on the money with the business of russian business on people of the annual st petersburg international economic forum on the rise of business elites investors and government leaders russia's economy where is the russian economy going and does the government have the right tools in the tool box to jumpstart the economy into a solid growth cycle. to discuss this i'm joined by my guess. is the chief economist at deutsche bank russia and. he is the c.e.o. of otis russia and c.i.s. all right. if i could start out with a very broad question here. mr putin has his annual event in st petersburg he's quite proud of it the russian business community used to what a lot of foreign investors and business people can even opinion makers what kind of economy does mr putin want to show them i think this is an economy that is showing growth i think a lot of investors are looking for growth as one of the key factors in their investment decisions and in the beginning of this year growth. was slow it was significantly smaller than what the government wants to see the government wants to see five percent at

mr putin has his annual event in st petersburg he's quite proud of it the russian business community used to what a lot of foreign investors and business people can even opinion makers what kind of economy does mr putin want to show them i think this is an economy that is showing growth i think a lot of investors are looking for growth as one of the key factors in their investment decisions and in the beginning of this year growth. was slow it was significantly smaller than what the government wants to see the government wants to see five percent at least in terms of the average growth rates per annum so i think it will be important. the government the president deliver the message deliver a vision. vision in a message to the cabin intensity sure there were various signals there were various messages what is important is also a message to investors in terms of the roadmap of key steps that are going going to be undertaken to address the key ball abilities that we currently see on the growth front and the cue ball and ability is investment right now consumption is doing relatively wel

powering up the economy will be the subject of intense debates at the st petersburg international economic forum in june this is a vital task that many countries are now facing and russia is part of this global paradigm lisa look and on the money. ok gentlemen you know yourself can you you know when we look at the slowdown in growth in the russian economy which we just heard from that report will probably rebound at the end beer but how much of this can be attributed to external factors the eurozone for example russia's very susceptible to the european crisis and part of the reason for that is that for the past twenty years russia's foreign economic policy was tremendously eurocentric so instead of diversifying its economic and trade and investment links there was a very focused effort on europe and to some degree everybody believed in europe and you know we've been the euro we have some people seem to agree you know during some periods it did work but at the same time now when europe isn't crisis obviously this is having a significant impact on russia through the following mechanisms firs

standing just outside the marines here to day to just live or come out here in st petersburg the theater of was an open door for the public after ten years of waiting to get a seat in that there's a wonderful auditorium as well as see a piece of of the theater now of course with out of the critics a luring about we wanted to find out what of the people themselves or thought yeah yeah especially that you know i'm waiting for something you know building is beautiful but this one is going to be so sunny that's why i'm looking forward to something magical. i wish despite all the technical novelties of the new stage some of the directors kept the original staging of the classical performances surprising us with innovations and new productions leave the classic pieces as they are. to see for your commissioners to. first of all i hope to see the ballet which is a jewel itself as well as the technical abilities of the new stage the conductor and the performers this is an amazing event in the lives of citizens of st petersburg the program appear to chew day to consisted of the marines a ballet co

the stage is set for the grand opening of st petersburg's a new multimillion dollar theater to take you on an exclusive tour of the very. displaced by violence in their homeland but unwelcome in the west we look at the lives of others refugees who've had their son and things rejected by the u.k. leaving them with nowhere to go. live from our studios here in moscow this is r.t. on carriage. united nations has branded the treatment of detainees at guantanamo bay torture the un human rights office says indefinite detention and force feeding constitutes inhumane treatment contravenes international law when it comes as more prisoners join the grueling three months in a strike at the u.s. facility in cuba american military admits that the total number of protesters is now over one hundred but lawyers for the captives have always maintained this twenty three detainees are now being force fed procedure that said to be extremely painful my colleague kevin owen spoke to cindy represents one of the inmates she says washington is failing to take the steps needed to defuse the crisis. the prisoners

