but medvedev said that the russians feel very much that they were hoodwinked and that medvedev has taken a lot of heat for it. he brought up when president obama suggested this whole yemen option, maybe if we try to get you guys to ease them out of power, and he said that may not be a bad idea, as long as it's not a forced migtary -- exactly. but i really wouldn't be surprised to wake up any morning and see that assad is gone, because there's any number of things that could happen. but he could hang on for months and even like a year or two, depending on what russia does, and then iran becomes an issue as well. >> if the russians are uncooperative, are there other option that is could be invoked? and secondly, could this become an issue in the campaign? >> yes to both. there are other options, but they're not really tenable. there's the domestic option. you just showed coco, but that hasn't gone -- coffee coffee, but that hasn't gone d-coffee annan, but that hasn't gone very far. he has started saying that he thinks iran has to be involved in any kind of domestic solution in syria, and y

whether you're a russian -- speaking with putin and medvedev to say we cannot support a nuclear iran. now, if iran will win, the whole middle east will become the victor. actually the world economy could become the victor. because the way they rule is without any regard to anybody else. and this is the first problem. we cannot allow it to happen. all of us. the second thing is the way -- it's against the machiavellian formula. you can kill, you can lie, you can collect arms. we are over it. we cannot return to it. it's a human problem. the globe is already so complicated. it doesn't govern without the government. this is alternative. i'm afraid that some accomplice may take advantage if the iranians will win in iraq, in syria, in lebanon. and they won't stop. wherever there is a chance of gaining, we can't agree with it. and that is why the nuclear weapons became so dangerous. because they sell by purpose. and nobody can guarantee that they will restrain. and it's governed by a single man who nominated himself as the deputy of mohammed. my god. it stops. and it's a situation they're n

medvedev and obama seemed to share rapport when they got together, younger men, both lawyers.sident putin, of course, a former kgb officer, not all that happy with the united states right now on a variety of topics. >> we know there's been a tit for tat for tat between the two leaders, declining invitations to various events where one was hosting, but certainly the u.s. is in a position right now where we need cooperation from the russians on a variety of foreign policy fronts but most pressing of all, probably syria. so the question is, what's your expectation in terms of anything tangible getting done? >> well, i wouldn't expect president putin to suddenly jump in and push bashir al assad out of damascus. it's not in his interest, not his instinct. he looks outside the kremlin and sees tens of thousands of protesters right now who are demonstrating against his rule, nonviolently, not like in syria, but he sees the bad precedent if foreign powers are allowed to say you're not a legitimate leader anymore. >> i want to open this up to the panel for a discussion in terms of how

obama had a an excellent relationship with medvedev. the two saw themselves as risings members of a young generation that was going to transform the world. and they made some progress on some issues. but now with putin in, we have this authoritarian that many in washington regard as a real thug. obama clearly doesn't like him. putin has no real love for obama. more importantly, it's not just the body language. it's not just the personal animosity. it is the fact that the russians are blocking any real effort or net success in getting assad out of office. this is a -- syria is a foot hold for the russians on diplomacy in the middle east as you know. as long as they continue to reinforce assad, it makes it very difficult. we want assad out of there in part because it would be a real blow to iran. this is starting to flare up in american politics. that speech by mccain today was important. >> he says the president's not leading at all, not leading from behind. that was a reference to what many people said from the libyan conflict. he said

a far cry from the very personal relationship president obama had with former russian president medvedev. the two were on a first-name basis. at a briefing later the white house cautioned reporters from drawing conclusions from the apparent lack of warmth. >> they're candid and business like. that tends to be the demeanor of the russians. >> reporter: the big focus at the g20 summit is the european debt crisis. today president obama and others expressed very cautious optimism on greece. >> the election in greece yesterday indicates a positive prospect for not only them forming a government but also them working constructively with their international partners in order that they can continue on the path of reform. >> reporter: now the president began his day meeting with the host country's president, filipe calderon who began his opening remarks thanking the president for his decision friday making it so that immigrants temporarily wouldn't be deported if they were brought here to the united states by their parents illegally and not on their own, brian. >> chuck todd at the g20 in mexico

the president and former russian president medvedev actually had a pretty good personal relationship, but it was, look, they made the decision, the obama white house did, to try to raise the profile of medvedev and see if they could make progress with him. they believe they did on s.t.a.r.t. they believe they did even on some of these sanctions with iran. but with syria, they got to see if they can move putin. one of their goals is to see if they can almost play to his ego, if you will, and just tell him look, you're the man, you're the guy that can solve this crisis in syria. you can provide a safe haven for assad. you can make this happen. that's what we'll see if that works and we'll see what kind of awkward diplomacy the two of them show when the cameras get in there. >> moscow is the site of the latest meeting on iran, among the european, the western leaders, and that meeting is taking place actually this week. so russia is showing its leadership on iran. they're actually working better, more closely on iran. i think the pitch is going to be you're going to be so isolated from al

