in the river which is a subsidiary to the river which connects russia and china and right now those barrels are heading to russia very quickly according to the estimations they could reach russian waters by the fourth of august which is less which is in less than a week russian emergency services however a saying that there is no information yet about whether there has been any leakage of chemicals out of those barrels but russian authorities have already do mon did the assessment so potentially environmental consequences of this from the from china china is promising that there will be no natural catastrophe but in the past twenty four hours after the barrels were washed into the water only four hundred fold them out of seven thousand were taken out of the water but the chinese are saying that only three thousand all of them contains chemicals and they are either four thousand were completely harmless however this is not the first time that russia might have to do with the consequences of

a natural disaster caused by china back in two thousand and five a one hundred tons of benzene swarm froome from china through the same waters passing by some major russian far eastern seas such as how bought a scan the come someone is going on with the chemicals in the barrels a very toxic if they're not taking out of the water and if they're easy linkage there will be dangers for both the nature of humans and the wildlife because the area of the region there around there are more river is surrounded by many reservations where a very rare animal such as the more taiga for example leave as for the chemicals themselves there are two kinds of chemicals that we know of that there is there first kind is the liquid substance that is see through that is looks completely pure but has a very toxic smell and boils in very low temperatures and does can cause small be kept in humid conditions and see deer burns for people. animals and the second

kind is a substance that is that is used to increase more true cooled and temperature resistance for other substances so they're both quite toxic and if it is indeed the case that the barrels reach russian waters and there is leakage then of course there was going to be a big threat for russia and the nature of the russians and the nature in the region . reporting. from the world wild fun from nature said the danger posed to russia's far east is not being exaggerated. one of the substances in the barrels is a poison that can cause burns to eyes and skin it's stable and dry form but when it comes into contact with moisture it becomes very dangerous so if it gets into the water it cannot be used without purification and more than a million people in russia's far east depend on the water from them river but so

far there have been no reports of any leak from the barrels. or coming your way as our report on the dangers of this summer's scorching heat wave he's got all the tips experts on how to stay cool in blistering heat. first british antiwar activists are claiming the massive leak of u.s. military documents in afghanistan is an omen marks the beginning of the end of international intervention in the war torn country the files posted online by wiki leaks suggest the situation with ground is far from the official picture of the ninety thousand pages details of million deaths at the hands of nato troops as well as concerns pakistani intelligence could be helping the taliban calls to end the war now growing louder in many countries including the u.k. parties or emirates met a former british soldier whose refusal to fight cost him his freedom. this is the soldier who said no to the tip of speaking out against the conflict one he calls

illegal and unjustifiable his advice to the government i was i was i listen to people just simply. people want to make a morning with. this conflict. you know kind of will to fall off the wagon as far as the message which spin cycle fusion the song just want to start listening to public clinton joined the army in two thousand and four and fought for seven months in afghanistan he says he came home a changed man suffering symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder for which he claims he was bullied when he heard he was being sent back. to afghanistan he did from the army and didn't come back for two years initially his military superiors were understanding but when joe spoke at an antiwar rally in london they upped his charges to desertion which carries a ten year prison sentence j.s mother says that exposes the hypocrisy of the conflict bringing democracy we've got freedom of speech we're fighting to introduce

it just going to stand in the middle of some deep speaking you. know mr benton paid a price for his outspokenness in the notorious military jail the glass house he thinks the reason it wasn't longer was to avoid a public outcry which could have brought on an examination of the war he served his time along with other soldiers who he says were with him all the way on the stand he'd taken. more support from fellow prisoners is fantastic and so much mildness one point when it was going to underlayers or die she's fantastic so you know the only time i think of how long for the first night when. off so that i was correct in my son much more. jews become a poster boy for the stop the war coalition. a hero's welcome following his release from prison for someone they consider brave and principled well i mean should have been punished at all he's saying what everyone believes and everyone

knows the war is not just on winnable it's immoral it's a disaster it's causing attacks defeat for the people of afghanistan more and more young british men and women are being sent out to risk their lives for a war that only the politicians support and even in private they know it's a disaster joe blanton story is ok because it comes straight from the front line as do the ninety thousand documents released this week showing the unvarnished truth of a bloody conflicts and going by clinton's account of the support he received from other soldiers during his time in prison there is dissent inside. the armed forces something the government could have a hard time making nor nor emmett's r.t. . the south korean newspapers claiming russian investigators of north korea did not talk paedo one of the warships the reports which russia has not confirmed says the vessel hit a mine. sank off the korean peninsula in march with the most of forty six sailors

