if russia believes the fence is not needed but it doesn't pose a theoretical threat to russia. my guess is that the russian government will say ok if you want to spend your national treasure this will help you so it solves the political problem and it provides a much more capable defense there with the united states currently building in goods are also much cheaper. the professor believes that the purpose of nato is radar in europe is to track the movements of russian strategic weapons and to monitor russia's new military technologies. the real target could be russia but certainly it makes the people of europe less safe it draws them in in fact as a geo strategic pawn by great powers as they maneuver and use the missile defense shield not as a way to defend your not as a way to defend anybody in fact but to provide a first strike potential capability against the adversary. this is how we are going to train ourselves in order to be ready for any situation . these people crossing a field of kelp have serious worries about the global situation. they feel that as long as nuclear we

the foreign minister of russia that if we take the united states for example in russia that he sees them as branches of the european civilization the eastern branch being russian the western branch being the united states and the relationship between russia and nato kind of makes the rules for the relationship in the main matters and one of the biggest stumbling points remains the u.s. is planned for the anti missile defense system in europe and now this discussion is still underway it's actually a deadlock and there are different opinions coming from various sides. of parties in europe stand for unilateral. missile defense system which would include russia and the european union nato and the united states washington says that it's ready to cooperate but it has to have a tough stance always going to its defense while the foreign minister says that this is russia's foreign minister says this issue through etan's the positive relations between these two branches the eastern and the western branch of the european civilization like they said russia and the united states but of course there a

the so-called reset in russia u.s. relations has been struggling to make headway with on with the ongoing dispute over america's european missile defense shield more coming up in our special report. the most vital national security interests of the united states would be most effectively realized not through hostility to russia but through cooperation with it. my senior russia and the united states can we just settlement of the establishment of a global missile defense system by which. this plan research is in jeopardy even the new strategic arms reduction treaty between moscow and washington has been unable to help. at a time of warmer bilateral relations needs whose top brass decided to deploy a missile defense system aimed at protecting europe but they were setting up too close to russia's borders and moscow didn't view it as a friendly gesture. we want to defend the whole europe not just some european countries we want to european allies and friends to join our missile defense strategy. lucina in the event of the s

the more cooperative superpower relationship between the united states and russia. the spread of democracy and civil society in eastern europe and the baltics. better prospects for solving regional conflicts like those in south africa and the middle east once soviet mischief making had been removed. the discrediting of social economic planning by the exposure of its disastrous consequence necessary russia and eastern europe, and the removal of soviet obstruction on the united nations and its agencies. these were, and still are, real benefits for which we should be grateful. in the euphoria, which accompanied the cold war's end, just what is church hill's private secretary called the hiatus of 1944 to 1946, we failed to notice other, less appealing consequences of the peace. like a giant refrigerator that had finally broken down after years of poor maintenance, the soviet empire in its collapse released all the ills of ethnic, social and political backwardness which it had frozen in suspended animation for so long. suddenly, border disputes between the successor stat

russia china the u.n. security council's resolution on syria and a vote in new york moscow wanted all references to regime change taken out of the draft. over two hundred thousand people have braved the bitter cold across russia to ensure their views on national politics are heard. through the streets. and fighting between police and protesters continues in egypt with twelve people killed and hundreds more injured in the latest crackdown. call up next our special report on the reset in u.s. russia relations and how it's being affected by america's controversial missile defense system in europe. the most vital national security interests of the united states would be most effectively realized not through hostility to russia but through cooperation with it. nicely and russia and the united states can reach a settlement of the establishment of a global missile defense system while. this plan research is in jeopardy even the new strategic arms reduction treaty between moscow and washington has been unable to h

do is east and there's russia through my homeland for. tourists and i want to go home to russia. i do want to stay here. in the great sure aren't t. sity got eataly. time nuff the business update with dmitri. welcome to the program guess appears to be disappearing under mysterious circumstances summer between russia and europe consumers on the continent are complaining about supplies are for them during this period of exceptionally cold weather basically says it's getting twenty percent less than usual while austria and slovakia claim a thirty percent drop the countries get the gas from transit link which goes of through ukraine however both moscow and kiev deny there have been any changes in volumes. market watchers expect the darkness of eurozone debt problems to get some light ratings agencies that pours expects the currency union to gradually climb out of its mild recession in the second half of this year and into twenty thirty the firms the chief european economist. explains. the risks of a more severe recession. that could go into twenty thirteen are significant we estimate

