optimistically president medvedev pointing out that the economy is a lot like the weather here in st peter's for one day but on the first day of the form you have beautiful sunshine on the next day you have rain and that's how really acts for us and these officials are looking at the economy and optimistic that eventually they will somehow get out of that the main challenge though that you are of the european union i should say and russia and countries like kazakhstan are facing is not to allow the euro crisis to affect their trade and that's really what was the focus at this final session it has to be said as well though that the final question actually from the moderator wasn't in fact about money it was the question that was really on everyone's mind and would it come up before the end of the forum and that of course is whether or not president medvedev is going to run for reelection here is what he said. but when i consider it appropriate to tell you whether i will do it or not i will come out and say it this forum is not the best place for that one thing you can be sure of is that i wou

st. peter's square. some of those people if they're lucky and the timing works out just right may actually get to see the pope in person. a luckier few get to meet the pope if everything goes just right. from new york it's eight hours to one of the world's oldest cities. i have two hours to get to the vatican. which should be plenty of time. it's been said that all roads lead to rome. some days that still doesn't seem like enough. but there are plenty of sights to pass the time. and the singular destination that is simply timeless. from almost every part of the globe, the old and young, the joyful and the solemn, the faithful and the simply curious come to see the leader of the catholic church. this wednesday audience began over 80 years ago and is a weekly event at the vatican. it's where the catholic church's highest human authority touches base with his congregation at ground level. speaking to the crowd in seven different languages he welcomes visiting groups and gives them his blessing. some react w

of the south stream marcel crammer joining us from st peter's world economic forum . after the gas row between russia and ukraine left europe freezing moscow decided to develop an independent group to secure its gas supplies south stream i believe along the bottom of the black sea and then on into europe and critics say these pipelines will make western europe even more dependent on moscow every thought household on the continent of russian gas. means our streaming best to gazprom is working hard to prove that even a joke like. hello is a crime or welcome to the show thank you very much for being with us. well first of all first of all i'd like to ask you about your presentation in brussels on the twenty fifth of may did this presentation somehow change the attitudes in the e.u. towards the south or do they still have questions about the project. well i think it was a very successful event so. there was a very good presence not only of the many partners in the sauce. project but also of e.u. officials and service from various institutions. we consider this session suc

so that's an important point also as i had mentioned the spanish prime minister is up to taro in st peter's bird for our work on the conference and to russia in spain. working on contracts that were worth some eight hundred million euros when they put pen to paper here in st petersburg among them the countries will jointly build new trains and they are working to develop oil and gas here in russia so that's new business and investment coming into the country always a good thing for the leadership here russia and spain aiming to boost trade to about ten billion dollars a year it's a lot of big business coming out of out of the st petersburg international economic forum on day three of the gathering and that's the business news here on our t.v. stay with us headlines up next. day children in the war in the old keys to me. in june one hundred forty one these walls were the first barrier for the nazi troops on their way to moscow. centers and breasts were dying one by one under siege this. was. the last shelter an unnamed soldier left a few simple words farewell model i'm dying but i'm not surr

of the south stream marcel primary joining us from st peters world economic forum. after the gas role between russia and ukraine left europe breezing moscow decided to develop an independent fruit to secure its gas supplies south stream belayed along the bottom of the black sea and then on into europe but critics say this pipeline will make western europe even more dependent on moscow today every fourth household on the continent consumed russian gas. main south stream investor gasper always working hard to prove that even the pipeline. is a crime or a welcome.

economic meltdown that's been the latest topic for discussion at the international economic forum in st peter's by the gathering wrapped up on saturday but also dealt with the horizons for investment in russia and how to give developing countries more clout in the international monetary fund and world bank and it's an hour late. of course the main topic at a session on global financing with european officials there's going to be the euro crisis what has to be aside from the two officials of finland presidents face prime minister post stated that if not the euro crisis that the separate countries in the eurozone are having crises and they kind of outlined that this is about the euro crisis of the currency being weeks is really as they see it the currency is very strong back could of course be too faded from the president of kazakhstan and president medvedev we've heard a little less optimistic things about the euro saying that it could be expected that when so many different states get together and share one currency that eventually they're going to run into problems overall it has to be said th

