orders an immediate investigation into a. twenty three people. taking matters into the. president wants to stop private security companies operating in the country. struggle to cope with. the first

steps. to prepare for space flight to the memories of those who helped lift america to the moon. a suspended visa regime. and a country full of sports enthusiasts. to host the twenty eight twenty twenty two. studios here in central moscow twenty four hours a day this is good to have you with us. has left at least twenty three people injured investigators say the explosion which was the equivalent of thirty kilos of t.n.t.

is being regarded as a terrorist attack our correspondent is following developments. we are right now outside russia's prosecutor's office and it has confirmed that the explosion was indeed an act of terror a local policeman are saying that the car that exploded injured up to twenty three people who were stabbed in the coffee near to where the car was parked there was an explosion the windows were blown out if you will for one fragment to move really close to me where the nearby cars were badly damaged. many people covered in blood which just to give you an idea of how big the explosion was cars in the area one hundred fifty meters around that car were severely damaged as well right now a prosecutors are working on the scene where the preliminary data indicates it was an open explosion of the lift in the parked car similar to those i interact with are in critical condition the investigative committee has opened a criminal case presented to the community experienced investigators working at the

site trying to identify the type of the explosive it's a capacity to really windy to resurface when the russian president ordered an investigation and he also ordered to help to be provided to all those people who were injured and oppressed persons and avoid to the region. born in the has reported that those who were suffered in the explosion are already being provided with help another explosion took place earlier on tuesday on the border between north a set. when a twenty year old man exploded himself at the customs when he was asked to present his documents he killed one policeman and heavily injured another three rushed prosecutor's office is saying that they have information that two men from chechnya were heading to moscow and planning a terror attack in the russian capital one of them as i said before exploded himself at the customs and the other one was arrested later during the day and has

confessed that indeed they to work together and were heading to moscow for a terror attack. you know. of the car which was used in the attack has been identified according to local reports there are also suggestions to people who have already been detained or to use correspondent looks on a mixture of a who's lived in practical risk says the authorities are prepared for this kind of situation. is a socal cultural center all this time of the region because it's the place where all different if ounce festivities take place there or it's a place where a lot of students come in there to study and actually right now with the moment our pedagogues host and all caucasian youth camp where more than some old and teenagers from all different republics caucuses republics come to and get together the area where the blast happened is actually five minutes from the police station near the central post office not far from the local administration and the cafe is known to be a place where the local mayor likes to have dinners and lunches so it's

a very touristic sport many people come there right now i know that the whole area is locked and our medics come very quickly at the scene i've received a couple of calls from my friends saying that they've been a not far away from the cafes they've seen a woman crying no one had two kids who probably weren't there and actually when the blast happened many people thought it was kind of an earthquake because it was so severe that it smashed in all the windows from. business centers so it's a hectic place at the moment and but police is prepared well the area around the explosion was badly damaged says eyewitness sky. we were some distance away from the blast about seventy five meters but still we felt a blast it felt like something pushed me and then we saw a lot of course police cars among them drive past in the direction of where the sound came from we were at the office and decided to go there and see what happened

the scene of the explosion was near the post office and across the street from the cafe we saw the police had sealed off the area and the windows of the palace was shattered a lot of people were hurt since it was unlikely part of the city there usual a lot of people there cafe there might not have been packed but still frankly the people started panicking but then dissipated we still don't know what happened they have not let anyone inside the blocked off area. well we've got plenty more for you coming up later this. including. like. the quest to become a plastic surgery or a little more of a political can be easy to get with the bill that night. as the amount of people undergoing plastic surgery grows rapidly here in russia so does the number of victims disfigured or even killed by unqualified inexperienced don't. want to be an

astronaut here's what it takes to get your suit your helmet frictionless environment let's go to space as join our team for an out of this world experience of the place where america made its first steps towards. those stories still to come but first afghan president hamid karzai wants to kick private security companies and replace them with local security forces the contractors who work mainly for western companies do everything from guarding supply convoys to personal security for diplomats and businessmen a government spokesman says the companies will be ordered to despond within four months all this comes as the u.s. increases its military presence in afghanistan ivan eland direct to the center for peace and liberty at the independent institute believes that comment because i is targeting unregistered local warlords more than security companies i think he's probably playing the nationalist card maybe to get rid of some of the try to get

