from the heart of the russian capital this is r.t. while 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 artie's. has more. a large group of terrorists attacked the home village of the chechen president ramzan kadyrov early morning on sunday militants set some houses on fire they were attacking the locals the chechen president there are 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 moving to a storage is reports that some locals have also been injured in the operating detention authorities say that the militants that were attacking the village with

their arms that have been killed there were also militants who were trying to shield the operation from behind and these are the ones who are good always 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 do 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 i'm going to leave i've got both the must in mind behind the most schoolboy means has 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 pomp and take their places. in the taurus chechen militant is the top wanted

in russia and he is the one who remains. to be found. reporting from the capital of russia's chechen republic. a fire at a nursing home in central russia has killed nine and left two severely injured emergencies ministry's says the blaze may have been started by one of its residents investigators have found evidence suggesting that a man there had committed suicide by setting himself alight artes or stacy pitman's is following developments for us in the region. 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 as 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 horrific 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 the man was a person of what she called a difficult character and 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 a 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. if you are pretty

sure to i was asleep suddenly i found the smell of burning i wanted to turn on the lights but couldn't see anything. and it was almost impossible to prevent. oppression or if we woke up and heard somebody screaming they were in fire 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 don't shoot it learned that it was everyone was so frightened the stuff was providing first aid when the ambulance came doctors immediately did their job as we. now we just spoke with investigators and they tell our to that they found evidence of how this man started the fire. we found a canister with liquids on the device which looked like a torch according to witnesses it could have been an act of suicide car safety standards were satisfactory all the automatic fire prevention systems functioned well and the alarm was raised quickly we've ordered even more tragic consequences.

to victims in this fire are in the hospital and they're listed in serious condition now we've had a couple of very high profile fire nursing homes in russia in two thousand and seven more than sixty people died in such fires and in january two thousand and twenty three people lost their homes their lives and contributing factors in all of these fires was more fire standards safety standards and a slow emergency response and so after that two thousand and nine incident that. we could perform and for the removal of all of the leaders of regional nursing homes in order to get better safety guidelines established so you have that difference and that that made the difference here investigators say because everything was in working order and also what was a contributing factor a difference between then and now it is their response three minutes after the fire

and emergency call it by the am they were on the scene putting out the fire and bringing four hundred eighty people to safety. and coming out for you a little bit later in the program here want to minority report. to ethnic groups struggling to get along. new york. driving for. time during his road trip of russia as far east. central russia nine people suspected. leading an attack on a rock festival they say 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 screecher and some eyewitnesses said they even heard gunshots more than ten people have been injured two are still in

hospital earlier reports suggested the mob members are out of a nationalist gang go to 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 they were abducted by armed men in the volatile darfur region local authorities believe they know who is behind it the three russians were employees of a sudanese airline the incident is the latest in a wave of kidnappings targeting foreigners. while a string of volatile tacks on hispanic immigrants in new york has prompted fears of a new wave of racial hatred the victims say they've been targeted by african-americans who want to clear mexican people from their neighborhoods lauren lyster reports now on how frustrations appointing 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 in 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 dems like ruhi leo the number nine infidel you can literally find them simply walking through the neighborhood and the suspects unfortunately most of the attacks most recently by blacks against mexico according to these victims they were targeted by teens while minding their own business it was right here in the back of my head stitches and

then they hit my arm in two places for no other reason than being mexican there appears to be a divide between the minorities sharing this poor area. new york despite this when you go through these statistics you want education and trying to bring the bottom the blacks and hispanics for you to see if we have one common then we don't have a problem but here the rift appears to be growing but the influx of hispanic immigrants city blocks that used to be vacant are now flourishing appearing to leave behind you see lot of mexicans working in the let's work here this is the main thoroughfare of this neighborhood 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 he is this.

he's up to forty. three years. when i was in high school i was really getting think so because it was mexicans some argue now blacks are unfairly targeted by all the attention the blacks feel slighted they feel mexican and share in the blame too and i here 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 the reading it and the latest royal always has a difficult to go through is the tension among races simply evolving to a new era like the ones you something that 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 we leave. lauren lyster are to new york. we're coming to you live from the heart of the

russian capital this is all remember you can always check out all website for many more stories anytime you want to use of what's waiting for you online right now at our dot com wrote. immigrants in germany are told they've outstayed their welcome but they're afraid of what awaits them back home in concert. and a spectacle of speed and luxury the world's latest cars attract thousands to an international motor show in the russian capital as that and so much more waiting for you at r.t. dot com. well u.s. president barack obama seems sincere in his desire to improve relations with moscow but u.s. policy is could be telling the opposite that's the view of russia's prime minister vladimir putin who gave an interview to the common newspaper in unusual circumstances he was driving at the time in the country's far east for more here's artie's oksana. a very interesting interview these time around if they had six

truly rare these days for journalists to get a chance to chaffetz body need to wonder why and this interview was very unusual not only in a way too 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 jake last week of commish sons reporter who was sitting at a passenger seat is known for his sort of tongue in cheek style and many of the questions he asked her posed in a joking way but at the same time they were very very serious for example he asked not to be put in a box by their own not he believed in the use in time since to reset relations with russia and he stepped that personally he would very much like to believe but he also sad that the actions of the current administration were in confessed to this some of its declarations and he mentioned for example years continues africa to arm

