always russia russia always there's one seat how is the threat made to us a threat ok to russia unless it does the right thing john let's go to you ok i'll ask you ok is it seems to me it seems to me that he knows i'm in history did nato intend to attack russia that's a historical fact ok well can you prove the russian recently there was the soviet union didn't attack western europe ok let's move forward gentlemen john i would say the. nato caved to russia it needs russia more ok if it's going to bail itself out of this horrific war in afghanistan maybe they'll just you know they won't they won't call it a defeat that's the whole best they can hope for right now is calling it a defeat ok maybe a withdrawal or whatever whatever newspeak they want to use but the war is lost ok and russia might help them get out not stay yeah yeah i totally agree i mean that's why the whole obama reset was was called into operation because they realize that the americans realize that the confrontation with russia was leading nowhere and on afghanistan and on iran they needed russian help so i compl

a number of countries they have different takes on the russia russia as well as russia was role so what we will see in the years will be the result of a compromise with the alliance the big concern of course for russia is drugs a narcotic in afghanistan and just last week we saw a successful joint operation to destroy drug labs in the country does this mean that nato is starting to share some of the views in moscow house. exactly as i will say just a few moments ago that's what's happening you have the russia that was talking as though you loudly to the us to needle people on the need to. gauge and counter-narcotics operations and we heard the first case of the successful us russian operation from the russian perspective this is a good down payment for a new relationship between the alliance and russia on afghanistan. and nato has been discussing plans for a joint missile defense system of course a sticky issue between the two the secretary general has been saying russia should take part in the new project do you think a deal could be made anytime soon and how would rush feel about that

security problem for russia and russia with their needs nato needs to come back to nato and say how can we solve this problem ok i always find it really amazing that if if if russia had sent forces to kurdistan then it's invading kurdistan if it doesn't send forces the kurds then it's ignoring kurdistan russia isn't a lose lose situation always when it comes to these situations or even if i can go to you what. does the european mean as we go through this this last war in afghanistan i mean isn't this going to be a wake up call and say and nato can't do these kind of operations anymore and just go back to article five self-defense and just scale it down it's really really expensive and just and do that and maybe humanitarian operations in africa or haiti or something like that would that be better served that way you know more of a police force and for humanitarian aid because the alliance is just absolutely humiliated itself and it really needed to do something right and it totally did everything wrong what do you think. locus yes well absolutely as far as afghanistan indeed even as far as iraq are concerned i am completely with you those were horrific not tactic

russia about why that took place but i think you'd find that many people in washington including in the congress were quite concerned about that. russia's role in that conflict well you know you mentioned it well i mean you mentioned ileana mentioning yeah but i mean according to to a majority probably too should russia. russia has been giving up its positions can send you out to the states we've been as now you still washington as we could be all of the rainy days nuclear issues sanctions so on and so forth so so why why is mr ross lightnin so so so much concerned why is she so angry i mean i mean it sounds unconstructive i mean to me well you know i haven't read a lot of her recent statements so i don't want to focus too specifically on her but and certainly better than what i did sort of anyway you know russia russia certainly has on iran recently supported the united states on sanctions and of course president. signed this decree. banning the sale of the s three hundred missiles to iran which was certainly i think a major gesture toward the united states i think a number of people recognize that one challenge though i think is that there was over the period of many years of longstanding perception that developed related to russia's cooperation with their wrong on the bush era nuclear reactor two

russia relations is moscow joining with the sanctions against iran moscow decided not to sell weapons to iran and i should liquids in the country around thirteen billion u.s. dollars another sign of the thaw in russia u.s. relations the school duration on afghanistan including russia's agreement to allow nader's supplies to transit through the country the obama administration has also signaled it's ready. to remove russia from the jets and then the command that dates back to the nineteen seventies when the us used it as a trade weapon to push for easy integration from the soviet union to louis scene is unheard of to russia's membership of the dudley. u.s. midterm elections have brought about concerns over the future of the reset and the republicans who the obama administration's policies. military didn't agree with me but this is certainly was certainly a reminder of the time when both parties thought that the better is for the better right is it a fact of the past or are or not necessarily you know i think. foreign policy like domestic policy can be an issue where there's a certain amount of domestic politics let me just make one point though about the new congress and the u.s. russian relationship which i don't think many people have focused on outside the united

