have gathered that apec leaders meeting. for russia this means to ration into the asia pacific region. to the far east and the so what. else is moscow going to take advantage of the most important we will discuss it with the head of the russian direct. me. that is hosting a forum where financial wizards will be discussing business development and investments russia has a great opportunity to boost money flowing to its economy many economists say it's a time of global financial uncertainty the country is doing great but like excessive bureaucracy and corruption still hold back global investors. the head of russian direct investment fund curial de triomphe is working to change this. the russian market is better than many others and now at the apec summit mr reality is showing busy. hands vestment russia behind. hello kitty welcome to the show thank you very very much for coming for coming clear well first of all i. before we start talking about the event itself about the apec meeting well many economists. believe that the focu

apec foreign and trade ministers have started talks on wednesday. they discussed how to stabilize the food supply in the face of a global surge in grain prices. they agree to refrain from export controls and other protectionist measures. the ministers talked about apec's plan to lower tariffs on fast growing environmental related products to less than 5% by 2015. however, they couldn't agree on which products should get tariffs cuts. they'll continue that discussion on thursday. russian leaders began pushing to hold the summit here in vladivostok after joining the group in 1998. the city is the country's main gateway to markets in the asia-pacific region. and i had a look around vladivostok to see how it changed in leading up to this meeting. ahead of the apec forum, the russian government has carried out several major development projects around the city. [ cheers ] over the past five years, it has spent a total of 680 billion rubles, around $21 billion. it has built a new high speed railroad between the airport and the city center. until a month a

before we start talking about the event itself about the apec meeting well many economists. believe that the focus. of the world economy is steadily moving from the western region for western europe america the the atlantic region to asia and to the pacific region do you do you do you agree with that i think definitely this is the case and i think the summit and actually it's very critical that it's happening in russia is it a case or a trend i mean moving the moving i think it's a trend really and if you see china's growth if you see some of the efforts of the region in the eastern part of the world to integrate and to have internal grows you see me shift happening because whereas before for example china was exporting most of the things into the united states now has a very robust very significant internal market and this is a case with many economists so definitely becoming a very big factor in what is happening in the world but if we keep in mind the economic difficulties and we even call it an economic crisis that that happened in the west and many western countries hav

i think the importance of this apec meeting is that it's. may be. russia's president which were trying like america's predator. is real russia is making huge investments in. port facilities where where. there won't be ice all water. it's building roads and railroads and making a huge commitment and. a structure so i. will show this off. very little else will be accomplished. but this this is very important and will have consequences but what do you think about that because you know russia's turn over and effectuate is about one point five percent of our total i guess small yes minuscule yeah well i mean ok another way to look at it and i want to follow up with and mentioned earlier yes the world is getting more and more interdependent and interconnected that can be positive but it can also be indicative of the positive part of it is that. you have in the last decade or so the world economies are relatively healthy until the lehman collapsed in the fall of two thousand and eight so it's all because of the sort of open and market based kind of an econ

to cross-talk the apec group i'm joined by and lee in new york she's an adjunct professor at new york university and author of what the u.s. can learn from china in cambridge we have william overhauled he is a senior research fellow with the ash center for democratic governance and innovation at harvard's kennedy school and here in the studio with me is the of on as easy as a professor of economics at cornell university right cross talk rose in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and only one of us stuck in the end why should people know something about this why is it important it's important for a number of reasons. well and this is an organization that has been growing and clout. and it is a sum it was a number of asian countries represented and many americans are not aware of this and with more and more activity going on in asia pacific and as you were posing a question is it the pacific century and i would say yes because you know the pacific region is growing in wealth and whenever you have growing wealthy a growing influence and power and you're going to start to

she will be covering the apec summit saturday. >>> u.s. president barack obama has made a bid for re-election at the democratic party's national convention in charlotte, north carolina. he told the delegates the vote in november is a choice of a generation, and he called on supporters to join him again. >> our problems can be solved. our challenges can be met. the path we offer may be harder, but it leads to a better place, and i'm asking you to choose that future. >> barack obama wrapped up the democratic national convention by asking voters to consider what the election is all about. >> on every issue, the choice you face won't just be between two candidates or two parties. it will be a choice between two different paths for america. >> obama delivered his message to delegates and to millions of americans watching on television. he responded to voters' concerns about the economy, promising 1 million new jobs in manufacturing over the next four years. >> yes, our road is longer, but we travel it together. we don't turn back. we leave no o

