some eight hundred million euros may put pen to paper here in st petersburg on. the countries will jointly build new trains and they are working to develop oil and gas here in russia so that's new business and investment coming into the country always a good thing for the leadership here russia and spain aiming to boost trade to about ten billion dollars a year or so a lot of big business coming out of out of the st petersburg international economic forum on day three of the gathering and that's the business news here on our t.v. stay with us headlines up next. move. more than a month. in one of the most extreme environments on the planet this is antarctica and people have to be aware that they are far away from civilization shawntel those discovers what makes antarctica so special and attractive for many the wildlife in antarctica is closing and friends of. expedition to the bottom of the earth. if. if. he.

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here in st petersburg president medvedev wrapped up his speech to the st petersburg international economic forum in the focus of his entire speech was basically modernisation talking about making russia a modern place to do business and improve the investment climate here in the country he said he focused on the success of the i.p.o.'s like jaan decks and mailed out rupe talking about how the russian i.t. companies can make it happen and also focused on the ten billion dollars state backed private equity fund that has been established in addition to that expanding a government sale of thirty billion dollars in state assets something that he says needs to be done in order to improve the economic climate he says russia does face some challenges there is too much regulation need to root out corruption and need for private business to dominate the russian economy and the role of the state should be to make a suitable environment for business to be fostered and established here in russia now to talk more about all of this i'm joined by peter lukian now from al's capital to give us some more per

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but in st petersburg leading business and political figures have been thrashing out how best to avoid another fatal economic meltdown the last session of the economic forum has taken place in the city which has also been getting major firms to take another look at investing in russia and he said now easier for us hello to you any sort of form has rounded off now so what has been discussed in terms of global recovery there. will force the main topic out especially on global financing with european officials there's going to be the girl crisis a lot has to be aside from the two officials fiddlers presidents phrase prime minister both stated that it's not a euro crisis that the separate countries in the euro zone are having crises and they kind of outlined that before we talk about the euro crisis or the currency being weak it's really as they see it the currency is very strong back could of course be too baited from the president of kazakhstan and president medvedev we've heard a little less optimistic things are probably euro saying that it could be expected that when so many different

thank you marina i am matras a live in st petersburg at the st petersburg international economic conference good to have you with us with your our t.v. business wrap up now if this is the fifteenth annual st petersburg conference and it's the white nights in st petersburg going on right now so there's a perfect backdrop to this event we've got main themes that are being discussed here among them russia's a session to the world trade organization and the other big topic of discussion here is russia's creation of a ten billion dollar state backed private equity fund designed to help bring investment and lower business to russia and to the russian economy to help to bolster the russian and diversified the russian economy to a stated goal of president medvedev now one of the focuses of attention is not only on bringing business from the west which is something that has been tried to to make it attractive before but also looking east china is a huge partner of russia economically and culturally and it's something that is trying to bring more together here through the conference chinese president

here in st petersburg president medvedev wrapped up his speech at the st petersburg international economic forum in the focus of his entire speech was basically modernisation talking about making russia a modern place to do business and improve the investment climate here in the country he said you focused on the success of the i.p.o.'s like jaan decks and mailed out rupe talking about how russian i.c. companies can make it happen and also focused on it the ten billion dollars state backed private equity fund that has been established and visions of that expanding a government sale of thirty billion dollars in state assets something that he says needs to be done in order to improve the economic climate he says russia does face some challenges there is too much regulation need to root out corruption and need for private business to dominate the russian economy and the role of the state should be to make a suitable environment for business to be fostered and established here in russia now to talk more about all this i'm joined by peter lukian now from al's capital to give us some more perspe

s and figures here for the three day summit in st petersburg from silicon valley we had eric schmidt from google and they're actually meeting with all of the officials from the scope of my work you signed by side with them to make sure that this project moves and develops the simply as possible so it's a great venue for the movers and shakers as we call them to really get together with these officials and in a very informal matter proves that the way they think that it should be done. for any states for much of the for bringing us the latest from the canonic forum and saying pittsburgh. and more from st petersburg in our business bowl then of course in about fifteen minutes time then later this hour a special edition of our tease on the money where appear lavelle talks to people at form about what lies ahead for business and russia. the latest show of defiance against syria's president assad has seen at least another sixteen people killed as thousands of people protested in major cities urging him to go the e.u. is lining up a third round of sanctions against syria as a comic and imp

