western europe if since you are here in moscow talking to russians to russian counterparts and up as a permit this it mean that you discussing this witness protection program and are you sharing some experience in our russians interested in such program and all. i can tell you that we started this this project from the rupee in order for an agency together with the russian federation started up in two thousand and eight it is in the framework of the cooperation agreement that we have with the russian federation based on the strategic agreement that we have for yourself or duration and russia russian authorities ask your ball to support your pivotal point of view. actually i was and it is a pleasure for us to support. your priorities to develop. such since because we're in the opinion that it needs to be harmonized at least to be standardized. if the russian federation is willing to take over. the existing standards that were really. existing in grouping trumpery so i'm not supporting it respect. your. discuss in those same in us respect this is we tell them. how systems are running i

because because the russian russians are different in this lesson by the way russians are very in the style to christian people they they get homesick very soon when they go abroad but it is a fact with me most of my friends but but you know different for sure i have missed my friends ok i. talk of him by sky by form but for sure i have missed a lot of them. and now i am for a couple of days in moscow or soy a great opportunity to our. soul very much excited to see him again you are rich i mean you rich to extend when you can change your environment and make it comfortable for yourself wherever you are you can grab a bicycle i mean really say whatever well you like but. is it is there still a big difference. for a businessman of your scale living here or living in arkansas. ok you mentioned i can remember this ok i bought a national archives i can tell you that same car in moscow perhaps more expensive i don't know what is the reason for this math it's a reality social probably the tags picks on i think it also their strategy or for big brands to sell products in russia much dance aro

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of europe if there is since you are here in moscow talking to russians the russian counterparts and up as a country does it mean that you discuss think this witness protection programs and are you sharing some experience are russians interested in such a program and all. i can tell you really started this this project from the roof in order was an agency popular with the russian federation started up in two thousand and eight and it is in the framework of cooperation agreement that we have with the russian federation based on the strategic agreement that we have to wrestle federation and russia russian authorities asked europe all to support them every moment of this. actually it was and it is a pleasure for us to support. your priorities. such since because we're in the opinion that it needs to be harmonized at least to be standardized and if the russian federation is willing to take over. existing standards that were really. existing in european countries so why not supporting in that respect your europe. discuss those same in us respect this is we tell them. how systems are running

will be will be considered russian by the society as guys actually exist because russian it's not this is it's not inappropriate and he for the first time during interventions century he never mentioned russian people as. bearer of statehood because and culture because we are all citizens of russia but culture as a product of spirit is not produced by if there are no emirates culture there is an arab culture we as citizens of russia we promote a better political system etc but tales and literature is composed only by cultural elation and reserve eat. and if you compare the russia's internal life russia has always been a multi country from the very beginning the famous russian historian clear chance to mention that contrary to the western europe where states where from the very beginning career oriented on the formation of the uni. monarch ethnic and confessional entities russia's team of russian pre-christian dreams was international. no question very important points of putin's manifesto the economic power of publishing where the mistake he prime minister. described the dependency on

the russian cause and history have mentioned because russians are those who are bearer of the national cultural code they are the only you as me we lived in the serbian times and we remember that guys from next door who said we are russian reside now you know more russian you are jewish. i never said that but this one i. didn't even understand what it was only i didn't hear me and this was happening to look in your passport i mean. you are trying to emphasize to say that they are all russians were and to some it it which. not country so much as was in fact truly russian wife and soviet life. and it was a car then it was one of the cards that club and played and used to play you know. there were many carrots and i was going say i wouldn't say that was a real. which is spread by. our dissidents angry etc but my own has lived my life and i only now being an adult and mature i now remember that some in my class of my class my mates were of different ethnic origin i bet them we didn't even realize or didn't even think about such type of my identification there is no no no no your typical. d

more russian you're jewish. i never said that. i didn't even understand what it was only i didn't hear me and meant what made this one of the happening so look in your passport i mean don't. you are trying to emphasize to say. the russians were anxious and which would not consume it is was in fact true and russian right in soviet life. and it was a car then it was one of the cards the kremlin played and used to play no consensus and there were many and i was going say i wouldn't say that was a real. which is spread by. our dissidents angry etc because i would have believed my life and i only now being an adult and mature i now remember that some in my class of my classmates made aware of different origin at that time we didn't even realize or didn't even think about such type of my identification there is no signal you i know you are difficult to do you believe that it's possible in modern russia to build a society where every person who considers himself persian whatever his origin will be will be considered ru