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enough to encourage our partners to seriously tackle this issue and this is very sad increasingly apec is becoming not just about the economy and finances but also about about politics and of course the united states and russia are key players at the summit as well and the u.s. delegation is headed by secretary of state hillary clinton who is standing in for president obama who couldn't attend this summit who sent his apologies but he had to participate in the democratic convention which is taking part which is taking place in the u.s. at the moment now of course russia and the u.s. have a lot of issues to discuss with the upcoming elections of course bush leaving nobody an interested it's arguable to say we do know that for example mitt romney has voiced his concern with russia calling it the united states number one geopolitical enemy and now his point of view is not you would rather is not shared by president obama who doesn't say that russia is a key. partner for the united states and fortunately a similar peaceful view off their relations between the two countries is also shared b

policy partnership and innovation and for security on the eve of the apec summit. we held it to be many first national discussions. members of asian pacific tonight so you would love. union city try myself took part in one of so it was really shootings in moscow just recently. we discussed constructive and useful ideas. on that in a particular we spoke about how. impacts lay them out when you talk about social responsibility how the state truly mr business trade unions would want to have more you have become a school influence on the work of a back up. and use of the word usually just simply you and the captain are out come back live aid i promise to colleagues from trade unions and you formed. my ravello leaders yesterday some of you have the initiative and we are doing trade unionists and we agreed to build corporation. trade union leaders. and in the news groups of the indonesian president. shall not only take on board you i mean these are for greater cooperation expressed by trade union leaders but also hold your ministerial meetings your labor ministers who ar

process is gearing up to work in the business elite from across the globe at the apec summit in the east of the country but fareed to take full advantage of its position on the map as a bridge between europe and asia but exclusive interview are always that we take leave three the global equity markets at about twenty minutes time. the beginning of september holds a somber significance for one of russia's southern regions north a set is in its third day of mourning commemorating those who lost their lives during the beslan school siege in two thousand and four terrorists took over a thousand people hostage. although most of the victims were saved after military forces stormed the building three hundred thirty four people most of them children died in the tragedy watch archie's documentary a town of little angels later today. their childhood was overshadowed by this tragedy. these two feel fear they. don't remember every second of this light and. it will remain in their memories and harsh forever. and if you saw. a little. very warm warm welcome to this is our tino in bahrain anti-governme

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the president and host of letting me repeat in speaking to journalists and taking questions at the apec international summit in vladivostok. beveridge other news in greece say it's been seen as its first law school protests against a new round of wage and pension cuts with thousands marching through the streets of the country's second biggest city after last minor scuffles where the riot police erupted in the end of what was otherwise a peaceful demonstration several young people said rubbish on fire and burned flag the protests so it's plays against the backdrop of the e.u. and the i.m.f. inspectors are visiting greece to assess whether the debt crippled nation qualifies for its next multi billion euro tranche of aid to secure that rescue loan and stay in the euro zone athens is planning spending cuts with almost twelve billion euros are people all of a has more. than some money. greek prime minister antonis samaras has said that he will do everything within his power to make sure the greece remains within the euro zone however he did acknowledge that the cuts that is government were m

ling's or that's how easy pacific nations aim to energize economic growth across the world at the apec summit that's wrapping up in russia's five easy developing nations sought to underpin global recovery and outpace expansion in developed countries as well talk to our teaser dimitri medvedev in the city of that the boss dog dmitri all we actually see an economic policy shift more towards the east. well yes indeed that's what that is what's happening with vladimir putin was rounding up the results of the apec two thousand and twelve forum which russia hosted for the first time he basically again praised the fact that apec is extremely important as a region and as an organization it accounts for around fifty percent of the global economic output and global trade and therefore the shift is happening globally towards this region and russia is no exception this shift is happening naturally as trade with the apec over the past decade has grown from fourteen percent to twenty one percent for russia and vladimir putin as. china plays an extremely important role as a driver of global economic

