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to make sure that the tire is extradited and stands trial in russia. on r.t.l. landmark russia us to teachers on st he passes a key test as it's approved for a full senate vote despite stiff opposition from republicans. gangster wars in moscow an attempt on the wife of an alleged mafia boss white in the city's center puts him in hospital plus. the first major project for the two thousand and fourteen sochi winter olympics goes operates more in twenty minutes. or welcome to you live from our headquarters in central moscow this is our t.v. it's eight pm in the russian capital six pm in warsaw moscow is asking poland to

extradite one of russia's most notorious terror suspects commands a cry of was detained by polish police upon arrival in the country he is wanted in russia in connection with atrocities in the north caucuses but currently house political asylum in the u.k. my colleague to say spoke to r t is correspondents following the story. in moscow and alexey in the polish capital. one of the most wanted man in russia was detained and we're also he came here to attend the third world congress of the chechen people and that's where he was detained on his way to the local prosecutor's office it's still unclear what's just mission in this prosecutor's office here was but we know from one of the spokespersons of this event of the chechen congress that's a kind of came here to testify saying that poland is not his enemy and he this country is not his enemy and he has nothing to run away from is nothing to hide now we understand that the latest news concerning is that an official inquiry for his

arrest has been issued by the prosecutor's office of poland and we are waiting for this inquiry to reach the general prosecutor's office and to see whether his detention will be extended we know that now he had been questioned by the local authorities and he is now still in detention still it is really unclear what fate awaits mr as there have been very vague comments comments coming from the polish officials including prime minister donors are even going to the prosecutor general tells me that they have no choice but to start extradition procedures but these procedures do not mean an instant extradition and the russian side shouldn't necessarily hope for a decision that will satisfy. now let's turn over to moscow. russia wants to seize a kind of extradited but that's not the first time moskos try to get its hands on him as it. now definitely not the first not the second major not even be the last

time right russia has declared this man wanted nearly a decade ago in two thousand and one person nationally and internationally but britain which gave him political asylum on the status of a political refugee he refused said that the man in two thousand and three saying that he was a law abiding citizen and its territory and therefore should not. extradited of course russia maintains that this man is one of the most wanted men in the country and should he be extradited he'll be facing very serious charges ranging from murder and kidnapping to store should terrorism extremist captivities russian prosecutors believe they have more than enough evidence to link him to one of the most terrible terrorist acts of the recent years in russia namely the gulf but theatre's the siege in two thousand and two is also believed to be one of the masterminds behind the ongoing unrest in russia's ball of child north caucasus

region so a lot of the evidence the prosecutors do claim they have and i'm already sent over to their polish polish colleagues in order to look at and make up their decision of course the polish side as firmly is going to be the ones to decide the matter the ball is firmly in their court right now but both sides of been very careful to say that there are no politics involved in the decision that everything that will be done concerning is a crab space will be done strictly by law. the police prosecutor general has said the police sides will act in accordance with international obligations it has taken upon itself mr sherman saturday quote our actions will not be based on political factors but the letter of the legal russia's prosecutor general yury cheika said it is evangelism extradition to russia his rise will be observed and he will stand a fact trial in court so for of course going by the book hasn't exactly brought any

results mr sakai still remains a citizen of the world enjoying his political refugee status in the u.k. but this may just be the break the russian prosecutors meet should he be extradited back to russia a trial is certainly not a long way away. well poland may be a reluctant to extradite him as a car but the new warmer relations between the two countries do offer moscow hope in this case that's according to victor nino editor in chief of the russian newspaper. given the fact that russia has treated poland very respectfully. with some polish ones i would say like the cartoon massacre of nineteen forty a russian treated very spectrally the tragic crash of the presidential plane. last april and i think we have an improved climate and polish russian relationship

and this gives this gives me hope that the matter will be precise was pursued and proceeded legally and with respect to international for international law. here with r.t. live from moscow still ahead for you this hour gangsters in the capital. an investigation is underway after an alleged notorious criminal lord was shot in the center of moscow we take you to the scene of the incident. from boom to bust we look at the poverty that's hit america's recession battered industrial town. the u.s. senate panel has approved a nuclear arms reduction deal signed with russia in april the start treaty which now needs to be ratified by the full senate could see the country's reduce their stockpiles by a third but while the u.s. president is urging lawmakers to speed up the process in-house issues court hamper ratification as artie's got each can now reports. 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 balance 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 they 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 ratified 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 ratified or not and doesn't. what

