the fires have killed at least fifty people in the past week the temperatures for weeks at the ward as high as thirty eight to forty degrees celsius in moscow where the average temperature for this time of the year is usually twenty three degrees celsius emergency ministry has been reporting a small decline in new fires breaking out but there are still around eighty fires big fires burning across the contrary you know there are hundreds of them but really big ones and the worst of them are peat far as there are around forty of them burning at the moment most of them in the moscow region they're very hard to extinguish you can imagine once the fire goes deep on the ground and once you put it out in one area it pops up somewhere else and is really hard to handle until temperatures drop and the peat gets damp again but even the most optimistic weather forecasts are now say that the temperatures are going to remain this for at least another four to five days while more than one hundred sixty thousand people are now going out of their way to put out those fires and we heard that the emergency

ministry says that now foreign fighters are going to work twenty four seventh's and the moscow russians are also getting a helping hand from abroad some country countries are sending in their people others are like like bulgaria and others are sending in equipment planes and helicopters like. i did while russia very much needs this helping hand because the territory is huge and the fires are raging well anyway officials are saying there is no danger of fires in. populated areas at least some good news there. back to you. the military conflict which took hundreds of lives.

the brief but destructive war in the caucuses in august two thousand and eight led to a region of the region it begun with shelling it's. destroying part of the capital. to protect people in the republic including many. some of the hot embrace. buildings in five days georgian troops have been pushed out several countries have. independence including russia. covered the event for us two years ago says life in the republic is gradually returning to normal. but reconstruction of infrastructure is in full swing and i can say that i do see progress a lot of buildings have been reconstructed of course there are still those buildings with the bullet holes in their wounds there are still buildings that are

being reconstructed and you can see builders every word through this as we move through this life point here in central square ball itself he said construction works are still under way there still people who waiting to have returned to their homes in the local government promises them that their houses will be rebuilt over the next year but most of the work has already been done a lot of schools are now functioning again and hospitals local university however still lies in ruins more investment to be reconstructed this winter however the gas pipeline from russia has finally been built in this winter people here had central seating some teaching some think they were deprived off the group because georgia gas supplies to self the said so life here is getting back to normal however the world will thousand and eight has left are still sore and here's this report by my colleague knight as he's a man who is based here in this he involved. it's been

a restless nights for doc to gorky has been conducting a complicated operation while nations continue to flow into the hospital room are very good one motion forward for this new clinic in the center of the south a city in the capital was the only medical facility here two years ago and it looked very different than. your distil doesn't like to come down here into the cellar where he spent several sleepless nights of cliff and grating on days injured during the georgian aggression in the to freeze to show us how different to. go with this provided this was our operating room smelled awfully of ammonia because of the sewers the nurses had to leave the room every now and then to be sick we were performing surgery under these pipes. in a suitable equipment water or food. doctors still had to go down for nearly two hundred operations here as well as other minor procedures. little three wins in here and came out there. and you thought it was one of these patients

during the bombardment he had in the cellar of his home on hearing the bombing outside he fled in fear that he did there it under rubble as he did he was struck by a metal splinter from an exploded shell. my arm hasn't been functioning properly for two years and i can't sleep on my right side as it hurts it a lot of squarely blames the georgian president for what happened to him and the wall. i never want to see him i don't even want to see his name he's a murderer innocent people were killed children the elderly and women who never want to talk to him after what he's done. she was virtually unconscious when she arrived in hospital but you remember seeing the many injured here on the most lying on the wet ground on make she tossed brittle were the situation here worse and with every passing minute the doctors were treating up to

four hundred of the wounded some alternatively and here was a t.v. set broadcasting only georgian t.v. the ongoing bombardment and lack of factual information only added to their despair who was almost lost many were crying during he says this was the greatest moment that everybody was preparing to die. because of this at one point it felt like nobody was coming to help us at all everything seemed in vain so much work was done for nothing. he may have been unaware of russian peacekeepers methods protectors of them seated on his music but his work and that was one of the things we do that often waste all the good out of the hundreds if not they were staring at dozen in the cellar only to succumb to what follows is an honorable to go figure three days or so are seen from the moment of the city. meanwhile here in preparations are underway as several events will be taking place here to commemorate the two years

