bushehr begins fueling up as russian engineers kick start operations at iran's first nuclear power station on the street of the u.n. atomic. special forces and reported to kill one of the men suspected of orchestrating deadly metro bolling's. you will get a controversial make over with the classic. tax is being driven else in favor of bigger more eco friendly.

with the water on his travels to russia. and finds the local people keeping tradition afloat. from our 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 the southern city of bushehr the russian built reactor is now operating under the strict control of the un atomic watchdog amid international concerns over nuclear ambitions. and a boycott was 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 nuclear power plant is an expensive undertaking and one for which iran has spared no expense the chaparral have always been more than just an education are ready to sell it for all it's

a symbol of the country social progress and prove it gets more attention for a lot of critics the embodiment of the slavic republics an ideological backwardness and a vivid example of that i feel things which are in 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 officials says it's already for celebration we are grateful to the people from russia to the government of pressure to our great friends in russia that were. instrumental in making us 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. 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 it's a unique venture because it's very difficult to build new equipment into the equipment that was there from the start the plant 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 few people of pushchair also have reasons to be fearful valeri and that alina. i have been working at the station for three years illegal says initially she was apprehensive about bringing their children to iran for medical reasons but knows she and her husband have other concerns because he would know and we just saw reports online when israel is planning to bomb it's scary but 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 for many here is a real threat to bomb the station 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 won't repeat itself. we are not too soon because we know this is a game soon too many. for taking do you mean you use english and these are on the eve of the pervious. off the media. it's a psychological war we do not take it seriously although we are aware we are vigilant but this does not mean they are what they are saying that it's a serious russia's role in supplying fuel and technology to iran man settle fell

but it could also prevent further confrontation between the two neighbors adding yet another dimension to the race in richmond for peaceful purposes that's on a boycott see bush air iran. independent nuclear scientists john lodge's critical of the bush launch saying tehran is only seeking to get its hands on the technology it needs. we ran off for a few years could say to the russian federation technicians out you go we're going to take control of this no but importantly the preparation issues are primarily with the training the equipment the peripheral quitman and the management systems that the russian federation and the international community will actually put in the bush rear to know without a plan to operate as safe as it can well that type of technology the equipment all of that is transferable and jule capable so you could put that nuclear technology into the enrichment plants in the tents and into the small reactor that the

iranians are building in a place called iraq so there is the potential for proliferation transfer whether a security expert in moscow believes it's important to differentiate between the shia and iran's nuclear weapons ambitions i think that there could be a difference between and the problem that could be military purpose a military already on the program and the iranian program for peaceful organization the plan. regarding his organization to manage i think practically any proliferation of nonproliferation songs at a minimum this is a major victory of course for iranians because so iran is going to be practically has become a frosty contrie in the new year in middle east which has. acting. existing atomic power block. for russia it's also

a very great success because russia has proved that southern russia abiding is abiding more and more liberation standouts halmagyi patients bandits and brutes according to the i hate you today. well still ahead here on r.t. we look at why alleged russian to. the united states. first one of the suspected organizers of moscow metro bombings in the 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 republic of dagestan thomas reports now from one of the metro stations hit by a deadly blast back in march. officials are telling us that the mouth about bob. has been killed in an operation in the southern republic of dagestan along with

four others now this is important because he has been wanted on the federal and international most wanted list for more than two years he's also thought to have ties to marry i'm sure of about who is one of the two suicide bombers blew themselves up on march twenty ninth at the lubyanka station she was out with young station and then another suspected bomber blew themselves up here at the park or to a metro station now in this operation we're told that firefighters had a building surrounded there was a fire inside that building others realized that this was about off and they were shot and killed we're also told that no policemen were shot and killed or there were no civilian casualties in this operation as well let me give you a little bit of background on the moscow metro bombings is thought to be one of the masterminds of the organizers of the moscow metro bombings on march twenty ninth happened during rush hour on the breadline on the and part of three 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 they say they have successfully killed. ali as well as four others in his operation. and also in russia's northern caucuses one policeman was killed and four wounded during a special operation in the chechen republic security officials say police corner the militant in a house in the capital grozny following a gun fights the suspect escaped the building then detonated an explosive device blowing himself up in the process. moscow says it will continue efforts to bring russian businessmen victim back home he's accused of being an illegal arms trade and on friday a thai court ruled he'd be extradited to the us a decision condemned by russia as political though a time court had initially rejected washington's extradition of booze is not expected to be sent to the u.s. within three months the rest of the brain called more than two years ago and kept

in custody at a strange nonsuch uses who to terrorism and conspiracy to supply arms to colombian rebels charges he denies. any crucial believes the boot has a lot of information about shady u.s. dealings and that is why he's regarded as such a threat it's beyond washington's. victor bush is a walking intelligence treasure trove has a phenomenal phenomenal photographic memory and there are several results white us intelligence community or so keen on getting him to the united states first they try to recruit him the cia made several approaches to recruit him refuse him all the logistics of legal and illegal arms supplies all around the world and because it's too much he is more dangerous than we kill weeks for the u s smuggling role not only in africa and latin america but all over the world. when those military

analysts again a crucial well just ahead here and all close up to travels to a secluded location. now on a four hour journey by one island that's all it takes us to the summer months on this island we're visiting a village populated by more people more meeting close relatives to explore the lives of more people their traditions and their culture. but before that let's have a look at some other world news in brief for you the stay. age of the day prosecutors in sweden have dropped rape charges against the founder of the wiki leaks web site. but he could yet to face charges of money station the website says the allegations were without basis and that they had previously been warned to expect dirty tricks. was in sweden last week where he announced the whistleblower scientists to publish a secret documents on the war in afghanistan. australia

