dmitry medvedev will run for a second term as president. who will vote for russia? the energy secretary has announced plans to cut the u.k. carbon emissions by 2027 and change the way britain produces energy. the proposals would promote a greener britain. >> coming to a hillside near you, a lot more of these. wind farms are often unpopular and they add to the bills but the government believes it is time to revolutionize british energy. we will see more fees. they would like to generate more power with less greenhouse gases. -- we will see more of these. all of this is designed to reduce the affect on the climate and to speed up new industries. today, the energy secretary caught up in his own controversy announced a tough new target. >> the fourth budget places the uk at the leading edge of the global industrial revolution. >> this plan is pretty dramatic. the starting point is 1990 when britain comes up with 783 million tons of greenhouse gas. in this current five years, the missions are down to just under 600 million tons a year. today's target is even tougher. a r

over dmitry medvedev splines for another term in office remains an answer as the russian president holds back during a two hour long q. the other day session of. support now with roman and details on how. tasted football cup success in russia. well are welcome just for an artsy come and see you from the russian capital i'm on call seven starring as always badlands. or slow on a bull run sebastian vettel of red bull makes it four wins from five races by taking the formula one spanish grand prix. more shit for europe's love it says from moscow secure their six russian cup trophy by defeating lower division leaders to one in the one thousand year old city. and at simon knock out roy jones jr his that can descend seconds from the gong and moscow losing etc battle to russia's number one boxer denise negative start with the formula one goal reigning champion sebastian vettel continues to increase his overall lead the german winning his fourth race of the season by edging lewis hamilton at the spanish grand prix that's also a red bull team mate mark webber story of the race from pole but failed

well archie caught up with dmitri medvedev press secretary straight after the conference i thought at the mark over explain why the president is taking his time to answer the question on everyone's lips well we'll have that interview for you later in the program. now the british military operation in iraq is ending after more than eight years the last group of royal navy training staff are pulling out on sunday the u.k. a joint the us invasion of iraq in two thousand and three under the pretext of destroying saddam hussein's weapons of mass destruction but it turned out he never had any the war fell out of favor with the british public even more so with the death of one hundred seventy nine soldiers during the conflict well most of the u.k.'s military forces withdrew two years ago i express a bill to make iraq a safer place with terror attacks happening there on a regular basis british people forever says the war is a blight on british history. but we see. one rotten government with another government a little question. of moms the world is a better place without you but the replaceme

because the mystery of whether dmitri medvedev plans to run for a second term remains unsolved with the president giving nothing away of his future intentions during a two hour press conference. and welcome to the program this is our scenes weekly review of our top story on to government protests have been intensifying across spain despite their fishel ban on political demonstrations as the country went to the polls in local elections the ruling socialist party has suffered bruising defeat seemingly in response to its handling of spain's mounting economic crisis with ninety one percent of the votes counted in municipal elections the rival conservative popular party is almost ten percent. points ahead at least thirty thousand people have been occupying the great central square of days over the government's economic policies and soaring unemployment nationwide demonstrations to over the crippling recession as artists have found three pauls a visitation doesn't change say spain could be next to live for any rescue package . first greece then. and now portugal as the euro is a growing numbe

. >> president obama laid it on his missile defense plan to dmitry medvedev today. but it appears that they 0 a long way to go to trust the motives of the u.s. the white house says they don't believe us. the plan would place missile intercepteders in middle and eastern europe. it designed to shield the u.s. from terrorist groups but rush an leaders called it very complex. >> my interacts with dmitry medvedev has always been excellent. >> kristen: they are working to shore up relations between the u.s. and russia. they melt at the g-8 summit in france. >> bayer is cutting 540 jobs in emeryville fulfill facility. the company plans to shift production to drugs to an outside manufacturer. workers will receive severance pay and help in finding new jobs. bayer says some of the workers could be relocated to other company sites where there are job openings. we'll talk to mike about the rain next. >> very quickly, possibly tomorrow morning. these clouds, fair weather cumulus clouds. we need cold front coming in and creating that. and if it will have an effect on the weekend

and russian president dmitry medvedev splats for his second term in office remain out here as he sidesteps the issue during a two hour largely with a session. watching r.t. live from moscow thanks for joining us now anti-government protesters are massing in the spanish cities despite the official back and political demonstrations ahead of elections where the country is casting ballots in regional polls but the ruling is socialist party is set to suffer a major losses over thirty thousand people have occupied madrid subfield square to protest the government's economic policies and skyrocketing an important people have also come out at all to the streets of other cities including a bus a lot of violence to end seville as a country struggles to overcome the crippled recession and as archie sarah furthur reports if the situation doesn't change soon or spade could be next in line for a e.u. rescue package. that's greece then. and now portugal as the u.a.e. things bailouts go a number there are now serious concern. that spain could be the next to topple protesters throughout europe clamoring to

