or in ukraine. washington europe exports say it's expensive flour to us where is our florrie is about five times cheaper than in europe. it is just an example of course. we all know where the e.u. prices are march higher absolutely for everything and that's food consumer goods and so forth. higher than in ukraine. what's the point for them to bring their good sense sell them in a country where prices are actually lower. so personally i don believe that there is a real danger that the e.u. will flood us with their cheap goods. were good let's take a vegetables for example. we use supplies of one point five percent or two percent of all the vegetables consumed in ukraine it's next to nothing. you know vegetables by the way you taken any measures like russia to get protected from the infection that. we have tightened fear sanitary control at the border and we carry out the curia logical tests but we have introduced no one bar goes because the volumes of imported vegetables are very small for instance w

the ukraine welcomes these changes and is ready to participate. >>reporter: ukraine has been a member of the council of europe since 1995 and earlier this year strengthened its role, when it assumed the chairmanship of the committee of ministers.... >>gryshchenko: as chairman of the council of ministers ukraine works very closely with other member states and the council of ministers secretariat to promote democracy and human rights in the region, but also in ukraine itself. we are ready to share that experience with north africa, with neighbouring states where they can gain from that experience that was not easily gained by our country and by others. >>reporter: the ukrainian president arrived in strasbourg poised to work on concluding the association agreement, a framework for closer political, economic and social cooperation with a view to later establishing a free trade area between ukraine and the eu. >>the eu is already the country's main trading partner - exports to the region alone bring in around 8 billion euros, accounting for a third of

is again except ukraine force. but i will say that you know it is obviously a project in european interest europe needs an important market as europe wants to do that in a secure and stable manner and so safe and secure a new transit routes are obviously wrong way to do that on top of that you have many european companies and countries such as the southeast the east european countries directly involved and wanting to see the project realized so i don't really doubt that this is a project of major european influence it brings good natural gas supply secure supplies for the long term the ability to plan for a for a cleaner environment for renewable sensible woman so forth so we are feeling quite strongly about that and it's not only us in the project itself but also other companies involved now of course there will be. always people around your who see this somewhat differently that's fine i'm sure we can convince. i guess. that turkey is giving you a headache lately kenyan lightness how long. your assessment will it

our country, ukraine, will benefit. and polanas wel of course, but i am speaking as a ukrainian. >> when we get to the stadium in kiev, we can see that there is still a lot of work to be done here, too. this is the venue for the final on july 1, 2012 -- july 1, 2012. time, perhaps, for a drink. this bartender has worked out his cocteau recipes in various national colors. -- cocktail recipesn various national colors. at least he is ready for the event. >> the countdown for euro 2012 was the focus of our "in depth." thank you for joining us on the w tv. -- on dw-tv. stay tuned. u forget it. yourself, so don't fall. u forget it. now he tells us. how far am i off the floor? about twelve inches. twelve whole inches?

what that it's done sums up to is really the ukraine will likely continue to play a role in transit to europe but we will also have a modern today. and well managed transit system in the former south stream. which implies that there is going to be additional security of supply or for your call of the south stream promises to two to pump up to sixty three billion cubic meters of gas they year do you already know the source is going to get the gas to fill the pipe. the the market in the end to the site the exact volumes work is being now done is being done out of concludes those contracts the capacity of south stream india and that means in twenty nineteen will be sixty three b.c. and you're right about that but we see it gradually increasing from a much much lower level at the end of twenty fifteen to that sixty or sixty three b.c.m. capacity about forty four years later in the end to market will be the judge though because the contracts have to be signed. and we will see partly new gas and we will serve bharti rerouted gas gas flows that are now today still going through the ukraine it

when russia and ukraine grappled over gas prize a couple years ago tended up in a crisis when she left europe freezing the then prime minister yulia timoshenko managed to strike a deal with russia the deal kiev now calls a ball and chain ukraine is the biggest russian natural gas important it doesn't want to pay more than germany also back yet and with the gas market price approaching four hundred dollars a thousand cubic meter it's logical teves looking for a discount. stores or a pillow and thank you for running this interview below. first of all let me congratulate you on. it's another round of talks with prime minister putin which as far as i can judge was a success and generally are you pleased with how the process goes on yes of course we're generally the relations between russia and ukraine have been developing with the dynamically the fact alone that trade has grown by seventeen percent is a record it is not with every country that tree grows at this rate to get that we're going to through it was considerable even before bracing entire segment so

after the gas well between russia and ukraine left of your breezy decided to develop an independent group to secure its gas supplies south stream believe along the bottom of the black sea and back on into europe the critics say these pipelines will make western europe even more dependent on moscow today every fourth household on the continent and russian gas. main saskin a blast against rock he's working hard to improve the image of the pipeline. welcome to the show thank you very much for being with us. both first first of all i'd like to ask you about your presentation in brussels on the twenty fifth of may did this presentation somehow change the attitudes in the e.u. towards the south or do they still have questions about the project. well i think it was a very successful event. there was a very good price on slot only of the many partners in the southeast. in projects but also. e.u. officials and all service from various institutions. we consider this session success also because the european commissioner confirmed the importance of energy relations and of the south project as such.

