russia. the jackson benny commitment has long been a thorn in the russia you ask operation it was introduced at the height of the cold war the saudi. denies normal trading relations with countries that restrict freedom of immigration and human rights the u.s.s.r. has long been gone but the names and places are rarely called more hostile time. president obama and many american businessman are calling for it to be repealed especially since russia is being admitted to the world trade organization but some republicans want to leave the place as a reminder to russia. it's human rights. heard welcome to the show thank you thank you very much for being with us thank you for that well first of all welcome russia's w.t.r. membership expected. to become final this summer will it have any immediate effect on the volume of bilateral trade i think you'll have. want to overstate it but we think cording to a study that was very well known. back where economic research institute states that we could see a do

coming up the american missile shield in eastern europe has been a focus of discord between russia and the u.s. for years with washington refusing to give written guarantees that it would target russia next host takes the issue into the spotlight. wealthy british style sun it's time to rise on. market why not come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into a report on our. hello again to waltham to spotlight i live in all of that and today my guest on the show is nikolai. the american missile shield in europe caused me to shoot in russian american english because the u.s. keeps insisting that it will never pose any threat to the russian side but for some reason washington doesn't want to put anything in right this may be the reason why the russian foreign ministry recently mourned of some piracy ponding steps which may fall out if an agreement isn't selling so what does the russian side have in mind let's put this question to the commander of the general staff on the russian armed

russia will no longer be held hostage by energy. yes as it is today so but we should go for a lot of what do you think about that i mean it looks like they're really everything is being said in the right way but i mean do you think that the next presidency in that putin's six year term coming back to the presidency do you think that he has everything together to make that happen. well actually i'm fairly bullish about future developments in russia for a reason i think that what was perhaps one of the major lessons that the russian government and particularly mr putin have learned from the recent crisis was that the government cannot really fully become dependent on the reserves of its own money that it has managed to i can do it the government has been very bullish pre-crisis on its ability to fund growth and russia on its own however when the crisis came they had to use a very considerable part of or their reserves to try to bail out companies to try to stability situation in russia so now looking to the next term of mr putin actua

the protest mood sweeping through russia and relations with the u.s. president may be evaluates his legacy in his final of the q. and a and before leaving the kremlin. also a massive blast tears through an allegedly rubble bomb making labs in syria as the successor to the influenced a lot water mercenary company seemingly takes the opposition under its wing. coming up with the american missile shield in eastern europe house been a focus of discord between russia and the u.s. for years with washington refusing to give written guarantees that it won't target russia next up post all good most of takes to the issue in the spotlight. hello again i walked into a spotlight. and today my guest on the show is nikolai. the american missile shield in europe has long been an issue in russian american law much as the u.s. keeps insisting that it will never pose any threat to the russian side but for some reason washington this one to put anything in right this may be the reason why the russian foreign ministry recently mourned of some corresponding steps which may

but the main reasons why russia's economic development ministry could the g.d.p. two thousand and twelve forecast to three point four percent from an earlier announced three point seven percent former finance minister aleksei could drink gave yet another wake up call shall we continue to only use the country's resources we may be able to only hold out for one more year if the oil price lowering is not dramatic maybe two years but not more some experts however are more up to mystic when it comes to russia's ability to resist the potential crisis well currently the national reserve fund is about three percent of g.d.p. or sr is its forecast for two thousand and twelve so i think there is still there is quite a buffer there and i think correction economy could cope with the recession in the european union another spike in oil prices could benefit russia if the upcoming negotiations with iran result in more sanctions if finance ministry is determined to save all the additional oil revenue to either replenishes or fund a cunt domestic borrowing like law that took right

