russia remains on the u.s. trade representatives' special 301 priority watch list for ip violations. what makes us think it will live up to its commitments after being allowed to join wto? yes, we should have access to a wto dispute settlement process. if we grant russia pntr. but what has that gotten news our trade relationship with china? 12 years ago, congress repealed jackson vannic and authorized npntr for china, and how did that work out? the u.s. reports to china annually on compliance with wto commitments. the most recent report is 127 pages long. filled with problems. the u.s. has used the formal dispute settlement process to address these issues only in a handful of cases. one case has remained open since 2007. even in the rare cases that we get justice, it's not speedy justice. despite all the structures of the wto, china cheats and continues to get away with it. if this is what we get from china which ranks 75th on the the countries on transparency international corruption perceptions index, what ca

, why russia joined the wto? russia wants to join the wto because it wants to be part of the world community and it will help russia's economy and the statue if it's part of wto. the pressure is already going to be part of the wto irrespective of what the united states does here. so the question is, once russia joins the wto, to help ourselves by granting ptnr or do we hurt ourselves by not granting ptnr? ?t the same time, many russians, at the same time, many russians, not all come in many in russia do want to address all the concerns we were talking about. for example, a more independent judiciary. i've spent a lot of times -- not a lot, sometime in russia talking about the need for more independent judiciary in several ways. one is to have a transcript of proceedings. there are no transcripts these days. second, to have trial by jury, not private judge. dirt, transparency, open judicial proceedings, not close judicial proceedings. get all that together and that will very much hope. i asked president medvedev a

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

people will be the new presidents of russia. all right peter all of our live for us from central moscow thanks very much for that update. we're going to bring you now some live video that we're seeing from another part of central moscow where there is a pro putin rally taking place now this is going to be the second day that supporters have gathered in a large numbers this is in money square near where our alexei was giving his earlier report and now we're going to have more from our correspondent who is are among the crowd that's going to be in a few moments. but first though investors keep you know the line up for russia's next government let's see how they're reacting by heading over to the r t business desk where corrina melican is standing by. well russian stock markets manage to look reassured as the preelection rushes over and however shares are seeing modest gains some investors say that they expect a period of consolidation after the markets went up more than twenty percent since the start of the year but i don't say in

russia remains on the u.s. trade representatives' special 301 priority watch list for ip violations. what makes us think it will live up to its commitments after being allowed to join wto? yes, we should have access to a wto dispute settlement process. if we grant russia pntr. but what has that gotten news our trade relationship with china? 12 years ago, congress repealed jackson vannic and authorized npntr for china, and how did that work out? the u.s. reports to china annually on compliance with wto. the most recent report is 127 pages long. filled with problems. the u.s. has used the formal dispute settlement process to address these issues only in a handful of cases. one case has remained open since 2007. even in the rare cases that we get justice, it's not speedy justice. despite all the structures of the wto, china cheats and continues to get away with it. if this is what we get from china which ranks 75th on the the countries on transparency international corruption perceptions index, what can we expect

pntr with russia is simply put a benefit to the united states rather than an accommodation to russia. there is a strong business case for congressional approval of pntr, i urge the congress to quickly -- u.s. companies their workers and shareholders receive the benefits from the outset of russia's long-awaited wto membership. i'll be pleased to respond to any questions that the committee may have. >> thank you. >> chairman baucus, senator kyle and distinguished members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today on a subject that i feel is of critical importance, the opportunity to grow the u.s. economy and u.s. jobs by establishing u.s. trade relations with russia. i'm a u.s. citizen born and raised in new york, i joined ge in 1991 and for the past 13 years have been living and working in russia. for the peace six years, i have served as chairman of the chairman of commerce in russia. so i've been in a unique position to witness firsthand the dramatic changes russia has undergone in such a short period of time almost 1.2 million in u.s. origin ofrds in russia, up

your special coverage of russia's presidential election here on our t.v. continues we will be bringing you updates in the hours ahead but for now it's a debate time and a special election edition of our t's crossed. live . in the spirit. below in welcome to a special edition of cross talk i'm peter lavelle decision two thousand and twelve russians have gone to the polls and chosen a new president how is this campaign change politics in russia what does it say about the voters and what does the future hold for the political opposition. led. to the slim. ok to cross-talk first results of the election i'm joined by eric wahlberg in toronto he's an author and journalist and writes about russian affairs and weekly in cairo in brussels we have gilbert doctorow he's an independent scholar and author of great post cold war american thinkers on international relations also here in the studio with me is yon hell of a he is a managing partner of the law firm hell of a klein and who served and author of all his art on democratic competition all right gentlemen crossta

