history of what happened from him where by people what russia putin was given. given poisoning cakes which you know he would he could not have survived and it was nothing to do with some. superhuman strength rasputin wasn't superhuman he just wasn't given poison at all he was given out of all he was plied with out of he was beaten up very very badly tortured and then he was shot well you can't keep me so you keep me so fascinated by this as they are so i'll stick i'll stick to aspen just for one other question and rescued him well listen you came wanted to to to prevent russia from signing an armistice with germany as you said they suspected rest put in there that he was part of this plan now now we know it and you should agree that responded wasn't part of that plan he wasn't guilty of what british intelligence suspected him and for what that is the british killed him so studying the history of intelligence how often did you come across with that cessations which in the end proved to be mistakes. there were there was another attempt as is well known to kill the

really a web really revolver and it was a web really point four four five which actually killed russia putin i should. stress here that i'm not the first to touch on most b.b.c. time watch program did something on this quite a while ago and. a friend of mine who is a former. senior detective in the metropolitan police here in london was an advisor on. that documentary program and he went to moscow and he taught with forensic experts in moscow and these people together did a lot of work on this and it's a result of their work rather than any research of mine i have to say that is represented in books so. you know they did extensive research and richard colonists former detective has been working on this for a number of years and the has in fact recently published his own book on have you ever asked yourself why would the russian conspirators like for example prince use soup of why do they keep the secret of the british involvement in the murder of rasputin until their very death why didn't they tell anybody when in writing anything on that. because any involvement by british intelligence in a

him as i say is whether it was his involvement with the germans they believed that they believed russia putin was involved in some way with the germans either on their pay or as some sort of alliance in order to persuade the czarina to get the czar to pull out of the war that's what that was the belief in russia at the time. among british intelligence officers in russia at the time that's that stood up by documents in. the papers of a couple of those officers one of them john scale and the other stephen ali and those those documents show very clearly that the british were involved in this. smith the evidence you got this killing i'll state the rasputin subject well. says that the bullet that actually killed the man was fired from the real gun from a british gun and again that was standard issue of the british intelligence service does that those that. can we take it as sufficient evidence that responded actually was killed by by a british agent named rain or rain or the. the the evidence points to it it isn't. the come from a tree but there is no doubt the rain a was present and of that rain

that eases the regulations of the korean labor high skilled labor force so access to go to russia vladimir putin talking to the businessmen so that actually russia doesn't make a difference between domestic and foreign businesses sisters in your position we do make a distinction between russian and foreign business when it comes to protecting the rights of is the best is it's important for us to create comfortable conditions for those who want to make investments in russia to develop their business to promote their goods and services. separately vladimir putin has approved a plan to give companies working in the year mile peninsula a tax holiday the government is keen to encourage gas production in the region which is rich in resources but is hard to access and subject to extreme winters planning please exemption from the results extraction tax and zero export duty for l.n.g. as well as local tax breaks but times of tax holidays will be great before the end of the year but exceeds twelve years'. time to see how the market for performing now in new. stocks are making modest gains this now after a

that eases the regulations of the korean labor high skilled labor force so access to go to russia vladimir putin odd talking to the business men so that actually russia doesn't make a difference between domestic and foreign business is. the shit we do make a distinction between russian and foreign business when it comes to protecting the rights of investors it's important for us to create comfortable conditions for those who want to make investments in russia to develop their business to promote their goods and services. smart investments. not only money but also technology that will draw she's looking for boarding to live in a putin high tech business is one of the main themes of the discussion as well as a bank spirit development a regional development at customs regulations to summit may sound as a repeat not belong to your meeting but is it one of the foreign companies member has voted and a meeting with the governments adds value. to united thank you very much that update as our correspondent. covering the meeting of russian prime minister and foreign investors. take a look at the markets n