were ashamed to be russian look at the one nine hundred ninety s. look at the yeltsin years when basically we had a government which was very largely beholden to the west which was very popular because they were doing what washington and brussels and london wanted to do. and the situation was not a happy one and so right now i think russians can feel a certain pride in the fact their country is independent and is assertive and is increasingly wealthy you know jonathan i think one of the interesting things is that. in looking at political change of the last twenty years it's a little bit more global here is that you know when. the first putin was first president he introduced a number of political reforms that a lot of people were very skeptical about but we were talking about governors about the threshold for political parties signatures signatures for candidates and things like that and that was it put in play and it created a great deal of stability now we're hearing these sounds that you know now they're going to ease down on some of those things

a russian about. well i agree with jonathan on most of his points i would see that these protests are media protests very often just people are tired of seeing the same faces on television for twelve years and i think it's understandable and i think basically understood that something has to be changed i think he realized there was too much of the same features so you know he's idea to write articles where he would explain to the people what he plans to do was a very good day dear and. you know no russians returning from a place like egypt or russia we don't have exactly the same feeling we had twenty years ago twenty years ago i remember the feeling was terrible you know you we felt joy you know when we went abroad and we felt depressed when we came home and now you look at them idea that will work even at the usually a meeting where these are not places you're ashamed of when you come back sometimes you have to pay money but this is a completely different country so indeed i would say that this is i

people are not naive they realized that the work of building the russians and building the russian economy was was not on his back alone yes he provided kind of leadership and vision but he also presided over a continuation of some of the worst habits from russian history and particularly rampant corruption low levels of mid-levels at high levels and a kind of backward ness a kind of conventional thinking that i think has gone russia in a lot of trouble and i think the most striking example of this internationally now is the degree to which russia has been so obsessed with its principle of sovereignty and its principle of an independent foreign policy you know that they have chosen against the will of the arab league which by all measures is not a pro-american body they've chosen to take the side of bashar assad and i think the russians don't they don't like that feeling so it's a mess really so i didn't suggest there's a lot there's a there's a lot here we could talk about a divided almost forty times a bit against this letter and it's been pretty good i'm going to program massive agenda

were ashamed to be russian look at the one nine hundred ninety s. look at the yeltsin years when basically we had a government which was very largely beholden to the west which was very popular because they were doing what washington and brussels and london wanted to do. and the situation was not a happy one and so right now i think russians can feel a certain pride in the fact their country is independent and is assertive and is increasingly wealthy you know jonathan i think one of the interesting things is that. in looking at political change of the last twenty years it's going to be a little bit more global here is that you know when. the first putin was first president he introduced a number of political reforms that a lot of people were very skeptical about but one thing about governors about their threshold for political parties signatures their signatures for candidates and things like that and that was in put in play and it created a great deal of stability now we're hearing these sounds that you know now they're going to ease down on some o

were ashamed to be russian look at the one nine hundred ninety s. look at the yeltsin years when basically we had a government which was very largely beholden to the west which was very popular because they were doing what washington and brussels and london wanted them to do. and the situation was not a happy one and so right now i think russians can feel a certain pride in the fact their country is independent and is assertive and is increasingly well from you know jonathan i think one of the interesting things is that. in looking at political change of the last twenty years it's a little bit more global here is that you know when. the first putin was first president he introduced a number of political reforms that a lot of people were very skeptical about but we want to invite governors at all big threshold for political parties signatures signatures for candidates and things like that and that was in put in play and it created a great deal of stability now we're hearing these sounds that you know now they're going to ease down on some of those th

the first golden glory burned sickly russian capital in april twentieth eleven. classrooms where i just wanna fight but i would avoid so bad it's all that's all i thought about so honestly i just kind of believed everything when i threw the second punch and you know obviously what happened happened. and i feel the same way all the upcoming bugs will only be miller seconds after he's a lazy come back over he has already proved his outstanding abilities but physical and mental this isn't meant to sound like he'll but if i hit you i don't care how big that that that's the great you know my hands are part of the great make sure it is you know even south of the weights of this setting where they would use a ten kilos and world between like you know i got to move in i got to get to the sets and that's my job to fight sharks game plan for the fight is simple the speedy speedy and more speed. of the moment all the impressions more that come check it out and also great heart. over to go through our south korean charlie way an american jason dufner hold a share of the late

