russia e.u. summit was overshadowed by this route over the vegetables the scandal when the russians banned all european vegetables and russia is is i think the biggest market for european vegetables so. are you sure do you think that this is fair that this problem had to be solved by president medvedev and the leaders of the european countries should it take such a high level to solve such a problem i know probably probably probably what happened is that this happened just a few days before the summit i said i hope that is the cucumber is all ok. this converse of being possible is something that they have not done because it is not of all the local president or gave i think with them as we keep this. historical moment but not what happened is that this problem arises and the ban also took place just a few days before the summit so logically the issue was not solved by the time of the summit and the summit had to look at it. all the wise probably it would have been different but i think this simpl

a surprise the second point i would make is that russia itself. was ambivalent about the soviet past about its own past and that made it much more difficult to craft a policy. in one way or the other political or economic to move russia and the way we tried we wanted it to go and the fact that because the russians themselves were uncertain about which way they want to go dimitri i mean in and we look at it in retrospect now. after his presidency was that a missed opportunity i mean was really wanting to be. a partner of the west and that we just wasn't simply in braced i think he wanted to be able the west and i think it's very unfortunate what happened there was a lot of misstep but you need this you know moment and sort of move in in russia. and america and some of the europeans just didn't trigger ignite that moment and some only they didn't believe it and when they finally believe that russia started to set in the you know the moment and still when you know but don't let me say to. me look at the one thousand nine hundred six presidential elec

seems the only way how russia can it is very strong it's possible to be more but. really to build on it's not that there was a goal it's a. business as well as weekly that is strong business oriented for. tourists people who come in the shop who has been here. these weeks spent money will be quotable gunn people just impression a little more wells will do you not only consumables maybe it will be in order to build builds maybe it will be. it will be it. now what's be it's you know like you see. what's going on national football you could call this program beyond kalashnikov here they found about this forum that we're out here how valuable is this forum in st petersburg because it's really a man so a lot of people here in the lives a lot of what i read in western media about media is about what interest there is in russia i mean there's this community and there are so many pavilions in this complex here it's hard to keep track of who's here and you can't meet everyone obviously i mean. are forums like this worth while why do you guys. i think he's actually on this p

new might to zoom in to russia ok now the trade between the two partners is growing but russia still has a bit of trouble attracting international investment from trying to trade remains comparatively low what why is this and and will today's talks stick do you think will. not glow. the u.s. three for example china is already a good first russian trade partner so it cannot truly grew faster than the russian move in the russian economy is growing. and there are many problems like investment climate in russia some space. problem or a problem of. working problems which to. to go and so dealing with tight if we can a letter to attention to what happened yesterday at the s e o tenth anniversary. of the shanghai cooperation organization huge in tower said that the next ten years will be critical for the shanghai shanghai group of asian nations are critical for their development is there any possibility that there could be some sort of competition between nato but is probably as some would say a military force and partially economic at s c o that tends to lean more towards economics and sec

understands that russia has to change. policy part of the the global world and you know i think russia is moving in the right direction you know we've been in russia now for ten years and we see a lot of change but there's still a lot of work to do how would you rate russia's investment climate and what do you think it could be done to improve it. it's still difficult there's a growing market here you know international paper and in our joint venture with l m we're in the business of adding value to russia's resources and supplying products here in russia and also export of them to china so i think the investment climate is getting better but there's still a lot of work to do now in terms of that more work that needs to be done are the anti-corruption efforts and things along those lines what do you think can be done in order to battle not only. the real effect of that but also the perception of that insofar as it keeps it may be a barrier to doing business here well i think the best way to demonstrate that russia is diffe

