second to putin. i think he feels that he has real potential to take putin on. he has clearly been testing the waters. on sunday night he conceded very quickly. but then the monday he said the election hadn't been there. and on monday he actually spoke at the demonstration. if he keeps going like this, if he feels that he can without extreme risk to his own life, and his fortune, keep going like this, i think is great potential. and he clearly wants to. >> would you comment on the relationship between the kremlin and obama pitch in the uk, as one of several of the of the people who seem to have escaped with many millions of dollars that seem to have no problem over it with the uk government, or the russian government? >> well, obama pitch is another interesting case in point. he is a putin crony who accumulated extreme wealth during the early putin years. clear he did not feel safe keeping that money in russia or even keeping himself in russia. so despite his apparently have a relationship with the kremlin, took his money and moved to london, where he is been li

he is a putin crony who accumulated extreme wealth during the early putin years. clearly did not feel safe keeping that money in russia, or even keeping himself in russia. so despite his apparently happy relationship with the government of took his money and moved to london or he has been living for the last nine years. he was recently in court with his former business partner, who is suing him for billions of dollars, alleging that abramovich with the kremlin's help forced him to sell his assets for little or no market value. and abramovich's testimony in court has really been his only public statement ever. he's another one of those guys who doesn't like to have a face. his testimony was incredible. i mean, he confirmed everything that we've never heard about kremlin corruption. and it was very clear that he assume, his audience both in the courtroom and as equally in russia, people were following the trial very closely, that his audience was prepared to hear how corrupt the putin system was. and it's also clear that he's probably not going to go back to moscow

two i think putin one was a completely different time and i think i think mr putin understands that so the challenge that he faces today is to address the concerns of a much broader constituency here in russia. it was a little easier during the first eight years because the job then was to consolidate to create stability to rebuild the state rebuild the state bring honor back to the russian people which i think he did very very well so he's accomplished that he's created i think a very strong platform on which to go forward but now comes that you know tough parts of this is in parts of the old communist system still that make it so hard to invest easily in this country and make it too easy to sort of take things that don't belong to you and i think that is what scares investors away that being said i mean i think that i see efforts to try to address this for example people talk about the moscow being an international financial center yes we've done a program. it's a very interesting topic i'm sure you would agree peter i don't see it happening in my lifetime but i think the fact tha

april two thousand and ten or as the kremlin is something about to welcome the return of president putin and there have been down the recent year old continues yet on school insists it's not going to confront washington but americans i get to choose their course the leaning republican camp. mitt romney for example has recently called russia america's number one geopolitical. commerce a coworker to the shell thank you very much for being with us. well first of all i've got this new book or the new edition of you have got here in my hands which is called serving trade center last alternatives from stalinism to the new cold war. i just ask you what you call the new cold war and you said this is actually was going on now but although i want you pretty unpopular. statements like that. i think for. moscow the cold war ended in one thousand nine hundred eighty one eighty two actually some people think nine hundred eighty nine got roberts off of reagan believing in fact i don't know if there's a new moon but when reagan left office the presidency in january nine hundred eighty nine he wrote in h

after clinton an actor you have seen at first it appeared that bush the second bush and president putin would have a very close relationship you remember after the attack on america and nine eleven president putin called president bush and said george we are with you what can we do to help you and in fact. putin's russia helped america a lot during the first american born afghanistan instead telegram but after that constantly process and we constantly were conflicts so i would say that today if you look at the relationship objectively not from the russian point you not from the american point of view you would conclude that we have today more elements of war elements of cold war conflict than we have of cooperation now maybe we can. change there but things are getting worse so i think we are still in a state of at least seventy cold war and if you don't like the expression yet let's just say relations are bad and there's a well i mean the people of the generation can say that because because we do know these elements we have seen them that seen them daily on television and seen them in