that eases the regulations of the foreign labor high skilled labor force so exercise go to russia vladimir putin talking to the businessmen sad that actually russia doesn't make a difference between domestic and foreign business is just as in your position we do make a distinction between russian and foreign business when it comes to protecting the rights of is the best is it's important for us to create comfortable conditions for those who want to make investments in russia to develop their business to promote their goods and services. come see how the markets are forming now in u.s. talks with pricing modest gains off an index of home though the sentiment climbs in october the month before the first rise in five months. better than expected earnings report to kick off the wait for us bank pays a surge in profits to quit two billion dollars and over in europe stocks are rising helped by the posted news from citi group. for the nearly five percent off a very cautious outlook for the rest of the year. no point seven percent. and here in russia yes in my sense of close in positive territory there

that eases the regulations of the korean labor high skilled labor force so access to go to russia vladimir putin talking to the businessmen so that actually russia doesn't make a difference between domestic and foreign business is just as in your position we do make a distinction between russian and foreign business when it comes to protecting the rights of is the best is it's important for us to create comfortable conditions for those who want to make investments in russia to develop their business to promote their goods and services. you. times take a look at the markets now in u.s. stocks trading it's tight range is the best prepare for a busy week of earnings to provide clues about whether corporate profits can we help but by sluggish economic growth citi group has reported a better than expected earnings report to kick off the week the west bank surging profits two point two billion dollars. and over in europe stocks are climbing helped by positive news from citi group and shares of philips electronics afula nearly five percent off the group off with a cautious outlook for the rest of the g

less many years ago over two thousand eleven rugby world cup gets underway new zealand and then putin's russia have a lot of work to do no one is expecting miracles but the newest nation to take part in rugby showpiece event needs to improve fast if they're going to be competitive against the likes of australia ireland in italy as says russia's new banks coach henri paul. there are the rights of the world cup oh this is going to be the whole of the short time but it's hard for the players themselves they need the fruits they need to work on contact with the pretty much everyone everywhere. particular sneezed and you know we slowly going to go through the process that is us to sit in making here to make about who's going to go to the world cup so you know those are things that you know obviously diamond nickel i will work on myself i would have to work with the guys on technique and schoolwork to continue their preparations for the event in new zealand russia have been playing two tests against argentina second string the russians will be opening encounter i'm over forty points last weekend and

years ago till the two thousand and eleven rugby world cup gets underway new zealand and then putin's russia have a lot of work to do no one is expecting miracles but the newest nation to take part in rugby showpiece event needs to improve fast if they're going to be competitive against marks of australia ireland in italy and says russia's new banks commission report. there are you know they do the right through the world cup oh no i still want to be devolved to showtime but it's hard for the players they know themselves they need the front so they need to work hard to contact them so they pretty much everyone everywhere the checklist needs to be text and you know we're slowly going to go through the process that is a specific making here to make about who's going to go to the world cup so you know those are things that you know obviously a diamond in the choli will work on myself i'm going have to work with the guys on technique and skill work to continue their preparations for the event in new zealand russia been playing two tests against argentina second string the russians trust me if i

let's many years ago two thousand and eleven rugby world cup gets underway new zealand and then putin's russia have a lot of work to do no one is expecting miracles but the newest nation to take part in rugby showpiece event needs to improve fast if they're going to be competitive against the likes of australia ireland in italy as says russia's new banks coach henri paul. the right to be the world cup o. ne already been involved in a short time but that's all the players they have cells they need before they need to work. pretty much everywhere everywhere. meticulously streets and you know we slowly going to go through the process that is this decision making here to make about who's going to go to the world cup so you know those are things that you know officer steve diamond nickel i will work on myself i would have to work with the cars on technique and schoolwork to continue their preparations for the event in new zealand russia been playing two tests against argentina second string the russians lost we have an encounter of over forty points last weekend and we're hoping for a much improved

is that president medvedev and prime minister putin finally go at corruption and the recent dismissal of my solution is a step in the right direction russia could be fighting corruption in earnest now and if that's the case then mr putin is well on the way of becoming an equine you highly respected global leader that took russia from being bankrupt to being a global superpower again. is russia moving away from its dependence on natural resources and what of sectors you view well the way i see it is in one thousand nine hundred eight we had a big crash in russia because of the dependence on the role materials. forms in two thousand and eight again we had a big crisis in russia one of the worst and i think in two thousand and nine with the. see go forward russia letter by president medvedev of russia announced it will move no way ordered gas and already the last ten years it's been taking away heavy heavy taxes on oil and gas to move to other sectors and growth is coming from other sectors we're heavily invested in the russian interested distribution sector we're getting eleven percent yield on the regular.

