2000, 2001, it had become a russian business, and there were russian companies and russian crews who were doing fracking at the, you know, on a massive scale. so this gives you one measure of lag, and the lag quickly overcome. at the opposite extreme, however, are techniques that are completely new to the russians and that require a whole different order of capability, because they are so much more difficult. and the prime example is arctic offshore. now, there are two examples in the world of countries that have gone from 0 to 60 in developing world-leading capability for arctic offshore. norway and now brazil. those two are really the touchstones. they are the benchmarks. and what those two examples tell you is that it takes about 20 years. if you do it right and you develop your own home grown industries for arctic offshore and you start doing it and you take your licks and you make your mistakes but you start logging your achievements, it takes you 20 years, from zero to the forefront. where the russians are at this moment is effectively zero. again, because they didn't have to.

the russians say of your generation that the say the first wave do they usually maintain the russian culture russian language within the hour yes movies yes this is an important they do and that's all of them they are especially in paris but i know they do because i know them all dimitri of school and human tenses their early education positions once i want to him and i i understood that there were many many people at home it was a bout mr fist you know and the door is open as we say and they my body will not meet come to visit him and. well. and were actually how did you decide to start writing a book which you later called a lot of the members see what was it and why because i was i lived in the fact kelly when i worked and when i was in a trade i decided to go to live in the norse where i did not know nobody present more but equally in every time a met somebody new they always ask many questions because of her share interests but many many people. and somebody is said the end you food arrived last story it would be simpler more simple as that every awareness every time to two fair

russian president dmitry medvedev became russian prime minister, which is what he is right now. and russian prime minister vladimir putin became russian president, again. i last interviewed mr. medvedev three and a half years ago before the job swap plan was originally floated. i reminded him of that interview when we met again this week in davos. mr. prime minister, thank you so much for joining us. >> translator: good day. >> the last time we met, prime minister, you were president and i asked you a question. i said, do you expect that you will serve a second term? you seemed optimistic about the prospect that you would serve a second term, but you didn't. mr. putin decided that he was going to run. why? if you were a successful president wouldn't it be good to have a second term? >> translator: if you really want to know, let me tell you. we achieved the main goal to ensure continuity, just like in any political competition, we made sure that the political forces that we represent would stay in power for years to come. and the people supported us. my current job is very inter

that's the russian state. and the russian state for the past two decades and going back to soviet times but particularly in the last twenty years, russian state has become extremely dependent on the revenues from oil, and indeed the -- [inaudible] the pure from the soviet legacy the past twenty years. to a greater extent that in the soviet state ever dependented on oil. and that dependence is growing. and you can show that on the graphs, you can show that on the slides that i occasionally use in presentations. you can show that percentage of the russian budget that comes from oil and gas revenues. it's going up and up, and round numbers in 2012 it passed the 52% mark. that's oil and gas revenues together. it's very largely oil. and to put that in perspective, you have to add that the russian budget itself is growing very rapidly. to support the -- some of the same obligations we find others -- a pension system and the like. in addition to that the budget has to support the growing ambitions of the putin leader

the russians from from all lowering that i know and also in the mass media most of the russians are the. actual active poster by those very very small percentage of people who support what they did you know they're the forerunners of of a new. what you call it outlook of russia where they're going with democracy and freedom they should be heralded as heroes. how they try that in any other. church. synagogue or anywhere else in europe or the united states they've been sitting there for three years they also have those laws and they have tried it in france you remember there was this act with the mena and what was the reaction of the police of the public in there so absolutely different perception and different but trail of the similar events in different countries there there were days where right here the pussy right just a couple days in the vatican square st paul square same thing happened so what was going to happen was a why is russia treated differently well i think as i said there is so inertia here and i think that someone has to be the bad guy in this world and russia is the

russian veto. in about libya i would say anybody would try because iraq everybody learns lessons but anyway it doesn't matter because developing this absolutely unpredictable chaotic yes exactly united states. gets more of damage because united states is much more active but even for russia i think the major major point to you we can see. articles oh it's absolutely impossible to understand what's happening let's be cautious and that's he blaming states for you know want to give you the last word in the program how are we going to see mr obama and mr putin meet after all of the things that are said about putin well i think that on the russian side there will still be a hand outstretched because as i told you the russian elite wants to east wants to be friends with the americans the problem is that it was not accepted back in the ninety's and even now and the whole conflict inside the russian and what we see now in the media you know with the state and time again needs to beale's and other things th