could be more like the rest of the world i think the russian peoples are the russians one very likely with this or a very of course there was a very very for the united russia party which was the ruling party and the coalition even gave this punishment is a very very slow very well established theory so so so so this idea that people love united russia and laws and i think that's where all the election results come through well i would. agree with you know that russia is going to be the first i agree with a lot of what ganesan just sad but you know just two years ago or i would completely agree that russian voters are a mistake now that's not the case of course that's not the case you know my niece who was very young who didn't go to vault at the last election and who never was interested in politics today she works as an observer in the election she's withdraw her of steam she dislikes prosser of to be frank with you but she went there because it's interesting you and her eighty two years i want russia to be a country where people choose their leaders. hew might choose to push him ei

were ashamed to be russian look at the one nine hundred ninety s. look at the yeltsin years when basically we had a government which was very largely beholden to the west which was very popular because they were doing what washington and brussels and london welcomed them to do . and the situation was not a happy one and so right now i think russians can feel a certain pride in the fact their country is independent and is assertive and is increasingly wealthy you know jonathan i think one of the interesting things is that. in looking at political change of the last twenty years it's going to be a little bit more global here is that you know when. the first putin was first president he introduced a number of political reforms that a lot of people were very skeptical about but we were talking about governors about me threshold for political parties signatures signatures for candidates and things like that and that was in put in play and it created a great deal of stability now we're hearing these sounds that you know now they're going to ease down on s

were ashamed to be russian look at the one nine hundred ninety s. look at the yeltsin years when basically we had a government which was very largely beholden to the west which was very popular because they were doing what washington and brussels and london wanted them to do. and the situation was not a happy one and so right now i think russians can feel a certain pride in the fact their country is independent and is assertive and is increasingly well for you know jonathan i think one of the interesting things is that. in looking at political change of the last twenty years it's a little bit more global here is that you know when. the first putin was first president he introduced a number of political reforms that a lot of people were very skeptical about but we're going to have a governor is about the threshold for political parties signatures signatures for candidates and things like that and that was in put in play and it created a great deal of stability now we're hearing these sounds that you know now they're going to ease down on some of thos

russian politics is ready for a heavily competitive the atmosphere. that the candidates fighting fighting for those votes is what is what voters want to see the actually came in second in moscow st petersburg at each category board experts say this is a clear indication that he appeals massively to middle class professionals possibly i identified strongly with his business background he's a builder of well possibly good security experts say that is what is in the minds of voters now forbes has named i his his wealth has said that his wealth has added up now to be about eighteen billion dollars he's got assets in gold aluminum and of course the n.b.a. basketball team in new jersey nets in the united states he's in fact the first foreign owner of an n.b.a. basketball team in history now in just a future. short months this this political dark course has. eight percent of the votes it means that now according to some experts he is a and official political. and political front runner for this country and he also says himself he plans to actually form his o

were ashamed to be russian look at the one nine hundred ninety s. look at the yeltsin years when basically we had a government which was very largely beholden to the west which was very popular because they were doing what washington and brussels and london wanted to do. and the situation was not a happy one and so right now i think russians can feel a certain pride in the fact their country is independent and is assertive and is increasingly wealthy you know jonathan i think one of the interesting things is that. in looking at political change of the last twenty years it's not going to be a little bit more global here is that you know when. the first putin was first president he introduced a number of political reforms that a lot of people were very skeptical about but one thing about governors about the threshold for political parties signatures signatures for candidates and things like that and that was in put in play and it created a great deal of stability now we're hearing these sounds that you know now they're going to ease down on some of th

schools having a prominent showcase in the russian capital to. play a large part of the performance lives a oldest trick. one hundred percent safety is the case now way in a rehearsal room as you can see at the. and in fact all the stuff here of russian no coincidence russia is in fact one of the main contributor is. after all the sites around the world. technical rehearsals sound checks and cost changes take place most days with a large company and backstage change of production is a huge treat but no matter what happens it has a chance of the same show day after day we have approximately thirteen hundred pieces in one show. and at times we have two and three items in rotation so that gives us about three thousand pieces all at once not counting the underwear and the socks that they wear and the tights and all of that stuff. back to the stage area various artists already have saying that it's and while the film is rehearsed the wheel of test but fortunately managed to track down two of the cost members guys thank you very much for your time tell

the russian orthodox church. you must understand, the russian orthodox church survived and entrusted itself to the post soviet regime because they collaborated. i'll give you one simple example, because it will take too long. many years later when i became a public figure, and i said, this is what i told you about the russian church association. with the security and the kgb. and i publicly called the moscow patriarch. his response was interesting. he invited me to dinner at his home and two of us, just a servant provide -- he would tell me, he said, listen i was an informer, that's correct. you know what, you're a young man. i tell you something. the russian orthodox church, after the communist revolution, one third had to immigrate, the other third were jailed and executed. the third, they had to adjust to realities, i had to survive, i had to -- and this is how we promote. the church. i'm just talking about that because in the old days, the soviet system was built on three pillars. number one, the communist pa

