long. with thirty thousand people dying every year in russia from heroin addiction president dmitri medvedev calls for team work to beat drug trafficking and terrorism as he meets with his central asian counterparts. russian engineers fuel up the first nuclear power plant in the middle east iran's we share reactor is expected to start producing electricity within a month. the thai government says it will make the final call on whether to extradite alleged russian arms trader victor boot a bangkok court had ruled that he was to be sent to the u.s. to face charges of terrorism and illegal weapons trading. and this

week the world football governing body visited to russia to assess its potential to host the twenty eighteen or twenty twenty two world cup russia has pledged visa free travel and purpose built arenas if it wins the big. two am in the russian capital i'm mad très a thanks very much for joining us here on our team as we wrap up the week's news our top story drug trafficking terrorism and poverty in central asia where the focus of a summit this week in russia's resort city of sochi president medvedev hosted the leaders of afghanistan pakistan and stand to outline a set of actions to combat common threats artie's a catarina groucho that has the details it's a little bit late. yes and the war in just.

terrorism pull the teeth and want. to keep. front seat as russia hosted its three central asian neighbors in sochi. we focused on the drug threat because there is a common problem. together. with afghanistan russia shoulder the problem and there are no option problem and it was new queen siddons president medvedev singled out these two countries again a stand is the world's largest opium producer russia the world's largest consumer what costs one country thirty thousand human lives a year is a profitable business for the other makes fifty two percent of the of going to g.d.p. now and in the hairy market i think of going to. record as not to far ninety percent of the whole market so we whole economy is based on a drug that there is even a term that afghanistan is

a drug based economy and again heroin kills more russians in six months than the whole ten year long some of its military complain killed soldiers that's why russia is keen to take believed in fighting the threat every third person who dies of opium abuse is in russia and the paul just fuels and other worldwide evil terrorists and this is what also really touches russia's iran. russia may not be directly involved in the war in afghanistan but it is sensitive to the instability the conflict is causing in the region and many believe the two main security threats drug trafficking and islamic radicalism will not be defeated while middles as again toward rages on their current meeting is a very important you know as americans and european allies have failed in solving the problem i think russia now can contribute very much and russian president has taken over the prudent approach if he tries to solve the problem in complex he

tried to told direct little the leaders of all those contras involved so russia seeks political salute. very reassured he is meaningless alongside the police who will then come financial support it's a good question is already written ok last question of against incident with connolly chunk of twelve billion dollars and more how to come in the form of truth and on the military hardware securing tourist board is seems from the outside and mission impossible but by bringing the cool needless of this troubled region together russia is keen to show it is a new route to the plight he didn't catch about r t from flu. on saturday the middle east saw its first nuclear power plant switched on in iran southern city of bush air the reactor built by russia has started operating under the strict control of the un atomic watchdog artie's arks on a boy who reports on a watch that took place despite international concerns over tehran's nuclear

ambitions. more than thirty years in the making with a price tag of over two billion dollars by all accounts the bush era nuclear power plant is an expensive undertaking and the one for which iran has spared no expense the chaparral have always been more than just an education or ready to sell it for all it's a symbol of the country's social progress and prove it gets more attention i'll put on critics the embodiment of the farming republic's ideological backwardness and a vivid example of the building which are at 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 all ready for celebration we are grateful to the people of russia to the government of pressure to our great

friends in russia that were. instrumental in making the 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 atrocity 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 power plants is an international project over ten countries supply 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 and alina.

i have been working at the station for three years leave the cess initially she was apprehensive about bringing the children to iran for medical reasons but knows she and her husband have other concerns. that we just saw reports online claiming israel's planning to bomb it's scary when they do local training here there is shooting an airplane's a flying you never know if it's real or not maybe they're preparing for something. to many here is a real threat to bomb the station painful memories of the 1980's when saddam hussein's old tillery berridge this causing substantial damage to the station itself yet iranian officials i'm confident history won't repeat itself. we want to see because we know this is a game soon to you she is attempting to need new beauty sleep. these are on the road to peace. off the media. it's

