is one of the biggest in the world and by stopping here kim jong il has made sure that the entire world knows that what might have been russia's past is still north korea's future as kim jong il's press service scrambled for their multitude of motion picture cameras to document the great leaders every word the two men get down to business. as far as i understand the democratic people's republic of korea is interested in the implementation of this trilateral project in which the russian federation and south korea will also take part some technical matters are going to be settled now some time ago a gas problem delegation at the level of the vice chairman of the board visited the d.p. r. k. yesterday i ordered the chairman of the border lexie miller to tackle this issue the pipeline which would bring siberian natural gas to the hub of asia would mean money for the struggling north korea and a new market for russia the north koreans are not going to be able to pay a sufficient price for gas imports from russia would ever pay but because the building the pipelines of the pipeline has to be

as the country's reclusive leader met president dmitri medvedev in russia on a rare trip abroad kim jong il rolled across a. in an armored train also to discuss a vital energy deal for his state's struggling economy. was following the visit. a man of mystery north korea's kim jong il prefers to stay out of the media spotlight the great leader as he's officially known at home constantly fears for his life which is why evil explains has armored cars and eats chopsticks designed to detect reasons but the fear of ongoing sanctions and tough financial times proved more significant as kim jong il embarked on a widely publicized trip to russia making tracks from pyongyang in a special armored train gifted to kim's father by stalin the leader crossed the border with russia and made his first stop in the far eastern town of class on from there he traveled on the translate here in railway to the by call region with the republic of borneo to as his final destination and a meeting with president made a video of his ultimate goal but before meeting with his current russian counterpart the north korean l

is one of the biggest in the world and by stopping here kim jong il has made sure that the entire world knows what might have been russia's past is still north korea's future as kim jong il's press service scrambled for their multitude of motion picture cameras to document the great leaders every word that you men get down to business but let's look as far as i understand the democratic people's republic of korea is interested in the implementation of this trilateral project in which the russian federation and south korea will also take part the pipeline which would bring siberia natural gas to the hub of asia would mean money for the struggling north korea and a new market for. the north koreans are not going to be able to pay a. price for gas imports from russia it would. cost them building a pipeline so the pipeline has to be extended in south korea to the south korean market but the formal state of war between north and south korea is a huge obstacle and this is yet another situation where russia has an advantage because she is in the perfect position to play this role because of th

and kim jong il's trip to russia began on saturday for more on his arm a train stopped on its journey log on to our web site if you don't come distributed to relax and have the world's deepest lake by car in the difference waters. party. iran has filed a lawsuit against russia in the international court over its refusal to supply s three hundred missiles to you going to brings us more on the story from outside the iranian embassy in moscow quoting to the iranian ambassador to iran is suing moscow over a shipment of a badge of russia's past three hundred air defense systems to tehran under a deal which was signed back in two thousand and eight but to the shipment never went through because in june two thousand and ten the u.n. the security council slammed the set off sanctions on iran which in force is a wide range of limitations including those on the sales of various types of all arms so russia froze the shipment last year officials said that they are ready to give iran back its down payment which is around two hundred million dollars or they could go all go through with a deal if an

it took 20 years to do for kim jong-il. an kim jong-il do that in a matter of far fewer years for his son. kim jong-il has diabetes, heart trouble, kidney dialysis. he's probably not going to last more than five years. what does that mean? it means that should he die within the next five years, there's no better than a 50/50% chance that that regime can survive. there's a huge chance that regime could fall into implosion, explosion, or complete civil war. anarchy type activity. this is absolutely something that people that follow the general are planning for the right now. this means a lot of military involvement from both south korea and the united states, probably led by the south korean military with a lot of support from the united states. this is a very real possibility. and that is why the north korean regime process is the forefront -- the fourth threat. that's the last chapter in my book. i'm happy to answer your questions. [applause] >> well, dr. bechtol, fascinating. fascinating and depressing a little bit i have t