and the u.s. backed international investigation found pyongyang responsible but russia sent its own team of investigators to the region last month north korea maintains it had nothing to do with the incident. well let's get some more reaction from this report now we're joined from canada by foreign policy analyst stephen gans thanks very much indeed for joining us very interesting this the fact that this report came from south korea what's the significance of that do you think. the significance of the initial investigation came from south korea the actual report. saying that this report actually came from a south korean newspaper in effect clearing north korea of the sinking of that was that's quite significant isn't it. it is significant yes. but we should also recognize that while the south korean government was behind the joint civilian military report that blamed the on the ng for the sinking of the cio

and then. there is a large opposition within south korea to the idea that in fact north korea is responsible for the sinking of the ship and the opposition parties in south korea and many of the newspapers have been calling into question the south korean report so the russian naval report is consistent with what a lot of people in south korea believe which is that north korea hasn't been responsible for this thinking so should we be really quite cautious the fact that this report hasn't been officially confirmed yet. i don't think so i think we should be cautious about the south korean report that is the south korean government report there are a number of reasons why one should exercise extreme skepticism and caution in accepting the conclusion that north korea was responsible for the sinking of the

ship. there's the context for example the lead government is not a government that is interested in peaceful coexistence with north korea it's a is to see the collapse of north korea and its absorption into the south. it's also suspicious that the south korean government's report was released on the eve of gubernatorial and local elections the opposition parties have found that to be rather suspicious there's also the case that. the idea that a north korean submarine could have been operating in the shallow waters and which is which. is incredible and in fact the former chief of naval staff of south korea in the days immediately following the sinking brought this to the attention of south koreans he said it's impossible to think that a north korean submarine was operating in those waters it's just not the kind of waters in which any submarine can operate nevertheless whatever the source of this

whatever the outcome of this report and whether it is publicly confirmed the fact that the nature of that surely if it is confirmed would really ease tensions in a very volatile situation wouldn't it. it would ease tensions in the short term yes. doubtlessly the case that tensions have escalated but one could make the argument that the entire point of the cio in an incident in the blaming of it on north korea was to provide a pretext to escalate tensions in fact this has been followed by war games exercises joint war games exercises with the united states and south korean forces involving a large u.s. aircraft carrier and hundreds of it that means you know about those those water on exercises you're talking about north korea sees them as very provocative in fact there are concerns in north korea that this could be

a precursor to military action do you think we could possibly see a war in the region. we could possibly see a war in the region however we could also look at this is an ongoing program of the united states and south korea to impose enormous military pressure on north korea with the goal of seeing it collapse north korea as you know it's been under a mountain of sanctions since one thousand nine hundred fifty those sanctions have long with other events have managed to impoverished the country but by imposing this enormous military pressure unremitting military pressure on the country it's forced to. to plough a whole lot of its limited resources into its military which only perhaps hasten the day when it will find itself collapsing which is exactly what it is that the united states and the south korea want to see happen around will very interesting to hear what you have to say thanks very much for sharing your views on the

situation there foreign policy analyst stephen gallon speaking to us live in canada appreciate it he thinking. well still to come on the program this hour for you the latest in our russia close up series will be taking to the city of lucca is near moscow and you can find out what drives some ex-pats to live there. but first the unprecedented heat wave sweeping russia continues unabated with july already the hottest month on record as a result of the heat fires mean moscow's now choking in thick smog. reports now from the heart of the problem. fires have spread well across moscow region and scores of firefighters are being sent to fight these blazes every day but their efforts are being hampered by the sixteen the hot and dry weather and we've been told that the amount of fires this year has already exceed last year's fires by two times and the total area of these fires is twelve times bigger than in two thousand

and nine and this includes both the forest fires n.p. fires especially which are really tricky because they can go on for months deep underground in temperatures reaching eight hundred degrees celsius and then when it's hot and dry enough on the surface they can emerge and firefighter see that the consul even see new forces or fire new sources of smoke as they are fighting their current ways or their efforts are also being hampered by the water shortages which is a myth which have been also caused by this heat and the dry weather many lakes and many springs have simply evaporated in forty six told us that they often have to build special pipe systems to do it with water from as far as nine kilometers away to the fire and i can tell you that it's highly unlikely that they're going to be able to extinguish all of these fires so long as this extremely hot and dry weather

