powering out terrans first atomic power plant fueling is now underway in the russian built reactor under the scrutiny of the un's nuclear watchdog. moscow says it will strive to bring victor a good back home after a thai court decided to extradite the alleged russian arms baron to the u.s. . this is simple if you are just like we are paris to the star to live in. the streets of new york or losing one of the iconic features of yellow sedan taxis on its way to the junkyard it's for ditches the traditional cab model.

and our close up team take you to russia's white sea coast where sailors and fishermen wheel drive little changed by time and industry. this is already coming to live from moscow i'm marina joshua welcome to the program now iran has started off its first nuclear power plant built by russia in the southern city of will share and engineers from both countries are now loading fuel into the reactor under the strict control of the un's atomic watchdog we now cross to bush era tell correspondents on a boy called. now can the plan be considered operational now. in a sense that it has not yet produced any alex recently but as of now from the moment

that the first batch of nuclear. what was placed into the reactor the plant is considered to be fully functioning new clear facility now it's going to take a few weeks for the fuel to be fully placed into the reactor and. the couple of months before they start will be producing electricity but for the iranian side it is it relatively short wave considering to you all more than three decades that the people of iran have been waiting for the set facility to come on stream the construction of these plants initially began back in the seventy's it was spearheaded by the german companies demons. from the project after the revolution of nine hundred seventy nine and it was not until of late ninety nine days that the russian control over the project when you talk to. the russian

company in charge of these facilities in charge of the construction they say that the construction of the plant has been the most challenging project both politically and financially because it's been it's been plagued by numerous financing difficulties and it also has been hampered by the international pressure applied in iran due to it's all an enrichment program but a big challenge has been a logical because when russians to call for the task was to feed and you reactor into an already existing building and to integrate russian made equipment some of the old equipment left behind by german so it was a very very difficult task and many of the engineers i have spoken to today are telling me that you simply cannot find a facility like that anywhere in the wall it is unique but. the head of the russian atomic energy agency was very my satisfied with the quality of work he was very

pleased with what he saw here today here is exactly what he saw. because it's a unique venture because it's very difficult to build new equipment into the equipment that was there from the. international project between countries supplying the equipment european countries as well as asia pacific countries i'm seeing is it's not just a russian iranian project really is international and it's very important. now russia has already supplied the wrong tons of the wing to be sure a new russian officials expressed a willingness to continue providing iran you could have your. iranian leadership says that these by no means is going to put a nineteen on your a new machine abridgement program that costs so much controversy around the world they're saying that they're preparing to build. up twenty facilities like that all across the country and for that they need that own domestically enrich uranium and

they treat this matter not just as economic issue but also as an issue of national sovereignty. or sign iran is under u.n. sanctions or no over its nuclear program so how does the bush era plan fit in. well this is true my reading that the united nations security council has asked for stats of sanctions all together against the republic of iran none of them directly after fact to the construction of this plant but because of all the international pressure the construction has been slowed somewhat because some of the foreign constructors western firms had to pull out of the project and that to numerous delays now we also know that many countries in the world still have some war is about russia supplying iran to be low enriched uranium but to be fair i also have to tell you that people here also have reasons to be fearful. and that's because of

latest reports coming out of israel calls to bomb these facilities and for people of these invokes a very painful memory because these very seedy facility that you can see behind me has already been bombed before by the saddam regime back in the eighty's so many here i'm not pleased to hear. statements coming out of israel nevertheless iranian officials say they have absolutely nothing to fear here is exactly what they had of the iranian atomic energy agency told us. we were too soon because we knew this is a game soon two years. of trying to be the new new solution. to these sort of these these. are the. it's the psychological war we do take it seriously who we are and there we are featured in the book

