very collection remote a close up of the maiden's hotel. was a movie don't read this and she was punished but they protest permits. russia and germany russia will be known as the to put it as the country's leaders agree to use food as a diplomatic weapon. america's longest war in u.s. involvement in afghanistan the pulses vietnam the prostration with the growing human financial crisis. first five years it together and all but to rush on the u.s. market beyond of the three of their first joint spaceflight and the foreign cold war relations that. russian aircraft make

a soup or plastic sign of biggest foreign contract worth almost one billion dollars that and more in our business program at twenty past the hour. a very warm this is our live from moscow i'm on this have a growing closeness between russia and the west was on show want to join russia summits in the city of book president to meet the veteran chancellor angela merkel about the world cup. i mean the smiles they've got some business signing a number of agreements our correspondent daniel bushell is following the story in the russians. in the windy city over you could get was very much a case of the madrid if and merkel i'm sure if you like is the sioux country's leaders who are all smiles their personal strong relationship really highlights the

country's two excellent relationship at the moment historically until about what greeted chatted with mr medvedev influence russian he with her off to a top local restaurant where they enjoyed all to perth but later promised it was not paul the octopus who predicted that germany would lose in the semifinal over the world cup there was talk of a trio of world leaders who would looking leaders barack obama reach revert if. atros that line take troika if you like moving the world forward on security i'm defense issues with food as the unifying force let's listen in but i'm sure you might let me draw your attention to the fact that germany is number one on the list of russia's partners we have a long time relations which has not been spoiled even by difficult chapters in our history. when it comes to russia and germany's relations with other countries it's

not like in school where you have just one friend we can have many friends germany and russia have their own issues they're completely different in nature to translate into problems it's useful for us to be able to discuss them together the room for dialogue doesn't exist to the same degree with president obama as it does between us but the u.s. relationship is still very important and i think president medvedev also would like to read to read that this conference is no way should signalize a better relationship with president obama. well we have two options either the three of us going to meet some hamburgers we draw the treat our friend barack obama to some kind of european greece and he's. going to say and i think the burger will taste best for me. so still joined siemens of germany really takes all of russia's modernization in boxes today a place to join russia silicon valley a joint new project being built on the outskirts of moscow it will also modernize

washes train system its trains which are outdated and yet crucial to the country really relies on its trains in a lot of parts of the country and thirdly wind turbines will build wind turbines an eco drive in a country which is also trying to become more environmentally friendly the other big issue was iran of great work concern at the moment as it continues to suggest it's moving towards a nuclear bomb but what if the pressure saying that he believes iran is continuing to get close to building a nuclear bomb and he promised to work with the united nations security council to stop tehran iran not. iran is an active and proven trade partner but it doesn't mean that we are indifferent towards the way the islamic republic is developing its nuclear facilities we are also concerned with some military components of its atomic program iran should find courage to begin fully

cooperating with the international community to iran should do this even if it doesn't like some issues it's currently facing a friendly relationship between the two wrapping up what has been a very successful summit a very successful meeting between the two leaders and also business leaders and political leaders germany and russia really two of the strongest partnerships on the world stage today or relations between russia and germany are now in a position where they can get some real business done wealthy opinion a few of their own the kellam off editor in chief of rushing global affairs website . this seemed a very friendly but it's more important that they meet almost every every month and they have a lot to discuss so i would say the most important think about russian generalisations is that we don't need to break truth because every meeting used to be assessed according to breakthrough achieved or not so in russian german relationship it's so

intense and so close that we don't need breakthroughs we do what we need just discuss business. and a former k.g.b. officer says it's the developing friendship between moscow and washington which allowed the recent spy scandal be dealt with so quickly the full interview with i think i was coming up next hour has a quick preview. does it we take the broad dames any such small office chances for we can see it i believe as a first step to have viable and rapid developments unfolding so if you have to solution i'm happy ending from relations seem even if you're going to compromise for good the solution was wrong unbelievably quickly these events are the top level of intelligence were you during the cold war it used to take years to. a tux and afghanistan reached an all time high the bloodiest month for foreign