ukraine's ex goes on trial over charges of abuse of power allegedly losing her country hundreds of millions of dollars in energy deals . and the outcry from families in india who accuse the government of allowing the use of a controversial pesticide which they say is killing their children. here with r.t. live from moscow i'm sure welcome to the program well the u.k. failed to track detainees handed over to the us neglecting to protect them from possible abuse the shocking revelations forced through by british m.p.'s expose a secret agreement over the treatment of prisoners passed over washington by london he's done a bushel but one victim who spent years on america's most notorious overseas person . and more and couldn't as was arrested on the streets and sent to guantanamo for torture after five years america released him without charge to this day the u.s. has given no explanation all said story couldn't as is suing george bush's lawyer alberto gonzalez for ruling tool sure is legal interrogators from the land of the free are free to cause quote simulated drowning and rape boy instrument

she's accused of losing ukraine hundreds of millions of dollars in a gas deal with russia. is outside the court and for. all the atmosphere in the side the courtroom and around the court building in central kiev is absolutely electrifying fifteen hundred supporters of unix machines were gathered here since early morning to protest what they describe as a farcical trial and. i related ukrainian politics to to much of the former prime minister herself already started some controversy in this trial now when the judge entered the room the courtroom she refused to stand up and then said that this judge this judge must be dismissed because she believes the judge has a very low qualification to handle this very important case now the case is clearly the biggest one in ukraine along with that case of the country's former interior minister udall tent it is being televised live by the local t.v. stations and clearly this is causing a lot of control we see here with the former prime minister herself saying that she must not be prosecuted and beliefs this this case is completely politi

ukraine's iron leading. egyptian officials have ordered a probe into fresh clashes between police and protesters in cairo hundreds of people have been injured as more riots sweep the country are angry with the interim government saying that there have been no improvements since hosni mubarak was toppled in february while leader far as from the national defense university in washington says egypt may just be swapping one tough regime for another youth movements a woman's movement the minorities in egypt labor you win students are not very happy with what they see right now and they thought that they would get rid of the authoritarian regime and that the those in charge of the military council would help them and be neutral on political affairs and would open the path for fair and

ukraine's x.-treme or goes on trial over charges of abuse of power allegedly losing a country hundreds of millions of dollars energy deals. and all cry from families in india who accuse the government of allowing the use of the controversial pesticide which they say is killing their children. also in business so you will is mixed up dropping four point six percent the session before why is this happening how this affecting the russian market join me in twenty minutes from . now watching r.t. coming to live from moscow marina joshie welcome to the program the u.k. failed to track detainees handed over to the us neglecting to protect them from possible abuse the shocking revelations forced through by british m.p.'s expose a secret agreement over the treatment of prisoners passed over to washington via lawns and daniel bushell met one victim has spent years in america's most notorious overseas prison. cohen as was arrested on the streets and sent to guantanamo for torture after five years america rel

ukraine's former prime minister yulia tymoshenko is in court to face charges for abuse of power she's accused of losing a crane hundreds of millions of dollars in a gas deal with russia are to slice here she ask is outside the port in kenya for us. well hello to you listen you know you want to shanghai us call the trial a farce so tell us what's happened in the courtroom at the moment. while the atmosphere in the side of the courtroom and around the court building in central kiev is absolutely electrifying fifteen hundred supporters of unix machines were gathered here since early morning to protest what they describe as the farcical court the farcical trial and the i related ukrainian politics to a shake of the former prime minister herself already started some control over see in this trial now when the judge entered the room the courtroom she refused to stand up and then said that this judge this judge must be dismissed because she believes the judge has a very low qualification to handle this very important case now the case is clearly the biggest one in ukraine along with that cas

of a contaminated japanese car to the european market we report from ukraine. sentiment spreads across europe as activist. israeli occupation of the west bank call for a boycott of goods from illegal settlements. with the media craze in america flaring around. questions are being raised about whether . international news and comment live from our studios here in central moscow this is . highly toxic radioactive material has been detected in groundwater and seawater samples near the fukushima nuclear facility in japan the element has been found in concentrations two hundred times over the safety limit and can cause cancer and leukemia meanwhile japan's health and labor ministry says the number of workers exposed to dangerous levels of radiation has risen to eight. at fukushima city to measure radiation levels there and here's what he's discovered. here we're. kilometers away and the radiation levels in this area in many many places in many instances are much higher are really close because if you look at a map of where fukushima city is in relation to the actual

