begins fueling up russian engineers kick start operations at iran's nuclear station under the strict un atomic watched on. the special forces and reportedly killed one of them and suspected of all constraints in march's deadly moscow metro bowman's. you'll get a controversial make obo with the classic yellow sedan style tax is being driven out in favor of more eco friendly.

in its travels to russia's white scene in front of people local people they're keeping tradition for. good to have you with us live from all studios here in central moscow twenty four hours a day this is. the first nuclear power plant in the middle east has been switched on in iran's southern city of bush in the russian built reactor is now approaching under the strict control of the un atomic watchdog amid international concerns over to iran's nuclear ambitions. that the long awaited grand opening. more than thirty years in the making with a price tag of over two billion dollars by all accounts the pushchair nuclear power plant is an expensive undertaking and the one for which iran has spared no expense

the chaplet has always been more than just that and if you're ready to sell it for money it's a symbol of the country social progress and proof but it's more in touch but for a lot of critics the embodiment of the farming republics of ideological backwardness and a vivid example of the building which a diplomatic bargaining chip for years the station has finally come closer to fulfilling its practical purpose but the first batch of nuclear fuel just loaded into the reactor the station is expected to start producing electricity by the end of this year but iran's top nuclear fishel says it's already time for celebration we are grateful to the people of russia to the government of pressure to our great friends in russia were. instrumental in making ghosts witnessing today. had not been the assistance of the russians certainly would not have been witnessing such a great deal with temperatures well over forty degrees centigrade the plant is

a vivid example of why iran needs to produce more with tricity even with air conditioning running at full tilt the heat is still too much to bear for years russia's top nuclear fishel sergei kerry younker has been working up a sweat to defend moscow's cooperation with iran it when you go there it's a unique venture because it's very difficult to build new equipment into the equipment that was there from the start the bushehr power plants is an international project over ten countries supplied the equipment european countries as well as asia pacific countries while some countries remain concerned about iran's use of russian nuclear fuel people of pushchair also have reasons to be fearful valeri in their alina. i have been working at this station for three years only the sas initially she was apprehensive about bringing their children to iran for medical reasons but knows she and her husband have other concerns with your no

and we just saw reports online quinn israel is planning to bomb it's scary when they do local training here there is shooting and airplanes are flying you never know if it's true or not maybe they're preparing for something to many here is a real threat to bomb the station evolved painful memories of the 1980's when saddam hussein's old tillery berridge the causing substantial damage to the station itself yet iranian officials are confident history want to repeat itself we want to see because we know this is a again soon to. be a new installation. these are these. are the. it's psychological. we do not take it seriously although we are aware we are vigilant. this does not mean what they are seeing it says seriously russia's role in supplying fuel and technology to iran may unsettle some but it

could also prevent further confrontation between the two neighbors adding yet another dimension to phrase enrichment for peaceful purposes that's unavoidable r.t. will share iran. and so had mohammad marandi a professor of politics at the run university says the opening of bashir signifies the decline of the us is power in the middle east 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 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 end of 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 well still ahead for you this hour an r.t. we'll look at why russian arms dealer viktor butties wanted so badly by the united states. but first one of the suspected organizers of march's moscow metro bombings in which forty people died has been killed in a shootout with russian security forces four other alleged militants were also shot dead during the special operation in russia's southern republican dagestan r.t. shaun thomas has more. officials are telling us that the map how we build up our. has been killed in an operation in the southern republic of the south this time along with four others now and this is important because he is wanted on the federal and international most wanted list more than two years he's also thought to have ties to sharif about one of the two suicide bombers blew themselves up on

march twenty ninth at the would be on the station shootout with the station and then another suspected bomber blew themselves up here at the three metro station now in this operation we're told that firefighters had a building surrounded there was a fire inside that building they realized that this was about pop and they were shot and killed were also told that no policemen were shot and killed or there were no civilian casualties in this operation as well but to give you a little bit of background on the moscow metro bombings the start to be one of the masterminds of the organizers of the muslim bombings on march twenty ninth happened during rush hour on the breadline on the bianca and arbitron metro station right here killing forty people and injuring more than one hundred people so this has been someone that authorities have been trying to get to for some time and at this point time that they say they have successfully killed the mother mother ali back