rid of some of the foreign contractors but in reality battling these private security companies many of whom aren't registered with the government and operate like gangs around the country if they get rid of everybody in the timeframe that he says there will be more instability because a lot of the convoys that they use the embassies that satar of the military structures and buildings need to be guarded because there's lots of violence and certainly the taliban would take advantage of that. to increase their attacks on vulnerable places and also security companies have been accused of let our convoys go through the taliban territory so we have this corruption in there as well but if they get rid of them i think there's probably going to be more taliban attacks the decree is really impossible to carry out any time soon. natural beauty is locked in competition with the promise of miracles from plastic surgeons in russia women

and some women of flocking to hundreds of private clinics to enhance their looks but for some patients who ignore the risks that not enjoy a new wrinkle free faces but suffering endless legal battles with inexperienced surgeons. the ugly side of the city despite being one of the most unregulated areas in russian health care plastic surgery is seeing a boom in demand the idealists have been most i've had to nose jobs like my lips. and when i make money with this when people call me crazy in my house in florence i don't care what they think plastic surgery clinics easy to find in most cases and procedures cost less than you might think but breath enlargement and the quest to become a. surgery becoming more and more popular and more and more affordable can figure

out what the real costs of going and the knife could be. far from people being pissed off by the danger is the plastic surgery crowd is getting younger. i have a twenty one year old friend who's a fan of pamela so she could get her huge press that's her personal business. but. that's when she want of course i don't support this that was a negative attitude towards plastic surgery but i blame the surgeon who gave her feet. russia this among countries with the highest level of plastic surgery operations being a relatively new markets many private clinics of any popped up in the last decade and there are still very few experienced professionals. through the system of medical training different in russia and western countries it takes up to ten years to train as a plastic surgeon in russia if you are already

a surgeon you just need to take a month long course you can order to get a license to practice but if this doctor comes from a completely different kind of surgery they need much much longer training which we just don't see happening in. and that's what causes problems. for one twenty seven year old. retain liposuction the wrist cost her her life when she had a suspected allergic reaction. to the legal repercussions in these situations often and. there are no clear controls or sanctions for doctors avoid for punishment and a large number of cases one reason is that medical documentation submitted to the judge or the investigation officers are often falsified also patients who often sign consent forms with thinking of the risks unfortunately in such circumstances make it hard to insure an objective trial today there is still no official statistics on the number of institutions providing plastic surgery or the exact

data on how many and what kind of operations are being conducted. with cases and the. russians might start thinking twice about the risks involved the foregoing under the night. sky. visa free entry for all that's one pledge from the russian government which is putting its weight behind the bid to host the planet's biggest football event the world cup international officials are in moscow to inspect the plans for the twenty one states went to find out what russia has been doing to sway the fee for the negation . well russia is willing and able to fulfill all promises laid out and it's a bit that's according to prime minister benjamin louis who met with the chief of delegation in moscow on tuesday and he says they're also ready to put filters promises that are not laid out a bit one guarantee is reserved three tipperary stay on the periphery

just in the government we provided fifo with guarantees from our government and we are ready to provide the organization. such as visa free entry for all the players and fans at the time of the event and free travel between cities hosting the world cup i was really. first of all the bad days you have six million people who are players of the game of football they are big supporters of it so fan base is doubly number one also in eastern europe a country has never a host of the world cup so that could also be in russia's favor and third fisa is interested in helping countries that have never posted to develop and having the games the world cup in a country would definitely help the flow reach that goal now though russia's bid also has the attention of the u.k. media british press quoting officials in that country saying that russia is probably the strongest competitor when it comes to sealing

a world cup bid now the nation has a couple of days to woo the feed the delegation as it heads to sochi and to the south from more on the russian bid and its chances is my colleague a cutter we never chose not to be with but proceed with. and so messy from the boudreaux should be next it's hope so posting the twenty eight thousand world cup and facing a key test this week is fi planes back to school right to assess the beat also in the running are england. strayer the united states and to doing this from spain and portugal and those june in the netherlands it's so difficult hosting this year's tournament and brazil in philly years time if you would europe stand would be next in twenty eighteen and many see russia's chances and so high the chances are pretty

