very well there are some markets of course and investors were very optimistic and that's because vladimir putin did say that russia has overcome the declines of previous years the economy is bigger than that was before the crisis and continues to grow increasingly and steadily but our correspondent daniel posner was at this lesson still at the stadium and he has the highlights for us. unemployment's also unfortunately no on the levels of two thousand and eight yet the government that remains low he controls do does with the northeast states and europe belgium deficit and the very high unemployment levels he said the e.u. states like greece losing this sovereignty in effect climbing over the national decision making to crossings and in return for aid so it's good he said that russia doesn't need outside help now countries however is no two vulnerable to price changes as some may think this listening to what he had to say. connected with oil and gas revenues we shape the budget according to a conservative. prices and even if the oil price falls to seventy dollars a barrel will still be able to me

easing of legislation put forward by prime minister vladimir putin about two weeks ago he also took a moment to take a little jab corporate competition exxon mobile this is what he had to say. this is will become possible thanks to suggestions for the changes in the russian fiske legislation which released the speech these changes are crucial for this kind of work but with today's deal is the last step for any to become russia's biggest part in the production of energy resources. it is very important to point out that getting to this oil is incredibly difficult in fact in the exxon mobil deal is not expected to see any oil from that venture for about eight years and make sure that everything a went well well prime minister vladimir putin was on hand to make sure that everything went smoothly. ok let's check out those prizes as you can see at this hour they are indeed makes if we look at really terms though the companies gas no companies have provided a great boost to companies we've got america and they're going to be posting their corporate results from these companies later on this

the saw made possible because of the easing of tax legislation put forward by prime minister vladimir putin about two weeks ago he also took a moment to take a little jab corporate competition exxon mobile this is what he had to say. this is will become possible thanks to suggestions for the changes in the russian fiske legislation which relates the speed at which you feel these changes are crucial for this going to work with today's deal is the last step for any to become russia's biggest in the production of energy resources. it is very important to point out that getting to this oil is incredibly difficult in fact in the exxon mobil deal is not expected to see any oil from that venture for about eight years and make sure that everything a went well well prime minister vladimir putin was on hand to make sure that everything went smoothly. so let's see those prices now we're going to mix the viewpoint on your screens it just now and those prices are actually had a one week high and that's half of the federal policymakers that they expected growth rate celebrate gradually and count off addi

, masha gessen, a journalist based in moscow, talks about the rise and continued influence of vladimir putin and russia. this is about an hour. >> thank you for the amazing introduction. i have to stand on a little box to reach this. i'm going to read from the epilogue to the book, which i was actually incredibly lucky to have been able to get in the book in the last minute. because otherwise it would outdated the moment it came out. the book is all different in tone, much more personal than the rest of the book. but i like it, and so i'm going to read from it. this is called a week in the summer. saturday, december 3. i am driving my family to see american economy in central moscow. snow is late this year. the city feels like it is in plunged into prominent white darkness. excess of light on the gardening, the road that circles the city's center does little to change it and. i am struck by a giant illuminated structure. one might call it a post or billboard but neither description would do justice to the scale. it sits atop a two-story building from the century and it appears taller than th

it has been a month since vladimir putin was reelected as to russian president. but russia's interest in politics does not disappear. >> it may seem an odd place for a municipal council meeting. then again, this one was about to become a bit of a battleground. first, they argue over who gets -- the man with the microphone represents the old-guard. he says he is in charge. but his opponents do not agree. their part of a new wave who were getting elected at the municipal level and trying to change the way politics is done. they are about to fight back. this is vladimir godnuchuk's first council meeting. >> just a few months ago, council meetings in russia attracted little attention. now the interest in politics is much greater. there is a believer in people power at the grass-roots level. away from the council chamber, vladimir campaigns on local issues. vladimir is trying to stop this project, but he never planned into going into politics. >> i never had even heard of the municipal council. but when the street protests began after the parliamentary election, i bel

russian prime minister vladimir putin attended the ceremony. putin told factory workers that russia's auto sales last year had recovered to levels shown before the financial crisis. it's now the second biggest car market in europe and ranks the fourth large nest the world. top executives of the three firms signed the first car off the line. the joint operation aims to make 280,000 cars each year. >> translator: it has a bright future. >> russia has fallen behind in developing new cars recently, so the russian government is taking steps to revitalize the industry. it's giving substantial financial support to the auto sector and promoting alliances with foreign carmakers. automakers see india as an exploding car market. more of them also see the country as a manufacturing and export base. toyota is one of them. they've began shipping small size cars made in india to south africa, another growing market. a ceremony to mark the occasion was held at a port near a southern city on wednesday. mechanics altered the cars for south africa with a harder s