. >> president obama laid it on his missile defense plan to dmitry medvedev today. but it appears that they 0 a long way to go to trust the motives of the u.s. the white house says they don't believe us. the plan would place missile intercepteders in middle and eastern europe. it designed to shield the u.s. from terrorist groups but rush an leaders called it very complex. >> my interacts with dmitry medvedev has always been excellent. >> kristen: they are working to shore up relations between the u.s. and russia. they melt at the g-8 summit in france. >> bayer is cutting 540 jobs in emeryville fulfill facility. the company plans to shift production to drugs to an outside manufacturer. workers will receive severance pay and help in finding new jobs. bayer says some of the workers could be relocated to other company sites where there are job openings. we'll talk to mike about the rain next. >> very quickly, possibly tomorrow morning. these clouds, fair weather cumulus clouds. we need cold front coming in and creating that. and if it will have an effect on the weekend

today, president dmitry medvedev has announced he will soon be running for his second term, but what about vladimir putin? >> he has been in office for three years, but this was the first time president but dmitri medvedev had a press conference to which all were invited and under which any questions could be expected. the key question hanging over the occasion -- does the president of the world's largest country planned to run again for reelection next year? but there was no answer yet. >> and political decisions should be clearly calculated. the decision on whether or not to stand should bear this in mind. the fate of a huge amount of people is in our hands. it is not a game or a thing we do to satisfy our own ambition. >> he took over for as president from vladimir putin in 2008, and the prime minister remains a powerful figure. it is still unclear which of the two men will run next year or even how the candidate will be decided. speculation about a split between the two was fuelled by the public dispute over libya. >> we spent a day traveling with president medvedev in his motorc

russia's high tech hub in the scope of i will play host later on wednesday to dmitri medvedev for the first extended press conference of his presidency spoke about has been a favorite project of medvedev so far little in the way of construction that has taken place however now it's possible to see what the future city might look like following the presentation of the design concept earlier in the week. congress hola business center and its acknowledge apart now these are just some of the features that skolkovo will boast according to the designers but that comes with a hefty price tag and that is one hundred and twenty billion rubles which is about four point three billion dollars not half of the funds will come from the state and the other half from private investors the government has already agreed to subsidize the purchase of construction materials as well as the equipment and in order to attract foreign investors stoeckel provides tax costumes and visa incentives companies from all around the world have already signed up to take part in this project and some of them include cisco

backing president dmitry medvedev urges all of russia to support their athletes head of the london olympics first of all and porto manager andre the last boss to go some way in emulating former coach shows a marine yo ass inside takes all fellow portuguese team braga wednesday nights europa league final in dublin and asked just thirty three has already steered the club to the domestic league title this season and that he hopes to repeat marina as you wait for a cup triumph from eight years ago. as his assistants also a clear favorites to win the game in islands and have a prolific strikeforce in the middle falcao and holt who scored thirty nine times between of this season in the quarter top flight but glasgow us is playing down his role in the team success it's a rare achievements reflects the good work being done by everybody at the club and i think there's a lot of the work of the manager and i don't see that. the work of the manager depends on the work over the structure of the club or the club. it's the quality of the players and we were able this year to. all of this together with. th

question but we're all still waiting for the payout and his biggest ever news conference president dmitri medvedev refused to be backed into a corner on his plans for twenty top sitting in the front row among hundreds of drawn lists the president's press secretary was equally tight lipped what is in a. hello and thank you it's not a secret the answer to the main question we were all expecting was whether the president would get it would announce his candidacy for a trial of twelve or not well he didn't what message do you think he's sound by this. i think you just didn't happen the way you expected it of course you knew that the expectations and media hand i think the president said very clearly at the very beginning of the press conference this is not the right place at the right time for such an announcement of even though you didn't get an answer to number one question i think the journalists who came to school could have had a lot of interesting things turned out from was going to say no but the longer we wait for an answer the more speculation rises has it got to the point where speculation c

