after russian vatican establish diplomatic relations back in two thousand and nine president dmitry medvedev and bo benedict the sixteenth touched upon a number of global issues as well as a cooperation has been russia and italy within various international organizations but they also talked about the cross concessional dialogue between the russian orthodox and the roman catholic church as members of the russian delegation have been saying that it's a little ations between the churches have been improving recently and that right now a possibility of a meeting of the leader of the russian orthodox church patron cureall and had all of the roman catholic church who benedict the sixteenth is now much more possible than it was several years ago so in that respect this visit has been very symbolic also during president that if the visit to rome a number of energy deals have been signed russia and it's really have agreed to jointly invest in two major infrastructure and energy projects in north africa also it was decided that plushy is going to be involved in developing the elephant oil fields in l

building to punish the libyan leader for his violent response to the protests russian president dmitry medvedev has called on the authorities to prevent tensions from escalating any further and stop the bloodshed meanwhile in iraq at least eleven people were killed as people took to the streets protesting against the government and calling for reforms the political journalist and for me well told r.t. that the west is advocating the spread of democracy across the region to control the politics of the arab world. western style democracy in its current state is far from what i would consider to be something that we should want in any of these countries i think i think if there's going to be democracy it should be democracy with a real change and a change that reflects democracy that actually benefits the people today's democracy is nothing more than a mainstream control mechanism through which the vast majority of the public who do not think are emotionally engaged in in situations that they don't even really realize what it is that they're voting for or approving and if you think that the mocker

and russian president dmitry medvedev has slammed investigators for claiming the moscow airport bombings which killed thirty six people has been solved meanwhile a video of russia's most wanted terrorist threatening an attack on the capital has emerged next to hamad someone who appears to be the man blamed for blowing himself up at the airport. those were the top stories of the week here in our t.v. and sports next with andrew farmer. are you watching the sport and these. shocking start russian singles to underdogs. speeds west of the k h l jewel star clashing simply does. talk on the day of amazing upset seniors primeval. we begin with the tennis they were russia had the worst possible start to that fed cup clash with france searching both singles to trial. in straight sets off the teammates because they had lost a call and i a real shot for the russians on home court they should have cruised through. they now have to win the remaining singles doubles match on sunday that. i started to rush. to. get. something that we're going to go for tomorrow and really really fight for you know wher

. >> reporter: in november of last year russian president dmitry medvedev visited kunashiri island. he was the first leader of russia or the soviet union to set foot on the disputed territory. the russian president inspected a geothermal power station and visited a marine products processing plant. >> translator: we must make an effort to improve living conditions on these remote islands. >> translator: in the following month of december, first deputy prime minister shuvatov visited kunashiri and added etorofu to his itinerary. he's supervising development in russia's far east. he's supervising development. last month, russia's foreign minister visited etorofu island. he's in charge of issuing equipment to troops living on the islands. also in january, russia's minister for regional development visited kunashiri and etorofu islands. the head of the delegation of about 20 senior officials from the finance, energy and other ministries. the visitors inspected progress in infrastructure development on the islands, touring facilities such as an airport, a seaport and a kindergarten. he's

president dmitry medvedev warns of decades of turmoil if the protests continue in the arab world as the government plans plans to pick up hundreds of russian working in the yard. plus the red planet has seen as a last gasp for now as a six man crew made their final walk on a mock marson surface as part of a simulated to mars. and our top business story or prices climb to the highest level in more than two years as libyan crisis fuels concerns over crude supplies but the oil price rally is giving the russian government new options more on that and twenty minutes. at seven pm in moscow this is r t coming to you live first up this hour thousands of refugees are fleeing their homeland in search of a safe haven in europe as political unrest escalates across the arab world faced with a deluge of immigrants italy is raising concerns about security on its borders our teaser group is going though a visit an island struggling to cope with the influx no who will and no guarantees the wife of the refugee. to leave i can give them i should. want to see a familiar story.

