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people love the kremlin -- [inaudible] kind of vanguard in the russian state. but, in fact, you know, in 2007 it became even public the big struggle between people inside the secret service against -- [inaudible] and there is an open letter written by, excuse me, by victor, former kgb officer responsible for police -- [inaudible] and then -- [inaudible] close friend of putin. now has become traitors. so i think now fsb -- or, now, putin quite disappointed by this internal crisis because he, as far as we know, he's fully aware of it because he task the agency of victor to go investigate activity of the fsb and -- [inaudible] and some general, and the general responsible for these investigations was sent to jail. so i think he is not quite happy with what now he has. but at the same time i think he might be happy, but in the 1990s one of the big problem for the goth was you have to face -- government was you have to face all these questions from foreign journalists, domestic journalists, and you have to answer these questions. may be honest, maybe not. the politi

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he said it was revenge for the kremlin's anti-terrorism campaign in the caucasus. he also ordered the bombing of the subway, which killed 40 people last year. islam and terrorism remains a major worry for moscow. >> this is not just about him. if we arrest or even kill him tomorrow, that will not stop the terrorism. that is the problem. >> this is a challenge to all of the security forces for all of us. if we will respond accordingly. we must solve the crimes and eliminate thoseho a responsible for them. >> moscow has tried for years to settle the conflicts in the caucasus region, but neither brutal special commandos or millions and financial support that helped calm the situation, and the russian government appears incapable of protecting its citizens from extremists, like him. >> italian prosecutors say they want prime minister silvio berlusconi to stand trial in connecon with the investigation looking into his relationship with an underage girl. it is alleged that he paid for sex with a moroccan exotic dancer, who was 17 years old at the time. they also accused

. >> before long, the kremlin comes into view. the city's most photographed landmarks. the fort fid citadel has twouffered over the banks of the river. the complex is protected by a three and a half meter thick outer wall. the golden domes of the four churches dominate the moscow sky light. near by the cathedral is another landmark. you can rent skates on red square and take a turn around the most famous ice rink in the country. >> it's in the middle of central moscow and everything is so nicely decorated. >> this ice rink is just fantastic. it's great for skating, particularly with these girls here. >> the ferdnand continues its journey down the river. while the ships passengers are tucking into a three course menu, the hills become visible on the horizon. in winter, both tourists and moscow vites come here to ski. a good 70 meters above the city center, young athletes are training for the next winter olympics surrounded by stunning views. >> it's fantastic to go skiing and see the whole of moscow at your feet. >> moscow is such a beautiful city. and we get the chance

the kremlin said it will not interfere with egyptian internal affairs, but is concerned with the unrest. back on the streets, protests stepped up a gear, with demonstratorblocking the entranceto parliament and increasing pressure on mubarak. >> earlier, we spoke with our correspondent in cairo, karim el gawhary, and asked what he knew about the violence in el khaa. >> el kharga is an oasis several kilometers away from cairo. this remote has -- this protest has spread to the most remote area in egypt. it is the same thing as cairo, but with delayed effect. there was a police station famous for torturing people. people went out to demonstrate in the last what happened is that the police gathered in order to terrorize the population of the village, the same thing they did in cairo. the population stormed the police station and the security headquarters there. while this was happening, they were shooting from the security headquarters. right now, they talk about at least 140 injured. that is with shooting wounds. probably at least five people are dead. >> how is the protest in cairo develop

process from russia is one of the boxes that we actually used in the kremlin allegedly revolution office dozens of different flavors of a great selection tasty menu. drinks mixed in shaken fiction. absolutely delicious. from taking over nice papers to making major moves within the fashion art scenes it appears the russians are now fixing everyone's lives in the u.k. while some are skeptical of these new foreign businessmen and women others in the race the collaboration and opportunity it brings seems russians and the amazing culture they offer are in london to stay. not just here russia is now closer to many european cities that you think now is on our next moscow house of a series we should be visiting durham and historical city of paris exploring it through the prism of russian influence while listeners begin to understand the well through history of the largest country in the world better or worse is love affair with all things european shows no signs of abating. are you. going. to. sell lots of raw. they will wear uniforms that will damage is in the black. but very little damming the

