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first. the russia u.s. strategic arms reduction treaty gets the green light from us foreign policy makers paving the way for a crucial final vote in the full senate. and assassination attempt in the heart of

moscow a major criminal overlord manages to escape with his life after getting shot and wounded in the center of the capital. a new plan announced to revive the troubled u.s. economy amid claims the country is recovering from the global crisis but despite new measures millions of unemployed americans still struggle to survive. and russia's close up team looks at the vast oil and gas reserves of a sakhalin island in russia's far east as we embark on another journey to uncover the hidden and unique gems of the country. this league is from around the world they gather in sochi for a two day. extensive coverage of that event now this program.

in moscow i'm good to have you with us here on r t our top story the u.s. senate foreign relations committee has voted in favor of the nuclear arms reduction treaty or start signed into russia in april or sided with russia in april rather the deal now needs approval from the full senate that could eventually see the two countries reduce their warhead stockpiles by about a third party's got a cheeky on reports america's in-house issues could still hinder plans for the ratification. the start treaty got the green light from the senate foreign affairs committee and is heading for the senate floor this treaty will make america more secure it will assist us in moving towards the goal of less nuclear threat and for that reason we're probably actually took today it's been a bumpy ride this five months of hearings and the resolution that the senators passed reflects that they put all their concerns in one package among them. the

time between offensive and defensive weapons senators clarify the treaty in no way is an obstacle for the u.s. plans to deploy defense systems american officials see it the same way it commits us to continue to develop the ability to be able to protect our people and to have a robust missile defense system but russians do take the time mentioned in the treaty quite seriously they see the new start as an agreement based on equality and balanced and if that balance is shifted or disturbed they say they can pull out but some in washington say there are hurdles related to the ratification are not so much about the details of the treaty but about republicans trying to make a point to the democrats one of the problems is good old fashioned red meat politics the republicans don't you just can't resist this opportunity to say well you know the democrats are weak on national security and that's one of the real

barriers that the obama administration faces here i have no doubt whatsoever if we had a republican administration this this treaty would be already radical the paradox is that the number of republicans who had testified for the treaty outnumbers democrats on top of that the u.s. military officials are unanimous in their support of the deal something that many experts are pointing out here senators can express their concerns but they can't really change the trading they can either ratify it or not and. judging by what senators were saying this thursday they surely will the question is when i'm going to check out on r t reporting from washington d.c. . the ratification of the start treaty is a way to modernize and improve nuclear defense is the opinion of gary hart former u.s. senator and commission member of the commission on u.s. policy towards russia. it's a large step it will get rid of dangerous unnecessary nuclear

weapons on both sides at the end of the day there will be a boat or the treaty people will have to vote for it or against it and those who vote against it are going to have to justify why they voted against it and why it makes us more secure not to have a treaty then if we had the treaty if you replace. warheads or delivery systems that are old and increasingly unstable with a newer generation more secure technology you are actually improving security rather than in danger yet so a limited argument can be made for modernization of nuclear arsenals certainly not expansion of them if we are serious about dramatic reductions in these nuclear arsenals then we widen the club and bring in all the nuclear powers and say enough

we're all we're going to get rid of all these it does seem like. kind of ideal dream but it is a goal to reach for. and this sunday you can watch the full interview with gary hart former u.s. senator and co-chair of the commission on u.s. policy towards russia will stay with us here on our team we've got a lot more work coming your way including this. but you. wanted to add russia as one of one of the most want to. get arrested so the space and all that. but first i suspected a russian criminal mastermind has survived an assassination attempt in central moscow new sajjan better known as grandpa hassan is being treated for gunshot wounds in the hospital or he is at the crime scene he joins. live with more. hello