dollar program to upgrade its military equipment to tackle future threats it's called president dmitri medvedev that's a long term goal to modernize the country and start next month matters goes into right here in the russian capital this week so moscow out is coming your way. for grad school us and stroganoff i personally think that sushi is now one of the most popular dishes in the us in capsule i might sound weird but apart from so much all is another fostered out that's the same there isn't a restaurant in this city that doesn't produce cuisine so it's only on this week's moscow hours as we take a look at the sushi mania the second row over the russian capital. to she came to russia in the one nine hundred ninety s. the difficult words to pronounce a first place muscovites were fascinated by the small rows of rice and will fish today there are hundreds of sushi bars here and with russians becoming more knowledgeable about other cuisines that truly would lower prices it seems sushi is available to southerners from using unique of the totally uniquely japanese venue in moscow it was opened in

president dmitry medvedev warns of decades of turmoil if the protests continue this comes as moscow sends in finance to pick up hundreds of russians working in the troubled country. and the political unrest in north africa and the middle east is prompting many people to live their lives and flee to european countries the locals claim immigrants are bringing violence and instability with. plus the red planet sees it's lots of gas for now as a six man crew made their final walk on a mock martian surface as part of a simulated mission to mars they are are on their way back to earth to complete the remainder of their five hundred twenty day experiment in a moscow babytalk. up next all the sports highlights with cake. hello welcome to the sports news for. other stories making headlines comes out the top gets to become the first russian team to reach the last sixteen of the europa league in another big week of european football. while feeling the blues as their domestic season starts as chelsea look to greece that hopes of silverware they can educate in pagan in the champions league. and how mu

well moscow has reacted strongly to japanese criticism of last year's visit by dmitri medvedev to the islands. tokyo should tone down its rhetoric and would do well to remember the islands known in japan as the northern territories that they belong to russia. people with each skew the expressions used by the japanese officials are far from diplomatic and in great contrast with the polite and friendly tone that the meeting between president give and prime minister now to come on in your daughter i don't know perhaps it's due to the so-called northern territory's day that's been celebrated in japan today at the same time as we have said repeatedly we are still willing to closely cooperate with the japanese partners in carrying out specific projects lose regions of russia. now the japanese prime minister called it medicare there's a visit to the island and excusable rudeness to mark northern territory as day in japan on monday protestors dragged the russian flag along the ground outside its embassy and called for a return of the disputed islands after the second world war an internationa

the deadly suicide bombing at moscow airport last month investigators told russian president dmitry medvedev they are stepping up the hunt for those behind the attack but that of welcome progress into the investigation warned that it's too early to say the case has been solved meanwhile a video has emerged showing russia's most wanted man terrorist dog whom are threatening an attack on moscow comes less than two weeks after the suicide blast at the capital's domodedovo airport took thirty six lives and injured more than one hundred people but as a country it is our in our reports this address is believed to be a claim of responsibility for the bombing. maybe a forest have accepted that conclusion and have accepted responsibility and claim of responsibility based on one sat in that video is standing with two other men both of whom live refers to as his brothers the man on the one side of appears to resemble the man of dorothy's believed to be the suicide bomber who detonated the explosive device at the airport many also believe that this is one way to date the video despite the fact that it h

russian president dmitri medvedev who's on an official visit to italy expressed hope that the q. rights and liberties of people living in the revolution torn states will be observed and respected. it's a very difficult process we hope that all conflicts that are taking place in the middle east will be settled on a legal basis through observing the constitution and fundamental rights and freedoms of people living there. while turned as it can dream it's a sign including one on military transit to afghanistan assets what deal with an italian energy company business update we'll have more on some of these deals a little later for you this. the us unconditionally supports the corrupt regimes of the middle east but switches so as soon as the dictators are toppled well that's according to finney incoming m who's an expert on the region he spoke to us earlier from protest stricken bahrain the us foreign policy is replete with contradictions of what they heal the virtues of democracy free markets free speech and these kind of things but in reality on the growing they've shown past and pr

libya in an essay with italian energy company any the deal was sealed it during russian president dmitry medvedev said earlier a visit to italy and the agenda of the visit included a number of other economic issues archies isn't wrong with the details well first of all an agreement was signed on russia's involvement in developing the elephant oil field in libya russia's gas from will acquire thirty three percent stake in the project taking half of the shares from its hourly is any company in the south stream project was also discussed during president visits to rome the gas pipeline that's meant to deliver gas from russia to the south of europe of course energy corp is crucial for russia and italy but also the two countries have agreed to invest jointly into major infrastructure and energy projects in the north of africa members of the russian delegation have also said that they expect up just thirty italian companies to participate in russia's skolkovo innovation center where we're discussing a number of projects with italian energy companies including as well as machinery manufacturing firms i

