early for people to get a two as they've had their homes rid and they where to stay and we can hear president event if it's said that he's sending some of his government to come to the region is that a west affected and see what really needs to be done we can hear from him speaking . after this unusually hot summer will be a cold winter so we need to at least provide people with temporary housing and immediately start the construction of permanent homes both the russian government and the regional administrations should certainly resources to finance these needs now we know it's not just the city of. badly affected national health girls it's another area that's that really had suffered quite badly with these fires and we've heard that over throughout russia twenty two thousand five of them reported since this heat wave break out so firefights as a measure. to deal with this huge demand for help and we've had the volunteers have really been helping out in this fight to battle the blaze so we can have more

from my colleague to learn about this villagers farm and forest rangers are in over their heads trying to contain the blaze the sun going without rest for days at a time forest ranger alexandre ski has been fighting the fire for five days with only a shovel in hand. i'm really stressed out there aren't enough firemen they were all sent to deal with the fires the regional hospital. the situation is no better in the region and the locals are at wits end both up welcome a bit more using our shovels the fire engine today for engines first. engines right from. people running away right. closures going forward we're not getting any help whatsoever would desperately need more equipment we were using axes shovels saws just whatever we could get everyone who could stand to work

everyone who had any equipment. russian prime minister vladimir putin i arrived. on friday morning to assess the damage devastated residents had no qualms about airing their grievances. i want to tell everybody. all the houses will be rebuilt before winter i promise you'll do beach will be restored in the last ten temperature records broken in moscow with each day the mercury nears forty degree celsius temperatures up above forty degrees or forecast so if there's going to be any end to the version of the gulf it basco it's going to be down to the russian firefighters and local residents as it doesn't seem like the weather will be on our side tests are still here r t at the moment as the saying is that the heat is set to continue at least for the next week or so so we're going to see more of these incredibly high temperatures that we've seen over the past five weeks it's been a long call that it's over the temperature has to be above thirty five and of

course last week we saw the record breaking temperatures in most states and so no end in sight at the moment for some people obviously very concerned no more fires break out and to avoid situations such as it's happened in this village where homes have been completely devastated or further there are now eyewitnesses have been sharing their experiences of the deadly wildfires on the internet and some of them uploading their own that use. was the word if you. try to. stop it. get out of the car. if you don't have the we weren't sure. this one was shot as. a group of man were trying to escape from a burning village using the only paved road and found themselves trapped by the walls of flames and they had to turn back when their car almost caught fire and one of the men later described this as being you how. you were going to live from

moscow still to come on the program the sour and the sas reunion find out to want lang's the story you know the words are prepared to go to when nazi veterans from world war two. destruction. and the raid. to prevent thousands of barrels containing highly dangerous chemicals from reaching russia they're currently floating down a chinese river and could reach the border within two weeks the drums were swept into the song why river in northwest china after the worst flooding in a decade to lose factories nearby artes of corpus can offer ports from russia's far east close to the border with china. the river is one of the biggest sources of freshwater in russia's far east and in the city as well water standing now and it's ecology is still under up with threats because china is just several dozen kilometers away from here and so is this a river which joins the where the place where this emergency happened the chinese

authorities do say that they've managed to extract several barrels which have been previously washed into the river as a result of the biggest flood in a decade china has experienced several more thousand barrels are still in the water in the sun for river and or en route towards the end towards russia china has built eight beers in order to prevent them from getting here but there are several factors suggesting that anything could happen for example out of the seven thousand barrels which of initially got into the water three thousand of them contain toxic substances including acids which make it cause harm to humans and animals and it's not clear how many of these so far extracted barrels actually contain these toxic substances there are also reports that some of the barrels may have sunk to the bottom which makes them up attentional future of threat for the ecology and also obviously makes it much more difficult to extract them to the surface this is not the first time that china has experienced such problems back in two thousand and

