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larson i enjoyed meeting with the president of transparency international russia in moscow last month. i think her name is elena. very, very impressive, sharp, intelligent lady. >> she is. >> and very compelling story to tell. that's why she is back in russia and didn't stay over in brussels. but thank you, all five of you very much for coming today. the usual practice, i'm sure you're aware, is just to you'll submit your statements for the record and then speak about five minutes. and i urge you to be very direct, forthcoming, candid. tell it like it is. okay? mr. allen, you're first. >> thank you, chairman baucus. senator kyl, distinguished members of the committee, my name is sam allen, chairman and ceo of deere company. on behalf of john deere and the business roundtable, thank you for the opportunity to provide testimony today on the importance of establishing permanent normal trade relations with russian to john deere and the u.s. business community. granting pntr is crucial for u.s. manufacturers, service providers, and agricultural producers to receive the full benefits of rus

we talked with you over there in russia, moscow not long ago. mr. pollett is president and ceo of ge russia. thanks very much again, mr. pollett. next mr. watty taylor. watty is one of our guys. he is from montana. he is president of the mountain stock grow association, second generation family rancher from kirby, montana. thank you, watty, very much for coming to join us. next we have mr. paul williams, president, chairman of the board, american society of composers, authors, and publishers. thank you very much, mr. williams. senator hatch sends his special regards to you. he could not be here today. but he wanted me to tell you how much he appreciates working with you in various a lot to him. he deeply regrets he cannot be here. >> i appreciate it. he has been very kind. >> and finally, mr. al larson, chairman of the board of transparency international usa. i must tell you mr. larson i enjoyed meeting with the president of transparency international russia in moscow last month. i think her name is elena. very, very impressive, sharp, intelligent l

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a joint meeting of the direction of the transparency of russia in moscow. very compelling story to tell why she's back in russia and didn't stay over in brussels. but thank you all very much for coming today and the usual practice i'm sure you're aware is to have you submit your statements for the record and speak about five minutes and urge you to be just very direct, forthcoming, candid, tell it like it is. mr. allen, you're first. >> thank you, chairman backus. senator kyle, distinguished members of the committee, my name is sam allen, chairman and ceo of john deere and company. thank you for allows to provide -- u.s. business community. granting pntr is crucial for u.s. manufacturers, service providers and agricultural producers to receive the full benefits of russia's wto accession. it is essential to enable us to compete on a level playing field for russian customs. the reasons are clear, first pntr will assure equal treatment for u.s. companies doing business in russia. russia as committed attention on reported agricultural equipment from 15% to 5%. h

ruble slipped into the red against the greenback and the euro in the last day of trade here in moscow russia is a better investment than the u.s. according to the world's biggest bond fund tim co-founder bill gross says he sees better value in russia's five year bombs than the u.s. treasuries off the limit putin's government yesterday successfully held the biggest emerging market placement for years reasons given of russia's hoit g.d.p. growth and very low public it all is hovering near its lowest level in almost a week on news the united states and e.u. may release strategic crude reserves to stop a repeat of recent price hikes they've told us that will push prices further down. there's been an exercise like that in the last year or so when refusers were last released and we saw that prices fall by five or six dollars a barrel at that time so it's not unreasonable to think that prices could fall by five or six dollars a barrel again if it looks like the storage tanks are going to be opened in crude but on the market and you're up to date most there is on a website called flush business. her

russia ascii r.t. reporting from moscow. opposition rallies had taken place in the weeks leading up to the vote and even after the presidential election outcome thousands took to the streets but the number of those protesting is wailing and the nature of the demonstrations is changing to. examines what caused a shift in the protest movement. when the protesters i'm happy with the results of the presidential elections took to the streets the day after the votes took place some kept the police busy. to do that some decided tomorrow stay they wanted to hours you know doing their job it was to give your book i'm not going to leave this square i'm staying here until putin leaves where the tents and there were no tents but there was a fountain which all died some chose as a makeshift stage to make his statements from and from which police removed him and several dozens of his supporters. a situation repeated itself on saturday when police pulled from an electricity transformer again after the opposition rally was officially over b

