russia is now a very average capitalist state if you want and in russia like in many states we have house us in the apartment buildings which have already been built and they stayed empty sometimes for decades just because people cannot sell these apartments and i think i think that is true and i think the housing issue is very interesting what he did say that he would like to see if you'd like to see he promised that housing prices will come down twenty to forty percent amending on the region you know that if you had twenty to forty percent decrease in housing prices and a lot of places that would be an economic catastrophe so it's going to be a very very it's an important process housing has to become more accessible but it's a very difficult process to manage it's a very complicated economic process has taken on a vested interest and we see very little detail but we wouldn't expect to see this community is about how to do that i would address that question to be true which we do you believe the prime minister or the president of russia does have a mechanism to reduce out the priz

hello and welcome to on the money where the business of russia is business i'm peter lavelle russia protests in the election and perceptions of political risk how investment finally will russia be after election day. to discuss russians going to the polls in the perceptions of political risk i'm joined by quinn martin he is the founding partner at frontier and simon fenton fletcher he is a portfolio manager with renaissance asset managers we also have tom monty he is chief strategist at a critter and nick poole he's archy's business editor but first let's have a look at the issue of political risk in russia as perceived by investors. in the last decade investors had their eyes and russia's nylander stability backed by high oil price and political certainty the protests against delegations of voting fraud in the recent parliamentary election brought the issue of political risk to the forefront after a significant drop the stock markets soon regained all its losses and further protests did not trigger such a nervous reaction on the stock exchange it became clear that the protests had a peacefu

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 monk goldfish. bowl looming 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 or will offer a more comfort to in-flight pilots. things like better navigation smoother knobs and delicate didn't cords instead of course ropes tools when getting entangled. that 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 i 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.

of course i realize russia's f.s.b. and the media you know have to take polonium to london sprinkle it over some heads and leave traces everywhere and their suspect. is not a fool either 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 beat down his door for interviews now won't even reply to his requests. why is that because they like it when i scold the regime i was a root treasure for their move on the whole there are very few people who would say as many horrible things about as i did as well you know living in two thousand and eight was the only thing young called what russia for sanctuary needs silly is settled in the sleeping quiet town of sinegal it offered to new anonymous life the man claimed putin was his number one enemy so hiding in europe he believed was the only safe solution today was the living and co is still afraid to open this door now because of putin

thousands of people joined in a chain of protests calling for fair elections here in russia the activists form the sixteen kilometer human ring around the moscow city center a week before the country chooses its next president. and students and teachers again marched in anger over education cuts in spain as the euro crisis tightens its grip around the med but greece has breathed a sigh of relief as eve leaders finally approved an eleventh hour bailout to stave off default. one thirty one am now if you think your home is got all the latest gadgets think again is our t. shows you a window into the future of the next thirty minutes this month technology update is on the air. hello and welcome to technology update this month we're taking a look at a topic that hits well close to home in russia many innovations in terms of new building materials have come from the country's tiny. exhibition in moscow recently the company showed off its latest offerings from its aptly named nano house. here you can find many of the newest developments all containing you guessed it the prefix nano the state owne

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. from los angeles to chicago to birmingham twenty trauma centers have closed since two thousand three hundred one is not enough in-patient beds not enough urgency department beds and not enough nurses commandos to take care of all the people who know 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 started my ventures a firefighter i didn't want to do and i started out going to just do fire fighting it's about eighty two percent of what we do the far the problem is medical i've got a rescue couple weeks ago waited four hours for i've waited sometimes three hours i wouldn't say it's a francis in lynnwood for four hours and fifty minutes standing against a wall and we have a federal law that mandates that you can't turn no one away who seeks care in an emergency room. we have the most expensive health care system in the world and it's probably valued the least. the envelope is the most important part of a balloon t

new windows in russia. and the share of energy. is only five percent in our country and gradually changing the situation won't help we need to take radical steps which is what is happening today. energy efficient code. on hindered infrared longwave radiation back to the heat source as a result more than seventy percent of the world's. building there are two types of energy saving windows one is a hard paralytic coding which is called online all the second is a so-called soft place we get the hard coding by applying a thin layer of oxide and during the process. is a result of depositing a fine film of silver molecules on the window surface. exactly what type of energy efficient glass will be produced at the factory remains to be seen but regardless of whether it's a hard coat will certainly be a step away from the ordinary produced at the existing plant. in addition to windows the company is also planning to produce some other types of next generation . interesting options. that takes advantage of. and hydrophilic processes to watch