countdown is on for the grand opening of st petersburg's new multimillion dollar cedar mariinsky to take you on an exclusive tour of the venue. displaced by violence in their homelands but unwelcome in the west we look at the lives of impoverished refugees who have had zero asylum claims or jack the by the u.k. leaving them with no word to go. the thirty coming to you live from the russian capital a marina josh welcome to the program now the united nations has branded the treatment of detainees at guantanamo bay as torture the u.n. human rights office says that indefinite detention and force feeding constitute inhumane treatment and contravene international law this comes as more prisoners join the growing threat of hunger strike at the u.s. facility in cuba the american military admits that the total number of protesters is now over one hundred but the lawyers for the cap this have sat all along that the actual figure is even higher twenty three detainees are now being force fed a procedure that said to be extremely painful earlier my colleague kevin owen spoke with cindy poco who repre

after months of sound checks and acoustical tweaks st petersburg's marine skiff etc has held its downswing open to garner on its ambitious new stage the seven hundred million dollar high tech venue is the first new russian opera house to aspire to a global significance since the name of the czars have on them all say took her seat for the spectacle. it was like curtains at bay here. in st petersburg up to ten years in the making over seven hundred million a us dollars are spent in creating this technique very contemporary space everyone from the who's who of st petersburg was here to celebrate with the creators of the space. the one person that everybody wanted to make sure was a well in preston getting that approval stamp was from a present of letting really putin himself he was here at the building and he seemed just as impressed as all of the guests who were here the man of the hour was valerie getting turned sixty years old and of course celebrating twenty five years as maestro and to sit directly of mariinsky theatre one and mariinsky if he had to see the performances was what everybo

st petersburg is experiencing every nice songs as an international cultural capital by breathing new life into their we're now and marine schizo which has now got a modern high tech twin the spectacular opening of the new venue silence critics of the modernist building and kicked off a series of the events of his very own tongue let's say was there for. standing just outside the marines here to day to just live a canal here in st petersburg the theater was an open door for the public after ten years of waiting to get a seat in that there's a wonderful auditorium as well as see a piece of the theater now of course with all the critics say luring about we wanted to find out what of the people themselves or thought yeah yeah especially that you know i'm waiting for something you know building is beautiful but this one is going to be so sunny that's why i'm looking forward to something magical. i wish despite all the technical novelties of the new stage some of the directors kept the original staging of the classical performances surprising us with innovations and new productions will le

the stage is set for the grand opening of st petersburg's new multi-million dollar theater to take you an exclusive tour of the many. displaced by violence in their homeland unwelcome in the west we look at the impoverished refugees who had their son in claims rejected by the u.k. leaving them with nowhere to go. much more twenty four hours a day they carry. united nations has branded the treatment of detainees at guantanamo bay is torture un human rights office says indefinite detention and force feeding constitutes inhumane treatment and violates international law when it comes as more prisoners join the grueling three month hunger strike at the u.s. facility in cuba the american military admits that the total number of protesters is now over one hundred but go is for the captives have always maintained this twenty three detainees are now being force fed a procedure that said to be extremely painful when any of my colleague kevin owen spoke to cindy pony we represents one of the inmates she says washington is failing to take the steps needed to defuse the crisis. the prisoners are ki

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now the world renowned mari theatre in st petersburg has a rich musical legacy and it's now branched out landing its name to a completely new venue theater to as it's been named is a state of the art concert hall opening on thursday night a series of star performances artists of all let's say reports. this much loved then here is launching its new ad most ambitious project yet money in skiffy attitude. taking ten yes reach premie and i'd although it's not come cheap at some seven hundred thirty million dollars but what audiences will get is a seventy nine thousand quid building or to accommodate today's most demanding productions i'm like how grand the aging sister every one of the two thousand people in my audience is feared tatoos auditory will be able to every inch of the stage no blind spots even on the roof and al fresco empty theater and terrace overlooking st petersburg see if the bosses are clear that it's the next generation of audiences in this sights. wherever. we have. our series. every corner of the marine ski theatre to captures your i and i wanted to find out a little

