putin might change the whole content, economic rules and content. but, in fact, what we saw -- and i think that might be answer because the west sees -- [inaudible] but fsb was not so active. they were given the powers. they never tried to gain and something, some crucial things changed. but political culture, economic rules has the same thing. it has similar regards, even the same names. there is not talks about property rights except some crucial things, there is some i. putin was very, very generous with united states just after 1990 -- just after 9/11 attacks. he even closed down some intelligence facilities, for example, base in cuba, and he closed down, the interrogation facility in vietnam. it's just a problem of russian, it looks like for the worst because they're quite happy foreign policy of russian state except georgia but, to be frank, it was -- i think everybody understood it was not a question about if they are talking about even iran. you see even medvedev is very, very generous. it's not like -- everybody understood, and i think even

intentions are not realistic there they are trying to organize an anti putin campaign let me say mostimportantly at the cia and at the state department right now you have a manic fit which is generated by the success of the united states and overthrowing the government of tunisia with the help of wiki leaks and julian asuncion the world at langley in foggy bottom is that thanks to asuncion weiqi leaks the united states has been able to capture the attention of a new generation of media lists across the world and that with this you can bring down every government in the arab world but of course why stop there color revolutions had been losing their v.m. they had failed in iran they'd failed in lebanon they were discredited and rolled back in ukraine and in georgia of course also discredited but now they think they can relaunch the model of the of the color revolutions and i'm afraid what we see in these papers is the russia director of the national security council michael mcfaul who is interested in grooming boris nemtsov as a candidate to stop putin from becoming president again in t

did this begin with putin or did it begin sooner? >> it began in the 1990s. for example, the department's in 1995 and the union responsible for 1998, was long before putin became a permanent. >> why don't we have some questions and i will keep interjecting if i can. we have a microphone, we will bring it to you. >> i am a consultant on economic development. how do you two as independent journalists find out what is going on in these agencies? >> it is difficult right now in russia because russian policy -- they started to walk. in 1996, so open as a journalist and it exists. so at that time you could find the russian secret service -- so of course it is different between the secret service in europe and russia because you can take official documents from leadership on the american secret service. absolutely to the journalists in the case of official requests. you should walk of art with a low-rent office for consultant and middle ranking officers. they might be very useful. you should use that information but the question is how to check this information and

initial deal that the big oil russian oil companies put forward no for the prime minister vladimir putinnd his brother russian counterpart seem to have come to a deal in which russia will give a subsidy of four point one billion dollars to bellary to ensure the critic of oil and the distribution of oil can continue between the t. nations used. there are of course questions regarding the details but we have reconfirmed our position and we will get this approved just soon as possible so that the below us economy will receive a subsidy of no less than a full billion one hundred twenty four million dollars in return for cheap russian oil deliveries usually. that wasn't the only thing that was being discussed by prime minister vladimir putin and his bellow russian counterpart bill aris will also receive a six a billion dollar created from russia to build a new nuclear power station that's something that's also been on the table for discussion and the meeting between the two pm. alice take a look at the stock markets stock markets cause lower following a downswing in international comedy equit

is super and i think that's evident from the comments also prime minister putin who obviously wasn't on and funny but had seen the c.e.o. or leader. i don't think anybody should underestimate the impact that this project and this alliance will have and the positive sense for the development of the russian offshore industry another good example is brazil and what the acceleration of fuel some of the offshore pre-sold opportunities there is doing for the construction business the oilfield services business and all the other auxiliary businesses transportation logistics etc that supply these massive projects. hopefully we get off to a good start with this first one and it can be a catalyst to develop it along the lines into the scale that we see in brazil so it's peter ryan vice president ross next spotlight will be back shortly right after the break so stay with us we'll continue in less than a minute. what's the strangest attempt of a military takeover. of. the us president trying to overthrow a foreign country's government but his strategic game. america recognized its district. want

to get this four point one billion subsidy pile being put on the table by prime minister vladimir putin well oil not the only thing that's being discussed also russia has said that they will credit give a loan as it would have six billion dollars to belo reese the development of nuclear energy technologies so i think if you will the the better russian prime minister now heading back to minsk you've got to feel you've done a pretty good job of as you head back with just over ten billion dollars worth of business in your pockets good president made the prime minister a very bloody putin has said that these this subsidy of four point one billion dollars will go ahead from russia and that should be able to see the production of oil flowing again from russia into bellary. you know all of our from moscow thank you very much. well let's look at the markets now we start with europe where south markets are losing ground mining stocks banks and pharmaceuticals are among the heavyweight follows britain's footsie is shedding over eight percent and a quarter and germany's dax is down over a half per

