rush sha's president dmitry medvedev became the russian prime minister. inister vladimir putin became russia's prime minister. i last interviews mr. medvedev 2 1/2 years ago before the job swap plan was officially floated. i reminded him of that interview when we met again in davos this week. thank you again for joining us. the last time we met, you were president. i asked you a question and i said do you expect that you will serve a second term. you seemed o eed optimistic of property pekt that you would serve a second term. >> translator: if you really want to know, let me tell you. we achieved the main goal to ensure continuity, just like any political competition, we made sure that the political forces that we represent will stay in power for years to come. and the people supported us. my current job is very interesting. being a prime minister is a very demanding job. and as long as i have the strength, i will continue to do this and be of benefit to my country. >> sooner or later i will have to make other decisions which i will also make taking into a

and live from moscow this is our team glad to have you back with us prime minister dmitri medvedev has criticized washington's move to sanction a number of russian officials for alleged crimes which no current court has found him guilty of speaking to c.n.n. the russian premier said the magnitsky bill passed on capitol hill falls outside of international law and only aggravates relations between russia and the u.s. because of this but i'm not a me but i want to let each country has the right to deny any country citizen an entry visa to his territory this is something normal but it's something that corresponds with international conventions without having to explain the reasons for it i mean the united states could and still can prohibit any russian officials entrance to america in the same way they can examine their accounts or whatever else they have in america this is exactly what russia can do as well but when it becomes a public campaign with congress saying it will draw up a list of individuals who have been involved in a crime what do you think it is if not an extra judicial exec

then, the prime minister of r h russia dmitry medvedev. some call it a new cold war. who's to blame and will russia help in syria? we'll discuss it all. >>> also, the algerian hostage crisis that left dozens dead. is this a sign of a grave, new terror threat? i'll tell you my view. >>> but, first, here's my take. every year at davos people like me try to get a sense of the mood of the place. take the temperature of people in this frosty mountain resort. obviously, i will give you a highly impressionistic and personal picture, but one i find useful since davod does bring together leaders and government, business and media and even the ngo community from all corners of the world. it is genuinely global in a way that few conferences are. so, what is the mood? well, there's a sense of calm, a relief that many storms that seem like they might be overwhelming like the euro crisis have been weathered. people from america are optimistic. those from emerging markets more so, but everywhere there is a sense of caution. in pwc's annual global ceo survey released this week, 52% s

why see you can see the full interview with prime minister dmitry medvedev on our website r.t. dot com. meanwhile u.s. president barack obama and secretary of state hillary clinton have to found their foreign policy record in the middle east both appeared in a joint televised interview as america's top diplomat prepares to step down responding to critics who urged decisive action in the region obama side of egypt and libya as examples of were his administration played a leading role in aiding regime change amid accusations of a u.s. retreat with president says former libyan leader colonel gadhafi quotes probably does not agree with that assessment but both the bombing clinton and with the conflict in syria should be handled carefully for the president has it and whether intervention would help resolve the crisis journalist and anti-war activist donna barr says clinton's reign as secretary of state has been a failure. look at the condition of the world right now and know that hillary clinton has been active active for four years the really disheartening thing about the show whic

dmitri medvedev also spoke out on the twenty two month syrian crisis which shows no signs of abating moscow's stress it doesn't support any side in the conflict while maintaining that foreign intervention should be completely ruled out but the premier did say time is not on president assad side. i think there are fewer chances for him to stay with every new day every week and every month but let me repeat it is up to the syrian people to make a decision not up to russia the united states or any other state now the main task is to launch a national reconciliation process we should think about the future for instance if the opposition which by the way has been formed outside of syria comes to power what is it going to do with its members will exterminate representatives of other islamic movements and other confessionals they are already doing this and that's why there are two options either it will be a protest of national reconciliation and held under the control of the international community or an endless civil war and there is no in-between. and you can get more of dmitri medvedev

