a partner mr putin not a threat. i have said this on more than one occasion to those who tried to scare me with the chinese threat in most cases it was our partners from the west however lucrative the natural resources of eastern siberia and russia's far east might look we all know they are not the prize in today's biggest global struggle that struggle is for world leadership and we're not going to get in china's way there china has other competition there let them figure it out for russia china is first and foremost a reliable partner we can tell the chinese authorities and the people of china are willing to build up good neighborly relations with us to look for middle ground solutions to issues that seem extremely complicated as we can to. well they are ready to do it we take measures to indicate we are ready and as a result we find points of contact i'm sure it will continue to happen in the future or within the british as for global leadership you recently wrote an article for the it's based your daily where you

the spokesman admitted that the sixth-century things had been put there especially for mr. putin to find. it shows the depth his advisors will go to to keep putin's positive image afloat. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. >> and who knows what he's planning for his 60th? well, from one big personality to other, arnold schwarzenegger, the ex-california governor and the star of the blockbuster film "terminator" unveiled a statue of himself in an austrian village where he grew up. his old family home has been turned into a museum, showing how the body builder reached stardom. and his message for ambitious young austrians -- stay hungry. well, that brings us to the end of today's broadcast, but remember, you can find constant updates on our website at any time. and to see what we're working on, simply go to our facebook page. i'm jane o'brien, and for all of us at "bbc world news" america, thank you for watching and have a good weekend. >> union bank, stowe, vermont, newman's own foundation and shell. >> this is kim. about to feel one of his favorite sensations. at shell we're devel

third or fourth term of mr putin of the president of russia he's he will eat he will be elected on the position in march next year so it is here a natural thing to. respond these respond this discussion but i do not seeing that this is the the highest priority or mr putin or anybody else in the russell leadership to to compare and to deny a comparison between the more than russia and the former soviet union it is completely out of the of the of the current the more than agenda of the russian leadership the next parliamentary election russia will take place in december and i know that the europeans the council of europe and the earlier see are usually giving you a hard time during this nation they're trying to send as many observers as they can while the russians always want to reduce the number of these exactly why this is not about the figures it has never been about the figures and it is it has been all the time involved the principles here the largest the recent largest election in europe took place in turkey this june i do not believe that turkey is completely out of country versus

mr putin you talk a lot about stability but stability has its negative sides as it sometimes results in nation wide stagnation how do you feel about the lack of staff rotation in the government some ministers have not only produced g.b.'s results over their terms in office what they produced was a series of failures do you think the fact they are still in office might be a sign of a standstill in the country you know what it is you have their frequent reshuffles in the government or a sign of weakness they indicate that officials are either incapable or unwilling to accept personal responsibility they keep passing it around like a hot potato at the if you have to try everything you can to make an official work before you decide to dismiss him one more thing when we choose people for certain jobs we always try to make a good thought out choice does not always work out perfectly of course and in these cases we are forced to let people go this is true that the problem for some of it is still the best way to avoid too much of a standstill in your staff policy is to get rid of some of you

good afternoon again good afternoon i am open to your questions mr putin the latest convention of the united russia party made the political situation in this country much clearer recently with lawyer you returning to the kremlin it's clear yeah as i've mentioned many times and as first russian president buddies yeltsin said i never aspired to this position it's a well known fact that initially when this order was made i explicitly expressed doubts over my ability to handle such a huge workload and enormous responsibility for the fate of the nation that would once i take up a job i do my best to complete it or at least feels maximum results where there are people who criticize me and they need to be made good of they say that if your humble servant takes part in the election that would mean there would be no election at all perhaps that would be the case for them but an ordinary citizen always has a choice to make so our critics might see it their own way but in this case they ought to present their platform and what's more important not only to present it also to prove in countries t

mr. putin's spokesperson revealed the truth behind these images which impressed russian television viewers, an indiana jones style vladimir putin discovering treasure. they had been put there for mr. putin to find. this shows the steps his devices will go to to keep his boston shows the -- this shows the depths his advisers will go to to keep a positive image of him. >> to see what we're working on, simply go to our facebook page. for all of us at bbc news, thank you for watching and have a very good weekend. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. union bank. and shell. >> this is kim - about to feel one of his favorite sensations. at shell, we're developing more efficient fuels in countries like malaysia that can help us get the most from our energy resources. let's use energy more efficiently. let's go. >> "bbc world news america" was presented by kcet los angeles.

