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and terrorism is expected to grab the spotlight of the davos economic forum where russian president medvedev is to arrive for the opening speech after being delayed by the blast a dumb idea but airport. a done deal you arms reduction agreement with the u.s. is awaiting ratification by the upper house of russia's parliament seen as a formality after it was voted in by the lower house. watching r.t. coming to life from moscow a.t.m. here on marina joshie welcome to the program state flags have been lowered in moscow as the city mourns thirty five victims of monday's terrorist attack at russia's busiest airport people are flocking to the side of the blast to lay flowers and pay tribute to those who lost their lives in. the explosion was russia's worst terrorist atrocity since twin bombings raaf moscow's metro last march across live to have a correspondent in. the story. how every navan though the official day of mourning is only being observed in moscow and the moscow region it's not just muscovites who are grieving today but the whole nation as well isn't it. yes absolutely marina well you hav

than terrorism is expected to grab the spotlight at the davos economic forum where russian president medvedev is to arrive for the opening speech after being delayed by the blast out of. the final stretch the new strategic arms reduction treaty between moscow and washington awaits ratification by the upper house of russia's parliament seen merely as a formality after being backed by the state. this is r.t. coming to live from moscow with marina joshie state flags have been lowered in moscow as the city mourn sturdy five victims of monday's terrorist attack at russia's busiest airport people are flocking to the side of the blast to lay flowers and pay tribute to those who lost their lives a demonstrable explosion was russia's worst terrorist atrocity since twin bombings rocked moscow's metro last march we're going to cross live to a correspondent at the airport for us. on the effects of the blast of rip the ripple throughout the whole country and even though the official day of mourning is only being observed in moscow and the moscow region it's still a big tragedy for the whole natio

and we've got more from the economic forum in davos in our business bulletin that's coming up in just a few minutes but you can also watch to be treatment of a speech. in about an hour's time that will be live on r.t. dot com. nuclear cuts treaty between russia and the us known as start has been ratified by russia's federation council the deal would slash both country's nuclear arsenals by around a third now approved by both houses of russia's parliament the treaty must be signed by president yet after our correspondent you got a piece going off as details. everything happened really quickly just on tuesday the state duma ratified the treaty now the federation council has unanimously voted for the ratification of the treaty which means that both chambers also have now supported it it's also backed by both president who's the now. he can now signed a treaty and president barack obama's lead in both sunni monitoring the way ratification has been going in fact on tuesday barak obama praised. decision to ratify the deal previously were able to speak to the chairman of the federation counc

it is i mean this certainly will bring security issues firmly into the spotlight davos is traditionally quite you can see where way up here in the swiss alps and it's quite difficult for business leaders to keep a finger on the pulse of what's going on in the world while they're here in davos so traditionally the important events that happen immediately before the forum begins do dominate the talks that goes on one of the things that was already on the agenda for davos this year was to create what they're calling a risk response network that sort of network of leaders throughout the world to coordinated global response to what the forum's participants will perceive the major risks to people in the world to be in the coming years now that's going to be a risk of another economic meltdown they're also going to talk about food shortages but also they will already have been talking about terrorism but now of course that's going to be that much more important they're going to look at that much more closely in the aftermath of this tragedy president received telephone calls and letters and me

that was our reporting from davos switzerland and head of our forum to me treatment here the explain why he thinks that involvement in davos is so important for russia you can watch the full interview in just under fifteen minutes time but for the meanwhile here's a quick preview. i first went there when i worked in the government i did like it because the atmosphere at the forum was very good you don't even need to wear a tie at the same time you can easily run into a major or not so major businessman a president or prime minister grab them by the sleeve ask about things. is to promote awareness of russia's capacity its economic and legislative strength and capacities by talking openly about the. right now let's check out some other major headlines from around the world in brief this hour opposition groups in egypt are calling for a second day of inspired rallies following a government decree banning protests police used tear gas and beat demonstrators in an effort to disperse yesterday's unprecedented rallies against the government the unrest comes against a backdrop of growing ang

