to them i was a representative from st petersburg who promoted economy corporation to reason cultural ties nevertheless the u.s. justice department which more new touristic to meet is a foreign agents insisted that representatives of cities also register disappointing agents version of the law doesn't even include known political actors like that the foreign agents registration act in the u.s. quote requires persons acting as agents of foreign principals in a political or quasi i political capacity to make periodic public disclosure of their relationship with the foreign principal as well as a pivotal receipts and disbursements in support of those activities end of quote the sponsors of the russian bill say their version is almost identical with the american law the us argues the difference is that their law doesn't address nonprofit organisations but many see another difference but he knew that the us doesn't have thousands of whoring organizations which work to change its constitution to change its leadership but we in russia do have a situation when scores of going to say sions wor

members of some non-governmental organizations met with hillary clinton behind closed doors in st petersburg afterwards one of them media the russkie said the secretary of state is aware of the proposed law and quote is searching for ways to modify the support of russia's n.g.o.s without subjecting them to a crackdown end of quote we say non governmental organizations many of these organizations are government funded right so they get some of their funding from from the government of the united states anyway so and she is saying that then that they certainly do and they are certainly going to either get it over early and maybe she's hinting at covertly i don't know many of the n.g.o.s in russia which get their financing from abroad to preach openness and transparency in the sponsors of this russian bill or you it only makes sense that they themselves are subject to the same principles of transparency i'm going to check on in washington r.t. . strained ties with its neighbors has plagues paraguayan of a sense that i asked its president turn around and many are calling an institutional coup se

st. petersburg to seattle, and just about every city and town along the way and in between, there are services and facilities that we all grew up with that just aren't around any more was of budget cuts. because there's no money for them. in some places it's become dire. some communities have declared bankruptcy. others carry huge deficits. and in scranton, pennsylvania, here's another extreme. the mayor there says to stay afloat financially, everybody -- all municipal workers -- must take a pay cut down to minimum wage. that means, the mayor, police, fire, everybody. it's all part of the larger economic picture that was debated again on the campaign trail today. and we have two reports to start off with here tonight, beginning with nbc's ron allen in scranton. ron, good evening. >> reporter: good evening to you, brian. yes, this battle was back in court today with the public employee's unions trying to force the mayor to pay them their full wages guaranteed by their contract. we're talking about hundreds of firefighters, police and other city employees whose wages were suddenly slashed to $7.

from all over russia one of them is tatiana that i'm jane in a seventy year old pensioner from st petersburg this summer she took a break from her retirement routine and went to the other end of europe for the opportunity of a lifetime she hears them and if he is like a fairy tale i'm nervous but it's the moment we've all been waiting for i came to leave that in a few hours will be in london and attending the olympics. during the winter games in sochi twenty five thousand volunteers will be lending a helping hand and cover over twenty areas of specific duties ranging from directing to their destinations to giving first aid to those that need it so she volunteers will make up one third of the entire games personnel and he's just some of them about to experience how it's done in. charles r.t. moscow. what a summer coming out for all those people and fall the numbers all your sport for whether it's next year and twenty four hour r.t. . resistance is not a politics but a culture. this could. all its own. cultures of resistance on our team. good laboratory to mccurdy was able to build most sophis

from all over russia one of them is tatiana that i'm jane in a seventy year old pensioner from st petersburg this summer she took a break from her retirement routine and went to the other end of europe for the opportunity of a lifetime actually seeing your family if he was like a fairy tale i'm nervous but it's the moment we've all been waiting for i can believe that in a few hours we'll be in london and attending the olympics. during the winter games in sochi twenty five thousand volunteers will be lending a helping hand and cover over twenty years of specific duties ranging from directing olympians to their distant nations to giving first aid to those that need it so she volunteers will make one third of the entire games personal and he's just some of them about to experience how it's done in. macon archos team asking. finally saturday sees the peralta much stage of the ninety nine toward a france take place in team sky's bradley wiggins that's almost certain to become the first briton ever to win the competition it was actually wiggins teammate and compactor mark cavendish one's going to

