he's the sharpest thorn in the side of the kremlin. this is a different case from earlier proceedings. s since standing in the moscow mayoral election he's been a serious challenge to the kremlin. he had 27% of the votes in the election last month. some 660,000 people voted for him. this was a great shock to the kremlin and the government and they were anxious to set up lavalni as a russian mandela, a martyr in prison. that's why we got the suspended sentence of five years. it means that navalni will no longer be able to take part in any elections, ruling him out from challenging vladimir putin or anyone else in the next presidential election. effectively the kremlin has a political nuisance out of the way. for how long we don't know. >> exactly, for how long? it rules him out of the election - a suspended prison sentence. what future does he have, do you think? >> i think, as i say his profile has changed. he's been strong on corruption in russia. he has a large following. he stood up to the kremlin, got 660 votes in the moscow mayor'

this is something that the kremlin is very cognizant over. it's something that it's likely the kremlin can control or clamp down on. it gives you a glimmer of hope that there is, there are yearnings for pluralism beyond the construct that putin has created but it's likely it they will come to any sort of real meaningful fruition. >> as you know, one of the projects president putin is doing to revitalize russia's of strength is to carve out control within the former soviet union. i think the idea is that would allow russia to reconstitute a market that they could hold the line against china in some ways through a union. what do you think the chances of the success of the project would be in terms of reversing some of the trends you cautioned about? >> i think it's interestingcome and you mentioned this was intended as a hedge against china. i think it is up to a point but i think it's a hedge against european liberalization. if you look at what's happened with russia's strong-arming of ukraine over the last few months, you have seen ukraine th

this is something the kremlin is cognizant over, something it is not clear the kremlin can control or clampdown on. it gives you a glimmer of hope that there are yearning for pluralism beyond the construct that vladimir putin has created but not clear they will come to any meaningful fruition. >> watch out for richard. >> always do. >> richard white, as you know, one of the things president to news doing to with -- try to carve out control within the former soviet union particularly focusing on the caucuses, i think the idea is allowing russia to reconstitute the market which will hold the line to china penetration in some ways through the regime and so on. what do you think the chances of the success of that project will be in terms of reversing the trends you caution us about? >> this was intended as a hedge against china. it is actually a hedge against european liberalization. if you look what happened with russia's from arming of ukraine over the last two months you have seen a ukraine on track to sign an association agreement with the european union and as a result was penalized

you have seen it aid and abet the rise of a corrosive far right group that is supported by the kremlin to promote like walking together a and a trend line toward protectionism in economic terms that is simply turning a blind eye. of the results is that having been deprived of economic opportunity turf of russian policy maker that their muslim but they are not russian part of the internal abroad that we need to manage but not integrate. because russia muslims since the trend to wine and as a result ucb increase of the russian muslim minority increase of the radicals. what i mean by this? we know that our general view of the rise of radical islam in russia begins and ends with discussion of chechnya. they have a grinding and bloody war of attrition against islamic radicals going on two decades the russian government says they had succeeded than the trend line shows the war is far from being over but increasingly that problem migrates from the periphery into the heartland for quick couple of years ago i was in the republic capital city there is a busy through st. and literally you can sta

the olympics drummers and the olympic dancers the clock on the spot skids our me down the kremlin says that while basically at any possible moment the olympic flame will arrive here to the very heart of the russian capital several thousand spectators gathered here there are pretty much no freedom no open seats laps lots of media lots of grass so the president is expected to appear shortly with a statement while the celebration is going to continue but of course we're waiting to see the olympic flame to arrive earlier it was delivered to and landed via the special flight in the book away airport in moscow then it's securely being escorted by two hundred bikers from the most famous biker gang in russia the night will they are not only way cool but they are also lots of them are athletes they are also involved in lots of. events charity events and so on they said for them this is a great honor to take part in these celebrations officially the olympic torch relay will begin on monday and it will be the biggest one the longest one in the history of the olympic games are going to last for. b