for hostility towards russia so this idea that somehow or another russia is a concern for americans it just doesn't add up at all with a very small sliver of people asked about romney's comments president medvedev advised him to stop reverting to olden days hollywood steered types and take a look at the calendar. and you can voice all u.s. presidential candidates to make reasonable statements it wouldn't do them any harm to do so and such and will choose it's the year twenty twelve midnight and sometimes in the current leaders of the two countries may have long delayed the cold war to rest but for some it's just too good to like girl boy to return to those cold war simple is. russia is not the only foreign policy bandwagon the republican presidential hopefuls are capitalizing on the list also includes china he ran syria each candidate except ron paul trying to sound tougher than the other the strategies they put forward the arming arming isolating threatening i want to be. china i want to go to war with china these guys around for years and in and out of it and looking for ways to g

russia has ninety plain zones. one selection process stopped on there for example and far east and the transmission rules powers. will be played only on nine pm by moscow time so so so so it well it won't contradict the law because because you're not allowed to show the results of the last polling station. well if somebody wants to wants to. disrupt the work of those webcams here if i enter the polling stations and somehow tackle the webcam or try to stick chairing the i don't know whatever is a criminal offense but of course it's wrong. because the. this system is already part of the election process and it's protected by law and all the police policemen science to. and. to control this another question maybe it's a political questions but still will these recordings later be available to the media will they be available. to act as evidence in courts for example how well our opinions of it will for example currently ju ju chicken. in you in the video. materials has a good point he may take this material officially

russia has ninety time zones. one crosses stopped on there for example in far east and transmission rules put on that carlos little star. will be played only on nine pm by moscow time so so so so it well it won't contradict the law because because you're not allowed to show the results you know until the last polling station advanced i see well if somebody wants to wants to. disrupt the work of those webcams here if i enter the polling stations and somehow tackle the webcam or try to stick cheering on whatever is a criminal offense well of course it's hooligans. because the so you use the group think there is already part of the election process and it's protected more along. all the police the police and so are instructed. to control this is another question maybe it's a political questions but still how will these recordings later be available to the media will be available. to act as evidence in the courts for example how well our opinions are. for example currently jujutsu can. be any. in the video material th

criticism is that russia does not have a critic what the problem is it's not so much that russia is not democratic it's managed democracy system whereby you've got a transition and the debate that we should be having that we're not even beginning is the west is looking and saying russia's political system is rubbish we discounted what people were discounting putin it's not you know we have the same systems which is full and open democracy but i think you know it's take that attitude is maybe naive or at least it's not what happening here what we're talking about is a transition if we accept this economic need for economic transition that it's. what putin's arguing is that there's a need for a political transition to. this is not turkmenistan where the president just returned with ninety seven percent of the vote one hundred percent to do with. and it's not ukraine either which is but then you know there's the ukrainian it experiment where they did it for political. chaos and it's chaos and war over. which is clearly going to steal the country back in october and the elections there and

and russia not seeing eye to eye on washington's plans to deploy these cells in europe u.s. ambassador richard burt told r.t. you know with countries are stuck in the past we must move on to me it's not next. ambassador richard burton negotiated the first start treaty the strategic arms reduction treaty with the soviet union that was years ago there's now a new start but according to some including yourself progress has stalled thank you for sitting down with us i want to begin with that start with sides when you start with side in april twenty ten you yourself have said that progress has stalled how much does the u.s. plans to install missile defense there and russia's opposition to it have to do with well i think it's a factor i mean there are a number of reasons that i think the process is slow down i mean this is a bitter political year obviously a new presidency and a new old presidency and in russia presidential elections in the united states i think the russians are having second thoughts about rely less on nuclear weapons which is certainly a part of american policy

the deficit russia around a surplus last year of one of the whole of percent of g.d.p. whereas the rest of europe is running deficits of about formal six percent of g.d.p. so russia has a cushion which means it is more protected his problem is of course it's called ability if the oil price should fall sharply at the moment we don't think that's very likely the saudis have said a hundred dollars looks like a good points to us so it would not put a floor under the extent to which all prices will fall in the next year or two but into the medium term the big challenge for the russian government is going to be sure to juice the kinds of oil and increase revenues they get from the side of the car or else one day or small from it will have begun to make you realize that i never introduced to it all i keep using with return of course the danger you know my morgan stanley russell thanks very now thanks frank so civil should be with us is a very chilly night mother's home and then we're into ok well i think they come by you know who is the editor in chief of a russian foreign new