russian veto. in about libya i would say anybody would try it because iraq everybody learns lessons but anyway it doesn't matter because development is absolutely unpredictable or tick yes exactly united states. gets more of damage because united states is much more active but even for russia i think the major major point to you we can see in all of articles oh it's absolutely impossible to understand what's happening let's be cautious and that's he blamed states for didn't want to give you the last word in the program how we could see mr obama and mr putin meet after all of the things that are said about putin well i think that on the russian side there will still be a hand outstretched because as i told you the russian elite wants to east wants to be friends with the americans the problem is that it was not accepted back in the ninety's and even now and the whole conflict inside the russian elite what we see now in the media you know with these and time agreed to give deals and other things this

not want contact with the russians. there are still signs of an anti-russian sentiment. >> i have heard it time and again from my parents. they are still very emotional about it. really angry about what happened, about the occupation and about communism. >> it is the invasion by soviet troops in 1968 that many cannot forget. tanks on the streets of prague destroyed dreams, especially young people's dreams of socialism with a human face. igor says he is aware of the wounds but that his generation cannot change what happened. his network is about connecting, not a conquering. he says he does not want to be a russian in prague, but a european from russia. he admits it is a dream, but h says as a russian -- as a russian, he has a right to dream, even if just for better looking hats. >> that report brings us to the end of this first "european journal" in 2013. thank you for joining us. bye for now. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org--

russian veto. in about libya i would say anybody would try because iraq everybody learns lessons but anyway it doesn't matter because developing this absolutely unpredictable. yes exactly united states. gets more of damage because united states is much more active but even for russia i think the major major point to you we can see. articles oh it's absolutely impossible to understand what's happening let's be cautious and that there's he blamed states for you know want to give you the last word in the program how are we going to see mr obama and mr putin meet after all of the things that are said about putin well i think that on the russian side there will still be a hand outstretched because as i told you the russian elite wants to east wants to be friends with the americans the problem is that it was not accepted back in the ninety's and even now and the whole conflict inside the russian and what we see now in the media you know with ace and time again it's good deals and other things this is bas

russian veto. in about libya i would say anybody would try because iraq everybody learns lessons but anyway it doesn't matter because developing this absolutely unpredictable. yes exactly united states. gets more of damage because united states is much more active but even for russia i think the major major point to you we can see. articles oh it's absolutely impossible to understand what's happening let's be cautious that there's he blamed states for didn't want to give you the last word in the program how we could see mr obama and mr putin meet after all of the things that are said about putin well i think that on the russian side there will still be a hand outstretched because as i told you the russian elite wants to the east wants to be friends with the americans the problem is that it was not accepted back in the ninety's and even now and the whole conflict inside the russian and what we see now in the media you know with these and time again it's good deals and other things this is basically

russian veto. in about libya i would say anybody would try it because iraq everybody learns lessons but anyway it doesn't matter because developing this absolutely unpredictable. yes exactly united states. gets more of damage because united states is much more active but even for russia i think the major major point to you we can see. articles oh it's absolutely impossible to understand what's happening let's be cautious and that's he blaming states for you know want to give you the last word in the program how we could see mr obama and mr putin meet after all of the things that are said about putin well i think that on the russian side there will still be a hand outstretched because as i told you the russian elite wants to east wants to be friends with the americans the problem is that it was not accepted back in the ninety's and even now and the whole conflict inside the russian and what we see now in the media you know with ace and time again needs good deals and other things this is basically a

and the posthumous trial of deceased russian lawyer serbian magnitsky has been postponed until next month his death in a detention cell more than three years ago strained relations between moscow and washington. from our studios in moscow you're watching r t with me and he said now it's good to have you with us two pm now here in the russian capital and twelve noon in cairo our top story this hour protesters in egypt are out on the streets again let's just spite a curfew imposed by president mohamed morsi as part of a state of emergency now the measures followed deadly demonstrations against the government and unrest following the handing down of death sentences to some participants of last year's football riots a local reporter bel true has the latest from the capital. president obama issued the state of emergency yesterday in three cities susan is the lead that seen the worst violence in the last three days he will say and carries a curfew between nine pm and six am to have already been called for protests to break this curfew starting at eight pm tonight they say in defiance of the pre