it's just the fight against terrorism and drug trafficking with the russian president dmitri medvedev. or it's kind of has more of a plot to study this four day trip. a lot of issues are on the table including fighting terror especially in light of the elimination. by your forces in pakistan on the second to me that it was highly praised by moscow dmitry medvedev saying that bin laden's death should have a positive effect on russia's security as well russian authorities have also been able to hold some successful anti terror operations recently just two days after going to be killed al qaeda the top militants in the caucasus if you talk about drug trafficking and be important issue pakistan is a big where in a very troubled region right there next to afghanistan russia really suffering from the flow of drugs from of ghana's then they specially opiates poured from all that if we talk about business who are expecting several deals to be signed in the spheres of energy agriculture and every ship all in all the or last time the two presidents met during a summit in sochi a last august lea

and russian president dmitry medvedev supplants for a second term in office remains up in the air as he sidesteps the issue during a two hour documentary a session. with r.t. live from moscow thanks for joining us antigovernment protesters are massing in spanish cities despite the official ban on political demonstrations ahead of elections well the country is casting ballots in regional polls with the ruling socialist party set to suffer major losses over thirty thousand people have occupied madrid several square to protest the government's economic policies and skyrocketing unemployment but people have also come out onto the streets in other cities including barcelona out but then sit and silvio as the country struggles to overcome the crippling recession and as archie sauer furth reports if the situation doesn't change soon could be next in life or a rescue package. first greece then ireland and now portugal as the u.s.a.'s bailout growing number there are now serious concerns that spain could be the next to topple the protesters throughout europe a clamoring to the pace even more

upon the need for a missile defense system that meets both countries' security demands president dmitri medvedev who helped talks with barack obama at the g eight summit in france said that it could happen by twenty twenty. also breaking news this hour one of the world's most wanted a walkman also called what it is arrested in serbia the fugitive new units serve the general was first accused of genocide by the hague tribunal over fifteen years ago. russia calls for an international investigation into georgia's armed crackdown on protesters demanding president saakashvili resignation dozens were hospitalized after police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the crowds ahead of an independence day military parade. and those are the headlights on our t.v. the next award winning journalist sebastian tells us about the fate of war reporters and why they needed it without. r.t.u. sitting down with sebastian younger an american author journalist and documentary and his two thousand and ten film restrepo was nominated for an oscar and his most recent book war illustrates the human bonds that are

of russian president dmitry medvedev plans for a second term in office remains up here as in sidestep the issue during the two hour long run a session. there with r t live from moscow thanks for joining us anti-government protesters are massing in spanish cities despite the official bout of political demonstrations ahead of elections where the country is casting ballots in regional polls with a ruling a socialist party set to suffered major losses over thirty thousand people have occupied madrid central square to protest the government's economic policies and skyrocketing unemployment people have also come out onto the streets in other cities including barcelona and seville as the country struggles to overcome the crippled recession and its artists are furth reports of the situation doesn't change soon spain could be next in line for e.u. rescue package. greece. and. portugal as the usa is pale outspoken number there are now serious concerns that spain could be the next to topple protested throughout europe and hammering to the pace even more taxpayers' money being plowed into rescuin

and the question of whether dmitry medvedev will be running for the presidency in two thousand and twelve remains unanswered the russian leader sidestepped the issue what is to our along with a session with journalists. in georgia protesters take to the streets demanding president saakashvili stop still claiming they've been robbed of their freedom other calls are met with tear gas and rubber bullets. and sports is up next with who will tell you all about the russian football fans who were up on their toes as a russian finals is to start in about fifteen minutes right that's right. school and a lot here will keep called shortly all tell you all about that plus some boxing history that was made right here in moscow on saturday night so stick around. hello welcome to support an artsy comment to you live from the russian capital i'm on call seven starting as always with the headlines. at the time they knock outs roy jones jr his the canvas ten seconds from the gong in moscow losing its own round battle to russia's number one boxer didn't use leverage of. battle in the battles in your old cit