and terrorism is expected to grab the spotlight at the davos economic forum where russian president medvedev is to arrive for the opening speech after being delayed by the blast at. the final stretch the new strategic arms reduction treaty between moscow and washington awaits ratification by the hills of russia's problems seem really as a formality after brother steve. you're watching r t coming to live from moscow i'm marina josh and welcome to the program state flags have been lowered in moscow as the city mourns thirty five victims of monday's terrorist attack at russia's busiest airport people are flocking to the side of the blast to lay flowers and pay tribute to those who lost their lives at airport the explosion was russia's worst terrorist atrocity since twin bombings rock moscow's metro last march or you know across live to our correspondent goes outside the airport for us today. i mean a day of mourning was declared only in moscow and the moscow region but it is definitely the whole nation who is grieving for the victims tell us more. absolutely well like as you said. the day of mo

and terrorism is expected to grab the spotlight of the davos economic forum where russian president medvedev is to arrive for the opening speech after being delayed by the blast and demand. star decided russia's upper house of parliament votes to ratify the new groundbreaking strategic arms reduction deal with the u.s. reducing both superpowers nuclear arsenals by over a third. party coming to you live from moscow a marina joshua welcome to the program and state flags have been lowered in moscow as the city mourns thirty five victims of monday's terrorist attack at russia's busiest airport people are flocking to the side of a blast away flowers and pay tribute to those who lost their lives and the explosion was russia's worst terrorist atrocity since twin bombings rocked moscow's metro last march even though the official day of mourning is only being observed in moscow and a mosque in a region the effects of the blast have ripple throughout the whole country as our. airports reports. of course is the entire country that has come together in grief over this tragedy which occurred on monday af

terrorism is expected to grab the spotlight at the davos forum where the president. gave the speech. by the blast at. russia's parliament has. really gone reduction treaty between moscow and washington to reduce the number of strategic weapons. by over one third. of. this is a lie from moscow. thirty five victims of monday's terrorist attack busiest airport people are flocking to the site of the blast to. pay tribute to the screw. up the explosion of the terrorist atrocity. last march even though the official day of mourning is only being observed in moscow on the moscow region here facts of the blast have a ripple throughout the whole country. reports that. this is a tragedy that has resonated throughout the hearts of people all across the country not just in moscow and starting from yesterday people have been flocking here to the airport of course which is the scene of monday's horrific tragedy where thirty five people house died there were laying wreaths and flowers all throughout yesterday and all. throughout the day candles were lit people not just those who are

and he notes statement to the world's movers and shakers in davos switzerland president medvedev called for greater global cooperation in the fight against international terrorism. russia's new strategic arms reduction deal with the west set to become law after getting the unanimous backing of the upper house and. up next the along to show assesses president obama's second state of the union address stay with us. welcome the ilona show will get the real headlines with none of the mercy or could live out of washington d.c. now last night president obama delivered his second state of the union address so today we're going to review the issues that he covered and more importantly the issues that were left out of his speech so we're going to speak with michael cohen about the obama administration's foreign policy next political business financial elites are all making their annual pilgrimage to davos for the world economic summit archies lore and it will bring us all the latest from the ski resort town and what's on the agenda for this year and should a thirteen year old be able to receive

in davos specifically at the forum or not. well on a couple of different levels i think it's been very very interesting very positive certainly in terms of other business in gauging that there's been a strong and growing engagement but also in terms of the political and intellectual engagement there's been a strong development having prime minister putin here two years ago was one manifestation of that having president medvedev here this year with a record russian contingent in terms of public figures but also other figures is a very important indication of how actively russia is gauging in these key issues at the forum and we think that's extremely important because russia has a very important role to play in all these critical issues we've just been talking about so we very much welcome their strong presence here. thank you thank you very much for being with us robert and just to remind you that my guest today on the show was robin greendale the managing director and chief business officer of the world economic forum he was