five a huge chemical spill has left millions of chinese without the supplies of fresh water and the authorities on both sides are monitoring the situation at the emergencies ministry here is already monitoring the quo. of the water so far they haven't any abnormalities but they do see that there are already planning ways to distribute fresh water to the local population in case the contamination does happen. be monitoring the situation and we will report on this story as it continues to develop is going off reporting there from the far east. and sonja veterans who fought on the side of the nazis during the second world war are meeting in the country's capital it's not the first event of this kind in the baltic state and there's outrage inside and outside a stoning about authorities allowing s.s. sympathizers to gather and as our reports those who want to protest the meeting face some inventive hurdles every year when

a lot of the international anti-fascists organizations attempt to cross the border into their neighboring a stone yeah they say they run into all kinds of trouble because you stoning authorities whilst kindly allowing all kinds of form of veterans of german waffen s.s. groups to gather and hold meetings and basically glorify in all kinds of ways the german s.s. groups that basically fought on the german side on the nazi side during the world of the second world war they will not allow anti fascist organizations to hold similar rallies and come up with all kinds of legal and illegal excuses to keep them from entering the country from holding their rallies and this year it's been just the same weight as soon as the bust with anti fascist organizations cross the border into a stone yet they were pulled over the only car to be pulled over here at this checkpoint and their bus underwent a very detailed technical inspection and that technical inspection according to the officers we've managed to speak to they said they found

a number of issues with this very bus they say that the wheels are somehow out of order that the protector on the wheels is not standardized the depth whilst according to the regulations the depth of that protector has to be one point six millimeters and that's a minimum there is no maximum this protectors deeper but still they say it is on acceptable one more issue that they have found with this bus they say it is a leaking oil they found three drops underneath the bus around here somewhere and you can just barely see them if you get down all the way onto the ground and actually crouch and shine a flashlight under the bus and this is very. strange because the oil drops are here and the engine of the bus which is the only place that can actually leak or oil is all the way over here a bus hasn't made it that far the engine of the bus hasn't yet made it this far so where those oil drops came from and why if the engine is leaking oil there's only

three drops as boston is down here for over an hour there's no more not a single drop but still the authorities are saying this bus is unfit for stony and roads and therefore it will be turned around and all the people who are on it will when you are faced with either standing here for the entire night or only walking to tell and which is over a few hundred kilometers of course they are going to try and find a different way of transportation but with the a stone units already as this is quite difficult because all the buses the nearby towns are suddenly either broken down unavailable on technical repair or are already engaged so how this will pan out nobody can yet tell but one thing is certain the estonian authorities are doing everything they can to prevent these people from exercising their constitutional rights. as you know as our earth warning there from these tony in capital and there's always more on the main stories we're covering plus plenty of extras on our website our here's a quick look at what's waiting to be discovered right now. demonstrators besiege

a town hall in the moscow region a good to see trees but not from the fires raging across russia. and big hearted harry the manager of told them food makes you sick and russian signing also going to find a home for the parasailing donkey who won the sympathy of animal lovers everywhere find out more on these and many other stories that are. it's a tough period for the u.s. campaign in afghanistan american forces have just experienced their two deadliest months since arriving and now locals are rioting against the presence of foreign troops j. dilla berta and us afghan veteran says people are just tired of feeling unprotected basically the general sentiment of the people is that they're tired of seeing i

could be a occupying force that's every day the u.s. and coalition for bush has set foot in the country anti-american sentiment grows because there is no there to pick the population does not feel safe they do not feel protected like the counterinsurgency campaign assumes that it can do the other problem of this whole scenario is that kabul is supposed to be one of the safest places in all about gave them a stamp and if kabul isn't our people then you can surely buy that the rest of afghanistan is ten times worse than that well in all counterinsurgency campaigns when you insert more troops the first thing that happens they see a spike in violence and a spike in deaths and it's to be expected there's no way to stop that that's the nature of conflict and the u.s. secretary of the sand says a leaking of classified documents related to the war in afghanistan could lead to even more deaths among the troops but wiki leaks who published the material online rejected that accusation saying the pentagon is trying to distract attention from