good that russia can succeed in a lot of people say maybe you know i got more political decision then football decision to give to a big country like russia or the biggest country in the world the chance to force the gulf. between right also believes russia's leader is a strong and is helping to make it even stronger he's the director of a commercial to be shown to do it it was the old told the suturing trilobites can pay in each he should russia if you love to see it and the beach one incredible new stadium incredible new locations in time from some petersburg to sochi and kaliningrad and of course moscow you know there's a tremendous. spec to it on top of the games and again it's the first time that it will have been held in eastern europe and there's also a huge base of football fans in eastern europe who's never had the opportunity to

show how much they love the game at home. to see the game until the government is ready to came russia's beat includes designs for over a dozen new state of the old stadium with up to ten billion dollars worth of team brand new stadiums under construction currently it's only moskos luzhniki which fully matches people standards and has had experience of all staying major international events but in fact the very need to build new infrastructure could be russia's major selling point the other contenders already have infrastructure in place but fever is interested in expanding. it across the continent and beyond blossman still has successfully coped with just tickle challenges of several big tournaments in the past the people who are running this place are the same people who organized. the you for cup. finals in two thousand that was

making in chelsea. were allowed in without visas for the first time and they all came in you know two different ports and it went very very smoothly and i think it will have a great time so people knew very clearly that russia was really in the top when it comes to organizing big international events like russia's troop grecian for the twenty two teams sochi olympics is likely to come under scrutiny by people team and we the results appearing to be impressive in such a success could mean and now that we need to go to russia in its world cup it exceeded the church of the r t skit. huntsville alabama played a unique role in the u.s. mission to the moon and still provides a unique insight into the space race today both an extraordinary collection of flight hardware and offers people a chance to step into an astronaut shoes literally and that is doing it is also discovered even american experts say it was the russians who drove the nation to

the moon. this is huntsville alabama vast space and a city devoted to just that. and the deep south of the usa. is word all began this was the beginning of our manned spaceflight program it's where one man spatial vision when i was seventeen years old i had no doubt that man would land in my life became reality he had always dreamed about space travel he was warner von brown a former member of the nazi party turned pioneer. of u.s. space exploration given his past how did people here see him rocket scientists the gentleman who could take us into space but why huntsville we had more ph d.'s per square acre than you could find anywhere in the country available land willing workforce a workforce that experienced history. and lived to tell about it

back then i was in the in the manufacturing engineering department people like rocket scientist and engineer robert showing hammer what specific rock you are all of a group of birds do better see saturn one saturn five apollo story and dan brown's colleague and friend at buckbee we flew twelve or twelve astronauts to the moon and spacecraft like this and at the height of the cold war the real reason behind the space race i really believe that. the soviet union drove the us to the moon because there was serious competition between the two countries how can it be that the russians do that we thought we would take them on to the wizards of the world but then it turned out that here's somebody that already launched the satellite and here at the u.s. space and rocket center at competitions lives on and that's the only place in the

in the country that you can see all these vehicles including the space shuttle where you can see and experience everything that was good straight are actually trying to find. and they separate and go down and land on the moon surface what does it feel like to go on the moon or the astronauts were actually very trained on a device just like this and here anyone could be a space traveler they want to be an astronaut here's what it takes to get your suit your helmet a frictionless environment let's go to space. but eventually you gotta come back down. it's been a great ride. down to earth the soft ski r t alabama well now time for

a look at some other news from around the world at this stage all the day a high speed train from frankfurt to paris is commanded by the truck carrying rubbish in germany ten people on board were injured one of them seriously the accident happened about one hundred forty kilometers southwest of frankfurt it happened after truck slid down the slope onto the tracks and police say it will take at least a day to clear the area. so at least nineteen people have died after a massive explosion of the forwards factory in the chinese city. five workers from the plant are still missing the blast damage nearby houses injuring more than one hundred fifty other people residents in the area being evacuated and firefighters and soldiers are working at the same. at least sixty people killed in another one hundred twenty five wounded by a suicide bomber who blew himself up in baghdad the blast happened close to where people are gathered in the recruitment center market forces that claimed al-qaeda for the attack an incident came just two weeks before the u.s.

