russia needs quality education many people are talking that there are problems in russia education even compared to the old soviet system is some participating in developing quality education in this country yes we do and we understand that must. i cannot say and i'm disagree there is no educational system in russia that's wrong if you compare there are some deficiencies to cheney's with india with brazil in bric countries it's more the war system at the same time definitely it's not the best in the world in this way we need to adjust the skills of employees in our project to what is demanded by the project itself what a what exact style of do. project normally at the moment was the new business project with the educational project to to educate skilled people to this project when it was thought to produce in this. region this political immediately simul to know the start of the project to educate team which will be the employee in this project we have interviewed a number of people on sports lines russian scientists russian young specialists work abroad and who want to come back to work and russia but surprising

return to forever was the first album you ever published in russia it was released in the soviet union right and i got it i remember getting it when i was about fifteen or sixteen like that and and. actually it was actually leaked first ever jazz fusion album that they had that we had that was available in the in soviet russia how did it happen who made it happen i don't know but i know that just before that i would get letters and i would meet people who were friends of people in russia in russia or in musicians and they had all passed around tapes and cassettes that's what we did the weekend but at this point the that record label no no no they. actually officially released that first recording which was my first record with return to forever and it was i thought wow this is great and you get some money for it did you it was a did they pay you anything i don't think so no they should know it was an official servant i mean i can collect. this rubles this is done soviet robles they weren't as good as they are. ok and now speaking speaking about jazz well don't you think that today jazz

soviet art. after the collapse of the u.s.s.r. jazz in russia hardly manage to get beyond that there were three well names like armstrong and jew pellant on would certainly ring a bell with most russians wouldn't performance only known by a small number of devoted jazz fans and jazz had living gets unerring in russian t.v. radio stations mass media it is too preoccupied with the life of stars to change the situation young russian performance of jazz often decide in favor of music as it's an easier way to make believe there are only two days a year that jazz music makes headlines in russia it's one fans from across the country folk to the other hundreds he stayed west of most of the jests festival the country's biggest open a jazz event has grown in popularity with more and more musicians from russia and the brood taking part but the first of all on. last weekend and for the rest of the year jason russian seems to be almost completely out of the limelight. all this is said is he did because because i know a lot and hundreds of people know what th

actually leave first ever jazz fusion album that they had had that we had that was available in soviet russia how did happen who made it happen i don't know but i know that just before that i would. and i would meet people who were friends of people and write in russia and musicians and they had all passed around tapes and cassettes that's what we did you know we can but at this point the record label. no no no. actually we officially released that first recording which was my first record with return to forever and it was i thought wow this is great to get some money for it did you it was time to do they pay you anything i don't think so no they sure it was an official servant i mean i can collect. its rules those those then soviet rubles they weren't as good as they are. ok and now speaking speaking about jazz well don't you think that today jazz is sort of a losing its original meaning to entertain people tell needs people to make people feel better because because many people today think that jazz is for the people i pop music big guess is like for the elite for the con a serious professi

somesense, yeltsin gets some support in this way, for whatever reason, yeltsin felt russia needed to simply shake off the soviet empire, and he thought that russia, in order for russia to emerge in some sense he had to kill the soviet union in order to kill the soviet union he had to kill communism. so there is a rule that he plays in all of this, as well. >> one minor correction, though. e distegration of the soviet bloc ended in east germany but it actually started east of germany in poland and the balance tick rep, hungary, and gorbachev's decision not to intervene the way brezhnev intervened in czechoslovakia opened theloodgates and by the time germany erupted the situation was still out of control and was beginning to affect the ukrainians and the russians, the georgians and others. >> yet in is extremely important in the end ofhe soviet union, becausthey started out as allies and buddies. >> rose: right. >> and they got estranged and eventual yeltsin hated gorbachev, and when he came back from yalta after the coup, yeltsinublicly humiliated him and i think the soviet union ended when it did because yeltsi

hard currency as it tries to cope with its worst financial crisis since the collapse of the soviet union. russia's or saw is reportedly in talks with iran over building an aluminum plant in the country the world's top aluminum producer could launch production within the i know capacity of three hundred fifty thousand tons of the metal the project could offer all capacity by nine percent but it is overshadowed by the u.s. sanctions over iran these include a brand for u.s. citizens to do business in the country and sanctions for countries who violate the embargo doesn't have any production of a u.s. spot the world's largest economy makes up almost ten dollars revenue. let's take a look at the markets now all is falling for a second day as investors speculate that fuel demand in the u.s. will falter that's after the u.s. federal reserve said there are significant downside risks to the economy of the world's largest crude consumer growing fears over the eurozone debt crisis are also putting pressure on the prices lites reads is currently losing one dollar thirty six cents while the brunt blunt is losi