this speech and his appearance here at davos will also show that russia is open for business despite what happens and i'm of course referring to monday's a bomb blast. port this did cause medvedev to perspire on his arrival but we do understand he's going to right now the softer noon he's going to deliver this opening speech but before that he'll be taking part in the international business council which is a meeting of what the world economic forum calls one hundred concerned uncommitted business leaders it's all to promote russia as an investment destination and in economies remote knowledge of russia to show how they have made economic and legislative steps forward in recent years and to try and attract investment medvedev has says that he has said that he won't be brushing aside floors and difficulties in russia and of course one of those current difficulties is this terror attack of course it's caused instability at a very unfortunate time when medvedev is going. house in the sense of the facing the world i asked some of the foreign delegates how they thought they spawned lost w

now dmitri medvedev is to promote investment into russia that's calling me at the annual davos forum now going on in switzerland the president's visit will be short and due to the attack on moscow's main airport and his oxys lower amid reports risks of terrorism and its economic threats and likely to be the most discussed issues at the annual summit. well this is a key moment for both medvedev and for russia and what it really does is put russia at the center of what has become the most important meeting of world business leaders and governments if you looked at the program of course just sort of ten to fifteen years ago it was really exclusive to western leaders in fact it started off as a european business forum but there's been a trend in recent years and it's carried on this year whereby there are schools of indians chinese people and russians there are more than sixty important business leaders and government ministers from russia in davos this year and in fact fewer and fewer western europeans and that's what we see as the balance of power shifts to these emerging markets these

who is in davos explains why. well this is a key moment for both medvedev and for russia and what it really does is put russia at the center of what has become the most important meeting of world business leaders and governments if you looked at the program of course just sort of ten to fifteen years ago it was really exclusive to western leaders in fact it started off as a european business forum but there's been a trend in recent years and it's carried on this year whereby there are schools of indians chinese people and russians there are more than sixty important business leaders and government ministers from russia in davos this year and in fact fewer and fewer western europeans and that's what we see as a balance of power shifts to these emerging markets these bric countries and moves towards what we call this new world order where these growing economies these emerging markets are developing so far just. fear this speech and his appearance here at davos will also show that russia is open for business despite

president dmitry medvedev sets the tone for the economic forum in davos in a keynote speech encompassing terror threats environmental disasters nuclear nonproliferation and the we can leak scandal. and u.s. president barack obama's upbeat state of the union address is being met with skepticism by average americans who say he's not focusing on the right things. you want an r t coming to live from moscow emerita joshua welcome to the program and russia's commerce and newspaper says police have named a suspect behind a terror attack of moscow's dum of the airport which killed thirty five people a man from southern russia stopper paul region could be one of the organizers or even a perpetrator of monday's blast or for more on this let's cross to al gore sponsor a for us so sarah tell us more about these new revelations. what we need the surname is the man that says naming and possible connection to the attacks is rust is not named at the moment whether he was the actual suicide bomber himself or just involved in connection with the with the bombing we do know that he's from russia southern s

because of recent events my agenda for davos will most likely be shortened but our priorities remain the same i made this decision to take part in the forum as the president of the russian federation because i think that it is a very important international forum where we could address our position we established a very good forum in st petersburg i think it is very successful and well promoted but we still need to talk to our colleagues government and business leaders from other places in this respect davos is the best option i first went there when i worked in the government. you asked me there i did like it because the atmosphere at the forum was very good informal you don't even need to wear a tie at the same time you can easily run into a major or not so major businessman a president or prime minister grab them by the sleeve ask about things it is important because they have a good business atmosphere there as for my decision i think russia should be represented at these events by top level leaders for different reasons neither president yeltsin nor president putin went to this

but, he noted, it did not stop him from coming to davos. terrorism, said mr. medvedev, - the value of human life. he said there was no universal recipe to fix this, but he said it depends on solidarity and concerted action, especially given globalization. it is these globalization pressures that brought president medvedev to davos, to promote business opportunities in russia and attract new investment. russia has ambitious plans to create its own silicon valley, to promote tourism, new industries to add to its best expanding energy sector, and for this, the country needs a positive image. it seems that domodedovo, there was a very different russia, one that president medvedev wants to relegate to be passed. bbc news. >> this is bbc news. the headlines now. egypt has seen a second day of anti-government protests, even the demonstrations were banned and hundreds arrested. the interim government indonesia -- in tunisia has issued international arrest warrants for the ousted president and his wife. president karzai has finally opened a new session of parliament. o