psychological. we do not take it serious although we are and. we are vigilant but this does not mean what they are saying it's the suv used russia's role in supplying fuel and technology to iran man fettle phone but it could also prevent further confrontation between the two neighbors adding yet another dimension to the race enrichment for peaceful purposes. are it's the bush era and iran. still to come in the program i witness account our team meets a victim of terror in the caucasus. first though the government of thailand says it will make the final call on wire of a suspected russian arms dealer viktor boat will be extradited to the u.s. on friday a thai appeals court ordered that he be handed over to washington to face charges of terrorism and links to armed conflicts in america moscow i strongly condemn the

ruling saying that it is motivated who was arrested in bangkok two and a half years ago in a sting operation by u.s. law enforcement and has been kept behind bars ever since parties catarina as are about as more. how the woods lord of war there are over five hundred fifty million firearms in the world wide circulation that's one firearm for every twelve people on the planet. the only question there's. how do we arm the other eleven and his allegedly a life prototype russian businessman different boot nicknamed the merchant of death denied all accusations of arms selling and laughed off parallels. resulting from nicolas cage who ran the to play this out a lot for this very silly and i feel pity for all it's been over his statement never changed even when he came from behind bars in the infamous bangkok helton but that did not stop the thai appeals court from ordering his extradition to the

united states despite the fact that the country's criminal court earlier refused to do just that the ruling has outraged not only his family but his native country as well so. we're sorry that a thai appeals court has made this political decision but according to the information we have this ruling was made under very strong outside pressure and this is of sitting with the good news for the interests of this russian citizen we've been assisting him for all these months we've been in touch with his lawyers in this family and will continue to do our best to get them returned to his homeland and now the question everyone is asking is what does victor boot know to make the americans want him this badly victor borge is a walking intelligence treasure trove has a phenomenal phenomenal photographic memory and because but now it's too much he is more dangerous than we can weeks for the u s smuggling role in weapons in not only in africa and latin america but all over the world but how many people are willing

to give the type of credit given to him by the u.s. he's possibly a merchant of some death but he certainly isn't the man the u.s. made you would call them. i mean around quite a large a lot of operation and many an operation and i would think that ninety five percent of his plots were ordinary commercial goods i know you through television was he from washing powder all sorts of. things so we're only talking about five percent of the cargoes possibly being. legal in a long and drawn out extradition hearing it took over two years the united states changed added and modify their charges against mr boot to include violating international treaty laws as well as arms trafficking his family believes at some point it became a process for the process instead of a process for justice but with this decision it's like the fuel has demonstrated

that the work of the criminal court. begins gathering the questioning in mind when you see some of the oldest work for me is really worth more to realize the big three six traditions. has been thrown away the courts of appeal is controlled by the chinese government the ringleader. of this trial may be over but his tribulations are far from it he faces years in prison and i have to find all possible scenarios the only one bankable is a hollywood one. the sequel to hollywood florida boy is already rumored to be in the making but if the boot may have to wait a lot longer than ordinary moviegoers to see that really. matters are the arctic moscow. a suspected organizer of the deadly moscow metro bombings has been killed by russian security forces during a shoot out in dagestan in russia's south four other alleged militants were also killed a large number of documents revealing the militants funding sources and their terror

attack plans were also been found at the site. megamind ali is believed to have been the leader of the militant group in dagestan for more than two years he's been on both national and international wanted list security officials believe god had strong ties with the suicide bomber mariam shareable one of the two female attackers who blew themselves up on moscow's metro in march forty people were killed more than one hundred wounded in the twin blasts. this week also saw a terror attack in russia's volatile north caucasus region on tuesday thirty people were wounded when a massive car bomb exploded outside a cafe in the city of petty gorski the search continues for those responsible parties. went to meet some of the victims. mika makes his leave and makes him cocktails he's the barman at one of the categories cafes on the street the locals call broadway as a favor to a colleague he agreed to swap shifts and it just after four in the afternoon last

tuesday he and astute what the change actually meant this is just a corollary and i were the only two frankly i didn't want to go to work that day so i was glad when it rained heavy rain i thought it would be cooler outside unless people in the cafe just said if the weather didn't change in the next hour we could all go home ten minutes later i was picking him from under the rubble of the café. it all happened quickly as if something really big moving at high speed fell from the sky a car stocked with explosives parked near the cafe blew up leaving many people injured and a huge hole where mika's cafe wants to help us to go i don't pretend i was on the phone that's what my left ear is ok and i started shouting because my is what i didn't have any thoughts until i got up and saw the current pieces then i turned back and saw no war where there should be people so as if on auto pilot i went to