five candidates are in the running for russia's top job. at r.t. dot com where you'll find their election promises their political backgrounds analysis of their career is all that's on our special election page. saying web cameras a monitoring every polling station dot com is sharing you the votes actually can cost website streams life feeds from the. rover went to look at the installation of the web cameras and other preparations and making the vote as transparent as possible. for us do you. think. we won't forget and we won't forgive this is what the opposition promised the kremlin after december's parliamentary elections they claimed the boat had been raked in response the authorities decided web cameras and all ninety eight thousand polling stations would solve that problem it's cost russian taxpayers over three hundred million dollars doubling the initial cost of the boat now it's officially the most transparent and the most expensive in the nation's history but not everyone's convinced. cameras one change anything there will always be discont

russia relations with the new old. president putin they mention this chemistry that existed between presidents obama and medvedev and prime minister future presidents putin as kind of a hawk whose response to certain u.s. policies has been blunt sharp and at times unpleasant for washington and they raise questions about the reset it's going foreign journalist actually asked prime minister putin about the future and the results of the reset and what he said was basically that reset doesn't mean russia has to give up its national interest or not be able to express its views on some crucial international each shoes but despite the differences as the prime minister said the reset has worked and it's set to dramatically advance economic ties between the countries in the first place and he's determined to continue the policy and he's going to reporting from washington for us there now one of the our deterrence of russia's of foreign policy is constantine he says putin's international agenda will be to promote and defend russ

in this new emerging multiple or organise russia according to the script or still see here russia was not supposed to be some sort of act this was supposed to be a vassal state like a kind of huge set to ring round for washington interests and in fact russia got closer to ukraine and the brics came up they start to get the picture it's good that russia start to be more forceful among the centuries and stance as well they are forging people ready for this strategic partnership with germany faggoty of mature germany investing in russia and russia selling basically natural resources to germany and of course from the point of view of russia and this is absolutely a horrible story but there's nothing they can do about it. the biggest event in russian politics in the past four years being closely watched online r.t. dot com there to help you get across the latest updates as well as bringing you in-depth analysis of the vote and the reaction to it also background profiles on all the candidates who participated in the race for the country's top job. straight ahead stay with us here on r.g.p.

and russia are not seeing eye to while washington's missile defense ties in europe or america in the summer of expert richard burt says both countries must join efforts to prevent a greater danger the spread of nuclear weapons is up next. ambassador richard burton goes he did the first start treaty the strategic arms reduction treaty with the soviet union that was years ago there's now a new start but according to some including yourself progress has stalled thank you for sitting down with us i want to begin with that start with signs a new start was signed in april twenty ten you yourself have said that progress has stalled how much does the u.s. plans to install missile defense there and russian's opposition to it have to do with well i think it's a factor i mean there are a number of reasons that i think the process and slow down i mean really this is been a political year obviously a new presidency and a new old presidency in russia presidential elections in the united states i think the russians are having second thoughts about relying less on nuclear weapons which is certainly

russia and the arab league are finally in the same boat over how to stop the syrian crisis but there are still those trying to put sticks in the spokes of diplomacy not analysis on the short here on r.t. and three days of more deaths reported in his radio strikes in israeli as israeli airstrikes continue in gaza after the assassination of a palestinian resistance leader sends rockets flying over the border our top stories this hour. with a look back at the past seven days top stories and the latest developments this is the weekly here on. how long the harsh and hard fought race for the kremlin is over with prime minister vladimir putin now set to make a return to the presidency after a landslide election victory but expectations are now greater than any other time with serious national challenges still ahead compounded by a public role politically cute the never before. reports. it was more emotional minefield like even. john i do still. we would when we get him i mean i need to be on. but you've got to get foreign minister may have just the family history is my decision but no one w

can make a big difference by improving the perception of russia and of corruption in russia over the next few years. but lots of different reaction in and outside of russia some happy outpouring of support to stalin predictions at the end of russert relieved by his certainly having it say today even more so i understand that lacson day tim kirby is following the latest online chatter for r t ten. how you do it while i sit a little while ago i was talking about twitter back to you know that to maybe tomorrow morning we'll start to see some videos on you tube and well guess what they're already here i think in old man terms yeah you can see here that we have the videos where the plane there's protesters there's police this clashes who knows what's going on you know if you look at this video you can sort of look at it both ways the protesters move towards the police but then the police are there with their big scary uniforms on what i have been sort of looking over all these tweets and all this kind reminds you of people have a religious debate they should because of the debate with the