for making the time to talk to us but i want to talk about first of all is the ongoing at the moment apec summit you'll be going there very shortly no flood of osce talk course it's the first time that russia has held it prestigious event but it always begs the question what's actually achieved at these events events like that like the g eight like the g twenty now with the way pick is primarily an economic vessel there's a lot of politics involved as well and of course a lot of the key players including you including american key players disagree on some very key issues and thinking about syria and thinking about missile defense thinking about iran is there a danger that the politics may stifle get in the way of the big economic deals that the very same key players hoping to sign at this summit or at least talk about sign and if. that is true but in fact you just said it yourself a pick was originally conceived as a forum for discussing economic issues and as this year's host country we also intend to focus on economic and social economic challenges and emotionally was originally establi

breaking economic barriers and a free trade zone in asia pacific dominating discussions of the apec summit in russia with vladimir putin weighing in. the u.s. has its presence on the border with syria with more spies reportedly training and organizing rebel militias and in the meantime france says it could send heavy artillery to help opposition troops. plus barack obama formally becomes the democrats' presidential candidate with promises of change but his opponents say he's failed to deliver on his original pledges from four years ago. to five pm on friday here in moscow i'm a real risk. welcome to the program they ship pacific economic cooperation summit is living up to its title in of light of all stock the emphasis is on working closely to ride out economic problems and ensuring greater energy security a lot of us president of the host country has been talking about how he sees it all about working especially with the rising influence of russia and china's partnership reporting from of lot of our stock with more result seems to be true. it started by praising the role of apac as both a

the russian apec summit our team. i'm in sochi the oldest city in europe the host of the twenty four g. in which are the figures. thank you. thank you the. dog days of. the ride is a. it's so true. canada has severed diplomatic ties with iran closing its embassy in tehran and expelling a rain diplomats from the country explaining the surprise move officials said that iran represents the biggest threat to global security with its nuclear activities support for the syrian regime. and threats against israel to iran slammed the decision accusing canada of a radical foreign policy that puts the interests of israel it had of those of its own citizens by its mashallah sadowsky the director of the center for research on globalization based in montreal believes canada was in the one making the decision here high only statement the only moments. really also very serious this is because it closes down communication it isolates iran it's taking diplomacy and it is creating calm or you could clone a sea so to speak this is just on

its regional integration which is in the driving economic growth forward and of course the fact that apec is such an important organization demands a common responsibility for all the actions that they are taking in order to avoid basically european scenarios now a huge role of course of devoted to limiting protectionism within this region now let him approach and admitted that protectionism is of course a justified for every nation that every nation has the right to support its national industries especially at a time of crises but even though russia also does the same thing russia has a new member of the world trade organization will be working very hard to elaborate transparent laws to limit protectionism anything during the hardest of times and also russia has a specific role within a pack of course it needs to use its a vast resources like oil and gas in order to provide energy security within the region and also its territories including that so accustomed to dealing with the sun and by the roots to build a bridge basically between asia and europe but also. kind of back to all of hi

the three-day business forum is being held alongside apec sessions. businesspeople from 500 leading pacific rim companies attended friday's meeting. >> kaori, russia seems to be placing special emphasis on its far east which borders china's northeast. as you reported earlier, russia has spent around $21 billion in infrastructure projects there over the past five years. >> reporter: that's right. businesspeople are closely watching what russia will do next. one-third of the people, the companies, attending the forum were chinese. i asked several chinese attendees what they think about the economic relation with russia. >> so coming here as a chinese businessman, you know, to learn more and also to find opportunities to work together. and i think that's, you know, china has a lot to offer for russia and so does russia. >> russia, we are a close country. the far east is -- it has a big potential. >> chinese business leaders are expecting that russia's development in its far eastern borderlands will benefit their activities. what about china's government?

russia is a member of apec it is accounts for one point five percent of apec trade i mean let's go back there's a lot to do here there's a lot to do and a lot of the infrastructure is going to be financed with asian money the chinese are you know overwhelmed with dollar reserves they don't know what to do with their reserves and in numerous countries they. our prefunding all sorts of export projects they're doing it in argentina they do it in brazil they do it in the ukraine so the chinese under proper conditions will certainly finance a lot of the means which will bring them what they're looking for and. it's the synergy made in heaven between china and russia saluted the russians have the roots and they have the rovers the raw materials and the chinese have the money and that the money to live in was you know easy going to the country and simon let me go to you i mean russia over the last twenty years has finally attained its economic sovereignty is it willing to go into such broad partnerships with other countries and china has more money than god right now i mean but they have certa

