poisonous smallgoods expected to descend on moscow again off to just a few days of. as the heat wave continues to stoke while fans and central russian. riot. russian naval bases to mark ten years since of course some tragedy on the families will be one hundred eighteen victims say they feel the loss of a strong reason for. confronting nazis on the german left wing is such a close label exposes wasn't fascination with the freedom of. drought then foreign spies across russia push inflation point two percent high in just a week i'll have that i'm lots more in the business but it's an intensive minute's time.

around the hair and welcome to the program now moscow is bracing itself for another uncomfortable cloud of smoke experts warn that a new wave of noxious smoke is likely to engulf the city after a burst of rain the capital a couple of days responds wildfires continue to burn the capital there and then this heat shows no sign of abating. over reports from the outskirts of moscow. the blazes are slowly crawling into the russian capital in this park just on outskirts of moscow several fires i have covered and there are two hundred where meters that have been stopped by now but the smell is still in the air for the past two days however muscovite had a chance to breathe fresh air well as fresh as it can be in the capital of course as the rain fell on the city however experts predict the smog to be back late thursday thursday or friday. as the wind changes they do say however that it will

be much less intense doctors are saying that because of this smog people's immune systems have gone down so that we will see a significant increase in cold and flu cases over the outcoming also mosco thirty's are saying that the death rate in the city have doubled during this period over fifty people have died in the flames russian authorities are doing everything they can of course to decrease the number of fires. fears however spread among russians many are afraid for their lives how many are simply in unstable emotional states however there are also those who are not giving up and volunteering to help firemen to tackle the blazes and one of the regions that was affected the most by the far is is the region around the city of resign from where my colleague any sonali now reports. for some of the destruction is already

being swept away. for others it's sweeping towards them this is how it all starts with a small flame that can quickly engulf the entire forest making this a very fierce battle for emergencies workers and volunteers it has been sergei's job to protect this forest for years but this summer has become his worst nightmare . the most dangerous is one of the treetops are burning. and the flames move at an incredibly fast pace thousands of volunteers have joined in to help fight the flames widen fire breaks between damage to non han trees and damp in the smoking earth. it has to be said the work we have been doing here helps the effort tremendously the battle has been going on for weeks with over fifty dead hundreds injured and thousands homeless while the struggle to contain the flames below continues hundreds of tons of water are dropped by the emergency services

a day by helicopters and specially adapted aircraft. but sergei who will be here once the flames are finally put out is scared there might not be much left to protect. and some time to syria will be just complete heaps of cheese. and you see now a r t central russia well despite the fact moscow has had a gulp of fresh air after a burst of rain the effects of the poison the smog having been washed away completely later we talked to a meteorologist who explains why the consequences are so dire. the doctors are saying in one hour out on the street breathing small is equivalent to smoking two packs of cigarettes. all those poisonous emissions were of such a scale the pollution was at times eight times higher than acceptable. even with the small gone we must governments many others have lost their lawns is

the trees around us that used to purify the mind. you but the worst part of it is that a lot of those carbon monoxide emissions and are stuck in the spin about when they mix with steam in the atmosphere they create carbolic acid which then turns into rain because of that temperature. can continue for several years. and you can see the full interview with meteorologist about him is about change often about twenty minutes time here. now the prolonged dry spell is making russian wheat much harder to come by the season the harvest is expected to reach around sixty five million tonnes which is just enough to meet domestic demand the government is now holding grain exports for next few months could be october before they resume russia is the world's largest wheat exporter in the announcement that supplies are being cut forced prices to rise but the un's food and agriculture organization says

the russian government's moves are understandable. i sincerely hope that it is still not a case where we will have a grain shortage but there is certainly a very severe situation in terms of supply and the drought has been extremely severe and the production shortfalls are far more. well more than i anticipated as early as three weeks ago therefore it is understandable that the restrictions of on exports is a one way to compact domestic food inflation especially the price of bread wheat mostly is useful and i think this is what the government at the end decided to do i'm not sure that they were that many of the options perhaps they could have also considered taxing exports or perhaps do a good deal in knowing gradual terms but you know in situations like this as the as the you know governments tend to go for the most secure of the measures which is the total ban there had been

a very extraordinary action to the ban in russia and the prices. rose very sharply if you're glad that they have calmed down a little bit the market is actually taking into consideration amount of inventors that are available in other countries in particular in north america so that even invents results and we believe that globally this year's global supply and demand for wheat although a bit tighter than we had anticipated it still is very much manageable and we can even take care of the disastrous emergencies currently under currently in pakistan so the inventor is or not i mean russia is drawing down an inventor is it will be some more here and but in general terms we are in much better situation than for example in two thousand and seven and eighty should be chief you'll recall we had a global food crisis and i think that the the russian solution given the situation not just with the grains but also be defiant and all the uncertainty surrounding it really left the government of doubt much other choice and it is understandable.