senators were saying this thursday they surely will the question is when i'm going to check out our t.v. reporting from washington d.c. . the start treaty could go a long way in helping to modernize and improve nuclear defense that's the opinion of gary hart former u.s. senator and a 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 on 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 have the treaty if you replace. warheads or delivery systems that are old and the increasingly unstable with a newer generation more secure technology you are actually improving security

rather than in danger here so a limited argument can be made for modernization of nuclear arsenals certainly not expansion of the if we are serious about dramatic reductions in these nuclear arsenals then we widen the club and bring it all in with our 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 you can watch that full interview with gary hart former american senator and co-chair of the commission on u.s. policy towards russia this sunday right here on our. a suspected russian criminal mastermind is being treated in hospital hospital after an attempt on his wife nicknamed grandpa islam his thought to have fallen victim to

a gangster war right in the center of the capital. has more from the crime scene. vincit it happened here on this quiet side street in the very heart of moscow at around eight pm on thursday evening cyan also known as grandpa son thought to be a major criminal ward in russia ryan to reportedly visit his son who lives in this apartment building over here and as grandpa son accompanied by his bodyguard were trying to enter the building walking through this door over here the shots were fired the bodyguard went down first and according to reports from the witnesses grandpa son actually tried dodging the bullets but ended up getting one in his stomach that's when their driver ran out and called the ambulance the hitmen was firing the shots from one of those windows on the third floor of that building the distance between these two houses is really small and when the authorities came the saw that that window was open and when they checked the apartment the found

a weapon which is thought to have been used both men were rushed to hospital but when authorities announced that grandpa and son had died later they denied this information saying that they gave out false reports on purpose in order to prevent a second possible assassination attempt grandpas son is thought to be someone who is called by the code that is a person who has reached such a height in the criminal world that he can control supervise and benefit from criminal activities various criminal activities without actually leaving any traces or leaving any proof and it's thought that grandpa son controls most of the organized criminal groups in russia and in the c.i.s. there's already one version of why allegedly it's because of this major war going on between two giant gangster groups and they're currently fighting over some

sports facilities in two thousand russian grandpa son was very close to him it's four years gangster award known by the name of your point you can was assassinated back in two thousand. and i. was basically his right hand man since two thousand and nine we've heard various reports numerous gangster wars in the shootings assassinations the border in russia and in western europe as well in switzerland or screen one of bodies or people suspected of being connected to a verse or gang or criminal group in the us. you can find more on that story on our website r.t. dot com as well as all the best videos blogs and expert opinions with much more for you here's what's available today russian helicopters may soon be seen in the skies of a ghana stand as nato forces are keen to use them in the fight against the taliban . and russian communists want the police to watch every breath sting takes as they

call for the british rocker to be put behind bars find out why at our team. president obama is pushing forward plans to double the country's exports in the next five years the move that could generate two million jobs comes amid hopes that the country is finally pulling out of the depths of recession but with the number of americans facing poverty out of fifty year high millions are still fighting 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 now that is jumping down 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 tomorrow and it's not enough you know it's just not enough to get all the food we 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 ten 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 they wanted her twenty's are few and far between especially in the old urban industrial cities are patterson 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. manufacturing jobs that have disappeared or gone overseas factory work all of the low level jobs that these folks with will steal are sort of out. there and leaving them lining up in droves for a little heat we now say prepare about twelve hundred meals a day now it will be serving about four hundred. people. are free to join some of the work around here some are at the homeless not surprisingly always on call. there are twenty percent more mouths to feed here eva's kitchen than here are going to why. now and some can't work like for one who has an incurable disease

lose no 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 government i don't know was the press the door . for me is not born there in the womb better. in the urban decay of silk city gratitude is reserved for the help with recovery they do know. that we. thank you still very carefully lauren lyster our t. patterson new jersey. let's take

a look now at some world news in brief for you this hour twenty five people have been killed and scores more injured as containers with explosives blew up you know the new station in eastern so long authorities say the blast was an accident the explosives intended for roadworks were being stored next to the police station for security reasons sixteen officers were among the dead. five london street cleaners have been arrested over a potential terror plot against the pope benedict the sixteenth is on a four day visit to britain the man believed to be algerian nationals were seized out of business in the center of the capital the pope's trip has gone ahead as planned with an address to schoolchildren and a meeting with the head of the anglican church about will visit has garnered much controversy in the u.k. following a string of sexual abuse accusations against the clergy. the presidents of russia and ukraine have decided to swap their usual state vehicles for something