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i match reza live in st petersburg at the st petersburg international economic forum the sun is going down on day one of the forum but they began the sun is not going to go down entirely because it is white nights here in st petersburg so that means the sun is going to go down almost entirely at all but many case tomorrow they too big to be a new slate going to be time for new business to be discussed as for today though the word of the day was definitely innovation there were a number of high profile deals that were cited all in that area the first one gal chemical and the skolkovo fund signing a deal in order to create a research and development center in russia very exciting there and on top of that russ now russian nano technology firm signing a deal with with some asian partners in order to establish a one hundred million dollar plus fund for technology research and also some very exciting news that's going to help boost innovation and business here in russia vis in addition to the forums already stated focus on russia's w t o obsession and the creation of a state back to private

thank you marina i am mad reza live in st petersburg at the st petersburg international economic conference good to have you with us with your r t business wrap up now if this is the fifteenth annual st petersburg conference and it's the white nights in st petersburg going on right now so there's a perfect backdrop to this event we've got main themes that are being discussed here among them russia is a session to the world trade organization and the other big topic of discussion here is russia's creation of a ten billion dollar state backed private equity fund designed to help bring investment and were business to russia and to the russian economy to help to bolster the russian and diversify the russian economy to a stated goal of president medvedev now one of the focuses of attention is not only on bringing business from the west which is something that has been tried to to make it attractive before but also looking east china is a huge partner of russia economically and culturally and it's something that is trying to bring more together here through the conference chinese president hu jin

some eight hundred million euros when they put pen to paper here in st petersburg. the countries will jointly build new trains and they are working to develop oil and gas here in russia so that's new business and investment coming into the country always a good thing for the leadership here russia and spain aiming to boost trade to about ten billion dollars a year or so a lot of big business coming out of out of the st petersburg international economic forum on day three of the gathering and that's the business news here on our t.v. stay with us headlines up next. a little. he is easy easy easy easy easy easy easy. since.

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along with corruption threatened development and must be tackled reports now from st petersburg. but there are certainly a lot of obstacles and president medvedev knows that became very clear and has for real with his hometown as president that he thinks modernization is the way to go into the future with russia he clearly outlined all of the obstacles that the country is facing first must take a listen i had to say about modernization. and it's a call. to pursue your people more choices not only a major green you'll have outdated elements in the economy that will probably institutionalised we need to hesitate to say story about many bad habits we can focus only on the step by step development question that would be a mistake would be which we should focus on the following improvement of the investment climate in russia to create new jobs in the regions creation of police and other security forces this improvement of the effectiveness of the jurisdiction system and finally the modernization of government drawing modern approaches into the centralizing power. of course one of thos

john defterios joins us live from st. petersburg. i had, john, it must have been an interesting conversation with victor vexleburg. what did he have to say? >> that's interesting, nina. you hear about the oligarchs, those who hold the key to this market of 140 million consumers. victor vexleburg has sizable mining interests here and throughout the region. he's a major shareholder in tnk. it's fascinating. we sat down for an interview and intentionally left the door open to bob dudley before he becomes the vp of the st. petersburg market. >> we try to find the best solution for both sides. in today's climate in russia, it's trial and tribulation. it's important to see what the issue is and try to make serious conclusion about why there's this transaction or this deal between bp and rosneft doesn't happen, because bp tries to ring in our share holders. i think for bp, this is unbelievable, perfect investment in russia. >> at this stage, would a rosneft fit into the equation from your standpoint as one of the major shareholders of tnk.

and from st petersburg in our business bulletin in about fifteen minutes time. and on the way to get f. for us. this russian orthodox church has wandered far from its home i'm trying. to go and coming up on our do we explore the world southern most russian orthodox church. the syrian regime has apparently started an operation to prevent people from fleeing violence in the country troops backed by turns have swept into town very close to the border to stem the flow of refugees to karaoke human rights activists say the action will prevent food and water reaching some two thousand is plenty of people meanwhile b.b.q. is lining up the third round of sanctions likely to target companies with syrian dealings the us has discussed possible pressure from moscow said the united nations with russia but most because it won't block any resolution that may bring military action middle east expert says that any armed intervention would be counterproductive. all the local for exporting democracy and all that sort of preaching of the world i find is highly inconsistent and is hy