dmitry medvedev, former russian president, held talks with opposition leaders, but putin has shown nontention of lending an ear to the opposition or discontent of ordinary russians. politics warn that putin's legislation will sooner or later start losing public support, mainly from urban residents, unless it departs from its strong-arm tactics and let the people breathe the air of freedom. >> that was nhk world's hid hideo amma from moscow. >>> for an update on the weather forecast, here's mai shoji. >> tropical storm talim has downgraded into a remnant low over the pacific coast of japan. combined with the rainy season band. before i get into the details, let me show you the damage already done by the previous rainfall. this is coming out from kagushima prefecture today where a landslide occurred destroying a house due to the to rential rain. no injuries but the land is very prone to further landslides and warnings are in effect. the river levels in miyasaki prefecture are exceeding well above normal levels and no additional rain is welcomed here at all. but if we can pull back, i ca

and there is no rapport -- president obama clearly had a personal rapport with dmitry medvedev. he wasn't the guy in charge of russia, i think. any expert on russia would tell you that, in many cases he was the chief deputy to putin. the president and putin have met one other time. it was when the president made his first trip to russia as president in moscow. it was a very tense meeting when those two met there. the issue with putin is he likes the world stage, and he wants to be seen as a super power again. and in ways, it will be interesting to see how he handles these asks from the president. when it comes to syria, one has to do with this potential plan that would allow russia, perhaps, to become president assad's new home, if the russians will participate in this plan that would somehow ease assad out of power, if -- if not easing the entire regime out of power. so there's a lot of delicate conversations going to take place. and with putin, it's just always unpredictable. >> and chuck, the president's trip to mexico obviously comes on the heels of a very important announce

complete our reorganizational we differing from the new parties that were organized after president medvedev still has a past we began to form our party even before him and that first mentioned the. change in the procedure state of the union address last december we have been there for the past twenty years first as an end to you old then as a political party then again as a popular movement and indeed being disappointed with the parliamentary election of two thousand and eleven in the way it was organized we held a convention and decided to we wouldn't we were going on a scene to a political party. some people see they. knew about the coming reform before hand but actual of course it was a coincidence but what you wish that we anyway we were going in the same direction would be political reform so in effect we are slightly ahead as regards the timeline and we hope to take part in regional elections this fall. this fall so soon ok. a few minutes ago you said you were not. existing political system. and many interpret the protests took place in moscow and a few other cities last winter but as

president medvedev, who president obama has a great relationship with there was a similar report that there was this body language and must be a huge problem. these are business-like conversations between the united states goth and the russian government. so they're candid and business-like. that tends to be the demeanor of the russians. >> despite the white house claims, there was a noticeable change. putin and george w. bush often collegial towards each other. they went fishing together. none of that compares to president bush's declaration in 2001 that he looked putin in the eye and "was able to get a sense of his soul." while all was going on yesterday, there were reports that russia has begun deploying warships in its naval base in syria. >>> turn now to politics. the supreme court's ruling on arizona's controversial immigration laws expect to be handed dmo eed down in the next so. florida senator marco rubio believed to be on mitt romney's short list for vice president is now dropping his immigration plan after being up staged by the president on friday. president obama announce

issues with the russians, or 0 are you concerned that putin may play the nationalism card harder than medvedev did? >> as far as russian policy is concerned, i see a great deal of consistency, frankly. and if you're interested in the official russian articulation of their policy, it's very useful to look at, first of all, the remarks that putin published -- they were published under his name in some of the top russian newspapers right before the election. also he put 0 out an election platform and since that time he has -- his administration has published a foreign policy -- their first foreign policy statement of policy after he entered into the presidency. and there's an emphasis in each of those documents on continuing the arms control agenda. continuing arms control work. there aren't any details laid out there, but i do think it is important that that kind of emphasis has appeared and also a very positive perspective on the new stark treaty. there's been a positive and i would say practical approach to implementation of the new s.t.a.r.t. treaty. as far as the arms control traditional nuc