time now to devour the russian capitals mouthwatering treats in moscow. t.-bone phillips topside praise minced there are many cuts and ways we can prepare meat regarding such meat producers russian or international restaurant a shocking scene has flourished in must drive the cost to decades of course meat has been popular in russia for centuries but now it's a whole different game. like meat festivals to the exhibitions and conferences such as well as meet moscow and on top of the hour your calendar. meetings well first location now i'm welcome to site more central markets around the store here you know it's the farmer's bazaar approach i guess you know mix supermarkets and restaurant concepts the soft trains on so any questions about how super pac cooked any produce from the stores counts is whether you want recipes or information about the best nearby celluloid. steaks. which i'm very pleased with the show and it's just across the road and have come here since it opened the shop assistants are very helpful and the products are always fresh veggies and i th

politics for a long time how is this campaign change the the climate environment of russian politics. well i think we have seen a very big change in russian politics because political has come alive again. first when we came to power in two thousand there was so huge crisis we should managed and everybody was more or less the negre meant what he was doing so there was no discussion. for a four to a second term during medvedev spreads he didn't say there came so i mean issues came up but there was no dialogue from the other side when he was the other side from the other side the other side well that's a very difficult question because in this presidential elections we have actually seen two campaigns. sametime two races one has been the russian presidential elections forth between the five candidates and the second half has been a campaign to discredit the presidential elections to do you lead to meet them and hear a lot of people thing i'd like to go to eric about that a lot of people are trying to give us some eyes not necessarily the election that hasn't happened and as we're sitti

this saint is very special for russian tourists. almost all russian tourists who come to core for visitors to the church spirit in is period. we have many other historic links for the russians. for example is there is this view on his company's ts it was a native of course for with the foreign minister of imperial russia was the marcos diskette class later he became the first president of independent greece. another famous name. of. what is a monument to chicago from core for us capital we continue our longstanding relationship with russia because so much we organize annual events question tourists we have any russian we can course we scenes in school in popularity. year by year. there's whackers in addition to that. of artistic events pushing russian musicians and then. last year we opened a monument to enter luzhkov. on a small island video and off the shore of course. is no kind of appreciation and gratitude of our people for the admiral's exploits. here for. i have been hearing a lot of that. in connection with khufu lately do p

to me well the russian people for western media are false. show total disrespect for the russian people and their choices ok eric it's really interesting to me is that even the political opposition in russia it myths that vladimir putin is the most popular politician so how do why doesn't that translate into more logical coverage of russia you think. well it follows the this is the fact that the media in the west it's an embedded media here very much like the media that went into iraq calling the american invasion and the you can't get into the mainstream media unless you play by the rules of empire this is the great tragedy of the collapse of the soviet union before that there was a more lively mainstream media in the west where there was an opposition to the empire the empire had to respond there was dialogue the empire has no dialogue it talks to itself now and it it's got a cheering gallery which the globe trotting new york times these are all cheering cheerleaders it's very sad to see that and it's very interesting for me as journalists

live from the heart of the russian capital this is r.t.s. russian presidential election coverage welcome to the program well it's official putin has won the presidential race to become russia's leader for a third term the show results have given him almost sixty four percent of the vote but it's now talk to our. people this let's see putin has finished want to have his opponents what all of the official figures you have. well yes we have we have it confirmed has become the country's president elect at sixty three point seven five percent of the votes in his favor that's an impressive forty five million people voting for him his closest rival the communist party leader gennady zyuganov stands at seventeen point nineteen percent that is around twelve million people voting for to go out of twenty years after the collapse of the soviet union broke out of the because of the russian tycoon has earned seven point eight and four percent that's about five million people people voting for him the liberal democratic party leader . very eccentric candid

you know what you read into how the russian markets have taken in these. well obviously the result was very much expected in what we have expected news we don't expect the market to react very strongly however it could have been a slight sort of force the reaction on the election but i think also we should note that there were presence like the higher today but again we have actually moved against the. markets so it seems to me that the sort of hope put it would bring economic political stability and possibly more investment have had at least some impact on the market today the experts the global financial news agency bloomberg saying. we will ensure more investment into russia just wild investors be more confident than. what i think the jury's still out on this one i mean first of all we need to see the composition of the. government we also need to see what kind of policies will be prioritized in general i think that you know we can argue that the doublet your membership will have some impact given that some companies that didn't look at russia before we