we're grateful to russia for it russia has always been the first one to come to our rescue i think that the countries that recognize our independence will be followed by others we will try to create a certain image of our republic so that other countries may get to know south the city a better and let's hope that we will not share northern cyprus's destiny. on election day he spoke about the dream to unite south a city with a north which is we know is a member of the russian federation how do you foresee this happening. it is not just my dream it is the dream of our people we've had this dream for a century today we have an independent state but as we have history and for our people to reunite we have been split into two parts one part lives in north setia the other part lives in south ossetia so we held a referendum in ninety ninety two where we asked one question do we want to become part of russia people answered yes to this question over ninety nine percent did so we still have this issue and this problem cannot be solved in a day we will work together with north the setia towards r

discuss the investment climate here in russia and the program on the money. when you feel spring overseas my grocery birds will come home to roost. when their massive tongue great. empathy gives way to the emotions. towards those who live on the current. welcome to on the money where the business of russia is business i'm peter lavelle to invest or not to invest this is the question asked by investors and money managers all around the world with so much uncertainty impacting the global economy how do countries like russia stack up air are they sufficiently insulated from external shocks. to discuss russia's economic and business environment i'm joined by timothy crouse he is head of the russian bank opportunity phone i have see asset management company we also have let america mirror he is chief economist at all critter financial corp and simon fenton fletcher he is a portfolio manager with renaissance asset managers ok first let's have a look at where russia's economy stands. following a significant drop in december two thousand and eleven russians tugs gain

and status to russia will not enjoy the benefits of russia's accession agreements that only refers to the united states new things or this program where it may become history before the presidential election in the states or the other things to do well i'm going to be optimistic and say i think that it could be lifted by doing by the end of the current congressional session that is sometime by sometime in july i would. guess another question listen will russia when it will become a full fledged member of the senate would get a possibility to see the united states over this and then restricting free trade. not that i'm aware i don't i mean we extend those formally we have this right i mean. lawsuit. i don't believe so no ok now. do you agree that the. jensen think an amendment is mostly is mostly defended by the so called big chicken. no i think that i think that there is a understanding and awareness that now that russia is going to be a member of the w.t. you know it doesn't provide any leverage in our trade negotiations with russia and that's what the degree even is what we've got a

to see it today or is it just popular discuss a story and i don't really an expert in russia and russia the local elections stephen. went to meet him in the bath and barack obama came to power they proclaimed the famous reset in the russian american relations after the cold rhetorical administration that manton a new period of partnership and cooperation rather than a standoff. knowledge the reset has been one of the biggest foreign policy achievements of both russian and american leaders the biggest reward is being used in the trade he signed in april two thousand and ten as the kremlin a song about to welcome the return of president putin and there have been downs the recent year old continues yet also insists it's not going to confront washington but americans are yet to choose their new course the leading republican. romney for example has recently russia america's number one geopolitical. politico welcome to the show thank you very much for being with us. well first of all i've got this new book or the new edition of your work here in my hands which is called service for the last a

you are one of the most renowned cardiac surgeons not only in russia but also worldwide he was in the papers recently that he knew headed received an award for developing a new diagnostic method. that the article said it was a group of mathematicians and engineers how did they let it to get involved in what exactly is the method it's a code examination method to rate the activities at their absolute absolutely was that you see having started out as a chord extension of eventually going to perform interventional surgery and seizure free flowing catherine technology in recent years we started to answer training and ideal for diagnostic patients using a new method the so-called heart mapping and in rules setting up two hundred fifty electrodes on the patient's body filler the patient undergoes their c.t. scan and we map out the position of the electrodes on the patient's heart and now it's me and then our mathematicians physicists and programmers if you can just download from now the rhythm to calculate the difference in portentious between body surface and heart illnesses and other word

