st petersburg started. from the controversy the meeting is all about the palestinians to put that. on to the first thing just the world heritage list last year you know asco recognize palestine as a member state provoking fieri and israel and the u.s. so now this is going to make the tension and what are the chances of the trash. and also apart from the controversy what is the u.n. cultural body preparing for us we're asking the executive. the executive board of unesco is in charge of the organization's program of work since two thousand and nine and has been headed by the russian ambassador and delegate to unesco. ms mitchell has been a politician and diplomat for more than two decades has been a member of the russian parliament in the mid ninety's and was first deputy foreign minister in two thousand and three and two thousand and four regionally joined unesco in two thousand and one as assistant director general and returned three years ago as russian ambassador. hello you actually see a lot of this show well first of all russia is currently presiding in the you know scale world

of the as the same to you mentioned st petersburg the center the historical center of st petersburg which actually hosted the world heritage committee is on the list right how does the unesco reach. the state of the architecture and the state of the preservation of the historical center of st peter's you know it's not a question it's the biggest site of the world. really yes or all is for example the center of rome it's much. much smaller incomparably compact which have been inscribed for example perry since scribed only . you know. sin sin there are the saudi rigorous yes yes yes and all these you know buildings you know are in the center of the c.d.c. and this why you know the picture will have big difficulties for the development i mean who not only new constructions but you know increasing can assess it's in electricity and water in them so it's necessary to develop the infrastructure but it's not easy and it's needs very very big work and that's why. you know and in general the problem between conservation and development exists in all sides so yes you're feeling even being a russian

yesterday in st petersburg asking you have to hear and i have signed an agreement on the shelf for a while at last doesn't mean that i may be satisfied with russia's conditions for the european investors in the russian energy sector. it's very difficult to give an answer to that to that question but of course what we can see at this moment that there are some quite some contacts between russian companies and between companies in europe between companies everywhere and i think this is very encouraging because it shows that there is an opening. of fresh air and that's what exactly everybody would like to see because let's be honest russia is very very important when it comes down to it and to global energy supply there is no solution without russia russia is the biggest gas producer is the second producer in the world so it would be an illusion to think about. energy demands a growing energy demand worldwide could be met with the outs without russia so what you just mentioned i think is one of the important steps towards that direction. but will a rush ministry of economic development.

and you have a drinkers following events in st petersburg for us dmitri want to see the highlights. well basically the first day of the st petersburg forum is a last minute chance to run around and hand out your business cards because the indeed the forum is wrapping up but it is the most important economic event of the year well at least in russia because nowhere else would you get so many celebrities of the business and government seen all under the same roof together this combined with the splendid venue that is st petersburg all russia's so-called northern capital and some very bright weather in the white nights so basically the only mood spoiler was the backdrop of the european debt crisis and that was the elephant in the room every discussion every round table every conversation that starts with an assessment of the risks and just how serious the situation in the euro zone is you see you. with a longer term the growth john does across the euro zone are a bigger worry to me there's a lot of koreans from asia that has to take place for europe to get competitive and i think that'

since one thousand nine to six he has been the genuine old director of the mariinsky theatre in st petersburg and since two thousand and seven principal conductor of the london symphony orchestra caregivers the several major international musical spooktacular on the band's most notably the white knight festival in st petersburg and moscow east of festival one of the foremost international conductors of all time gary give has never been shy to react to major world issues especially those concerning his native focuses after the two thousand and four busline school massacre he conducted a series of concerts in tribute to the victims following the two thousand and eight war south a said he came to team and conducted a concert of the room when parliament building in memory of those who died in the congress. hello mr gifford welcome to the show thank you very much for being with us today my pleasure while the first of all i would like to ask you. you do different things you do so many things in your life except music well you know lots of things along with music so music for you is in a treat a bus