in davos and i should say to welcome you back to davos many of the memorable so we briefly when you made your impressive speech which by the way was called maugham of us in two thousand and seven after a decade of posts soviet economy compared to crew turmoil russia has reasserted itself as a leading global player. as a member of the cheap eight as a member of the cheap twenty and as a so-called bric country m do you have leadership. has successfully overcome for concert well as we're listening to. the words from the executive chairman of the world economic forum he's welcoming everybody there to the opening ceremony all the ring that's taking place. and as we're reporting the official opening speech will be going to. russia who's there on a stage at the moment while we're seeing the executive chairman there addressing the audience let me just fill you in on the background of this annual event taking place there in davos in switzerland thirty five heads of state and government gathered for the first day. they're also around two thousand business leaders from ninety countries and many iss

dimitri medvedev guarantees russia safe for investors on the sidelines of the world economic forum in davos citing that new security measures and more effective ways of battling terror attacks are already in the pipeline. egypt descends into chaos as protesters lash out against the government but the six day in a row more than one hundred have been killed thousands injured in the uprising leading to the dissolution of the cabinet. after months of negotiations washington and moscow got a fresh start as they ratify their new nuclear arms reduction treaty or takes a look at the ups and downs of the deal and what's ahead for both sides. eight am in moscow i'm at kicking off our weekly review here on r t giving you today's top stories and a look back at the week's news we start the sunday program with a story that's shaking up the week a suicide blast in moscow's domodedovo airport monday's terror attack claimed the lives of thirty five people more than one hundred remain in the hospital some of them in critical condition on saturday russian investigators said they had solved the case and knew t

this week you will take part in the world economic forum in davos it's the first time in the history of the forum that russia will be represented at the top level why did you want to take part in the form personally and what are you going to talk about in your address at the opening ceremony maybe some key a.t.'s a small room mostly. because of recent events my agenda for davos will most likely be shortened but our priorities remain the same i made this decision to take part in the forum as the president of the russian federation because i think that it is a very important international forum where we could address our position and we established a very good forum in st petersburg i think it is very successful and well promoted but we still need to talk to our colleagues government and business leaders from other places in this respect davos is the best option i first went there when i worked in the government. you asked me there i did like it because the atmosphere at the forum was very good but the informal you don't even need to wear a tie at the same time you can easily run into

well ahead of his speech in davos told a russian newspaper what he expects from the world economic forum there the president was planning to put forward his views on the global economy but the attack on moscow's main airport changed the course of the interview. i apologize for the delay it was because of the recent events in domodedovo i've just had a working meeting with the heads of law enforcement agencies and the transportation minister this was obviously a terrorist attack planned in advance to use the worst scenario possible judging by the location and other indirect signs the attack was well planned and aimed at killing as many people as possible so doctors are now helping people many were injured just like they've all necessary orders but unfortunately in our country we have a system of this kind of work in place because we know what terrorism is such things happen in other countries as well and there are a number of procedures that need to be done here also basically all transportation hubs are on high alert this causes inconvenience for people because their luggage is searched

the war and it is in davos and she has the details. of course he started by talking about the terror attack on monday at the other airports in fact klaus schwab who introduced him the head of the world economic forum asked everyone to stand on their feet and observe a minute's silence in honor of the victims then met at a started to talk about the attack and he said that they all felt the pain of loss but it had strengthened the world's resolve to combat this international threat of terror that we see society it spreads indignation throughout the world and he again thanks leaders of other governments who had sent him messages of condolence but there was also element of defiance in what he said he said that the terrorists expected that this would make him cancel his trip to davos and missed this appearance in front of the world to promote russia but in fact it did nothing of the so let's hear what he said about that. here's rick dorsey were sure those who committed this terrible act targeting citizens of different countries expected the