we saw we can pull soviet russia and to vladimir putin became president our countries became friends stronger and now we're carrying on down that path with president dmitry medvedev russia's back on its feet and i believe that this country will keep playing a great role in making the world a truly free and just please. sort of a thought third from chavez the president of venezuela speaking exclusively to r.t. sister spanish channel to take over some other news now today and the shortlist of four card that is for the top moscow seats no strong two one over the past few hours president medvedev has picked the deputy prime minister. and for the job and it's now up to the sitting parliament to give the final green light r.t. sarah firth reports. well there's one final studs to go in this process president has made his choice from the list of the four candidates that he was presented with on saturday so it is about his choice of candidates and that decision now has to be approved by the most he will have ten days to make the final decision and house of yunnan himself was always considered

we saw weak whole soviet russia and to vladimir putin became president our countries became friends with the strong and now we're carrying on down that path with president dmitry medvedev russia's back on its feet and i believe that this country will keep playing a great rule in making the world a truly free and just place. venezuelan president hugo chavez speaking exclusively exclusively to r.t. spanish turning to other news now. the shortlist of four candidates for the top moscow seat has now shrunk to one president medvedev has picked deputy prime minister sergei sabean for the job and it's now up to the city parliament to give the final green light for more. well there's one final studs to go in this post as president has made his choice from the list of the four candidates that he was presented with on saturday so i guess about his choice of candidates and that decision now has to be briefed by the most state he will have ten days to make the final decision and elsevier annan himself was always considered one of the most popular of the four candidates are certainly a front runner an

saddened by the collapse of the soviet union but all of the we saw a week post soviet russia until the timea putin became president loans our countries became friends we became stronger than our carrying on down that path with president dmitri medvedev russia's back on its feet and i believe that this country will keep playing a great role in making the world a truly free and just place where once again but. the thought of as the president of venezuela speaking exclusively to our t.v. spanish our sister channel. a short list of four candidates for the top. to one tonight president deputy prime minister and for the top job and it's now up to the city parliament to give the final green light let's get the latest on this developing story tonight from forest. hurdle one of the race for city hall how far is the offer for the. well not too far it'll indeed as you said the current deputy prime minister. been announced less than an hour ago by president made. his choice that the list of candidates that he had they based met today at his residence in moscow for making that announcement and submitting his n

we saw weak whole soviet russia and to vladimir putin became president our countries became friends and strong and now we're carrying on down that path with president meet women to get russia's back on its feet and i believe that this country will keep playing a great role in making the world a truly free and just place. like those who charge as the president of venezuela speaking exclusively to our sister spanish channel to other news now on the shortlist of four colors for the top moscow seats now from two one tonight president medvedev has picked the deputy prime minister's surrogate so be on in for the top job and it's now up to the city parliament to give the final green light sarah firth picks up the story. well there's one final studs to gay in this place that's present invaded has made his choice from the list of the four candidates that he was presented with on saturday so it is about his choice of candidates and that decision now has to be a preview by the most he will have ten days to make the final decision and also be on in himself was always considered one of the most popu

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latin america was saddened by the collapse of the soviet union we saw weak poll soviet russia and to vladimir putin became president our countries became friends we're going stronger and now we're carrying on down that path with president dmitry medvedev if russia is back on its feet and i believe that this country will keep playing a great role in making the world a truly free and just place. in the words of venezuelan president hugo chavez speaking exclusively to r.t. spatting turning now to other news the shortlist of four candidates for the top moscow seat has now shrugged to one of president medvedev as pick deputy prime minister sergei so beatin for the job and it's now up to the city parliament to give the final a very light hearted sarah for has more. well there's one final studs to go in this place that's president faded has made his choice from the list of the four candidates that he was presented with on saturday so i guess about his choice of candidates and that decision now has to be a preview by the most he will have ten days to make the final decision an ounce of yarn in him so that

