in central russia the emergencies ministry says the blaze may have been started by one of the nursing homes residents and as artesian thomas has been reporting investigators have found evidence suggesting that a man there had committed suicide by setting himself alight. 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 a vacuum waited for this elderly person's home investigators are saying that early on it looked like 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 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 this man was a veteran who 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 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 was five o five am the local fire department was informed of a blaze in nascent aim fire engines arrived at the site within three minutes and the fire had been put out by five thirty am several possibilities as to what caused the fire are now being considered and one of them is that the fire was started by one of the residents a war fashion you may have set himself on fire an empty petroleum canister was found in his remains three years ago in the rust on don 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 of more 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 too 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. again for fire conditions in bad health facilities also slow response time claims to those more than twenty deaths in that facility at the end of that. the president he did of actually asked for a few of them on how to leave homes to make sure that they were up to fire code and that the standards and practices that were being made here it's also that the regional directors of delta the homes around the country were fired for that specific instance now taking a look at today's a fire it is not believed that poor conditions contributed to the two deaths in this fire in fact the last time that this is a specific facility was inspected was in march it did pass it is believed that this specific facility in the very region was up to code r.t. has a crew on the way at the scene right now and will be making sure that we bring you the latest on this investigation on this fire as it becomes available john thomas

reporting there for us now a terrorism crackdown is in full swing in russia's north caucasus where security forces say they've killed over forty okada linked militants in august but two police officers were shot dead by militants in the russian republic of dagestan just hours ago now on sunday twelve militants were killed during a special operation in the chechen republic we now cross live before more on this took some only had. a son to take us through the violent events that took place yesterday. yes where right now in the capital of the chechen republic the family which bed was attacked by militants early in the morning is just a couple of hours away from here and very early in the morning a group of from fifteen up to thirty militants attacked the village they set some houses of the locals on fire and the are this is actually been a home village of the chechen president runs on their own so no wonder he himself had to counter terrorist operation defined lasted about

a couple of hours and as a result these wild militants were killed at home so they have to sort of just say that there were those who were trying to film the op. gratian from this time some militants and these were the ones who escaped in the mountains but the others were killed unfortunately five officers security officers have been killed many more wounded and also several locals are reported to be wounded in the operation. now so tell us how the situation looks on the ground in the republic of the moment . right now the republic is very come are people i meant in their lives and they're trying to understand why this fail which was attacked and their only reason that people come up with as they were telling us is because it is the whole village of the chechen president and terrorist wanted to be to do it to earth just because of

the. ok and what about the other russian republics of the north caucasus we know it's very malta as nick region so what's the state of the fight against terrorism there. are north caucasus is a further trouble some region of just over a month almost forty militants were killed here and there have been operations and stand uncovered in every caria. russian authorities on cracking down on militants and the situation is that. we could say under control. let's not talk about the progress that the russian security forces are making there is russian officials have vowed to eliminate terrorism in the region. just a couple of days ago and a tourist a militant a commuter leiva gaba to use the march to mind behind the moscow metro bombings boys killed and dagestan till the recent progress by the russian authorities are

cracking down on militants of all so. who is the most wanted terrorist not only in russia but internationally remains on the russian wanted list but most. militants are tracked down and killed the situation is actually hard because when some militants are eliminated they are family members like wives and sisters become black widows and others step up to take the fight so it's very important that the operations here in russia succeed and therefore it is they're doing their best to achieve this ok hala thanks very much indeed for bringing us this update reporting from grozny for us the capital of russia's church republic. and to talk more about this we're now joined by political analyst from the carnegie endowment for international peace.

thanks very much indeed for joining us now what is your assessment of the anti terror operation in the north caucasus is russia winning the war on terror is saying. well you know you think of it to them home to a living who is the sort of most of the civil war began not to us that in the but for us to do to begin well a lot of the fear was to go in the situation in the rules of the incidental roy by the way the need to feel as though from them because they are the proves once again their it's not a gangster they harm gangster it's not some men days old typical criminals it's surreally believe me it's a really. and islamic resistance and it's so much on islamic opposition and the beat goes up around his own kind of leader of a lot of time to promise to put in the many videos that he at least construct of his personal fear to go forward and be they able to control the situation i mean