yards or so give us the details of this assassination attempt. hello good morning and at eight pm yesterday he was on the cia on the also known as grandpa cross on the fall to be a major criminal lord in russia arrived at his apartment on to go to skerries street at the very heart of moscow where i'm stating now just less than a mile from the kremlin he accompanied by his bodyguard and walked out of the core and as they were approaching the entrance to his apartment building several shots were fired injuring both graham faulkner son and his bodyguard security. students staff from the nearby cafes quickly got to the scene of this attack and called in the called an ambulance. also grandpa son was injured in his stomach investigators orion's to senior off the assassination and located an open window in the building right next to the attack and then the leader found

a sniper's rifle left in the apartment where that where that window was opened and it's believed that the assassination attempt was conducted using that sniper's rifle both grandpa carson and his bodyguard were rushed to hospital and authorities announced that ground office on that died as a result of this attack but later be denied this information explaining that this way they wanted to prevent a second assassination attempt so at the moment brown and his bodyguard are at the all most of those hospitals recovering from undergoing surgery overnight and heavily guarded by offloading now one can suppose that a person like this has a lot of enemies but does the investigation at this point have any specific clue as to the reasons behind the specific motivation behind this latest attempt on his life. well first of all i saw

a little seance son is thought to be a major major criminal order eight feet by the code as it's called someone who has managed to reach such heights in the criminal world that he can control and supervise various criminal activities across the whole country it's actually thought that our son is the criminal lord of most of the organized criminal groups both in russia and in the c.i.s. in total and he used to be really close with another criminal lord known as you point you who was killed back in two thousand and nine and according to some reports. said that he was going to be very much his death and the fact that i thought he stole the sniper's rifle at the scene off by yesterday's assassination some analysts say that he pointed to that other criminal

lord was killed using the scene of a weapon and did they see that the organizers of this attack may want to hit hint at the fact that these two two assassinations are connected another version is that it's the assassination attempt on grandpa i saw the last time doc did as a result of a criminal or for some sport facilities in southern russia so the investigation is clearly continuing a criminal case has been opened on on the attempt all for murder and the goals to try to assassinate by the house on fire now so it's all right art he's a carcass going up thanks for that report. us president barack obama is pushing forward plans to double u.s. exports in the next five years it's a move that could general. up to two million jobs the proposal to help america's

troubled economy comes amid claims that the country is recovering from the global financial crisis but with poverty among the working population at a fifty year high and millions of americans are still struggling for survival. welcome to silk city. this once was what the industrial revolution looked like in the united states. now this is what poverty looks like in this town more than twenty percent are poor more than seventeen percent unemployed it means for many here ninety m. is a time to go to work. so. it's time to head to the food pantry for charity. they are low income folks are some of them have been unemployed for almost two years is what we're seeing but on average it's the underemployed. there are people who can't make ends meet people like jenny like the one who are going to morrow and

it's not enough you know it's just not enough to get all the need and the numbers are only growing and we saw in two thousand and nine a fifteen percent increase over two thousand and eight numbers and we're anticipating that that number will go up by another ten percent at the end of two thousand and thirteen jenny can't afford to buy food for her mother and three year old son not with only use them public assistance there's just not enough money and a part time job they don't need any more hours than i've been looking for jobs that is just hard to find work and it only appears to be getting worse it is unfortunately not only here but in the entire u.s. new statistics for two thousand and nine show forty three million people one in seven are living in poverty this is the most people who are in more than fifty years that's when they first began tracking these numbers here you can see one reason why the opportunities are few and far between especially in the old urban industrial cities are paterson as in so many cities in the united states

manufacturing used to power this one these were still factories that now are decrepit boarded up sitting in disrepair there are signs everywhere here of the u.s. . and you factoring jobs have disappeared or gone overseas factory work all of the low level jobs that these folks with low ceiled are sort of out in the cold. and leaving them lining up in droves for a little heat we now see prepare about twelve hundred meals a day now it will be serving about four hundred people. a free hotline some of the workers you can work some are the homeless not surprisingly it was. made there are twenty percent more mouths to feed here at avis kitchen than here are going to why. now and some can't work like for one who has an incurable disease moves not for work or for so many of us used to be a truck driver yet he still can't afford lunch and experts say the needy are

