and i find dmitry's program won of the best. and my specialty is psychological care of long-term chronic illnesses, grief and loss and the end-of-life issues. so i'm extremely excited by what dmitry's come up with. the doctor and i have talked for years about the possibility of hospice, since i was a hospice social worker. i think his idea the commission herbal care now has grown out of those discussions because he's had a long-term interest in helping people with chronic illnesses and end-of-life issues, as you heard him talk. this will be a medical health care facility. i want to stress that. this collectsive will help the difference populations of patients who have chronic illnesses like cancer, aids, autoimmune diseases, chronic illnesses of all kinds. and even including hospice patients. mission herbal care will be a holistic health center. it's unique. it's going to stand out by providing extra services at a very low cost. it's providing home delivery for the house bound and mobility impaired. and this is providing more se

talk with radio show host and blogger at covering delta dot wordpress dot com dimitri kofi anan us dmitri want them to the kaiser report case might be on all right dimitri here on the kaiser report we recently discussed your coverage of the charges of treason lodged against george papa jails the prime minister give us the details of this case well apparently this as you said i'm on the blogger and i have a radio show in new york and this story just kind of blew up after i heard the allegations made by a member of parliament a certain by his prime minister of madame about the hour which is a opposition party in greece it's the other party them and have kind of have been running the country over the past thirty five years and he made these accusations on the floor parliament where he essentially accused the prime minister of acting as a foreign agent against the greek government and that he profited needed directly or indirectly as well as possibly members of the family and bust of members of his cabinet from the sale of one point three billion worth of credit default swaps from post bank a

of data stand and thereafter also holding separate meetings with russian president dmitry medvedev on the sidelines of the summit. so what can we expect from these talks. well as those meetings are going to happen still in a couple of hours but we can expect at least from a meeting between president dmitry medvedev and eros mahmoud ahmadinejad will touch of expectantly touch on the topic of the nuclear program as well as security in the region possibly common approaches between the two countries a bilateral approach to the situation in north africa and the middle east now with the president hamid karzai of course as we have seen in the past the talks will definitely be dominated by finding a solution to drugs again the countries here had said that they want a nonmilitary military solution to the problems that afghanistan is facing so we expect to hear this as well as trade deals between russia have got to start russia being very willing to invest in afghanistan and help its economy in order to a lift a country out of the problems that it is facing. all right tess thanks for much indee

to tackle this problem let's hear what our russian president dmitri medvedev had to say and what has been talked about today. afghanistan. is a country which hugely important. because of the leaders of afghanistan and iraq are also holding separate meetings with the russian president dmitry medvedev on the sidelines of the summit. so what can we expect from these talks. really as those meetings are going to happen still in a couple of hours but we can expect at least from a meeting between president dmitri medvedev and iran. will touch of expectedly touched on the topic of the nuclear program as well as security in the region and possibly common approaches between the two countries a bilateral approach to the situation in north africa and the middle east now with the president hamid karzai of course as we have seen in the past the talks will definitely be dominated by finding a solution to drugs again that the countries here had said that they want a nonmilitary military solution to the problems that afghanistan is facing so we expect to hear this as well as trade deals between russi

and president dmitry medvedev has just launched arts he dog a new r.t. t.v. channel featuring original documentaries all about russia the russian leader visited our r.t. headquarters right here in moscow to get the show on the road to channel broadcasts in english twenty four seven it explores history culture nature and science all with a russian twist and those who want to try out their communication skills will also learn the basics of the russian language with short tutorials called a little bit of russian party talk is available to millions of viewers of via satellite all around the globe and of course you can also be watched online at r t d. t v dot com today is a brand new launching the debut today of our new documentary channel. to have a look for. the shit that was. once. we had never broadcast before it's the first time i'm going to do this it's not. your ego that we think of as it would be if we didn't because it's so old people watching the satellites now what if we see this nobody has seen what's this broadcasting right now. the first though. so t

next year is a russian presidential election of won't see dmitri medvedev and prime minister putin and going head to head the longstanding speculation was finally ended by the russian president in an interview with a british newspaper. i'll be back with those stories in fifteen minutes time but first the sports news for that. hello there thanks for watching the sport good to have you company and they used other headlines. majestic mcelroy becomes the youngest u.s. open champion in almost a century. on the defensive serina williams and rafael nadal play down their chances of retaining their titles has been with them gets under way. our whole shockers in a plan to see you amid claims of policeman in the electric stun gun on strike it down caroline's of age. and treat the world cup touches down in moscow on a two day world when told. the first no knowledge remark to roy has won the u.s. open is the first major for the twenty two year old he won by a whopping eight shots making him the youngest winner since bobby jones in nineteen twenty three mcelroy had led from the very first random is

