but he we have future presidents ph or prime ministers or future state duma deputies most of them in this group our country has always been a reach in telling to people. really. you know we're going to deal with you you know we're out of time no uniform capital no not at all. the i phone that steve jobs gave you does it still work it works i give it to my son. talking about your son how is he doing. like the. u.s. and has he chosen a profession maybe has plans for the future is he going to celebrate the new years well. as a jew to his family or his friends and well since we started talking about my son if he got the attention of the federal channel bosses he's fifteen years old and so he celebrates the new year together with us and i'm very happy because i don't have that much time that i can devote to him this will be very nice and sweet to me which he has for his hobby is there the same like with everybody else seem his age and he supports books i hope education but i don't know what he will do you view in the future we have some ideas but i don't want to talk about them and this w

more than optimistic that over the goal we hope the new treaty will have the support of the state duma we think all necessary prerequisites for that have been met implementing this treaty will contribute to the security of our country and huge national stability that will contribute to nuclear nonproliferation and help our relations with the united states and the rest of the world now we have the first results coming from the state duma the lower chambre of the lower house of the russian parliament which said yes to these treaty to the court document in its first meeting in the first voting which took place today three hundred feet to vote three hundred fifty deputies said here steve against fifty eight the plan to cut the arsenals up post the treaty itself well it seems like a good start for a new start in rather there will be two more sessions at the state duma and also the federation council but we expect they will take place after the new year holiday say u.s. senate approved the road to vacation resolution a very controversial document in russia's view which they believe contradic

budget over the goal we hope the new treaty will have the support of the state duma we think all necessary prerequisites for that have been met implementing this treaty will contribute to the security of our country and international stability that will contribute to nuclear nonproliferation and help our relations with the united states and the rest of the world before. the russian parliament says it needs time to address the wording of the u.s. ratification resolution why is that. well despite indeed despite both sides promised that rid of occasion in their countries would be a synchronous last minute the u.s. senate approved the education resolution a very controversial document in russia's view which they believe contradicts the preamble of the agreement because at the ass insult the treaty and the essence of the treaty is that there should be a balance between the fancy weapons and the defensive capabilities of the parties to the treaty and these resolutions says in particular that a new new treaty new start should not contain the u.s. anti missile programs development and of course ru

states and the rest of the world will flock to now we have the first results coming from the state duma the lower chambre of the lower house of the russian parliament which said yes to these treaty to the court document in its first meeting in the first voting which took place today three hundred feet to vote three hundred fifty deputies said here steve against fifty eight the plan to cut the arsenals up post the treaty itself well it seems like a good start for new start in russia there will be two more sessions at the state duma and also the federation council but we expect they will take place after the new year holidays the us senate approved their education resolution a very controversial document in russia's view which they believe contradicts the preamble of big rayment and these resolutions says particular that a new new trade a new start should not contain the u.s. anti missile programs development and of course russia will be starting the talking document carefully with regard to the u.s. missile defense plans especially close to russia's borders at the moment the u.s. plans t

a show resolution approved by the us senate they would open their first session here at the state duma unlike in washington both houses of the russian parliament are for the duration council and the state duma will have to approve it ready fight for now this is a right to pick asian resolution a highly disputed document triggers the control of a seat of course russian legislators will count fully studied those were the republicans on capitol hill who insisted to include it to add it to the text of the main treaty john mccain a lot of it the documents have a particular this resolution says that new start should not contain the u.s. anti missile defense programs development well the russian foreign minister who has started the text of the resolution has already said that there is a big question mark whether the u.s. were to vacation resolution has any legal force at all. because it will to do final draft resolution adopted by the u.s. senate states that a fully fledged global missile defense system is necessary in this regard i'd like to remind you that the treaty on ambiguously states t

can from quite often all sorts of people work including criminals and if they penetrated the state duma. in other government bodies i think that over the past two years we needed a very good progress in getting rid of criminals in the can government bodies being up here we were able to exclude. at the federal level and at the regional level but that the municipal level. at the local level with me any people use a very different code word for their conduct and we really need to purge i've course i don't mean the way it happened in the one nine hundred thirty s. but we need to exclude those people. from if they often are members of our ruling party. and this doesn't mean that the party should turn a blind eye to that he would know these people should be exposed ideally. i would like you know the case of how the cost of the picture of dorian gray as applied to the russian business every businessman does what is accused of but he is the one taking the blame and his associates latitude as well. do you think. our court systems might be too harsh on these people. as a lawyer and as a person wh