emerges of a loophole allowing contaminated japanese cars onto the european market we report from ukraine. pro palestinian sentiment rolls across europe as activists to model for using stop ignoring views really occupation of the west bank and call for a boycott of goods from illegal settlements. with the media craze in america flaring around a sex related scandal involving a senator questions are being raised over whether news outlets are turning into. you with r.t. live from moscow where it's now a just after seven pm i'm wrong research and welcome to the program a highly toxic radioactive material has been detected in groundwater and seawater samples near the fukushima nuclear facility in japan the element strong has been found in concentrations two hundred times over the safety limit and can cause bone cancer and leukemia meanwhile japan's health and labor ministry says the number of workers exposed to dangerous levels of radiation has risen eight. thomas has been at food. in my city to measure radiation levels and here's what he discussed. here were eighty kilometers away and the rad

we report on that from ukraine. sentiment. stop ignoring the israeli occupation of the west bank and call for a boycott of goods. and without media. scandal involving questions. a very warm welcome to you this is artsy life from moscow and i'm showing a highly toxic radioactive material has been detected in groundwater and seawater samples near the fukushima nuclear facility in japan the element known as strong has been found in concentrations two hundred times over the safety limit and is known to cause bone cancer and leukemia meanwhile in japan's health ministry says the number of workers exposed to dangerous levels of radiation has now risen to eight. thomas has been at the fukushima city to measure radiation levels here's what he discovered. here we're eighty kilometers away and the radiation levels in this area in many many places in many instances are much higher or really close because if you look at a map of where fukushima city is in relation to the actual nuclear facility about the plant number one where a lot of th

reporting from ukraine. oh has been concept lighting a change of hardcore for months a fan of japanese vehicles she wanted to upgrade her off roader to when you were model but her car dealing friend said it was not the right time but yes i was told privately that all new japanese cars are radioactive because of the fukushima disaster this shipment was supposedly blocked by the authorities at adesa harbor but unofficial dealers bribed them and got those cars on to the streets officials at the ports left of our question whether there had been any contaminated cars here after the japanese fallout these off roaders worship in before the fukushima disaster in japan and even they were checked for radiation or for reduced claim there's absolutely no chance of contaminated go of making their way onto the ukrainian territory these cars arrive to us transiting through greek and turkish ports if anything was wrong it would have been spotted there in the first place but it was still double check all vehicles for any bio

of power she's accused of losing ukraine hundreds of millions of dollars in a gas deal with russia. outside the court in kiev for us. the atmosphere inside the courtroom and around the court building is absolutely electrifying around fifteen hundred supporters of unity much i can see here gathered in central kiev to protest what they describe as a farcical hearing as a farcical case against their leader against you too much ankle now the i really give you credit politics herself started this child with a little bit of controversy she refused to stand up when the judge entered the room and then she said that this judge was completely unqualified for the case and that it needed to be dismissed clearly the tension is rising as this case and is its final stage for you to assemble has been summoned to the prosecutor's office for months now for questioning now this case has been taking tools to the courtroom and we will be hearing some developments in the next several weeks or so the crane's former prime minister yulia timoshenko is being charged with many different financial crimes inclu

the chernobyl nuclear power plant in ukraine was the scene of the world's worst nuclear accident many of the crisis of may since a passage where you can check out the ones prosperous soviet city of the infamous atomic facility that i found out how it looks now a special report from there marking the twenty fifth anniversary of the chernobyl disaster is available on our website r.t. dot com and you can find that in the documentary section. europe is seeing a surgeon and he is really sentiment with a growing clamor for governments to stop turning a blind eye to the occupation of palestinian land activists say they want actions not words demanding an embargo on exports from illegal settlements but as daniel bushell reports politicians are remaining tight lipped on the issue. rage against israel thousands call for the boycott of israeli goods over its continued expansion on palestinian land a jewish demonstrator says enough is enough. american leaders do nothing the e.u. does nothing the repeated un resolutions have ruled israeli settlements illegal. activists want the european union to c

