russia's foreign minister in an exclusive interview with us here at od say. britain and the us may give immunity and the clemency to syria's president assad if he attends a conference on the transition of power all us part of the effort to oust the syrian leader. and fighting continues in libya with over one hundred killed in a week of tribal clashes this as the interim government fails to end violence in the post could the. past time for our interview program spotlight and i'll go off looking at the future of russia canadian trade relations with the ongoing economic forum in st petersburg this is art. hello again and welcome to the spotlight i'll be your novel and today my guest on the show is. back to the russian city of st peter's has been flooded with hundreds of first rank businessmen and politicians. they came back to attend the economic forum one of the most important events. among others a delegation from canada came from a country that's very much in common with russia and as one of the closest trade relations with. canada's international trade minister past is my guest on

this choice mean for the relations between russia and germany and between russia and europe in general europe which is now in the grip of an economic turmoil who ask this and other questions to a prominent expert in international relations in germany. but important travel plans have received a lot of media attention lately after him. and went to belarus and. germany. contra to visit. president germany has long been brushes. and one of the biggest markets. russia germany trade was worth the records. countries are also working together. which would deliver russia. its first line was launched in. hello mr brown welcome to the show thank you very much for being with us well first of all how was it seen here in germany that mr putin chose berlin as his first destination in europe first foreign destination outside the post seven space you know we have two. schools of thought in germany concerning russia one is very interesting ethic about russia this is a business community and the into the ethical way of course welcomed mr putin here in germany and they understand that for mr putin

achieve a situation where the citizens of russia and e.u. would practically feel our advantages of our partnership we informed our colleagues on developing an integration process in the territory of c.i.s. . but from that point a few of their. perspective for russian e.u. relations were convinced that you know a. single economic space in which your relation future generation economic union is absolutely compatible with the tasks of strengthening of operation between russia and e.u. of course it was really important to discuss during the preparation of a new. preparation of a new basic agreement between russia and e.u. from there to size the. interest was proved interest in developing a document where the strategic goals will be formulated and adequate that would be adequate to the needs of today's main stumbling stone become is the. anomic because. of this agreement we agreed to continue informal consultation is an order to. find new surely beneficial solutions we consider the possibilities in trade and economic cooperation and that will work in the context of for joining to w t o l we

have. intensive relations it with russia of course we have discussed the issues of our bilateral relations between germany and russia and we have arranged to hold an intergovernmental taishan between germany and russia in case and this year. as for our economic and trade cooperation it is on the rise we have established on either side that russia would like to. assist russia in modernizing its industries we also have severe interesting cooperation with regard to commodities trade. and that includes building the north stream pipeline we all also have discussed. the evolution of civil society in russia there have been certain developments in this area i have emphasized that we are interested in developing a democratic democracy including those in russia because that is the only way. to conceive a civil society in russia that would assist. the country in its development but. the year two thousand and fourteen will be the year of russia in germany in the year of germany in russia. russia will be presented in germany and showcase here through more than a thousand of activities there w

russia has insisted on the participation of tehran a key player in the region a notion firmly rejected by washington. as they have minds here and you'll be back at the top of the hour in the meantime we'll bring you our interview show spotlight with al green elf. hello again to welcome to spotify i'll do the album today my guest on the show is that you did it live on. the looks of issues that are dividing us i mean the people living in russia and people and wherever we watch television when we watch politicians speak on television we seek for answers to questions like for example is there still a compromise possible around the a.b.m. missiles shield that the beauty of qatar building on the continent can for example what's the future of the you raise new nuclear program and all that fuss that's around the issue in the one another and issues of course syria and is there a possibility that russia and the west act together somehow to cope with the crisis as well to alter this and other questions my guest today is he going to give on the former russian foreign minister and he's als

to cross-talk the time of protests in russia i'm joined by my guest here in moscow erich krauss he's an independent asset manager fred where he's the correspondent for the christian science monitor and dimitri babied she's an independent political analyst all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect i mean you can jump in anytime you want eric i know you went to the demonstration today i was there as well what was your impressions did it change anything did it mean anything. my impression was it seemed to be pretty carnival like it was pretty friendly there were probably twenty twenty five thousand people there was a huge police presence or it struck me is there being one but it was it was very peaceful i was afraid that because the same demonstrators are coming out month after month after month that to get some attention there was going to have to be some provocations unfortunately there really weren't any there was loud rock music they were communist flags there were nationalist flags they were all sorts of different political views being expressed but it was it was more of a