is the wife of moscow's former mayor who was sacked by prison dmitri medvedev last year and explains what's behind this raid. officials are saying that these searchers are part of an investigation looking into the embezzle mint of thirteen billion rubles which is over four hundred forty million u.s. dollars from the bank of moscow which is russia's fifth largest bank and they see that you and about to know the wife of moscow's former mayor. or directly connected to this case which actually started in december investigators believe that the in measurement was conducted through a loan deal between the bank of moscow and several if you go up in companies and they say that the money simply ended up on a personal bank account not what's also interesting is that investigators say that this transaction happened on the same day as the government allocated around fifteen billion rubles to the bank of moscow for other purposes and there's already speculation that this state money may have been used by about two dinner to cover up the debts of a company in teko for recent years both the union a

up in just a couple of moments here on r t it's a religious affair in rome russian president dmitri medvedev visits the vatican and we have all the details of his meeting with the pope and how it could change the relationship between the country's church and. also still the wealthiest woman finds herself in the middle of a multimillion dollar theft scandal you get all the details later here on r.t. . but first u.s. congressmen and pentagon officials are debating how best to trim the country's fourteen trillion dollars national debt president barack obama has already proposed cutting the massive defense budget by seventy eight billion over the next five years well the pentagon is making sure the cut doesn't come at the expense of america's ability to wage war all non-essential programs are being slashed the proposed budget will actually see the pentagon spending grow this year we cannot cross live to the u.s. capitol and talk to me she's from the national security center for american progress thanks very much indeed for joining us here on our team the defense secretary robert gates is asking

and the russian president dmitry medvedev has slammed.investigators for claiming the moscow airport bombings which killed thirty six people as been solved meanwhile a video of russia's most wanted terrorist in the bar threatening a tap on the capital has emerged next to me as someone who appears to be the man blamed for blowing himself up at the airport. multiculturalism is costing you or up its right to free speech that's the opinion of danish m.p.'s for a long ball and he was convicted on charges of making an anti muslim hate speech and coming up in our slips of interview he shares some details of the case. this is going ball well you're associated with an aggressive stance towards islam your recent a variety is derived from your treatment by your own legal system too you feel betrayed by the system that you've been defending first and i do not. a great issue too.

security officer and injuring many others russian authorities specifically the russian president dmitry medvedev has ordered security forces to be stepped up a lot not just a notch on all major transport hubs in russia of course including airports train stations metro stations the investigation into moscow's airport bombing is still ongoing we do know that authorities have now managed to confirm the identity of the suicide bomber and facts are coming out as soon as the identity of the suicide bomber was established the authorities. gathering more and more information not only about the man himself but also about all of his accomplices who helped him put together the detonating device who actually made made sure that he got to the airport that he detonated the device everyone and anyone of course who came into contact with the suicide bomber is now under even further scrutiny from the security forces the president ordering heavier police presence a lot more devices such as metal detectors to be implemented on train stations for control to be doubled at airports. that of course is being implemente

building to punish the libyan leader for his violent response to the protests rushnell president dmitry medvedev has called on the authorities to prevent tensions from escalating any further and stop the bloodshed and the killing of protesters as a. e.u. is. siddur and sanctions such as travel restrictions and the freezing of gadhafi has assets which switzerland has already done despite supplying it with arms the u.k. and france are pushing for a weapons and baba and i want crimes investigation the u.n. says there could be food supply shortages in the. now as libya follows the revolutionary path middle eastern countries have taken political journalist i'm funny while told me earlier that the democracy those states seek does not represent real change western style democracy in its current state is far from what i would consider to be something that we should want in any of these countries i think i think if there's going to be democracy it should be democracy with a real change and a change that reflects democracy that actually benefits the people today's democracy is nothing more than a mainstre

and russian president dmitry medvedev lashes out at investigators for claiming the case of the moscow airport bombings has been solved. this is r.t. live from moscow i'm marina joshie welcome to the program the landmark arms treaty between russia and the u.s. to reduce their nuclear arsenals is now officially in effect the sides launch the new start agreement at a special ceremony of a security conference in munich are going off was their. words put into action historic exchange of ratification documents and the news to arms reduction treaty between moscow and washington is officially in force and when it comes to the button that has worried us the most over the years the one that would unleash nuclear destruction today we take another step to ensure it will never be pushed. to last for the next ten years the treaty said to reduce the number of nuclear weapons on both sides over a third. which would have appeared impossible even a decade ago i think we will be presented with a fix to this his store.