up as well as four others in this operation. and also in russia's northern caucasus one policeman was killed and four wounded during a special operation in the chechen republic security officials say police call of the militants in a house in the capital grozny following a gunfight the suspect escaped the building then detonated an explosive device blowing himself up in the process. moscow says it will continue efforts to bring the russian businessman vic to boot back home he's accused of being an illegal arms trader and on friday a thai court ruled he be extradited to the us a decision condemned by russia as political a lower court had initially rejected washington's extradition bit who. it is now expected to be sent to the us within three months he was arrested in bangkok more than two years ago and kept in custody ever since u.s. accused of terrorism and conspiracy to supply arms to colombian rebels charges he denies. and this is going to boot has a lot of information about shady u.s. dealings in africa and latin america and that's why he's regarded as such

a threat and washington. victor boot is a walking intelligence treasure trove has a phenomenal phenomenal photographic memory and there are several results why u.s. intelligence community or so keen on getting him to the united states first they try to recruit him to be cia made several approaches to recruit him refused him all of the logistics of legal and illegal arms supplies all around the world him knows a lot of the cia front companies that are involved in smuggling and providing the cover up for both smuggling in drug trafficking in afghanistan and in latin america and he knows about all this financial schemes yesterday mexican president openly accuse the united states first for promoting drugs culture and in promoting the violence in in africa and latin america american started selling with.

industry which is what the american women's industry is it's clear to me that they would create a conflict in a poor country in africa just to sell weapons to see me they are making money in this situation mexico is going through for them it's good business to sell weapons to criminals. if you connect the dots it boils down to these united states exports instability and to expand instability and to keep it running you have to smuggle weapons and because too much how the united states smuggles weapons that's why they run a character assassination campaign against him because he's more dangerous than we kill it's for the us smuggling role in weapons not only in africa and latin american but all over the world. well just ahead for you here all close up to travel to a secluded location. now on

a four hour journey by people to one island that's all be accessible during the summer months on this island we're visiting a village populated by more people and more meeting post relatives explore the lives of more people their traditions their cultural past and. still to come your way but first to some other world news in brief for you at this stage of the day prosecutors in sweden have dropped rape charges against the founder of the wiki leaks website. but he could yet face charges of molestation the website says the allegations what without basis and that they had previously been want to expect dirty tricks he was in sweden last week where he announced the whistleblower scientists to publish a final batch of secret documents on the war in afghanistan. is heading for a hung parliament in the tightest general election in the country for more than forty years with seventy five percent of votes processed in either the ruling labor

party or the opposition coalition appear likely to get enough votes to win outright prime minister says it could be days before a result is known but still hopes to form the next government position leader tony abbott said it's clear the ruling party had lost both its majority and the. thousands of taking to the streets in kashmir protesting against the arrest of about twenty people for throwing stones in demonstrations paramilitary used tear gas to disperse the crowd chanted anti india slogans more than sixty demonstrators have died in clashes with police that over the past two months. new york's city new york city's iconic yellow taxis are on the road to extinction with the economic recession pushing forward to introduce new fuel efficient cars the production of the sedan star vehicle will soon be stopped but has been finding out many on the streets of the big apple feel they're losing a jewel in the city's crown. in the city that never sleeps the flow 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 you want 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 york city's sea of yellow there is one car that is keeping this cabbie and many others afloat on the car. with the new york taxi. get on with. it is kept them running for a while now that's it being. 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 real and just like the statue of liberty 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 that ford's going to make it across victoria to actually actually recover toyota 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 this street will be filled with more cabs that look like this this one's a hybrid. it may get better gas mileage and save cabbies money but it's. not

exactly that iconic new york taxi ride times square place. right here. i see a lot of people to a few of those cabs to take this one but if you ask anyone in the big apple things in new york move real bad things easier that change however isn't always for the better. or would anybody want to sit. in for that cab woven into this 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 car you know the brought these 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 street this looks like a new york taxi cab is that going to be a problem the long run i don't know you know maybe for the i love new york people