there is east and there is russia you are my homeland for. children i want to go home to russia. i don't want to stay here. in the church over r t sinegal eataly. i'll recap our top stories here in just a couple minutes. but i did. try it for thirty australia and you know. there's really no we're going to see the film on the screen if you want to have sex go and have sex. he watching r.t. the headlines now stalemate at the u.n. russia and china rebuffed the western backed draft resolution on syria saying it's a great wording leaves the door open on military intervention. dropped by return to under arrest a dozen dead and thousands wounded in egypt protesters there tend to use in them but it is reported. in russia hundreds of thousands gather provide full brownies ahead of next month's presidential massive pro and anti government notches . us police clamp down on the occupy movement a tent city in central washington is the latest to be a victim something that. iran is bracing itself against fresh western imposed sanctions t.-z. interview up next he runs interior minister looks at

minibus they're everywhere in russia cheap reliable and if you're very lucky really comfy. and seventy percent of them are made. and they're made by gas one of the city's most famous brands they've been producing automobiles since the nine hundred thirty s. and all the classics are on display in the company music. so you can see that used to produce some pretty snazzy family vehicles including the famous boulder which every soviet citizen wanted to own but it's commercial vehicles that have always been the company's. this old. back in. this very first thing that rolled off the production line. the guy has a. they still make trucks today. of course alongside the mission because. gas is seen some tough times production is now on the increase and it's all overseen by swedish c.e.o. bohem dessen who previously worked for general motors for more than twenty years. grab among the big smoke if that. excuse me strengthens james brown the company thank you very much for how it's have you got a minute to tell us your brought up a bunch of them. have been looking at the museum so you

here from all over russia and the world are. always people stick together because of both the love of ballooning and that none of them will be able to do it singlehanded each person is a zone of responsibility those on the ground are responsible for the ones in the sky together they are a close knit team. it all started in the late eighteenth century a balloon with two passengers in the basket was launched from a paris suburb one pm and fifty four minutes on november the twenty first seventeen eighty three was piloted by. unlucky delhomme after flying across the french capital they landed safely in another suburb twenty minutes later the king of france for stowed them the title of count being the first humans to fly in the air and granted them the right to hand it down to successive generations of blueness. since then anyone going up in a balloon for the first time has to pass an initiation ritual to be awarded the title of count by the pilots. because that she was which elements do you know. really earth water fire. what else i

demand to be russia's next president has been capturing the imagination of british forces and filmmakers in the fortnight before russians head to the polls a book on putin's personality is due to hit british bookshops hot on the heels of two documentaries pre-treat the russian prime minister. the next we explore the ambitious building projects that involve cutting edge technology and innovations. hello and welcome to technology update this month we're taking a look at a topic that hits well close to home in russia many innovations in terms of new building materials have come from the country's tiny. exhibition in moscow recently the company showed off its latest offerings from its named nano house. here you can find many of the newest developments all containing you guessed it the prefix nano the company has selected a number of projects that things have the best potential to revolutionize homebuilding in the future you know all of the ideas to make more livable but the overriding definitely seems to be energy efficiency. individual homeowners but the whole earth as well you know this is

russia's prime minister vladimir putin has recently been sharing his vision for russia's development in the series of pre-election manifestos published weekly major russian newspapers the first antico outline his vision funded realizing the russian society and was particularly addressed to the country's middle class the second touched upon issues of migration and zina fulvia this week's article the third is considered by many of the most important so far as it deals with the country's economic revival presents a case for ending russia's dependence on roman. and so that's two thousand and twenty as the deadline for. their own russians height not experts should double the same is expected to happen to the country's average salary who didn't also offers ways to attract capital into russia's economy and monopoly things he insists on the actual return x. can do well in. our general work into the show thank you very much for being with us well first of all you both read the article have you find something in this article that indicates that if is elected russia is facing a major economic c

