green of and just to remind you that my guest in the studio today is constrained of the head of the state duma foreign affairs committee mr cosby show so we've discussed we've discussed the problems the the shows around the ratifying of the start treaty grievance in the russian parliament russia stay duma so many people still say that by the end of january it will be done as the head of the foreign affairs committee do you believe this is true. this is probably true for the reason we know what will happen in terms of the serious reading called these are a difficult document we are going to propose to the state duma to pass two more accompanying statements statements accompanying the unit if occasion and we will ask the president of russia to include one of these statements to the british occasion package then i hope that the council figuration the opposition will of the russian parliament do their work and as far as i understand they will be really to proceed on their the next day after they receive these relief occasion from the state duma and they know for sure that the president or for russ

treaty awaits final approval from russian deputies next discusses its progress with the head of the state duma's foreign affairs committee constantine goss a chop that's next in spotlight here on r t. hello again or welcome to spotlight the interview show on r.t. . and today my guest is. the united states ratify the new start treaty like in december last year they added a resolution which allows the u.s. to develop its nuclear military muscle if necessary russian m.p.'s are now developing their own resolution to balance the rights so far this new arms race is out of folding only on paper but where will it end up we're asking the head of the state duma foreign affairs committee. the new year has started with new challenges for russian foreign policy alexander lukashenko won the presidential elections in belarus and harshly suppressed opposition rallies shortly after europe is unhappy and is preparing sanctions against minsk moscow has so far of frain from any criticism but has stopped pumping oil into the country however the biggest issue is the start treaty ratification by the russian duma the d

new arms race is unfolding only on paper but where will it end up we're asking the head of the state duma foreign affairs committee. the new year has started with new challenges for russian foreign policy alexander lukashenko won the presidential elections in bellerose and harshly suppressed opposition rallies shortly after europe is unhappy and is preparing sanctions against minsk moscow has so far of frain from any criticism but has stopped pumping oil into the country however the biggest issue is the start treaty ratification by the russian duma the document is called the whole mark of president obama's reset policy and the biggest success in recent russian u.s. relations. because the chairman working to go do you agree that this that the the the question of the ratification of the new arms deal with the united states is the main is the biggest foreign affairs issue at least for russia this this month definitely years and this for two reasons one is that. this treaty east to replace the previous one start one to eat it reach was conducted ninety ninety one and the later stage show the

and now the state duma has to respond to those amendments before ratify the treaty. of this point is there anything that perhaps russian lawmakers are most concerned about and really stick with speaking when can we expect start to finally come into force. will there are several things actually that the deputies are concerned with first of all they're wondering how could russia pull out of the treaty if the united states reaches a given begins to increase its nuclear arsenal despite the c.t.o. see the relation of course the relation between defensive and offensive nuclear weapons is also very important in and that's in that respect respect. anti-missile defense shield in europe comes out as a concern for the russian deputies out into the ocean hopes to be a part of that. anti-missile defense shield and you also president barack obama. because even though the nuclear warheads in the united states will be cots the remaining nuclear warheads will be modernized deputies once the country's president to make a similar promise to them but. first reading at the state duma tha

to mend a men's it's safe to do so they eleven pages worth of marks and visions to stand by the state duma deputies are meeting to mark. ballas them there. to see if she was accepted by the states it is in the first meeting state they are proceeding with their second meeting the last one the third meeting will take place in the spring to pick their civil action deputy concerned the one to make sure the she can get out to the streets in case the united states violates any terms of the trip to kosovo their belief. that the player has. to be concerned that nato is planned stupid deploy it sometimes so defense shield and you also the deputies bolted. sure of that so that's according to c.c. would not mean decreasing the country's defensive capabilities and president barack obama has promised while reducing the number of nuclear warheads to more than my state grades the remaining one sounds to be split onesies president to make the same promise to the last cd you visit before it will take place in the spring see fifth of january and hopefully shortly after that would see the rest of patient car

russia's lower house of parliament the state duma is considering ratification of russia u.s. strategic arms reduction treaty in a search and a last reading are going off has the details very likely that the state is going to ratify the new strategic arms reduction treaty between moscow and washington was initially it was backed by. the presidents of both countries and the united russia party which holds the majority of the seats in the parliament also let the media know previously that it's very likely that the treaty is going to be ratified this is the third and final meeting it's already started actually starting with a minute of silence in commemoration of the victims of monday's blast in the world airport after it's a ratified in the state duma formalities will be left it should be reviewed by the federation council and then signed by the president just to remind you this is the third such between moscow and washington the first one was signed back in one thousand nine hundred one then the second one in ninety three and now the third one this one and it's expected that it