at the same time, i believe russia very much, many in russia, not all. many in russia do want to address all the concerns we've been talking about. for example, more independent -- for a more independent judiciary, several ways. one is to have a transcript, have a transcript of proceedings, judicial proceedings. there are no transcripts these days. second, to default trial by jury, not by the judge. third, transparency, open judicial proceedings. not closed judicial proceedings. i asked president medvedev about those three points, and he -- i won't say he disagreed. i said do you agree with the premise of my question, that these changes are critically necessary for russia to dance? and he said, yes, he agrees with the premise of my question. and to add to that too all the points the human rights groups have said in russia namely, repeal of jackson vanic helps us address our human rights causes, doesn't hurt us, it helps us. because otherwise sometimes others will grant pntr as leverage, as a foil, attack the united states, to help themselves, you know, p

who don't even look at russia i mean people are. and those kind of people they didn't even start to think about coming here because the image is so poor and making a dent in the corruption publicly i think would actually have a knock on effects i mean the things that the us that was talking about if cia and portfolio investment would follow on from there naturally i should say i'm talking to transparency international serves them in the head of the office here. she's actually very upbeat in so much as she thinks the kremlin's that the cat out of the bag with the public discussion of corruption and they have to do something about it i mean it's become public there's no going back on that and we're seeing the beginnings of some institutionalized. it's just lies ation of anti corruption in the form of you know the utility companies now are not allowed to do contracts with kind of parties where they don't know who beneficial owner is and stuff like that that we need to see more of comedy but what about you what's the driver you're looki

syrian president has pledged to continue fighting what he calls for in fact terrorism in the country russia says that people will be able to build a new syria through reforms it was his latest response to international pressure to end the yearlong crackdown against an uprising teams from russia is in syria. the muslim i gather. from the battles in this long running conflict time feels like it has almost stopped me even the children here stick an ancient almost the language of. our nation now the answer. here is a unique place it's well known in the world has the only place on earth where people speak aramaic the language of jesus christ which has troubled neighbors and not have you and your group i sometimes while going to hear in syria is this twenty minutes away homes a hundred kilometers away but this place is one of few in the country that has not seen any trouble or violence since the uprising began. to end of the strine. and fourth century catholic church and dozens of mosques these towers religious heritage the solid its residents legacy is keepers have a specific explanation of this

there's a whole section dedicated to russia's election on our web site r.t. dot com we've got the most informative analysis on the poll for the country's top top find out how most russians would like to see change come in slowly gradually or more revolutionary also lots of qualities must an ideal president to possess sincerity. with experience and politics find out. well that using candidates think about the outcome of the election go live now to lindsay france and see the runner up tonight is you've got enough didn't take the last well did he know. no he absolutely did not now ending up with nearly twenty percent of the vote he still says the feel actions were unjust and not transparent now he also is the only candidate to refuse so far to formally acknowledge those results claim he did the state stole up to fifteen percent of the vote and he he's just going to keep what will hit the streets with protesters to make this facts known to the wider public. on the election as brutal newcomer to the top of this korean let me tell procure of what he said there toda

why we think that growth will ease somewhat this year compared to last year and russia and russia is more than a europe on the road so in london in the finance ministry is planning to for up to seven billion dollars do you think this is necessary given the revenue coming from oil. because the revenues from boils are clearly very important if the federal budget takes about half of its revenues these days from oil and that's a reflection of the high oil price so i think going forward it's going to be very important for russia to diversify its economy to make sure but also on the fiscal side allow the china of the revenues come from the new energy sector and finally the report puts quite a big emphasis on russia join in the world trade organization which was finally sources that we had all of last year you know how much do you think how much of an impact will this have on the us economy. i think the w t o x session for russia that is expected this is really great news for the russian economy it's great that after a very long process there's almost a decade in russia has reached this sta