st. peter's on the balcony, and go out and there's hundreds of thousands of people, so i would like to bless you all -- i always thought that this must be what it is like should be pope. amen. i would also like to introduce the man who is now the new lieutenant governor and the great mayor of the great city of san francisco, the honorable gavin newsom. [applause] what is next, dave? >> i think it is time to meet your 2010 world series champion san francisco giants. let's meet them. first off, former giant first baseman, still in the ball club as instructor and broadcaster, jg snow. former giants shortstop also now an instructor, sean dustin. catching instructor, bill hayes. the giants great third base coach, tim flannery. the bench coach, ron waters. giants' hitting coach, hensley euless. first base coach, ronesto kelley. giants' bullpen coach mark gardner. the pitching coach, did a pretty good job, i thought, dave righetti. [applause] how about the giants skipper, his second world series, the manager first with the giants, i think he made all the right moves, brought the giants the world ch

. >> the sunset casts a beautiful glow on telegraph hill, "tower, st. peter and paul church. seizing land by eminent domain to buy a private owner who wanted to build a condominium is extreme. as a resident, i fully supported that. i see tourists stopping all the time that this intersections and taking pictures, 360 degrees around. a cable car has taken this route. this action was done using an american law. when i learned that the city of san francisco considered building a new library, i was appalled. the idea of taking land forcibly from a private owner for the purpose of using it for -- is completely unethical and hypocritical. in speaking with the business owners within two blocks, some of whom are not native english speakers, i found that many have not been informed of the issues at hand and don't understand how the landscape will change. >> i'm an architectural historian. i urge you to reject this eir it does not discuss the ramifications on what is planned. we are talking about closing mason street but it will not be all and open space. this will be blocked by the bui

st. peter's, and it is because of generous scholarship programs. he is going to naturalization classes, and he goes to do his homework at different organizations in the mission. without the assistance of these programs, her son would not be able to be the exceptional student that he is. he has gotten a second honor at school for his academics. i think that the children are the future of this country, and if we cut the money for this programs, there will be more children in the street because they will not have anything to do. [applause] this is one of her worries about children and another is about seniors, and she wants to see that programs are children and programs for see -- programs for children and seniors are so important to give both of those communities a vibrant and important service. [applause] she helps you can share and that these programs can have some of the money from the budget. thank you so much. >> i am here from the age of the planning services council. we need to figure out how to make up the cuts because they fund essential ser

create a better investment climate in the country speaking at the international economic forum in st peters about colson warns that corruption and excessive state influence in business and trade threaten the country's devout. also u.s. congressman want to be counting on funding to believe big campaign saying obama weighs acting illegally and not seeking the approval to extend american military involvement last ninety days the white house how about. noisey needs permission from capitol hill. plus a new wave of protests in syria as the move towards a third round of sanctions against the country germany unfolds meanwhile say they will put pressure on russia and china to support a new resolution on syria with critics fearing it's part of the build up put enough that leave this stuff to about. a next to a dive into the black sea and how special report focusing on the sprawling shores of russia's most populous stretch of coast states and. if you're taking your first trip to russia you'll probably be more inclined to pack a fur coat rather than a bucket and spade but if you head down south to the

chancellor won't accept any more military bases he won't accept any more war machines on its land in st peter and therefore we say no to all military facilities to get piano to those that come in arms we say go home. in two thousand and seven the us revealed its plans for a new military base in the chance of italy just a few miles away from the city's historical center. already hosts a u.s. military base because that might come to the southern european toss post and one of ten major u.s. bases in italy the area designated for the new base is the exhibition airport. the plans for the new base include forty eight buildings over twenty acres of land i couldn't give a damn about the chance of because of it said you have four people it said three of whom are over the age of ninety and the base is a nothing of a base it doesn't generate smoke noise there are no planes landing so everybody of complacent big chain from my point of view is a dirty commie ok but why because the entire government the region the authorities of decided yes and they want to make a noise even though these are entirely harml