you with r t live from moscow it's good to have you with us and our president dmitri medvedev has just launched our doc it's a new r.t. t.v. channel featuring original documentaries all about russia the russian leader visited r.t. headquarters in moscow to get the show on the road the channel of broadcasts in english twenty four seven explores history culture nature and science all with a russian twist and those who want to try out their communication skills will also learn the basic basic scheme of the language with a short tutorials called a little bit of russian arty doc is available to millions of viewers via satellite all around the globe and of course it can also be watched online r t v dot r t dot com. two forty six in the afternoon here in moscow let's go to a unit in the sports union so it's a fine time to be a moscow fan in both football and basketball codes i tell you what rory football team top of their league running away with basketball they've just signed an n.b.a. player things are looking good for them much more not just the same impressive. thanks for joining us if th

energy will remain at the very center of russian chinese relations was the message from president dmitry medvedev also talks with china's hu jintao in muscat the country's hope to her out of class deals worth billions of dollars worth of tips and just work for the city's international economic forum in the snowy is following the three day business brainstorming event. the economic forum is in full swing here in st petersburg top business executives global innovators and world leaders all gathered together to debate going forward economically and environmentally on various levels it's considered that this year the big players are close loss and china because while the euro and dollar are struggling severely these two countries are not only developing separately but dynamically in their bilateral cooperation i in fact it's come out statements from both sides recently that china and russia can say that they love the overcome the consequences of the economic crisis of two thousand and eight but they have between the record bubbles pre-crisis levels and that can allow them to set and vicious

president dmitri. new documentary. it's history people and culture into the world twenty four hours a day. and up next peter lavelle talks to his guests about president obama's speech and asks if american and nato troops will ever completely leave afghanistan that's all in our debate show cross talk right now on r.t. . for the full story we've got. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news maker. peter lavelle exit strategy obama's long awaited plan to start drawing down troops levels in afghanistan is in place but is it a real drawdown or just a reduction of the so-called surge of eighteen months ago did obama capitulate to public opinion over military needs and will american and nato troops ever completely leave afghanistan to afghans. afghan strategy i'm joined by gareth porter in washington he's an investigative historian and journalist also in washington we have sam said he is senior director of iran programs at nonviolence international.

the usa will be discussed in some pieces but as international format does its last day presidents dmitri medvedev is there and the spanish prime minister and the finnish president let's get some more life and knowing who's there and the stock it's going to be an easy sell today that you know what's in store. busy indeed wants to sessions planned for this final day as well as high level bilateral meetings. and the sessions go from internet privacy to global food security from really such a wide range of issues being covered to what is called an economic forum but it really is global forum when you when you get down to a look at the real issues being discussed how the most high level meeting today will be of course the final session there the panel consists of president medvedev along with his counterparts the president of kazakhstan and the spanish and finnish leaders and they are the focus is going to be managing fault lines and. future crises of course a lot of talk these days about the euro crisis and the main challenge there is how to not let the euro crisis hamper trade between the e

ten year old boy later died bringing the number of those killed up to forty five russian president dmitri medvedev said he believes that pilot error is likely to be the cause of the tragedy. the u.s. has a valid to change its mission in afghanistan from a roll of combat to one of support president obama has confirmed his decision to pull out a third of ground troops currently deployed in the country by next summer but it's artie's that guy nature can't reports the american leaders decision doesn't have the complete support of his military. let's that was numbers there around one hundred thousand american troops deployed to afghanistan right now thirty thousand of them were added by president obama two years ago and now he says by the end of next year the west is going to pull out those thirty thousand troops the drawdown will start this year with some pan thousand troops expected to be withdrawn by december i mean analysts say it's not a groundbreaking move from a strategic point of view after all he is pulling out what he added at the beginning of his presidency but ahead of presidential

right now it's time for the business news with dmitri. in a warm welcome to business r.t. russia's largest oil producer ross snapped its all in its first big meeting after the death of the long awaited architect it's now to decide what's coming next. is that the company's a.g.m. and southern russia. it may be warm and sunny for the a.g.m. here in the southern city of crossing our but stalker's during recent months has been in the icy north of the arctic it's failed plans for toy with b.p. and the share swap deal cast a shadow over the company and if the deal is dead at all sniffed still has the task of finding a partner to explore the blocks it's acquired in the arctic heading up that will be a new chairman because sichem is standing down in accordance with the new russian policy of splitting politicians from jobs heading state run companies it's not all bad news for us net production group faster than any other russian oil company currently it's pumping eight hundred forty million barrels of oil and twelve billion cubic meters of gas a year there's been a lot of progress

