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his story. catcher in the city. as a good up until he strove for this to become the photo. at long last nato finally turns to russia looking for a strategic partnership as we did in the days of the rise in lisbon to participate in the alliance summit. to understand u.s. foreign policy one person on the very basic. u.s. government wants to dominate the world ensuring influence the board on the plug of democratizing policy for the film the money from u.s. taxpayers pockets and funding america from the politician overseas it's. one hundred years after the death of one of the world's great has rights is always

was the but the ideas are of the law even popular is that. very warm welcome to you this is live from moscow with me unless he bets nato wants to see russia as a message was made clear to some of the current three taking place in lisbon where the alliance adopted a new strategy there to meet them inventive is attending a naysaying russia council session where he'll consider a proposal for moscow to sign up to a european missile defense shield that he now has out of the house the details from the. critics of the organization will of course say that it is finally realizing that it is becoming obsolete that in fact it began becoming obsolete as soon as the cold war was over and its aim for all of the soviet union in the very reason for it

made those existing disintegrative it was no need for the alliance to continue existing either call of course there are a party to exploit its many areas where russia and nato can actually coppery and mutually benefit from that cooperation specifically trying to establish security and afghanistan the somewhere in a region where nato is heavily involved in a region where russia is that russia is very concerned about and recent joint emissions in that region a specifically a fighting drug trafficking that is something that will decide the hailed as a great success and yet another aspect affront to their cooperation that they could emphasize and that they make an example out of and of course there are looking to intensify their operation is specifically in afghanistan with russia revising transit results for war and nato are abiding by troops nato goods haven't oteri in

a way that is essential to the region of things and so a very strong area of cooperation for that the alliance and russia both hope a good novel could be not just one year one of many and that is what we can with a diff is expected to talk about at the versioning nato council here in lisbon in many aspects of attentional cooperation including barack obama's idea to get russia involved both in the european and team and sell defense system something that yes of course russia has always expressed its reservations about that it does now seemed meynell wants moscow to make as much involvement as possible to part of this closer cooperation specifically in the field of missile defense is of course the start treaty signed by presidents of the united states and russia. obama while still is but at the chance to urge. the u.s. congress and set once again to ratify the treaty saying that it is a necessary step not only for european security but also for american security and

it is something that the nato secretary general this rasmussen also backed the u.s. president on and some do say that nato is finally realizing that it does need to reorganize itself and perhaps come up with a new strategic concept something that the alliance members have been doing here in lisbon and it now remains to be seen whether they will manage to make the trip did they transition from simply speaking about it to actually implementing it and forging closer ties with russia is definitely part of their new strategy now everybody's watching just to see how effective that strategy will be. russia's representative to nato. alliance to be a more predictable part. you know after we have lived through the conflict in south ossetia on a sharp decline in relations it turns out we might have needed such a test on the one hand these events have shown that old nato policies were

provoking such an adequate regimes like the socceroos really warm to bloody actions on the other hand nato did not get involved in this conflict because europeans did not support the most aggressive part of the bush administration for us nato was a big headache it used to be an enemy now an unpredictable partner the left hand of which doesn't know what the right hand is doing we are tired of this we want more stability and security on our western borders and in the long run maybe even certainty that there would be no trouble to toll i think the americans have finally heard us today for them restoring relations with russia is not just very important to foreign relations but also key toward obama success on the domestic front. well i'm back from the anti war campaign the coalition says the u.s. is twisting its allies arms to continue along health policy of using nato to serve its foreign policy agenda nato is functioning basically as a fig leaf for u.s.

foreign policy and u.s. military strategy north atlantic treaty organization afghanistan where one hundred fifty thousand so-called nato troops are really american troops with some auxilary forces or are there are there is a branding of that operation that u.s. military operation to make it look as if the world has come together dish against a shared objective against the war on terror against al qaeda but really i believe that nato is nothing but a fig leaf for u.s. military strategy in many of the other nato countries all over europe those populations they don't want to go along they don't want their governments that be accomplices for the u.s. war in afghanistan so the obama administration is twisting arms and lisbon is putting pressure on the different european governments now to abandon the american government as it continues its war in afghanistan well for more on the summit in this film when i joined live by dr agent pap's of policy bestie of kent.

