maybe bit ten billion dollars for assets. and in most in the minds of the forward age alone bucking the trend all the shares of russia's biggest oil producer also nets rather two and a half a cent on the force the company may win an extension of tax breaks or its fine couple of field. of the rule has slipped over thirty one to a dollar for the first time since the beginning of july the russian currency also weakened against the passage of current this with the euro also gaining forty copecks the main factors for the slump or stronger demand for currency and sliding for oil prices as well as a major sell off by japan. that's all from the business team for now get more news from our web site archie dot com slash business.

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a suspected terrorist has reportedly arrived in public. trial in russia for the last two years he has held political asylum in the u.k. . russian foreign minister. over the arctic the two countries have competing claims for the. defense. in the u.k. the country's elite special forces unit. could be caught in the crossfire. could affect the country's long term security. that's where the top stories of the day up next talks to harvard professor. timothy colton subjects ranging all about historical facing the country resetting relations with the u.s.

and the power sharing challenges the kremlin is experiencing that's next stay with us. tim of the colton professor and chairman of the department of government at harvard university and an expert on russia says all questions today thank you very much for joining us mr colton you're a regular participant of the discussions club this serious topic is russia's history and future development why do you think russia is so interested in history today twenty ten more than it was say ten years ago i think it reflects a trend which is not just russian but a think this whole part of the world. history has come back so to say you know after the collapse of the old system of the soviet system there was of course much ferment about history at that time understandably but then as the post the

transition period developed it seemed more practical concerns about economic hard times and social issues and that russia had the chain on all sorts of burning questions and history was kind of moved to the back burner there were other things that seemed more pressing. but it didn't stay that way to history kind of came back and partly it's the effect of. your neighbors in the neighborhood the trend is full of countries that also have historical delenn dilemma's many of which are about their relationship with russia and so even if russians wanted to leave history alone. your ukrainian polish and stone and other neighbors don't want that and so they pressed you in a sense on the historical questions you mentioned three countries russia poland and ukraine which of the three do you think have problems with self or didn't if it can i'm not sure it's sort of a problem of the suffer dedication but if you think of it that were done at the

ukrainians for sure because it's not not as homogeneous this point or as tony is so in ukraine. maybe a little bit like russia. history is very divisive whereas in poland this would be perhaps less the case but just to go back to what i said a moment ago it's not just about these external pressures on you i think russians themselves and not everybody by any means but more than ten years ago let's say find themselves drifting back to history your bookstores now have more history books than ever before and specifically twentieth century history this was where communism started. and communism had its good points but it also obviously had its many very bad points and it is in analyzing them you're looking at yourselves so it's not to the poles can say that the russians you know did this to us but you can say that it forces you to look carefully and sometimes very painfully at the losses of the soviet period so

a lot of it's just about that i think communism is has rather unexpectedly returned to the agenda and you see europe your leaders talking about putin with his prime minister putin with his interventions on cotton. and relations with poland of course majed of maybe has been less active but he's made one very dramatic statements in october two thousand and eight and it seems as if he takes this very seriously how would you assess the effectiveness of russia's current ruling tandem with president dmitry medvedev and prime minister vladimir putin sharing power well power sharing is not unique phenomena to russia that prompted many other countries . and presidential constitutions that also have a prime minister as a separate senior leader are found now in many parts of the world fifty or sixty countries. but what's unusual here i think is that it's the former president the

dominant. leader for. years who became the junior partner so to say under the constitution that's very unusual maybe almost unique so imagine a president former president of france becoming prime minister later this is almost unheard of so that's what makes this all a bit of a mystery and they don't really tell us much about how it really works mr putin. in fact i think is tired of answering questions about this but i think they've said what they're going to say they say it works well that they have a trust for a relationship that they're in regular contact one has his job the other one has another job and up to a point i believe that i mean i think you know they it's lasted. almost three years and. clearly they have managed to cooperate on many many issues president medvedev

