russia can. ford it's my deep conviction and they agree with the former finance minister couldn't russia cannot afford the kind of a location of money which is promised including in points article i'm absolutely sure the real investment will be much more modest but of course to to pay for their defense it's necessary little bit put in another put in sadia to make the military in the industry so to see a driving force for russian modernization again as it was in the soviet union i don't believe the army and their industry is in the capacity to do that but. something should be done because it should be much more effective and i think that for me no military industry will be as important for an ex-president as army reform was important for me to get james you mention of the macphail he you recently said something like i can personally guarantee that this missile shield will not be used he used against was something that i can give you guarantee do you think that maybe some find out word from the amb

russia close up. alexandra's eyed self and family live in a military camp that is off limits to the public. keep going keep going on yourself keep going. alexander is in a secret unit mending missiles when he's off to see it always makes a point of spending time with his wife and children. he's well aware of the standoff between nato and russia. it makes him apprehensive about what kind of future awaits his sons. the missile program of course my wife and i often talk about the future. we would like to see a bright future without crises you know we want everybody to live in peace and we want everything to be just fine. the i.c.b.m. so accompanied by a come back to school. today we have eyes covered ground very difficult conditions for a thrust forward to the i do hope everything will pass off without any incidents. trucks carrying nuclear warheads lined up in a quiet glade the snowy forest provides good kemah flush for them together these mobile missile launches a cold and hydra goes in russian on the

russia's prime minister vladimir putin has recently been sharing his vision for russia's development in the series of pre-election manifestos published weekly major russian newspapers the first antico outline his vision funded realizing the russian society and was particularly addressed to the country's middle class the second touched upon issues of migration and zina fulvia this week's article the third is considered by many of the most important so far as it deals with the country's economic revival presents a case for ending russia's dependence on roman. and so that's two thousand and twenty as the deadline for. their own russians height not experts should double the same is expected to happen to the country's average salary who didn't also offers ways to attract capital into russia's economy and monopoly things he insists on the actual return x. can do well in. our general work into the show thank you very much for being with us well first of all you both read the article have you find something in this article that indicates that if is elected russia is facing a major economic c

russia. we would be crushed if we didn't have them. that's all there is to it. when you hear them rumbling past you get a sense of great might there is no dealt we will be able to defend our country. without an agreement with the united states on missile defense and in the face of potential military threats russia was compelled to think of countermeasures. the country has declared in the past that it may withdraw from the strategic arms reduction treaty and said it will introduce measures to counter the missile defense . we will go ahead with the deployment of our missile defense system it is obvious that this presupposes deployment of its components in poland in romania or a station in turkey obviously this will also until the establishment of a base in spain for american ships equipped with the system. it is obvious that the missile defense system will be targeted at the russian federation rather than some mythical middle eastern countries possessing virtual missiles. at least fifteen count

if russia believes the fence is not needed but it doesn't pose a theoretical threat to russia. my guess is that the russian government will say ok if you want to spend your national treasure this will help you so it solves the political problem and it provides much more people build a fence with the united states currently building goods to them much cheaper. the professor believes that the purpose of nato in europe is to track the movements of russian strategic weapons and to monitor russia's new military technologies. the real target could be russia but certainly it makes the people of europe less safe it draws them in in fact as a geo strategic pawn by great powers as they maneuver and use the missile defense shield not as a way to defend your not as a way to defend anybody in fact but to provide a first strike a potential capability against the adversary. this is how we are going to train ourselves in order to be ready for any situation . these people crossing a field of kelp have serious worries about the global situation. they feel that as long as nuclear weapons exist th

of course i realize russia's f.s.b. and the idea you have to take polonium to london sprinkle it over some heads and leave traces everywhere and they're suspect. you're not a fool either way it was anger and blind hatred speaking inside of me vikram now believes his son fell victim to his own game of double agents now he wants his words to be heard but the media outside russia which once you let down his door for interviews now won't even reply to his requests this is. why is that. because they like it when i scold the regime i was a real treasure for their move on the whole there are very few people who would say as many horrible things about as i did. you know maybe in two thousand and eight but the only thing young call flat russia for sanctuary needs healing is settled in the sleeping quiet town of sinegal it offered a new anonymous life the man claimed putin was his number one enemy so hiding in europe he believed was the only safe solution today by the litvinenko is still afraid to open this door not because of pu

on the money with the business of russia. as washington and its allies step up pressure on the syrian regime with calls for more sanctions the country said progress for random on a new constitution to end single party rule. america's intelligence community.