help them out to not see it though i had to return to the scene later to shut off the gas to prevent another explosion has just left hospital and returned to the scene he's reluctant to be alone and wants someone close to him while we talk this area still sealed by police has become a meeting point for the survivors when you see i've got breezes here in there under a bottle oh yeah i say ok i was sitting with my back to the chair i can get one dreadful moment of my mind there was a guy the last one on the glass and they gave him a cough be covered his face and then he wanted to look at the cloth he couldn't and panicked with the stories are stored in their memories for good lucky to be alive. to friends and retelling after the detail of the day. i saw me come three to four minutes after the explosion he was alone on time saw him from behind and he didn't

know how badly he was injured i went to see the hospice who understood that the bruises are worse than. no need to use trying to mend his life and understand who was behind the explosion much like many others encounter because he can't find any excuse to eat and then rain a day all through these rather small things that after the explosion gave a new meaning to the people of course and as mike i mean with his friends give thanks to god for keeping him alive his biggest wish now is to leave so he can live a full life thanks to what he thinks was divine intervention. are seen. on the way here on our drug companies are often criticized for the use of animal testing now in india they're being blamed for using people as the guinea pigs by trying out new medicines without their knowledge. first

though it's just four years until russia hosts the winter olympics and it could be just eight years until strangers another major world sporting event football's world cup theater inspectors are assessing the country's readiness to hold the tournament either twenty eighteen or twenty twenty two as artie's ivor bennett reports that prospect is already inspiring russia's football stars of tomorrow to train harder today. for these boys football is their life they train every single day just twelve years old and if the world cup does come to russia in twenty eighteen the hopes and expectations of the nation resting on their shoulders pressure that would make others of their age crumble but for the boys at spartak moscow is youth academy discipline and desire and more important it's not the fear of failure that drives them is the fear of missing the chance to play in a world cup on home turf they also receive more strategy and if they really want

russia to host the twenty eighty mile cap it's my life's purpose if we keep working hard we have a good chance of making the team so by the trainings no walk in the park before they can even touch the ball they must endure a punishing nonstop fitness routine for the first hour the coaches know the boys have talent but it's their hunger that's the key this man is no stranger to that he knows what it takes to play in a world cup. it was a defender for the u.s.s.r. in the one nine hundred seventy championships bags referred to was real but i was gripped by a burning desire to see the world but how could i do that in those days so i told myself that i would be a football player i pledge that never in my life would i smoke a cigarette or drink a gram of wine or beer you know he never had the chance to play in a world cup at home but he knows it's something not to be missed and visiting and playing in front of your own fans hearing the whole country's support behind you is something you can't beat as

a footballer you want nothing else i never got the chance but if these boys do it'll change their lives god who pulls a matter of national pride in russia this is how the country reacted when the team reached the semifinals of the two thousand and eight european championships i. hope this support will swing fief is vote this. even on one of the most important thing is the football is a national sport which is loved in every city and village in this country with. the found support here is unconditional they just want more to cheer about this feat will help it's got to be over i see it with the ball in the world cup at home would give the youth coaches an impetus so that by two thousand and eight she won three server talented young players to defend the honor of. the emblems of pressure on their chest still not just on it's the only thing these boys a dream. i've been it's. international pharmaceutical

companies are under fire for allegedly testing new drugs on people in india without their consent around two million people are estimated to be taking part in clinical trials in the country but even those who do sign up aren't told the full story about the potentially dangerous side effects. any government run hospitals provide low cost treatment to the poor but there are increasing claims that being made guinea pigs in drug trials for western pharma companies without their knowledge here at the. hospital in indoor the north has been taking pills for the last six months on the advice was dr who suspects these be experimented upon i maybe get your meaning i had a pain in my abdomen they did all sorts of tests and gave me all sorts of pills to have in the morning of the noon and night but i haven't got any. rational account

they can test any medication they like on the. allegations have surfaced in the media that the hospital conducts illegal drug trials on patients police are investigating the complaint the hospital officials say any trials are being conducted in accordance with government guidelines india's fast becoming a global hot spot for testing new drugs with two million people estimated to be taking part in clinical trials with or without their consent cothurnus kayakers drug trials are increasing here because they cost just one sixth of what they do in the west the regulatory system here is comparatively corrupt former companies can easily register patients and begin to draw is giving informed consent to be part of an experiment is the golden rule of all clinical trials but many patients here sign on the dotted line without understanding the nature and the consequences of what's being administered today americans are americans or treaty indians is guinea pigs

