which could serve for bringing its kind was closer russia and europe holiday russia and ukraine and russia so poland could play a historical role if it in the stance the situation saying i've seen one of them cause so much damage on course at one point you predicted the collapse of the soviet union and you knew forecasts for more than russia. that's the fear you know i know i don't email forgot it's just what i was writing about the solving i didn't even see it as a forecast i looked at the can tweet and saw so many negative in elements that i couldn't help but ask myself how long will it last i don't make forecasts as a rule historian if i look at the past and try to figure out what's happening in the present i think russia has come a long way over the past twenty years he's having some difficulties as countries do it's not easy it is reducing democracy of capitalism it to western europe centuries to do that. doing it within twenty years isn't so easy i think russia is following the path he chose in one thousand nine hundred ninety one there have been ups and downs but i don't see

you showed us the modern russia open to russia what is for you personally suppress separation which you encounter where we often in your discussion about russia which makes you most upset wong perception what do you feel you see the biggest long perception of a lot about russia. mum was led to believe i would think that the beautiful in any stereotyped chant but it's the least receptions i knew what it was that as i think can i really. well the more be distressful and i wouldn't think that there is just one sole thing in this regard which would. make me feel extremely. upset emotional. city and sometimes it's unpleasant to read certain things in it and you know what struck me in this regard. in the morning when it involves an internet let's say through this well known gadget here. and there would read some. reaction or. regarding russia and the russian government and me personally. i can tell you. waking up a freshly i lose all the beer in there with sleepiness on the other hand i get to wish that. promptly respond to some of those. actions through tweets. to. give a call to the pre

to its knees but they thought room russia was aware of its place in the world that russia will fulfill its obligations towards its citizens and the world community unfortunately no state in the world is immune to terrorism terrorist attacks like this one in russia unfortunately can happen any time anywhere in the world there is no universal remedy against this evil even the one thing we can say for sure our success in battling this threat very much depends on solidarity and he did understandably spend quite a lot of time on that about five minutes of what was only a twenty minute speech but he did then move on to talk about various other things including environmental issues he mentioned how the world. he is only one step away from a major environmental disaster that could bring us to her to our knees he was talking about incidents like the icelandic volcano which stopped flights in europe he was talking about the extreme heat. wave this summer which caused just forest fires and he said that russia was proposing an early warning system to deal with monitoring those kinds of threats so

a lot of people still worried about corruption across russia.but but you know what i tell them is the you know there is a there's a lot of money to be made in russia almost because of some of the inefficiency the inefficiencies that exist that creates the opportunity and you know some of the changes that are being made now by the government are opening up possibilities i think the n.l. is a classic example of that we've had we've had a wave of reform in the utility sector and what has happened the third largest power generator in europe has invested three billion dollars into into the country so when i'm talking to investors i'm emphasizing the scale of the opportunity and you know how this process of modernization can unlock a lot of the value that still exists in russia. and when you when you're looking at in talking to investors and looking the development of the economy how important is partnerships how important is it for a company to come in and say we have to partner with somebody they'll help guide you through it you know and of course r

russia once the americans were you know started reducing the presence or not wanted russia would be the most important regional player in of want to stop and that's why it. is you know sorting out strategy. well there's newspapers been quoting sources that suggest the attack on don't have may have been planned and prepared somewhere outside of russia and that's he's got a check on reports now from washington d.c. on hell the west has been reacting to this tragedy. security experts and investigative journalist have started looking into where these terrorists confound the telegraph and other media outlets say the bombers who carried out the moscow attack were thought to be part of a suicide squad training pakistan's all qaeda strongholds that were sent to the capital to target the city's transport system many security experts believe that terrorist groups operating in russia do get funding from abroad some of their members are known to have been trained abroad and also a fact here the new york state police the new york police department has sent people to moscow to learn about the attack

