because medvedev can't deliver on what he says. >> rose: medvedev is the president. i don't think they're doing this with some sense of we don't know that putin is there. ther's doing this because it is the person in the room. >> that's correct. >> look there a story here. are you right on the first issue. protocol dictates that they deal with president medvedev. no question about that but they've gone out of their way to denigrate and insult putin because the plan, and they have stated this openly to the press s to promote medvedev's fortunes over putin there was this perception of putin in washington that he was an enemy of the united states. when they began, dealing with medvedev, they shunned putin. which was a mistake. now when the treaty and it was said a couple times too, it looked like the senate wasn't going to pass the treaty, obama told the press medvedev is my partner. i can't let him down. if this treaty isn't ratified, he is going to be badly hurt in moscow. so this wager on putin on medvedev is a strategiment now you could argue it's a good strategy. a

[unintelligible] >> dmitry medvedev is vladimir putin's prodigy and pr. they like to show they are part of the same team but there are rumors of a rivalry and signs that president ned said it is trying to shape a more independent image. >> wanting a second term as president and getting it are two different things. all the indications are that the stay at the kremlin -- medvedev needs to persuade vladimir putin it is a good idea. >> police have issued new guidelines to try to safeguard women in india who work at night. they have ordered guards to be hired to accompany women home. >> over the last decade delhi has gained a reputation for being the most dangerous city for women. there have been any number of high-profile rape cases. the most recent happened only two weeks ago when a 30-year-old working for a call center was attacked having been dropped off near her home by a taxi. as she was making the final few steps she was abducted by a group of men who put her into their truck and decided to rape heard throughout the rest of the night. this is an outcry

and in lisbon, the president medvedev was very specific in his proposals. boiling down to the fact that part of responsibility for ensuring security in europe should be taken upon by nato. and part of responsibility of joint responsibility that is should be taken upon by russia. and here to say we could agree with nato and that's to say with the united states too on the exchange of information, on joint control over those facilities. the military experts can agree upon all those things. if a good will is to be exercised there. but if in a very dumb nature people will ignore your interests, we'll do whatever we want to do there, and then we'll regard that as a threat to ourselves. then we'll have to react somehow. i want the american public to hear this. >> larry: and you've said it straight and we'll be right back with more of the prime minister of russia, vladimir putin, after this. >> larry: we will touch some other bases with the prime minister of vladimir putin of russia coming to us tonight from moscow. what's your assessment of president obama? >> tra

arsenal but do not affect the main body of the treaty the deal was signed in april by presidents medvedev and obama and as guy in a cheeky on reports it's being hailed as a major diplomatic victory. vote. on this matter on this resolution or seventy one twenty six nays two thirds of the senate president having voted the affirmative the resolution of ratification is agreed to. and with this approval russian the us will start the new year with a treaty that has become a symbol of trust and cooperation between the two nuclear superpowers i am glad that democrats and republicans came together to approve my top national security priority for this session of congress the new start treaty. this is the most significant arms control agreement in nearly two decades and it will make us safer and reduce our nuclear arsenals along with russia both states have some very significant reductions underway over the next ten years the countries will cut their nuclear arsenals by a third down to some fifteen hundred fifty deployed warheads on each side the deal also limits the number of delivery vehicles and

or together with nato or trace the possibility of a new arms race president dmitry medvedev gives a stark warning in his annual address to the federal assembly he also highlighted ways to modernize the russian economy by corruption and more help for families to tackle the demographic problems facing the country. perspiration time for president barack obama as he makes a last ditch effort to the senate to ratify a new arms reduction treaty with russia to cut the nuclear arsenals of russia and us those signed by obama and medvedev in prague in april. and the last whistle blows for bids to host the new the next to football world cup since competing nations await the decision from the sport's governing body russia is up against joint bids from spain in portugal in the netherlands and belgium those are the first to hold its first world cup if executive committee will announce the winners thursday. for more fiery debate on cross talk as president obama urges the senate to pass start agreement with russia his guess if domestic u.s. policies are interviewing are interfering with the country's for

