dimitri medvedev said that he would decide on a predecessor. vladimir putin said it would be a joint decision. >> the power struggle has dominated the russian news four weeks, now the mayor of russia has been -- the mayor of moscow has been fired under order of the president. >> when the president does not trust one of his colleagues, did is grounds for dismissal. >> he has been the mayor of moscow since 1992. calls for his resignation have increased after accusations of nepotism and corruption. his wife, making billions since coming office as a construction empire leader. >> the operation comes from vladimir putin. he has effectively cleared the political stage ahead of the election. >> those elections in 2012 will decide the next russian president. it is still not clear if vladimir putin or dimitri medvedev will stand off. >> north korean state media reported that the youngest son of kim jong il has been named vice chairman of the central military commission in the ruling workers' party. appointed to the post at the first major party conferen

democracy and morton is a sure not the only signposts possible for russia this is the message which dimitri medvedev has been sending over all the sessions during the us loving global policy forum but all the discussion about democracy his sat would be a moot point if the country doesn't want denies itself he said the state was there as a medium to modernize the country but it's not the only tool is not the answer to all the questions the country tried this model in the past but it hasn't worked and no civil society has to stand up has to contribute to modernizing the country has to be in charge of it as well now as for good will security another major topic during this summit sessions called mitra macbeth it was promoting the idea of a new european security architecture the events of august two thousand and eight show just invasion judges aggression against south of the site here shown have shown that preventive measures are needed and that the current security structures

by doing so, dimitri medvedev has asserted his authority and ended the career of one of the most powerful politicians in russia. >> a small piece of technology but a big business opportunity for manufacturers, after the success of the ipad, many manufacturing companies have jumped on the bandwagon. this one is called a playbook, aimed at the business end of the market. >> introducing the world's first professional tablet, the blackberry playbook. >> it might be building a bridge -- it might be being billed as the first of its kind but gadget geeks will notice that it is familiar, this is research in motion's challenge for the ipad. apple sold 6 million units in its first six months. to sheila has also unveiled a look-alike. >> the blackberry playbook is absolutely enterprise ready. >> aimed at business users, also trying to road and the apple monopoly. and >> usefulness is cool to people. we have a low price point with the will cameras. wireless, blue tooth, connectivity 3 or blackberry device. -- connectivity through your blackberry device. >> unlike the ipad, the most popular software,

president dimitry medvedev's visit coincided with the completion of a oil pipeline between the two countries. >> both sides have placed highly the pipeline and we will continue to stick to the principles of openness, mutual benefit and the progress of cooperation in the areas of trade, energy, finance, legislation and high-tech industries. >> aside from oil, russia is eyeing opportunities to sell gas in china. russia wants to diversify its market which is currently heavily reliant on europe. they have yet to work out a pricing structure, but if anything goes through, it will worry the west. it will be seen as yet another sign that china is cornering the energy market. >> they are attracting enormous attention, but the 33 chilean miners are still trapped underground and have been for nearly two months and rescue is impossible for the next two months. they're being held by military advisers specializing in battlefield psychology. >> day and night, the drilling continues. it is day 53 and the men have already spent longer trapped underground than any other minor in history. the rescue attempts

. >>> the russian president dimitry medvedev has sacked the veteran moscow mayor yuri luzhkov. he ran the capital for 18 years and was the last of the powerful officials. medvedev told reporters during his visit to shanghai tuesday that he lost trust in luzhkov. russia's presidential office said it asked lhkov to voluntarily resign amid recent corruption charges but he refused and opted for dismissal. since taking office medvedev has been replacing provision governors and republic presidents with ethnic minorities in an effort to rejuvenate regional leadership. observers say he appears to be solidifying his political base ahead of the 2012 presidential election. luzhkov is strongly opposed to his dismissal saying it is an attempt to remove him from politics. he indicated he'll continue his political activities. a massive landslide caused by heavy rains in colombia on monday has left at least 20 people missing. the landslide engulfed a mountain road in the northwestern town of giraldo. footage of the disaster shows vehicles swept away by a river of rock and earth and people scra

once again i'd like to thank my friend dimitri medvedev. for inviting me to this for. which is the second foreigner already and i'd like to say that i was not known wherever all informed about the topics under discussion and his forum and. the section in my administration which it has prepared this speech has prepared at their wrong one that's why i passed this year the moderator of this section of the plenary meeting. this presentation does not correspond to the discussion here i'd like to say something. we should i have not prepared in advance well first of all i'd like to mention the fact that dimitri made to get everybody has mentioned their problems related to democracy and he has done it in a very open fashion especially when it. came to the deal the democracy problems in your country in this country. many many times i. will. participate in many foreigners international congresses and i tried to. give a different presentation different comparing to introduction or previous speeches that in the russian federation there is no real democracy in true democracy now. f

russia and ukraine have decided to swap their usual state cars for something a bit more retro dimitri medvedev and victor you have been spotted at the wheels of vehicles dating back to the middle of the last century the heads of state have been taking part in a rally with cars made when the two countries were both part of the soviet union in a race connects russia's st petersburg and ukraine's kiev both leaders seemed to enjoy their experience so perhaps we'll be seeing them revving up retro style a little bit more often now. coming up next artie's martin andrews and his team sample some of moscow's best cuisine from the far east japanese and vietnamese food well you can find it all here in the russian capital. of japanese thai. cuisine the theme for this week's. asian food. some still haven't even tried it but here the ever changing culture muscovites means more diversity when it comes to eating. starting in. three hollywood actor robert deniro invited japanese chef neighbor matthew he's a sensible restaurant and tried back. into the ship to critical acclaim today from las vegas to london and