state duma deputies throw misdirected by the new fifty two cards adoption treaty before the end of the month join us for the details later in the program. poland says it will launch its own probe into the plane crash that killed the country's president or so accepts the majority of the blame for the tragedy which found pilot error among the causes but described the report as incomplete. washington and american n.g.o.s stand accused of supporting both governments and opposition movements worldwide in an attempt to hijack democracy. nonny and the russian capital you're watching r.t.l. marina joshie welcome to the program russian lawmakers are getting together on friday to reopen debate on a key arms control deal with the u.s. the new strategic arms reduction treaty or start has already been ratified by the u.s. senate and all it needs now is a green light from moscow well let's get the details on this from our correspondent because i have morning so could you remind us why this treaty is so significant and why it's considered so important for russia u.s. relations. this is the biggest we

the new russian american strategic arms reduction treaty is in the homestretch of the state duma in moscow prepares for a final reading to be ratified after months of discussion and a man months. and organ trafficking accusations against the highest ranking officials of costs of are to be discussed in the council of europe as it sits down to debate a report was investigated. watching r.t. coming to life from moscow russian president dmitry medvedev says the management of airports. i beg your pardon a suicide bomber is suspected to be behind the attack which killed thirty five people and left around one hundred in injured and the blast took place in the international airports of the arrivals area and it's the country's worst since twin bombings rocked moscow's metro last march around a hundred people have been taken to hospitals across the capital we can hear what president dmitry medvedev said. what happened to the shows that the airport security it's unbelievable that such a huge amount of explosives was brought into the terminal those officials responsible for security. must be punished

behalf everything is done and i think pretty much the peace that the deal was ratified first by the state duma and then by the federation council by both houses of the russian parliament then signed by the president such shows how russia is really keen into into fulfilling its obligations you know when you talk about pace here we certainly had some issues over slow pace to the end of last year because the american politicians were were essentially accused of dragging their feet as russia was already saying that we're ready to ratify the start treaty to talk to me about that it was a bit of back and forth at the end of last year wasn't there when it was yes because the do you really barracked why the president's initially or both countries president need to get the idea of why barack obama and they were able to sign the treaty before the u.s. we probably. managed to get control over the house of representatives so very in the basically said we need to make amendments. so it was it was after the recent

on russia's state duma considers a new terrorist alert system after the so sad loss of moscow's demanded a battle in which thirty five people died. you can sleep with bush the americans have done their bit we also have finished these procedures the historic new strategic arms reduction treaty between moscow and washington is becoming as real as ever after the russian president signs gratification documents. and welcome this is all see coming to a line from moscow and volatile main story now tens of thousands of egyptians continue to clash with security forces in defiance of a national kind of heat. at least eighteen people have died during the days of the nationwide protests bill so issues have come to internet access and blocked mobile phone service in some areas troops are trying to enforce a catchy title kind of right but they're rooting policies h.p. was torched by until i straightened within the last hour of president hosni mubarak said his to dissolve the government but made no mention that he planned to leave office himself and rest in egypt comes weeks after a month of tales in t

congress the state duma is also making its amendments to the treaty which is expected to reduce the number of nuclear or on each side by around one third which is significant in terms of the global nuclear arms reduction for more on this i'm joined by the head of the state duma can commit you for international affairs and i think essential thank you very much for joining me. first of all can you tell us more about these amendments and why are they being implemented. when the two presidents signed the treaty is the big redeployment trying to synchronize the rectification procedures. by that i believe they meant the. act of or if occasionally saying here so no to the to the treaty that was the initial idea and unfortunately we could not follow this idea for the simple reason that our american partners in the senate started to interpret the treaty the droid even to demand of the text of the treaty which would have been absolutely outrageous but they did not amend the treaty itself but they made certain to pretty certain. statements which did not say any choice but to follow the same pattern w

