they can prove a russian accountant who died in prison was part of a massive embezzlement scheme sergei magnitsky exact role that hermitage capital became a massive scandal after he died of a heart attack behind bars or he's a catarina groucho has the details. investigators say they have found that sergei magnitsky the died in custody was not a lower assay claims but was an accountant worked at hermitage capital and in particular and he was in charge of working out techs of asian schemes investigators say that magni scheme was a major mover in the organization of unpleasing of almost five and a half billion rubles an equivalent of almost two hundred million dollars all the details of that were revealed at a press conference in moscow tuesday easy years since sergei magnitsky died in a prison hospital of heart attack as their game of musical was arrested in two thousand and eight and charges of taxation and embezzlement and he died up for eleven months after he was arrested in custody but he's lawyers claim that client died after being repeatedly refused access to medical treatment repor

and mineral deposit and is believed to have vast oil and gas reserves russian's foreign minister sergey lavrov reiterated that the russian leader is free to visit any region in the country. gets. japan's reaction to president medvedev strip to the poor alliance is unacceptable it is our land and the russian president was visiting a russian territory i'm sure we've already explained this to our japanese partners today we will summon japan's ambassador to russia to once again on the big was lee reiterate this position we're not going to take any steps that would hinder relations was the japanese side should make its own conclusion. so what president medvedev says russia's interest in developing the creel islands russia's interest that i should say in developing the creel islands r.t. is on a boycott has been following the leaders of those it to the region. made a video for us of the first leader of either russia or the soviet union to visit those islands and one of the reasons why russian and soviet leaders have been so reluctant to venture into that part of the country is because they di

the story begins here. >> the lawyer's name was sergei magnitsky.rs ago, detectives searched his offices. they said they had come to investigate taxes. it is suggested they really wanted something else. >> they went to my entire office and turned it upside down. they took every document for every client that had paid a huge amount of russian taxes. when one of my attorneys tried to stop them and tell them they had a warrant for one company and they were taking all of the other companies that had nothing to do with the investigation, they put him in a room and beat him so badly he was hospitalized for three weeks. something was very wrong. >> he discovered that they were stealing companies' by registering them under new owners. the new boss was a convicted killer. then'b:00tx he battled with the company about fraudulent tax rebates. $330 million was paid with no questions asked. >> to approve a $230 million tax return has got to got to ministry global. it does not go any lower than deputy minister. >> detective who led the raid and the police investi

investigators say they have found that sergei magnitsky died in custody was not a lawyer at sea claims but was an accountant worked at hermitage capital and named particular and he was in charge of working out techs of asian schemes investigators say that magnes he was a major mover in the organization of one puzzling almost five and a half billion rubles an equivalent of almost two hundred million dollars all the details of that were revealed at a press conference in moscow tuesday he's a years since sergei magnitsky died in a prison hospital of heart attack was a game and misty was arrested in two thousand eight hundred charges of taxation and embezzlement and he died up for eleven months after he was arrested in custody but he's lawyers claim that client died after being repeatedly refused access to medical treatment reports suggest that he suffered a cold blooded disease and needed special treatment circumstances all his stuff that sparked a huge scandal it quickly became a high profile case president dmitry medvedev and into it he ordered a criminal investigation and sacked a numb

politics is shifting to the asia pacific region and that's the view of russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov he was speaking in china at a meeting of ministers of three emerging powers russia india and china part of a powerful bloc known as brick which is hoping to change the economic landscape of the planet so who's already leaving the dominant powers of today behind artist s. are cilia knows the answer. from a pile of ruins right after the second world war to an economic powerhouse second only to the us all in the span of a single lifetime major pan economic miracle while you enjoy it but