fighting terrorism is perhaps the number one priority as stated by both the russian president dmitry medvedev and his astonied colleagues both men devoted a lot of time from their meeting to discuss potential ways of fighting terrorism of course now is a very important time for both russia and pakistan as well as the entire international community. american forces recently eliminated america's terrorist number one the sound of that lot just a few days after that in russia the number one representative of al qaeda in the north caucasus was also eliminated of course of bin ladin that was taken out in pakistan so a very important time in fighting terrorism for those two countries specifically not only for the international community meeting in stages and his study hall he talked about ways of further ensuring security in their two countries in the entire central asian and he just talked about ways of. of combat the coming up with joint strategies to secure their borders to prevent terrorist attacks and basically focused most of their time on coming up with joint strategies for combat terrorism b

fighting terrorism is perhaps the number one priority as stated by both the russian president dmitry medvedev and his study colleagues both men devoted a lot of time from their a meeting to discuss potential ways of fighting terrorism of course now is a very important time for both russia and pakistan as well as the entire international community american forces recently eliminated america's terrorist number one to someone bin ladin just a few days after that in russia representative of al qaeda in the north caucasus was also eliminate in the course of bin laden it was taken out in pakistan so a very important time in fighting terrorism for those two countries specifically not only for the international community but of course that's not the only aspect crucial to the relationship between russia and pakistan items such as issues such as drug trafficking also featured quite high on the agenda of course pakistan afghanistan russia all suffer from a serious opium trafficking problem there's a lot of cooperation on combat and drug trafficking most of the afghan opium finds its way back to russia

president dmitri medvedev says all the ingredients are in place to help russia's athletes deliver the goods. and silent training text mr president was speaking at his first question and also media conference the country's future let's talk about just outside moscow station my delusion of it i think we must believe in victory that's the only option otherwise our doubts could be transmitted to our families but we must support them and believe in them to live very empty even when the chances look slim so we watch the bands and it's part of our job to help our athletes to support them as for their preparations i think they've been working the way they should and we do have chances to form well but at the london olympics next year and in sochi in two thousand and thirteen funds have been allocated a lot of important decisions have been made so we'll cheer for them and i hope they give us reasons for joy but it. so with thousand days to go until the winter games in sochi the search is on to find an army of volunteers to help the olympics. of course the reports. there are one thousand days t

will he stay or will he go that's what many have been trying to ask dmitri medvedev for the twenty twelve presidential campaign in russia draws closer and the president's major q. and a session was a perfect opportunity to throw the question into the ring but he thirsts trade i count again. as the details. one hundred thirty seven minutes for eight hundred journalists seventy two questions and one man to answer and that would be president of the middle age of how this first major press conference on wednesday giving many a chance to voice their questions but while some are serious what would you say is there a chance to give to each of our actions well deserved accommodations are you and some more light hearted. i know that your wife has to park in knots and i have nowhere to park my own car so maybe i could borrow one of his education but. it was the question of the possible second kiran that everyone including the president expected the most extreme year i give those a deal it's a decision over the presidential race is not made in this kind of format it should be made when the situation

the need for a missile defense system that meets both country's security demands and president dmitry medvedev holds talks with barack obama at the g eight summit in france. also breaking news at this hour one of the world's most wanted a war criminals is arrested in serbia the fugitive of both new and general. faces charges of genocide. a taste of independence in georgia as the national holiday is marked by an armed crackdown on crowds demanding an end to president saakashvili as a regime. and a boom time for private prisons in the united states but some judges are making a financial killing by throwing teenagers behind bars for the most minor offenses. a very warm welcome t.v. this is r.t. live from moscow the u.s. and russia need a missile defense system able to meet both countries' security technologies and it could happen by twenty twenty that's what russian president dmitri medvedev said after meeting with the u.s. president barack obama both in the french town of to feel for a g eight summit any so now we can bring us the latest live from the summit and. so missile defense it's a sensit

