this street still keeps it secrets but now it's time to reveal. the soviet funds. with thirty thousand people dying every year in russia from a heroin addiction president dmitri medvedev calls for timor to be 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 the ones who share reactor is expected to start producing electricity within a month. the thai government says it will make the final decision on whether to extradite alleged russian arms trader victor boot a bag court had ruled that he be sent to the u.s. to face charges of terrorism and illegal weapons trade. also this week the

world football's governing body visitor to russia to assess the country's potential to host the twenty eighteen or twenty twenty two world cup russia has pledged these are free travel and purpose built stadiums if it wins the big. six am in moscow you're watching the weekly here on our team thanks for joining us our top story drug trafficking terrorism and poverty in central asia with the focus of a summit this week and 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 are he's a catarina got show that has the details totally straight yes. for sure the. yes

and they weren't just talking weather terrorism poverty and one other burning topic took a front seat as russia hosted its three central asian neighbors in sochi. we focused on the drug threat because it is a common problem we should face up to it together not individually know that afghanistan nor russia can solve the problem in their own problem and it was no coincidence president medvedev singled out these two countries have ghana 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 organ makes fifty two percent of the of going to g.d.p. now and in the hairy market i think i'm going to. record as an idea for a lot of two percent of the whole market so we whole economy is based on drugs 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 soviet military complain kill soldiers that's why russia is keen to take the lead in fighting the threat every third person who dies of opium abuse is in russia and the politics fuels and other worldwide evil terrorism 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 of 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 needles afghan war rages on their current region is 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 fall. with the problem in complex he tried to talk directly to the

leaders of all those conscious and involved so russia seeks political solutions. very reassured his members alongside the police who will then come financial support grandchildren the written oh really last question of afghanistan's chance to finally chunk up twelve billion dollars and more how to come in the form of really cool pictures and the military hardware securing houris border is seems from the outside and mission impossible but by bringing the pool neighbors of this troubled region together russia is keen to show it is a new route to get out of the plight he couldn't match of what our team from flukey . on saturday the middle east saw its first nuclear power plant switched on iran the southern city of bush share the reactor built by russia has started operating under the strict control of the un atomic watchdog or his arse out of oil co reports on the launch that took place despite international concerns or 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 chaplet have always been more than just energy generating facility for iran it's a symbol of the country's social progress and prove it gets more attention but for a lot of critics the embodiment of the slavic republics an ideological backwardness and a vivid example of the building 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 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 course

witnessing today. had not been the assistance of the russians certainly would not have been witnessing such a great thing with temperatures well over forty degrees centigrade the plant is a vivid example of why iran needs to produce smaller chasity 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 bush era 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 few people of pushchair also have reasons to be

fearful valeri in their lima. i have been working at this station for three years alina says initially she was a pretty hands of 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 claiming israel's planning to bomb it's scary when they do local training here that is shooting in airplanes are 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 evolved painful memories of the 1980's when saddam hussein's old tillery berridge the c.-t. causing substantial damage to the station itself yet iranian officials are confident history won't repeat itself and we are not to see because we know this is against international. attempting to need new installations and these are on the surface. off to me. it's

a psychological. we do not take it serious although we are aware we are vigilant but this does not mean what they are saying it's a serious 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. still to come in the program eyewitness account r.t. goes to war to meet the victim of the high street terror attack that wounded thirty . but first the government of thailand says it will make the final decision on whether the suspected russian arms dealer viktor boot will be extradited to the united states on friday a thai appeals court order that he be handed over to washington to face charges of

terrorism and links to armed conflicts in latin america moscow are strongly condemned the ruling saying it's politically motivated who was arrested in bangkok two and a half years ago in a sting operation led by u.s. law enforcement he's been behind bars ever since parties catarina has more. how the woods lord of war there are over five hundred fifty million firearms and world wide circulation that's one firearm for every twelve people on the planet. the only question is. how do we are in the other eleven and his allegedly a life prototype russian businessman because that would nicknamed the merchant of death denied all accusations of arms selling and laughed off parallels. over resort. to play this sort of love for this very silly and i feel. it's a bad move on his statement never change even when it came from behind bars in the infamous bangkok hilton 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 that it was started at a time i appeal 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 upsetting as to the interests of this russian citizen we've been assisting him for all these months we've been in touch with his lawyers in his family and will continue to do our best to get him 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 board is a walking intelligence treasure trove has a phenomenal phenomenal photographic memory and because what knows too much he is more dangerous than we kill eggs for the u s smuggling role in weapons not only in