cheering crowd before president putin sent the torch on its way going off watch the festivities by the kremlin walls. well it's truly a historic event for the whole nation and possibly even for the history of the olympic games themselves the olympic flame was first delivered on board the special flight from greece to. scored by the. biker gang one of the most famous ones in the country many of these guys are athletes themselves they're also known for their various charity projects they said that it was a great honor for them to be able to take part in this offense then several thousand people waiting for the flame to arrive the heart of the capital to red square where was greeted by president putin and celebrities congratulating pretty much the whole nation with the flame finally arriving to moscow and basically laying the foundation ahead of the start official start off the a longest olympic torch relay in the history of the games we're talking about one thousand nine

what the kremlin fears is solidarity and support of the opposition. over the past six months we have seen a linking up of different interests. supporters of the act that would ban russian officials from entering the eu if they were involved in murder. we have seen gay rights groups join that coalition. we have seen greenpeace move into joining that coalition. one of the reasons they are being so hard in the run-up is to frighten away people linked to gay rights, opposition rights, or green activism. >> do you really believe there is a grand coalition of dissidents? >> let's imagine. you were having discussions about joint demonstrations. if you go to demonstrations out side a russian consulate, five years ago you would only see activists supporting russian. now you see activists supporting gay rights and others. it is a grassroots individual thing. yet lots of people for different reasons: for this regime to change its ways. it is not organized from the top. it is very spontaneous. there was no plan. >> something we haven't seen since may of 2012. we

brutality of the army and the police to the simple allegation that the protest straighted by the kremlin the rouge which was supposed to convince the nation really had no other choice than he had to defend democracy it was a trigger words in georgia once. why did the international community keep quiet. after such a cynical and brutal crackdown by the police. why. really managed to convince many in the west. it was an operation planned by russia's main intelligence directorate and the federal security service or the kremlin or all of them together that everyone was waiting for the onslaught of the russian tanks. that we were going to raise the red flag that. the november of two thousand and seven also showed that the democratic authorities were going to welcome any criticism from the journalists t.v. station he made he was the first victim of the new regime. i see them entering our office they are about to break into the studio something terrifying is going on i hope they won't use force so here they are about to get into a studio goodbye in farewell. that was the evening when george's hi

. >> time to move onto another topic and a resurgent kremlin seems to be looking at the agenda when it comes to major world issues. president vladimir putin's chief opponent walked free after they suspended the five-year sentence for theft but it will prevent him from seeking elected office for several years at least. regardless, putin seems to have regained some of his swagger. greenpeace activists are put behind bars and the kremlin is banning lithuanian cheese imports for hosting the eu summit. not to mention, a harsh crackdown on illegal immigrants. first to you, doug. you have worked in moscow. would you say that this division is somewhat of a concession despite the fact we're seeing all these crackdowns in various areas? >> vladimir putin has said this but russian justice is totally independent and i have nothing to do with the decision. unofficially, it's a concession. it is not a major concession. he cuts a very unique figure among the opposition in the sense that he is the first one who has shown that putin is perhaps not invincible. he is respect did buy the types of people w

operation planned by russia's main intelligence directorate and the federal security service or the kremlin or all of them together that everyone was waiting for the onslaught of the russian tanks. but i think that we were going to raise the red flag. in november of two thousand and seven also showed that the democratic authorities were going to welcome any criticism from the journalists t.v. station he made he was the first victim of the new regime. i see them entering our office they are about to break into the studio something terrifying is going on i hope they won't use force so here they are about to get into the studio goodbye and . that was the evening when george's house for the freedom of speech was crushed since then the media space has been exclusively pro president. says not a single come. and in a democracy was functional in those times elections were not fair courts weren't show. this situation in the mass media was disastrous. t.v. networks could not broadcast to a nationwide audience unless they played to the tune of the saakashvili clan. really called an early presidential

the kremlin the release which was supposed to convince the nation really had no other choice than he had to defend democracy it was a trigger words in georgia one q. why did the international community keep quiet. after such a cynical and brutal crackdown by the police. why. really managed to convince many in the west. it was an operation planned by russia's main intelligence directorate and the federal security service or the kremlin or all of them together. everyone was waiting for the onslaught of the russian tanks. but i think that we were going to raise the red flag. in november of two thousand and seven also showed that the democratic authorities were going to welcome any criticism from the journalists t.v. station he made he was the first victim of the new regime. i see them entering our office they are about to break into the studio something terrifying is going on i hope they won't use force so here they are about to get into a studio goodbye and. that was the evening when george's house for the freedom of speech was crushed since then the media space has been exclusively pr