visit as president elect was made to russia what should we read into that is. it's my understanding that mr nikolay in his capacity as the then president of serbian progress who party was invited to the congress of united russia party. or his party's sister party in russia to return to the congress of that political group so that was something which was prearranged before the election results and the whole show was the relevant to mr nicolle each is giving it to a different way so. i would like to. get through with russia they are already excellent relations and i think that there is another additional room for for improving these relations as a diplomat do you think it's possible as president necklet wishes to be a country with two duals one looking to the east and one into the west well yes i have a lot of examples. with such policies some very good friends of russia for instance bulgaria or creation. are members or are becoming members of the u. i don't see why shouldn't serbia. become a member of the european union provided all the conditional disarm at. the same time keep its r

thousands protested in russia's capital for a wide variety of reasons but one issue nights many of them they are against the return of lot of mir putin to the presidency do these protests truly reflect public opinion or protests now simply a ritual for the sake of protest. and. to cross not the time of protests in russia i'm joined by my guest here in moscow erich krauss he's an independent asset manager fred where he's the correspondent for the christian science monitor and dimitri bobbitt she's an independent political analyst are a gentleman cross talk rules in effect i mean you can jump in anytime you want eric i know you went to the demonstration today i was there as well and what was your impressions did it change anything did it mean anything. my impression was it seemed to be pretty carnival like it was pretty friendly there were probably twenty twenty five thousand people there was a huge police presence presence or it struck me as they're being one but it was it was very peaceful i was afraid that because the same demonstrators are coming out month after month after month that to g

purging policy deepens and self-styled releases of democracy. the foundation of modern russia celebrates its twenty thousand of those who today up next veteran politicians. looks at what the holiday means for a young state with centuries of history. until. june the twelfth holiday here in russia on this day ninety nine the russian federation today first sounded. and collapse very soon opening a new page in history my guest on the show today is the watched. process from the inside. set of. the early ninety's it was a very tough time for russia and its former u.s.s.r. allies gorbachev perestroika led to a huge economic and political crisis which resulted in the collapse of the largest country in the world the final decision was made in december of ninety ninety one during one of the russia supreme council session conservative nationalists or. was one of the few people. against the saltiest dissolution in the new russian stages staunchly opposed the new government in many obese reforms mr created several political parties and was elected to parliament three times. welcome to the

. battlefield on the airwaves relations between russia and syria become a target of mainstream media hype ses get excited over false reports of military aid and massive joint games. fifteen of the world's top banks are left reeling after rating agency moody's slashes their credit scores. policy use troubles continue we've been asking the views of the russian president's chief of staff said hey even off on the issues topping the agenda at the st petersburg international economic forum that's next. presidential administration it's great to have you with us sir today thank you good evening so russia is among other countries that will help european union through i.m.f. . do you think such going financially taxes will actually prove us active and how long is russia actually willing to help countries in debt well as for russia's help it's limited of course and we are interested in eurozone stay stable because as president putin has already mentioned forty percent or sort of serves in europe we are interested in. not only financially stable eurozone i would like to stress that. but that european

about how we move forward in the next two years. with russia, the next step in boosting u.s. and russian stockpiles below the new s.t.a.r.t. levels which are 1550 deployed strategic warheads and that ceiling is to be met by the year 2018. new s.t.a.r.t. creates verification system that will be in place until 2021 and given the difficulties of a formal negotiation with russia and given the challenge we have with the next round of negotiations the need to deal with, not just deployed strategic weapons but tactical nuclear weapons and non deport weapons are their simple alternative approaches? might there be a way as george w. bush did in 2001-2002 period to use the existing treaty framework to provide transparency and verification necessary to assure both sides but reduce the two countries the ploy strategic arsenals below s.t.a.r.t. levels. is that a pact worth considering given the very difficult relationship between the u.s. and russia on various issues, syriac and other things? >> if there are 100 people in the room you probably have 100 plans how this would work but there are a couple

