going to you alexei you just mentioned there the chernobyl incident how can the experience from arbitron noble didn't help in dealing with the situation that's unfolding right now in japan. well bowl means the chernobyl incident twenty five years ago remains history's biggest manmade nuclear disaster and indeed that russia is the country despite the fact that it was soviet union still russia is the country which was dealing with this problem and has a vast experience in trying to resolve this issue old the methods in fighting the explosion at a nuclear plant. to this date were worked out in russia in soviet russia in moscow and in ukraine so should the japanese side ask for the russian help i'm not sure whether any real chernobyl liquidators would be dispatched to the area because it's twenty five years since the zone since then since the since the fallout ensure double but still the experience which russia possesses in that matter would be of course invaluable indeed despite that the two incidents in chernobyl and the one which is unraveling now in japan are different in their nature st

gas problems alexei miller explains how the deal will work. soon but these new according to a memorandum. will get fifteen percent of the project so it gets promoted stay with its fifty percent share. of its share from the memorandum also includes new long term gas supply contracts that he said it but he's the oil prices are slightly lower weighed by uncertainty about the demand from the world's number three consumer japan but persis intentions in libya still give support to crude analysts say tensions in the region may lead to further oil spikes in the short term but there are no fundamental reasons for the moment by prices should remain permanently hot. we could go short. as high as you could swing in the woods you could even see the height of the woman in two thousand and eight. i don't think we're going to see a religious point committed unless of course things go really to extreme scenario and we see libya's oil installations destroyed and the risk premium in the old ones money right we put in the time from our own road a few months we ju

learned and what implications they will have for nuclear technology the world nervously waits to see alexey russia party. and time off with business news with dmitri. concerns about the state of japan's economy have been rising as the extent of the devastation becomes clear initial estimates already put the country's losses at one hundred seventy billion dollars but some experts are already saying that the actual loss could be much more although the quake's fury bypassed japan's industrial heartland the shock waves have been felt for out the business sector power supply is critical in the country firms like. i've had to stop production because with eleven out of the forward pants power stations out of action they're running out of energy carmakers ship builders and technology companies worldwide are short of supplies after the disaster and damage that will find reasons having a knock on effect queues forming at natural parts. if you have nuclear power is again under serious consideration following the events that have unfolded one of japan's nuclear stations germany is close to shut down se

the referee for a side three minutes into the second though mcclurg did make it one zero thanks to alexey high go to golf goal but less than two minutes off about the tropical cell about netted an equaliser skipper viktor kozlov scoring from the blue line one wall with no goals in the last period it was true over time where a public za do not strike prove crucial thing might cut the gap in the series to just one much to one solid no rule. in tennis under which secured the biggest win of her career among the eliminating the world's top player carline wozniacki in the fourth round of the sony ericsson open the german well she's right twenty third in the world but you can see some powerful structurally all in on with the danes serving for the first said petrovich see if the point in style and nine was mia on winner down the line she went on to take it seventy five. per game and kissed the second set six three. but too many irish followed along type of exchange for all german leaving the decider on the much like sixteenth street free to set up a meeting with the media coverage it's picked up

the rest of the side three minutes of the second though much more didn't make it one zero thanks to alexey golf but less than two minutes after that because of cell about netted an equaliser skipper victor kozlov scoring from the blue line won with no goals in the last period and two overtime we went were a problem do you know off goals prove crucial helping my point of course to cut the gap in the series to just one meaning it is true on solid but not over. and tennis under which secure the biggest win of her career monday eliminating the world's top player caroline wozniacki in the fourth round of the sony ericsson open the german ranked twenty third in the world she seen some powerful shots early on with attained serving for the first set cubics see if the much point in style denying wozniacki with a back on winner mind she began to take it step by. second six three she many hours would follow along pick which to take control of the german claiming the decider on the much by six games to three to set up a meeting with the bitch it's petrovich is third quarter final appearance this. i th

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there are a few new faces in the country can't score alexei you want to has been rewarded for his good start to be used as much as he needs us as denise because shoreward look a mighty both are unlikely to feature however one newcomer who is every chance of making his debut as yet any mackie you could replace or suspended alexander and you call russia's head coach isn't giving any clues away as to who may start against armenia however he did say it's a good opportunity for these three players to join up with a full squad i also spoke. to see them on a training. glances then to still period and the same for the player and the same for the player. rusher candidates to top up a group of nine points however armenia have already been some wacky something because work outside failed to do and are just two points behind the russians made their last competitive encounter in october against macedonia which one since then they've slipped to two very disappointing friendly defeat against belgium in iran and their doctrine says his team must improve. soon piñon only. this is the fourth home going