presidential victory a sense tens of thousands of russians on to the streets well to celebrate and protest against the outcome of the vote thousands of peacefully sent to a fair elections police said two hundred fifty were arrested when some refused orders to disperse. but it's not. sure yet more alexy tell us more about what happened. well indeed it started just like one of those peaceful protests which we have been witnessing for the last three or four months in most cities across russia with between fourteen and twenty thousand people gathering and this is. just about several kilometers from where i'm standing right now boyce their protest against the results of the election which brought the picture in with more than sixty percent of the votes demanded reelection they demanded step down with some prominent opposition figures speaking from the stage including third place presidential candidates. for russian billionaire tycoon everything was very peaceful and when the rally started to disperse when the people started leaving the square one of the opposition figures urged them to stay unt

schools by having a permanent shut base in the russian capital to. cover hustles play a large part of the performance lives here all the stunts acrobatics one hundred percent safety is the case now way in a rehearsal room as you can see at the moment. in fact all the stuff here russian no coincidence russia is in fact one of the main contributors. to all the sites around the world. technical rehearsals sound checks and cost changes take place most days with a large company and backstage change of production is a huge treat no matter what happens if it's a chair not the same show day after day we have approximately thirteen hundred pieces in one show. and at times we have two and three items in rotation so that gives us about three thousand pieces all at once not counting the underwear and the socks that they wear and the tights and all of that stuff. back to the stage area various artists are rehearsing that it's and while the form is rehearsed the wheel of death but fortunately managed to track down to the cost members guys thank you very much for y

environment of russian politics. well i think we have seen a very big change in russian politics because politics has come alive again. first when putin came to power in two thousand there was so huge crisis which he managed and everybody was more or less the negre meant what he was doing so there was no discussion. for it for just a second. during various presidency there came some issues came up but there was no dialogue from the out of sight when he was the other side from the other side who's the other side well that's a very difficult question because in this presidential elections we have actually seen two campaigns same same time two races one has been the russian presidential elections forth between the five candidates and the second has been a campaign to discredit the presidential elections due diligence them and here a lot of people would say and i'm going to go to eric about that a lot of people are trying to give us some eyes to not necessarily the election but has been happening as we're sitting here ri

to me well the russian people for western media are false they show total disrespect for the russian people and their choices ok eric it's really interesting to me is that even the political opposition in russia mit's that vladimir putin is the most popular politician so how do why doesn't that translate into more logical coverage of russia you think. well it follows the this is the fact that the media in the west it's an embedded media view very much like the media that went into iraq following the american invasion and the you can't get into the mainstream media unless you play by the rules of empire this is the great tragedy of the collapse of the soviet union before that there was a more lively mainstream media in the west where there was an opposition to the empire the empire had to respond there was dialogue the empire has no dialogue it talks to itself now and it it's got a cheering gallery which the globe trotting new york times these are all cheering cheerleaders it's very sad to see that and it's very interesting for me as a journalist the where i get coverage and where i c

told by having a prominent showcase in the russian capital to. cover hassles play a large part of the performance lives here all the stunts. one hundred percent safety is the case now way in the rehearsal room as you can see it. in fact all the stuff here russian no coincidence russia is in fact one of the main contributors of gymnasts and circus off to all the shows around the world. technical rehearsals soundtracks and cause changes take place for most days with a large company in backstage changing production is a huge treat no matter what happens it has to churn out the same show day after day we have approximately thirteen hundred pieces in one show. and at times we have two and three items in rotation so that gives us about three thousand pieces all at once not counting the underwear and the socks that they wear and the tights and all of that stuff. back to the stage area various artists are rehearsing that it's and while performers rehearse the wheel of death but fortunately managed to track down to half the cost members guys thank you ver

live from the heart of the russian capital this is our tease russian presidential election coverage what it's official that in a person has been elected president the results were announced with more than ninety nine percent of the ballots counted he's managed to secure nearly sixty four percent of the vote. for him monitors phrase elections it's fair and free of the unprecedented measures are taken to ensure transparency a massive network of web cameras were installed polling stations across russia with thousands of observers monitoring the voting. but the opposition claims a serious electoral violations over bringing people out onto the streets once again to protest against the results activists and independents observers have cited irregularities such as people turning up to protest different polling stations several times. the next people have been his guests discuss international reaction to russia's election and special edition of the beach or crossed. keep. the. following welcome to a special edition of cross talk i'm peter lavelle decision two thousand and twelve russians have go