on our web site about the candidates running russia. and what they're promising. much more in our special election pages. two other top stories of the week fears of outside interference in the syrian conflict have resurfaced one hundred suspected mercenaries and even french have been caught trying to flee the city of homs and senior rebel leader also claimed his militia group had been supplied with french and american weapons and even the aircraft in assad's. reports were wrong could mean that shit. but the borders those and we do estate despite international isolation syria's borders have remained opened and easy to pass through and that may have played a crucial role in the militarization of the country's conflict almost immediately after the crisis began here last march they were reports of the reference been smuggled through to on president al assad's opponents one thousand dollars for a truck full of black prince capable of delivering house sale destruction and death that's how much al qaeda will pay to smugglers usually iraqi oil lebanese drivers accordance

criticism is that russia is not democratic the problem is not so much that russia is not democratic it's managed democracy system whereby you've got a transition and the debate that we should be having that we're not even beginning as the west is looking and saying russia's political system is rubbish but discounting the people we're discussing putin it's not you know we patient the same system which is full and open for democracy but i think the united states that it's it is maybe naive or at least it's not what happening here what we're talking about is a transition if we accept this economic the need for economic transition over time what putin's arguing is that there's a need for a political transition to. this is not the minister where the president just returned with right to seven percent of the vote one hundred percent of the duma. and it's not ukraine either which is but then you know there's the ukrainian it experiment where they did it for political. chaos and it's chaos and war over the globe which is clearly going to steal the country back in october and the elections there

for hostility towards russia so this idea that somehow or another russia is a concern for americans it just doesn't add up at all with a very small sliver of people asked about romney's comments president medvedev advised him to stop reverting to olden days hollywood stereotypes and take a look at the calendar. but it can go i would advise all u.s. presidential candidates to make reasonable sleep and it wouldn't do them any home to do so and such if they will choose it's the year twenty twelve little midnight and seventy's and even the current leaders of the two countries may have long delayed the cold war to aggress but for some it's just too good to like girl boy to return to those cold war simple days. russia is not the only foreign policy bandwagon the republican presidential hopefuls are capitalizing on the list also includes china iran syria each candidate except ron paul trying to sound tougher than the other the strategies they put forward warming farming isolating threatening i want to be. china i want to go to war with china these guys are ranchers and at the end of it as

store in moscow but the news was not about moscow russia but about another city. in the us. what is true is that wal-mart really spent two years trying to enter the russian market before its managers finally gave up wal-mart's first attempt to conquer russia failed they decided to leave but they. left the former head of russia's largest fleet and it's for the first time that a russian manager has been hired to run a multi national cup so why did wal-mart choose a. we're asking the new wal-mart senior vice president and chief leverage. live process is one of the most successful and best known managers in russia has worked in the retail business for about thirty years and used to have russia's largest retailer before leaving for america when wal-mart tried to enter the russian market causes company was among its most possible targets the attempt was unsuccessful but shortly after closing its massive office walmart. a top manager position in its international operations division can offer classes just. this welcome to the show thank you very much i will come to moscow by the wa

had ill in mind for russia. and raising the specter in one of his later speeches of napoleon and his invasion of eight hundred twelve. suggests also. its foreign policy that he's going to maintain the image of an outsider. attempting to have bad wishes for russia. while continuing with that theme of outside forces and his of foreign policy it's a common opinion in the western media that medvedev would have been a more convenient leader for russia's western partners what should put him first steps to be on an international level to show that he's the legitimate ruler of russia. well it's just that there are two threads there one is that the whole time it was president no one on the outside really had any doubt that it was really hooten it was prudence russia he was the strongest political figure in the entire time that it was president but then it serve a purpose he served a very constructive and productive purpose for putin meaning that he was able to say and do things that putin for credibility reasons and just

well it has been a tremendous impact and russia is going through a. serious change following these protests the allegations of a rigged vote on december the fourth spurred mass protests both on and offline with thousands of people taking to the streets and also for voicing their protest on the internet in different blogs and micro blogs and so on definitely this signalled a major change start of a new democratic dialogue between those of power and those in the streets and the election which we are seeing right now is in fact of the direct consequence of all this change and definitely there has been a serious shift in public opinion and recently just last hour i spoke to one becoming true from the other russian opinion research center and she basically explained what the change in this opinion is all about. but i think they've right now these awareness this interest was the political base to be sure we still life in russia in general is showing that we are meeting certainly a different period of time in russian history much more interest and much more

