sergey lavrov criticized what is described one sided sanctions against syria including imposing in bargo on oil exports from the country sanctions are rarely the best possible solution he said and could even make matters worse earlier the european union imposed embargo on all exports from the country and western powers are pushing for father majerus against president for the brutal crackdown on protests that russia's speirs concerning sanctions against syria are justified as many believe that sanctions are the first step to repeat lidia's disastrous scenario in syria russia call score more corporation rather than military action and today sergei lavrov in particular said that moscow sent an official invitation to representatives of the libyan national transitional council to come to russia to discuss potential energy projects and leave but as artie's daniel bushell report everyone is eager to cooperate or even share with libya lining up for its lucrative energy deposits italy's top oil company only has already moved its workers back into libya britons said to be in private talks with the

speaking at the summit with leaders of the full soviet state sergei lavrov also talked about plans of the u.s. to build a new missile defense system in europe and he said there were no signs for a compromise from washington on that russia is more eager than ever according to sergei lavrov to come up with a common solution with a common system where russia would be offered an adequate level of cooperation but so far it hasn't received any invitation to participate in legal guarantees that the system would not neutralize its offensive capabilities washington surface system is not aimed against russia but russia's fears that it could threaten its security just recently turkey agreed to post a new anti radar system early warning radar system as part of this missile defense shield in europe and moscow has been criticizing that stance at the moment this remains the biggest irritant in relations between the u.s. and russia but sergei lavrov such today he didn't give up hope that they could come up with a compromise and moscow is pushing for a new dialogue on this sensitive issue. this hour t

russia's foreign minister says will be useless in solving the arab countries drawn out conflict sergey lavrov comments came at a summit of c.i.s. countries where he also spoke about libya's new leadership and he's you catarina crouch over there. syria lover of criticized what is described one sided sanctions against syria including imposing embargo on oil exports from the country sanctions are rarely the best possible solution he said and could even make matters worse earlier the european union imposed embargo on all experts from the country and western powers are pushing for father majerus against president assad for the brutal crackdown on protests but russia's fears concerning sanctions against syria are justified as many believe that sanctions are the first step to repeat libya's disastrous scenario in syria russia calls for more corporation rather than military action and today sergei lavrov in particular said that moscow sent an official invitation to representatives of the libyan national transitional council to come to russia to discuss potential energy projects and leave but as artis

spoke out over nato's of missile defense shield in europe which the us is actively developing sergey lavrov says and there is no indication of washington's willingness to cooperate with moscow on the issue the kremlin wants to create a joint missile defense system but the offer has been met with a lukewarm response from nato on friday turkey agreed to host a radar for the western shield russia feels the system could threaten its security but brussels claims it's aimed against so-called rogue states moscow's requests for written guarantees have so far been brushed off by the alliance. and while the u.s. remains reluctant to cooperate russia is working to make sure its own nuclear arsenal is in top shape it successfully test fired an upgraded version of its total ballistic missile on saturday with a maximum range of ten thousand kilometers it is capable of evading advanced missile defense systems the mobile weapon is it being modernized to make it even more difficult to detect which military officials say is in direct response to washington's plans for europe. and still to come this hour when

for taking a unilateral approach against syria foreign minister sergei lavrov says the e.u. plans for a new born in bahia will destroy any unlike approach to solving the arab countries crisis. hundreds of thousands of israelis are still to be the biggest ever government is the latest in the summer protests against the high cost of living and a ray of economic problems. also reporting on r t the gas prices up in ukraine with another winter of discontent looming up to kiev to successfully negotiate with russia over its previously agreed fuel bills. and i'll be back with more on those stories more developments in less than thirty minutes from now in the meantime we've put the spotlight chicago's long serving man whose timely reforms transformed the city stay with us for that interview.

south russia is laying into the new for taking a unilateral approach against syria prime minister sergey lavrov says the e.u. plans for a new all embody it will destroy any party like approach to solving the arab countries crisis. the gas pressure is off in ukraine with another winter of discontent a new thing i'll take you have failed to successfully negotiate with russia over its previously agreed fuel bills for the crimean turns a current deal complies with international requirements and cannot be revised you know naturally. russia is remembering the victims of the present school siege seven years ago over three hundred thirty people were killed after all the terrorists held children and two just hostage for over three days without food will. be back with another update for you in less than fifteen minutes from now in the meantime a moscow out team goes on to try to russia's literally legend's around the capital . great. council. so to put the. moscow. hello and welcome to the program this week shall be taking a look at the various venues and locations connected with the impressive list of r

for taking unilateral approach against syria foreign minister sergei lavrov says the plans for a new oil in bongo will destroy any part of like approach to solving the country's crisis. in ukraine with another winter of discontent looming. negotiate with russia over its previously agreed. on that's it from me today my colleague thomas will be here as the news continues and thirty minutes from now in the meantime the kaiser report looks at whether me international monetary fund has more record than rescue and also plans to cut the big banks down to size that's next.

