s of figures here for the three day summit in st petersburg from silicon valley we had eric schmidt. and they're actually meeting with all of the officials from the scope of my working signed by fine with them to make sure that this project moves and develop the be as possible so it's a great venue for the movers and shakers as we call them to really get together with these officials and in a very informal manner proves that the way they think that it should be done. was a piece bergen our own business boards in about fifty minutes time and later this hour indeed as well a special edition of our team is on the money program for you. people the form of what lies ahead they think for business here in russia. now on the way as well how to get a face lift in the frost. this russian orthodox church has wandered far from its home on sean thomas in and to go and coming up on our tour we explore the world of the southern most the russian orthodox church. the latest show to find seguin syria's president assad has seen at least another sixteen people killed as thousands of people protested in

s and figures here for the three day summit in st petersburg from silicon valley we had eric schmidt from google and they're actually meeting with all of the officials from the scope of my work you signed by side with them to make sure that this project moves and develops the sickly as possible so it's a great venue for the movers and shakers as we call them to really get together with these officials and in a very informal matter proves that the way they think that it should be done. and he's now reporting there from st petersburg and more from saying that his birth for him in our a business bulletin at about fifteen minutes time but later today a special edition of our tease on the money where peter lavelle talks to people at the forum about what lies ahead for business in russia. and on the way here in our team how to get a facelift in the frost. this russian orthodox church has wandered far from its home on sean thomas in the go and coming up on r t we explore the world's southern most russian orthodox church. played a show of defiance against syria's president assad has seen at

s of yours here for the three day summit in st petersburg from silicon valley we had eric schmidt. and they're actually meeting with all of the officials from the scope of i working side by side with them to make sure that this project moves and develops the simply as possible so it's a great venue for the movers and shakers as we call them to really get together with these officials and in a very informal matter piece that the way they think that it should be tougher. and more from st petersburg now business bulletin and about fifteen minutes on the way how to get a facelift and the frost. this russian orthodox church has wandered far from its whole month on thomas in order to go and coming up on our feet we explore the world the southern most russian orthodox church. the syrian regime has apparently started an operation to prevent people from fleeing violence in the country troops backed by turns have swept into a town very close to the turkish border to stem the flow of refugees to tackle human rights activists say the action will prevent flood food and water reaching some two t

and move from st petersburg business bulletin and about ten minutes time. on the way how to get a facelift and the problems. this russian orthodox church has wandered far from its home on john thomas in the go and coming up on r.t. we explore the world southern most the russian orthodox church. the syrian regime has apparently started an operation to prevent people from relieve violence in the country troops advance by tongues have swept into town very close to the texas border to stem the flow of refugees to tackle human rights activists say the action will prevent food and water reaching some two thousand displaced people meanwhile be used lining up the said round of sanctions like you to target companies with sebring dealings these rights have discussed possible pressure on damascus and the united nations with russia but most of the senate won't back any resolution that may bring military action and me least act sharrow says that any armed intervention would be counterproductive. all that the local for exporting democracy and all that sort of preaching r

i match reza live in st petersburg at the st petersburg international economic forum the sun is going down on day one of the forum but they began the sun is not going to go down entirely because it is white nights here in st petersburg so that means the sun is going to go down almost entirely at all but many case tomorrow they too big to be a new slate going to be time for new business to be discussed as for today though the word of the day was definitely innovation there were a number of high profile deals that were cited all in that area the first one gal chemical and the skolkovo fund signing a deal in order to create a research and development center in russia very exciting there and on top of that russ now russian nano technology firm signing a deal with with some asian partners in order to establish a one hundred million dollar plus fund for technology research and also some very exciting news that's going to help boost innovation and business here in russia vis in addition to the forums already stated focus on russia's w t o obsession and the creation of a state back to private

here in st petersburg president medvedev wrapped up his speech at the st petersburg international economic forum in the focus of his entire speech was basically modernisation talking about making russia a modern place to do business and improve the investment climate here in the country he said you focused on the success of the i.p.o.'s like jaan decks and mailed out rupe talking about how russian i.c. companies can make it happen and also focused on it the ten billion dollars state backed private equity fund that has been established and visions of that expanding a government sale of thirty billion dollars in state assets something that he says needs to be done in order to improve the economic climate he says russia does face some challenges there is too much regulation need to root out corruption and need for private business to dominate the russian economy and the role of the state should be to make a suitable environment for business to be fostered and established here in russia now to talk more about all this i'm joined by peter lukian now from al's capital to give us some more perspe