is there a role that russia could play? are there some carrots to have russia help with the condition in syria? >> they have a naval base. that means they have a presence that can make a difference. they have been supplying syria with arms. they could stop that and stop the delivery of air to surface missiles. that is another very significant factor, to knock out the surface to air missiles. the capability in libya was much more modest. that is a huge challenge. russia could make a huge difference. hopefully they will. what would persuade russia to do that, i do not know offhand. they would have to see they are losing the impact they should want to have in the international community and they are so low in not putting real pressure on the syrian regime. the arab league has not said they would support military action but have said he should go. for russia to be on the opposite side from the regional people on this issue, it seems to me it weakens russia in terms of what they would want to present to have an impact on the wor

russia has nine planes on its. once the elections process stopped on the for example far east and the transmission rules. will be played only on nine pm by moscow time so so so so it's well it won't contradict the law because you're not allowed to show the results of the last polling station. well if somebody wants to wants to. disrupt the work of those webcams here if i enter the polling stations and somehow tackle the webcam or try to stick chairing the i want it or whatever is it a criminal offense but of course it's hooligans. because in the so you use local brewery think this system is already part of the election process and it's protected by a long. haul the poll it's political and so instructed to too long. to control there's another question maybe it's a political questions but still how will these recordings later be available to the media will they be available. to act as evidence in courts for example how well our opinions of the two will for example currently ju ju ju can. any. video material the mater

china and russia to support. you give. the illusion of a united front by the five permanent members of the u. but but but but the fact is that behind it is really the american will to try to impose a solution on syria the u.s. and its allies keep on saying russia and china are isolating themselves by opposing change in syria what is your opinion on this. well it is called for. a rush to. solution on syria in. the you as. a public opinion on their side because because it is the syrian government ted king. severely and so so so so is it is difficult for russia to be on the side of the big. question but the fact is china and russia not. changed what happened in libya in libya. the u.s. and nato allies were able to impose a friendly government care without going to war and this is what really russia and china he said i guess because russia and china do not want nosheen change in syria. to change to one that will be friendly to do you as nato allies are speaking more about this position and you asked in fact has been highly cri

companies doing business in russia. russia as committed attention on reported agricultural equipment from 15% to 5%. however it is likely that russia would not extend the lower tariff rates to u.s.-made products until it's granted untr. u.s. companies like john deere would be at a competitive disadvantage relative to our foreign competitors, and we would have no recourse to the wto -- many of the products we sell in russia utilize components closely connected to jobs in our facilities in the american midwest. second, pntr will strengthen commercial ties between the two countries. pntr will -- ajude indication process for trade disputes and also will promote transparency. third granting pntr will directly benefit u.s. workers, manufacturers, service providers and agricultural promoters helping to maintain good jobs here in the united states. russia's large and growing economy, coupled with pntr. russia is already one of the world's largest markets with nearly $2 trillion economy. john deere has had a presence in russia f

it's again another just another stage in russia's russia's development it's a global thing so really it's very difficult now to be a party for the russians for instance you know so this is right united russia may also see some changes in the near future because it'll be difficult to keep all the interests of the single umbrella so the same with the opposition they have to find the charismatic leader who will well eclipse not the one to the probably but two or three leaders who will represent different parts of those people who would get together on both their software and bush has to to call a conscientious march taking the time to come onshore lection special tonight really good to see you say here public all of you all want to go to these special coverage showing the outcome of russia's presidential election to be carried out on local issues notes might as well well cousens of people i have been rallying in several russian cities in reaction to go with the biggest of them now unfolding of course in the capital here in moscow the fairly action protests in our pushkin square is takin

criticism is that russia is not democratic but what the problem is it's not so much that russia is not democratic it's managed democracy system whereby you've got a transition and the debate that we should be having that we're not even beginning is the west is looking and saying russia's political system is rubbish and discounting people with discounting putin it's not you know they should have the same system as which is full and open democracy but i think the let's take that attitude is maybe naive or at least it's not what happening here what we're talking about is a transition if we accept this economic need for economic transition at a time what is arguing is that there's a need for a political transition to. this is not taken in a state where the president just returned with ninety seven percent of the vote one hundred percent of the duma. and it's not ukraine either which is but then you know there's the ukrainian it experiment where they did it for political. chaos and it's chaos and war over the overages is clearly going to steal the country back in october and the elections t

criticism is that russia is not democratic but what the problem is it's not so much that russia is not democratic it's managed democracy system whereby you've got a transition and the debate that we should be having that we're not even beginning is the west is looking and saying russia's political system is rubbish and discounting the people wouldn't skansen putin it's not you know we have the same system which is full of hope and democracy but i think you know it's take that attitude is maybe naive or at least it's not what happening here what we're talking about is a transition if we accept this economic need for economic transition over time. since arguing is that there's a need for a political transition to. this is not turkmenistan where the president just returned with ninety seven percent of the vote one hundred percent of the duma. and it's not ukraine either which is but then you know there's the ukrainian experiment where they did a full political. chaos and it's chaos and war over the obvious it's clearly going to steal the country back in october and the elections there and

