serve for bremer's and musical also russia and europe of the whole not russia and ukraine and russia so poland has its play historical role if it in the stands in the situation and i see one of them on course at one point you predicted because lapse of the soviet union any new forecasts for more than russia. that's the fear yeah i know i know neal that it's just so when i was writing about the solving i didn't see it as a forecast or a looked at again to eat and saw so many there negative elements but i couldn't help but ask myself all the way how long will it last i don't make forecasts as a rule or the story of how i look at the past and try to figure out what's happening in the present i think russia has come a long way over the past twenty years it is having some difficulties as countries do it's not easy it is reducing the marquess of capitalism it is best in europe centuries to do do that. within twenty years ensign so easy that is i think russia is following the path he chose in one thousand nine hundred ninety one but there have been ups and downs and i don't see any. so i th

whether russia scared of china. russia is not of course china is the rising power probably the rising superpower or a superpower seven to the united states before the crisis everyone was saying that china will reach the united states maybe by mid century no it looks like there's going to be in the twenty's of this century china is the challenge to everybody for russia it's also a challenge of rising powers borders challenge of demographic pressures and many people in russia are scary both as development is quite trivial to say in russia these days that relationship between russia and china today is the best ever well president that i've also requested for any strategy a strategy to be devised in the asia pacific region how should russia build up its economy in this region what should the needs tragic be like problem for russia in asia pacific is it is regarded as a serious political player it is a serious military player but it is not a serious economic player yet so for russia the challenge of asia pacific is to be

a hero pacific country does russia seat self as one i think russia should consider itself as you are a pacific power. russia is still looking for its identity some people say russia is a european country and it is because our culture is european and our trade relationship mostly with the european union more than sixty percent of foreign trade on the other hand russia is bigger than europe it's your asian country because most of its territory is in asia and there is also quite an important side of the russian life but in my mind for russia the most promising geopolitical reintegration is europe aciphex. like one more country in the world which is here a pacific and that is the united states you're pretty much answered my question but if we were as of now to say where do russia's priorities lie can it face to the east and the west equally our priorities are east and west russia is european russia is asian some people say russia is just an independent central power some say that russia should be part of the western community. some say that russia should look eastward or southern southwa

bremer's going to mr clawson russia and europe the whole of russia and ukraine and russia so poland has its play historical role if it in the stands in the situation and i see one of them down and on course at one point you predicted the collapse of the soviet union any new forecasts for more than russia. that's the fear in you know i don't hear all that it's just so what i was writing about the solving i didn't didn't see it as a forecaster a looked at again to eat and saw so many there negative elements that i couldn't help but ask myself of you know how long will it last i don't make forecasts as a rule the story of i look at the past month and try to figure out what's happening in the present i think russia has come a long way over the past twenty years it is having some difficulties as countries do it's not easy it is reducing the marquess of capitalism it is western europe centuries to do do that. within twenty years isn't so easy i think russia is falling past the chosen one thousand nine hundred ninety one but there have been ups and downs but i don't see any discourse. so i

what way do you think russia can help the us and just how much is the us welcoming russia's help. well there have been four labs busted out of one hundred seventy five one hundred seventy one to go and he radek ation of the fields to go the united nations drug czar you're effed it off can be as outspoken as he's been calling for eradication and calling for an aggressive drug policy it's great that russia has their person and it's a person who serves the world and the united nations now in such a leadership position because the last guy was a problem he was stopping an effective drug policy in afghanistan so there are many positive ways to go and president obama is clearly response of this was a policy that started with with rumsfeld and it's been carried over a reluctance by the military so it looks like things are changing that's a terrific role but we know fascinating to hear what you have to say we really appreciate a time here and i'll tell you thank you very much indeed for what us drug policy spokesman joining us live in new york thank you. well coming your way later this ho

in russia. supplies which can come from russia to get us down supplies. to the russian helicopters and some other. wise and another area of course is a transition and transportation routes which go through russia don't get us that we can improve the present situation in a covert operations in afghanistan certainly another important area is missile defense system you know that russia had been opposing american plans for establishing good a strategic missile defense system in europe right now there is a possibility that nato countries will discuss consider they are the european theater military and iraq and a missile this and defense system in which russia can participate. why this will happen or not it's a matter all for negotiations but i'm very positive on that that russia can participate first of all because it was a position of russia in the past as you remember president putin already suggested all right they use of some will certainly will see that certainly it's going to be an interesting few months for the development of the anti missile defense pr

