round's first nuclear power station in bruges set to open at the end of next week and says u.n. sanctions won't affect the joint projects. to commanders it's been given them marching orders for a massive fall as a military academy in the moscow region. prices in russia could grow as much as fifteen percent this year the price hike is driven by an unprecedented drought and increased demand for dairy products that and more coming up to you in our business program. a very warm welcome to you this is on the line from moscow with me alice had as well the area and gulf by wildfires in russia has been reduced by a fifth over the last day the record breaking heat there's been an aggravating the

blazes in the mosque a region is something to ease authorities are now bracing for the heavy storms expected to strike the area this weekend dissolve the tally in norfolk of reports. the burning area has shrunk by thousands of hectares throughout the country in the past twenty four hours and states of emergencies have been lifted in several regions in russia however the overall situation is of course still devastating as many villages have been burnt down completely and thousands of people have been left without homes over fifty people have been killed in the blazes right now we are some two hundred kilometers away from moscow and this is the area that one of there is that have suffered the most from the far as. you can probably see that completely burned down or is here right now russian military helping farman to tackle the blazes are very important task of the russian government right now is to protect the country's strategic objects such as military bases and nuclear plants

and all fires in those regions contaminated by the nine hundred eighty six chernobyl nuclear disaster have been extinguished by now as they have been concerns that they could spread rage or acts of particles further and russian authorities right now are saying that the radio active level in those regions is the normal meanwhile in regions like this one that they're still burning the smoggy is still very very thick it's very difficult to breathe here and doctors a saying that's standing here in this forest for just one hour is equivalent to smoking two packs of cigarettes they're also saying that immune systems of many people have gone down during this period of fires of course those with lung diseases and heart disease have suffered the most meanwhile the weather forecasts are not very optimistic even though where you saw heavy rainfall early morning on friday it seemed that for the shower it was very isolated and just as we left the

capital on our way here the showers have stopped they did clear the air in moscow however but they didn't help to fight the fires outside the city experts are saying that this heat that will last for the next couple of days will then be slowly replaced with lowering temperatures which might bring heavy rains and storms in the city. reporting from the mosque a region where volunteers have joined a hundred and sixty thousand firefighters to help push help the wildfires as the situation remains critical in some areas assays examiner. went to see what residents in the moscow region are doing to tame the flames and do you want some water. meet alexander drive in senior management night there's open fire over there and see what about if i find her by day one of the many russian volunteers who are trying to say forests villages and people. running i have two

toddlers when you wake up the whole city is choking with the smog the kids a coughing and you really want to get rid of the smog but how we understand that we ourselves have to do something mari did fire to speak to kill a forest into wasteland alexandra to his friends spread the word volunteer and people do. we take food so that people won't be hungry we've got food rations from the emergencies ministry it tastes good volunteers usually have no gloves they are needed as the fires everywhere and you can easily get hurt but. almost every day a team of twenty from different backgrounds meets at the square the group is almost ready we're just found out the fires fifteen kilometers away and this is where we're going and half an hour later the real job begins for volunteers to forest becomes a war zone are going but i believe. fire got close to the solid line or it could

move over it and into the forest at any minute our task is to hold back the fire covered with sand so it won't get into the village the team may be small but they punching above their weight or three. today the four is not so bad with yesterday volunteers braved the worst they put out using. anything to hand. disgrace here and our callers are a good thing they're dropping water but here on the ground. for close up work for you guys we need cern here. over there the fire is moving up the tree we need to try to stop it. it's hard tough work a real challenge luna refuses to go under cation and follows her husband on his

forest saving mission some of you with your eyes just a lot of help for fire and call my husband hicks think wishes that with a shovel or drops of water when we're moving from place to place and helping with the caring for the teams to use in the forest until dawn but while most of them rested home alexander will look his regular shift at the violin cinema and the food morning he will get the move all in tears who will again to once want to see the forest. acts on the r t. russia says it will launch iran's first nuclear power plant later next week the russian state nuclear corporation which is building the bridge share plant announced the reality it will be loaded with nuclear fuel on august the twenty first. reports. all signs seems to point to the fact that yes all issues have been settled all the details have been hammered out and iran's of first nuclear power plant and bush air

will indeed launch on august twenty first of course it's been a long wait getting there the plant a bridge in the way of the construction of the plant originally began in the one nine hundred seventy s. they were performed by a german construction crew the first after the iranian revolution construction was halted that was later picked up by the russian state nuclear agency to stop them in the over the ninety's aboriginal launch date was originally set for two thousand and seven but that iran had some financial difficulties failing to pay some parts of the bill that most of the presented it with so they had to be bought as according to officials here at the most of them this is the final launch date of august the twenty fourth iran says first nuclear power plant will begin producing peaceful nuclear energy according to the officials that we've spoken to at the russian state nuclear agency and i saw them they say that the sanctions currently enforced against iran by the united nations security council do not actually the