a surprise visit by the president renews concerns over transport security in russia dmitry medvedev personally discovered major lapses of one of moscow's main railway stations. and with some u.s. politicians famous for the bloopers they make advise in the world of democracy it seems the american people are being turned into the object of ridicule. well i'll be back in less than thirty minutes from now with more news for in the meantime a report on the nature and wildlife of the caucuses that's next on r.t. . southern russia. this faraway place. you need special permission. to film the landscapes. close really. i can't tell you how beautiful. this place. the people of the. droves of sheep across the. whole. this is a bearded vulture i need a. birds of this kind make their nests on low lying logs of thirty or forty kilometers from here. i will go but when they go hunting they might cover up to fifty kilometers in search of food. they're interesting creatures. all of the above go is situated close to the great a northern slope of the caucuses mountain range from the grassland you can get a panora

he criticized vladimir putin and president dmitry medvedev about deciding among them who should run for the presidency next year. the former president is widely thought to want the job again. jacob zuma and other leaders are in the ivory coast, but looking at trying to convince the previous leader to step down after the disputed elections in the fall. an orbiting around mercury. scientists are keen to learn more about mercury. it is the smallest planets in the solar system and also the closest to the sun. we have this report. >> two, one, and zero, and lift- off. >> in 2004, they went to explore mercury. it is visiting a world that is closer to the sun than any other, temperatures rising to a blistering 400 degrees centigrade. part of the challenge has been to build a space craft that will not melt when it reaches its destination. >> we had to design a thermal protection system, and we came up with this sunshade which is very thin, almost wafer thin, and it keeps the temperatures on the outside the spacecraft about 600 degrees but inside about room temperature. >> in washington, they're

he criticized vladimir putin and dmitri medvedev, as they will decide between them which one of them will run for the presidency next year. vladimir putin is widely thought to what the job again. african leaders are in ivory coast, for a fresh attempt to break the political deadlock over last december's disputed presidential election. they are expecting laurent gba -- the party and angela merkel gets 20% of the vote. this compares to a larger percentage for the social democrats. an american spacecraft will make history in the next few weeks when it becomes the first to orbit around the planet mercury. they are key to learn much more about mercury, the smallest planet in our solar system and also the closest to the sun. we have this report and the spacecraft in mission control. >> main engines start. two, one, and zero, list of. nasa's mission to mercury -- liz dass. -- lift off. >> a blistering 400 degrees centigrade. part of the challenge has been to build a spacecraft that will not melt when it reaches its destination. >> we came up with this sunshade, which is almost wafer thin, a

dmitry medvedev describes the islands as an inseparable part of russia. medvedev made the comments on wednesday at a meeting with regional development minister victor barsagian and the defense minister anatoly serdyukov. the two ministers briefed the president on their visits to the islands last week. medvedev ordered the swift modernization of the island's military and promised further development of their economies with the help of neighboring countries. medvedev visited one of the four disputed islands kunashiri last november. japanese prime minister naoto kan described the visit as an unforgivable outrage, which sparked criticism from russia. foreign munster seiji maehara is scheduled to arrive in russia on thursday where he plans to again make clear that the four islands are an integral part of japan. but maehara also wants to stress the importance of bilateral relations. he'll discuss broadening cooperation in economic and other areas, including the development of natural resources in russia. >>> bout-fixing allegations continue to rock the world of

president dmitry medvedev welcomes progress into the moscow airport attack investigation but slams officials earlier having announced the case had been cracked. up next year complete guide to corporate revenge courtesy of the kaiser report stay with us. america guys are there for the kaiser report you know both go drill armed they're both talking about there were weapons of mass financial destruction and out of the story world economy where it all comes go to pickle juice we're going to talk more about pickle juice shortly first let's bring they fair but how if they think thank you max. yes you mentioned davros and there was something that happened that they have this that is worth are talking about here the headline read sarkozy goes postal and jamie diamond says bankers made the world into mad have so this was at an event and davros what happened is jamie diamond spoke first and he praised governments for intervening to save the financial system in two thousand and eight but then said and he referred to sarkozy that the g twenty group.

