our pete fires there are forty of them still burning and most in the moscow region they're very hard to extinguish and once it's when the fire goes deep on the ground and when you put out put it out in one area it pops up somewhere else and it's really hard to handle until temperatures really drop and the peak gets a little bit damp while but even the most optimistic weather forecasts are now saying that temperatures will remain this high for yet another four days at least what more than one hundred sixty thousand people are now going out of their way to put out those fires across. the emergency ministry also said that now firefighters are working twenty four seven to do that also where she is getting a helping hand from abroad some countries are sending in people others like bulgaria others are sending in equipment planes and helicopters like italy did like ukraine did. this help because the territory is huge and the fires

are raging. going to check on reporting from the moscow region. so officers remember the victims of the two thousand and eight war with georgia hundreds were killed when tbilisi a breakaway republic with artillery and tanks two years ago. moscow sent forces to protect the people of the republic many of whom are russian citizens of the five days of the battlefield retreats were pushed back to the border several countries have since recognize independence of sorts or russia being the first moscow's also been helping rebuild the republic but georgia maintains a country is still part of its territory but don't know because it is in the certain capital. a lot of buildings have been reconstructed of course there are still those buildings with bullet holes in their wounds there are still buildings

that are being reconstructed and you can see builders everywhere through this city and there are still people who waiting to have returned to their homes and their 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 investments to be reconstructed this winter however the gas pipeline from russia has finally been built in this winter people here had central heating something they were deprived of office or the group because georgia consul gusts gas supplies to self assess here so a life here is getting back to normal however the wounds that the world will be steals and aids has left are still sore meanwhile here in sea involved preparations are underway as several events will be taking place here to commemorate the two years that have passed since the georgia's aggression. it's been

a restless nights for doc to gorky has been conducting a complicated operation well patients continue to flow into the hospital room for very good. for this new clinic in the center of the south capital was the only medical facility. and at least they're different than. your distil doesn't like to come down here into the cellar where they spent several sleepless nights of cliff and grating on days injured during the georgian aggression and his wrist to show us who were holding on to them. this was our operating room it smelled awful 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. and doctors still had to go down for nearly two hundred operations here as well as other minor procedures. for a wind in here and came out there. you know it was one of these patients

during the bombardment he hid in the cellar of his home on hearing the morning outside he fled in fear that he'd get 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 sleep on my right side as it hurts it a lot of squarely blames the georgian president for what happened to him and the war may i never want to see him i don't even want to his name he's a murderer of innocent people were killed children the elderly and women who'd ever want to talk to him after what he's done. she was unconscious when he arrived in hospital but she remembers seeing the many injured here on the mesa lying on the bare wet ground on makeshift hospital. this situation here worsened with every passing minute the doctors were treating up to four

hundred of the wounded some alternatives lee and here was a t.v. set broadcasting only georgian t.v. the ongoing bombardment and lack of factual information on that added to their despair was almost lost many were crying during the says this was the rapist moment that everybody was preparing to die with them at one point it felt like nobody was coming to help us everything seemed in vain so much work for nothing. he may have been unaware of russian peacekeepers efforts to protect the southern city girl is misplaced but his work and that because of the things we do that are from what is not good out of the hundred years it is not they were staring at this only to succumb to what follows an honorable to be good lady arse in france your manners of the city. some say there's no victor in war and that seems to be true for the people who were caught up in the conflict on both sides thousands were forced to

abandon their homes seeking refuge and safety across the border but reports some georgians have found know either. 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 though they ran away from war now they cannot find solace and 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 they're just promises we don't believe anything will be done all the majority of cars in south the city or some were forced to flee two years ago during this south a city or war others have been here in tbilisi since the early one nine hundred ninety s. which the first violence erupt between georgia and its then breakaway regions for two years there are a few g.'s 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 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 bill is saying all go 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 but yeah absolutely 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. take a 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 but you know i've got your but you know i lost my house i lost my home 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 adam olds who

are being herded from place to place without any hope of ever finding any where they can call home. it is a ghost quality tbilisi georgia. russia's militia could soon go back to its historic name of police as it was known before the bolshevik revolution in the one nine hundred seventeen ideas part of major reforms of the force which has been dogged by accusations of corruption and inefficiency jacob greaves takes a deeper look now at the overhaul. they say don't judge a book by its cover but russian president dmitri medvedev has given great importance to a name and its bid to reform the country's lore forces he's proposed to do away the