and the question of whether dmitry medvedev will be running for the presidency it's going to all that remains are now certain the russian leader sidestepped the issue it is two hour long session with picture of waste. time now for sports with. so are the modern legendary boxer roy jones jr was knocked out of moscow saturday night there was a favorite the russian opponent was a favorite what's the reaction so far to the outcome that's right well despite that russia's top fighter the you mentioned that he's slated to join john still has plenty of fans right here in russia and who knows the boxing better and could be back with more of that in just a moment. hello and welcome to score an r.c. come and see you live from moscow i'm on call for them starting as always with the headlines. at the time lynne malcolm alex roy jones jr in his account the sand seconds from the gong in moscow losing it set round that's all for russia's number one boxer didn't slater. and bats all in the thousand year old says he the russian called will become says a little later in the ancient city of god a slob th

the president dmitri medvedev pledges all of russia to support their athletes at the london and sochi olympics but first a couple and quarter manager and great villas boas hopes to go some way and relating former shows they mean you know as the sides takes on fellow portuguese side braga and wednesday night you read league final in dublin the coach has just thirty three has already steered the club to the domestic title this season and that he hopes to reach bring as you wait for cup triumph from eight years ago last boss with his assistant also are clear favorites to win the game in ireland and have a prolific strikeforce in ramadan and hold if scored thirty nine times were treated this season in the portuguese topflight but alas paris is playing down his role in the team's success saying there are two points reflects the good work being done by everybody at the top. and i think there's a lot of the work of the manager and i don't see that. the work of the manager depends on the work over the structure of the club on the wall or the work that he represents the quality of the players

rushes and visions for high tap future will host around eight hundred journalists today president dmitry medvedev has chosen this call the innovation hub as the venue for what is by far his biggest q. and a session since taking office three years ago argues and he says now is following the final preparations. according to the president's press secretary in recent months there's been such a third day in request for one on one interviews with the president that they decided to gather as many journalists as possible at the stroke of a venue and a lot some two and a half to three hours of the president's time that's not something you see very often to answer as many questions as possible but also in terms of the timing let's not forget that two thousand and eleven eleven of course in its six months has been a year tax which i developed think of dance around the world japan put the issue of the future of nuclear energy back on the table certainly we'll hear some statements and questions on that the death of osama bin ladin put terrorism back in the international spotlight although of course russia had

bringing the best minds the greatest minds of the country together it's somewhat of a gem of dmitri medvedev and it's all part of one of the main priorities of his presidency which is his plan to push forward modernization in the country so it's no mistake that this was chosen it's somewhat of an international project really they're looking for global investors there are international investors we've seen very well known faces speak there before including arnold schwarzenegger and former secretary of state funded lisa rice so that is why this venue was chosen we're hearing that all eight hundred of the journalists are there so many of them there they will be able to all fit into that hall but they'll be several rooms were journalists can all watch what's happening in this press conference and hear what the president has to say right now speaking of modernization and the president's main priorities in his three years in office of course one of those eight hundred journalists is bound to ask the question of whether to meet your need to do it will run for a second term in office it's something

. >>> russian president dmitry medvedev says he will reveal his decision on whether to run for re-election in 2012. wednesday, medvedev held a news conference for international reports outside moscow for the first time since taking nofs 2008. asked about the presidential election next march, he said he'll decide with prime minister vladimir putin which of them will run for the post. >> translator: i will discuss with prime minister putin to decide in a responsible manner for the nation and the people. >> medvedev has expressed his desire for re-election on a platform of economic and social reforms. but putin recently announced that he was forming a new political grouping. observers see it as a vehicle for him to serve as president again. >>> news teams have been broadcasting images from the quake and tsunami-ravaged northeastern japan but one filmmaker has focused her camera on survivors with an extra burden. impaired hearing. >> reporter: 11 days after the quake, this woman took her camera to the heart of the disaster area. she's a director with a broadcasting station for the hearing impa

he also met with dmitry medvedev who had been critical of the strikes but he's now willing to serve as a mediator. saying he'll use his contacts with the government to try to negotiate an end to the conflict there. the president heads back tomorrow. >> kristen welker traveling with the president. again tonight in warsaw, poland. thanks. >>> back in d.c., a four-year extension of the revised patriot act was signed into law minutes before midnight last night. you would be correct to act, with the president overseas, how exactly did he sign the bill in washington? by machine. the so-called auto pen used by about the last dozen presidents. they sign their name initially by hand onto a template, and the machine re-creates it countless number of times, exactly. and in this case, the signature had the force of law. >>> back now to the business of foreign policy and the president's overseas trip. while world leaders were laying out their position on libya, things in tripoli have changed dramatically in the past few weeks. richard engle has made his way back to tripoli to bring us an update of

