worldwide news live from moscow this is r.t. a major crackdown on terror is in full swing in the north caucasus where security forces say they've killed over forty militants in august alone the home village of the leader of russia's chechen republic has become the latest target of gunman fierce fighting left five police officers dead. has more. a large group of terrorists attacked the home village of the chechen president runs on their own early morning on sunday militants set some houses on fire they were attacking the locals the chechen president of one himself in the village and he had a terrorist operation twelve militants have been killed five security his offices were also killed and many wounded authorities reports that some locals have also been injured in the operators the chechen authorities say that all of the militants

that were attacking the village with their arms that have been killed there were also militants who were trying to steal the operation from behind and these are the ones who are trying to escape the mountains we've talked with some locals while here in crosby and they say the situation is calm of the moment people are trying to understand what has happened and the locals think that the terrorists chose this particular village only because it was the home village of the chechen president so for them it was attack on their president personally they have been attacks are just a couple of days ago into august in coverage in about caria and several days ago the new tourism both in must in mind behind the most schoolboy means have been killed the. twin blasts in moscow left forty people dead and many more injured more problems are because when some terrorists killed others to pop and take their

places don't go on marvin's the taurus chechen militant is the top wanted in russia and he is the one who remains and to be found. reporting from the capital of the chechen republic well right well. central russia has killed nine people and left two severely injured. ministries says the blaze may have been started by one of its residents investigators have found evidence suggesting that amount had committed suicide by setting himself we can now join. following the developments for us live from. the building took us through what. follows here were an eighty six year old man who was a world war two veteran and

a resident of this nursing home is being blamed for setting the blaze that killed nine people including two invalids who share an apartment with him and he did it investigators believe in order to commit suicide now why the man wanted to kill himself and why he wanted to do it in such a way nobody knows for sure early reports indicated that the man was upset because he was waiting for government housing but a social service worker associated with the home says that isn't true but she says that the man was a person of what she called a difficult character she says this may explain why in the four years he lived here he made no friends and he was not in contact with anybody from his family she says despite his character despite how different he was to get along with that she surprised that he would do something like this if you take a look behind me you'll see that the fire was started on the third floor of the seven story building and the flames were contained to that apartment so the three people who lived inside including the arsonist were burned. six people who lived in

adjoining apartments died from smoke inhalation and you see now we spoke to some witnesses who survived this fire and here's what they told us. yes for sure you should too. i was asleep suddenly i felt the smell of burning i wanted to turn on the light but couldn't see anything through small cave where it was almost impossible to breathe. fresh you know what if we woke up and heard somebody screaming we were in fire at first wouldn't even believe it but then i saw smoke coming into our room i started to cough i opened the door to the corridor but because of the smoke i couldn't see anything there. that was everyone was so frightened the staff was providing first aid when the ambulance came doctors immediately did their job. now we just spoke with investigators and they tell our t.

if they found evidence of how this man started the fire. at the site we found a canister with flammable liquids on the device which looked like a torch according to witnesses it could have been an act of suicide far safety standards were satisfactory all the automatic fire prevention systems functioned well and the alarm was raised quickly thanks to that we have ordered even more tragic consequences. to victims in this fire are in the hospital and they're listed in serious condition. in the past few years russia has witnessed a number of deadly fires that retirement homes why do you think these homes are such a poor track record. well you have to look at the past and the difference between now. and. now we've had a couple of very high profile fire nursing homes in russia in two thousand and seven more than sixty people. january two thousand and nine.

and a contributing factor in all of these fires. and a slow emergency response and so after that two thousand and nine incident. all of the leaders of nursing homes in order to get better safety guidelines established so you have that difference and that made the difference here investigators say because everything. and also what a contributing factor a difference between. is the response. and emergency call if they were putting out the fire. well coming off you a little bit later on the program here on our t.v. minority report this wide similar disadvantages to ethnic groups are struggling to

get along find out why the streets of new york are seeing a spate of racially motivated attacks. and driving force the russian prime minister took time during his trip of russia's far east to discuss foreign policy. police in central russia have detained eight people suspected of leading an attack on a rock festival they said the brawl could have started after a local cafe owner argued with a member of the audience up to one hundred young men started beating up the crowd with clubs at the tornado festival in the region some eyewitnesses said they even heard gunshots more than ten people have been injured and two are still in hospital earlier reports suggested the mob were members of a nationalist gang but regional authorities have since denied those claims some three thousand people were at the festival during the attack well now to sudan where security forces have reportedly identified where three kidnapped russian