that they look at eastern and central europe in the post soviet era as an attempt to expand the american sphere of influence right up to russia's borders incorporating the former soviet allies now as american allies that's the second part of this calculation and that's exactly what is going to ask you next obviously romania part of nato probably feels it's going to be obliged to take part in this plan but you talking about the other agenda do you think the remaining people really would want that and accept that this americanization and this american influence over that country. well i think clearly not i mean romanian society like all societies is provided between classes and sectors and and regions so there is not necessarily a home of public opinion in romania but i think the romanian people want jobs they want to get out of poverty they want if there's integration into western economies it's for the purpose of trade not for the purpose of using romania as a as a pawn in somebody else's big geo strategic chessboard threaten its neighbors and i think the romanian people won't be happy with this and in fact become greater victi

economy are going and i hope that the russia and the other post soviet states like where we can avoid that. as you mentioned this interview russia and post soviet states were taught first of all by americans politicians and their experience these new liberal ideas. are fine no capitalism has shown its dark side to third world countries including the post soviet countries today he is showing it to the world's most developed countries this is it means that we witnessing the collapse of this new liberal consensus we're seeing the victory the victory of aneel liberal consensus is to impoverish the rest of the world by taking the entire surplus in the form of finance i'll give an example suppose you're a buying a house or a person the idea of a bank when you go to a bank to get a loan is how much does this person make how can we capitalize what he makes and make everything about subsistence pay to the bank for a loan a company in america. there will be a quote suppose you're a corporate raider and you want to buy a company you go to the bank and you bid against others and you end up saying

russia. so we support it quite consistently the independence and sovereignty of all of the states that emerged in the soviet union as a way of blocking the re-emergence of that. we advocated multiple pipelines out of the caspian and central asia as a way of undermining the eroding russia's control of the energy resources of eurasia and quite frankly, dedicated to democracy and free markets because we thought that this would lead to the pro-western orientation and all the countries of this region, the pro-western orientation would get a foothold on the ground in these countries in a place to monitor what we saw as inimical actions by the russian states. so what we have done for most of the past two decades particularly in the past decade as russia rebuild its power is to try to manage the conflict of interest between the countries along russia's's border so that they did as little damage as possible to the overall relationship in. this leads to the third point. the question about this region and going forward and that is is there a way that the united states and russia can move beyond what has been a history

russia. we supported consistently the sovereignty of all the states emerged from the soviet union to lock theree mother janes -- reemergence of the threat. it's a way of underminding and eroding russia's control of the energy sources of euroasia, and quite frankly we advocated democracy and free markets to lead to a pro-western orientation to all the countries of this region, a pro-western orientation to give us a foothold on the ground in these countries and a place to monitor, and if necessary, counter what we saw as imdeemble actions by the russian state. what we've done were most of the past two decades, and particularly in the past decade as russia rebuilt its power, is to try to manage the conflict of interest between our countries along russia's border so that it did as little damage as possible to the overall relationship. this leads to the third point. it would be the question about this region going forward, and that is is there a way that the united states and russia can move beyond what has been a history of competition during the cooperation? can we do this taking into account th

russia. and so we supported quite consistently the independence and sovereignty of all the states that emerged from the sovietunion as a way of blocking the reemergence of that threat. we advocated multiple pipelines out of the region out of central asia as way of undermining and eroding russia's control of the energy resources of eurasia. and quite frankly, we advocated democracy and free markets was we thought that this would lead to a pro-western orientation and all the countries of this region, a pro-western orientation that would give us a foothold on the ground in these countries and a place to monitor and, if necessary, counter what we saw as inimical actions by the russian state. and so what we've done for most of the past two decades and particularly in the past decade as russia rebuilt its power is to try to manage the conflict of interest between our countries along russia's border so that it did as little damage as possible to the overall relationship. and this leads to the third point. i think the question about this region going forward, and that is is there a way that the united states and russ