to cross-talk the prospects of the russian economy in two thousand and thirteen i'm joined by my guest in moscow jake up you know he's the chief economist at morgan stanley ben ayres he's the editor in chief of business new europe and you just laugh lisa volek he is the chief economist at deutsche bank russia all right gentlemen crossed out rules and i mean you can jump in anytime you want before we talk about the swan analysis of the russian economy ben i want to go to you newsweek a few days ago a writer on matthews and we have ed lucas over at the economist they keep telling me for about a decade now that this economy is about to collapse now you're a journalist as well you don't say the same thing where's the disconnect. people tend to focus on the negative part of the story and the trouble at the russia story is that there are lots of problems and if you focus on those then you can focus all sorts of gloom and doom the imminent collapse of the oil price that will bring the russian economy down in flames but the reality is that it continues to grind their way and make progress and

are the reason why russian lawmakers chose to ballot meghan's from adopting russian children is due to the meaning of pieces of abuse and sometimes even deaths of russian kids after they were adopted and brought to the united states in fact the whole issue adoption has been quite a problem between russia and the united states for several years now and officials in moscow say it's not only the cases of abuse themselves but also the lack of a proper legal reaction from american of gordie's including the lack of heavy jail sentences which could have prevented these cases from happening again so authorities say that banning americans from adopting russian kids is actually aimed at protecting them and it's fair to say that they do have quite a large number of supporters in society in the washout just recently about why the russian girl in her blog online wrote a personal letter to president putin for signs the bill in the end asking him to change his mind to abolish this law that she explained it by saying that in many cases the orphans which are being adopted by americans and many forei

to cross out the prospects of the russian economy in two thousand and thirteen i'm joined by my guest in moscow jake up know he's the chief economist at morgan stanley an heiress he's the editor in chief of business new europe and you just laugh lisa volek he is the chief economist at deutsche bank russia all right gentlemen crosstalk rules and i mean you can jump in anytime you want before we talk about the swan analysis of the russian economy ben i want to go to you newsweek a few days ago a writer on matthews and we have ed lucas over at the economist they keep telling me for about a decade now that this economy is about to collapse now you're a journalist is well you don't say the same thing where's the disconnect. people tend to focus on the negative part of the story and the trouble at the russia story is that there are lots of problems and if you focus on those then you can focus all sorts of gloom and doom the imminent collapse of the oil price that will bring the russian economy down in flames but the reality is that it continues to grind away and make progress and to you i m

from adopting russian children. what it means for that country's 700,000 orphans. and a shocking story of christian persecution in nepal. the most hindu nation in the world. plus, descendents of an ancient tribe of israel return to their home. how christians are helping to fulfill biblical prophecy. ♪ >> george: a new russian law bans americans from adopting russian children. hello, everyone, i'm george thomas. my colleague, wendy griffith is on holiday. russian president va vladimir putin signed a law preventing thousands of russian orphans to go to americans. john waggi plains. >> reporter: michelle mobley has quite a collection of toys and clothes. they were gathering them for a little one who would soon join them. >> we always wanted to adopt. we decided this is the time. >> reporter: the christian nebraska couple has a blog site telling of their wait for 6-year-old artem, who spent his whole life in a russian orphanage. his mother gave him up when she learned he had down syndrome. but it was love at first sit

to cross the prospects of the russian economy in two thousand and thirteen i'm joined by my guest in moscow jake up you know he's the chief economist at morgan stanley ben ayres he's the editor in chief of business new europe and you just laugh lisa volek he is the chief economist at deutsche bank russia all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect i mean you can jump in anytime you want before we talk about the swan analysis of the russian economy ben i want to go to you i mean newsweek a few days ago a writer on matthews and we have ed lucas over at the economist they keep telling me for about a decade now that this economy is about to collapse now you're a journalist as well you don't say the same thing where's the disconnect. people tend to focus on the negative part of the story and the trouble at the russia story is that there are lots of problems and if you focus on those then you can forecastle source of gloom and doom the imminent collapse of the oil price that will bring the russian economy down in flames but the reality is that it continues to grind their way and make pro

to cross out the prospects of the russian economy in two thousand and thirteen i'm joined by my guest in moscow jacob no he's the chief economist at morgan stanley ben ayres he's the editor in chief of business new europe and yes laugh lisa volek he is the chief economist at deutsche bank russia all right gentlemen crossed out rules and i mean you can jump in anytime you want before we talk about the swan analysis of the russian economy ben i want to go to you when reading newsweek a few days ago a writer on matthews and we have ed lucas over at the economist they keep telling me for about a decade now that this economy is about to collapse now you're a journalist is well you don't say the same thing where's the disconnect. people tend to focus on the negative part of the story and the trouble at the russia story is that there are lots of problems and if you focus on those then you can focus all sorts of gloom and doom the imminent collapse of the oil price that will bring the russian economy down in flames but the reality is that it continues to grind their way and make progress and