connect that was was a traditional authoritarian policy in russia isn't putting more real politik then medvedev i would say made a video for the president was also very much for our politics but i wouldn't put too much weight and. who or what america was formally saying about me bit of yes she liked him a little bit more than put in but she's real politik enough real for the titian enough to understand that putin is not russia russia is not put in germany for the next decades centuries need school till ations was russia we can build a europe was old russia so she has also to deal with putin and i think she will do it at this for the next year until the german elections we don't know who will be german chancellor after next september did this visits did the fact that the new president started his relations with the world from germany did it somehow. add to systems some more understanding when proven tough and the standing between the two capitals. i mean video of course in this for years at a very good relationship with america and a lot of things especially in the sphere of business but but i w

relations between the countries had had become more cordial under president medvedev, but russia's supportof the assad regime has caused a rift. the syrian port city of tar disis home to russia's only naval base in the mediterranean. we have learned that two russian ships are in are loading what are believed to be armed and ammunitions to secure that base. a third ship carrying m.i.-25 attack helicopters is already on its way to syria. the obama administration says that the window is closing for assad to relinquish power and that russia can still play a constructive role. but it remains to be seen whether these two men can agree on a plan that will actually end the violence. >> mr. president, i look forward to visiting russia again and i look forward to hosting you in the united states. >> reporter: and, scott, aznar tension, a top advisor insists there was nothing extraordinary about their interaction. he called their meeting "cordial and business like." >> pelley: knorr, a thank you. if anything keeps president obama up at night, it is likely financial crisis in europe which threatens th

the investigative committee was established in two thousand and eleven by then president dmitri medvedev and reported directly to the president of russia so we now have to wait and see what the response to these allegations will be from the committee. and sort of at dot com we've got the well as your fingertips here's what some online videos today before game turns into an ugly event as russian fans at euro twenty twelve in warsaw. or attacked by coalition of guns. most americans agree that the best way to elect authorities is a direct democratic vote and one texan city it seems to throw the dice maybe enough . egypt could be sliding back into emergency rule off the government restored rights to the army to detain civilians the muslim brotherhood is warning that the move would allow the military a tighter grip on control even after this weekend's runoff presidential election but one group domination even more many egyptians women believe it will send the country back to the dark ages as policy reports. she's young and ambitious and planning to become egypt's next president but she needs

talking about problems that may happen in russian german relations because they said merkel liked medvedev as a partner more than she likes putin is it true or is that speculation well it's things because. because you could witness is that. not only miss america but the of the west favorite video clearly or put in because of send the right messages to the west and in the video appeared to be more western like more democratic more liberal than the putin who is in many ways connected was was a traditional authoritarian policy in russia isn't putting more real politik then i would say made a video for the president was also very much we are political but i wouldn't put too much weight into what was formerly saying about me bit of yes she liked him a little bit more than put in but she's real politik enough they all for the titian enough to understand that innocent russia russia is not put in germany for the next decades centuries needs good solutions was russia we can build a europe was old russia so she has also to deal with putin and i think she will do it at this for the next year until th

allegations but the investigative committee was set up in two thousand and eleven by then president dmitri medvedev to work in a similar way in which the the f.b.i. works in the united states the group the organization the investigative committee reports directly to the president of russia. paper all of that thanks for that. but r.t. dot com we've got the world at your fingertips here's what some are online videos today and the beautiful game turns into another event as russian fans that you are twenty twelve and also a polish conclusions. person most americans agree that the best way to their top forty is direct democratic vote they want texan city it seemed to throw the dice is enough. egypt could be sliding back into emergency rule after the government restored rights to the army to detain civilians and muslim brotherhood is warning that the move without them but it sure tighter grip on control even after this weekend's runoff presidential election one group fairs is the most domination even more egypt's women believe it will send the country back to the dark ages one of three reports. she's you

annual meeting of the economic heavy hitters of the st petersburg forum is coming to an end dimitri medvedev call wraps up the highlights of the even. if. this is the most important economic event at least in russia of every year and now this is the only place where you can find so many celebrities from the business and the political scene all under the same roof and given that the venue is so splendid it's a spectacular city st petersburg specially this time of the year when we have very nice weather and white nights so basically the only turn of the only kind of mood spoiler here is the backdrop of the economic crisis of the debt crisis in europe so this has been creating of course a lot of turmoil a lot of anxiety from from all the participants it's been widely discussed and russia has come out basically the government with a set of reforms which will prepare russia for the worst even though we're not necessarily heading towards a financial pocalypse let's listen to the minister of economic development prepared to stress based on oil prices. sixty dollars per barrel doesn't mean we're exp