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a st petersburg outside of the building is the latest with leinster and law it's just next door to its mother sister. now also inside it's much more impressive this building is seven thousand meters just about seven thousand which is where it is about two thousand people and it's seven stories high as well as a three ball floors the below it meaning that we can see as big as we want to productions one of the other impressive things about the c o two is the actual wall as you can see right now it's actually blending in with my dress. on the wall which actually lights up when today's instant peter's square when it's just dark and you need a little bit of light that actually acts as that now rounds of the corridors and the lobby of the space is crystal's and just it's very contemporary but it feels that anyone who wants really to be part of the theater can come in here and enjoy it and not be intimidated by that but of course i'm not don't take my word for it because others have been you. today just to take a sneak peek at what we have here and we have of course one of the russians a reno

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standing just outside the marines here to day to just live or come out here in st petersburg the theater of was an open door for the public after ten years of waiting to get a seat in that there's a wonderful auditorium as well as see a piece of the theater now of course without all the critics are learning about we want to find out what of the people themselves or thought yeah yeah especially that you know i'm waiting for something you know building is beautiful but this one is going to be so sunny that's why i'm looking forward to something magical. i wish despite all the technical novelties of the new stage some of the directors kept the original staging of the classical performances surprising us with innovations and new productions leave the classic pieces as they are. the civil year commissioners do. first of all i hope to see the ballet which is a jewel itself as well as the technical abilities of the new stage the conductor and the performers this is an amazing event in the lives of citizens of st petersburg the program from a theater day to consisted of the murray in ski a balle

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get it to you here in st petersburg. or k.-et about anything elegant as always thanks very much i would join you with much more they throw. only thing on to some other news now those fleeing their countries to seek a safer life in the u.k. and often end up with neither a job nor a place to live tens of thousands of rejected asylum seekers are struggling to make ends meet while being unable to go back home aunties point boyd who has the story of one such man in glasgow are as floodwater on iraq he's been in glasgow for five years and he's had three asylum claims rejected so he has no right to work and nowhere to live he's here illegally i just been this shit for three years i can't go back to iraq because i am under the threat the assassin of my family all my family nowadays he sleeps on the floor of this gym in a shelter inside the local community center but for iran and others just like him the abject poverty he subjected to is still better than going home and the home office treated as like this especially was iraqi people t

on the countdown is on for the grand ol opening up st petersburg's newbolt a million dollar mariinsky to figure we take you on an exclusive tour of the venue . displaced by violence in their homeland but unwelcome in the west we look at the whys of the average refugees who have had their us silent claims rejected by the u.k. leaving them with no word to go. this is r.t. coming to you live from the russian capital on marina joshing welcome to the program of the united nations has brand of the treatment of detainees at guantanamo bay is torture the un human rights office says that indefinite detention and force feeding constitute inhumane treatment and violate international law this comes as more prisoners join the grueling three months hunger strike at the u.s. still and in true by the american military admits that the total number of protesters is now over one hundred lawyers for the crowd have said all along that an chill figure is even higher twenty three detainees are now being force fed a procedure that said to be extremely painful well earlier my colleague kevin irwin spoke with

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in creating this techno seventy very contemporary space everyone from the who's who of st petersburg was here to celebrate with are the creators of this space now of course the one person that everybody wanted to make sure was a well in preston getting that approval stamp was from a present of letting me putin himself he was here at the building and he seemed just as impressed as all of the guests who were here the man of the hour was valerie getting turned sixty years old and of course celebrating twenty five years as maestro and to sit director of mariinsky theatre one and mariinsky if he had to see the performances was what everybody was looking forward to here at the opening of those mariinsky orchestra all played their best showcasing the strings and the influence of which could be heard all the way from the back of the auditorium to the front and clear as a platinum sound and of course the ballet theater is ballet did not to disappoint either they put on a show to be remembered i think that this is the night that everybody here in st petersburg and around the world will be talk