prevent drug trafficking they updated a treaty on the hotline between ten downing street and the kremlin for no other reason than just to update the equipment and finally bearing in mind the prime minister david cameron will be visiting moscow sometime later in the year more details on that on our website that's r.t. dot com. but the u.s. is cutting its next deficit budget with president obama saying tough choices and sacrifices have to be made but there's one place the administration doesn't want to make any major cuts and that's defense spending with numerous u.s. . military bases located far beyond its own territory. because he found out where american taxpayers' money is really go. back. home they are signs of american power and might. military bases spread all over the world just how many apparently too many to count what i've read of. thousands that means that us bases are subs and. there's more than we just can't be sure but what we can be sure about is that the us defense budget is now about the same as no terry spending in all other countries combined and since nine eleven milit

president of the dimitri me to be out of has placed a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier at the kremlin wall in moscow the holiday is also seen as the unofficial man stayed in russia major fireworks display will also take place in moscow and other cities tonight. hundreds of thousands of people living with h.i.v. are fighting for their lives in ukraine as the government stands accused of delaying the supply of vile drugs and claims of state corruption patients have been forced to jeopardize their health in a bid to stay alive. has the story. ever since you learned the learned she was a child positive her life has been a nightmare and the last few months have made matters even worse a local aid center which had been providing ileana with medication told her that they no longer had even a logical serum for her three year old son dre also infected with a deadly virus when they told me that i have to give my people to adult ones two hundred and that i have to split each peel into three how can i split it into exactly three parts and how do i know if his body will accept these pills late las

these winds of change that are blowing, i think i would be a little less cocky in the kremlin with my cronies today if i were vladimir putin. i would be a little less secure in seaside resort that president hu and a few men who govern and decide the fate of 1.3 billion people. i don't think this is confined to the middle east. just as we believe that human rights are universal. i think the president has handled this situation well. i think that we need to get a transition that really understands that elections are not the answer. we've had election after election in places that have been meaningless. it is the apparatus. it is the modalities. it is the education of voters. it's all of the things that go to a free and fair election. i think that i.r.i., n.d.i., national endowment for democracy who helped the countries behind the iron curtain after it fell to move forward with a free and fair election. we don't want this revolution hijacked by an extremist organization. we've seen examples of both over the last 20 years. >> schieffer: i want to ask you about that, because i want to ask

of a lever all of them william hague agreed to establish a hotline between downing street and the kremlin to prevent any patient probes visit comes after years of simmering diplomatic tensions between london and moscow the most recent spot unfolded just two weeks ago when a british journalist was denied entry to russia or after violating accreditation rules quickly resolved the reporter was allowed back into the country. check out our t. dot com place you can get more stories blogs nurses have your say as well online right now fasten your seatbelts that's the invite russia is developing an atomic powered train which could they say take passengers further and faster than ever before you get the background on this exciting technology story and i'll take. this brain of harry potter drawing fans of the younger generation to israel but all is not as it seems as you'll find out if you take a look at our team. a unique mission imitating a return trip to mars has reached an important milestone as friday marked the midpoint of the eighteen month virtual journey to crewmembers carried out a second

relationship rolf and william hague agreed to establish a hotline between downing street and the kremlin to approve indications of all this it comes out in years or simmering diplomatic tensions was really just a little more because that's the most recent spot unfolded see weeks ago which is british journalist was denied entry to russia or after violating a quote it takes from the us it was quickly resolved though the reporter was allowed back into the country. also you know coma is the place we can check out all our stories blogs and analysis from there if you like here's what's online for you right now at our goal call and we invite you the fastest seat belts russia develops an atomic power train which could take passengers further and faster they say than ever before really good bit of technology news that may be fun and more but if it's your baggage our team. wayne and patty porter drawing fans of the young edition to israel surely not know it is not as it seems you can find out the full story. a unique mission imitating a return trip to mars has reached an important milestone becaus