now the report. >> apparently with tears in his eyes, russia opposes strongman vladimir putin appeared before and as supporters in moscow and declared victory -- russia's strongman. >> we have one in an open and honest struggle. = = have won. >> i promised you we would win and we have. in a cafe not far away, one of his opponents was holding court. a blogger and opposition leader pledging mass protests in the coming weeks and months. >> a substantial number of russian citizens, first of all residents of big cities, do not recognize these elections as legitimate and not recognize vladimir putin. as putin authorities have resorted to an unprecedented falsification and rigged lections. >> the opposition has held a series of demonstrations in recent months, unprecedented in size. sparked by evidence that the parliamentary election in december had been rigged. this evening they will be the first protests following sunday opposing vote. in the capital of siberia the opposition had been hoping to hold their protest in this central square. in what has become a familiar tactic, the authorities say they cannot because the square

this is r t s a russian a presidential election coverage live from moscow welcome to the program russia's prime minister vladimir putin has addressed supporters in moscow declaring victory in his bid for a third term as the country's president but almost all ballots counted he's one around sixty four percent of the vote with an official declaration later but it's now two artes alexei a share scheme on this so let's see what putin is well ahead of his appearance in one of the latest figures we have. the latest we've heard so far with around ninety nine point two percent of the votes haven't been counted already as it stands seems that russia's prime minister looks set to become the country's president for a third spell now we understand that putin at the moment has sixty three point seven percent with the closest rival the leader of the communist party tonight is gonna be a man who has been having a second place in every single presidential election russia he has participated in at seventeen point two percent so that's almost a fifty percent gap between them then we have a proper of the ru

moscow with me and welcome to the program the russian capital says it will support the u.n. resolution endorsing the peace plan drawn up by the united nations envoy to syria kofi annan but russia's foreign minister has said moscow will not back them if it contains an ultimatum let's get details on this now life monti says the ministry of foreign affairs there in central moscow russia has taken a firm line with the u.n. over syria so far possibly a change in stars a change of attitude perhaps. but i think many people are going to see this is the toughening of pressure on syria that he has to bear in mind that russia has been calling for a ceasefire in the country months now. hasn't really changed when it comes down to the fundamental certainly the reason. will this detail that's. u.n. resolution the fact that they are not going but what they see is a one sided resolution now but doesn't change speed question today with a trial statement that will possibly be based on a later on in the date in this case or by france is that it's cool that that cools the case president assad and the opposition to implement fully under mediately case he announced six point peace plan now if the word

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moscow says it will support a un resolution endorsing the peace plan drawn up by the united nations envoy to syria kofi annan but russia's foreign minister has said moscow will not back the mandate if it contains an ultimatum let's get more on this now from joining us live from central moscow sara russia has taken a firm line with the u.n. over syria so far are we starting to see a change there. certainly i think this is going to be seen by many people is perhaps a toughening of russia's stance towards syria russia is that me out it is voice. of concern in recent days to you know just came in and said that in the country even to say to the guy who's for humanitarian trees in syria now later on today the security council against anything to discuss a draw statement was forced by france now that's going to cool the possible further measures if president bashar al assad fails to implement like a fiend on six point peace plan and now we had foreign minister sergey lavrov speech in today at a meeting with his lebanese counterpart and he said the russians are ready to back that statement and not just the statement that actuall

russia. but the opposition claims serious lecturer violations saying they'll be bringing people out onto the streets once again to protest against the results. this is artie's a presidential election coverage live from moscow well russia's prime minister vladimir putin has declared victory is it for a third term as russia's president he addressed the crowds of jubilant supporters in moscow of the winning an estimated sixty five percent of the vote almost ballots counted let's talk to our teams lexi. lexi a look said to have won a decisive victory the figures at the moment. well we understand around ninety eight percent of all the votes have been counted so far and so far leads by had great margin of which around sixty four percent his closest rival in this case is the communist party and he cannot he's gone up with around seventeen percent the next comes out of the dark horse of this presidential campaign with around seven point seven percent and. still with six percent pennsylvania on the with three percent full of them at the lower part of this presidential race now of course there was a big intrigue of this particular presidential race whether there would be a second round runoff in that case it could h