russia close up on r t. alexandra sites for the family live in a military camp that is off limits to the public. though i do you go and keep going on yourself keep going. alexander serves in a secret unit manning missiles when he's off to use he always makes a point of spending time with his wife and children. he's well aware of the standoff between nato and russia. it makes him apprehensive about what kind of future awaits his son's. room with the room of course my wife and i often talk about the future. we would like to see a bright future without crises. and over do we want everybody to live in peace and we want everything to be just fine. the i.c.b.m. so accompanied by a come back to school the world today we have eyes covered ground very difficult conditions for a thrust forward to kill i do hope everything will pass off without any incidents. trucks carrying nuclear warheads lined up in a quiet glade the snowy forest provides good kemah flags for them together these mobile missile launches a cold and i

of course i realize russia's f.s.b. and the idea you have to take polonium to london sprinkle it over some heads and leave traces everywhere and they're suspect. you're not a fool either way it was anger and blind hatred speaking inside of me vikram now believes his son fell victim to his own game of double agents now he wants his words to be heard but the media outside russia which once you let down his door for interviews now won't even reply to his requests this is. why is that. because they like it when i scold the regime i was a real treasure for their move on the whole there are very few people who would say as many horrible things about as i did. you know maybe in two thousand and eight but the only thing young call flat russia for sanctuary needs healing is settled in the sleeping quiet town of sinegal it offered a new anonymous life the man claimed putin was his number one enemy so hiding in europe he believed was the only safe solution today by the litvinenko is still afraid to open this door not because of pu

russia's minister of communications. half a year ago russia the european internet users raging becoming the market with the highest number of online users some seventy million people served on the internet regularly and most of them use social networks in december mass protests against alleges election fraud work coordinated by facebook expected in february and march and sunken studer the polling stations. in response to the anxious web users official say in order to provide uninterrupted access to all of the cameras the overall bandwidth of russian networks will be increased by fifty percent. along with the shovel and welcomes the show thank you very much for being with us well let's start with the webcams which is is it really a press unprecedented in world history to have webcams inside the polling stations . perhaps not but big stance you know will be as you've said it two hundred thousands of webcams on stations all over the country in each and every polling station and to have a network with two thousand webcams tr

russia close up on our cheek. welcome back to spotlight on melbourne organ just a reminder that my guest on the show today is shall good minister coming occasions of the russian federation mr sharp if we're talking about the high tech high tech collections the you webcams that are going to me installed as a matter of fact this was the initiative of prime is to putin and we always one of the candidates on the actually the main candidate for presidency on the upcoming election so but it wasn't his idea actually from the very beginning yes well what it originally inside the ministry was that the internet community who came up with this idea first putting on cameras it was his own idea of trying to get all of the absolutely because you know half ago when there were in the summer of two thousand and ten there were huge forest fires and you know to rebuilt. burned down villages and oh i don't want to say yeah it was the idea to install the pyramid amerzone the construction site or something to control the other stuff ab

russia close up. the envelope is the most important part of a balloon the safety of all those on board depends on its quality designers make a computer model of a balloon numbered once the blueprint is finished they use it to cut out a couple of material these are used to make plots. elena cooper is a seamstress by trade twenty years ago she worked as a tailors making dresses and overcoats when ballooning got a new lease of life she switched to the ambitious task of making balloon envelopes elaine has ballooned several times including flights aboard balloons of her own making. last balloons during a festival in office it was a very long time ago i even flew over the kremlin and it was so much fun. now such fine some bands but back in one thousand nine hundred one or one thousand nine hundred two. it was amazing. below. his that's a nice piece of material it's so easy to handle. qualities of primary importance in our business what you think of intentionally messed it up so you fall out of the sky. neve