is heading for a hung parliament in the tightest general election in the country for more than forty is seventy five percent of votes processed the ruling labor party or the opposition coalition appear unlikely to get enough votes to win outright one minister. says it could be days before a result is night that still hopes to the next government the opposition leader tony abbott says it's clear the room party had lost both its majority and the g.c.c. . thousands of taking to the streets in kashmir protesting against the arrest of about twenty people for throwing stones at demonstrations. for use tear gas to disperse the country and industry will be sixty dollars phrases have died in clashes with police over the past two months. 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 as long this has been finding out many on the streets of the big apple feel that losing the jewel in the city's crown. in a city that never sleeps the flow of taxis never stops for very long. the line for cabs is tough taking the pounding in the city twenty two hours twenty four hours a day but for cabbies it's even tougher. so if you don't hustle for cash during peak hours. and for drivers like this one time banker. 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. it has kept them running for a while now. since ninety six ninety one 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 ford's going to make. it all bill 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 the last of them will be off duty for good in a few years. come twenty fifth 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. and may get better gas mileage and cabbies money but it's not. exactly that iconic new york taxi ride time square place. right here. people to a few of those take this one but if you ask anyone in the big apple things in new york move real the best things change that change however isn't always for the better. or would anybody want to see. a cab in into this city asphalt fabric that's what you need you don't need a car that's. three kids to practice and built into the livelihoods of cabbies. you know. these all these they're forcing us to buy that car who are struggling.

like you know how. will new york be losing more. than this american steel from the street looks like the new york taxi cab is that going to be a problem the long run i don't know maybe for the i love new york people they can have a minute commercials i think for me and it 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. on the. side it's on it's a lister it's the end of an era you know our t. . new york. by the way you can find more on the store and anything else we're covering at our website. and here's what else you can find there right now. to prove it's the legal owner of the from the descendants of the country's founding dynasty the roots assuming the state to get the property that was built and lived

in. also you can find out why some german and american tourists on a russian cruise ship refused to leave the boat. did. with the cargo ship details on those stories and plenty of other features online and. don't call. 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 diverse and undiscovered areas of the country without even leaving a seat. all this week we've been in the coastal region of. the north western part of russia and

for generations the local people's livelihood and heritage has been intertwined with the white sea communities of sailors fishermen and of. the landscape. of life there is as the sea itself. they were one of the first conquerors of the northern waters fisherman with. knots and any fresh season now soundman is a northern fish and comes to a rebus for spawning shipbuilders sea captains the norse have a bond with the sea unbroken for centuries. my grandfather used to build one. he was one of the best ship builders out there everyone in my family is connected to the sea they were the sailors captain. work of is a native of but to keep the island one that he calls the homeland of captains so we

travelled to put it on a four hour boat journey to an island only accessible during the summer months today it's inhabited by about four hundred to moore's 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. constructing wooden boats using old techniques a lot of novel there is a car bus a coaster kind of but it's very stable on the scene it rises and falls smoothly with the waves. making their own fish nets braving the ropes used for making those fish nets or catching their own fish but i've been fishing for a long time now this year i caught a big fish this big and living in beneath me 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. yet this will soon and is also what has kept their cultural life throughout the centuries. and susie asked equally sharing a heritage they're proud to call their own. me. play violin singing my who life my mother still sings we collect old reel tales and songs and revive them this dress belongs to my grandmother when he puts on this dress i feel very good and have this desire to sing old songs

a desire she hopes to pass along to her young grandson tess or celia artie on handles region. well that brings up today for the moment here on all t. just turning twenty minutes past the hour on the russian capital and coming up martin andrews goes on a tour of the so-called golden ring cities around moscow that's coming away about ten minutes from now but up next it's the weekend business with shot at that's off to a short break. great for the feel we've got. the biggest issues get voice face to face with the news maker.

hello welcome to the business program with me charlotte imus 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 wait well inevitably see through the high street question of a report. we. all know i've read and even five grain well russians needs more bread than it was nearly anybody else in the world so any change in prices of this state will be good make seriously impact the mind of money in people's vote gets because of an importance right even on the government's list of racing products where price right isn't subject to control if they start going to balance 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 and 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. it will all depend on the economics and the market dynamics the steve's decision to ban grain x.-prize 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. 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 in medically when the rains come having implications for the winter harvest and even next year's crop might you know question our business our. 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 reinvestments of pale of quality produces. iron and steel drop 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 lockets 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 week for

august because. 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 in a 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 were saying this is where it went down big deal because of the statistics about manufacturing activity and about jobless claims commodities prices right now are not supporting. the current commodity levels are. already in the prices of the russian stocks there was a lot sort of tutti in terms of fertilizer industry. in syria might emerge soon and the information which came in on friday about chinese company which

might participate in the oil for four quarters corp so 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 prices have slipped back on concerns about faltering economic growth and high in the trees in the u.s. as alexei caulking for metropol explains the risks appear to be mainly on the downside for the rest of the year. i rather doubt there's going to be a major breakthrough or three say. in the next three to six months but we'll probably see you all going through eighty to the eighty five range in two thousand and eleven but if we were experiencing it in excess supply. probably see prices lower and i think that the big question is is demand sustain

this level and there's some doubt as to chinese chinese demand if you look at the year in year growth apparently in july it went down quite dramatically to about three percent a year so the question is was the high demand in the first help you to someone else a friend for instance or a program to help the chinese government to increase the strategic stocks of crude and products and perhaps just now oh that's the case that i have in my potential k. k. so forget the other sixty five. would be ultimate use by the end of the year. and that's all for this hour but you can always buy more on our website call that business.

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