two thirty pm on friday here in the russian capital this is artsy area headlines. and tear gas to use on demonstrators. they came out to defend doctors and nurses being retried for treating injured protesters military forces were accused of killing scores of people on the arresting thousands since the revolt broke out last year and it's claimed that fukushima officials and deleted e-mails detailing evacuation routes at the height of the nuclear crisis the computer system designed to predict the spread of radioactive releases it was apparently ignored putting lives in danger. israel says no timeline to stop iran from getting a nuclear bomb has been agreed upon with the us a while washington warns of a regional war that would leave hundreds of americans dead if israel struck. by those are the headlines on our next breath taking troops in spectacular stunts russia's famous scripts welcome to the show backstage at this week's moscow. very nice hello and welcome to the show on this week's program we delving into the world of circuses and shows in the russian capital acr

me well the russian people for western media are fools they show total disrespect for russian people and their choices ok eric it's really interesting to me is that even the political opposition in russia myths that vladimir putin is the most popular politician so how do why doesn't that translate into more logical coverage of russia you think. well it follows the this is the fact that the media in the west it's an embedded media very much like the media that went into iraq following the american invasion and the you can't get into the mainstream media unless you play by the rules of empire this is the great tragedy of the collapse of the soviet union before that there was a more lively mainstream media in the west where there was an opposition to the empire the empire had to respond there was dialogue the empire has no dialogue it talks to itself now and. it's got a cheering gallery which the globe trotting new york times these are all cheering cheerleaders it's very sad to see that and it's very interesting for me as journalists the where i get coverage and where i can publish it's

media coverage this russians advances since putin came to power but still a negative slant. before the elections even started the underlying message in the media here was that those were going to be unfair elections most of the coverage is focused on the discontent with the litter ship among many washes and here is a very telling headline the beginning of the end of putin but inside the weekly you read about the surge of the middle class on the policing who having first become consumers have now become citizens points out the officer there's a great deal of critique here but then you come across a table which would require a pretty good resume for any presidential candidate g.d.p. per person in russia more than doubled in the last twelve years private housing poles doubled the number of course tripled tourist travel abroad more than doubled the number of internet users increased almost five hundred times but again despite the part of the russians achievements under his rule journalists will focus on discontent in the society citing pollsters which they around forty percent o

on charon taraji but i think at a point since presidential victory has sent the tens of thousands of russians on to the streets and both to celebrate and to protest against the outcome of the vote thousands rallied in the center of moscow for fair elections but police said two hundred fifty were arrested when some refused orders to disperse after the demonstration was due to end let's not talk charges are you seeing a shift. police say tell us more about what happened. but first it really reminded over all the rallies which have been held in russia for the past three or four months since december parliamentary vote only that this rally was not as big as usual still around twenty thousand people gather. yes where there was a general feeling that. was not a surprise to anyone in the crowd still they were there to contest the results of the election to protest against prime minister directly and to stand for fair elections in russia this was just as i said pretty much as usual with the opposition leaders talking to the crowd including the third place presidential candidate because it was also th

tells us that the reaction across the atlantic to the decision made by the russian people. even before the election the american ideas were applied to believe that the presidential vote in russia had to be a fraud is this one going to be what we in the west would call a free and fair election. it seems a highly unlikely there will be a free and fair election in our sense of the term and that is washes made their choice or we knew of the results of russia's presidential election therefore a single vote was cast the unequivocal view of these international observers is that this was not a genuinely fair democratic contest that meets international standards. let me put three was confirmed not just by the vote results but even before that i need your opinion polls as well the focus of some media on rampant fraud or stolen elections seems to leak out of the. he should the vast majority of russian voters would be choose their next president if you look at how western let's look at russian opinion there's a tendency to ignore inconvenient opinion so support for putin is ignored whi

because because the russian aggression is a different thing this let's go the way russians are very in the style to christian people they they get homesick very soon when they go abroad but it is a fact with me most of my friends but you know different for sure i have missed my friends and. i. the talk of the sky by form but for sure i have missed a lot of them. and now i am for a couple of days in moscow or story of the great opportunity to. so very much excited to see him again you are rich i mean you are rich to extend when you can change your environment and make it comfortable for yourself wherever your you can grab a bicycle and we will say whatever wear whatever you like but. it is there still a big difference. for the business men of your skill living here or living in arkansas. ok you mentioned i can remember this ok i've gotten out of the car i'm out of there i can tell you that same car perhaps more expensive i don't know what is the reason for this but it's a reality so i'll probably the pics on i think are also their strategy or for big brands to sell products in russia mu