games all through the day the torch bearers have been running through the russian capital from the kremlin to here the sparrow hills the territory the most the state university now we witnessed the concert here. lots of people have gathered here thousands to witness the olympic flame in person and now the concert has come to an end with the fireworks and the second most go moscow's leg of the torch relay is promising to be as exciting although of course the traffic jams will be ever present in moscow on the tuesday during the second day the torch relay itself is promising to be a very. especially one historic one and i did a report explaining what the peculiarities and what's so special about this particular torch relay this time. on october the twenty ninth in a limpia handed over to russians on october the fifth in athens and delivered to moscow on the next day now the olympic flame has started its long and unique journey across the host country five time olympic champion and synchronized swimming and. was chosen to be the very first store to bear a fourteen thousand more will hand the f

crisis of two thousand and eight two thousand and nine that's still with us now and the man in the kremlin lot of mere putin remembers both very very well he's very skittish about going to international markets for credits right now because he sees it as a national security issue in the deficits in general anathema to the government and they're going to avoid it and consequently we've seen all these sort of. short term budget as you know the duct tape economic duct tape which is things like freezing tariffs and freezing state employees wage growth because they want to avoid that so they're trying to you know we've between on the one hand doing the reforms and the austerity and on the other hand creating some money in the budget in order to avoid a deficit to avoid borrowing to see if they can get to the point where the rest of the world picks up and leaves russia with it and as i say the consensus amongst the consumer the economists and the i.m.f. from next year that there will be a recovery that we're through the pits at the root of the crisis completist or we at the bottom of the trough.

suffering and you know seeing these riots and protests because the people are hurting and in russia the kremlin has made the decision the people are actually doing fine for now and so we should get on with the business of doing that you know these these reforms and changes to the financial system getting inflation down because what they're doing is they're betting on an organic recovery starting next year rather than trying to fish the engineer a growth recovery now and you can debate whether that's wise but it's quite a break i mean this this is what the big debate was during the summer and i think this is what confused a lot of people if you want to know in the state sector and for investors and just for businesses in general i mean the we had first six months we had a government policy of stimulating the economy through spending and all of a sudden it came to a screeching halt and then you got to reverse and i think this is one of the things of wait and see because we're going to see how this plays out as ben was saying. i mean the. g.d.p. growth is about one point three one point four perce

crisis of two thousand and eight two thousand and nine that's still with us now and the man in the kremlin a lot of mir putin remembers both very very well he's very skittish about going to international markets for credits right now because he sees it as a national security issue yeah i mean deficits in general are anathema to the government and they're going to avoid it and consequently we've seen all these sort of. short term budgies you know the duct tape economic duct tape which is things like freezing tariffs and freezing state employees wage growth because they were. to avoid that so they're trying to you know we've between on the one hand doing the reforms in the austerity and on the other hand creating some money in the budget in order to avoid a deficit to avoid borrowing to see if they can get to the point where the rest of the world picks up and leaves russia with it and as i say the consensus amongst the consumer the economists and the i.m.f. from next year that there will be a recovery that we're through the pits at the root of the crisis yeah completist or we at the bottom o

russia the flame was met by a group of bikers who were handed who were on hand to escort it to the kremlin president putin looked ahead to the games by hosting the ceremony to start the top three day after visiting nearly three thousand cities across the country be lympics symbol is expected in salt she on the seventh of february to open the games and you can enjoy the highlights and see reports from the relay ceremony over at our web site at r.t. dot com. now i'm going to be back in a few minutes time with the headlines stay with us. real damage and complexity of this oil spill was not something you can grasp just by looking at dirty birds we have between four to five million people in this directly affected area of the coast and it's pretty clear why it's not being reported because b.p. can't afford to have a reported all along the gulf coast are clean they are safe and they're open for business if b.p. is the single largest oil contributor to the pentagon the us war machine is heavily reliant upon b.p. and their oil this is a huge step backwards for the marker c. it's a step forward for