a major overhaul of russia's law enforcement should be carried down to now lawyers of sergei magnitsky lawyers working at hermitage capital demand that apart from investigation into their former employees case an internal probe should be carried out the case has been also taken up abroad hermitage capital. has called on the european parliament and legislators in britain the united states and poland to impose a visa balance some six state officials russian officials from traveling to those countries to the bond believes are connected to what needs the states the russian investigators to say that they've taken up the case seriously and will continue to look into circumstances of magnitsky staff the katrina thanks very much indeed for that update live from central moscow. at least seven suspects in kosovo have been charged with persuading people to sell their organs with false offers of cash one of the accused previously faced allegations of trafficking body parts of serbian prisoners during the kosovo war and as sara firth found out that conflict and course of his later declaration of in

russian foreign minister sergey lavrov is here in oslo to meet his no we didn't counterpart eunice terra relationship between russia and no we have been progress in quite well since the t. managed to settle a lot of running to retort a feud over a huge area in the bering sea believed to hold massive oil and gas reserves in september the leaders of the two countries signed torak agreement divided equally and also agreed on a joint exploration pact mr lavrov and mr expected to discuss here to work out here knows the practical details and how to realize the main points of these milestone agreement of course the impact it can have on the region's future as a hero the arctic with its huge energy potential and its hard value as a transfer true it is a very lucrative pie with many nations including canada the united states of america and turn marks out for a peace that is to remain a number of unsettled to rhetorical disputes between the so-called nations and amidst this crumble this global scramble know when russia hope they will be able to set a good example for all those states to follow an

this is the head of the family sergei and his wife elin and daughter lie elena and her little daughter a mirror i just can't believe it happened and i don't know who could do something like this the bodies of the victims were found in this house investigators say that killers literally slaughtered everyone who got in their way the owners and their guests there to celebrate russia's national unity day would be a matter of eight men have already been arrested in connection with the modus one of them said gates of poker is an influential. who is alleged to be the mastermind behind hundreds of other bloody acts of terror that wealthy landowner is also alleged to have his own private army disguised as a security firm besides many unsolved murders and rape cases the gang is also suspected of reckon tieri in the aftermath of the horror of the are still stocks the streets here people afraid of being the next victims of rape. only if. their neighbor was also killed not so long ago he and his son were shot right on the porch of their home someone is in someone's way investigators say it may have

well you've been just watching a news conference given by the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov and his afghan counterparts as all my oversaw all the to discuss the importance of existing cooperation as well as new prospects of mutual engagement in tackling regional problems well we'll have more on this later from our correspondents to stay with us for that if you can. for the. we've got. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov met with afghan counterpart to discuss the operation which has been strong will flakes join me for some details in just a short while. the strength regimes in russia's orphanages for the mountain way disabled leave youngsters struggling to stand for themselves in the real world. and americans facing a thanksgiving pat down at airports are unhappy with many opting to go cold turkey on one of the busiest travel weekends of the year. and eight billion dollars of new deal sealed at the russian summer the chinese economic forum in moscow we take a look at the deepening trade ties between t

and do you feel like the trial is a political trial and also question to sergei lavrov two years of a barmah it started out in a very very positive for the russian u.s. relations has there been a wake up call in those relations. released in great trouble to you of course is the rule of law and democracy and human rights always a topic between us and of course i always talk about it when i'm in russia. it's always it's also has been we have also discussed the trial of michael court costs game it's a trial and a topic that attracted world attention and i take it very seriously when the russian side explains to us that we have to trust the independence of the justice system at the same time in a civil the civil in the public and worldwide there is clearly a concern about the circumstances of the struggle and honest concern about. about. this trial. but we think. it's in russia's interest that all these concerns are taken seriously not just here but also the others that have talked about it. and we're going to give that to you a proof my colleague did raise this issue for obvious reasons