that have passed since the georgia's aggression. well are to really go. in capital tbilisi says there's been growing criticism of the decision to attack south of thirty. you have to remember that the georgian people how right it been through several wars they have been through civil war and the president's as this war is the beginning of the one nine hundred ninety s. and a lot of the people who live here still have fresh memories of that period and of course there is the war of two thousand and eight so the last thing that is on georgian people's minds is get another bloody conflict and they feel the president's actually has allowed that conflict to happen in fact he was the perpetrator of the bout of the battles that ensued two years ago a lot of politicians a lot of opposition politicians in the country also say that president bush really is responsible in fact the labor party has just recently called for sanctions to be imposed on the georgian president does not specify what kind of sanctions but they do say that his actions should not be left unpunished by the international

community and the sentiments i kin to the ones i just expressed are being felt not just in georgia by but also by georgians over or over the world as a matter of fact the president of the international union of georgians has issued an apology to the south it's in people just recently he apologized for the actions of the georgian president but of course as in any conflict at the end it's not the politicians that suffer it's the people tens of thousands of georgians used to live in south ossetia for decades and when the shelling and the bombing of south the city began they were forced to flee and they flee they fled to georgia but as they found out not all georgians are actually welcome in georgia. when the war ends some wounds heal faster than others these people were forced to flee their homes leaving everything behind to escape the shelling and explosions in their native towns and villages but though the run away from war they cannot find solace

in peace. president's head is in the clouds he has no idea how refugees live we're supposed to get new homes by twenty eleven but then just prom. we don't believe anything will be done all of them are georgians from a cause in south a city or some were forced to flee two years ago during the south a city or war others have been here in tbilisi since the early one nine hundred ninety s. which though the first violence erupt between georgia and its then breakaway regions for two years the refugees have lived in a dilapidated building which used to house government offices several months ago they were told they would have to move out if. they have many buildings in billy's city and its suburbs where we could live and from where we could get to work but they don't want to use them they think refugees must not live and belief. blog is a forty four year old sales assistant she survives on a salary of ninety dollars

a month her son has cerebral palsy and gets financial aid of some fifty dollars a month when olga talks about moving she seems on the verge of hysterics. i'm not going to go anywhere even if they first simply evict me i'm not going anywhere i'm going to go on a hunger strike if that's what it takes i'm not going anywhere certainly not to the regions. a recent report by amnesty international says six percent of the current total population in georgia are displaced that's some two hundred forty thousand people and though some have already been moved into new housing the organization says the government is still not doing enough to help further measures need to be taken and look into the future of these people not just the presence of the roof over their heads but there are more things that they need and we think there is more that we georgian authorities could and should be doing to help them actually to to fully integrate and have

a future wherever that might be it seems for now though the refugees feel no hope of their needs being met. here but you know i lost my house i lost my homeland i lost everything and now i'm been kicked out of here been made to refuse you for the second time i'm not concerned just with myself i'm speaking for everyone who lives here. no running water no heating no basic comforts whatsoever there are a few g.'s here already used to living in these conditions what they cannot get used to is being treated as a sub class citizens by their own government they say they feel like animals who are being herded from place to place without any hope of ever finding any where they can call home. a lot of people see that as an indication of the georgian president relation to wards the war that took place here as they go is the fact that he's not even in the country for the two of the year anniversary of his

attending the inauguration of the colombian president and is not in tbilisi or anywhere in georgia today nor will he be there tomorrow. it's now a quarter past the hour here in moscow you with r.t. thank you for joining us today and after ninety three years the russian militia could soon be called the police in a bid to reflect their professionalism of the force the draft law is part of reforms to the country's law enforcers who have been dogged by accusations of corruption a special website has been created so the plans can be discussed further by the public parties it jacob groups looks at what else is in store for russia's cops. they say don't judge a book by its cover but russian president dmitri medvedev has given great importance to a name in his bid to reform the country's laura forces he's proposed to do away the