and you can see that full interview with prime minister dmitry medvedev on our website our dot com now a great collaboration over the last four years that's how u.s. president barack obama described his first term in office with his two thousand and eight presidential rival hillary clinton she's now leaving the post of secretary of state well both appeared in a joint televised interview as america's top diplomat prepares to step down let's take a closer look now at how the duo defended their foreign policy in the middle east while responding to calls for decisive action in the reason in the region obama cited egypt as one of the examples where his administration played a leading role in aiding regime change this is what he said. president obama should say i think it if it had not been for the leadership forgive me that we showed you might have seen a different outcome here we do nobody a service when we leap before we look sounds fair enough but this as continuing on rest and mass protests lead gyptian president morsi as we heard earlier this hour to declare a state of emergency and ni

and you can get more of dmitri medvedev interview on our t.v.dot com a website online all the time also the moment in search of a better life jobless frenchman mockingly office himself on the amazon web sites log on to find out if the plan has paid dividends. plus devastating floods have wreaked havoc on australia's east coast forcing authorities to declare a disaster just weeks after a killer heat wave hit a website to find out more on that. daniel world economic forum in davos in switzerland was shaken up by a speech this week by the british prime minister david cameron under farm reports the long anticipated address on the u.k.'s future relations with the e.u. was ruffled a few feathers at home as well. british prime minister david cameron has threatened to redraw the map of europe his pledge to hold a referendum on whether the u.k. should remain in the e.u. if they can win the next election in twenty fifteen basically he wants more pounds return from brussels to westminster and will try to renegotiate britain's terms of membership but he has

well as you say we've got the russian prime minister dmitry medvedev he's going to be going old to the states today we've got lots of very foreign people in the audience of course no less than fifty heads of state and he's going to be talking about the role of the russian economy and in particular talking about uncertainty and snorri face the russian economy this year including the price of oil also institutional reform the pace of that of course we'll be talking about the g. twenty summit taking place in september this year in petersburg and also talking about the general today i'll just along with the international monetary fund christine lagarde those are all the only agenda today and i'm going to be providing coverage in the business both at six thirty pm. all right thank you very much kate of people from business ok to many thanks. all right there was a lot of talk about democracy and individual freedoms in president obama's inaugural speech this week but it is the privacy of millions of americans that may be most a threat our civil liberties group in the u.s. has demanded to know

. >> the russian prime minister, dmitri medvedev, described the attacks as a horrible tragedy and said those responsible will be punished. aljazeera, moscow. >> we are two hours away from the second part of the lance armstrong tell all interview with oprah winfrey. disgraced after a meeting he cheated, and light. also, at the international cycling union headquarters. >> after more than a decade of denial, the man accused of the biggest doping situation in history finally admits things. >> did you ever take banned substances to enhance your performance? >> yes. >> he admitted to using banned substances all seven times he won the tour de france and offered this explanation. >> what was it for years before lost or flaws that may be willing to risk it all? >> i think just a ruthless desire to win. >> armstrong was stripped of his cycling titles and given a life ban after being found guilty of numerous offenses by the united states anti-doping agency. while that was going on, lives around him were being destroyed. >> drag him off to manchester to apologize. and apologize to them. >> those t

world economic forum wednesday is the official start of the event and russia's prime minister dmitri medvedev will be one of the three heads of state along with germany's chancellor angela merkel and italy's prime minister mario monti to address the audience they'll share their ideas of how to move the global economy forward how to shifted out of its current crisis mode and one of the actually pretty hot topics this week is the currency wars we're talking about the various countries central banks actively managing their exchange rates meaning of course devaluing their currencies why would they want to do that because it makes their products more competitive on the international markets china has been keeping its currency artificially low for quite a while and i got plenty of competitive advantages from this now the japanese are trying to take advantage of the. ok an economy may see the negative affects of this policy according to a unit credit a ten percent rise in the euro's value would reduce your a zone as g.d.p. growth by zero point eight percent. when this competitive devaluation actuall