the need for a missile defense system that meets both countries and security demands president dmitri medvedev few held talks with barack obama at the g eight summit in france said it could happen by twenty twenty. also breaking news at this hour one of the world's most wanted a war criminal also. is arrested in serbia the fugitive bosnian serb general was first accused of genocide by the hague tribunal over fifteen years ago. and russia calls for an international investigation into georgia's armed crackdown on protesters demanding president saakashvili is resignation dozens were hospitalized after police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the crowds ahead of an independence day military parade. the russian presidential aide. discusses the g eight summit amid widespread pessimism over a decision that making abilities here without. oh yeah you know welcome to spotlight the interview show and i would say i'm now going on today my guest in the studio is a candy bar called. the french city of goodwill famous for its film festival and oysters has turned into a hot spot for global politics

russian president dmitry medvedev has called on that commission of legal experts to look into high profile court cases such as the case of because half scared to death in custody of sergei magnitsky a lawyer so does that mean this this address by the present doesn't mean that the judicial system itself is unable to deal with allegedly wrong decisions of investigators or of judges verne's was no game and why then why did the president does the same time practice of the courts is also an institution it's also part of our soul society and the soul society. of course should every right to disperse this court's practice because discord practice i can i can recall you as been published in internet from the first of july previous year and everybody can discuss it real together with you can discuss it we can discuss the ice bucket championship results and we can discuss the future as a result as well as our right as i was all right but i should say i should stress i would like to stress that it should not be by all means that definitely should not be the. opportunity to pressure the courts so all

will be about now there's the supreme commander in chief all the russian air force president dmitri medvedev and he'll be giving a speech later today opening the solum procession of the troops of course the trip to remains the sole and so many people not only in moscow but across the country as well in the evening traditional fireworks will paint russia sky in different colors and of course the biggest once reserved for rats square elsewhere across the country military praise will be taking place throughout the day the first one ones have already taken place in russia's far east in the city of. just several minutes who will see thousands all the soldiers in fantastic uniform some fantastic display russia's military night and hardware setters that. look at it and listen to what is so that is. let us move. a little incident in the national flag of the russian federation. and the victory banner on to red square. to flags i carried by serious men of the guards a foreigner a battalion of the country and fifty fourth regiment. commanding officer lieutenant colonel but a ship like. this they have t

general in chico brushes will says president dmitri medvedev he's giving a speech and open the soul of the procession of the troops later to be beamed today bilby traditional fireworks that will paint moskos sky different colors and not only in the capital of russia elsewhere across the country military parades will be taking place and fireworks will eat up the skies in the evening but of course six to six years on the sekret for twenty six million saw the people which resonates a bit more loudly than any gun salute thought it was displayed and of course in the first place it is a holy day of those people those heroes the world war two veterans who fought and lost their lives too in that war and it was very touching to see so many veterans here and also younger people who came to say thank you to the. country thank you very much indeed for joining us from red square and of course if you missed any of that you can get it on t.v. dot com and more stories now assists and pictures of veterans in the parades that. well the war claimed the lives of twenty seven million people across the sovi

yesterday he announced washington's plan for a european defense system with dmitry medvedev. the plan is opposed by russia. >> we're committed to working to the so that we can find an approach and configuration that is consistent with the security needs of both countries. >> russia is also complaining that nato air strikes in libya have gone too far. after the summit ends today, president obama heads to poland, the last stop on his european tour. >>> while in france president obama signed into law a four year extension of the patriot act. it was due to expire at midnight. the senate and house both passed the extension with just hours to spare. the bill extends the life of three terrorism fighting powers, roving wiretaps, court-ordered searches of business records, and the surveillance of so-called lone wolf suspects, those without known ties to terror groups. >>> politics now, in the race for the republican presidential nomination, former massachusetts governor mitt romney plans to formally announce next week in new hampshire that he's in the race. visiting a pizza joint in c