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

another appeal for a truce between the army and rebels in syria this time by the red cross as russia refuses to join an international meeting it says is taking sides. iran and israel exchange threats of preemptive strikes but tel aviv's allies want an attack on tehran could cause a wave of chaos across the middle east. and the eurozone greenlights a massive new bailout for greece and that athens will be able or willing to shoulder the grueling austerity measures imposed by brussels. more no stories in half an hour from now in the meantime we explore a museum of classic cars and join a traditional russian community celebrating the coming of spring a journey to nizhni novgorod is next. for almost eight hundred years new growth has stood along the banks of the volga rivers and its one of european russia's most picturesque cities is the fourth largest in the country an important economic and cultural center and home to one point three million people. steadily one of the better waterfront views of nice name you can see where the revolt meets the volga and also take a good look at the city

get built in russia public some seven hundred kilometers east of moscow may not grab all the headlines construction materials made from will create the base for everything else in the house. is nothing new to russian scientists the volcanic rock that comes from the heart. of the earth is one of the more common resources on the planet as a result. for more than fifty years. especially. this. began at the end of the nineteenth. research is that the gloss finder institute got the first positive results at the beginning of the one nine hundred fifty s. on the basis of which they wrote the first reports. in one thousand fifty four that was the first magazine article on the topic its appears in the gloss and magazine. specialist recognize the role of the soviet union in this research looking at every relevant characteristic based five or how it performs steel is significantly stronger and more flexible which is obvious advantages in construction it's also lighter so transporting it is easier and more economical additionally it doesn't degrade when exposed to the elements taken together it's

that will eventually get built in russia's republic some seven hundred kilometers east of moscow well it may not grab all the headlines construction materials made from will create the base for everything else in the house. it could find its way into more and more homes in the future but is nothing new to russian scientists the volcanic rock that comes from the hot magma at the center of the earth is one of the more common resources on the planet as a result. has been on the radar of people in moscow for more than fifty years. specialists went to. continuous find. this work began at the end of the ninety. research is that the glass fiber institute got the first positive results at the beginning of the one nine hundred fifty s. on the basis of which they wrote the first reports. in one thousand nine hundred fifty four that was the first magazine article on the topic it's appears in the glossy magazine. specialist recognise the role of the soviet union in this research looking at every relevant characteristic based fiver. it's significantly stronger and more flexible which is obvious ad

souses have joined hands in a massive flash mob for fair elections here in russia the activists made a sixteen kilometer ring around moscow's city center a week before the country chooses its next president. and the un's atomic agency struggling to reach a conclusion about iran's nuclear weapons but the u.s. intelligence agencies agree there's no evidence that iran is building a bomb it's not stopping israel though from threatening a military attack on iran's nuclear sites. and sounds of students and teachers again march in anger at education cuts in spain as the euro crisis type lose its grip around the med greece is breathing a sigh of relief though off the eve need is finally approved in the eleventh hour of bailouts to stave off default. if you think your home has all the latest gadgets then think again r t shows your window into the future and next to this one is technology update right now. hello and welcome to technology update this month we're taking a look at a topic that hits well close to home in russia many innovations in terms of new building materials have come from the

in the spotlight on the latest building projects all around russia technology update here on r.g.p. you go listen for. fifty. fifth. fifth. mission free accreditation free transport charges free arrangement for free. free stereotype free. download free broadcast quality video for your media projects and a free media dog r.t. dot com you. hello and welcome to technology update this month we're taking a look at a topic that hits well close to home in russia many innovations in terms of new building materials have come from the country's tiny tech leader. and at an exhibition in moscow recently the company showed off its latest offerings from its aptly named nano house. here you can find many of the newest developments all containing you guessed it the prefix nano the state owned company has selected a number of projects that things have the best potential to revolutionize homebuilding in the future you know all of the ideas to make will reside more livable but the overriding theme definitely seems to be energy efficiency which will benefit not only the individual homeowners but the wh

everywhere in russia trying to be here for this process of us. before nightfall the romans finally find what they set out for at the start of the expedition the depression. norma's pit in the very center of a field they hold their vehicles at a safe distance from it the people living in this village used to plough these fields and grow crops on it. but. they were awakened by loud noises. when they came here they were surprised to see a large crazy in the middle of a field with some water in the boat some. scientists have found a sub to raney and stream beneath the depression when it erodes the top layer of the soil the ground sinks. with slope is very slippery and very steep i get scared at times i might be buried by sliding rocks a prospect i don't particularly relish. ok i'm almost there now. well there is no water here local people prefer not to descend into the depression because this kind of cataclysm might happen at any time. but there is much to be learned from such expeditions people think that such things are only found in faraway lands

