vladimir putin's. in 15 cities, his young supporters came on to the streets to record a nationwide birthday greeting for their political hero. what is it exactly about the prime minister which lights their fire? >> he is going to be our president. we should support our president. >> it is hard to imagine supporters of david cameron or chancellor merkel gathering up and down the country with candles to sing the birthday greetings. then again, vladimir putin does get the strain this birthday presents. previous gives included a crocodile. not everyone was celebrating. and die putin protesters got dragged away by police for spoiling the party. -- anti-putin protesters got dragged away. >> he is scared of any competition. he needs to believe he is popular. he needs to believe he is irreplaceable. >> even the kremlin confesses to a little stage managing here and there. this week, mr. putin's spokesperson revealed the truth behind these images which impressed russian television viewers, an indiana jones style

vladimir putin's. in 15 cities across russia last night, mr. putin's young supporters came on to the streets to record a nationwide birthday greeting for their political hero. so what is it exactly about russia's prime minister which lights their fire? >> i respect him, just because he's going to be our president and we should trust our future president. >> it's hard to imagine supporters of david cameron or chancellor merkel gathering up and down the country with candles to sing their leader's birthday greetings. then again, vladimir putin does get the strangest birthday presents. previous gifts include a crystal crocodile, a siberian tiger cub, and an imperial russian crown. not everyone, though, was celebrating. anti-putin protesters got dragged away by police for spoiling the party. mr. putin's critics don't believe that public displays of affection are genuine. >> it is because of two things. putin is enormously afraid of any competition. secondly, putin would like to keep power forever, and that's why he needs to believe he's popular, he n

a bid to balance out the economic and political dominance of western countries prime minister vladimir putin is in beijing to solidify diplomatic ties and overcome trade hurdles. following the landmark meeting that. it's important to mention that this was prime minister putin first visit since announcing his candidacy in the upcoming presidential elections and now some say it's a signal of change in focus for russia for many years the west's sensor stage in the country's political agenda china's growing economic progress has a look in the east and many analysts say that the strategic partnership between the world's biggest and fastest growing economies could shift the balance of power in the world both nations have supported each other throughout the years on various issues related to the security and development and they also have a similar political views which was proven just recently when they both vetoed the european draft the u.n. security council resolution condemning syria will vladimir putin didn't come alone here he came with a huge delegation including russian the business tycoons

going east moscow and beijing boost cooperation as china becomes the first country vladimir putin visits after stating he'll run for the presidency next year. america's anti corporate protests in boston meet a fierce response from the police who reportedly beat up war veterans taking part in a peaceful round. a very warm welcome for you this is on see live from moscow with me will receive a shock and straight to our breaking news for you this hour ukraine's ex prime minister is jailed for seven years yulia timoshenko was found guilty of abuse of power signing gas deals with russia years ago. he was following the events from just outside the courthouse where supporters have been having scuffles with police . at times it seemed that the tension would go over the top with the supporters of you to shake off thousands of them trying to organize a march through the streets of kiev and being dispersed by the police with no real brutality but still some pushing and shoving and the situation was really explosive still several people were injured in the pushing and shoving with the police one woma

it's important to mention that this was prime minister vladimir putin's first visit since announcing his candidacy in the upcoming presidential elections and some say it signals a change in focus for russia for many years the west took center stage when it came to the country's political agenda but trying as economic progress has mosco look in the east both asians have supported each other throughout the years and this is related to sulfur and sea developments and security and of course they also share similar political views and that was twelve in just recently when both countries vetoed the european draft the u.n. security council resolution condemning syria russia and china are also both members of the brig's group and along with brazil india and south africa and the continued economic uncertainty in europe and the u.s. has seriously undermined their dominance off the global political stage paving the way for emergent countries like china and russian prime minister putin said the us is using a stall monopoly as the only global reserve and that's heaven and that's a fact on the fin

well vladimir putin was accompanied by a huge delegation including russian business tycoons and they were all here looking to make deals with local companies and the result of that was seven a billion dollars worth of agreements some ahead by russia as the bank was also committed to establish an investment fund and of course energy is a priority for both countries and the premier said that all issues and this agreements when it comes to russia's well supply have been resolved now when it comes to gas they're still in the those they promise that they're in the final stages and their consumption is of course expected to increase dramatically. over that and also another key focus was trade china has the back to the number one beats in germany as number one trade partner promise of lot of confident that this year their traits are never a wolverine's at least seventy billion dollars with the overall goal being to hundred billion dollars a by twenty twenty so there is a lot of big hopes and ambitious plans but both premier said that their confidence that they have established the pipelines