he lectured vladimir putin, the president of russia encore ruption. >> to get anything done-- on urrruption. io he lectured yassir arafat on violence. he asked the ayatollah khomeini wf he was crazy. >> and he calls you imam, forgive me, his word, not mine, o lunatic. a> reporter: he traveled with martin luther king. >> a large segment of white society is more concerned about tranquillity and the status quo than about justice and humannity. >> he remains my hero. >> so what! >> reporter: he grappled with rraks farrakhan. t. i think you should keep quiet! >> remain strong! >> reporter: and he interviewed n.lcolm x shortly before his assassination. e> i probably am a dead man inready. >> i came here with a belief. b> reporter: he was no stronger to the white house. interviewing his friends the reagans. >> why hasn't this job weighed as heavily on you as it has on some other occupants of this oval office? >> well, mike, i don't what the waswer to that would be. well, maybe none of them had a nancy. >> reporter: there he was with k that nexty, with lyndon johnson. >> so you think that next time

. >> of vladimir putin has made his final speech to parliament as russian prime minister.e is due to be inaugurated as president next month. >> your appeal for unity among political parties. he referred to the recent elections in the wave of protests, saying russia had emerged from a time of heightened emotions and political battles. >> ahead of his speech, police arrested several demonstrators outside parliament. >> they barely started their protests when police moved in. these demonstrators say putin was elected in a fraudulent election. in his speech, putin called for an end to political squabbling and urged russians to work together. he also cited his achievements as prime minister. >> we can say with confidence that we have made great progress over the last few years. we are now stronger than before. >> putin also promised to fight corruption and bureaucracy and said he would strive to make russia a more attractive to foreign investors. he said the country must now begin a new phase of economic development. >> we have only one russia. and the development of our countr

dmitry medvedev and vladimir putin as himself. >> after my election i have more flexibility. >> wow. i suppose. it's yet to be seen if the incident we saw will be much of a long-term problem for president obama. the democrats might have you singing along with this, their latest elise. mitt romney got the endorsement of congressman paul ryan today and the dnc had some fun linking ryan and his tax cutting medicare threatening budget with mitt romney. ♪ when ole mitt claps his hands for the paul ryan plan ♪ ♪ that's amore >> when his plan came out i applauded it. ♪ when paul ryan gives props to ole mitt romney's chops that's amore ♪ >> the enentitlement speech was very good. ♪ if they pass their budget >> their plan to really end medicare as we know it. ♪ what great care for the millionaire and the billionaire who is sharing big tax cuts ♪ >> gives tax cuts to the wealthy. ♪ when they meet to prepare ways to end medicare that's amore ♪ >> we've done coordination on our plans. ♪ when old willard goes nuts for the congressman's cuts they're in love ♪ >> paul ryan is one of the brilliant v

many politicians in history that set a good example to follow the most recent example is set by vladimir putin who's been elected to be russia's next president as we all knew going to be a putin and his team succeeded in driving russia out of a deep political and economic crisis that happened a few years ago that's why he is the politician i'm trying to look up to. there will be si se eighteen to thirty five or ten years from now what will be like the cutest into or perhaps three or five years' time i see south a city as a prosperous state where people will feel it ease to go to for a vacation and enjoy their stay here as people do in the civilized western world this is the goal we should all work hard to achieve guided by the example of the leading developed countries thank you very much for this and to be. thank you very much and many thanks to your team for coming to work here with us in south asia your quarterly welcome here anytime what's your good buy. on the. mystery of them all these years. we have five in forty acres and not nineteen ninety three and decided it would be a great place

kremlin they became president in two thousand and eight and i will not be handing reins over to vladimir putin let's no cross lived. he's been listening in as well to this. arena quanta of groove the dress wasn't it and take us through the key points of the outgoing president speech. well let's just say that so russian president and he will be staying in that post of course for the next two weeks afterward after reasonable to hand over the reins to buy reports of basically there was hardly topic which didn't cover bay it was mostly concerned of course the so-called country's priority projects and those of course concerned the poverty level in the country which he said were fighting for.