africa and latin america but all over the world but not many people are willing to give booth 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 merchants. or. around quite a large airline operation in many in africa and i would think that ninety five percent of his flights were ordinary commercial goods i know you flew television was he from washing powder all sorts of things so we're only talking about five percent of the cargoes possibly being. even just not legal in a long and drawn out extradition hearing that 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 high court if you will has

demonstrated that the work of the criminal court has no value at all when the evidence gathering the questioning of my witness easy because of all this work that we have to lower courts related to victor's extradition to the us has been through in a way the records of the people is controlled by the tiny government directly and saw huge pressure from this trial may be over but his tribulations are far from it he faces years in prison and have to find all possible scenarios the only one bankable is a hollywood one. the signal to hollywood florida boy is already rumored to be in the making but the boot may have to wait a lot longer than ordinary moviegoers to see the really. gasometers are about to moscow. as a spectator organizer of the deadly moscow metro bombings has been killed by russian security forces during a shootout in dagestan in russia south four other alleged militants were also killed

a large number of documents revealing the militants funding sources and their terror attack plans has been found at the site margot made ali of a god is believed to have been the leader of a militant group in dagestan for more than two years he's been on national and international waterless security officials believe they got. had strong ties with the suicide bomber. one of the two female attackers who blew themselves up on the moscow metro in march forty people were killed more than one hundred wounded by the twin blasts. this week saw another terror attack and 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 guards search continues for those responsible are to show the went to meet some of the victims. mika makes his leaving mix in cocktails he's the barman at one of the particles 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 a stude what the change actually meant this is just like a corollary and i were the only 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 foul from the sky a car stuffed with explosives parked near the cafe blew up leaving many people injured and a huge hole where mika's cafe wants to. put it i was on the phone that's what my left ear is ok i started shouting because my is part i didn't have any thoughts until i got up and saw the car in pieces then i turned back and saw no one where there should be people so as if on auto pilot i went to help them out

that's it 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 see i've got bruises here in there and you're right 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 he lost one eye in the glasses and they gave him a cough he covered his face and then he wanted to look at the cloth and couldn't and panicked with these stories are stored in their memories for good lucky to be alive. to friends in retelling after a detail of the day. i saw me kind of three to four minutes after the explosion he was a lonely sometimes saw him from behind and he didn't know how badly he was injured

i went to see the hostess who understood that the bruises are worse than. no mika's trying to mend his life and understand who was behind the explosion much like many others in people to groups he can't find any excuse in the illness and then rain they all root these were the small things but after the explosion gave a new meaning to the people of counsellors and as my. friends give thanks to god for keeping him alive his biggest twice now is to leave the city so he can live a full life thanks to what he thinks was divine intervention found that you are seen. on the way drug companies are often criticized for their use of animal testing when they're being blamed for using people as guinea pigs by trying out new medicines without their knowledge. but first it's

just four years till russia hosts the winter olympics and it could be just eight years until it stages another major sporting event football's world cup fever inspectors are assessing the country's readiness to hold the tournament neither twenty eighteen or twenty twenty two as our teams i've ever been reports that prospect is already inspiring russia's football greats of tomorrow to train harder today. these boys football is their life they train every single day they're 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 are so well received or struck me as i really want russia to host the twenty mile cap is my life's purpose if we keep working hard we

have a good chance of making the team but the training's no walk in the park before they can even touch the ball they must endure a punishing nonstop fitness routine for the first hour when 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. or fit with a defender for the u.s.s.r. in the one nine hundred seventy championships drugs approach it 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 you know i pledged 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 with playing in front of your own fans hearing the whole country support behind you is something you can't beat richard as a footballer you want nothing else i never got the chance but if these boys do very

little 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 european championship the. hope this support will swing fief is vote this. on one of the most important thing is that is a national sport which is loved in every city in village in this country was. found support here is something additional they just want more to cheer about the speed will help which got me to what i see of them with the ball in the world cup at home would give to you to go which is an added impetus so that by two thousand and three several talented young players to defend the honor of. the emblems of pressure on their chest you will notice that on the only thing these boys a dream. i've been it. must go. and see if it worked there well