fact the pushchair power plant project they did that the bush era power that is not included in those sanctions of course moscow backed the last bout of sanctions against the islamic republic of iran and that has dampened relations somewhat between moscow and tehran but the russian the nuclear state has taken the agency says that it is working very closely with the arabian side it is working very closely with the international nuclear watchdog the international atomic energy agency to make sure that every step of the way of the process every step of the functioning of this power plant is strictly controlled not only by russia but by the i.a.e.a. as well you cannot and you throw these nuclear power plants in your head that they support anything. you get all planned it's just you can write that if you use it. is true that there are a limb. we call the double double purpose it is an issue pants been through

a man but was this minimal so he came out of. any responsibility because back in the supply with fear fear oh sure nuclear bomb one for all the life time of them goes to get spent fuel back to the process of the russian area so a lot of controls in force but still the media's eyes definitely going to be on iran come august twenty first. all the demons still think all of a political analyst from the is chief of wild economy and international relations says the opening of the nuclear plant demonstrates the time between russia and iran all still strong. in their recent boss the. emotional state months on behalf of iranian leader president ahmadinejad the ball so they stay the iranian russian relations but i think that the nuclear commercial. industry is not

the fact that by the state one song but i think that the trade relations between not the russian federation and the islamic republic of iran are still good down but these small shop project is showing off that. they are actually going to be a what their own way on the project will become where the body suit. on the way. most would say playing the stock market is a gamble but he also sees a fortune teller as find out how they say they can make you rich simply by looking into your coffee cup. to russian military commanders the facing the axe for not stopping a massive pool among soldiers the incident happened last month the mobile phone footage of it was posted on the internet he's and he's now he has the details. but all started with a massive brawl that took place at a military academy just outside moscow it was a brutal brawl that lasted for about a half an hour some twenty or so students who were training to do their mandatory

here in the russian army just going out if you can see this brutal video which was posted on you tube and of course why officials are so outraged took the commanders from the military academy in fact are being forced to resign for not being able to stop or prevent a fight like this three japanese go to court and in fact face trial for being the ones to instigate this fight they were known to be the most violent during the fight and so we don't know what's going to happen today and this investigation probably would have taken the place whether or not this video was posted on you tube as we know russia has been launching tremendous army reforms over the past couple of years it was one of the first decrees in fact that president medvedev made when you stepped into office and it's something he's been pushing very strongly for and he said now we've been reporting from moscow for us while alexandra is still evolving all from muskie see mining you to vasty things russia's army could benefit from team building exercises what should be suggested.

that of special measures aimed at kind of a pain building and building understanding among soldiers three and three all of the united all the of the russian army and they know the inhabitants of their own region because setting the army they have to pay the rule to be the old is impossible without understanding that you know i did the army because one me and if you have a special day and one aim is to be there and for the country and if the soldiers seeing their old posts you know. because nobody could be how do i get. to germany now where the army there is facing a spike in cases of mental health problems among soldiers who fought in afghanistan this comes as war weariness continues to grow with as many as seventy percent of

all germans wanting their chub to return home and as aussies tom barton reports many former soldiers say they've not been getting the help they need. these men were once soldiers and dressed him and served germany for twenty four years and being up left in an eternal in afghanistan he had his fair share of hairy experiences i was fighting against the taliban around about five i was in one my it i had suicide attacks i had techs with grenades all the things who are normal 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 off your 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 blinders for has only recently woken up to the damage it does and dress ses he and many of us 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 charmin me. very strong war note. 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 on reported 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 treats soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder trying to slowly face the flashbacks that prevent them living normal lives

. but she says the treatment is sometimes frightening terms sitting somebody in front of pew in that pretty moment this really experiencing all the horror and excels and that he experienced during the war and you need a lot of empathy to help people. but you have to you have to try to control the us war becomes otherwise that will overwhelm us therapist in germany it's not just tsongas who is stressed with the war criticism of involvement in afghanistan is widespread the polls according that at least seventy percent of germans oppose it and history weighs heavily on the debate really began to first about war and the second world war two and zero through ninety yes it was the opinion in the majority of german people invest in 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 the borders were safe some five hundred soldiers have come home from afghanistan with psychological wounds this year alone healing the moral choir 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 tom barton r.t. munich germany. well we're also online for twenty four hours a day of course at r.t. dot com with plenty more stories this is a quick look i was online for you at the moment but find out how con artists made one dollars by extracting money from owners of luck shall we call.