their security i don't think either is true when the last meeting president abandoned president medvedev we journalists got the impression that they did find some sort of understanding so do you think that if a batsman gets reelected you think you'll have a free hand to sign since sort of the sudden assessment so so that the americans and the russians can start with each again that maybe join control of the system is something this is awesome because i believe there's a technical solution to the problem as a technical solution of cooperation which could remove the russians concerns about the danger of them i believe that exists i think we will find out what you do take political will on that the underside of both countries in that political will a solution can be found so political will is not is technically under ten yeah it's not a technically difficult problem i think the political will. russia's political has to be on both sides and put them both down trees well that put this in effect this this presidential campaign that we're. seeing the united states is not questions of matters of

might have noticed that when you were already here in russia with your visit that prime minister medvedev came up with the. pretty extensive program of privatization you know he proposed privatization in the gas sector in the banking sector so so that should be a step in the direction you know what that's a very very positive signal and there have been some other positive signals as well i met with russia's natural resources minister yesterday and he updated me on some of the regulatory and legislative changes that the russian government is undertaking in the area of subsoil some regulations in the area of opening up the resource sector to more foreign investment those are really sending a clear signals to countries such as canada that we should be interested in investing in russia and thank you very much and just to remind that my guest today was edward fast international trade minister kan and that's it for now from all of us here spotlight we'll be back with more until then stay on r.t. and take care. thank you jake. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you unde

dot com no reason to mess it now ok let's catch up with the business show we dimitris there dmitri medvedev twenty minutes before the russian markets closed wednesday session hours ago and well it's going so much better in the united states or in europe where investors moves there's been have been hampered by retail data coming out in the united states which have shown in the second month of contraction retail sales went down point two percent in the month of may. it was revised to the worse the data from the month of april and therefore we are seeing the dow jones and the nasdaq declining around point four percent on the worries that basically consumer spending is contracting as a general trend over in europe we're seeing pretty much the same picture with the footsie and the dax the quieting within the one percent the only european index that i'm seeing in positive territory is spain's ibex but it's been moving out of key really with the with european indices now in russia we are seeing on the in the final minutes of trading we are seeing some positive movement on the point for. percent of

but on a warm welcome to business dimitri medvedev go let's go first straightaway to the closing picture on the russian markets we've had a very short week just three sessions monday wednesday into for. friday and friday together with wednesday were very positive a minor correction on thursday and this is what we have two and a half percent for the r.t.s. and my six adding more than two percent this is on the back of optimism for the worst so to say which could happen on sunday during the elections in greece so basically if the elections are not satisfactory and there's market turmoil next week then we will see central banks in europe intervening in providing stimulus and therefore they might be buying up assets on the markets and so trade is a place to be hoping for this so it's as i said optimism for the worst second to get towards moving the my six and financial shares legs burbank were playing a big role in this game one half percent steelmaker m.k. was also good up one point three percent after put in financial results it was up almost two percent was one of the biggest gainers for

this dance eleven months later triggered accusations of serious mistreatment was then president medvedev ordering two investigations into his demise the u.s. ambassador to russia. bill is unnecessary because the obama administration has already taken measures to punish russian officials involved in human rights violations. of has the details. the senate foreign relations committee has passed the so-called magnitsky law now at this point it has little to do with the actual person that the proposed legislation was named after sergei magnitsky who tragically died in a russian jail back in two thousand and nine the wording of this new punitive legislation is much broader if passed by the senate it would require the united states to deny visas and freeze the assets of washington's generally accused of human rights abuses the fact of the matter is that the u.s. has already barred eleven russian officials allegedly implicated in the death of sergei magnitsky from entering the united states but the names of those people have not been disclosed russia retaliated last year by taking similar measur

the investigative committee was established in two thousand and eleven by then president dmitri medvedevreported directly to the presidents of russia so we now have to wait and see what the response to these allegations will be from the committee. it's all over they're on in her most stark call to action yet germany's chancellor angela merkel is warning that her country's strength is not endless and urging a political union in europe such a move would see countries give up more of their sovereign powers to the well of the union was again pounded by a credit downgrade rating agency slashed the scores of spain and cyprus citing more uncertainty ahead of elections in greece also warned that spanish debt could be relegated to junk status well focusing on the latest trials and tribulations in the e.u. because the reporters here at eleven thirty g.m.t. . spain bailout terms to be agreed within a week or urgency reflects a growing consensus that spatters claps might start chain reaction that could topple italy and destroy the euro yes so what we see is the quick change debt for a quick change a