just does not mean to work you are seeing the suv you see. now despite the. plan has been launched the russian presence here is not going to add currently there are about three thousand russian constructors builders and juniors working here in the bush era and they're expected to stay here for a few more months until a joint venture to operate this plant is being created and i have to add that russian companies are also holding that the. completion of this plant also will secure them a stake in the in the constructing other plans that iran is expecting is expected to build as i mentioned before these country has a very ambitious plan of building up to twenty nuclear power plants over the next few decades ok thanks very much indeed for bringing us of the latest on the opening

of the plant in iran and for more. on this story we can now cross live to tehran to speak with side mohammad randy a professor of politics at to iran university this irani thanks for being here with us on the program now first of all she has suffered said the accent delays for decades as we know but what does the launch of this facility mean to the people of iran. it's very important because it is an issue of sovereignty and foreign powers especially the united states have been very much opposed to the building of this nuclear reactor since the beginning of the revolution so the iranians were adamant that this should go forward and after all the iranians have a policy of diversification they are diversifying from oil and gas when book farms have been built throughout the country and you also see solar energy being used here in tehran as well as in other parts of the country so this is a part of a larger process to move away from oil and gas in order to be able to export more

oil and gas to green create a stronger economy and also because in the long run sense the iranians know that and then the day. they will be needing nuclear energy was there any there is also concern in the world over iran's use of nuclear energy and as we know iran hasn't joined the convention on nuclear safety and so far it's also the only government in the world operating a nuclear power station which hasn't done so so how likely is it in your opinion that iran will sign the convention and also take other steps to become closer with a nuclear community. well i think that if you look at the past few years you'll see that the international community has had no problem at all with iran's nuclear program at the recent conference in new york on the n.p.t. had a declaration in which israel for example was named but iran was not despite american objections the problem really is the un security council and the fact that western

countries have had germany over. that council and they effectively force the russians and the chinese to down and accept that the man and the iranians are working within the framework of international law the n.p.t. all of its nuclear facilities have always been under the supervision of these organizations the sorry the n.p.t. itself the a and there another important point to remember is that the i.a.e.a. which had a great deal of access to iran's nuclear program and for over two years iran halted nuclear enrichment and accepted the additional protocol to be implemented in the country during that period be a declared that there is absolutely no evidence whatsoever that iran's nuclear program is anything or ever has been anything but peaceful gramma's in iran the how might end new career iran change the face of politics in the region and how will it

affect iran's relationship with israel. well i think it's very significant in the sense that it shows that american power and american hegemony has its limits and that the united states which is on the decline in the region will have to accept iran's sovereignty in the future with regard says israel it should have nothing to do with the. with the relationship that currently exists among countries in the region because iran's program is peaceful iran does not accept israel as a legitimate country because it is an. type regime it is like apartheid south africa so iran's opposition to the regime is because it is morally illegitimate and it will pursue this position in the future and it believes that palestinians have the right of return in fact the irony is that while the americans and the western media and the europeans have constantly claimed that iran is

a threat to israel iran has never made any military threat to any country or even the israeli regime whereas the americans and the israelis have constantly threatened iran with attacks with bombardment with murder destruction and death and the international press the western press specifically the un security council have not protested at all and this is a major point it shows the hypocrisy of the western media the american media and the european media when it comes to iran. mr assad mohammad marandi professor of politics at the university thanks very much indeed for being here with us in the program and they were you know this is their. moscow says it will seek to bring victor book back to his country the thai court's decision to allow the extradition of a suspect arms dealer to the u.s. is seen by russia as political and made under pressure a thai appeals court delivered the final verdict after

a lower court had rejected washington's extradition bit now but will be sent to the u.s. within three months he was arrested more than two years ago in bangkok in an elaborate operation led by u.s. agents washington once on charges of terrorism and supplying arms to colombian rebels which he denies can goodman publisher and author says boat is being extradited because he pose a direct threat to american business in africa. back in the ninety's when everybody left africa because of all the civil war problems going on the american interest also left victor but it was one of the only people that was brave enough. to go into that country and after a number of years he had ninety percent of the traffic study controlled and then when things out a little bit better americans want to back him but he controlled all the gold in that way all the diamonds and that sort of thing so the american business interests were very interested in getting him out of the picture his family america punishing

