awaits final approval from russian deputies next discusses its progress with the head of the state duma foreign affairs committee constant in the child interview show spotlight here on r.t. . for the full story we've got it for. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. download the official anti up location. i pod touch from the. life on the go. video on demand tease my old costs and r.s.s. feeds now in the palm of your. question. dot com. hello again or welcome to spotlight the interview show on r.t. . and today my guest is. the united states ratify the new start treaty like in december last year they added a resolution which allows the u.s. to develop its nuclear mil to muscle if necessary russian m.p.'s are now developing their own resolution to balance the rights so far this new arms race is out of folding only on paper but where will it end up we're asking the head of the state duma foreign affairs committee. the new year has started with new challenges for russian foreign policy alexander lukashenko won the presidential elections in belarus and harsh

awaits final approval from russian deputies next discusses its progress with the head of the state duma's foreign affairs committee constantine goss a chop that's next in spotlight here on r t. hello again or welcome to spotlight the interview show on r.t. . and today my guest is. the united states ratify the new start treaty like in december last year they added a resolution which allows the u.s. to develop its nuclear military muscle if necessary russian m.p.'s are now developing their own resolution to balance the rights so far this new arms race is out of folding only on paper but where will it end up we're asking the head of the state duma foreign affairs committee. the new year has started with new challenges for russian foreign policy alexander lukashenko won the presidential elections in belarus and harshly suppressed opposition rallies shortly after europe is unhappy and is preparing sanctions against minsk moscow has so far of frain from any criticism but has stopped pumping oil into the country however the biggest issue is the start treaty ratification by the russian duma the d

far this new arms race is only on paper but where will it end up we're asking the head of the state duma foreign affairs committee. the new year has started with new challenges for russian foreign policy alexander lukashenko won the presidential elections in belarus and harshly suppressed opposition rallies shortly after europe is unhappy and is preparing sanctions against means moscow has so far of frain from any criticism but has stopped pumping oil into the country however the biggest issue is the start treaty ratification by the russian duma the document is called the whole mark of president obama's recent policy and the biggest success in recent russian u.s. relations. because charity work until you go do you agree that this that the the the question of the ratification of the new arms deal with the united states is the main is the biggest foreign affairs issue at least for russia this this month definitely years and this for two reasons one is that. this treaty east to replace the previous one start one still to reach was conducted ninety ninety one and the later stage showed the s

to add two more statements by the state duma. it will be included in the rectification document and the communist party it was in has had to stool discuss the treaty well that was voted down and why they is so weekends the deal will have no. reasonable explanation for that unfortunately because during our professional so to say professional discussions in the committee i could never hear any arguments against the certification which i. would accept. the committee was right friendly and is no big disagreements while as soon as this discussion is in the plenary hall our colleagues in the communist fraction i believe start to work not on the issue itself but on how people will watch this discussion on t.v. and this is to my mind what. we wanted to know not to. do to mix our views or discussion on the drift of the treaty as it is has been supported by the vast majority of the state duma so looking forward in assuming that the duma does no good in favor of the truth the third reading in ten days time what comes next for the new start

of parliament to say duma is considering ratification of russia u.s. strategic arms reduction treaty in its third and last reading is going on joins us live from the very heart of moscow with more details. so your tell us how the hearing is proceeding today well first of all the meeting started with a note of sorrow a minute of silence commemorating the victims of monday's attack in moscow as the much of the airport the vote on the new strategic arms reduction treaty between moscow and washington is going to be held at around five pm moscow time it's known that in the same fashion as the u.s. congress the state duma is also making its amendments to the treaty which is expected to reduce the number of nuclear arms on each side by around one third which is significant in terms of the global nuclear arms reduction for more on this i'm joined by the head of the state duma can committee for international affairs because they think essential thank you very much for joining me. first of all can you tell us more about these amendments and why are they being im

and now the state duma has to respond to those amendments before ratify the treaty. of this point is there anything that perhaps russian lawmakers are most concerned about and really stick with speaking when can we expect start to finally come into force. will there are several things actually that the deputies are concerned with first of all they're wondering how could russia pull out of the treaty if the united states reaches a given begins to increase its nuclear arsenal despite the c.t.o. see the relation of course the relation between defensive and offensive nuclear weapons is also very important in and that's in that respect respect. anti-missile defense shield in europe comes out as a concern for the russian deputies out into the ocean hopes to be a part of that. anti-missile defense shield and you also president barack obama. because even though the nuclear warheads in the united states will be cots the remaining nuclear warheads will be modernized deputies once the country's president to make a similar promise to them but. first reading at the state duma tha