covering for you out of south syria center stage of the russia e.u. summit with european leaders likely to push russia to exert more pressure on the muskets while moscow urges dialogue to resolve the conflict. thousands of quebec students protest against a dramatic hiking tuition fees which will double the cost of third level education saying their government should stop copying its southern neighbor. across the court verdict on egypt's ousted leader hosni mubarak and his aides ignites fierce continued protest as both candidates competing in the presidential election seek to exploit the sentencing. of next hour to talk to american economist and nobel laureate eric mascon to find out what he thinks is on the horizon for the troubled world economy. mask in kabul our it in economics it's great to have you with us sir today it's a pleasure so let's start with greece and the latest news we know that chris his public finance is practically paralyzed pensions and salaries won't be paid in june and then you have people and companies transferring their assets out of the country how much worse ca

tough time for russia and its former u.s.s.r. allies gorbachev's perestroika led to a huge economic and political crisis resulted in the collapse of the largest country in the world the final decision was made in december of ninety ninety one during one of the russia supreme council sessions conservative nationalists are good but poor it was one of the pew people's deputies to build against the soviets dissolution in the new russian stages staunchly opposed the new government and many of its reforms mr created several political parties and was elected to parliament three times. though mr boren and welcome to the show. on june to twelve so we celebrate russia today commemorating russia's state sovereignty declaration that you were a member of parliament back then the very problem and adopted the declaration. what was the essence of the declaration as saying at the time and why is that today's russians often referred to june twelfth as the dependence day. but i wasn't just a member of parliament i was one of the people who are rude the declaration and from where i'm standing so bringing i

musicians of the century and i am always on the road to just conduct his music everywhere in russia in america in europe or so may in london it will be the starting ski season what about the olympics will you be performing in london during the games well my oldest there will be involved in the seven august i will be there myself for the closing ceremony and i think we will all hope for fantastic games and i personally hope also rushed. although well so you here you are pretty. active i mean socially politically recently recently you he were. endorsed put his presidential campaign why did you decide to to to give your popularity a name to to put his campaign it's very simple i think russia needs a strong leader a russian yes a leader who knows the job well it's a little bit like orchestra. choosing a conductor because the fate of orchestra or big corporate house very much depends on the leadership i think putin knows even better than four years ago how to lead this country he knows economy better than maybe ever before and he will meet me very strong team and by far the most importan

disclosed russia retaliated last year by taking similar measures against eleven american officials accused of human rights violations in u.s. secret prisons in iraq afghanistan guantanamo president putin called deaths in prison a tragedy it's being investigated by russian authorities deems this kind of legislation as interference in their internal affairs a kind of interfere is that will most likely backfire also made it clear that they will be forced to adopt similar measures and the potential list of american officials involved in human rights violations around the walls can be very long including torture practices again in iraq of ghana's than guantanamo so this could trigger a series of tit for tat moves which will aggravate relations between the countries as far as the obama administration they feel working hard on russia's admission into the world trade organization on lifting the outdated jackson invented amendment in order to give american businesses have better access into the russian market and later this summer congress is set to vote on a legislation that will strike down this

around in europe, as long as its codependent russia is going to do the same. i suspect this is not a position with great prospects. darren has asked me to give a brief review, which is known for short at the ddpr. in it has somehow slipped your attention, don't blame yourself. you could say since the announcement at the lisbon summit about 18 months ago, it has turned into a secret review process. started out being something that was agreed to save the concept because germany had launched the question of nuclear weapons and no one could agree to that to get into the strategic concept. the agreement was then to launch a major review of nato's overall deterrents and defense posture. that was going to be presented at the chicago summit just a few weeks ago. but what happened after that was that it turned it, it started out being quite a public affair. but after a few months, i think nato realized they had bitten off more than they could chew and the process turned into being an almost secret process. a few months into the process, no one in nato would go to gatherings like that and it w

bigger is a bit of my victory is a victory of the ideology of both the e.u. and russia and not the e.u. or russia. doesn't that that's interesting you don't see that sebi i will have to she's between the e.u. and russia you think it's possible to keep the right balance between then. you have a call of the level i prefer not to have to make the choice i'd like serbia to be a home with two dogs one to the west and the other to the east serbia simply belongs to the east as well as to the west we have a traditional and deep relationship with russia not only in terms of origin but also in religion with the history customs language we have complimentary industries that we've had exceptional economic relations since the second world war unfortunately we ruined our industry with senseless privatization which led to people losing their jobs never the less we have the education we have the will the power and natural resources to collaborate once again with the russian federation at a much higher level since two thousand serbia has moved away from russia until two thousand and eight when russ

