[02:21.80]In a speech in the presence of the Russian President Vladimir Putin who is on a visit to Germany.
[02:27.28]We are convinced that will be most successful if we have an active civil society,
[02:35.68]this has already been discussed in German and Russian talks in St Petersburg,
[02:39.98]and we have to intensify this dialogue to further develop our ideas.
[02:43.70]In Germany, we know the non-governmental organizations drive innovation, and they should be given the opportunity to do the same in Russia.
[02:54.33]This is the World News from the BBC
[02:58.28]The South African military says it will send troops to the Democratic Republic of Congo as part of special United Nations intervention force to fight rebels there.
[03:08.72]It comes just two weeks after the deaths of 13 soldiers in a controversial deployment in the Central African Republic.
[03:15.49]The South Africa media suggested troops were in the CAR in return for lucrative mining contract.
[03:21.08]Pretoria has denied this.
[03:23.14]The Nigerian militant group, Mend(the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta),
[03:25.75]says it was behind an ambush which killed 15 police officers in an oil producing Niger Delta on Friday night.
[03:32.57]The group has been largely inactive since most of its members agree to amnesty in 2009.