of a new russia american strategic arms reduction treaty is in the homestretch for the state duma in moscow from paris for the final reading to ratify it after months of discussion. and organ trafficking accusations against the highest ranking officials of kossovo are to be discussed in the council of europe as it sits down to debate a record by a swiss investigator. watching r.t. coming to life from moscow russian president dmitry medvedev says the management of domodedovo airport is responsible for security violations which led to a deadly blast of russia's biggest air hub on monday a suicide bomber is suspected to be behind the attack which killed thirty five people and left around the one hundred eighty injured the blast took place in the international arrivals area and as the country's worst since twin bombings rock moscow's metro last march around a hundred people have been taken to hospitals across the capital well you know cross live to respond to sarah ferguson lindsay france who are monitoring the situation for us now sara what's been russia's official reaction over the ter

state duma deputies throw misdirected by the new fifty two cards adoption treaty before the end of the month join us for the details later in the program. poland says it will launch its own probe into the plane crash that killed the country's president or so accepts the majority of the blame for the tragedy which found pilot error among the causes but described the report as incomplete. washington and american n.g.o.s stand accused of supporting both governments and opposition movements worldwide in an attempt to hijack democracy. nonny and the russian capital you're watching r.t.l. marina joshie welcome to the program russian lawmakers are getting together on friday to reopen debate on a key arms control deal with the u.s. the new strategic arms reduction treaty or start has already been ratified by the u.s. senate and all it needs now is a green light from moscow well let's get the details on this from our correspondent because i have morning so could you remind us why this treaty is so significant and why it's considered so important for russia u.s. relations. this is the biggest we

now you've mentioned the amendments made by the state duma so what are they going to talk this through. well they're not really called amendments because they don't actually affect the implementation of this treaty they're called special statements or they're really recommendations and in the two major statements made by russian deputies they've first of all secured moscow's right to step out of the treaty if it feels threatened by u.s. missile defense plans and also outlined. that the similar statements made previously by the u.s. congress are non binding meaning they don't want free washington from its obligations previously the u.s. congress has a secured washington's right to modernize its remaining strategic arms and also claimed that the treaty should not obstruct america's missile defense plans but once again these statements on both sides are non-binding meaning they will not affect the implementation of the news would you go on the reduction treaty all right thanks very much indeed for bringing us the latest on this york is going up there. paul and graham from the british amer

well the interpretations from the russian duma exactly reflect but in the opposite direction. from the senate in the in the end it's the same treaty the same text and these interpretations i think both mean it sounds as if they are contradictory but they are both accurate in the sense that there is clearly a link in the preamble of the treaty between defensive and offensive forces and. russian duma is quite correct point to that link the us senate has said that there is nothing legal preventing the americans from developing missile defense both for both the right the russians certainly have a right to withdraw from the treaty should should they deem their security to be threatened and and these are points of fact of the treaty so it's it's not that they are ratifying two separate treaties the same treaty is there and in the end i think it's quite right to say that this is the first step in a very long process of confidence building and we say yes what about the impact this will have on other countries many see this is a commendable gesture from both parties but will we see oth

do you want to make the law in or for russia's parliament it's about security this week the state duma gave preliminary approval to new and terror warnings they modeled on the u.s. system of color coded alerts created post nine eleven. government just look how much we needed this system in light of the damage of attack what everyone is saying is that there was no relevant information and now according to the war we will have to inform the society about the threats facing russia's determination in fighting terrorists has never been questioned but its methods. now has the system you must make sure it works are then it's r.t. moscow they don't want dead of atrocity was the first issue addressed by the russian delegation of the world economic forum in davos but international and invest the prospect before and in russia eventually moved center stage at the meeting of the world's financial power play out of got all the details ahead. for us we're also continues to challenge moscow's findings on last year's fatal plane crash that killed polish president lech kaczynski but the evidence may fin

while the head of the state duma's foreign affairs committee told all t. the u.s. is to blame for the length of the ratification process in moscow and also single such of expressed concern that washington could to peter the deal in the future. they have been really great if we can result in a further amendments or conditions on fortunately our american colleagues made their own choice they amended the senate resolution just the very dramatically and they left us no other option but. our decisions on that maintain fiefs of january we are going to rectify the treaty as a piece and. to add two more statements by the state duma which are to be included in the british occasion document at this time i believe the risk is quite obvious on the american side that they will proceed with the strategic not regional but strategic and defense system small not the current president not the current government but probably the next president the next government which has a completely different strategy on this issue and in case it happens yes the treaty may be damaged and yes there