now before the signing ceremony said blatter the fever president met with prime minister vladimir putin and believe me putin during that meeting talk to journalists and said they'll be able to put on a fantastic told him and. we would like to use the experience we've already gained in preparing for the store to winter olympics in twenty fourteen we've been working closely together with the international olympic committee on this and we've build up a very constructive business relationship with them i would like to ask you to point to specialists from fee for to come and work here together with us to be present from the very first day of our common interest rise you can take part in the entire process of preparing for the twenty. plus of the fifa president talks and often an awful lot about the world game is football and he's really trying to make it part of his legacy to take the world cup finals as far flung corners of the world as he possibly can here the first time will be in eastern europe and after that the world cup goes to the middle east for the first time with guitar taking the

vladimir putin, elvis.actually has a pull string here. [ imitates elvis ] >> "yo, vladimir putin, man. i need some boot cut jeans and a pair of flip-flops, man." [ laughter ] [ imitates vladimir putin ] >> "perhaps i'll let you use my 15% store discount." [ laughter and applause ] >> jimmy: amazing. [ imitates elvis ] "cool, man." [ laughter ] you never know what it's going to say. [ cheers and applause ] that's a good one. that's a goodie, right there. this next one might be my favorite right here. this one is really good. this is elvis feeding ripped fuel power shake through a straw to nessie, the loch ness monster, while wearing sketchers butt-lifting shoes and showing off a picture of a mcrib he's using as a screen saver on his new macbook air. this one would be perfect over the fireplace, in the kid's room, anywhere. [ laughter ] here's the last one here. this is elvis returning a pair of isotoner gloves at t.j. maxx. [ laughter ] that's kind of boring, actually. [ laughter ] >> yo, man, did somebody s

he was considered vladimir putin's political rival. a russian court sentenced him on thursday. the former president of the now defunct yukos oil company is already serving an eight year prison term for fraud and tax evasion. he was arrested in 2003. khodorkovsky once criticized and challenged putin's authority when the russian leader was president. the united states and european countries say both sentences are reprisals for his opposition to putin. the u.s. denounced the verdict as politically influenced. the russian government countered saying politicians do not exert pressure on the country's judiciary. >>> the vatican has taken action to enhance its financial transparency following an investigation by italian police into allegations of money laundering. the vatican bank officially known as the institute for religious works has been the focus of the probe. in september, authorities seized 23 million euros or $30 million the vatican deposited in an italian bank. the vatican denies any wrongdoing. pope benedict xvi signed new laws on thursday. the measures require the vatican

the sailors he's spoken to the country's transport minister who reported on the situation from mr putin over the phone has spoken to both captains over the trapped vessels and the ice breakers that are heading to release them just to give you an idea how difficult the weather conditions in the area are at the moment ice is about two meters thick and initially a smaller icebreaker of thirteen thousand horsepower was. released at three vessels but it couldn't get through the icy water so another one three times more powerful one had to be sent down to help them and according to the russian transport ministry the vessels will be released on wednesday morning g.m.t. the crew members were in no danger from the start as they have about seventy five days worth of food and energy supplies they have water they have everything they need but experts are saying that said the rescue mission might take a little bit longer as another very strong cycling is heading over those waters and it's going to bring strong and heavy winds in the area so it might slow down the rescue mission a little bit but in t

he did indeed this afternoon prime minister putin said that it's inevitable that punishment will be meted out to those who are responsible for this and so right at the top of the russian authorities we've heard both the president and the prime minister saying that the primary aim now is to catch those responsible and justice will be brought in that i was saying earlier for us cut off but the president has yet has said that if they resist the justice being brought to them then they will be killed on the spot and even exterminated i think we can now listen to that. now. national. national our society and our state in general has once again been brutally challenged i think this is clear to everybody present in this room it is equally clear that we need to do everything for the perpetrators of this crime to be identified and brought to justice and the hideouts of those bandits should be exterminated as usual we should deal unceremoniously with those who resist they should be killed on the spot is that. also earlier today the president raised questions on how on earth could this happen at an a