and i'm not sure if russia is europe but europe at the moment of needs russia is one of them cause so worth my time and on course at one point you predicted the collapse of the soviet union and you knew forecasts for more than russia. that's the fear in the i know i don't hear anger there is that she saw it when i was writing about the soviet union i didn't see the. just a looked again and saw so many there negative elements that i couldn't help but ask myself how long will it last i don't make forecasts as a rule or the story of how i look at the past and try to figure out what's happening in the present i think russia has come a long way over the past twenty years it is having some difficulties as countries do it's not easy it is reducing the marcos of capitalism it didn't bust in europe centuries to do that or it's doing it within twenty years isn't so easy that i think russia is following the path he chose in ninety nine to one there have been ups and downs but i don't see any discourse you know unity so i think if we can become about russia's future it's starting to look the more

well this is a key moment for both medvedev and for russia and what it really does is put russia at the center of what has become the most important meeting of world business leaders and governments if you looked at the program of course just sort of ten to fifteen years ago it was really exclusive to western leaders in fact it started off as a european business forum but there's been a trend in recent years and it's carried on this year whereby there are schools of indians chinese people and russians there are more than sixty important business leaders and government ministers from russia in davos this year and in fact fewer and fewer western europeans and that's what we see as the balance of power shifts to these emerging markets these bric countries and moves towards what we call this new world order where these growing economies these emerging markets are developing so far just. this speech and his appearance here at davos will also show that russia is open for business despite what happens and i'm of course referring to monday's a bomb blast. port this did cause medvedev to perspir

the russia u.s. strategic arms reduction treaty known as start has been ratified by russia's upper chamber now approved by both houses of the country's parliament the treaty must be signed by president. bush going off without the voting in the federation council following all the developments as opposed to our capitol hill the american senators they were accused of dragging their feet over the last month or two off two thousand and ten but apparently it didn't take the russian senators much time to approve this end of the treaty now. that's right everything happened really quickly just on tuesday the state duma ratified the treaty and now the federation council has unanimously voted for the ratification of the treaty which means that both chambers poland have now supported it it's also backed by both president hu's and now he can now signed a treaty and president barack obama leading both personally monitoring the way ratification has been going in fact on tuesday barack obama praised the stay do mos

but for war why does europe and yet russia now. a russia is needed because the entire history of international relations is moving away from europe it's played out in asia even the us. is refocusing its foreign policy on asia so you're aware of the huge current that will plays a big role the loci media in asia or latin america but that's a deal with russian now what is the current state of european asian release of this europe is of no interest asia view europe as a landmass and tweezers the pacific ocean with russia as your of i'm not a. hole but if a picture there was an alliance here then what is sailing europe reaches the pacific to fill in this is the reason europe flees russia and i'm not sure if russian is europe but europe at the moment of need for russia well of course so it's not on and on course at one point you predicted the collapse of the soviet union and you knew forecasts for more than russia. that's the fear and now i don't hear very good as it's just selling when i was writing about the soviet union i didn't see i

to further improve relations between russia and the u.s. the a bomb or administration has a stance simply refrain from vocal support for democratic reform civil society activists in russia are unaware of the contours of the u.s. approach to shuman right and its record of public statements and speeches russia's democrats remain in near terminal disagree constant personality disputes disagreements with the kremlin differences over the viability of political activity . another reason why it doesn't look like the united states is going to be showing any support to russia's opposition is because like mr much force that they believe that the opposition is acting in a rather an effective way. ok for now and tell an overcoat that thank you for that . still to come on the program russian fashion is stepping across borders. these are the vogue. russian made for. the wall easy enough to come by in russia fashion found in europe that found it much harder to get back on the meek that. is how traditional boots that kept the peasants and czars worn for ce

this will be it for you why does europe and yet russia now see a moving up in russia is needed because the entire history of international relations is moving away from europe it's played out in asia or even the us a significant role is refocusing its foreign policy on asia so you're aware of the huge countries that will play the big roles are located here in asia or latin america but that's a direct question you know what is the current state of european asian relations europe is of no interest asia view europe as a landmass and tweezers to pacific oceans russia is your of the not a whole but if you picture there was an alliance here then we can say europe reaches the pacific affairs and this is the reason europe flees russia and i'm not sure if russian is europe but europe at the moment of needs russia well of course so it's not on and on course at one point you predicted the collapse of the soviet union and you knew forecasts for more than russia. that's the fear and now i don't email records that she's selling when i was writing about the soviet union i didn't see it as a forest or

