but there are certainly a lot of obstacles and president medvedev knows that became very clear and as for real with his hometown as president that he thinks modernization is the way to go in the future with russia he clearly outlined all of the obstacles that the country is facing first let's take a listen to what he had to say about modernization of the whole process and it's called. it pursue your choices not only a major green you will of out they to the elements in the economy but all public institutions just we need to hesitate to say sorry about many that how to escape we can focus only on the step by step development question that would be a mistake which we should focus on the following improvement of the investment climate in russia to create new jobs in the regions the creation of police and other security forces improvement of the effectiveness of the jurisdiction system and finally the modernization of government employee approaches and the centralizing power. of course one of those bad habits so to say as the president phrased it that he was talking about was corruption i

it is up to going to interrupt a live coverage here on r t president medvedev giving a news conference with his talian of prime counterpart silvio berlusconi let's listen in. ok president medvedev is on his second visit this year to italy in fact the two countries are celebrating the year of russia and italy and vice versa russia and italy have a very strong partnership we're just waiting to hear if we have some translation in english of what's being said there looks like the two presidents and prime minister also waiting for translators to get to work. i just want to listen in for one second. it would. be. like. you know you could see the live pictures here of president medvedev and silvio berlusconi during a news conference we don't have the english translation we are waiting trying to get it from from there in rome. more than an anniversary and now we're going to be holding this trilateral meeting with the vice president of the united states of america mr joe biden we've already had a meeting amongst ourselves. and we've examined the international issues before us so we met just a f

one human rights campaigner was advising president medvedev, but frustrated by the lack of support from him she quit her job. she is one of the highest profile figures in the russian political landscape. she was minister of social affairs under boris yeltsin. vladimir putin appointed her presidential adviser on human rights and his successor made her the head of the council. she has now turned her back on the government. >> over and over you hear the right words, "liberalization" and "freedom. over and over they say they need to take action against criminals, but they do not take action. they're just words, no deeds. >> she is a familiar face at discussions about freedom in russia. she does not play the opposition party, denouncing the kremlin. she is a democrat through and through, respected by the opponents of the regime. >> i have been arrested and put behind bars and i was only released because respected activists stood up to me -- for me. she helped me a lot. at the time, she was the adviser for human rights. >> she was the head of the advisory council in eight -- for eight years a

so secret that president medvedev may want for him as president and if you run for reelection it will certainly be modernization that's what he opened this forum with and this is the best place to really work in detail on projects like spoke about what's the plan to build someone like silicone valley institute just outside moscow it's well underway in terms of development a lot of c.e.o.'s and figures here for the three day summit in st petersburg from silicon valley we had eric schmidt from google and they're actually meeting with all of the officials from spoke about working side by side with them to make sure that this project moves and develops the simply as possible so it's a great venue for the movers and shakers as we call them to really get together with these officials and in a very informal matter proves that the way they think that it should be done. and he is now reporting there from saying that his work and more from same that is bringing our business bulletin in about fifteen minutes time then later today a special edition of our team on the money work peter lavelle talk

will remain at the very center of russian chinese relations was the message from president dmitry medvedev also talks with china's hu jintao and most countries hope to hammer out the gas deals worth billions of dollars i think into st petersburg for the city's international economic forum. following the three day brainstorming event. comic forum is in full swing here in st petersburg. there's executives global innovators and world leaders all gathered together to debate move forward economically and environmentally on various levels it's considered that this year the big players are old stuff and china before the euro and dollar are struggling severely of these two countries are not only developing separately but dynamically in their bilateral cooperation in fact it's come out statements from both sides recently that china and russia can say that they have not only overcome the consequences of the economic crisis of two thousand and eight but they have between the referent bubbles pre-crisis levels and that can allow them still set and vicious tasks to further intensify our bilateral trade

now president medvedev is still keeping that russia and the rest of the world guessing whether he'll make a bid to stay chief of the crime went for a second term however in an interview with london's financial times he appeared to rule out a puttin medvedev face off in next year's election artie's it got that he has a lot of our reports on what else the president had to say. it's definitely the question that the russian president has been asked most frequently in the recent odds with the way they decided to keep the suspense up. but is it doomed the new leader especially one who walking past the president's seat has to be willing to run for reelection however it's not a question of whether he would make that decision for himself i suggest waiting a bit longer and keeping the intrigue. of course the main intrigue of the twenty two of the presidential election still remains with him and they did answer some questions in relations to who will run for office and one thing is certain both he and with him approaching will not run for the same office it will just be one man who are still re