him for taking over what the cia had been doing before and he was the only person left you know that was brave enough to go in there in the midst of all those conflicts. new york's iconic sedan style yellow taxi is on the road to extinction for it is scrapping the production of the traditional cab model the crown victoria by next year deeming it unprofitable but as lauren lister has been finding out many on the streets of the big apple feel they're losing the jewel in the city's crown. in a city that never sleeps the floor with taxis never stops for very long. the line for cabs is tough taking this pounding in the city twenty two hours twenty four hours a day for cabbies it's even tougher. i would. make your money so if you don't hustle for cash during peak hours. and for drivers like this one time banker yeah i used. to deal with life on main street means

working even harder and faster as a cabbie these days because of the recession. and pounding the pavement in new york city's sea of yellow there is one car that is keeping this cabbie and many others afloat on the car for. new york to. get on with. it has kept them running for a while now. since ninety six ninety seven for practical reasons it runs and runs and runs but to much of the world this car is more than just a dependable cab this is a. symbol or not it will be scrapped altogether run into the bone yard of cabs two thousand and eleven is the last model year that the fords going to make it across victoria actually make the crown victoria at all built ford tough hasn't proven tough enough for these economic times sluggish sales and

a push towards fuel efficiency in new york means they'll be out of production and the last of them will be off duty for good and if you hear it's. come twenty fifty deaf classic new york taxi cab will officially be a thing of the past history will be filled with more cabs that look like this this one's a hybrid. and make it better gas mileage and save cabbies money but it's not. exactly that iconic new york taxi ride time square place. that they were here. one suitcase and one a see lot of people to a few of those who take this one but if you ask anyone in the big apple things in new york move real this thing's easier that change however isn't always for the better. or would anybody want to sit. in for that cab wools and into the city's asphalt fabric that's what you need you don't need a car that's built for a soccer mom to take her three kids to practice here and built into the livelihoods

of cabbies are forced to buy those color you know the brought. these all these programs they're forcing us to buy that car who are struggling this month ahead problem we'd like you know coming up with my rant will new york be losing more. than this american steel from the streets this looks like the new york taxi cab fares are going to be a problem the long run i don't know you know maybe for the i love new york people they can have a minute commercials i think for me at the yellow but is yellow cab start to look the same from manhattan to russia to egypt does new york it's a little piece of itself yes it does yes because of course it's going to be bad for new york. but it's on the senate floor and lyster it's the end of an era you know our t. own this is called new york. now you're invited to share some unforgettable experiences

as our close a team sets off for another adventure across russia. and our destination today is the wide sea coast a thousand kilometers north of moscow why is an ancient land of sea congress say were especially manned shipbuilders but the more people have been linked with the same for generations even today their way of life hasn't changed much as the star celia found out. they were one of the first conquerors of the northern waters the fisherman. not so many fresh and so off season now younger salmond is a northern fish it comes to reverse for spawning shipbuilders sea captains the boomers have a bond with the sea unbroken for centuries. my grandfather used to build one mast

into most boats he was one of the best ship builders out there everyone in my family is connected to the sea they were the sailors or captains. work of is a native of but to keep got island one that he calls the homeland of captains so we travelled to put it a four hour boat journey to an island only accessible during the summer months today it's inhabited by about four hundred to morse descendants of the very first settlers here we discovered that the so-called traditional more way of life is certainly not just something out of a history book. constructed wooden boats using old techniques elegantly noble this is a call about kind of boat it's very stable on the scene it rises and falls smoothly with the waves. making their own fish nets. breaking the ropes used for making those fish nets or catching their own fish but