title militia is still by the bolsheviks in ninety seventeen and instead go back to the pre-revolutionary name police he sure somebody on ever since the bolshevik revolution our law enforcers have been known as the militia this emphasize their part people are or proletarian nature i mean they were volunteers in uniform but today we need professionals honest and well coordinated people who are good at their job this is why i think it's time we gave our law enforcers back their original name and started calling them the police. is being seen as an attempt to rid the force of its image as a hotbed of corruption and bad practice but it's one that's likely to come at a cost. i can see tens even hundreds of different expenses the designing the custom tailoring of new uniforms for a million workers design and production of new ideas for a million workers repainting of hundreds of police cars and other vehicles design

of new forms stamps and seals and so on in total that would amount to spending millions even billions of rubles from the country's budget. this rebranding effort is only the latest in a long line of reform measures these have been prompted by a widely publicized instance of police abusing their power the account of district chief dennis yes to cause shooting spree in a moscow supermarket that left two dead was one of the most notorious owing to its crazy nature but there are other examples and the shadow of endemic corruption and bribery still hangs over russia's lower forces people are scared to turn to malaysia people are scared to get into contact with men in uniform on the street so yes we need to root out corruption that's what should be behind this whole reform when a true unprofessionalism we need to root out ineffectiveness so the reforms are all

over due and just this week those reforms were intensified with the pows or to have all offices face reexamination before being able to return to the force lease and further plans have been given to january two thousand and twelve to be implemented but few like it stand out as much as the renaming of the militia some may interpret this move cynically as a quick fix measure to woo over the public but this latest pozo is backed up by more concrete measures there seems to be a desire to push through these reforms regardless of economic and political costs and one thing's for sure come two thousand and twelve russians want to see more than just a name change the country's police force jake aggrieved party moscow. our web site has a lot more stories waiting for you and here's a taste of what streaming life you're right now dot com and two brits find themselves shipped off to greece as controversial extradition laws mean bay could

await trial for over a year with no evidence to prove their guilt. and the scorching heat brings an unlikely visitor to the waters of the moscow river tiny jellyfish the size of small . come on join us head on to part. of the arctic is becoming an international bone of contention as russia the u.s. and canada search for evidence to support their territorial claims because a fourth of the world's oil and gas reserves are thought to line near the north pole and climate change and melting ice is likely to tempt nations closest to the region to start drilling artie's igor reports. the race is on the us together with canada and russia have launched competing expeditions to move the bottom of the sea near the north pole. the ability of the country to take its place here will determine its prosperity in the coming decades more than

a third of the world's undiscovered gas and a tenth of its all reserves are estimated to be in the region. where is expensive right now but for countries like the us it is a matter of energy security it will give americans uninterrupted energy supplies regardless of any conflict anywhere in the world but that's not yet clear how that pie will be divided between the five nations closest to the north pole easiest way to gain economic rights the significant portion of the arctic is proving their link to the country itself by land and this is what these expeditions are trying to do we are hoping to prove our economic rights to the region before the united nations by twenty thirteen this involves showing the exact location and makeup of our continental shelf russia symbolically planted a flag at the north pole in two thousand and seven some have speculated this is a hint of the political grandstanding to follow. yeah i myself do not believe it

will come to a conflict or any conflict i would expect the word of united nations to be firing on this. despite tens of millions spent by the northern neighbors so far not a cent has been earned. so just for example doesn't have the skills doesn't have the ships to extract oil in the arctic it spends less on this storm on football but industries predict that new technologies and equipment resistant to extreme weather and isolation or nearly here. i expect the active exploitation of the arctic to begin within ten years but a word of warning me it's not just about profit but the risks as well and if you see the recent all disaster in the gulf of mexico you can predict the scale of disasters that can happen in the fragile arctic climate discussion of environmental risks made the late offshore drilling in the arctic but that's unlikely to prevent it and one thing is clear a region that has so far existed without major human involvement it's the third

biggest and most rapid period of change in millions of years either of iran. or let's get to some other world now making headlines our other world news headlines. i read a lot has been declared in pakistan after floodwaters swept through the northwest of the country and are now threatening the south about fourteen million people are thought to be affected by the worst ever flooding in the region the u.n. says at least sixteen hundred have confirmed to have died and more rain is expected in the worst hit areas rescuers are still trying to reach millions of people left without food or drinking water. and in afghanistan ten people have been killed by militants in an ambush in the northeastern region of pakistan six american and two afghan medical workers are among the dead one german and one british man were also killed they were working pro charity providing i care and medical help may have been victims of robbery. and in just