is very strong that could of course be too faded from the president of kazakhstan and president medvedev we've heard a little less optimistic things about the euro saying that it could be expected that when so many different states get together and share one currency that eventually they're going to run into problems overall it has to be said of the session went pretty optimistically president medvedev pointing out that the economy is a lot like the weather here in st petersburg one day but on the first day of the form you have beautiful sunshine on the next day you have rain and that's how it really acts for us in these officials are looking at the economy and optimistic that eventually they will somehow get out of that the main challenge so that you're up the european union i should say and russia and countries like kazakhstan are facing is not to allow the euro crisis to affect their trade and that's really what was the focus at this final session it has to be said as well though that the final question actually from the moderator wasn't in fact about money it was the question that wa

the question of the forums and this is what medvedev had to say. sure when i consider it appropriate to tell you whether i will do it or not i will come out and say it this forum is not the best place for that one thing you can be sure of is that i will be able to avoid making that statement i will have to tell the people of russia and anyone else who's interested about my decision. you will not have to wait much longer. every story requires some kind of intrigue otherwise they'll be no interest in living where we do you so let's keep the intrigue a bit longer. and certainly no intrigue surrounding what platform medvedev would run on if he does announce he's running for reelection it will be all about modernization reporting from st petersburg and these are now a party and among those attending the forum was the chinese the the intel he said the world economy is still recovering slowly and that reform of the global financial system is needed which intel visited moscow where a major energy deal with russia was on the table the thirty year supply con

and modernised economy of corruption is one of the top priorities in president medvedev to do list in which he outlined russia's direction in st petersburg this week an international economic forum or staged to breathe new life into the country's investment climate and attracted some of the walls business and political heavyweights counties and he said now it sounds out they showcase highlights. modernisation based on stifling corruption dees centralizing power and government reforms all goals voiced by president medvedev at this year's international economic forum here in st petersburg where how russia is going to attempt to become one of the world's biggest and most effective economies was laid out. we shouldn't hesitate to say goodbye to many bad habits we should focus on the following improving the investment climate in russia to create new jobs in the regions the creation of a modern police service and other security forces improving the effectiveness of the justice system and finally the modernization of government of course the main bad habit as the president calls it is corrup

president medvedev announces. the government is planning to privatized more of it and move toward a more open economy more live from st petersburg coming up. china may be the world's emerging powerhouse but its leaders still sees the global recovery is slow and fragile and more reform is needed he tells been speaking at the economic forum there in some petersburg after failing to agree on a major energy deal with russia talked about you q. is an expert in russia china relations and he's told us he's optimistic about the deal it'll just take a bit of time. there will be time there will be a lot of currents that need to be determined negotiated it takes time but i'm basically optimistic about finding and below ultimately because of the fundamental fact here this economy is highly complimentary tother so if even the way it's fine it will be a win win situation russia need to be more diversified in terms of market. a loss to all of that was a diversified supply of energy sources waste and it used to depend heavily on

and would it come up before the end of the forum and that of course is whether or not president medvedev his going to run for reelection here is what he said at. the moment. but when i consider it appropriate to tell you whether i will do it or not i will come out and say it but this forum is not the best place for that one thing you can be sure of is that i would be able to avoid making that statement i will have to tell the people of russia and then he will announce who's interested in my decision so secret that president medvedev may fight for him as presidents and if you run. the real action will certainly be modernization that's what he opened this forum with and this is the best place to really work in detail on projects like school but what's the plan to build someone like to a compound institute just outside moscow it's well underway and development a lot of c.e.o.'s of yours here for the three day summit in st petersburg from silicon valley the head area. and they're actually meeting with all of the officials from cocoa by working signed by fine would make sure that this project