well with pleasure actually it's been a wonderful three days here in st petersburg and this event this forum is indeed a highlight it's one of the most important event on the economic scene in russia at least in russia because nowhere else will you find so many celebrities from the the business scene or even from the government gathered all together to discuss what is going on especially the venue is also adding to to the to the years specific to appeal of this event because the st petersburg is indeed a fantastic city which had a splendid weather during the day and white nights and the only mood spoiler pretty much so far has been the backdrop of the economic crisis which is going on and that's kind of been the elephant in the room because every discussion every conversation every roundtable started with risk assessment and it's basically conversations of just how serious the situation is right now in the euro zone as we . see what's clear already that europe is basically in a recession and that's reflected in prices and it turns out china is quite dependent upon europe as an export m

into reality president putin has promised quite a number of economic overhaul speaking at the st petersburg international economic forum spotlight. has the details of the then to the russian davos this time takes place amid for oil prices which means no deficit freed by jet for russia this year the country has for years been trying to top with its commodity dependence now when you step in this direction. has been announced by vladimir putin and you would stop going to the russian vijay to oil prices are going to move the country still further away from total reliance on oil revenues putin is planning to boost private investment. we must increase investment into the economy to the level of twenty seven percent of g.d.p. by twenty eighteen this is a realistic goal given the fact that now this level stands at twenty. addressing foreign investors putin promised them liberal reforms and participation in privatization of government assets also spoke of giving impetus to the development of russia's stock market sure. i would like to pay special attention to another decision i'm talking about the e

talking to us here live in st petersburg and right now what's going on we've been talking of course about spain's. stress tests going on right now in the banking system we're expecting those to come out pretty soon but so far borrowing costs in spain have been going down for a further session meanwhile european markets have been declining around half a percent that's on the back of manufacturing potentially going down for eight months in a row in china and also the u.s. economy's growth prospects have been cut down to basically is a general depression on the market a bit of it but pessimism and this is also reflected in the russian the markets we're seeing the russians ease will slow dropping the my six a bit more supportive than the r.t.s. because of a weaker russian currency and indeed the russian ruble has been falling against the basket of both the euro and the dollar right now well the euro stays pretty much the same against against the greenback around one point two seven two thousand all right so that's that's all from the st petersburg forum for now but of course join us in our fu

secretary of state hillary clinton as they meet in st petersburg today to discuss syria the two powers are deeply divided on how the crisis in the middle east country should be resolved enough has more from st petersburg. if the two sides if rove and hillary clinton can come to some sort of position to night in the meeting in st petersburg this really could drastically change the future of international action he added working in the syrian crisis the problem is that both sides have fundamentally different approaches to how we need to deal with this the u.s. has been pushing for a so-called yemeni style transition plan the first and foremost focuses on getting president bashar al assad out of office out of syria now the russian position has been that you know there's no need to have some sort of a backroom deal by world powers that doesn't include the actual syrians themselves this is a crisis that the country is undergoing syrians in need to get together and find some sort of a transition that works for them this should not be dictated by outside foreign powers the problem is that all

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the international economic forum in st petersburg on r.t. . today children play war in the old case me. nine hundred forty one these walls were the first barrier for the nazi troops on their way to moscow and. funders and breasts were dying one by one under seize the sun without food or water. in the last shelter an unnamed soldier left a few simple words farewell motherland i'm dying but i'm not surrendering. all. right enough. but. you can't. lose. change you can be the ask. ask again many. people feel. how much they care about the women of afghanistan it's not true they don't care about the women of afghanistan. breaking silence of juda son speaks from his current century in the ecuadorian embassy in london saying the legal proceedings against him have been deliberately did laid down the u.s. to construct a prosecution case and with leaked cables. fifteen of the world's top banks are left reeling off the rating agency moody's slashes their credit schools. on the battlefield on the airwaves relations between russia and syria become the targe

as a st petersburg international economic forum continues the e.u. has troubles go on tomb we've been asking the views of the russian president's chief of staff said again evolve on these and other issues topping the agenda at the gathering of leading political and business figures that's next here not the state should. you give on the presidential administration it's great to have you with us sir today thank you good evening so russia is among other countries that will help you are p. and union through i.m.f. . do you think such ongoing financial regex's will actually prove us active and how long is russia actually willing to help bail out countries in debt need well as for russia's help it's limited of course and we're interested in eurozone stays stable because i was present. britain has already mentioned forty percent or. europe's who are interested in. not only financially stable eurozone i would like to stress that point but that european parliament european leaders basically of course germany and france take responsible decisions during the ro