expert notice kremlin cautioned putting him behind bars would create a russian mandela raising his profile popularity. but there is a question of how long his exile will last. russia's constitutional court ruled this month that the life ban should be overturned. even political analysts are confused. >> we do not know because this decision has to be implemented. that means the parliament will have to pass any legislation, and it has not yet started doing that. we simply do not know. >> reporter: he has been the vocal critic of president putin since he returned to power last year and described the ruling party as a party of crooks and thieves. he's accused of authorities for persecuting for political reasons and says he'll appeal the latest sentence. >> staying in russia the kremlin's relation relations wie netherlands are under strains following an assault on a diplomat. he was beaten in his apartment on tuesday. the latest in a series of incidents which is testing the relationship of the two countries. >> reporter: 2013 was to have been a year of celebration for russia and the netherlands.

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for some people it was a message from the kremlin, they can drag you kicking and screaming into court again and there are other cases in the future in moscow. >> in the united states a senate leader is frantically searching for a deal that would allow the u.s. to end the partial government shutdown. the democratic-controlled senate took control of the issue on tuesday night after attempts in the house of representatives came to nothing. lawmakers in the senate are now working on a bipartisan deal to extend the federal borrowing limits until february 7. it would also fund the government until mid-january. the aaa credit rating has been put under review for a downgrade. we are looking at what the potential fallout might be. >> no one can say for sure what will happen if the u.s. borrowing limit is not raised, it has simply never happened before. the government has $13 billion in reserve to pay its bills and experts say that these funds can hold out for a few days but would dry up before the end of the month. without an increase in the borrowing limit, the government could not reach othe

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kremlin responded. kremlin said something, this is like two sprinters running in different directions trying to reach each effort or hurt each other to please each other, i don't know. so my, i'm dissatisfaction with u.s.-russia relations, because there is no strategic vision and i don't know, including myself is it capable to produce a strategic vision and to offer it to great countries, two great societies. probably business for much younger people. but, that is why i want you guys to be here and and now we all have time for your questions. please come over to the microphones. and introduce yourself and ask your questions. please do, but before, while you thinking about your questions i've been moderator and use my right to ask first questions usually as moderator do. to ambassador kislyak, my question is, it seems to me for the after the breakup of seven yet union, russian policy towards america, correct me if i'm wrong, russian policy toward, i prosed toward america was always reaction what washingt

round towards the kremlin a gust of wind blew out the whole but luckily a helpful secures man was almost down by reignited the find that ran out the american manufacture of the light is it decided to seize upon the opportunity and publish this damage but without the permission from the limp. say shaken to display the iconic like i say as a consequence if i now face legal action off the internet slogan saves a limb takes one viral some commentators did point out that i like to have some effect several times before little it will successfully. battle over venture capital for today and this week thank you so much for joining me for a day of praise. you come back next week have a great album by. james . expect. to see. some may disagree. but i believe america is exceptional. just weeks. this is the weekly live here on c pitched battles broke out in egypt this week leaving fifty people dead much of the violence was centered on karo where clashes erupted between followers of the ousted president mohamed morsi and supporters of the military security forces were also targeted in a series of dead

journey got off to a rough start yesterday after a ceremony, the flame was being run through the kremlina gust of wind blue it out. the runner had to stop. a security guard relit the torch with his lighter. oh. >> i thought that flame was not supposed to go out. >> i was under the imprex that it was eternal. >>> a shootout if dallas comes to the final seconds. >> here are our friends over at espn with all the highlights. >>> good morning, america. welcome inside sp"sportscenter, i'm john buccigross. if you love high scoring football, we have a good one for you. the cowboys and the broncos. looked like the broncos would run away with this. look at romo find williams. 82 yards. dallas trails, 35-27. now we're tied. 41-41. romo, quick strike to cole beasley. that's a score. and jerry jones, cowboys owner, loves it. high fives in shirt and tie. romo late, 2:04 to go. intercepted, and then, peyton manning and the broncos turn to matt prater, the winning field goal. the cowboys fall, 51-48. >>> geno smith in atlanta. jets falcons on espn's "monday night football." following monday nirgt countd