minutes past the hour here in moscow welcome to the business program russia's the prime minister dmitry medvedev has attended a ceremony to launch these up on our nag field in siberia on tuesday the field discovered in one thousand nine hundred sixty five is one of gas problems largest it contains a whopping three trillion cubic meters of gallons and s.k.t. pilbeam reports the annual capacity of one hundred thirty billion cubic meters will be an important addition to gas pumps output. one hundred thirty billion cubic meters at full capacity but what does that actually mean though that would mean providing the whole of great britain and spain with natural gas for an entire year such as puts it into perspective and turns a gas already equate to eighty percent of all russia's gas output they also provide a quarter of the european union's gas needs now the timing of this new launch is incredibly crucial and that's because supply right now has never been so high because of the likes of australia middle east and africa already upping their domestic supplies the us is a good example of this they have a

look beyond them to walk out what exactly was achieved well first we had russian prime minister dmitri medvedev he spoke about the need to diversify the economy away from oil and crack on with structural reforms but you know we've heard that before that was something. we also had british leader david cameron he came here he had some tough words to say for tax avoiders but really the only topic people wanted to press him on here was the father he will be calling an e.u. referendum for the british public in twenty seven table the business community here they felt that that was a grammar announcement and that it would do the economy no good already challenge and in a fragile situation with dismal growth figures just released europe was of course in the spotlight as predicted we had european central bank president mario did r.k. he said that spending cuts are necessary of certainty is the way forward and german chancellor angela merkel she agreed with him she reiterated that and this really comes the same way that we've had a process ongoing in greece we've had a backlash in germany as well as spai

hello and welcome to the business program of russia is a prime minister dmitry medvedev has attended a ceremony to launch these gas field in siberia on tuesday the field discovered in one nine hundred sixty five is one of gallons problems largest it contains a whopping three trillion cubic meter.

violations a probe into the boy's death fail to find any evidence of abuse when prime minister dmitri medvedev says that russia may consider swapping some of its euro reserves for equities and other currencies and hedging i should say is facts against the eurozone weakening in the future we'll bring you the full story later today in our business program here's a preview. russia's gold and currency reserves are asked to meet it at around five hundred billion u.s. dollars that's quite a lot of money which needs protection especially in the times of global economic turbulence right now around forty two percent of the reserves are kept in europe most of the rest are kept in u.s. security but according to russia's prime minister this may soon change as russia is looking at other currencies and apparently the euro is a losing fight no more for me going to school of in our business bulletin. and you can watch that business bolton here on our t.v. at six thirty g.m.t. i'll be back with more news after this short break. here reindeer is everything for the burgers. and when it suffers. people do their b

prime minister dmitri medvedev says that russia may consider swapping some of its your reserves for equities and other currencies hedging its bets against the euro zone week me in the future will bring you the full story later today in our business program but here's a preview. russia's gold in the reserves are estimated at around five hundred billion us dollars that's quite a lot of money which means production especially in the times of global economic turbulence right now around forty two percent of the reserves are kept in euros most of the rest are kept in the u.s. security but according to russia's prime minister this may seem change as russia is looking at other currencies and apparently the euro is a losing fight or more for me what's going on in our business bottom. watch our business bulletin at six thirty g.m.t. here on r.t. . right the search for survivors of a sunday's a russian fishing boat accident in the sea of japan is still ongoing with at least eight to true members confirmed dead the vessel named chance one o one encountered severe inclement weather but didn't send an s.o

prime minister dmitri medvedev says that russia's i'm a coincidence swapping some of that see your reasons for equities in other currencies having its bets against the eurozone weakening in the future we'll bring you the full story later today in our business program but he has a preview. brushes gold and currency reserves are estimated at around five hundred billion u.s. dollars that's quite a lot of money which needs protection especially in the times of global economic turbulence right now around forty two percent of the reserves are kept in euros most of the rest are kept in the u.s. security but according to russia's prime minister this may soon change as russia's looking at other currencies and apparently the euro is losing by no more for me it's going off in our business bulletin. what a business bulletin next hour live here on r.t.e. . now if you're interested in the russian military you can get a closer look at it by taking a drive on the country's roads battle ready a craft and heavily armored machinery comes within meters of those driving on russia's highways and my colleague in