a european russia. control center has given instructions to track an artificial earth satellites and. all modern racial information is fed to the outer space control center. first so get a quiet classification official it says lloyd dismissed fourteen fifty as m of three hundred thirty three. the stuff makes no secret of the fact that the russian radar transmitter sees european air space in great detail. on the station's unique radar tracks even submarine launched missiles in the barren sunlight sees the sea of a whole sky and around the north pole. up. our system is being expanded in response to the expansion of the european missile defense shield. the the aim is to match the measures being taken in europe that the new stations are being commissioned here to respond to nato as activities. for them . we will buy new means limited or alter our plans for the deployment of missile defense components in europe. russia has not closed the deal it will continue a dialogue with the united states and nato on the

the foreign minister of russia that if we take the united states for example in russia that he sees them as branches of the european civilization the eastern branch being russian the western branch being the united states and the relationship between russia and nato kind of makes the rules for the relationship in the main matters and one of the biggest stumbling points remains the u.s. is planned for the anti missile defense system in europe and now this discussion is still underway it's actually a deadlock and there are different opinions coming from various sides. of parties in europe stand for unilateral. missile defense system which would include russia and the european union nato and the united states washington says that it's ready to cooperate but it has to have a tough stance always going to its defense while the foreign minister says that this is russia's foreign minister says this issue through etan's the positive relations between these two branches the eastern and the western branch of the european civilization like they said russia and the united states but of course there a

the so-called reset in russia u.s. relations has been struggling to make headway with on with the ongoing dispute over america's european missile defense shield more coming up in our special report. the most vital national security interests of the united states would be most effectively realized not through hostility to russia but through cooperation with it. my senior russia and the united states can we just settlement of the establishment of a global missile defense system by which. this plan research is in jeopardy even the new strategic arms reduction treaty between moscow and washington has been unable to help. at a time of warmer bilateral relations needs whose top brass decided to deploy a missile defense system aimed at protecting europe but they were setting up too close to russia's borders and moscow didn't view it as a friendly gesture. we want to defend the whole europe not just some european countries we want to european allies and friends to join our missile defense strategy. lucina in the event of the s

hello and welcome to on the money where the business of russia is business i'm peter lavelle russia protests in the election and perceptions of political risk how investment finally will russia be after election day. to discuss russians going to the polls in the perceptions of political risk i'm joined by quinn martin he is the founding partner at frontier and simon fenton fletcher he is a portfolio manager with renaissance asset managers we also have tom monty he is chief strategist at a critter and nick poole he's archy's business editor but first let's have a look at the issue of political risk in russia as perceived by investors. in the last decade investors had their eyes and russia's nylander stability backed by high oil price and political certainty the protests against delegations of voting fraud in the recent parliamentary election brought the issue of political risk to the forefront after a significant drop the stock markets soon regained all its losses and further protests did not trigger such a nervous reaction on the stock exchange it became clear that the protests had a peacefu

russia is now a very average capitalist state if you want and in russia like in many states we have house us in the apartment buildings which have already been built and they stayed empty sometimes for decades just because people cannot sell these apartments and i think i think that is true and i think the housing issue is very interesting what he did say that he would like to see if you'd like to see he promised that housing prices will come down twenty to forty percent amending on the region you know that if you had twenty to forty percent decrease in housing prices and a lot of places that would be an economic catastrophe so it's going to be a very very it's an important process housing has to become more accessible but it's a very difficult process to manage it's a very complicated economic process has taken on a vested interest and we see very little detail but we wouldn't expect to see this community is about how to do that i would address that question to be true which we do you believe the prime minister or the president of russia does have a mechanism to reduce out the priz

is russia really to challenge. europe it's a very interesting issue and so very interesting question the problem what is the problem why they don't want to give us a little about insurance why for example they would like to have a legally binding document on the reduction of nuclear weapons with the russian federation and the why they are not ready to go about it with such a limited by the insurance. for example i can predict there may be another candidate from republican party called wien for the future elections and for example he can see that i don't keer old political commitments which mr obama could give other national federation could continue all of the. fulfillment of missile defense plans sort we don't want to want to be a hostage of political situation and the white house we will blank to see all in agreement with the united states on a very serious issues like missile defense like nuclear disarmament to be legally binding it's what i mean it's clear and by the way there is one other question if for examp

draft resolution that was blocked by russia and china. and russia's foreign minister calls western reaction to the double veto indecent and hysterical that's ahead of his trip to damascus aimed at finding a political solution to the ongoing crisis. also ensuring greater political involvement for the people through the internet prime minister putin lays out his plans to upgrade russian democracy a day after massive pro and anti-government rallies sweep the country. pressure on all fronts the greek coalition government is in deadlock over adopting new austerity measures to secure a second bailout of the e.u. says the time for a deal is running out for him. the rule reasons why europe's truths of justice winds up the business news into its. its seven pm here in moscow this is r.t. coming to you live from me so now with our top story this evening the e.u. is preparing to further toughen sanctions on syria in a bid to crank up pressure on the country's regime the decision came after russia and china vetoed the latest draft u.n. resolution on s

