kevin spacey, yuri milner, sergey brin. ♪ >> i am emily chang.ollywood stars and a red carpet entrance, not in hollywood, but right here in silicon valley last night. awards for research and innovation and science and physics given by kevin spacey and conan o'brien. $3 million, money donated by mark zuckerberg and sergey brin. i was on the red carpet at the event. >> it was a big win for physics. only an hour long. a remarkable thing. i hope hollywood will learn a big thing. maybe all we need is science. >> i preferred this. the average sat score is higher. this would be a fantastic evening. >> can you make fun of scientists? >> and never. no. they are nerds. of course, you can. it is really amazing these people who are wishing them luck all of the time. what is the latest on aereo? >> we will win. >> can you tell me about the robot stuff? >> i will leave that up to andy. >> it has a chance to be transformative over time. >> is good to see the geeks and if you nerds. >> the fundamentals of science and space continuum and time cyclical. are there

russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov condemned the massacre outside damascus the latest in a string of sectarian killings across the country. is the details foreign minister sergey lavrov had gay given a general statement on what's happening in the region where russia is concerned as well as its international partners he said that in cases of trying to work together to deal with the situation there he does feel that they need to be equal footing and fair consideration of where the different parties stand he gave syria as an example where russia's voice he felt was heard by the international community in coming up with that syrian resolution well another thing on syria that he had a comment on is the recent killing he had talked about how the different factions as russia had always pointed out in the past have become more and more extreme and this is what he had to say these were. the massacre that took place in this address was barbaric for christians druze and alawite will slaughter them even sunni muslims i believe who rejected the hardline islamist rules that these people preache

outfits.n >> sergey brin was wearing a backpack.ill not talk about -- we have not talked about snapchat very much. there is interest in information that is not permanent. do you think it is here to stay or a fad? do some variation it is here to stay. i like the analogy. i like the way it sounded. solves it secures communication in a sense. it is a way of having photo sharing week to make sure the communication is pure by making it disappears. trying to problem is solve is one of security of communication by making the richards disappear. that is legitimate problem. whether with snap chat or absorbed and other things. to pretend it is not a problem for people take photos that will later embarrass them is naÏve. is a legitimate problem. like so many things, doesn't it absorbed and everybody else like instagram is trying to take on facebook? i do not know the answer. -- i also talked to kevin spacey. take a listen to what he had to say about whether or not there will be a third season. there's been uncertainty. >> please tell me you ar

just your reaction to sergei lavrov's comments in parliament, suggesting that the e.u. or the west were putting pressure on ukraine. >> well, it is obvious thing because the yate demonstrated signing agreement with the unit europe and demands - it was american demand and pressure from western europe is obvious. diplomats are coming to kiev, participating in opposition demonstrationing, and even some european groups, parliamentary groups, to make camps. it's unprecedented inference in internal affairs. they blame russia, that russia. it is not russia. key eve is thinking of its benefits, losses, economical issues. it is dominating here. not political. the opposition is clear. they are fighting. they are fighting - it's political incitement. >> there'll be many in ukraine, you see the pictures yourself, of many ukrainians who think that by bailing ukraine out, by offering subsidies to gas, it's a way of russia influencing not just politicians, but a large swathe of the ukrainian people, that russia is the friend you should be with and the e.u. can't help you out. >> that'

lough roth -- sergei lavrov.warm.d luck staying thank you very much indeed for being with us. the president of south sudan says an attempted coup d'État has been foiled. president ofhe africa's newest country, which gained independence in 2011, was speaking after heavy fighting broke out overnight in which heavy machine guns and mortars were used in the country's capital. the government says a group of disgruntled soldiers and a former viced by president has been attempting to overthrow the government. france, the ceremonies being held by french president francois hollande in memory of the soldiers who were killed in the central african republic last week. 2 of the french troops that were sent to the troubled central african nation after thestore order, united nations granted a mandate as the intervention african forces seek to build up and take over security in the country. the 2 soldiers were killed last monday and their bodies are being laid out this morning in paris. shot 2 troops have lebanese soldiers in th