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hours left for western russia to wrap up its voting what's the latest that you're hearing right now on how it's all going. well that we are entering the final hour of voting in moscow and central russia and one more remaining for the western most part of russia the. leading route to vote and then we will have the first preliminary exit poll results which we will certainly voice live as soon as we get it the voter turnout so far has been very high compared to the previous presidential election four years ago we understand that more than powerful russians have already cast their ballots and in some regions the voter turnout reached amazing seventy percent especially in the far east over russia now all the political elite all the presidential candidates as well have also cast their ballots during the day driving a celeb even if you can cast his ballot along with his wife just as his main political rival the head of the leader of the communist party and probably the main rival in this particular race is uganda also we saw him at the polling station casting his ballot now they have been irregularities and different malfunctions of some sort reported from the polling sta

russia. u.s. relations earlier optimism appears to have cooled addressing a security conference in moscow russia's president dmitri medvedev says he wants western alternatives to miss our defense plans and for nato to stop living in the past parties and he said. the theme of this russian and international affairs council is bureau atlanta security is a myth or reality at present middle aged made it very clear that he believes it is a myth that needs to become reality there are two major is he is that are hampering congress on making that a reality the first is this mindset that there's nato and that's all that's needed for european security the second our expansion plans on missile defense which saw a little bit of relief it's been a long time standing issue between russia and the us and of course in cooperation with nato and after we saw the signing of the strategic arms reduction treaty in twenty ten between mitt event obama there was a little bit of relief when it was the billions the peak of the reset but lately russia has been pushing very strongly that they need written guarantees which are

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left now for western russia to finish the votes you know what is the latest we're hearing right now as to how it's all going. certainly the polling stations have closed already in moscow and only one hour remaining until the voting stops everywhere across russia it's only the western region of russia the route which is yet to vote for another hour or so we know that the voter turnout has been somewhat a little less than during the previous presidential election back in two thousand and eight but still the turnout has been very high we understand that at least fifty six percent of that will just have turned out that the polling stations to cast their ballots now we heard of some irregularities in the course in the course of the voting though it is really unclear whether those were serious serious irregularities and whether they can be confirmed by the officials as all the information that has been received came from the independent observers now we also understand that all the presidential candidates cast their ballots throughout the day prime minister vladimir putin his main rival his main political rival the leader of the communist party did not use a gun i also was

moscow this is r.t. with you twenty four hours a day russia and china have reportedly joined the u.n. security council's calls for syria's government to another humanitarian aid and media access to the embattled city of homs the syrian military has said it will only let the red cross in in the morning that's after rita a key neighborhood from armed opposition fighters will artie's. as more and joins us now from new york simmering the u.n. security council has finally come to a consensus on the syrian crisis tell us more. that's right bill this is the first time the security council of the u.n. has reached a consensus on syria in nearly seven months but that consensus comes in the matter of a presidential statement issued by the security council which first and foremost expresses disappointment at the masters his failure to allow u.n. humanitarian chief valerie amos a visit into syria after repeated requests by the united nations syria deny. access but the security council is calling upon the syrian authorities to grant a most immediate and on injured access in addition a security coun