the history and psychology of these domination and the domination of this country by the soviet union or russia or you're there in france and russia is envoy to nato on a recent visit to paris intimated that the defense in europe poses a risk to your country what what does he mean by that. well difficult to be in its mind but i mean probably is warning france which is now are a full member need to again because until recently it before sign because it was elected president was not part of command and now france is in bed with the us to mean is telling france what chart because if you side with the united states all the contracts that exist in france and russia including military contacts because there's a contract or submarine or a an aircraft carrier these could be in danger all the intertwined economic and military relationship between france and russia could be endangered and you could sort interrupt you could apply that sentiment to all of the other nato countries. but i think. germany all sorts of blatant will brush up but countries like britain or italy the. tight to what i pick trade bet

to anyone is that there is really very clear and lasting frustration on russia's part with the american role in the former soviet region, a resentment of america's real -- almost dominance during the time of the decade of the 1990s when russia was in some very difficult circumstances. irritation among many about the american presence particularly american bases in central asia, suspicion of u.s. democracy promotion, its methods and also its goals. and a regular complaint about u.s. double standards. i apologize for those of you who are here from the depth because i'm sure you hear about these things all the time. [laughter] >> another, i think, view that came through very frequently is the sense that russia should have special rights in this region of the former soviet union. president medvedev, of course, talked famously a little while ago about russia's privileged interest in this region and that's clearly a very widespread sentiment based both on geography and on shared history.. course an effort to resolve the dispute between moldova. former russian officials and russia played a very instrumental role in neg

there was a time when the soviet union was feared and respected. russia should all superstition itself as a strong state or people who visit should feel like they've stood russian soil. technically that's already the case russian settlements and bergen have greener grass because of the several loads of black soil that was brought here from siberia in soviet times illegally this terror treat the lungs to norway and nine hundred twenty agreement guarantees its signature is the right to conduct.

there was a time when the soviet union was feared and respected. russia position itself as a strong state people who visit his parents should feel like they've stepped on russian soil. technically that's already the case russian settlements and bergen have greener grass because of the several loads of black soil that was brought here from siberia in soviet times legally terra treat belongs to norway and nine hundred twenty agreement guarantees its signature is the right to conduct industrial activity on the archipelago an option fully utilized only by. mosco that for decades has been mining coal here. coproduced here has always been a pretty expensive but back in soviet times it was not an issue of economics but rather of politics needed to maintain its mining base here bergen at any cost but now production volumes have just a fraction of what they used to be but montagne russian presence here is still considered a matter of strategic importance the soviet methods die hard the mines equipment hasn't changed much in the last fifty years while the ethnic co

country from norway's spitzbergen archipelago russia own about a third of the territory having developed a remote coal mining community there during the soviet period when there and found out following the collapse of the u.s.s.r. areas actually become more important for russia. a cluster of violence between big devil and the deep blue sea could be used to sardis peter bergen archipelago was a lot like puerto rico for the u.s. not entirely its own yet not food for in a form of pools between north america and western europe and as many hold a future base for the russian advance in the arctic. just a few words about this morning men and women in their lives of course oh yeah of course all of. the most western tourists this morning meant is a testament to the daily soviet invasion the town of barons to work once a flourishing mining community is in a series the. good behind this appealing facade one can also see a freshly painted writing on the wall that russians under cleaving in fact their back. it's a russian birthright to be. the second summer in a row the coffer span going on ch pittsburgh and decorating its kindergarten give the picture o

too as you point out, after the cold war ended with the fall of the berlin war and the soviet union became russia, all of a sudden the united states stood there number one and what we didn't realize is there were two billion new people looking for all the things that america had and somebody was gonna take note of that and build on it. it wasn't necessarily us. what hapned? >> we did something as we say in the book, that can be fatal, we failed to understand our environment. we took the end of the cold war as a giant victory and it was a giant victory but it also presented us precisely as you say because it brought two billion new people in the global work force and presented a huge challenge and we didn't recognize it and we threw a party and then came september 11 and we responded as we had to respond t we also over responded. we went around chasing the losers from globalization and forgot about the winners in east asia and forgot about dealing with our domestic challenges which are ultimately crucial for dealing with the world so we've had two decades of drift and we got to get back on track.

