| THURSDAY 5TH FEBRUARY 22:30 GBT - BBC TWO FROM KIRSTY WARK "No reward for failure." The Prime Minister stepped right into the row over bonuses at banks which have had to be bailed out by the taxpayer. He was speaking in the light of reports which suggest that thousands of city traders and senior bankers at RBS are in line for bonuses worth tens of millions of pounds. He said that he strongly agreed with the approach being taken to executive salaries by President Obama. The US President wants to stop banks "getting up to their old tricks" and is to impose a salary cap of $500,000 on executives from companies rescued by the American taxpayer. So, if Gordon Brown "strongly agrees", will he make a move, or in the long run will this be counter-productive? How do the banks attract the brightest and the best, at a time when they desperately need the brightest and the best, if they put a lid on their earning potential? The Bank of England has cut interest rates again. This is good news for borrowers, but what if you are a saver? Are savers a whole casualty wing of their own in this economic crisis? And as we head to zero, what's the next move in the handbook? And is journalism one of the most dangerous professions in Russia? This week Russians may have the verdict on the conspiracy of the murder of the journalist and writer Anna Politkovskaya. The BBC's Rupert Wingfield-Hayes talks to media mogul Alexander Lebedav who says his journalists are feeling increasingly threatened in their investigative work. He also meets a police investigator who says that law enforcers are being pressured not to investigate intimidation and attacks on journalists. We'll also have an update on the weather. Do join me at 10:30. Missed Newsnight? Catch the latest programme on the BBC's iPlayer | 
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