headlines we're following breaking news a passenger plane with more than forty overboard crashes in russia's year olds after takeoff thirty two confirmed dead eleven survivors taken to the hospital in critical condition. in. a group of nations backing the regime change in syria thought to have the rebels on the payroll prompting fears the syrian people are being ignored over questions about their future lead to party fever permeates russia's opposition movements as the government pairs to loosen up registration for new and not so new political factions. time now for our special report on r t the latest in our discovering russia series and overview of the peculiar winter sports you can enjoy in the world's biggest country stay with us. with the winter olympics coming to sochi in twenty four teams it won't be long before the always of the world to train on russia's snow easters. thankfully you don't have to be in a limping athlete to make the most of the country's points. and i think it's fair to say the incumbent had the real russian experience until you've lived through one of their winter s

russia global security are let's focus on cooperation first i think the. russia u.s. bilateral relationship is one of the most important relationships on the planet today and i was all the things i was privileged to be able to do in the white house i think working on the so-called famous reset of the relationship was one of the most satisfying it was manifest by the personal relationship of our two presidents from day one and resulted in that spirit of working together and developing trust and confidence that resulted in the start of training. and i think resulted in. the two countries looking at the same problem through a much more common blandness and perhaps ever before so it's now a very important i think it's crucial certainly the timing of the new start treaty and twenty ten was hailed as a tremendous step in the reset but a lot of people now are wary that progress is being halted by differences on missile defense how do you see that moving forward well i think missile defense and my view and not in my discussions with my russian counterparts. in which we've mad

i thought showed that russia is growing russia is changing but there was no blood most importantly there was no blood i don't think it was any harder on demonstrators than any other country you know myself. i myself hold very much that whatever happens on the streets it will be peaceful and things what it was peaceful so i think it's a big step forward for any country in the world to do it to have the most precious protestors but to make sure their bill lives hell for their well being absolutely not. and i think russia is moving and moving in the right direction that's my feeling but i am artist i'm not spending hours and hours myself on the streets even in some people's work and working actually i hope a lot of people with russia will do this just work quite hard that's why i'm interested in your opinion because there are plenty of problems issues that were less easy to game for them but for you it's not a game it's a piece of sheet music is your world and this thing it's part of your world and the so this is why it's very important for me to know your point of view what do you think an

we did not live in his creative life and i live in russia. and so his influence was sort of behind you know behind the door so to speak his influence on creating in the mind i personally believe in creating the mind going to second the idea that he had to deal with serfdom and he had to do something about it comes principally from her but you know you can see there it's sort of again if you put it under the table it's not so visible and furthermore these spectacular revolutionaries the creator of the nudes were later and there were a lot of them oh they didn't mention harrison one of his most famous words as has an entire group part of the russian revolution process as well as a matter of fact that was a very lucky thing for us because the fact that he did meant that in the soviet period he was an acceptable figure. whereas in fact if you are visas you get a very whereas in fact you know he was a very strong opponent of marx. so in fact had lived and not said i think you would have had some trouble well you mentioned it is interesting that yo

and nato saying again it's not directed at russia. russia is saying you want to guarantee. nato u.s. missile defense shield is not a russia or live in brussels thank you. activists a gathering near a moscow court today in support of a feminist punk band whose members were arrested on hooliganism charges back in february or the court will consider whether to extend custody which expires and now in less than one week the group rushed to the altar of russia's christ the savior cathedral in moscow and performed what prosecutors claim was a blasphemous song of the five women who took part three were arrested and charged in our face up to seven years in prison performances drawing huge public response and a wave of criticism from russia's orthodox church. a twenty two million dollar fine that's the latest punishment dished out to america's perhaps most controversial financial giant goldman sachs and the penalty came after revelations the bank gave inside information to us preferred clients allowing them an unfair advantage over other investors and as always our very own kaiser re

russia didn't are very significant long lasting reforms the legacy of the. still is present and you can see that they. want to be all right concerts and go again thanks so much for the time thanks for being on the kaiser report thanks bob all right that's going to do it for this edition of the kaiser report with me max kaiser and stacy herbert or think i guess cause it's a good get if you want to send an e-mail please do so at kaiser report r t t v are you in so much time this is nice guys are saying. he. is.