continues and forecast you do see that the temperatures make cool down a little bit during the weekend we even see a little bit of rain but they say also that dry weather is going to return next week of course with this that heat meaning the smoke and especially the fumes in big cities create really difficult and dangerous living conditions which are they're worried that open source because this sun is also dangerous for the homes for the skin and it increases the body temperature and smoke of course itself is also of interest but these are also for other products. other types of products sure there were. people living in the areas affected by the small hand the huge trying to do anything to cope with these conditions drinking a lot of water there are actually month long queues for air conditioning only in moscow many people try to leave the city thinking that the conditions in the

outdoors may be a little bit better but as you can see around me and around ninety kilometers away from moscow the conditions here in the situation here is not much better. reporting from the moscow region. authorities say one hundred forty people have died in the democratic republic of congo after a boat capsized the tragedy happened on the river in the west of the country rescue workers are searching for dozens who are still missing and officials say the boat was overloaded with cargo and passengers in french mother has been charged with murder after police found the bodies of a newborn babies on her property she's admitted to the crime. is husband has been freed without charge police were alerted after the new owners of a house the couple had lived in bones buried in the garden the bodies are wrapped in plastic were eventually discovered there and also at the couple's current home. arizona's governor says she will appeal against a federal ruling to restrict sections of the state's controversial new immigration

law decision to revoke parts of the major came just hours before its due to come into force the court blocked the section that insisted immigration papers were to be carried at all times police to question people over their status it came after the u.s. government said the legislation usurp the federal authority critics claim will lead to racial profiling. we're trying to explore some of the many treasures of russia as we take a tour around the country bring you a snapshot of its most interesting places. this time we travel to the kaluga region founded in the mid fourteenth century it is just two hundred kilometers away from moscow famous for its space exploration and scientific research it's responsible for a number of high tech advances in engineering electronics he said yes and it has also become one of the centers of the russian automotive industry attracting a number of major foreign companies are discovering

a culture of i want to meet some experts to find out just why the region's such a good place for business. we're not in maybe afraid of horses but she's not afraid of horse power every day she handles one hundred forty and has been harrowed drives just as many the to work of the four x. modern factory and were among the first expanse to settle down in color. the only brazilian calder everywhere i go and i say i'm from brazil of course i get this cheery and people talk about football in pailin so it's always positive maybe in such a big city like most call you are just one more in a crowd and here you stand out especially as a foreigner we're talking as a foreigner here we're not a herald certainly turned hats locally when they drove the german car john's first fully russian made vehicle the production line russians proud of

russia of being russian at the same time we. reserve a share in towards products made in russia so we work on that everybody did what we do here is the same quality. we use to form it's from germany from. the company was an early bird to place its bets on the region that's worth one billion dollars on some. one hundred ten tears a build a whole industrial park something which would be unlikely closer to moscow juta higher costs are to come makers were haughton their taillights today home to volvo peugeot citron and renault just recently is still stamping factory was opened now it caters for all folks bargains car parts this is not just the biggest german investment in russia but also an example of a life asian it is no longer just

a car assembly as it was four years ago these car parts are built with russian hands and ultimately will be built what the russians steve. unlike renate and harold welder sergei was born in ca longer but in a way he also stands out from his three thousand core leaks he was recruited from a local orphanage frequently out of work says he is now driven to succeed but i want to stay and work here if they give me a chance to grow i would like to become a foreman and ultimately a manager i see perspectives for reference to more and more companies are opening up in the region which were for renard he was behind the idea to employ orphans to set up a women's club in kabul which among other projects to patronage of local orphanage is government does a lot and also private. but after eighteen years old they are on the streets and what can we do so if we give clothes one day it's worn out so we thought that.