still to come, another two months in jail for the, who sang an anti putin song in a moscow cathedral. is this enough to give the olympics a sense of humor? one are to his version of the british icahn. -- icon. a quick look at what is making front-page news. nicolas sarkozy is what is likely to become the first one- term presidents in the 1980's. the gulf news business pages report spain and italy will not need to resort to international bailout, but economic ills may draw out the recession for months to come. the south china morning post says it does not faze staging despite the capability of striking major chinese cities. and forcing barclays to have onus conditions, saying that they held the balance of power and is shifting of some of the biggest and banks. a member of a punk band being driven to court to face charges after the group performed and type putin protests at an orthodox cathedral. -- anti putin protests at an orthodox cathedral. >> are headlines this hour -- amid evidence of continuing violence in syria, the head of the u.n. has called for the international monetary miss

these demonstrators say putin was elected in a fraudulent election.n his speech, putin called for an end to political squabbling and urged russians to work together. he also cited his achievements as prime minister. >> we can say with confidence that we have made great progress over the last few years. we are now stronger than before. >> putin also promised to fight corruption and bureaucracy and said he would strive to make russia a more attractive to foreign investors. he said the country must now begin a new phase of economic development. >> we have only one russia. and the development of our country is a goal that all political forces in our country should strive to achieve. >> a plea for unity to the opposition, but they were not impressed. members of the just russia party got up and left. they were protesting at the alleged fraud by a pro-kremlin party in a regional election. >> coming up after the break, there will be more on kim jong un. >> but first, a look at some other international stories. >> the nine men trapped in a mine in peru are fin

younger, more liberal russians on the one hand and on the other side, older russians who support putind found these actions offensive. translator: don't understand what they want but you can't do that sort of thing in a cathedral. translator: most people think like me, they don't agree what they did. it just wasn't right. >> amnesty international describes the women as political prisoners and lawyers say it could be another six months before the actual trial takes place. until then, it looks like the women will stay in jail. damian mcginnis, bbc news, moscow. >> one of the world's most famous prehistoric monuments but prepare to say it in a different guise. >> there's a new arrival on the glaskio sky line. -- glass could you sideline. stone henth, an artwork by a prize-winning artist jerry ma della and it is -- >> bouncy. >> the real stonehenth is 5,000 years old and sacred site. this inflatable remember la ca isçó called sacrilege. after its unveiling here at festival of visual art, it will head to london. >> what's all this about an artwork? well, it's olympic year. they wanted somet

putin target foes with zombie gun which attacks nervous systems. gun that uses radiation to boil internal organs, control their behavior and drive victims to suicide. it has a mind control aspect to it. the russian military plans to use the gun against its enemies, and according to the report, against russian disdents. there is even a quote from vladmir putin comparing it to a regular weapon, but, quote, it's more acceptable in the terms of ideology. this is messed up. the media is more acceptable in terms of political and military idealogy. the media picked up the story as one more example of vladmir putin's relentless quest for power. we were suspicious, though, of a story of a zombie ray gun published just the day before. we tracked down the writer. he was at home with the flu, but he answered the question as to whether this is true. he said it is. according to christopher leak, the russians are developing this weapon and even though it's years away it's a good indication of where putin's head is. because if they have this technology, it confirm

well to access more information on the case of beer to putin or going to our website r.t. dot com let's take a look at some other stories that are on life you right now that states is written in with name brotherhood with open arms during their visit to washington d.c. well today no new best friends read more about it on our website. also online tons of radioactive water leaks from the fukushima nuclear plant in japan it's believed to have flowed into the pacific ocean. the u.n. security council has issued a non binding ultimatum to the syrian government and opposition saying a complete cease fire must be in place within the week and that's because his agreed to the plan that the rebels are calling president assad to step down first the middle east correspondent there has been exist. the united nations has given its formal backing to the peace plan put forward by the former u.n. chief kofi annan on thursday the united nations security council issued a statement on syria in which pushed for the syrian president bashar assad to adhere to his commitments and told the united n