this is a provocation towards russia. people . or russia. people only existing regime but in any case the russian government is trying to. do the condition and you know the last time. but it's a phone. problem a because they won't do it to me. because this. russian and. you know why. it means that. russia is doing only. we're also seeing that obviously russia is improving its relations with nato and of course georgia was a stumbling block and that is still a stumbling block between the two do you think perhaps this is another reason perhaps improvement in relations between russia and. you know the last time russia also improved. relations with the united states and nato. georgian government. becoming. united states leaders. to have such. good. to have the good relations with russia because part of the reason the. united states to fight against terrorism and why i think. you'll be. a mix. states and russia. joining us live in moscow thanks very much indeed for joining us we appreciate your time and of course we'll be keeping up to date on thi

russia and europe which is something the. you don't deny that the new york times for example writes the main reason is desire to distance russia from china on the contrary the british newspaper the times says that it's an attempt to tear off from america writes british history. partially have always been. when russia started building up its european policy. also thought that it should be in their interest there are. others. certainly not in our. continent i would love to skeptics are so much concerned with russia's return to european experience that russia has always been and will continue to be a european nation. was a century of exceptions rather than rules what i mean is this isolation self isolation. bit of us trying to restore your unity create ever lasting peace. between russia and europe from the twentieth century. seems that the germans are going to insist on their right to have nuclear weapons withdrawn from german territory and how far do you think they will go. just their trump card or is it serious politics. just

given to russia and. the fact that they will meet again in just a month almost in tribute to the new direction of their relationship. the french region where the summit was held this famous not only for its wine and cheese but also for its apples apple pie apple cider. all those things are made here in normandy and it seems to be the perfect backdrop for russia and the european union to put away their apple of discord and enjoy a much more fruitful relationship. catherine as our r.t. friends. want to talk more about european security and nato his dealings with russia we are joined now by john stephens he's a. i'm a conservative m.e.p. now in london thanks very much indeed for joining us now today's announcement for the u.k. need to cut military spending follows a similar move from france and germany and raises concerns in the u.s. about the impact that could have on nato should washington be worried. no i don't think so i think the americans understand the budget position as well as anyone and they've got

my judgment is that it is a good sign that russia is the. present. in the east and in the west now many other countries in the region wanted russian help in establishing a nuclear power plant why did russia choose vietnam. well i think that. the very first reason is that it now is a stable current three second one that is that. this is a reliable partner with russia has a long history often to write interconnection in direction and productive to ration that is why i think that. this is the first sign that our relations with vietnam are getting back to normal not only in the political sphere about also in the economic one we have many joint projects including in then you could. well. now all of these countries have economies which are dependent on their own domestic cheap labor how can they modernize and move away from the stooping. i think that this high reliability only to play ber is the reason all for the very. essence of the model the contrary is selected to follow i mean that they followed similar del ferice japan introduced and. china proposed

president medvedev said russia's w. tell membership was a matter of months now officials say sure they're down to the final details but it seems we've already heard that a couple of years ago so we're all we all root to becoming part of the world trade community or still knocking on heaven's door let's ask mr made that who is russia w t i would negotiate what he should know. joining the w true means demolishing trade borders and deactivating protective economic mechanisms generally open trade is expected to have a positive impact it's a new variety of goods reaches consumers who return and exercise more choice as these goods compete but many russian fia w. entry will seriously undermine the country subsidized industrial base and ultimately cost russian jobs however the w t o is seen by the russian leadership as a tool to improve the quality of domestic production because they're going to get it all. so has brought to bomb a support very important. to many things dawns international trade may soon be. homeless to be vet

a constructive life i would like to note that russia is a key to this kind of cooperation especially the creation of alliances of course many issues were addressed during the a.c.n. working sessions for example the issues of natural disasters which of course this region is specifically prone to specifically hurricanes tsunamis underwater explosions all those things this region suffers from them quite severely and the russian president expressed his condolences to the people of thailand which of course are at the moment suffering from that very face so dealing with natural calamities has been on the agenda for the a c. and summit leaders today also various other issues like economic cooperation global security dealing with the aftermath of the global financial crisis all those issues were discussed too much satisfaction it seems from the region is a very attractive one primarily because it has a lot of growing economically growing countries china of course is one of russia's main partners and is of course a part of bric brazil russia india and china says some experts say one of the st