mr. putin's first trip abroad since he announced plans to reclaim russia's presidency. it's being closely watched for clues as to the foreign policy direction and, of course, we'll bring you more on that later on in the program. do stay with us because later on in the show, we're also going to be speaking live from beijing about a host of these different issues. >>> now, u.s. president barack obama's $447 billion job creation package is hitting its first hurdle. the bill has been blocked in a test vote in the senate. mr. obama has repeatedly called for congress to adopt the measure. but in an unofficial tal lay, it indicates that some of the president's own fellow democrats may have joined the filibuster against it. >>> now, still ahead here on "world business today," at breaking point. the ship of the center of new zealand's biggest maritime pollution disaster is on the verge of breaking up. we've got the latest on that and the cleanup efforts just ahead. [ male announcer ] for sore muscles us

mr putin. lose to a more on found says and failed to go top of the western conference. and titles on the line multiple world heavyweight boxing champion virginia klitschko analysis face to face for mcchrystal a great moment in december. let's start with football and russia face the vika tonight and i'm not sure which could go a long way to determining their hopes of qualifying automatically for next year's euro tie and to twelve finals in poland and ukraine points should be enough for dick advocaat side with the final match against waterman dora but as richard reports there will be up against a slovak a team which has nothing to lose. it's been a topsy turvy group campaign for the russians with plenty of op sundowns however with just too much to go pick up the cats men find themselves in a very healthy position two points clear at the top of the table and free ahead of friday's opponents of i can well govern movie have still. been slow going so it still does important for us to get a good result but we still need support and this is super slow work or. slow work get the

should say will create be investment climate action here and i think i think today's announcement by mr putin stressed secretary of bad putin being compared with brezhnev is a good thing i think this announcement doesn't help but all investors don't like russian its economy so i assume that you do believe that we will see more capital flight in the run up to the election both depending on what kind of actions are undertaken if we see their populist speeches and if we see. we could placement for the finance minister if we see that government is creatively postponed him that he form sort of an undertaking and commit included forms i think there will be more capital outflow on the other hand as a global market volatility it sends a very strong signal to russian government that the russian government should change its course maybe we'll see a reinvented putin called does reforms cool it wakes to. a way to ease awaken to the need for change and maybe it'll be investors will love that then come back and just briefly can discuss what can be done to make a domestic market more attractive. all of thes

and mr putin says it's failed to go level on points with current premier league leaders in it after drawing with terror. who will first go have missed their chance to joins an eight on top of the russian premier league that's still draw against terror they may open thirty nine minutes in went on to go it's free kick found wagner live in the area has double the late straight after the break said it would be awesome i found the back of the net and the forty seven minutes. this is inside back and scored twice in the space of only two minutes midway through the second half i was on a problem and my research barrett says scott's hopes of getting all three points to all the final score there in the moscow rich. thank in the meantime have stickers that are better still bite to an ounce of goals in this russia darby has took the lead in the dying minutes of a first for if gainey should pitch in and brazilian midfielder sealed the final result thirteen minutes from time. instead it is the games that fans fail to see any goals that's count latest in a drew with in st petersburg and spinal a criticism

and mr putin say it's failed to go level on points with current premier league leaders in eight after drawing with terror. for the first what has come mosco have missed their chance to joins an eight on top of the russian premier league that will draw against terror. is meant open thirty nine minutes in went out and records frequent found wagner love in the area has double their late straight after the break said it invalid i found the back of the net in the forty seven minutes. but this is didn't sit back and scored twice in the space of only two minutes madrid through the second half i was on a problem to end my research barrett says cross hopes of getting all three points to all the final score there in the moscow richard. thanks in the meantime seekers know they're a bit by two and author of goals in this russia has took the lead in the dying minutes of the first half free of ghana shit beaten and brazil. sealed the final result thirteen minutes from time. instead of the other games the fans failed to see any goals count latest in a drew with cent and finally really set up to sett

and mr putin says it's failed to go level on points with current premier league leaders in it after drawing with tara. full first. chance to joins an eight on top of the russian premier league that will draw against terror. is meant open thirty nine minutes in when islands of course frequent found wagner love in the area has double their late straight after the break so it isn't balanced either from the back of the net in the forty seven minutes. of the visitors didn't sit back and scored twice in the space of only two minutes midway through the second half at least on a problem and more research barrett said scott's hopes of getting all three points to all the final score there in the moscow richard. thanks in the meantime have stickers now there are big. goals in this russia has took the lead in the dying minutes of the first half free of ganesh of beaten and brazilian midfielder sealed the final result thirteen minutes from time. instead of the games that fans fail to see any goals as count latest in a drew with st petersburg and finally clearly set up to settle for a goalless draw with

dollars and trade and high tech industries have been signed by mr putin met the chinese leadership in beijing. and an israeli soldier captured by the last five years ago could soon be going home another way to deal will see him for over a thousand palestinian prisoners all of us imply profile detainees will remain in israeli jails. to bring up that moment next it's all the latest in the world of sport with. hello this is the wednesday night sports roundup and here are the top stories. top man in russia cage together guy is all but certain to keep his post beyond zero twenty twelve following russia's sizzling lead in qualifying for the showpiece event. while bearing the blame the man a bit on this retirement after missing a crunch penalty in serbia as one will defeat to slovenia in the european qualifiers. and spanish flying top seed rafael nadal breezes through house compactness babbit farah and han carlos ferrero also progressed at the shanghai last as. they start with football and russia finish their european qualifying campaign in style after going straight to next year's finals as