i'm on room and today my guest is michael clear one of the key speakers at the apec summit expert on energy and world security but first here's a seasonal chorus question what what's the capital of russia right now and i'm sure most of you got that question to trash and city just call the northern cap some might know that st petersburg russia is a gateway to your final question what city today claims it's the eastern cap the far far east you'll know the answer just minutes into this show. moscow and st petersburg i haven't a break these days as all the attention has been on the part of russia most remote from the capital for recency to avoid evil stalkers hosting the summit of the asia pacific economic cooperation apac russia joined the forum fourteen years ago and they see it to a with a rotating chair for the first time it's also first time russia is at the event as a w t o member which means a new level of involvement in international trade before hosting the summit of a store had to go through a major grade roads bridges and conference holes have been built to welcome a peg guest

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its regional integration with you and me driving economic growth forward and of course the fact that apec is such an important organisation demands a common responsibility for all the actions that they are taking in order to avoid basically european scenarios now a huge role of course of devoted to limiting protectionism within this region and also russia has a specific role within a pack of course it needs to use its vast resources including oil and gas in order to provide energy security within the region and also its vast territories including that of its customs union with kazakhstan and belarus to build a bridge basically between asia and europe but also that in a. kind of back all of his thoughts about the importance of this shift towards asia for russia in an exclusive interview that he gave to several days ago one of the main issues of course the importance of trade with china which has become one of the most important partners for russia with trade expected to exceed one hundred billion dollars through out the end of this year let's listen to what the g.o.p. has actually had to s

a lot of our stock while many more details on the speech by a lot of you put into work clothes the apec summit plus analysis of the main outcomes of the event on our website of course that is dot com. well not all countries send their leaders to the summit in vladivostok with the us elections approaching barack obama opted to stay at home to concentrate on the campaign trail is currently tied in the polls with a rival mitt romney and as artie's marina portnoy reports when you look at the two parties platforms it sometimes seems there's very little to separate. in two thousand me puracal bomb i turned us politics into something of a pop culture phenomenon we made one of those defining moments. a moment when our nation is at war our economy is in turmoil the democratic presidential candidate accepted his party's nomination valley to rebuild america's moral standing and break from the policies of his predecessor the failure to respond is a direct result of a broken politics in washington and the failed policies of george w. bush four years after change occupied the white house america is s

discussions of the apec summit in russia. the u.s. presence on the border with syria with more agents reportedly training and organizing rebel militias and in the meantime france says it could. help opposition troops. plus barack obama formally become the democrats' presidential candidate with more promises of change but its opponents say he's failed to deliver on his original pledges from four years ago. global news twenty four seventh's this is on with me rule receive live in moscow thanks for joining this program the asia pacific economic cooperation summit is living up to its title in the of a lot of our stock is on working closely to ride out economic problems and in show greater energy security. president of the host country has been talking about how he sees that all working with the rising influence of russia and china's partnership. of a stock with more. it started by praising the role of apac as both an organization which accounts for no less than fifty percent of the world's trade g.d.p. and of course investment but also as

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joshie leaders of nations that make up half the world's population are getting down to business for the apec summit in russia's far east and it's spurring global growth asia pacific economies gathered in lot of us dogs are seen as the best bet for fueling recovery with traditional powerhouses like the u.s. and you were flagging are hearing those go as a form we can get the latest from her now so rena tells the asia pacific region is the focus of so much hope for nomic revival now with china towards becoming a global political and economic hub. well that's right looks like china is actually ready to take on the brunt of responsibility to be that locomotive which will hopefully pull the global economy out of the crisis it is in right now so it's really no surprise that russia is looking increasingly more and more towards its close neighbor and the moscow and beijing seem to agree on a lot of matters not just in things not just in matters concerning the economy but also in what it is but also in all matters concerning politics as well and now of course russia has a lot to offer to china and chi

i was asked to comment on his recent stop the he made prior to the apec summit and that was your ma in russia to teach a flock of cranes to fly south he was using a hang glider and the journalist said that basically it's created a whole wave of internet jokes and a comparison also was made to russia's electoral race that only sixty three percent of the krays the site had to pull the curtain and the others decided to go somewhere else and this is what he had to say not all the creams follow immediately only the weak ones don't. mean. i must admit it's also the leaders fault the pilots fault the not all the koreans follow mediately if i was too fast and too high they can't keep up there are also birds who don't fly in a flock even if they aren't part of the flock they're part of our population and the should be taken care of as much as possible. and i was listening to that q. and a appear international press center here and the answer was followed by a standing ovation. more details on the speech by vladimir putin to close the apec summit plus the analysis of the main outcomes of the eve