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petersburg with his russian counterpart where they will participate in the st petersburg economic forum where most people expect more business deals to reach the table of the chinese delegation of course many more interesting aspects of this relationship to be seen in the next few days the two leaders met just a few days ago in us then during a summit of the a c. old states and of their of the two leaders once again repeated the reiterated the position that violence will only lead to violence said that the military intervention that is currently ongoing in libya led by its nato polish and forces will only bring more violence to the already volatile region on the diplomatic solution is the only possible way to resolve the ongoing conflict in libya of course and we know that that position was reiterated once again here in moscow both sides saying that diplomacy and negotiations are the only possible and acceptable way forward both sides saying that the nato coalition forces are basically doing more harm. but there then good to the region in general and to libya specifically russia frequen

s of yours here for the three day summit in st petersburg from silicon valley we had eric schmidt. and they're actually meeting with all of the officials from the scope of my working signed by side with them to make sure that this project moves and develops the simply as possible so it's a great venue for the movers and shakers as we call them to really get together with these officials and in a very informal manner proof that the way they think it should be done what is in this in our reporting for us a bit more from some petersburg and next politics coming up from business in about fifteen minutes time all the way to how to get a face lift in the frost. this russian orthodox church has wandered far from its home on john thomas. and coming up on r t we explore the world the southern most russian orthodox church. running up more news now few of the later show defiance against syria's president assad is seen at least in the sixteen people killed as thousands of people protested in major cities urging him to go the e.u. was loading up a third round of sanctions now too likely to targ

the final day of the international economic forum here in st petersburg is well underway joining me at least an hour away from war to tell. you plans of tougher sanctions against syria has some experts warning it could pave the way for a libya style intervention. and a bleak future for chinese a college graduates as an increasing of the city leavers forces millions without jobs and to life with and tribes. international news and comment twenty four hours a day you're watching r t welcome to the program. greece's new finance minister is getting down to work by describing his job as a real war he needs to convince angry greeks to face fresh austerity cuts to secure more bailout billions from europe but for countries like turkey who have been trying to become part of the e.u. for years the financial woes are slowly weakening their resolve to join up as artie's tom barton explains. if you talked about turkey in the e.u. ten years ago turkey's hopes of joining would have been inseparable from joining the euro not anymore turkey's attitude in short can be summed up very simply very glad you'

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along with corruption threaten developments and must be tackled and he said i reports now from st petersburg. quote there are certainly a lot of obstacles and president medvedev knows that became very clear and has for real with his hometown as president that he thinks modernization is the way to go in the future with russia he clearly outlined all of the obstacles that the country is facing first let's take a listen i had to say about modernization of the whole process and it's called. it pursue your choices not only a major green you will of outdated elements in the economy the public institution these we need to hesitate to say sorry about many bad habits we can focus only on the step by step development question that would be a mistake to be which we should focus on the following treatment of the investment climate in russia to create new jobs in the regions a creation of police and other security forces this improvement of the effectiveness of a curious diction system and finally the modernization of government employment approaches and the centralizing power which of course one of thos

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comic forum is in full swing here in st petersburg. there's executives global innovators and world leaders all gathered together to debate move forward economically and environmentally on various levels it's considered that this year the big players are old stuff and china before the euro and dollar are struggling severely of these two countries are not only developing separately but dynamically in their bilateral cooperation in fact it's come out statements from both sides recently that china and russia can say that they have not only overcome the consequences of the economic crisis of two thousand and eight but they have between the referent bubbles pre-crisis levels and that can allow them still set and vicious tasks to further intensify our bilateral trade and cooperation i would look at other issues on the world stage france and china see i was very differently from the last when it comes to international crises take libya both have their reservations about the un resolution is expected back both in strongly oppose any kind of int

along with corruption threaten development and must be tackled and he said no reports now from st petersburg. but there are certainly a lot of obstacles and president medvedev knows that became very clear and has for real with his own term as president that he thinks modernization is the way to go in the future with russia he clearly outlined all of the obstacles of the country is facing first let's take a listen i had to say about modernization process and it's called. if a studio is not know any people by choice is not only a major green you will of outdated elements in the economy but public institutions used we need to hesitate to say sorry about many bad habits we call focus only on the step by step development question that would be a mistake which we should focus on the following improvement of the investment climate in russia to create new jobs in the regions creation of police and other security forces of the p.c. treatment of the effectiveness of the jurisdiction system and finally the modernization of government following modern approaches in the centralizing power which of course