fact that we should means russia is a supporter of the russia russia is a supporter of the sadia it's still to be discussed what exactly their old world could be. we are far from the. suggestion that the goal should become a new standard to move again to the gold standard. risks involved in such a scenario. even greater than than the current station but we could see a greater role of new regional here of course is in gold in the new mine to the system and this subject is going to be caused by both experts finance minister central bank governance and leaders who are getting the french presidency a conference french presidency in two thousand to have an says aide to the russian president at one point the spotlight will be back shortly we'll continue this interview in less than a minute after a break so stay with us don't go. seventy six hours of intense fighting. six thousand desert of beach front wheel several kilometers long. and now there is only one person who cares. to see we are surrounded by garbage everywhere but also there are. on this beach which of course is the very most app

russia nato missile defense project could be a breakthrough for both sides. the secretary general is a champion of joint missile defense on russia's russia's a corporation with nato on missile defense and he made that statement during his first speech on russia please first major speech on any issue that you made in september of last year under the auspices of the carnegie endowment basically you need to realize that no amount of the strategic arms reductions and limitations can transform the russian nato russia western russia us relationship one needs to have a strategic collaborative project and that looks like missile defense is the one thing the silver bullet the project that can and has the potential at least to transform the entire russian western relationship it's a game changer or if with fail to seize a fall that it could be a game breaker. to me three crying in there the head of the carnegie moscow center well to the us now. where president obama's party has lost control over congress in the midterm elections democrats have managed to retain a majority in the senate but the house of representatives is now in the hands of the republicans what with co

russia over the years now nato is trying to get russia on board saying that these this missile defense against a common threat a common threat of ballistic missiles facing both nato members as well as russia now political analysts that we've talked to do say they believe that there is the political will from russia to get together on this issue however a lot of details remain to be heard and in addition there's going to be a need for nato to meet halfway as what we're hearing now aside from those improvements in russian relations which many would characterize that there are still some and many that say nato is simply outdated the situation of course with big question marks are also put not only behind made to suit your own but also behind the mixed years one two three years we have a lot of differences for its current. the relationship to russia the u.s. nuclear weapons in central europe and i'm not sure that this summit can solve these problems so i have the problem with this is that i do not think the approach is correct there are too many strategic differences and they're not really discussed now it's not just analysts who believe nato is outdated it's also average that if in fact righ

russia summit in lisbon will take such important decisions. will the nato russia council become a permanent body in the near future. yeah but actually the nato russia council is already a permanent party it was established in two thousand and two in rome where we discussed the future relationship between nato and russia and it has served us well since then but personally i do believe that it has not yet reached its full potential so i would like to further develop political consultation and practical cooperation within the framework of the nato russia council mr rasmussen while we were waiting with mr macgill of the for you to join us we discuss the the missile threat the anti-missile defense and so on and you said in one of your interviews i quote once again the big decision will be to invite russia to call parades in new clear defense how have you already received an answer from russia to this invitation and how soon could russia and nato reach an agreement on a well something like a joint nuclear defense missile to myself anti-missile defense. russia has not yet given. a clear answer. to that but for good reasons because nato will decide to deve

economy here let's put our attention our focus now on russia and that of moscow how can russia cope and counteract such a currency war yet to be frank russia is not the biggest player in this game and not the biggest country participating in the g. twenty summit russian economy is unfortunately very vulnerable and russia has not so many means to counter. different money relation. done by u.s. or china mainly us because our economies were very much dependent on dollar exchange rate what russia is trying to do in seoul and basically in in the global financial situation to support dorce countries and pull the titians and bankers who are trying to push you to convince united states not to. print dollars and in this particular case russia. china and germany for example but but russia is looked at independently so you're saying that the russian economy is fragile and there russia is attending this summit in more of a supportive manner but what else what else can russian officials be trying to achieve at this summit russian officials. for example. can all make advisor said that russia for example would put the question about. how to. promote. inv