needier than ever are they more poor yes that i can say and here on the ground for from washington and wall street there is no sign of an economic recovery for these people in sight i don't see recovery. they have no thanks for their politicians i don't know what's going on with the caller i don't know was the president doing. for me is not doing there is no gloom out of. islam in the urban decay of silk city gratitude is reserved for the help with recovery they do know. how you serve you very carefully lauren mr artie patterson new jersey. one of russia's most wanted terrorist suspects is expected to appear at warsaw uprising warsaw's prosecutor's office this morning. is reportedly in poland to

attend it international chechen congress near the country's capital archies catarina as are about joins us now with the latest developments hello catarina so earlier aborts hinted that poland would arrest a high of an event of his or right. well how realistic do you think it is to think that polish authorities would detain or. not the situation is very unclear everything from the word go is a big mess right now because the information that the supply of is in poland and even if arriving in poland has so far only come from one source the television channel a polish television channel to be on the bloody floor and their site on named sources or the prosecutors in it with their policy said that they would arrest the man should be a cross their border because of course there is a need to call the arrest warrant issued for his arrest asked for by the russian side the want to prosecute him for nearly ten years down but the man it would solve

is very unlikely to show because the prosecutors have done something very unusual for law enforcement they've announced their intention of arrest of them before he even arrived which is very unusual and of course today some representatives of the world chechen progress which is why it's a five it's actually said to be a ten day there in poland is said to be visiting the prosecution offices with his lawyer in order to find out exactly what that the charges against are but so so they're saying this if you wanted to find out the charges why not said look at the possible offices of paul white go over there so many are already saying that this would be a somewhat stunned to the public a public relations stunt or supplier who is the want to show that he is a power that the dog show is based on the possible promises that he has simply nothing to be afraid of me feels very secure with the status of political refugees given to him by the united kingdom seven years ago but even if he does call and

therefore is to take by the polish side even then it's not a simple matter to begin back to russia or he will face trial the polish court. will have to decide if there is a reason for it to mean they will have to be sent back to england where the british side will then have to decide whether to extradite him to the russian side or not and since they cannot really do this since two thousand and three is on the line with that something happened between there and maybe ten so now moscow has demanded his extradition should he go ahead with this trip what are the chances that it's a kind of could actually face trial here in russia. very good question and one many are struggling to answer because the pilot has been wanted by russia for nearly a decade now so that was in one part it was on now wanted first on the federal level then on an international level and since two thousand and three has received

political asylum in the united kingdom despite the fact that russia and the u.k. have an agreement to exchange i want to criminals to stand trial in their respective countries because it has been granted political asylum and is therefore housetop the status of a political refugee u.k. have used to extradite in the box and despite recent attempts and of course the charges against him in this country are very serious if he is extradited will be standing trial for homicide kidnapping explore for participating various terrorist at a visit to these most notably of course the moscow theater siege that none of those the other seats so a lot of serious charges that this is a private does face but of course with the recent experience to blow by it doesn't seem likely that the private and this trial will begin anytime soon here at the start. or at artie's caterina's are over thanks for that report. well we are

getting details of late breaking details that polish police have detained off meds a high of one of the most wanted terror suspects in russia and we'll bring you more those details as the story develops. turning now to some other stories making headlines across the globe japan's prime minister and i autopilot has reshuffled his cabinet which could include the appointment of a new foreign minister official say condit is seeking to put a new step on his administration and party leadership after surviving a challenge for his job earlier this week contact the post of finance and defense but change ten of the seventeen members the new members will be sworn in by emperor akihito. in buenos aires thousands of students and teachers have hit the streets demanding more funding for education protesters cited severe conditions in schools and universities and accuse argentina's top politicians of neglecting free public education critics say most of the country's school facilities haven't been

renovated in decades the education ministry says its education budget for two thousand and ten is the highest in the last eight years. time to take a journey now as artie's close team continues its series to the expects warring the vast and varied regions of russia. this time we journeyed to russia in a region of the country's far east it's famous for its serenity beauty unique wildlife and the island also boasts large energy resources rich in oil and natural gas the areas of particular interest to the country's energy giants who had a chance to experience the riches of the island firsthand artie's alexei our chef he is your guide. just like most women scientists likes to receive woods but this time the red coat of nations serves as the victim of an experiment.