petersburg with his russian counterpart where they will participate in the st petersburg economic forum where most people expect more business deals to reach the table of the chinese delegation soulforce many more interesting aspects of this relationship to be seen in the next few days the two leaders met just a few days ago in the us then during a summit of the a c. o. states i visit there of the two leaders once again repeated the reiterated the position that violence will only lead to violence that the military is. the invention that is currently ongoing in libya led by its nature no pollution forces will only bring more violence to the already volatile region and that a diplomatic solution is the only possible way to resolve the ongoing conflict in libya of course and we know that the opposition was reiterated once again here in moscow both sides saying that diplomacy and negotiations are the only possible an acceptable way forward both sides saying that the nato coalition forces are basically doing more harm than good to the region in general and to libya specifically course russia

i would also like to greet you just now the st petersburg economic forum subarus little girl. particular words or gratitude i would like to address to my colleagues the leaders of the countries who came to this beautiful city. well today. based on some understand the reasons i'm going to be i merely talk about russia about the people that have changes which russia was able to attain them back in the kind of economy. yet on which our. i see this country in several years and what is necessary to do what. i am going to talk about it at the elysian for the development of the country which will come true thanks to the common efforts undertaken by the whole of the russian society and what. kinds of projects can come true if they are not required by the whole society but i. checked must be implemented. who will come into which office in this country within the next few years which i am accountable for that personally as that is going to the country and my colleagues together with we are implementing the program of modernization and. i shall start from one already has been done during

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some eight hundred million euros when they put pen to paper here in st petersburg on. among them the countries will jointly build new trains and they are working to develop oil and gas here in russia so that's a new business that investment coming into the country always a good thing for the leadership here russia and spain aiming to boost trade to about ten billion dollars a year or so a lot of big business coming get out of the st petersburg international economic forum on day three of the gathering and that's the business news here on r t stay with us headlines up next. the live the movie is. just so. it's. seventy six hours of intense fighting. six thousand jammers. front panel field several kilometers long. and now there is only one person who cares. to see it we are surrounded by garbage everywhere but also there are. on this beach which of course is a very most appropriate city signification a symbol of everything that's wrong with our goddamn government allowing our oh my god. but to accumulate where so many guys died. a new battle is going on. will the history

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the city of st petersburg has always been called worse as window to europe but with the economic forum in full swing it has become the window to the whole world artie's mattress or has the main details from the second death. the highlight of today indisputably president medvedev keynote address to the assembly here talking about modernization and innovation as the main the main focuses of the event and the main focus for the russian economy in the years to come he pointed out on decks and mailed out rule as a shining examples of home grown business is that i've done well on the foreign market examples that others can follow also talked about the ten billion dollars state fact private equity fund something that he believes will bring more innovation and spur growth here in russia also expanding the thirty billion dollar assets sale program of state assets into private hands something that he thinks is also going to be a good deal for the russian economy. the loans amounts but it has only. privatization of major companies is that people who intuition of these plans is necessary at the ve

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the final day of the international economic forum here in st petersburg is well underway join me and you some now way from more details. that you plans a third set of tougher sanctions against syria with some experts warning it could pave the way for a media style intervention. arab league future for chinese college graduates as an increase in university resources millions without jobs into wife and tripes. this is actually coming to live from moscow three pm here in marina joshua welcome to the program greece's new finance minister is getting down to work by describing his job as a real war something underlined by the fact his appointment has already been met with protests and he's to convince angry greeks to face pressure stary cuts to secure more bailout billions from you are but poor countries like turkey have been trying to become part of the engine for years of financial woes are slowly weaker dissolve joined up as artist on board reports. is in talks about turkey in the e.u. ten years ago turkey's hopes of joining would have been inseparable from joining the euro not only more

