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which the city could return. to our government. and there is no hope anymore promise freedom from the army for these guys doctors in germany did out treatment to ease the post-traumatic stress of the country soldiers but their complaints the army and government off ailing in their duty of care. and this psychic stock market in italy explore how clear one banking on people's financial fear is by predicting where their investment for jews like. libya watching r.t. were broadcasting live from the heart of the russian capital welcome to the program our top story now moscow continues to enjoy a break from the poisonous small that engulfed the city for several days far far to
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say they're having some success in tackling the forest places that have been blowing dense smoke across the region and beyond meteorologists though warned that the air pollution could return as a record heat wave clings to the capital cities that have been overcover is outside moscow for us. the burning areas throughout russia has shrunk down by thousand hectors and state over mergence he has been lifted in several regions throughout the country however the overall picture is still quite devastating as several villages have been burnt down completely and thousands have been left with no homes and over fifty people have been killed in the far is where we are right now some two hundred kilometers away from moscow is one of the places that have that has suffered the most of the far east right now here the russian military are helping firemen to fight the blazes in the forests behind me you can probably see there. are points that they laze from
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a local river to the forests in the flames. and of course one of the main tasks of the russian authorities right now is not only to protect people but also to protect objects in the country such as military bases and nuclear plants and bars in those regions contaminated by the nine hundred eighty six noble nuclear disaster have been extinguished by now as they have been concerns that they could spread greater acts of particles further and russian authorities right now are saying that the radioactive level in those regions is normal meanwhile here in this region the small guys still very very sick it's physically difficult to breathe see it makes you want to sneeze and cough and there's a saying that the smoke has seriously affected people's health as sending here like not always equivalent for just about an hour is equivalent to smoking two packs of cigarettes the mortality rate throughout the country has significantly increased in most cruel loan it doubled during the spirit of fires. so the situation remains
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quite difficult and of course those with lung diseases and heart disease are suffering the most the forecasts are not very optimistic at this point even though early morning on friday with the heavy rains to fall almost two. which purified the air a little bit and hopefully for our help to fight fires around the city but as we were heading here this life position two hundred kilometers away from moscow just as we left the city the rain stopped so it seemed to be very isolated so. many areas like this one are still covered in far as and small get experts are saying that the smoke is likely to return to more school over the weekend and also they're saying that this heat that will last for the next couple of days will then be slowly replaced with lowering temperatures which might bring new disasters such as heavy rains and storms in the city well the relentless heat wave and drought has
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destroyed a quarter of russia's grain crops as a result of the government is pledging to spend more than a billion dollars to help produces it's also imposed a ban on we take sports to avoid a surge of domestic grain prices although international trade is expected to resume tobar still been a spike in global wheat prices a person with a bit of has told key ministers and governors that curbing food costs remains a key responsibility for the government regional authorities financial analyst chris says it's too early to predict if we're facing a global food crisis says the plans for hours in all likelihood. when a very precarious time in and we'll know more about that in next few weeks because we're at a very important point where the farmers have to get their crop in and this drought persists in russia for example will start to affect next year's harvest the worst hit will be the big food importers in mostly there in the middle east north africa
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egypt for example the big importer of food and some of the poor countries like india and pakistan were already there seeing big surges in prices for food so they will certainly be the most food companies have a couple of choices to make but either absorb. price increases themselves and they pass it along so it's been interesting to listen to some of the c.e.o.'s and companies talk about what they're going to do i think you will see higher prices for food bread items for even for things like beer price of barley and doubled in the last month in there and it's really a trickle effect it's not only weak although that's the big headline grabber it's affecting everything from tomatoes to fruit to potatoes off kinds of things so we're going to see food prices rise in general cross the border i would expect. natural analyst chris mayer there. to germany now where the army is trying to catch up with hundreds of suspected cases of ex soldiers suffering from mental health
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problems this comes as the country's forces attempt to step up their efforts in tackling the group needs urgent see the northern afghan province of can do is told barton examines the army gay sions that even one of the world's most developed countries is failing to look over to its former soldiers. these men were once soldiers and dress to serve germany for twenty four years and then up left and colonel in afghanistan he had his fair share of hairy experiences i was fighting against the taliban around about five i was in one minute i had sword fight attack so i had to hunt grenades all the things who are not all mowed for so we're joined more and i did my job but even with his experience the stress of things he'd seen began to eat away at him until a doctor told me ok you are not longer a soldier you have to go you have to be aware in front of your
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own availing to do this job that you are not able to do that you are. in armies the world over post-traumatic stress disorder is thought to affect between five and ten percent of soldiers the german army the blunders for has only recently woken up to the damage it does and dress ses he and many others were ignored that's not fair that we are treating the soldiers who was serving for their own country who risked. their own lives and came back to germany and the strong war know it all and there's no help anymore from the state and from the army for these guys the windows were told us they're trying to find out how many unreported cases there are amongst former soldiers orica schmidt and her team are working to try and discover the molecular basis of such stress in the brain tree also treat soldiers with post-traumatic stress
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disorder trying to slowly face the flashbacks that prevent them living normal lives . but she says the treatment is sometimes frightening times settings somebody in front of here that in that pretty moment this really experiencing all the horror and excels and that he experienced during the war. they need a lot of empathy to help people. you have. to try to control. becomes otherwise the. therapist in germany it's not just tsongas who is stressed with the war criticism of involvement in afghanistan is widespread with polls according to at least seventy percent of germans oppose it and history weighs heavily on the debate. and the second world war two and the ninety yes it was. in the
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majority of traveling people part of germany said never again should we. take as a country while the political debates rage on the battle with traumatic stress is being fought out in labs and psychiatric wards with attention now focused from the army it's hoped they may be able to treat former soldiers who have until now suffered without help but some five hundred soldiers have come home from afghanistan with psychological wounds this year alone. a lot of time and patience and a lot of work in labs like this but as far as german's attitude to their country's presence in afghanistan goes time and patience are in short supply. in our munich germany. but coming up soon on the program we look into the future. as we meet the psychic stock brokers who are cashing in on the credit crunch that's on the way.