very much for coming all share this if you can there was a time when when the economic forum in st peter's group was overshadowed by the learned economic from every starting at the to take it taking place simultaneously now the russians are no longer envious. however of the london gallery why is it a sign of. maturity or does this reflect the rising interest are far enough or in businesses and politicians to the events in russia to the. russian market. russian economic forum in london has started to form for mostly discussion of russian ships. some people before which actually force some point of view is a. pretty new new form which is a long form as a predecessor. is look like global because the most urgent of the main agenda of some people will form is a global agenda. a lot of for discussion was the water and will be awarded to. global ocean us of course russian issue also you will be present and the russian president is going to keep a speech. but anyway i believe that the most part of his speech will be about what will problems and russia in framework of this problem who are there any

primaries this year of the south stream joining us from st peter's been from the economic forum mr krammer we started talking about about south stream bad about competitiveness of these two projects but as far as i understand natural gas which you find which you pump through the pipes also as also asked competition like the new sources of gas for example the shale gas and the liquefied natural gas they're putting downward pressure on natural gas prices is this really the trend is a true. well you know i think we have to look at the l. and g. and chilled gas in quite a different way. the shale gas first of all we know the story about the u.s. very large and rather unexpected volumes of shale gas have gone through the market there. we are now as an industry looking very hard at what could be the possibilities elsewhere in the world and what i'm hearing about europe in that respect is that yes there are in geological terms certain possibilities it is not quite clear how complicated some of the production will be in europe it would be quite different from the us and there are a number of envir

with the bed of mystery as the russian president rounds old thing to national economic forum in st peters the question of his running for a second time remains unknown said. george confidant on the extradition of alleged russian arms dealer big to boot from thailand to the united states saying the evidence is so lame see. the greek tragedy the country's prime minister says that means another one hundred ten billion euro bailout void default on its huge loans as a stereotype lines ignited massive protests on the streets about. how and welcome to the program this is all teasing weekly review and you know ship of our timeline story now nato has admitted its forces killed civilians in an asse trial which hit an apartment block on a trip and it's been sunday gadhafi regime officials say two babies who were among the nine dead the lines blamed a weapon for giving a stray instead of hitting a military missile site. indications are that a weapons systems failure may have caused this incident so the incident has sparked widespread public outrage among libyans with conduct at the show saying it pro

but i have a coming the crisis in the usa will be discussed in st peters but i do international economic forum that enters its last day covering from recession and the creation of an international financial center in russia the focus of discussions as the internet is there. in spanish prime minister and the finnish president yesterday russian outlined vision of a future in the state's dominant role in economy corruption but the main threats to development. business bulletin and about fifteen minutes time and they did today a special edition of on the money where people have out talked to people at the cent pieces but for him about what lies ahead for business in russia. at least sixteen more people have been killed in syria as mass protests there continue the e.u. is planning a third round of sanctions against the regime of president assad if it's deadly crackdown on demonstrations but antiwar activist brian becker says the sanctions are the first step towards why did intervention the e.u. if it adopts these new sanctions the third wave of sanctions there incrementally ask a lady in the

in one of these st peter's got into national economic forum has been discussing how to avoid another global economic meltdown and encouraging major brands to take a fresh look at the new horizons of unrest in the rockies. between tentative peace in the levy at the knees a office and island venue for talks between kind of kids out there is opposition rebels it's also called for russia and the african union as a mediator is at the grammys envoys touring the region in efforts to broker peace. right now an all round view of moscow next as national interest explores all googly one of the most picturesque roads you'll find. hello and welcome to the moscow outsell the program this week i'll be exploring the capitals gathering approximately sixteen columbus's in succumbs france it was recently created in the early days of hundreds as a tree lined boulevard took place the city's outer wall today is undeniably the heartbeat of the russian capital and the stars of the are right next to the moscow river at the famous public outdoor space goalkeeper hogg. the golden ring consists of seventeen ind

now we cross threads or who is at the st peter's to bring us more on what's happening. that's right it is finally sunny here in st petersburg that couldn't be said yesterday or this morning but finally the sun is out making for a much nicer atmosphere a much nicer and nicer atmosphere to enjoy the st petersburg international economic forum and to get a lot of good business done which is something that the russian government certainly hopes can get done here with a lot of business and a lot of innovation that they hope to bring to russia especially using this forum as a vehicle for that as far as that goes there was a lot of business going on today there were two important deals signed one between dow chemical and the skolkovo fund in order to create a research and development center for russia that's something that has put to paper on this morning also ross nano russian nanotech for signing with some asian partners in order to create a nanotech fund of more than one hundred million dollars something to spur research and development in the nanotechnology field something t

of the south stream marcel primer joining us from st peter's world economic forum. after the gas will be.