security council resolution condemning syria will vladimir putin didn't come alone here he came with a huge there legation including russia in the business side who were all here looking to make deals with local businesses and the results of that was seven a billion dollars worth of agreements with so many headed by russia's bank which also committed suicide listen and investment thoughts and of course energy has always been a major priority and both premier said that they have finally resolved all there are disagreements and issues relating to the oil oil of russia's oil supply but it's a slightly different picture when it comes to gas work talks have been a lie again and the premier said they're now in the final stages of negotiations but there hasn't been a resolution there yet another key focus today though was bilateral trade china has climbed by coffee meeting germany to become russia's number one trade partner and prime minister vladimir putin said he's confident that this year for a turnover could reach at least a seventy billion dollars with the overall goal being two hundre

but on a state visit to china, the russian prime minister, vladimir putin, lashed out at the u.s. for what he sees as its own currency transgressions. mr. putin is on the second day of his two-day trip to beijing, and his visit is being closely scrutinized as russia appears to be forging closer ties. let's go live to beijing. just before we get on to vladimir putin, eunice, let's talk about this currency issue because certainly china had a very strong reaction to congr s congress' plan to push this bill through. but i just wonder how much actual teeth can china show on this? because they do need the u.s. at the end of the day because the u.s. remains such an important export market, and exports are so important for the chinese economy. >> reporter: well, absolutely. experts are very important for the chinese economy, but they can show that they are very upset with this potential passage of this bill. in fact, they have hired a lobbying dream team. this is -- we've heard that they reportedly hired a washington, d.c., law firm, and they also have organized a 12-member congressional l

thank you very much well later in the day we'll of course also be hearing from prime minister vladimir putin and it will be his first speech after announcing that he'll be run in the upcoming presidential elections and we'll bring you all the latest updates as soon as we get them. ok that was moving the cultural reporting from russia calling investment for now let's take a look at how the markets are doing now all of us trading near forty high as investors bet that lower crude stockpiles in the u.s. indicate that fuel demand increase is largest economy brant is trading at one hundred two dollars about it is that eighty dollars per barrel. in asia japanese stocks jump on thursday on the back of overnight games in the u.s. tech exporters and financials among the leading banks there sony is up over three percent computer memory from elpida gained six point eight percent and tech from atlanta. sun among financials nomura holding is three point eight percent and type of securities caused by hong kong stocks jumped sharply as well with the banks rising over four percent this hour. markets have ope

vladimir putin said that greece is a big problem but it could be resolved if countries weren't afraid to take action he said that russia and china should lead there were. no financial systems and that the role of the brics will to become more important on the world stage. i think it's time to talk about reforming existing institutions and first of all i mean global financial institutions such as the international monetary fund and world bank do we agree that the role of the brics countries in these organizations must be. given the growing importance of our country's economy. so there is a lot of big hopes and ambitions plans but both premier said that their confidence that they have established the pons that will make sure that they become reality. that's hard news links this hour up next our interview with marta and traits a former chief accountant of the european commission is now a member of the european parliament for the u.k. independence party has got some strong critic of us on the. i'm talking to martha and dress and who's now a member of the european parliament for the u.k. i

going east moscow and beijing both cooperation china becomes the first country vladimir putin visits the staging hild run for the presidency next year. and america's and to call for a protest in boston's meet a fierce response from the police who reportedly beat up war veterans taking part in a peaceful ground. live from the heart of moscow this is r.t. with me will receive and breaking news at this hour ukraine's ex prime minister is jailed for seven years yulia tymoshenko was found guilty of abuse of power while signing gas deals with russia two years ago cesar lexy going to ski following the events now joins us live from i just outside the courthouse where supporters have been involved in scuffles with police so obviously emotions running high where you are at this point how are the crowd crowds reacting to the verdict. well now the simmering tension of several years several hours ago has calmed down a bit the crowd is slowly dispersing from the court area the police is the ministering its presence as well but just several hours ago as i mentioned there were tensions when the supp

vladimir putin said that greece is a big problem but it could be resolved if countries weren't afraid to take action he said that russia and china should leave there were. no financial systems and that the role of the brics books to become more important on the world stage. i think it's time to talk about reforming existing institutions and first of all i mean global financial institutions such as the international monetary fund and world bank and you we agree that the role of the brics countries in these organizations must be in. given the growing importance of our country's economy. so there is a lot of big hopes and ambitions plans but both premiers said that they're confident and that they have established the porn star will make sure that they become a reality a new york jury is said to hear the first details of the prosecution against a russian businessman facing a range of arms related charges that he denies the judge has required jurors to sign an agreement that they won't read information on brewed on the internet or elsewhere so as not to prejudice the case against him he wa