the form about boosting the investment mood here in russia . hello and welcome to on the money with the business of russia it is business as usual about today we're broadcasting from the st petersburg international economic forum and we're talking about branding. to discuss branding i'm joined by robert sas and he is senior managing director at u.s.g. private equity also we have you know cocoa teachy is chairman of the board of the retail chain picnic and robert me he's managing partner at robert may consulting group ok gentlemen we're in st petersburg and i'd like to ask you robert the first question we think of the term branding the country japan technology china the factory of the world germany precision united states may be too much financial market you think of russia what brand comes to mind. if today's one one does come to me what i can say about that i've lived here in russia for a long time and i've watched a lot of changes and improvements happen over the best ten to fifteen years i had to describe russia in short i would say it conti

to some extent europe russia and the u.s. can be seen as a positive step oh well i have heard a line of country opinions here in moscow that that russia actually does need these trials. it's a political deal rather than purely economical as you call it how much our strategic interests outside of purely economic interest there's france have in this deal. if it's not interesting for military terms for the russian navy that's interesting because that means that the russian navy. official be rich to buy something without any in the u.s. so i think there is an interest. but who will see for france but very important in the industry in terms the doc about guns because it's a way to jump through some walk in seoul but that's one reason this is going to reason is this idea that. the transformation of nato is very important and that russia should not be seen as a rebel but should be seen as a partner a partner but it is seen as a country with. which it's possible to make some strategy convergence on the front issues not on all of thes

in russia and the former c.e.o. is countries thank you very much for joining me here so just tell me so far what are your impressions of the conference what do you hoping to accomplish here right think it's very impressive set up. i think it's probably the premier form in which the business community can meet each other as well as the political elite and discuss the things that are happening today as well as the way forward very good now since president advent of took office diversifying the economy he said has been one of his primary goals how far do you think progress has come on i think there's been some progress i don't. it's enough and personally i think the actually the government also believes that it's not that the job is not complete. they have done some good things like you like they've established kolkata they have asked for politicians to leave the boards of various companies they have extensive privatisation program they've established the fund that you're talking about that would look for edward invest

all russia or china or china or russia are leaving leading this new global movement to balanced a power in the wall so they can build a new world order we are no more unilateral aggressive or you can clone your own methodology being put into a sovereign nation such as libya. you would argue life from moscow and coming up the russian a businessman being lined up for jail not justice has been extradited to has to appear in a new york court his defense accuses politicians of twisting the jury's arms to keep him behind bars. much as envoy is in tripoli to convince the regime there is no place for colonel gadhafi in libya his future but loyalist officials have told me not to kill off the colonel is not prepared to step down it's the latest push by moscow to mediate a cease fire but if you're lawfully held talks with rebel leaders in benghazi and a relative of gadhafi is in egypt there's no let up in the fighting meantime with yet more nato airstrikes and rebel advance towards tripoli because aides say he won't consider. stepping down until a ceasefire is in place but within just the past few

russia's planned all imports of a vegetable so after a deadly outbreak of e. coli bacteria although some are wondering whether the threats being overstated causing the latest out of health risk hype i think sean thomas investigates that. it really is a question of is this the attack of the killer chill congress or just another case of mass hysteria on an international scale this all started within the past month in germany where a new strain of e. coli bacteria was discovered about a thousand people have been killed from that strain germany came out almost immediately and said this new bacteria is coming from cucumbers from spain it's been more than a month and at this point time they cannot find the origin in fact germany came out and said to spain we're sorry we did not really mean we jump the gun we don't really know where this the choli has come from there's some speculation that this could all be mass hysteria and now one official in russia said this entire incident is bringing into question all of europe's food safety laws and watchdog systems in place t

you're looking for for russia. in this current period of time the best policy is flexible change rate life maybe change it if you appreciate it we'll be not so weak as it is today but i think it's the best option in this situation because you know the . the major export of russia is wrong much you know and the oil and gas and so on it needs is for experts because this policy is negative neutral. for import of the goods yes in case of appreciation to. completion but you have to take into account that a lot of. consumer goods produced in russia based on some. or or or all materials some or all materials imported from. abroad and from this point of u.s. companies which invested in russia in the consumer production consumables production. will be more or less neutral again this policy says. the former deputy finance minister regression spotlight will be back shortly after a break so stay with google. wealthy british scientists some time to. market finance scandals find out what's really happening to the global economy