countdown is on for the grand opening of st petersburg's a new multimillion dollar mariinsky to europe and take you on an exclusive tour of the venue. displaced by violence in their homelands but in the west we look at the lines of refugees where we are asylum claims rejected by the leaving them with nowhere to go. they want to know is he going to live from the russian capital is ten am here on marina joshie welcome to the program the united nations has branded the treatment of detainees at guantanamo bay as torture the u.n. human rights office says that indefinite detention and force feeding constitute inhumane treatment and violate international law this comes as more prisoners joined a growing three month hunger strike at the u.s. facility in cuba the american military admits that the total number of protesters is now over one hundred but lawyers for the captives have said all along that the actual figure is even higher twenty three detainees are now being force fed a procedure that said to be extremely painful well earlier my colleague kevin no one spoke to spoke was cindy who repr

the countdown is on for the grand opening of st petersburg's new multi-million dollar theater a bar used to take you on an exclusive tour of the venue. displaced by violence in their homelands but a welcome in the west we will gather wise of a published refugees who have had their asylum claims rejected by the u.k. leaving them with nowhere to go. this is already coming to live from the russian capital with me marina joshie and the united nations has ran of the treatment of detainees at guantanamo bay as torture the u.n. human rights office says that indefinite detention and force feeding could constitute inhumane treatment and kind of international law this comes as more prisoners joined a grueling three month hunger strike at the u.s. facility in cuba american military admits that the total number of protesters is now over one hundred but the lawyers for the captives have said all along that the actual figure is even higher twenty three detainees are now being force fed a procedure that said to be evenly painful well earlier my colleague kevin no one spoke with cindy poco who represent

it was true and strong and good company the point about st petersburg one of the most beautiful cities in the world as amazing continuity of its streets still so in order to make it move. to me to. run through the way you know. are now against. comparable would just. stand and controls to the streets soon or to moria stands in controls to its enclosure it stands free market churchill. and it's good to see the importance of the owners because it's really the holy of holies. so rusty crystals in sign to the on the wall right here lighting up but i want to talk about the cultural relevance of this space with a very modern and disease with me martin let's talk about of the cultural importance of this clearly for the people of st petersburg of the arts and culture first of all i think this is what new russia is about it's about the glitz it's about the glamour it's about celebrating everything that's new or reinvented here in this country which is you know revolutionized itself and i think that the people on stage and i and the audience members watching. this you know doing that before when

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how the world renowned theater in st petersburg has an illustrious history and it's now branched out planning its name to a completely new than you can see it or two as it's called is a state of the art concert hall opening on thursday night to a series of star performances are to say before it's. this much loved venue is launching its new ad most ambitious project yet. to. take a yes reach premie and i'd although it's not come cheap at some seven hundred thirty million dollars but what audiences will get is a seventy nine thousand square building up to accommodate today's most demanding productions on like how grand the aging sister every one of the two thousand people in marines kristie had to choose auditoriums will be able to see every inch of the stage no blind spots even on the roof and alfresco empty theater and terrace overlooking st petersburg see a divorce is clear that it's the next generation of audiences in this sights. were never sure yeah. it's nice to. go to every corner of the marian ski theatre to captures your i and i wanted to find out a little bit more about how

standing just outside the marines here to day to just live a canal here in st petersburg the theater was opened for the public after ten years of waiting to get a seat in that there's a wonderful auditorium as well as see a piece of the theater now of course with all the critics say luring about we want to find out what of the people themselves or thought yeah you know i'm waiting for something you know building is beautiful but this one is going to be so sunny that's why i'm looking forward to something magical. i wish despite all the technical novelties of the new stage some of the directors kept the original staging of the classical performances surprising us with innovations and new productions but leave the classic pieces as they are. for your. first of all i hope to see the ballet which is a jewel itself as well as the technical abilities of the new stage the conductor and the performers this is an amazing event in the lives of citizens of st petersburg the program appear to cheat day to consisted of the marines a ballet company the company is actually split into three parts th