russia close up on r.t. . alexandra's eyed self and family live in a military camp that is off limits to the public we're not going to keep going keep going play your little one yourself keep going. alexander was in a secret unit manning missiles when he's. 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 sons. of course my wife and i often talk about the future. we would like to see a bright future without crises. never do we want everybody to live in peace and we want everything to be just fine. the i.c.b.m.'s are accompanied by combat escort the world today we have eyes covered ground very difficult conditions for a thrust forward to kill before 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 flowers for them together these mobile missile launches a cold and had gotten

russia close up. of the mood. welcome back to spotlight time norman just a reminder that my guests on the show today are a journalist show. ramsey journalist and filmmaker and lead him or similar go business minutes and journalist and writer and filmmaker not sound if you're going to get over it thank you thank you very much both. for being here just a reminder that we are discussing the latest article published in they in one of the russian paper about the part about lattimer put in the presidential candidate and now 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 three always putting before a number of industries a whole week and i would like to assure them that i will do my best to 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 now one ther

the mysterious suns of russia. are. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so for lengthly you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. it. means of protection can be used. in global supremacy. between two thousand and five and two thousand and nine u.s. has spent fifteen billion dollars in 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 budget. things because the best for. your watching our tv's are the top stories russia refuses to back the latest u.n. draft resolution on syria unless it's a managed to clearly roll out military intervention and an arms embargo on damascus moscow's against regime change and wants the blame for the bloodshed in syria for you on the government and the armed opposition.

in russia it's. general saying that the president is responsible for everything yes but at the same time first priority and most responsive sponsibility of the head of state i see that he's responsible for the shape of power for the quality of power and this article precisely about this and there is a part of this article called building a competitive nation it's i would say it's not exact translations from russian because in russian version of this article it's called the building of competitive state but this is the difference of mythology western and russian you know but nonetheless seven points about how to i would say to reset this state how to remade it. to make it really more than just new to meet the challenges of which civil society in russia is standing you know in the state think you very much so and i hope we could continue but we're running out of time and just to remind them i'd. yes today would be our new police call the general political stance the part of and the high school of econo

have said it's a no interest in russia. broad if you are in the near a billion euro it's. very clear to exactly. how. well russia has wards of interest to improve in order to invest there to give people their more education what we have no intention or even for example azerbaijan would have the so-called slavic universities which educate about two or three thousand people a year that's a drop in the ocean so and basically if you look there moment of mining that brush actually because of illegal migration because of the money transfers back to these countries it would make sense economically to improve life there i think the united states already came to that conclusion that instead of having all their immigrants from green douras is much better to make what i think and you are essentially well you know the states is mostly concerned about bringing democracy to one dearest which obviously is cheaper than making life easier. hopefully in the long run and giving people a stake in the way their countries are governed makes it easier for them to stay and to find their own paths

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

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

all right you're at the major model sports event here in russia. yeah so you've got your eyes and frank how they're all right here to the right building the main building so there's going to be a lot of people then yes. we're opening and you've still got things to build some wintry techniques. ok and now while they're after practicing here the driving away safer on the roads and the sort of thing you'll you'll be teaching me a few tricks as well. rates. were. for the first term is the most challenging one of the biggest number of precious and this term and really this race could. this really could barely see a thing that was looping going just be able to get a feel for the bus again was able to give me a few good tips because that was your brain here and you try to slow the shortest possible distance here you're going to break with this little girl left for the next lap we'll just do is try to get refused my lap time down which was useful because i had a different type of challenge ahead of you you know apex right to meet so if you can do it the wa

and which country do you think poses the greatest threat to american national security wrong china russia from cold war era suspicions to downright phobias american sere mongering has evolved to a point beyond recognition but what is the rationale behind this rhetoric will sift through the stereotypes. of all of the dr hardy you want to kill over. that's no war zone it's a movie set hollywood magic at its finest can even make something as ugly as war look appealing but behind the scenes of these blockbusters there's something else lurking tend to go in propaganda the news starts now. whole protests in afghanistan today grew more violent and more bloody as anger and distrust for americans there grows the protests are in response to the burning of several holy books or qur'an at the bottom airbase according to the military officials of those books were tossed in the incinerator because prison officials believed they were being used by prisoners to communicate with one another but most muslims consider this consider the qur'an to be the literal word of god and desecration is considered one o