and the question of whether dmitry medvedev will be running for the presidency in two thousand and twelve remains unanswered the russian leader sidestepped the issue it is to our lot here when a son with journalists. all this week out of russia mark ninety years since the birth of the man renowned for both inventing the first hydrogen bomb and protecting human rights in the u.s.s.r. we followed the life of andre saw all the next. december one thousand nine hundred eighty six in the u.s.s.r. it was an apartment in the city of corky a phone line is urgently installed at a set time the phone rings the voice of the other and speaks this is gold which of please return and continue your patriotic activity. the person these words were dressed to has spent nearly the past seven years in political exile. it was the man who created the first hydrogen bomb and received a number of the state's top awards but he was also the most widely known soviet dissident constantly hounded by the k.g.b. and oppressed by the party's leadership the man who drew so much attention was under a satire of his life was f

and also interestingly, russian president dmitry medvedev who had been quite critical of the nato-led military efforts in libya now saying he will serve as a mediator saying he'll use his contacts with gadhafi and the rebel forces there to try to bring an end to the conflict. now president obama is currently on his way back home. on sunday, he heads to joplin, missouri, where he will survey the tornado-damaged area there. he will meet with the victims and also meet with local officials. in warsaw, kristen welker, nbc news. >>> in news from around the world tonight -- in afghanistan, the taliban is claiming responsibility for a suicide bombing that killed two police chiefs and three german soldiers. the bombing happened near a government office. the pakistani taliban is claiming responsibility for today's blast that injured ten people at a market in northwest pakistan. the area is known as a tribal region near pakistan's border with afghanistan. a government official tells the associated press the bombing was carried out by an attacker on foot. reports say a taliban leader targeted pro

door tonight if you live in moscow a reminder of the top stories asked the president dmitry medvedev prepares to face hundreds of journalists in his largest news conference since taking office three years ago he chosen the high tech innovation hard near moscow as a venue for the big event. revolution and religion the downfall of egypt's presidency his dictatorship replays will space based violence muslim and christian leaders have called for an end some violence that is claimed lives and seen churches burned. the. financial crisis hit americans are having to turn to booming to finance companies for work but industry is one of the few still flush with cash thanks to the wars being fought by the u.s. abroad. all necessary special report follows a lot of the soviet union's best known scientists and one of its best known dissidents hydrogen bomb designer. december one thousand nine hundred eighty six in the u.s.s.r. at an apartment in the city of gorky a phone line is urgently installed at a set time the phone rings the voice of the other end speaks this is gorbachev please return and co

fabio karsa telly who was killed at the top of france in nineteen like and five now president dmitry medvedev says all the ingredients are in place to help the country's athletes deliver the goods the next summer and winter olympics mr president was speaking at his first question and answer media conference at russia's future silicon valley skolkovo just outside moscow. station my children of it i think we must believe in victory that's the only option otherwise or doubts could be transmitted to our athletes but we must support them and believe in them to live very empty even when the chances look slim we watch sporting events and it is possible job to help our plates to support them as for their perforations i think they've been working the way they should and we do have chances to perform well. next year and in sochi in two thousand and thirteen funds have been allocated a lot of important decisions have been made so we'll cheer for them and i hope they give us reasons for jury duty and finally thousands of people will enjoy their fifteen minutes of fame next year when they take part in the

. >> my friend and partner, dmitry medvedev. i just want to very briefly say how glad i am to have an opportunity to discuss important issues with prime minister kan once again. gwen: they're always happy to see each other, but always occurs, there was text and there was subtext. first, what was the overall goal of a trip like this? >> he went to rediscover his irish roots. didn't you see that? i've never seen obama that happy. he downed a whole pint of guinness. we all know he barely drinks beer. gwen: so they say. >> so they say. i think the people there were all chirping very gleefuly at his missteps in london saying at least their trip didn't have that sort of thing. but the real intended goal for the white house in this overall european trip can be summed up in four words, the middle east and north africa. i mean, that was sort of the specter that hung over everything. yeah, you saw at the g8 today the world leaders pledge $20 billion towards egypt and tunisia in helping rebuild and development and job opportunity, and they