nato and russia need to leap from the cold war to real partnership so says russian foreign minister sergei lavrov he was speaking as nato chief anders fogh rasmussen is in moscow to boost partnership with russia. president obama will have to make compromises to pass laws that his democrats lose their hold over congress in the midterm vote house of representatives is now under republican control but many americans fear it's corporate money that's actually running the country. but iraq suffering the fallout from one of its bloodiest weeks for months after at least seventy six people were killed in an inept taxon shia neighborhoods and with u.s. forces stepping down local militias are falling back to local more boards and al-qaeda. to find out how the iraqi military will try to cope with these challenges ahead next hour team meets general mohamed al us kaare a spokesman from iraq's ministry of defense that's coming up after a short break. question is that so much i can go if i didn't join the model is the taliban bad guys we came we being in journalism or no pay for commiseration with an unmi

minister sergey lavrov just just wrapping up a news conference with nato chief. in moscow here they touched upon a raft of issues including joint missile defense or at least the possibility of it cooperation in afghanistan of course the recent diplomatic row with japan was also brought up. foreign minister lavrov did say that the upcoming nato russia summit in lisbon to happen at the end of this month is expected to be the end of the cold war and the beginning of real cooperation between nato and russia we're going to take a short break and then i'll have more at the top of the hour stay with us.

them but russia has ownership say that their ownership is disputed and here is what foreign minister sergei lavrov had to say about that meeting. as decrees dry minutes sunil it's a con once again expressed regret over president medvedev sousa to can assure islands president drift. our vision of the situation the president decided seems self region to visit this is our territory and things will stay this way the president all foods to change their approach to the issue of the peace treaty and to prioritize the economy instead well there will be more bilateral talks happening to more the second day of the summit and the one that we are looking forward to is the one between russian president medvedev and us president barack obama will have to wait and see if something was come out of that. reporting there well this is r.t. and there are many more stories on your way this hour including soon we take you to . phone numbers in my fastest on the course like a brazilian supermodel fifteen seconds it's a place for love torn a war torn guide where they learn to pick up one o one and they're prepared

to russia need to leap from cold war to real partnership as according to russian foreign minister sergey lavrov he was speaking as nato chief anders fogh rasmussen is and moscow to boost partnership with russian led us president obama will have to make compromises to pass laws as the democrats lose their hold over congress in the midterm vote thousand representatives is now firmly under republican control but many americans fear it's corporate money that's actually running the country. plus iraq struggles to maintain peace in one of its bloodiest weeks months. next at least seventy six people have been killed and more than two hundred wounded in a series of attacks and attacks centered around baghdad shia neighborhoods this comes only two days after al-qaeda militants took a christian congregation hostage resulting in a firefight that left fifty eight dead despite the escalate. in violence a complete u.s. pullout is still scheduled for next year with a growing feeling among iraqis that they're being abandoned it's forcing some to even join the enemy one sunni militia group praised by the

questions were raised whether russia was going to be back in afghanistan with its troops to that sergei lavrov the son to clear and loud message today russia is not going to take part in the war in afghanistan. if there are speculations that russia will return to afghanistan so this is a problem it's totally out of the question russian troops will never return to afghanistan this is our firm position that will not be changed apart from global issues like european security and the war in afghanistan of the two partners discussed stimulus packages for the economies modernizing the point to me is trade between the two and an a g cooperation in an issue which is important and crucial for the economies of both countries all feeding imaginary cows and growing nonexistent fruit are just some of what you taxpayers have to foot the bill for to the tune of over a billion euros a year that the european commission has found that fraudulent payments have doubled last year with most irregularities and fons going to the poorest regions shad herbert from open europe the think tag concerned with improvi

questions were raised whether russia was going to be back in afghanistan with its troops to that sergei lavrov a son to clear and loud message today russia is not going to take part in the war in afghanistan if the ball is still stupid so if there are speculations that russia will return to afghanistan this is a problem it's totally out of the question russian troops will never return to afghanistan this is our firm position that will not be changed apart from global issues like european security and the war in afghanistan of the two partners discussed a stimulus packages for the economies modernizing the phone to me so trade between the two and and achieve that cooperation in an issue which is important and crucial for the economies of both countries. well check out our website for a lot more stories blogs and videos and here's a taste of what's online right now what our team dot com the time bob is ticking for american students who are now over the government more than credit card debt errors and with no jobs around most have no way to pay. in bad moscow joined in with the best of the