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our top story today russia's most important financial event of the year the st petersburg international economic forum. this area of st petersburg has always been called russia's window to europe but with the economic forum in full swing has become the window to the whole world artie's met trends or wraps up the second day at the farm. highlight of today indisputably president medvedev keynote address to the assembly here talking about modernization and innovation as the main the main focuses of the event to end the main focus for the russian economy in the years to come he pointed out he on decks and mailed out a rule as a shining examples of home grown business is that i've done well on the foreign market examples that others can follow also talked about the ten billion dollars state fact private equity fund something that he believes will bring more innovation for growth here in russia also expanding the thirty billion dollar assets sale program of state assets into private hands something that he thinks is also going to be a good deal for the russian economy. since the loans amounts

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the sun is shining in russia's northern capital i'm out throws a lot over the st petersburg international economic forum or tell you all about the high level goings on here in our business report coming your way in about twenty minutes. international news live from moscow's city center this is artsy. but energizing relations and trade is what the leaders of russia and china have been discussing here in moscow but they also couldn't avoid it sharing their thoughts on the conflict in libya. has been monitoring the meeting for. the two sides definitely enjoy a very strong relationship but both have stressed that there is still a lot of room for improvement and that improvement is precisely what was dominating the talks between chinese leader who jintao and his russian counterpart making it to make it here in moscow both sides focus mostly on energy related deals we know is that gas problem is currently holding talks with china to build a pipeline originating in western siberia and going all the way to china. that is specifically going to exist to cater exclusively to china's growing energy n

political and business leaders from around the world i'm gathering in st petersburg for the fifteenth international economic forum to discuss new ideas and current issues the motto of the inventors and merging the leadership for a new era but does it mean that old leaders are not the kings of the hills anymore let's ask the former russian deputy finance minister. brought into the u.s. department of state the investment climate russia has strengthened in recent years but corruption and all stable legal framework and economies dependence on natural resources are all packages that are eroding confidence among potential investors the economic forum in st petersburg otherwise known as the russian babbles is hoping to improve the country's financial reputation with two thousand foreign business people have turned up find out about rescued opportunities and strike dozens of multi-million dollar deals. how most of you can thank you very much for coming a little shell miss if you can there was a time when the when the economic forum in st petersburg was overshadowed by by the london economic f

the city of st petersburg has always been called russia's window to europe but the economic forum in full swing has become the window to the whole world as a wraps up the second day. highlight of today indisputably president medvedev keynote address to the assembly here talking about modernization and innovation as the main the main focuses of the event and the main focus for the russian economy in the years to come he pointed out beyond x. and mailed out rule as a shining examples of home grown business is that i've done well on the foreign market examples that others can follow also talked about the ten billion dollars state backed private equity fund something that he believes will bring more innovation and spur growth here in russia also expanding the thirty billion dollar assets sale program of state assets into private hands something that he thinks is also going to be a good deal for the russian economy. the loans amounts of it but it has only. privatization of major companies is that the implementation of these plans is necessary at the very modest busy to the first of the sc

now as the mayor of st. petersburg, the honor rick baker turned st. pete into a variable hub of vitality and civic pride. as you read the book and hear more, you'll get to know just what he did there. and the book seamless city once again is on sale when you walk in. i urge you to stop by and look at that. but first here to introduce him is the former chairman of the manhattan institute's own center for civic innovation, now a project of the center on state and local leadership, the honorable stephen goldsmith. if ever there was a public official that embodied thoughtful, helpful, and innovative policymaking, that's stephen goldsmith. he's currently the deputy mayor for operations here in newark. he has a simple mandate promulgated to create a city government for the 21st century that is smaller, more efficient and more cost effective. good luck with that. using the skills and commitment that the major gains while mayor of indianapolis from 1992 to 1999, deputy mayor has a remarkable playbook from which to work and which to share with us today and sha

the economic forum is in full swing here in st petersburg top business executives global innovators and world leaders all gathered together to debate moves forward economically and environmentally on various levels it's considered that this year the big players are hot sauce and china because the euro and dollar are struggling to survive yearly these two countries are not only developing separately but dynamically in their bilateral cooperation in fact it's come out statements from both sides recently that china and russia can say that they've not only overcome the consequences of the economic crisis of two thousand and eight but they have beaten the record levels pre-crisis levels and that can allow them to set ambitious tasks to further intensify bilateral trade and cooperation it would look at other issues on the world stage france and china see i fly very differently from the west when it comes to international crises take libya both have their reservations about the un resolution is expected back both in strongly oppose any kind of intervention in syria which recently is seeing mor