suddenly stick around for him to be there with brian may here a nazi but for now i'll be back with a recap of our main story shortly after dimitri and the business. thanks for hello and welcome to business dancing oil company b.p. has doubled first on evidence for its british shareholder b.p. . paid one point six billion dollars to its various partners and dividends overall net profit for this period stands at four and a half billion dollars almost double last year's results however meanwhile b.p. has reported a net profit of twelve point seven billion dollars for the first six months of the year that's against the loss of eleven billion dollars the first top twenty ten which was caused by the oil spill in the gulf of mexico. despite a pleader pause expansion russia's bt bank is weighing up a new purchase in the express credit markets the country's second largest lender is considering buying a ten percent stake in home credit by autumn this will be able for only investment b.c.b. wants to buy a stake in the bank ahead of home credit bibi's listing of twenty five percent stake is expe

up next artie's sophie shevardnadze interviews legendary queen guitarist and songwriter brian may she caught up with the maestro who also happens to be an astrophysicist after a symposium of astronomers in the canary islands all next he shares his memories of working with freddie mercury and gives insight into how music and the stars help wife here on earth. it's great to have you with us today sir thank you for being so recently i was going through the glass bead game and your eyes about music and what he says about music is that except it's art it's also true power over nations and human souls and then many people say that exactly why music is compared to exact sciences like math . so i never really got there because i finished product conservatory and i always failed my math class now you as a man of music and science can you tell me how music is related with science or exact science like math for example it's a hard question. there are all mathematical things in music but ironically i think the most important things in music are the instinctive things so i don't know quite how tha

all crean's brian may talks r.t.l. less than ten minutes before that all the latest from the world of business occurring. and welcome to business here in our take russia is looking forward to expand its privatization program to spur economic growth deputy prime minister laid out the new plan that was disclosed by a bit of us to newspaper he suggests the for privatization of fourteen state companies by two thousand and seventeen however according to the plan the government will keep controlling stakes and infrastructure companies like russia where ways and transmit. the moment for privatization is gathering dust but it's also probably a function of the fight that we're going to face to do this. it's not so much about the money or those significant amount of money and go to the original plan was for thirty three billion dollars would be raised if we were talking about one hundred twenty billion dollars but this is part and parcel of smoke motivation programs and for him the key here is state owned companies run efficient

brian may is best now as a guitarist and songwriter for a legendary rock band queen but he is also an astrophysicist and the chancellor of a british university a little later this hour we asked dr may what makes science and music sing and harmony. it's a hard question. yeah obviously there are mathematical things in music but ironically i think the most important things in music having instinctive things so i don't quite have it works out except maybe he was your parents but yes i love pure science and i love music and they're not the same sure. certainly throughout history there has to have been connections and people who were immersed in both of them you know from beginning to divinity to. patrick more you know. it seems to be that way maybe it's an obstruction thing maybe people who like these things don't like the clutter of the world like the complications of the world that we live in you know the pieces of stuff they just like to find the essence of life so maybe pure science is in some way close to the essence of nature and you think it's close to the pure essence of human bein

brian may it's great to have you with us today sir thank you something so recently i was going through the glass of passage and he writes about music and what he said about music is that except it's art it's also true power over nations and he felt and then many people say that exactly why music is compared to exact science it's like math. i never really got that because i finished on a conservatory and i always scaled my math class you as a man of music and science can tell me how music is related with science or exact science like math for example it's a hard question. yeah obviously there are mathematical things in music but ironically i think the most important things in music of the instinctive things so i don't know quite how that works out except maybe gives you a balance but yes i love pure science and i love music and they're not the same sure but. certainly throughout history there has been connections and people who were immersed in both of them you know from going out of the green sea to patrick moore you know. it seems to be that we maybe it's an obstruction thing and mayb

well we'll hear more from brian may in just a few minutes before that i will take a look at what's happening in business with me to. the morning and welcome to business art scene the spice of fleet of course expansion russia's bt bank is weighing up a new purchase in the express credit markets the country's second largest lender may buy its own percent stake in home credit by the autumn he wants to buy a stake in the bank ahead of the credit listing of a twenty five percent stake is expected to raise around one billion dollars the company's key asset is home credit and finance in russia bankrolled a quarter of the instant credit market. it's a reason l. group and germany's put the finishing touches to their new power plants in siberia for an energy giants other leading investors in russia's liberalized market building more new capacity than russian verbs but some of it over explains. the generators are turning creating much needed electricity last year power companies built a record for gigawatts of capacity enough to power a quarter of more skilled and its foreign firms which provided the l

