his government in order to make it less dependent on hydropower as he spoke as they enter national economic forum held in st petersburg where all the world's economic elites get so is it possible to reduce russian economies dependence on the how will the energy sector develop in the near future i will discuss it with my idea of on that hoover an executive director of the international energy agency who's joining us live from st peter's. memory of under who that is a dutch politician from the conservative christians in a classic appeal party she first became an m.p. at the beginning of the ninety's was going to be elected twice. during the last decade and she served as the minister of education culture and science and most recently the minister of economic affairs in that position even has worked a lot with the and. sector in september of last year she was elected executive director of the international and that's. how mrs won the moon and thank you for being with us welcome to the show. and well first of all i wanted to ask you about what's happening today on the forum as we know president putin

driver economic growth in russia joining in twenty minutes time from this a p the book at the national economic forum. let's return to the story concerning syria the latest developments there will now turn to political analyst lucia told she joins us from beirut to get her assessment on the current developments now what do you think of this potential initiative by washington and london to offer immunity and clemency to sad in exchange for him. to be happy i can't oh i'm very sorry i thought i thought you could can hear me now . yes i can great right the question was quite as likely this latest development concerning washington and london they they've come up with a potential new initiative saying that they would offer immunity in clemency to a sad in exchange for him relinquishing power what do you make of that move. i think both washington london and the rest of europe taking their wishful thinking for realities and they are trying to create this. uncertainty for us in order to doubt russia the russians and sometime they try and the chinese as well by pretending have been reaching an agreement with.

say petersburg its national economic forum kicks off with many expecting president search and to shed light on what will happen with the european and with russia's economy some more of this in twenty minutes time joins me live. this is coming to you live from moscow i'm marina joshie welcome to the program how accurate or says it will deliver the final word on whether the world's top whistleblower will be taken under its diplomatic umbrella later on thursday join us sunday is now in a slum in amber seas seeking asylum to avoid extradition to sweden which could eventually see him falling into u.s. hands british police are also on alert to arrest him for breaching bail conditions sarah ferguson has more. held under house arrest and oppressed by the government in an effort to silence a pro-democracy message to the public but we're not talking about famous political dissident suchi she's now free and being warmly welcomed by the british government we're talking about the western explain and freedom of speech the charges of of imported games julian assange that he still spent more than fiv

driver of economic growth in russia join me in twenty minutes probably save me the book at the national economic forum. live from the heart of moscow this is the with me rule research i welcome to the program the fate of could be sealed within hours as the president of ecuador is expected to make a decision on the whistleblower was that request for political asylum the wiki leaks editor spent a second night in the london embassy of the latin american state where he came hoping to avoid extradition to sweden that's british police say they are ready to arrest him as soon as he steps out of the front door of the embassy building the story of. held under house arrest and oppressed by the government in an effort to silence a pro-democracy message to the public but we're not talking about famous political dissident song suchi she's now free and being warmly welcomed by the british government we're talking about the western exponents of freedom of speech the charges of of imported games julian assange yet he still spent more than five hundred days under house arrest fighting extradition to sweden and possibl

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petersburg where the national economic forum is under way.ve an interview with who are you talking to, jeff? >> reporter: john chambers with us from cisco. we're excited about the opportunity to spend a bit of quality time together here in st. petersburg. we've had a fantastic couple of days here. we caught up with some interesting russian ceos and western ceos and good balancing off, john, these conversations and just finding out what's exciting people. so thank you for stopping by our cnbc position. let me kick off by saying what is the opportunity for you here in russia and some of these other bric economies because we obviously look at some slow down in the western economies, what are you doing here? >> well, i think you know that in temple of our approach we see the emerging economies not only to be growing two to three times faster than our traditional business but we see them as an opportunity for us to begin to talk about how do you change the whole economy. you say how can we do job creation, how can you do inclusion of the entire po

economic forum and has been showered in praise for its economic prowess. >> its current deficit is still a concern for some, but the business world as well aware of the nation's ambitions. it is more than just a regional player. >> green fields on the outskirts of istanbul, field that will soon be transformed into a massive building site. work will begin within weeks. a saudi investor and its turkish partner are going to build 10,000 new apartments here. they will be up-market properties designed to appeal to turkey's burgeoning middle class as. studio apartments cost the equivalent of 30,000 heroes. a luxury 200-sq mi to report it will cost 300,000. -- 200-sq uare meter apartment will cost 300,000 euros. >> seeing the economic structure strong enough, and there are real chances to make money here in turkey. >> istanbul is witnessing a construction boom. the new shopping malls are opening up on an almost monthly basis. the skyline is changing rapidly. the city grows up boards and outports. downtown real-estate prices are now comparable to those in london. istanbul is at the heart of what has been dubbed "turkey's economic miracle." gdp has tripled in the past

economic cooperation forum made the announcement monday at the end of two days of energy security talks in st. petersburg, russia. the so-called st. petersburg declaration also says it's important that nations take advantage of nuclear energy. it calls for the sharing of the latest technology on nuclear power plant safety. the declaration suggests apec nations study the potential impact of political turmoil stopping the supply of middle eastern crude oil or natural gas. it calls on members to prepare against such an eventuality. >>> american workers are seeing their fortunes change. 6 million jobs left the u.s. since the year 2000. many manufacturers moved production to china and other countries to take advantage of cheaper wages. now, some of those jobs are coming back in a trend that the experts call reshoring. corin snyder explains. >> reporter: knives for the outdoors proudly made in the usa. each piece is manufactured with care and craftsmanship. this company has a long tradition of producing knives, dating back to 1902. the mountain west state of idaho is home to buck knives. chairman chuck buck is a business leader who decided to reshore the production line from china back to america

state of national and even global finances trying to revive those is the reason why business and political heavy hitters have been in st petersburg this week for the annual international economic forumis drawing to a close art is daniel bushell the highlights. a blazing rials breaking out over who's to blame for the downgrade of fifteen giant bank during the four european business leaders and politicians here point the finger at america notably lehmann's collapse in two thousand and eight which they just told the whole global crisis one of the lenses we saw for the ratings called the city its voice chairman is fuming look only it's europe to blame for this mess he told me it's politicians not playing because who are guilty the heads of state in europe don't seem to agree on a course of action. and then. there will be politicians who take advantage of a strengthening brussels that will bring about a new type of politics and. it is quite remarkable it almost seems like. the economic situation is a symptom and in the real problem is and can our political system solve these problems. for the we can do we're going to as of late on a roll of big qualities and come to us to try and take de

economic benefits . such was the trend with the previous leader of the. current leader. i've been watching your forum for many years the iranians have been telling everyone we are a peaceful nation we're developing nuclear capabilities and purposes for the sake of national development we're not turning anyone in we can prove it and you've just said the koreans are ready to actually bargain and make a compromise then why aren't they attending your conference they're not interested in talking to you. you know we always invite all the players story meetings. so why don't they show up at us well for a variety of reasons. for example i remember air rather telling incident which happened during the very first forum which took place in luxembourg we invited to a prominent nuclear iraq sport. and then the person. detained by national authorities and was released only after the form was over that suggests it's the government not the experts who is reluctant well the government must have taken our form for a threat or if. there is another thing ever noticed about the form of the iranian nuclear controversy and that in north korea are issues of star contention between russia and nato inclu