now is russia's turns around for the new treaty first the lower house of parliament the state duma has to vote on it then the upper house the federal chamber as opposed to before the president can sign it and we could soon see this process starting as soon as tomorrow even because today already this afternoon russia has received the documents from the u.s. senate the ratification documents they need to look over before the voting can begin but i need to look over these to check the terms and conditions are as they were agreed upon the check there as they expect them to be and if they are which they assume they will be then they think that the voting could begin tomorrow that's what the state duma spokesman said today and then as for the opportunity with the federal council they say they want to begin discussions tomorrow maybe even vote on it as well tomorrow if the voting by the lower chamber is done in time certainly get that voting done by the new year and so what they see is russia really pushing through this ratification process you want to do this is fast as possible because all

and the federation council must approve it and as early as a anytime soon here at the state duma the first deliberations could start the treaty will cost through three readings the fust rate being the voting on the first reading on the actual text of the treaty will take place to date for during the sessions russian lawmakers makos could come up with their amendments to the treaty but this will most likely have an option new year from the very beginning it was clear that the timing of the procedural brush is a really big ation of a lot you need to pound on the wording of the so-called were to pick a should resolution which the u.s. senate approved last minute the document in particular us says that neil stock should not contain the u.s. and to me sell programs development is what you of course russian lawmakers will seriously consider the document which was pushed through by republican john mccain who is widely known as one of the most regular opponents of preparation long with russia even stunned russian limit lawmakers could also come out with their demands of most of the main scri

of those names i cannot but mention such distinguished people as heads of the factions of our state duma and indeed they are well known politicians and there's no irony in my words these are people who have worked in russian politics for more than a decade they're also renowned politicians outside the state duma some may say they're prominent and others may not well they are famous too by the. such famous politicians as mystic as young of mist and software still amount of mystic as part of their well known politicians usually people have different attitudes towards them they have so to say their own electorate but they're also public figures but the greatest resource is the resource we don't talk about that these are talented people from our country that's where future presidents prime ministers and deputies are now our country has a lot of time and money to. say things in an official political system is one thing but at the same time street politics is being promoted having most disastrous consequences as we have recently seen you said that we must not allow such a mass happening on the

of course i did think about it and actually some bills that are currently considered in the state dumaworry me she did by me i think a year ago i started thinking about that and i instructed that with the shoes of the minister of the interior to prepare a bill and now this bill is in the state duma this bill will limit the use of your against another traumatically weapons in the world they will be. weighted but with firearms to a greater degree because it's so obvious when those guns are used to close range they can be lethal with you bill so in these sense. regulations for air against should be the same as for all firearms if we can but the most possibly we need to ban them altogether we need to consider the situation and if you look at the situation with the crime at the moment even though it's really going to some of these cases are high prof law still the majority of crimes are committed with firearms knives and putting in that you do other weapons but with a good. we just have this separate category now person can put in a little eerie gun in his pocket. and here too he feels like

and then the duma decides, do they want to accept that change or not. mr. kerry: well, mr. president, i -- that's a go pointed by the senator and i -- that's a good point by the senator, and i -- i absolutely agree, the duma does definitely have to ratify this. but the point i'm trying to make is, it doesn't seem worth trying to have that fight -- i mean, if this were a matter that really went to the core and essence of where we're heading and -- and -- for on the treaty, i'd say, that's different. but it's not binding. if there were something binding here that required to us do something against our will, sure, the senate. but there's no rubber stamp involved in something that has no effect on the actions that we've already guaranteed in so many different ways we're going to take. now, let me just -- mr. kyl: mr. president works my colleague just yield for one quick question? mr. kerry: sure. mr. kyl: if it is not binding,, then why does my colleague assume that the duma would have such a hard time accepting the modest change that we're proposing? mr.