now you've mentioned the amendments made by the state duma so what are they going to talk this through. well they're not really called amendments because they don't actually affect the implementation of this treaty they're called special statements or they're really recommendations and in the two major statements made by russian deputies they've first of all secured moscow's right to step out of the treaty if it feels threatened by u.s. missile defense plans and also outlined. that the similar statements made previously by the u.s. congress are non binding meaning they don't want free washington from its obligations previously the u.s. congress has a secured washington's right to modernize its remaining strategic arms and also claimed that the treaty should not obstruct america's missile defense plans but once again these statements on both sides are non-binding meaning they will not affect the implementation of the news would you go on the reduction treaty all right thanks very much indeed for bringing us the latest on this york is going up there. paul and graham from the british amer

the state duma deputies have also said that they've illegally a linked. offensive arms and missile defense this is one of the stumbling points previously in the long running negotiations this is the third such treaty between moscow and washington the first two were signed back in one thousand nine hundred one and one nine hundred ninety three this latest one is aimed at reducing the amount of nuclear arms on each side by around one third so first of all it plays a significant role in terms of global security and of course is a major positive factor in the relations between the two countries. congratulatory comments in washington and now in moscow after this new start treaty has now been ratified over time what's the next step now how is the treaty actually implemented . well according to the standard procedure after. it's been ratified in the state duma it's yet to be approved by the upper house of parliament the federation council and then signed by the president but this seems at the moment just a formality because the political elite in russia really s

basically to do so but they included eleven pages worth of the marks and visions detained by the state duma deputies are easy to mark. ballas them but they're no good seats he was accepted by the states it was a piece in the first meeting they are proceeding with their second meeting the last one the third meeting will take place on the twenty fifth there's several things russian deputies concerned the one to make sure the should get out to the streets in case the united states violates any terms of the treaty most of their beliefs. and doesn't mean there has. been to be concerned with nato supply and stoop deploy its own time missile defense shield in europe also the deputies want to be sure of that so that's according to c.c. would not mean decreasing the country's defensive capabilities and president barack obama has promised. while we do you see the number of nuclear warheads to my state grades three meeting one to. the country's president to make the same promise to the last tediously before will take place in the twenty fifth of january and hopefully shortly after that we will see the

do to add two more statements by the state duma which would be included in the british occasion document at the start of my believe the risk is quite overt on the american side that they will proceed with the strategic not a regional but strategic aren't in the so defense system small not the current president not the current government but probably the next president the next government each has a completely different strategy on this issue and in case it happens here so the treaty may be damaged and yes there may in the conditions for russia to do to pull out of this treaty but begin to be are not there yet and we still have time to make better agreements and to avoid any misunderstandings and that will be our will to be. well you're watching r t live from moscow and over yeah there's a lot more on our web site twenty four seven and here are some of what's online right now at our t.v. dot com. propaganda sunday january the sixteenth marks the twenty year anniversary of the first gulf war was it a fight to free kuwait or to secure access to the country's oil reserves take a look back on

russia's lower house of parliament the state duma is considering the ratification of russia u.s. strategic arms reduction treaty in its third and last reading are going off following the hearing. the meeting started with a note of sorrow a minute of silence can memory. the victims of monday's attack in moscow's the motherboard airport the vault on the new strategic arms reduction treaty between moscow and washington is going to be held at around five pm moscow time it's known that in the same fashion as the u.s. congress the state duma is also making its amendments to the treaty which is expected to reduce the number of nuclear arms on each side by around one third which is significant in terms of the global nuclear arms reduction for more on this i'm joined by the head of the state duma can commit for international affairs because they think essential thank you very much for joining me. first of all can you tell us more about these amendments and why are they being implemented. will the two presidents signed the treaty is the big redeployment trying to synchronize the rectificat

internal dispute it's finally done moscow and washington are stripping down the nukes first the state duma and then the federation council gave the bill the green light now that it's signed by the president only a formal exchange of ratification documents is left before the new start comes into force for the next ten years and many hope it will not only restrain the two nuclear superpowers but become an example for others to follow this first of all is about the security of the united states and the security of russia this is about unwinding the excesses of the cold war this is about bringing both countries back to the same level of nuclear weapons because we reach really insane levels during the cold war i think it will have real irrational implications and affect other countries as decision making as well mans to become the symbol of the restart of the lesions between moscow and washington the deal was initially backed by both presidents but it didn't come easy most of the u.s. republicans fell into opposition demanding amendments and the internal disputes stretched for months before pre