troops since the start of the war it's now the longest a miniature campaign in u.s. history it's a policy in the vietnam war and still there's no end in sight. to reports it is trying to grow so it's the comparison that cannot be avoided by press pundits and now politicians last month afghanistan surpassed. a place that both broken are all too familiar with as the longest military campaign in american history committee chairman senator john kerry brought up the failed u.s. war of decades ago at a crucial time in america's current one. difficult. conflict a moment when questions about strategy and progress abound at a hearing on governance and the u.s. civilian strategy in the region the man in charge of it all a vietnam veteran himself tries to make the lesson of that history the fundamental

difference between those two wars since you mentioned it mr chairman in this war our national security interests are at stake with this. of the u.s. at stake as richard holbrooke claims you might think congress would have crossed their t.'s and dotted their i's by now and fighting their longest battle as they're supposed to be united states constitution requires that before the united states goes to war that there be an act of congress but just as in the vietnam war we've never followed that procedure with respect to the war in afghanistan and we centrally drifted into a war in a long term commitment a long term commitment that appears to be wearing on lawmakers who want to know this wouldn't be helpful for the president to at least lay out a flexible time for when the u.s. is getting out beyond the july two thousand and eleven date to start withdrawal u.s. president obama set it's given no assurance that this should be an open ended occupation holbrooke emphasizes the u.s.

is committed to no calendar very leery of setting a date certain. they are here for the salute withdrawal but still the endgame is unclear civilian and military operations in afghanistan are proceeding without a clear definition of success the ambassador is banking on the success of reintegrating the taliban starting next week but little about afghanistan appears to be in u.s. favor it's not where you choose to fight to defend the american homeland it's the most remote logistical place in ited states has ever fought ancestry but just who can put an end to this fight and the absence of withdrawal dates if military and political missions fail the congress has the ability to stop the war by not funding it as u.s. lawmakers and officials talk strategy and tout successes in afghanistan this comes amid escalating violence in the region deal with the bloodiest month in the nine

year conflict with one hundred international troops killed forty five have been killed so far in july with twelve of those deaths coming in the last day or so for r.t.i. more lester washington d.c. . where u.s. strategy needs afghans to take control which will be full for me see veteran jake dana bash who shares his experiences. the overall strategy is just shoot pass over leadership from the americans and the coalition forces to the afghans but as i experienced when i was just in afghanistan a few months ago in the afghan national army training center again national army is going to be in effect even unable to get leadership from the americans now while you're going to hear a lot of talk about the iraq surge working because we passed rocky the leadership of the iraqi army but the iraqi army is light years ahead of where the afghan army has the afghan army is is ill affective in every possible way so to tell we have

a good game momentum going fortunately unless there's peace talks and peace negotiations the situation will always be a quagmire so to come on the program from the poles to. the scenes apollo got became so popular that alongside the original memorabilia but the ground of cigarettes was created just to mark their page and. pass you by it's off to these historic little ones all seen lives of the significance of the event and the luncheon dies its cigarettes what chains plots. the rides to remember find out how an amusement park turned from it's a fear so this is in st petersburg the left helpless and family in the town. the suspects are to kill of prominent russian human rights activists italian estimate of that has been identified and placed on the wanted list consecrating to

president mubarak that if you outlined the course of the investigation after a meeting with a german tonsil i'm going to mackerel. but. first of all i would like to say that the investigation into this case is in full swing and second such cases are immediately result only when the perpetrator is caught redhanded third the killer of us tomorrow has been identified. he has been put on a wanted list and finally the investigation will continue to hunt those who ordered this serious crime. and it's a year ago today since estimate ever was kidnapped and murdered in the north caucasus region she worked for the human rights organization and memorial in russia's chechen republic she was well known for her investigative work into cases of kidnap torture and abuse of authority. well for more on

all of the stories that we're covering as well as videos blogs and interviews you can always log on to our website that's all dot com here's a taste of what's online right now for leave a psychic in germany to purses out by ukrainian anime says in a special world cup edition of the cartoon and done well in advance of the tournament they correctly predicted the teams in the final the school and even the red cards. last find out what's in store for russian farmers who are struggling against the country's worst place in fourteen gates. it's thirty five years ago today that the first ever international space mission

