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the senate foreign relations committee approved that treaty join me. in just a few moments here in washington d.c. . and one of russia's most wanted man the suspected chechen terrorists are. said to have arrived in poland despite grants from the parties to arrest him. and russia has its sights on reaching an arctic agreement with canada not only healed of signing demarcation pact with norway. it's eleven pm in moscow and this is archie coming to you live with me a new son now wife first up this hour a u.s. senate panel has given the go head to the start treaty with russia nuclear arms

reduction deal will now face the full upper house before it can be ratified russia said it's ready to sign off on the document but wants to do it at the same time as the u.s. let's get more from our washington correspondent guy who joins us now hi there guy now so it looks like the committee's given the green light on the treaty does this mean all concerns have now been laid to rest well and he said out quite a senator still do have concerns they expressed them in a resolution that they passed today but as john kerry the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee said they managed to address most of the issues in the course of these five months and today's decision is sort of a boy partisan success let's listen what to what he says. we hope this can get to the full senate as rapidly as possible our work is not done the full united states senate has to now debate this and ratify it. it's our hope that that

can happen quickly before the end of the year and we will work to try to make that happen we had a very constructive process today as i think you saw. my judgment. the. long work of the committee of the administration to bring together representatives from almost every administration president nixon all the way through president george bush who testified that it helped to build a consensus on this treaty this treaty will make america more secure it will assist us in moving towards the goal of less nuclear threats and for that reason we're proud of the action he took today. while one of the points that senators clarified in this resolution is that the treaty in no way is in obstacle for the u.s. plans to deploy to deploy defense systems when they want them where they want but

the trade acknowledges this time between offensive and defensive weapons is a fact but russia's to take that time i quite seriously they see the new start as an agreement based on equality and balance and if that balance has shifted or disturbed they say they can pull out. obviously concerns remain when could we see a final document ratified we know russia is ready to sign off but it wants to do it at the same time as washington what kind of timeframe are we looking at what are you hearing. well that's right he said now once the treaty got the approval of the senate foreign relations committee it will go to the senate floor for ratification as some insiders say that will happen in two three weeks time but the chairman of the foreign relations committee john kerry said it is very unlikely as we just heard that the senate will ratify it before november elections in congress it will most likely happen at the end of the year but he was overall quite sure that the

senate in general will ratify the treaty as russians they are going to ratify it at the same time as americans here's what the head of russia's foreign affairs committee said. the start of the euro certification process in the states concerts and turn of the election campaign one search of the servant is to be reelected which means the minutes senators consider the situation not in terms of where the agreement is good or bad for the united states but in terms of what you may contribute to their own electoral could be a little bit because the document itself is too much important for the national interest of the united states for the national interest of russia for the global interests to be mixed up in a single. election can be. actually russians are very eager to pass this treaty as soon as possible and this was expressed by russia's defense minister yesterday when

he met with robert gates here in washington d.c. they was again reaffirmed the areas of full cooperation and said they will they would expanded if you look at the support that the treaty that the starting pretty has been getting here in the u.s. there is really a bipartisan support although among senators on capitol hill there is. some sort some kind of a competition going on on the issue of the support for the treaty among the u.s. military officials is unanimous over the last five months former top you know officials from the past seven administrations democrat and republican alike they testified before the senate committee is in favor of the treaty in fact republicans testifying for the treaty outnumbered democrats so key u.s. policymakers do see it as a very important trade and one that can open doors for future full cooperation on other issues as well going to certainly continue to track this start treaty as it goes to the senate floor artie's washington correspondent can't thank you. now

one of russia's most wanted terrorist suspects is said to have entered poland despite the country's threat to arrest him upon arrival commits a crime it is thought to be attending an international chechen congress near warsaw russia has an international arrest warrant launched against him through interpol so i am currently lives in britain where he has political asylum well for more on the story now joined by peter much a kocinski from the center for your policy studies thank you for joining us mr kaczynski now the speaker of the polish parliament has said he cannot imagine that's a kind of will be arrested on polish soil that's despite the statement from the prosecutor's office so are we likely to see him detained in any way. where. it's not excluded mr zucker would. we did a this is not a political situation this is a legal situation whenever there is an international. requests through arrest