title militia is still by the bolsheviks in ninety seven team and instead go back to the pre-revolutionary name police he sure somebody's man ever since the bolshevik revolution our law enforcers have been known as the militia this emphasize their popular 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. it's 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 not it's come at a cost. i can see tens even hundreds of different expenses to design and the custom tailoring of new uniforms for million workers design and production of new ideas for million workers repainting of hundreds of police cars and other vehicles designed 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 laura forces people are scared to turn to malaysia people are scared to get it a contact with men in uniform in the street so yes we need to root out corruption that's what should be behind this whole reform when a true professionalism we need to root out and effectiveness so there were reforms are all over due and just this week those reforms were intensified with the pows or

to have all officers face reexamination before being able to return to the force. this 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 remaining of the militia some may interpret this move cynically as a quick fix measure to woo over the public but this latest proposal is backed up by more concrete measures to be a desire to push through these reforms regardless of economic and political costs 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 griefs r.t. moscow. well still ahead in the program here in r.t. things are getting heated in the freezing all tick rich. regions become increasingly attractive as more countries stake out their territorial claims. but first russia's foreign minister is accusing the u.s.

of failing to comply with arms control and nonproliferation requirements according to the new report published on the ministry's website washington's last over a thousand nuclear materials on its own soil it's also being accused of ignoring some points of the old strategic arms reduction treaty or start which expired last december the us is allegedly kept in service several missile silos it was supposed to scrap under the deal one other allegations include experimentation with chemical and biological materials burned by the un and claims washington's actually been selling weapons to iran so far there's been no official reaction from the us americans put the ratification of the new start on ice recently off the phone a congress vote on the deal until september. george u.s. canadian expedition is set to kick off to map the arctic ocean bed a russian exploration ship is already on its way to the polar waters the three nations are gathering evidence in a bid to claim the immense energy resources of the region and. has more.

the race is on the u.s. together with canada and russia of launch competing expeditions to the bottom of the sea near the north pole. the military for country to seek 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 the pie will be divided between the five nations closest to the north pole the easiest way to gain economic rights the significant portions of the arctic is proving to link to the country itself by land and this is what these expeditions up trying to do today 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 as the hint of the political grandstanding to follow. yes i myself do not believe it will come to armed conflict or any conflict i would expect the word of united nations to be firing on this. despite tens of millions spent by the neighbors so far not a cent has been sick. for example doesn't have the skills doesn't have the ships to extract oil in the arctic it spends less on this storm in football but industries predict that new technologies and equipment resistant the extreme weather and isolation are nearly here. i expect the active exploitation of the arctic to begin within ten years but award of warning it's not just about profit but the risks as well and if you see the recent oil disaster in the gulf of mexico you can predict.

scale of disasters that can happen in the arctic lutes discussion of environmental risks may delay children in the tick but that's unlikely to prevent it and one thing is clear a region that has so far existed without major human involvement is the third biggest and most rapid period of change in millions of you as you go to see. the canadian arctic research and would strategic believes that russia could be the leader of the race for the region but the us and canada a working holiday to catch up canada in the united states do have a disagreement over one area of the beaufort sea which contains a lot of oil and gas but they set those differences apart because i think they don't really have the icebreaker power to do the job that is necessary in the short period of time that is necessary so essentially they've set aside their differences and they're saying ok let's get on with it because the russians are very far ahead

of the game the norwegians of already done their work and denmark has done a very good job as well so they're just joining forces and working on traditional alliances to get this job done there's no question russia has done a very good job in the recent years and they're way ahead of the game i think what they've gone. been doing work ahead of canada the united states canada the united states are now catching up so i think you know russia is going to be a winner to some extent how big a winner is really the question that's left unanswered. that was edward strategic arctic research or speaking to r.t. from edmonton in canada a red alert has been declared in pakistan as floodwaters sweep from the north of the country into the mass evacuations of villages on the banks of rising rivers have begun officials say fourteen million people have been affected by the worst monsoon rains in decades with sixteen hundred dead rescuers are still trying to reach densely populated regions left without food or drinking water forecasters predict more heavy rains. a suspected militant attack in northeast

afghanistan has killed ten people as they were returning to kabul six americans a german and a british woman are among the dead the team was working for an international charity providing medical help but he said the group of being robbed before being shot one by one the taliban said it was behind the attack targeting christian mission that accused of spying for the americans. the online whistleblower wiki leaks says it will continue to publish secret documents to expose governments around the world comes after washington demanded the site cancels plans to release classified military papers saying it puts lives at risk last month the site posted tens of thousands of private files on the afghan war on its website wiki leaks maintained such disclosures are no threat to security brings up to date for the moment in the meantime a little later we'll be taking a look at georgian media and the reasons behind it spoof claims of a russian invasion that's coming your way in about ten minutes from now it will be