has now carrying out a well publicized drive for him with their new zation and diversification of russia's economy what was else have you seen so far i've seen very few and most of my russian friends say they've seen very few as well. and you know his call for modernization was not just about the economy but it's even broader so it's a very grand idea it's not a new idea because most of russia's leaders including yeltsin and putin before him also thought they had a program for modernization although they didn't necessarily use the word as much as he does but some sources of russia's. economic problems i think live very deep in the including corruption we can surprise the rights well i think it requires a more fundamental reform of the legal system of the institutions it requires greater openness it requires a more competitive political system you have it seems to me in many ways

a very dynamic and admirable society and a great culture but you have a very backward state and you have to fix this. dade and how do you think russia did in handling the financial crisis. you know i think i would give them a pretty good grade of foreign russian terms you see here the effects of some rather smart things that the putin people did saving this money putting it away in a. fund that could be used to get over hard times so i think you have to give them pretty good marks for managing the crisis but what the crisis has done it seems to me is revealed at a deeper level the underlying structural problems that were not necessarily the result of the crisis it just showed you know in a way how bad things are in the auto industry for example now you have. industries that are more dependent on government support than ever mr putin the other day mentioned tariffs for the auto industry and that's that's sort of a twentieth century solution. and did might provide some protection but the future

for all of us is i think more open economies where you can compete apart from the corner which needs diversification obviously what other big challenges will the russian government be facing over the next few years well it depends what you mean by challenges i mean this particular group has been in power for a decade and they are quite smart reasonable people and clearly a very high objective for them is just to remain in control and i think that for them that probably is the biggest challenge and they have proven to be very smart at doing that but i think the long term consequences for the country of a you know a governing structure which has a monopoly and then surrounded by really political relics of the one nine hundred ninety s. communist party of journalists and so forth these are not contemporary they don't give the ruling group competition it needs competition to innovate to thrive and to move forward and it's not getting that and what about security

threats like islamic radicalism ok i'm glad you are a set of that's a serious matter of course and. the north caucasus problem generally has clearly become. more inflamed in the last several years it's no longer just church now but rather a whole region where governments used to variety of approaches and sometimes they're great people one another. there is a security response of course armed forces some of which is absolutely necessary and i would support if i were russian there's an economic development program. but it seems to lack energy and coordination this year a bloody revolution unseated the ruling regime in kyrgyzstan and into an government is now in place with parliamentary elections due to toba this year what are the most important points the current administration should remember as a tries to build a democratic future for the country and maybe even deeper i mean what the kirghiz leaders now talk about is whether it can survive as a society let alone as

a democracy which seems quite out of the question right now how many times can you do it the wrong way and this is the second time in five years and had the overthrow of the government been a lot of the pain about whether russia should have intervened in the events in kyrgyzstan what's your take on that and i actually was surprised at the time i thought that they would have your government would would have said yes but it didn't there may be things that went on surrounding kurdistan that are secret for example there i think were a lot of communications between russia and the united states on this issue there was a proposal apparently that the two of them send peacekeepers together. but this was rejected because it would be seen as too provocative the united states and russia in a sit in the situation where you have a lot of radical islam in play but i don't think this and. gave this once and for all i think russia will be drawn into kyrgyzstan into central asia more

generally kyrgyzstan i soon will join the customs union as it seems to want to do. i. i think russia's presence in kyrgyzstan and ca's extent is probably going to increase in the rest of central asia are probably going to decrease we've seen a real you know rather small between russia and the united states of america recent date but one of the problems the two countries have and. well we've seen progress definitely and last year when we met of all die the new obama administration had announced this reset policy but it was still very early stages and there had been really no successes at all today we you know it looks quite different both sides of learned to i think look at the point of view of the other side and the policy is moderated we have an arms control agreement oh but so many things that i had i mean there's a question of whether the united states will even ratify the agreement because we're going to have a congressional election in november where the opposition may gain control over the

congress so that and that's only the beginning i mean the agenda is very wide and very deep and there's been limited progress which is good but it's it's only the beginning we're talking here about it would take ten years to work through these things in terms of what is next i think russian admission to the w t o i mean i think that would be finally a promise that was delivered on that we know is important to russia that will have good consequences for russia like it did for trying to help modernize your economy that i think there's reason to be optimistic that finally this is going to happen and that would open up a whole other front than for interaction which i think would be very good mr colton thanks very much for your insights.