vladimir putin said that greece is a big problem but it could be resolved if countries weren't afraid to take action he said that russia and china should lead there were for national financial systems and that the role of the brics books to become more important on the world stage. i think it's time to talk about reforming existing institutions and first of all i mean global financial institutions such as the international monetary fund and world bank and you we agree that the role of the brics countries in these organizations must be in. given the growing importance of our country's economies. so there is a lot of big hopes and best plans but both premier said that they're confident that they have established appliance that will make sure that they become a reality but of course as more on the story on our website including details of all the deals already sealed in beijing that's just one click away for dot com it's online all the time. now some of the new york tycoons could come face to face with the rage of anti wall street demonstrators hundreds of activists are camping outside t

russian prime minister vladimir putin is expected to win the presidential election next march. >>> the operator of the fukushima daiichi power plant finally submitted its original zept manuals to japan's nuclear safety agency, but it maintains that only half the document's contents should be made public. in mid september, tepco submitted its manuals for nuclear accidents to a lower house committee investigating the fukushima accident. but the utility blacked out most of the contents. the nuclear and industrial safety agency later instructed the operator to submit the originals for three types of manuals for accidents of varying scale. the agency also asked the utility how much of the contents could be made public. tepco now says about 50% of the materials should remain secret. it also wants to disclose just 10% of a manual for dealing with serious accidents. tepco says this is because the manuals contain information covered by intellectual property rights. it also says the documents cannot be made public because such facilities could become targets of terrorist attacks. the nuclear saf

about one of his final primetime interviews with russia's prime minister vladimir putin. and why so you could see the world's longest running said on the simpsons drawing to a close. we were at the forefront of russian classical music for two centuries and now st petersburg orchestra is opening the jubilee season for new york's carnegie hall. it's the second time the musicians have been invited there this time they'll be performing at the opening of the one hundred twentieth anniversary season the program under the baton of the earn scheme maestro gallery each has a number of works by celebrated russian composers artistic director says the visit to new york demonstrates the marines the stature as a leading global musical institution. russia remains country music and where his game is maybe the most active institution in not only russia maybe even globally will perform roughly seven hundred fifty times a year you know about thirty countries every year collectively what polygamy orchestra a little even chorus of well all of this wonderful groups that are moving of course bo

. >>> vladimir putin's public displays of strength are getting less and less cool. from shirtless tiger hunting to badminton. we'll tell you what exactly is happening here a lit later in the show but first to the news live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock. a breakthrough in europe just within the last several hours as leaders agree on a rescue plan to prevent a greek default that could have brought down the continent. the headline in today's "wall street journal" reads eu forges greek bond deal. it comes at a heavy price. the nuts and bowls of this deal we bring in becky meehan live in london. >> reporter: the world had been waiting are to it looking to see how europe will get out of this sovereign debt crisis. it's being taken well by the markets because equity markets right around the world are getting a bump up but here are some of the details what's going on. holders of these greek sovereign bond also have to take a 50% haircut as they say basically giving up 50% of the debt they are owed by greece, still we are yet to see the details hammered out. let's not get too

a portrait of the russian prime minister vladimir putin created from thousands of tiny photos. from all photos from the international. it's ok to have you with you without sea life from moscow to check out the international headlines now for this hour the world update for you somali pirates are reportedly kidnapped. french woman near the kenyan resort of lamu the navy and police chased the boat carrying the victim but feet an attack could end with a seventy five year old woman drowning the kidnapping comes less than a month after somali pirates abducted a british woman and killed her husband in the same area. a light aircraft has crashed into a ferris wheel that a festival in eastern australia leaving two children trapped on the ride amazingly no one was seriously injured in the accident just before the crash happened the majority of people off the ride the pilot said he never saw the wheel before smashing right. it's almost ten years now since american troops led the invasion into afghanistan a decade of fighting is that thousands of u.s. soldiers and afghan civilians all bein