a moment we can business news with charlotte. for the full story we've got. the biggest issues get voice face to face with the news makers. hello welcome to the business program hey on our take that was drought in recorded history has created severe problems are russia's far left with more than twenty percent of their wheat harvest wiped out to ensure there are nice shortages and

fair prices don't start to rise all great export temporarily stopped pool reports. between august fifteenth to the end of december russia is imposing a temporary ban on the green exports prime minister putin says the measures are necessary to help russian farmers and prevent food costs from roy easing the prospect of shortages on the international commodity markets has pushed the price of wheat to levels not seen for more than two years however the ban on russian exports may have a hidden bonus for domestic producers we have already heard that some experts have had contracts with. price than the current prices involve the mastic on the world markets so all this exports and force must all condition export just not to sell grains of wheat to their clients opposite they sell a domestic kind of riff practically the same price just like all markets and risk.

financial position russia is the world's food lot. export through wheat but the severe weather has wiped more than twenty percent of the crops the green you need is now predicting a yield of seventy million tonnes domestic consumption amounts to more than seventy five million and it's believed this will inevitably push up the price of food and therefore inflation there is an understanding that there will be some pressure with respect to prices in the second half of the year the question is how significant this will be and furthermore we're seeing stepped up statements and verbal interventions from. the government. with respect to. the authorities are going to try and keep prices low. is reaching across the country in the capital under a thick blanket of choking smoke there's the impression void spread disaster

undoubtedly there's been a terrible human cost paid with lloyds and homes but once the smoke clears and let's say russia's economy would have been barely seen just. business. let's have a look at the markets now in line with global trends the russian markets finished the week in their read that says that all declined a disappointing jobs report from the u.s. state concern the economic growth referring russia's biggest lender was among the main losers on friday flipping to. looking back at the trading week and initial rallying crude prices above eighty two dollars a barrel helped the russian markets but a positive sentiment wasn't the last. the markets. fund was the girl for. whom it's saw him on the positive for the from us to europe we have what we had while leap on them of the market was further mix of the from china and us during the week the heart of russian market is on the us or maturity well they will get

through eighty. dollars per barrel it was the extreme opposed to what this was wanted and since though there are other for the sure performance for a bull in the true the world price the group of the in for we go to south africa russia share a number of economics the majority of both export huge quantities of raw materials but struggle to produce finished goods during a visit to moscow the south african trade and industry minister told us the two countries have plenty of potential to develop trade and learn from each other. areas of minerals technologies of various sorts. that russia has russian companies russian institutions of. minerals beneficiation areas particularly to products into higher value added products these are areas where i think we have an interest in deep in the cooperation on all of the statistics.

divestment relations with the bric countries russia is lower down than the others are. real possibilities to push it further forward. i think that from our side. we are recognizing that there are huge changes taking place in the world economy the new poles of economic power the new forces of dynamism and are located outside of the traditional city deserve economic power of growth. developed western world still very much in the throes of the recession. relations with quite difficult because of those problems so we're looking to develop a stronger relations with countries as a strategic imperative for us that's why we are undertaking the status of course of the. and that show up there for this hour you can always find most stories on our

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lists. lists. lists. this is the hour here in the russian capital you are watching are to your headlines now moscow is seeing no response from both the blanket of acrid smaug that's causing breathing difficulties the wind continues to find the smoke towards the capital. hundreds of wildfires devastated areas of central russia. it's been two

years since georgian forces launched a devastating attack against the sleeping south which led to the caucuses being reached in five days russian troops push the georgians out. independence. and the russian president calls for the revolution militia to be replaced by police to reflect the professional status of officers as part of reforms to the country's forces who have been repeatedly accused of corruption. that would be silicon valley will get the best tax breaks but will that be enough to allow the scope of the project to become a world leader and technological innovation. nobel prize winner co-chair of the board of the project under the spotlight that's coming up next right here on r.t. .

every month we give you the future we help you understand how to get there and want to bring the best in science and technology from across russia and around the world to join us our technology update on our. polo again they're welcome to spotlight. today my guest in the studio is. russia is building its version of the silicon valley in the village of. the one of the silicon valley will get special tax rates and incentives but will this project.