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the headlines when i see a suspected terrorist has reportedly arrived in poland growth or abusive threatening to arrest him moscow wants to extradite him to stand trial in russia

but for the last two years he has had political asylum in the united kingdom. russian canadian foreign ministers meet in moscow to hammer out an agreement over the arctic the two countries have competing claims for the region for the hold massive mineral reserves. defense spending is under attack in the u.k. and the country's elite special forces unit the s.a.'s could be caught in the crossfire some experts fear the cuts could affect the country's long term security . and more news in about fifteen minutes time for the meanwhile though it's the sports with that's hot. a lot welcome to support and r.t.m. that seven week look at what's making headlines this hour spartak moscow start

champions league campaign on a high note setting must say one way in france. on the ice will take a closer look at two time consonantal hockey league champions. and that steve time as the inaugural russian challenge opened up some of that a new course at moscow regions. and we begin with champions league football west product moscow are off to a great starting the main stage of the competition beating maul say in the opening group match muscovites how well both were helped by their opponents. and that's it and they'll go in the last minute so long will the score away in france part i putting an end to their poor record in europe boasting a first victory against a french club in eleven matches elsewhere in group after english champions chelsea edged out surely not for one week put on their car with a brace that won. over in group eve boy in the unit b.

throw mud to kneel at home with girls from villa and close it while basel one down to remain an outfit c.f. our su one. group g. now where real madrid had no problems against santiago bernabeu well good luck to go seven out to nail winners the grain and that's in this second after i need to score the known goal in the first half and also their milan posted the same score against all self help by double from the slot which. finally in group h. ukraine's shocked out of the nets can defeat the point to some nail while andrea shove in five one of six against champions in the group is braga as the gun has crashed in the. portuguese clubs. at the emirates stadium that despite the london as well playing with out some of that key players left out injured. it's fantastic because it shows that you have a style to everybody knows. no matter who comes in. the

same way. so it's good. to have a big squad where everybody can play a part and when you look at who was out tonight. who was sitting behind. some quality players moving to realize that. this week our team presents a series of reports featuring consonantal hockey league competitors and we begin with the league's reigning champion. robert but i now has the story. it's often hard to ridgetop but it's even hard to hold on to the summit bars the undisputed powerhouse of the kontinental hockey league with a third gay chelsea isn't underway because inside is still the only club to have

lifted the league's top trophy the gaar in cup this isn't the snow leopards received yet another boost to their roster after signing one of the league's top scorers marcel hossa going up like a for everyone rich something else will. feel this team has a life of experience where's it all they wanted to championship so. that's why i came here of course i want to bring something in my pocket. when israel. is going to be tough tough for all to get for the covering all but i think they're still very much a wash it's pretty much same thing for years of. course the falls are going to be for just remembering that. although a strong lineup is not often enough to secure a long term success. as brightest stars in russian internationals seem rows of indonesia repeal of don't just appear out of the blue they need to be home. party

went on a mission to the republic of their stand to find their hokie team's best kept secret the secret of continued success first and foremost traditions followed by years of building and nurturing necessary infrastructure combined with investing into the future that's what gives the cape. the edge. calls for portugal to the last of the local authorities deep their best to secure the most favorable environment for our club and the development of the sport in general with new venues. have been built a lot of kids are getting involved into sport so i hope we will soon get a lot of new home grown talents for russian hockey and i could bars and besides hockey worries in a new healthy generation and that is a great example to follow these balls he has already proved to be very efficient the sixth largest city of russia in two thousand and nine cars and was officially recognised as a sports capital by president medvedev the local side or been in claim to back to