a loophole allowing it contaminated japanese cars onto the european market we report on are from ukraine. palestinian sentiment rules of crossed your demand to stop ignoring the israeli occupation of the west bank and call for a boycott of goods from illegal settlements. and with the media craze in america flaring around a sex related scandal involving a senator questions are raised if news outlets are turning into gossip outlets. a very warm welcome to you this is on the line from moscow and i'm sure a highly toxic radioactive material has been detected in groundwater and seawater cycles near the fukushima nuclear facility in japan the element known as strong has been found in concentrations two hundred times over the safety limit and is known to cause a bone cancer and. meanwhile the japan's health ministry says the number of workers exposed to dangerous levels of radiation has now risen to eight. as being at the fukushima city to measure. education levels as well he just got. here we're eighty kilometers away and the radiation levels in this area in many many places in many instances

the chernobyl nuclear power plant in ukraine was the scene of the world's worst nuclear accident but many fear that the crisis at fukushima may soon supports it you can check out the once a prosperous soviet city of near the infamous atomic facility to find out how it looks now a special report from the twenty fifth anniversary of the chernobyl disaster is available on our web site it's dot com in the documentary section. the pentagon is recently being forced to admit it doesn't know where six point six billion u.s. dollars showed to for iraq but go on the money was supposed to be part of a massive reconstruction program after the war a former bush administration official and author of the book america's failure in iraq michael brown has told me earlier that the funds went missing under general petraeus is watch. all of this stuff was going on while david petraeus was the commander of the multinational security transition command in iraq four men sticky in zero four and zero five and this is the same period of time that one hundred ninety thousand a k forty seven zero nine millimeter

the trial in two thousand and one she was charged with smuggling the russian gas into ukraine clearly the suppose. are ready to besiege the court building until the hear and use coming from inside and will clearly be seeing more public on the rescue this case in the next several weeks or maybe even months but we'll be following all the details and bringing you the latest details as soon as we get it. with a recap of our top stories when less than fifteen minutes before the moscow team explores the devices figure of the father of the russian revolution that's what i mean then and stay with us for that. hello and welcome to the show in this week's program i'll be exploring that in slice. the ball straight leader to change the course of the straight and starting off here on red square next to the magnificent moscow kremlin. as we take a look at his epic journey and visit various landmarks associated with his life and . is one of the main names associated with. eight hundred seventy s. . it shows his pseudo name living in nineteen i was one of the leading political figures and revolution

the former prime minister of ukraine goes on trial for abuse of power that's a matter of cost her country millions of dollars. around fifteen hundred supporters of good service and called gathered in front of the court building to protest what they describe as a particle hearing join us with the latest details from the ukrainian capital kiev . international news and comment live from our studios twenty four hours a day here in central moscow this is. a majority vote in the lower house of the u.s. congress has turned down a motion to cut funding for the american military action in libya and this came directly after the very same lawmakers refused to grant president obama approval to carry on the campaign live now and he's going to teach current she's in washington studios a mixed message then coming from the house of representatives what effect if any will this have on america's involvement in libya. not really surprising the house of representatives voted on two things one a resolution that denies obama the authority to continue the u.s. military action in libya a resolution that basicall

the former prime minister of ukraine has gone on trial for abusing power during her term in office in two thousand and nine yulia timoshenko secured a gas deal with russia which is claimed to have robbed the ukrainian economy of millions of dollars she's dismissed the case as fabricated but faces up to ten years in jail if convicted. he has been following the events throughout the day for us and. around fifteen hundred supporters of unity much as you can see here gathered in central kiev to protest what they described as a farcical hearing as a farcical case against their leader against you did so much and call now the arab league of ukraine politics herself started this child with a little bit of controversy she refused to stand up when the judge entered the room and then she said that this judge was completely unqualified for the case and that it needed to be dismissed clearly the tension is rising as this case and as its final station. has been summoned to the prosecutor's office for months now for questioning now this case has been taking to the courtroom and we will be hearing so

charged with smuggling the russian gas into ukraine clearly a lot of the supporters of your tymoshenko are ready to besiege the court building until they hear pain use coming from inside and will clearly be seeing more public under arrest due to this case in the next several weeks or maybe even months but we'll be following all the details and bringing you the latest details as soon as we get it. and. the reporting right now the russian president is delivering on his promise to decentralize power in the country giving the region's a greater say in politics dmitri medvedev wants to appoint the current governor of some petersburg as the new head of the upper house of the russian parliament he's peter all of us has details on this. valentino. guaranteed to be the next speaker of the federation council the upper house of russian parliament but these members of the federation council from the regions were saying this that the federation council becoming slightly to moscow centric and they wanted to see more representation from across russia this is something that the president said yes i ag