>> putin has been pushed away from bonafide democracy. it is a whole series of criteria and rule of law. it is a free media. russia has been retreating combat not advancing. that is a cause of enormous concern. putin has been meeting this retreat from a democracy that i think we in the west were hoping would be taking russia. we have been involved in the case of the russian billionaire who was russia's most successful and wealthiest businessmen who became a target of putin because of his wealth and success, but as he began, russia was making it very messy and uneven. he's sort of had an evolution where he was becoming somebody you absolutely solve the rationed future lay in becoming a modern society. they were becoming a completely legitimate western-style company with an independent board of directors. they pay more taxes than any other corporate entity. in the political arena, he saw this was taking pressure backward. this was unacceptable. he became the target of an utterly politicized legal prosecution/persecution. he was convicted. h

russia -- yeltsin was a great opposition leader and putin had no role particularly in the opposition for the changeover. >> do you think has helped or hindered by his background in intelligence, russian intelligence, k.g.b? >> i don't think it helps? >> you do not. >> there is a lotf criminality in russia. >> from is a lot of criminality in every country. >> is ebay peddling historical pictures autographs and documents stolen from the u.s. national archives? if so is legal action being taken against ebay either civil or criminal. first here is his distinguished profile. born new york city, 67 years of age, wife, aiden, two sons, one steppe son, one granddaughter. jewish, democrat. city college of new york b.a., yale university, m. a. and phd. american studies and history. smith college professor of history 15 years. the washington quarterly published by the september are for strategic and international study, executive editor, two years, georgetown university. throwee, b. u. history professors, four years, united states institute of peace, director, 15 years. the center for democracy

also the top swap in russia president elect putin of putin picks outgoing leader to meet with better to replace him as head of the country's ruling party but it was also given the final kremlin speech of his. a not so charitable n.g.o.s are being accused of trying to incite foreign action in syria with moves similar to those that led to intervention in libya. hello and welcome this is r t i'm kevin though in it's no ten pm here in moscow our top story tonight downgraded from hero to traitor in the blink of an eye with a blow julian assange was hailed by the major media as a real freedom ambassador now though they're labeling him a nut job after his show debut here on r.t. the second episode which is airing here today laura smith reports on what is what's behind her son she is image assassination. it was one of the biggest and only time ninety two thousand leaks no detail on the bloody truths of the afghan war from the ground up shared exclusively with the hunter full of newspapers and julian a soldier was its hero a nomad with no fixed address and a backpack full of secrets contacted

year term in office with a major address the kremlin about to start he hands the reins to ready with putin in two weeks' time is a live picture of that event crossing with live to that speech very soon of course when the president comes out to address you see vladimir putin there as we're waiting for that address. actually decided not to stand in the presidential election in march agreeing to step aside and let britain make his bit. effectively swap jobs with regret of now poised to step in as a prime minister after putin his inauguration in may and yet it was an intense pressure to be officially announced. in the course an eventful few years for russia the country for its a brief georgia shortly after we had it became president in two thousand and eight and that was the political economic crisis which russia has so far managed to gather with relative success and that is the presidency we also saw the beginning of the reset relations with the u.s. and since the ballot a friendly relationship with the present iraq obama as we say we're waiting for president come out and make background on t

and that touched the missile and putin is scared to death of that and he wants the u.s. to freeze the technology and give it to the russians. >> i don't care if they are afraid of us. that's the way it is supposed to work and we shouldn't concede anything to them. amazing insight, dick. >> great to be here. >> thank you for coming. >> dick, thank you. >> and on the campaign trail. both president and his republican opponents have had their share. how do gaffes affect the >> mike: here is a cold hard fact about politics. all you need is one gaffe a rolling camera and it ruins the reputation. doesn't matter if it is fair or not. remember mike dukakis and of course you do and happy about these guys. audrey saylor inn inaudible) >> we have a question. how has the national debt personally affected your lives. >> i did vote for it before i voted it >> we'll go to south dakota and washington and michigan and then we'll go to washington d.c. and take back the white house. yeah. >> i would do away with education and -- commence and let's see. i will look at it and then we'll respo

don't think so and i think it's a huge misconception to have you made a video for us pro western and putin is anti west i think in the main points. to the same borders. but these seem to be going to do it was interesting i mean in two minded me all of their western aid to you to russia was very full i explained everything and he didn't see any one they knew all the important positions we used to have the same story with the west they always explain to us why you need to expression these before us and they never see the need to on any of the issues now if to me the video of does become prime minister he will no longer be in charge of russia's foreign policy tell me how might that affect moscow's relations with other countries i think it will largely depend on the west because i don't think the argument with an air of a sort of confrontation with the west and i would say that the most broad western moves in the russian foreign policy in the last twelve years were made during the you are such as a green to the american bases in central asia such as helping united states and afghanistan such a