should know and don't want to control it and he failed now while the rules are first of first still fall i would say flexibility. of the situation in chechnya and we have to recognize that the terrorism of this islamic extremism major will continue not only to some interest you know about but then general in the area in the region in the north and go before us and into my opinion the vans that took place of these so we can last and we all kind of touristic t.v. t.v. all the text and see strikes on federal forces some local policeman some of the russian some million in for over it proves that islamic to leave them despite all attempts of federal security forces is becoming more and more i would say a prayer for it because these big pacts practically everywhere but would it be in

church now or in doggies dump it. we shoot here in the wind in the assumed tour of the region of the north and go process didn't go but you know both. want to see in the light of what you just said and the recent developments there in their region do you think this is a problem the problem of terrorism in north caucasus sort of russian internal affair or is it war kind of widespread beyond its borders. oh boy the guys think it does get to summarize and before we attempt to understand the problem in general it is the sort of the good to the sort of response on the new politics of ramadan hold on. to further all administrations so what are the themes i mean what's the islamic radical islam they go because he said well you want to send us a lot born in a new governor you want to renew. our economy you want to while you want to

change political life here in north and go it's useless because it will continue despite all of your a dim vision while. our ally and we are able to do i do start realizing that this situation avery you are so into my opinion i repeat it's a kind of response to the new political life of the line of mosco. ok always him political analyst from the carnegie endowment for international peace thanks very much indeed for your analysis. watching r.t. coming to live from moscow still ahead for you this hour well the report goes first in. find out what the russian prime minister thought of the roads and russia's far east all the details coming up later in the program. a string of violent attacks and hispanic 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 mexican immigrants from their neighborhoods are lauren list to 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 the dims like ruhi leo victim number nine infidel you can literally find them simply walking through the

neighborhood and the suspects unfortunately most of these attacks most recently been by blacks against him which according to these victims they were targeted by teens while minding their own business was registered 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 and throwing the bottom of the blacks and hispanics but it would be a full 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 some behind me she a lot of mexicans 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. or was this exhibit a this is up to forty. two years. when i was in high school i was really getting picked on 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 them i hear legally 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 in the latest royal always has the political people go through it the tension among races simply evolving to a new era like the ones used to think it was a period now is that wise you can be more secure and has america always been

a melting pot where someone's getting burned you believe to be. believed. lauren lyster r.t. new york and police are questioning the suspected ringleader of a mass brawl that took place at a rock concert in russia's euros region according to reports the man became raged and retaliated after a local teenagers have been goading him eyewitnesses say up to one hundred people attacked the crowd with clubs and the turn a festival in the chalabi excretion 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 and gunshots were heard some three thousand people were at the festival during the attack. a senior government prosecutor in afghanistan has has been forced to retire for aggressively promoting corruption investigations some of the people under suspicion were top officials and one of president hamid karzai aides

our 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. and general betray us afghan president has scored again in his incipient battle against the american anti-corruption efforts first time scored when he completely blocked and stalled the investigation all his chief of national security council. and the second time just recently when he consulted they did his momentum again the american anti-corruption drive in afghanistan and he not only if voided the american pressure but in a way he could go that americans in afghanistan and instead of reversing his decision against the handed. corrupt officials instead

he fired one of the senior prosecutors in afghanistan demonstrating to afghans 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 their corruption in afghanistan general petraeus has to be appointed as a governor general again a stand so he could introduce the martial law and to disband the 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 would this palace coup and appoint himself as the governor general this is

the only way to address the runaway flagrant corruption that threatens to implode the whole social fabric of afghanistan corruption and drug production in afghanistan actually of the two parts of a binary weapon that threatens to implode the evidence of society and totally and completely discredit any notion of democracy in afghanistan. now let's take a look at some of the 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 the man have severe skin irritation from the heart of 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 they're also considering

expanding an existing bore hole which could speed up the rescue. in ecuador a bus ran off a highway in overturned killing at least thirty seven people and seriously injuring a dozen others children are among the dead it's believed the driver who also died in the accident may have fallen asleep police say he had been at the wheel for at least seven hours before the crash but the bus was traveling throughout the doors highlands towards the country's capital quito. plots have submerged another town in southern pakistan such walls infrastructure and buildings have been badly damaged most residents of the area the flood waters are also threatening the nearby city of taba a key staging post for relief workers pakistan is struggling to deal with the floods that have affected more than seventeen million people and claimed hundreds of lives . a senior rabbi from a party within israel's coalition government has called for palestinian leader mahmoud abbas to vanish from our world quote unquote the spiritual leader spoke out