this is definitely a key moment for russia it really puts russia at the center of this the world's most important meeting of business leaders and government ministers now ten's of fifteen years ago if you look. it was mainly western leaders and western business people that came but now we've seen a trend more and more and that's continued schools of india chinese there are sixty russians at the forum this year and fewer and fewer europeans in fact and that displays the shifting balance of power in the world in this new world one school in about where these bric economies are really taking over from your us isn't from your western european economies. it's also. his attention. that russia is open for business name after war happens and i'm course referring to monday's terror attack. on his a rival but he will be in attendance to make this speech and that he's going to promote the knowledge of russia he's also going to talk about the. legislative an economic. russia has made and he's going to try to attract investment not brushing aside he says the difficulties and the flaws in the system.

blast to lay flowers and pay tribute to those who lost their lives a demonstrable explosion was russia's worst terrorist atrocity since twin bombings rocked moscow's metro last march we're going to cross live to a correspondent at the airport for us. on the effects of the blast of rip the ripple throughout the whole country and even though the official day of mourning is only being observed in moscow and the moscow region it's still a big tragedy for the whole nation isn't it. absolutely marina as a matter of fact people have been laying flowers here at the dome dead of a starting from last from starting yesterday morning as a matter of fact there are still wreaths being laid as we stand as we stand here not should natural lives the drudgery that has affected a lot of people as you may remember it wasn't just russians or muscovites who were harmed in this fourfold or horrific tragedy all in total more than fifty nationalities have been affected we're talking about germans italians friends french british citizens so this is a tragedy that doesn't just affect russia as a matter of fact thi

and i'm not sure russia is europe but europe at the moment no need for russia what i want that i ask. for in one of your interviews you spoke about the role of poland and said it could become a great. between europe and russia what kind of bridge and what are the current dynamics of russian polish relations machine door until very recently it seemed like a great idea but now represent between russia and poland has actually happened i think however that some politicians use smart politicians for soldiers even prime minister donald to speak he was bringing poland closer to russian with a plane crash followed has always been the final frontier of europe russia began after that france here is also in close contact with ukraine the question of ukraine is very delicate given it e.u. accession without exception russia would upset russian europe with poland is a bridge of sorts between russia and europe it's a bridge to russia because it is at the same time a slab it and a european country which could serve for bringing kindness closer russians europe holiday russia and ukraine and russia so

russia is aware of its place in the worry of russia. aware of its responsibilities to its citizens and you will comply with. its responsibility to the world community and this is the reason why you're with you. on this day i'm speaking from this ross from your terrorism negates the most important thing which is the value of human life. the rights and freedoms. i wouldn't give you no matter what i do a logical question our case it generates fear and hatred of you it. is an obstacle to. your out there for our world this situation is also dramatic what the terrorist acts in a cardinal way disrupt the normal life the normal occurrence of washington and three such acts very often force us to take very tough decisions. those terrorists acts radical change their way of thinking not those who fall victims but also with a way of thinking all for everyone living on the planet but unfortunately no state in the world is immune to terrorism their relatives such charity stags like the one that. has just happened and russian forces are not for the fir

that there russia's opposition is acting in an effective way. now barack obama is keeping the pressure on china to that value of its currency rise with further comments during the chinese president's four day trip to the united states it's one of the most divisive between the two nations with america saying do you want us being kept deliberately low to give chinese exports. a promise is china supports that nearly half a million u.s. jobs if this largest trading partner off to canada and mexico is also the largest foreign holder of u.s. debt limit is likely discussed human rights with saying china is willing to continue talks based on mutual respect and the normal interference in their internal affairs. for reports of the two countries mixed relationship. i went into burger king with my son and i thought of this and i think it's is. the true z z h u z h u and recognize the that is chinese for some americans the word china elicits fear recognizing china's rise means recognizing america's decline and now we are getting knocked. our toys and our thi