putin is not a dummy. putin was nostalgic for the soviet union. putin was resentful of the west because he thinks we walked all over russia at the end of the cold war. but he's not a dummy. and i think he sees in the six years where medvedev was the president, that he got a lot of thing done that putin didn't -- that putin couldn't get done. is not the stall check for the cold war and so on. putin, when he said now i'm going to be the president again and he's going to be the prime minister, i think was actually surprised at the reaction inside russia because you know, that's the way russia works. well, it doesn't now. but i don't think he is a dummy. and i think you may see a different putin and a different russia, which i think as zbig said, is, i would say, over some period of time, and i would say maybe a generation or more, going to fill in what has been missing in russia as a european member. and that is, rule of law and civic government. >> i would just add this. i think it's unfortunate that we are confronting this very complex crisis, whic

and that touched the missile and putin is scared to death of that and he wants the u.s. to freeze the technology and give it to the russians. >> i don't care if they are afraid of us. that's the way it is supposed to work and we shouldn't concede anything to them. amazing insight, dick. >> great to be here. >> thank you for coming. >> dick, thank you. >> and on the campaign trail. both president and his republican opponents have had their share. how do gaffes affect the auction, we'll talk about it next. sometimes life can be well, a little uncomfortable. but when it's hard or hurts to go to the bathroom, there's dulcolax stool softener. dulcolax stool softener doesn't make you go, it just makes it easier to go. dulcolax stool softener. make yourself comfortable. ♪ spread a little love my way ♪ ♪ spread a little something to remember ♪ [ female announcer ] fresh milk and real cream makes philadelphia and the moment a little richer. and then treats day after day... well, shoot, that's like checking on your burgers after they're burnt! [ male announcer ] treat your frequen

russian prime minister vladimir putin attended the ceremony. putin told factory workers that russia's auto sales last year had recovered to levels shown before the financial crisis. it's now the second biggest car market in europe and ranks the fourth large nest the world. top executives of the three firms signed the first car off the line. the joint operation aims to make 280,000 cars each year. >> translator: it has a bright future. >> russia has fallen behind in developing new cars recently, so the russian government is taking steps to revitalize the industry. it's giving substantial financial support to the auto sector and promoting alliances with foreign carmakers. automakers see india as an exploding car market. more of them also see the country as a manufacturing and export base. toyota is one of them. they've began shipping small size cars made in india to south africa, another growing market. a ceremony to mark the occasion was held at a port near a southern city on wednesday. mechanics altered the cars for south africa with a harder s

and that touched the missile and putin is scared to death of that and he wants the u.s. to freeze the technology and give it to the russians. >> i don't care if they are afraid of us. that's the way it is supposed to work and we shouldn't concede anything to them. amazing insight, dick. >> great to be here. >> thank you for coming. >> dick, thank you. >> and on the campaign trail. both president and his republican opponents have had their share. how do gaffes affect the getting your business from point a to point b can be tricky. sometimes what you need is extra working capital or leasing options. and as one of the top-ranked small business lenders, regions can make the journey easy. see? so let's talk. i'm giving you the silent treatment. so you're calling to tell me you're giving me the silent treatment? ummm, yeah. jen, this is like the eighth time you've called... no, it's fine, my family has free unlimited mobile-to-any-mobile minutes -- i can call all i want. i don't think you understand how the silent treatment works. hello? [ male announcer ] buy unlimited messag

the media picked up the story as one more example of vladmir putin's relentless quest for power.picious, though, of a story of a zombie ray gun published just the day before. we tracked down the writer. he was at home with the flu, but he answered the question as to whether this is true. he said it is. the russians are developing this weapon and even though it's years away, the russians do have zombie technology and it confirms a lot of things we've heard about putin. some of them funny, some of them not. it's also a reminder, right, of how civilized america is. we already have a gun like that, it's called the active denial syst

