The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is discussing ways to reform the organisation with Russia's leadership. The Editor-in-Chief of "Russia in Global Affairs" magazine, Fyodor Lukyanov, says the main problem is that UN member states are not ready to compromise.

RT caught up with Natalia Solzhenitsyna at a book launch of her husband, writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's latest biography. This is the full version of the inverview.

Russia's lower house of parliament is considering changes to adoption laws. Elena Zotova, from the UN children's fund UNICEF, joined RT to discuss the adoption debate.

The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is on his first official visit to Russia. Yury Shishaev from the UN Information Centre in Moscow explains the special reason for the visit and the issues to be discussed.

The U.S. top commander in Iraq is warning there will be a delay in the withdrawal of American troops which means little will change before a new President is installed next year. RT military analyst Evgeny Khrushchev takes a look at the situation.

RT caught up with Natalia Solzhenitsyna at a book launch of her husband, writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn's latest biography.