to look at the agreement on establishing a direct line between the british prime minister and the kremlin it's an important new elements of our communications that's meant to take it to a more high to levels and taking that relationship to a more high tech level is really symptomatic of how important russia and the u.k. are as partners together talked about how important u.k. was as its partner in it starlost with and with the e.u. and also the partnership that it has in dialogue with nato and on improving european security and william hague the british foreign secretary also underlined the importance of that relationship let's hear him. countries continue to see patient steady improvement in relations it will take time there will be no giant leaps it is a very measured steps and this welcome visit is an important part of the steady improvement in relations which we initiated on our side when the coalition government came into office. working practically relationship bilateral issues and global issues it is undoubtedly on an improving trend but it does seem that in the past every attempt

from the west and from asia from the bloggers and in the case of russia it is also very close to the kremlin which came as somewhat to of a shock because it was an american company and many people began to respect it would word off negative changes. very little of that was chronicled? >> very little. we began to see filtering and the censorship those waves someone but it is systematic and there was something fundamentally wrong and many people love this town were making good decisions but also in the ways with the purposes and how to undermine the political regime is. so also to cover the space as much as they could but so more or less empirical work getting to know first hand someone that was then a political position. >> host: do think it was the green revolution in iran that was the tipping of their own views when you came to see the consequences of getting it wrong analytically? >> it was definitely a tipping point* in terms of understanding to ward off the assumptions of the internet. to find very politically 92 turns off about the government with the initial doubts from much earlier bu

relationship sergey lavrov and william hague agreed to establish a hotline between downing street and the kremlin to improve communications lavrov says visit comes years comes after years of simmering diplomatic tensions between london and moscow the most recent spat unfolded two weeks ago when a british journalist was denied re entry to russia after violating accreditation rules it was quickly resolved though when the reporter was allowed back into the country. the president of delarue says opposition will be quote bashed on the head on less that stops the stabilizing the country alexander lukashenko is warning comes just after just days after the first person involved in last year's mass protests in minsk was sentenced to four years behind bars thousands of opposition activists took to the capital streets as polls closed in december's presidential election over six hundred protesters were arrested and more than forty now face trial including several presidential candidates the editor in chief of the magazine russia in global affairs says that although the opposition della reese is weak it still

relationship sergey lavrov and william hague agreed to establish a hotline between guarding streak in the kremlin to improve communication and love rove's visit comes after years of similar interest from attic tensions between lovers are the most recent spat unfolded on a two weeks ago when a british journalist was denied re-entry to russia also a violation accreditation rules it was quickly resolved though in the reporter was allowed back into the country. take a quick look at our t. dog comes tonight it was a place he gets a lot about going to our stories blogs analysis out the chance of you'll say as well online right now fasten your seat belt drive russia's developing an atomic powered train which could they say take passengers further and faster than ever before really interesting technology story one tonight but check it out chief you want to know more about iran we brought you this yes they didn't catch it the grave of harry potter is drawing fans of the young magician to israel but. is not as it seems check it out home to find out what the real story. if. a unique mission imitating a retu

and the circus is coming to town legendary canadian troops are set to stage their later show in the kremlin palace when they visit moscow next year. cory is here next with the business. and welcome to business and our top story this hour well prices of climb to the highest level and more than two years as the crisis in libya fuels concern over crude supplies. has risen as much as ten percent in less than one week now trading at around ninety two dollars a barrel libya which is africa's largest oil reserves has cut surprised by two thousand barrels a day with the opposition threatening to stop all the deliveries alexander nazarov from matter paul believes while prices could spike much higher than the rest of the region spreads. conflicts will not stop in the next couple weeks we probably see the. oil price sort of one twenty and i'm afraid if you see some conflicts in iran we'll probably. historical mark some for one fifty maybe. eve conflicts will stop and you know that peace will be there for a long time i think will come big global now into you know in the short term. and may seek compens