why does europe russia now. russia is needed because the entire history of international relations is moving away from europe it's played out in asia even the us a pacific country is we're focusing its foreign policy on asia where are the countries that will play the victim role it in asia and latin america but that's a different question now what's the current state of european asian relations europe is of no interest to asia if we view europe as a landmass that reaches the pacific ocean russia and europe and not a whole but if we picture them as an alliance and we can say europe reaches the pacific this is the reason europe needs russia although i'm not sure if russia needs erupt. in one of your interviews you spoke about the role of poland and said it could become a bridge between europe and russia what kind of bridge and what are the current dynamics of russian polish relations. door until very recently sent like a crazy idea when now reconciliation between russia and poland has actually happened i think how

russia and the u.s. are celebrating their first joint victory in the war in afghanistan opium trade on thursday their operatives destroyed for drug producing labs in the country and seized a ton of heroin afghan president hamid karzai has denounced the operation saying it violates his country's sovereignty but russian officials say everything had been agreed with the afghan interior ministry the drug raid mark the return for russian special forces to afghanistan over twenty years after savia troops left but for some veterans of that war the news came as a complete shock artie's academy now reports. if this one this one through this one this one. this one lost his leg and that he got a mush is showing his cormorants killed in the soviet war in afghanistan two decades ago only four out of the fourteen in this picture made it out alive andree was a commando of a mine disposal unit in kandahar in two years he schooled thirty five people dozens of others. a third of all mines used against soviet soldiers were

as people in russia or me in your relations in august russia russia has reached an agreement with the meaning to to extend the lease of russian military base also also russia has confirmed its commitment to defend through lean year if a meaning is assaulted if it's attacked how do you think this agreement and says seen in baquba and how may this affect the relations between between azerbaijan and view of course this this news of the signature of this agreement was heard with quite a bit of alarm in by cool. people saw this very much as russia taking sides as russia deciding that if there was a war it would jump in the defense of armenia the way it was interpreted in baku was that if azerbaijan did decide to try to regain its occupied territories then that russia would actually defend armenia so this is an issue that i've actually been discussing here in moscow trying to understand what the russian position is and what i've understood is that russia does not mean this as a kind of promise to armenia that it would actually defend armine if there was an attack russia i think is in a good

why does europe need russia now. russia is needed because the entire history of international relations is moving away from europe it's played out in asia even the us a pacific country is were focusing its foreign policy on asia where are the countries that will play the big roles located in asia and latin america but that's a different question now what's the current state of european asian relations europe is of no interest to asia if we view europe as a landmass that reaches the pacific ocean russia and europe are not a whole but if we picture them as an alliance and we can say europe reaches the pacific this is the reason europe needs russia although i'm not sure if russia needs erupt. in one of your interviews you spoke about the role of poland and said it could become a bridge between europe and russia what kind of bridge and what are the current dynamics of russian polish relations. door until very recently sent like a crazy idea when now reconciliation between russia and poland has actually happened i think h

the nato summit in lisbon which will take place in november but russia was invited to it did russia except this invitation and who will represent our country there. we're not supposed to take part in nato internal advance and we will but on the sidelines of the sudan there will be a special meeting for countries that send troops to afghanistan. president. and some others. participate in this meeting so they will go to lisbon even though there won't be any special meeting with ukraine in georgia. for russia we don't participate in nato advance but we are ready for a serious dialogue at the top level within the russian nato council format. have discussed the issue of russia joining nato several times. you like to quote since you're one of us love to discuss this topic brought up whenever we talk about nato because it's the most interesting part of what. city you experts and former german defense minister added heat by saying that the time has come to accept russia and to nato. they say that. mr a friend of mine even published a few things together in the german press. but i have never doubte

speaking of russia speaking of investment in russia does russia have any comparative advantage in terms of innovations except except the the the obsession of the our young president with with integrating the country i live russia has everything to be. technology power yeah. i think what is now happening that. venture capital is an very important element but one element of the innovation ecosystem and what needs to happen in the various elements of the system. that is science center university. to foster and to printers so that. they have this option of doing something with. and then invest to be able to me. but when it comes to. science which was developed many decades ago i am a firm believer exists. so here is what our global russian thinks about innovations in russia now let's see what the mystic russians think about the competitiveness of the technologies spotlight anyone who has the details hi there today i'll try to find out if people in this country believe in the future of russian technology and whether this technology is a little bit of a little national arena. i believe that r

russia is asian some people say russia is just an independent central power some say that russia should be part of the western community some say that russia should look eastward or southern southward. my feeling is russia can build on its relationship with the worst but it is quite unrealistic to assume that it can become part of the west knows integrating into the western community and in the e.u. it means membership in the un nato which is quite problematic. russia in my mind is too big and too russian both for rippin union and for nato. they're not eager to see russia inside well goals are is russia pursuing by proposing at common european security strategy russia's goal is to make russia part of the european security the irony of the situation that russia which is an important country in europe. a important state is not poured over european security system as of today the european security system is nato where they are part of it so the proposal of means video to build common security space is to bring russia and some other countries which are still like ukraine into the common eur