how did the campaign change russian politics how will russia transform over the next six years and has a new dialogue started within society about the country's future. live keep lists to live. across talk a new period in russian politics i'm joined by john laughlin in paris he is director of studies at the institute of democracy and cooperation in london we have married a chef ski she is the chief editorial writer and a columnist at the independent and here in the studio with me is ben eris he is editor in chief of business new europe or a cross talk rose in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want but i'm going to go to you first here in the studio was this election a game changer how was this election different from previous election day it was different in the sense that you know it was a lot more in so much as a person have to play to the gallery in the way that he has done before i think that thinks is a good thing yes i think the big. range is you know up until this election hootin has been above politics and he hasn't been a politician he was just the president whatev

against party so that's what you think should be the top russian presence in trade. but the election has been closely watched across the world a washington correspondent. has been monitoring u.s. media coverage and says that the spotlight russia's advances since this came to power is still very negative. before the elections even started the underlying message in the media here was that those were going to be unfair elections most of the coverage is focused on the discontent with the litter ship among many washes and here is a very telling headline the beginning of the end of putin but inside the weekly you read about the surge of the middle class under putin who having first become consumers have now become citizens points out the officer there's a great deal of critique here but then you come across a table which would make for a pretty good resume for any presidential candidate g.d.p. per person in russia more than doubled in the last twelve years private housing polls the gold number of course tripled tourist travel abroad more than doubled the number of internet

so what sex is a show is what's taking notes on in the russian couple. all of the best known clowns around the world the slaughter cloonan pollution stage character the clown called seaside appeared in the beginning of the nineteen eighties since then this lyrical and funny clown in the yellow jumpsuit and famous red slippers has won the . most popular performance of the moment is this famous snow show which he travels around the world with the names of the physical sex the transient century. and the supposed she by this of the famous russian animal tame is best known for the performances with tigers and lions and god and ask all the passion come from the old family of second chances they founded the company and stage a seasonal shows featuring not only the famous stunts involving lions will suffer from this is a cannibals. show in moscow it is a company of short act is the company takes part in various performances and stages shows of the road with the most a stating that the hospital person can be tiny but the soul can be really big. our company tours

excuse me the russian tycoon that you come with a russian politics to launch his own political movement to launch a new political party and said that united russia party and the prime minister himself will cooperate closely with me proud of and his movement should he decide to eventually launch it. definitely events of monday night showed that the opposition in russia has two faces on the one hand we certainly have because who wants to build a dialogue with the authorities with those of power and on the other hand we have radicals like excede ali like yashin and others who were trying to provoke some serious clashes in the central moscow michael if you continue to reach over to the story with any insight on how the russian opposition looks like at the moment. you might think there are two types of post-election rallies those by the wiener and less jubilant ones by the defeated opposition that if you look closely at russia's political scene these days you see how sharp the opposition itself is eat into two ranks with the vertical of power in our country develop slow than the civil societ

has a relatively small presence in the russian market, accounting for just 4% of russian imports. by contrast, east asia and the european union accounted for 29% and 43% respectively. you know, when i arrived in russia in 1998, the ge had $110 million in sales. last year we had more than $1.6 billion in sales, and our industrial business as i lone saw almost $1.2 billion in u.s. origin orders from russia, up from $410 million in 2010. these orders support more than 3,000 jobs for ge and its suppliers in the united states, and we believe that our sales with pntr could triple, could triple by 2020.s to take full advantage of russia's growing market, however, congress must repeal the jackson-vannic amendment and establish pntr with russia. let me offer a few examples of what pntr will mean for ge. russia is the fourth largest electricity market in the world. ge energy, 38,000 u.s. employees will see average tariffs fall from 12 to 5% on gas turbines. these turbines are principally produced in south carolina and texas. russia is looking to double its spending on health care, with more

russian foreign policy has always been advocating status quo and stability rather than of asian so what is it talking about. first of all i think that this doesn't correspond with the rest of the article because further down he pretty much lists kind of the catalog of the existing issues in russian foreign policy and in the outlook is is very traditional i personally had a hard time finding anything new in terms of russian foreign policy in this article . but it's of course very useful to have it all in one place and kind of there is a some so noticeable gap sort of there like there is no chapter on the on the former soviet union there and that is supposed to be the top priority in the russian foreign policy everybody has noticed that i don't know whether that's a that's a mistake of people who are preparing this article or it was the intent i really i don't know well many consider this this article on foreign policy as being pretty anti western and american well let's hear what that reporter wrote about the concept of absolute invulnerability. the american soldier become obsessed with