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was ruled out by the rest of the side three minutes into the second did make it one zero thanks to alexey. but less than two minutes off a lot because it's enough to make wiser skipper viktor kozlov scoring from the blue line for one one would. no goals in the last period it was drover time we went public june off strike prove crucial i think market meet. in series is just one notch to one solid growth. let's talk tennis andreea pets are the biggest win of her career and monday eliminating the world's top player caroline wozniacki in the fourth round of the sony ericsson open the german wanked twenty third in the world using some powerful efforts early on on with the dane serving from the first set. of the point in style the line was an iraqi with a back and winner mind she went on to take it seven by wozniacki while she didn't raise her game and clinch the second set six three put too many hours would following package to take control of the german claiming the decider on the march by six games to three to set up a meeting with him again for which it's part of its third w t quarter final

the rest for offside three minutes into the second though mettler did make it one zero thanks to alexey golf but less than three minutes into the richest club because some of us netted equaliser skipper viktor kozlov scoring from the line one one with no goals in the last period it went to overtime where a problem is a general strike through crucial nneka. the gaps in the series are just one much too on solid but not. in tennis andrea petkovic she heard the biggest win of her career on monday eliminating the world's top player carline wozniacki in the fourth round of the sony ericsson open the german run some twenty third places down in the world producing some powerful shots early on and with the dane serving for the first sets taken which saves a point in style denying wozniacki. line and she went on to take it seventy five wasn't that you raised her game and clinch the second set six three but she many others would follow along like a bitch to troll the german claiming the third set there for the match sixteen's free to set up a meeting with lena yankee which starts very shortly this

target for this year we prices rose the most with wheat and eggs close behind earlier finance minister alexei cruger and call for extra measures to curb inflation we're going by a lot of summer's drought and high crude prices but as john davies explains officials here may have limited power. has been a mounting problem since for the third quarter of last year it's not a specific russia problem and you've got nine point four percent i think your readers c.p.i. for february on the producer price level it's more than twenty but this is really broadly an emerging market theme which is now spilling over and translating into inflationary pressures in the rest the world in developed markets to give you a snapshot of the markets as our japanese shares trading flat to positive with downward pressure coming from tech and auto stocks made concerns of parts shortages following the earthquake hitachi down sharply following three point five percent toyotas down to port or two percent nissan dropping twice as much hong kong shares rise as metal and energy producers climb higher commodity prices and banks an

of say peter berg the visitors what was somewhat depleted going into this match with key players alexei yosh in a series of both religion however votes love sykora managed to find a suitable substitution for yosh and they rebuilt their group to prove his worth by scoring one of the three goals against top lines on saturday but back to the match up. for the first period the pressure seemed to get to scar in the opening minutes with three of their players sent off to a the same time that brought the home side and in that it's will go thanks to live on the steep just in seven minutes of an all it's the second period now where the match evens out somewhat not with the home side still mostly in control boiling points was reached after atlanta in mazing they hit the crossbar and then suing counterattack created a stir at the opposite ends a goal of the second period and in the third it seemed like a goal was the certainty once caught but almost ten minutes of play five on three just minutes after restart but that chance was wasted just like the rest of the our immense power play opportunities

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local favorites to become russia's first ever bobsleigh a world champion so cough and his teammate alexei where gods are also won the two man event to their world cup glory plus they came to the overall title of the same track including say so god had retired from the sport last summer but then returned to enjoy the best season of his career and is now hungry for more. but. of course will be preparing for the sochi olympics from now on when i didn't come back into this sport for just one season we had some serious discussions with the sports hierarchy and came to a decision for the new head of the bobsled federation knows very well what's to be done if we're to achieve good results of the season for example who finished in the top six at almost every world cup stage that's a very big thing. and finally temperatures of minus twenty didn't prevent thousands of spectators turning out to watch some flying ice skaters here in moscow and their own. right the cult. an impressive three hundred fifty meter long i swear it was a wretched columns keep working moscow to host the crucial third stage o