great sense of this russia want to be treated in the early one nine hundred ninety s. both as a cove victor a victor against communism sort of self imposed victory and therefore be treated as a partner and also to be given this kind of economic aid which would be expected of a defeated power it would be to be in a virtual war so at that one of the same time they wanted to be treated as equal victors and also to be bailed out and helped to recover as defeated powers and that was a very difficult pair of conceptions to get people's minds around in the west don when you think about that that's a very interesting thing here is i'm very interesting paradigm. off worse or i should i should tell dimitri that i did not write those comments to me honestly at the time. i think i very much agree with what alex and frankly i know the person what the perception in russia is i was being treated like a defeated power certainly i think in policymaking circles in washington that was not the case even if it maybe appear about way to people in russia they basically thought that russia wo

there are several things that russia's president also said a way to help the economic climate in russia he said there needs to be less regulation in russia he says there needs to be a stepped up continuation of the anti-corruption campaign going on in the country he says there needs to be more efficient development in russia something that he said is sure to help the economic climate in the country that's all for now here in st petersburg will be back with more throughout the day here on our team. and thanks to match we will be bringing you more from the economic forum as soon as we can systemin our russia's major financial corporation is set for energetic expansion the company is planning to spend some rather five billion dollars to buy businesses ranging from agriculture to chemicals the c.e.o. of the seven mikhail shumlin outlines the cornerstones of the strategy. i would special strategy very simply have to return the cost of equities the cost of everything which in our case is about fifteen percent so that's the kind of returns we're expecting and we we have to do whatever it takes

five russia has major produce. and b.p. will continue to provide the very important sources to try to be. the pipeline to your all so this is a very interesting time what the energy market will respond to the current situation now just to give you a sense of the numbers involved in this year's program this is the fifteenth annual st petersburg international economic forum thirty two million dollars budget it's a twelve percent increase over last year's two thirds of that coming from the sponsors there are many many partners involved here and dozens and dozens of companies also involved have all this and plenty more tomorrow and the next day when the conference starts again and see you all then presidential aide says this year's forum is more important than ever for us as it begins to look east as well as west for investment the focus is on russia's energy cooperation with china now its largest trading partner and the two sides are discussing a landmark deal it will enable russia to deliver almost seventy begin to the meters

these are the days when the sun doesn't set on russia's northern cop at all but it is going down on russia's on the st petersburg international economic forum or president dmitry medvedev capped off the entire event with a address during a panel discussion that he shared with the presidents of finland the prime minister of spain and the president of kazakhstan where they discussed the challenges facing the global economy the russian president called on all countries to jointly handle challenges facing the global financial system and he said united efforts and policy will help pull countries out of the deadlock and the doldrums that are facing the global financial system he said a key priority for russia in this case is to integrate more with other countries in the global economy and foster better cooperation with all of them and a part of that a keystone of all that he believes is the establishment of moscow europe's largest city as a major financial hub for the global financial system europe is looking toward is looking toward this he believes that he believes that moscow is uniquely positi

in the russia i think i know this is what he's supposed to make sure that there was season s. . he gaze in this business is to do business in moscow one thing was the government souls this i think will become much of a financial center. but jack are now off from elbrus capital management believes it's also important to boost domestic capital in russia so i would like to immediately points to. one weakness of the russian financial system which has to be addressed and it's very unique looking. from a global perspective no other major economy in the world such a tremendous lack of the domestic capital for the. financial market being that i could to sell bonds in that sense russia is very unique we were truly no president some noises of the sort of. mutual farms which would provide the mystique of political support equity markets there to provide liquidity for and i think that's a very specific domestic problem the go forward to stuff the press you know the provide for success with creating a financial center of this meeting often being called russia's answer to davos the st petersb