moral services are being held on thursday at all of russia's naval bases to mark a decade since the course tragedy the nuclear submarines sunk to the border most of the crew on the thirty three of the looks back on. the course submarine russia's biggest post soviet naval tragedy to date on august twelfth two thousand the nuclear submarine sank in the barents sea. international rescue efforts failed to save anyone on board one hundred eighteen sailors died trapped in a watery grave waiting in vain for. a cup of sugar it's been ten years but it feels like yesterday when i think of the pain he felt it's cured me i would do anything give my life to take away he's paid anything for my boy you must.

leave us twenty four year old son and he was a lieutenant on the sub she and her younger sons and grandsons visit under his grave all the time his memory is something they're not prepared to ever let go. and i'm a teacher not a military expert so i don't know whether the tragedy could be avoided but i do know it would be should have been seized i would be happy just leave them. according to some experts if rescue operations had begun immediately instead of some days later lives could have been saved official investigation results show that the explosion that tore apart the door pito section of the sub took place here afterwards oxygen levels in the remaining sectors were survivors huddled dropped dramatically by august fourteenth navy official state of the chances of getting the sailors our allies were minimal week later when divers entered the sob one hundred eighteen people are dead there have been many different versions of what happened

to the. some people believe it may have collided with an american submarine that was in the same waters others but it could have struck a mine left over from the world war two days but regardless of the theories floating about the human tragedy of cannot be denied were ever forgotten kasserine as are the r.t.e. moscow. coming up a little later a new trial that. this time it's one of three clothing companies germany suing the other styles which are among. the first. second explosive plans to go deeper than the. third remain.

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more than sixty years after nuremburg trials the city has once again played host to a landmark case this time it was a clothing manufacturer at the center of the controversy a fashion label associated with new nazis accused of deft defamation claiming its

brand had been spoofed he core of never ports on a legal battle that's about more than just clothes and dust chill dispute between two manufacturers is an unlikely headline grabber but it served up heated debate in germany. and it makes casual wear inspired by nordic mythology closely linked with the ideology of the third reich founded just eight years ago its line has already become very good for germany or nazis. but last year the youth wing of the left leaning social democratic party decided to strike out against nazi chic we wanted to do something about the sub. methods they used to attract the younger people with it with fashion with contemporary music or outdoor activities because it's not like the old fashioned neo nazi everybody knew this with a new uniform and

a baseball bat or the new label star climber an obvious fun and original prominently features a powerful re store obsessed with nordic mythology and its plan to rule the world of fashion thorsteinn or fail to see the funny side and sued for damages brand choosing to file their lawsuit at the court in nuremberg. the judge has rejected the claim saying stall clymer is allowed to engage in satire but in a protest that they did not deserve to be parody as peddlers of neo nazi although they had to change their logo because it resembled a swastika they now say they do not carry any notes the symbols which are banned in germany on nor do they cater to a specific market i have a people here who can i think about children i have people here who could be my parents and i have people who are in my age or younger.

say critics are oversensitive and have no respect for people's right to choose what they want to wear their clothes have already been banned in many official buildings to a launch to be the good ones in terms of the. want to see the school and what they spare so they're called opponents say that they will not be happy until thought of steiner is no more it's very difficult to ban it for a whole country for example but everybody or most germans know toss china is is a sign of. activists and we don't want this kind of. of activities these kind of people as of now the top style of store fronts in berlin have been defaced in numerous nighttime attacks and there are few customers the threat of the company's expansion seems to be laid to rest for the moment despite what many here want it's business as usual at this store in central

berlin but what the controversy over the court case and the company itself proves is that there is nothing the german establishment fears quite as much as its own history. artsy belin. well they get to check out our website for the stories and videos has some thoughts on the line few right now it dot com british rights activists are criticizing. to install flight surveillance of passengers saying well as most watched the c.c.t.v. . and russia's heatwave these troops bearing fruit the city of fine west of the rules people are growing figs leavens and numbness had to come. to. the u.s. says it plans to end combat operations in iraq by the end of the month and to withdraw all american troops by the end of next year more than sixty thousand

soldiers are currently stationed in the country to advise iraqi forces but some officials say a power vacuum and it's cool instability he's creating the conditions to make a big come back to us that they should be the same the terror group is trying to bribe them off into paying things turned sentencing afghan war veteran jake the. cause of america's extended presence in the region. the coalition forces of failed to realize what's making al-qaeda grow al-qaeda is growing because of of continued presence u.s. and nato forces in in the middle east i mean we have we have completely surrounded the middle east and bases in united arab emirates and saudi arabia in iraq in afghanistan in kuwait and as a result of our bases being there the greater islamic world sees that and they see either their environment being taken over by what they see as occupiers now i don't personally i don't necessarily think that the united states wants to conquer and

control all of the middle east but i think that we definitely want to demonstrate power there so we put in military bases there the big problem is that this hasn't appropriately assess the threat the threat is five to seven thousand militants and every day that we stay inside the middle east those militants have fuel to grow. well now to some other international news this hour. the u.n. is appealing for more than four hundred million dollars in emergency aid for the flood victims of pakistan desperation is growing as it is of people facing shortages of food and water after being deluged by severe rains homes farmland and infrastructure have been destroyed and help is struggling to get through more than sixteen hundred people have died so far and it's the country's worst ever gotten designs. meanwhile the number of people killed as a result of the extreme weather in northern china now stands at more than eleven