the conviction will prevent the prominent kremlin critic from seeking elected office for several yearshe is to appeal. on wednesday, russian divers recovered what is thought to be meteor that exploded over the city of chelyabinsk last year. it is unclear how much it weighs. the scale broke at 570 kilograms. >> the meteor was the largest to enter the earth atmosphere in 66 years. the shockwave injured more than 1600 people. >> on thursday, germany's conservatives and social democrats decided to open negotiations on forming a coalition government. the move comes for weeks after general elections. after talks failed, agreement with the spd came quicker than expected. >> i'm very pleased, and i wish you all a wonderful weekend. >> chancellor merkel also appeared satisfied as she left the talks without beating to reporters. the leader of the social democrats was more circumspect. from beingtill far able to say we have achieved concrete results. but we believe we can reach common ground with the conservatives in order to successfully conclude coalition talks. thorny topic is the spd call for

the kremlin political reasons have encouraged the idea. there has been this idea of america as a potential adversary which can kate relations. specifically, kate relations in complicates relations in a globally connected world. house andthe white the state department see some the things being said and it is not put them in a positive mood about russia. , ihink we both operate cannot say we because i am no longer in the government among those working on u.s.-russia more couples made came by the domestic environments in the united states and russia which displays a hangover from the cold war. >> [inaudible] some of them will work and government. [indiscernible] i agree. russian culture and history at mentality. it is american politics. that is my opinion. >> are we going to ask the audience for questions? we have use 90% of the time. >> ok. >> american university. there a lot of american universities students here today. my question, you all were to close with the leaders of the country. how do you assess the importance of the worship betwee

steve rosenberg spent his lunch time exploring the connection between the kremlin and the kitchen. >>f you like cooking and are in russia, let me give you a piece of advice. up onure you swot international politics before you choose your recipe. that could affect the ingredients available to you. whenever russia has a political row with another country, it ends with moscow slapping a ban on food imports from the country it has fallen out with. when the russian government squabbled with the georgian government a few years ago, russia suddenly declared georgian wine and georgian mineral water were of poor quality and refused to import any more. that resulted for big losses in the georgian economy. then russia got cheesed off with ukraine. there was a row over gas prices, and what a coincidence, ukrainian cheese was declared dodgy and band. the latest food feud is over dairy products from lithuania. suspendedmoscow imports, again citing concerns over quality. but the lithuanians smell geopolitics. after all, next month lithuania hosts an eu summit aimed at forging closer ties with countr

the kremlin has charged them with hooliganism. >> meteorologist: and i'm dave warren. a storm is developing across the northeast and eastern canada that will impact our weather over the next few days bringing in colder air. as some of the colder air comes across the warmer water and the great lakes. the cold air coming down at 51. not quite down to houston where it's 65 degrees. the storm moving across the mid-atlantic states and developing off the coast intensifying. the rain will continue in new jersey and delaware. heavy rain expected starting to get heavy there in southern delaware. it looks like rain all day before it finally begins to clear out. now as it moves out tonight the temperatures will drop clear skies and a light breeze will leave the numbers dropping down below freezing. a number of freeze watches in affect. this is the first time this is the end of the growing season. the freeze watch in ohio. freeze watch and warnings in pennsylvania and a frost advisory, the lighter color indicating that the temperatures may not get to freezing but you can get to fr

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but going into the kremlin, a problem. a wind tunnel effect blew out the torch. no problem really, as long as there is an enterprising russian around with a zippo, just like the ancient greeks did it. it's really not that easy at all. an official flame is always kept in a backup cauldron nearby. >>> ruth benerito has died. "the new york times" called her a woman who helped liberate people from hours of household drudgery. that's because 50 years ago ruth benerito of new orleans helped discover permanent press and wrinkle-free cotton clothing was born. she was a ph.d. a chemist, the holder of 50 different patents, but wash and wear was her game changer. she taught until the age of 81. she was 97 when she died on saturday in louisiana. >>> this new movie called "gravity" with george clooney and sandra bullock is off to the biggest october opening in film history. reviewers agree it is a remarkable film achievement in 3-d and imax to boot. but when the film reviewer is an astrophysicist with a twitter accounting with look out. dr. neil degrasse tyson tweeted some tw