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a long way away but i believe russia is the closest neighbor to japan and yes russia is the largest country in the world and the eastern part is very close to actually the distance between japan and russia is only for forty three kilometers. and yes. well they're both very culturally they're both very very different yes very different and i think every year the interest in japan you know gets larger and larger every year no matter what kind of japanese festivals like our in the music and dance and our traditional cultures paintings on people can't just come or last year we had our japanese contemporary culture festival in the vendor and during the two day period where we had over twelve thousand people well i mean from visit so. there is no doubt that the japanese culture in japan itself they are very very popular and they find more and more popular among the russian people here final question what do you miss about about japan or the honest or hot springs. of course your own writing they are my hometown. but thanks very much especially over you know your work here you know this couple than

russia didn't are very significant long lasting reforms the legacy of the. it was present and you can see today in the recently bible and domestic economy all right constant again thanks so much for out of time thanks for being on the kaiser report thanks well it's all right that's going to do it for this edition of the kaiser report with me max kaiser and stacy herbert or think i guess constitution good give if you want to send me an email please just kaiser report at r t t v are you until next time this is nice guys are saying by. the way. i'm. not.

former soviet union from russia now the russia seems to me so losing its positions on the indian market do you think that india will and russia will may come up with a new agreement on our straight in the near future well i think it is one of the most. sustainable. ongoing difference relationship that we have every day the russian federation i think that is going to continue and. as a set that we need to have brought this and we need to do this i think it is my endeavor total. thank you thank you very much mr krishna and just a reminder that my guest today was the indian minister of external affairs and that's it for now for all of us here the spotlight will be back with more for us and problems on what's going on and outside russia and so then stay with our team and take. i. i i. i.

re some political protests in russia the fate of prisoner mikhail khodorkovsky and russia's relations with other countries those were part of a whole range of issues that came into focus as the outgoing president to meet them individually was grilled by journalists and the final question answer event of his tenure let's get the details from our tease. alot of things to assess for me the video of who is leaving the kremlin and two weeks following his four year term what exactly did he say. while a very very lively q. and a session with the representatives not of just state a run media outlets but also with opposition channels of course a very wide range of issues that would which was covered first and foremost of course as you mentioned the protests which followed the duma elections to that's meant to be did have said that he respected those who came out in moscow in another russian cities to express their own political view but he did say that he believed that the speakers a lot of people who were speaking from the stage these protests were actually pursuing their own political agenda

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 despising your enemy here but we have declared war on corruption we know who our enemy is and we will not back down the first time in russian history we've created the right and legal tools to fight this well armed enemy and we will carry on this fig

former soviet union from russia now the russia seems to be sort of losing its positions on the indian market do you think that india will and russia will come up with a new agreement on our straight in the near future well i think it is one of the most. sustainable. and going difference relationship that we have every day the russian federation i think that is going to continue and. they said that we need to end drug this and we need to defend this i think it is my idea of a trickle. thank you thank you very much mr krishna and just a reminder that my guest today was the indian minister of external affairs and that's it for now from all of us here the spotlight will be back with more for us and problems on what's going on outside russia until then it's they who are take and take. it. seriously. think. there hasn't been anything good on t.v. . it is to get the maximum political impact possible. before the source material is worth helps keep journalism honest real optimism. we want to preserve. something else. if. it. is easy if. you believe. you to. see.