hundred over six hundred others are still missing thousands of rescuers are battling to clean up roads are blocked by an avalanche of mud rock forecasters say more downpours are expected of the next few days. a bus which overturned and plunged into a ravine in peru has killed at least twenty four people and injured several others four children are among the dead rescue efforts where did aid because it happened in a mobile phone black sports making it difficult to call for help crashes like this happen frequently in peru because of roads he calls substandard driving regulations . well as extreme weather breaks records around the world to see it kaiser and stacy herbert say economists should take a clue into account. here tara capital that's a good phrase i like that in other words this is what the economy is trying to deal with now because nobody cost to the true cost of air or water soil the things that

were just taken for granted for hundreds of years suddenly they're running out there is a little known bank on wall street called forest made sure it's mother nature's bank and it's calling in the loans billions trillions hundreds of trillions in loans and the earth can't. those loans and the result is catastrophic eco failure in this case ecological failure. is the kind of reporters here throughout the day on our t.v. and a few minutes there will have some expert insight into why russia has been baking this summer but first stephanie monday has the business news that's coming up shortly. i'm great for the feel we've got. the biggest issues get voice face to face with the news makers.

hello and welcome to the business bulletin abnormally high temperatures drought and forest fires have triggered a rise in consumer prices in russia inflation in the country has risen point two percent in a week the fastest pace in several months on wednesday the federal statistics service also revealed g.d.p. figures russia's economy grew at five point two percent in the second quarter of two thousand and ten slightly worse than expected russia's ministry of economic

development of estimates of g.d.p. at five point four percent. that's a quick look at how the markets are doing asian stocks are down for the third straight session on thursday thoughts on growing fears over economic growth the dollar studied having seen its biggest gain in nearly two years as market price for the risky assets commodity prices have taken a hit on news of a larger than expected u.s. trade deficit and a downgrade of his great full cost by the bad things and. bought to european stocks ohio for the first time in three days after a bigger than expected profit rise in shares in the heinz of push the world's biggest brewer have climbed the most in three months even though ronnie in food and beverage companies telecoms on the pharmaceutical sector are also lending some support on the footsie. russian markets ohio. midday in moscow the r.t.s. is only just edging into the black my sex is gave me half a percent and as you may just a leading the games that have to is outperforming up one and

a half percent the south bank to raise early as losses b. to b. is up point nine percent. europe's nickel has called an extraordinary general meeting for the twenty first of october the move comes after twenty five percent shareholder result has disputed the outcome of the annual general meeting in june a push for arbitration involving it and while shareholder interests in the london courts now tell you how clever has more. an aerial general meeting of no rules can equal at the end of june has provided a new source of conflict. it's owing to ross with a twenty five percent stake in normal game for seats on the board but drew so which also has twenty five percent gain only three seats. claims the voting process was flawed just suggesting no risk management which controls about eighty percent of its shares through subsidiaries voted with interest russell says that the new rules board is controlled by an unhealthy alliance of interest and nor nickel and is

demanding an extraordinary shareholders' meeting and new elections i think russo wasn't quite prepared for the previous a.g.m. and no i believe the company did homework. this time around there during the war the interest because they are more prepared and they will just get more of their record is the. work more of the minority shareholders and i believe significant share of minorities could support. this time of recent weeks have seen result proposed buying out the interest stake only to be met with interest and no risk management proposed buying out. analysts say a board change is now the only chance for a stall to restore its position in. interest has freed up six point thirty five percent of new rules she is from pledged to be bank a move that is seen as preparation for a buyback if that happens result could be left out of the game in the running of

norilsk in general in number of scenarios i mean but then surely they can sell a stake but i understand they're not willing to do it right now and now the option that or sol would be willing to do is to match the company's most almost mean kill but this is not in the interest of interop. itself. so right now i see it as a bit of a deadlock so. ari i think the most constructive way right now is for the shareholders just to sit down and talk to each other the warring shareholders of new rules have previously put aside their differences at the heart of the global financial crisis with an agreement not to try and take control of neural parity on the board now that the parity has been broken and with both sides saying they want observers say a new round of negotiations is the only way forward not believe business started.

russian mobile phone major venable com is in talks to buy two international operators the company aims to acquire one hundred percent of italian mobile operator wind and a controlling stake in all of us come telecom which operates in asia and africa buying both would set them back some six and a half billion dollars but much of that will be shared wind in order. by gyptian billion that service is expected to get about twenty three percent of the russian member as part of the deal the bill comes in the shareholders are for group and telling more likely to see their respective stakes fall to thirty five and twenty seven percent as no comment so far from any of the companies involved. and that's often the business scene for now but i'll be back with more updates for you next hour you can always find one stories on our website that's r t dot com slash business.

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