does it mean that russia is nato adversary therefore russia would be preparing for a confrontation with nato sooner or later this will happen and nuclear weapons will be used this wiping europe off the face of the earth but we are being persuaded that russia is a good country since we're a good country let's come to an agreement our president isn't proposing a bad thing it's practically a successful model of the shanghai cooperation organization let's consult we have our problems and complaints and you have yours let's sit down and start discussing them then perhaps we won't need these gigantic constructions that had lingered from the cold war times. does that mean that we shouldn't be expecting anything principally new in nature concept set for november. that's right we shouldn't i believe it's a very poor concept and i think many americans aren't happy with it either i read the report and i was very disappointed it's composed for ten years ahead which means another ten years of the same old thing what about a breakthrough what about significant proposals. what about obama and his rece

is european russia is asia some people say russia is just an independent central power some say that russia should be part of the western community some say that russia should look eastward or southern southward. my feeling is russia can build on its relationship with the worst but it is quite unrealistic to assume that it can become part of the west knows integrating into the western community in the e.u. it means membership in the un nato which is quite problematic. russia in my mind is too big and too russian both for a rippin union and for nato. they're not eager to see russia inside well goals are. pursuing by opposing common european security strategy russia's goal is to make russia part of the european security the irony of the situation that russia which is an important country in europe. a important state is not pored over european security system as of today the european security system is nato where they are part of it so the proposal of means video to build common security space is to bring russia and some other countries which are still like ukraine into the common europ

speaking of russia speaking of investment in russia does russia have any comparative advantage in terms of innovations except except the the the obsession of the our young president with in the bates and country. i've been lou russia has everything to be a technology power yeah because i think what is now happening that. venture capital is an very important element but one element of the innovation ecosystem and what needs to happen the various elements of that system. that is science centers university. to foster and. they have this option of doing something with. and then investors need to be able to me. but when it comes to. deep science which was developed many decades ago i am a firm believer exists. so here is what our global russian thinks about innovations in russia now let's see what the mystic russians think about the competitiveness of their technologies spotlights anyone who has the details are there today i'll try to find out if people in this country believe in the future of russian technologies and whether this technology is a little better than the international arena. i

whether russia scared of china or. russia is not of course china is the rising power probably the rising superpower or a super power saving to the united states before the crisis everyone are saying that china will reach the united states maybe by mid century no it looks like there's going to be in the twenty's of this century china is the challenge to everybody for russia it's also a challenge of rising powers borders challenge of demographic pressures and many people in russia are skiddy both as development it is quite trivial to say in russia these days the relationship between russia and china today is the best ever well president of the as you've also requested for any strategy a strategy to be devised in the asia pacific region how should russia build up its economy in this region what should the needs tragedy like problem for russia in asia pacific is it is regarded as a serious political player it is a serious military player but it is not a serious economic player yet so for russia the challenge of asia pacifi

russia norway denmark the u.s. and canada five is in the race to claim the ice caps are vast untapped resources russian scientists are literally going to the end of their on a mission to support their nation's claims on the city their groucho or join them on their icing. there is a perception that it's hard to find a living soul in the arctic but not today this is how members of russia's north pole expedition dock with their colleagues on board the academic break up the fir drip is the flagship of the northern fleet of your chill floating lab or a tree iran do a hundred scientists have spent seventy days in the arctic gathering evidence to support the claim that the man also bridge is part of russia's continental shelf the head of the expedition looks more than pleased with the results almost two but . today we have four we confirm the geological outline or a leaf at the bottom of the loss of ridge we have recovered quality material that corresponds to international standards. russia's biggest evidence gathering we

and also talked about russia being a young democracy and how he wants to support russia in your this democratic process we're talking about america's democratic process and the two party system of course i'm a republican that these surrounded by democrats who have a democratic. and we have a democratic think about this we have a democratic legislature in the assembly and in the senate we have a democratic controller and everyone around me is a democrat even a night going to go to bed i go to sleep i. i go to sleep through the crowd and of course that last comment referring to his wife maria shriver who's not only a democrat but is also a member of the kennedy family one of the most famous democrat families in the united states now from here he will also while he's in russia be visiting with different ministers as well as visiting the company of those now no. that was official thomas covering the california governor's visit here to russia and you can get more of my admitted to without business team in about fifteen minutes time. the ballots are in full color stone's landmark parliamen