and i do stick around here in our studio will be talking to our brian may a little bit later here on the program russia and the u.s. have been trying to find a common ground on nato as plans for a european missile defense talks in washington the alliance is steaming ahead with the project despite objections from moscow we can all talk to russia's envoy to nato the heads of the russian delegation to the u.s. are dimitri. thank you for joining us today so russia wants a joint missile shield in europe or guarantees that the system won't be aimed against it nato has been very cool on both of these ideas is there any progress at your talks with u.s. officials today. when we don't get to go where you are well. we are engaged in negotiation with both the military and diplomats on the highest level but i just came back from the command center of nato. and we basically finished up. with the general assessment being that. the russian federation. insists upon receiving certain going ts that the missile shield created by the need states in europe will not be aimed against russia's strategic nucl

and we talked to brian may in just over an hour's time here see for now though kareen is here with the latest from the world of business that's coming your way after a short break. hungry for the full stop we've got. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. in india all these available in the movie join the hotel rooms. the gateway hotel the grand imperial troy george weston. you can know what's hotel. sedated to go. rather the colonel was hotel to retreat. to business here in our take thanks for joining me russia is looking forward to expanding its privatization program to spur economic growth deputy prime minister laid out the new plan that was disclosed by bedrooms to newspaper he suggests the for privatization of fourteen state companies by twenty seven team however according to the plan the government will keep controlling stakes and infrastructure companies like russian will always and transmit. the moment for privatization is gathering. but it's also partly a function of the fight that they're going to do. it's not so much about the money or the si

we talked to brian may and just over an hour's time here safe and although corinne is here with the latest from the world of business that's coming your way after a short break. hungry for the food we've got to eat for. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. in india oh she's available in the movie going to joy see her children's a movie that's the gateway to the grand imperial college the torch was the. new kind of letter to george bush it's a duty to go. read this in the kernel was her turn to retreat. to business here in our thanks for joining me well she is looking forward to expanding its privatization program to spur economic growth deputy prime minister laid out a new plan that was disclosed by betterness to newspaper he suggests the for privatization of fourteen state companies by twenty seventeen however according to the plan the government will keep controlling stake said infrastructure companies like russian will always transplant. the moment for privatization is gathering dust but it's also partly a function of the fight the phrase to do. it's n

all crean's brian may toss r.t. in less than ten minutes the before that all leaders of the world of business with kareena. and welcome to business here in r.t. russia is looking forward to expand its provinces ation program to spur economic growth deputy prime minister eager to follow the laid out the new plan that was disclosed by the editors to newspaper he suggested for privatization of fourteen state companies by two thousand and seventeen however according to the plan the government will keep controlling stakes in infrastructure companies like russian railways and france next. the woman stood for privatization is gathering dust but it's also probably a function of the flight that we're going to freeze to do this. it's not so much about the money or there's a significant amount of money and grow them we will promise for thirty three billion dollars would be raised if we were talking about one hundred twenty of them so there's this is probably possible manipulative smoke my zation programs and for him the key he

spend a queens brian may talk to us here about see in just over an hour's time but right now look what's happening in business with career. well welcome to our business our take this out thanks for joining me russia is looking forward to expand its privatization program to spur economic growth for the prime minister of all of laid out a new plan in an article in the bed of mr nice paper he's suggesting for privatization of fourteen state companies by two thousand and seventeen however according to the plan the government will keep controlling stakes in infrastructure companies like russian waste and transmit. the idea of the privatisation was floated last year with initially ten companies but now i think we were over twenty companies some of them might have money they're going to raise it's going from something like thirty trillion to twenty billion dollars ten percent of g.d.p. this isn't the money necessary because russia has approached a certain needs of money it's more about modernization of taking companies inefficient companies away from state managers and putting them into the pri