story and russia is stepping up efforts to help break the stalemate in syria and result tensions over iran's nuclear program as president putin begins his visit to the middle east mediating a peaceful resolution in the israeli palestinian conflict is also in strong focus putin is now on the first leg of his tour in israel where our poll of sleep is following talks. the russian president has arrived in israel his first stop was in the coastal city of natanya where he inaugurated and one human to the red army it's estimated that some half a million jews fall for the great army against nazi germany in world war two now he's also meeting with the israeli president shimon peres the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu as well as the palestinian president mahmoud abbas topping the agenda as to be expected on iran syria egypt and the palestinian issue the russian president has good relations with many in the israeli leadership some of those relations are on a personal level and no dull to his visit here since a clear message that russia is a key player in the middle east region and

. that was as close as we came to a nuclear war with russia. it was every bit as dangerous as the cuban missile crisis. that was cold war at its worst. and why would obama have asked for a reset -- a reset of the relationship with russia if he didn't think something had been lost? so the question becomes, who lost the historic opportunity that gorbachev and reagan gave us? the prevailing view in america is that putin did it. that putin was the villain. but putin became russian president in 2000. we were already in a very bad relationship with russia in the 1990s. and in my judgment, the historic opportunity was not lost in moscow but in washington under the clinton administration. partly because they didn't understand what we're talking about here today. i think jack would agree and maybe richard that gorbachev and reagan either ended or came close to ending the cold war through negotiation. but the clinton administration went forward on the premise that america won the cold war. and therefore, they treated russia as a defeated power. and that triggered a new cold war that was fou

to solve the conflict are stepped up with russia take nearly moscow wants to create an international condé group to mediate peace plan back by the un but criticized by washington. and a new law on tougher fines for protesters violating public order comes into force today in russia after a lengthy parliamentary debate now demonstrators could face being out of pocket by seven thousand euros for breaking the rules. after being blacklisted by baltic states security police as a so-called threat to national security part is reported best to gauge what's really behind the motion and what kind of consequences he could possibly face and as he found out it doesn't take much to become branded anatomy of a stone. that's normally in the filmmaking process crypt changes are made all the time but few realize it's the pentagon frequently calling the shots next hour he talks to writer and former journalist for daily variety and the hollywood reporter david robb he shares his thoughts and sheds light on the approval process. with me is david rabbit a veteran hollywood journalist and he

evening so russia is among other countries that will help european union through i.m.f. . do you think such ongoing financially taxes will actually prove us active and how long is russia actually willing to help countries in debt well as for russia's help it's limited of course and we are interested in eurozone stay stable because as president putin has already mentioned forty percent or sort of serves in europe who are interested in. not only financially stable eurozone i would like to stress that point but that european parliament european leaders basically of course germany and france take responsible decisions during the roots of the crisis not poor thing money to stop it for a short but fighting the roots i think it's in fact it's none of my business but i think european union has to impose more strict. policy on that on unemployment and on credits because even if their external debt is huge for example russia's external that is nine percent g.d.p. in some of the european countries in europe it's more than one hundred so you can continue that tendency you have to stop it you

comes as russia steps up efforts to help mediate a solution to the conflict in syria but pressure also rising over iran's nuclear program. in tel aviv with the latest. the russian president has arrived in israel his first stop was in the coastal city of natanya where he inaugurated and monument to the red army it's estimated that half a million jews fall for the great army against nazi germany in world war two now he's also meeting with the israeli president shimon peres the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu as well as the palestinian president mahmoud abbas topping the agenda as to be expected our iran syria egypt and the palestinian issue his visit here since a clear message that russia is a key player in the middle east region and at the same time that russia has a central role to play in helping to solve the region's various conflicts there were a number of issues that are on the agenda first on the topic of iran and moscow will be trying to convince the israeli leadership not to attack to iran in this comes amid ongoing critique from the israeli prime minister benjamin net