of what's next for russia china relations dimitri medvedev is figuring out how in shanghai spending some time with the man who might just be the next leader of china. could aliens have control over the world's nuclear weapons group of retired u.s. air force offices seem to think so. worldwide news and life from moscow you all with auntie welcome to the program well the russian president has fired moscow and assign it to create firing off who was in power for almost two decades the kremlin says it was due to a loss of confidence in the city's top official. also and now joins us live from moscow what do you tell all this and hello to you so one tell us what legacy does it leave behind it at this point. as far as legacies are concerned. that this very moment one in the middle of moscow you know the savior the girl standing in the middle of the city itself because of him it is one of the best places landmarks are in moscow but on the other hand there's a structure you can see right behind me yet the great the south over there that's the by a lot of muscovites and one that ugliest structures

his analysis of the mystic issues dimitri medvedev said experimenting with a parliamentary democracy would be a catastrophe for russia while agreeing with the president's views so often member of the russian council on defense and foreign policy says the country's party system is gaining force. i don't really see on the horizon the possibility of russia becoming a parliamentary democracy it wouldn't work here but so what we are witnessing the moment is that the party system. is becoming a proper party system once it's gets established i think there's a good chance for the president to discuss for they point to the parliament when fixing things and then finding checks and balances within the executive but if you can so you raise the idea of a strong activist country move to parliament with the cats maybe another two hundred years it will be parliamentary democracy here if these one now the country gone where. well this week a serbia decided not to challenge kosovo as independence united nations belgrade had previously drafter the reservation which question the secession but softened i

more done as they should not be only signposts possible for russia this is the message which dimitri medvedev has been sending over all the sessions during the arrest of a global policy forum but all the discussion about democracy has sat. be a moot point if the country doesn't want denies itself now it's for global security another major topic during the summit sessions called mitra macbeth it was promoting the idea of a new european security architecture even so all those two thousand and eight showed just invasion judges aggression against south of the site here shown have shown that preventive measures are needed and that the current security structures in europe and nato as well north atlantic alliance simply not capable to tackle least kind of conflicts and in order to prevent these conflicts in the future he gave he's new vision for european security. though it does too if we need to create an institution that will bring together nato and non nato members and other structures my us counterpart president barack obama never avoids discussing this issue he does not say that is harmful or

his views on domestic issues dimitri medvedev said experimenting with a parliamentary democracy would be a catastrophe for russia one agreeing with the president's views so gabriel off member of the russian council on defense and foreign policy says the country's party system is gaining force. i don't really see on the horizon the possibility of russia becoming a parliamentary democracy it wouldn't work here but what we are witnessing the moment is that the party system. is becoming a proper party system once it gets established i think this is a good chance for the presidency to discuss for the poor in terms of the parliament . fixing things and finding checks and balances within the executive but if you can so you raise the idea of a strong executive this country multiple images of the cats maybe another two hundred years that would be parliamentary democracy here if these one now the country gone where. now around erupted this week over british weapons used by the taliban in afghanistan american soldiers in the country's helmand province recovered two u.k. made machine guns followi

that's taken place in the russian city of yaroslavl all featuring prominently at the event where dimitri medvedev plans to modernize russia r.t. spoke to the president's press secretary natalya to make over to see how the progress is going. a year ago president reagan published his vision for the future of russia to fill us in on what progress has been made i know we're joined by his press secretary not that it's a makeover that i do thank you very much for joining me. but. in his article go russia published last year the president named corruption as one of the biggest problems slowing down the country's development according to some figures it's volume which is around half of the u.v. g.d.p. what's changed since then. and did a year ago in his article go russia president medvedev gave a detailed and unflattering account of the situation russia is currently in it was not unflattering in the meaning of critical author previous period and previous achievements no on the contrary they were giving credit but it was stated that the model of development russia had chosen and pursued until now is no lo

technologies a three dimensional display of the two thousand and fourteen winter olympics in sochi and dimitri medvedev the pet project innovation center in skolkovo which is open to high tech companies all over the world including china but the head of russian nanotechnologies says there's a lot to be learned from china in terms of its technological development your paper would china carries out its a very successful program of bringing back chinese scientists from abroad everywhere in shanghai i met scientists just coming back from harvard mit stanford these are people who came back to the room country to develop science and production is the way the project is organized is very professional regrettably we can't do it the same way the moment. trade between china and russia is heavily weighted towards energy the world's most populous and fastest growing country is hungry for power and russia has plenty of it but it's not all in gas charlies companies are investing in manufacturing in russia such as under sky corp joining with us now. hello to build a fourth billion dollar plant in novice of beers to p

from moscow let's take a look at the top stories saving china's relentless thirst for an edgy dimitri medvedev goes with the flow of russia's giant neighbor was a new oil link that's a dream the russian leaders are discussing a whole host of issues with his chinese counterpart.