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and. see what nature can give you. signed up to join the military because i thought that it was my duty that it was something that i could do to help my country. my government that is necessary for america you know there was a lot of drug abuse there was a lot of murder of american officers by american soldiers there were a lot of stories. to go out and buy. before the war i always thought i wanted to win a lot of medals and they have a lot of decorations but afterwards i realize that they they don't mean anything. that importance. i don't i don't i never kept the medal.
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playing the stone lock it has always been a guessing game but since the global recession knocked investors confidence in their own predicting about its knees some an outside into paranormal professionals and it's a it's big business says daniel bushell reports. madame christina sees the future from listings in her co feet she promises to make you money on the stock markets invest. in kochi says is the real thing a safe haven the umbrella shows from current economic turbulence symbolized by these raindrops in russia gophers burbank this fish jumping through an open circle guarantee success will check how she does at the end of this report whether in christina's advice has already changed lives in the quality of a she has given me confidence to get a better paid job my my own house and me to partner. fortune telling has become
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a staggering eight billion dollar industry in italy alone as people don't bankers who fail to call the credit crunch one crystal ball gazer says her clients include rich businessmen and big politicians the world's top tarot card expert people also want answers in their private life. still in love. with some problem. the second card. you approach the problem. not with reason the astonishing rise in psychic fortunes is fueling a massive public counterattack prefers to do the created his life to prove clear voyant are cheap no better than bankers and now madame christine is jus selection of thousand dollars invested in her to do good to one hundred fifty dollars triple
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the average of the stock markets where they trade justified or not she says the public's leaving linda's and coming to her for financial advice after this spectacular failure to spot the economic crisis banks are losing customers some say fortune tellers couldn't do any worse i may even shed light in these difficult times. your bushel of tea. well for those who don't want to alarm paranoia predictions for the stock market i will give you a more conventional assessment in our business bulletin if you mean it's time. well that show you some of what we're also covering on live at r.t. dot com russian police on the money they busted a gang which printed fifty million rubles counterfeit currency every month see if you can tell the difference on our website. and the u.s. looks into one of the country's biggest immigration fraud schemes which made
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criminals millions of dollars on the chances of getting that asylum seekers from more head to r.t. dot com. the general city of newburgh was the scene of ugly the most famous trial in history the court condemned nazi war criminals for their actions in the second world war with a tear in crosstalk pittel of l. and his guests discuss whether the tribunals set an important precedent or whether it was simply a case of justice for the victims. i think it was very important that historians also got a chance to study what it was like inside a fallen dictatorship were to really look at the mechanisms how that system work and of course that was important step in its own right the problem with many of the dictatorships we see now we don't really get inside them anymore we don't really get the truth or it takes forever to come out ok. you know we only got really got the truth we only got the truth the prosecutor said because of the habit
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of writing everything down. signatures on the margin for degrees and could cross-examine to be part of the nuremberg legacy and running a court in sierra leone where of course we have to draw inferences for mass graves we have to use informers we don't have the wealth of evidence that was one of the reasons why nuremberg succeeded. yes cross-talk is back at r.t. in just over an hour. now pakistan's leader has made his first visit to the areas swamped by the country's worst ever thugs after criticism that he went on a european tour as the disaster took hold president zardari talked to victims in this district of sindh province pitching to rebuild all the homes that have been destroyed u.s. navy has sent eight thousand marines to help with relief efforts the tragedy has
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claimed more than sixteen hundred lives well over fourteen million remain affected by the floods. hundreds of people in brazil have been forced to flee a fire which grew out of control as it took hold of dozens of single males at least one hundred homes and other buildings were destroyed and no deaths have been reported but the hospital says it's struggling to cope with the influx of patients suffering from burns and really difficulties. c.c.t.v. footage has been released showing a powerful blast in the colombian jungle bogota a car bomb exploded outside a major of radio station at least well and people injured it comes just days after the president sometimes took office trying to come to peace processes factotums leftist guerrillas and cocaine traffickers. but on the way soon more from the ancient cities which encircle moscow this time around jews heads to
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a place which is immortalized in people's wallets. take a look here. it's featured on the one thousand ruble notes has a value of around thirty dollars and it's one of the most popular and used banknotes long gone is the face of lenin from any russian bill so instead they feel very stark. like this one here. more from martin in ten minutes time here a lot but before that it's the business update with stephanie and the heat wave russia has seen one of the big hike in the price of electric fans and air conditioners so the return of simply cashing in that may well carry it is