russia saying no under no circumstances would sound so just afghanistan mosco he's willing to cooperate with nato on pizza and to drop all this is in afghanistan because off told russia the country which self esteem most from drug trafficking most still have them produce heroin hands up in russia but analysts are saying that both moscow and made to acknowledge that fundamental differences still divides about but the difference being is that now they are ready to address these sensitive issues to address the open debate the reason for mr rasmussen to morse go to start is to prepare them as we're meeting them to share opinions about the strip digital for the world for their relationship between russia and nato we have been partners in certain situations both we have never had a strategic partnership between us and they do both russia and they do need these stable strategic relationship in order to be a beer more efficient you know our common here for still to come but the common threats and challenges on nato and russian ties have been slowly recovering seen stan shows over georgia's military invasion insall the second two years ago but it seems that nato and moscow are now seeking to push the reset button similar to that which washington and moscow pushed a while ago. well expe

also prospered in eastern and central europe and russia has profited from that russia has profited from peace and stability along western border and russia has profited from the economic development through more trade envoy and more investment in eastern and central europe and this is the reason why i'm quite optimistic about developing a true partnership between nato and russia at a strategic partnership which involves. political consultation and also practical corp mr rasmussen only five countries are reported to contribute to nato's military budget these are the united states france united kingdom greece a no brainier the list includes a country like albania and excluding a country like germany you still optimistic you you you don't see this as a trace of upcoming financial crisis in europe. i have to stress that all twenty eight allies contributed to nato. and as far as defense investments in the individual member states. is concerned. some countries invest more than others but all twenty eight countries contribute to the nato budget obviously it is a challenge that member states are faced with part of it constrains we have to deal w

were destroyed for russia hope raising with nato on hand to drop all this in afghanistan is one of the top priorities because after almost about can produce tyrant hands up in russia russia and nato acknowledge of course that there are fundamental disagreements that still divide russia nato ties have been slowly recovering after russia repelled georgia's military invasion and saw the setting in august two thousand and eight russia's been there is sun city or tornadoes moving east woodside it's nice to see it as one of the top grad students national security but it seems that chances are high that the two sides could push the reset button similar to that the the united states and russia pushed a while ago it was wilson said that the two sides should not treat each other as cold war anime's anymore but rather like modern day partners the right approach would be true develop a true strategic partnership between nato and russia and focus on the areas where we are faced with the same security challenges areas where we share good security concerns show my approach would be the pragmatic true to go for a true strategic partnership plato's blueprint for change also says further

to break down its economic barriers so russia can step in and assist what is a financial crisis across the e.u. could russia help and is this an example of russia offering a helping hand and got and kind of ride to the rescue of europe here do you think. i think having in mind russia's being in the rescue of europe is a little bit farfetched but i despite being very critical of the russian government's attitude as far as the rule of law is concerned i think russia historically in the future is a natural ally to germany and it's a natural ally to europe we cannot think of europe without thinking as well of russia russia is effect a matter of fact a political matter of fact and i've always advocated the strongest the closest possible ties not only between germany and russia but between russia and the european union i think it's a good idea to to use this opportunity of crisis because crisis from time to very creative and president putin no prime minister putin has is totally right in saying can we open a new chapter in trade relationship in trade relations between the european community and russia i think we have to make this very concrete we hav

russia's assertion to but russia is expecting the assistance of some other countries which countries do you mean that could influence georgia persuade. before any country into there with you or any country can book a session in country since it's a concern consensual if not the majority of war in the eyes. till the very last moment until. the in argument comes that a country is. accepted to the elites here this is not taken any country including georgia can look to russia russia. but what makes us confident that we can go through this process is the real interest of our major partners. both in europe and the united states in russia joining. we know that they're interested so it's clear that they will try to help. the there is a technical way to communicate with her for our swiss partners. as our representatives . right now so certain switzerland will be one of their partners but we also expect support for our our other partners in this process. another common one xperience outhaul than rather critics of what you do with the president say that the problem is actually in the fact that the demand for integration products is extremely low in russia as well as the level up competition would you agree at least partially because i was fully with that and you know we started working on our own arm of the middle initial program that i visit the same idea that we should to stimulate demand for innovation how can you do something which is out of the mark block th