such a crisis happening again major business in full italy ers are discussing that right now in st petersburg parties live at the international going on the forum as an repsol. syria faces third round of ease sanctions and more adel wins a government crackdown which saw the more than a dozen there and thousands raged nationwide. forcing r.t. coming to live from moscow armory and joshua welcome to the program every award that's how greece's latest finance minister sums up the job ahead of him he's been tasked with securing another multi-billion euro bailout the criteria for which means slapping and outright hostile greek public with more sturdy cuts and some countries like turkey which once harbored dreams of membership are beginning to rethink their plans. if you talked about turkey in the e.u. ten years ago turkey's hopes of joining would have been inseparable from joining the euro but not anymore turkey's attitude in short can be summed up very simply very glad going to probably. turks on the street seem to have a wide range of opinions on the euro but their country's doorstep europe's econ

s and figures here for the three day summit in st petersburg from silicon valley we had eric schmidt from google and they're actually meeting with all of the officials from the scope of my work you signed by side with them to make sure that this project moves and develops the simply as possible so it's a great venue for the movers and shakers as we call them to really get together with these officials and in a very informal matter proves that the way they think that it should be done. for any states for much of the for bringing us the latest from the canonic forum and saying pittsburgh. and more from st petersburg in our business bowl then of course in about fifteen minutes time then later this hour a special edition of our tease on the money where appear lavelle talks to people at form about what lies ahead for business and russia. the latest show of defiance against syria's president assad has seen at least another sixteen people killed as thousands of people protested in major cities urging him to go the e.u. is lining up a third round of sanctions against syria as a comic and imp

thank you marina i am matras a live in st petersburg at the st petersburg international economic conference good to have you with us with your our t.v. business wrap up now if this is the fifteenth annual st petersburg conference and it's the white nights in st petersburg going on right now so there's a perfect backdrop to this event we've got main themes that are being discussed here among them russia's a session to the world trade organization and the other big topic of discussion here is russia's creation of a ten billion dollar state backed private equity fund designed to help bring investment and lower business to russia and to the russian economy to help to bolster the russian and diversified the russian economy to a stated goal of president medvedev now one of the focuses of attention is not only on bringing business from the west which is something that has been tried to to make it attractive before but also looking east china is a huge partner of russia economically and culturally and it's something that is trying to bring more together here through the conference chinese president

and move for you from st petersburg business bulletin and about fifteen minutes time. home the way how to get at lived in the frost. this russian orthodox church charles wandered far from its whole months on thomas in antarctica and coming up on r.t. we explore the world's southern most russian orthodox church. the syrian regime has apparently started an operation to prevent people from fleeing violence in the country troops bunch my tongue's have swept into town very close to the turkish border to stem the flow of refugees to attacking human rights activists say the action will prevent food and water out reaching some two thousand displaced people would be used lining up a third round of sanctions likely to target companies with syrian dealings he was discussed possible pressure on damascus said the united nations with russia but also says it won't find any resolution that may bring military action and middle east expert sharon who says that any armed intervention would be counterproductive . although it's a local for exporting democracy. and all that sort of preachin

st. petersburg? absolutely, because russia's fighting a capital flight problem right now ahead of presidential elections in march 2012. $25 billion so far in the last year. they're concerned about any run on any country. i did an interview with jim wolfenson, which we'll run later on cnn. he talked about the gap between the private banks and the government and the people. the gap is far too wide. he thinks the european union and european central bank and including the imf have gone a step too far to protect a private investor. that's joe ackerman of deutsche bank. the german and french banks are on the hook for $100 billion in greece alone. that's why we've seen the difficult negotiating which is have come to the brink now. the cabinet reshuffle probably won't do a whole lot on its own. the unity government was a good idea but they didn't get the result they were, looking for. nina. >> john defterios, thank you for that. >>> this global situation weep be talking about something else in the world, the

s and figures here for the three day summit in st petersburg from silicon valley we had eric schmidt. and they're actually meeting with all of the officials from the scope of my working side by side with them to make sure that this launching moves and develops the simply as possible so it's a great venue for the movers and shakers as we call them to really get together with these officials and in a very informal manner because that's the way they think it should be done. and this is now important for us because from st petersburg and you know business post in about fifteen minutes for you also on the way tonight how to get a face lift in the frost. this russian orthodox church has wandered far from its home i'm sean thomas in and arctica and coming up on r t we explore the world the southern most russian orthodox church. rather more news for you the latest show of defiance against syria's president assad is seen at least of the sixteen people killed as thousands of people protested in major cities edging him to go the was lining up a third round of sanctions now too likely to target c