here you can see the impressive range of meats on offer labels are printed in english and russian to give details comments about what is on sale presentation is everything and the contemporary design music needs uniforms and some beads what's the trees here i decided to try cut a russian model steak at almost two hundred rubles around seven dollars was a price the price. but. it does cost considerably less. mice an affordable for many but it tastes good is famous a stray the american cuts. various services provided for christmas here for example you can have your meat cooks while you wait a grill is positioned here she said delicious steak sandwich is ideal for the month's time market now i'm getting hungry. and there are also various restaurants situated throughout the complex here p three and to a soul is fully aware hungry guests might not want to wait until they get home simply ask the chefs here will cook it for you if your microphone is bizarre offers a wider choice of me we have on the menu and. people in the us will become much more fussy about the vision to believe very good

five thirty pm here in the russian capital this is r.t. now you headlines massive protests and rallies across the e.u. about the cuts affecting millions it's putting a question mark over brussels forceful demands for ongoing austerity. french officers are reportedly detained in the heart of the uprising in syria but the u.k. withdraws its embassy staff all that amid a rising international chorus calling for the rebels to be on. israel faces international criticism over its policy of detaining suspected palestinian militants indefinitely and without the chance of a trial. russia's foreign policy takes center stage in spotlight. well look. it's technology innovation it's called the list of elements from around russia we've got the future covered. hello again oh welcome to spotlight the internship i'll take my dog lover and together we are talking about foreign policies and international relations the coming of a new president shows likely to go along with a shift in the russian style trials the world is changing of the new leader will have t

eleven am and the russian capital here are with r.t.i. marina joshie russia's prime minister whatever it will soon return it to the kremlin for his third presidential term may officially this week after he has secured a first round election went but despite finishing away have of the other candidates there is a growing feeling that serious challenges lie ahead for the country's future earlier our slicer shuster reports. it was not an emotional night for. ya i did promise you we would win it. and we have won. but your prime minister may have justified his tears by the strong wind but no one would be surprised if it was caused by the joy of victory i it was hardly a shock and student had been the elections clear front runner but eventually result of almost sixty four percent stunned even those at the helm never think of such a high result so it's even higher than we predicted for ourselves hey shows once again actually proves that organizers go figure number one of these countries and his potential is here is yet to be zero i'm told it but

of the russian tycoon the newcomer to the political stage has seven point eight percent that is around five million people go to him the liberal democratic leader also a prominent complainer in russia and he said only one complaint ever since the collapse of the soviet union at six point two percent with four million voters that is and last but not least again on the leader of the just russia party of the head of the upper house of the russian parliament at eight point three point eight percent excuse me that is two point seven million people voting in his favor now certainly it's clear to everyone now that will become russia's president for a third time in twelve years and last night he spoke to a crowd of his supporters of more than one hundred thousand people meters from where i'm standing here in front of the kremlin and. certainly was very emotional about the fact that he has managed to get this victory in the first round of voting . brazing the people who supported him and expressing his delight over the victory which he has managed to achieve. i refuse we have won in an open and

means that russians. in previous years enjoyed their stay with us we'll see the enjoy your island we are nature in there see here. i really is green seas very beautiful u.s. navy she's our clean was the old town has been included in the unicyclist of cultural and historical heritage as muslims as you know develop a sense spirit and are preserved in core for. this saint is very special for russian tourists. almost all russian tourists who come to court for a visit to the church. is period. because we have many other historic links with russia. for example is there is this. was a need of course for with the foreign minister of imperial russia it was very much with the scare cast later that he became the first president of independent greece . and other famous name is of. these a monument to chicago from core for us cover we continue our longstanding relationship with russia because so much we organize annual events for russian tourists we have any russian we can call for gains in scoop in popularity. year b

the russians have more than that. when you were in rake vick, you talked about eliminating nuclear weapons all together. but a lot of people ask, how can we risk giving up nuclear weapons? aren't they very important in preserving the peace? >> actually, they haven't been as good a deterrent as they seem to be cracked up to be. think in the cold war of the things that nuclear weapons did not deter. didn't deter the soviets from going in and crushing hungary back in 1956. didn't deter them from squashing prague spring. didn't deter them from creating the conditions that led to the berlin airlift. didn't deter them from encouraging the korean war. didn't deter them from invading afghanistan. so an awful lot happened. and why did not nuclear -- not deter? because there is a kind of realization that it's very unlikely they'll be used. so that says to me, deterrence is a pretty good concept. you want to use deterrence to create a situation where somebody doesn't attack you. it's better than having a war. so we don't want nu