they so once russia's help in afghanistan and the missile defense we're now hearing but after so many years of battle rivalry why is it finally come to that. words come to two reasons one is of course the reset between the u.s. and russia under the leadership of president obama and president yet without that rapprochement at the bilateral level none of this would have been possible but the same time the europeans have been arguing for a long time behind the scenes that russia needs to be brought on board that nato can not function properly without stronger russian involvement out required a different attitude in moscow which was seen with president agenda but also a new openness on the part of all the nato partners and even countries traditionally more critical and perhaps even hostile towards russia such as post in the baltic states have recently acknowledged that it's greater dialogue and more

cooperation with moscow are good thing for everyone involved so i sighed from simply greater dialogue being a good thing for all concerns why it would russia specifically want to help our naysay. well that's a very good question i think because the security interests are generally shared when we look at afghanistan this is not just a western problem because terrorism could threaten central asia and russia it's also not just a western security problem because of organized crime drug trafficking and arms trafficking all of this can also pose huge security threats to central asia and to russia so it's also in russia's interest in the situation of kind of standard stabilized that a political settlement is reached and therefore i think russia knows with nato you can achieve more than then on its own so therefore there are generally secured so shared security interests and i think that's what both sides are now finally

working on critics of the bloc love to point to the fact that nato has been suffering recently from something you might have no identity crisis since the end of the warsaw pact has been hard really for to justify its existence so how do you see the future of the alliance. well it's true it's a question as dog nato for the better part of twenty years now ever since the end of the cold war and the war so the dissolution of the warsaw pact but the same time let's try to imagine a future completely without nato neither the european union nor the council of europe nor the organization for security cooperation europe could possibly take its place so either it's going to be a different type of nato or a new organization altogether it doesn't seem to be any appetite in the west or. elsewhere for the moment to set up a new organization therefore it's best to expand nato to bring russia on board possibly even have russia join the military so the political structures and greater

interoperability terms military forces in order to tackle these security threats terrorism organized crime cyber warfare and others it's simply not realistic to imagine proper security defense in europe without any structure like nato and therefore i think that russia is joining greater efforts to expand nato at least to expand its political event will be interesting to see what comes out of all these discussions going on in lisbon at the moment for now dr adrian pap's a professor of politics at the university of kent many thanks for joining us with your thoughts in this segment nato summit. well still ahead a chilling echo from the pot. it was not just a few people who had to be punished but. mass killing. sixty five years on from the convictions of hitler this circle at the nuremberg trials some of resorted to reestablishing that message of hate. now buying influence of

broad doesn't come cheap as harper barrack and taxpayers are finding out to their cost the u.s. is spending billions of dollars to finance all position politicians and parties over things that fit in with washington's foreign policy plans in the second special report r.t. the half it explains how it's being done. great party but who's picking up the tab apparently the american taxpayer nine billion dollars spent by the united states agency for international development and promoting washington's democracy initiatives. a new model for influencing a target country's internal politics and favor of u.s. interests to financing training support and guidance to pro u.s. forces in foreign countries another democracy promoter the national endowment for

democracy received one hundred thirty two million dollars during two thousand and nine nearly all of it from u.s. government agencies but these are just the tip of the iceberg there is an entire network of organizations involved in the democracy promotion business although all organizations insist there is no political affiliation the board of directors for both n.d.i. in iraq i suggest otherwise former secretaries of state national security advisers members of congress and even clinton bush and reagan administration officials they all have a history in washington one deeply rooted in sustaining the current foreign policy priorities to understand us foreign policy one must first understand a very basic fact the us government wants to dominate the world. this is what democracy promotion brought the people of one door us. while usa id requests eight hundred thousand dollars for strengthening governance and democracy

in one door us journalists and activists are being brutalized and killed under the u.s. backed government was in egypt a revolt against the u.s. backed policies of the hosni mubarak regime has mobilized these agencies to co-opt opposition groups and sharing the results of the upcoming elections will be beneficial to washington many who study these agencies bill. leaves a soft money working behind the scenes is directly linked to the cia they had to have this a new organization with a nice sounding name a democracy in it and i sounding name which would be free of the taint of the cia and that's been there was a reason the energy was created usa id has implemented democracy promotion initiatives in over one hundred countries in the past twenty five years this year's budget one billion dollars according to usa ideas website spending ten million

dollars in a target country increases that amount to democratic change five fuld how much of your tax money would you like to go to promoting democracy in venezuela. not that much which would be ok if foreign governments were giving our politicians money for the election campaign no that would bother me and here in lies the hypocrisy we have a very clear lure on the books prohibiting foreign governments from interfering and the russians are supporting and the candidates with money so we do exactly what we prohibit a home encouraging transparency is a stated core element of the u.s. government's democracy promotion efforts in foreign countries however here at home the agencies themselves are far from transparent detailed budget programs are unavailable to the public and contact with the media is limited over the last six weeks r.t. repeatedly requested interviews with usa id any d i r i n n d r i all of our