russia will resume imports of e.b.u. vegetables as soon as they're guaranteed to be infection free that as well as nato is missile defense plans and of moscow's move for the w t o membership was all on the table during the latest high level. and oil giant draws near announces ambitious growth plans boosters dividends and looks for while some of the partners to replace b.p. have more on that in twenty minutes time and our business. worldwide news live from moscow this is artsy research i welcome to the program a disgraced former russian military officer and nationalist movement icon has been shot dead here in moscow. on earth had spent eight years in prison for kidnapping and killing a chechen teenage girl authorities have boosted security in the capital to head off possible nationalist marches police say the murder may have been an attempt to ignite ethnic tensions are all about is across the latest. you're a put down of a hugely controversial figure here in russia hyping a highly decorated military officer the commander

do that russia is a normal country. start to talk with companies which is not in the russian but maybe going to do it and regarding this issue. usually more negative. and you get information about the russian and of course there is a some obvious reasons which is could be treated as weaknesses. corruption which is actually there in russia it's very well known and the russian president. is talking about this and fighting with this issue with this problem. now and i think it's. corruption translated into sometimes action course and difficulties for the companies that do business in russia you hear you mention the lack of information back people who have do you have enough information about russia the investors they probably know about the problem of corruption and corruption is acknowledged by everyone including the leaders the leadership of the russian federation so what the government is trying to do to fight corruption is a suffice is it working or something else and is needed so the should the russians do do something

here is the forefront of medical care in russia as one of the first private health centers in russia clearly comes with more than twenty years of tradition and history. gansey says that it has the country's best operating rooms and intensive care units saving the r twenty four diagnostic deployment and comfortable in patients and outpatient center children and adults looks like you're in safe hands with a team. we have very high so the services. we have many stops working around the clock. we have the financial support. and all the sense of here is private things are looking up to statement hospitals and clinics to prime minister vladimir putin and on some large scale health care reform the shia the pledge to allocate billions of rubles in the next few years from proof health care in the country the aim of most school become a major european medical destination a model for treatment and standards that so many state institutions a long way to go. the m. c. on the other hand is a different story the european medical center has more than one hundred fifty doctors in both its locations a

this is a great time for russia both for the me to text. and mail route but i think also. for companies that are started with real russian technology were russian technology and entrepreneurs can spread to the rest of the world energy also something that is on the table here in st petersburg especially in the wake of a post quake japan something that a lot of people are talking about something that's on a lot of minds they say demand for gas could rise by up to fifty per cent because of that catastrophe and it's something that has a lot of people talking including the head of the international energy agency who says that russia can play an important role in this regard coming to about three point three b.n. cubic meters so production will increase about five point three b.n. needs more almost fifty percent increase that will happen to five o'clock p. five and. produce. and we will continue to grow by a very bold council so as to try. more to be. the pipeline through your all have all this and plenty more tomorrow when the next day when the

in russia and the kind of wealth of independent states he tells us that the investment climate in russia is something that. he's looking forward with dressing and favorable one for business. there's been some progress i don't think it's enough and personally i think the actually the government also believes that it's not that the job is not complete. they have done some good things like you like they've established skolkovo they have asked for politicians to leave the boards of various companies they have extensive privatization program they've established the fund that would look for edward investments so they've done some things but there's more to do. are we seeing tangible progress you know i'm very involved with focal foundation and the leadership foundation i can tell you i have a real we have a report card we can demonstrate tangible measurable results today versus one year ago so we're making progress is it perfect no is it is going to see it going well yes we are about to announce a major partnership with one of the top global academic institutions more and more partners are sig