from st petersburg around r.t. thank you for now. well syrian leader bashar assad has flatly rejected any state involvement in the houla slaughter calling it a monstrous massacre the president went on to blame not the opposition but foreign backed fighters in syria he says are spreading chaos. says foreign intervention may be the ultimate goal. ten days after the terrible massacre in the syrian city of houla the world is still watching to see how this tipping point will shape the crisis while there is still at least some hope of a peaceful solution many analysts believe those hopes are fading fast the american british and french push for military intervention in syria is absolutely enormous we've seen hague of course william hague the british foreign secretary calling for intervention we've seen the new french president saying the same thing the americans obviously taking the lead the specter of a military solution has returned after the syrian regime was condemned internationally for the death of one hundred eight people half of who

off looking at the future of russia canadian trade relations with the ongoing economic forum in st petersburg this is art. hello again and welcome to the spotlight i'll be your novel and today my guest on the show is. back to the russian city of st peter's has been flooded with hundreds of first rank businessmen and politicians. they came back to attend the economic forum one of the most important events. among others a delegation from canada came from a country that's very much in common with russia and as one of the closest trade relations with. canada's international trade minister past is my guest on the show today and we will discuss the latest developments and the russia canada copyright. trade between russia and canada and began long before official relations were established it develops didn't live through the years but the last decade was the most efficient with canadian experts to russia increasing six fold last year russia canada trade was worth almost three billion dollars one of the main events where russians and canadians business is the same it is broke economic all right. ever

and it seems that our business team in st petersburg is back with us and here we go hello dmitry nice to see you and i can you please give us the highlights of president putin speech there since you were there a lesson in what happened. well basically what it was certain started with an assessment of what's going on in the world economy you know in europe saying that the situation is of course far from being perfect but the fact that the efforts that have been implemented for the greek situation are creating grounds for moderate optimism on on his side basically what he needs he says that europe needs a more drastic approach a more unified approach with more dramatic measures because hof measures are basically damaging the economy. then they hear basically talked about the russian economy praising the efforts that were again implemented by his government and various government over the past years to come out of the crisis and he said that basically russia is now back to a levels even exceeding the pre-crisis levels when it comes to unemployment when it comes to g.d.p. growth which is

we're going to bloodshed as foreign minister lavrov meets secretary of state hillary clinton in st petersburg. and surprising compromise you're making sessions to finally agree on finally money to struggling banks directly with talks of a possible summit running well into the night. plus as it had braces for fresh protests against military rule we look out for you holding a breast taking on the nation's people. you're watching r.t. coming to you live from moscow i'm marina josh welcome to the program tough talks are on the table for russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov and u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton as they meet in same pittsburgh today to discuss syria the two powers are deeply divided on how the crisis in the middle east country should be resolved are often it has more from st petersburg if the two sides if rove and hillary clinton can come to some sort of i'd i positioned tonight in the meeting in st petersburg this really could drastically change the future of international action as it pertains to the syrian crisis the problem is that both sides have fundamentally differe

the syrian bloodshed as foreign minister lavrov made several area of state hillary clinton and st petersburg. debt stricken aid to li and spain crumble under german pressure at the e.u. summit in brussels despite earlier blocking and agreement on measures to promote growth in the struggling blog. plus as egypt braces for fresh protests against military rule we look at the huge psychological toll the eighteen months of unrest have taken on the nation's people. it is eight am in the russian capital you're watching r t i'm marina joshie welcome to the program how tough talks are on the table for russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov and u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton as they meet in saying that his birth today to discuss syria the two powers are deeply divided on how the crisis in the middle east country should be resolved oh you know across life to lose a coffin of who's in st petersburg for us good morning to you is see you know how do moscow and washington morning disagree on the syrian issue and how can their positions influence the situation in the war torn nation. if the two si

st. petersburg. china has detained political activists and placed others on observation on the anniversary of the tan and men's wear -- enanmen square protest. this was a rare public display against the government in the southwestern city. such protests hardly ever happen in china. we went to visit the protester, but the police had gotten him first. his son showed us how officers had ransacked the flat, taken computers, and detained his parents. his father, a fruit cellar, had witnessed the events pointy three years ago. -- fruit seller. after keeping silent for years, he has begun to speak. >> china is like an apple that is rotten inside. on the surface you see little. people think the apple is still edible, but. it is but our whole system needs changing or we will never have human- rights. husband wason's detained last week. the police demanded that she hand over her film of the protest, but she hit. -- hid it. >> we want change. we believe people can lead a better life with freedom and democracy.