mean the people living in russia and people who know us and whenever we watch television when we watch politicians speak on television we see for answers to questions like for example is there still a compromise possible around the a.b.m. miss south shields that the beautiful images are building on the continent from for example what's the future of the you raise new nuclear program and all that fuss that's around the issue in the one another job and issues of course syria and is there a possibility that russia and the west act together somehow to cope with the crisis . to also do this and other questions my guest today is he going to give on the former russian foreign minister and he's also the president of the russian international affairs council a man who's very active today in building informal bridges between russian and foreign experts and the next. leader ivanov to prominent russian diplomat since joining the foreign ministry in the seventy's works in spain some of your trade and diplomatic missions two decades later he was appointed the russian ambassador there mr bernan

warns of the un human rights body which claimed syrian leaders for the who the massacre russia believes it's premature because the investigation is still ongoing and put pressure to downscale all this while president putin's reaffirmed his stance on not taking sides during top level visits to paris and he was speaking had a meeting with european leaders in st petersburg which kicks off later sunday. egypt's ousted president hosni mubarak begin serving life for his party and killing eight hundred fifty protesters during last year's uprising thousands are enraged at what they see as soft sentiments. by the world's top loses his extradition appeal from britain to sweden on sex assault ship. legal team has fourteen days now to appeal the decision which they believe is politically motivated. next our interview with serbia's newly elected president nicola chin which he talks about the road ahead for his country as it faces economic difficulties and strives for e.u. membership. that's what it is mr president thank you very much for giving your time for this interview the international

slashes their credit schools. and a battlefield on the airwaves the relations between russia and syria become the target of mainstream media hype as outlets get excited over false reports of military aid and message joint war games. as a st petersburg international economic forum continues the e.u. has troubles go on tomb we've been asking the views of the russian president's chief of staff said again evolve on these and other issues topping the agenda at the gathering of leading political and business figures that's next here not the state should. you give on the presidential administration it's great to have you with us sir today thank you good evening so russia is among other countries that will help you are p. and union through i.m.f. . do you think such ongoing financial regex's will actually prove us active and how long is russia actually willing to help bail out countries in debt need well as for russia's help it's limited of course and we're interested in eurozone stays stable because i was present. britain has already mentioned forty percent or. europe's who are interest

this week as foreign powers poised to intervene russia's pushing for an international content group to enforce a cease fire and talks to washington shined the idea. of a deal in beijing russia and china signed off on war trade and pledge to top last year's record breaking eighty billion dollars worth of business leaders of two nations signed more than a dozen agreements and the launch to join investment funds to boost projects in russia. and spain is to seek up to one hundred billion euros to help salvage and stumbling banks making the fourth and largest e.u. country to ask for a bailout if after now it's meant that spain's debt laden banks need at least forty billion euros to buffer against any severe financial shocks. and thousands of egyptians protest at their former leader wasn't sentenced to death and that his last prime minister's made it to the runoff bowl next week egypt chooses its first president since last year's revolution. syria's drawn out conflict is leaving neighboring lebanon suffering some of the fallout next lebanese interior minister tells us why the violence won't

syria so far the rhetoric between russia and the u.s. has been very tense on that matter moscow and washington accuse each other of still king violence but both russia and the u.s. agree on kofi annan is six point peace plan which was designed to enable the syrians to choose their own future eventually but they see very differently as to how to reach that goal aside from that there are some bilateral issues on the table such as the u.s. missile defense shield in europe russia still has no guarantees that it won't be aimed at russia at some point in the u.s. refuses to give those guarantees and arguably with the elections coming up in the u.s. moscow and washington won't be able to move forward on that but there's a positive agenda as while the u.s. and russia are committed to boosting trade because right now it's a seemingly low russia was admitted into the world trade organization but there's still the jackson invented amendment which imposes restrictions on american companies doing trade was washing the obama administration has made it very clear that you know they want to move fo

inauguration to europe's top heavyweights germany and france at the russian summit in st petersburg russia made it has brushed off western paul spiritual intervention in syria into it to stick to the u.n. that went to scale civil war. rebels and government forces in syria trade accusations a new massacre which at least one hundred eight people died the u.n. orders an investigation to find out the responsible. rock bottom for ousted egyptian president hosni mubarak as he begins a life sentence handed down against killing a bunch of the protesters last year the fierce writing follows in cairo crowds angry it's not an executed. time running out for doing a song for less than two weeks left legal team took part in a deal with loses his battle against extradition to sweden and britain supreme court. next our interview with serbia as a newly elected president almost that which he talks about the road ahead for his country as it faces economic difficulties and strives for e.u. membership. mr president thank you very much for giving your time for this interview international media see you as a nat