with prime minister vladimir putin among here's a favorite ski sports is the site of the two thousand and fourteen winter olympics of course russia has seen resort of such. and i wash around us now here with the business news. i. will welcome to our business program i'm sure only. a year since its launch the trilateral customs union proved a success according to all of its members though it also had some unexpected effects it stirred up to long lasting negotiations on russia's entry to the world trade organization after russia said it was seek the ascension together with belarus and kazakhstan but as an italian law about reports there may still be some problems ahead. russia belarus and kazakstan are speeding up the next phase of their customs union the single economic space with a free trade area and a common external policy the trilateral union was launched at the beginning of twenty ten just simplify the movement of goods and capital between its members stupid. we are creating the terms for fair competition for all the member countries to help the producers be competitive on the ex

following that prime minister putin issued are equally strongly worded statements and powerful rhetoric of his own assuring the russian people that is the investigation will indeed be successful and inevitably the perpetrators of this attack will be brought to justice and punished accordingly. to the moment of florence cruel and senseless crimes committed at dawn we did have an adult many people killed as many injured to do not have any doubt that the crime will be uncovered retaliation will be inevitable the task of the government now is to provide support for the families of those killed and injured. and terms of who's to blame for allowing this attack to happen earlier today present navy had it pointed the finger squarely and firmly in the direction of the forties themselves here at domodedovo airport he said. there were clearly some security breaches in allowing a suicide bomber with five kilograms of explosives and a device packed with metal shards in allowing him to enter the building in the first place we know the explosion took place in the waiting area just the other side of th

prime minister putin followed this comment with a comment of his own equally strongly worded and it's. acting as sort of an reassurance that this investigation will indeed six easy said it was in everett those who meted out this punishment on others will be punished themselves and the perpetrators of this attack left thirty five people dead and still one hundred eleven people in hospital they will be brought to justice. with an opponent cruel and senseless crimes committed at dawn we did have an airport many people were killed and many injured and i do not have any doubt that the crime will be uncovered and retaliation will be inevitable the task of the government now is to provide support for the families of those killed and injured. earlier today president medvedev was pointing the finger of blame firmly at the feet of the airport authorities here don't ever saying there was a clear security breach to allow such a vast amount of explosives into the airport building it. have found that they've concluded there was a suicide bomber carrying five kilograms worth of explosives and going

minister who reported on the situation with the vessel that they're stuck in the ice prime minister putin also over the phone has spoken to both captains over the trap vessels and ice breakers that a heading to release them now three vessels were stuck in the ice on thursday and after that there was the country's transport ministry has warned the sailors about the weather conditions in the area nonetheless another vessel still had it in the direction of the icy waters and was also stuck and that is why the ice breakers that were initially had things release the three stuck on thursday had to change their direction to the one stuck on monday as it was in the most dangerous situation as it was being dragged by the ice towards the coast so once so the ice breakers are over with. that last vessel they are going to head to the first three stock. stories they know just to give you an idea how difficult weather conditions in the area are at the moment the ice is about two meters thick and initially a smaller icebreaker of thirteen thousand horsepower was. released at three vessels but it couldn'

the vladimir putin earlier on today was handed. a small replica of the world cup trophy. well whether russia can win it or not is something that will have to wait and see they are putting a lot of emphasis on grassroots football and making sure that they can develop their international game their status on the international stage because a couple years ago the darlings of the european championships where they were held . there winning over a lot of mutual funds and still be looking to do this to go a few stages further when they host the world cup and you know tell you that's actually been signed officially the confirmation has been signed. by step let's go to russia in a couple years time. it certainly is parties peter all of the reporting from st petersburg thank you. to other news now poland is planning to reconstruct the chain of events that led to a plane crash in russia southwest killing president lech kaczynski last april experiment is to follow up on the findings of the russian investigation that points to pilot error in the main causes of the tragedy so has so fa

that wasn't the only thing that was being discussed by prime minister vladimir putin and his delegationounterparts bellerose will also receive a six billion dollar created from russia to build a new nuclear power station that's something that's also been on the table for discussion and the meeting between the two p.m.'s. alice look at the markets starting with the u.s. now american stocks are trading down for a second day as concern that interest rates will rise and china weighed on come out of producers overshadowing a bigger than expected drop in jobless. claims the dow is down close to two thirds of a percent and the nasdaq has shed over one percent. and russian stock markets closed lower following a downswing in the international commodity and equity market energy majors mainly gas problem lukoil lost the most on the back of lower oil prices. although both of them have the potential to show better dynamics gazprom and lukoil both closed down on the day out around two percent but the biggest loser was come ons down close to nine and a half percent. and that's all the business news fo