depends on that significance because that is the deal breaker right tomorrow we'll go to the state duma they'll study it and see if those terms and conditions set by the us are the ones that they originally agreed on if they're not it's a very significant changes then they may not end up ratifying it at all if they're minor changes then they could end up voting on it tomorrow not just them but also the federal council because both houses of parliament are very keen to push this but a vacation drew as soon as possible and so is president of yet if he can hope both houses problems would do that as soon as possible and that's because russia wants to honor the original agreement there but that the ratification process not only in the us but in the in russia will be synchronized and this is what russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov said earlier today. look at the order to split it into that as you see you know as the president agreed ratification will be synchronized we have passed all the hearings in the committees of the state duma and federation council to foreign ministry has kept law

from outside the state duma thanks for that report. dimitri medvedev says barack obama has certainly deserved his vacation for pushing the ratification of the start treaty through the senate and as i knew a meeting with you has of the country's main t.v. channels the russian president also called for more opposition voices to be heard in the country for more on this we're joined live by beliefs go with more so or you know what were the key events in the world that aroused the most interest airing this interview. well that of course the start treaty was the very first question that i was asked to the russian president by the heads of russia's major t.v. channels and the russian president demonstrated his demonstrated the fact that he is very pleased with the outcome and he actually had a message for the american president. barack obama was with to push the storm through the. student very difficult circumstances the treaty will become to look cool most of security in the world in the coming years it's easy to work with him he keeps his p

they assume they will be then they think that the voting could begin tomorrow that's what the state duma spokesman said today and as for the opportunity with the federal council they say they want to begin discussions tomorrow maybe even vote on it as well tomorrow if the voting by the lower chamber is done in time certainly get that voting done by the new year and so this is russia really pushing through this ratification process he wants to do this is fast as possible because all along russia and the u.s. is certainly have said that the ratification process is for both countries will be synchronized because they want to show that was the both countries are together on this and setting an example together now we're going to hear from the foreign minister russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov on this ratification process you were just because you don't see as the president agreed ratification will be synchronized we have passed all the hearings of the committees of the state duma nationalisation council meets a foreign ministry has kept lawmakers informed on the senate plans for its ra

be received by the state duma any minute now and the vote to ready for a new start to start as early as tomorrow in the lower chamber of the russian follow months and weeks that the document will be passed over to the federation council next week or the first days after the new year all the days in russia russian foreign ministry today said that they. applauded the decision by the us senate to approve such a crucial document and of course it was a tremendous victory for both sides for look at the good of this because you don't you see you know as the president agreed ratification will be synchronized we have passed all the hearings in the committees of the state duma and federation council the foreign ministry has kept lawmakers informed on the senate plans for its ratification resolutions this is very important because each text depends what wording our legislators will use in the russian ratification law although we are aware of the contents of the u.s. resolution we still don't have the official text but in any case we're ready to consider it a soon as the state duma session is ca

lawmakers the state duma the lower house.

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and the federation council must approve it and as early as a anytime soon here at the state duma the first deliberations could start.

i'm not the best authority on what the timeline is the expectation certainly is that the duma will work with greater speed than the u.s. senate did in considering this treaty and i think it's very important for that consideration to the people pushing the treaty through the u.s. senate were very careful to avoid changes in the treaty that would require a renegotiation so the treaty that is being considered by the duma is the same one that they have had since since april to look at and analyze the new start treaty means means big cats in american and russian nuclear arsenals how will stars at factor is of authoring nuclear power. well i would i would say that the cuts in the arsenals will not be big we usually describe them as modest depending on how you how you count this it's approximately thirty percent reduction in the last limits we had on strategic off and so forces of the two sides that does mean of course that there will be some hundreds of deployed nuclear weapons that will be retired. and eventually destroyed so it is it was certainly significant but i would have personally wis

treaty and they'll be no delays the attacks will be handed over to the russian parliament to the state duma and to the federation council we each will vote already. they both are promising that it could be done simultaneously. because the it is because it. has the president agreed ratification will be synchronized we have passed all the hearings in the committees of the state duma and federation council the foreign ministry has kept lawmakers informed on the senate plans for its ratification resolutions this is very important because each text depends what wording our legislators will use in the russian ratification mean for. washington comes down mosco the best resolution is a political document for the united states that it aims to calm down republicans which had some fears that new start coud damage america's defense capabilities and these resolutions in particular seals. president obama's commitment to a twenty five billion dollars ten year plan to modernize the existing their remaining nuclear weapons there are several obstacles riding the treaties approval in the u.s. senate tell us m