in russia david petit dismisses such concerns saying his company's in russia for the long term. i'm not a politician i'm in business representing b.p. i would say b.p. set a very successful business investment for over twenty years inside of russia we have to be in russia for many decades to come we have a successful business and we have the support of the russian government and the u.k. government. let's have a look at the markets now a stalled of with oil and it's in the red this hour despite reports around halted shipments to europe to mostly asian for a pound in bargo and later this year as you can see light sweet is down point three hundred one point fifty that dollars per barrel brant is over one hundred eighteen dollars per. the asian markets are mixed after a decision on a second very lot of greece was postponed although some japanese says it getting support from a relatively weak yen as you can see nikkei is just a not sharp and the hang seng is point six percent down. is less than one hour ahead of the bell him moscow now the russian markets closed in the black on wedn

would have to be launched from fixed locations where the united states and russia if russia joined the united states could monitor these these missiles many in the united states dislike the views of. a maintains that the european missile defense system is ineffective the scientist estimates that it has no chance of protecting the united states from a rainy and missiles instead it creates problems for russia if russia believes is the fence is not needed. but it doesn't if you're radical threat to russia. my guess is that russian. if you want to spend your national treasure this will help you so it solves the political problem and it provides a much more capable defense than with the united states currently building it's a. much cheaper. the professor believes that the purpose of nato is radar with europe is to track the movements of russian strategic weapons and to monitor russia's new military technology. the real target could be russia but certainly it makes the people of europe less safe it draws them in in fact as a geo strategic pawn by great powers as they maneuver and use the mis

russia they have to keep russia strong and that has that means they have to keep what they have you keep keep obviously keep your your best people in the country i mean that's why it was impossible to solve you hear it right you couldn't open the doors in the soviet period you spent twenty years investing in these people and you had a closed system a closed economy you couldn't just open the doors and say ok you want to go so you're taking our equivalent of i don't know how much is a great brain worth two hundred thousand five hundred thousand just take it and go and then who work in another economy can't do that well and he has. to protest to how much is like a pair of feet worth and if feet from the bolshoi i mean. i mean that's just common sense so obviously that's his job can he do it. i wish him luck because i like this country rich as far as my opinion a long time ago during the period of soviet era we had a very good system of education it was in my opinion that one of the best but it was previous period and the new period has to have the new variance of education which will

on the money with the business over russia used. to be. a war lords give him a note so we have a lot of. groups of the colors with. all our views in the whole mood right enough to my mind it was like many of them might age but it wasn't. the smadi when i was fifteen years old you can liberate other women and you certainly can't do it through the barrel of a gun only affected social changes can be the afghans themselves afghan men and women we believe i'm going to stand cannot truly cross. without the patient it's a position and that it construction stuff people in the obama administration talking about how much they care about the women of afghanistan it's not true they don't care about the women of afghanistan. welcome back to spotlight i'll be novena just a reminder that my guests on the show today are further lucky enough the editor in chief of russia and global affairs magazine and james brock chief of the the away and last coast bureau jim and while we've been discussing. the recent article by vladimir putin we came to a conclusion in

saying that russia asked the u.n. security council to delay the vote for several days in order to allow mr lavrov to complete his trip to damascus now they were requested by the u.n. security council heading to damascus on tuesday bearing with him a message from president dmitri medvedev a message. it's believed to request the assad government make strong democratic changes in the country now the foreign ministry very unhappy about this the russian government very unhappy in fact going as far as to call it disrespectful to allow the not allow the vote to be delayed until. it completed that trip now. with regards to the comments that it be made from around the world following that decision by china and russia to veto the u.n. resolution with a condemnation from the united states from france from great britain the foreign secretary in great britain going as far as to say that this meant there was blood on the hands of those that had vetoed it well so very unhappy about these comments he was speaking at a press conferenc

russia is a legal vote is developing that the country's central channels drop their alleged proof in this. presidential election the standing for a fair election doesn't like the positive tone of reports about the prime minister saying it undermines others' choices. over reports their candidate makes use of their lot of their time. the most eccentric media in russia presidential campaign urging to vote for the country's top populist allegedly nazi showmanship and occasionally this. is. so you will. see that this little mangy donkey has become a symbol of our country the whole country has come to a standstill like this animal can become president we'll get moving again. less than a month to bill and five candidates have plastered the streets with election boosters desmond view is what t.v. promos heated discussions have become part of everyday life. i don't horse in my race the billionaire businessman a whole lot of promise is the arrival of a new russia president known for his height riches and playboy past is the only new face on russia's political scene formally and the tories part