now the state should have less of an influence in russia's economy that was part of president medvedev vision of the nation's future outlined at the international economic forum in st petersburg this week where he joined business leaders and politicians to discuss ways russia and the world should be developing their economies are the same now reports. modernization based on stifling corruption days centralizing power and government reforms all goals voiced by president medvedev at this year's international economic forum here in st petersburg where how russia is going to attempt to become one of the world's biggest and most effective economies was laid out. we shouldn't hesitate to say goodbye to many bad habits we can focus only on a step by step development it's a mistake we should focus on the following improving the investment climate in russia to create new jobs in the regions making progress in the fight against corruption the creation of a modern police service and over security forces improving the effectiveness of the justice system and finally the modernization of government

quite a statement from president dimitri medvedev one of the details what do you know on this. along the meeting between russian president dmitri medvedev and identified it was a closed door meeting however afterwards prime minister for foreign minister that is did come out and said that and confirmed that mahmoud ahmadinejad's did confirm to a president medvedev that iran is going is that is in total renouncement of plans to possess nuclear weapons and there you have it the word said that according to mr lavrov had come from my dinner job now this is important because the nuclear powered nonproliferation has been a major topic here at the summit as well as the controversial nuclear program of iran and also discussed at that meeting is the. plan of iran to work with the members the six men. burs here in order to get rid of the u.n. sanctions because the u.s. has really proving to be a hurdle. for membership but aside from president get it also met with. of course the drug situation in the country which is threatening to security russia as well as the potential business deals be

going to run into problems overall it has to be the session went pretty optimistically president medvedev pointing out that the economy is a lot like the weather here in st petersburg one day but on the first day of the form you have beautiful sunshine on the next day you have rain and that's how really experts and these officials are looking at the economy and optimistic that adventure. they will somehow get out of that the main challenge though that europe the european union i should say and russia and countries like kazakhstan are facing is not to allow the euro crisis to affect their trade and that's really what was the focus at this final session it has to be said as well though that the final question actually from the moderator wasn't in fact about money it was the question that was really on everyone's mind and would it come up before the end of the forum and that of course is whether or not president made a difference going to run the election he said that this was not the place again to announce something like that and that of course every story needs some kind of intrigue and h

run for reelection well it was they of last question of the form and this is what medvedev to say yes sure when i consider it appropriate to tell you whether i will do it or not i will come out and say it this forum is not the best place for that one thing you can be sure of is that i will be able to avoid making that statement so you will not have to wait much longer. every story requires some kind of intrigue otherwise they'll be no interest in living. so let's keep the intrigue a bit longer. and certainly no intrigue surrounding what platform advantage what is wrong if he does announce he's running for reelection it will be all about modernization reporting from st petersburg and it's the way our city. china's leader came to join the gathering in the northern capital and called for more to put the global economy by on an even keel president hu jintao called for additional reforms to cope with the slow pace of the recovery the visit to st peter's about what followed by a trip to moscow there to countries fail to agree on the volume and price of russian natural gas to be exported to

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and the medvedev mystery keeps moving as to whether the president will run for a second term as he rounded off the international economic forum in st petersburg. we're watching r t just after seven pm here in moscow thanks for joining us and we begin in libya where libyan officials report seven civilians including two babies have been killed in an apparent made to air strike on a house in the koppel the incident comes amid reinvigorated nato bombing as the alliance grows increasingly desperate to break the stalemate at the national reports from the capital tripoli and you may find some of the images in this report upsetting. residents of sydney seem a distance here in tripoli have been woken up by a strike in the middle of the night a bomb possible norms landed here the story as you can see behind me several three story buildings cries of densely populated area where buildings standing very close to each other time to many people some of them very poor as we were told at least forty families have been living in the damaged houses which is from twelve to fourteen people living. under the ru

taking senn tear stage, russian president dimitri medvedev.hey're holding talks over a gas deal and also high on the list is energy security. we're following every twist and turn. john, plenty of deal manufacture-mamanufactur-making going on. it's a big day. >> a big hour. sharing his views. a period of time when we went from zero private sector to some 60% today but he had some warnings that russia could enter a period of stagflation if they didn't push into the next level of privatization. he was suggesting that prime minister vladimir putin. it's good to remember the two may be vying for the same seat in the next elections in march of 2012. one thing that's happened here, a sea of friendly relationship between russia and china. he's talking about taking trade with russia from $55 billion today to $200 billion by 2020. it's a point i raised with the ceo of sistema. let's take a listen. >> yeah. i think the basic foundation is obviously the energy sector because china needs energy to continue its development that we observed over the last few