requests were either tonight or an answer you had hospice r t washington d.c. . or coming your way later this hour us report about one of america's most controversial political find well one of finkelstein while the film gives a balanced portrait of a man the called a self hating jew by film and a street fighting revolutionary by others has a quick creepy. my married mother could not live without her because. she was afraid. and she was very cold. she felt. our lives frankenstein's monster. we don't have the problem but every. effort is made on the palestinian or in the european side to negotiate in to the violent attacks against israel which

i have no fear of war call the. song goes you have no. calling the leader of the state of israel one of the main terrorists in the world. we are supposed to be seriously examining history but you mention a few words about jewish culture happening and people get so upset this is i'm sorry to say it's a form of emotional blackmail. now it's been dubbed the birth of international law the first child a thing in all things in the german city of nuremberg sixty five years ago twenty

two architects of those horrors faced the tribunals made up of representatives from the soviet union us great britain and france if we can't officials of the allied nations will attend an exhibition in nuremberg some monkey and other child but there's. a report some parts of europe a thing a wiring revival and there's a decades long from the atrocities committed in that name. this red army veteran was close to the trial which changed history his best friend. acted as a prosecutor on behalf of the u.s.s.r. in the new and better hearing sixty five years ago. if it wasn't for them the outcome could have been very different. he understood that the trial was not only about. it was not just a few people who had to be punished but. mass killing his speech impress the judges so the number of those in the grows dramatically in

a trial which lasted for almost a year twelve high ranking nazis were sentenced to death it was a milestone in history the nuremberg trial laid the foundations of international law as we know it in particular they created a precedent of judging people for starting a war against other nations so nowadays we all know what a crime against humanity is no days most of free europe acknowledges the positive effect of the nuremberg tribunal but some nations have a complex relationship with the past look there's a monument to the soviet army liberators and here just meters away is the monument to a story in soldiers who fought alongside u.p.s.'s troops. is still only an anti-fascist activist andrei says this historic paradox is reflected in the current state of affairs in this. country. even looking at the crumbling streets of this monument it's clear that government doesn't she the red army saviors instead to be glorified

those who fought on the side of fascists that's despite the fact a large part of our country would never support such ideas in april two thousand and seven this clash of opinions spilled onto the streets the historian government ordered the relocation of a soviet soldier statue from central to the outskirts of the city thousands of dissenters protested and clashed with the police and monuments to free estonia was pulled several hundred meters from the square where the soviet bronze soldier statue used to stand it was ambles across and in the very heart of it is an emblem which was used by the estonian s.s. legions back in one nine hundred forty s. . from swastika marches to mass as veteran gatherings sixty five years ago prosecutors in newton better could not have expected a legacy like this the trial was meant to make sure fascist ideology stayed in the bloody cross but the rise of new naziism in eastern europe is

a sign that these ideas still live on let's. see reporting from tallinn is stony. now let's take a quick look at some other major world news taking place this hour that german magazine has reported that al qaeda and associated islamist groups of terrorists the german parliament spiegel's has its plan for february or march of next year with two militants having already arrived in several weeks ago the information comes from a tip on how it is that the german interior ministry with other parts of the country also reportedly. formed these posted around the country train stations airports and tourist attraction. rescue efforts to reach miners trapped underground at a new zealand coal mine are on hold due to fears of a second explosion twenty nine miners are missing more than twenty four hours after

a powerful blast tore through the tunnel as two men that managed to escape the slight injuries it's still not known whether the other miners and rescue organization of said the level of toxic gases is still too high to send a crew below ground. it's been a century since the death of world renowned russian writer leo tolstoy you author of the liberated novels war and peace and on a cot in the is being remembered throughout the country one or just a writer told story was a much contested philosopher as communicated by the russian orthodox church while r.c. visited his a family estate south of moscow to find out the feelings that morton russians have for him. leo tolstoy liked his family estate because it was as far from the madding crowd as you could get a place where he could feed dark some get lost among birch trees without anyone disturbing him. a century after his death it's an easy thing bought