st. petersburg plant four years ago. it hopes within the next few years this plant and another in russia will more than triple production in the country from 98,000 today to about 350,000. diane eastabrook, "n.b.r.," chicago. >> tom: while g.m. is expanding in russia, it's recalling more than 400,000 of its chevrolet cruze sedans. the recall affects chevy cruzes built in the u.s. between 2010 and 2012. owners will be notified next month about a 30-minute fix, keeping flammable liquids from being trapped in the engine. but this isn't the only vehicle in the spotlight today. the national highway traffic safety administration says it received complaints about a power steering problem with 2011 ford explorers. federal safety regulators also are looking at 2011 chrylser 200 models with 3.6 liter engines. some drivers report the engines stalling unexpectedly at low no injuries have been reported in any of these cases. u.s. stocks fought back against the bank credit downgrade late yesterday and anticipation of a spanish bank ba

following events in st petersburg for us hi there dimitri a well run us through the highlights. well basically the forum is a highlight on its own is the most important economic event at least in russia of every year and now this is the only place where you can find so many celebrities from the business and the political scene all under the same roof and given that the venue is so splendid it is a spectacular city st petersburg especially this time of the year when we have very nice weather and white nights so basically the only turn of the only kind of mood spoiler is the backdrop of the economic crisis of the debt crisis in europe so this has been creating of course a lot of turmoil a lot of anxiety from from all the participants it's been widely discussed and russia has come out to basically the government with a set of reforms which will prepare russia for the worst even though we're not necessarily heading towards a financial apocalypse let's listen to the minister of economic development. that we've prepared to stress budgets an article based on an oil price of sixty dolla

top brass which has launched in st petersburg. period around the clock and demonstrators in egypt really for the second night as they also present heart of the mubarak star serving life for his part in the life in the killing of protesters during losses uprising which angry crowds considered to be. the center. and the world's top whistleblower julian assange and uses his extradition appeal from britain to sweden said the old allegations. you're watching are a tease of the weekly with me to bomb with say. russia's warning that the u.n. human rights resolution condemning the syrian leadership for the last two weeks houla massacre risk and derailing the peace plan must be called it premature because the investigation is ongoing and that it puts a pressure on the security council where russia is resisting for a minute military action on sunday present a sudden system his sheaves had nothing to do with the slaughter of more than one hundred people in the city he blamed on the rebel gangs for the attack and outside forces for instigatin

sides during toplevel visits to paris and berlin head of a meeting with top brass which has won in st petersburg. palaces to prison egypt's ousted president hosni mubarak begin serving life for his part in killing protesters last year but thousands are graves that what they see as sentenced. and the world's top was a lower juliana's songs loses his access edition appeal from britain to sweden on sex assault charges. it's midnight in moscow this is r t coming to you live from new sanaa way with our weekly program a look back at the top stories from the last seven days we begin with russia's warning that the u.n. human rights resolution condemning the syrian leadership for last week's houla massacre risks to rallying the peace plan osco called it premature because the investigation's ongoing and that it's putting pressure on the security council where russia is resisting foreign military action on sunday president also insisted his troops had nothing to do with the slaughter of more than one hundred people in the city he blames armed rebel gangs for the attack and outside forces for instigating th