bed titles in the russian food will premiere league although i see how he is still considered a number one sport into their star got the better result back doors achieve the more people here will fall in love with the game as soon as the team want to cage shell championships many parents took their kids to ice hockey schools. got them go to loads of ice palaces are being built in nearly every town all over tatarstan hockey figure skating every sport that deals with the ice is extremely popular here that's great. but over the two time gay chilled champions are miles away from resting on their laurels as there is hardly a team in the league that will give their all to be the champs so the names and we are two time good garden cup winners so every team will have some special motivation against us we realize it and we will like to face an ambitious opponent and this is what makes us tougher as well it's just another opportunity for us to

prove we are a worthy team looks like it's going to be an external hard disk next the gun club from the snow leopards named. course that's what they call this beautiful animal here and that are stun and maybe its magic power helps the cousin side to dominate the kontinental hockey league for the last few years but now it's time for us to leave form and get a gorski to find out more about him not a giant of the russian hockey. are better than they are r.t. some for russia. moving to cycling now a slow but perhaps a valid stick that up on as in stage seventeen of love oil task the race for a.z. and on wednesday after tuesday's rest day rush is denise michelle faul they rob a bank team was the second foster sustain this spanish town of panel feel the stage itself was a four to six kilometer individual time trial world champion five and conscious favorite cycling shonar and the swiss battled his way to top spot early on bob he

was soon pushed down to second violin shelf a double of well to went by the day obviously belonged to valid south of the twenty five year old age to see their riders surprise the odds by winning his last major a stage with a time of fifty two minutes and forty seven seconds in chance and the body meanwhile regained the overall aid from north korea guests with four stages still to go. and to go finally where some of the world's top players are in moscow region this week ready to show their best swings at the russia stage of the european challenge to our consumption pop up of reports from the opening day of the russian challenge cup. the financial crisis has meant to drop two of the major golf tournament but the european challenge tour is back after two year assumes the russian challenge cup gets in the way and through the and is going to be the biggest goal for an event in the country this season and why most who is hosting the second time a professional goals tour in europe is largely down to one man former world number

one tennis player. is currently the vice president of the russian goal for c n n it seems he's framing the sporting world still serving terms of influence. of course it was extremely hard to get the european challenge to return and great work was done to achieve that we had to persuade all the officials that the course was worth hosting a stage and i'm very pleased that my efforts at globally for this tournament helped . over time. professionals will take lucrative it's stunning to leeward and pull club sit in the outskirts of the russian capital the course just two years old is as particular as its demanding and will test the gold for skill to be limits the golf course is amazing there is a golf course a jack next to design in moscow in russia is actually the best golf course i've played in europe this year. it is long it is good conditions are amazing

and just you know a privilege to be playing. with big tournaments and good facilities she's still missing one key ingredient in the sport homegrown girl for us withdrawal ranking sable to compete with the world's best players however international coaches are optimistic about finding the brightest young talent in turning them into stores can also find young talent but i can count over the next few years. they can be competing in events like this. would be great as well. i'm for everything that can help. developed in russia. be great for the nation great for golf worldwide meanwhile golf is returning not only in russia but to the olympics and will feature at the games in brazil in two thousand and sixteen this will give the sport huge boost in russia where much can depend on. the sporting world over

a new. developing but it needs encourage minutes from the government to put money into the sports ground roots level the younger end of the market and it needs to be affordable for everybody the russian challenge cup is a big step forward for golf in russia it's the contre second quick to get back to top levels of the sport and those behind it will be hoping that the greens and farewells here will become a fixture on the shuttle of major tournament. r.t. . and that wraps up the sport for the moment coming up right after this a check on the world weather and then the main headlines of the hour don't go away .