has seriously undermined their dominance on the global political agenda and also promise or vladimir putin said the bridge group should play a bigger role internationally well another factor here one of the number of made lot of them didn't come alone he came along with a lot of russian a business tycoons who were all looking to make agreements with local companies and they did and those agreements were worth seven billion dollars specials from both sides have already said that their relationship between russia and china is the best it's ever been in many years and they're adamant to make sure it's there is that way or in acosta reporting them now during his chinese visit russia's prime minister vladimir putin gave an interview to the state broadcaster outlining the priority for the two nations who can set that up push for technological breakthroughs in aviation aircraft building are some of the areas where he wants to see the partners working together to read the full interview on our t.v. dot com. also online american police are accused of brutality at the occupy boston protest to vietna

when you more key moments in vladimir putin's interview to russia's top t.v. channels in about twenty minutes here at r.t. . the united states is deploying one hundred special operations troops to ganda its to help the fight against the lord's resistance army guerrilla group which has terrorized the country and other parts of central africa for decades its leader is wanted for war crimes but the head of the new york based investigative newspaper black star news says recent history suggests the u.s. interference may cause more casualties and civil conflict. it's a very undetermined an open ended deployment and that's why many people suspect there is a sense of mission creep here you start off with one hundred and obviously the rationale you give is that you're there to try to protect innocent civilians well we've heard that line before very recently it was concerning libya where the u.n. resolution and the nato operation was supposedly to protect civilians against massacres by duffy well that's as history has shown perhaps more civilians were killed by the nato

you promise or vladimir putin said that they expect the trade turned over to ridge at least seventy billion dollars this year with the overall goal being two hundred billion dollars by twenty twenty china is already russia's a number one trade partners and they're now working towards switching gears and making their relationship even stronger and developing their ties. in acosta reporting there during his chinese visit russia's prime minister vladimir putin gave an interview to the state broadcaster outlining the priorities for the two nations putin sat down to forty four of the logical breakthroughs in an aviation aircraft building are some of the areas where he wants to see the partners working together and you can read the full interview on our feet. also online preview the american police argues the brutality of the occupy boston protest to be out now war veterans were injured by officers and out two hundred people arrested. hamas officials have agreed a prisoner swap deal with israel that secures the release of over a thousand palestinians in exchange for jew or soldier gilad shalit ha

about one of his final primetime interviews with russia's prime minister vladimir putin. and why and over what we could see the world's longest running said on the simpsons drawing to a close. we have syria's future with a former ambassador to the country in a few minutes but first let's get the business update with kareen. hello welcome to law business stopped by the south thanks for joining me russia's second largest lender of d.t.b. kicks off its calling investment for on the road show as a part of russia's effort to attract foreign investment this comes at a time when the country is suffering heavy capital also due to financial uncertainty worldwide now business artie's marina closely is for us hello to you good morning marina well as i've said the forum is intended to attract foreign capital but that's a tough sell as that. it is a tough sell but there's no doubt about it especially after what we've seen good progress in markets plus of the group or dropped to its weakest level i guess the u.s. dollar in over two years and this happened just this wednesday and accord

also a portrait all of the russian prime minister vladimir putin created from thousands of tiny photos. from the international moscow. without a life from moscow now let's have a look at some other headlines from around the world for you this hour somali pirates have reportedly kidnapped a wheelchair bound french woman near the kenyan resort of lamu the navy and police chase the boat carrying the victim but feared an attack could end with a seventy five year old woman drowning the kidnapping comes less than a month after somali pirates abducted a british woman and killed her husband in the same area. the second typhoon in just a week is the rain soaked northern philippines is forcing hundreds of thousands to evacuate the first. across the region and left at least one person forecasters predict the typhoon will become more powerful as it heads towards vietnam. crashed into a ferris wheel at a festival in eastern australia leaving two children trapped on the ride amazingly no one was seriously injured with that and just before the crash happened. the majority of people on. the right of t

followed me through well prime minister vladimir putin i have to say he was optimistic but a realistic at the same time he said that russia is still feeling the after effects of the financial crisis and that they understand that the risks are currently increasing but that russia is now better prepared to handle another financial crisis in europe or the u.s. air force comes about but politically here is that right now if the government doesn't that the situation is as bad as other countries make it out to be. because we just know if you follow me and i says no you and we see risks or growing not only in the euro zone but also in other economies this will have an impact on russia we need to take measures against those negative process is that many experts have already queried the second wave of the crisis we don't share that opinion and we would ask others not to make the situation worse by calling. them back prime minister vladimir putin said that russia is in a better position than some other countries because russia's government debt is less than ten percent of g.d.p. and when it come