after the business update with charlotte stay with us here on r.t. . hungry for the full story we've gone to. the biggest issues get the human voice face to face with the news makers. every month we give you the future we'll do you understand how we'll get there and what tomorrow brings the best in science and technology from across russia and around the world. join us for technology update on our g. hello welcome to the business program pay on our take the worst drought in recorded history has created severe problems are russians farmers with more than twenty percent of the wheat harvest wiped out to ensure there are no use shortages and

free prices don't start to rise or great exports be temporarily stopped pool reports. between august fifteenth to the end of december russia is imposing a temporary ban on grain exports prime minister putin says the measures are necessary to help russian farmers and prevent food costs from. 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 had experts have had contracts with. contract price than the current prices of the mystical on the world markets so this exports and forced natural condition. not to sell grains of wheat to their clients and oppositely domestic practically the same price like on my kids and. their financial position russia is the

world's third largest exporter wheat but the severe weather has wiped more than twenty percent of the crops the green you need is now predicting a yield of under seventy million tonnes what domestic consumption amounts to more than seventy five million analysts believe this will inevitably push up the price of food and therefore inflation there is an understanding that there will be some upward 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 fact that the authorities are going to try and keep prices low. with one of those 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 lives and who but once the smoke clears and let's say russia's economy would have been barely seen. t. business. let's have a look at the markets now in line with global trends the russian markets finished the week in the red that's is the all declined a disappointing jobs report from the u.s. state concern that economic growth for serving russia's biggest lender was among the main losers on friday slipping two percent looking back at the trading week and initial rallying crude prices above eighty two dollars a barrel helped the russian markets with a positive sentiment wasn't to last the markets. finalize their growth. saw him on the positive from us do europe we have what we had while. of the market was flat on was

a bit from china and us during the week the hof russian market was on the air so naturally when the oil hit through eighty. dollars per barrel it was an extremely positive this was seen as though there are other for the performance. and that naturally the higher oil prices the greater than for we go to south africa russia share a number of economics the majority of both export huge quantities of raw materials but struggled 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. the areas of minerals technologies of various sorts capacities that russia has russian companies russian institutions. minerals beneficiation areas particularly to any man or products into higher value added products these are

areas where i think we have an interest in deepening the cooperation on all of the statistics. trade divestment relations with the bric countries russia is lower down than the others are. real possibilities to push that 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 unallocated outside of the traditional centers of economic growth. developed western world still very much in the throes of the recession and our trade in relations with quite difficult because of those problems so we're looking to develop stronger relations with countries as a strategic imperative for us that's why we're undertaking the state this is because of the. now that you're up there for this hour you can always find more

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good to have you with us this is coming from the russian capital where hit twenty four hours a day top stories now this is covered in smoke with hundreds of wildfires still wreaking havoc across russia emergency services stepped up their efforts working round the clock people in the capital struggling to breathe the waiting face masks to protect themselves from the toxic small.

republic. of the country rebuilds and moves on some people are still members of the war about the last five days left hundreds of casualties after russia's intervention force georgian troops back to the border. and goodbye militia had no police present proposes a name change for russia's law enforcement as part of a major overhaul aimed at eliminating corruption the reforms to reflect a new era of professionalism and honesty. i'll be back with more stories for you in thirty minutes from now up next we take a look at what happened when journalists announced an invasion that never was on live t.v. . they always insisted on telling the truth and that's what he spent his life doing before he had to flee his home country georgia on february tenth two thousand and ten the independent journalist asked swiss authorities to grant him political asylum his

greatest worries are now for his family back home in georgia. and good here all right are you ok any problems so. simply tries to help anyone who asks people often bring their problems to him as the editor of a regional georgia newspaper he looks into the cases identifies those guilty and sums up his findings in newspaper reports some of tried to intimidate him and he's been beaten up several times in two thousand and five he suffered a severe concussion. and screaming please don't kill me please don't. the georgian television channel shocked the nation on march thirteenth two thousand and ten. journalists had put together a thirty minute story about what appeared to be fresh dust between russia and georgia they presented a hypothetical scenario as if it was a real news event most georgians took it at face value panic ensued.