somebody the countries and the police forces are forced to and they have the obligation to honor someone the moment that they come along this person. but that doesn't mean it's not a politically driven decision to have somebody iris to direct it because of that russia's requests all right but it is on an international wanted list he has traveled to a number of european countries while being on that list and has never been a raskin why do you think that is. well because he doesn't have to be arrested i mean. there is a situation only if for example he had a situation if his car he's in is being stopped on the regular check by police and then the police finds out that this is the person who is indeed one to the person

then they have to arrest him but if they would know where he is they don't have obligation to go there and arrest him so that when he crosses the border. there is no checks this is the showing in the area so if he has driven through from germany or slovakia or wherever through a showing in the border of poland there was no checkpoint therefore there was nobody to verify no cumin so there's a good idea there are others here but it is on an international wanted list he's the suspected terrorist and the polish prosecutor's office said that you would be arrested so some of the parties were obviously waiting for him to arrive in poland . well this means that the moment he is. confronted with a policeman he will be arrested or he. would be a to taint this is absolutely correct but there is no guarantee that this

occasion will actually appear that the situation in which he is confronted with a police person. now do you think that if that guy is detained which it doesn't seem you do think will be the case that he could be extradited to russia from poland. this is this decision is also fully in hands of the of the court and it's impossible to. say what would be defined the position of the court on this issue however the probability of a positive reaction is rather limited. in a couple weeks ago there was a case of an easier any citizen who was in wanted by the german prosecution office who was accused of terrorist activities and again he was detained in poland but before he was extradited to germany the polish court was

extremely cautious to tell the germans that they can only prosecute against this person on the basis of the polish law and not on the basis of the of the german law and the germans were pretty upset about this and this is with you extradition to russia might be might prove even more difficult right from the center for european policy studies pelter much a kocinski thank you very much for your thoughts. coming up later this hour on our team you can join our close up team as we explore russians far east and wonders the second in the region. tucked in between the russian mainland japan and the sun coming island is the island of minute all named off the french seafarer who discovered it it is this dr has the right to suck a little region we'll take a look at what's in store for us here. one of russia's criminal kingpins has been

shot dead in the center of moscow a slum was considered the godfather of the russian mafia better known as death he's thought to have controlled most criminal gangs in the country law enforcement have already linked the shooting to the murder of another infamous russian mobster known as your point chick it's not the dead hassan was proclaimed your point chicks air after he was killed last year. when russia and canada are neck and neck in a race for the arctic's rich rich resources out of what is challenging moscow's claims to a portion of the polar seabed but russia says it won't give up your corpus going though it has more on the northern dispute. both russia and canada remained firm at their stances claiming that part of the arctic seabed known as the a woman also fridge belongs to bear territory's moscow says that its claims are based on scientific fact and according to the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov russia

will continue sending expeditions to this area of the limo and also the woman also bridge was discovered by russian explorers but today we want to prove scientifically that it's a continuation of the mainland in providing our data to the un as is canada and now denmark is also thinking about lean clean into the luminous of ridge but any such claim must be based upon scientific data provided to the un commission and you have the last word in any case in two thousand and seven a group of russian scientists who do you send it on to be alone also fridge study that and found concrete conclusions that it is a continuation of the russian landmass they've been planted a russian flag there meanwhile canada has also filed claims on this territory saying back to the a woman also for h. is part of the canadian de joria we will submit our data on the loan is awfully age and we're confident that our case will prevail by scientific