well the latest we're hearing is that sergey lavrov the russian foreign minister has said that the that the russian ambassador to japan will not be recalled in a tit for tat type move the foreign minister also pulling no punches in his language using very strong language to condemn japan's actions saying that the stirring up of emotion in japan by by condemned by calling the ambassador in the wake of president medvedev visit was scandalous he also said that this was an internal matter for japan to deal with and if they want to call their own boss today than that was up to them. but he also said the medvedev president made this any one of the other three carolyn's historical islands of the disputed in the region the president of may make third the visits to those in the future this to this all comes just a week before next weekend these two countries would were supposed to be meeting at the apec summit and they were being planned bilateral talks between the president of russia and the prime minister of japan now the kremlin have said that president medvedev is still attending those talks

questions were raised whether russia was going to be back in afghanistan with its troops to that sergei lavrov said. son to clear and loud message today russia is not going to take part in the war in afghanistan. you almost almost will see if there are speculations that russia will return to afghanistan and this is a probably cations it's totally out of the question russian troops will never return to afghanistan this is our firm position that will not be changed. look through which to look to surely today's ministerial meeting was stopped partnership and modernization so apart from globally shoes like european security and the war in afghanistan of the two partners discussed a stimulus packages for the economies modernizing the economy is said trade between the two and and the koch ration in an issue which is important and crucial for the economies of both countries. has to get out cho reporting live from moscow. well do check out our website for a lot more stories of blogs and videos online for you right now at our car bomb making for american students now all the government more than

well the german foreign minister has been meeting with his russian counterpart sergei lavrov here in moscow and following it all for us is our to use because you know groucho for now joins us live hi there you've had to do not tell us more about the main issues the two foreign ministers have been focusing on. but me so a range of issues and the nature of those issues which the two foreign ministers address at a press conference today again showed that the russian german relationship. period as a relationship based on finance and business is now dovetailing into something bigger and to strong police go beyond it a strategic partnership diplomacy and security it is remarkable the basement is sterile meeting comes on the food steps on the hills and now there are a trilateral meeting between the three continents the polish russia germany and france which to college place in. on the agenda of that meeting was the upcoming g. twenty summit the middle east peace process at ghana's iran and today again the ministers focused on some of the most difficult and john just points out becoming g. t

foreign minister sergei lavrov made the remark to reporters in norway on tuesday. the foreign minister said he talked with medvedev and that the president was satisfied with his visit to kunashiri. he said the president is considering a budget increase to help boost development on those islands. the other russian-held islands medvedev plans to visit include habomai and shikotan. a joint declaration signed 54 years ago by japan and the soviet union says that two of the four disputed islands, habomai and shikotan, would be returned to japan after signing a peace treaty. observers say that president medvedev's planned visit to the islands is a move to confirm russia's policy that all the islands are its territory. it is also to keep in check japan's position. >>> conductor seiji ozawa has become the first japanese to be named an honorary member of the vienna philharmonic orchestra. ozawa, who underwent surgery for cancer of the esophagus, resumed musical activity in september. the honorary membership was awarded on tuesday at a concert hall in tokyo. orchestra preside

was the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov we were just listing to speaking at the opening ceremony of nuremberg tribunals. where germany as seen in answers face trial some sixty five years ago so many being seen as a central in this series of events as marking the anniversary of the nuremberg hearings the trials considered by some to when he said the basis for international law as mr laugh was saying in his speech at that ceremony also being attended by representatives from america britain and france more of course on the trial and commemorative events taking place around those nuremberg trials coming up in the next hour here on r.t. so do stay with us. for the full story we've got it first hand the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. sweet and clean. salty and very useful. radioactive and dangerous. and even dead and desolate. they only keep their unique secrets and their bottoms unique lakes on our team.