st petersburg so that everyone can enjoy it and the been putting thing about is that the space which i get to give we wanted to create was so that one people can come into it and enjoy the theater it's no longer for all people we want to bring the young we want to introduce into the theater life is all about the issues when a little bit of controversy surrounding this building and earlier on i spoke to jack diamond's who is the architect of the building and also him you know what all this controversy this is what he had to say when someone sixteen feet are reserved for people thought it was terrible into school we're in charge course people form to use those kind of conservative it was trash song and good company the point about some pretty is for one of the most beautiful cities in the world does amazing continuity over the streets so in order to make it more equal than its equal we have. just to. stand in the streets. it stands for. now what's important about this. seven thousand seventy thousand square meters. it was as big as ten football fields but the thing that actually makes

standing just outside the marines here to day to just live or come out here in st petersburg the theater was an open door for the public after ten years of waiting to get a seat in that there's a wonderful auditorium as well as see a piece of the theater now of course with all the critics are learning about we wanted to find out what of the people themselves or thought yeah yeah especially that you know i'm waiting for something you know building is beautiful but this one is going to be so sunny that's why i'm looking forward to something magical. i wish despite all the technical novelties of the new stage some of the directors kept the original staging of the classical performances surprising us with innovations and new productions but leave the classic pieces as they are. for your kindness next door because nobody first of all i hope to see the ballet which is a jewel itself as well as the technical abilities of the new stage the conductor and the performers this is an amazing event in the lives of citizens of st petersburg the program affiliated to day two consisted of the marines a b

standing just outside the marines key is here to day to just live a canal here in st petersburg the theater was opened for the public after ten years of waiting to get a seat in that there's a wonderful auditorium as well as see a piece of the theater now of course with all the critics say luring about we wanted to find out what of the people themselves or thought yeah especially that you know i'm waiting for something you know building is beautiful but this one is going to be so sunny that's why i'm looking forward to something magical. i wish despite all the technical novelties of the new stage some of the directors kept the original staging of the classical performances surprising us with innovations and new productions but leave the classic pieces as they are. for your commissioners because nobody first of all i hope to see the ballet which is a jewel itself as well as the technical abilities of the new stage the conductor and the performers this is an amazing event in the lives of citizens of st petersburg the program appear to cheat day to consisted of the mother in ski a ballet compa

petersburg in mind when designing it the point about st petersburg one of the most beautiful cities in the world does amazing continuity over the streets still so in order to make it move the unity we have something we you know you know no no no of us for comparable would just. stand in controls two streets inside it's a different story all together seven stories high the exquisite onyx wall the glows in the dark the sort of skill life of the bring out of the glamour and the staircases that are both a modern and functional the auditorium was designed with the audience in mind making sure that from whichever seat you are in you can still hear the quite a sound of the flute all the mighty beach of the drum the stage with three floors beneath an interchangeable make said change is easy and quick with the curtains lifted and three days of celebrations going without a head and the spectacular performance by placido domingo as well as the flawless staging of the marines the ballet the public and we are the world themselves were not disappointed and i think you should be proud of this. yes

standing just outside a marine's key is here to day to just live or come out here in st petersburg the theater was opened for the public after ten years of waiting to get a seat in that there's a wonderful auditorium as well as see a piece of the theater now of course with all the critics say luring about we wanted to find out what of the people themselves or thought yeah you know i'm waiting for something you know building is beautiful but this one is going to be so signings that's why i'm looking forward to something magical. i wish despite all the technical novelties of the new stage some of the directors kept the original staging of the classical performances surprising us with innovations and new productions of the classic pieces as they are. you see for your commissioners. first of all i hope to see the ballet which is a jewel itself as well as the technical abilities of the new stage the conductor and the performers this is an amazing event in the lives of citizens of st petersburg the program affiliated to day to consisted of the mother in ski a ballet company the company is ac