earlier this month, prime minister naota kan criticized russian preponderance of the evidence dmitry medvedev'sisit to run of the islands in november as an unforgivable act. since then russia has stepped up its criticism of japan over the territorial issue. lavrov also hinted that japanese foreign minister seiji maehara appear positive for the joint development of the islands when the two officials met last week. japan has been opposing joint projects, saying they would justify russia's control over the region. >>> two suicide bomb attacks in russia's southern republic of dagestan has killed two people, including a police officer and wounded at least 20. russian police say a woman detonated explosives outside a police building in gubdan building on monday night. hours later a car driven by a man exploded at a security checkpoint on the edge of the village. authorities say they suspect the attacks were carried out by a group based in the north caucasus. last month a suicide bomb attack that killed 36 people at an international airport in moscow is also suspected of being the work of an islamic m

president dmitry medvedev warns of a decades of turmoil if the protests continue as the government funds plans to pick up hundreds of russian from work to infiltrate country. and the political unrest in north africa is prompting many people to risk their lives in fleeting european countries but locals claim immigrants are bringing violence and instability with them. plus the red planet has seen its last gasp for now as a six man crew made their final walk on a mock martian surface as part of a simulated mission to mars. a warm welcome to you live from our headquarters in central moscow this is archie it's six pm here in the russian capital five pm in tripoli libya where anti-government protests have entered a second week as demonstrators demand and then to colonel gadhafi is forty one year rule the longest serving of all non-royal leaders has refuted reports that he's fled claiming in a t.v. address that the country is still under his control it follows a day of reported army airstrikes against demonstrators in the capital hundreds have been killed and over four thousand in the.

other world leaders calling mubarak include russia's dmitry medvedev and germany.ey believe the military holds the key to persuading mubarak to give up power. what would come next? experts have told the administration the muslim brotherhood has to be part of any political coalition and that the united states should even reach out to them now. the administration says it will not. even though some elements in the brotherhood have pledged to preserve the peace treaty with israel. the big fear is that continued chaos would open the door to al qaeda which had its roots in egypt. there are reports egypt's army has increased its patrols along its borders. also today at an intelligence committee hearing, an official testified the white house had been warned late last year of instability in egypt but couldn't pinpoint what trigger might topple the regime, brian. >> all new territory for everyone involved. of andrea mitchell in our d.c. newsroom, thanks. >> again, we're here in amman where because of this wave, this spark of uprising here in the middle east, the feeling star

meantime president dmitri medvedev warned of decades of turmoil if the protests continue it comes as moscow sends in planes to pick up hundreds of russians working in libya. plus the red planet seeders last guests for now with the six man crew making their final march to the surface as part of a simulated mission to volunteers and halfway through the five hundred twenty day experimented a loud but. next venture james brown head south to the pens region to get to grips with the shooting skills and indulgence of nineteenth century poetry to enjoy . in russian terms the pen's region is just a short hop from moscow around six hundred fifty kilometers southeast and only an hour's plane journey away it's an area that any travel a should explore. the capital pens are is home to more than half a million people and although it's a modern city with a thriving business and cultural scene there are plenty of twits possed around the streets. so this is where the history of penza began back in sixteen sixty three it was founded as a frontier town and the very first wooden buildings went up right h

and president dmitri medvedev is warning of decades of turmoil if the protests continue this comes as moscow sends in planes to pick up hundreds of russians working in libya. plus the red planet seen its last guests but now with a six man crew making their final walk on a mock martian surface as part of a simulated mission to mars the volunteers and halfway through the fund for twenty days experiments in a moscow. touchable the sport. hello and welcome to this portion of the headlines talks in europe to scarring to become the first russian team to reach the last sixteen in the europa league after taking a one zero lead in that time with monica. while leaving the blues as their domestic season starts chelsea look to base their hopes of silverware as they go to copenhagen in the champions league. alex thomas likes debutant thomas has won the goal ignites west ham as they thrashed burnley five one in the f.a. cup to avoid the drop in the premier league. so to start with football and looking to become the first russian team to reach the last sixteen of the europa league they take on pragu