sergei lavrov represented the then-soviet union at the united nations in the 1980s. 's foreign minister. thank you for joining me, mr. lavrov. >> thank you for the invitation. >> in may, 2010, there was a leak of a 70-page document to the russian edition of "newsweek" in which you are supposed to have written that barack obama had the potential to be a transformational president who would change the character of u.s.-russian relations. and he was battling an intelligence military foreign policy establishment that wanted a more confrontational relationship. so two years in, has obama transformed u.s.-russian relations? >> well, i don't think we wrote exactly what you quoted. but we certainly believe that the slogan of change under which president obama came to office was a comprehensive one and embraced not only domestic politics but international and have seen a change in attitudes, the atmosphere is very different from the last years of the bush administration. and i think from the first meeting with president medvedev, i believe it was in london, they understood eac

russian foreign minister sergei lavrov fills an urgent meeting with u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton now members of the delegation are telling us that even though this is a closed door meeting the assumption is that lavrov and clinton were negotiating the future of talks on the israeli palestinian relationships the palestinian bid for statehood at the united nations security council is really stealing the show this year we know that palestinian leader mahmoud abbas is expected to present palestine's bid for recognized statehood to the u.n. secretary general ban ki moon in the next days to come and this is something that we know israel in the united states are really not fever and they have been calling for the full to negotiations between israel and palestine to kick start again on a bilateral level this is something that palestine is already seems to be tired of so it is taking these specific actions to try to get its state recognized within the within the international community so we extremely busy week lies ahead at the united nations of course o

russia has never approved of moammar gadhafi his actions the key message from foreign minister sergei lavrov who also oppose nato math and to remove the former libyan leader it got this going off has more in russia's response to the libyan conflict. moscow has recognized the national transitional council as the sole legitimate power in libya and according to russia's foreign minister says the very beginning of the conflict russia has been stressing that it's up to the libyan people to decide in which direction they want to see their country moving in and who should be. but it's the matters with which these are being forced from power which are raising a lot of questions here in moscow was the. russian has never approved of the former libyan regime back in may president clearly stated that could happen should go the way the united nations resolutions were implemented by some nato members and other states and that the principle of the supremacy of law was being disregarded the african union and u.n. initiatives were ignored leading to an increase in civilian casualties however it was the prote

for taking a unilateral approach against syria foreign minister sergei lavrov says the e.u.'s plans for a new all in bargain will destroy any part of the market approach to solving the arab countries crisis. hundreds of thousands of israelis have gathered from what's called to be the biggest ever anti government run it is the latest in the summer protests against the high cost of living and the rate of economic problems. also reporting the gas pressures up in ukraine with another winter of discontent looming after he failed to successfully negotiate with russia redbridge previously agreed fuel bills permanent change the current deal complies with international requirements and cannot be revised you know naturally. well i'll be back with more on those stories and other summary for in about fifteen minutes from now the meantime on moscow our team goes on the trail of russia's a literary legends around the capital stay with us for that. great. old thing. comes to a. unique. subject of the. moscow. hello and welcome to the program this week shall be taking a look at the various v

state hillary clinton has also during her address to the thanked for our russian foreign minister sergei lavrov for his help in issue eight this type of forum up going to miss clinton it was during a conversation that was taking place about two years ago that's when her and mr lavrov where they came up with this idea so clearly are a lot of discussions taking place here as well as you know heads of state and representatives from all over the world are meeting in new york but of course friday will be that big day to see what develops in terms of the palestinians big for u.n. membership. and marina spoke with iranian with iran's controversial president mahmoud ahmadinejad ahead of the speech that he is now giving and here here is the u.s. of abusing the pluralism of the united nations. this is the continuation of suppressing the rights of the palestinian people and the palestinian nation they are people like all the other nations they must have the right to determine their own destiny they must have the right to choose their destiny on the other hand if the united nations is truly pluralistic in

we already received statements from both in the first place sergey lavrov russian foreign minister saying that this issue the issue of the gas price and gas contracts between ukraine and russia must be resolved in full accordance with international law and with international regulations concerning the interstate gas prices he also said that russia has not been trying to corner ukraine and humiliate your brain this is something that the ukrainian president to be on the court said a little earlier during his visit to the drink in the weekend that according to the cranium prime minister. regardless of the negotiations regardless of how hard they will be ukraine will still stick to the current agreements and will fulfill the agreement some to what the new agreement has been reached and the new price is agreed this comes some forty eight hours after victory in the cold which they did that ukraine might turn to international court in stockholm to resolve the case to have the contracts revised there's also been a very sharp response coming from the kremlin from the presidential press office whic