gangs for the houla massacre russia believes of the condemnation is premature because the investigation is still ongoing and puts pressure on the security council. while president putin's reaffirmed his songs are not taking sides during toplevel visits to paris and berlin he was speaking ahead of a meeting with the e.u. top brass which has launched in some petersburg. egypt's ousted president hosni mubarak begins a serving life for his part in killing eight hundred fifty protesters during last year's uprising. and you can see now live pictures from to view square with thousands continue to rally for the second night enraged by what they see as a lenient sentence. and the world's top whistleblower loses his extradition appeal from britain to sweden on sex assault allegations julian assange his legal team has fourteen days to appeal the decision which they believe is politically motivated. short he said because newly elected president talks to us about his plans for the country now that he's in charge. that's what it is mr president thank you very much for giving your time f

with russia's top investigator over an article accusing him of my feelings. and egyptian relief of the end of a thirty year emergency rule a short lived as authorities again allow the army to detain civilians and the presidential election runoff in the country's women who fear the worst. when next artie's spotlight program focuses in on the vision for europe as seen by its chief economic powerhouse germany. good lover a jury was able to build a new. fortunately dorna found anything. to teach me why you should care about humans. this is why you should care only dog. hello again and welcome to the show on our album in albany today my guest on the program. i thought. it was germany. russian president chose his destination for the first official visit outside but. what does this choice mean for the relations between russia and germany and between russia and europe in general europe which is now in the grip of an economic turmoil who asked this and other questions to a prominent expert and international relations in germany. but important travel plans have received a lot of media attent

too long ago that the u.s. and russia were celebrating an historic partnership agreement but the passing of the strategic arms reduction treaty or start it was to be a reset in u.s. russia relations as it turns out the celebrations were short lived but heightening tensions between the two countries on many levels there's russia's anger at the u.s. being unwilling to budge on its plans to build a missile defense shield there is the u.s. is angry at russia and its refusal to approve a plan for the u.n. security council to intervene in syria a month there's also more last year the u.s. imposed a visa ban on eleven russian officials accused of playing a role in the death of netsky a russian attorney who many believe is exposing corruption by russia's interior ministry magnitsky was arrested in two thousand and eight on embezzlement charges and spent more than a year in jail that he became very ill and was apparently brutally beaten before he died so this move by the obama administration is to say you know human rights abusers aren't welcomed here well guess what russia is fighting ba

welcome back you're watching r t here is a look at the top stories russia and the u.s. hope to find common ground despite their polar approaches to ending the syrian bloodshed as foreign minister lavrov is due to meet secretary of state hillary clinton in st petersburg. surprising compromise evaders make concessions to finally agree on funneling money to struggling bang strapped leave with talks of brussels summit running well into the night. plus as braces for fresh protest against military rule the huge psychological toll eighteen months of unrest have taken on the nation's people often goes adored. next basic knowledge update here on our. hello and welcome to technology update geographically massive countries like russia their advantages in efficiency the braille based transit or as big as the states themselves ever since man first tars the power of the locomotive engine has been a prime mover of both people and goods and that's something still very true today russia's railway system is currently the second largest in the world each year nearly one billion passengers combined are

and policies around the world. we start with a look at u.s.-russia nuclear weapons programs followed by a panel discussion on preventing a nuclear armed iran. and later, a state department official discusses nonproliferation policy. wisconsin voters go to the polls tomorrow to decide between republican governor scott walker and the democratic mayor of milwaukee, tom barrett. mr. walker is facing a recall election two years into his term. they debated last week and you can see that final debate tuesday morning at 6:00 a.m. eastern on cspan. a former white house negotiator for the new start treaty said he's pessimistic about the next round of talks between the u.s. and russia. speaking earlier today, he also rejected report that is budgetary concerns drove the obama administration's plans for maintaining the arsenal. this is a little over an hour. >> good morning, everyone. if you could find your seats, we're about to get started. i'm the director of the independent nongovernmental arms control situation and i want to welcome everyone to our annual 2012 meeting. i want to than