it's one month since vladimir putin was re-elected. huge anti-government protests, which have dominated life in the russian capital in recent months, seem to have heated up. but russia's interest in politics hasn't disappeared. moscow residents have been finding other ways to put pressure on the authorities. steve rosenberg reports. >> a boxing call might seem an odd place for a municipal council meeting. then again, this one is about to become a bit of a battleground. first they argue over who gets to be the chairman. the man with the microphone represents the old guard. he says he's in charge. but his opponents don't agree. they're part of a new wave of opposition activists who are getting elected in moscow at municipal level and trying to change the way politics is done. the party of power, though, is about to bite back. quite literally. this is vladimir's first experience of local politics. he didn't expect to be bitten at his first council meeting. it's all getting rather carrot i can. district councils like this one have few powe

counting down the days until he packed his bags and moves out of the kremlin to make way for vladimir putin's return on may seventh along with his blowing us he'll also be taking with him four years of memories as head of state and the outgoing president has been reflecting on those thoughts. reports. but you do have spent most of the week summing up the accomplishments and discussing at the shortcomings of his four year tenure as head of state he's got about a week left in that post so i want to say he was meeting with the state council giving a speech before them highlighting some of the issues which are still facing russia at the present moment among them was of course the fact that the technological advancements are still needed also the fact that some towns are still living out or below the poverty line and of course he also spoke at length the bald corruption. we have declared war on corruption we have identified her enemy and we will not. in the last four years we created legislation needed to battle corruption for the first time in the frozen year history of our country that there was

president be true to the end of us passing the reins of power to vladimir putin on may the seventh but before the grand handover of the outgoing leader wanted to reflect on his challenging four years in office as our geezer in english can now report. mr davis spent most of the week summing up the accomplishments and discussing at the shortcomings of his four year tenure as head of state he's got about a week left in that post and so on tuesday he was meeting with the state council giving a speech before them highlighting some of the issues which are still facing russia at the present moment among them was of course just the fact that. technological advancements are still needed also the fact that some of the malays are still living at or below the poverty line and of course he also spoke at length the bald corruption in the d.v.d. we have declared war on corruption we have identified our enemy and we will not. in the last four years we crees of legislation needed to battle corruption for the first time in the frozen year history of our country that there was the war between georgia and

profile financial criminal cases in the past he had said that he is on a mission to bring down vladimir putin and i quote by force and he has been seen as having a close relationship with some chechen militants in particular. who is wanted by russia on acts of terrorism but looking at this from a broader perspective this whole operation between russia and the e.u. it is a step forward it is a significant mark of progress in terms of the two two sides implementing judicial request on working together on legal issues and that's of course despite some political and diplomatic disagreements the u.s. has deployed a contingent of its latest and most sophisticated jets the f. twenty two raptor to the united arab emirates pentagon officials were quick to defend the move once details emerge saying they're only there for regional security jason dedes news editor of antiwar dot com give us his take on the aims of the mission. of course it's not going to bring any security at all if anything it's going to increase tensions in the region convince the iranian government that next month's talks in baghdad a

talking a little bit about the importance of the deal that was signed today the prime minister vladimir putin and current president elect was on hand to make sure that that deal was signed and everything was handled fairly. thomas thank you very much indeed at the wrong headquarters for us all we got time for just now let me just quickly mention that the u.s. markets are indeed posting shop gains for they sell more details in the next bulletin in about fifty minutes time carol many thanks for that update katie our very special report just a few minutes away wrap up of the top stories with me. well for the future science technology innovation all the news developments from around russia we've got the future covered. wealthy british style. that's not on the tires. market why not come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max conjure for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into cars a report. the. lines in motion would be soon which brightened if you knew about song from phones to impressions. moves from stunts on t.v. don't come.