russia accepted the plan and -- who came first? is it a case that china followed suit? >> it did follow suit. kofi annan went to moscow and got their approval. that is the order of events. i do not think beijing is acting just because russia is acting. beijing has always had its own foreign policy. they were worried there might be a change of government and that government might be more friendly towards the americans and the chinese would lose influence in the middle east. that is what he wanted to avoid. that is why he did not back the original u.n. resolutions. this time, he seeks not to blame anyone. just to try to end this situation. the town is less strident. that is why china feels it can support the plan. >> an independent report has identified half a million families struggling with a range of problems. among the causes of the unrest, poor parenting, low academic achievement, and too much emphasis on materialism. >> over the course of five extra nine days last august, it england learned how order and chaos are close neighbors. rioting, looting, and arson at spreading like bush fires across the country. the pol

election campaign putin has been promising to continue building a stronger russia now the balance of foreign pressure how will moscow's international ties change with him at the helm. without a tell the president president elect putin's picture in sunday's election. really continue russia's position on the global arena as a strong player something that was lacking in the one nine hundred ninety s. as a result of the out and recklessly implemented policies of the pro-west and boris yeltsin so we can continue to see from russia under vladimir putin is a strong russia seeking out influence around the world and been a global player as indeed the united states is as in the u.k. and as in the front seats as well and backs that's the greatest seen in the eyes of western powers of law to be approaching because ideally what they would like to see in many western capitals washington and london in particular is a weak russia a compliant russia russia is dependent on not only i.m.f. so the fact that there could have been. issues of electoral fraud in sunday's presidential elections in russia. is not really it's not really the pro

russia u.s. relations earlier optimism appears to have cooled addressing a security conference here in moscow russia's president dmitri medvedev said that he wants western alternatives to missile defense plans for nato to stop living in the past and he said now it has been following the conference. the theme of this russian international affairs council is euro atlantica security is a myth or reality at present it makes a definitive very little there that he believes it's a minyan that needs to become a reality and way too easy when there are these two major issues that are hampering progress on making that a reality the first is this mindset that there's nato and that's all that's needed for european security the second our expansion plans on missile defense which we love a little bit of relief it's been a long time standing issue between russia and the us and of course in cooperation with nato and how to resolve the signing of the strategic arms reduction treaty in twenty two ten between bit of an obama there was a little bit of relief and it was the really as the peak of the reset but lately russia

that as police and troops in moscow gearing up for mass demonstrations in opposition to the results. >> russiaputin, a victory. that is the slogan on the stage at red square. vladimir putin's confidence in victory was vindicated by his first-round win. there is a large security presence in moscow the day after the vote. putin's election victory as a dividing russia. >> i think the big winner is absurd and unjust. so many cases of the vote manipulation reported in moscow and other regions. >> it was a fair and just election. i voted for putin. i trust him. >> the victory celebrations on sunday night, another perfectly choreographed show on state television. putin used the opportunity to hit at the opposition and the recent wrote -- wave of protests. >> this election was an important test for all of us, for the political maturity and independence of our country. we proved that no one could force anything on us. >> but independent international election observers complained there were irregularities in every third polling station. >they claimed the vote was not fair. >> the point of election is t

seven thirty in the morning here in moscow russia as a capital launch on thomas and these are top headlines to bomb blasts killed twenty seven and leave scores wounded in a coordinated assault on security compounds in the syrian capital damascus it taks come at a sensitive time as the u.n. attempts to broker and end to the violence in the country that has claimed thousands of lives. to belorussians it sentenced to death for last year's terror attack on the minsk metro have been executed this despite calls from human rights groups to reconsider the center of. the nationalist marches in alaska the honoring s.s. veterans it sparked concern over the resurgence of the far right groups in the european union the annual event has been widely condemned as a glorification of it nancy is a. call that wrap things up for me and my colleague bill dodd will be coming in here with a full look at your news in about thirty minutes time but coming up our t. lifts the lid on what made a respected british government official turn to spying for the soviet union that's in our special report next right here on alt