i was talking earlier with harold about the issue of russia. i want to at least touch on a little of why the russians are concerned. phase 4 of the european phase adaptive approach is really designed it defend the united states, not europe. up three phase iii that's europe, phase iv tcontinental united states. i assume engage on remote, a standard missile 3 block 2b of different speeds. this shows the defended footprint going against an iranian icbm. let's assume we have icbm. this is the maximum range i've assumed here slicing through the united states. 4.5 kilometers a second, which is very fast for defending europe. this the defended area in here. you really cannot protect the united states. if i increase that speed to 5 kilometers a second, now i can do a good job defending eastern part of the united states but the west coast is a little bit out of the footprint. i haven't shown you capability of fort greeley, which can defend this whole area. five kilometers a second, forward site could defend east coast, fort greeley, west coast. if you w

in this context russia will contribute additional resources. well into the cuckoo peaks of the looking glass at what will be the homes of the future where the walls might just be smarter than the residence every day trash protects you from the elements outside and the whole system works to save you money the shine the spotlight on the latest building projects all around russia technology i'm doing here on r.g.p. we've done the same church. on. more news today violence is once again flared up. and these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. china operations are old today. this is a. top stories now this hour chinese state media says the u.s. and nato countries support of syria's opposition is driving the nation into all out civil war. calling for a political settlement in the country with a top chinese diplomat visiting damascus. debate whether it will sink or swim as they decide on the next one hundred thirty billion. to secure it as the population rages against deep cuts. in washington. time to let sanctions do t

. >> russia is reluctant at the moment, but it is important that russia participates in order to make clear that this project is not aimed at russia. >> afghanistan is another issue troubling the defense ministers. washington and paris have announced plans to shift their focus from fighting to training as early as next year. no big deal, nato officials say. >> based on all i have heard and all i have seen, i think all allies and all partners stick to the decisions we took in lisbon. that is the road map leading to the transition of lead security responsibility to the afghans completed by the end of 2014. >> but that has not stopped some nato members from hoping to end combat operations sooner rather than later. >> joining us now for more on this story is our brussels correspondent. what is driving the courage to get out of afghanistan sooner than later? >> growing discontent amongst the public's eye in most parts of europe and indeed, across the atlantic in america. remember, this war has been waged now for 10 years. there is a genuine sense that people are fed up with it. it sounds a

get above 5, 5.5, 6 kilometers per second, the problem is you start potentially poseing a threat to russia. you cannot have your cake and eat it to. you can't defend from europe against iranian icbms without potentially encroaching on russian capability. though in my mind you don't encroach on it very much. most of the concerns are political. airborne infrared, space-based infrared, good sensors. you need more than one or two radars and nato radars, by the way, the french are developing radars, germans, others, hopefully they will contribute to the system. multiple radars and rapid control system. i think that's it. yeah. so that's the kind of capability the system could have. there's several key pillars required to really make this thing work fairly well, which i believe it could. >> thanks. >> thank you, dean. that was very helpful. i'm personally left with the question of you've given defense every benefit of the doubt, everything works as you said, yet it doesn't threaten russians very much until phase 4. i tend to come down where you come down, russian objections are much more politic

once russia. it's been encircled by military base as a new geopolitical reality will emerge we need to take this reality into account already today but take measures to control potential threats to our security. meanwhile the view that the missile defense shield is too expensive is getting increasing currency inside the united states itself it provides financial backing to the armed forces moreover the project is making millions of dollars from nato subcontractors in various countries. between two thousand and five and two thousand and nine the u.s. has spent fifteen billion dollars and the price paid for the entire program that we are dealing with right now here in two thousand and eleven is another hundred and fifty billion dollars that's larger than many country's entire military budgets. some of the funding for the missile defense system in europe is being put to use in poland north the small village of rijeka is home to a high security installation. the base used to be manned by polish air fo

this road formed a link between russia's capital and its siberian part. connected the country's western and eastern region it's. russian poet alexander pushkin once travelled along it it was used by stage coaches or. has been at the head of the district for several years during this time he's been able to restore a dozen historical landmarks. we marry from the western bank of the volga are not great in number there are only fifty or sixty thousand of. these these that is why we seek to stick together in order to safeguard our language culture and of course the land where we live. and. the burial site is the only one of its kind in the region cattle breeder's of an iranian tribe buried here in the second millennium b.c. the time when the egyptian pyramids were built when excavation work was over scientists restored the burial place to its original appearance. the. twenty eight men between the ages of eighteen and twenty five are buried here there was also a woman and a man who was forty five to fifty years old when he was buried we think he was a blacksmit