not to treat the silver there equivocation was presented to the duma by the president going to be here for first two more statements one of them for. consumption in the united states and the other one is for consumption here within russia one is further explanations of how we interpret this text in the future and the second one is what we think about the need for developing the strategic nuclear potential for usher in terms of governmental programs in terms of decisions by the president of russia. now the council of europe will debate the findings of an explosive report into the alleged trafficking of organs in cause of are the claims were contained in an inquiry by human rights repertoire dick marty is accusing high ranking members of the cause of our liberation army of murdering serbian cause of albanian prisoners and selling their organs almost two thousand ethnic serbs and albanians remain missing from the cause of our war at the end of the one nine hundred ninety s. as artie's caterina reports for us without a trace that's how the brother disappeared along with thousands of other

everything is done and i think pretty much the peace that the deal was ratified first by the state duma and then by the federation council by both houses of the russian parliament then signed by the president such shows how russia is really keen into into fulfilling its obligations you know when you talk about pace here we certainly had some issues over slow pace to the end of last year because the american politicians were were essentially accused of dragging their feet as russia was already saying that we're ready to ratify the start treaty to talk to me about that it was a bit of back and forth at the end of last year wasn't there when it was yes because the do you really barracked why the president's initially or both countries president need to get the idea of why barack obama and they were able to sign the treaty before the u.s. we probably. managed to get control over the house of representatives so very in the basically said we need to make amendments. so it was it was after the recent

on russia's state duma considers a new terrorist alert system after the so sad loss of moscow's demanded a battle in which thirty five people died. you can sleep with bush the americans have done their bit we also have finished these procedures the historic new strategic arms reduction treaty between moscow and washington is becoming as real as ever after the russian president signs gratification documents. and welcome this is all see coming to a line from moscow and volatile main story now tens of thousands of egyptians continue to clash with security forces in defiance of a national kind of heat. at least eighteen people have died during the days of the nationwide protests bill so issues have come to internet access and blocked mobile phone service in some areas troops are trying to enforce a catchy title kind of right but they're rooting policies h.p. was torched by until i straightened within the last hour of president hosni mubarak said his to dissolve the government but made no mention that he planned to leave office himself and rest in egypt comes weeks after a month of tales in t

the state duma deputies have also said that they've illegally a linked. offensive arms and missile defense this is one of the stumbling points previously in the long running negotiations this is the third such treaty between moscow and washington the first two were signed back in one thousand nine hundred one and one nine hundred ninety three this latest one is aimed at reducing the amount of nuclear arms on each side by around one third so first of all it plays a significant role in terms of global security and of course is a major positive factor in the relations between the two countries. congratulatory comments in washington and now in moscow after this new start treaty has now been ratified over time what's the next step now how is the treaty actually implemented . well according to the standard procedure after. it's been ratified in the state duma it's yet to be approved by the upper house of parliament the federation council and then signed by the president but this seems at the moment just a formality because the political elite in russia really s

russian duma is quite correct point the u.s. senate has said that those nothing illegal preventing the americans from developing the friends. the right the russians certainly have a right to withdraw from the treaty should should they deem their security to be threatened. and these are points of fact of the treaty so it's not that they are ratifying two separate treaty was the same treaty is that in the end i think it's quite right to say that this is the first step you know you know a very long process of confidence building every so. now let's take a look at some other stories from around the world and you ask for every day and barack obama drawing russian inspiration to try to galvanize the u.s. economy into action he referred to the sputnik moment when the russian satellite spurred america on to boosting its technology know how through the space race in his first speech to a divided congress obama said the science and research centers are key to tackling the country's crushing debt in an address as marking the start of using

russian duma is quite correct to point to the us has said that there is nothing illegal preventing the americans from developing the cell difference for both the right the russians certainly have a right to withdraw from the treaty you should should be doing their security to to be threatened. and these are points of fact of the treaty so it's not that they are ratifying two separate treaties the same treaty is there and in the end i think it's quite right to say that this is the first step in a very long process of operatives building the stuff. that was poor in one from the british american security information council and of course can read more on all our stories at our website dot com and here's what's online for you right now. media monopoly at several large corporations dominate t.v. news in the us yours are beginning to doubt whether they're being given unbiased coverage find out where our telling to stay informed. that i think it is that is renowned for its architecture in history so why does the local mayor wants to strip the city of that historic status get the answer r.t. d