and financial restrictions how it's put together and actually put into russia's prime minister dmitry medvedev of the act is not only politicized but also goes against most international laws. but i want that each country has the right to deny any country citizen an entry visa to his territory this is something normal but it's something that corresponds with international conventions without having to explain the reasons for it the united states could and still can bring any russian officials entrance to america the same way they can examine their accounts or whatever else they have in america but this is exactly what russia can do as well but when it becomes a public campaign with congress saying it will draw up a list of individuals who have been involved in a crime what do you think it is if not an extra judicial execution of the convicts these individuals without any trial or prosecution but each. obviously the migrants character became a major problem in the lesions between moscow and washington russia passed its response to it putting together its own blacklist for of sanctions against a

those listening to what's going on yesterday is all about russia's oh we have the prime minister dmitry medvedev speak without the prospects of dependency on oil because. they can come out of a band sometimes that russia gets a bad rap in sons of image as well the bright star also going to be discussed today how they fare in these challenging times so i'm going back a bit later on talking about how mr cameron get saw. thank you very much indeed for that update on his business host creative people will be talking to him later of course. jordanian mates who boycotted wednesday's election claimed the world was rigged and its results will and to mine the future parliament's credibility the government however hails depaul as a gradual step towards democracy in a motorcade bouncin a wave of protests spurred by the arab spring and government has more from the jordanian capital for us right now. despite a boycott by the muslim brotherhood and other opposition groups and jordan's first parliamentary election since the start of the arab spring turnout was quite high according to election officials more th

and you get more of dmitri medvedev interview on our website r.t. dot com. now to more international news in brief this is the revised number of deaths in a massive fire at a nightclub in southern brazil nelle stands at two hundred thirty the tragedy took place after the performing in the club started launching fireworks off the stage however they set fire to insulation foam in the ceiling with the flames spreading in a matter of minutes the venue was packed with people at the time it was only one exit and panic spread as people try to get out some witnesses claim that security guards tried to keep the only way out of the club shut until they were overpowered. thousands have rallied in washington calling for improvements to gun control nationwide among the participants were the residents of newtown connecticut where an elementary school massacre last month left twenty six dead president obama has unveiled the most sweeping proposals for curbing gun violence in two decades including background checks and a ban on military style assault weapons and proposals h

egypt difficult politically marginalized so what kind of success stories that prime minister dmitry medvedev says that russia may come sit a slumping. as an ally currencies as if bets against the euro saying weakening in the future will bring you the full story later this hour in our business program but here's a preview. russia's gold and currency reserves are asked to meet it at around five hundred billion u.s. dollars that's quite a lot of money which needs protection especially in the times of global economic turbulence right now around forty two percent of the reserves are kept in europe's most of the rest are kept in a u.s. security but according to russia's prime minister this may seem change as russia is working at other currencies and apparently the euro is losing find out more from me is going off in our business bulletin. watch our business bulletin just ahead for you here on our team also coming in the program fighting to stay afloat we take a look at one of britain's oldest local shops that's found a way to fight against superstore expansion and a struggling economy. also could

the prime minister dmitri medvedev is trying to sell the investment case for russia how good of a job is he doing i thought he did a pretty poor job and i mean the point of this crime is taking the show on the road and they want to invest they need investment in a way that they haven't done before and it was pitch wrong i mean the picture the wrong way say it the wrong way he was very convincing i mean russia has all these legacy image problems and investors need a lot of convincing and they really need to take it out there and say you know it's going to be different this time you know we've made a lot of changes but reforms in increasing transparency. and really he just came off with the same old story is always you know we have a big market and we go to war materials and you should come and invest in what you're saying when i got here he's not selling the investment case very well yeah i think i think the government's the wrong salesman i think what what international investors would like to see is government get out of the way of bet i'd like to see successful russian entrepreneurs