ukraine's act is in court over charges of abuse of power allegedly losing her country hundreds of millions of dollars in the energy. around fifteen hundred supporters of gathered in front of the court building to protest what they describe as a parsifal hearing join us for the latest details from the korean capital kiev. and the outcry from the families in india who accuse the government of allowing the use of a controversial pesticide which they say is killing their children. also on business . to dropping almost five percent the previous session why is this happening how is this affecting the russian market join me in twenty minutes for more on this. a very warm welcome to you this is our live from moscow u.k. failed to track detainees handed over to the u.s. neglecting to protect them from possible abuse the shocking revelations forced through by british m.p.'s expose a secret agreement over the treatment of prisoners passed over to washington and london washington or bush all but one victim who spent years in america's most notorious i was his person. as was arrested on the streets and

to the commitment of the people for the ration of ukraine to the commitment and hard work of the local organizing committee i were down to the white house. stadiums have already been inaugurated training centers which roads railways and hold those are being constructed or modernized english premier league side phone have appointed martin yall as their new manager following the resignation of mark hughes last week the former tottenham and i exposed joins the club on a two year contract which has be extended for for the your film hoping the fifty five year old dutchman will be aiming to maintain the club's place in the top half of the table next season to finish this year we all come to london following a year and a half spent with. tiger woods has suffered another setback following his injury at the masters in the april the former world number one will miss this month's u.s. open the second major of the season after his knee feel to clear up the tournament which gets underway on june sixteenth is one woods hasn't missed since one thousand nine hundred forty the american huskies success

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in ukraine. now brief look at some other headlines across the globe in our world today in turkey rolling prime minister tayyip erdogan has won a third term in office of just fifty percent of the vote the ruling justice and development party retains power but fails to gain the parliamentary seat required to ensure constitutional change. thousands cheer the victory across the country celebrations turned sour in a southwestern city asked police use water cannon and tear gas to disperse protesters. at eruption in chile has disrupted dozens of flights and strange new zealand cancelled due to an ash cloud leaving thousands of passengers stranded their fear is that the volcanic cloud can severely damage an airplane's engine ok as eruption started over a week ago and has already forced air traffic in several south american countries to come to a standstill. alexander caution has been and will chair bound for ten years. but he hasn't led sat holding back alexander drove eleven thousand kilometers across r

the former prime minister over ukraine goes on trial for abuse of power alleged to have cost the country millions of dollars. around fifteen hundred supporters of units of essential gathered in front of the courts building to protest what they describe as a particle theory join us for the latest details from the kremlin capital kiev. worldwide news live from moscow this is artsy reception and welcome to the program . well a secret agreement between the u.k. and u.s. on the treatment of prisoners captured in iraq has been released it's following pressure by british m.p.'s the memorandum exposes london fail to attract these enemies handed over to washington neglecting to protect them from possible torture twenty eight year old pakistani units is one of the victims of this deal he was seized by british soldiers in iraq in two thousand and four as a suspected insurgent and secretly sent to a u.s. detention camp in afghanistan a process dubbed extraordinary rendition the man's lawyers are calling on the u.k. to help free him as britain was good at telling one thirty cory cried out from the re

and the former prime minister of ukraine goes on trial for abuse of power that selection of cost countries a country of millions of dollars. around fifteen hundred supporters of units of assange go gathered in front of the court building to protest what they describe as a farcical hearing join us for the latest details from the ukrainian capital kiev. and all prices have stabilized option dropping almost five percent on thursday more in business in about twenty minutes. a very warm welcome to you this is our live from moscow the u.k. you failed to track the detainees handed over to the u.s. neglecting to protect them from possible torture in america's secret prisons it's been revealed after an agreement between the two states on the treatment of terror suspects captured in iraq was the classified twenty eight year old pakistani units rahmatullah is one of the victims of this deal he was seized by british soldiers in iraq in two thousand and four as a suspected insurgent. and secretly sent to a u.s. detention camp in afghanistan a process as extraordinary rendition the man's lawyers are cal

the former prime minister of ukraine goes on trial for abuse of power that's a lesser cost the country millions of tolerance. around fifteen hundred supporters of units of a son called gathered in front of the court building to protest what they describe as a parsifal hearing join us for the latest details from the ukrainian capital kiev. international news and comment line from our studios here in central moscow this is . the lower house of us congress has voted down a resolution which expressed support for the american military action in libya the white house has never sought consent for the operation something which the house of representatives says is illegal and lawmakers are now threatening to cut funding for the campaign altogether because he's got a report that's unlikely to. it's just a resolution it's not a bill but it's meant to sort of reprimand the commander in chief for his policies but there is another proposal on the table of the house of representatives and that is to cut off funding for u.s. participation in combat missions such as drone strikes in the needle led air