is hosting the world economic forum earlier laura and i spoke with my colleague from davos. we're just at the very very beginning of this forum at the moment it's not until wednesday so leaders and business people are just starting to arrive in. we have. international reaction from around the world of course but also from inside europe president medvedev received phone calls of condolence from the u.k. prime minister david cameron also from king of spain the polish president komorowski and president hosni mubarak of egypt and more specific things william hague of course we now know that two britons were killed in this attack and william hague the foreign secretary came out and said that he was deeply shocked and saddened at this explosion and the loss of life that entails and he sent his condolences to the victim is and to their families we've also heard from the head of nato. and he offered solidarity and he said that we were in this fight together that was his message to the people of russia that this is a common threat that we have to unite to face we also heard from pres

readers that russia is safe as he addressed the tragedy on the sidelines of the world economic forum in davos a new terror alert system is already being discussed. fresh for a trial that he's in egypt as the country descends into chaos with protesters lashing out against the government for the sixth day in a row. death toll reaches more than one hundred as whites continue around the country i'll be bringing you the latest from the egyptian capital. and the start treaty gets the final go ahead as russia and the u.s. complete the ratification process with months of negotiations and heavy opposition party takes a look at the the road of their nuclear arms reduction deal. you're watching r t three pm here in moscow welcome to the program well we begin with a story that has shaken up the week a suicide blast at moscow's domodedovo airport monday's terror attack took a lot of thirty five people over one hundred still. made in hospital with some in a critical condition while on saturday russian investigators said they had solved the case and knew the identity of the suicide bomber or for pasmore. fo

that is one of the big headlines coming out of davos.he french president has launched a stinging attack on the financial industry, saying irresponsible behavior by managers sparked the global credit crisis three years ago. sarkozy also renewed his call for national governments to adopt a financial transaction tax to fund development in developing economies. but he had knowledge that many of the g-20, which france is chairing this year, are opposed to that idea. in portland, sarkozy also delivered a very robust defense of the euro. >> sarkozy had the perfect podium to proclaim his global vision. the french president spoke with passion, covering the debt crisis, the cost of raw materials, and inflation. sarkozy intends to use french storage above the g-20 decision to abolish as a global currency trading. and he had strong words on the euro. >> the message on the euro is very simple. it is of such importance that we will be there whenever it needs to be defended. the consnsuences of it failing would be so cataclysmic that we can never enter

terrorism has been in the spotlight at the world economic forum in davos in his opening keynote address president medvedev said the moscow airport bombers wanted to intimidate russia but had once again failed it's the first time that russia has been represented at the forum by its leader although the visit will be short of unplanned because of monday's attack on domodedovo has more from davos. of course he started by talking about the terror attack on monday at the other airports in fact klaus schwab who introduced him the head of the world economic forum last everyone to stand on their feet and observe a minute's silence in honor of the victims then met again i started to talk about the attack and he said that they all felt the pain of loss but it had strengthened the world's result to combat this international threat of terror that we see society it spreads indignation throughout the world and he again thanks leaders of the governments who had sent him messages of condolence but there was also element of defiance in what he said he said that they are terrorists expected that this woul

leaders that russia is safe as he addressed the tragedy on the sidelines of the world economic forum in davos a new terror alert system already being discussed. in egypt as the nation descends into chaos with protesters lashing out against the government for the sixth day in a row more than one hundred have been killed and thousands injured in the uprising that's led to the dissolution of the cabinet. and the start treaty gets the final go ahead in russia and the us complete the ratification process with months of negotiation and heavy opposition r.t. looks at the bumpy road of the nuclear arms reduction deal. noon in moscow i match reza good to have you with us as we bring you today's top stories and a look back at the week that was here on r t we start the story we start our news there with a story that's shaken up the week a suicide blast of moscow's domodedovo airport monday's terror attack claimed the lives of thirty five people more than one hundred still in the hospital some of them in critical condition on saturday russian investigators said they had cracked the case and knew the iden