was launched two spacecraft one solve it and one american blasted off and they to docks in orbit and the apollo the soyuz mission the event was not saying the beginning of space cooperation between the two countries but also a warming in cold war relations. reports. it was a turning point the launch they clearly fought called war space race into new heights two rockets blasting off half a world away from each other would bring the soviet union and the united states into the same orbit when so use nineteen and the apollo craft docked i should have all new chapter in space exploration the first ever joint project between two better rivals it was a giant leap for the man on board to see if he was the second pilot in a say you screwed. with apollo it was one of the most significant moments in history of russia and the us before everything was secret all the details of our

space programs every detail was a pool of project we could finally passed a barrier. you really still remembers all the details of that flight from the technical to the happy banter between them and the american astronauts. who were showing the guys different cities and places in russia and when we were flying over the us brand was showing us florida i remember he said this is where all the attention has go to live. thirty five years on most of these men will once again get the chance to meet and share memories of their historic link up with my brother . alex the series commander is in the united states for the big day or. the launch was during the height of the cold war so this project wasn't of just technical and scientific importance but was also a great step towards cooperation between russia and the u.s. there were no losers. there are plans for alex and his apollo counterpart thomas

stafford to meet president obama but not until the friends have had a chance to catch up with each other it was a meaningful symbol to the people of the world when we open the hatch. you. showed to the world when the where you were the space race said in a way the joint space project had a huge impact on both sides of the atlantic a time when rocket launches captured millions of imaginations worldwide media conceived watched the sea use reach into the sky and vividly remembers every emotion it stirred goldfields i was in the fourth grade and it was a huge celebration not just for the school but the entire city we got handed balloons flags and went to meet the cosmonauts and then later on we were all outside again to watch the actual launch i remember my dad who worked at the launch pad he told me that this was the most important event of the century. thirty five years on and this a usable

a project still fires people's feelings some are even banking on it those crews were clipped with special watches designed by omega now the companies released a limited edition anniversary timepiece an appetite for nostalgia doesn't end there the scenes apollo got became so popular that alongside the show memorabilia a special brand of cigarettes was created just to mark the occasion back in the day these were incredibly popular and were almost impossible to find on the thirty fifth anniversary of the docking they are once again missing from the city store's catch readers are the artsy last. ten lines without hanging up by a thread literally when alex stream through a ride almost ended in tragedy visitors to want to st petersburg's amusement parks were in full when not steve sean was a cable snapped on a rocket long ride leaving them suspended in mid-air seventy meters up off the

ground luckily rescue teams that made it to the spot just in time to free those stranded this isn't the first safety skier the amusement park two years ago twelve year old girl suffered serious. injuries of the trampoline accident involving a snapped cable. a heads up that you could kill some of the news in brief from around the world this hour faulty equipment may prevent b.p. from running a pressure test a aimed at stopping the massive oil spill in the gulf of mexico the company was supposed to test the strength of the new cap that could finally help stop the design of the cap itself has been shown to me you can the company says it doesn't know when it will be fixed the new delay a follows a string of failed attempts to contain the on going damage eighty three men saw after an explosion destroyed the deep water horizon rig. on a rainy a nuclear scientist to claims he was kidnapped by the cia

a year ago house returned home. he says he was severely tortured to give up information about iran's nuclear program he also claims he was offered fifty million dollars to stay in the u.s. on monday he went to the pakistani embassy in washington and asked to be said the u.s. insists immediate travel to america of his own free will and live there for. the foreign ministers of india because dollar meeting in oslo about as the country's look to improve strained relations and revive peace talks the discussions are aimed at rebuilding trust that was found by the deadly attacks two years ago mum by which the indian government blames on militants in foreign minister as inclusionary is the most senior official to visit pakistan since the mom. in which one hundred sixty six people were killed. now ninety one years ago a train loaded with the russian empire is gold reserves set off to escape the

bolsheviks had never reached its destination and even today no one knows for sure what became of it all where it is with. its own investigation in this special program coming up later here's a quick look. ninety-nine. the drain carries away the russian empires gold reserves. to save it from the sulby of. five hundred tons of gold. dozens of. six hundred fifty million lives in sars really. rain that is still awaiting the arrival of a. century long away. mystery in the building. ok