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a very competitive market but in some cases prices have tripled and now the federal antimonopoly service is getting involved it to try and calm prices down i'll have more in just a moment but first most of the grain that russia will not provide to the global market this year due to the drought will be substituted with supplies from the u.s. an increase of deliveries from china the european union i'm just strange here is also expected says the u.s. department of agriculture the agency estimates that grave exports from russia this year will amount to three million tons that's in line with the russian agriculture ministry to forecast the country has exported one point six million tons already i could ship another point seven million for an export ban comes into effect on the fifteenth of august the decision to hold exports is made after a drought hit the agricultural sector at the seams and russian president dmitry medvedev has also called for changes in insurance legislation to avoid climate
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risks and to provide farmers with additional support. the situation is very severe as about a quarter of all grain fields in the country have dried up as a result of the drought unfortunately many films are now on the verge of bankruptcy the government has already agreed to provide financial help to agricultural producers who are faced with hard times ditto to support amounts to one point one billion dollars in additional. support from local authorities. and russia's drought is pushing up flour prices on the other side of the globe wheat costs twenty percent more in mexico which has to get half of it supplied from abroad the head of the country's national chamber for bread production says he expects prices. to rise by another twenty percent during august as the russian grain export comes into effect. russian regions that have been hit with record temperatures and smog are also seeing price hikes for funds and air conditioners
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the cost of buying them has tripled as temperatures pushed towards forty celsius it's a highly competitive market but the federal antimonopoly service is looking at new measures to get consumer prices to cool down. support for. the current state of affairs is outside and to monopoly legislation that is a clickable when there is a dominating player on the market or when several players reach a price fix up deal with you now what we see is more of a moral and ethical question with retailers cashing in on extraordinary situations the government will take measures to create the rules for market in these conditions some of those rules already exist in russia's trade laws the government can freeze prices for a fixed period if the cost of certain goods exceeds thirty percent over three months a similar formula could be applied to what is going on now we are preparing material for these issues to be discussed. a new economic zone is to be created in russia's simyra region because of the area's struggling car industry it will help employ
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over thirty thousand employees of the country's largest auto manufacturer after about there's only specialize in producing car components using the affected workers existing skills agreements have already been reached with potential investors who say they've got over one point three billion dollars ready to invest on the government side improved infrastructure and lower business costs are being promised i missed a few cents already signed a decree to get the ball rolling pressure to act has also come from foreign carmakers operating in russia as new rules when they have to significantly localize their production. asian markets have seen sharp moves this week on global growth fears they are edging higher in a choppy session on friday to claw back some of the week's heavy losses lacking automobile shares are hampering gains on the nikkei though that follows wall street overnight decline stocks extended losses there after the release of weekly jobless claims data which was at the highest level since february. that saw an unexpected
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fall for the fueling growth concerns. and here in moscow the r.t.s. has opened a touch high on friday finished in the red in the previous. but the majority of the chips shopping while you're there why six will start trading in just a few minutes it closed just differing low on thursday banking shares out of four. american fast food chains at wendy's and arby's are coming to russia they've signed an agreement with a local company affiliated to food service capital and plan to open one hundred eighty restaurants over the next ten years the russian restaurant market has huge upside and it's still one of the least penetrated that tell you how kind of reports . fast food for thought based world the financial crisis is changing the menu of russian diners many casual and fine diners have caught their restaurant budgets but still haven't turned away from eating out there are currently about a dozen large fast food chains in russia and analysts say this still
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a lot of room for growth the second still very strong on the divel compared to the u.s. the fossil segment of course as we talk. and if you just come from a fetus in russia the restaurant turnover you know overall for the total noise. less than five percent in the u.s. it makes up to forty percent just basically it's a huge money a bunch of hard billion dollars a year most fast food outlets are concentrated in big cities but these markets will soon be close to saturation in order to attract more customers fast food chains have to expand into the regions opening roadside cafes is also a way to develop right now russian highways are filled with independent standalone establishment for this reply was paid as much as for a double cheeseburger but you never know what i've done to get places like this was
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a cost. of quality at a high price in the strategy of roadside business. as fast food sales in the us and e.u. are in decline the wendy's alby's group says they've chosen. the right time to conquer new horizons and they've also picked up the right knee as part of our development plan to open restaurants railway station on the highway through a safe and standalone restaurant of what was for the average check is very similar to what is new us based on our research sixty dollars the owners say they will invest one hundred million dollars into the project and hope to have a lot of surprises for the russian fast food dyna not going to come up business r.t. moscow. and that's all the business is for now but i'll be back with morphine next hour and of course you know his final stories on a website that's called slash with.
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