summit in st petersburg russia neither has again rejected calls for a true intervention in syria and reiterated his view that the u.n. peace plan is and the way to prevent full scale civil war. that's rebels and government forces in syria trade accusations of that who massacre in which at least one hundred eight people died the u.n. ordered. investigation to find out who is really responsible. rock bottom for ousted egyptian president hosni mubarak begins a life sentence handed down for his part in the killing of hundreds of protesters last year fierce rioting followers intolerantly crowds angry he's meant to be executed. time running out for julian assange less than two weeks left for his legal team to follow the peel off the whistleblower loses his battle against extradition to sweden britain's supreme court. time for sports news now arundhati. hello and welcome to the world of sports is what we've got coming up. a progress russia's maria sharapova easy's into the last sixteen of the french open with a straight sets win over china's shway. the italian job russia it's only three nil

summit kicks off later today in st petersburg that in that putin has already met some of europe's main players this week on a trip taking in germany and france he talked tough on nato expansion u.s. missile defense shield plans moscow stance on the ongoing violence in syria. has the details. it was in minsk which many saw as an indication that that russia's foreign policy now will focus more on its closest neighbors and the c.i.s. countries many observers also saw this visit as the beginning of the supposedly plan of economic and eastern bloc now off he went afterwards to berlin on a whirlwind visit which lasted for only half the day it was going to put an end german chancellor angela merkel who seemed to see eye to eye on the matters concerning syria now earlier in the week u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton said that russia is aiding to the troubles in syria by continuing to support the regime of president bashar al assad to which of course the russian president prepared a response. but russia is unilaterally supportive you said regime. we have longstanding good relations with s

toplevel visits to paris and berlin head of a meeting with top brass which is launching right now in st petersburg. from palaces to prison egypt's ousted president hosni mubarak begin serving life for his part in killing protesters last year by thousands are enraged at what they see as assault. on the world's top whistleblower julian a son loses his axe to edition of people from britain to sweden on assault on sex assault charges. for malcolm to the weekly this sunday here on our t.v. it's eight pm in moscow and i'm and he said now a good to have you with us we begin with russia's warning that the u.n. human rights resolution condemning the syrian leadership for last week's houla massacre wristy railing the peace plan moscow called it premature because the investigation's ongoing and that it's putting pressure on the security council where russia is resisting foreign military action on sunday president also insisted his troops had nothing to do with the slaughter of more than one hundred people in the city he blames armed rebel gangs for the attack and outside forces for. instigating the conflict

top bread which was launched in st petersburg. period egypt for the second night in a row as demonstrators angry at what they see as a soft sentence for their former leader really across the country ousted president hosni mubarak is not serving life for his part in killing eight hundred fifty protesters during last year's uprising. and the world's top whistleblower loses an exhibition appeal from britain to sweden on sex assault allegations. legal team has fourteen days to appeal the decision which they believe it is politically motivated . a quick look at the headlines in just about fifteen minutes and right now in our serbia's newly elected president talks to us about his plans for his country now that he's in charge. i. was going to say mr president thank you very much for giving your time for this interview the international media see you as a nationalist and a right wing however you based your election campaign on good relations with the european union workers the oldest.

summit in st petersburg. as rebels and government forces in syria traded accusations of a real massacre which least one hundred eight people died the u.n. investigation to find out who's really responsible. rock bottom for ousted egyptian president hosni mubarak begins an hour sentence handed down for his part in the killing of hundreds of protesters last year demonstrations for the current crowds angry he's not to be executed. time running out for during a song for less than two weeks left in his legal team to find the peel off the whistleblower losing his battle against extradition to sweden and britain supreme court. you're watching artie's weekly news review welcome to the program the russian e.u. summit kicks off later today in st petersburg putin has already met some of europe's main players this week on a trip taking in paris germany and france he talked tough on nato expansion u.s. missile defense shield and moscow stance on the ongoing violence in syria. has the details now. was it would since first

business presented to me to have an end to reporting from the world economic forum in st petersburg now in a few minutes here not that with headlines from our exclusive interview with one of the main spokesman for wiki leaks day with this is r.t. live here in moscow. today children play war in the old keys me. but in june one hundred forty one these walls were the first barrier for the nasa troops on their way to moscow and. senators are restless were dying one by one under ceaselessly. water. in the last shelter an unnamed soldier left a few simple words farewell mother i'm dying but i'm not surrendering. because he just gives you. the food. you do need. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so for langley you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realized everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm trying hard welcome to the big picture. before war lords all give him a note so we have a lot of illegal call groups of the blue collars lizards loses all our views in the whole mood right enough to just bu