russia close up. from los angeles to chicago to birmingham twenty trauma centers have closed since two thousand saddam has not enough inpatient beds not enough department beds and not enough nurses. to take care of all the people who the only real health care system that we have in the city of los angeles is the los angeles fire department in fact when i. i started my venture as a firefighter i didn't want to do and i started out want to just do fire fighting it's about eighty two percent of what we do the far the problem is medical i've had a couple weeks away four hours for i've waited sometimes three hours i wouldn't say it's a francis and living with her for hours and fifty minutes staring at a wall and we have a federal law that mandates that if you can't turn no one away who seeks care in an emergency room. we have the most expensive healthcare system in the world and it's probably valued the least. the envelope is the most important part of a balloon the safety of all those on board depends on

of russia but aloneness founded russia's first company money fracturing balloons aleksandr made his first balloon in the late one nine hundred eighty s. it's lining born inscription saying the first soviet made mungo feel. ballooning has gained enormous popularity in russia in the past two years this can be seen from the growing number of orders for balloons placed with our company. itself i don't think the shape of balloons or even the wicker baskets is going to change the balloons of the future for more comfort to inflate pilots. things like better navigation smoother knobs and delicate thin cords instead of course ropes tools when getting entangled. sensors will give way to radio signals reporting temperatures inside the envelope. and all that will be mainly intended for the spectators the balloons are most likely to look like the ones built by the brothers. for a long time to come. all it had was a basket and. one tank costs full two minutes after that it should be changed should be two tanks at all times one of them an active duty and the other as a backup. to . this right here is wh

is russia really to challenge. europe it's a very interesting issue and so very interesting question the problem what is the problem why they don't want to give us a little about insurance why for example they would like to have a legally binding document on the reduction of nuclear weapons with the russian federation and the why they are not ready to go about it with such a limited by the insurance. for example i can predict there may be another candidate from republican party called wien for the future elections and for example he can see that i don't keer old political commitments which mr obama could give other national federation could continue all of the. fulfillment of missile defense plans sort we don't want to want to be a hostage of political situation and the white house we will blank to see all in agreement with the united states on a very serious issues like missile defense like nuclear disarmament to be legally binding it's what i mean it's clear and by the way there is one other question if for examp

the mysterious suns of russia. are. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so for you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realized everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. now five thirty pm here in the russian capital business office he talked at lines moscow promises to on a cost deals are not stop selling arms to syria. saying weapons will still reach opposition groups from abroad despite any embargoes and russia is adamant it will blog any un resolution which doesn't rule out military intervention. the german leader takes her words eastwards as she tries to convince china not to write off the e.u. . beijing's support for an oil embargo against iran calling on china to use its influence to persuade to iran to abandon any atomic weapons. and egypt mourns over seventy football fans killed in post match clashes founds rushed onto the field in the seaside city of port side after the home team beat e

a european russia. control center has given instructions to track an artificial earth satellites and. all modern racial information is fed to the outer space control center. first so it acquired classification artificial it says lloyd dismissed fourteen fifty as m of three hundred thirty three. the stuff makes no secret of the fact that the russian radar transmitter sees european air space in great detail. on the station's unique radar tracks even submarine launched missiles in the barren sunlight sees the sea of a whole sky and around the north pole. our system is being expanded in response to the expansion of the european missile defense shield. with the aim is to match the measures being taken in europe that the new stations are being commissioned here to respond to nato is activities. thrown at them. we will buy new means limited or alter our plans with the deployment of missile defense components in europe. russia has not closed the deal it will continue dialogue with the united states and nato on

well it's time now for our russia close up series we're heading to central russia to discover another little known region of this vast country. and we are heading to the birthplace of lenin but now the region is making its name making passenger planes and teaching the pilots of tomorrow our current iraq she tells us about a place with sky high ambitions. it was in the late seventy's that you re out of skin aviation complex was created obvious star is one of the largest manufacturers of passenger planes as well as re modernizing existing cargo planes that travel worldwide there islam plane is one of the largest operating cargo aircraft originally designed for the russian military but when the soviet union fell a demand did too obvious star has been renovating existing response and are now planning a major comeback. a new construction line will launch which will cover the production and the modernization of unique airplanes in the world that are popular such as the roost on. the good news but airlines have used their wrist line freighters to assist in un and red cross relief projects bu