that can have a medical marcel's i think for me at the yellow it is yellow cab start to look the same from manhattan to russia to egypt does new york it's a little piece of it so yes. yes. it's going to be bad for new york. times said lauren lyster it's the end of an era you know our t. own this is called new york. we just remind you can find more on this story and everything else we're covering at the moment on the screen here twenty four hours a day or available on our website dot com here is what else is. right now russia has one month to prove it's the legal owner of the kremlin and descendants of the country's founding dynasty the suing the state to get the property that forefathers built and lived in. all the website find out why some german american tourists on a russian ferry cruise refuse. to leave the boats after it collided with

a cargo ship. details all available at all t.v. dot com. now a chance to discover parts of russia cut off from the traditional tourist trail a close up team is on hand to take you to the verse and undiscovered areas of the country without leaving your seat. this week we've been in the coastal region of in north west russia and for generations the local people's livelihood and heritage has been intertwined with the white sea communities of sailors fishermen and carpenters thriving from the

natural resources and. the way of life as timeless as the sea itself. they were one of the first conquerors of the northern waters fisherman. not so many fish it's off season now soundman is a northern fish it comes to our rivers for spawning shipbuilders sea captains the morse have a bond with the sea unbroken for centuries this my grandfather used to build one mast into mast boats he was one of the best ship builders out there everyone in my family is connected to the sea they were either sailors or captains. work of is a native of but to keep got island one that he calls the homeland of captains so we travel to particular 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 poem or way of life is certainly not just something out of a history book. constructed wooden boats using old techniques a lot of novel uses a car bus a coastal car and of boat it's very stable on the scene it rises and falls smoothly with the waves. making their own fish nets. raiding the ropes used for making those fish nets or catching their own fish. i've been fishing for a long time now this year i caught a big fish this big and living in 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 poor more's 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 recipients is also what has kept their culture alive throughout the centuries. and susie asked a cliche airing a heritage they're proud to call their own the. place i've been singing my who life my mother still sings we collect 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 the desire she hopes to pass along to her young grandson. artie region. and that was a severe reporting there well no it's the weekend business updates for charlotte

coming away next that'll be a short break stay with us either. hungry for the full stop we've got. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. every month we give you the future we help you understand how we'll get there and what tomorrow brings the best in science and technology from across russia and around the world. join us our technology update on our g. hello welcome to the business program with me charlayne was folly russia would 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 price is being paid for wheat when there visibly see through the high streets and you know question of reports. we. all know bread and even five grain bread well russians more bread than nearly anybody else in the world so any changing price of this staple the good makes the risk even part of the mind of the money in people's forgets because of an importance right even on the governments of this basic products their price rises that's subject to control if they start going too fast the federal un team and no police service is currently investigating in the 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 in that is 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. economics and the market dynamics the steves 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. the forecast 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 providing the world with his 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 r.t. . let's have a look at the markets now here in russia the stocks that tracked global trends then closed down for a third day on friday both oil a metals were in retreat damping reinvestment of pale of quality producers. iron and steel dropped three point seven percent while gas probably ended down one point one. zero looking back on the week sentiment has been broadly negative on the russian market we've also shown some volatility so i'm going work from consultancy invest cathay wraps up the last five days trade. this week was kind of usual for. 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 this is we don't break that. recent economic statistics

from the u.s. is not encouraging because for example on thursday you are saying this is a big deal because of the statistics about manufacturing activity and. job was claims commodity prices right now are not supporting. the current come or the two levels are. already in the prices of the russian stocks there was a lot so in. terms of fertilizer 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 is being 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 west and the like say caulking for metropol explains the risks appear to be mainly on the downside for the rest of the year. i rather doubt this country in my church breaks through or through i say to. the next three to six months but we'll probably see oil going through eighteen to the eighty's or five. thousand and eleven but if we were experiencing it in excess supply. probably see prices lower and i think the big question is is the months to stay in this level. there's some doubt as to chinese chinese demand if you look at the three here and you know growth apparently enchiladas it went down quite dramatically to about three percent a year so the question is what was the high demand in the first how cute someone

off a friend for instance upgrade a program to help the chinese come to increase the strategic stocks of crude i'm products and perhaps just now over that's the case that i have in my potential k k so for the sixty five. with all three of them and. by the end of the year. and that's all for this hour but you can always buy more on our website r.t. dot com flash business.

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