bring you the latest in science and technology from the realm of russia. we've got the future covered. they faced this is not a provocation but laurent. gbagbo forces and we should say steppers are you sure it's a pretty trish because they have no idea about the hardships to face. plate one is this is it is all of them too nice and for any army the life of the usaf is a most precious thing in the world. is of self-sacrifice and heroism with those who understand it fully but you have to live a. real life stories from world war two. victory nineteen fortune five dot achi top cop. in the ability to condemn these available in the house bill and the one who took the old way because it's an example so it's in the millstone who to some country house full of am the goldmans hounds the regrets the creamy the choose to feel the institutional the oil the ruben's which will. artie's latest headlines and top stories from around the week the death toll rises to forty seven following monday's passenger plane crash in northwest russia has two more die in the hospital one

some who but we would all like to corporates russia we are faced with some who from russia. we are faced with a common threat and this is the reason why we would like to see two independent missile defense systems a russian system and a nato system corporator for instance by exchanging data the whole system would be called much more effective that way for the benefit of the russian population and population nato countries you do understand that it sounds a little bit of a contradiction there you talk about joint trust about a mutual threat and then about separate systems why want one system between nato and russia be acceptable to protect both sides from any kind of threat because i don't think at the end of the day. the russian government and the russian people would accept to be shopped to a common command. i think. the russian nation has such would insist on having control of its own missile defense system and this is the reason why the most realistic approach would be to have two independent systems but with a common purpose but this is particularly our populations now m

show called let them talk on russia's first channel. watch as it was the love of my life show us losing her is the worst possible punishment other into my lessons god is my listeners what happened was the scariest thing in my life in the programme she was hounded as an irresponsible mother who watched her daughter die on line after her desperate post asking for help on the internet reached the wider public julius tragic story is just one among those who chose to give birth at home and resort to self treatment rather than trust official health care they may be a fraction of russian society but then number is increasing and doctors are alone. there usually three reasons behind a woman's choice first is when a mother falls under the influence of an alternative group that makes business out of it delivering babies without a license the second group are those who prefer everything natural as it was before hospitals and the third is the most unpleasant for us when a patient has a bad experience connected to a medical establishment. stories of

iran confirms to russia its total renouncement of plans to pursue a nuclear weapons at a summit of asian leaders here in kazakhstan and join me for the details later in the program. the way to bring the eight deadly air superiority to yemen u.s. drones allegedly kill schools that civilians as the u.k. where these helicopters and come on days to send to the rest of region. in business here russian markets close in the red with energy majors leaving the fall we'll look at the figures in about twenty minutes from now in our business bulletin. news around the clock this is all to see live from moscow well greece is boiling point with police firing crowds of angry protesters thousands of demonstrators are trying to block access to the parliament building where the government is discussing more cutbacks to secure rescue loans. reports from inside the clashes in athens. but the clashes between the police and the protesters still going to be something as of the states need to head the. building by in the crowd you can see it is fun to think about along the fence larry that would build a great. p

in fact russia's accession to the w t o would actually bring new opportunities for u.s. exporters and u.s. workers russia is the world's tenth largest economy but only after thirty seventh largest export market it's expanding middle class will likely soon make russia the largest retail market in europe russian accession to the w t a will provide america's farmers and ranchers with improved access to russia's one hundred forty million consumers a russia but is more integrated into the global economy which supports and it hears to its rules will strengthen the international economy the russian economy and the american economy. will finalize the decision on acquiring a tolling stake in austria's walks back and asked no one around two weeks' time the seven hundred million euro deal will help russia's biggest lender to establish itself on the european market but bank c.e.o. haven't graph out alive the company sentiment towards international expansion in the sentence and we're interested in emerging markets for example in europe we're interested in turkey in poland and we will