operators that we have to live now after the french result of the real work russian president dmitri medvedev is addressing those in attendance at the closing of the g eight summit let's listen. talk to our music would you maybe not all of you enjoy the weather but nobody is going to fill if and when the weather is like that so i hope everybody's happy. i think it's enough. that it's opening remarks and i'm a careful disposal could gauge your colleagues please don't forget to introduce yourselves named the media you're representing and please raise your hand so that i could see you. argument there and fuck the newspaper. your question. don't forget to make please look some of this nation i like sanda coalition each other because women tend to. have will not stand up because. i've told you for your colleagues are you satisfied with the result is a question of your initiatives in nuclear energy and safety of nuclear energy and changes in the rules will be substantial and sufficient and. you think that those new restrictions would undermine his own certain countries to develop nuclear only cheap

president dmitri medvedev has called on western nations to consider russia's interests when it comes to missile defense project in europe well speaking at a forum in st petersburg he said that would help avoid a return to cold war style relations. he did lots of big work with lots of them got into a new missile defense system will appear in europe let us agree now on what it should be like in this case in twenty twenty we will have a modern europe well adjusted to life but if we do not agree what we will get will be the europe of the early nineteen eighties i don't want to live in such europe i hope neither do you. but washington has been leading efforts for the missile shield in europe saying it will help protect the continent from nuclear strikes from the likes of iran and north korea but russia sees the project as a threat to its national security this insisting on equal say in the project however there has been little progress so far in reaching a compromise. now two belorussian presidential candidates are facing a lengthy prison terms for speaking out against the corrupt corrupt

about to get a joint response pakistani president asif ali zardari is meeting russian president dmitry medvedev the discuss the fight against terrorism and drug trafficking are two zero places on earth has more on the pakistani leaders four day trip. a lot of issues are on the table including fighting especially in light of the elimination of. your forces in pakistan on the second army that it was highly praised by moscow need to give said that. you have a positive effect on the russian security as well russian authorities have also been able to hold some successful anti terror operations recently just two days after. he killed the top militants in the caucasus if we talk about drop trafficking and be important issue pakistan is a big where troubled region like there are next to afghanistan russia suffering from the flow of drugs. especially opiates apart from all that if you talk about business who are expecting several deals to be signs in the spheres of energy agriculture and aviation all in all the last time the president met was during a summit in sochi a last august leaders in afghanistan

current prime minister vladimir putin might be having another go at it this after current president dmitri medvedev was able to introduce a constitutional amendment to extend presidential terms from four to six years under russian law presidents are allowed to serve more than two terms but not consecutively with the amendment in place this could potentially allow putin to sit as president until twenty twenty four after serving as prime minister from the united two thousand president from two thousand to two thousand and eight and currently as prime minister again quite the term vladimir putin the only man who could put revolving door of their chain to shame except in russia apparently they have to like enough to make him a front runner should he announce that he's actually running but in medvedev has stated that they will not run against each other but one or the other will throw a hat into the ring for the next election. and when we come back we'll sit down with our friend and hardcore activist author and author jodi weeks explain what to do about cops helping people fall which is happening with a

already taken almost two decades and is still not sealed however the process may get faster after dmitry medvedev and barack obama discuss the issue at the. well there you go europe and you're going to discuss solutions achieved improving economic cooperation between our countries and russia is doubly cio position and they will be able to bring this procedure to an end but we need a new impetus for that's very rare for a commitment to the euro will be good for the working across. the u.s. are going to be good for the world because as we are. there we can see that response. let's take a look at the markets now or prices are lower after new u.s. government reports provide fresh signs of slowing of slower economic growth lights which is currently trading about one hundred dollars a barrel while brand is one hundred fourteen dollars a barrel and stocks in the u.s. are higher this hour to weaker than your forecast jobless claims and first quarter economic growth kept by as a day the dow jones industrial average up point nine percent leading the declines merck and company home depot and all disney shar

qaeda has long sand continues to send his agents into russia well these were the words president dmitry medvedev if you underlined that terrorism is a shared international problem. reports from moscow. preserve it explains why russia is so interested in everything that's happening in regions like northern alberta and the middle east at a meeting which was dedicated to matters of national security today and we couldn't operate in is to eliminate terrorists including the recent want to gauge just. a direct link to the security level with little country it's no secret that al qaida has been sending terrorists to russia and is continuing to do such. of course the president was talking about terrorists which are being sent to the publics in northern called says like doug is telling covered in a wild card for russian forces and conducting break it off races already keeping those terrorists and of course you have to remember that with the song is not in been gone the thread about this still looms very large though that the mastermind is gone still terrorists are continuing to great all around the world