finishes racing in the region. the international criminal tribunal for the former yugoslavia head of yugoslavia resumes in the hague after a summer break out of anchorage has been on trial since last year an awful grade in two thousand and eight the form of leaders accused of orchestrating a campaign to destroy the muslim and croat communities in east and bosnia back in one thousand and five he faces life in prison if convicted worsens which we all know about with another update of the top stories for in a few minutes from now here in r.t. meanwhile we got the business update for you next that's charlotte stay with us for that. hello and welcome to the business program here on r.t. audio diary pascoe may be collecting a war chest in his fight to take over a new role cynical russian daily veteran mosty says the boss of russell could borrow as much as six billion dollars from state run lend group the money would be

used to buy the twenty five percent stake of rival nearest nickel shareholder value me a proton and the two men have been locked in a heated battle for control of the minor league accusing me of the least managing the company very possibly as they reportedly agreed to page forty five percent of his employer's group as collateral for the v t v loan. president of a davis called on russia's leading businessmen to help rebuild the edges destroyed by the wildfires dairy past the maple talon and suddenly you have to show have all been summoned to the presence black sea very sudden suppose there are systems very past a promise to build fifty houses while you have to show and called said he was ready to contract six hundred fifty thousand dollars the government has said it we rebuild houses worth up to sixty five thousand dollars each for all three thousand people left homeless. time check out the markets now russian stocks close high on tuesday as oil rebounded metals advanced boosting the outlook for commodity

producers the country's biggest mining company neurosurgical increased one point seven percent. a worrying sign for the russian economy wagering as last month shot up eleven percent compared to do the federal statistics service says the backlog has now hit one hundred twelve million dollars it comes despite president very of ordering bigger fines for employers who hold back salaries. b.h.p. billiton has launched an unsolicited thirty eight point six billion dollars bid for calenders potash corp the world's largest fertilizer maker the offer has been promptly rejected by the board of potash corp was grossly inadequate and now the market is pricing in a higher offer the bit of reflects the anglo australian mining giants desire to capitalize on the recovery in the first lies the sector here in russia consolidation is also taking place or carly is widely expected to make it big for sylvie it is recreate a new national champion in the world's second biggest the juice of potash. grain

from russia's national reserves will not be use for export beginning of this week the government imposed a blanket ban on producers selling grain abroad in response to the severe drought there have been speculation on the commodities markets the government would use its own reserves to fill some foreign contracts but speaking exclusively to our t. the head of the joint grain company sergey levin says this will not be possible. at this point the intervention stock has nine million one hundred forty thousand tons of grain intervention stock could be used differently depending on the situation last year and in the beginning of this year the country had excessive amounts of grain the intervention stock put pressure on the internal market that's why it was necessary to export this grain but the situation has changed drastically we cannot talk about excessive amounts of grain on the internal market now we are saying that we have a necessary safety net so we are not talking about exporting the intervention stock

any more we are talking about is the need to decide which of the internal consumers it should best be given to in other words to which of the affected regions it should go in the first place and in what scope this decision must be made by the government i think it will happen as minister of said within the next two weeks. what is russia's current storage capacity from here think if you look at the statistics the federal service of states to sticks reports that we have a total storage capacity of about one hundred eighteen million tonnes but that includes all types of grain storage is both the modern ones equipped with climate control systems and the old grain arrays and bonds dating back to pre-war times honestly i think that only about one third of the storage is are up to more than requirements. how has the drought. affected your strategy until two thousand and fifteen given that another company in the strategy of the united grain company includes large scale investments into the green market infrastructure construction

of new storage is and trans shipment elevators as well as an upgrade of the existing facilities going forward to two thousand and fifteen there will be significant changes in the grain distribution patterns inside the country because over the last few years there was quite a distinct distribution the southern region produce grain for export while the central region and siberia produce grain for internal consumption this is going to change now and the grain from the south is going to be. internally as well and will certainly have to rethink i was strategy. finally lukoil is considering an unlikely proposal to diversify its business the old yard has been offered the opportunity to try his hand chicken farming better response the company to invest in the construction of poultry plants which he hopes will produce one hundred thousand tonnes of me here that's roughly forty million birds have a cultural ministry men's reports that lukoil has responded favorably to the proposal and is considering the idea. for now we can always find more stories on

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