minute while russia's envoy to leave yes says both gadhafi and the rebels agree there is no way to end the crises through your journey rich notion of four more in just a few moments. and moscow says the lessons of the libyan stalemate mean it's against a u.n. resolution on syria which is being heavily parsed by the u.k. and france. but fears of a nuclear nightmare amid a global concern in the wake of the fukushima disaster britain's person systems with its atomic projects leaves experts warning of a massive security threat. but from our headquarters in central moscow you're watching our team with me and use an hour it's four pm here in the russian capital two pm in tripoli and moscow is calling on the libyan regime and the rebels to seek a peaceful way out of the conflict after talks with the opposition and colonel gadhafi is cousin who was representing tripoli russia's envoy says both sides understand there's no solution to the crisis by military means well it comes as nato continues its intense air strikes on the libyan capital let's get more now from our correspondent really from th

russia sees the us c.e.o. as a jew strategic very important in terms of not only countering that beareth nature but countering. the regime or bench or use the su as a truly correctly equipped aeration mechanism here very reticent to create a stack the undergrowth amazed the us immediately and that it's a very central to our strategy as well and it's not only related to century asia it's really not the chinese need you wants to have a very strong presence in the ocean in actually a really sweet it's got back to chinese territory in going to. work yes. yes they're super considering the spec good mood to sell real general in the pentagon and it's you. strange. why the article how the emerging powers could reshape the financial landscape look at our website the business section and by the expert opinion on the latest updates providing you with a perspective of what's going on in the global economy right now just log on to our team of state. this week reports emerged that the cia is building a new air base to launc

is it possible to do business in russia would. well and having close ties with those in power you know you need to have some connections to do business in any country everything depends on the measure of these connections to a greater or minor degree big business always has more ties and connections we are like the rest of the world in this respect. where would you put the level of corruption in russia on a ten point scale the level of corruption is high and it permeates practically all spheres of life for our people i think that we've inherited this corruption in the former u.s.s.r. it was more widespread at that time in order to buy meat it was necessary to make friends with butchers in order to buy nice clothes it was necessary to have friendly ties with shop directors in the market economy this has become a thing of the past but a new kind of corruption has appeared everything linked to people's daily life is corrupt everybody talks about that we understand how we should tackle this problem russia's economy is still deeply dep

and intense dispute between russia and nato over the u.s. planned and missile defense shield in europe is seeing little progress r.t. caught up was dr use of but from the federation of american scientists who believes will take both sides to make the system more. the war of words on missile defense has been calling on for quite some time now between russia and the u.s. with washington saying when a powerful interceptors against a potential attack from some dangerous state they usually name iran or north korea and moscow saying why do you need interceptors for weapons that those rogue states don't have what we do so it's against russia russians new america's missile defense plans as an attempt to preach that very precious parity principle that was said in the start treaty and now the federation of american scientists come up with a report that looks seemed to russia's concerns and i'm joined by bottom that very thought of ration thank you very much for joining me dr but thank you very much for the so from what i understand russians are not ag

to work together in protecting nato and protecting russia. by using our own systems against such a threat. i don't see why people here are so skeptical of that i do wish that you know. people in russia would be a little bit more understanding of the fact that we are now partner us that there is a partnership that has been signed by nato and russia that is a strategic relationship between the european union and russia and that one doesn't need to be suspicious of everything one needs to be much more open minded and to find a way through which we work together in a way that actually delivers to the in the interest of our citizens because the citizens of bulgaria the citizens of russia the citizens of any country. in europe or in north america basically the same people want to live in security they want to have their rights guaranteed and they want to have economic opportunity and when there are threats against. against these very basic human desires we must stand up and protect ourselves against them well you said that russia basically is not t

and the african union mediate between both sides according to our gallop the rebels see russia as a key partner in overseeing the possible talks hundreds have been have died in both nato airstrikes and violence between gadhafi forces and rebels in recent months nato has also expressed regret after accidentally targeting opposition forces in the old city of bragg which has been which has seen fierce fighting now casualty details have been given the nato campaign has also come under pressure in washington where president obama has been accused of breaking american by not asking congress for permission to extend u.s. military involvement the white house says it doesn't need approval. and u.s. involvement in the middle east conflict has drawn harsh criticism in america from some quarters in the country wary of yet more long drawn out military can pay is far from home and our resident reporter in new york lori helfand it has been on the streets asking people that if you use. number one in the world that we get us. there. well we can still do it even though you. best we can we can do it w