a bit more retro to meet the image of invicta going to coverts took part in an international rally with cars dating back to the middle of last century argy is getting the reports. it seems very symbolic in context of a recent renaissance in the russian ukrainian relations victory in a call which took the top job in kiev the two leaders are saying by taking poskim. rarely that there are no more barriers dividing the two countries especially organized cross border to the leaders for a twenty kilometer spin from russia to ukraine for this rally the russian president chose a call from his private park legendary soviet this is this beauty manufactured nine hundred forty eight this vehicle is very robust it's made of tanks steel it was the first saw of it the cold which came with the turn lights with two electric wipers with an electric heater ability and am radio while this was the symbol of post-war

soviet life and is today a popular collector's item now the name of the car. is very symbolic it's not accidental it's the russian for big train the first tests on this car were conducted in a nine hundred forty three well world war two began to seem likely the two leaders were escorted by state officials and celebrities who were in some other great classics like rolls royce shiver lit a rat you are more to receive this is a many many other beautiful beautiful retro cars however the trip was not all fun because of states late rates just soviet soldiers who when you mention a ukrainian village and then they tease of work. simplifying border crossing. or tease you consider reporting there while all the ways business news is up next with your yes they with us.

hello and welcome to the business program in the vacation partnership technology these are the key themes of the soar to international investment forum we are bringing you the top speakers and issues from sochi capital of the twenty four thousand olympics. the prime minister's speech was one of the key events of the first day of the forum artistical a school was listening in and he brings us this assessment from sochi. there's a palpable sense of optimism here at the sochi economic forum it's slightly smaller than the last year with five thousand delegates attending their representatives from companies both foreign and domestic the theme for the forum was set during the prime minister putin skits address on the challenges of modernization and improving the investment climate the highlights of his message was that russia often photo ground for investors both big and small but he's going to make

a puppet of the russian economy still not spoiled by the attention of investors neither thora nor local ones the russian business climate is claimed to have problems sometimes these claims are justified sometimes not we know our problems really well and we will solve them the key factor for the russian government will be a measured and rather conservative macroeconomic policy. the optimism about the prospects for the economy was shared by a number of delegates among them with sam island c.e.o. of k.b. engineering john deere invested already about a hundred twenty million so far and such but there are still a d.n.r. order to sell it without really having transparent. we've done that because tensions here in the next twenty thirty years is tremendous. russia has nine percent of the world's arable land mass and it needs to come into production high production agriculture and stuff population continues to grow this is a two day event on saturday the winter olympics in sochi in two thousand and

fourteen will be one of the main subjects we'll have full coverage about what all the fields and amounts are archies nicole reporting that and another news coming from the event at russian state's corp russian to colleges and boeing have signed a contract to supply fifty five in seven three seven airplanes they will be a quiet for air flights russian airlines and a unit of russian technologists from invest has signed agreements to form direct investment funds totaling eight hundred million dollars with gulf states investors for projects and infrastructure and realistic. speaking exclusively to our t.v. the governor of cross no doubt region says the forum has succeeded in attracting investment. yes the foreign investors know little about russia's regions usually it's limited to moscow and st petersburg while the rest is just huge clusters like the far east of europe also siberia so let investors learn more and

get hands on experience we can't be sitting still we should hold roadshows advertise ourselves that's the global practice forums like this are held everywhere to attract investment the amount of investment in the region after the forum is estimated at between two and a half and three point two billion dollars which is. some of russia's leading banks outlining their investment plans at the forums plans to spend one point two billion dollars on olympic infrastructure speaking about the rebels their banks president herrmann kraft said despite the recent weaken an the russian currency is still quite stable to. the current situation on the foreign exchange market 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 tied 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. that while sector is well represented to the source the investment form the head of bruce smith spoke exclusively to our. reporter there should be we've reached a consensus with our main creditors spearing can go in code they've downsized their new interest from twelve percent to eight and they expect they're not tobe or will start working with the new rates that will free up a lot of money up to two hundred million dollars this money will be used to fill license agreements still development capital investments and buying new assets that will help the company to improve its output and to stabilize its financial condition. i look at the russian markets now they are testing the my six were mixed at the close. trading margin they in the black might have spanish down points nine

percent shares of porter's gold but down more than two percent up to russia's biggest producer of released its first. one hundred and five billion dollars at style the eleventh percent from the same here last time. it was a quite a week for the markets but they still managed to trade slightly higher metropole senior analyst gave us his. show this week we shore a combination of profit taking on the other hand we're sore investors are going into the market and investors are starting to catch up to the new market. we saw or strong data out of the united states namely industrial production came slightly above expectations because of the russian market and this week it actually took clues from the global markets performance and also but very slightly i want specific factors.