you have been to take part in the steps one of the need i think i think you mean something that mr putin has mentioned many times. you just called it americans living beyond their means to russians on paper at least we've been there means we do have a budget deficit but it's limited also have very little that and we have an easier fine but this is only because oil prices high and low price comes down russia suddenly will face the reality about russia's going to live in beyond its means and for example pension system is not about that sort of a knack but a next step. in years or so russia needs to do a completely redesign inspection system and somehow bring its house in order because what we are doing now is sustainable at one hundred twenty or one hundred forty dollars per barrel but it will not be sustainable if oil prices a sixty dollars a barrel so. all of the new economic school the spotlight should be will contain the pulse of the problems with all my friends say with. the move. just so. that's. welcome back to the spotlight. just a reminder that my guest in the studio today is sevi

mr putin moscow alludes to on the on pounces and fail to go top of the western conference. and titles on the live multiple in world heavyweight boxing champion roger mcleish personalities face to face form what was a way great moment in december. let's start with football and russia face like it's a night in a match which could go a long way to determining their hopes of qualifying automatically for next year's euro time to twelve finals in poland and ukraine points to be enough for dick advocaat side with their final match against robots and dora but as richard reports they will be up against a slovak a team which has nothing to lose. it's been a topsy turvy group campaign for the russians plenty about sundowns however with just too much to go to cover cuts may find themselves in a very healthy position two points clear at the top of the table and three ahead of friday's opponents of archaea girl have still. been slow going not so important for us to get a good result we still need to points and this is so it was a worker. get. the result. the dutchman has a clear bill of

as follows my rating or the level of trust confidence in me and the mr putin's rating are both high for any politician. his rating is higher. and. we are practical people pragmatic people when not fantasizes we you and the basis for us should be able to find the best way to reach our goals in politics regarding our approaches we are very we have similar opinions. and in. real life we're just friends maybe don't believe it or a lot of people don't believe it but we've been friends for twenty years otherwise i would not be able to make any political career in moscow. some people say the president when a person should be becomes president he. denies. everything that has been done before and it should criticize and crush all those people who were present before i do think that that's way any politician any policymaker should take into account the current state of affairs and as brothers and as very close friends we have taken the decision that you're aware of . and of course we have not taken it for our own sake we want to ensure a stable and steady development of our country to me neverthe

expect that this will have no effect on their feet you have to be either extremely naive or it's true mr putin you need to hear a few religious jew calling another joe and not an out of the way they really didn't. know. it was created to serve public interests to inform and to entertain. these days there's nothing easier than opening a new media outlet but there is nothing harder than revoking its license in case of corruption. when just the. san antonio ways in front. of you can involve in a community where you have one large corporation controlling the daily newspaper radio stations television stations the cable outlet but you told me that that sounds like democracy public opinion versus f.c.c. broadcast blues on r.g.p. if. it's a cover on our hero. we hear it because our country outs it's our. god promised them this is the land belongs to us. we'll if they are still going to be thinking. and gone chosen people will believe that god is real estate agent say ok this is that this is for you guys this guy this is for you. no no no no this is the world learned this from martin not that. not the

leaders overthrow and not just russia dictators all over the world including bashar assad maybe even mr putin and maybe some chinese maybe all of them maybe a little bit more nervous because clearly the people of libya rose up we assisted them this group of people. has a large number of institutions that they work through they have a large number of think tanks they have law firms i have magazines i have newspapers to push this idea of the supremacy of the united states washington has never been short of war mongers so most visible one of these days is the republican presidential candidate mitt romney he has already. deliver tough words to the likes of you brand pakistan and china you also called america's military spending ending the reset with russia and unfolding the real cost missile defense program in europe america is not destined to be one of several equally balanced global powers america must lead the world from these pitching himself as the candidate of the military industrial complex hoping that made by. america's best military industry will be first to benefit from the strong rheto

say a little creative investment climate fashion here and i think i think today's announcement by mr putin stressed secretary bed with him being compared with brezhnev is a good thing i think this announcement doesn't help at all investors don't like britain its economy so i assume that you do believe that we will see more capital flight in the run up to the election both depending on what kind of actions are undertaken if we see the populist speeches in which see. we could placement for the finance minister if we see that government is very deplete postponed in any form sort of been undertaken commission put forth i think there will be more capital outflow on the other hand as global market volatility it sends a very strong signal to russian government and russian government should change its course maybe we'll see it reinvented to put in the full does reforms. it waits till. it wakes it is a wake and will it through the need for change and maybe it may be investors will look at them come back and just be thinking this us what the consummate the mess the market more attractive. old all th