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 the north has been taking pills for the last six months on the advice of his doctor he suspects he's being experimented upon. to get to me 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 at night but i haven't got any. rash or account that they can test any medication they like on me. 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 is fast becoming a global hot spot for testing new drugs with two million people estimated to be taking part in clinical trials routes without their consent got. 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 inform the companies can easily register patients and begin trials 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 to them. are americans or treaty indians as guinea pigs the

patients being used for trials are illiterate and pool they don't even know details of the drug that it is a drug trial this is an ethical. patient sometimes sign up out of desperation to them experimental health care is better than none at all. but he has agreed to let her child be treated with a new drug which she's been told will bring his fever down. to cheat ministry 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 doctors to simply rubber stamp trials so maybe. it's a very ad hoc system that is misused for instance a medical institution for women by gives permission for drug truancy endure and how can you use permission from an ethical committee of another institute in another city to just appoint

a drug trials in an institute here with one thousand three hundred drug trials coming being conducted in india this industry is already said to be worth one billion dollars it's clear that the law is against an ethical 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. india. turning now to some other stories making headlines across the globe australian prime minister julia guillard has hold initial talks with the independent candidates to try to form a government after saturday's election with most of the votes in the country is facing its first hung parliament in seventeen years no party is likely to win the seventy six seats needed for outright majority millard will remain as leader until a new government is formed a process that could take more than a. thirty three miners have been found alive deep inside a chilean mine after seventeen days trapped underground rescuers set

a probe almost seven hundred meters into the collapsed shaft came back with a handwritten note saying that all thirty three of them more alive and well but emergency services say that it could take up to four months to get them free and then managed to survive in an emergency shelter food and oxygen will now be lowered down to the. police in brazil. are searching for gunmen responsible for saturday's attack at a hotel the armed men held more than thirty people hostage at the intercontinental in the rio one person was killed four police officers wounded during the siege police believe the gunman had drug dealing connections ten people have been arrested but dozens of the attackers managed to escape. and. wrapping up the weekly now with our close up series this week our team has been to the are hung low screen in the northwest of russia the country's first seaport back

in the sixteenth century recognized as a regional capital and now has everything from a ship building to diamonds we sent our own tests are still yet to explore. well now with the north of russia and the out how girls region a region which has a coastline on three arctic seas now because of its location it was extremely important in the seventeenth century as russia's first and only seaport as well as its first sea route to the west now this region became extremely wealthy because of that city trade and monasteries were very much involved in the business in trading salt and wood and it was also here that the first arctic expeditions were outfitted as seen off who ever went cicutto is where it was found at sea trade was made from here to st petersburg at a loss its importance now today of honda's may no longer hold the titles it once did but it is still full to the glorious history as well as thriving streets in shipbuilding and lumber as well as a budding diamond industry take a look thanks to its waterways one hundred is known as the gateway to the arctic

but this wasn't always the case in the one nine hundred twenty s. it was called the national hard currency shops as its rich timber and paper pulp industries yielded the lion's share of the treasury's hard currency earnings it's a controversial part of its past these industries flourished thanks to tens of thousands of prison inmates forced to work into north during stalin's time but on hunger else did make a more positive and lasting mark in history when peter the great founder of russia's first shipyard here and it became the motherland of the country's fleet our crew visited a ship repair plant in the region which has also recently started making vessels the facility was set up in the one nine hundred fifty s. especially for repairing and retooling soviet ships and submarines in the ninety's or whenever the suv hit government radical because the number of defense contracts and the plant's output phone they had no choice but to diversify and went into diamond cutting. that's where you know diving cutting was one of the alternatives

the idea of cutting rough diamonds in the direct vicinity of the diamond field looked attractive. that diamond field is the in the mona solve mine named after the local scientists and pull with me head of back in the seventeenth century he said that there were diamonds in the region but the gems weren't found until much later this period opened in one nine hundred eighty two and the first diamond was extracted just five years ago not an easy task in a water rich region the field is located smack in the middle of the marshland amid rivers and springs engineers had to build an eight kilometer long canal to divert the water flow just like you i don't know of any other diamond fields where the extraction conditions are so complicated their work is like looking for needles in a haystack in every truckload of rocks only two or three diamonds can be found but they're no ordinary diamonds. most well deposits produce transparent or barely

colored gemstones here we find them intensely colored diamonds green yellow even pink and blue. this side right here is one hundred metres deep and it produces about half a million carrots worth of diamonds each year now this is just the beginning because they want to go deeper into the earth where the soil is richer and where there's a lot more of that precious stone many women call their best friends. but before anyone get even see a single sparkle a long process has to be gone through and what you get are rare gems jewelers as well as women from all over the world covet. artie's tests are so your reporting there from the our hollow screeching will stay with our team for a recap of the week stories and a look at what's causing drastic weather changes in some parts of the world bring up on r.t. . thank

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