think about the role of walt as one of the stimulation of fact that we should means russia is a supporter of the russia russia is a supporter of the sadia it's still to be discussed what exactly the old world could be. we are far from the. suggestion that the goal should become a new standard to move again to the gold standard. risks involved in such a scenario. could be even greater than the current station but we could see a greater role of new digital reserve currencies in gold in the new mine to the system and this subject is going to be caused by both experts finance minister central bank governance and leaders i during the french presidency a conference french presidency in two thousand to have an says aide to the russian president at one point spotlight we'll be back shortly we'll continue this interview in less than a minute after a break so stay with us don't go. sweet and cleaver. and very useful. radioactive and dangerous. and even dead and desolate. they only keep their unique secrets their bottoms unique lakes on our t.v. . welcome back to the spotlight an album of and just a reminder that my gue

longstanding perception that developed related to russia's cooperation with their wrong on the bush era nuclear reactor two arms sales from russia to iran. russia obviously in the past had often. really reluctant to support the united states on iran and i think it takes. on one level it just takes some time for people to. move a little bit away from those longer held views says paul saunders of the executives' director of the nixon center spotlight will be back with can do things to be in that and the minutes and. hungry for the full story we've gone to. the biggest issues get a human voice ceased to face with the news makers. and welcome back to spotlight i'm al gore in love and just a reminder that my guest here in the studio today is paul saunders the executive director of the nixon center where we're we're talking about russia's relations with the united states and the possibility of of a change in these relations are the deterioration of these relations if republicans of the republicans that are gaining more and more power in american policy partakes lately will start influencing the foreign policy more and more we just came to a sort of a

russia may be making friendly noises towards nato now because of that as we know there's a rapprochement between the alliance and russia but in my view it's basically formal in other words these are gestures but they. meant well i don't think russia is playing a double game i'm not trying to say that i'm simply saying that the war cannot be won the union learned that lesson in the one nine hundred eighty s. the british learnt it in the nineteenth century and the americans are in the process of learning it although it seems that they haven't learned yet so i don't believe that a military solution could in other words the shipment of arms could pacify afghanistan no it will be talking about the us effort with afghanistan's foreign minister that interview coming your way in about fifteen minutes here on r.t. . there are two three issues that the creative tension that would be sure of detainees be sure of civilian casualties division do the shoe of the night raids in the house moved in more afghan forces would be charged off to come but listen this would be discussing the problems. also in the news this week china is seeking to ease tensions on the korean peninsula by proposing an emergency meeting of the six nations involved in the

a structural crisis which has to be dealt with together specifically by russia and to europe and talking about how russia russia's economy is recovering at the moment from the crisis he gave some numbers saying that of the g.d.p. growth of this year is expected to be over four percent four to four and a half percent which is quite impressive the figures and also said that the huli g.d.p. in russia is estimated to be around one trillion euros which is quite impressive as well and it grows by around fifty to seventy billion euros every year which obviously makes russia quite an interesting port or for businesses here in europe now you go to other than the comment to the russian prime minister had to say at this summit in germany he also published an article in a german newspaper can you give us the gist of what that had to say. absolutely right and publish an article in these you go newspaper which actually organizing this forum where the heads of some of the more successful and influential germans german companies are putting their heads together figuring out ways to move forward . in the current economic situatio

russia's russia. corporation with nato on missile defense he made that statement during his first speech on russia first major speech on any issue that he made in september last year under the auspices of the carnegie endowment basically you need to realize that no amount of the strategic arms reduction in those limitations can transform the russian state the old russia western russia us relationship one nice to have a strategic collaborative project and it looks like missile defense is the one thing the silver bullet the project that kim has the potential at least to transform the entire russian western relationship it's a game changer or if with fail to seize upon that it could be a game breaker. scandalous and hysterical is how russia viewed the temporary recall of the japanese ambassador from moscow the reaction followed president medvedev this visit to the russian coup real islands which tokyo claims for itself as artie's office on a boycott reports moscow says a more visits are planned to promote business development in that region. it's a leftover from the second world war old soviet tanks rustin