and russia. between president obama and president putin has clearly worked it's create a much better atmosphere and there's trust again on both sides secondly i think there is also emerging security dialogue between russia and european nato countries such as france and germany they met last week in northern france to discuss see european security framework that is a response to present mediators proposal for a treaty on european security so we are seeing two things better bilateral relations and the beginnings of a european takeover of nato and i think that is very interesting the americans are more interested in the asia pacific rim and they were interested in the middle east it's now up to europe that is both western europe and russia to make sure that it comes to better security arrangements inside the wire to europe and that's why i think all these developments are so if you're. joining us live there in london a lecturer in politics in the university of kent we appreciate your time in r.t. th

is european russia is asian some people say russia is just an independent central power some say that russia should be part of the western community some say that russia should look eastward or southern southward. my feeling is russia can build on its relationship with the worst but it is quite unrealistic to assume that it can become part of the west because integrating into the western community here in the e.u. means membership in the un nato which is quite problematic. russia in my mind is too big and too russian both for rippin union and for nato. they're not eager to see russia inside well goals are. pursuing by proposing at common european security strategy russia's goal is to make russia part of the european security the irony of the situation that russia which is an important country in europe. a important state is not poured over european security system as of today the european security system is nato where they are part of it so the proposal of made videos to build common security space is to bring russia and some other countries which are still like ukraine into the commo

speaking of russia speaking of investment in russia does russia have any comparative advantage in terms of innovations except except the the the obsession of the our young president with integrating the country. i has everything to be. technology power yeah. i think what is now happening that. venture capital is an very important element but one element of the innovation ecosystem and what needs to happen the various elements of that system. that is science center university. to foster and to printers so that. they have this option of doing something with their great ears and then investors need to be able to me. but when it comes to. deep science which was developed many decades ago i am a firm believer exists. so here is what our global russian thinks about innovations in russia now let's see what the mystic russians think about the competitiveness of their technologies spotlight's. has the details hi there today i'll try to find out if people in this country believe in the future of russian technologies whether this technology is going to be a bit of a little national arena. i believ

we look at what russia on top of the list when it comes to road. european security is under scrutiny as the leaders of france germany and russia meet in the french resort of divil president viet of us to push his proposal yet again for a new security framework to replace the current system which he says is outdated. or has more. they're going to be some very serious issues of course on the table as the three leaders tackle various issues relevant not only to the european community but also to the international agenda issues such as stability and the middle east the ongoing situation in afghanistan and iran is nuclear agenda those are all going to be discussed by dmitry medvedev and his colleagues from france and germany but it's also issues of course that are relevant to europe specifically and they are expected to dominate the talks here and specifically the issue of european security proposed by the russian president a little earlier russia's cooperation with the north atlantic treaty organization is also going to be discussed of course and that

between russia and rights. and therefore we are trying to understand each other but trying to understand the other side's. problem and for russia germany france it's important that progress is achieved within reasonable time at a good beat. we. i believe that. within ten fifteen years the vision we have is a common economics basis of russia and the european union where. the liberty of travel freedom of travel. will be a common economic space since i understood that this is a question to be friends concerning the nuclear deterrent its friends will not abandon. nuclear deterrence i don't know maybe this is disappointing to you but we were talking among friends and the ra certain points and my friend has ratified all the treaties in this regard france is in favor of nuclear disarmament friends transparency information the secretary general of nato. the met we discussed. nicol case it's very simple not satisfactory and it seems to me that for nato which is a military alliance. we would not deploy them into absolute

if russia would join the w t o would hurt russian industry. your or your answer please will it made her crushes industry. may create problems to. subsectors of some of the surreal life like what. first of all. not competitive and. nobody could trust us to go to so medium level of competent us like the car leakers. i don't think america will suffer. because of comic us if you treat those joint ventures which are functioning now in russia as a russian companies saying they will win from taxation that we are doing things are ok baby the larger car is way way which has been dying for the last twenty years. but. also we have to modernize its production and. closer sometimes i was discussing different kinds of trying treasuries as well from if you are interesting you said you said that the debt we too membership can can hurt the industries which are not competitive i don't know anything less competitive than blood or cars on the european market so what's less competitive please please like me. during all those years of excess and we have received on