pilots are being held and they were abducted by armed men in the volatile darfur region and local authorities believe they know who is behind it the three russians were employees of a sudanese airline and this incident is the latest in a wave of kidnappings targeting foreigners. a string of violent attacks on hispanic immigrants in new york has prompted fears of a new wave of a racial hatred the victims say they've been targeted by african-americans who want to clear mexican people from their neighborhoods. to reports now on how frustrations aborting of. 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 that come 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 broken 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. 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 the most recent in the acts against which according to these victims they were targeted by teens while minding their own business was fractured in the back of my head it's too true 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 trying to bring at the

bottom that blacks and hispanics believe me if 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 what's 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. this is for the. years. when i was in high school i was really getting think so because i was mexican some argue now blacks are unfairly targeted by all the attention that blacks feel slighted they feel mexican and share in the blame too and i hear legally. they commit crimes here is 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 not really new and the latest wild always has a difficult to go through the tension among races simply evolving to a new era like the winds you something it was a period now is that was the thing with you and has america always been a melting pot where someone's getting burned we leave. we. lauren lyster our teeth new york. we are coming to you live from the russian capital this is artsy remember you can always check out our website for many more stories anytime you choose and here's a taste of what's online for you right now dot com immigrants in germany are told they've outstayed they welcome but they're afraid of what awaits them back at home

in kosovo. i know spectacle of speed and luxury the world's latest cars attract thousands to an international motor show here in the russian capital and so much more at dot com. well u.s. president barack obama seems sincere in his desire to improve relations with moscow but u.s. policies could be telling the opposite that's the view of russia's prime minister vladimir putin who spoke to the newspaper on a trip to the country's far east for more hints he's now on a boycott to give us the details on this so some intriguing comments by vladimir putin top. what else did he have to say. yeah absolutely rory it was a very interesting interview these time around it it's extremely rare these days for journalists to get a chance to chaffetz vladimir putin one of why and this interview was very unusual not only in a way that was conducted with vladimir putin sitting at the wheel of a car driving through russia's far east but also in the questions in the questions

that he was asked now i'm to collapse think of comparisons reporter who was sitting at a passenger seat is known for his serve tongue in cheek style and many of the questions he asked were posed in his joking way but at the same time they were very very serious very example he asked he's not even put in a box by their own not he believes in the use intentions to reset relations with russia and he said that personally he would very much like to believe but he also sad that the actions of the current administration are inconsistent with some of its declarations imagine for example years continues africa to arm georgia and the regime of me feels like this really shows assad that if the united states wasn't sounding bobbins to georgia they were a bit se it here in two thousand they would have happened he also mentioned use continues to have plans see that it's missile defense system in europe as

another door in this so to speak at moscow's side but at the same time he mansion that personally speaking if you thought that barack obama's. first sincere ingenue but at the same time he did say that the white house was not doing what it preaches. belts on the u.s. russia relations i wasn't the only important issue covered in the in the interview he was also made to respond to some of his critics wasn't it. yeah absolutely well for many years political parties and political opposition in russia have been accusing largely or putin off stifling political freedoms and denying about the right to gather peacefully both in moscow and in ha the russian cities. but it wouldn't brushed off these criticisms saying that everybody is free to gather as

long as they have sanctions from the local authorities he deep sidestep the fact that it was extremely difficult for political opposition to gather any sort of authority station from local authorities just and he defended having handed police actions to disperse these protesters in fact he said that. as long as they have permission it was a kid but if they'd gone out without permission they'll take the bait and do they have a very straightforward isn't it and i was speaking about one of the most prominent opposition figures in russian mikail federal policy for his current case santa is still serving his sentence on tax evasion charges he's sad that he's personally if i didn't put in. had nothing against what are called skin that he was surprised to hear that prosecutors opened the second case against him that many critics favorite

on the very same charges that he was already serving his sentence on but he did say that as soon as. we can sort of post he settles his problems with the lawyer he will be able to work as a free man now it's on of course there is one issue which everybody wants to be answered by putin and that is will he run again for the presidency in two thousand and twelve. and he answer on that. well again he was asked about that he was asked the very same question complex times but this time around here pretty much gave the same answers he hinted that he may sound in the two thousand and twelve presidential elections but. he also did not rule out with the possibility of not doing it now what i personally found very interesting is his own self perception you know marching with incentives here in russia rests in perception of this strong man who is irreplaceable to people causing all sorts of

problem and they have absolutely no place to turn to whether it is so people whose salaries haven't been paid or kompany is that have difficulties with the law or corrupt officials everybody goes to vladimir putin and i'm sure kolesnik of the commerce and reporter ask him about this perception and indirectly evolved into putin sort of confronted feast out that he had t. choices are either to stand in the bank and watch the reverse poll and see things being destroyed or to get involved and he personally prefer the second choice that is being involved he also sad that he's a personal goal was to build a stronger konami claim political you strong state in russia and he's sad that. peace process may take not just years but decades to accomplish and that sort of gives your hint of how long remain joy the company of like to. some