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some buildings in st petersburg said termit an unpleasant energy. i think this is one such building. because of your body after i came to perth to try to enter ballet school three girls out of eighty were admitted. i was the only one. to finish that school. was a teacher to me saying lose weight it is what it is true that keeping in shape is quite a challenge i try not to eat anything before going to bed but when i come home after a performance i really want to. all i can afford is a glass of yogurt for going to. it is a big problem for us back home you can eat whatever you want but here you have to be thin sometimes it's hard to hold back yassir allowed to eat more or less what you like but only a small portion of the time and if you overdo it you have to exercise i know all of that sugar and up in the thighs and if you become too fat they kick you out. it's hard for potty mouth because everybody is eating fruit and chocolates and drinking juice in front of her she isn't allowed to eat those things it's clear that she's still a kid and wants everyt

the revolution that was in st petersburg and all the stuff that happened here through history and i got to see that all my first day here and i've seen that many many times and i'm working. one of raymond streams is to join an expedition with just from the british over the summer museums to conduct excavations in russia's regions and inflate everyone to take out the last experience of this is our expedition we've been doing it for fifty years now last year we celebrated the fiftieth anniversary and i have to say that many monuments have been discovered over those fifty years of excavation but we can still say that even more sides remain unknown usually the archaeology department i've done translating work about different. archaeological excavations that people have done but signed the research i've done and also i was doing some translating on renaissance art that's definitely been the most rewarding work because it's been interesting and it also helped me practice russians. in the archaeology department is for many volunteers one of the most interesting places in the museum. you can li

the revolution that was in st petersburg and all the stuff that happened here through history and i got to see that all my first day here and i've seen that many many times and i'm working. one of rayman streams is to join an expedition with just from a message over the summer museums to conduct excavations in russia's regions and inflate everyone to take part in less experience if this is our expedition we've been doing it for fifty years now last year we celebrated the fiftieth anniversary and i have to say that many monuments have been discovered over those fifty years of excavation but we can still say that even more sites remain unknown usually the archaeology department i've done translating work about different. archaeological excavations that people have done but signed of the research i've done and also i was doing some translating on renaissance art that's definitely been the most rewarding work because it's been interesting and it also helped me practice russians. in the archaeology department is for many volunteers one of the most interesting places in the museum. you can li

the revolution that was in st petersburg and all the stuff that happened here through history and i got to see that all my first day here and i've seen that many many times and i'm working. one of raymond streams is to join an expedition with just from. over the summer museums to conduct excavations in russia's regions and inflate everyone to take part in less experience if this is our expedition we've been doing it for fifty years now last year we celebrated the fiftieth anniversary and i have to say that many monuments have been discovered over those fifty years of excavation but we can still say that even more sites remain unknown usually in the archaeology department i've done translating work about different. archaeological excavations that people have done but signed the research i've done and also i was doing some translating on renaissance art that's definitely been the most rewarding work because it's been interesting and it also helped me practice russians. in the archaeology department is for many volunteers one of the most interesting places in the museum. you can literally

the revolution that was in st petersburg and that all the stuff that happened here through history and i got to see that all my first day here and i've seen that many many times and i'm working. one of raymond's dreams is to join an expedition with just from the. over the summer museum stuff conduct excavations in russia's regions and inflate everyone to take part. this is our expedition we've been doing it for fifty years now last year we celebrated the fiftieth anniversary and i have to say that many monuments have been discovered over those fifty years of excavation but we can still say that even more sites remain unknown usually archaeology department i've done translating work about different. archaeological excavations that people have done but signed and researchers have done and also i was doing some translating on renaissance art that's definitely been the most rewarding work because it's been interesting and it also helps me practice russians. department is for many volunteers one of the most interesting places in the museum. you can literally touch history. for these ancient

the revolution that was in st petersburg and that all the stuff that happened here through history and i got to see that all my first day here and i've seen that many many times and i'm working. one of rayman streams is to join an expedition with just from. over the summer museums to conduct excavations in russia's regions and inflate everyone to take. the last experience of this is our expedition we've been doing it for fifty years now last year we celebrated the fiftieth anniversary and i have to say that many monuments have been discovered over those fifty years of excavation but we can still say that even more sites remain unknown usually the archaeology department i've done translating work about different. archaeological excavations that people have done that signed the research i've done and also i was doing some translating on renaissance art that's definitely been the most rewarding work because it's been interesting and it also helped me practice russians. in the archaeology department is for many volunteers one of the most interesting places in the museum. you can literally