stifling corruption call for spites me to mediate if you're at the international economic forum in st petersburg during me at least an hour for more details in just a moment. no consensus no kara she u.s. congressman say they'll cut funding for the libya campaign unless the president gets the proper constitutional go ahead for the ongoing war. bombers ninety days of action without sanction runs out this weekend. plus the e.u. moves towards new sanctions against syria and pushed its fear to be a build up for a libya style intervention. international news and comment live from our studios here in central moscow this is . russia must modernize its economy in the next few years regardless of who is in charge prism if it has been one in the country's direction at the st petersburg forum of top business leaders he also wants that the government's large role in the economy along with corruption threatened development and must be tackled reports now from st petersburg. but there are certainly a lot of obstacles and president medvedev knows that became very clear and has for real with his hometown as pre

the final day of the international economic forum here in st petersburg is well underway joining me at least an hour away from war to tell. you plans of tougher sanctions against syria has some experts warning it could pave the way for a libya style intervention. and a bleak future for chinese a college graduates as an increasing of the city leavers forces millions without jobs and to life with and tribes. international news and comment twenty four hours a day you're watching r t welcome to the program. greece's new finance minister is getting down to work by describing his job as a real war he needs to convince angry greeks to face fresh austerity cuts to secure more bailout billions from europe but for countries like turkey who have been trying to become part of the e.u. for years the financial woes are slowly weakening their resolve to join up as artie's tom barton explains. if you talked about turkey in the e.u. ten years ago turkey's hopes of joining would have been inseparable from joining the euro not anymore turkey's attitude in short can be summed up very simply very glad you'

live from moscow and more headlines are coming your way but first though we go to st petersburg where are these business bulletin comes live from the annual economic forum. so i we do apologize here on r.t. technical difficulties with our connection in some petersburg will work to work at establishments and i will turn to kareena for all the latest business news right here from the heart of moscow. hello and welcome to our presence here in moscow now all eyes are on russia's northern capital as the anglican amik from gets underway this year presidential air cards are called it says it's more important than ever for russia as it begins to look east as well as west for you invest that i recurring theme at the forum as how much the russian government has done to improve the investment climate in the country because your u.b.s. roster and c.i.s. says there are many things that have already been achieved. this year with you know if you take into consideration the twelve contracts of the represented in the turned. to gold in the. twelve million barrels a day in seven years so the road produ

the sun is shining in russia's northern capital i'm out of the st petersburg international economic forum to tell you all about the high level goings on here in our business report coming your way in about twenty minutes. international news live from moscow city center this is artsy. well energizing relations and a boosting trade is what the leaders of russia and china have been discussing here in moscow but they also couldn't avoid sharing their thoughts on the conflict in libya. has been monitoring the meeting for. the two sides. enjoy a very strong relationship but both have stressed that there is still a lot of room for improvement and that improvement is precisely what was dominating the talks between chinese leader who jintao and his russian counterpart need to make a difference here in moscow both sides focus mostly on energy related deals we know that gas problem is currently holding talks with china to build a pipeline originating in western siberia and going all the way to china. it is specifically going to exist to cater exclusively to china's growing energy needs we also know

s in your sphere for the free day summit but in st petersburg from silicon valley we had eric schmidt. google and they're actually meeting with all of the officials from stoeckel by working side by side with them to make sure that this project moves and develops the sickly as possible so it's a great venue for the movers and shakers as we call them to really get together with these officials and in a very informal matter is that the way they think that it should be talked. down to move from saying he does though get out of business bulletin and about ten minutes time. no way how to get a break and the problems. this russian orthodox church has wandered far from its home i'm john berman. and coming up on r.t. we explore the world southern most russian orthodox church. the syrian regime has apparently started an operation to prevent people from believe violence in the country troops granted by turns have swept into town very close to the texas border to stem the flow of refugees human rights activists say the action will prevent food and water reaching some two thousand displaced people

comic forum is in full swing here in st petersburg. there's executives global innovators and world leaders all gathered together to debate move forward economically and environmentally on various levels it's considered that this year the big players are old stuff and china before the euro and dollar are struggling severely of these two countries are not only developing separately but dynamically in their bilateral cooperation in fact it's come out statements from both sides recently that china and russia can say that they have not only overcome the consequences of the economic crisis of two thousand and eight but they have between the referent bubbles pre-crisis levels and that can allow them still set and vicious tasks to further intensify our bilateral trade and cooperation i would look at other issues on the world stage france and china see i was very differently from the last when it comes to international crises take libya both have their reservations about the un resolution is expected back both in strongly oppose any kind of int

is strong energy ties between russia and china are at the center of a major financial forum in st petersburg and how to push the world economy forward . moscow and beijing two of the world's largest emerging economies come together and are expected to be the big players at this year's economic forum in st petersburg join me and you see now why for more in just a moment. wall hostility the u.s. congress threatens to block washington's campaign in libya it's not been in full swing for ninety days without no make or approval. thousands of palestinians are left scraping for a living as israel with holds money owed to the government fears it could be used to fund terror attacks. world news and much more twenty four hours a day you're watching r.t. the supply of energy will remain the very center of russian chinese relations was the message from president to me to madrid it also talks with china's hu jintao in moscow the two leaders have now moved to st petersburg for the city's international economic forum the. way it's calling the three seasons brainstorming event and joins us now and the presid