when it comes to russian investors of course they're focusing on what will happen in may when vladimir putin the prize and the like will return to office everyone is hoping that will see and the boost from foreign investment that when it comes to investors in europe of course they're looking at the debt crisis as always but let's take a look at the asian markets which are the only ones trading at the moment as you can see both making and the hang sang are in positive territory with the nikkei adding almost one percent at this hour and then excited minimalizing earlier again still at zero point zero eight percent at this hour now we have the tech firms that are doing particularly well and that's after posting good results of apple moves so apple that had the profit in the first three months of two thousand and twelve which almost doubled to over eleven billion dollars of course investors were very optimistic about that and then we had a weaker yen which offered some support to shares and that's we want to take a look at the crude we see that crude is on the wrong is there we go a light sweet

the car assembly line up for the new law the law has been launched by prime minister vladimir putin after last plans to produce twenty seven thousand of this car this year to some put forward new measures to support domestic carmakers including a recommendation the government should only buy cars made in the customs union of russia bella reese and stuff. stay with the auto industry russia's car assembly holding after an canadian auto parts producer mag now they're considering creating a car making class in russia now in order to do that the company's plan to set up twenty one new plants in the country's northwest. now say look at other markets and the dow jones the nasdaq also fall in the nasdaq is dragged by yahoo's shares the company's going to fly in two thousand people to downsize in europe the trading is over the footsies down more than two percent the dax almost replace them at the close a lot of negative factors here spain's important option didn't go so well gloomy outlook for the economy pretty much inflation at two percent g.d.p. to decline point one percent this year and also k

powerful enough to squeeze of from the list all of his own countrymen including a president elect vladimir putin plus some lax security flaws or one of the world's best football stadiums in germany find out how superstar striker christiane over an hour ago found himself bootless just minutes before wales crucial showdown with bayern munich. sudan and south sudan edging that much closer to right war with the former president now threatening to oust the government or the south it comes amid heavy border clashes as a result of which earlier this month the south seas that oil filled claiming self-defense let's now discuss this latest escalation and how it bodes for the water in the region with political writer reason no good to see you thank you for coming on r.t. today it's really all coming to a head at the moment with south sudanese soldiers camped out on the north sea oil field claiming self-defense isn't there a real risk at this point of war erupting once again. thank you very much it definitely that raised a lot of tension and when you look at it you'll see that it was. him in a more efficien

with live to that speech very soon of course when the president comes out to address you see vladimir putin there as we're waiting for that address. actually decided not to stand in the presidential election in march agreeing to step aside and let britain make his bit. effectively swap jobs with regret of now poised to step in as a prime minister after putin his inauguration in may and yet it was an intense pressure to be officially announced. in the course an eventful few years for russia the country for its a brief georgia shortly after we had it became president in two thousand and eight and that was the political economic crisis which russia has so far managed to gather with relative success and that is the presidency we also saw the beginning of the reset relations with the u.s. and since the ballot a friendly relationship with the present iraq obama as we say we're waiting for president come out and make background on this it's actually launched a session of the state council the kremlin we can see here he's about to deliver a detail the speech on some key priorities for russia's deve

criminal cases leveled against him in the past he had said that he is on a mission to bring down the vladimir putin and i quote by force and also he has see he was seen to have had close relationship with relationships with some chechen militants in particular. who is wanted by russia on acts of terrorism but looking at this from a broader perspective this cooperation between russia and its european partners does show a step forward it is a significant process in terms of cooperation in legal issues or implementing a judicial requests of course despite some of diplomatic and political disagreements there. brussels thanks. r.t. is coming to you live from moscow and the u.s. secret service has pledged to run a tight ship having issued a set of new conduct rules for its agents and the crackdown on raunchy behavior comes in the wake of accusations that american personnel were involved with prostitutes during foreign trips are bought and now reports more on the new restrictions also on some rather spicy details on an earlier scandal that happened right here in the heart of moscow. the new conduct rules

added around a half a percent each and basically investors here were reacting to a speech made by vladimir putin where he said that russia has over the declines of previous years the economy is now bigger than it was before the crisis and it continues to grow quickly correspondent daniel bushell listens to the speech at the stadium and he wraps it up for us. unemployment's also importantly no on the levels of two thousand and eight yet the government that remains low the controls did with the united states and europe's largest deficits and their very high unemployment levels their use of the e.u. states like greece losing this sovereignty in effect handing over national decisionmaking to crossings in return for aid so it's good he said that russia doesn't need help side help now for the countries however it is not to the whole noble to all price changes as some may think this listening to what he had to say. all the social initiatives are not connected with oil and gas revenues we shape the budget according to a conservative scenario for prices and even if the oil price falls to seventy dollars