russia's deputy foreign minister sergei ripped off there. now that some of the day's other international news in briefly now officials say at least thirty two people have been killed after a bus collided with an oil tanker first started nine others were injured in the accident reports say the bus carrying fifty passengers lost control and crashed into a station fuel tanker authorities are working to cover the victims from the burnt out because. the pressure is mounting on two museums interim prime minister to step down immediately as anti-government protests rage on in the country's capital tunis humming to a new chief there is already a vow to quit after question actions are held transitional government's promise to hold a vote within six months but still hasn't set a date. tale scholars among them uprising that ousted president and. seventeen people killed in the midst. of. irish prime minister brown kevin is bowing to pressure from within his own party and stepping down as its leader will remain in office until parliamentary elections in

in russia u.s. business relations american business leaders listening were nodding and one even said to me that medvedev gets business in a way that barack obama does not the president of america of course under fire in some quarters back home for his perceived lack of understanding of business present really high on this many of the key themes that are being expressed throughout their votes for here this week one is the push towards a new green way of doing business no longer is it enough to pander only to the shareholders and the bottom line the president made is that it's very important for business to take care of the environment and also make that at the forefront of the way it does business and third and finally russia hitched the way it does business to the rest of europe saying that it would start to forge a common economic grounds with the european union also in its attempts to draw on the world trade organization and then the o.e.c.d. the organization for economic cooperation and developme

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russia help rebuild itself and develop its. capacity but also by real trade for investment by introduction between business which is very short the two presidents are discussing military corp of course earlier russian the united states have agreed that the u.s. military cargo would be allowed to be transferred through russian territory to ease the process of delivering military aid russia has also sold eighty m. i seventeen helicopters to afghanistan with guns and ammunition the military talks are also on the table two presidents are talking about how russia could increase its involvement in tackling the problem of drug trafficking russia has been trying to do so over the past couple of years by participating in all sorts of international meetings that sir the involved to know that brought upon this problem of the table so the russia of course is very much interested in being involved in this because thirty thousand. people die from heroin addiction in russia every year and that heroin comes from afghanistan altogether in russi

around the world around the clock this is the life from moscow russia. to back a palestinian state with a capital in east jerusalem that's according to president who's been meeting with. but that's years they have the news russia's position stays the same we made a choice at the end of the one nine hundred eighty s. we've been backing and we will be back in the rights of the palestinians to create their own state independent united sustainable with the capital in east jerusalem. now the initial plan for president of the middle east tour was to hold talks with israel as well but this was when us officials went on strike leading to the visits cancellation mostafa but a goatee the secretary general of the palestinian national initiative party says the reason for that is much more complicated. the issue of the strike of the foreign ministry is not a justification by any means the prime minister of israel could have arranged the visit. of the security apparatus is so big and is that this would not be a problem today surely it is that. feeling of superiority i

a bomb has exploded in russia's republic. although there are no reports of any casualties the blast occurred at a village market in the district and the device was said to have been hidden among the stalls two more bombs were later discovered and the things near the scene the area has been cordoned off as police search for any more devices. technology some of the day's other international news in brief and official say at least thirty two people have killed. collided with an oil tanker in western pakistan on nine others injured in the outside and reports say the boss carrying fifty passengers lost control and crashed into a stationary fuel tank authorities are working to recover the victims from the burnt out the police. a series of campomanes across baghdad has killed at least seven hundred wounded more than thirty others the explosions appears to be part of a cool dated attack were targets including an iraqi police patrol as well as busy roads across the city last week more than one hundred fifty people were killed in a wav

with news from russia and from around the world this is r.t. here in moscow twenty four hours a day good to have you with you good to have you with us this dmitri medvedev has reiterated russia's commitment to back a palestinian state with the capital in east jerusalem during his middle east tour the initial plan for the two always to hold talks with israel as well but this was spoiled when its officials went on strike leading to the visits cancellation has more now from jericho. and the palestinian officials have already described it as historic first and foremost because it allows russia to make a political statement for me it should mean that if it is not the. first russian leaders to visit india policy in territories pushing was here back in two thousand and five but even if it is the first after russian leader to come to the west bank bypassing israel and he agreed to rate its trials they struck during his news conference rich received a very very loud of applause from the palestinian officials and journalists present here now medvedev als