he's in ukraine for us alexei we of course saw the pictures of that enormous white snow rising out of the plant in japan how dangerous do we think that it could be bearing in mind the experiences of what happened at chernobyl. well as you said it is really too early to judge what the extent of this catastrophe could be we can only refer to the events of twenty five years ago internet will which is now part of the solar in ukraine of course the contamination from the open reactor from the exploded reactor at the chernobyl nuclear power station was almost immediate and the levels of radiation at the site could kill a person within minutes unless this person wore any protective gear indeed the aftermath of this explosion the radioactive cloud to. stalwarts the west in europe and was felt everywhere across the european continent even reaching the eastern coast of the united states and of course on its way to europe this radio radioactive cloud lost some of its dangerous radiation levels but indeed at the site the radiation levels were very high at some parts of the exclusion zone in ukrai

scholars say it is very the visitors what was somewhat depleted going into this match with key players alexei yashin and sergei zero both algy's and injury however boss but sykora managed to find a suitable supposition for yosh and they may feel part of crew cost to prove his worth by scoring one of the three goals against the plants on saturday but that's the natural hand ends of the first period the pressure seems to get to scott in the opening minutes with three of their players sent off to at the same time that brought the home side and in that it's a ball goal thanks to at the outlet on dusty just and seven minutes of an on the second period now where the match evens out somewhat not with the home side still mostly in control boiling points was reached after atlanta in the maze and they hit the crossbar and then suing tanner exact created a stir at the opposite ends a goal the second period and in the third it seemed like a goal was a certainty one style but almost and minutes of play five on three just so minutes after restart that chance was wasted just like the rest of the our immense

learned and what implications they will have for nuclear technology the world nervously waits to see alexey russia to ski. and next hour we talked to a former u.s. attorney general who had to deal with a similar nuclear emergency back in nineteen seventy nine he says that one of them a serious setback for the situation is a lot of he said information. what's most scary is that we can't get a hold of the facts and i know that very well from my time as governor at the time of three mile island accident it was terribly frustrating you could not get a grip on what precisely the facts were people were tell you more than they knew or less than they knew self-appointed experts kept showing up and the company that ran the plant was a very poor source of information they misrepresented certain facts to us so we had to do was operate really as investigators and constantly go back to people for their version of the facts and then put that together with the with everyone else's . but we're following all the continuing developments in japan since the quake and tsunami struck the country the latest they'

this year wheat prices rose and rose with buckwheat and eggs close behind earlier finance minister alexei kudrin called for extreme measures to curb inflation given by last summer's drought and high crude prices but hey john gave these explains officials here may have limited power to act. inflation has been a mounting problem since for the third quarter of last year it's not a specific russia problem and we got a nine point four percent i think you're a year c.p.i. for february on the producer price level it's more than twenty but this is really broadly an emerging market theme which is now spilling over and translating into inflationary pressures in the rest of the world in developed markets too. rolling the numbers for you this hour japanese shares trading flat to negative with downward pressure coming from tech and auto stocks and it concerns a hard shortages following japan's earthquake hitachi down sharply following four point three percent weighted down two point seven percent dropping twice as much hong kong shares rise as metal and energy producers pawing on higher commodity pric

well our correspondent in ukraine alexei ownership skee looks at the similarities of the chernobyl disaster with what's happening right now in japan. obviously this white smoke coming from the reactor building is the only ovis resemblance which we can see between the two incidents twenty five years ago which are noble and at the fukushima power plant now days that's where the similarities and the situations are basically different simply because what's the cause of the what caused them you know the the fallout eternal was caused by a massive human error what is happening now in japan is of course the result of a natural disaster the earthquake happened which happened on friday and the other big difference and this is a very significant difference between the two events is how the government has been responding to the to the events obviously twenty five years ago the government of the soviet government kept most of the information secret from the general population in russia as well as from the rest of the world and went on a massive secret can train to just safeguard this information and th

have to rest will be implemented in russia already next year that's according to finance minister alexei cauldron huge reduction of the global acknowledge status for some of the companies he's one of the steps towards creating an international financial center in russia this comes as president medvedev stressed the importance of reform in order to reach the task. the creation of moscow as an international financial center remains the country's key priority and to do this we need to effectively settle two issues the first is about financial architecture of the center because you should have a center featuring all basic financial instruments our task is also to raise moscow to the level of other leading financial capitals. and lukoil is sold more than half its gas stations in the united states and one of russia's largest oil producers sold a total of nine hundred gas stations to the u.s. base cambridge concerned angry the call was so the stars of the u.s. expansion back in two thousand so owns six hundred and thirty five gas stations in the country and the same petroleum southern margin in