russia without putin. there is the best selanne writer and well loved long blacklisted television anchor. they spoke about election fraud. they have not gotten the message the power has shifted in making no mention of fact soldier but he will announce is running for president and will be immediately abandoned. i am wearing thermal underwritten and to jackets and moon boots. no way to dress for winter. peak people of still arriving. walking away i saw it is more than 35,000 people. later estimates range as high as 150,000. take the largess front filled with small twine and dunn j is the first the from the opposite if but he says 66 -- today reactivate the police of a democratic country. there is applause. at our table a momentary silence. this is great. how long since we could say this is great? i read my france mostly along the sidewalks the length of the bridge hello for reverse time i do not get to it mr. emmett behind right year. i am not sure what the track is doing industry by notice the white balloon

russia's prime minister putin says the rise in opposition activities has energized the government's response to changing public mood but refuses to back new parliamentary elections if he wins sunday's presidential poll. and leaders see what the fiscal path aimed at keeping member states deficit within limits which critics say will cost nations the earth sovereignty when it comes to budgetary policies. in the russian capital you're watching r.c.m. or even joshing now syrian government forces have again control of the baba amr district in holmes which has been the main center of armed resistance for almost a month rebels say they have retreated for tactical purposes but authorities seem confident they have broken the backbone of what they call terrorist operations spoke to residents of the besieged city who gave an eyewitness account of what she said were these the rebels committed while in control. clashes continue in homes but we're hearing that one of the opposition's main strongholds here in syria is now under the governmental forces control also the rebels withdrew from the city after the

russia relations but despite certain differences but both russian and u.s. leaders agree that the reset has worked with regards to russia joining the world trade organization for example or cooperation and afghanistan but one of the points of mitt romney's foreign policy agenda you can find it on his website he has a section dedicated to russia is to reset the reset with russia but it looks like he is winning the republican nomination america will soon face a choice between romney and president obama there are a lot of people who disapprove of president obama's policies but most experts agree that president obama will inevitably when the election because lots of americans are plain scared of having someone like romney as their future president. well earlier i spoke to alexei pushkov he's in charge of foreign affairs issues in russia's lower house of parliament he says a cold war attitude to moscow the put american republicans minds. i think that this logic of the cold war that the united states is first facing a lot of foods a lot of enemies in the world is

russia's president after securing a comfortable win in the polls but many believe challenges that lie ahead. the election thousands to russia's streets rallying for the outcome of the opposition movement facing a test for support amid accusations of expectation. the arab league season with russia on how serious crisis should be ended i mean growing calls for foreign intervention and fears it could lead to further bloodshed. in greece receives a cold shower. after it finally seals a deal with private investors this is moody's declares the country to be officially different. live in moscow welcome to the program russia's prime minister vladimir putin will return to the crowd and for a third presidential term it was made official this week after a security first round of elections when but despite finishing way ahead of the other candidates there's a growing feeling that serious challenges still ahead for the country's future leader. reports on. it was one emotional night for the porch and yes i did promise you we would win. and we have won. but your prime minister may have justified his

russia's presidential poll long before it finished the m.p. accusing putin of reversing russia's reforms because of vested interests the sort of claim some experts say typifies the perception here of putin and russia the coverage has been very stereotyped so that when bad things happen in russia then they get huge coverage and then when i think we're good things will progress like genuine economic progress that tends not to get ruffled you david miliband may not be in government now but he's widely expected to feature again should labor return to power should that happen he'll face a tough job repairing relations with russia after such a venomous attack talk about getting off on the wrong foot as miliband asserts that to a vital partners when it comes to foreign policy security and economic issues david cameron's reaction to putin's elections been far more measured until now the prime minister's haven't exactly been close in didn't even make it on to cameron's extensive christmas card list last year but while cameron may not have congratulated

for more insight on what's been said between russia and the u.s. at the nuclear summit i'm joined by the head of the russian state duma as foreign affairs committee thanks for being with us today let's start first with the scandal over the leaks conversation between the bits of an obama it seems that the main message picked up by obama's republican rivals is that russia is the number one enemy can you tell us a little bit of why they might be saying. well i think this is their ament of the cold war and this. very important part of the american political class mr romney is not the only person to say such things basically we have witnessed the same ideology proclaimed by mr cheney when he was vice president of the united states. rahm sold the former defense secretary of the united states. dislikes russia very much too and also mr mccain when he was running for president says four years ago he was basically saying the same things that russia is one of america's bursaries so i think that this logic of the cold war that the united states is first facing

