flags to be burned in damascus the marshes of boston to be friendly sequin of the russian of flux and this is why there are government has to understand this message actually this is why we came here for four things start for the russian officials first of all that we have a shared invitations why then mr margelov and other russian officials and this is actually it's a good beginning to to have a channel with this year in opposition and the we we need to oversize about the historical relationship between syria

be a partner or of the west and i think it's very unfortunate what happened there was a lot of mr putin yes you know my moment and sort of moving in russia. and america and the europeans just didn't recognize that non-consumer me they didn't believe it and when they finally believe that russian law started to set in you know the moment and still will be you know but it will be very interesting i mean all the gentlemen we look at the one thousand nine hundred six presidential election i mean it was amazingly fraudulent that everybody in the west wanted to ignore all of the fraud he won he won reelection ok we don't know exactly i mean i haven't gone back on the empirical evidence myself but i mean just supporting him and not what he was trying to do the democratization of this country its economic reforms they just wanted to base everything on yeltsin hoping that he would do the right thing what do you think about that alex not a systemic change but putting it on a person. yeah well first of all leaders of states always want stability first and foremost because stability equals security

successfully recovering from leukemia he was already strong enough to give then president vladimir putin a tour around these overcrowded cancer wards and insightful enough to ask when the country would build a new more spacious hospital how much would that be it's very expensive out of five thousand russian kids who are diagnosed with cancer every year less than half managed to get specialized medical how do you know who was born in a small town of kalugin in central russia was sent to moscow for treatment and opportunity that cancer patients in russia don't often get. there now hasn't lost this war it's pushed six months for fear of contracting infection a little girl shows symptoms up around former flu kenya but so far it hasn't responded well to treatment but it has already suffered a number of infections despite being dosed with antibiotics and her primary diagnosis is still unclear. it was recently dr savoy so many theories of what's wrong with us but nobody can come up with a diagnosis my only hope is going to moscow they have better have oratory is there their doctors are more exp

he still hasn't announced whether he'll stand again but did rule out a faceoff with prime minister putin. it's nine pm monday evening here in moscow welcome you watching our team with me kevin now in and first a nato has admitted its forces killed up to nine civilians in a bungled airstrike on a poor neighborhood in tripoli anger over the incident among libyans was heightened when the country's health ministry announced that the intervention of left more than eight hundred civilians dead so far. reports from the capital tripoli next you may find some of the images and i report the stabbing. to sheikh mohammad that hurt his extended family used to be one of the biggest in the neighborhood and they too bombing killed five of them his father one of his brothers a sister and her own family mohammed shows us the picture of little jim on his niece taken on his mobile phone just days before he pulled her dead body from on the day three. i woke up when i heard an explosion he said the roof fell on me and i ran immediately to see how my family is and many were dead my mother survived another brot