russian foreign minister sergei lavrov spoke to reporters on tuesday while visiting russia's neighbor, belarus. >> translator: anyone who launches an artillery attack on a south korean island should bear a heavy burden of responsibility. >> lavrov called for restrained from both north and south korea. he said the russian government is calling for calm in the hope that future incidents will be preve prevented. >>> japanese prrm naoto kan has told the defense forces to step up information gathering to prepare for any contingency following the artillery attack by the north. kan gave the instruction at a meeting with chief cabinet secretary yoshito sengoku, defense minister toshimi mitt za wa and five other bhirnss tuesday evening. he also told the ministers to keep collecting information on north korea and to closely cooperate with south korea and the united states. at a news conference later on tuesday sengoku strongly condemned the attack, calling it unforgivable. >> translator: the japanese government expresses condolences to the victims and support south korea. the provocation underm

. >>> nhk has learned that russian foreign minister sergei lavrov was firm about his country's sovereigntyver four disputed islands off hokkaido during a meeting with japanese foreign minister seiji maehara last week. maehara held talks with lavrov last saturday on the sidelines of the apec forum in yokohama. japanese officials told nhk that during the meeting lavrov referred to the joint declaration signed by japan and the soviet union in 1956. it says that two of the four northern islands will be returned to japan after a peace treaty is concluded. lavrov said his country is prepared to fulfill the promise made by the soviet union but it shall be based upon russia's goodwill. he added that he does not understand the reason why the soviet union signed such a declaration. maehara opposed lavrov's idea and emphasized the need to sign a peace treaty and have all four islands returned to japan. >>> japan and mongolia are expected to agree to upgrade bilateral ties to what is being called a strategic relationship that would cover a broader range of cooperation from economics to security. it wo

under and president did pressure from the united states and i should say that presidential advisor sergei p. which has said that russia does not want to justify mr. but before the investigation is over and before he answers all the questions of the court ok movie gives meeting with a comedy prior to the produce summit in lisbon russia has had to stop the s. three hundred sales to that we've actually caught all our diaz in the other the military sector will do you think that there is a chance that the three hundreds may may go back to the region as a retaliation as russia's response to to to well to what happened in thailand where the pressure where were for example with the the problems that we having with the reset process well i think that if mr why didn't john wanted to reduce the number of iran the fields in russia he did their job very successfully particularly with his will with one of his exotic statements prior to the v day to the ninth of may he said that russia and the u.k. have to pay compensation for the people of islamic republic of iran for the occupation of iranian territor

russia need to lead from the cold war to real partnership is according to russian foreign minister sergei lavrov speaking as nato chief anders fogh rasmussen is in moscow to boost ties with russia. president obama will have to make compromises to pass laws as democrats lose their hold over congress in the midterm vote thousands of representatives is now under republican control but many americans fear it's corporate money that's actually running the show. plus iraq struggles to maintain peace and one of its bloodiest weeks this year. up next we report on the fate of the so-called russian titanic the giant passenger liner that was considered a formidable cruise ship back in the soviet union find out more in a moment. always thirty first nine hundred eighty six to ten pm the joint passenger liner admiral now he says sail from the soviet portal and over the seas on a cruise of the black sea. there are more than one thousand passengers and crew members aboard. meanwhile the large bulk carry appeal to a fully laden with canadian wheat is set to enter port the two will converge fourteen minutes

anniversary of the bolshevik revolution in one thousand nine hundred seventeen talks to the glass son of sergei one modern of the great russian composer and pianist who like all others fled the country at the top in time into your program spotlight with guest alexander coming your way shortly. culture is that so much as i can which of course he's right on example here. in the us elections the start of a brave new revolution or in evitable and destructive gridlock will anything get. hello again and welcome to spotlight the interview show on our team album now and today my guest in the studio is alexandra de mar and you know russia is remembering the event that changed the life of millions of people in the country often tragical after the bolsheviks seize power in the revolution nine hundred seventeen many chose to leave the country among them was a great russian composer said agape and his family emigrated to europe and later to the united states today we have the privilege to talk to the grandson of the great master alexander. the great russian composer so good of mine in the left the country a