summit in st petersburg for more on this let's go live now to. know that meeting is well underway now what do you expect to come out of it. well there is of course expectation that at least some movement forward will be made when it comes to syria during the discussions between russian and the e.u. leaders who have gathered here in st petersburg to discuss a plethora of questions of course but syria remains first and foremost on top of everybody's mind naturally considering the fact that this is coming not too long after the massacre in the syrian tell no formula which took the lives of more than one hundred people most of them children and of course immediately afterwards the western leaders have cried out in condemnation blaming almost unilaterally the also drew saying that it's just the government that's responsible for the killings of the innocent civilians whereas of course russia remains a stern saying that it's not this shouldn't be just one side that should be blamed for the continuing violence in the country of course there was the you a

boosting international trade is what the st petersburg economic forum has been successfully doing for sixteen years it was given a new impetus in two thousand and five when it was first attended by the russian president vladimir putin support for the event instantly raised its status the forum has been dubbed the russian davos with world leaders becoming frequent gas event grew from strength to strength until two thousand and nine when it was overshadowed by the global cry. crying the last tease for him demonstrated signs of recovery with investment deals signed with around seven billion dollars but still it's only about the pre-crisis amount overcome in the global downturn is once again topping the forms agenda for guests will be able to he members of the new russian government will talk about economic reforms in the basin and ways to attract investment into the russian economy. to the international st petersburg forum is being held these days well how acts of his canada and in this event in the form well we're probably not as active as we'd like to be and why what i think and i thin

summit in st petersburg and although we probably cannot expect a major breakthrough to be done it is clear that a lot of people a lot of observers as well as all of the european leaders involved are hoping that some sort of movement forward will finally be made at least in some of these topics . thousands in egypt have been venting their anger over what they say is a lenient sentence for the former president hosni mubarak is now serving life over the killing of eight hundred fifty protesters during last year's uprising well they're also furious that mubarak's two sons and several security officials have been acquitted. is in car. hundreds of protesters occupying terrorists where behind me and more reporting into the square larger demonstrations have also been called for later in the day this all started yesterday initially with joy at the life sentence that was given to former president hosni mubarak but then turned to anger as a number of security officials in his administration were acquitted of any involvement in the deaths of hundreds of protesters in egypt's revolution last year

top brass which has launched in st petersburg. period around the clock demonstrators in egypt really for the second night as their house their president hosni mubarak stuck living life for his part in the killing of protesters during last year's uprising which angry crowds considered to be to some extent. and to the world's top with the blower julian assad loses his extradition appeal from the bridge into some you didn't like the assault allegation. it's six o'clock here in moscow you're watching our t.v. here is the weekly russia's warning that the u.n. human rights resolution condemning the syrian leadership for last week's houla massacre risk derailing the peace plan moscow called it premature because the investigation's ongoing and that it's putting pressure on the security council where russia is resisting foreign military action on sunday present assad insisted his troops had nothing to do with the slaughter of more than one hundred people in the city he blamed on drabble gangs for the attack and outside forces for instigati

inauguration meeting europe's top heavyweights germany and france head of the russia east summit in st petersburg. as rebels and government forces in syria trade accusations of a massacre in which at least one hundred eight people died the u.n. orders an investigation to find out who's really responsible. rock bottom for ousted egyptian president hosni mubarak is against a life sentence handed down to his part in the killing of hundreds of protesters last year but fierce rioting follows in cairo crowds angry he's not being executed . i'm running out producing the sounds with less than two weeks left for his legal team to follow and he'll offer the whistleblower who says his battle against extradition to sweden britain's supreme court. this is artie's weekly news review i'm carrie johnson and welcome to the program. russia summit kicks off later today in st petersburg but in has already met some of europe's main players this week while a trip taking in germany and france he talked tough on nato expansion u.s. missile defense shield plans and moscow stance on the ongoing violence in syria parties r