evidence the arctic is a huge area and currently doesn't belong to any country but at the same time it's thought to hold up to twenty percent of the world's untapped resources of gas and oil which makes it quite an attractive area for many countries apart from russia and canada other states are also keen to stablish themselves in the octaves and they include the united states denmark and norway according to some analysts this mean lead to some type of conflict just now during the meeting in moscow the foreign ministers all for russia and canada have pledged to resolve the state or the dispute. strictly diplomatically and scientifically and there is already an example of how such a dispute could be resolved peacefully just recently russia and norway resold to a i think it's a war to truly dispute on their borders in the bar and see no be read for a soldier stably still border and also to share the natural resources which are

held in that area so hopefully that will be done in the in the case over russia and care there as well. or two as you go reporting there let's take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world while still tens of thousands of people have gathered to hear a mouse led by pope benedict the pontiff is on a four day trip to the u.k. the first popple visit to the country in almost thirty years earlier he was welcomed by queen elizabeth in edinburgh but protests are also planned across the country over the pontiff policies on gay rights and abortions also child abuse scandals in the catholic church. and a row over france's crackdown on roma migrants has overshadowed a summit of e.u. leaders in brussels the european justice commissioner had compared the deportations with mass expulsions during world war two the statement angered french president nicolas sarkozy who called it outrageous and insisted the country will continue to

dismantle roma camps the issue will be discussed again at the next e.u. summit. at least nine people have been killed after a blast ripped through a minibus in southeastern turkey three others were wounded officials say a remote controlled explosive device on the road caused the blast they suspect the attack was launched by kurdish rebels who have been fighting for self rule in the country's south east since the eighty's. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton has met with the palestinian president mahmoud abbas following a new round of middle east peace talks about says he sees no alternative to continuing the negotiations. although they brought no breakthrough the israeli and palestinian leaders held two days of talks in egypt enjoy them president abbas had threatened to walk out if an israeli ban on settlement building in the west bank is not renewed during the talks israeli warplanes conducted two raids in gaza following palestinian rocket and mortar attacks. now our close the team has once

again hit the road to bring you the best of russia. and today we take you to russia's far east in the country's biggest island off suddenly and for many years it was at the center of a route between moscow and tokyo because of its rich oil and gas resources today saturday and that's one of russia's most developed regions and its breathtaking landscapes and rich flora and fauna are still largely unspoiled by tourist as alexie yourself ski discover. parties russia closeout team is back and this time we're seven thousand kilometers from the russian capital moscow in the russian far east in the island of cycling this is the cycling region indeed one of the most prosperous in russia and located around four hundred kilometers from the russian

mainland and separated from the russian mainland by the top two are straight it is quite a big island one thousand kilometers from north to south and about three hundred fifty kilometers from west to east it represents the region a very rich in terms of biological resources now the island of cycling that's home to more than one thousand species of birds and animals as well as flowers and plants and more than a third of them are considered to be endangered and are placed in the so-called red book of endangered species now of course all this beauty to be protected somehow and we did a report explaining what this protection is like in the far east of russia. risking life or limb special troops descending to speeding both in the middle of the pacific. coast guard in the russian far east this is an almost daily routine a five years annual turnover of illegal fishing and mounts to millions of dollars.

along with a team of officers we come on board a fishing boat they check documents to see whether the versal had any right to fish here. this particular boat was legit but officer got a boost said this was an exception rather than the rule and xander told us of the biggest highlight of his three years of service here. we identified a vessel belonging to poachers we asked them to stop and fight flares they didn't reply so after an hour we had to open fire after about twenty minutes they stopped probably being too scared of us shooting at them. that was one wild chase alexander came here from the other side of russia and despite nonstop action and hard work he enjoys his time here that is because he projects natural beauty from human harm the beauty which is visible from the very first glance. tucked in between the russian

mainland japan and the circling island is the island of mine you're on named after french seafarer who discovered it it is described as the pride of the sakhalin region we'll take a look at what's in store for us here. until two thousand and four the island was part of the boarders own and was completely restricted to visit is now the spectroscope place is open to tourists unique plants and animals are its top attraction. of course the island is unique because it is located far from the mainland and is practically untouched by humans that's why many endangered species or both flora and fauna can be found here in the underwater world who is also unique because a woman currents in the sea when you're on is by