next hour on r t algor an avs guest on spotlight is sergei bremmer it's prosecutor at the international criminal tribunal he's in the studio to talk about whether the precedent set by the nuremberg nazi trials remains valid one per one prosecuting today's war criminals stay with us. news today bought a limb says once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. china operation through the day. hello again welcome to spotlight they enter the show on r.t. i'm going off and today my guest is sirius grommets amidst the ruins a world war two legal precedent emerged with the aim of prosecuting those responsible for genocide a special international court consisting of judges from the victorious countries was created to put those defeated on trial the formula was deemed successful and still exists but what has changed and vesta gating the dreadful crimes today let's ask roberts the prosecutor of the international court for former yugoslavia. trial who was the world's response to nazi atrocities created sixty five years ago the first international t

i'll be back with more news in around thirty minutes but first it's spotlight off speaks to sergei from gazprom the world's largest natural gas producer and explore with winter just ahead they discuss the state and security of shipping. would be useless without this mineral. is needed to make. a piece of culture and is extracted at a cost to life. hello again and welcome to spotlight. on i t. v my guest in the studio is syria gate. this one of the world's biggest that producer and exporter. will be heating hall from the european continent and with cold season had talks about gas prices. is something going to happen maybe something bad something we better be prepared for to share the news on this subject here is the official spokesman of a. new presidential cautiously craned the gas wars with russia that occurred across the continent over the two countries reached an agreement on discounts for natural gas bookkeeping return russia got a long time lease on the sebastopol naval base but ukraine is still not happy with the gas price and prime minister putin says russia is ready to discuss e

southern republics of degassed on and chechnya of the one of those attacks russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov said that those chechen the groups were based and was standing very much in line with al qaida but after that the united states but chechen rebel leader dog or more are on the most wanted list of terrorists but it's really taken this set of events in the past twenty four hours to show that russia's chechen terrorists networks are standing shoulder to shoulder with some of the world's most dangerous terrorists. so your correspondent bruce of today will stay with their story political analyst dimitri babbage from the real novice to news agency says it's high time for the west to realize it's in the same boat as russia as far as the terror threats concern their ideology or jihadist terrorists i think is the best name for them is actually directed against the west in general and against russia as a part of the west and that you know that sounds where in the same ball or with the e.u. and with the united states whether they were states or america wanted or not if you'll look at the

afghanistan reducing the reliance on volatile pakistan confirmation came from russian foreign minister sergey lavrov during talks with his afghan counterpart here in moscow lavrov also pledged to keep up the battle against the drugs flow as alexian reports. the two foreign ministers meeting today in moscow or c. seem to be pretty happy about the way the corporation is going this cooperation in the fight against drug trafficking has been very strong of late we know that russia has donated twenty thousand kalashnikov rifles to afghanistan to the interior troops in afghanistan to fight the spread of drugs as well as the recent joint u. s. russian operation in afghanistan after which almost one ton of herion was destroyed and several drug labs were shut down in the country so obviously the two ministers sad that the cooperation is going well and it will expand in the future according to mr lavrov so that we just learned that the cooperation between russia afghanistan and the united states in combat in drug trafficking will continue and the creation of relevant international laws is of crucial imp

counterparts in other countries but you know some of her counterparts including the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov where. they commented their reaction was kind of quite restrained and he said. it is an amusing. but our the russians policy is guided by actions not not by take a listen. to. it was fun to read sure but in actual policies we prefer to base our decisions on our partners concrete actions we're going to practice this approach in the future. well this this could make make. the u.s. foreign policy a little more embarrassing but but the message in there is from the u.s. state department from hillary clinton is that it should not affect their relations got a thanks very much indeed for that it's kind joining us live there in washington to speak more on the leaked files i'm joined now from london by former intelligence officer and attorney thanks very much indeed for joining us good evening what do you make of this do you think this is all about freedom of speech or or as i was discussing a little earlier with our correspondent there in washington perhaps there is an ulterior motive o