russia and china concluded major joint military drills with look at their significance in the wake of similar war games conducted in the region by the u.s. . cairo's tahrir square is expected to fill with anger again on friday as a gyptian islamists vent their frustrations towards the country's current military . well there's whoever the same people who are condemning the current leaders for failing the demands of the revolution themselves stand accused of trying to monopolize power and sarah furth reports for many egyptians the ongoing political wrangling is pushing democracy to the sidelines. protests nation after the revolution toppled president barack gyptian siv continued to use people power as a way to force change the sights the sounds of protesters on cairo's tahrir square have become a familiar one more than a guess and president back without the from power with presidential elections just around the corner and the activities here have once again taken center stage but if the last years taught us anything is a revolution alone is not a democracy make this why the upcoming ele

well to discuss the wider implications of this now to speak to a martin mccoy and expert on russia at the university of london he joins us live from the u.k. capital thanks for joining us here on r.t. what impact do you expect these polygraph results to have on the investigation. it's a very positive step because it been done by a british company but one should remember that. in an english court it's not really admissible as evidence as you pointed out but it could be brought forward you could get the polygraph people to attest testified that they believe that lugovoy was telling the truth that in fact was not lying and so on that would be evidence in his defense so therefore i would see it as a positive step forward of course the next step is for scotland yard common to look at the evidence and to say whether they think it's a step forward like to examine it and so on and so forth then after that would be for the british government then to make a move because the look avoid case litvinenko case really soured under russian relations for several years both countries need to move forwar

it was so violent that in russia the russia defaulted sovereign defaults are the hardest. if you want to dissolve their hardest to overcome because the sovereign default ruins the reputation of the sovereign and makes a certain that down the road the sovereign caliban finance day to day liquidity operations of its own budget with russia's response to it was was exemplary in many ways because what rational simultaneously entered this very fast correction phase on the budgetary side so it got deficits very rapidly it devalued very aggressively took the medicine upfront that it had to take and therefore it back onto the recovery pose the fall within the span of about say six months it was back on the road to recovery and so the most painful phase of the default was these kind of four to five maybe six months immediately after the default in addition to europe it didn't stop there it enough to set a very important structural reforms both on the budgetary side on taxation side it introduced later within about a year and a half after the default itself it introduced entirely new

series is an overview of the peculiar winter sports one can enjoy here in russia. with the winter olympics coming to sochi in twenty fourteen it won't be long before the always of the world to train them russia's snow easters. thankfully you don't have to be limping athlete to make the most of the country's one stone. i think it's fair to say how do real russian experience until you've lived through one of their wins it's snow comes up the knees and bone chilling temperatures that last for months at a time but if you travel around a little you're find that one thing the russians do really well is have fun when it's freezing. but we're not just on your average trip to the peace to my chilly journey is going to spam you three thousand kilometers take me from the racetracks of western russia to the streets of some period sunset with some culture so i could see. my friends i went to pretty for example the losses by this with my seven sons so i until the spring. but there are a great variety is this a guy still the best seller. this busy gary just fully speedway competi

all the top stories this hour time now for a special report arundhati the latest in our discovering russia series and review of the weird and wonderful winter sports one can enjoy. with the winter olympics coming to sochi in twenty four scene it won't be long before the owners of the world are trained on russia's snow easters thankfully you don't have to be in a limb to ghastly to make the most of the countries wants them. i think it's fair to say how do real russian experience until you've lived through one of their winter it's snow comes up to knees and bone chilling temperatures that last few months at a time but if you travel around a little you'll find that one thing the russians do really well it's no fun when it's freezing. cold winters turn your average trip east here my chilly journey is going to spam you three thousand kilometers take me from the racetracks of western russia to the streets of some very strong city with some bumps on clapper's. but when someone they're preparing for ross's fight with my celebrity insults so high until the spring oh but there are a great variety is

a long way away but i believe that russia is the closest neighbor to japan and yes russia is the largest country in the world of the eastern part is very close to actually the distance between japan and russia is only for forty three kilometers and that suckling they are suffering yes. but they're both very culturally very very different yes very different and i think every year the interest in japan you know gets larger and larger every year no matter what kind of japanese festivals like in the music and dance and our traditional cultures paintings people can't just come in our last year we have. our japanese contemporary culture festival in the vendor. during the two day period where we have over twelve thousand people well coming for a visit so. there is no doubt that the japanese culture in japan itself. very very popular and becoming more and more popular among the russian people here final question what do you miss about about japan or the whiniest or hot springs. of course and all of my my hometown now oh thanks very much the shouting over there you're welcome you're watching the