given the final kremlin speech of his term before he hands over the reins of presidential power to putin in two weeks time. and n.g.o.s are being accused of trying to incite foreign intervention in syria or violence continues despite a fragile truce between government forces and rebels organizations are being accused of publishing unconfirmed reports similar to those which helped provoke international military action in libya. now it's time for today's interview artie's post lear talks with the israeli deputy foreign minister danny i along with discusses mideast peace and the situation with iraq. with me i have plenty on and on the deputy israeli foreign minister thank you very much for joining us here on our pleasure to be here is role preparing for war with iraq. these are is not preparing for a war in iran because we believe we run can be stopped through diplomatic and economic means iran is a very vulnerable and weak country economically politically socially but it all depends on a united front by the entire international community if indeed there will be enforced biting sanctions we

president putin picks outgoing leaders to meet with credit for a place of his head of russia's ruling party had better has given the final kremlin speech of his term before handing over the reins of power to peace time. is clearly n.g.o.s are trying to incite for intervention in syria where violence continues despite a fragile truce between government forces and rebels the organizations are accused of publishing unconfirmed reports supposed to provoke international military action in libya. next the israeli deputy foreign minister tells just how far his country might go when it comes to iran. with me i have to only i enjoy the deputy israeli foreign minister thank you very much for joining us here on r t pleasure to be here is israel preparing for war with iran israel is not preparing for war in iran because we believe iran can be stopped through diplomatic and economic means iran is a very vulnerable and weak country economically politically socially but it all depends on a united front by the entire international community anything deed there will be enforced biting sanctions we wil

arrows the fall and now to see if brad would go after that right of course of a third down probably putin has pushed the last button of a new. reduction of devices new models most of us are so excited i will be watching out for we've also got oil a major ross yes is down does that mean it's likely that we see be around a quarter of this that's down off the posting healthy gains today if you look at the currencies we see how the ruble is bearing. and as we can see it's still gaining the ruble still gaining against the u.s. dollar and the euro this is our look at the euro dollar is completely different we've got one thirty one twenty it wasn't moving much at so early on in the day and now it's gone back down if you look at the european markets they are having an interesting day actually they are managing to hold on to their gains a lot softer a disappointing bomb for spain yesterday some analysts were saying that we could see the sovereign debt crisis. investors don't seem to be too concerned at the moment now we've got keynes so prangs and carmakers also commodity wages are doing rather we

politicians in history that set a good examples or follow the most recent example is set by vladimir putin who's been elected to be russia's next president as we all knew going to be a putin and his team succeeded in driving russia out of a deep political and economic crisis that happened a few years ago that's why he is the politician i'm trying to look up to. where do you see south eighteen thousand five or ten years from now what will be like she was three and two or perhaps three all five years' time i see south of setia as a prosperous state where people will feel it ease to go to for a vacation and enjoy their stay here as people do in the civilised western world this is the goal we shall work college to achieve by the example of the leading developed countries thank you very much for the soon to be. thank you very much and many thanks to your team for coming to work here with us in south asia quarterly welcome here anytime a loss. goodbye. the close up team has been to the sverdlovsk region. where blacksmithing has developed from a craft into an industry. now our team goes far north

what he's telling putin in that conversation is that the united states will reassert what bill clintonwhich was to agree not to improve our anti-missile missile. keep them at the same level, not make them better. bush scrapped that, and to mange them better and now putin is desperate to reinstate the commitment not to improve them. he wants it to be credible and he's literally going to the president of the united states and saying, please make your country vulnerable to our nuclear-- >> make us weaker make yourselves weaker. >> yeah. >> mike: the crazy thing is that obama essentially is conceding the point. >>'s going to do it and you know darn well that the russians are going to give that technology to iran and north korea and right now, we have a real capacity to protect this country against missiles. the last 24 times there's been an enemy missile and we sent up an interceptor, we killed all 24 of the missiles, 20 of them we kissed the missile, a funny phrase, but our anti-missile touched the missile and putin is scared to death of that and wants the u.s. to freeze its technology, g

your presidential term is coming to them and everyone is interested and the duo of you and mr putin since you are changing places so this duo is that concert factor in the russian politics from now on as well as before us and in your opinion how effective is. this kind of governmental approach. that. all those words that used to irritate me and now i got accustomed to them i like to tell you. we're not just political with we're friends we have twenty years. next i don't think that bed when future of the country and the political process. depend on one person only because he may have some crazy idea in there. but he knew my it's good when the decisions made alex your discussion when there are several people in a country which they can all contribute to the political process on this i think this is normal this is progress towards democracy when you have to do three five or seven to ten people like that what's the whole i think this makes this is secure and this is not something invented by us constituency yet it's not nor in the mentioned that there are but he pulls that within the constitu