why does europe need russia now. russia is needed because the entire history of international relations is moving away from europe it's played out in asia even the us a pacific country is we're focusing its foreign policy on asia where are the countries that will play the big hit in asia and latin america but that's a different question now what's the current state of european asian relations europe is of no interest to asia if we view europe as a landmass that reaches the pacific ocean russia and europe and not a whole but if we picture them as an alliance and we can say europe reaches the pacific this is the reason europe needs russia although i'm not sure if russia needs erupt. in one of your interviews you spoke about the role of poland and said it could become a bridge between europe and russia what kind of bridge and what are the current dynamics of russian polish relations. door until very recently sent like a crazy idea when now reconciliation between russia and poland has actually happened i think however th

build up without russia. from. the fact that they will meet again in just a month almost in tribute to the new direction of their relationship. the french region where this summit was held is not only for its wine and cheese but also for its apples. all those things are made here in normandy and it seems the perfect backdrop for russia and the european union to put away their apple of discord and enjoy a much more fruitful relationship. catarina our. friends. still to come on the program. famous female spy also known as the russian james bond. in the headlines once again hitting the pages of the most popular men's magazines in the country. in just a few moments. forcing prospective israeli citizens who are jews to pledge allegiance to a jewish state has unleashed a storm of anger among arabs the. israeli arabs to swear allegiance well despite the israeli government now extending to jews arabs still refuse to state that is persecuted them as. reports. this photograph is all that remains from some mere why these fami

global threats on the heels of a landmark a joint russia u.s. anti drugs operation in afghanistan the country's foreign ministers him more cooperation to come including nuclear disarmament and a missile defense systems. and there's another spy scandal brewing with reports of georgian authorities not being twenty compatriots who are said to be russian agents officials won't confirm or deny the reports but promised don't make a statement in the coming days. prepare yourself for fright as a modern andrews's here these take me you want to tour all haunted moscow looking for creative ways to celebrate halloween here in the russian capital stay with us. i.

physical damage among drug users in russia so russia's got a legitimate interest it's defending them and it's just right it does so well while nato has admitted it needs help in afghanistan there already fears that the end of operations in iraq will plunge the country into crisis it follows revelations from wiki leaks which claimed torture is already widespread whistleblowing website also raise concerns that could have controlled northern iraq will erupt into bloodshed when u.s. troops withdraw sebastian meyer has more. a dawn raid a race against time to catch militants off guard in the iraqi province of kirkuk where in the suburb of duck cook and the police have just a few minutes to get into position before sunrise. daybreak's in the raid begins police under the supervision of the u.s. army go door to door searching rooms and checking residents against lists of unknown terrorists. police dominated heavily by kurds have been remarkably successful recently they've cut terror attacks by over fifty percent in the past few months these guys are very good they are very good and they're v

whether russia is scared of china. russia is not of course china is the rising power probably the rising superpower or a superpower seven to the united states before the crisis everyone you're saying that china will reach the united states maybe by mid century though it looks like it's going to be in the twenty's of the century china is the challenge to everybody for russia it's also a challenge of rising powers borders challenge of demographic pressures and many people in russia are scary both as development is quite trivial to say in russia these days that relationship between russia and china today is the best ever well personally that you've also requested for any strategy a strategy to be devised in the asia pacific region how should russia build up its economy in this region what should the needs tragic be like problem for russian asia pacific is it is regarded as a serious political player it is a serious military player but it is not a serious economic player yet so for russia the challenge of asia pacific is t

why does europe need russia now. russia is needed because the entire history of international relations is moving away from europe it's played out in asia even the us a pacific country is we're focusing its foreign policy on asia where each country is that will play the big roles located in asia and latin america but that's a different question now what's the current state of european asian relations europe is of no interest to asia if we view europe as a landmass that reaches the pacific ocean russia and europe are not a hope but if we picture them as an alliance and we can say europe reaches the pacific this is the reason europe needs russia although i'm not sure if russia needs erupt. in one of your interviews you spoke about the role of poland and said it could become a bridge between europe and russia what kind of bridge and what are the current dynamics of russian polish relations. door until very recently sent like a crazy idea when now reconciliation between russia and poland has actually happened i think how

called russia pacific countries as russia see itself as one i think russia should consider itself as euro pacific power. russia is still looking for its identity some people say russia is a european country and it is because our culture is european and world trade relationship mostly with the european union more than sixty percent of foreign trade on the other hand russia is bigger than europe. your asian country because most over its territory is in asia there is also quite an important side of the russian life but in my mind for russia the most promising geopolitical reintegration is europe pacific like one more country in the world which is here a pacific and that is the united states you pretty much answered my question but if we were as of now to say where do russia's priorities lie can it face to the east and the west equally our priorities are east and west russia is european or. asian some people say russia is just an independent central power some say that russia should be part of the western community. some say that russia should look eastward or southern southward. my feel