getting down to business asia pacific nations are looking to kick start global economic growth at the apec summit in russia's far east. fury over crippling cuts spreads from athens to the country's second largest city as thousands of people including police are to protest against fresh stared package. and canada cuts diplomatic ties with iran over its nuclear program and support for the syrian regime expect a move seen as part of the u.s. led campaign to increase tehran's isolation. it is a.d.m. of the russian capital you're watching r t with me arena joshie leaders of nations that make up half the world's population are getting down to business for the apec summit in russia's far east aimed at spurring global growth asia pacific economies gathered in lot of us stocks are seen as the best bet for fueling a recovery with traditional powerhouses like the u.s. and europe flagging. is that a form for us. it actually is no surprise that it was trying to squeeze and it was opening the economics of it after all china is arguably the world's leading economy right now the course there is a lot of w

absolutely in the business bulletin will bring you all the details of the apec forum taking place in russia's far eastern city of light of all stock including some one belated steel find one of them is in me and energy sector between russia's straws now and u.s. oil major x. and mobil and another one in the automotive sector and the details of this story and more later this hour. so good to have you with us here on our to today the european central bank has a new crisis plan that will buy bonds from struggling eurozone nations allowing the likes of greece and spain to borrow even more cash but perhaps a bit more cheaply it comes as the heads of the e.u.'s five leading economies are on a merry go round of meetings are the latest efforts to ease the union's financial woes a french president francois hollande is talking with british prime minister david cameron just two days after a meeting with the italian prime minister mario monti monti in turn is now meeting with the european commission president jose manuel barroso in rome and the german chancellor angela merkel is in madrid for a

monetary fund is here as well a pick seen as a counterbalance really to the economic power of the g eight apec states that make up over half the world's economy and talks that have become a pick free trade zone which would be good in the e.u. president putin is already here before arriving he gave the first interview since his inauguration spoke to all see discussed really a spectrum of world problems today the syrian crisis was obviously talked about as always straight to the point he was rather skeptical about the syrian rebels even comparing them to guantanamo detainees yet the west is giving the rebels money supporting them despite widespread accusations of atrocities on the ground france even said to recognize an opposition government so everyone supporting them in the west but russia's president pointed out rebels all the very religious extremists the west is struggling against today some want to use militants from al qaida or some other organizations with equally radical views to accomplish their goals in syria this policy is dangerous and very shortsighted in that case one should tell

well there at the apec summit. you can watch a exclusive interview with president putin in just over an hour's time of course here on are. already providing its first business updates ok he is following the. multibillion dollar deals. and. companies. getting together three hundred. fifteen minutes time for now the police fired tear gas and shotguns the shiite demonstrators in the clashes have left at least one person critically injured. to the streets in protest of jail sentences against prominent figures on tuesday appeals court upheld the sentences of twenty opposition activists found guilty of allegedly plotting to overthrow the government protesters are calling for an they say use discrimination discrimination by the sunni monarchy and the program for movement started in february last year police crackdowns of some sixty lives with dozens arrested asia times correspondent pepe escobar says. the us the protests a mosque minded by iran. the protests in bahrain which are absolutely legitimate it's the case of a sh

absolutely will bring you the details of the biggest deals from the apec summit in russia the city of light in a start including in the energy sector ross now signing a deal with the u.s. oil majors exxon mobil as well as in the automotive sector japan's a mosque that agreed to assemble cars with russia's sole workers all of that and more in about fifteen. now the heads of the e.u.'s five leading economies are on a merry go round of meetings for the latest efforts to ease the union's troubled financial future french president francois hollande is talking with the british prime minister david cameron just two days after a meeting with italian prime minister mario monti a month to use meeting with the european commission president jose manuel barroso in in rome and the german chancellor angela merkel is in madrid for a summit with the spanish leader matter you're not a whole so a lot more talking your head there is still a little sign of a solution coming out of it right now let's get some more details on this now and speak to financial adviser and wealth manager marco pierre will be jo