after a meeting with the russian president the north korea leader kim jong il has announced his country's willingness to return to the six party negotiations aimed at denuclearizing the korean peninsula but it will only reimpose its moratorium on production and testing of nuclear weapons once those six party talks begin the rest of the six party talks members like south korea japan the united states they all want the north korean leader to implement the moratorium first and then have north korea return to the six party talks which have been stalled since two thousand and eight the north korean leader still wants to do it his way but still his announcement is a very big deal there were several signs pointing to the possibility of such a breakthrough even when kim jong il began his journey usually the very secretive north korean leader travels completely incognito in the international community finds out about his travels post factum or even not at all this time the entire world knew as soon as kim jong il crossed the russian border on his specially designed armored train and that of course

third since becoming leader of north korea in 1994. >> reporter: after succeeding his father kim il-sung, kim jong-il worked on enhancing diplomatic relations with a number of countries. he made his first trip to russia in july 2001, taking his private trn a 24-day, 18,000 loter journe kim held a summit with then russian president vladimir putin in moscow. thleaders ised a joint declaration, callingorloser military and economic ties. >>epte t dlati w so rctn the u.s. naming north korea a rogue state. in 2002, kim jong-il again visited russia by train. this time, hmepun the country's far east. the north korean lder toured faors thatroce fighter aircraft and submarines. his talking with putin touched on economic cooperation including rail connections between siberia and north korea. kim's current trip to russia has taken him to the city of ulan-u ieastern siberia. herrived on tuesday, after a journey of about 4,000 kilometers from pyongyang. kim's health has been the subject of speculation ever since he suffered a stroke three years ago. the north korean leader seems to still have some paralysis on

to six party talks about security on the korean peninsula without any preconditions it follows kim jong il's meeting with president dmitri medvedev and russia's republic of. kim also said he would consider implementing a moratorium on the production and testing of nuclear weapons. in the republic skeptical with details. after a meeting with the russian president the north korean leader kim jong il has announced his country's willingness to return to the six party negotiations aimed at denuclearizing the korean peninsula but it will only reimpose its moratorium on production and testing of nuclear weapons once those six party talks begin the rest of the six party talks members like south korea japan the united states they all want the north korean leader to implement the moratorium first and then have north korea return to the six party talks which have been stalled since two thousand and eight the north korean leader still wants to do it his way but still his announcement is a very big deal there were several signed pointing to the possibility of such a breakthrough even when kim jong il beg

tell me what does north korean leader kim jong il hope to gain by this trip to russia? >> it is hard to say what he is hoping to gain because as you said, this is one of the most reckless of leaders in the world. it is hard to understand what he is up to. this is a chance for international -- to assess and see where his interests lie and what he might say, if he is going to say anything. the kremlin is not confirming the meeting between medvedev and kim jong il is happening today in the city killed -- but the two men are in the same city in eastern siberia today. and everybody will be surprised if they fail to meet. there will meet in the coming hours because it is noon in siberia. >> there are talks that there could be a negotiation over north korea. could this be part of the agenda? >> the agenda has never been announced. it is assumed that of course the north korean nuclear program and resumption on talks is going to be part of the negotiation. also russia and north korea are discussing infrastructure projects such as the korean real way and the gas pipeline which ha

also kim jong il says north korea is ready to return to six party talks bring back the moratorium on nuclear production. follows his meeting with president bush in russia. and a major breakthrough in the. case investigators say they know who ordered the russian journalists much as follows the rest of the man suspected of all going to the killing. worldwide news live from moscow this is artsy with me. rebels have stormed. his compound in tripoli after three days of fighting in the libyan capital here's how it all went down. i was like oh my god i'm going to have a. guard but then there's this thing happened i found. i was like oh my goodness you know i'm having this angry crowds of vented their anger at the portraits and the luxuries of the compound the location of kidnapping himself is still not known he made his a second a radio address in the space of twenty four hours calling on his supporters to cleanse at the capitol claims that his retreat from the compound was a tactical move and promised to fight to the death some are prohibited forces that continue their resistance with repo