the sounds of lives already lost his military analyst getting herself agrees saying the leak reveals little that hasn't been known for years. one of the top american collaborative in afghanistan has been known for a long time leaks actually there are two of them the first he's going to president effect of really works for the united states and it's well known for almost nine years and believe it turned out there was no repercussions from taliban all of their associates and the second most notorious u.s. collaborated in afghanistan he's got his eye abroad in kandahar who according to the u.s. main media has been one of the most cherished cia asset eighty eight of the top drug kingpin oh across the country for the taliban i mean and would be doing hit much for these mujahedeen troika they know for sure for almost ninety

years. old kind of like brothers for the u.s. government so if the top u.s. intelligence assets well known for the whole world for almost nine years and nobody tried to harm them why the united states should be so concerned about the third grade informants somewhere in the countryside so the u.s. decision makers will be well advised to stop playing the circuit city expressing their crocodile tears about the threat to the lives of us and for missing afghanistan and instead they should start thinking real hard how to arrest the narco terrorist threat that comes under their watch from afghanistan to russia and to european union. you can look at some other stories from around the world and greece is set to mobilize mildred you goals to restore

fuel supply is hit by a lorry drivers drawing protesters vowed to continue action despite the government's emergency order to return to work and the protests have turned violent at times with some clashes with police fuel has run out in all but a few of the capitals have stations and it's affecting tourism and causing saunters . in pakistan over four hundred have been killed in the past three days in floods triggered by monsoon rains hundreds of thousands more have been left stranded emergency services struggle to reach remote villages provincial government has declared a state of emergency as to mention the rains are expected to continue over the weekend and officials say the flaws are the worst on an almost eighty years. and i we continue our exploration of the lesser known parts of russia in our close of series. today we take you to the town of bor of in central russia located just

a glamorous from moscow it has become a real guardian of authentic russian culture it's existed since early fourteenth century and is famous for its hillside churches we send to go to the great charter to explore the artistic side to the city. where else so close to mosco would you hear church bells ringing so often every fifteen minutes at a dozen churches similar tenuously this beautiful chime can be heard in the provincial town of bor of school located just eighty kilometers away from mosco and it's the closest cause of the kaluga region to the capital it takes so well defended hilltop position thanks to the all good techs who started to build the town in the early fourteenth saying morris comprises of several unique churches like the christian old believe us church also the legend raised about the monastery adds to the towers. must see list but more of is not only about traditional

architecture and golden dome scent crosses it's hauser's are canvas for contemporary art to self-taught artist but in europe cheney is recording the history of his hometown through his paintings but his art his surface comes that applies. the charm of a russian provence to which nothing it seems could be add it couldn't. be retired construction engineer has turned a whole town into a giant canvas where the mayor of rock and his native born collect food culture and splashed images of churches historical figures and still live on its walls in all one hundred new roles orders ninety four percent of people in our town don't visit on galleries and museums to talk and thus they can take in the outdoor exhibition

which is not the greatest art of all time but still this is art the town's mayor like to cheney gives images until the muralist turned into a satirical commentator after the artist made a wall sized political cartoon picturing a local governor he became persona non grata. there were three paintings on this one is left to others will white washed under the pretext of this house being repaired the mayor has already destroyed ten of my works the biggest nero decorated a local bakery now that it's been whitewashed some locals haven't claimed the bread tastes wars well side is too holy for up to make of the brush including the opposite of the mayor's office this painting for example depicts historical figures space travel theorize a constantin ski while basically you're all right opposite the mayor's window is typical soviet setar well done cucumber the sets. the

mayor didn't appreciate the humor of tunic of was fined several times and even faced court charges a local newspaper criticized him as a moral especially after he painted a controversial image of a religious martyr in a town where every second citizen is a regular churchgoer but surprisingly the biggest local mourners street doesn't think the artist touched a raw nerve the words we say i can painting is the bible and colors the same could be said about these paintings they are the history of our town and colors it's especially good for the young people who are raised without knowing their roots. monk maxime turned to religion at the time of year is truly can russia images of abandoned churches and wide washed icons are still strong in his memory he's convinced that the artist should not give up and should continue with his dream of painting all of board of school with his murals it's in the church of eid t.