russia and the u.s. complete the ratification process with months of negotiations and heavy opposition our team takes a look at the bumpy road of the nuclear arms reduction deal. one pm in moscow i match reza giving you today's top stories and a look back at the week's news here on r t we start the program with a story that shook up the week a suicide blast at moscow's domodedovo airport monday's terror attack claimed the lives of thirty five people more than one hundred still in the hospital many of them in critical condition on saturday russian investigators said they had solved the case and knew the identity of the suicide bomber or more. four thirty pm on the twenty fourth of january a suicide bomber blaze apart the packed arrivals hall at russia's busiest airports . my first thought was to get away a lot of people willing motionless even more people were being piled up near the first aid area some well ready dead they were dragged away a horrible picture. i looked at my watch and then flash and i pa

in russia there is amazing history of story telling and for this new russia the country would like to get inspiration from the russian stories and make movies based on the russian heritage and culture but use some of the heritage that we have in the world this new company and tell them some how we tell stories how the characters develop and we always have the happy ending in all the decent movies that's really interesting to us actually solve. a stable hollywood tradition here in russia or just a russian audience need to be fat like a very specific context that it's used to strongly believe that russian audience has very distant taste and definitely a lot of big blockbusters work in russia in russian ordinance a lot higher. alice in wonderland but at the same time there are a lot of stories that can be told specifically for the russian audience and we believe without fairytales that we started with masters and we tapped into something that was not done in russia for a long time it's the quality family entertainment and family stories which we see can travel around the world because wi

russia also shared. the concerns and dangers that the dentist office and the rest of the world shared in that part of the world in afghanistan and in parks on and in the region as a whole and also because russia understood well as you just heard the president made a bit of talk about the need for afghans on stability the need for afghanistan's progress into a silv reliant country and and and government so relations are not new relations or old we are adding to the strength of this relationship in view of the country ality in the view of the good will and good in the standing shown. by the russian federation tours of ghana stan and in view of the fact that we are. neighbors not only close neighbors but next door neighbors and the expansion of the sort of this ship is only good for both countries and for the rich and. right. so there we have it that news conference regarding the visit of afghanistan's president hamid karzai to moscow today and for his part president medvedev said that we would like to cont

russia and i think above all the thing that we like the most about russia is the fact that the government of russia is actually doing everything possible to encourage foreign investment i tell you the unprecedented access that they give investors to the government officials is unbelievable just to speak about the been done in a position where you know i was close be involved to make a request to the russian government to ask for a meeting with prime minister putin to say you know we'd like to buy were moved on and to get that request granted in a matter of hours i think is phenomenal to just before christmas and then for them to approve the deal in such a record time i mean less than six weeks i think is a tremendous testimony to the fact that russia is welcoming a foreign investment and wants to make it work in russia. switzerland for the world economic forum and general bushnell brings us the latest from the former hello general so what are the key points of schalit speech at the round table. speaking in english she says that russia is moving to the mix of development of its economy tha

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 far refused to fully accept such conclusions explains. polish prime minister donald tusk attempting to calm and increasingly angry parliament this week polish government wants the truth to be complete and we realize that it will be inconvenient for many there is a complex number of causes for the crash it's convenient to blame the pilots and the pressure for others it'll be convenient the russians but it be the whole truth the organization that seeks the truth must be influenced by forces in poland that wanted to be there but opposition leaders don't seem to be heeding the call intent and avoiding full res

and russia who ignored the hype with cool cooperation. record heat wreaked havoc in russia with summer temperatures and twenty ten lingering at forty celsius for over a month hundreds of wildfires ravaged the country killing over fifty and leaving thousands homeless. the flames left the capital covered in a blanket of toxic smog for weeks almost cows mayor stay on vacation in the out yuri luzhkov was sacked the next month with president medvedev saying he lacked confidence in the mayor and sergei sabean and soon became our scouse top man. officially our first in the middle east iran's bushehr nuclear power plant was launched and loaded and is said to be connected to the country's electric grid within months saving iran eleven million barrels of oil a year the plant design provided by specialists from russia which also provides the nuclear fuel and deals with the waste iran considers the launch of victory and proof of their peaceful atomic program despite criticism from the u.s. and israel. he never made it off the short list as time's per