medvedev. i think is clear that putin is the prominent leader and khodorkovsky is treated is because of putin. having said that medvedev wants to run in 2012. >> brown: for a second term. >> for a second term and the last thing he would want to happen in my view is to see mr. khodorkovsky out of prison as a victim, as a hero, as a courageous man of means who could challenge mr. medvedev. so medvedev wants to throw more leniency to khodorkovsky but he does not want n my view, see khodorkovsky out of jail before next presidential elections. >> brown: anna vassilieva coming to you on the u.s. statements, would statements, what strikes you about them and would statements like that provoke a backlash from russia? >> no, there will be no backlash because everyone in russia knows that there is a selective justice. everyone in russia knows that this is a political-driven accusation and verdict. but at the same time, when russia ever had fair judicial system, you know. anyone who read-- by tolstoy in th

president medvedev wrapping up his annual q. and a session here on our t.v. he was touching on five main topics that he discussed the first was the economy here in russia and the russian response to the international financial crisis talking about social wellbeing children services and what he calls the demographic development of the country hitting on the heat wave that happened over the summer and the subsequent wildfires and how it affected the country's food supply touching on security talking about the international and national security here in russia especially the start treaty and also talking about the sixtieth sixty fifth anniversary of the victory over fascism in the second world war the five main points of president medvedev now going back to one of those points security and the start treaty presidents medvedev and obama have hailed the u.s. senate's approval of the new nuclear arms reduction treaty as historic russian lawmakers are considering the deal on friday but they have already been some critical remarks from foreign minister sergey lavrov

. >> russian state television has been advertising president medvedev's end of year round up for days. it was a question and answer session with the heads of three major broadcasters. medvedev spoke of his achievement. >> we are about to sign a highly imrtant treaty with the americans. the strategic nuclear weapons reduction treaty. this document is the cornerstone for insuring security in the coming decades, both in the world and in europe. >> key events of 2010 that medvedev did mention include the terrorist attacks on the moscow subway in march. more than 40 died. hundreds were injured. chechen militants claimed responsibility, but the security forces did not bring peace to the region. medvedev also spoke about security reforms to the region. >> the modernization of our country is progressing. towards the end of the year faster than at the start, but we are still at the beginning. >> dmitry medvedev has been in office for over two years now. as y y, he has not achieved much in the way of domestic reform, but he has changed the course of moscow's foreign policy. that a new treaty wi

on the way the russian president's eastern adventure for political deals out of the way president medvedev heads for the movies and makes a good line for the bollywood sets. now it's being reported that u.s. commanders in afghanistan are pushing to extend their presence in a pakistani tribal areas the new york times quotes an anonymous american official who claims special forces will start targeting militants across the border opening a new front now with something the u.s. military denies washington has been using unmanned drones to strike suspected insurgency bases in pakistan and is often accused of killing civilians in the process islamabad has been a strongly protesting against the attacks describing them as violating its territorial sovereignty pakistani officials say they are capable of handling the militants by themselves now kathy kelly who campaigns against u.s. led war says america's military establishment is simply hoping for more money. and it seems to me that the united states would have an effect similar to what has happened in the past here in afghanistan along with the dro

dmitri medvedev wraps up the year with an annual interview with the country's top t.v. executives he addressed a wide range of issues from russia's political system to the arms reduction deal with the u.s. it is the third time the president has taken part in this deal in a session. and the season's greetings for all of you celebrating christmas day is marked all over the world but for many russians orthodox christmas will only come about two weeks because it's on a different calendar. she's one of britain's finest and most beautiful actresses next helen mirren joins us to talk about her role as tolstoy's wife and her russian heritage don't miss it.

russia reset and i think puts obama and medvedev on course to cooperate more closely on a whole host of issues and it may well be that this is seen as a turning point in which the russia us rivalry of the past is finally laid to rest for weeks and months the president of the united states all members of his administration the military all living former secretary of state and of defense were calling for senators not to ruin this reset opportunity for u.s. russia relations and the message did resonate with many senators every senator knows when you're trying to get things done relationships matter and the relationship between the united states and russia has been critical since we fought together in world war two and will be contin and will continue to be so this is an on parallel opportunity to enhance that relationship and to say by signature and by ratification of this treaty that yes the united states of america wants to work with russia despite the huge support the treaty has received on many levels a number of republican senators nearly sabotaged it their actions provoked an aval