greatly russia. russian cars are on the streets of vietnam while vietnamese streams are a much loved delicacy on russian dinner tables last year alone the trade turnover between the two countries reached almost two billion dollars with both hoping to increase to ten billion. russian money big companies are flowing to vietnam bringing millions of dollars of investment which is a good sign of healthy relations. but the biggest venture estela had russia is to build vietnam's first atomic power plant it took several years for georgeson environmentalists to find the right place haint vietnam to build the country's first nuclear plant they chose the central province one child on haiti's locals call it the land of sand and sung. there is no rain here now it's raining but it's for the first time in the last few months and as a result few people live in here and that makes it an almost ideal place for future project and the plans include eight power stations within the next two decades we think the first unit

more cheap gas from russia in the byzantine world of pipeline politics russia will have to offer something in exchange for the support of all the contras along the pipeline fruits this week gazprom chief aleksei miller is visiting bulgaria and romania to discuss delivery of russian gas and the future of the south stream pipeline project. business r.t. . and let's have a closer look now there's aquitaine markets well stocks have hit a two year high on thursday the l.s.t. i world stock indexes touch point eight percent that's its highest level since the twenty second of september two thousand and eight the day after the collapse of lehman brothers and according to analysts and lodging markets stocks are so far away but here in moscow markets in excess. all of the l.t.s. is still making gains by no nickel bank but their i six is now dipping into the red for singles for money ross and after weighing their sperm bank is still on the up though point eight percent. and european stocks are mixed this hour and have come back from the early gains on thursday climbed as a rallying on the footsie on r

russia has performed well. ten deal that's the result of russia's venezuela negotiations this week and more than a huff closely rely on energy relations reports. yes even if the leaders gave the deals their blessing in an industry where political will comes a lot gasp on will build a liquefied natural gas facility together with patrollers the venues wella and raw snapped will by the state energy companies have stake in germany's or oil for one point six billion dollars perhaps the most anticipated deal and ministers join to express support for peace per chase of b.p. assets in venezuela i'll call this project as a first significant of string project fourteen brought and probably it will be the first success of the stream abroad russia will also build south american countries first nuclear plant russia has just completed iran's first civilian nuclear facility and has already agreed to help build reactors in china and turkey both russia and venezuela suffer from too much reliance on energy and sheer the desire to

does it mean that russia is nato adversary or therefore russia would be preparing for a confrontation with nato sooner or later this will happen and nuclear weapons will be this wiping europe of the places that we are being persuaded that russia is a good country since we're a good country let's come to an agreement our president doesn't proposing a bad thing it's practically a successful model of the shanghai cooperation organization let's consult we have our problems and complaints and you have yours let's sit down and start discussing them then perhaps we won't need these gigantic constructions that had lingered from the cold war times. does that mean that we shouldn't be expecting anything principally new in nature concept set for november. that's right we shouldn't believe it's a very poor concept and i think many americans aren't happy with it either i read the report and i was very disappointed initial which composed for ten years ahead which means another ten years of the same old. think about a breakthrough what about significant proposals you put about obama and his reset no

as for russia e.u. and russia nato relations we see them as two different vectors of our foreign policy but you see the european union is a conglomerate of countries that are united first and foremost by the fact that they face the same economic problems nato is an organization that's aimed at resolving military and political stability problems that is why our dialogue with nato is self-contained it would be a bit far fetched to talk about a connection to our relations with the e.u. so we have a full fledged dialogue with nato we are currently working on a list of threats and challenges in order to make our cooperation more specific these threats are terrorism drug trafficking and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction i think that nato is a new strategic concept should be free from such atavistic concepts perceiving russia as a possible threat or hints about nato as global role in circumvention of international laws these things are unacceptable for us and attempts to bring them into the new

does it mean that russia is nato adversary or therefore russia would be preparing for a confrontation with nato sooner or later this will happen and nuclear weapons will be just wiping europe off the face of europe that we are being persuaded that russia is a good country since we're a good country let's come to an agreement our president doesn't proposing a bad thing it's practically a successful model of the shanghai cooperation organization let's consult we have our problems and complaints and you have yours let's sit down and start discussing them then perhaps we won't need these gigantic constructions that had lingered from the cold war times. does that mean that we shouldn't be expecting anything principally new in nature concept set for november. that's right we shouldn't i believe it's a very poor concept and i think many americans aren't happy with it either i read the report and i was very disappointed it's composed for ten years ahead which means another ten years of the same old thing. breakthrough what about significant proposals you put about obama and his reset nothing

