region in central russia the emergencies ministry says the blaze may have been started by one of the nursing homes residents investigators have found evidence suggesting a man committed suicide by setting himself alight from or we can cross live to shon thomas' for you know for us. tell us what led the authorities to this version of how the fire started. well certainly a tragic situation this morning in the region about two hundred kilometers away from moscow flames are rotting early in the morning causing four hundred eighty people to be evacuated from this elderly person's home now investigators are saying that early on it looked like a possible faulty wiring but that was quickly changed as they had the opportunity to get into the nursing home a building about seven stories high and now on the third floor what they found was a room where there was a gasoline container they believe one man around eighty six year old tried to commit suicide also in an adjacent room about nine people passed away two others

severely injured from smoke inhalation that's what it's believed at this point in time now authorities are saying that they believe that this man did try to commit suicide but there is evidence of that to also russian channels are saying that this man was a veteran and that he was depressed about the government's inaction in getting him an apartment and that he was depressed and at this point was trying to take matters into his her own hands this is not been independently confirmed but it says what other russian channels and federal channels are saying at this moment in time now we do know that at this point in time there have been criminal charges or criminal investigation has been launched into the arson also emergency ministry has come in and they have started their investigation as well this is what they had to say about the entire situation it took him five and five am the local fire department within a friend of a blaze in this name fire engine survived the site within three minutes in the fire had been put out by five thirty seven plus abilities as to what caused the fire not

being considered one of the i mean the fire was started by one of the best in a war fashion he may have set himself on fire and into the chilean economist it was found in the. well shot as we know there have been several tragic fires involving retirement homes in the country the over. last few years so tell us how have the authorities been trying to address the situation. if you take a look back first of all three years ago in the rust on dawn region there was an incident where more than sixty people were killed after a fire broke out in an elderly person's home response was very slow conditions the fire conditions were poor in that. specific facility and they say that the fire wasn't reported until thirty minutes after it started and once firefighters did arrive to the scene they set up their defenses to far away to be able to save anyone in that specific instance and then again in january two thousand and nine in

the for me region more than twenty people killed there and again our fire conditions in that facility also slow response time claims to the more than twenty deaths in that facility at the end of that event president they did of actually asked for review of all holy homes make sure that they were up to fire code and that the standards and practices were in adherence also that the regional directors of elders in homes around the country were fired for that specific instance now taking a look at today's fire it is not believed that poor conditions contributed to the two deaths in this fire and the last time that this specific facility was inspected was in march it did pass believe that this specific facility in the region was up to code and that nothing really contributed in terms of poor response in fact if you look at the response time within three minutes of the fire first being reported

authorities were already on scene fighting the fire and the fire was contained to one room so even though the response time was good and it's not believed that poor conditions led to this fire it is pretty sure that this will regain interest in making sure that facilities around the country are indeed up because of course our team has a crew on their way to the scene right. now and we'll be making sure that we bring you the latest on this investigation on this fire as it becomes available. ok sean thanks very much for bringing us the latest on the feet of. russia that's why it's . russia is putting the pressure on terror in the north caucasus with the security services saying over forty militants with links to al qaida have been killed in august but two police officers have reportedly been shot dead by militants in the russian republic of dagestan just hours ago on sunday twelve militants were killed during a special operation in the chechen republic where if an ocean has the details. a

group of militants from fifteen to thirty people attacked they have home village of their president off to run for their of the mansions and to the village in the morning and burned down several houses there and shortly after that the ministry of internal affairs special battalions in chechnya together with local police started a special operation against the militants and it runs on credit of the president of chechnya a person that came to the scene together with his commandos to had this operation as a result twelve missions were killed and we've been receiving information is seven said seven of them exploded themselves as they didn't want to be identified and only those who were shooting video and managed to escape this operation cost the lives of at least five policemen while seventeen others were injured initially there were reports that five local residents were killed as well but later on rims on cars that have denied this information saying there were no deaths and months of