russia and china rebuffed the western backed draft resolution on syria moscow saying its fake wording leaves the door open for foreign military intervention. blocked by return to unarrest a dozen dead and thousands wounded in egypt as protests as their attempt to loosen the military's grip on. in russia hundreds of thousands gather for a bottle of next month's presidential vote massive anti-government marches. now looking for somewhere off the beaten track to visit in russia what's now our special reports on a village that's beyond the arctic circle. on his way to work every day that's just lovely phinney nko walks by what were once the homes of his neighbors the houses are gone now there remains a covered with layers of sand and the people moved out a long time ago. but used to be a house right here it got buried by the sand there were three other homes next to it another house was here. i remember it was turned on its side almost up right. here that's my house there. it's still standing but it won't last long this isn't much of a sandra ft the wind usually brings much more than cove

live in russia and. there are two main groups. that was. odd. to the same ethnic group they speak different languages and live in different regions of the country. these people spend. too much take a trip to get away from. dozens of like minded folk find. themselves the rumors that. history. will take the traveling local to the most mysterious places in the republic. on the freeway as the city has promised to show them. we go here and. then we have to get. cold weather. now we're going to try to reach the most interesting places. is the. point is a. few people have succeeded in reaching its peak. the drivers went missing. they just lose. something. contact with one another. eventually reunite a coup. them. is considered a zone of abnormal activity local people often see unidentified flying objects. at . two hundred meters above sea level is the true. reform were voted on it was only. visit. the capital of. the musicians. folk songs to entertain residents with their traditional melodies centuries ago. was a fortress. but large scale development h

this social mobility is also called in russia social lifts what are these so should there i recently i think i heard that the bureaucrats call their united russia party they call it a social lift that that makes people like me helps them helps them. make a career now putin is obviously dumping the united russia party so so so one of these lives really hard imo a problem with the idea of social left if only because i mean in often we talk about you know social ladders and social processes social left and lift is something you get on you press a button and it takes you off regardless of your your effort and i think that that's not necessarily even what put in me this is where you are talking maybe this is what everyone i've. worked for a certain number of people for a certain amount of time but i think that the broader problem is is mobility the broader problem is giving people opportunities not necessarily to go where the government wants you to go but to be able to take your own life in your own career where you want to go and that means creating economic opportunity but it also. i h

on the money with the business of russia. hey there it is friday february twenty fourth my name's christine for coming at you out of washington d.c. you are watching art.

thousands of people joined hands in a massive flash mob for fair elections in russia activists meta sixteen kilometer ring around moscow city center a week before the country chooses its next president. the un's atomic agency struggling to reach a conclusion on iran's nuclear weapons but u.s. intelligence agencies agree there is no evidence to iran is building a bomb but that's not stopping israel from threatening a military attack on iran's nuclear sites. thousands of students and teachers again march in anger at education cuts in spain is the euro crisis tightens its grip around the mediterranean but breathing a sigh of relief after even leaders finally approved an eleventh hour bailout to stave off default. but if you think your home has all the latest gadgets we show you something a step party takes you to the house of the future technology update next. hello and welcome to technology update this month we're taking a look at a topic that hits well close to home in russia many innovations in terms of new building materials have come from the country's tiny tech leader. and at an exhibiti

the mysterious sounds of russia. and welcome back you are watching our team direct from the center of moscow with us at least four people have been reportedly killed in fresh clashes as thousands continue to demonstrate across egypt. the country's military rulers after violence at a football match on wednesday left seventy four dead police in cairo fired volleys of tear gas into the crowds as they rallied for a third day. united nations security council is set to vote on a resolution on syria amid reports of escalating violence in the country. a syrian human rights group the army is shelling the city of homes with reports of fresh clashes breaking out in other towns as well. all polling stations across russia are to get their own digital observers as prime minister putin orders the installation of webcams to counter a potential fraud by the march presidential elections the move comes after tens of thousands protested in moscow and st petersburg following december parliamentary elections alleging widespread vote riggi