that it would rigorously defend the already agreed deal in international courts foreign minister sergey lavrov met his ukrainian counterpart stored energy costs are to here push for a new discount because of struggles in paying the current contracts that's caused by down here in oz let's use there for us and then see if things weren't getting pressure on moscow for the currency restart is that still that it's now pushed things to fall maybe. well certainly over the past seventy two hours it clearly seems that the temperature in this new gas crisis has reached critical level especially with somewhat sensational a very loud statements made by president going to president of ukraine who said that in the first place that russia humiliated you krane in the course of the negotiations and that quote that you russia cornered ukraine in these negotiations . loud the statement was that he plans to sue russia in international court to have the two thousand and nine gas contracts revived now there also was a very stern replied coming from the kremlin the presidential press office said that should ukraine

secretary general this week russian foreign minister sergei lavrov marina must come on friday we've got a lot of coverage coming up of that and of course on the day itself but let's look at the here and now libya is in the limelight again today with president obama pledging that the world will stand with a post gadhafi in libya. that's right u.s. president barack obama that is of the opportunity to get some attention off of palestine and move it over to libya because a high level meeting was held at the united nations dozens of countries were in attendance and libya's national transitional council was there outlining how the plans will be set up for establishing a new government the us president addressed those in attendance saying that libya now is in a very successful position now that moammar gadhafi has been removed from power and the u.s. leader how did this success for libya and for the international community he says that a host could off the libya is much more free and much more democratic but not everybody at the united nations sees this situation the same way russia for exampl

i would like to add certain points to what sergei lavrov has said though. first of all we would like to state again. that the relations between france and russia are at an excellent stage very. confident in many domains in many spheres and in the cultural sphere for example. but also in the economic sphere. our companies are contributing to the diversification of the russian economy for example in the project of the russian silicon valley or if in the development of tourism in the north caucasus and other possibilities. paris has just launched a large scale project called a big paris and moscow is ready to do the same. this is giving a lot of opportunities for exchange of experience. but of course in the domain in these serious security. we have had negotiations. when when talking about the military situation we have had several discussions. i would like to say that. when it comes to the participation of for the russian president within the framework of the g eight. we would like to say to bring our support to the initiatives promoted by the russians russia

now russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov is addressing the un general assembly in new york right now let's have a quick listen at human source of power plant has made it very clear that we need to strengthen international regulatory framework for nuclear and she's safe to the russian federation has proposed to strengthen the mechanism conventions for nuclear safety. and also to strengthen corresponding standards we expect all the other nations to support our initiatives. to jane each of you for more information technology was necessary. to take measures to provide for international security and i see this is another challenge that the world community is facing to date on this. and we have prepared an initiative and submitted it to the united nations together with other partners of the group at this session we will submit our proposals to the un human. and probably centric world of today an efficient international structure can only be established it is based on the region be. blog's strengthening the regional component of global management the growing influence of regional organisati

scenarios in syria russia will score more corporation rather than really treat action and today sergei lavrov in particular said that moscow sent an official invitation to representatives of the libyan national transitional council to come to russia to discuss potential energy projects and leave but as parties daniel bushell report not everyone is eager to cooperate or even share with leave lining up for its look pretty good. italy's top oil company only has already moved its workers back into libya britain's b.p. is said to be in private talks with the interim government for in trouble to told the noise reports that france was promised a food of the country's forced reserves rebels teligent pay france's foreign minister calls it a. call to favor those who broke the winning side. against gadhafi is not even over but already appeared to be fighting for the resources he wants control actually this war with this activism. it was a war of frost against italy. ownership of libya's oil say experts key to control of the country libya's a very unusual economy. pended it depends entirely on oil produc

says president bashar al assad has already implemented reforms aimed at solving the conflict as sergey lavrov also admitted not all theory and opposition members want to engage in talks with the government lover of caution against encouraging protesters to stay away from negotiations last week the e.u. opposed that oil embargo against syria and warrant a further steps of a five month crackdown did the start as a renegotiate report sanctions seem more likely to affect the syrian people that if it worries. the dealer is a master barber those small his shop was floor until it all ended in the snip. and there are many customers that would come from a forest when you kilometers away from damascus but now the flow has come down a lot first came the unrest and then the crackdown then the west's quickly stepped in with sanctions to survive is to put the economic pressure on for cheap the political come from the bunch and help the people of syria to achieve something just an aspiration at first all major credit card transactions were stopped earlier this month but that mainly affected foreign tourists