was among those who interviewed sergei lavrov and joins us now live. here has been quite eventful when it comes to foreign policy what exactly that sergey lavrov focus on well we spoke for an hour and there are lots of things to talk about since it was quite an event for you which did bring russia several diplomatic victories like for instance the syrian chemical arms deal and clearly with the international community now working on the. conference according to the foreign minister one of the key obstacles in that sense remain preconditions being voiced by the syrian opposition including calls for president assad to step down at the same time mr lavrov said the stance of the west in that sense has been shifting. well some countries are now becoming more realistic in their approach to settling the syrian conflict regardless of what their official spokesman say the number one problem is the threat of terrorism in syria the threat of jihadists coming to power in setting up the caliphate and trampling on human rights and maybe even exterminating minorities

at this moment sergey lavrov is meeting in his iranian counterpart mr zarif here in teheran this is the highest level russian delegation to visit iran since president hassan rouhani took power bringing with him an approach that has led to a real significant diplomatic movement after just several months in power at the breakthrough talks in geneva early in november the new administration in tiger and agreed to either freeze or curb parts of its nuclear program the payback was limited relieve from the international sanctions which have severely hampered the country's economy already we know that a group of international inspectors has been allowed to visit the iraq plant here in iran which is at the center of suspicions about iran's motives for have a nuclear program it's been shut down so far for at least six months a cauldron to geneva deal with russia's massive is that good will is key to hold in this together iran's foreign minister has already warned that if the u.s. senate decides to introduce new sanctions and this is something that is now being discussed in america all diplomatic

man coming in and he just barely made it towards him and then there was a blast and it was over sergei's family mourned monday night with only the conviction that he carried out his responsibilities to bring them any small comfort for others in volgograd the night brought fragile relief in the knowledge that loved ones were spared but they woke up the next morning to a second suicide bomber this time on a city trolley bus. this was a i can't remember anything i was deafened by the blast we had almost reached the bus stop when the explosion went off it was like an electric shock all over my body volgograd is still reeling after two terror attacks within the span of twenty four hours we met batali in his home just hours after his friend was killed in monday's attack i was shocked he had a family a young wife and a small child it's very sad to realize that a young man died in such a tragic incident. stories like these two are poring over all the great city limits with the residents there hoping for more time to mourn their family and friends and rebuild their lives in volgograd margaret how

remains tense so it is to a certain extent among diplomatic circles now a russian foreign minister sergei lavrov his visit to brussels comes on the back of a tweet from the e.u. chief for enlargement who says that the e.u. believes that ukraine's position on the go seizures of the association agreement is quote unquote and has no grounds in reality now the ukrainian prime minister's office has responded to that and said that ukraine is very much open to continuing negotiations with the e.u. however it will not respond to tweets it will respond to official messages and also it wants to if it does decide to sign it wants to do so on its own terms that as far as russia is concerned here among the meetings of the foreign ministers the deputy foreign minister of lithuania is also chairing and presiding over the e.u. council and said that's of the lover of can expect to be told about quote unquote in the admissibility of putting pressure to bear on ukraine now the permanent representative of russia to the e.u. has responded to that it has also turned the table in question of the very actions of

vika clutches to the memory of his son who was the victim of sunday's attack at the train station sergei was a security guard there. he had this job for about a year or so how it all happened on the video footage he was standing by the railing during the security check and then there was this man coming in and he just barely made it towards him and then there was a blast and it was over sergei's family mourned monday night with only the conviction that he carried out his responsibilities to bring them any small comfort for others in volgograd the night brought fragile relief in the knowledge that loved ones were spared but they woke up the next morning to a second suicide bomber this time on a city trolley bus. this was i can't remember anything i was deafened by the blast we had almost reached the bus stop when the explosion went off it was like an electric shock all over my body volgograd is still reeling after two terror attacks within the span of twenty four hours we met batali in his home just hours after his friend was killed in monday's attack i was shocked he had a family a young

sergei's family mourned monday night with only the conviction that he carried out his responsibilities to bring them any small comfort for others in volgograd the night brought fragile relief in the knowledge that loved ones were spared but they woke up the next morning to a second suicide bomber this time on a city trolley bus. this was i can't remember anything i was deafened by the blast we had almost reached the bus stop when the explosion went off it was like an electric shock all over my body i can't remember i didn't see anyone i was sitting and looking out of the window when it happen. and i think i was the last to be carried out of the charley bus now no doubt any of the people of the southern russian city expected to have two suicide bombers factored into their new year's eve celebration shopping and travel plans volgograd is still reeling after two terror attacks within the span of twenty four hours we met batali in his home just hours after his friend was killed in monday's attack munition official i was shocked you had a family a young wife and a small child it's very sad

sergei was a security guard there this job for about a year the video footage. he was standing by the railing during the security check and then there was this man coming in and she just barely made it towards him and then there was a blast and it was over. and no more footage to stop a man who was trying to get through the security gate as he had to. yes that's what the camera showed. i saw him doing his job smiling. he did what he had to do. that was his duty. sergei is family mourned monday night with only the conviction that he carried out his responsibilities to bring them any small comfort for others involved cried the night brought front of relief in the knowledge that loved ones were spared. they woke up the next morning to a second suicide bomber. this time on the city trolley bus i cannot remember anything i was deaf and by the blast we had almost reached the bus stop when the explosion went off. it was like an electric shock of my ability. a common end. i didn't see anyone i was sitting and drinking out of the window when it happened i think i was the

regarding a foreign policy what exactly that sergey lavrov. but we spoke for an hour and talked about lots of issues but with the geneva two conference on syria clearly being worked on obviously a lot of attention was focused on that and according to the foreign minister preconditions being voiced by the syrian opposition remain one of the main obstacles including calls for president assad to step down but mr lavrov said the position of the west is shifting. and currently western countries are becoming more realistic in their approach to settling the syrian conflict regardless of what their official spokesman say the threat of terrorism in syria the threat of jihadists coming to power and setting up a caliphate and trampling on human rights maybe even exterminating minorities in syria is the number one problem and the realization is dawning that regime change is not the way to resolve this problem for western partners are becoming increasingly clear about this. russia's relations with nato were also discussed and the foreign minister said that

sergei. lavrov things are finding the time to meet with us we have three channels here r.t. spanish r.t. arabic and english. with a whole year to cover there were lots of things to discuss it brought russia several diplomatic victories including the chemical arms deal with syria he would do is the next step according to mr elaborate of preconditions from the syrian opposition remain among the key obstacles including the one for president assad to step down something that the west is now moving away from. the threat of jihadists coming to power in setting up the caliphate and the realization is doing that region change is not the way to resolve this problem our western partners are becoming increasingly clear about this. there are also changes in russia's relations with the west and apparently there are signals for more transparent and trustworthy ties on both sides but appalled warming talent is still something that must pass to deal with political so going to need a members have a food be against russia which is really said this leads to some of our european partners still

sergei filin.eports those attackers just found out how much time they're going to serve. >> this is the home of the world famous bowl shoil ballet company and the scene for numerous allegations of corruption and scandal that will unfolded over the course of the trial. but today a judge convicted three men of organizing an acid attack on the former artistic director here, sergei filin. according to the judge, pavel dmitrichenko, a former soloist at the ballet organized this attack in revenge for being rejected from a number of lead roles. he asked his friend and neighbor yuri zarutsky to rough up the director even though he didn't ask specifically for an acid attack. but zarutsky told the court on his own initiative, he threw acid into sear guy failen's face causing three degree burns to his face and eyes nearly blinding him. the third wan was andrei lipatov who drove the car. the judge gave six years to pavel, and four years to lip pa tov. we've been told the defendants will appeal but that could t

. >> sergei filin is his name wearing sunglasses to shield his eyes after acid was thrown at his faces are in jail. they're doing time, but is something like that happened to you, could you ever imagine moving on? we'll go to moscow now where in this interview, our matthew chance spoke with sergei filin for the first time publicly since his attackers were given that jail time yesterday. >> not just problem with my eyes. there's problem with my heart. >> disfigured and half blinded by the acid, the bolshoi's artistic director has followed the trial of his attackers in agony. even their sentencing has done little to ease his pain. >> you say you accept the verdict, but of course, your eyesight has been damaged possibly for the rest of your life. can you forgive the people that carried out this attack against you? >> translator: of course not. i cannot fib them because there is no sentence nor punishment that would enable me to recover my eyesight. >> as a dancer, sergei filin was one of russia's brightest stars, but his artistic leadership of the bolshoi ballet, russia's most prominent

well first of all the foreign minister sergey lavrov had given a general statement on what's happening in the region where russia is concerned as well as its international partners he said that in cases of trying to work together to deal with the situations there he does feel that they need to be equal footing and fair consideration of where the different parties stand he gave syria as an example where russia's voice he felt was heard by the international community in coming up with that syrian resolution which now has led to the process of destroying chemical weapons there and he says e.u. partners want russia to be helping out in the situation in libya but he says that russia wants to have a say in the way the operations are going and that's the kind of equal footing that they want now in reference to the recent killings that had happened in the syria us again lavrov had said pointed out again how horrible those killings were and the kind of people making up the groups right now going around in syria he said that even human rights watch had said that there are some other bandit group

sergei, ryan here.is your reaction to president obama deciding to send openly gay athletes, clearly a protest? same thing from canada and vancouver, the german and french president's not going. what is your reaction to that? and more broadly, the outcry over the anti-gay laws, not just that but let's face it this year greenussy riot, with peas, all of the issues surrounding russia in the political space, to what extent is that it issue when you talk to investors? we both know the investment climate has not been great. is russia's politics keeping investors away? >> first, ryan, i am glad to see you. hi, and i will tell you what i think about it. if the president does not want to visit, that is his purview. state you are a head of here to represent your nation, i think so. if you want to discuss some relative issues, not only for us and the industry but for you, you have to be with them to say is it true or not and the difference between that and reality. i believe i can speak professionally about some i

. >> a russian foreign minister sergei lavrov is accusing the west of putting pressure on people in thekraine to shoes e.u. over russia. viktor yanukovych signed a deal with russia on tuesday including cheaper gas and a $17 billion loan. protesters have been culling for the president to stand down. sergei lavrov expects the choices of the ukrainian people. >> in spite of the decisions that were taken yesterday by moscow, kiev is free to make a choice. >> translation: our opposition is based on respect. choice of the ukrainian people. as president putin has stressed, we don't impose anything on anyone. >> martin mccauley is a russian expert. thank you for joining us. on the show, how much is this really about trade and any, or is it really more about the - about europe and russia in a power play? . >> it's both, because russia now is turning away from europe, turning away from the west, pointing to the east. putin would like to put together a eurasian economic union, russia, ukraine, belarus and pakistan. that would be powerful. ukraine would be crucial in the mix. putin, who in his spee

foreign minister sergei lavrov visits a studio on chats his thoughts. about the top kills fourteen people and injures over a hundred at a security building in the golden age of the government spokesperson blames the muslim brotherhood a brand to get a terrorist group. to personal diplomacy in south sudan as raging battles between functions threaten to shut up american farms out of all.

. >> you have alex, philip, sergei and peter.he was talking to a vet and he went to a cafe and spent all his money playing this song, "i'll be home for christmas." >> so the family got together and made this video as a tribute to those service people that won't be home for christmas or just service people that serve. >> i do want to let you know that philip, who is playing the role of a soldier, not in the military. none of them in the military. they wanted to give them all a big salute and say, happy christmas! ♪ if only in my dreams >>> he is giving santa a run for his money with this gift, because, look at what kurt dose made for his grandkids? the x-wing bomber. what makes this gift truly out of this w >>> when brad norman was at work, he heard honking all the time on the other side of the hill. he never took the time to figure out what it was until this day. this is what all that was about. he knew there were geese back there but he didn't know how many geese. >> with that kind of honking. >> that kind of honking. >> as you

. >> you have alex, philip, sergei and peter. cafe and spent all his money playing this song, "i'll be home for christmas." >> so the family got together and made this video as a tribute to those service people that won't be home for christmas or just service people that serve. >> i do want to let you know that philip, who is playing the role of a soldier, not in the military. none of them in the military. they wanted to give them all a big salute and say, happy christmas! ♪ if only in my dreams >>> he is giving santa a run for his money with this gift, because, look at what kurt dose made for his grandkids? the x-wing bomber. what makes this gift truly out of this w [ female announcer ] here's to a whole world of happier holidays. time to enchant, delight and amaze. safeway will help you gather everyone 'round. a smoked, shank half ham is only 99 cents a pound. starbucks is just $6.99, that's a cup of good cheer. get sweet clementines for $4.99, enough for everyone here. turns out this season less is really so much more. so make

brought sergei miron of to moscow and i believe that everyone will agree he has become a truly independent politician on the national scale. we have a leader in political party had by the nature of a tiff who is a really experienced politician who has dealt with the government issues and economic issues alike i have seen all kinds of approval ratings but let me assure you that these ratings are put together by pundits. so when. but reality is much more difficult than putting this approval ratings together. we so i wouldn't like to make it to simplistic you know there are new people coming up some of them are opposition politicians. and they are trying to grab. their leaders because it always. builds up on their own approval rating that is very well known and even trivial i would say technique to boost your own approval rating. and this applies to many opposition parties in the world. so that's what they do dangerous try to attack the leader. but you know when you when you over do they say you may. lose something that. you may shoot yourself in the full tactically. but the good saying is th

they met with sergey lavrov and said they would not harm relationships with russia in any way. lavrov said the wish of its people should be respected. >> it was our common agreement that everyone should respect sovereignty of any country, including ukraine. the trade agreement would pave the way for ukraine's entrance into the e.u., but it was decided last month to walk away from the deal out of consideration with ukraine's ties for russia. protesters have hit the streets and haven't left. >>> a large winter storm is hitting japan. we might see some snow here in tokyo on wednesday. our meteorologist robert speta has more. robert? >> yeah, gene, indeed, we are looking at this storm system and it's already bringing foul weather. winds as high as 80 kilometers per hour reported down here towards the south, and that is coming after the storm brought foul weather as far south as northern portions of vietnam. you saw some snowfall on monday. we have photos here, definitely a very rare scenario, typically you associate this part of the world with tropical weather. definitely, that col

. >> as sergey lambro of -- labrov arrived in brussels, frustration over what they see as moscow putting pressure on ukraine not to sign the eu trade deal. >> what we have seen on the russian side is they have waged a propaganda campaign, based on outright lies. >> participant said both sides had been frank in the meeting between eu foreign ministers and their russian counterparts. lavrov spoke briefly to journalists before returning to moscow. >> it was a common opinion that everyone should respect the sovereignty of any country, including ukraine. everyone should allow the people to make a free choice of how they want to develop their country. >> the eu policy chief was keen to downplay talk that indiana code which were to sign the association agreement, that could damage ties. >> signing it would not have a detrimental effect on relations observed russia in any way. i hope that message will resonate with foreign minister laffer off -- lavrov as he heads back to moscow. >> a summit in january. ukraine is likely to feature prominently on the agenda. >> our brussels correspondent has bee

i asked surrogate brain about that. -- sergey brin about that. going to live a short life. he cares about these people and he cares about this cause. was one ofckerberg the only, if not the only person, who did not walk the red carpet. we were told that everyone would. he found a way to dodge the cameras. if it is your event, i guess you can do anyone. we were told that he really wanted it to be about the winners. he did not want it to be about himself. one thing that they did it via -- announce was a prize for mathematics. they could be giving out even more money. this whole sermon he will be broadcast on discovery science. it is really turning into the oscars of science. >> we might see you make an appearance. thank you. emily chang of "bloomberg west." moving and shaking with our, beyoncÉ stunned her fans by releasing a new album overnight. it features 14 tracks in 17 videos. it is only available on itunes. she had not even said she was coming out with an album. she was bored with releasing music the way she has of the past. there are plenty o

foreign minister sergei lavrov visits altie studio i'm sure as his thoughts. about the time kills fourteen people endangers over one hundred at a security building in northern agent the government spokesperson blames the muslim brotherhood a brand to get a terrorist group. on the us a personal diplomacy in south sudan as a raging battles between all the functions threaten to shut up american farms out of oil. this is all seem to national coming to live from moscow hello and welcome to the program. russia's top diplomat says serious humanitarian crisis is being used as a tool to disrupt negotiations on ending the civil war that. spoke exclusively to c and he was among those who interviewed the foreign minister and joins me now live back how they you were what did the foreign minister have to say well we spoke for around an hour and touched upon a lots of issues but with the recent diplomatic breakthroughs that took place this year with the iranian nuclear program and the chemical arms deal with syria obviously a lot of attention was focused on that and accordin

politicians have been visiting protest camps in central kiev and giving speeches russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov described their actions in the accusations leveled at kiev's leadership by governments as hysterical political science professor nicholai petro who's in ukraine told us the e.u. doesn't have the best interests of the ukrainian people at heart. it's a one sided message of support for the policies of the of the u. and it is an attempt to attract ukraine to sign the association agreement i think it's a short sighted position one that seeks to divide drive a wedge rather between ukraine and russia whereas a more alongside it position but actually encourage both russia and ukraine to associate and come together with the e.u. unfortunately it seems to be more of a divisive and a confrontational approach than one that aims at reagan silly ation. well these efforts may be unwilling ukraine right now but in a few minutes we hear about the struggle in keeping its current citizens out of poverty. this is the place that has been consecrated to god for almost a thousand of years people came

the prize money is donated by the likes of facebook head mark zuckerberg, google chief, sergei britain and google tech investor, yuri milliner. >> pushing them all the time. >> some 50 years ago, the most famous person in the world was a scientist, not a rock star no at movie scar. albert einstein was his name. >> you sought emcee there, he was the host. the breakthrough prize was awarded last year, helping scientists follow their dreams while still being able to be financially stable. >> sometimes they have to make a choice. >>> 4:39. find out what is going on with the weather. >> like kevin spayscy, good clothes. talk about temperatures. they are about the same if not warmer than yesterday. 32 in navado, 20 santa rosa. temperatures below freezing, moisture in the air, leyla and i will keep an eye on the possibility of black ice forming there. watch that four. also, frosty temperatures east bay, 32, concord and livermore 30, fairfield. talk about it today, break down the next 12 hours, partly cloudy, 34 do 42 our spread. then by noon, those clouds are out here, we will have sunshine a

described as a number one hurdle hampering political solution to syria's almost three year old war sergei lavrov spoke exclusively to our. little girl who's with a whole year to cover there were lots of things to discuss it brought russia several diplomatic victories including the chemical arms deal with syria you would see what is the next step what is the just elaborate of preconditions from the syrian opposition remain the key obstacles including the one for president assad to step down something that the worst is now moving away from the threat of jihadists coming to power and setting up a caliphate is the number one problem for the realisation is dawning that regime change is not the way to resolve this problem oh western partners are becoming increasingly clear about this there are also changes in russia's relations with the west and apparently there are signals for more transparent and trustworthy times on both signs but of cold war mentality is still something that moscow has to deal with. some nato members have a phobia against russia which is really sad that leads to some of our

in 2004, larry page and sergei brin went to visit. with careful not to reveal too much. >> regardless of how he is seen, li is worth $12 billion. he came above eric schmidt on the billionaire list more than two decades after he invented his own brand of search. when i sat down with him i asked how he spent his aliens. take a look at what he said about the difference of philanthropy in the united states versus china. >> it's not as mature. i have seen them start to think about that. we increasingly spend more time to do philanthropy work. we held a banquet where we used 56 million rmb. we provide certain inventories, so it is relatively easy to risk money in china. >> are there any causes you are particularly passionate about or you give your own money to? >> my passion is related to internet. i give money to my hometown. right now those popular public places, coffee shop, people all have free access to wi-fi in china. >> that was robin li. we will be broadcasting live from ebay headquarters all day. we have exclusive interviews with t

diplomatic achievements already reached between the signs will be done and this is very dangerous sergey lavrov russia's foreign minister will seek a sure is that iran is keeping its and of the deal to the next few months rehabilitation on the international could include syria in just a month's time diplomats have back to switzerland to participate in geneva to syria peace talks and at this stage all the major powers involved in the protective crisis in this. country will be there but not iran and this is something most who is very concerned about and wants to change it wants to get involved too that will be another important part of the discussions here integrand today will have a joint news briefing later today from both countries officials will keep you updated. essential forceful intervention in syria was avoided in september after the government agreed to destroy its toxic arsenal to rid the middle east of chemical weapons are being held by israel and egypt refusal to join the international convention but with syria now on board there is little space left for countries to maneuver a