what makes science and music sing in harmony brian may may have the answer that's now as a guitarist and songwriter for a legendary rock band queen is also an astrophysicist and the chancellor of a british university in just over an hour we ask her may what wings is to made her passions. so hard question. obviously there are mathematical things in music but ironically i think the most important things are using her instinct and females so i don't appoint have it works out except maybe use your parents but yes i love your science and i love your music and they're not for saying sure but. certainly throughout history there have been connections and people who were immersed in both of them from view not having seen through. patrick moore you know. it seems to be that we maybe it's an obstruction thing maybe people who like these things don't like the clutter of the world the complications of the world that we live in you know pieces of stuff we just like to find a sense of why maybe pure science is in some way close to be essence of nature and using. pure essence of human being. i want

up next legendary queen rock guitarist and songwriter brian may to do so you can share notes about life with the stars he tells us about working alongside front and freddie mercury feels his alter ego as an astrophysicist. it's great to have you with us today sir thank you so so recently i was going through the glass bead game of past and what he writes about music and what he says about music is that except it's art it's also true power over nations and so and then many people say that exactly why music is compared to exact sciences like rats . so i never really got that because i finished around a conservatory and i always failed my math class now you as a man of music and science can tell me how music is related with science or exact science like math for example it's a hard question. of obviously there are mathematical things in music but ironically i think the most important things in music are the instinctive things so i don't appoint how that works out except maybe it gives you a balance but yes i love pure science and i love music and they're not the same sure but. certainly thr

flamboyant front man freddie mercury was undoubtedly a pivotal moment but it's all rest and songwriter brian may tells us that the show did go on and freddie's influence has never faded. it's like a family member you lose them but you don't quite reason because you take them with me. and we were so alone together that. you get that closeness with somebody particularly in the creative environment i don't think trainers are going to do it or even success but in the creative environment you learn to to know what somebody else might be thinking you might not always be right but you have a feeling and so i still feel that and roger does as well in particular it applies more if we're working as queen and we think what would freddie say and you probably would say this. you know he's part of the creative process because he's part of what we are because we really chiseled this thing out all together me pretty and roger so i mean for a while i didn't one of you know i was very. it was a point you know the grieving process where i just didn't want to talk about we didn't want to feel that it was there even

love it or leave it maybe that's what life is all about rock legend brian may best known as a guitarist and songwriter for queen found self can playing suicide prior to the death of freddie mercury well in just over an hour we asked brian what brought him back from the brink. what drops you can use so. i think what struck me was the fact that i had children and people depended on me and loved me i would like to tell you that it was a glimmer of hope but there was no i remember driving and seeing the bridge and thinking i could do this you have to somehow get outside. and trust that you can come back in as a person. i'm back with a recap of our main story shortly but before that we'll take a look what's happening in business with. soon a warm welcome to business team company has doubled first hard evidence for its british shareholder b.p. d.m.k. b.p. has paid one point six billion dollars through its british partners and the evidence overall net profit for the period stands at four and a half billion dollars almost double last year's results meanwhile b.p. has reported a net profit of tw

kind of the queen's brian may talks to us in a less than ten minutes time but first it's business up i've covered. i welcome small business report here nightly thanks for joining me ross is looking forward to expand its participation program to spur economic growth deputy prime minister english of all of laid out the new plan in an article in the bed in a sneeze paper he suggests to fully private eyes fourteen state companies by two thousand and seventeen however according to the plan the government will keep controlling stakes in infrastructure companies like a russian old railways and transnet now to discuss the issue i'm joined by barry is editor in chief of business new europe magazine thank you for coming to the program and now oh why are we seeing more companies on this product additional arrests all of a sudden yeah i mean i think this is the list for the time that expanded list in as many months i mean they coming up with more and more of the idea of the privatization was floated last year with initially ten companies but now i think we were over twenty companies i mean the n

love it or leave heard some maybe that's what life is all about rock legend brian may best known as aguitarist and songwriter for queen found himself car playing suicide prior to the death of freddie mercury and just so we're on our we asked brian what brought him back from the brink. what's top secret in your so. i think woodstock was the fact that i had children and it would depend on the lovely i would like to tell you that was a glimmer of hope there but there wasn't at that time remember driving and seeing the bridge and thinking if i could do this you have to somehow get outside. and trust that you can come back here and as a person you would. i'll be back with a recap of our main story shortly but waiter is here first with this instance. hello soon will malcolm to business seen the sights of pleads a pause expansion russia's bank is weighing up a new purchase in the express credit markets the country's second largest lender is considering buying a ten percent stake in home credit be the buy the or these he wants to buy a stake in the bank or head of home credit b. visa listing