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

on february 5th, russia and china blocked a u.n. security council resolution that would have endorsed an arab league plan for assad in syria to step down. it would have supported a demand that syrian troops withdraw from towns and start transitioning to democracy. this is just the latest incident in which russia has for its own reasons intervened in a way that has destabilizes the world and helps iran in this instance, which is the main beneficiary of the continued regime of president assad to stay in power. but i want to highlight this issue. this has to do with how president assad is getting arms with which to kill innocent syrian citizens, some 8,000 of them according to reports from the united nations. it's not only a question of russians exporting arms to syria to kill innocent civilians, it's also the fact that the department of defense, the united states department of defense has a contract with that same russian arms exporter. and i sent a letter, mr. chairman, to secretary of defense mr. panetta along with 16 colleagues, a

fifth, russia and the united states should intensify work to ensure that russia's costs, tax administration, and judiciary are freer of corruption. sixth, russia and the united states should cooperate to expand the scope for civil society organizations such as transparency international to monitor, investigate, and report on suspected incidents of corruption. i believe the executive branch in the congress can be and should be partners in this work. i would urge the executive branch to present to congress a plan to implement all of these measures to strengthen the rule of law. i would urge the congress to exert active and continuing oversight to make sure it implements the plan vigorously and makes progress for business in putting it into place, all three sides of the rule of law triangle -- the trade side, the investment side, and the institutional integrity side. thank you. >> thank you very much, mr. larson. some american businessmen tell me they don't want to do business in russia, don't even try because of corruption. it's just not worth it. in fact, i think i saw a study somewhere wher

for some to find the problems positions and aspirations of modern russia. presidential election two thousand and twelve r.t. . would be soon which prices. move. from plans to. start time team don't come. to kick. start. to. come across i'm going to go through my job we're talking about the march fourth presidential election in russia. you can. still see. ok jonathan one of the things i kind of like i mean i don't like to mimic our richard nixon because that's not my political flavoring but i mean he did talk about the the silent majority and they can and the rise of conservatism in the united states and it seems to me that when we when we look at these protests that are a televised on russian television and you can get to watch plenty of it on you tube if you want is actually energized the silent majority because you know if you live outside of moscow and st petersburg the amenities are not is great or you're right you can be on the internet that's fine ok you can be anywhere to be on the internet but the same time the amenities and i think a lot of people

shape the week kofi and man's peace mission could be the last chance for syria to avoid a civil war russia outlines its outlook of the conflict to the peace envoy here in moscow. also the killing of the toulouse government uncovers a bigger problem in france's experts highlight the dangerously widespread social exclusion of minorities despite decades of attracting immigrants plus. china is the crime here is the budget punishment for bad behavior barack obama's promise to north korea if it goes ahead with a controversial satellite launch next month we'll look at what's behind the increased pressure on pyongyang from washington. welcome it's midnight here in moscow you're watching the weekly here on r.t. a roundup of the main stories of the last seven days with me kevin no into nyc and russia says coffee and iran's peace efforts could be the last chance for syria to avoid plunging into a long lasting and bloody civil war the joint u.n. arab special envoy and the russian president held talks here in moscow to discuss ending the violence and to get both sides in the conflict to talk he's paid

and russia's policies. and i would expect that continuity to include a continued engagement in positive dialogue and cooperation. as we agreed at the nato/russia summit in lisbon in november 2010, and since our summit in lisbon, we have made important progress in important areas. we have enhanced cooperation on afghanistan, on counterterrorism, on counternarcotic, on counterpiracy and i hope we will now be able to move forward in other areas, especially on missile defense. i think both russia and nato would benefit from such cooperation. in lisbon, we decided to develop truth treaty partnership between nato and russia, and i hope to see progress in that respect. now on libya, yes, i am aware of the report from the international commission on libya. as far as the concrete figures are concerned, i don't have any comment because i'm not able to verify these figures. but i welcome the commission's conclusion that nato -- now i quote from the commission report that nato conducted a highly precise campaign with a