for the fighting fishing for a long time now this year i caught a big fish this big. and living in uniquely more houses the houses in this village are very well preserved dating back a few hundred years now this house in particular is three hundred years old and the unique feature of these old houses is this fireplace here they cook and they bake but it also has another use on top of it is a bed which they use during winter so they can have a warm bed during the harsh conditions for the few more adapting to whatever mother nature throws at them has become second nature this bridge for example is down every winter and rebuilt every spring. this research is also what has kept their culture alive throughout the centuries. and susie asked a cliche airing a heritage they are proud to call their own. for even singing my who life my mother still sings old returns and songs and revive them this dress

belongs to my grandmother when i put on this dress i feel very good and have this desire to sing old songs feel a desire she hopes to pass along to her young grandson. artie region and in a few minutes artie examines the impact of the disasters or oil spill in the gulf of mexico first though it's the business news with charlotte. hello welcome to the business program with me charlayne was folly russia will not significantly increase the amount of grain imports this year the government says it has another reserve to cope with this year's poor harvest however economists believe the higher prices being paved the way it will never to bracy through the high street indeed a question of reports. we. all know bread and even five grain

russian speed read that nearly anybody else in the world changing prices of this state would make seriously impact the amount of money in people's pockets because of a court that's right even on the government's a list of racing products where price is right this is a subject of ritual if they start going to power the federal until monopoly service is currently investigating in number of bakeries for imposing price hike as much as twenty percent but given the fact global wheat prices have soared seventy percent in the last two months it's hard to see how consumers can be completely him a nice to all the inflationary fears that we have seen are not being passed on completely to the consumer i think inflation may pick up in september. depend on the economics and the market dynamics the state's decision to ban grain experts which came into effect at the beginning of this week will only do so much to

control prices domestic with consumption in russia is approximately seventy five million tonnes the latest forecast for the harvest fall well short of that. before cost for this year's food harvest ranges from fifty nine point five to sixty three point five million tonnes but it's also possible that we could even go below that figure which. russia does play an important role in provide. the world when is carbohydrates it was the third largest exporter of we did two thousand and nine but this year the weather has been so appalling that the foreign land is unlikely to recover immediately when the rains come having implications for the winter harvest and even next year's crop might you know question our business our chain. of local markets down here in russia the stocks that tracked global trends and closed down for the third day on friday both all a metals were in retreat dumping the investment of pale of quality producers of

course iron and steel dropped three point seven percent while gas from ended down one point one. zero looking back on the week sentiment has been broadly negative on the russian markets we've also shown some volatility simon berg from consultancy invest cathay wraps up the last five days trade. this week was kind of usual. it's end of summer and august is a very scary months for russian traders and for russian stock markets and. well it's quite volatile but for the recent three weeks we've been very narrow range in terms of. we don't break that. recent economic statistics from the u.s. is not encouraging because for example on thursday you're saying this is a big deal because of the statistics about manufacturing. jobs claims commodities prices are supporting. the current commodity levels are.

already in the prices of the russian stocks there was a lot so. in terms of. industry. might emerge soon and the information which came in for the chinese company which might participate in the offer for. that information. is quite important for us. crude oil is that a six week low it's been struggling to break out of the seventy to eighty dollars range for moments after briefly hitting eighty two dollars the beginning of august price that slipped back on concerns about faltering economic growth and high industries in the us as alexei corking from metropole explains their risk appears to be mainly on the downside for the rest of the year. i rather doubt this country in my church breaks through say. the next three to six months but we'll

probably see oil going through eighty three eighty five. thousand and that for if we were experiencing it in excess supply. probably seen prices lower and i think the big question is is the month sustain this level. and there's some doubt as to chinese chinese demand if you look at the three year in year growth apparently enchilada it went down quite dramatically to about three percent a year so the question is what was behind the anonymous first how cute someone off a friend for instance of a program to help the chinese come to increase the strategic stocks or could i'm products and perhaps just know us that's the case that i have in my potential

kerry case or for the other sixty five. we're all guilty. by the end. and that's all for this hour but you can always find more on our website r.t. dot com thanks business.

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