and it is three o'clock in the morning here in moscow russia's capital this is our team and these are your top stories but forty's in syria claim better terms so overthrow the assad government have failed to mask is however valid keep troops in major cities at least until security can be guaranteed this comes as the opposition looks to the friends of syria meeting in istanbul for support the u.s. led group consisting of seventy representatives from western and arab nations has been backing the rebels and pushing for regime change but the chances of finding a unified approach among the friends is reportedly low as the discord outweighs agreements at the event and as sarah first reports plane post could pose difficulties for the one time ally turkey. taking the how did that sitting at the naming does it put has to play haste to the friends the syria meeting once again found itself at the center stage the push to pressure the assad regime because these three companies to get syria source circle lead feels justified he's going to interfere to a certain extent to assert that it's. well tha

russia. but the opposition claims serious elektra violations saying they'll be bringing people out on the streets once again to protest against the results. this is our presidential election live from moscow welcome to the program russia's prime minister vladimir putin has declared victory for a third term as russia's president addressed crowds of jubilant supporters in moscow after winning around sixty four percent of the vote with the most palates counted so artie's alexei airshows ski. looks set to have one of the sights of victory for the figures at the moment that. well as it stands with almost ninety nine percent of the votes haven't been counted so far we understand that. has about sixty three point eight percent of the votes with the closest rival to him is the nineties you got of the communist party leader with a little more than seventeen percent also the russian tycoon mikhail prokhorov the newcomer to russian politics the first time presidential candidate stands at seven point eight percent and the other two candidates the liberal democratic party leader. at six point two and russia party leaders there gave it all of that three point eight so definitely such a large margin bet

five o'clock in the morning here in moscow russia's capital this is our team and these are your top stories in syria at least twenty seven have been killed and one hundred forty injured as twin bomb attacks on security compounds rocked the capital damascus the state broadcaster claims the attacks were carried out by terrorists who detonated car bombs but blast blasts come at a sensitive time as the former u.n. secretary general kofi anon struggles to find a diplomatic solution to the year long crisis in the country our middle east correspondent paul slayer has more. preliminary reports suggest that vehicles packed with explosives were detonated targeting the security complex and hitting the police and intelligence buildings now the government is calling this the work of terrorists and state television is showing pictures of charred bodies vehicles and blood stains to the streets these blasts come after a string of recent suicide attacks just last month on paper to twenty eight people were killed and twenty last that hit the security complex in the government stronghold of aleppo and since d

russia u.s. relations hopeful progress appears to have stalled addressing a security conference here in moscow russia's president dmitri medvedev says that he wants western alternatives to missile defense plans and it's an obvious there was a lot on the program and i need to hello to you a president it made it clear that the creation of a euro atlantic security community is a must but how would that be achieved. while the theme of this russian international affairs council is euro and planting security is a myth or reality in present middle aged made it very clear that he believes it's a myth that needs to become a reality and the way he sees it there are two major issues that are hampering progress on making matter reality the first is the mindset that there's nato and that's all that's needed for european security the second are our expansion plans on missile defense which was a little bit a relief it's been a long time standing issue between russia and the us and of course in cooperation with nato and have to build on the signing of the strategic arms reduction treaty in twenty two ten between the d

hello there live from r t h q in central moscow it's very good to have a company carrier and hear this and they decide these are our top stories russia says co finance peace mission could be the last chance for syria to avoid a civil war moscow also pledged support at all levels for the un arab envoys plan to end violence in the stricken country. the top stories in the week from us the killing of the to lose government mohamed merah uncovers a bigger problem in france as experts highlight the dangerously widespread social exclusion of minorities is why decades of attracting immigrants. and punishment for bad behavior barack obama's promise to north korea if it goes ahead with its controversial satellite launch. coming up next an r.t. this month's technology update delving into the world of smartphone apps and it reveals as well how to keep your phone safe. oh and welcome to technology update fears about wherever you are your ballot if i just felt surrounded by so many to traffic or swiping one of the and to check out the very latest in handheld technology there's no better place in the mobile world congress in barcelona. now this cit