steve rosenberg spent his lunch time exploring the connection between the kremlin and the kitchen. >>f you like cooking and are in russia, let me give you a piece of advice. up onure you swot international politics before you choose your recipe. that could affect the ingredients available to you. whenever russia has a political row with another country, it ends with moscow slapping a ban on food imports from the country it has fallen out with. when the russian government squabbled with the georgian government a few years ago, russia suddenly declared georgian wine and georgian mineral water were of poor quality and refused to import any more. that resulted for big losses in the georgian economy. then russia got cheesed off with ukraine. there was a row over gas prices, and what a coincidence, ukrainian cheese was declared dodgy and band. the latest food feud is over dairy products from lithuania. suspendedmoscow imports, again citing concerns over quality. but the lithuanians smell geopolitics. after all, next month lithuania hosts an eu summit aimed at forging closer ties with countr

moscow correspondent, steve rosenberg, has spent his lunchtime exploring the connection between the kremlin and the kitchen. >> now, if you like cooking, let me give you a piece of advice. make sure you squat up on international politics before you choose your recipe. because that could affect the ingredients available for you. whenever russia has a political rowe with another country, it often ends with mosc slapping a ban on food imports from the country she's fallen out with. for example, when the russian government squabbled with the georgian government a few years ago, russia suddenly declared that georgian wine and georgian mineral water were of poor quality and refused to import anymore, and that resulted in big losses for the georgian economy. then russia got cheesed off with ukraine. there was a row over gas prices, over trade links, and what a coincidence, you're rainian cheese was declared rather dodgy and banned. and the latest food feud is over dairy products from lithuania. this week, moscow suspended imports, again citing concerns over quality. but the lithuanians, they smell

but going into the kremlin, a problem. a wind tunnel effect blew out t torch. they lit it with a zippo just like the ancient greeks did it. an official flame is always kept in a backup cauldron nearby. >>> ruth beniro has died. she helped liberate people from household drudgery. 5 years ago ruth helped discover permanent press and wrinkle-free cot clothing was born. he was a p hrk d, chemist, holder of 50 patents but wash and wear was her game changer. she taught until the age of 81. she was 97 when she died on saturday in louisiana. >>> the new movie "gravity" is off to the biggest october opening in film history. reviewers agree it is a remarkable film achievement in 3-d and imax to boot. when the reviewer is an astro physicist with a twitter account, look out. dr. tyson tweeted things like nearly all satellites orbit east-west -- orbit earth west to east yet all satellite debris orbited east to west. he also said this. mysteries of gravity, why sandra bullock's hair in otherwise convincing zero g scenes didn't float freely on her head. and why is bullock, a

remains one of the most controversial figures in russia his fierce criticism of the kremlin gained lots of supporters and critics here in the currency while in the west he is widely presented as a victim of political repression for more on the western image of russia's former will take on here's a report by my colleague. today major media outlets in the west portray me. as a victim of politics but back in the one nine hundred ninety s. the same albums presented a different picture of the former oil tycoon. that of a man who used dodgy and elaborate schemes designed to evade taxes and stripped his company's minority shareholders of their profits be used every trick in the book in one thousand nine hundred nine u.s. outlets were writing about how low russia fell letting the yukos oil company operate the way he did about yukos his actions being a major of french to foreign investors they were asking why isn't the russian government stepping in to her because he's played this game i mean at the moment he's crying out of the rule of law but in the ninety's when it suited him. he ignored it o

traveling by plane to russia the plane was met by a group of bikers who were on hand to escort it to the kremlin president putin look to have to the games by hosting this ceremony to start the torch relay after visiting nearly three thousand cities and towns across the country the olympic symbol is expected in sochi on the seventh of february to open up the games and you can enjoy the highlights and see reports on the relay ceremony of ice how website r.t. dot com. and have a back with the knees and around thirty minutes time but coming out with send to one of. the rigorous training of russian troops. you know it's getting old trying to beat the war drums to invade iran i think the let's invade iran talk has been going on since i was in college to keep the saber rattling rolling israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu declared in front of the un that iran is building nuclear weapons that could hit new york in three to four years no he said new york obviously he is trying to spook a certain country with nuclear destruction the delegates from namibia were probably unmoved sadly this time netanya

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