free of corruption and a move towards a modernization at all levels that's the future the president dmitri medvedev outlined for russia he did so at the simply his book international economic forum and he said now is there with details. the modernization certainly was the main theme and in fact it ran through very smoothly into all of the other problems that he touched upon so modernization is connecting all of us. and challenge that faces to modernize its economy as the press. laid out in terms of modernization for these business executives and world leaders and modern interpreters this is what the boss and president had to say about what he's saps think are vital for russia to really move forward in its push to modernize the economy and we were better at the studios to launch a major we knew just outdated element from the economy stupid oh public institutions we need a systematic changes in these men we should not hesitate to say sorry about many bad habits to it's become focused only on the state of us fit development that would be a mistake there might be other stagnation behind the st

the meeting between president dmitri medvedev and iran. will touch of expected touch on the topic of the nuclear program as well as security in the region and possibly common approaches between the two countries a bilateral approach to the situation in north africa and the middle east now with the president hamid karzai of course as we have seen in the past the talks will definitely be dominated by finding a solution to drugs again that the countries here had said that they want a nonmilitary military solution to the problems that afghanistan is facing so we expect to hear this as well as trade deals between russia and afghanistan russia being very willing to invest in afghanistan and help its economy in order to lift the country out of the problems that it is facing. saucily reporting right now you are what you're going to use with your company today and still ahead for you in the program why the u.s. is building a secret cia drone base in the potion to fight militants in yemen. well the greek prime minister's facing tough position as he

a second term but the final decision rests with the people that's according to russian president dmitri medvedev in an interview with london's financial times he said it's too early to say if he will stand for reelection next year but he made it clear that he and prime minister putin will not run against each other artes but that he has more from moscow. that's definitely the question that the russian president has been asked most frequently in the recent odds with the way they decided to keep the suspense of the well off but if you don't the new leader especially one who walked past the president's seat has to be willing to run for reelection however it's not a question of whether he would make that decision for himself i suggest waiting a bit longer and keeping the intrigue. so the election suspense is still in place but even if they did did reveal some information about next year's election he did say that the first time that he will not be running with the regiment and the one that will go. for a place in office. it's hard for me to imagine we're putin and i both running for preside

corruption move towards modernization and the world trade organization that's the future president dmitry medvedev outlined for russia on the scent petersburg international economic forum. ways at the meeting and give us more details on this now and what exactly did the president say about his plans for modernizing russia. modernization certainly was the main theme and in fact it ran for a very smooth. into all of the other problems that he touched upon so modernization is connected to all of the problems and challenges that it faces to modernize its economy as the president laid out in terms of modernization for these business executives and world leaders and moderate interveners this is what the russian president had to say about what he's that things are vital for russia to really move forward and its course to modernize the economy. whatever but at the studios i don't want to major renu of just outdated elements in the economy but constituencies we need systematic changes and we should not hesitate to say sorry about many bad habits it's become focused only on the step by step develop

on the sidelines of the shanghai cooperation organization summit russian president dmitri medvedev had sat down with . a closed door meeting and according to a foreign minister for all that important statement had been made at that meeting. confirming to dmitri medvedev it's total renouncement to assess a nuclear weapons and important statement to be made at a time when there's a lot of international pressure on iran in this regard now russia had also raised the possibility of a more constructive cooperation between iran and the nations referring to the five permanent members of the u.n. security council plus germany as well as the importance of increasing transparency between iran and the international atomic energy agency now a side of from the issue of a new its nuclear program a nuclear nonproliferation iran had also said that it is willing to work with. iran is seeking full membership. in the sanctions against it is proving to be a hurdle so it seems that iran is willing to work on this in order to clear the path for full membership to this group now aside from the president had a

to crosstalk yeltsin's russia i'm joined by dmitri barber chair in the studio with me he's a political analyst at ria novosti news agency in washington we have donald jensen he's a resident fellow at the center for transatlantic relations and in london we go to alex proud day he's director of russian and eurasian studies center at the university of oxford all right gentlemen cross talk rules and if i mean you can jump in anytime you want well the reason why we're doing this we're doing our series here on cross talk on the collapse of the soviet union twenty years ago and twenty years ago on june twelfth one thousand nine hundred ninety also became the first popularly elected president of the russian soviet federated socialist republic all basically the beginning of the demise of the soviet union that would follow later in the year dimitri. let's look at that time twenty years ago and how the soviet union unraveled how much was yeltsin involved with that unraveling of the soviet union people talk a lot about going to chop off what about yeltsin at this time well i think there are two pa

the russian president dmitri. certainly president. of iran will be meeting on the sidelines expected. to top that agenda is the controversial nuclear program as well as a bilateral agreements on how to tackle the threats that they face both terrorism and separatist issues so we're looking forward to a conversation if any agreements concrete agreement would come out of that also president again it will be meeting with afghanistan separately and we expect that the broad topics that they brought up in that plenary session will again be brought up drugs topping the agenda as well as the big investments that russia is planning to bring into the country because russia is is keen on helping afghanistan and through the problems that they will be facing once they continue the efforts of the building the country. being discussed at the shanghai cooperation organization. thank you very much. while you are watching still ahead for you in the program why is the u.s. is building a secret. drone base in the persian gulf to fight militants in yemen.