to cross out the prospects of the russian economy in two thousand and thirteen i'm joined by my guest in moscow jake up you know he's the chief economist at morgan stanley ben ayres he's the editor in chief of business new europe and yes laugh lisa volek he is the chief economist at deutsche bank russia our german cross-talk rules and i mean you can jump in anytime you want but before we talk about the swan analysis of the russian economy ben i want to go to you when reading newsweek a few days ago writer owen matthews and we have ed lucas over at the economist they keep telling me for about a decade now that this economy is about to collapse now you're a journalist is well you don't say the same thing where's the disconnect. people tend to focus on the negative part of the story and the trouble at the russia story is that there are lots of problems and if you focus on those then you can forecast all sorts of gloom and doom the imminent collapse of the oil price that will bring the russian economy down in flames but the reality is that it continues to grind away and make progress and

don't strictly observe the russian orthodox christmas for most russians new year is the real celebration but there is a significant number of of strict religious observers of the russian orthodox faith and for them this is an immensely special night indeed for them just as for most russians on new year's eve at large banquet is held many big dinners held and it's also a time for them to go to their church to take part in what is one of the longest services in the russian orthodox calendar but also. in the view of many believers and observers of russian orthodox faith one of the most beautiful services. and the best pictures from the cathedral so this will be our vailable online shortly at our dot com. hundreds of loyalist protesters clashed with police in the northern irish capital of belfast over the weekend the riots are an escalation of a campaign against the city's decision to fly the british union flag only on designated occasions rather than year round jason was from the christian science monitor thinks there are deeper reasons that for the a mess than a flag being taken down the h

is the usual suspect you know russians but the russians are not exporting its. political system is not bombing foreign countries it doesn't have one ton of obey it except the united states is the good guy in the world i mean again i mean it's seems to me that you know there are elements here russia is far from a perfect place i've lived here for a long time we've all lived here a long time some of you were from here ok but i think it's a much more mixed story and complicated story and that every country has problems and problems are to be solved but it sounds like i mean if you read the economist the mean or you read newsweek this country is going to collapse this year did you know that victoria heritage a lot although every year a list that is going to collapse that ok soon we're going to witness that is does integrate never i think so that's what sells a lot and that's what people like to eat but of course you know we have to work harder yes to project a different image there are many bad things that you can say about from french i read a great in brand in the

name and you actually are russian you're you're american of russian origin i was born in moscow there were more skills lived there until you were seven that's right listen i've read about you that your father that he was he was a dentist who worked for a high ranking government official i lived in that time and i know that he must have been very well to do he was a very successful dentist and pretty well to do. i mean since of money why did they decide to leave russia. i mean serve the interests simple question of. i think for for us there was you know from my parents we were very you know my dad was very successful we had a nice apartment and but i think it was for myself and my brother to have more of a freedom of life you know in the freedom of choice to what we wanted to be when we . did it because of the kids he didn't want his kids to go through the same hell as he went through before becoming successful as i write you think he was right do you think you made the right you know i mean i don't think i would have done if i stayed here i don't know if you know my life when you're i

children with russian families as possible and that's right. but it's not just them that needs to change but the whole system. >> those that work here try to get their children the best possible start. for many of the carers, that also means

seized russian lawyer sergei magnitsky will be tried posthumously on tax evasion charges his death and attention sell more than three years ago strained relations between moscow and washington. watching r.t. coming to live from moscow i'm marina josh and welcome to the program protesters in egypt are out of the streets again despite a curfew imposed by president mohamed morsi as part of a state of emergency measures followed deadly demonstrations against the government and unrest following the handing down of death sentences to some participants of last year's football riots local reporter bill truman has the latest from the capital. president obama issued the state of emergency yesterday in three cities. it's been a they've seen the worst violence in the last three days he will say and carries a curfew between nine pm and six am to have already been called for protests to break this curfew starting at eight pm tonight they say in defiance of the president what this will mean on the ground is likely to be several street battles between security forces and protesters as they remain on t

russian passport. with. the super rich. back at the top stories the latest developments this is the weekly here. the syrian leader has outlined his first vision on how to end almost two years of continued civil conflict one of the key conditions for peace according to president bashar assad is for regional and international powers to stop supporting groups like he was just he was falling for that has certainly been rather interesting quotes coming from the syrian president he in fact called to hold an international reconciliation conference. and the violence and the military conflict which is going on be going on for almost two years now in syria and this initiative according to assad will lead to a national wide referendum and fair election which is the only way according to the syrian president that the political landscape in this country can be changed but this initiative can only be possible according to assad if the western countries and some regional countries as he put it stop investing into terrorist groups which ar