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but sergey lavrov also admitted it's not all syrian opposition members wanting gauge in talks with the government a lot of caution against encouraging protesters to stay away from negotiations last week in post and oil embargo against syria and warned of further steps if the five month crackdown didn't stop but as i read about those reports sanctions seem more likely to affect the syrian people than the authorities. and the dealer is a master barber those small his shop was floored until it all ended in the snip. of many customers that would compromise forest when the kilometers away from damascus but now the flow has come down along first came the rest then the crackdown then the west's quickly stepped in with sanctions to survive the economic pressure on the cheap the political. the budget. the people of syria to achieve something just. at first all major credit card transactions were stopped earlier this month but that mainly affected foreign tourists because syria runs its own payment system and those with syrian accounts didn't feel the pinch however the e.u. and the us are tighte

sergey lavrov was speaking on behalf of brics countries brazil russia india china and south africa click on r.t. dot com for more. turning now to libya where rebels have reportedly reached a deal to enter one of the remaining strongholds of cut off colonel qadhafi bani walid without fighting parties where if an ocean reports from the country's capital out of why this could be a turning point in the conflict they've been preparing for this operation for quite a long time we need to helping them clean path towards. military facilities in the area by the way lead has always been known as khadafi stronghold and people from they say area have since the beginning of this conflict here in libya been fighting against rebels all across the country and have been dying for khadafy and there they all the time in supporting gadhafi has provided them with a very good imitation and the best weaponry the national transitional council has repeatedly been claiming recently that probably is not secure and is not safe and that there. we're working hard to try to restore in the country on the territory now c

rush's and laying into the eview for taking a unilateral approach against syria foreign minister sergei lavrov says the plan for a new well and paul they will destroy any party like approach to something the outcome from the costs. of gas prices up in ukraine with a number winch of discontent moving on to kiev fails to agree with moscow over its fuel bills it's now looking for ways to become less dependent on russian gas despite the constant fall. and russia is remembering the victims of beslan school siege seven years ago over three hundred thirty people were killed often on terrorists help children and teachers hostage over three days without food only. now asking for suspended from the u.s. open tennis around fifteen minutes time but next we trace russia's military measures for a prince a peek around moscow. great . old. cold. germany. soldier what the police. moscow. hello and welcome to the program this week shall be taking a look at the various venues and locations connected with the impressive list of russian poets and office monuments libraries restaurants it's easy to see the great im

says president bashar assad has already implemented reforms aimed at solving the conflict and sergei lavrov also admitted not all syrian opposition members ones to gauge in talks with a government lover of cautioned against encouraging protesters to stay away from the game last week that imposed an oil embargo against syria and warned a further steps if the five month crackdown didn't stop but as i read a little school report sanctions are more likely to affect the syrian people than the authorities. and the dealer is a master barber the small his shop was flourishing until it all ended in the snip. many customers that would come from a source twenty kilometers away from damascus but now the flow has come down a lot first came the unrest then the crackdown then the west's quickly stepped in with sanctions to survive is to put the economic pressure on to achieve the political how to stop the bloodshed and to help the people of syria to achieve that i just asked for a show at first all major credit card transactions were. stopped earlier this month but that mainly affected foreign tourists be

the biggest returned in relations between moscow and washington but the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov said today that russia didn't give up hope that a compromise is possible and is pushing for further dialogue with washington. gradual but many thanks for the update from arms. ok coming up shortly here on the landing a job well that's exactly what the americans can't do with little one new no new vacancies little guest find out who's being blamed. for his given last day failed to find common ground on their gas fields ukraine sets its sights on the outside of the pipeline. more than three hundred she believes have been released in the skies above the town of beslan the republic of north and south korea today one of the victims of russia's deadliest terrorist attack seven years ago a school so usually ended when a group of cool can see how the rather a thousand people hostage for three days without food or water did of course and i reports now from an old settler. today's the day off for mourning and it's a small south and city of bassline where hundreds of people from across the russi

special united nations general assembly gather still force to new york city russian foreign minister sergei lavrov holds his first official meeting with u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton find out all the latest details ahead in the program. the euro zone's third largest economy gets a below the belt as if it means credit ratings downgrade sparking fears of an even deeper financial crisis a boss europe. and multiculturalism under the microscope president trying to break down a wall over the issues facing immigrants in germany. and the russian markets opened on a positive note saying some losses on monday no not now business update in about twenty minutes time.