is that the modernization of russia is a very very important one russia is of course very important. very important for materials for instance in gas. of course russia must start first a five is economy. strong and that germany is a good partner and a very important partner in that for me i am very happy that discussions with the w.c. . and russia are very are going very well and that russia is a very important partner and a very important new member in that organization and prime minister putin suggested yesterday to have a free zone. for in the future to have free zones between europe and russia and i i agree with that and i think russia and europe are strategic partners that of course have to broaden its potential and they must develop that. and there are of course problems that we have to overcome and problems that we have to solve and first of all it's the question to the question of russia becoming a member of the w and there of course other very many other things that we need to talk about we need of course to also talk about the e.u. russia partnership a treaty all and it's going very well should we have talked about individual steps and we

russia as a nation have a clear understanding russia's participation in this project is possible and will be based on equal footing before we go into this project this work should be carried out before leaders of our state take decisions well russia is currently providing nato with crucial support in afghanistan it provides a military supply routes for the afghan war and just recently russia to part for the first time a. in many years in a president a joint open ration against. several drug producing with more interest trucks were hundreds of millions of dollars were destroyed for russia so brazen with nato on hand to drop policies in afghanistan is one of the top priorities because after almost about confused hiring hands up in russia russia and nato acknowledge of course that there are fundamental disagreements that still divide russia nato ties have been slowly recovering after russia repelled georgia's military invasion in seoul the setting in august two thousand and eight been there is sun city or tornadoes moving east woodside it's nice to see it as one of the top threat states national security but it seems that chances are high that the two sides could push it was said bottom similar to that the the united states and russ

russia. hungry for the full story we've got. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. you always see your headlines now closer economic ties between russia and the e.u. plus of the business undevelopment the message for prime minister vladimir putin some of germany's top industrialists. in. a russian cosmonaut. have made a successful landing back on earth they spent five months doing tests of all sorts on the international space station. joseph stalin was responsible for the caps in which twenty two thousand people were killed the tragedy souder relations between moscow and warsaw. well up next we take a look at some of the latest and greatest from the world of high tech and.

meaning problems in the relations between russia and germany russia and the european union for example the european union's concerns over russia's and kazakhstan's and bellows customs union. that has been discussed as well by going to put and has ensured that this will not hurt the relations between the european union and russia and russia succession into the organization which was also talked about it wasn't only just about business and serious topics and numbers and charts in fact. talked about the russian bid to host the two thousand and eighteen and two thousand and twenty two football world cups and actually said that he hopes germany will support russia's bids and will help russia get these bills just as to you will help us rather overcomes the consequences of a global economic crisis he's drinking at believe she's misinformed just previously in the day we also heard some of that a legendary humorist from what one person let's listen to what he had to say when talking about quite a serious subject energy security in europe. you know that sort of german community doesn't like nuclear power i don't want to make any comments.

russia's corporation with nato on missile defense he made that statement during his first speech on russia first major speech on any issue. in september last year under the auspices of the carnegie endowment basically you need to realize that no amount of the strategic arms reductions would love a geisha and can transform the russian russia western russia us relationship one nice to have those that teach a collaborative project and it looks like. it is the one thing the silver bullet the project that king has the potential at least to transform the entire russian western relationship it's a game changer or it was failed to seize appalled that it could be a game breaker. scandalous and hysterical is how russia viewed her as a temporary recall of the japanese ambassador from moscow the reaction of all the president he had of visiting the russian core alliance which tokyo claims for itself and his art is a sign of boyko reports moscow says more visits are planned to promote this is developments in the region. it's a leftover from the second world war old soviet tanks rusting on the sure. but their barrels pointed toward japan there are about to be scrapped from nacho when the visit by the russian president put them at the center of another fiery exchange between russia and japan discovered in the seventeenth century the all