now the ups and downs in russia u.s. relations endure and facts on the world are under scrutiny in our special interview we talked to brock obama's former national security adviser. general james jones thank you for taking time to time this of course former security advisor national security adviser to president obama from two thousand and nine twenty. i'd like to start with what you think the top priorities in terms of u.s. russia global security are let's focus on cooperation first i think. the russia us why lateral relationship. is one of the most important relationships on the planet for. words. of all the things i was privileged to be able to do in the white house i think working on the so-called famous reset of the relationship was one of the most satisfying it was manifest by the personal relationship of our two presidents from day one and resulted in that spirit of working together and developing trust and confidence that resulted in the start training. and i think resulted in. the two countries looking at the sa

area headlines the plane crash into russia's western siberia kills thirty one off to be aircraft went down just minutes after takeoff twelve did survive the accident possibly thanks to the attempted emergency landing technical failure or a build up of ice on the french italian made aircraft are among the possible causes being investigated. the international envoy to syria kofi annan is due to report on the progress of his peace plan the friends of syria group that reportedly decided to fund opposition fighters it's criticized by russia undermining u.n. backed peace efforts. and the much anticipated reform a loosening up of registration for political parties in russia meets a controversial response some opposition leaders fear the legislation prompted by mass protests will result in too many factions bidding for power. and it's time now for a special report here on the latest in our discovering russia series an overview of the rather peculiar winter sports one can try and enjoy here this is art. with the winter olympics coming to sochi in twenty fourteen it won't be long before the alw

for developing museum life style market in russia means big business for four and a few companies and because of this from high end luxury some middle class brands with a new fragrance names are trying to make it on to the scene here some of our success while others on this so what is the secret to launching a new brand in russia to discuss this question and more let's meet this week's guest ben plus to me there's a new you tell me about your perfume right here ok this is a lion by radio that we're known for approximately five years ago we've been to russia for almost two years in the russian market is a place of interest now especially for when it comes to beauty products yes definitely we've seen a huge change in the market. especially this element of carry all three months consumers. grown extremely in the last few years how i mean there are hundreds of hundreds of different names how do you make your products unique. i think it's raw materials is one we place a huge focus on the quality of raw materials both natural and synthetic and then i think it's the composition i think the f

much more communal in the sense that that some point if russia wanted to participate and russia could and to me that's the. that's the value of it. there are people though who are still living in another century in a cold war the kind of things you know what need down inside it's really us and the russians the guns but that's not the case i don't believe that's the case i don't know anybody who is serious a serious thinker and my former profession which is the military that think that sees russia as an enemy. we think that it's a lot better for russia and the united states to find a common ground and missile defense is one of those areas where we should work very hard with the rest of the europeans. to find a solution but with goodwill trust and confidence and knowing each other better. i'm a big believer in the military to military training and participation so the young leaders today in uniform will grow old together and at the end of the day when they apply to the throne telephone going to always be there. we can bridge a lot of those gaps and we must leave the twentieth century to

the protest mood sweeping through russia and relations with the u.s. president medvedev evaluates his legacy as final mediocre una before leaving the premier. thanks for joining our team this thursday it's five o'clock here in moscow on karen . well egypt has issued the final list of presidential candidates with a vote less than a month away multiple disqualifications have left voters confused over who to choose but one controversial figure is back in the running so our fourth told us why this name is causing concern. further drama added as if any more were needed in this presidential race by the last minute decision by the electoral commission to include on this final candidate list the former prime minister ahmed shafik now he was disqualified on cheese day after a pass which barred former senior barrack officials from running in this presidential race now he appealed that on the grounds that the law was passed after he'd applied to run and that was upheld so he has been included on that final list of candidates it hasn't gone down too well here has