draft resolution that was blocked by russia and china. russia's foreign minister calls western reaction to the veto decent and hysterical ahead of his trip to damascus aimed at finding a political solution to the ongoing crisis and ensuring greater political involvement for the people through the internet prime minister putin lays out his plans to upgrade russia the bocher see a day after mass pro and anti-government rallies sweep the country. and pressure on all three coalition government in deadlock over adopting new austerity measures necessary to secure a second ballot while the e.u. says time for a deal is running out for athens. speaking to senior energy on this about the reasons full europe's shortage of gas this winter the business news is in twenty. nine pm in moscow i'm at good to have you with us here on r t our top story the e.u. and u.s. are calling for tougher sanctions on syria in a bid to crank up pressure on the country's regime that its asian came after russia and china vetoed the latest u.n. draft resolution on syria mo

there is east and there's russia you're my homeland for tourists i want to go home to russia. i do want to stay here. in the great show of r t c ghalia eataly. well i'll recap our top stories here in just a couple minutes statements. but i defy you to strive for somalia australia you know if you're still in the early going to see the film on the screen if you want to have sex go and have sex.

well it's time now for our russia close up series we're heading to central russia to discover another little known region of this vast country. and we are heading to the birthplace of lenin but now the region is making its name making passenger planes and teaching the pilots of tomorrow our current iraq she tells us about a place with sky high ambitions. it was in the late seventy's that you re out of skin aviation complex was created obvious star is one of the largest manufacturers of passenger planes as well as re modernizing existing cargo planes that travel worldwide there islam plane is one of the largest operating cargo aircraft originally designed for the russian military but when the soviet union fell a demand did too obvious star has been renovating existing response and are now planning a major comeback. a new construction line will launch which will cover the production and the modernization of unique airplanes in the world that are popular such as the roost on. the good news but airlines have used their wrist line freighters to assist in un and red cross relief projects bu

russia and china blocked a western backed u.n. draft resolution on syria with moscow slamming the text for an unbalanced approach and denial of dialogue between government and opposition. other stories shaping the week why it's returned to egypt as anger at the authorities failure to prevent a deadly soccer brawl spills over into four days of violent clashes that have already seen a dozen dead. and in russia's bitter subzero cold hundreds of thousands joined a record breaking vote the anti and pro government ahead of next month's presidential vote. nine pm in moscow i mattress i bring you today's top stories and a look back at the week's news here on r t moscow says it's determined to help bring an end to the syrian crisis by implementing democratic reforms it's sending its foreign minister to damascus for talks next week on saturday russia and china blocked the latest u.n. security council resolution on syria saying it could cause even more bloodshed because it took sides in the armed conflict artie's marine important as the late

welcome back to headlines now peacemaking mission a delegation led by russia's foreign minister heads to damascus as bloodshed in syria gathers momentum against a backdrop of diplomatic clashes. sacrifices fifteen thousand more jobs for the big two appears its international creditors and source of the ravaged nation state is not a general strike. to libyan dissidents former head of britain's and six spy agency that's a corporation with hundred twenty network but in case of a ship with a dictator back in the spotlight. now as the russian presidential election gets closer we talk to opposition politicians cough about last saturday's mass rallies proselytes interview show spotlight next. hello again a welcome. i'm. a month before the presidential election faced the first major opposition rally in two thousand and twelve tens of thousands marched through the streets of moscow. calling for fair elections though some of them. back to the kremlin others say. they believe. while supporters are protesting against the protesters the result may be unpredictable if the opposition wins as it is sp

in russia as possible to distract the prospective for a new putin presidency at a time when russia is going to face challenges with the missile defense with the destabilization of the assad regime in syria the attempt to create regime change in iran and throughout the middle east and you raise or to try to divert any russian any incoming russian government from dealing with these crises they're trying to do the same template they used in ukraine with the orange revolution in georgia to bring saakashvili into power as a pro president in that country and i don't think it will work in russia i whatever mistakes the. ten year has brought with it whatever discontent is i think there are a lot of things that have significantly improved over the last years since the time of the yeltsin era. but that that really isn't the point the point is us interference in total russian election affairs is something that ought not to be tolerated and it's quite right not to tolerate it. iran says it will not give in to international pressure and abandon its nuclear program even if it's banned from selling

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russia's republic of dagestan. thought room on my throne the spawn decks and have a calm self but no such luck that it's all your sport fry whether it's next year in twenty four hour arts. if. well the. science technology innovation all the least of elements from around russia we've gone to the future covered. you know how sometimes you see a story and it seems so for lengthly you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture.