the key meeting between the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov off the u.s. secretary of state is due to start in munich the two would exchange the documents on the recently signed its start treaty between russia and the u.s. which will officially put the deal into force. joins us live from munich and can bring us up to date here let's cross over to you go to mao and so it's all happening on the sidelines of the annual security conference tell me what's been said that today at this point. was quite a busy day here in munich on saturday is the second and probably most important day of the forty seven security conference in munich we've already heard statements from many well known political figures international political figures from the secretary general of the united nations the prime minister of great britain who actually outlined britain's new with immigration policy saying some really strong words all hell newcomers really do have to try to integrate into the european society hillary clinton also spoke russia's foreign minister said if you are made quite

russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov says moscow is willing to cooperate with tokyo but slams its claims for the islands this comes as the japanese foreign minister entered talks with his counterpart on his visit to the russian capital. and sweden's under fire for its controversial wiretapping law slammed as the most far reaching eavesdropping plan in europe which you leaks cables on the country's close cooperation with the us suggests it was adopted under american pressure. next door in martin andrews and his search of the russian spirit in the british capital. the hundreds of thousands of us living in great britain said. take a look at recent history. this. is a. conflict she's. just how much. has simple in fact. one thing is for sure. in the british capital. things well. you can if. it's celebrations in the city street. new style. several. times everything. i'm trying to trips to. the recent past things here one of life's great supply to me here. about working in russia i think. it's a wonderful. may sue me clients said frank said just a little and i think you're going to be th

major events are expected on the international arena who are asking sergey lavrov the foreign minister of russia. to security conference in munich will see russia and the us exchange the start if occasion papers signed by presidents that have an obama this document will provide stability and we can be confident but we won't see an arms race wellat least not in the next ten years and while it's quiet in the west the arab this is a serious concern for russian diplomacy the unrest which started in tunisia spread over the region like wildfire the great situation is in egypt where hundreds of thousands of people have been rallying to force the long serving president out of office. and welcome to the show thank you very much for being with us well first of all i want to say that i have a lot of questions to you and our viewers our listeners wrote facebook and they also have a lot of questions which are more personal so what we start with politics of personal you choose politics ok. egypt israeli politicians claim that the overthrow of mubarak in egypt may lead to action is and that this may

while you watch sergei lavrov speech as i just mentioned at the munich conference live in our channel later today and r.t. also managed to catch up with russia's foreign minister is interviews coming up in our spotlight show and a few hours time. and from navy captain to t.v. presenter no one is off the hook when it comes to political correctness in the united states now many americans say the p.c. overdose makes them keep their opinions to themselves as a wrong word can land you in serious trouble thirty's marina port now reports even classic literature couldn't escape censorship. america is a country that pioneers freedom of expression but is the rising tide of political correctness reigning in the right to say what you think people do hold back to to actually speak their mind it's almost as though you have a sort of a code to call them sometimes you want to call a spade a spade and sometimes you want to call it trouble according to a museum poll the majority of citizens think the us is overdosing on p.c. turning the land of the free into a nation of hyper sensitive sissies. were ev

and they have it live from london the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov british counterpart there william hague addressing reporters after a morning of meetings let's run down some of the comments made by both of the gentleman there starting with the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov off he said that they continue to improve a broad range of economic ventures together between london and moscow level off saying that there are six categories of mutually beneficial areas that will be implemented between russia and england some of them are the areas of finance high tech energy efficiency small the to boost and to help small and medium sized enterprises one of the final comments being discussed right there with the reporters out of iran and london and moscow both agreeing to cooperate further in keeping an eye on iran. for what you're saying regarding iran's nuclear intentions iran should join the nuclear nonproliferation treaty in accordance with the international atomic energy agency they also discussed working together more closely on the possible development of a european secu

is for secretary of state hillary clinton to meet with her russian counterpart foreign minister sergey lavrov at the munich security council conference was supposed to come up this weekend in munich of course where they're going to exchange the so-called instruments of ratification these are the actual signed documents which will fully put this treaty into force so it's a very exciting developments that we've been reporting on for quite some time and have waited for a long while for for it's actually can through the have been some pretty major stumbling blocks have there between moscow and washington during the work on this treaty does the final agreement mean those differences have been overcome. well there have been but i would have to say that the bigger stumbling blocks to this treaty has been within washington itself i mean we saw a very vocal minority but of course a minority of lawmakers who were very clearly opposed to this treaty they wanted more time to look into it they were concerned about some of the limits that they felt to put on a u.s. defense but of course the consensus here

secretary of state hillary clinton to meet with her russian counterpart foreign minister sergey lavrov at the sidelines of the munich security council this week conference this weekend the date that we're hearing is february fifth where the two sides are set to exchange the so-called documents of ratification the actual signed documents which will officially bring this agreement into force and it's one that we've been waiting for for quite some time now the bigger stumbling blocks that we've seen for this historic agreement even right here in washington we saw force a minority but yet a vocal minority of republican lawmakers opposing this treaty which is part of the reason that we've had such a long delay in getting this document ratified. arizona republican senator jon kyl one of the vocal critics of this treaty even earlier this week raised criticism of the of the agreement saying that the united states did not have enough time to look over this document but it really is a minority opinion as the consensus here in washington is that this is a critical step towards improving internati

us and calling for an immediate political transition in egypt however russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov told us here at r.t. that foreign intervention is not necessary to help resolve the crisis in egypt i don't think i would say there's. really. pushing one way or another i don't think any suggestions from old so i'm going to be hopeful and they're going to lead to a sustainable resolution of the situation i don't think artificial deadline set of ball to move. in order. to have the political forces political groups. themselves find their way or you can watch the whole version of the interview with russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov in our spotlight program that's coming your way this saturday. well there is a similar wave of protest in nearby yemen pro and anti-government demonstrators have been holding protests in the capital. thousands of opposition supporters holding a day of rage demanding the resignation of the country's president. so-called current government also got the programming accusing the opposition trying to create. the demonstrations come a day yemeni president ple

laura and then reporting on the line mark visit of russian foreign minister sergei lavrov to london. five militants have been killed in a special on to ten operation and more violence in russia's troubled north caucuses three police died in a gun battle while two officers were killed in twin suicide attacks in douglas stan the incidents come as russian president dmitry medvedev ordered in terms of measures to fight terrorism following last month's suicide bomber demanded of an airport in moscow in which thirty six died catarina was out of a brings us all the details. a number of terrorists were surrounded by a local law enforcement a gun battle in shoot and in which five militants were killed one is supposedly on the run and is being sought after as we speak in the gun battle and this of course is just the latest installment in the ongoing battle against terrorism in russia specifically in the volatile caucasus region one of the a suicide blast that was a detonated in a village in the republic of the guest on that was a car that was detonated by a suicide bomber he himself was in the

in calling for an immediate political transition in egypt however russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov told r.t. that foreign intervention is not necessary to help resolve the crisis in egypt i don't think outsiders. should really be pushing gypped one way or another i don't think any suggestions from also going to be helpful and they're going to lead to a sustainable resolution of the situation i don't think that if you show lines at the bottom a term. you know there are. strongly believe that the egyptian political forces political groups must themselves for in the way i. mean you can watch the full version of the interview with russian foreign minister sergei lavrov in our spotlight program this saturday. well there's a similar wave of protests in nearby yemen a pro and anti-government demonstrators have been holding process in the capital sanaa while thousands of opposition supporters are holding a day of rage demanding the resignation of the country's president ali abdullah saleh a supporters of the current government also gathered for a rally accusing the opposition of trying to

he'll meet on friday with his russian counterpart sergey lavrov and minister. he plans to convey his position that the four islands are an integral part of japan. past agreements include 1956 joint declaration say the territorial issue must be resolved before the countries can sign a peace treaty formally ending their world war ii hostilities. seem willing to give up the islands. it's held them for 65 years. before leaving tokyo on thursday he said he wants to settle the territorial issue to enhance bilateral ties in economic and other fields. high-ranking officials have been visiting the islands in recent months. >> reporter: in november of last year russian president dmitry medvedev visited kunashiri island. he was the first leader of russia or the soviet union to set foot on the disputed territory. the russian president inspected a geothermal power station and visited a marine products processing plant. >> translator: we must make an effort to improve living conditions on these remote islands. >> translator: in the following month of december, first deputy p

speaking in london on tuesday, sergei lavrov referred to the dispute over four russian-held islands seizedmmediately after the war. he reiterated russia's position that the island became its territory as the result of japan's surrender. japan maintains that the soviet union unlawfully seized the islands. earlier this month, prime minister naota kan criticized russian preponderance of the evidence dmitry medvedev's visit to run of the islands in november as an unforgivable act. since then russia has stepped up its criticism of japan over the territorial issue. lavrov also hinted that japanese foreign minister seiji maehara appear positive for the joint development of the islands when the two officials met last week. japan has been opposing joint projects, saying they would justify russia's control over the region. >>> two suicide bomb attacks in russia's southern republic of dagestan has killed two people, including a police officer and wounded at least 20. russian police say a woman detonated explosives outside a police building in gubdan building on monday night. hours later a car driven

sergey lavrov told a russian news agency the incident would not affect the upcoming visit by his counterpart. he is due to arrive in moscow by friday. monday was northern territories day in japan. the northern territories are for russian-held islands that japan claims as its territory. >>> military officials of north and south korea will hold talks again on wednesday, after discussions on tuesday failed to narrow differences. working level talks are being held at the truce village of panmunjom. the south korean defense ministry said its aim is to set a date and agenda for a future high-level military meeting toward easing tensions on the korean peninsula. south korea insisted that north korea should first apologize for its two recent attacks and pledge to prevent any recurrence. that includes the sink of a south korean warship in march and artillery attack on a south korean island in november. south korean officials said after that they would be ready to take up the other issues. north korea opposed setting pre-conditions. >>> the party led by myanmar's pro-democracy leader aung san suu kyi

auntie's more and they're reporting on the visit of russian foreign minister sergey lavrov to london. russia is taking new measures in its fight against terrorism in the special operation five militants were killed in the north caucasus region three policemen died and three were injured in the ensuing gun battle auntie's katrina czar of reports. a number of terrorists were surrounded by a local law enforcement a gun battle in shoot and which five militants were killed one is supposedly on the run and this of course is just the latest installment in the ongoing battle against terrorism in russia specifically in the volatile caucasus region another suicide bomb was detonated in a village in the republic of the guest on a woman who walked up to a military outpost and detonated a suicide belt with a bomb of course killing herself killing one security officer and injuring many others one of the a suicide blast that also took place in that same village in the guest on that was a car that was detonated by a suicide bomber he himself was in the car of course and died on locations russian auth

no radicalism and preconditions that's the message from russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov right after his meeting with his japanese counterpart if you point out when japan adults are radical approach towards the peace treaty with russia which happens regularly and issued by the country's government it's impossible to negotiate these issues i said to mr million here and that we're still ready to work on the peace treaty but with no preconditions the tell you through dispute between russia and japan over the southern crew islands has been going on for over half a century now and swears up every year during these so-called northern territory's the in japan talk your claims that these southern crew islands are traditionally and historically japanese tutorial russia says that a b. or a strategic part and that is one of the outcomes of the second world war so we continue standing firm on their positions but nevertheless both sides said that they are ready to talk more about this issue and also to work together in many others years from culture and energy to business of course which is

capital on tuesday russian foreign minister sergey lavrov revealed that trade investment finance high tech and nano technology is worthy monk the priority issues to be discussed during the form all correspondent laura emmett brings us the latest . it's an annual conference which brings together russian businessmen and foreigners involved with russia to discuss the business in investment environment russia is one of the u.k.'s most important trading partners with the route just thousand british business is working in russia trades topping seventeen billion dollars as such participants drawn from the public and private sectors in russia will address opportunities with and for russian companies and how to strengthen the political and economic image of russia in the world they'll be presentations on the role of foreign capital in the oil and gas industry and also a look at the changing investment climate in russia as the country diversify is away from hydrocarbons and tries to be fast pits technology and small business sectors they'll also be sessions on building and promoting moscow as a

relatively new government there is hope for a fresh start laura reports russian foreign minister sergey lavrov is visiting the u.k. at a difficult time for the two countries relations earlier this month the guardian correspondent was expelled from russia he maintains it was because of his work with wiki leaks. requirements. in moscow office it was widely seen here in britain as a climb down by the russian authorities but that's just the latest affair and what hasn't been an easy relationship for some years most notably the murder of former russian security officer alexander litvinenko in london in two thousand and six disrupted relations in a way that hasn't been overcome yet the u.k.'s chief suspect in the case is russian parliament but i lugovoy and the two countries can't see eye to eye on the u.k.'s also harboring people who are wanted criminals in russia tycoon. akhmed zakayev person so far refused to extradite them despite repeated requests despite difficulties they russia remains one of britain's most important trading partners with more than a thousand british companies working in russ

so they had this big pro-democracy rhetoric and we heard the bush's foreign minister sergei lavrov saying that warning western countries really that this. revolution for the sake of revolution in for a democracy tool can be counterproductive to actually the focus should be on the stop machine now these democratic processes in the country and what he's now in western countries is not to interfere in the region's internal affairs that these countries have the right to define their own future and the western country need to be very careful that they're not using me as the first of their own chief it's who gave since the energy rich country open for investment we stay in russia and make the most of these opportunities right but in two thousand and eight. oh. then the president of the country fiza to chipley and signed a three point five billion dollars deal for a high speed rail way link in the country that runs between big odyssey and. now that's scheduled for completion in twenty twelve but of course as we've heard they said especially if the engine is working on that project now of kools b

international community to stay out of egyptian affairs which is why when the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov spoke to russia today and outlined russia's position people here felt that russia was hitting it white on the mark i don't think outside those. should really be pushing gypped one way or another i don't think any suggestions from all sides are going to be helpful and they're going to lead to a sustainable resolution of the situation i don't think that official line sort of baltimore. you know their care and. education but you too cool for such political groups must themselves or in the way. we've been told to remain indoors and they say it's essential fast to go outside and as a result i was unable to got to meet our guest mr cooper him coming thank you very much for coming into the studio you have said that the mainstream media is missing the mainstream point of view what is this point of view there is almost a concerted going go on being played. by the foreign media and part by the foreign governments which foreign governments are not just to be very specific i was very disappointed

the wonderful market resources that you have here so yeah i mean i do my main core business with sergey lavrov in moscow that's the diplomacy that i do and then the grassroots diplomacy here on the border is very important finish for a minister alexander stubb talking to us from st petersburg spotlight will be back shortly after a break we'll continue this interview. we'll . bring you the latest in science and technology from the realms. we've got the future. covered. discovery. with the wind. and become free. see what nature can give you on the. welcome back to spotlight algor narbonne just a reminder that my guest today is finnish foreign minister alexander stubb. mr stubbs welcome back to spotlight well let's talk about a political issue that is maybe a stumbling block in the russian finnish relations what i mean is the issue of the korea and territories which belong to russia since nine hundred forty do they have any weight in federal and domestic policies can if in the land raise this issue one day what would you say. well i think you know we have the treaty of paris and we don't have a t

been ongoing in libya and what among them was russian foreign foreign second foreign minister sergei lavrov who had this to say. that on the mass protests across the middle east and north african countries and exposed to range of problems that have piled up for decades first of all polity unemployment and guarantees social and economic rights in general these problems should be addressed by the people of defective countries without any coercion or external interference the use of military force against civilians is unacceptable in libya because hundreds of civilian deaths russia condemn such violence demands its immediate ization and the observance of international humanitarian law. for peace i want to bring us up to date with how the world is responding to this violence that we've been witnessing for the past two weeks during this uprising. well the european union has followed the united nations in bringing sanctions on libya and on the libyan regime now these include things like a free a ban on movements also arms embargo one of the things that has been said at this meeting in geneva has

the wonderful market resources that you have here so yeah i mean i do my main core business with sergey lavrov in moscow that's the diplomacy that i do and then the grassroots diplomacy here on the border is very important finish for mr alexander stille of talking to us from st petersburg spotlighted will be back shortly after a break we'll continue this and he don't go. well when one deals with water it has to realize that this tremendous amounts of damage that are done not just human damage but damage to the physical environment in which the battlefield takes place tremendous amounts of damage done by obama's by napalm. coming from the city whether it's sonic boom six tractor marine mammals or it's the burning oil fields in iraq or it's destroyed reefs in the pacific for landing purposes the list just goes on and on the geneva conventions of forty nine states that they are shall be taken in the war to protect one vote against widespread long term and severe damage the united states although it is accepted almost all of the provisions of protocol one has taken exception to that. welcome back

met in london earlier this week in an attempt to turn a new page in the country's relationship sergey lavrov and william hague agreed to establish a hotline between guarding streak in the kremlin to improve communication and love rove's visit comes after years of similar interest from attic tensions between lovers are the most recent spat unfolded on a two weeks ago when a british journalist was denied re-entry to russia also a violation accreditation rules it was quickly resolved though in the reporter was allowed back into the country. take a quick look at our t. dog comes tonight it was a place he gets a lot about going to our stories blogs analysis out the chance of you'll say as well online right now fasten your seat belt drive russia's developing an atomic powered train which could they say take passengers further and faster than ever before really interesting technology story one tonight but check it out chief you want to know more about iran we brought you this yes they didn't catch it the grave of harry potter is drawing fans of the young magician to israel but. is not as it seems c

takes more political dialogue what we've been hearing from people such as the foreign minister sergey lavrov is really revolution does not a democracy make what now needs to be the focus it's about having these democratic structures put in place and as we heard president medvedev saying that there's a real risk that that won't happen and certainly over the coming weeks and months there's going to be a real little whether these countries you've already seen egypt and tunisia having their governments they could train libya potentially following and they spit out whether these democratic structures can be put in place and whether these countries capable of running a modern democracy. first tell us more about tell us more about what you know about what russia is doing to help its citizens that are stuck in the troubled country. what we've heard from the foreign ministry that the evacuation for they snatched those that are working and living in libya at the moment has gone underway now a president orders they've dispatched four planes we know the libya has actually given permission for they still

meddling in internal domestic issues and this was the message from the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov it was a message that was well received here in egypt saying that the egyptians need to decide for themselves what way they want to move forward in the future my colleague image in london took a look at the role of the meddling the interference that the international community has particularly with its high stakes here in egypt president obama started it is my belief that an orderly transition must be meaningful. it must be peaceful and it must begin now and then faithfully one after the other one the other governments followed suit and that. these democratic change has to start now . it needs to happen now for greater freedom and democracy in egypt and it seems the theme was contagious as the call for a new egypt spreads uncontrolled across the western mass media there were one hundred and fifty thousand people in the streets of cairo protesting for democracy this is how democracy happened but what right do u.s. and european leaders have to get involved in what's essentially domestic

there reporting on the visit of russian foreign minister sergey lavrov to london well still to come this hour speaking elton multiculturalism can lead you to a courtroom in austria. we have to respect individuals in our society and we have to ask them to integrate and we have to help them to. find out what happened to a free speech activists who didn't agree with this viewpoint and proclaimed multiculturalism a failure. the first russia is taking new measures in its fight against terrorism in the latest special operation five militants were killed in the northern caucasus region three policemen died and three were injured in the ensuing gun battle. as this report. a number of terrorists were surrounded by a local law enforcement a gun battle in shoot in which five militants were killed one is supposedly on the run and is being sought after as we speak in the gun battle and this of course is just the latest installment in the on go wing battle against terrorism in russia specifically in the volatile caucasus region one of the a suicide blast that was a detonated in a village in the republ

ministers met in london on tuesday in an attempt to turn a new page in their country's relationship sergey lavrov and william hague agreed to establish a hotline between downing street and the kremlin to improve communications lavrov says visit comes years comes after years of simmering diplomatic tensions between london and moscow the most recent spat unfolded two weeks ago when a british journalist was denied re entry to russia after violating accreditation rules it was quickly resolved though when the reporter was allowed back into the country. the president of delarue says opposition will be quote bashed on the head on less that stops the stabilizing the country alexander lukashenko is warning comes just after just days after the first person involved in last year's mass protests in minsk was sentenced to four years behind bars thousands of opposition activists took to the capital streets as polls closed in december's presidential election over six hundred protesters were arrested and more than forty now face trial including several presidential candidates the editor in chief of the magazine

officially putting this treaty into force we've heard the foreign minister russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov talk about it earlier today i think you've just heard his statement just before my report right now he's saying that it's a great example of how. how disagreements can you overcome and of mutual joint understanding of mutual threats so the exchange of the ratification documents can happen at any moment now and this will mean of that to russia and the united states will be set to start reducing their strategic or missed by over one third which is very significant both for the relations between russia and the united states and for global security in general you're going to be you talk about the start treaty that's certainly taken some of the attention of the three day summit in munich where you are now the so-called dark horse forum of international security but are three days' worth of talks what else is on the campus. table here. will be right it's called the security guard last because this is a great base a great platform for conversation for dialogue most of the whole leaders and v