corruption goals voiced by to meet the may day to fear at the international economic forum in st petersburg join me at least for now and for more details in just a moment. no consent no cash u.s. congressmen say they'll cut funding for the libya campaign unless the president gets the proper constitutional go ahead for the ongoing war obama's ninety days of action without sanction runs out this weekend. and palestinians are out of pocket after israel holds back millions in turks leaving tens of thousands of people without their wages. international news and comment live from lost in central moscow this is the russia must call me in the next few years regardless of who's in charge prism if it has been outlining the country's direction at the same petersburg form of top business leaders he also wants at the government's large role in the economy along with corruption threaten development and must be tackled and he said now reports now from st petersburg. well there are certainly a lot of obstacles and president mitzvot did know is that became very clear and for real weakness from term as presi

s of figures here for the three day summit in st petersburg from silicon valley we had eric schmidt. google and they're actually meeting with all of the officials from the scope of my working side by side with them to make sure that this launching moves and develop the fully as possible so it's a great venue for the movers and shakers as we call them to really get together with these officials and in a very informal manner proves that the way they think that it should be done. right there and they have more from us some papers before you in our business bullets in about fifteen minutes time on the channel as well also on the way how to get a face lift in the frost. this russian orthodox church has wandered far from its home on sean thomas in the end and coming up on r t we explore the world the southern most russian orthodox church. the way to show defines against syria's president assad to see that least another sixteen killed as thousands of people protested in major cities are going to go the e.u. is now loading up to a third round of sanctions likely to target companies dealing i

going to be more business deals on the agenda to empower the chinese leader will be traveling to st petersburg with his russian counterpart where they will participate in the same petersburg economic forum where most people expect more business deals to reach the table of the chinese delegation soulforce of many more interesting aspects of this relationship to be seen in the next few days the two leaders met just a few days ago in the us then during a summit of the a c. o. states and if there are the two leaders once again repeated the reiterated the position that violence will only lead to violence said that the military intervention that is currently ongoing in libya led by the nato coalition forces will only bring more violence to the already volatile region and that a diplomatic solution is the only possible way to resolve the ongoing conflict in libya of course and we know that that position was reiterated once again here in moscow both sides saying that diplomacy and negotiations are the only possible and acceptable way forward both sides saying that the nato coalition forces are basical

st. petersburg at one time. our emergency operation center was activated virtually the whole three month period of time and you deal with those issues. lots of them. we talked about a lot of the crises that you go through and from the mayor's perspective and the book as well. so that's a -- that's the second part of the job. third part of the job is advancing your vision for the city. now it's interesting because that's why you run. you run because you want to do something. you run because you have a plan, you have a thought, you want to make the city better. yet quite often, a mayor can get so bogged down in doing the business. they are terrible. union issues, employee issues, or dealing with the crises as they come. you can get so bogged down that you never quite get to the point of advancing their vision or stopped in the middle of advancing the vision. you have to be very focused and your organization has to be focused at making sure you are continuing that forward momentum and path while you are dealing wit

the final day of the international economic forum here in st petersburg is well underway join me and you some now way from more details. that you plans a third set of tougher sanctions against syria with some experts warning it could pave the way for a media style intervention. arab league future for chinese college graduates as an increase in university resources millions without jobs into wife and tripes. this is actually coming to live from moscow three pm here in marina joshua welcome to the program greece's new finance minister is getting down to work by describing his job as a real war something underlined by the fact his appointment has already been met with protests and he's to convince angry greeks to face pressure stary cuts to secure more bailout billions from you are but poor countries like turkey have been trying to become part of the engine for years of financial woes are slowly weaker dissolve joined up as artist on board reports. is in talks about turkey in the e.u. ten years ago turkey's hopes of joining would have been inseparable from joining the euro not only more

the president will run for a second term as he rounded off the international economic forum in st petersburg. we're watching r t just after seven pm here in moscow thanks for joining us and we begin in libya where libyan officials report seven civilians including two babies have been killed in an apparent made to air strike on a house in the koppel the incident comes amid reinvigorated nato bombing as the alliance grows increasingly desperate to break the stalemate at the national reports from the capital tripoli and you may find some of the images in this report upsetting. residents of sydney seem a distance here in tripoli have been woken up by a strike in the middle of the night a bomb possible norms landed here the story as you can see behind me several three story buildings cries of densely populated area where buildings standing very close to each other time to many people some of them very poor as we were told at least forty families have been living in the damaged houses which is from twelve to fourteen people living. under the rubble we were able to shine children and two adults a m