russian duma is quite correct point to the us that there is nothing legal preventing the americans from developing a soldier from. the right the russians certainly have a right to withdraw from the treaty should should they deem security to be threatened. and these are points of fact of the treaty so it's not that they are ratifying two separate treaties the same treaty is in the end i think it's quite right to say that this is the first step in a very long process of confidence building the stuff. that was paul ingram from the british american security information council. well you can read more a matter of course all the stories that we're covering on our website that's dot com and here's a taste of what else is online for you right now media monopoly is several large corporations dominate t.v. news in the u.s. view is the beginning to doubt whether they're given unbiased coverage find out where else they're turning to stay in. and save media is renowned for its architecture and history so why does the local mayor want to strip the city of its historic data. at our city dot com. russi

do to add two more statements by the state duma which would be included in the british occasion document at the start of my believe the risk is quite overt on the american side that they will proceed with the strategic not a regional but strategic aren't in the so defense system small not the current president not the current government but probably the next president the next government each has a completely different strategy on this issue and in case it happens here so the treaty may be damaged and yes there may in the conditions for russia to do to pull out of this treaty but begin to be are not there yet and we still have time to make better agreements and to avoid any misunderstandings and that will be our will to be. well you're watching r t live from moscow and over yeah there's a lot more on our web site twenty four seven and here are some of what's online right now at our t.v. dot com. propaganda sunday january the sixteenth marks the twenty year anniversary of the first gulf war was it a fight to free kuwait or to secure access to the country's oil reserves take a look back on

to more statements by the state duma. are to be included in the british. document but the story might believe the reason is quite obvious on the american side that they will proceed with the strategic not regional but strategic. defense system small not the current president not the current government but probably the next president the next government has a completely different strategy on this issue and in case it happens years of it may be damage to years. the conditions for us are to to to pull out of this treaty both begin with we are not there yet and we still have time to make better agreements and to avoid any misunderstandings and that we will be out of a vision. now this week of portugal's prime minister repeatedly insisted his country can deal with its own financial problems and does not need a bailout so they socrates' valid to continue with strict austerity measures such as pension cuts or tax increases portugal vanished to relieve some concerns as it raised over a billion euros in a bond auction but this might not be there for it to escape th

russian duma is quite correct point to. us that there is nothing illegal preventing the americans from developing missile defense both for the right the russians certainly have a right to withdraw from the treaty should should they deem their security to be threatened and and these are points of fact of the treaty so it's not that they are ratifying two separate treaties the same treaty is there and in the end i think it's quite right to say that this is the first step in a very long process of confidence building and we said. well that was paul ingram from the british american security information council that. antigovernment protesters in egypt are ramping up the pressure on the battled president hosni mubarak as violence has been a raging since tuesday more than a hundred and fifty people are believed to have been killed in the uprising with looting spreading across the country as the army struggles to restore order. reports from the egyptian capital cairo. thousands of protesters remain in the city center into here ever

in terms of the global nuclear arms reduction for more on this i'm joined by the head of the state duma can communicate for international affairs because they think essential thank you very much for joining me. first of all can you tell us more about these amendments and why are they being implemented. will when the two presidents signed the treaty is the big redeploy on trying to synchronize the rectification procedures. by that i believe they meant the. act of rectification like saying guess what no to the to the treaty that was the initial idea and unfortunately we could not follow this idea for the simple reason that our american partners in the senate started to interpret the treaty the right even to amend the text of the treaty which would have been absolutely outrageous but they did not amend the treaty itself but they made certain to pretty certain. statements which did not leave us any choice but to follow the same pattern and to introduce our own interpretations in order to balance the interpretations made by by by the senate and this is this is our work which we complete toda

internal dispute it's finally done moscow and washington are stripping down lukes first the state duma and then the federation council gave the green light now that it's signed by the president only a formal exchange with ratification documents is left before the new store comes into force for the next ten years many hope it will not only restrain the two nuclear superpowers but become an example for others to form this first of all is about the security of the united states and the security of russia this is about unwinding the excesses of the cold war this is about bringing both countries back to the same level of nuclear weapons because we reach really insane levels during the. cold war i think it will have real international implications in effect other countries as decision making as well managed to become the symbol of a restart of the delusions between moscow and washington the deal was initially backed by both presidents but it didn't come easy most of the us republicans fell into opposition demanding amendments and the internal disputes stretched for months before president ob