three of the killed militants were identified and it's also been reported that not all of them were from church now but apparently some of them were from the middle east as far as the russian f.s.b. now says august has been quite a productive and effective month from the point of view of counting to recent russian especially in this region in the north caucasus over full two militants were killed in the republic of kyrgyzstan and here to cover that involved car and among the many leaders of images was quite important one of them is going to leave a gulf of the man responsible supposed to be responsible for two deadly blasts in metro the sum of one two suicide bombers exploded themselves killing forty and injuring more than a hundred people and interests in archives were also discovered with a smile proving his links with al qaida russia's most wanted terrorist of still

remain. that large but as far as more and more militants from his surroundings are currently being captured and killed we can say that he's. also getting more and more real and we can very soon see he's and refinishing reporting there and give us the details are you watching are the live from moscow still had free in the south. goes for a spin find out what the russian prime minister thought of the roads in russia's far east all the details coming up later in the program. a string of violent attacks in a span of immigrants in new york has prompted fears of a new wave of racial hatred the victims say they have been targeted by african-americans who want to clear of mexican immigrants from the your neighborhoods artie's lauren lister reports on how frustrations are boiling over in the big apple. the united states has always been a country of immigrants but they're not always welcome we've seen mexicans targeted

in the western state of arizona which passed a tough law targeting undocumented immigrants there's many many people are coming to this country and they go through the proper channels to do the proper thing and and the people that don't do that they're breaking the law despite a backlash. now we're seeing more signs this sentiment is making ripples across the country far from the mexican border in one area of new york city. where. there has been a string of a dozen attacks on hispanic residents in recent months victims like were helio and victim number nine infidel you can literally find them simply walking through the neighborhood and the suspects unfortunately most of the attacks most recently been by blacks against mexicans according to these victims they were targeted by teens while minding their own business. in the back of my head. and then they hit

my our entry point for no other reason than being mexican they were appears to be a divide between the minorities sharing this poor area of new york despite this when you go through these statistics you want education in frying hoovering at the bottom the blacks and hispanics in the bottom shelf beautiful we have one common then we don't have a problem but here the rift appears to be growing with the influx of hispanic immigrants city blocks that used to be vacant are now flourishing appearing to leave behind the she lot of michigan working you know blacks working here this is the main thoroughfare of this neighborhood it's where many of the mexican shops and markets like this one have popped up it's also where many of the anti mexican attacks have occurred now the police presence across the street as a result is new but residents say the issues are not. overseas this. is the she's forty. three years. when i was in high school i was really getting people

killed because i was mexican some argue now blacks are unfairly targeted by all the attention the blacks feel slighted they feel mexican share in the blame to deny here illegally and they commit crimes here as an argument being made from this talk to a new york town to the streets in arizona so in a country of immigrants does this point to a pecking order that has always been it's nothing really new here and the latest a rogue always has a pretty difficult to go through is the tension among races simply evolving to a new era play do wides you something that was a period now is that was the thing to do more secure and has america always been a melting pot where someone's getting burned to believe. that lauren lyster party new york. police are questioning the suspected ringleader of a mass brawl the took place at

a rock concert in russia's urals region according to reports the man became enraged and retail after local teenagers have been goading him and eyewitnesses say up to one hundred people tap the crowd with clubs at the tourney of festival the. media reports suggest a fourteen year old girl was killed but authorities have not yet confirmed this eleven people have been taken to hospital eyewitnesses claim the man even beat up the police the gunshots were heard some three thousand people were the festival during the attack. security forces in sudan are searching for three russian pilots that have been kidnapped in the country they were abducted by an armed man in the volatile darfur region three russians were employed by a sudanese airline the incident is the latest in a wave of kidnappings targeting foreigners. this is r t coming to live from moscow but remember that for more news and analysis you can always log on to our website r t v dot com here's

a taste of what's online right now. moscow is witnessing spectacular stunts this week as daredevils risked their lives for the crowds entertainment and their national stunts festival. and also in the russian capital join r.t.s. we had to the moscow car show to see the latest models the auto industry has to offer get the details at our side are.