experience in coping with both natural and typological disasters polish short time ago i spoke to artie's alexei yet a ship city in kiev in ukraine and going off in moscow. at the moment it's hard to even start calculating the damage done by of this disaster in japan as the whole world watches these horrific pictures from the country but russia's emergencies ministry has prepared just six jets which are ready to deliver rescuers doctors medical equipment including a medical morwell hospital to the country all he's needed at the moment is a request from japanese authorities these jets have been on standby since friday on the first of all water off the president of russia. of course we're ready to help our neighbors in overcoming the effects of this severe earthquake a state of emergency has also been declared on our soil on the coral islands in the seattle region were all necessary measures must also be taking to prevent damage and loss of life but tsunami has already reached our shores and we must all be consolidated time i'm now ordering the emergencies minister to present a plan of assistance.

equips the local favorites because russia's first ever say world champion the cause of his teammate alexei voyage rather also won the two man events to oust the world cup lawrie plus they think the overall title at the same track in can exist so god had retired from the sport last summer but then returned to enjoy the best season of his career he's now hungry for more. but the talk of the world of course will be preparing for this or chilly pick from now on everything so i didn't come back which is good for just one season we had some serious discussions with the sports hierarchy and came to a decision then you had of the books literature knows very well what is to be done if we're to achieve results take the season for example over the finish in the top six at almost every world cup stage that's a very big thing with probably that's all sports and i would all be back in just under an hour with more news still and i think it's. great for the feels like we've got. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers on our team. as. for. the rush it would be so much bryson

learned and what implications they will have for nuclear technology the world nervously waits to see alexey russia ski r.t. more than that is spying go from the. lines just the republican do to minimize the effects of possible radioactive contamination. from the clinton one as long. as the requested. radius people are advice. indoors not to grow old so in case we need to wear some of the most we are getting a lot of food from all the bone wells. which has been grown. so our commonsense protective measures in the world where we will hear and also. to expect those there were no calls for if a person suspects. us and should immediately seek for medical help me to call for advice from professionals every consulate and nearly every city here and we've all seen the so-called radiation emergency medical preparedness. so all. our. children. sent us were worried you could be nearly of measures in. order for some more course students or for people who are reaching the decision. or. really. pounds economy is facing its biggest challenge since world war two after being hit by one of the strongest earth

learned and what implications they will have for nuclear technology the world nervously waits to see alexey russia ascii art see. more of in the humanitarian issues over the disaster in japan let's talk about the economic damage now that we're going to new year with our business update. that's right time for the business our days and worst economic collapse in its history has become a reality as it faces the first crippling crisis initial estimates already put the country's laws as a one hundred seventy billion dollars but some experts say the actual laws could be much more although the quake's fury bypass japan's industrial heartland the shock waves have been felt throughout the business sector or power supply is critical in the country firms like about toyota nissan have had to stop production because with eleven not japan's fifty four power stations out of action they are running out of energy carmakers should builders and technology companies worldwide are short of supplies after the disaster transportation is also badly affected ports handling as much as seven percent of japan's indust

target for this year we prices rise in the most buckwheat and eggs close by earlier finance minister alexey called for extra measures to curb inflation driven by last summer's drought and high crude prices but his drop john davies explains officials here may have limited power to act. the inflation has been a mountain problem since for the third quarter of last year it's not a specific russia problem and you get nine point four percent i think you're. on the producer price level it's more than twenty but this is really an emerging market which is now spilling over and translating into inflationary pressures in the rest of the world into the markets too. taking a look at the scoreboard now japanese shares trading flat to negative with downward pressure coming from tech and auto stocks amid concerns of power shortages following the earthquake down sharply falling four point three percent toyota down two point seven percent nissan dropping twice as much hong kong shares rise as metal and energy producers climb on to higher commodity prices and banks and local conglomerates taking the lead on p