a boycott reporting live from moscow thank you. where you can always find more of what vladimir putin had to say by looking on your website but it's r.t. dot com. well let's get to some other news now making headlines all around the world and a gunman has opened fire in a street in slovakia's capital in bratislava it killed at least six and injured dozens others including a three year old child local media say the man who has not yet been identified started shooting outside a children's hospital in a suburb of the city the man had aimed at windows and at random people in the street the fate of the gunman is currently unclear emergency crews are on the scene and people have been urged to stay indoors to. ensure a thirty three miners who have been trapped in a collapsed shaft for over three weeks have had their first telephone contact with relatives it's reported to have boosted the spirits of the men underground one of them even decided to marry his longtime girlfriend the latest phase of the rescue

effort is expected to take months and is due to begin shortly the plan is to drill or hole wide enough to pull the trapped miners to the surface. more u.s. troops are preparing to leave iraq despite a recent wave of violence and three american soldiers are almost at the end of their combat mission after seven years of fighting however about fifty thousand will remain in iraq to provide training and support for local security forces president obama will give a speech on tuesday that will highlight what is ministration official say it is a fulfillment of a promise to withdraw the country's forces from iraq. pakistani emergency officials say water levels in pakistan are beginning to recede but the danger of further flooding remains high will rains over the weekend submerged a number of towns but most residents managed to flee in time the worst of a flooding in the country has affected about seventeen million people and left more

than sixteen hundred dead. and up next all the latest business news with you. hello and a very warm welcome to the business program well the government is now warning that inflation is likely to hit seven and a half percent this year higher higher than previously thought but thought but russian finance minister alex a cauldron says there is no need for russia's central bank to take action to control inflation at the moment he says price rises are being driven by the poor harvest caused by the drought and changing monetary policy won't help instead he says if public spending it's kept under control the economy will gradually come back into balance. russia is the world's biggest producer of oil but despite having the resources it doesn't organized markets nor does it possesses a grade of well considered to be

a global benchmark michael christian confessed to gates how or illustrate it and why russia is finding it difficult to establish its own market oil is usually priced in barrels the measurement of silver originates from the eight hundred sixty s. when the early pennsylvania oil field producers were forced to store oil in barrels usually meant to be or turban time. 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 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 their specific so for a finding of this or that crude and also to the demand in the so that region where this can 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 sour 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 zeroes 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 oil i think that firstly we could trade not only in u.s. dollars but also in rubles especially for c.i.s.

countries among others i mean we are talking about the possibility of the rule becoming a major trading currency or even a reserve currency this 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 markets have change of business. but not have a look at tolle the equity markets are shaping up european shares are on the op on monday they're being given a lift by new moves for the bank of japan to add liquidity to its economy that

follows comments from fed chairman ben bernanke if the central bank was ready to take further steps to stimulate growth and off to shop fires and crude prices late on friday and as you companies are gaining footsie is closed for a bank holiday in the u.k. . and here in moscow the russian markets of gaming on monday with both the r.t.s. and the my it's about half of the cent so far banks stopped performing on the might six quest burbank is up one percent and if you've made yourself a few games but the stop before with eighty eight percent the south. palm machine company russia's biggest power engineering benefactress has posted first top profits of eighty nine million dollars the company's profits rose eighty four percent year on year oh weather revenue changed marginally to seven hundred twenty one million dollars. the siberian co energy company or

somewhere has returned to profit of the first half of twenty ten russia's largest producer of fuel for policy stations said that income was one hundred fifty five billion dollars with a loss of six million a year so a credit and stronger demand and prices for the improved performance. prime minister vladimir putin says the standoff between nichols two main shareholders that exhibit pasta and the tight end is damaging for the company but he stressed that the government only has a limited capacity to resolve the conflict meanwhile the world's. more concerned about the company's future performance he revealed some of the company's plans to business. we are planning to sell our non core assets first of all including our gold norm and so-called non sulfite assets will offer both mines and processing facilities of costs 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. that's all for now but you can always get more news from the world of business from all websites archie dot com slash persists.

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it's not possible in the afternoon on monday here in the russian capital you all with the headlines now security forces in russia's north caucuses have stepped up their and tara crackdown the killing of a forty militants in oldest alert the home village of the leader of the chechen republic has become the latest target of the gun. fire in central russia has killed nine and left to win critical condition evidence suggests it may have been started by a man who set himself on light to commit suicide. and a series of attacks on hispanic immigrants has raised fresh or racial fears in new york the victims say they've been taught by african-americans.