don't strictly observe the russian orthodox christmas for most russians new year is the real celebration but there is a significant number of of strict religious observance of the russian orthodox faith and for them this is an immensely special night indeed for them just as for most russians on new year's eve at large banquet is held many big dinners held and it's also a time for them to go to their church to take part in what is one of the longest services in the russian orthodox calendar but also. in the view of many believers and observers of russian orthodox faith one of the most beautiful services. and surrogate chapman editor in chief of the journal of the moscow patriarchate gave us some insight into how believe his mark the orthodox christmas. the main emphasis is on service and prayer so we have the rather long and complicated service which consists of. three main parts be great complicating the barton's and the divine liturgy now we have a sion he means from the fourth and seventh century is of course translated into church slavonic and traditional russian melodies and if you l

don't strictly observe the russian orthodox christmas for most russians new year is the real celebration but there is a significant number of of strict religious observance of the russian orthodox faith and for them this is an immensely special night indeed for them just as for most russians on new year's eve at large banquet is held many big dinners held and it's also a time for them to go to their church to take part in what is one of the longest services in the russian orthodox calendar but also. in the view of many believers and observers of russian orthodox faith one of the most beautiful services. peter let's hear now in just a few minutes with a fresh additional cross talk to state that are. crime is a plague of the big cities but in a tiny arkansas town of twenty five thousand it is really getting out of hand puregold is a property crime index of more than double the national average and rape burglary and assault are also way above average poor poor gold is a dangerous place to live in but what's the answer to living in constant fear of criminals well the mayor thinks that the an

it is a law which expresses the concerns of the russian parliaments and the russian state duma. and the council of the federation of the destiny of our children because no matter what anyone says, this is the direct responsibility of a state to ensure that children who do not have parents have the necessary care including health care. this is a part of a moral culture. we should take all the necessary decisions so that there would be no orphans in russia itself. the u.s. does not have such a problem, many european countries do not have this problem. we have a good society already and we have people who are well -- this is the reason behind a decision we have made. >> but you could encourage russians to adopt orphans and handicapped orphans, you could provide them with incentives. why ban foreigners from doing it because if the culture in russia does not change and cultures don't change in two or three years, you will have a generation of orphans who have been punished for no fault of their own. >> translator: well, there is another side to this issue, which is rather complex and

for snow which is how many russians make up for a lack of nearby seat and legs. everything of course started on water and somehow continued into winter especially seeing the very clear bodies of water would allow it for when while you. were in winter it's a way to enjoy boarding without having to go up a mountain or. at a crisp minus ten degrees celsius with a northerly wind i can't say i share pavel's enthusiasm. windsurfing gained popularity in the one nine hundred sixty s. and soon after surface began to venture into the winter version of the sport in theory it isn't much different to with some a cousin of the same equipment can be used though as practicing it has become more popular many minor modifications have been made to the boards and skis. this board is completely handmade a lot of heart went into making it as you can see they screwed on all these other pieces on here back then there weren't any ready made more it don't forget the hole for the marston's was probably even drilled at the rocket factory. the boards have come a long way since the first home

russian or. we just lost him. the same cathedral in central moscow where the midnight service is now on the way and here in the studio with me is set to get chaplain he's the editor in chief of the journal of the moscow patriarchate to tell us more about the details of this orthodox christmas. we've seen some live pictures already of the ceremony inside the cathedral certainly a spectacular event very moving fantastic music he's a bit more about the splendor behind this ceremony while the nativities of christ is one of the main feasts for the christians all over the world and also from the russian orthodox church so we have a rather long and complicated service which consists of. three main parts the great complement the bartons and the divine liturgy now. we see that in christ the savior. the divine liturgy is going on and the first part of the liturgy the liturgy of the word is coming to its culmination with the reading of the the gospel. main thing in the church is the theological reflection what does that mean

the russians from from all over him that i know and also in the mass media most of the russians are the actual active provide those very very small percentage of people who support what they did they know they're there for runners of of a new. you call it outlook of russia where they're going with democracy and freedom they should be heralded as as heroes. how they try that in any other. church. it's almost a synagogue or anywhere else in europe or the united states they've been sitting there for three years they also have those laws and they have tried it in french you remember there was this act with ameena and what was the reaction of the police of the public in there so absolutely different perception and different but trail of the similar events in different countries there there were days where right here the post you're right just a couple days in the on vatican square st paul st paul square same thing happened so what was going to happen was a why is russia treated differently well i think it is as i said there is soap inertia here and i think that someone has to be the bad