the russian capital i'm marina joshie reshuffling the world's arcade political stage russia's vladimir putin and his chinese counterpart are looking to lay the first breaks and beijing today for mayor space to national development and energy there is much on the table well more for more on the much higher meeting and what's at stake let's now take a listen to our tease marina costs are able. first of all it's important to mention that this is prime minister vladimir putin's first visit since announcing his cabinet see in the upcoming presidential elections and this may signal a change in focus for russia for many years the west has been dominated the political stage for russia china's economic progress may have a moscow in the sense many analysts are saying that the strategic partnership between the two biggest and fastest growing economies in the world could shift the power balance in the world now both nations have supported each other throughout the years on issues related to sovereignty security and development they also have similar political views and we've seen this just recently when

for prime minister vladimir putin started off by saying that russia is of course a three year learning is still the aftereffects of the financial crisis and that he understands that risks worldwide are growing by the country but it's compared to handle another crisis if the course comes to that and he then went on to lay out the policy for the government to liberalize a share in the economy we've. got a new. strategy is the state should gradually reduce its direct presence in the economy therefore we will gradually withdraw from state corporations through privatization and we'll appoint independent professionals to the boards of companies state to ship. well now to discuss this further i'm joined by chief economist sabri to be capital alexander i have to first thank you very much for joining us now to tell us that the prime minister laid out his economic policy priorities for the next few years do you detect any differences between this administration and the prime minister's recommendations. they're pushing this is correct women should. retire rated but there is a show and digitalisat

king of course to discuss the highlights of his career including his exclusive interviews with vladimir putin. has the russian resort of sochi prepares to host the twenty fourteen winter olympic games not long ago now an army of volunteers and interpreters gathered in a city well ahead of the event. to take in more of russia now to close up and today run a health kick. this is where we're going on america's focus and six hundred kilometers from moscow to the pens the region is famous for its natural beauty and strong cultural traditions the capital also called panzer was found in the seventeenth century as a small fortress on a narrow strip of riverbank today the city says the shining example of healthy safe and happy lives but if you go abroad know when to learn the secrets of this success . almost every day the government is telling us that we should eat more fruit and vegetables drink less exercise more of course many people ignore these recommendations in fact working for the government will be very frustrating always telling people to do stuff but having no way of enforcing it now what w

as his decision not to run for a second term in office this recommendation of prime minister vladimir putin for the top job and to the sudden dismissal of now former finance minister aleksey cruden so there's loss of analysis and opinions in salaries press in russia opinions both positive and not so positive let's start with the kind of sun newspaper really was well known here in russia and it's published on the order go to try to show you this polish law to go under the title of what were you after your ambition and the analysts that the newspaper was talking to have been saying that even though the movie just passed finally announced his political lines and the plans of his stand them with prime minister what do you think there's still a lot of uncertainty since the official political programs for the upcoming problem entry and presidential elections still have not been announced however this point of view is not shared by the analysts that he is this newspaper or spoke to this is not a well known big newspaper in russia it's published an article under the title of how significant is the

first of all it's important to mention that this is prime minister vladimir putin's first visit since announcing his privacy in the upcoming presidential elections and this may signal a change in focus for russia for many years the west has been dominating the political stage for russia china's economic progress may have a moscow in the sense many analysts are saying that the strategic partnership between the two biggest and fastest growing economies in the world could shift the power balance in the world now both nations have supported each other throughout the years on issues related to sovereignty security and development they also have similar political views and we've seen this just recently when both of them a vetoed a european for the u.n. security resolution which was condemning syria and was suggesting that it could face sanctions if it continued its crackdown on protesters that both countries are also members of the ricks alliance along with india brazil and south africa and the continued economic uncertainty in europe and the u.s. has seriously undermined the dominance all

and the draft the general picture and the plans of the town them with him and prime minister vladimir putin for the future there's still lots of uncertainty since there are still no official electoral programs and neither from prime minister vladimir putin or from the united russia party which is. lists are going to be headed by the president at the upcoming parliamentary vote so this opinion is not agreed by other analysts who spoke to the is d.c. a newspaper there actually said that to by making this announcement need to be viewed as finally closed. off the main players during the upcoming presidential poll in more so the storage now has more or less a clearer picture of what's going to happen now a lot of our focus is also port on the president's decision to sack former finance minister ali sequences this man was always thought to be a key ally of the administration of the government are top class professional but was sacked after he said that if needed a new video becomes the next prime minister in russia. and you didn't see himself in his government did you disagree with disagreements