you know it seems that they did see a smooth process here in the duma so far at least that's the plan but in the united states it was a bit more on the rocky side before the senate voted to approve the treaty can you tell us a little bit more about that. right sean it's been rocky to say the least and the discussions were he didn't very top between the republicans and democrats actually long before the treaty was signed by the presidents of the two countries in april this year there had been debates between the delegations of the two sides before they'd be at chills great to. be in those debates on capitol hill the senate needed just sixty seven votes in favor of the treaty for for it to be approved democrats gods as a result seventy one votes all in all it was definitely a tremendous victory for them but still republicans insisted on these resolutions which in particular reflects that fears that the u.s. defense capabilities must be affected by a new start and does. these the resolution also contains that the u.s. . contains that the u.s. and development program should not be a facto

ratification of this new treaty as soon as tomorrow actually because both chambers of parliament the state duma the lower chamber and the other chamber the federal council very keen to start the voting process but it all depends on what amendments have been made to the by the u.s. senate to the ratification document is called the ratification resolution it's in the hands of russian legislators now we have learned there are some amendments we don't know how significant they are and it all depends on that significance because that is the deal breaker right tomorrow they'll go to the stadium or they'll study it and see if those terms and conditions set by the u.s. are the ones that they originally agreed on if they're not it's a very significant changes then and they may not end up ratifying it at all if they minor changes than they could end up voting on it tomorrow not just them but also the federal council because both houses of parliament are very keen to push this medication through soon as possible and so is president of yet if he can hope both the house of commons would do that as soon as p

do much else the russian foreign ministry was actively involved in this approach says in the state duma and in the federation council during those hearings we presented our programs hearings with thing he said information concerning various positions in the u.s. senate concerning soon that is the news that some amendments to the read if you geisha in resolution this is an important aspect of the whole process but because we still haven't seen. the final text for obvious reasons this will have sure this will affect what amendments are parliamentarians will make sure to all right if occasion resolution last year as i said if we haven't seen the text yet we can shirts and if it's have the general idea of what it contains but so is the final text will be formulated according to senator procedures a new wave that we're ready to participate in the state duma hearings as soon as it takes place a last minute u.s. senators added this medication resolution to the main script of the new strategic arms reduction treaty and of course the russian side will hop to sea and studied calculate before the

coins was well received in poland as well as the last statement on the cult in crime by the state duma however due to the level of mistrust that has been growing the millions of poles themselves whether the changes that we are facing now other strategic the permanent ones or whether these are only tactical just levels of arsenic is a. so the president of egypt of the most high thing was me if we want the changes to come we do it not only for the polish people but also for the russian citizens this is a two way road that it is up to us and in fact it should be a strategic choice and not a tactical decision aimed at achieving some the goals of the you know what i consider to be the problem in polish russian relations and has some aspects of relations of our country with others the whole set of historical problems and tragedies it's one of them a really terrible tragedy is the catton tragedy because i think that our time in the russian federation is to tell the truth about it and with the state duma adopted a statement on this issue very important statement it's absolutely o.-v. a soup co

ratification of this new treaty as soon as tomorrow actually because both chambers of parliament the state duma the lower chamber and the other chamber the federal council very keen to start the.

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they must study the ratification resolution in detail before approving the treaty the country's state duma chairman says if the senate document doesn't alter the text of the deal.

offering for the state duma parliament to. to to build up a new law a new law which can restrict. information which our children can use from using internet which can restrict the negative information which can then which our children missa to ration and the new amendments will he have to do. to introduce them for our parliament because in. such difficult and such charge situation with. criminal activities in the internet we cannot be sure about the future of our children service all russian regions have a child with mind of what it will know for certain no because we still have only fifty eight children's rights commissioners in our region but. i am sure and i hope in the beginning because next year to follow on eleven will have in each region of the children's rights commissioner because it's very important institute this is the institute which can be. system building institute which can connect with different. minister is a different state federal and subject for two years and to make a system of children's protection rights once again going back to the state of the nation addr