don't think it's polite to think well if that's the use of force or maybe he needs something from putin i think it's a very very big mistake it's exactly what was done. thirty years ago. by the way i'm never very critical of everything what happened so you know of course not for example the u.k. should system was quite strong quite british healthcare maybe arts the art of saudis lucic incredible really but when we were told don't listen to the words of america why. oh you can't because they're lies and telling lies but it's the same mistake what some somehow people repeat now if people today have their opinion and they say well i think i like this candidate oh no oh you have some interest so you maybe want to get some money it's some. kind of very special. and no. hope which you personally need if you just boise out that i like this candidate but not another one but maybe some people like this kind of because i think is the best candidate i myself happen to think that they. can not afford and experiment with someone who never let. go of the chair of the president of the country especial

russia now that's something that also has the full backing of the president elect apply to me and putin so whether we see dots that political reform coming into play under dimitri made head of or whether we have to wait until the timea putin is inaugurated in may . so had for you this hour the final moments of the passenger plane which crashed in western siberia the aircraft came apart on impact during an emergency landing which left twelve survivors out of the forty three on board. the stakes are high for italy which is combining a burgeoning gambling problem as people place nor trust in the lottery and trans there along with the government. well the battle is for india's lucrative france market is intensifying but a scandal involving the country's military achieve could see a restart for all among foreign suppliers india's defense minister has already bad for firms and that could see russia help fill the gap let's get more on this ortiz prius we are now going to join us live from new delhi what's prompting the shake up in india's military market. that's right any some major scandal ha

of the ruling united russia party and it is also expected to be appointed as prime minister under putin let's start crossfire charges arena galoots following these developments why is was you know putin endorsing medvedev as head of united russia. well in russia the president is not supposed to belong to any one party so was it put in said that as immediately after the inauguration which was supposed to take place on the seventh of may he is going to step down from the post of the chairman of the united russia and he proposed to me it's very it's to take over and talks to put forward his candidacy for the polls to close course the party is get to vote on god and that is what has been put inside maybe a united party should have another session and the second problem maybe one or two with your out some of the issues for example google beats next leader so these are these are the facts. that we're dealing with right now it seems like admitting to getting out like it's not making the political headlines in russia today. should get you in ancient china used to say the biggest problem is desp

easing of legislation put forward by prime minister vladimir putin about two weeks ago he also took a moment to take a little jab corporate competition exxon mobile this is what he had to say. this is will become possible thanks to suggestions for the changes in the russian fiske legislation which released the speech these changes are crucial for this kind of work but with today's deal is the last step for any to become russia's biggest part in the production of energy resources. it is very important to point out that getting to this oil is incredibly difficult in fact in the exxon mobil deal is not expected to see any oil from that venture for about eight years and make sure that everything a went well well prime minister vladimir putin was on hand to make sure that everything went smoothly. ok let's check out those prizes as you can see at this hour they are indeed makes if we look at really terms though the companies gas no companies have provided a great boost to companies we've got america and they're going to be posting their corporate results from these companies later on this

has made it has given the final kremlin speech of his turn before handing over the reins of power to putin in two weeks' time. and it's claimed that n.g.o.s are trying to incite foreign intervention in syria or violence continues despite a fragile truce between government forces and rebels characterisations are accused of publishing unconfirmed reports similar to those which helped provoke international military action in libya. as promised julia songs here on our t.v. this time he referees between two guests with very different ideologies that's next . i'm julian a song. editor of wiki leaks we've exposed the world secrets these documents long the united states government being attacked by the powerful united states strongly condemned a good action by the world illegally shoot for five hundred days now i've been detained without charge but that hasn't stopped us. today we're on a quest for revolutionary ideas that can change the world tomorrow or today i am joined by an intellectual superstar this lenient philosopher so i boy here a former anti communist dissident now turned so described