the russian technology sector the first thing that comes to mind are russian scientists toiling away at a top secret lab somewhere in siberia a savage stereotype that persists to this day however the reality is much more exciting i.t. nuclear space and other technologies are experiencing dramatic growth with the state support and encouragement the sector has been getting in the past several years russian high tech ideas have great potential to turn into world class businesses many of them are developed here at the skolkovo innovation center which is russia's largest innovation supporter and a new global technology hub already nearly eight hundred startup ideas at skolkovo have resident status and many of them receive financial assistance according to bloomberg global innovation and x. russia ranks the world's fourteenth most innovative country its peers with norway and belgium and is well ahead of china and even israel one of the signs for this is hyper development of the russian internet russian has become the internet second most used language according to a recent web survey by w.

this is not about the loan that the russians have given this is about russian deposits in cypriot banks and the russians actually have gotten pretty lazy about using cyprus as an offshore banking system they should have expanded and sort of moved their assets around a little bit. it's right because it's very convenient a lot of legitimate business is really like that matthew. michael you want to jump in. it's not factually correct to the level of the polls it's in the banks it's seventy billion euros and the cypriot central bank says the russian deposits are one tenth of the seven billion euros some private sector estimates put it but still it's not the case that these are russian deposits from the total deposits matthew what is the future of the what makes the situ is what makes the situation unique well does it make the right anybody have to put those dip in the moody's is put those deposits at thirty percent for russians ok i've read the same thing we i guess we're not going to resolve that issue on this program right now matthew where does the euro go now it's going to reform go for

good we had a russian stove spec in europe why having a russian stove in the household was considered a must. feel younger daughter living together with her sons are still in i keep a close eye on the life of russia to decide whether they want to come here. it's very beautiful here. we decided to stay and are not planning on moving anywhere. when we came here an old woman by the name of or yama lived in this house she was an old believer. after she died one and half years ago when moved into her house. and were happy to live here. ok now it's time to place the day when the stove the village of received a new lease of life with the arrival of believe. in the morning they go to church to pray. after that it's time to get down to work children are given an early introduction to adult life. to begin with when the boys are allowed to handle the simplest of jobs. married women here are obliged to cover their head. of guff e.-a is split from her husband but she wears a scarf nonetheless there has been no formal to force the people in it's not ready yet it has to be big for another fifteen mi

russian economy. was made during his annual address the russian parliament this year and here still to talk to this idea that we really have to make environment and russian economy more comfortable for those that got to invest their money. and to keep the money here on russian soil the biggest concern in the biggest and the fairness which president putin talked about here concern small businesses private who have the money in cyprus and we're talking here at least around forty thousand people who have their money in the offshore accounts they will suffer and this is something of course which is now being seriously condemned by moscow but then of course cyprus is in a very difficult position either it risks losing the bailout funds which of course will keep the country buoyant if it goes ahead with that then of course it loses its foreign investment investment so you know what does it do the reason feeling that cyprus may be shooting itself in the leg in the sense that it's been living off the offshore

relatively wealthy russians. about a third of the deposits in cyprus we know are foreign. a large chunk of them are russian. russia didn't get the eurozone into this mess. russia has been there to help. >> cyprus knows having turned to russia for help, it's policy makers who are opposed to higher tax on higher earnings in those banks and it is to some extent an ironic legacy because it was russia's bank failures that made cyprus a part of russians keeping their money in safer places offshore and reinvesting when the appropriate time came and now it's the same crisis in the eurozone which is driving the pendulum back the other way. steve, can you give us a sense of what happens now in moscow? >> well, there's many, many ways that the russians could lose out on this under the current plan. the risk of default. risk of changes to domestic tax rates that we have been alluded to that are attractive for those russian companies in cyprus. in terms of the broader solution, whether it is just the changing of the terms of

russian living near washington, d.c.ael zatoli. the murphies zatoli and others lived across the united states. they pursued academic degrees and held jobs in banking in telecom. donald heath field and tracy leeann foley even groomed their son to become a spy. >> we say long-term it is 30 years, it's get your second generation into the united states. >> coming up... >> local montclair police cars and fbi agents coming in and out of their house. it was just a shshshshshshsh >> you are my wife. >> in the television series "the americans" keri russell and matthew reese play russian spies living under deep cover as a suburban couple. the series was inspired the fbi's ghost stories which revealed a russian spy ring here in america. >> one of the things we looked for in this entire investigation is do we have the entire network. that's what you are trying to weave together in these whether you are walking past each other exchanging information or money or sitting in a coffee shop with a computer. >> it was inside this starbucks

or keep village in the negev desert exactly half past the hour here in the russian capital as promised kate is here with the business news and katie well rich russians are at all happy about the potential bailout deal in cyprus still that's what we're going to be concentrating on in the business vote and how it will affect russian billionaires and also sensible savers as well as the journal for the right of way having full analysis in the business but listen katie thanks. is easy to be easy. illo . thanks so much live. live. live. live. live. live. live. live. live. live live live. well come to visit thank you very much indeed for joining me. cyprus has always been a popular place for wealthy russians so just sensible savers to park their cash because it's been a safe haven it is after the european bailout plan to freeze bank accounts this weekend and the levy a tax of ten percent on all accounts over one hundred thousand euros all could be set to change if the vote goes through in the cypriot parliament now to put this all into practice as you can see twenty five percent of cypriot ba