before this conference in geneva when russia's foreign minister said met with hillary clinton in st petersburg after that meeting he said she changed her position but then she wasn't really at the media conference following that meeting . meeting to confirm that so it wasn't really clear then the conference in geneva with much longer than initially expected normal nobody really knew what's going to what was going to come out of it but in the end they did end up signing this document sixteen months so very long time and since the beginning russia has been saying this is an internal matter for syria and no outsiders could order no solution to the situation there and. it's a mystery why it took so long for the international community to agree because now it's reflected in this final document it took all these vetoes and discussions it's just unclear really why it took these sixteen months. we consider it the utmost importance that this document does not seek to dictate to the syrian sides how the transitional process should happen politically how exactly this process will take place is up to the

st. petersburg? and how will you address the disruption to business outside of the tourism industry that will occur in downtown tampa? >> great questions. transportation is a challenge, especially moving so many delegations from outside. those 400 buss will be coming from the beaches, coming from north of us. we're going to have to dedicate this lanes on the interstate just to move the delegations back and forth. we will be open for business, but it will not be business as usual. if you look at other conventions, there will be occurrences, and i've been to enough to know some of the businesses suffer, but there's been challenges getting downtown, parking downtown. to the regular customers don't come. we will have a lot of office workers in downtown that will tele commute or choose to take vacations. there will be some impact. if you look at the positive impact of this event on the bay area and on tampa far outweighs the short term challenges that some of our residents will face. and we have been prep

from all over russia one of them is tatiana that i'm jane in a seventy year old pensioner from st petersburg this summer she took a break from her retirement routine and went to the other end of europe for the opportunity of a lifetime actually seeing your son with it feels like a fairy tale i'm nervous but it's the moment we've all been waiting for my game to leave that in a few hours he will be in london and attending the olympics. during the winter games in sochi twenty five thousand volunteers will be lending a helping hand and covered over twenty years of specific duties ranging from directing a limb peons to their destinations to giving first aid to those that need. so she volunteers will make up one third of the entire game's personal and he's just some of them are about to experience how it's done in. the can i chose the most. fun summer lies i had no doubt that as. well as next year in twenty four hour r.t. . wealthy british. market. can. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike's cancer for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines kaiser repo

a seventy year old pensioner from st petersburg this summer she took a break from her retirement routine and went to the other end of europe for the opportunity of a lifetime she hears them with it feels like a fairy tale i'm nervous but it's the moment we've all been waiting for i came to leave that in a few hours will be in london and attending the olympics. during the winter games in sochi twenty five thousand volunteers will be lending a helping hand and cover over twenty years of specific duties ranging from directing olympians to their destinations to giving first aid to those that need it so she volunteers will make one third of the entire games personal and he's just some of them about to experience how it's done. charles r.t. moscow. now let's move to boxing way of italy. preparing for the defense of his w.b.c. world heavyweight title against manual charge in moscow this september char a syrian born german started his professional career in two thousand and five and since then has recorded twenty one wins without a loss to his name of italy has stepped into the ring forty six ti

clinton in st petersburg after that meeting he said she changed her position but then she wasn't we were at the media conference following that meeting. meeting to confirm that so it wasn't really clear then the conference in geneva much longer than. initially expected. nobody really knew. what was going to come out of it but in the end they did end up signing this document so at least some progress appears to be made here but we know that the conflict in syria approximately sixteen months in the making now the violence continues as we speak russia when it comes to the u.n. security council russia has been steadfast in its opposition to any type of military outside military intervention in syria now experts are saying this final document is essentially a victory for russian diplomacy what do you think exactly sixteen months so very long time and since the beginning russia has been saying this is an internal matter for syria no outsiders could order no solution to the situation there. it's a mystery why it took so long for the international community to agree because now it's reflected in