russia has one of the highest teen suicide rates in the world x. that's however say a solution isn't easy to find as the causes are complex countries are kind of. touched by a teenage tragedy. just days before final exams the t.v. crew was reporting and students gearing up for the adult lives that lee had of them the teachers pointed to paulina there brought a student who it seemed had her future figured out push away stagers i want to become a journalist because it's very interesting and creative profession which we've been tossed to the world for me this year but instead of a school living celebration police classmates gathering like a funeral something she may not be the best she and really everything and hank herself but the genders have been getting ready for the example weeks and pollini i was the one who works in hardest of all a. bit of math problems and she was very modest she wanted to graduate isn't a great student. in many countries this trask's of exams in late december and early june sees peaks in the number of children taking their o

no russia is definitely not ignored on the contrary we have invited russia to cooperate on difference the fact is that nato has decided to develop and nato based missile defense system because we want to protect our populations against tax from who we would or. corporates. we are faced with this trial tax man who from russia. we are faced with a common threat and this is the reason why we would like to see true independence missile defense systems a russian system and a nato system corporator for instance by exchanging data the whole system would become much more effective that way for the benefit of the russian population and population in nato countries you do understand that it sounds a little bit of a contradiction there you talk about joint trust about a mutual threat and then about separate systems why want one system between nato and russia and be acceptable to protect both sides from any kind of. because i don't think at the end of the day. the russian government and the russian people would accept to be shocking to a common comment. i think. the russian nation as such would i

russia says it's not going to negotiate exact his departure and can no longer take nato its promises about upholding un resolutions at face value. and prosecutors in moscow filed official charges against the prime suspect in the case of murdered russian journalists on the course they say they have enough evidence for a conviction. of the uprising and president sergei bug ops will be laid to rest later today following his death last weekend but how will the passing a fact his small nation archie has been speaking to its foreign minister. several days after the uprising presidents are best to wait because she remains in mourning well contemplating its political future with me today is the cause in foreign minister maxime to be in jail and stick them in jail president bush led a positive for the last six years during that time the country's independence was recognized by several countries including russia apostles who managed to avoid conflict with georgia in two thousand and eight during the war itself a state what can you see the efforts made by circling back up through these revoluti

russia there is a strategic relationship between the european union and russia and that one doesn't need to be suspicious of everything one needs to be much more open minded and to find a way through which we work together in a way that actually delivers to the interests of our citizens because the citizens of bulgaria the citizens of russia the citizens of any country. in europe or in north america basically the same people want to live in security they want to have their rights guaranteed and they want to have economic opportunity and when there are threats against. against these very basic human desires we must stand up and protect ourselves against them well a you said that russia basically is not the source of threat and you also mention the terrorist groups that want to acquire weapons but terrorist groups and not firing ballistic missiles can be more specific and where do you consider the threats coming from do you know places where these this sounds that would be shot over bulgaria be fired from i would be a little bit more careful if i were you with such an assessment because tw

the cole open in chile are in russia's north home to the q.b. massive mountain range this is the cold and windy bolshoi's would pass the snow here between one and a half and four meters deep avalanche safety specialists are probing the snow structure on one of the slopes. the top layer of snow drifts on a slope is unstable and skis could trigger an avalanche shift attention those of you who are keen to scull mountain peaks please be careful. some avalanches a wet others a dry it all depends on the snow's composition the speed of avalanches varies between seventy and four hundred kilometers an hour man can do nothing in the face of tons of snow rushing down to such a velocity. and yet people do live in the mountains they study avalanches to be able to protect themselves from the beaches skiers and snowboarders tempt fate by taking to the mountain slopes. this weather station in the q.b. massive is situations close to the town of one hundred fifty kilometers north of the arctic circle it is one of the instruments of the avalanche safety service it