the remaining problems in the relations between russia and germany russia and the european union for example the european union's concerns over russia's and kazakhstan's and bellows customs union. that has been discussed as well was going to put in has ensured that this will not hurt the relations between the european union and russia and russia succession into the organization which was also talked about so quite a lot of issues were talked about here but the general mood is that both sides are eager to continue increasing cooperation and moving towards each other. well as you say some pretty positive talk there today serious talk too but it won't be without its lighter moments has it. well yes absolutely it wasn't only just about business and serious topics and numbers and charts in fact. talked about the russian bid to host the two thousand and eighteen and two thousand and twenty two football world cups and actually said that he hopes germany will support russia's bids and will help russia get these busy just as to what will help each other overcome the consequences of the global economic crisis speaking at the business forum just

russia's domestic competitions and that's already happening according to paddy woodbridge but the players themselves are ready to go the extra mile to. the team and become naturalized citizens of russia to realize they're in big dreams if we're fortunate enough to go in the off chance to go i mean we'd be all too willing to make if it works make it happen you know when you're on a team you spend so much time train together and then you know together with and with aleck's an alexander we know it would mean the world to them to get to you know represent by shana international competition if we can help them do that that would not for us human resources is just one of the it's the goals that needs to be overcome and routes olympic glory suitable infrastructure for curling is the next hurdle which will be at sac old head on by russiasport bosses and according to hans what ridge the chief ice maker at the vancouver olympics now hired by the russian olympic committee the success of curling is possible in russia sport will get more popular ask us time goes on you know like in canada we have over one million up to students. it's just going to grow to more it's going to grow you can have steak could england have wheelchair curling you can have all kinds of things that all that are new so you you will have you just need some of these and maybe they sneakers and you need people that do precise move even though occurring in russia at the moment is under developed to say the least the country's national teams are expected to deliver a good result at the winter and of big games in sochi and those home games in the year twenty fourteen could become the necessary catalyst for the advancement of this so far exotic sport in the biggest country on earth or among costs or of artsy . and that's all the sports news i think. the sid

russia's borders on to the previous administration of the united states had world relations with russia and up to drop a bomb a scrap those last several countries like germany have been saying that russia must be a part of the new show at the moment russia and nato are working on an important document which they dub a joint assessment of the main threats and challenges of the twenty first century they will decide on those rides on the side and where they originate from now another important issue on today's agenda will be again a stop russell says because it is comes just as we talked to a very important and i'm for saddam to joint oh gracious in afghanistan russian intelligence officers helped carry out an antidote to operate which destroyed several tons of firewood worth over two hundred million tula's. russia's saying that under no circumstances would sun soldiers step ghana stand but it is willing to continue working with nato want to have good agitprop policy most apparently because in afghanistan and up in russia is just still the main issues on today's agenda pull still be many more it seems that these two days told. it will provide kind of a relaxed break icebreaker before the

poor is to deal with russia because we vote russia there is no solution in europe and no solution in the major problems of the world of a world where last we actually need invited russia to cooperate in the joint european missile defense system what does this mean how do you actually see russia's role in the future of european affairs affairs in the years to come well the russian position is fair i mean because just say ok we're we have a balance worth thanks to burn nuclear weapons and that we've your. we've your children your anti me side system you want to break this. calabria we've vis balance between the major player and that's not fair i understand the russian concern about that. and i think if the us want the chilled to be accepted very need to include russia into the systems they need to associate russian in this system of security it's impossible to to deal with voter russia also we've chilled because if not what will it mean that the myside chile is targeted against russia also nato and by russia to take part in their summit in the subline this month how will that play out how do you see russia nato relationship taking up from here as you see nato needs russ

means higher oil prices higher metal prices which russia's boosts russia's trade position as well as its fiscal position saw at least initially russia is one of the beneficiaries of capital flows that may change of course they are a year from now the priority of things to get money in. time not fail in markets that. four million here must go to a four wing with a mind six mil slipping into the red seventeen will soon after among the bigots be helping lend support isn't real cynical which is putting on more than one percent. and european stock markets are trading for his losses for the financial sector earnings announcements from the likes of siemens and be cheap through in london bt shares rose three point one percent off the telecom serve increased its cool calls . promise to supply no less than ten billion cubic meters of natural gas per year to south korea starting in five years time at present russia supplies just liquefied natural gas to asia in modest volumes but plans to deliver as much gas to region as it sends to europe such an employer covert reports. asia in poor it's just one twentieth of the gas that russia supplies to