khutor resort and the venue claimed its first piece of global attention as russian president dmitry medvedevand prime minister vladimir putin visited the slopes to see for themselves old organizers efforts the european cup. it was the first test event to mung seventy that will take place in sochi over the next three years. and the inaugural alpine ski rant across the whole of russia received its first serious examination and was an obvious success all the systems what has to change sure they met their proper weight snow covering safety requirements and logistics and everyone seemed to be satisfied with the slopes and with the organisation of the tournament around they held over the whole world in areas and i really can't believe you have got a beautiful area here beautiful mountains and the organizing committee they did a great job. to get this globe ready piece a very good and difficult they are very challenging and writing these tapes is very interesting it can be compared with the best venues in europe and it's absolutely the best site in russia adverse weather conditions did change the p

three million dollar deals expected to be signed during an official visit of russian president dmitry medvedev to italy on wednesday he points of the economic agenda to be discussed during the visit also include a number of other energy issues among them to continue discussion of the south stream project which is to carry fifty billion cubic tonnes of gas from russia to southern europe across the black sea. meanwhile russia could quit the uber gas oil pipeline project that bypasses turkey's bosphorus straits according to russian media russian partners comprising a trance and after last night gas from the after are about to officially end their financing of the for. checked this what effectively kill off the project that russia bulgaria and greece agreed to three years ago to build almost three hundred kilometers of an oil pipeline to export crude to european countries now have a chance now it has denied this information saying russia doesn't intend to redirect the world in the various other pipelines but some analysts doubt the economic value of the whole project together with the completed on

the suicide bomber who killed thirty six in a blast at moscow's busiest airport last month but dmitri medvedev says there's still work to be done to find the masterminds. and more news in about fifteen minutes time but now is the sports with. how are they watching the sporting this is what is coming up over the next few minutes i was in front of a guard close in on like a child regular single championship. little pony boy suarez talks about life in english premiership after scoring honest a big. oh you sweet home sure out of adjoins teammates in moscow as russia path to death that cup clash with from. the start with a tag fellow adam god have taken a huge step towards winning the regular season title a road trip when putting them five points clear at the top with just three games to play the side owns coming from behind to win three one putting daylight between themselves and second place to tell about your life also tonight welcome torpedo currently fighting to the playoff spot in the western conference but also in the table scars piteous. playing second spots. for liverpool striker luis suar

russian president dmitri medvedev who is in a state visit expressed his hope that the governments of countries with uprisings will respect the rights of their people. it's a very difficult process we hope that all conflicts that are taking place in the middle east will be sampled on a legal basis through observing the constitution and fundamental rights and freedoms of people living in canada. and also with spike i led to think coming out an expert on the middle east currently living in bahrain he says the u.s. has a habit of propping up corrupt governments in the region but switching sides as soon as the dictator is that taking out of. the us foreign policy is replete with contradictions and they heal the virtues of democracy free markets free speech and these kind of things but in reality on the growing they've shown trust and present to be full square behind regimes that are the antithesis of these values regimes that are brutally repressive regimes that are corrupt elites regimes to destabilize the region and three that are in their misconduct i'm or a few so of their own populat

live there on the russian president dmitri medvedev who's on the fischel visit to italy expressed hope that the q. rights and liberties of people living in the revolution torn states will be observed and respected. it's a very difficult process we hope that all conflicts that are taking place in the middle east will be settled on a legal basis through observing the constitution and fundamental rights and freedoms of people living there. medvedev is in rome holding negotiations with his counterpart as well as with prime minister silvio berlusconi and we'll have more on his visit in our business update that's a little later this hour. the us unconditionally supports the corrupt regimes of the region but switches sides as soon as the dictators are toppled and that's according to middle east expert opinion coming them who spoke to us earlier from protest stricken bahrain. yes foreign policy is replete with contradictions and they heal the virtues of democracy free markets free speech and these kind of things but in reality on the growing show one. present to be food square behind regimes t