on to basketball now and the yearly top sixteen where russian giants to scan i want to get is to lie joined up a group a was real madrid while he trashed mccabe the reigning champions and n.p.l. cus last time to pass a dozen but up a has more from game four. days cost reached down between one to nine straight matches in the euro lake as the russian paul house b. jogger is in front of a sellout the three men in crowd if almost sixteen thousand while the battle in the fourth quarter was tied to the arm and later dominated it both and militia doubtless each left the visitors with twenty four points and five assists and their messina side in case their margin to fourteen points by the end of the third so the match was effectively over long before the final buzzer which sealed the end they just sound points to seventy three victories for the six time champions. passed at the start of the year he just players threatened to go on strike as they hadn't been paid for three months but the club found this porn star at their eleventh hour and despite that to a boil off the board there was a ring

days gust reached down between one to nine straight matches in the euro lake as the russian powerhouse lead jogger is in front of a sellout the three men and crowd of almost sixteen thousand while the battle in the fourth quarter was tight the army men later the men aged at both and militia doubtless each let the visitors with twenty four points and five assists and their messina side in case their margin to fourteen points by the end of the third so the match was effectively over long before the final was it which sealed any dissent and points to seventy three victories for the six time champions. at the start of the year his players threatened to go on strike as they hadn't been paid for three months but the club found this boring sore at their eleventh hour and despite that to a boil off the board there wasn't more of the optimism among the players as they took on former russian coach there are lots more about me after cecil game in the opening quarter up to gear in the second to win that twenty seven nine and they israeli side can prevent the host from staying going forward in grou

is the usual suspect no russians but the russians are not exporting its. political system is not bombing foreign countries it doesn't have one ton of obey it except the united states is the good guy in the world i mean again i mean it's seems to me that you know there are elements here russia is far from a perfect place i've lived here for a long time we've all lived here a long time some of you were from here ok but i think it's a much more mixed story and complicated story and that every country has problems and problems are to be solved but it sounds like i mean if you read the economist the mean or you read newsweek this country is going to collapse this year did you know that victoria heritage a lot although every year a list that is going to collapse that's ok soon we're going to witness that is said does integrate and never i think so that's what sells a lot and that's what people like to read but of course you know we have to work harder yes to project a different image there are many better things that you can say about from french idea to great i

of the russians from from all over him that i know and also in the mass media most of the russians are the. actual act of survive those very very small percentage of people who support what they did you know they're the forerunners of of a new. what you call it outlook of russia where they're going with democracy and freedom they should be heralded as heroes. how they try that in any other. church. it's almost soon or god or anyone else in europe or the united states they've been sitting there for three years they also have those laws and they have tried it in french you remember there was this act with the mena and what was the reaction of the police of the public in there so absolutely different perception and different betrayal of the similar events in different countries there there were days where right here the pussy riot just a couple days into this on vatican square st paul's st paul square same thing happened so what was going to happen was a why is russia treated differently well i think as i said there is soap inertia here and i think that someone has to be the bad guy in th

1998, by 2000, 2001 it had become a russian business, and there were russian companies and russian crews who were doing fracking at the, you know, on a massive scale. so this gives you one measure. at the opposite extreme, however, are techniques that are completely new to the russians and that require a whole different order of capability because they are so much more difficult. and the prime example is offshore. there are two examples in the world of countries that have gone 0-60 in developing arctic offshore. norway and now brazil. those two are really the touchstones. they are the benchmarks. and what those two examples tell you is that it takes about 20 years. if you do it right and you develop your own home-grown industries for arctic offshore and you go off and you start doing it and you take your licks and you make your mistakes but you start logging your achievements, it takes you 20 years from 0 to the forefront. where the russians are at this moment is effectively zero. again, because they didn't have to. they had no need to go off on to the arctic offshore. and so the startin

russians from from all lowering that i know and also in the mass media most of the russians are against the actual act and provide those very very small percentage of people who support what they did you know they're the forerunners of of a new. what you call it outlook of russia where they're going with democracy and freedom they should be heralded as heroes. how they try that in any other. church. it's almost a synagogue or anywhere else in europe or the united states they've been sitting there for three years they also have those laws and they have tried it in french you remember there was this act with the mena and what was the reaction of the police of the public in there so absolutely different perception and different but trail of the similar events in different countries there the third is where right here the pussy riot just a couple days in the vatican square st paul's st paul square same thing happened so what was going to happen was a why is russia treated differently well i think as i said there is so inertia here and i think that someone has to be the bad guy in this world