middle of the triangle make the laws for russia's parliament it's about security this week the state duma gave preliminary approval to new anti terror warnings they modeled on the u.s. system of color coded alerts created post nine eleven the government just look how much we needed this system in light of the damage did of attack what everyone is seeing is that there was no relevant information and now according to the war we will have to inform the society about the threats facing russia's determination in fighting terrorists has never been questioned but its methods have now has the system you must make sure it works harder than it's r.t. moscow. they demanded of atrocity was the first issue addressed by the russian delegation of the world economic forum in davos but actual business at best and prospects for foreign firms in russia eventually moved center stage at the meeting of the world's financial power players and we've got all the details ahead. of the unrest in north africa continues only compadre turmoil with the so-called colored revolutions of ricin tears informant's soviet cou

is now inside the state duma here in moscow with more on the security shakeup in russia. as it stands right now russia does not have a unified system which will allow the country and the security services in the country to act together in unison in case of a terror threat now that the system will be somewhat similar to the american system of warning basically there will be three levels of terror threat which will be imposed in the country first level color coded blue will mean an increased level of a terror attack a second level yellow mean a high level and this thirty five no it will be color coded red and it will be critical level also federal security service has proposed that a certain unified governmental body be created in order to act where that where and if any of these terror levels will be imposed on the country the parliamentarian's insists that such a system is harshly needed this is what they have to say. just look how much we needed this system in light of the damage of attack no they're trying to find the culprits and they will find them and the culprits wi

very cautious to draw all that to grow these type of parallels on a separate issue now russia's state duma is set to hold their third meeting off the strategic arms reduction treaty with the united states. what does this do for moscow's relations with washington now that ratification is as close as ever definitely it's a huge boost for. our joint efforts to establish a more stable and constructive fundament in our relationship with the us it took a while before the u.s. senate threat to fly the resolution our parliamentarians. used the period to separately study the american red resolution and they drew their conclusions three or four especially important things are. outlined in these documents by the state duma one is our firm belief in the separate inseparable link between the strategic offensive weapons and strategic defensive weapons secondly we definitely thing that this so-called non-nuclear. strategic offensive weapons of growing importance they have a growing impact on the. overall strategic stability thirdly we think that. in this very situation it would be only possible for russi

and the new russian american strategic arms reduction treaty is in the homestretch the state duma in moscow prepares for the final reading to ratify it after months of discussion and a man and. an organ trafficking accusations against the highest ranking officials of cost of art to be discussed in the council of europe as it sits down to debate a report by a swiss investigator. our correspondent spoke to today iran's and going to the international atomic energy agency and he has called on international powers to supply of fuel for iran's nuclear reactor otherwise it will use its own and ridged iranian which would prove to be a barrier for further talks and watch the full interview right now. you characterize sanctions imposed on your country as illegal is there any proof of that and you have the what. the heart of that is. based on the four pieces of evidence announced in vienna i mean team that the reason they opposed the national sanctions on us is illegal i ask international lawyers to correct me if i'm wrong because in proof number one they impose sanctions not comply with pasta

to add two more statements by the state duma. to be included in the british occasion document the story might believe the risk is quite obvious on the american side that they will proceed with the strategic not regional but strategic aren't in the defense system small not the current president not the current government but probably the next president the next government which has a completely different strategy on this issue and in case it happens yes the treaty may be damaged and yes there may rise conditions for us to to pull out of this treaty but again we are not there yet and we still have time to to make better agreements and to avoid any misunderstandings and that will be our a mission. this week portugal's prime minister repeatedly insisted his country can deal with its own financial problems and does not need a bailout jazz's socrates valid to continue with strict austerity measures such as pension cuts and tax increases portugal managed to relieve some concerns as it raised over a billion euros in the bond auction this

russia's state duma considers a new terrorist alert system after this so sad loss of moscow's divided at hold it which doesn't find people died. you can sleep for the americans have done their bit and we also have finished these procedures the new story canoe strategic arms reduction treaty between moscow and washington is becoming as real as ever after the russian president science gratification documents. hello and welcome to r.t. trying to follow news live from moscow. on the story now tens of thousands of egyptians continue to clash with security forces in defiance of a national. at least eighteen people have died during four days of nationwide protests there sorties have cut off internet access blocks mobile phone service in some areas troops are trying to enforce a cafe in the capital cairo where the routing policy is h.p. was torched five demonstrators within the last hour president hosni mubarak said he's to dissolve the government that made. leave office himself and arrest major comes weeks after a month of me also in tunisia which saw eight dead and the president being toppl