the patients being use for trolls already through pool they don't even knew details of the drug that it is a drug trial this is unethical. patients sometimes sign up out of desperation to them experimental healthcare is better than not at all. has agreed to let her child be treated with a new drug which she's been told will bring his fever down. achievement history sound happy with it. there are regulations in place to monitor drug trials including setting up takes committees and hospitals to ensure patient safety but these are often used by the doctor to simply rubber stamp trials so maybe. it's there and hawk system that is misused for instance a medical institute in foreign women by gives permission for a drug trial in cities like indoor and how can you use permission from an ethical committee of another institute in another city just to find drug trials in

institute here with over one thousand three hundred drug trials currently being conducted in india this industry's already said to be worth over one billion dollars yet it's clear that the laws against unethical trials are not working and the government will have to come up with other ways to stop the country's poor from being enticed into medical experiments that could potentially have serious side effects got unseeing r.t. . turning now to some other stories making headlines across the globe australian prime minister julia guillard has held initial talks with independent candidates to try to form a government after saturday's election with most of the votes counted the country's facing its first hung parliament in seventy years no party's likely to win the seventy six seats needed for the outright majority who will remain as leader until a new government is formed a process that could take more than a week. thirty three miners have been found alive deep inside a chilean mine after seventeen days trapped underground rescuers sent

a probe almost seven hundred meters into the collapsed shaft that came back with a handwritten note saying that all thirty three of them are alive and well however emergency services say that it could take up to four months to free them men managed to survive in an emergency shelter food and oxygen will now be lowered down to them. police in brazil are searching for a gunman responsible for saturday's attack at a hotel they are men held more than thirty people hostage at the intercontinental hotel in rio one person was killed four police officers were wounded during the siege police believe the gunman had drug dealing connections ten people have been arrested by dozens of the attackers who managed to escape. we wrap up the week leave a night with our close up series this week we're heading to one we're heading one thousand kilometers northwest of moscow to the small town of carnegie hall in the

a hung low screeching it became an important trade center back in the sixteenth century as it was situated between a russia's only seaport and moscow but as our teams tell tess our celia found out its history its all the way back to the eleventh century. tone through isn't. these still churches and since she's old wooden houses once owned by rich merchants magination. once upon a time cargo boat was one of the wealthiest towns in russia thanks to bustling trade by the on a go river but it began to fade into obscurity when sea trade was moved to st petersburg and later on when the railroads were built bypassing the town. life here is simple quiet and for the most part very much of an easement nothing has changed some have automatic machines but they still come to wash the things in the river

after they wash the regime and the room next to linen feel fresh air. today there's no real industry and goggles so people have to make do with what they do best making clothes toys welfare to cover this is our main work and means of support there is fingerings in my life now i can picture my life without going to. its vladimir's parents that the ones dying craft was restored in the one nine hundred sixty s. they call it a peasant or potters used to make lay dishes and used leftover clay to make toys for children and a so-called gargle toy has become a brand in itself tourists flock to their home especially after these had made it he says of any of his local culture and to get very hands dirty as well. but cargo pulls got more to show for itself than just play figurines there is a lot like as i could remember vibe generations of my family have been involved in some from want. because art brought back smiles and color into

a place otherwise left behind by history but always on the lookout for a sturdy piece of history are the people of my you could open air museum the largest in russia they've managed to save some of the majestic and ancient wooden structures typical from. these massive wooden structures were brought to mind you could really piece by piece then reassembled and restored here. an intensive labor of love for the museum's team of restores those who wish to move sales in the north are built from pine wood but the windows of this one are made from her fur dries out and disintegrates over time we want to preserve it and restore. for vladimir it's enough that their family restored a piece of card because history and are keeping it alive after all a new feels way of life is all they've known pretty quickly realize that invest

wise it's all about the simple life and going back to basics i'm here at a call in a laundry room where locals bring their clothes more often views during the winter so if you'll excuse me i've got work to do. does our cilia our t. car go in the region. stay with us for a recap of the week stories and a look at what's causing drastic weather changes in some parts of the world.

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