evening now let's catch up with the arctic you send a business desk manning it judiciously is dmitri medvedev hello now the trades been pretty choppy and cautious lately has not how the u.s. markets kicked off the whole just as you for you've put it into words actually choppy and cautious everyone's waiting for the outcome of the elections on sunday in greece where the new government will be able to form whether they will be adopting austerity measures or whether the new international efforts will be needed in order to solve the debt crisis so basically that's the focal point of this week and it's pretty much going to be very cautious this week we've seen some drops in the u.s. on monday right now the u.s. markets are showing a bit of a positive trade but gains are limited by the fact that the yields for spanish bonds have gone out yet again by thirty three points to six point eight six percent that's for ten year bonds now this is of course limited gains and therefore we're seeing this very flat to positive picture very much the same thing is going on over here in the in europe where the foo

allegations now the committee itself was formed in two thousand and eleven by then president dmitri medvedev just a similar role as the the f.b.i. does in the united states and the committee report directly to the president here in russia. thanks for. what r.t. dot com we've got the world at your fingertips has what some online videos today. game turns into an ugly event with russian fans at euro twenty twelve in warsaw are attacked by polish hardcore hooligans. and the risks of using your mobile phone are exposed as a dangerous dating application gets taken down. egypt could be sliding back into emergency rule after the government restored rights to the army to detain civilians the muslim brotherhood is warning that the move without the military a tighter grip on control even after this weekend's runoff presidential election one group fears is in his control even more egypt's women believe it will send the country back to the dark ages reports. she's young and ambitious and planning to become egypt's next president but she needs to wait ten years until she turn forty so she can run not for

the top is now coming up twenty four minutes past for the afternoon here in moscow dmitri medvedev is at the business sense it looks very upbeat and there's new to the week in the stock markets at least i said pretty good news yeah there's a lot of buying actually going on but i call this optimism per vert to be honest because it seems like investors are buying up in hope for the worst to come out of the greek elections on sunday which of course crucial for the fate of the euro zone and all together the euro markets in general basically central banks have hinted that in case of volatility should the results of the elections be negative they will be intervening and adding stimulus to the market let's take a look at what's going on on the stock markets in this regard basically that everyone is but a pair of the hoping for this stimulus coming from central banks and the bank of england as pioneering this move it's already promised it's already promised help basically more openly than any other markets and of course these therefore up a half a percent of dax even more so one point four pe

of a street back in january over the previous russian president and current prime minister dmitri medvedev. obviously a lot of the issues very difficult complex ones that the world has been trying to solve for a long time a lot of people feel like russia could help any kind of prospects of a breakthrough. it's a mountain we'll see a breakthrough any time soon but certainly what this visit by the russian president does drum home is the central role that russia can and does play in solving these regional issues russia supported and seen by many as a neutral mediator later today president clinton will travel to jordan where he'll meet with the jordanian king abdullah they too will be discussing regional issues it is worth noting that also on the agenda are the issues of iran to this end the russian president urged the israeli leadership not to conduct any kind of strike he said that sanctions were counterproductive and he said that they needed to be a diplomatic solution the russian president also met with his israeli counterpart last night shimon peres at that meeting he said that israeli ru

also cyprus has been affected by the downgrade to let's get some perspective from our teams dmitri medvedev at the business desk for more how the investors reacting to this downgrade get more bad news again today well what they're doing is they're basically dumping state bonds for spain and they've reached an. all time high of seven point one percent that's really the danger is only thing above seven percent indicates that there's a high chance of a default on on sovereign debt moody's has said basically that this bailout which was promised to spain's banking system will only increase the sovereign the burden on the country so therefore we have seen this downgrade of phrenologist and it's also put the country on review for further downgrade so when that happens anything could go from bad to worse we'll have more on that in around twenty minutes or it's a busy business those things for them and more of the issue too as well later on today on r.t. as max keiser and stacy herbert focus on what they say is fraud dressed up as rescue measures. mean bailout terms to be agreed within a week urgenc

he had as a partner president dmitry medvedev, president putin's successor and predecessor now as he's returned to the creme len. and -- kremlin and they managed to put some tension behind them. they signed a arms control treaty, opened a supply route to afghanistan and they agreed on sanctions on iran. but now they're hitting some more fundamental issues and truth of the matter is, russia and the united states have fundamentally different values and interests and you're seeing it in this syria debate right now. gwen: in part because they're so tied, in russia's case, so tied to his a sad and the u.s. has gone way out on the limb and said he's got to go? >> they're tied to assad and don't want to give the americans one more chance to meddle in another country. it's not so much like like assad, they hate the idea of americans telling other countries who should be their leaders. think about how to looks for president putin. he just returned to office in the kremlin. outside his office he sees tens of thousands of protesters. they're not violent the way they are in syria but the idea that