stay with us right now with the latest business news on the way with catalina. had a welcome to business program thanks for joining me there actually government will spend five and a half billion dollars on skolkovo innovation center which is intended to become russia's first off selective alley during a meeting with a child from america energy efficient board of president invaded said he hoped that modernization process would be quick and was counting on support from german partners the countries have already agreed to challenge engineering giant siemens would join skolkovo and creating new research center at the rate of said he was encouraged by the strengthening of trade relations despite the difficult economic conditions. we see money in january to may two thousand and ten will trade turn aged between russia and germany grew by almost fifty percent of the economies are recovering the main trade sectors it was a recount really would according to my data german investments russia's economy

accounted for around twenty billion dollars what makes this a very happy. now for more on trade relations between russia and germany and the e.u. as a whole i'm joined by the c. o. . european businesses in russia frank shelf frank thanks for coming into the program now you've been watching this meeting i suppose so. we've hearing we're hearing the both leaders. say about the imbalance in investment there's more investment on the part of germany to russia than vice versa. and to the e.u. in general so why do you think this is happening well basically so it is happening because russia is an emerging market you have certainly very many areas here of the russian economy where motivation is needed this has been also stated by the russian government. investment basically come here into russia in order to hope motivation in very many areas on the other side certainly for obvious historical reasons at

least europe is more developed in infrastructure also with general specs or for the consumer market than russia and so it is not so easy to find perhaps a profitable investment in european or areas where the work where this investment could be seen in the european union will. also have always to keep in mind that if you talk about the financial capabilities certainly you it's much bigger than russia so the finances. which of variable here in russia for investment in europe a much smaller than let's say what can be done from the start of the european union russia so investments response within is certainly something which should be reached but in terms of quantities it will be very hard for objective reasons to reach such a dimension as from the european side into russia where you've been dealing with the european businesses and you know which areas of russia have been always interested for the e.u.

in terms of investment i mean previously it was energy sector has this changed now where the energy sector has been very. interesting but mainly as a matter of energy supply to the european union member states but certainly if you look. at the consumer sector it's very interesting i mean look outside on the streets you see that certainly european and international companies have been doing a lot in car industry you have seen several plans being opened here in russia in the past few years you see no automotive components manufacturers coming to russia you have seen no more that say one company opening a plant or culture machinery of a plant to south of russia is going to be enlarged dramatically so there are sort of different areas where you see this day i had a meeting with the banking committee you have quite a few european banks being active here in russia it's not only that sector anymore it's much more while at the same time let me get let me get back to the first

question a little bit russia says it has the money to invest in two years but we're just talking about that but other any political problems you think that really hamper that investment into europe in general not only germany and just how free is this cross border and that's money from your perspective well certainly we're always have one or the other it's a political problem if you want to invest into the european union but in general the european market is open you might have certainly luck in germany or france strategic sectors where you also as here in russia you don't want to say why the government to approve of but anyway certainly in general the russian story the european market is open for russian investment as it is for u.s. investment or from somebody that does not the basic problem the basic problem i think is to find the right areas for investment and i think here the russians certainly can be more active but anyway you have investments in germany for example

there is a joint venture between b s f and. just from for example they are doing. business in the supply you have for investments in the chemical sector in germany for example and you have lots of petroleum for us from so also being done all over the european union by the russian. well thank you very much thank you that was a c.e.o. of the association of european businesses in russia prime shop. and to other stories russian aircraft maker plans to sign its biggest foreign contract worth almost one billion dollars next week the company expects to confirm the sale of thirty super jets at a price of thirty one point seven million dollars the company from southeast asia next week on for air show in the united kingdom only assume c.e.o. said the company would supply the first three super jets this year. looking at the markets now european markets are mixed this hour london is trading next to negative

while dax is gaining about a quarter of a percent barclays. puts you down two point two percent and diner is gaining almost over a percent in frankfurt here in russia equity markets i'm moderately up this hour the r.t.s. is over less than a percent and m i six is gaining around a less than a quarter of a percent most of the blue chips are trading in the black on the wires six north korea kills burbank and gas on top when there's a list gaining one point three and one point seven percent on the r.t.s. well those hydros losing half a percent on the my six. that's all for now but you can always log on to our website artie dot com slash business and five more stories there are join me at twenty past the hour humph.