a portrait of the russian and a prime minister vladimir putin created from thousands of tiny photos of the mona lisa again log on to our she got the call for more photos from the international art moscow fair. and now for a brief look at some other international headlines somali pirates have reportedly kidnapped a wheelchair bound french woman near the kenyan resort of level the navy and police chase the boat carrying the victim but feared the top could end with a seventy five year old woman drowning the kidnapping comes less than a month after a somali pirates of ducted a british woman and killed her husband in the same area. the second typhoon in just a week is battering the rain soaked northern philippines forcing hundreds of thousands to evacuate the first calls landslides across the region and left at least one person dead forecasters predict the typhoon will become more powerful as it heads towards yet known. allied aircraft has crashed into a very surreal at a festival in eastern australia leaving two children trapped on the ride for hours amazingly no one was seriously injured

twenty percent so far this year and there was also have been outlined by russia's prime minister vladimir putin at a meeting with the foreign investment advisory council archies met in the course or has the details. this was an opportunity to review the success of foreign investment in russia as well as brains so how to improve the climate that's just hearsay there and courage but russia is a growing domestic market but are still concerned with the lack of transparency in the political legislative and mistreats of environments now they want the government to make it easier for foreigners to invest here they mention the migration policy the customs union e u x hikes is all areas that still need some more work to be done dozens overcome invasions were handed over to prime minister vladimir putin and he's concerned promised to not least be up the process of modernization and that was the case not the economy but also simplify bureaucratic procedures and lower and minister to barrier such tripe and more investment you know what it could mean we are getting ready to start the common economic zone of

of course there's lots more coming up here outperform later on we'll hear from prime minister vladimir putin actually this will be his first speech after announcing that he will run in the upcoming presidential election some we'll bring you all the updates as soon as we get been. ok thank you marina and thank your guest for importing from russia calling investments and thanks very much. let's take a look at how the markets are doing or is trading near for a day hi investors bet that low include stockpiles in the u.s. indicate that fuel demand playing crease in the world's largest economy brant is trading at two dollars per barrel while w t i s is almost eighty dollars of our japanese stocks jumped on thursday on the back of overnight gains in the u.s. tech exporters and financials swarmed leading in bad says sony was up three point two percent computer memory firm hoping to gain six point eight and tech firms advances those five cents on the financials in the move holdings this up three point eight percent type of securities rose by hong kong stock struck choppy as well with a bang sang. ris

a mutual investment fund but also trade as i mentioned earlier was a key issue prime minister vladimir putin said that they expect the straits turnover to reach at least seventy billion dollars this year with the overall goal being hundred billion dollars by twenty twenty china is already russia's enough. one trade partners later want to make out even stronger and of course prime minister putin server two thousand and eleven is a special year for both countries and they're now working towards switching gears and making their relationship even stronger and developing their ties. ok maria thanks very much indeed for bringing us this update from china cossar of reporting there. and during his chinese visit russia's prime minister vladimir putin gave an interview to the state broadcaster outlining the priority for the two nations i wouldn't say that a polish or to the logical breakthrough in aviation an aircraft building are some of the areas where you want to see the partners working together to read the full interview r.t. dot com. also on the line for you today american bullies are accused of

has seriously undermined their dominance off the global political agenda and also from mr vladimir putin said the british should play a bigger role internationally another factor here because of the number of deals made lot of here didn't come alone he came along with a lot of russian business tycoons who roll up and make agreements with local companies and they did and those agreements were seven billion dollars versus them both sides have already said that the relationship between russia and china is the best it's ever been in many years and they're adamant to make sure it stays that way. hasa reporting there and we are closely following that high ranking meeting in china on our web site r.t. dot com so you know log on there any time to get the latest updates or take a look out what you are for the full interview with china's state broadcaster in full or you outline the priority for the two nations technological breakthroughs go to our website to see that. and also online for you american police our use of brutality by the occupy boston brought us to get now war veterans were injured b

about one of his final primetime interviews with prime minister vladimir putin. also aligned sidelining the simpsons as the world's longest running sitcom faces the facts we explain why and draw your own conclusions are t.v. dot com. well it's been at the forefront of russian classical music for two centuries and now st petersburg's marine ski orchestra has opened the jubilate season for new york's carnegie hall. it's the second time the musicians have been invited there and this time they have performed the opening of the one hundred and twentieth anniversary season program under the baton of the night show over there. featured a number of works by celebrated russian composers including of course a touch of course and there's more to come with the sort of concerts at carnegie hall in the coming days. now staging the olympics is the big box event but among the grassroots preparations in the russian resort of sochi is an army of volunteers the winter games are still a way off but already a band of intrepid interpreters are warming up to welcome the thousands of vi