solitary group after group falling into his house not to minute for contemplation we. just had to learn that has never been short of visitors and start during the high season summer spring and autumn we have trouble handling the flow of tourists it's pretty hard to get it you have to call it a certain time to book a visit on a particular day otherwise you just won't get there. it's. a great great grandson of the writer tolstoy can we sighed many of his famous ancestors novels by heart but he says few of the museum's visitors could do the same russians are proud of tolstoy but more is the brand than a favorite author according to polls only eleven percent really toss those books after finishing high school. unfortunately most people never go back to question go to church or to been forced to read it it's called to prefer it it was trendy in popular these days there's nothing bad about that it's just

a pity that those people miss out on religion which are. just a few hundred metres from tolstoy's estate this philosophy still serves as a pillar of strength but this family all fred and elaine put their village called belong to do hogwarts a christian grove that with the help of tolstoy went to canada in the late nineteenth century fleeing from persecution in russia ten years ago their descendants came back settling of a village told stories i found most of his life what happened is that void that was in me in canada disappeared and it's the spiritual void i found myself here the boys like tolstoy who despised exploitation. all frayed in a lane of building their new home all by themselves even though it's already taken them a day case my actual story they strongly believe in pacifism and a unity of big nature and above all they see told stories ideas as timeless i think his ideas haven't yet been reached and they are just starting to be tapped into and

that's why i think russia has agreed to chair. and i thought form is throughout his life tossed to became renowned for to find all sorts of conventions and had to his own. leo tolstoy once out of the dark is terrible because it means the end of everything but this doesn't apply to his own legacy during his lifetime his readership was in defiles and a century after his death the count goes on millions lost here war and peace was named the greatest book of all times by music magazine bringing an ultimate moment of peace to this bleachery warrior in the wake of archy. ok stay with us a little business on the way now with you here. hello and welcome time to delve into the world of business like many of the governments

around the world russia's taking steps toward you says budget deficit but with parliamentary and presidential elections approaching it's still very clear often corporate austerity measures in step texas are to be raised and to click on business reports. taxes in russia are going up from the beginning of two thousand and eleven the increase would be the equivalent of two percent of g.d.p. to reduce the budget deficit which is expected to be a little below five percent but these will not be temporary measures. there is a difficult period ahead and there will be a new trend for taxes which will not be temporary taxes are going to increase you know many countries excepted such measures but priority should be first given to ending tax breaks and creating neutrality in the tax system which applies equally to all companies that he would measure which is cause most concern among more makers is the decision to increase insurance payments for companies to thirty four percent from fourteen percent although this will have little impact on nonresident

companies operating in russia the increased insurance premiums on payroll funds will apply to the first four hundred fifty thousand troubles every sellers of foreign companies pay a higher than this traditional small businesses are right for them will be exactly fifty four percent which is a dramatic increase compared to what's happening today for nonresidents i for the companies that trade is a rush rather than operate in a country it's completely irrelevant there are fears the cancellation of tax breaks could be a deterrent to those wishing to invest in russia but the head of ernst and young's tax and legal practice and c.i.s. people treatment yet if says that's unlikely we as a country will not be able to attract investors by simply reducing taxes even by evolution tax completely you really need to create the stimulus. with will do. incentivizing to invest in russia the finance ministry is trying to have its cake and eat it by reducing the budget deficit scaring business and for the most part

the experts believe this will be possible as even after the tax hikes the government will be taking a small series that in almost any other developed country. business. a look at the russian markets now they russian equity markets close flat to positive on friday the r.t.s. broke a sixteen hundred point benchmark finishing just a tenth of a percent up to my six had an up and down session and just a little higher. looking back at the last week the russian markets were pulled in both directions with virtually equal falls economic data from the us encouraged the bulls while inflation worries in china feel the buzz. the markets and that of the week slightly down but largely unchanged the past week has seen. the continuation of the tug of war between the blues and the berries you know there are people who are seeing a lot of obviate economic data coming out of the u.s.

coming out of asia a lot of quality a peels a big general motors which is very well received there are a lot of good news in the market and good developments but the biggest fear now is inflation is special in china where the central bank had to act to stop the rapid increases in prices there is also told that china and hong kong can take measures to arrest the rapid growth in real estate prices to prevent the bubble and so all of between these two kind of big positive all the improving global economics and certain positive corporate developments and defeat here of rising inflation in china and therefore maybe elsewhere in the world these two opposing factors have resulted in the share prices and in the week slightly down but essentially flat and that's how business that day for the summer you can get more stories from our website our to dot com slash business.