suspicious of russia i don't know what to say to that. your current president nicolas sarkozy said in his election campaign it's better to shake hands with bush than with putin who would you shake hands with but . first of all i get along comfortable talking about my president he's changed a great deal he was in love with america it was an example for him he did not know russia is of gary no engine and hungary was affected by the soviet union to a certain extent given by russia has come a long way and he chose russia and i agree with him it's in europe's interest and france's interests. and why has the course changed what is these changes related to realize that dialogue for a european countries the most important thing to build relations with russia he also realized russia was a european country which he didn't understand very well at first he also realized that europe was no longer strong it was falling out of the history of global relations it would have if it was cut from.

russia and europe which is. something that you don't deny that the new york times for example writes reason is desire to distance russia from china on the contrary the british newspaper the times says that it's an attempt to take. rights british history and impartially have always been. never alive when russia started building up its european policy. also thought that it should be in their interest there are the islanders like many others. certainly not in our. continent i would love to tell those skeptics are so much concerned with russia's return to european your theory that russia has always been and will continue to be a european nation. century was a century of exceptions rather than rules what i mean is solution self isolation. or europe's unity create ever lasting peace. between russia and europe and hear it from the twentieth century. seems that the germans are going to insist on their right to have nuclear weapons withdrawn from german territory and how far do you think they will go. just their trump ca

and russia on this front. you know i connected this with the new administration of course and then you approach to international terrorism now i thing the u.s. administration does not separate terrorists from northern caucuses in afghanistan or say iraq and of course those phenomena are. connected. now another question like to ask is how do the ongoing searches in iraq in afghanistan affect security in the caucuses and you just pointed out everything's interconnected but what more can you tell us about that. well certainly you know they're borders between of afghanistan and central asia and sent to a sham the caucuses there are not totally controlled that's number one position and the same thing between the middle east and the northern caucuses that's why you know all those international terrorist revolutionary movements are interconnected and of course if they're pressure over the u.s. forces in afghanistan then there rock is less and the of course we will see a new up surge of the terrorist activities in the

as for russia e.u. and russia nato relations we see them as two different vectors of our foreign policy but you see the european union is a conglomerate of countries that are united first and foremost by the fact that they face the same economic problems nato is an organization that's aimed at resolving military and political stability problems this is an entirely different field of work. that is why our dialogue with nato is self-contained and it is of course aimed primarily at resolving issues related to strategic military and political stability in the euro atlantic space taking this into account it would be a bit far fetched to talk about a connection to our relations with the e.u. so we have a full fledged dialogue with nato especially so after the creation of the russian nato council in two thousand and two there have been certain unpleasant incidents of course but today we have a common understanding of the fact that we have to move forward we are currently working on a list of threats and challe

does it mean that russia is nato is an adversary therefore russia would be preparing for a confrontation with nato sooner or later this will happen and nuclear weapons will be used this wiping europe off the face of the earth but we are being persuaded that russia is a good country since we're a good country let's come to an agreement our president isn't proposing a bad thing it's practically a successful model of the shanghai cooperation organization let's consult we have our problems and complaints and you have yours let's sit down and start discussing them then perhaps we won't need these gigantic constructions that had lingered from the cold war times. does that mean that we shouldn't be expecting anything principally new in nature has new strategic concept set for november. that's right we shouldn't i believe it's a very poor concept and i think many americans aren't happy with it either i read the report and i was very disappointed it's composed for ten years ahead which means another ten years of the same old thing what about a breakthrough what about significant proposals. what a

does it mean that russia is nato is an adversary therefore russia would be preparing for a confrontation with nato sooner or later this will happen and nuclear weapons will be used this wiping europe off the face of the earth but we are being persuaded that russia is a good country since we're a good country let's come to an agreement our president isn't proposing a bad thing it's practically a successful model of the shanghai cooperation organization let's consult we have our problems and complaints and you have yours let's sit down and start discussing them then perhaps we won't need these gigantic constructions that had lingered from the cold war times. does that mean that we shouldn't be expecting anything principally new in nature concept set for november. that's right we shouldn't i believe it's a very poor concept and i think many americans aren't happy with it either i read the report and i was very disappointed it's composed for ten years ahead which means another ten years of the same old thing what about a breakthrough what about significant proposals. what about obama and his