it's russian citizenship and animal rights with the home country that story in full to this. so how much does it take to get into russian politics how many hours of hard work and how many patriotic deeds does it take to become one of the people who make the decisions and the world's largest country well i'll tell you how much it takes exactly seven point five million euros russia's federal investigative committee has a stablish that allegedly hey of and constantine should show of from fear russia and the commies prospectively promised for a fee to get a businessman on to their party's electoral lists getting him a spot in the lower house of the duma the investigators have forwarded the state duma an official request to strip the two m.p.'s of their parliamentary immunity and you're darn right they better street have their parliamentary immunity stripped i mean what's worse than government corruption some people in the government being so corrupt they can actually sell the government itself to someone for a fee so positions in parliament corruption on this high of a level need

arrives in russia speculation he's come to receive a russian passport from. around the world online on satellite this is a t. with you twenty four hours a day live from moscow u.k. governments charitable enterprises abroad could be doing nothing to help the world's poor in fact a center right think tank says the billions of pounds in taxpayers' money being spent part of a p.r. campaign to promote the image of the government's disgust with where exactly this cash is ending up. let me give you three quite stark examples the first is the example of british eight ethiopia which totals three hundred million pounds. evidence studies b.b.c. investigation shows that in fact it wasn't used to help poor people it was used by the ethiopian government cements a corrupt hold on power the u.k. government refutes that saying that the money doesn't even go through the government but according to human rights watch they say it does and this investigation showed that in fact supporters of the opposition weren't allowed to receive food or seeds or fertilizer which is what the a

the russians from from all over him that i know and also in the mass media most of the russians are the actual active provide those very very small percentage of people who support what they did you know they're the forerunners of of a new. what you call it outlook of russia where they're going with democracy and freedom they should be heralded as heroes. how they try that in any other. church. it's almost a synagogue or anywhere else in europe or the united states they've been sitting there for three years they also have those laws and they have tried it in french you remember there was this act with ameena and what was the reaction of the police of the public in there so absolutely different perception and different betrayal of the similar events in different countries there there were days where right here the pussy right just a couple days in the vatican square st paul's st paul square same thing happened so what was going to happen goes with the why is russia treated differently well i think as i said there is soap inertia here and i think that someone has to be the bad guy in

don't strictly observe the russian orthodox christmas for most russians new year is the real celebration but there is a significant number of of strict religious observance of the russian orthodox faith and for them this is an immensely special night indeed for them just as for most russians on new year's eve at large banquet is held many big dinners held and it's also a time for them to go to their church to take part in what is one of the longest services in the russian orthodox calendar but also. in the view of many believers and observers of russian orthodox faith one of the most beautiful services. and assegais chapman editor in chief of the journal of the moscow patriarchate gave us some insight into how you believe his mark the orthodox christmas. the main emphasis is on service and prayer so we have the rather long and complicated service which consists of. three main parts the great complement the bartons and the divine liturgy we'll have a sion hymns from the fourth and seventh st mary's of course translated into church slavonic and traditional russian melodies and if you like

is the usual suspect you know russians but the russians are not exporting its. political system is not bombing foreign countries it doesn't have one ton i'm obey it except the united states is the good guy in the world i mean again i mean it's seems to me that you know there are elements here russia is far from a perfect place i've lived here for a long time we've all lived here a long time some of you were from here ok but i think it's a much more mixed story and complicated story and that every country has problems and problems are to be solved but it sounds like i mean if you read the economist a mean or you read newsweek this country is going to collapse this year did you know that victoria heritage a lot although every year a list that is going to collapse that's ok soon we're going to witness that is said does integrate and never i think so that's what sells a lot and that's what people like to read but of course you know we have to work harder yes to project a different image there are many better things that you can say about it from french i read it gre

to cross out the prospects of the russian economy in two thousand and thirteen i'm joined by my guest in moscow jacob no he's the chief economist at morgan stanley ben ayres he's the editor in chief of business new europe and yes laugh lisa volek he is the chief economist at deutsche bank russia all right gentlemen crosstalk rules and i mean you can jump in anytime you want before we talk about the swan analysis of the russian economy ben i want to go to you i mean newsweek a few days ago a writer on matthews and we have ed lucas over at the economist and you keep telling me for about a decade now that this economy is about to collapse now you're a journalist as well you don't say the same thing where's the disconnect. people tend to focus on the negative part of the story and the trouble at the russia story is that there are lots of problems and if you focus on those then you can forecastle source of gloom and doom the imminent collapse of the oil price that will bring the russian economy down in flames but the reality is that it continues to grind away and make progress and to you i