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give you a slightly more conventional assessment in our business but it's just a few minutes time now they pakistanis have a second round of flooding as the indus river swells to dangerous highs president's adare visited the worst hit we didn't thursday after criticism that he was a broad jury in the country's worst natural catastrophe rose crops have been destroyed so five years are under threat from hunger and disease well the disaster has claimed more than sixty hundred lives while over fourteen million have been affected. the mouse the date of its first general election in twenty years the vote is to be held on november seventh however critics are skeptical about the legitimacy of the election as kill position figures are barred from standing the national democracy league won the last poll in one nine hundred ninety by a landslide they weren't allowed into office by the military which is ruled the country since the early sixty's the party says it plans to boycott the coming

election. a crate of scottish risky that was trapped in the antarctic ice for more than a century has finally been opened in new zealand it was found earlier this year beneath the floor of a hot billed by explorer such as shackleton during his nineteen zero eight expedition eleven bottles of mckinley's that whisky were wrapped in paper and straw for protection however the heritage of drab won't be tasted as it's being preserved for posterity. now later this hour peter lavelle and his guests in cross talk discuss war crimes that prosecutions and whether they serve justice or simply seek retribution but first let's check out that it is business deals with katrina and just a minute. we've got to. get a voice ceased to face with the news maker.

hello and welcome to our business program good to have you with me while grain stocks are likely to be kept up through u.s. supplies after a drop expected due to russia's export ban the u.s. department of agriculture says an increase in deliveries from china the european union and australia are also likely the agency estimates that grain export from russia this year will amount to three million tons in line with the forecast from russia's ministry of agriculture the decision to halt shipments abroad was made

after a drought hit the agricultural sector this season grain production is to decline by fifteen million tonnes globally half of which results from russia's reduction harvests in ukraine and cotherstone are expected to fall between two point five and three million tons of the european union the drop could be over four million tonnes . and a first deputy prime minister viktor zubkov has officially stated that the government will not entertain any changes to the upcoming temporary ban on grain exports. the temporary ban on green exports has been approved a movie effective from the fifteenth of august until the thirty first of december this year there will be absolutely no changes not in the length of the ban for any other reasons the decision has been made in order for the domestic market to return to regular levels of business. but as drought is also pushing up flour prices on the other side of the globe we now cost five hundred percent more and mexico which

gets half of its supplies from abroad the head of the country's national chamber of bread production says he expects prices to rise by another twenty percent during august as russia's grain export ban comes into force. milk prices in russia may grow by up to fifteen percent this year the price hike is driven by an unprecedented drought and increased demand for dairy products that's according to the co owner of wimbledon one of russia's biggest area producers. we can calculate the pricing increase mathematically fifty percent of the price of milk is comprised of the cost of raw materials that is increased by sixty percent which means pretty crude grew thirty percent from this factor we have to monitor the situation because consumption is the mean indicator for once it starts falling nothing will help now is why we have to be very careful and the government should help those of course we will see price hikes of ten to fifteen percent but we will try to have it under

control and hold on to our turnover but the. take an exciting day for the russian markets. and friday's trading session in the red all the blue chips were down between a quarter and a half. bucking the trend on the r.t.s. was normal that finished up point two percent on the. telecom and the block. and head of forks club again explains why the stock market's trading in the red this week as usual russian markets for having a correlated with the international markets this week and the main news came from the. federal reserve which left the rate unchanged didn't show up to meet some interim markets saying that economic environment from the. very challenging that's why investors remain very cautious about their. markets

and about. the old economy. so invest. so as to share so. that's why it's all rushing markets during this week in red. air flow has increased its profits by sixteen point eight percent of the first half of the year which is flagship carrier earned one hundred twenty eight billion dollars from january to july up from one hundred nine billion in the same period in two thousand and nine the main reason for the improved performance was an increase in passenger traffic which is up by a third year on year to date. and russia's second largest natural gas producer nava tag has doubled its net profit in the first half of two thousand and ten year on year the company reports its made around six hundred million dollars these results are in line with expectations. and you cannot exult will soon open in russia some are region due to the area struggling car industry this will help

employ over thirty thousand former workers of the country's largest auto manufacturer after vas his own well produced car components using the workers' existing skills agreements have already been reached with potential investors who say they've got over one point three billion dollars where to turn best of the government's side improve infrastructure and lower business costs are being promised prime minister platoons are already signed a decree to get the ball rolling pressured to act has also called for foreign carmakers operating in russia as new rules mean they have to significantly localize their production. that's all the business news for now but do log on to our website r.t. dot com slash business for more stories there. to .

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there were a lot of serious. problems by. this all the while i was stunned i wanted to win a lot of medals and to have a lot of desperation. but afterwards i realize that they they don't mean anything there's nothing that informs. i don't i don't i never kept the medal. the for. itself. this is the battle against iraq.