trends are reporting live at the st peter's bird. and international economic forum here to give you all the latest on all the goings on here at this very important annual meeting the fifteen thousand new meeting in russia's northern capital we do have some news to tell you about earlier dow chemical and the skolkovo fund signed a deal put pen to paper here in order to found a research and development center also. russian nanotech firm side to deal with some asian partners to establish a hundred million dollar plus nanotech fund in order to accomplish that kind of research and development so some important economic news going on here in addition just the typical not the typical but the general theme going on here russia is w t o a session on the table and also a ten billion dollar state funded a private equity fund state backed private equity fund being established here in order to lure investment and business into russia also the head of the international energy agency he spoke earlier here he said his prediction was that during two

clear he's not going to sell his stake in the company and also during the recent economic forum in st peter's that that he would rather concentrate on the natural world he's company rather than just you merges with any other companies are also besides the board of directors there was another stumbling look that's the model didn't pay out thirty one point two percent of the company's net profit will be paid in dividends that's quite a lot so that would make six dollars for each share bought. and sold wanted higher payouts that's what we know. well thank you and we look forward to getting updates about that as they progress. the oil prices rebounding slightly after losing six percent last week however worries about a possible default by greece are still weighing on crude the country's parliament is due to hold conference a confidence vote like to choose day one to hang on to that cave from platts energy agency explains why the small country is having such a big effect on the crude market. we already have historical events similar produce what we have. lehman brothers. course a flight from a cou

hu jintao called for additional reforms to cope with the slow pace of the recovery the visit to st peter's about what followed by a trip to moscow there to countries fail to agree on the volume and price of russian natural gas to be exported to china however the neighbors intend to quadruple their bilateral trade worth what it would have decade journalist told r.t. that a close alliance between moscow and beijing will bring economic benefits. try not to be hugely important trade partner for russia both in energy terms only in general trade these are two countries that for many decades shared a political ideology least to some extent they share the longest land border in the world to be much much greater partners than they are now if we look at russia is extremely keen to develop its oil and gas resources in the east of the country exporting those anywhere other than asia just doesn't make logistical or economic sense so really this is about russia spreading its wings. you know everybody who can explore anything is looking at the asian market because that's where the growth is. the case aga

i expect people to be focus and in terms of our domestic maybe whatever news could come out of st peter's were for i'm not sure there is anything market moving there but you know in terms of specific names station because as you know we have an election year which is you know buying into populism so whatever comes out of there could be influential so keep an eye on that well that's the business news for now but we'll be back in just under an hour with more stay with us the headlines next. us some stand shoulder green and one party or another socialism has spread the shadow of human regimentation over most of the nations of the earth and the shadow is encroaching upon the earth to. leave early twenty first century military bases the network of military bases all around the forms of the movement empire that the united states is trying to put it's astonishing most americans have no idea there are more than a quarter of a million more than two hundred fifty thousand us troops stationed on these bases all around us. we don't have far bases america we don't have any british base we don't have a

st peters about court has sentenced a local new no c. group leader alex a revolt in his accomplices are preparing to life in prison ruling that they pose an exceptional threat to society other members of the group received penalties raging from suspended sentences to eighteen years in prison the gang members were convicted of hate crimes including murders and illegally possessing weapons responsible for staging eight times on foreign students and killing citizens of senegal north korea and is because stan they will say that turns into high security prisons the founder of the new nasa gang dmitri were of a cold was killed in a standoff with police in two thousand and six their authority say the gang has been active for eight years. well there are plenty of other stories waiting for you on our website at all to go including why egypt's interim government is risking its economic ties with a girl and you can see it is cutting of gas supplies to the church state find out about this and other stories. in the plants nato war games and a u.s. wa