from war of sc in the kaluga region brings us up to date here in r.t. it's time now for the business of day with stephanie. hello welcome to the business bulletin here on r.t. russia has declared a state of emergency in four regions hit by the worst drought in a century farmers in twenty seven regions are estimating their losses and market watchers warn of new price hikes that tell you how clever reports. crickey soil and plants such a poke a loop to pictures can be seen in many russian regions the heat has burnt out more than ten million hectares of green fields he retired us may fall by quarter this year like many other films hundred and counting his losses amounting so far to fifty percent of his films eels grain production vegetable production in essence

all crop production that's open field crop production. and primarily the dairy industry but we're losing a significant volume of milk because of the heat but as soon as the heat is over we'll eventually bounce back the quality of the feed won't be quite the same the cost of the feed may be quite the same drownd has a knock on effect on almost every agricultural sector the cost of producing green milk beef and hogs has doubled cattle breeders have lost their grass and now they're running out of cheap grain as drought continues don't clouds are gathering around the finance ministry as they contemplate their inflation forecast seven when we also observe the similar rally all their cultural markets it's true that russia received. local inflation so personalized just upgraded the inflation forecast for this year but great by zero point five percentage point from the level

of seven percent off some point five percent this is not that very well i don't believe that this level will constrain the comic recovery marketplace there's no reason for panicking and promise to keep prices at acceptable levels so the government doesn't have to intervene looking into the future they can see another problem looming we have to change your whole policy on insurance there's only about ten percent of the crops have been insured and the insurance companies are not very friendly towards. not only. insuring the crops but they're not terribly friendly on pain obviously once that once the situation happens he says insurance companies to change their approach but also from more responsibility rather than strict you know their hand to the government and then you can fool the business. despite ending friday's trading session in the red it was a good week for the russian stock markets as the head of research at metropole

explains overall again that we were quite strong and went out on the talking about equities we're talking about. commodities and there is gases russian market did really well this weekend you know addition to the support of god from international markets from the performance over international equity markets it also got a strong dose of support from austria in commodity prices we saw world prices morning. above seventy five dollars and this way you can actually stand there a new era of oil has begun that is in the gulf of mexico suggest the problems of one oil company may go global there are many more reserves are in hard to develop fields and that's pushing safety on technology higher up the agenda seen a de mint credit reports. one hundred days and counting the gulf of mexico oil

spill becomes a turning point for the whole oil industry and perhaps the global economy top exploration rules are coming into force just as easy as oil is running out energy companies will be forced to explore hard to reach fields and the extreme surroundings deep water and arctic conditions i showed you for you know we are entering a new era. of there usually. isn't even risks of very high as it was a gulf of mexico show is going. to water story robert dudley pioneered international security and labor norms in russia now he's facing a tougher job setting and even lower threshold for ecological risk across b.p. all oil companies involved in shelf explorer ration are already working on a common security fund the accumulate emergency deposits chief jobs for what is going to be needed to make that commitment to safety for the environment for workers. priority number one we're going to see a sea change call boy as

a result of what's happened in the gulf hopefully that sea will reach the shores of safety security risk management could be the oil industry's new motto and russian oil giants wouldn't be immune as in their new innovative a business are cheap. on that so from the business here for now but you can always find the stories on our website that's our flash s.f. .

welcome back here with r t and here's a look at the top stories whole villages burned in central russia in the record breaking heat wave killing dozens and leaving thousands homeless the army has been sent to help firefighters control the raging inferno. chinese emergency workers struggled to retrieve barrels holding dangerous chemicals they were swept into a river and are now heading for russia. at a stony and veterans who fought on the side of the nazis during the second world war are meeting in the country's capital the event has sparked outrage inside and outside of stony over the authorities decision to allow this estimate sizers to gather. also they have eyes here in. talks to renounce spanish architect who thinks moscow must develop into the state of the art capital of eurasia.

how will you know welcome to the spotlight the interview show on r.c. i am now going off and today my guess is that i said believe that i could nine hundred ninety two he transformed better solo and into real olympic capital turning it from an aging city into one of the most vibrant and modern cities in europe he claims now that moscow can and must develop into a state of the art of capital of eurasia is it a fantasy or a sensible evaluation we're about to find out.