relations with the group but says it must modernize at the summit in kazakhstan present dimitri medvedev push for his initiative and european security treaty. time now for our guests to roll up their sleeves for some fierce debate in cross talk in this edition of his panel about the future of the new arms reduction treaty between russia and the u.s. coming your way in a few seconds. and you can. follow and welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle start forward or start back with a new strategic arms reduction treaty between russia and the u.s. ever become law obama is putting all his political weight behind senate ratification while many see opponents playing politics in danger in global security . can. discuss ratification of the new start treaty i'm joined by my guests in washington richard burt he's a managing director mclarty associates and a former u.s. ambassador to germany amitai etzioni he's a professor at george washington university and daryl kimball he is the executive director of the arms control association and another member of our cross talk team on the hunger for a gentlem

plus president medvedev calls on the leading players and european security to push aside the stereotypes of the past and work together for the sake of future stability. now president obama is urging the senate to hurry up with the start agreement with russia peter the vel asked his guest in cross talk if domestic u.s. politics is interfering with foreign policy that's next. and you can. follow you know welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle start forward or start back with a new strategic arms reduction treaty between russia and the u.s. ever become law obama is putting all his political weight behind senate ratification while many see opponents playing politics in danger in global security . can. discuss ratification of the new start treaty i'm joined by my guests in washington richard burt he's a managing director mclarty associates and a former u.s. ambassador to germany amitai etzioni he's a professor at george washington university and daryl kimball he is the executive director of the arms control association and another member of our crosstalk team on the hunger all right gentleme

now let's get some more of what president medvedev had to say to russia's t.v. chiefs. mr president a question on the new start praising our henry short story that goes and one other accidents of that year was a democratic president going a democrat of different has done a good job that he has this important document and you start through the senate. did you have a conversation with him yesterday was he still great in their education. no he's away on holiday it was quite late when we toured after eleven pm our time like any other person is entitled to rest on his christmas holiday but i think he can rest with the realisation that he's rest is well deserved he did a really good job i agree with you under rather difficult conditions he managed to get this important treaty approved in the senate. like i said our security for the next few years will be based on this treaty and in general i can say that it's easy for me to work with president obama because he can really listen to you and hear he's not impeded by stereotypes of what's probably the most important thing for a p

why don't you do you know that mr medvedev and i would cycling the issue of future cooperation which is actually come on how we were going to build our relations when deciding on how to design the election campaign the presidential election in two thousand and eight we fully realised that many would try to sow discord within our common approach is building of the state of russia and economic development which is because our cooperation is a significant factor in the country's internal policy but frankly speaking we could not imagine that it was going to be done in such a bold pushy and impudent way so such a claim is of course aimed at insulting as to the pride and provoke steps which would destroy the beneficial corporation in managing the country i must say that we've got used to it already and ask those who make such attempts to calm down the queen legalist. regarding what was leaked by the whistle blowing web site prime minister putin said he doesn't see a catastrophe in what happened to sort of suggested u.s. diplomats be more cautious with their internal correspondence but he a

reporting for us there and now president medvedev says barack obama deserves his christmas break after his efforts in getting the start treaty ratified by the senate. well done barack obama he managed to push the star deal through the senate and he did it in very difficult circumstances this treaty will become the cornerstone of security in the world in the coming years it's easy to work with he keeps his promises he's done a great job and he's now on holiday so i wish him a happy christmas and a good rest of the president's comments came during his annual meeting with the heads of russia's that main t.v. channels summing up the results of two thousand and ten parties watching it. this is the third time that material that has conducted such an interview session with the representatives of russia's three main channels he touched upon the subject the subject matters that concerning the foreign policy and he also focused of course largely on the internal policy but to start off with things that concern the foreign policy he basically talked about some of the main events of the year and on

the japanese foreign ministry came under criticism for being caught off guard by medvedev's visit to kunashiri island in november. the japanese government decided to effectively dismiss the japanese ambassador to russia and replace him with the ambassador to the czech republic, chikahito harada, as early as january. harada is well-versed in russian affairs. he served as director of the russian division and director general of the european affairs bureau. foreign minister seiji maehara intends to bolster information gathering on russia to resolve pending issues with the country, including the row over the russian-held islands claimed by japan. he also plans to visit moscow either in february or march to hold talks with russian prime minister vladimir putin and foreign minister sergei lavrov. >>> the u.s. senate has decided to cut 3/4 of its fiscal 2011 funding allocated for the expansion of military facilities in guam. this will affect the planned transfer of 8,000 u.s. marines from japan to the island. the senate approved a budget bill that provides $107 million to build base facilit