the motions to be soo much brighter than if you only bounce from phones to parachute in some. screen stunts on t.v. dot com. more news today vorlon says once a game flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. china corporations are old today. what you are going to life in moscow a senior government prosecutor in afghanistan says he's been forced to retire for aggressively promoting corruption investigations some of the people under suspicion

were top officials and while of president hamid karzai aides are his military analyst says the afghan leader is doing everything in his power to block u.s. efforts to beat corruption and drug production in this standoff between. general betray us. president has scored again. in his in c.p. a battle against the american anti-corruption efforts first time got his eyes scored when he completely blocked and stalled the investigation of his chief national security council. and the second time just recently when he can sell it they did he has the momentum again the americans and drive in afghanistan and not only the boy did the american pressure but in the way it goes that americans in afghanistan and instead of reversing his decision against the extra

handed afghans corrupt officials instead he fired one of the senior prosecutor in again a state demonstrating to americans and to the whole world that he is in charge not only of drug production but corruption as well right now this standoff is coming to the hands again it's opened up an opportunity to brush off an old idea which i erred one year ago that is to regain the initiative and the momentum in fighting the corruption in afghanistan general petraeus has to be appointed as a governor general again and stand. so he could introduce the martial law and to disband their presidential institution in again a stand once and for all and to call for the loya jirga to postpone the constitution and to disband the presidential institution altogether so he could

exit q this telescope and appoint himself as a governor general this is the only way to address the runaway playground corruption that threatens to employ old the whole social fabric of afghanistan corruption and drug production in against them actually of the two parts of a binary weapon that threatens to implode the evidence inside and totally and completely discredit any notion of democracy against. and let's now take a look at some other stories from around the world and thirty three miners have been trapped on the ground in chile for more than three weeks have had their first telephone contact with their families many of them out of severe skin irritations from the hot and wet conditions but they say they're doing much better since receiving food engineers are due to begin drilling an escape shaft which is

expected to take at least three months to complete the also considering expanding an existing bore hole which could speed up the rest. in ecuador a bus ran off a highway and overturned killing at least thirty seven people and seriously injuring a dozen others children are among the dead it's believed the driver who died in the accident may have fallen asleep police say in the wheel for at least seven hours before the crash the bus was traveling through with the worst violence towards the country's capital into. lots of submerged in another town in southern pakistan so to walls infrastructure and buildings badly damaged and most residents have fled the area the floodwaters are also threatening the nearby city of tire a key staging post for the relief workers that stan is struggling to deal with the floods that have affected more than seventy million people and claimed hundreds of lives. a senior rabbi for a party with in israel's coalition government has called for palestinian leader

mahmoud abbas to vanish from our world quote unquote spiritual leader spoke out as direct middle east peace talks are poised to begin in washington this week the united states is condemn the remarks as deeply offensive israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has distance himself from the comments saying he wants peace with the palestinians. russian prime minister vladimir putin has sampled the driving conditions on the country's roads giving an informal t.v. interview from behind the wheel he talked about the need to improve road safety and develop as you production in the country so far east. we have discussed things with truck drivers they say it's ok the motorway has been built and it appears good along this stretch but it still lacks service points imagine if a tire bursts when the temperature is fifty below zero it would simply endanger life no communication tools this is very serious it means we've simply failed

to take for the care of this in our time and it needs to be fixed immediately you'll see this now as we move large production is planned to related to pumping oil we are building a new pipeline with our chinese partners that's what several major proposed locations along the way will be about without doubt they will grow to become generators for this region. and after driving three hundred fifty kilometers an hour russian a lot of coal in a car port in saudi was pleasantly surprised when the vehicle the prime minister is and i work trip and the country's far eastern plans to travel two thousand kilometers through the region. well raise is out today here and as you remember for more you know always turn to our website which is our top at the meantime let's take a look what's happening in business with stephanie. hello and welcome to the business bulletin prime minister vladimir putin says the standoff between two main shareholders is damaging for the company however he adds