well that existed live from russia's economic forum and sent petersburg and that was speaking from russia's economic development minister and we will take you back live to some petersburg again when president medvedev takes to the stage. the city of st petersburg has always been called russia's window to europe but with the economic forum underway it's become a window to the whole world. all eyes are on russia's cooperation with china now its largest trading partner the two sides are discussing a landmark gas deal that will enable russia to deliver almost seventy billion cubic meters of gas to beijing within thirty years the price though is still a sticking point but dore gold which still believes a deal could soon be struck this week. because some progress in the consultation selves last couple of weeks. so we'll see today whether the threat was afoot sufficient to get even for the u.s. they. took on this bilateral. consultations so i guess the issue was. called let's let's call it that because it is oversold. russia's major financial corp sistema is set for energetic expansion the company

union with russia imposed a full ban pulling word go on vegetables from the you. to stop the spread of the deadly equal like strain from coming into the country it was followed by heavy criticism by from the u a bushel saying that it was going against the policies of the world trade organization and that that was disproportionate. russia is saying that it is ready to partially lifted the ban in case that the european union provides it with sufficient information on the source of the infection so these issues could be settled and could be resolved during the summit initially not great as well. as you katrina groucho over there reporting on the upcoming summit in north korea. it's a set of used to cure everything from epilepsy to insomnia something worse states have started using a controversial drug to put people on death row into an eternal sleep human rights campaigners say the drug inflicts a cruel and painful death on its victims as a rabbanit reports its use in executions is becoming more widespread if you think you. know. if you were dead we don't see the wor

in iran and confirms to russia it has no plans to possess a nuclear weapon said this happening during a key summit of asian leaders. in the west bringing deadly superiority to yemen u.s. drones allegedly kill schools that's to billions as the u.k. where these helicopters are going to come on days to send to the rest of region. and business the sa russ's midsized banks are set to get a helping hand from the new funds that will help them compete with the country's financial giants bringing you the full story out this is important in terms of its . global news cliver from moscow this is r.t. on the research a welcome to the. program greece is that boarding point with police firing tear gas at crowds of angry protesters thousands of demonstrators are trying to block access to the parliament building where the government is discussing more cutbacks to secure a father rescue learns. is watching events unfold in athens. we did see clashes between the police and the process is just a little while ago a the police are letting take us into the crowd not still quite you can really feel that take

and there's another deal that we need to tell you about russia and spain. have signed god deals more about eight hundred million euro and among them the countries will jointly build new trains to develop oil and gas into russia russia and spain aiming to boost trade to about ten billion dollars a year so lots of big business going on in russia's northern capital stay with us throughout the day here on our t.v. as we bring you the latest from the st petersburg international economic forum day three. just. wealthy british study it's not on the front. of the. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy cars report on our. welcome back here with our team here's a look at the top stories greece's new finance minister takes office with a hard task of convincing people to accept further cuts as a second wave of bailouts cast a shadow over the future of the eurozone nations like turkey earlier desperate to join are now having everything. president to be out of criticizes the state's role in the russian economy and slams gore option for th

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i came here for a long stay sixteen months and i had no idea that there was a church in russia. i was not a frequent visitor to church but here somehow i started to be before i left russia i promise atlanta that i'll bring her here i was not sure how but i promised that i would whilst atlanta was still in russia i got the idea why not have our wedding in this church. in scotland or one of only two couples to have get married here trinity making their marriage a part of antarctic history in antarctica shawn thomas. i was sweeping away russia's snowy stereotype in a few minutes to make a beeline for the beach all this channel but to the summer sunshine and some people first an art scene business next with trust. that's right these are the days when the sun doesn't set on russia's northern cop at all but it is going down on russia's on the st petersburg international economic forum or president dmitry medvedev capped off the entire event with a address during a panel discussion that he shared with the presidents of finland the prime minister of spain and the president of kazakhstan