anniversary of the bolshevik revolution in one thousand nine hundred seventeen talks to the grandson of sergei rachmaninov the great russian composer and pianist who would like others for lead the country at the top even time our interview program spotlight with guest alexander rock mine and coming your way shortly. oh cell phones would be useless without this mineral. tiny pieces needed to make them work. but every piece of coltan is extracted at a cost to life. hello again and welcome to spotlight the interview show on our team. and today my guest in the studio is alexander marmion. remembering the event that changed the life of millions of people in the country often tragical after the bolsheviks seize power in the revolution nine hundred seventeen many chose to leave the country among them was a great russian composer said again. his family emigrated to europe and later to the united states today we have the privilege to talk to the grandson of the great master alexander. the great russian composer mine enough left the country after the bolshevik revolution he never forgave them and once e

flattering cables was we are guided by actions not five some leaks actually here's what foreign minister sergei lavrov said about this. because it was obliged it was fun to read sure but in actual policies we prefer to base our decisions on our partners concrete actions we're going to practice this approach in the future well as you can see some some of the wires may sound amusing but never the last one revealed in public they proved to be a major embarrassment for the u.s. state department. has been any reaction from the u.s. government so far. i mean that you're mud think that her somehow i hope possible is it that such a vast amount of classified data was actually released into into the public domain . well absolutely this is what the obama administration is asking. its government the obama administration is ordering government agencies to immediately review procedures for safeguarding classified information someone described it as as someone described what happened. last week this week and as as as an epic blow to the u.s. diplomacy and the blow it is us for the u.s. officials are trying to

interests and another thirty seven percent believe the opposite however russian foreign minister sergei lavrov has already said the lisbon summit wellmont of the. then the poles cold war period that relates. ok martin i'd like to go to you and i'd actually like to quote the foreign minister of finland and his description of what's going on we have to remember that this is not a nato member here so here we go he says the u.s. is starting to flirt with other partners than europeans the e.u. is not as sexy as it once was we are like a grumpy old couple we've been together for sixty years we nag at each other we might have the same values but america is starting to look elsewhere and martin i read that because i think it's very interesting is that you know a lot of people would say that you know the europeans they stake advantage the americans want to have a platform and you know they have armies in the year in europe and the nato countries can go abroad and fight america's wars but it is certain point it's very expensive and we've pointed it out on this program here and the united states i

current eight billion dollars turnover with india within five years or his deputy prime minister sergei ivanov explains what he expects from this cooperation. russia has built already several nuclear power units in india we have really enormous plans to expand that cooperation with localization of producing some spare parts some construction materials here in india and we understand fairly well the. ones to develop its own nuclear power program plus of course we have cooperation in classical traditional energy like oil gas coal and several russian companies are working here in india to construct a pole plants and then let's have a look at how the markets are performing asian stocks that makes this our japanese stocks edge higher on friday after strong overnight gains on wall street chinese shares also rebound brushing aside worries that the people's bank of china might soon raise interest rates while hong kong's hang seng index this trading weaker and stock markets in europe are trading lower on friday markets are keeping a watchful eye on events out of violence where we are headed a ci

energy minister sergei shmuck also says it boils down to brussels gas problem cause it forbids the gas giant from buying into e.u. energy pipelines until foreign firms can do the same here in russia but in the interview for r.t. smart co ruled that out. but these sore point in our relations i guess problem has already made some investments in europe and we should protect those investments more carefully is they were in good faith pregnant pensive dialogue with the energy commission today and will continue to try mutually beneficial outcome. let foreign companies use is just pipeline system as the e.u. demands on your system of this point is not up for discussion we have strict national completely cordoned monopoly control of the gas transport network is on the world's most inefficient uses of energy you'd go so far as to say saving energy is now your number one target and energy efficiency today is a work key priority who waste four times more energy than to europe or japan because both homes and industry get power on the cheap it's affecting our competitiveness today that changing ene