russia much prefers the latter. the sponsors of the resolution have put it into a votes-ready format. that's apparently to pressure russia into agreeing to accepting it. but diplomats have said that negotiations cannot still continue -- can still continue, so the story is not over. >> thank you. worldwide malaria deaths may be much higher than previously thought. but according to research published in the british medical journal the lancet. scientists say that 1.2 million people died of malaria in 2010. that figure is double the estim. the research also shows that 42% of deaths from malaria are in children over five years old and in adults. that is much higher than previously thought. -- from the world health organization. internet is transforming our lives, but do we know enough about the dark. side of dark. a world where criminals cannot be traced, where you can shop for illegal goods, and where customers go by code names. our reporters set out to shine a light on the internet shadows to discover just what you can

russia and europe had reached a new heights in scientific operation if everything goes as planned russia will soon become an associate member of the european organization for nuclear research that sir it means lots of new opportunities for both sides but some obligations to how helpful congression brainpower before the nuclear scientific community and what will the new level of cooperation mean for russian research and for asking the director general of cern mr rove for. the european nuclear research center or simply cern operates the largest particle physics laboratory in the world its most celebrated project is the large hadron collider the giant facility built to tast fundamental physical theories it's a unique particle accelerator that unite scientists from nearly one hundred countries some seven hundred russians to take part in constructing the collider and many of them continue to work at cern. however mr herder thank you for joining us on the show. welcome mr heard rush has started the procedure of joining has an associate member well what are the benefits well first of all for ru

russia close up on our. very welcome back to spotlight time algor norman just a reminder that my guests on the show today are journalist shawn ramsey a journalist and filmmaker and blood human or some magneto business minutes and journalist and writer and a filmmaker not sound to go together like thank you thank you very much both. for being here just a reminder that we are discussing the latest article published in the a and one of the russian papers by a part of about lattimer put in the presidential candidate and then. let's listen to another quote let's hear what the prime minister says about what awaits the russian manufacturer is in the w t l mark. i can see all the challenges that our exemption to the w.t. always putting before a number of industries as a whole and i would like to assure them that i will do my best to cool transition based problems however the manufacturers of industrial and technological goods must be clearly aware that the days of competing in the single national market have gone no

would have to be launched from fixed locations where the united states and russia if russia joined the united states could monitor these these missiles many in the united states dislike the views of. a maintains that the european missile defense system is ineffective the scientist estimates that it has no chance of protecting the united states from a rainy and missiles instead it creates problems for russia if russia believes is the fence is not needed. but it doesn't if you're radical threat to russia. my guess is that russian. if you want to spend your national treasure this will help you so it solves the political problem and it provides a much more capable defense than with the united states currently building it's a. much cheaper. the professor believes that the purpose of nato is radar with europe is to track the movements of russian strategic weapons and to monitor russia's new military technology. the real target could be russia but certainly it makes the people of europe less safe it draws them in in fact as a geo strategic pawn by great powers as they maneuver and use the mis

on the money with the business of russia. as washington and its allies step up pressure on the syrian regime with calls for more sanctions the country said progress for random on a new constitution to end single party rule. america's intelligence community.

russia and china have come under heavy criticism after their veto of a u.n. security council resolution on syria it's just the most recent example of the two standing largely on their own parties the resident people in the big apple why the two countries seem to be so feared and mistrusted. if you believe the news media you should fear china and russia this week let's talk about why if they wanted to china could wipe out the us in probably three minutes but anyone with an atomic bomb true so why china in particular. chinese people are very dangerous why what is made you think bad have you ever been personally threatened by a chinese parrot them no so why do you feel that way. i don't think were in good relationship with them. so should we fear them is that going to make relations better and we should fear of them i think they should fear us i think there's some legitimate concerns about human rights there and i think to need to pay attention to what are their legitimate human rights issues everywhere don't we have them here in the u.s. sure i think a differen