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. >> german-russian tensions after moscow searches and german ngo 's. berlin sent -- suns a russian envoy in protest. >> the green light given to the rebels in their fight against the assad regime. >> the u.s. supreme court takes up the controversial issue of same-sex marriage. >> the state of relations between russia and germany is tense at this hour following new raids on a number of german ngo 's in various russian cities. >> non-governmental organizations include a foundation which has close links to chancellor merkel's party. some of its computers were confiscated, and the foundation linked to the german social democrats was also searched. these searches are part of what activists are calling a crackdown on western non- governmental organizations deemed to be working as foreign agents. the german foreign ministry is calling the actions unacceptable and has summoned the russian envoy to give an explanation. let's crossover now live to moscow and our correspondent. russia passed a law last year that paved the way for such searches. why are russian la

russian relations has been removed according to author and analyst mark macaulay. i think you go down as a pundit capitalist to gawk who was more concerned with power than money his political judgment was very very poor because during the year he seemed to be writing very very hard. because of school do good and as a man who became a dollar millionaire undercover trophy he became a billionaire under yeltsin but for him tragically misjudged the situation after president putin came to power and ended up perhaps a relatively poor man people are very important and interests in fact seemed to come down to the relations between two countries regarding an individual west remember that because of a call for the physical overthrow of president believe putin when he was in power. that's pretty serious and he made many accusations. that the recess nation attempts against his life he play mostly blamed russia for that and so on that poisoned relations between moscow and london you could find it always in english press with his name came up. people expected a scandal and had wh

russian government. the regular appearances have already made themselves problems for themselves they've now created a very fundamental problem not only for cyprus but a problem that's come out have contagion make me today in spain and other countries in europe in other words. damage to the banking system as a whole damage to the idea that if you put your money enough buying say the relationship between russia and europe is obviously damaged but even the russians are not the aggressors what you think will be the consequences of the whole situation the cyprus banks would not be drained of all of their money. and if they open up and whatever it isn't today style mostly they start everybody is going to take it up they'll shut their. doors again i think the. this situation is is going to kill the whole of the financial system in cyprus. let's go to the markets go to the u.s. ones gaining just there that's the head of the federal reserve meeting today we've also got the european markets to contend with as wel

river great russian fighter but i think it's it's you know it's a beginning process. and they're learning her right or we're going to have a lot of great riders come out of here a lot of refreshed. and closing his master class in the russian capital one of the world's martial arts i guess steven seagal made sure that he would be coming back. about ferdinand r.t. moscow. let's move to another combat sport requiring quick reflexes fencing last weekend the prestigious moscow saber event was held in the capital where a russian limpy and who was returning from a paternity break crowned a memorable year to take individual gold medal i chose has more. the spectacular moscow saber france in two newman's has been captivated crowds in the capital since nine hundred seventy three two hundred competitors from twenty three countries took part in those this year it was the st petersburg native who claimed the men's crown twenty six year old nicholas coverlid finished third at the london and in peaks then took time off for the birth of his second child but has now produced a first b

. >> german-russian tensions after moscow searches and german ngo 's. berlin sent -- suns a russian envoy in protest. >> the green light given to the rebels in their fight against the assad regime. >> the u.s. supreme court takes up the controversial issue of same-sex marriage. >> the state of relations between russia and germany is tense at this hour following new raids on a number of german ngo 's in various russian cities. >> non-governmental organizations include a foundation which has close links to chancellor merkel's party. some of its computers were confiscated, and the foundation linked to the german social democrats was also searched. these searches are part of what activists are calling a crackdown on western non- governmental organizations deemed to be working as foreign agents. the german foreign ministry is calling the actions unacceptable and has summoned the russian envoy to give an explanation. let's crossover now live to moscow and our correspondent. russia passed a law last year that paved the way for such searches. why are russian la

failed to agree on a rescue plan after intense negotiations in the russian capital. picks up the story . prime minister medvedev said that russia will be willing to provide any needed assistance to rescue the cypriot economy only when brussels and you can see a find a common language on the ways out of this crisis this came shortly after the cypriot finance minister said that he had not received any help he was willing to get in the most go and left the russian capital the proposals by the cypriot finance minister off joint company between cyprus and russia on the exploring the natural resources fields on the island did not meet any interest on the russian investment companies and the chance of russia providing an emergency loan to the island was not even considered because cyprus is under a certain limit imposed by the european union of having loans from other countries and by getting this loan from russia it would have violated this limit and of certainly violated the internal economic agreements within the european union so that's where the talks between cyprus an

lot of russians do their banking in cyprus want to go to cyprus there are plenty of other places they could go to it's not the only offshore banking area is it well if you read the press i mean the press always says it's all tied to the money laundering and there is that there's definitely that element but the reality is that russians russia laws are recent they've been around for a little more than twenty years and it's very difficult to create a company and run a company under russian laws because it's very easy for somebody to illegally take over a country would they call raiding because somebody comes in with a gun or whatever into an office and they make people sign documents they forged documents take company stamps etc and if you have an offshore company you. prevent against doing that and of all the offshore drilling stiction with british type laws only cyprus allows russians to go to their country without a visa so it's easy and it's and it's all convenient yeah absolutely and also when you want to. change the shareholding of a company or if you want to attract investment you

yes, even the russian mob.ith the fallout. >> cyprus is not a tax haven for russia. it is the tax haven for russian billionaires and millionaires. russia investment is five times the total economic output for pi cyprus and they account for about 1/3 of the total. one is the fertilizer magnate who is the biggest holder. he bought donald trump's $100 million estate in palm beach and his daughtered because sandy weill's $80 million condo in new york. why did they buy it when they knew the banks in trouble? there are fewer other choices. governments around the world are cracking down on tax evasions. switzerland, monaco and singapore are complying with the tax rules. cyprus may be the option for the russian rich. >>> thank you. despite billions in russian cash, the country's government has long denied it's a russian dirty laundry haven. ken ruock is a convicted money launderer and author of the book "the money launderer." >> remember, while cyprus is part of the eu, geographically it's right next door to the russia