to flow we're into a liquid fight. where we immediately freezes. and with a loud crack natalia breaks it on to our cameras lens thus she demonstrates what liquid gas the phonology is all about that. when an object like this balloon is put into liquid gas of cryogenic temperatures it massively decreases in volume in fact it becomes six hundred times smaller but after a short while when put back into normal temperatures its volume increases again this property of natural gas allows much better transportation six hundred times more gas than a normal storage. the cycling energy project is the first liquid natural gas project in russia and there are only twenty like these in the entire world millions cubic towns of gas are being processed here every year to be there and exported to asian pacific countries it represents a successful combination of the russian natural resources and western technologies

. launched eighteen months ago the alan g. plant in pretty good quickly gathered operational place russian gas giant gazprom is its main shareholder with the rest of its ownership spread between shell and two japanese companies it is located in the region which holds top positions in russia in the oil and gas resources and according to the company's c.e.o. their presence here dramatically improved life when the project there was not infrastructure here place now we have not only. a plant by appliance there are also a new job created when you come to arcturus a new company is established here. however not everyone shares such a positive view.

through almost impenetrable far east and we went to see the indigenous people of north the ne few minority iran four thousand eeks live at the seaside relying on the riches of the underwater world for their survival but any fisherman told us when gas companies put their first offshore platforms in their waters it seriously threatened their life. when the platforms appeared the fish we used to catch in these areas practically disappeared we expressed our protesting got good results there was no offshore platform just over there but after our voices of discontent it was moved further away. such concerns would have been difficult to neglect by the gas giants now the succulent energy company launched several social programs for the indigenous minorities which include employment of the needs at their facilities. block suggested as you could in the company sponsors health care

cultural programs and education for the natives the company invests three hundred thousand dollars in it every year most of the program sectors are run by the indigenous peoples themselves according to both the company's management and the knicks the gas giants programs for the natives are a healthy compromise and an example of how old and the new can co-exist in practical terms this means multibillion profits for the former and much better quality of life for the latter. reporting from the region korean american marines who are the latest from the world of business stay with us here on our team that's coming your way next. hello and welcome to business can good to have you with us this hour and we start with our top story business leaders from around the world are arriving in sochi

capital of the twenty fourteen olympics for a two day international investment form that opens on friday archies nicolas pool is at the venue and brings us this report. 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 board of work going on for the olympics the company behind the development just pays the aero. pass because basic element group which is involved in a number of other projects here as well including waste disposal a new seaport and the olympic village the airport is coming on time and on budget that is the basal arrow explains the project had a number of advantages over all the sites 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 before this. construction phase started around us so we didn't expect this many difficulties but other sites i believe one experiencing some new printing of the airport coincides with the month for prime minister putin to be 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 of that speech possibly spens of coverage of the wider forum on friday and saturday. russia's largest banks bad bank plans to invest one point two billion dollars into the olympic infrastructure that's according to spare bank's president herr monograph speaking about ruble fluctuations graph said despite the recent weakening the russian currency is still quite stable. no word of mouth and the current situation on the foreign exchange markets i.e.

the ruble dollar and the ruble euro relations is stable enough and i'd say the fluctuation that we're seeing now is quite logical and is mainly time to the actions of the market players and traders but i can say that today the ruble is the most stable it can be and there are no reasons why the behavior of investors and holders of ruble currency should change macroeconomic conditions are quite stable the oil price is also quite stable the gold and foreign currency reserves are increasing and are quite sufficient to provide a stable exchange value of the ruble. as deputy chairman of the national bank says his bank plans to invest heavily into they crossed that region as well. as the russian government. provided by ourselves where this big injection there's a capital. two billion years of doors and. carefully.