beginning a project there it's not about giving money or giving things but giving an opportunity for them to grow so does learning german in the hope that one day he will land his dream job eager to work and give something back to those that gave him a hand when he most needed it to do a great r t kabul girl. just to remind you we're online twenty four hours of the. dot com that's a website where we have plenty of other stories for you to discover there is a selection of what's on the line there right now a ban on islamic veils in france doesn't go unnoticed by extremist groups including al qaeda it's called the move an attack on islam. and it's been the subject of films and books but will new clues finally solve a hundred year old mystery just what happened to a doomed russian expedition to the arctic in one thousand nine hundred twelve all

available online. a little later we'll be exploring all things three dimensional in our high tech program technology update that's in about ten minutes from now but first it's the latest business updates with stephanie stay with us for that. hello and welcome to the business bulletin here on r.t.e. the government will offload shares in state companies even if the budget doesn't need the money it's announced it will sell eight major companies which is fewer than expected and the earliest date for a sale will be next year the economic development minister said privatization will help build a competitive economy if the would get us started. these would be fairly big companies possibly banks companies from the fuel and energy sector privatization

will be a means not only of the trucking many into the budget which is very important but it's also wave influencing the structure of the economy currently the government has an excessive growth in some of the sectors where the government share is quite big we interested encouraging more competition in the private sector. smaller companies may prove attractive to individual investors have the government will have to work hard to allay their fears of renationalisation according to live on of i.h.s. global insight. in some says it doesn't come across as true privatization it's only partial however and the government has indicated that there are over five thousand companies that they are willing to sell now most of these companies own much smaller and they are not of strategic importance or limited strategic importance and i believe in most of these cases it will be full prototypes ation

renationalisation fear is probably one of the big east obstacles for foreign investors into venturing gratia there is the fear of their wells the government feels more confident but they really resort to so-called crippling nationalization when they used regularly to revisionist to force steve foreign investors out and indeed there is the danger so the government needs to provide their investment protection to make this the formula best there's a bit wary that if they invest and if they have a conflict with the state and they decide to take the case to court the court the judicial system which largely remains politically dependent or what probably signed with the state so the fear of nationalization is there and the state has to take some steps to provide guarantees that it will not happen even with two companies the real monopoly on mortgage agency dropped from the privatization

program will be the biggest such initiatives since the early one nine hundred ninety s. as you know de mint voted for reports. if you want some of the rushes blue chips well general sniffed the largest banks bear bank now is the time some call it the biggest privatization since the ninety's but it's not huge clear which wires to government targets therefore we're talking about. minorities and this is much different from what we have seen in russia taking place in mine tears or crude dizzy sion in their youth. in the general tso's because usually when we're talking about truth zation seen some salespersons for strategic investors so i think that in russia's case now we're really talking wild government convention think with flu proof lord of the state their own company is only months ago some said russia no longer deserved its position as a leading emerging market and you inflow of foreign investment could change that

perception but the government has work to do before it can sell some of those companies some state monopoly is known to be unfriendly to individual investors others are simply too big to be easily sold to talk about the large states like ross and they have to. probably of course want to be on a more. real estate so it's. some effort for the government but with serious effort for. the companies make them for investors in order to sell them at. a fair price the pricing of the assets and the timetable are unclear the government initially suggested thirty billion dollars over three years and only see the government has a choice it can sell weak and cheap but to get the best pricing cover the budget deficit the privatization could stretch over several years they may be a business archie. likely acting markets finished high here in moscow on thursday

climbing more than one percent each energy names and banks led the gains with gas from. all out performing. russian internet and facebook investor digital sky technologies plans to sell a stake of up to twenty five percent the i.p.o. is scheduled to take place in london next year and that's over the business scene for now but of course you can always find most stories on our website that's r.t. dot com slash business.

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on my flat. right. palin the killing and dramatic. fifty. five. from the russian capital twenty four hours a day this is good to have you with us top stories now. russia's top alert to chinese floods wash thousands of barrels of highly explosive chemicals into a major river officials say they could be across the russian border within a week. who's to blame south korean reports suggest russia can prove pyongyang is

not guilty of the sinking of a southern warship discounters findings by u.s. backed inquiry which concluded a north korean torpedo sunk the vessel. uncovering change british peace campaigners say the afghan war could take a u. turn off the exposure of u.s. military secrets detailing mistakes and coverups they claim the link proves the reasoning behind the ball was fictitious and embarrassing. from a breath of fresh air here in moscow with temperatures breaking records on a daily basis causing fires and. become the hottest month. brings out today with more on those stories in less than thirty minutes from now in the meantime check out the latest technological advances in russia with make levy.