and watch r d's exclusive interview with legendary queen guitars brian may work he discusses his passion for music and science and yes he's views on the mystery of why the universe and everything. north korea's top diplomat is in the united states in the town to restart negotiations on the country's disputed nuclear program he's due to meet with american officials on thursday and has said he remains optimistic that ties with the u.s. will improve their visit comes just days after we're envoys from north and south korea sat together for the first time in over two years on the sidelines of a security summit in indonesia there is a agreed to or a new six party talks over pyongyang's atomic conditions as soon as possible to go she asians broke down after north korea's deadly shelling out an island belonging to the south and what it claims was in response to provocative military drills the u.s. says north korea must dismantle its nuclear facilities before any deal can be reached well to discuss this in more detail get across live a professor of any expert on korean studies from the university

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flamboyant from around pretty much every was undoubtedly a pivotal moment but a guitarist and songwriter brian may tells us later that the show did go on and freddie's influence will never fade out. it's like a family member is that you don't quite lose them because you take them with what. we were so long ago. you get that closely from some of the particular creativity but i don't think fame is a very or even success but in the creative environment in the you learn to to know what somebody else more than thinking you might not always be right but you have a feeling so i still feel that and roger does as well you know it particularly it applies more if we're working. as queen we think i would really say he would be given thirty days. yet he's part of the creative process because he's proud of what we are because we really chiseled this thing out all together me and joe brady and roger so i mean for a while i didn't want to you know i was very. it was a point you know the grieving process where i just didn't want to talk about we didn't want to feel that it was very and except it's history. sort of

love it or leave every that's what life is all about rock legend brian may best known as the guitarist and songwriter of a queen actually found himself contemplating suicide at the height of his success and prior to the death of freddie mercury in just over an hour's time we asked brian what brought him back from the brink. what stops you killing yourself. i think what stopped me was the fact that i had children and people do need to pay and they don't mean people who love me i would like to tell you that there was a glimmer of hope there but there wasn't at that time now i remember driving and seeing the bridge and thinking i could do this you have to somehow get outside. and trust that you can come back in as a person who can deal with things again. and the interview is our next hour here out so you will have it back with a recap of our top story shortly but first it is the business news with dmitri. and i see you in a warm welcome to business and see russia is looking forward to expanding its privatization program to spur economic growth first of all as president vice prime minister

well shortly we talk show biz and star gazing as queen guitarist brian may talks to r.t. about his two great love so that's after the business update with kareena. welcome to our business report here in r.t. thanks for joining me russia is looking forward to expand its privatization program to spur economic growth seventy prime minister eager chevelle of laid out the new plan that was disclosed by britain is to newspaper he suggests the full privatization of fourteen state companies by two thousand and seventeen however according to the plan the government will keep controlling stakes in infrastructure companies like russian railways and france they have to. the momentum for privatization is gathering from last but it's also partly a function of the fight that we're going to face to do this. it's not so much about the money or there's a significant amount of money in both of the original plan was for thirty three billion dollars will be raised to me which will give a hundred and twenty billion dollars but this is probably possibly going to reduce smoking isolation program

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and what are these exclusive interview with the legendary queen guitarist brian may when he discusses his passion for music and science gives his views on the mysteries of life the universe and just about everything else in between. north korea's top diplomat is in the united states as part of attempts to restart negotiations on the country's disputed nuclear program he had meet with american officials on thursday and has said he remains optimistic that ties with the u.s. will improve the visit comes just days after a nuclear envoys from north and south korea sat together for the first time in over two years on the sidelines of a security summit in indonesia agreed to bring new six party talks of atomic ambitions as soon as possible because asians are broke down after north korea's deadly shelling of an island belonging to the south and what it claimed was in response to provocative military drills the u.s. says north korea must dismantle its nuclear facilities before any deal can be reached. from the campaign to end the korean war told us that the u.s. is interested in keeping up ten