that is one place where the soviet spirit is frozen in time in the arctic circle it's not even in russia it's in the town of baron spurred lives on a norwegian archipelago called spitsbergen a vibrant soviet neighborhood grew there after mining rights were granted nine hundred twenty you today russia operates a consulate very making of the world's northern most people a magic mission but when communism disintegrated the community there collapsed with a little strange sense as artie's outside a boy discovered. its true legacy no one should be proud. heaps of scrap nationally touring pristine arctic landscape building stilton over their foundation. black smoke over the snow covered peaks the traces of the soviet industrialists d.v.d. on the spitzbergen archipelago don't make a pretty picture if the guiding principle here is the worst the downer what goes like to tell the story about back in soviet times when norwegians were visiting barons word for the express. even. how prosperous this stuff was. times have changed by the soviet language is still attracting new region tourists or barons w

country from norway spitzbergen archipelago russia owns about a third of the territory having developed a remote coal mining community there during the soviet period some boyko went there and found out following the collapse of the us a sorry the area has actually become more important for russia. it cost her of violence between the devil and the deep blue sea for the use ceasar the skids bergen archipelago was a lot like puerto rico for the us not entirely its own not food for in the form of calls between north america and western europe and as many hope a future base for the russian advance in the arctic. just a few words about this morning a man or woman in their lives of course yeah of course all of. the most western tourists this morning meant is a testament to the failed soviet ambitions the town of barons were once a flourishing mining community is in a similar state. get behind this feeling facade one can also see a freshly painted writing on the wall that russians on a living in fact their back. it's a russian birthright to be. if the second summer in a row that you're telling titian cough a standing on to pittsburgh and decorating

the harmony center party won twenty nine percent it's the first time a russia supporting party has led the polls in the former soviet state since it became independent what speculation is growing that rival lot of politicians may form a coalition to keep the pro russia party out of government about one third of the country's population are russian speakers but many of them are non-citizens and have no voting rights. of russia and its key european gas customer sealed a twenty five billion dollar energy deal this week for the soon to be built south stream pipeline will pump russian gas straight into europe all year round moscow has spent the last four years agreeing the details with its partners who want guarantees of nonstop supplies the flow have been disrupted several times in the past along current pipelines that's due to rouse between russia and transit countries like brother reuss and ukraine south stream will deliver gas along the bottom of the black sea bypassing any possible political barriers german or french and italian firms have now signed up to the project which is due to be completed by two thousand and

there is one place where the soviet spirit is frozen in time and it's not even in russia it's the town of bar and simpered in the arctic circle which lives on a norwegian archipelago called spitsbergen a vibrant soviet settlement grew there after mining rights were granted in the one nine hundred twenty s. but when communism collapsed so did the community in the third of her special reports on a boy called finds out how an old soviet dream still provides a means of survival and is also helping preserve the past. it's a legacy no one should be proud of heaps of scrap metal littering pristine arctic landscape building stilton over their foundation pipes spewing black smoke over the snow covered peaks the traces of the soviet industrial activity on the spitzbergen archipelago don't make a pretty picture the big guiding principle here is the worst the downer lot of life to tell the story back in soviet times when norwegians were visiting barons were also looks. at how prosperous this stuff was well times have changed when the soviet lag is still attracting a ridge interest to bear and work

there is one place where the soviet spirit is frozen in time in the arctic circle and it's not even in the russia it's in the town of parents berg which lies on a norwegian archipelago spitzbergen a vibrant soviet neighborhood grew there after mining rights were granted in the twenty's and even today russia operates a consulate there making it the world's northernmost diplomatic mission when communism collapsed the community collapsed with it and a little change since as archie's acts on a boy co-founder. it's a legacy and no one should be proud of heaps of scrap metal littering pristine arctic landscape building stilton over their foundation pipes spewing black smoke over the snow covered peaks the traces of the soviet industrial activity on the spitzbergen archipelago don't make a pretty picture if big guiding principle here is the worse the better locals like to tell the story about back in soviet times when norwegians were visiting barons were they often expressed amazement. at how prosperous this was well. obviously i can't read the sign it's still attracting a region tourists are bearing th

comes to moscow she's already been here over thirty five years ago of course back then russia was a part of the soviet union but in a number of interviews that her majesty had of this three day visit to russia she said that she's very much looking forward to it with changes that happened to the country in the past years as her husband has been to be this great surprise during this time and shared his impressions of this city with her also for her it is a historic visit as well as her majesty is related to the dutch princes gaga model who married a russian tsar alexander the third gender through marrying him became empress muddy field a man who gave birth to the last known arc over russia because by the second so this visit is going to be a food of cultural exchange the queen has already visited pushkin museum of fine arts. where she had to chance to take a look at the russian venus a photography exhibition. a visit to st petersburg russian cultural capital is also scheduled during the visit but of course it's not just about history and cultural exchange she came with a large delegation of businessmen