seemed too gruesome and tragic to become true were it not for the very real events seen here at the duma gedge of the airport more than thirty people have been killed more than one hundred eighty injured in what investigators believe was a terrorist attack sars a video game version a lot more people have been involved in this violent video game was released in november of two thousand and nine by the american company activision and in just a few months sales had surpassed one billion dollars now even for people that didn't download the game just a simple you tube search where you type in no russian can reveal that segment right here this one has eight hundred seventy thousand views now with so many people seemingly downloading playing or watching this game you have to consider whether or not anybody ever thought that this game could so closely resemble reality the issue is we need to know if terrorists or extremists are using these videos or these d.v.d.'s with these games to basically apply the model there's a way in which you know entertainment mirrors reality and reality mirrors enter

state duma deputies promised to ratify the news that egypt arms reduction treaty before the end of the month just for the details later in the program. grass controversy despite exacting part of the blame poland says it all wanted to probe into last april presidential plane crash claiming the mitchell report meets questions on i. am promoting democracy all stifling debate the u.s. comes on the fire for using n.g.o.s to fund both government soundly on position on spreading the country's influence so full. and so far so good even though the russian stocks are slightly falling today over the week big a one of three percent better than any other emerging market more than twenty minutes. now a very warm welcome to you this is our c live from moscow i'm alice have it the pivotal a nuclear arms reduction package between moscow and washington looks set to pass another significant milestone on its way to becoming reality as russian lawmakers debate its ratification the treaty signed between presidents made very evident boma last year has already been approved by the u.s. senate it nominates a f

upper house of parliament the federation council the treaty has been already ratified by the state duma and today's approval is seen more as formality our correspondent in corpus cannot has more from the federation council. it's highly unlikely that there will be any problems with the new start treaty being ratified by the upper house of parliament or the federation council since first of all there's no opposition to this deal among russia's political elite and secondly it's been backed both by president dmitry medvedev will still have to sign the deal after it's ratified by both chambers of parliament and barak obama the two leaders have actually spoken on the phone over night and the american president can graduated meeting with after the treaty was ratified by the state duma on tuesday this will be the third such agreement between moscow and washington the first two treaties were signed back in one thousand nine hundred one and in one thousand nine hundred three this latest one is aimed at reducing the number of strategic arms on each side where around one third which is significant

position on that and i haven't seen the full final text of the duma's ratification log but i did see an earlier draft of it and as far as i can tell the provisions on missile defense that the duma inserted are much tamer than some critics here in the u.s. are making it out to be i mean they simply reiterated positions on missile defense that they stated in the unilateral statement that they issued along the new start treaty and other correspondence with the u.s. and there really isn't anything that the russians of have said that is going to change the u.s. interpretation on missile defense but there is an air of compromise in that nato not long ago said that russia should be included in plans for and to be so defense in europe i mean did you see one day that russia could actually be part of the whole system. while obviously that is a long term goal and the obama administration has picked up negotiations to that effect that that had begun under the george w. bush administrations administration and even ministrations prior to that so the u.s. and russia and in conjunction with nato as

is now inside the state duma here in moscow with more on the security shakeup in russia. as it stands right now russia does not have a unified system which will allow the country and the security services in the country to act together in unison in case of a terror threat now that the system will be somewhat similar to the american system of warning basically there will be three levels of terror threat which will be imposed in the country first level color coded blue will mean an increased level of a terror attack a second level yellow mean a high level and this thirty five no it will be color coded red and it will be critical level also federal security service has proposed that a certain unified governmental body be created in order to act where that where and if any of these terror levels will be imposed on the country the parliamentarian's insists that such a system is harshly needed this is what they have to say. just look how much we needed this system in light of the damage of attack no they're trying to find the culprits and they will find them and the culprits wi

outlined in these documents by the state duma one is our firm belief in the separate inseparable link between the strategic offensive weapons and strategic defensive weapons secondly we definitely thing that the so-called non-nuclear. strategic offensive weapons of growing importance they have a growing impact on the. overall strategic stability thirdly we think that. in this very situation we would be only possible for russia to stay within the parameters of the treaty if nothing happens on the part of the u.s. that infringes national security interests of russia to an extent that. you know continues implementation of the treaty becomes questionable and returning to iran's nuclear program tehran claims it stands for the full nuclear disarmament in the world and accuses nuclear powers of not moving in this direction well the start treaty is a direct step towards a reduction in weapons or was this also mentioned during negotiations with iran showing them look we are dissolving. i think to be hearing in part he tries to look at it in a broader context. we definitely feel that russia own