tokyo relations in november japan condemned the visit of president medvedev to the islands but the kremlin said tokyo shouldn't interfere with its internal affairs its. political analyst sergei stroke on says tokyo is now trying to backtrack on its claims and normalize relations with moscow. those islands met a lot in. a political deal between moscow and japan both sides are looking for the way just two to solve the issue and the same time to save face russia's initial reaction to the statement made by prime minister khan was a very strong and it seems that the japanese side didn't expect such a reaction the japanese foreign minister and my heart mate conciliate three statement saying that prime minister was expressing his present position and i think this is something really unprecedented run foreign minister in a sudden ways trying to correct his prime minister so all in all it seems that the japanese side is looking for ways just. to come back to normalcy as soon as possible and to go ahead on all tracks off russian ship a nice relations. turning now to some other stories making headlin

coming to town legendary canadian troops surfaced today are sent to stage their latest so in the kremlin palace when they visit moscow next year. greene is here next with the latest business. hello and welcome to the latest in business and we go to our top story well prices have climbed to the highest level in more than two years as the crisis and maybe a few concerns over crude supplies. has risen as much as ten percent in less than one week now trading at around ninety two dollars per barrel libya which has africa's largest oil reserves has cut supplies by fifty thousand barrels a day with the opposition threatening to stop all the deliveries i was out in the south from metropole believes well prices could spike much higher if the unrest in the region spreads. if folks will not stop in the next couple weeks we probably see the. oil price at about one twenty and i'm afraid if we'll see some conflicts in iran we'll probably. historical months more for one fifty maybe in iran more conflicts will stop until you know that peace will be there for a long time i think will come big little know

hold the line between downing street and the kremlin is to be set up to improve communications between moscow and london announcement was made on the fast official trip to london by russian foreign minister sergey lavrov meeting his british counterpart william hague is the highest level visit since relations declined after former russian security service agent and extended to name who died from poisoning in london in two thousand and six he's a lawyer and has been following the meeting for us. we have seen a series of meetings today which have really focused on the positive points in what has become a rocky relationship between russia and the u.k. and because of that a lot of what was talked about was economic ties and trade ties or trade in russian and you came up with a lot to do around seven billion dollars and russia is one of the most important trading partners for a minute with a lot of growth were outlined six priorities for improving the trade relationship he talked about finance he talked about working together in the nanotech. energy efficiency it was one of these big project

town the legendary comedian who they're going to name and said stage there and later show in the kremlin palace when they visit me down next year. up next here in our to you all the latest business news with kareen stay with us. and i welcome to business good to have you with us oil prices have climbed to the highest level in more than two years as the crisis in libya fuels concerns over coote supplies. has risen as much as ten percent in less than one week now trading at around ninety one dollars per barrel libya which have after the largest oil reserves was cut supplies by fifty thousand barrels a day with the opposition threatening to stop all the difference is that a result from metropole believes this could spike much higher if the unrest in the region spreads. all folks will not stop in the next couple weeks we probably see the brand. price at about one twenty and i'm afraid if we'll see some conflicts in iran we'll probably. historical maximum for one fifty maybe in iran more eve conflicts will stop until you know that peace will be there for a long time i think will come back bel

have today just signed a treaty to update the hotline the telephone link between number ten and the kremlin allowing for a modern system to be put in place this is not in any way or sign that we are returning to cold war mentality it is about modernizing an important communication link for a modern relationship we've discussed how to take forward the u.k. russia knowledge partnership which will identify and tackle barriers to trade promote opportunities for new investment and stimulate contact between our education establishment vince cable has already visited moscow to take part in the u.k. russia intergovernmental steering committee on trade investment the science minister david willetts will travel to moscow later this month to chair the joint commission on science and technology and launch the u.k. russia of space so our talks this morning have covered a lot of ground and will become to. doing them over luggage will then be going on to see the prime minister this afternoon and i know the prime minister is looking forward to this meeting which will be able to discuss a range of subjects