seeing planned class action right in the backyard here in this country prime minister vladimir putin saying russia will be aiming to submit a bid to host the twenty sixth in world championships before the mates wednesday eleven deadline nine hundred seventy two summit serious between russian and can add and national teams could also be in for a rebirth in sweyn's his wealth. the russian ice hockey federation is a need to bring back the one nine hundred seventy two summit series between russian and comedian national teams for its fortieth anniversary in two thousand and twelve this initiative was discussed with canadian sport officials in the n.h.l. and they reacted positively to the proposal also almost. to hold the two thousand and sixteen ice hockey world championships the matches would take place in moscow and st petersburg we already have most of the facilities in place and have the capacity to host a top class championships. and russia sports ministry is made while focusing its efforts on stepping up its game for the country's disabled athletes the organizations chief corps was on hand to sig

russia could shop increase its gas output from the current six hundred fifty billion cubic meters to one trillion annually and prime minister putin is visiting russia's north to discuss the future of the gas industry over the next two decades the prime minister said russian producers are able to satisfy growing demand and expand their presence in the global market independent gas producers could be responsible for as much as a third of russian gas awkward in the next twenty years. when the company is working on the arctic shelf and looking liquefied natural gas project. on targeted gas supplies. to get them to russia's domestic market should be the major priority for gas producers we must significantly update the distribution of gas supply within the country. russian companies plan to access the international board markets top fifth to lend a credit bank will issue three hundred million dollars in your bones that follows successful placements baris barry bonds and alpha bank and russia's largest power producer bruce hydro also plans to tap the international born markets it has not revealed how much it hopes to raise. that's all t

russia has every chance of increasing its gas output from the current six hundred fifty billion cubic meters to one trillion annually prime minister putin is visiting russia's north to discuss the future of the gas industry over the next two decades while the private is just said russian producers can satisfy growing demand and expand their presence in the global markets independent gas producers could be responsible for as much as a third of russian gas output in the next twenty years post tax relief for companies working on the arctic show and with liquefied natural gas project he also called for more work on targeting gas supplies. to get them the russians domestic market should be the major priority for gas producers we must significantly update the distribution of gas supply within the country. and russia's largest e-mail provide a male dog to argue plans to issue in the london i.p.o. mail dot our view is to float a subsidiary of the same name worth up to five billion dollars it includes major russian assets of the company and two point four percent stake in facebook the company plans to complete the i.p.o. by the end of the year.

latin america was saddened by the collapse of the soviet union we saw a weak post soviet russia until about a mere putin became president our countries became friends we became stronger and now are carrying on down that path was president to be reminded of russia's back on its feet and i believe that this country will keep playing a great role in making the world a truly free and just place to go. as the president of venezuela speaking exclusively to spanish channel to other news now tonight afghan prisoners taking part in a u.s. study of claim they were abused at a secret jail inside the main american military base in afghanistan former inmates told open society foundations that they were subjected to sleep deprivation extended periods of isolation and a lack of food and blankets some of the claim to be says they ate from this year despite president obama's pledge to overhaul prison practices let's cross over now live to our washington studio where we're joined now by fitzgerald a former cia officer messenger of defense to be on the program now there are no exact official figures or details of prisoner

all of a sudden out of nowhere announced someone told me russia television is here russia television. looks like putin's watching and i looked at my producer mona and i had no idea where this is coming from and everybody's looking at our camera and then some people were hesitant to even do interviews with me so when i was in the v.i.p. section what i thought i was going to have the ability to speak with mr back i saw david webb who had announced that russia t.v. was there and i went up to him and asked him why he said that take a listen. to. what you were already. going to do with it make sure they do that every which way did they do. and i want to you know i just i took it a little personally because i didn't understand why he would do that to our t. considering that our t. was the only channel there that was going into the crowd into the bleachers there was not that big of a crowd.