but we'll bring you one more coverage from davos in our business bulletin that's about eight or seven minutes away from now but for the meantime a politicians and bankers are also holding discussions of the form tieless financial critic max keiser is keeping a close eye on what's being decided in davos full program is coming up in about fifteen minutes from now. people are concerned out there and rightfully so because the global economy is being held hostage by the global kleptocracy that's meeting this week and devil knows to talk about all of the ways are going to totally screw the global economy so more and steal more money because that's what they're best doing they're talking about instituting one hundred trillion dollars of new debt that's one hundred trillion dollars of worthless cocktail napkins with smeared lipstick that serves one hundred trillion dollars on an exchange the most corrupt bankers for a few days to pay for these god for sake of a price gougers. only now it out of the headlines of the bottom of the hour the cause reported becoming no way for the american economy

the world economic forum in davos thank you very much for this indeed danielle will be bringing us more throughout the day and moving on we can have a look at how the markets are faring this hour european shares are trading lower whiteish fashion chain asian dam and swiss drug company novartis are both pulling up to disappointing results and financial stocks are dropping after a downgrade of japan's sovereign rating. and in russia the indices opened slightly higher but quickly slipped into red bringing hopes of the steady recovery after mondays and tuesdays losses the r.t.s. and the mice it sat down the solid been crossing and recrossing the line energy stocks are losing ground on falling oil and metals and mining is also suffering losses as gold inches lower. let's have a look at those stocks some of your shares are leaving the form on their minds it's look we'll edges lower point eight percent so it would have to gaza it's also extending losses it's down about one percent and function as a sweeping into right after its winning streak earlier this week it shares a down point three perc

and one of the most widely expected details of davos has been science ross nafta and b.p. have concluded a framework agreement on corp it confirms that plan to former joint venture to develop arctic fails will take six to seven percent of the venture the rest will be owned by b.p. the arctic reserves account for roughly four percent of global oil resources and around six percent of the world's gas resources the head of b.p. robert dudley spoke exclusively to business archies general bushel. i think it's a very good good deal for b.p. i think it's a good deal for rostov i mean it's a watershed deal in the international oil industry i think it's good for russia this cross holding between two companies that have aligned interests is is a very good thing i think it's a harbinger of things you know it's in the decades ahead between the international oil companies and national how important is the. new oil production strategy i think the arctic has great potential if you look at the maps in russia i think it's going to be something that's great for russia to put companies involv

guarantees russia's say for investors on the sidelines of the world economic forum in davos citing new security measures are more effective and more effective ways of battling terror attacks already in the pipeline. fresh face holidays in egypt as the country descends into chaos with protesters clashing out against the government for the sixth day in a row more than one hundred killed and thousands injured in the uprising leading to the dissolution of the cabinet. after months of negotiations washington and moscow get a fresh start as they ratify the new nuclear arms reduction treaty party takes a look at the ups and downs of the deal and what's ahead for both sides. eleven am in the russian capital giving you today's top stories and a look back at the week's headlines here on r t we start the program with the news that's shaken up the week a suicide blast at moscow's domodedovo airport monday's terror attack took the lives of thirty five people and more than one hundred remain in the hospital some of them in critical condition on saturday russian investigators said they had solved the

we've heard no word that he's cancelling it all together so we still are expecting him to come to davos at some stage this week he was supposed to make this very important opening speech it's a great honor for medvedev to be asked to make this speech it really sort of russia in a very important part of the world economic forum here in davos last year this speech was made by president nicolas sarkozy so he was he was obviously looking forward to making that speech pleased to be asked it was excellent for russia but now it looks like he may may not make that speech we don't know whether he's going to be here on wednesday in time to make it so someone else may have to make it to his place we have heard that he may come on thursday or he may come on wednesday to make that speech and then leave almost immediately afterwards in the aftermath of this tragedy president medvedev received telephone calls and letters and messages of condolences from leaders all around the world and of course he can expect more of the same when he arrives here in davos if indeed he does come the u.k. prime minister