a lot needs to be done now today he held a meeting at the kremlin with some top officials and we heard him addressing the federal security service saying this is part of their responsibility they really need to be playing their part now to ensure that these measures are put in place. from now on the federal security service will be responsible for coordinating security measures on transport the railways must be protected exactly the same as ports you must know what your officers are exactly doing at that moment they must not drink tea or walk without any purpose they must do their work. now we've seen a number of high profile firings amongst the federal security chiefs and it's a very very serious what did that we've had an advantage say that if these people who are working in these positions at the moment able to do the job adequately they'll simply find other people to do it against a day that's been the threat of the firings and the message really has been that these measures need to be in place and they need to be continuous it can't just be tightened security for a couple of weeks

circus is coming to town legendary canadian troops the city are set to stage their latest show in the kremlin palace when they visit moscow next year. next an r t a live business update with kareena stay with us. and welcome to business good to have you with us all prices have climbed to the highest level in more than two years as the crisis in libya fuels concerns over school supplies blend has risen as much as ten percent in less than one week now trading at around ninety three dollars per barrel libya which is africa's largest oil reserves has cup surprised by fifty thousand barrels a day with the opposition threatening to stop cold with the lives examined as are all from metropole believes oil prices could spike much higher if the in the rest of the beach and spreads. if it will not stop in the next couple weeks we probably see the. price at about one twenty. i'm afraid if we see some conflicts in iran we've probably. won fifty maybe in. eve conflicts will stop and you know that peace will be there for a long time and think will come big little known to you know in the short term. compens

involved buying technology from the west and in the case of russia for example, to have the oligarch kremlin the company that was leading companies. [inaudible] negative changes of ownership. very little of that was chronicled. so we began to see more things about filtering and those more sophisticated ways but i don't think that what was any systematic and this is how i came to the subject because i realize many people in the media but also in terms of the assumptions that they made ms. ross so the ways in which have they will undermine the norm. so we decided to focus more for the opportunity as much as they could but also started with the blog it was more or less empirical work from the ngo. >> host: do you think it was a green revolution and if iran? but when you came to see the consequences of getting it wrong and politically? >> guest: it was definitely a tipping point* in terms of understanding of our assumptions of the internet and found very politically but much earlier [inaudible] to examine the space much more analytical. but i never had much action to the government side until 20

that will be taken including installing a new hot line that joins downing street in london and the kremlin in moscow let's hear what he had to say. countries continue to see a patient steady improvement in relations it will take time there will be no giant leaps it is a very measured practical steps and this welcome visit is an important part of the steady improvement in relations which we initiated on our side when the coalition government came into office. working practical relationship bilateral issues and on global issues it is undoubtedly on improving the trend. and in terms of the concrete things that are being done the two sides issued a joint statement on afghanistan which covered the transition of power in afghanistan and also covered the fight against drugs in the country and they also talk quite extensively about iran and its nuclear program which of course russia has let negotiations on in the past they talked about applying peaceful and legitimate pressure on iran. to gods to its new to its nuclear program and in fact intensifying those efforts they didn't talk directly about

initials with the country's a top secret service the afa is beyond just recently she joined a pro kremlin youth movement so yes it seems that these days she's here and there and everywhere this failed spy on the child could reflect very much and before that you can't even approach of reporting there from central moscow well later on this. talk about schemes selling fictional forests for money and how this affects farmland but first let's get the latest now from the world of business from the retreat that's coming up next. thanks very much bill indeed gazprom is joining the elephant oilfield project in libyan assets will deal with italian energy company and now the gas giant will get thirty three point three percent or half of any stake in the project worth around one hundred seventy billion dollars in return any will be given access to energy projects in russia the deal was sealed during russian president dmitry medvedev his visit still has to be approved by libyan authorities. take a look at the markets and new applications for jobless benefits in the u.s. rising more than expected so we

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