don't strictly observe the russian orthodox christmas for most russians new year is the real celebration but there is a significant number of of strict religious observers of the russian orthodox faith and for them this is an immensely special night indeed for them just as for most russians on new year's eve at large banquet is held many big dinners held and it's also a time for them to go to their church to take part in what is one of the longest services in the russian orthodox calendar but also. in the view of many believers and observers of russian orthodox faith one of the most beautiful services. and the best pictures from the cathedral service will be available online shortly. hundreds of loyalist protesters clashed with police in the northern irish capital of belfast over the weekend the riots are an escalation of a campaign against the city's decision to fly the british union flag only on designated occasions rather than year round jason walsh from the christian science monitor things there are deeper reasons for the unrest than a flag being taken down but first it's traditional

discussed which down didn't run to nine straight matches in the euro lake as the russian powerhouse the jogger is in front of a sellout two three and crowd of almost sixteen thousand while the battle in the fourth quarter was tied to the army man who later dominated it both and militia doubtless each let the visitors with twenty four points and five assists and their messina side increase their margin to fourteen points by the end of the third so the match was effectively over long before the final was it which sealed any dissent and points to seventy three victories for the six time champions. at the start of the year his players threatened to go on strike as they hadn't been paid for three months but the club found this born sore at their eleventh hour and despite the to a boil off the board there was a renewed optimism among the players as they took on former russian coach david plotz makati after the cecil game in the opening quarters up to gear in the second to win that twenty seven nine and they israeli side can prevent the host from staying joined thord in group f. as the must go

russian veto. in about libya i would say anybody would try because iraq everybody learns lessons but anyway it doesn't matter because developing this absolutely unpredictable chaotic yes exactly united states. gets more of damage because united states is much more active but even for russia i think the major major point to you we can see in all of articles oh it's absolutely impossible to understand what's happening let's be cautious and that's he blaming states for didn't want to give you the last word in the program how we could see mr obama and mr putin meet after all of the things that are said about putin well i think that on the russian side there will still be a hand outstretched because as i told you the russian elite wants to east wants to be friends with the americans the problem is that it was not accepted back in the ninety's and even now and the whole conflict inside the russian and what we see now in the media you know with the case and time again it's good deals and other things this

lawmakers which bans americans from adopting russian children saying that it violates the rights for a proper life. where you go i understand what you're saying here. the russian opposition ultimately taken to the streets as you say in protest against a law banning u.s. citizens from adopting russian children but how our lawmakers at this point responding to the criticism going. well first of all this bad he's part of the russian lawmakers response to the so-called might need ski act a law passed recently united states which gives the green light for sanctioning russian officials suspected there of violating human rights and russia lawmakers chose to bad i meant years from adopting russian children due to many pieces of the abuse over their rights sometimes given that some have to russian kids are adopted and brought to the united states but not be a lot has been or the bad news was typically has been causing quite a mixed reaction basically it's split russian society because i thought you say that it's aimed at protecting the russian children and they do have a fair amount of suppor

and to seize russian lawyers are given the if you will be tried posthumously on tax evasion charges is death in a detention cell more than three years ago strained relations between moscow and washington. it is ten am in the russian capital you're watching r t with me marina joshie egyptian president mohamed morsi has declared a state of emergency in three cities across the country it comes in response to violent as a government protest which have resulted in forty a day that's nationwide since friday a nightly curfew has been ignored by demonstrators staging a fresh wave of protest in several areas on monday morning the city of suez among those were clashes occurred after the government sent troops there a few days ago while the courts say has seen fatal clashes afferent death sentences were handed down to some participants of last year's football riot seven people were killed in the seaside city on sunday juri a funeral procession for victims of the violence a local reporter troupe was caught in the epicenter of the clashes in cairo. give it to devise a press statement of president m

is of russian arjun just as i. was and he is one of the best known directors producers and animators in the american movie industry today. who is that i have to ask you welcome to the show thank you thank you very much for being with us thank you well first of all first of all i would like to ask you a couple of personal question if either money or russian name and you actually are russian you're you're american of russian origin i was born in moscow there were more skills lived there until you were summoned that's right listen i've read about you that your father he was he was a dentist who worked for a high ranking government official i lived in that time and i know that he must have been very well to do he was a very successful dentist and pretty well to do. i mean sense of money why did they decide to leave bush. i mean serve the interests simple question of. i think for for us there was you know from my parents we were very you know my dad was very successful we had a nice apartment and but i think it was for