diplomatic achievements already reached between the signs will be done and this is very dangerous sergei lavrov russia's foreign minister will seek assurance that iran is keeping its end of the deal to the next. rehabilitation of the international media could include syria in just a month's time diplomats had back to switzerland to participate in geneva two syria peace talks and at this stage all the major powers involved in the protective crisis in this list country will be there but not iran and this is something most who is very concerned about and wants to change it wants to get to run involved too that will be another important part of the discussions here integrand today. that was our tears marina you know sheena. while russian president vladimir putin delivered his annual state of the nation address today and he focused on the economy and said the main slowdown for growth in the country comes from internal factors he also addressed the situations in ukraine and syria r.t. is igor piskun office in moscow with more. it's traditionally become the place to be to find out the president

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and let's not talk about this terror attack with journalist and political observer sergei is trying ton lie here in the studio mr welcome to see very nice to see it just two months ago. volgograd was targeted as well so why is this. lead the dust settled first and i think probably investigations will give us more details but what is clear already know that if you just look at the map and you see the right of all the ground you will understand the larger goal the terrorists it is not ready for from sochi and probably the reason is sort your only big games the basic idea was just to question the credibility of. their technical security sources but it is not out of the sort you do from my point of view which detachment volgograd as a target probably few people in the world know but we russians know that progress finding ground this is a sacred place to. just recall the history of the second world war you will see that this was the place which gave to the history books as as as a monument to on corn korbel spirit of soviet russian people and probably terrorists who they were trying just to

in the resource rich region for world powers are jostling for control speaking to defence minister sergei story to putin praised the military's work in the arctic. united states denmark and norway are also pressing for control of what they considered to be their fair share of mass to fund half the oil and natural gas reserves. russia has already completed work on renovating an airfield on the notice to appear for trial in prudence and which with the band in nineteen ninety three earlier this year maths test and ten warships and for ice breakers to the island in a show of four. underscoring must get sensitivity over arching claims russia arrested thirty people on board a greenpeace ship during a september protest against russian offshore arctic drilling . the us mail it to us in our bible story african forces into central african republic the decision kind of front requested assistance in and the lead slip to bring an end to the lunch i call a spot on in clashes between christians and muslims. french soldiers have been killed in abundance peace comes disguised off the powers the city's min

toward moscow's stance on syria but with some key issues with nato still needing to be ironed out sergei lavrov spoke exclusively with r.t. about the years foreign policy achievements jaeger piskun i was among those who interviewed the foreign minister. yes it was the national average of things for finding the time to meet with us we have three channels here are the spanish arty arabic and english. with a whole year to cover there were lots of things to discuss it brought russia several diplomatic victories including the chemical arms deal with syria geneva two is the next step and according to mr elaborate of preconditions from the syrian opposition remain among the key obstacles including the one for president assad to step down something that the west is now moving away from. the threat of jihadists coming to power in setting up a caliphate and the realization is doing that region change is not the way to resolve this problem our western partners are becoming increasingly clear about this. there are also changes in russia's relations with the west and apparently there are signals for

handle these protests if i were to make your requests over the airwaves state of the foreign minister sergei lavrov to come to washington and i would get a few thousand of my friends to occupy the white house and i would ask him to dresses there. i would go to prison for suggesting. so you can imagine how they would treat an actual attempt like that fault that you lead with respect to walao brought this to lavrov coming year and also quest with respect to me is just an american citizen the dog above thank you very much and a few folds live from the old geezer cp on these. that is he thinking we just received some breaking news here in all its international in the us state of color all day at least two people have reportedly being injured off the cover shorts but fun at a high school police report an active shooter is around the out of the holy high school in the town of centennial that we didn't do right now if any children have been injured were involved in this incident happened just down the road from the aurora in the beef is where i come and went on a massacre in twenty twelve will brin