and russia nor do. they love alice in wonderland but at the same time there are a lot of stories that can be told specifically for the russian audience and we believe with our fairy tales that we started with masters we tapped into something that was not done in russia for a long time it's the quality family entertainment and family stories which we see can travel around the world because with book of masters we've got nine prizes in various festivals around the world what we see i mean traditional russian stories can also travel just beyond the russian audience even though the book of masters was created for the russian audience specifically was book of masters as big of a block baster here in russia as alice in wonderland all over the world but even my question is what kind of movies is profitable to produce and fresh. in order to make profits like blockbusters make in the west for the movies to be successful the audience needs to be interested in the movie and the box office obviously is one of the v

the start to arms reduction treaty and russia's progress with the e.u. and nato were highlighted as russian foreign minister sergey lavrov looks back over the kremlin's international actions in twenty ten. patients he found refuge in the united states after last year's earthquake maybe forced out of the country under away from their families. very warm welcome to you this is all sea life from moscow i'm alice said but poland's prime minister said his country will carry out its own investigation into april's plane crash which killed the polish president also but expressing anger over the findings saying russian air traffic controllers should have stopped the plane from landing well earlier russia's foreign minister defended the official report saying the findings were beyond downed cut that out of. the us and joins us live. and a lot riding on the outcome of this final investigation was on the podium with initially quick to criticize but a mulcahey different tone coming from the prime minister was. indeed perhaps one of the most important statements to co

petersburg where the fee for president sepp blatter has put pen to paper on the document confirming russia is the host of the twenty eighteen world cup finals. i did our look at the week's main news poland plans a reconstruction of the events that led to last a full presidential plane crash insisting the official report mesons that question . pledging support to war torn afghanistan and value to tackle the flow of drugs to russia's president meet his afghan counterpart in moscow during the first visit in decades. and supporters rally for a russian born woman who has lived in norway since childhood but who faces deportation after her slim requests and rejects heads. a very warm welcome this is r t live from moscow i'm alice had it rough so is promising to stage a tournament like no other when it has the world cup in twenty eighteen the assurances came as the theme for president officially handed over the world's biggest sporting event to the country's successful bid see peter all of the joins us live now from st petersburg where the ceremony took place pisa russia has never hosted the world

to its knees but a little wrong russia is aware of its place in the world russia will fulfill its obligations towards its citizens and the world community unfortunately no state in the world is immune to terrorism terrorist attacks like this one in russia unfortunately can happen at any time anywhere in the world there is no universal remedy against this evil but one thing we can say for sure our success. depends on solidarity. and the official day of mourning both president medvedev and prime minister putin attended services all religions uniting to commemorate those who died in the attacks. continue to be laid at the site of the blast is a poignant reminder that in the war on terror it's once again ordinary people who are on the front line in a scene of tragedy. and of mourning now it's time for action and message to the international community to stand united work together now to fight this global terrorist threat so. an award winning journalist and author on the subject of terrorism fail recess the blame for the tragedy lies with north caucasus terrorists linked to al qaeda. i think the f

one solution would be for russia to be a. participant at least to some extent in the bucco it may be there for russia and ukraine and europe can solve the transit problems with respect to ukraine maybe that would make unnecessary spending large amounts of money on south street so maybe you could have a situation where you had nord stream. modernized ukrainian system that all the parties felt comfortable with and russia participating in the southern corridor that may in the end make the most sense. looking looking down the road in this new world. what about the shale gas that was discovered in europe well americans know a lot of shale gas do you think that if it really. is a success story. will it make because struction of need to get his pilot's license in europe or didn't i don't think so i think there's always going to be a need for new pipelines but again. as i mentioned earlier i don't think that we should over emphasize the importance of these new pipelines whether it be nobuko or south stream or whatever what's happenin