a ride of the far east while some go to the sakhalin region to enjoy the sights others convert the island's nature's riches into a healthy dollar it is home to the biggest seafood processing factory in russia the tonight show hundreds of thousands of tons of fish get caught in the nets too late to produce delicious salamon caviar almost unnecessary attribute of any feast in russia the owner of the enterprise says a good fishing season can bring in more than a hundred million dollars net profit. and to a large extent this is old to do what succulent offers environmentally live tonight operates in only and natural habitat farming fellman be feed your. to give them a lot of. all sorts of matters in mind to biologics and things like to make sure that it actually survived and this is their natural environment and again while filming is certainly much better than many farm species it's a natural product it is if you can see that fish is alive we deliver it live to the

factory and you get the best product you can get and mild climate unique natural sights and delicious seafood succulent can all for a diverse holiday for those who are not afraid to travel ten thousand kilometers from europe the question is whether this distant land would ever be able to become a major tourist destination alexi russia ski odyssey reporting from the cycling region. we're going to take a short break here on r.t. in the new year but join us with the latest business. hungry for the full story we've got it for. the biggest issues get the human voice face to face with the news makers. in moscow she's available in hotels course to monitor no. toto keep

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time to have a look at the world of business business leaders from around the world arriving in sochi capital of the twenty fourteen olympics r.t.s. nicholas pull reports from the city as new and. the newly refurbished sochi airport is open it's the first of the olympic projects to become operational at a cost of just two hundred million dollars it represents just a fraction of the ward work going on for the olympics the company behind the development is aero. basic element group which is involved in a number of other projects as well including waste. disposal a new seaport and the olympic village the airport is coming on time and on budget what is the basal aero explains the project had a number of advantages over all the saw it in and around sochi first of all we didn't construct the building itself which we didn't need to move the concrete and the salmon and. the sand and all the heavy material so we were not effectively

using robots too much. with the equipment we fortunately delivered the most of it good for the sake of construction phase started around us so we didn't expect this many difficulties but other sites i believe would experience a. new printing of the airport coincides with the months old she economic forum prime minister putin giving the keynote speech on friday morning addressing the issues of modernizing the russian economy and improving its investment climate we'll be bringing you full analysis about speech plus extensive coverage of the wider forum on friday and saturday. and several companies of the basic element holding may fall over sol on their way to i.p.o. the current step is he director general spoke exclusively to r.t. . we're planning to listen to more companies in the near future you know in general

you know going public this is just one of these potential sort of the just for you know old capitalization of our guesses is that you know the companies are already in the sectors to develop and you know no more ready to become our target is that all of our companies are being developed to the standard that we're able to list them in your time you know when the market's a bill but we think it's that i said that it's so there so it's more important for us to focus on internal efficiency and you know the internal keep you know capacity push its ability its own self or still so that if we decide to go public you can do it in your time all depends on the markets you know if markets open up and become positively fifteen be very quick. and another republican former yugoslavia has agreed to join the sol stream project prime minister of the republic of srpska minora daughter was in moscow on wednesday to sign a co gratian agreement on the sol through gas pipeline russia's energy minister course said it was in europe's interest to create favorable conditions for south

stream doesn't add to that there were no real turn a ship to the project. and i'm going to work with if we're being told that the project is too expensive and this is not needed in europe i'd like to draw your attention to the fact that the gas will be sold at the market price that will be formed in europe well the european consumers should not be worried about the cost of the south stream construction this is a concern to shareholders the more guess there is an offer in europe the more market price will drop which is in the consumer's interest. that we are absolutely sure that there is no alternative to the south stream project confident that the construction of the south stream will provide regular gas deliveries not only to the whole of southern europe but also to many consumers in the rest of europe. let's have a look at the markets in moscow the r.t.s. and the license finished low on thursday bucking the trend where the shares of russia's biggest oil producer.