praised his side's character after baby take also one mil to lift the russian super cup substitute alexei yong of not to the winner in the traditional curtain raiser at the new russian football season the muscovite side have formal goal scoring opportunities throughout the match it's left his men found and at seventy three minutes through the on off cynics are shared your trade tastes again and they called in the quarter final of the caution cup before that both of playing in the last sixteen with you greatly going first like this and that's the twenty taste of seaport i. knew asked the manager asked and then it says that fabregas is likely to be fit to choose the champions league last sixteen second leg of barcelona as the gunners look to defend it to one first like victory thank you said his captain who hasn't missed three games with a hamstring injury is ninety percent fit however vango will be without a number of other key players in the county alex song is set to miss out with a knee injury along with winger theo walcott and first a goal scorer robin van persie of just a drop of a di

learned and what implications they will have for nuclear technology the world nervously waits to see alexey russian ski r.t. the meantime it got a whole cloth from the into hutto world economy and international relations he says the consequences of the nuclear crisis in japan could affect the world on a global scale. russia has done a great job fighting the. disaster actionable and then fighting the consequences first of all the fallout that happened across some of the russian regions and russia can offer a lot of expertise in fighting those consequences and also you know russians understand very well the magnitude of the disaster and you know often as in the situation for all the trashing prime minister vladimir putin immediately offered all of the little this instance to japan colleagues and even the shipment gets the amount of radiation being released now and the amount of radiation that will be released in the coming future is so great that actually all global the fact that you know the disaster chernobyl were only one poll you know it was affected you know this really should cover the

share is not getting a lift from news of the south stream deal with winter's haul or the fact that alexei miller has been elected c.e.o. for another five years meanwhile out of their energy sector giants are doing better roos hydros shares of more than one percent looking ahead to how the russian markets are likely to perform in the near future michael stein from he's here believes equities here still offer good value. given the increase in risk aversion and the increasing volatility that we've seen that investors are more most likely going to take from what's happening with western markets with a focus on what's happening in japan and also what's with what's happening in libya that's the russian equities from being very cheap especially given the elevated oil prices that we have out there we think in the medium term you're going to see a strong performance in the well in gas sector which is going to benefit from forthcoming upward revisions to oil price forecasts and also. pending tax tax reform changes. that's how the numbers look this hour i'll be back in the next hour with more and yo

learned and what implications they will have for nuclear technology the world nervously waits to see alexey russia's ski r.t. . may have been the worst nuclear disaster in history is just one of a number of incidents like the late his japanese nuclear crisis later on we talked to a former governor of the u.s. state of pennsylvania who had to deal with a similar nuclear virgins in back in one thousand nine hundred ninety he says a one of the most serious setbacks in such situations is the lack of cohesive information coming out or don't miss our interview with richard in around ten minutes time here a lot. of we are following all the continuing developments in japan since a massive earthquake and tsunami struck the country there are yet more threats in japan news cooling systems of seymour reactors appear to be faltering this is what led to the explosions we've seen so far fears all the nuclear meltdown of skyrocketed since the reactor began to ban is reportedly now told the international atomic energy agency that the facility is releasing radioactive materials into the atmosphere with a maj

scoffs a petersburg of visitors what was somewhat depleted going into this match with key players alexei yashin and siri daisy will both allergies and injury however vaslav sykora managed to find a suitable substitution for yosh and namely philip approve of prove his worth by scoring one of the three goals against outlands on saturday but back to the match on hand and for the first period the pressure seemed to get to scar in the opening minutes with three of their players sent off to the same time that brought the home side and in that it's all go thanks to at the water level gulf keep just on seven minutes of an ounce the second period now where the match in and out sun was out with the home side still mostly in control boiling point was reached after our plant in mazing they hit the cross bar and the ensuing counterattack created a stir at the opposite end a goal of the second period and in the third it seemed like a goal was a certainty when scott got almost ten minutes of play five on three just two minutes after restart but that chance was wasted just like the rest of the our immen

not getting a lift from the news that the south stream deal with winter is all over the fact that alexey miller has been elected c.e.o. for another five years meanwhile other energy sector giants are fairing better hydro shares are up more than one percent. russia's largest mobile phone retailer euro said has confirmed plans to float on the london stock exchange a source close to the deal says the company is looking to raise as much as one hundred forty million dollars in the issue euro said has been valued by banks up between three point two and five billion dollars. looking ahead now to how the russian markets are likely to perform in the near future michael stein for most believes equities and here are still offering good value. given the increasing risk aversion and the increasing volatility that we've seen that investors are more than most likely going to take cues from what's happening with western markets with a focus on what's happening in japan and also what's with what's happening in libya that said the russian equities for me in very cheap especially given the elevated oil pri