on the two dmitri medvedev and prime minister of italy silvio berlusconi need just days after a major summit the g. eight summit wrapped up in france and of course the focus was mainly on those agreements already achieved between the leaders like a common stance on north africa and the middle east uprising again dmitri medvedev today reiterated russia's position on that russia only supports a peaceful resolution of the conflict in libya and considers it the country's internal affairs also invited for talks in rome today was the u.s. vice president joe biden together they discussed libya the middle east and apart from that the u.s. missile defense system for europe we don't rush expects more transparency more cooperation from the u.s. on that as america plans to deploy this a.m.d. very close to russia's borders so dialo could be intensified today new solutions found of course and these talks take place just days before another major get together of the european leaders takes place in the russian city of growth that is russia summit planned for a june nine and turn and so of course in t

made one too and all that's all right that's going to do it for this edition of the kaiser report dmitri fiennes thanks so much for being our guest right thank you max or push it and if you'd like to send me an e-mail now please do so as a reported r t t v are you i want to thank my guests dimitri and stacy herbert until next time this is max saying by. the way.

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were literally on the table at a press conference the european leaders and host russian president dmitry medvedev were asked whether they had pledged to bills for lunch the answer was yes they had enjoyed them and moreover a certain breakthrough was reached on the issue of a russian ban on fruit and vegetables imports from the european union recently russia imposed their fall in bargo in the wake of the deadly equalise train outbreak in order to provide me with action from coming into the country this measure of what's called a disproportionately european union officials and they said that it was going against the policies of the world trade organization to watch it in its turn criticize brussels both ways to provide sufficient information on the source and containment of the infractions and today president medvedev so that the country could leave to disband leave the european union provides certainly legal guarantees about the source of the infraction and is more transparent on the computer impulse we are ready to live on european vegetables after we are provided with sufficient guarant

well check out the latest financial news after a short break with dmitri in business. and in a warm welcome to business r.t. russian president dmitry medvedev has outlined budget guidelines for the next two years top of the list is increasing the tax burden on the gas industry that will go partly towards reducing the shortfall from a lower social tax the selling of state assets and revenues from oil and gas will also be used to make up the deficit and the fed if supported increasing alcohol and tobacco excise as the government wants to lessen the negative social impact of their consumption to discuss this speech in more detail i'm now joined by another low vision of economist of a bank let me thank you so much for being with us so overall in general any surprises in that speech well i would say in the way it's a surprise to me at least was it found that the how the flexion been through the day has a real estate or that i would have to think about higher taxation a number of sets the scene or of course evolve the introduction of the taxation on the real estate so i thin

on the sidelines of the a shanghai cooperation organization summit russian president dmitry medvedev had sat down with iraq's mahmoud ahmadinejad in a closed door meeting and according to a foreign minister sergei love for all that important statement had been made at that meeting i'm awkward about it which i've confirming to dmitri medvedev it's total renouncement defiance of assessing nuclear weapons reports statement to be made at a time when there's a lot of international pressure on iran in this regard now russia had also raise the possibility of a more constructive cooperation between iran and be a five plus one nations or for it to be a five permanent members of the u.s. security council plus germany as well as the importance of increasing transparency between iran and the international atomic energy agency now us side or from the issue of a new its nuclear program a nuclear nonproliferation iran had also said that it is willing to work with se or members in it lifting a leader u.n. sanction iran is seeking full membership at the c.e.o. and that the sanctions against it is pro

corruption and a move towards a modernization and the world trade organization that's the future president dmitri but he had the outline for russia although during this at the same petersburg international economic for us he's innocent i have to tell us that. the modernization certainly was the main theme and in fact it ran for a very smoothly into all of the other problems that he touched upon so modernization is connected all of us property and challenges that it faces to modernize its economy as the president laid out in terms of modernization for these business executives and world leaders and moderate in their various this is what the russian president had to say about what he's sets think are vital for russia to really move forward in its push to modernize the economy and we were better at the studios not knowing it but to launch a major we knew of just outdated elements from the economy but. we need systematic changes in these we should not hesitate to say sorry about many bad habits to it's become focused only on the stand much of it developed that would be a mistake there might be other