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in st petersburg up to ten years in the making of the seven hundred million a us dollars are spent in creating this techno seven very contemporary space everyone from the who's who of st petersburg was here to celebrate with are the creators of this space now of course the one percent everybody wanted to make sure was a well in preston getting that approval stamp was from a present of letting really putin himself he was here to cory in the building and he seemed just as impressed as all of the guests who were here the man of the hour was valerie getting he turned sixty years old and of course celebrating twenty five years as maestro and to sit director of mariinsky theatre one and mariinsky if he had to see the performances was what everybody was looking forward to here at the opening of course mariinsky orchestra all played their best showcasing the strings and influences which could be heard all the way from the back of the auditorium to the front and clear as a platinum sound and of course the ballet theatre itself did not disappoint they put on a show to be remembered i think that

petersburg at the marines be at the sea thanks very much indeed to be a moat and then live in st petersburg. one zero in a few minutes from now here. we'll be talking to the former u.s. ambassador james jones about the treatment of detainees at guantanamo bay the u.s. drone policy and much more stay with us for that. famous american political figure ron paul has decided to create critical at ron paul curriculum back to give parents not turn it into standard public education you know when i was a kid homeschooling was only for like the kids of wacko's and cultists if you met someone who was homeschooled you always look at them with some sort of suspicion like what's with that kid with what's with his parents i mean who would home school their kids well let's look at it this way who would grow their own food when american supermarkets are stocked with pure healthy and natural food the problem is that food in stores is now loaded up with all sorts of mr chemicals and g m o's and it makes perfect sense that nowadays people are in droves starting to grow their own food and this logic applies to

the revolution that was in st petersburg and all the stuff that happened here through history and i got to see that all my first day here and i've seen that many many times since i've been working. one of raymond streams is to join an expedition with just from the. over the summer museum stuff conduct excavations in russia's regions and then play to everyone to take part in less experience of this is our expedition we've been doing it for fifty years now last year we celebrated the fiftieth anniversary and i have to say that many monuments have been discovered over those fifty years of excavation but we can still say that even more sites remain unknown usually in the archaeology department i've done translating work about different. archaeological excavations that people have done that signed the research i've done and also i was doing some translating on renaissance art that's definitely been the most rewarding work because it's been interesting and it also helped me practice russians. in the archaeology department is for many volunteers one of the most interesting places in the museum

the revolution that was in st petersburg and that all the stuff that happened here through history and i got to see that all my first day here and i've seen that many many times since i've been working. one of raymond's dreams is to join an expedition with just from the british over the summer museum staff conduct excavations in russia's regions and inflate everyone to take part. this is our expedition we've been doing it for fifteen years now last year we celebrated the fiftieth anniversary and i have to say that many monuments have been discovered over those fifty years of excavation but we can still see that even more sites remain unknown usually archaeology department i've done translating work about different. archaeological excavations that people have done but signed the researchers are done and also i was doing some translating on renaissance art that's definitely been the most rewarding work because it's been interesting and it also helped me practice russians. in the archaeology department is for many volunteers one of the most interesting places in the museum. you can litera

the revolution that was in st petersburg and all the stuff that happened here through history and i got to see that all my first day here and i've seen that many many times and i'm working. one of rayman streams is to join an expedition with just from the british over the summer museum staff conduct excavations in russia's regions and inflate every one to take out the less experience of this is our expedition we've been doing it for fifty years now last year we celebrated the fiftieth anniversary and i have to say that many monuments have been discovered over those fifty years of excavation but we can still say that even more sites remain unknown usually the archaeology department i've done translating work about different. archaeological excavations that people have done but signed of the research i've done and also i was doing some translating on renaissance art that's definitely been the most rewarding work because it's been interesting and it also helped me practice russians. in the archaeology department is for many volunteers one of the most interesting places in the museum. you c