to rising global prices and an imminent transit tariff increase by minutes prime minister vladimir putin has met with his bell russian counterpart mikhail meus now the cold which to try and iron out the conflict our correspondent peter oliver brings us the latest from the meeting. it's taken quite a while but it seems that russia and belarus of come to terms over the recent oil dispute it's come between the two nations a proposal has been put forward is accepted by both sides we'll get to that in just a moment that wasn't the only thing that was being discussed by prime minister vladimir putin and his belorussian counterpart bella reese will also receive a six a billion dollar created from russia to build a new nuclear power station that's something that's also been on the table for discussion and the meeting between the two pm as well in the oil dispute it's become between these two nations there's been no oil sent from russia to bellary since the first of january now it seems that we will see the resumption of oil transport from russia into valerie's following the meeting between the p

neither prison nor prime minister mince their words today both president medvedev and prime minister putin issued extremely strongly worded statements in relation to the perpetrators of the attack showing that they're taking the investigation by the scruff of the neck first of all present they've said that the primary aim now obviously is a catch those responsible for the attack and bring them to justice should they resist he said they will be killed on the spot even eliminated. national. national our society and our state in general has once again been brutally challenged i think this is clear to everybody present in this room it is equally clear that we need to do everything for the perpetrators of this crime to be identified and brought to justice and the hideout of those bandits should be exterminated as usual we should deal unceremoniously with those who resist they should be killed on the spot following that prime minister putin issued a equally strongly worded statement some powerful rhetoric of his own assuring the russian people that this investigation will indeed be successful an

what is being done to help people who were injured in this explosion also prime minister vladimir putin has been visiting hospitals elsewhere in his role as prime minister it comes under his remit to make sure that the hospitals all running up to scratch and making sure that they be able to have the right amount of space the right amount of medical equipment of doctors of nurses of medicines to make sure that they can treat everybody we can now hear from some of the people who are in moscow's hospitals at the moment. i go to the airport i was waiting for someone then there was an explosion it was a lot of people i couldn't see the bomber my friend helped out it was a lot of smoke. i went to the airport with my mother in law to meet our relative but then the bomb went off and after some confusion i eventually found my relative but i still don't know what happened to my mother in law. they are not muslims they are animals real muslims help people they don't kill people they could have lost my brother and i didn't even do anything to them i want them to be punished. great courage seen by t

barris a few negative incidents mr putin said it's. worrying that the russian federation would we need in world war two without ukraine so is this. the official position of the russian federation all these a person this is this is the personal opinion of mr putin and also at the end of. the year the training in library has been closed. because the criminal case. is still working but the criminal case is long we would like to know what's the future. and. if the materials found there will be conceded and extremist what's will happen to the library and the third question when we do plan to finish the dimmock ation of the russian ukraine border and what will be the conditions for the years of carriage. area. of recruitment well you have a large broad range of interests thank you. talking of victory in world war two. i think none has doubts that the russian. top level representatives the russian federation the government and all other members of the russian people. believe that it was a joint victory of the soviet people it says stated all

of one hundred twenty five thousand square kilometers of these these reserves that prime minister putin mentioned or as yet unproven but i just thought that the first thing that they're going to do is just see how much oil and gas is down there. well laura what's interesting of this point is that why is russia chosen to ally with b.p. on such a grand venture and what made the company the number one choice well that is the question on everyone's lips so why be particularly following this environmental disaster that we saw following the oil spill in the mexican gulf last year but nevertheless b.p. has been working in russia for twenty years it was really the natural choice of course the c.e.o. of b.p. now bob dudley was formerly the c.e.o. of the tie up between t. and k. the russian oil company and now he's moved to be the c.e.o. of all of the entirety of b.p. and there's a strong belief in russia in the competency of b.p. to carry out a project like this in spite of the disaster that we saw in the gulf of mexico last year i spoke to. him who's the chairman of ross nafta and one of russia

there now mr blatter was talking about the russian said he was speaking with prime minister vladimir putinas well as the heads of the russian football union and he seems to be fully confident that russia can put on a show. i'm very pleased that the russian government is playing a direct rule in oregon. i can assure you that we will work together very closely on this joint venture who will provide support but the lion's share of responsibility rests on russia i'm certain that the world cup will be held at the highest possible level and will turn into a truly magnificent event initially when he is seven years it sounds like quite a long time but then you look at the work that needs to be the russian delegation when they put across their bid to fee first to host this tournament they really focus quite a lot on the potential that could come from having the toll of it here in russia now a lot of the stadiums haven't actually been built there will be used in the in the tournament in seven years time a massive undertaking there of course what he does have some great footballing stadiums already l