detail now and assembly line for the first new allow the largest has been lost by prime minister vladimir putin have the best chance to produce twenty seven thousand of the cars this year and put forward new measures to support the mess that carmakers including a recommendation for the government that it should only buy cars made in the customs union of russia ukraine russia belarus bruson kazakstan. all right moving on to other stock markets in the u.s. still feeling the chill after those minutes released from the fed which did not suggest any quantity of easing on the horizon at all and the nasdaq is being pressured down by yahoo which is cutting two thousand people off that stuff and san disk is also be. over in europe around one hour to go or trading footsies down two and a half percent the dax three percent many stories here spanish born dogshit not going as planned inflation is forecast to be around two percent this year and g.d.p. to recline around one tenth of a percent interest rates have been kept on change by d.c. . moving over to currencies now and of course the dollar is gaining ma

new model the log house now an assembly line for this new car was launched by prime minister vladimir putin after vast plans to produce twenty seven thousand of the car this year and put forward new measures to support domestic carmakers including a recommendation that the government should only be buying cars made in the customs union of russia belarus and stuff. elsewhere in the world the dow jones is down more than one percent the nasdaq even more so pressured by yahoo shares down as the company announced that it would be cutting two thousand people of its staff and san disk is also one of the biggest losers on the mast and over in europe trading is over also on the negative notes second bad session in a row was pretty down two percent of x. two point eight interest rates remain the same no stimulus inflation stands around two percent for the year the forecast and g.d.p. is to the line point one percent and spain's bond auction didn't go well either so this is all piling up. therefore a lot of money is moving into the dollar and out of the euro and in line with that trend the russian rub

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he lectured vladimir putin, the president of russia on corruption. >> to get anything done, money. >> lectured i can't say sar arafat on violence. >> there are palestinians who like to kill you. >> he asked the ayatollah khomeini he was crazy. >> and he calls you, imman, forgive me, his words, not mine a lunatic. >> he traveled with martin luther king. >> a large segment of white society is more concerned about tranquility and the status quo than about justice and humanity. >> he remains my hero. >> so what? >> he grappled with luis farrakhan. >> i think you should keep quiet, remain strong. >> and interview malcolm x shortly before his assassination. >> i probabl am a dead man already. >> i came here with a belief -- >> he was no strange tore the white house. interviewing his friends, the reagans. >> why hasn't this job weighed as heavily on you as it has on some other occupants of this oval office. >> well, mike, i don't know what the answer to that would be. well, maybe none of them had a nancy. >> there he was with john kennedy, with lyndon johnson. >> so you think that next time

, masha gessen, a journalist based in moscow, talks about the rise and continued influence of vladimir putin in russia. this is about an hour. >> thank you. an amazing introduction. i have to stand on the little box to reach this. i'm going to read from the epilogue to the book, which i was actually incredibly lucky to have been able to sure into the book at the last minute. because otherwise would've been outdated the minute it came out. this book was all different in tone, much more personal than the rest of the book. but i like it and so i'm going to read from it. this is called a week in december. saturday december 3, i'm driving my family to see a comedy in central moscow. snow is late this year. the city feels like it is been plunged into hermit darkness. excessive lighting on the garden ring, circles the city center does little to change that you. but i am struck by a giant illuminated structure. one might call a poster or billboard, that the description to justice. it sits atop a two-story building on 18th century and it appears taller than the building. it is backlit and illuminated

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>> kroft: for instance, there he was with vladimir putin, who, at the time, was the president of russia clear from this interview that mike was the one in charge. >> wallace: corruption is every place in russia. agreed? why? to get anything done-- money. >> kroft: i've never seen the situation or seen an interview that you did not dominate, in terms of personality, in terms of force of personality. >> wallace: that's very flattering, i guess, but... but... >> kroft: how do you do it? >> wallace: i'm nosy and insistent and not to be pushed aside. >> kroft: and confident. >> wallace: confident in the material that i have and the questions that i have. confident that, when i ask a question, there's a reason for it's being asked, that i have the specifics in research to warrant the asking of a question. it's not a question picked out of the air. you are the last major communist dictatorship in the world. >> kroft: mike was always an equal opportunity offender. here with jiang zemin, then president of china. >> wallace: am i wrong? >> jiang zemin: of course. this is a big mistake. >> wallace

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