that the government only has a limited capacity to resolve the conflict russia's biggest miner is currently the subject of a fight for control between tycoons like that of pasta and vitamin a time in both of them twenty five percent and want to buy the other out but need that wants to sell. meanwhile the real snicko c.e.o. vadim is structural cost he is more concerned about the company's future performance here revealed some of the company's plans to business r.t. . well you know we are planning to sell our non core assets first of all including our gold norm and so-called none shall find our church law for both mines and processing facilities of course and probably the black swan in australia although the final decision will be taken in september the rest is still under consideration but of course the honeymoon well which is the largest deposit and requires a complex approach will not be offered for sale we'll use it for further development and capitalization of the company. be able to and that's how the how

the acting markets are shaping up asian stocks are having a boy it's monday session rising the most in five weeks talk of intervention to hold the hope a strong yen quantitative easing in the us have given the market of having had a fifteen year high against the dollar last week damaging exporters the yen is now slipping. and here in moscow the russian markets again early in the session with both the r.t.s. and the my set up point six percent so far banks are outperforming on the my sex wedding t.v. unfair bank leading the blue chip tie up more than one percent each and if you may just also making its. prime minister putin has opened the russian section of the new pipeline being built to export russian oil to china britain said the project is vital for russia as it begins to diversify cells of strategic role materials and increase oil trade in asia's a fast growing energy markets the pipeline runs from east siberia to china's new front here it's an offshoot of a new oil export that russia is building to the pacific ocean on completion in two

thousand and twelve the pipeline will be able to transport up to one point six million barrels of oil a day that's one third of russia's current exports. russia is the world's biggest producer of oil but despite having the resources it does not organize the market nor does it possess a grade of oil considered to be a global benchmark microkeratome to investigate how oil is traded and why russia is finding it difficult to establish its own market. oil is usually priced in barrels the measurement in self originates from the eight hundred sixty s. when the early pennsylvania oil field produces were forced to store oil in barrels usually meant for b. or turpentine. the cost of a barrel which is equal to one hundred fifty nine liters is dependent on a number of factors supply and demand and speculation but it's also determined by the quality of the air with certain blends commanding

a premium over others who have different discounts and premium soft one brand to another that really depends upon multiples of factors starting their cost of transportation quality of corn itself to the specific so for refining of this so that crude and also to the demand in the so that region where the scope crude can go most oil traded usually uses two main benchmarks west texas intermediate and brant blend both of which are considered among the sweetest crews this is despite the fact that there are more than two hundred blends in the world many of these however have high sulfur content making them salad blends and therefore harder to refine. but with the north sea oil fields reaching the end of their life and with it the grandstanded new of lens such as russia's euros blend or the e.s.p.n. pipeline blend are increasingly becoming the standard by which others adjudged

russia has become the world's biggest oil exporter and many believe the time has come for the country to establish its own international trading platform rather than leaving it to the u.s. the u.k. and singapore yes. if we had our own stock exchange where we could trade oil i think that firstly we could trade not only in u.s. dollars but also in rubles especially c.i.s. countries amount of us i mean we are talking about the possibility of the rule becoming a major trading currency or even a reserve currency and this can only be done if the ruble is fixed to serious material resources such as gold oil and gas. the urals blame currently trades at a two dollar discount to brant yet many believe this is an unfounded discount one which could be raised through the establishment all the local oil exchange but for now russia is still happy to trade through the existing channels analysts agree that both the market regulators and oil industry players here still need to learn from

the oil trading heavyweights in london and new york before attempting to shift the balance of trading power in oil markets of genco business auntie. and that's often the business team for now but i'll be back with morphine in about an hour's time and in the meantime you can always find most toys on our website that's com slash business.

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well welcome you're watching r t live from moscow these are the top stories at least nine people have been killed in two seriously injured after a fire ripped through a nursing home in central russia hundreds were forced to flee preliminary reports suggest one of the residents committed suicide by setting himself and fire at the flames spread through the room. in terror russia steps up efforts to win the war against militants after claiming a series of successful and terror operations in the north caucasus security forces say they've killed over forty militants in august alone. and an ethnic divide in the big apple mexican immigrants claim they are being targeted in racially motivated attacks by f.