georgia and the regime of me feels that this really shows assad that if the united states wasn't sounding robin to georgia they were a bit south us to chair in two thousand they would have happened he also mentioned use continues to have plans to see dad at its missile defense system in europe as another store in the system so to speak at moscow's side but at the same time he mansion. personally speaking if you thought that barack obama's. first sincere ingenue but at the same time keep these say that the white house was not doing what it preaches many years political parties and political opposition in russia have been accusing largely or put it off stifling political freedoms and denying about the right to gather peacefully both in moscow and in hotter russian cities. but to me it wouldn't brushed off. these criticisms saying that everybody is free to i

gather is long as they have the sanctions from the local authorities the deep sidestep the fact that it was extremely difficult for political opposition to gather any sort of a free station from local authorities just and he defended it and having handed police actions to just burst these protesters in fact he said that. as long as the half term mission it was ok but if they go out without permission they'll take they didn't do they had a very straightforward isn't it and i was speaking about one of the most prominent opposition figures in russia mikail for close to his current case. is still serving his sentence on tax evasion charges he sat. personally if i didn't put in. had nothing against what are called that he was surprised to hear that prosecutors

opened the second case against him that many critics favor open on the very same charges that he was already serving his sentence on but he did say that soon as. we feel sort of closed he said all right he's problems with the lawyer he will be able to work as a free man ought to use osama boyko that reporting from moscow and you can find out more of what vladimir putin had to say by looking on to our website again that is artsy dot com now afghan president hamid karzai has renewed his criticism of coalition forces he said the counter terror operation in the region was ineffective and only cause civilian deaths although the military analyst believes the afghan leader is trying to block u.s. efforts to be corruption and drug production you know a standoff between i and general petraeus have been president has scored again. in his incipient battle against the

american anti-corruption efforts first time his eyes scored. when he completely blocked and stalled they investigation all he's chief of the national security council and the second time just recently when he consulted they did he has the momentum again the american anti-corruption drive in afghanistan and he not only if voided the american pressure but in the way he should 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 aired one year ago that is to regain the initiative and momentum 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 he would the appellate screw and to appoint himself as a governor general this is the only way to address the runaway flagrant corruption that threatens to implode the whole social fabric again and stand corruption and drug production in afghanistan of the two parts off of mine or

a weapon that threatens to implode the evidence of society and totally and completely discredit any notion of democracy. it's nearly twenty minutes past the hour here in moscow you with r.t. in a few moments from now yulia will be here with all the latest business news but for the meantime some news now making headlines around the world and a gunman has opened a random fire in the streets capital of bratislava killing at least six people dozens were injured including a three year old child the government's fate at present is unclear reports say the man began shooting outside a children's hospital in a suburb of the city other news sources claim he's a drug addict who's only fifteen years old. into 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 on the ground one of

them even decided to marry his long term girlfriend the latest phase of the rescue effort is expected to take months and is due to begin shortly the plan is to draw a law hold wide enough to pull the trapped miners to surface. more u.s. troops are preparing to leave iraq despite a recent wave of violence and a territory 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 the local security forces president obama will give us beach on tuesday that will highlight what the administration officials call is a fulfillment of a promise to withdraw the country's forces from. pakistani emergency officials say water levels in pakistan are beginning to recede but the danger of further flooding remains high rains over the weekend submerged a number of towns but most residents were able to flee in time the worst ever flooding in the country has affected about seventeen million people and left more

than sixteen hundred dead. while next this time for the business news with yulia and i hear that inflation in russia is expected to be higher this year that's right rory the government is now. warning that inflation is likely to hit seven and a half percent this year higher than previously forecast but russian finance minister lexa could recess there is no need for russia's central bank to take action to control inflation at the moment he says price rises up being driven by the poor harvest caused by the drought and changing monetary policy won't help instead he says if public spending is 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 organize the market nor does it possesses a grade of well considered to be a global benchmark michael christian 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 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 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 course itself to their 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 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'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 the firstly 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. business. let's have a look at how the equity markets are shaping up european shares are on the up on monday they're being given a left by new moves from the bank of japan to add liquidity to its economy and that follows comments from fed chairman ben bernanke to stop the u.s. central bank was ready to take further steps to stimulate growth and after

a shock rise in crude prices late on friday energy companies are gaining is closed for a bank holiday in the u.k. . and here in moscow the russian markets are gaining on monday with both the r.p.s. in the markets it's about how percent so far banks are forming on the my six whereas. one percent are. also making gains but frost telecom is the stopper for much eighty eight percent the south. pole machines company russia's biggest power engineering manufacturer has posted first top profits of ninety eight million dollars the company's profit froze eight to four percent year on year all weather revenue changed marginally to seven hundred twenty one million dollars. a siberian coal energy company or somewhere has returned to profit in the fast top of twenty ten russia's largest producer of fuel for power stations said that income

was one hundred fifty five million dollars compared with a loss of six million a year earlier creditors strong advantage and prices for the improved performance. prime minister vladimir putin says the standoff between your two main shareholders that leg and let him at the top end is damaging for the company but he's stressed that the government only has a limited capacity to result the conflict and while the world's comical. is more concerned about the company's future performance he revealed some of the company's plans to business r.t. . that 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 course and probably the black swan in australia although the final decision will be taken in september and 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 the latest from the world of business but if you want to get more news right now you can always visit the website section r t v dot com slash business.

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