by president medvedev in september he denies any wrongdoing. russia's biggest lenders burbank will post record profits of five point one billion dollars this year according to the bank's head graph had predicted met with top four point eight billion. to boost profits another twenty percent next year however a graph added the bank will not raise dividends despite those profits. british airways is now up two percent for the session. as airlines and rail operators return to more normal should jewels of the four days of snow related chaos but investors are cautious head of u.s. third quarter g.d.p. numbers this evening. after a poor beginning to the week the l.t.s. has had a positive start for the second day in a row russia's benchmark is up point six percent as is the my six this our in economy news russia's g.d.p. grew four point two percent in november a year on the year which shares g.d.p. growth to three point seven percent for the first eleven months of twenty ten energy companies are gaining today as light sweet moves closer to ninety dollar

he points raised during president medvedev is meeting with russia's main t.v. bosses and for the full version you can always click on our website it's there for you now with water there take a look at what else is lined up at our team down. to the kings of the road and a driver for living the free life find out what else russian harley davidson bikers and costs that they have in common. and the silent struggle russian deaf community talks to our team in their own life to explain their difficulties in her. face. during the boom years the united states long championed the cause of capitalism but globalization and outsourcing means it's experiencing some of the downsides too one u.s. town has an unlikely solution artie's priya sridhar reports from the town that's trying to make money by importing students from china. millinocket mean once a booming mill town now. almost a ghost town. the peeper mel once a symbol of pride and prosperity in the region now a reminder of a time that has come and gone international trade is what basically took the people industry of th

its smaller strategic missile force so that's why president obama and nato along with president medvedev are now talking about finding ways to cooperate on missile defense to make sure that it is not threatening to russia but it is it is focused on threats from countries like like iran so i think that's one of the questions that are being raised in the senate but it should be a reason to to hold it up and another question being raised in the senate by some senators is what about tactical nuclear weapons the professor mentioned this not in the history of u.s. russian arms control has there been a formal agreement limiting or even accounting for u.s. and russian short range nuclear weapons so-called tactical or battlefield bombs this treaty does not do that that's by design but if we want to get on to limitations on u.s. and russian nuclear weapons we need to ratify this treaty the next round of discussions can and should cover strategic as well as tactical nuclear weapons in the third main issue that the republicans are raising on capitol hill is they want to be assured that if the united

that is the treaty is based on the best interests of both countries let's listen to a president medvedev said presuming you. know moment is impossible in the nearest future if i said anything different you would think i'm telling you tell you however i am convinced that russia and the u.s. has made an important step to the non-nuclear environment by signing the stone treaty in april this year my colleague barack obama is now struggling with his lawmakers in attempts to persuade them to ratify the document i hope you will succeed. we have some very significant reductions on the way over the next ten years both states will cut their growth there also by a third down to some fifteen hundred. fifty on each side of the deal will also limit the number of delivery vehicles on launchers but even with those cuts both both countries will still have more than ninety percent of the world's nuclear weapons so many agree that the value of the arms reduction treaty is not just in with auctions it's in the trust and cooperation between the two nuclear superpowers former adversaries that goes with it for

diplomats describe medvedev as slowing accruing power, and others are more skeptical, saying medvedev continues to play robin to putin's batman. surrounded by putin loyalists and subservient to putin's political dominance. there's a cable from 2009 titled "questioning putin's work ethic," which describes his fatigue, his hands off behavior and his isolation. the cable, which was approved by the u.s. ambassador to russia says, there are consistent reports that putin resents the workload he carries, even describing him as a no-show, working from home. more troubling are descriptions of russian corruption and growing authoritarianism. one state department cable quotes a senior spanish prosecutor investigating organized crime saying "russia has become a virtual mafia state, with the kremlin using mafia bosses to carry out its wishes, doing dirty work such as gun running and arms trafficking." one cable from february of this year quotes defense secretary robert gates was quoted as saying russian democracy has disappeared, calling the government an oligarchy run by the security services. wh