as direct middle east peace talks are poised to begin in washington this week the united states has can damn the remarks is deeply offensive israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has distanced himself from the comments saying he wants peace with the palestinians. and russian prime minister what you are putting as 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 energy production in the country's far east. you know if 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 plus no communication tool this is very serious it means we've simply fails to take proper care of this in our time and it needs to be fixed immediately you'll see this now as we move on large production is planned here related to

pumping oil we are building a new pipeline with our chinese partners that's what several major proposed locations along this motorway will be about without doubt they will grow to become generators for this region. and after driving three hundred fifty kilometers in a russian lot of colina cardboard and said he was pleasantly surprised with the prime minister is in a work trip in the country's far eastern plans to travel two thousand kilometers through the region. time now for a business of data and stephanie russia has become the world's biggest oil exporter but it still doesn't have its own international trading platform that's right marina is the world's biggest producer of oil many think it's time russia established its own market i'll have more in just a moment but first prime minister vladimir putin says the standoff between nurse nicholas two main shareholders that have passed a time in is damaging for the company but he stressed that the government only has a limited capacity to resolve the conflict meanwhile the real cynical c.e.o.

bloodedness judge will cough skee is more concerned about the company's few took performance he revealed some of the company's plans to business r.t. . we are planning to sell our non core assets first of all including our gold norm and so-called none so fine are such a 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 but 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 will use it for further development and capitalization of the company. are now let's have a look at how the acting markets are shaping up asian stocks have had a buoyant to monday's session rising the most in five weeks that is the bank of japan announces new measures to pump liquidity into the market in an effort to stop the yen rising last week the japanese currency hit a fifteen year high against the dollar causing problems for exports and the wider.

european shares are on the up on monday tracking those gains in asia and the u.s. they're also being given the left by comments from fed chairman ben bernanke he said the u.s. into. it was ready to take further steps to boost economic recovery after shop rising preprocess late on friday energy companies on day. and here in moscow the russian markets again in early in the session with both the r.t.s. in my six up three quarters of percent so far banks are out for me on the my sex. a leading the blue chips higher energy majors are making gains but lost telecom is the stock performer gaining more than three and a hospice at this hour. a leading russian pharmaceutical manufacturer farms synthes is planning an initial public offering to raise sixteen million dollars the company will place a thirty percent of its shares on moscow's m i six stock exchange it hopes to use the generated money to fund the company's investment program which includes

a new factory in st petersburg and international expansion the i.p.o. is expected to be completed in effect prime minister putin has opened the russian section of a new pipeline being built to export russian oil to china goodson's that the project is vital for russia as it begins to diversify sales of strategic role materials and increase all trade in asia's fast growing energy markets the pipeline runs from east siberia to china's north eastern frontier it's an offshoot of a new oil export route that russia is building to the pacific ocean on completion in two thousand and twelve the pipeline will be able to transfer bought 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 well considered to be a global benchmark michael capturing investigates how oil is traded and why russia

is finding it difficult to establish its own market. oil is usually priced in barrels the measurement itself 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 their oil with certain blends commanding a premium over others who have different discounts and premiums of one brand to another that really depends upon multiples of factors starting their cost of transportation quality of course itself to the specific so for a finding of this or that crude and also to the demand in the so that region where this could 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 crudes

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 zero blend or the e.s.p.n. pipeline blend are increasingly becoming the standard by which others are judged 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 or i think the finance the we could trade not only in u.s. dollars but also in rubles especially for c.i.s. countries among other things i mean we are talking about the possibility of the rule becoming a major trading currency or even

a reserve currency which is can only be done if the ruble is fixed to serious material resources such as gold oil and gas. the urals blend 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 of a 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 more from the oil trading heavyweights in london and new york before attempting to shift the balance of trading power in oil michel's of genco business. and that's all the businesses for now but i'll be back with with you in about an hour's time and you can always find those stories on our website that's all. business.

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. welcome back here with our team here's a look at the top stories at least nine people have been killed and two seriously injured after a fire at a nursing home in central russia hundreds were forced to flee investigators say there's evidence to suggest one of the residents committed suicide by setting himself on fire then the flames spread through the room. raining in terror russia steps up efforts to win the war against militants after claiming a series of successful anti terror operations in the north caucasus security forces say they've killed over forty militants in august alone. than a national divide in the big apple mexican immigrants claim they're being targeted in racially motivated to tap.