many amends it's made to do so they included eleven pages worth of marks and visions to the to the state duma deputies are meeting to mark. ballas them with their. seats he was accepted by the states it was a piece in the first meeting state they are proceeding with their second meeting the last one the third thinking will take place and it's going to take there's several things russian deputies concerned the one to make sure the should come out to the streets in case the united states violates any terms of the treaty oh so there will be. the sense of need a way to see. things to be concerned but nato has plans to deploy its anti-missile defense shield and you also the deputies will to. sure. rectifying this receipt would not decreasing the country's defensive capabilities and president barack obama has promised while reducing the number of nuclear warheads would like upgrades the remaining lines. once he's president to make this thing promised you know the last cd of this it before will take place in the twenty fifth of january and hopefully shortly after that we will see the rest they shoul

the state duma deputies are meeting. mark. ballas them there. to see if he was accepted by the states it is in the first meeting state they are proceeding with their second meeting the last one the third they can take place and it's going to take their civil action deputies instead of the one to make sure the chicken out of the streets in case the united states pilots need surface of the ship to post so there . was a way to listen. to these concerns that nato supply and stupid deploy its same time missile defense shield and you also adept these bolts of. sure . rectifying this receipt not decreasing the monkeys defense of paper he said that the other problem is that while we do see the number of nuclear warheads. grades remaining. on cspan to make the same promise you know it was tedious it before will take place in the spring see it all january and hopefully shortly after that see the rest of the. yes i know the reporting there poland has acknowledged its responsibility for april's plane crash in southeast russia which killed president lech kacz

it they believe to do so they include eleven pages worth of remarks and visions detained by the state duma deputies are leading to mark. ballas them in their. seats he was accepted by the states it was a piece in the first meeting state they are proceeding with their second meeting the last one the third meeting will take place on the twenty fifth there's several things to be concerned the one to make sure the should come out to the streets in case the united states violates any terms of the treaty oh so there will be. dozens of people are. going to be concerned with nato splats do you deploy it sometimes so defense shield and you also adept these boats. sure that that's occurring this receipt but not decreasing the funky defensive capabilities that president barack obama has promised why would he do you see the number of nuclear warheads what he might do upgrades the meeting once a. month he's president to make the same promise to them now that was he to give us that before will take place on the twenty fifth of january and hopefully shortly after that we will see the rest patient. but i

triangle do you want to make the line or for russia's parliament it's about security this week the state duma gave preliminary approval to new anti terror warnings there. modeled on the u.s. system of color coded alerts created post nine eleven in the government just look how much we needed this system in light of the demanded of attack what everyone is seeing is that there was no relevant information and now according to the war we will have to inform the society about the threats facing russia's determination in fighting terrorists has never been questioned but its methods have now has the system you must make sure it works on the bennetts not see moscow the shock waves of the attack in the moscow airport echoed around the world but the scenario had an eerie forerunner for us videogame released two years ago became an instant success and featured a similar story line r.t.s. lauren lyster takes a look at the parallels between the fantasy of a game and reality. a terrorist attack kills dozens of innocent people in creates chaos at a moscow airport fact. or fiction it's the scenario being play

ninety three you know that it's been ratified by the state duma according to the procedure and it will have to be asked to by the federation council and then signed by the president since the leaders of both countries supported this deal it's highly unlikely that there will be any problems with its implementation here in russia the treaty is the milestone of the us russia reset the obama administration has been working very hard to get it passed through the senate it hasn't been easy to do certain forces in congress and been stalling the process it was mostly about politics not the substance of the treaty that's where sure speaking of substance we have some very significant reductions under way of the next seven ten years both states will cut their nuclear arsenals by a third down to some fifty one hundred fifty warheads on each side the deal also limits the number of delivery vehicles and law interests but even with those codes both countries will still have more than ninety percent of the world's nuclear weapons so many agree that the value of this on reduction treaty is not just the