told pti there is unlikely to be any disagreement between putin and medvedev on these issues. i think we can witness a quiet. partnership relations and there you are partners and friends there are a lot of people behind the both politicians behind mr putin behind mr medvedev who are differences over their own agenda who definitely has their only interest to reach in some cases and to conquer these charges that so i think if we'll see some real time before within this to make a different footing in field be not a quarrel between different kinds of politicians by between different branches so as a national lead. moscow police have detained a woman they believe was planning a suicide bombing the twenty two year old came to the capital from russia's southern republican shirty according to russian security service she's linked to one of the region's militant groups earlier this year forty people were killed and more than one hundred were wounded when two women carried out suicide bombings on the moscow metro both of them arrived from douglas start another russian republic in the no

weather like the president medvedev and prime minister he said to see sochi of course going to be the face of the twenty eighth when a limp a bit back in the sense that today we're getting into the spirit of things we've got the christmas tree behind us in the background in the mediterranean style climate means we've also got some palm trees that are certainly feeling the holiday spirit here at the moment as we gear up for. this but of course. now there's always a big show to make up for the fact that we maybe don't have problems on the streets tonight big ones planned via. heaven as there is a saying here in the russian capital good luck sticks to those who rush hour in the new year old red square as a celebration focused on a friend's father and of course champagne drinking now we are expecting. the whole of people to descend on downtown moscow with its main historic square as the. people not only for russia but from across the world are where do you begin to convert all of this we spoke to some of the they told us about their new year's resolution i just want everybody to be happy

weather like president medvedev and prime minister putin to see sochi of course going to be the face of the twenty fifth when. they head back in the sense that today we're getting into the spirit of things this new christmas tree behind us in the background in the mediterranean style climate means we've also got some palm trees that are certainly feeling the holiday spirit here the main as we gear up for our new year in just a few hours time sir first you go to baltimore it was slightly envious but of course. now there's always a big show to make up for the fact that we maybe don't have problems on the streets tonight big. heaven as there is a saying here in the russian capital good luck sticks to those who rush hour in the new year all right. square and whether or not you believe in superstition there's no denying that the policy that's going to take place on this historic landmark in just a few hours' time from now will full the focal point of the celebrations across moscow and indeed as the celebration focused on friends five words and of course champagne drinking now we are expec

new multibillion dollar deal between india and that's president medvedev heads to. south korean war games near the disputed maritime border with the north have passed without incident despite threats by pyongyang to launch military action you know they went ahead. an imagist a meeting of the un security council warning that new military exercises could further destabilize the already volatile region all season as the future of the story from new york for. the events of the last couple of days are definitely the threats and warning signs that have been coming from north korea have been having the international community certainly walking on egg shells here in new york the united nations security council has been meeting round the clock throughout the week and these emergency sessions were called for by russia which is certainly not taking the tensions between south and north korea likely whatsoever for many different reasons one of them of course being russia's proximity to a possible conflict as well as a serious threat that any tensions including a war would cause

whether proposals by present medvedev had one great merit because they were sort of a wake up call that not. everybody was happy with in the family of greater europe with the current arrangements regarding security that a fresh look if fresh approach had to be given to those issues this clearly energized the discussions and there was a year as you know there was a so-called call for process and i think this needs the groundwork for the efforts of the cause of german ship of sea where see this year and the strong push by the coveted ship to have this summit which we are having now and which in a way. to renovate and to give a new foundation to european security the mere fact that the fifty six on meeting here means said they care about having a better atmosphere. no each other the better climate and that they care about giving a new thrust a new impulse a fresh admission to this organization you will see where they are together on equal footing where they are as equal members of the same family not as members or this or that group where it is a russian major corporation leave organizatio

the eleventh annual russia india summit is expected to start shortly as president medvedev arrives late on monday night in new delhi he will be in india for two days and i suspect the sign over a dozen agreements with the indian side of the agreement will be the joint development of a fifth generation fighter aircraft over thirty billion dollars this contract has been negotiated for a while now and will be finalized on tuesday between president medvedev and prime minister singh also on the card is the expansion of cooperation in the civil nuclear energy sector russia is expected to build another two additional nuclear reactors for india this agreement is also expected on tuesday and in fact india is looking at russia to provide the technology to feed its growing demand for energy the demand by its economy for energy and the russian side over the next twenty years is expected to build at least fifteen to twenty nuclear reactors for india also in the economic sector this is one sector that both sides would like to expand in a big way even though the potential is there the reality is that