i believe there was a program in russia i think it's called quickly with puppets vladimir putin and the mohammed cartoons at the very extreme end where people were trying to make a point through being offensive now the crucial thing is that it can't be the state it can't be a law that prohibits that offense and this is where i think political correctness comes in because it's a social sanction that has no legal backing to it. nevertheless oil the wheels of political discourse we have the great thing about political correctness and why i'm a fan of it. certain circumstances is that it's a. more malleable substitute for formal state censorship interest in what robert in the go ahead and rally. the prototypical example of of political correctness that are anti anti correctness being used to take down a political type figure in the united states is it's actually a very famous supreme court case called hustler versus falwell and that was where the magazine hustler magazine which is a pornographic magazine in the us ran a parody ad of jerry falwell. basically stating that he had lost his virg

immediately onto the plane crash russia declared a day of mourning and president medvedev appointed prime minister putin to head up a joint russia polish investigation into the course of the crash the polish michu as they conducted their own private investigation over the past four months that joint investigative committee has taken a very. good eyewitness accounts on the flight log and they concluded that on a two occasions almost fateful morning a little before eleven am on the tenth of april grounds of full stall thought these movements and crew did what i said trying to rule the crew on board that to get a plane not to attempt to land in that dense fog at all which they chose to ignore they've also confirmed that they did try to direct them to an alternative. investment has also confirmed that the plane itself was in fine work nor would it have recently been improved they've also ruled out the possibility of a terrorist attack or some sort of fire or explosion having happened on board crucially they've also confirmed that she no on the crew members were in the cockpit at the time of the crash or the

russia. between president obama and president putin has clearly worked it's create a much better atmosphere and there's trust again on both sides secondly i think there is also emerging security dialogue between russia and european nato countries such as france and germany they met last week in northern france to discuss see european security framework that is a response to present mediators proposal for a treaty on european security so we are seeing two things better bilateral relations and the beginnings of a european takeover of nato and i think that is very interesting the americans are more interested in the asia pacific rim and they were interested in the middle east it's now up to europe that is both western europe and russia to make sure that it comes to better security arrangements inside the wire to europe and that's why i think all these developments are so if you're. joining us live there in london a lecturer in politics in the university of kent we appreciate your time in r.t. thank you. many facts the un has urged investigation into claims of torture in iraqi prisons following the

was saddened by the collapse of the soviet union but we saw a weak supposed soviet russia really young until the tamir putin became president alone and so our countries became friends we became stronger because of an hour carrying on down that path was president to be reminded of russia's back on its feet and i believe that this country will keep playing a great role in making the world a truly free and just place where once again but. that was a good chavez the president of venezuela speaking exclusively to the spanish our sister channel. telling some other news now today on the shortlist of four colors for the top moscow seat strug to work in the last few hours president medvedev has picked the deputy prime minister sergei so be on in for the top job and it's now up to the city parliament to give the final green light let's get the latest on this developing story tonight so the first cover for us there certainly is so be a lens clear this hurdle one of the race so far for city hall how far as the off the finishing line. well there's one final stage to gay in this place that's present they have it's a stat

to sports and history has been made in russia as a dale has been signed to give the country its first ever formula one race russian prime minister vladimir putin attended the signing in the black sea resort of sochi where a track is being built which will host the russian grand prix between twenty fourteen and twenty twenty after agreeing a deal with f one supreme of bernie ecclestone has been trying to secure a grown clean russia since at least one hundred eighty two the contract which will reportedly cost russia forty million u.s. dollars a year also includes an option to extend it by five years however the outing race may take place in twenty fifteen saatchi's also hosting the winter olympics in twenty fourteen the move follows a series of f one promotional events in the russian capital over the last few years along with the emergence of arenas batali patrols is the first russian for either formula one. there's a current running away with the russian premier league in football petersburg's ice

polish military have conducted their own probe president medvedev appointed prime minister putin to lead a joint russia polish investigation the last is founding suggest that two normal crew members were in the cockpit at the time of the crash the question as to whether the pilots were put under pressure to land remains open after four months of studying the flight recorder parts and collecting eyewitness accounts the commission has handed over its findings to the polish or forty's they will soon be made public polish experts also plan to excavate the crash site on october the thirty flowers and candles now malk the spot where lech kaczynski is presidential plane crashed on april the tenth but the hope is that today's memorial ceremonies led by the two first ladies together can be taken as a symbolic gesture that russia and poland and united not only in their grief over what's happened in the past but also as they look forward to happier times ahead. region. let's take a look at the week's top headlines the u.s. led nato campaign in afghanistan has ended its tenth year with no is end in sight one of am