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away. whatever rush is most wanted terror suspects arrested then released in warsaw is awaiting a court's decision on his extradition. find out what dangers why the bottom of the baltic sea is ours you are healed the world war two relics that still pose a problem. is the russian government's ultimate stick outlook for the economy will without an expose opinion in twenty minutes. good to have you with us here on r t our top story parliamentary elections in afghanistan have been marred by several attacks by the taliban across the country

it's feared more incidents could follow with security forces on high alert as voting continues artie's paullus leader has the latest from kabul. well since the polling stations opened in the early hours of this morning a grim picture here in afghanistan in terms of security it was a massive explosion here in the capital city of kabul hours before those first stations opened no reports of injuries we're also hearing no reports of injuries regarding the rocket attacks in the soften the city of kandahar and there has also been a direct hit on a polling station in the east in jalalabad we are now hearing and in the reports of a rocket attack in the north we're hearing that one person there has been killed but as of yet we've been unable to confirm this so certainly a grim picture in several provinces around the country and this is just a few hours after the potence station is opened tens of thousands of afghan police and security forces are in the streets manning those polling stations they are back to what i said the foreign forces drove several polling stations here in kabul you

can osha's this heavy security presence there are certainly a lot more roadblocks than they were for example yesterday but this is here in the city when you move further into the rule areas and we're talking here of some four thousand rural villages where polling stations are trying to run smoothly today city there the threats by the taliban and insurgency groups will play a bigger role among the first people to cast his ballot today was president karzai he afghans to come out and have they say we're also hearing from the independent electoral commission they say that the paper ations for this election have been more efficient than they were last year during the presidential election that was marred by reports and allegations of massive fraud and the two main concerns of these elections are that fraud and security already twenty four people have emotional to election related violence in the run up to these elections i looked at the phenomenon of security and what impact it would have on afghans in the following report the symbol of the afghan election more than a quarter of

a million afghan police to protect those brave enough to defy the taliban we ourselves have received e-mails from the taliban saying that they planned attacks countrywide on the on the day of the vote and that they are targeting both voters and election workers it's nothing new in the last election. the taliban did not kill anybody for that but what do you want to do you want to beat him he would around it up he would insult those parliamentary elections were held five years ago and they brought to power former warlords and their followers but if mitt had been excited to take part now he's just grateful to be alive. i went with my family to an election station when we got there there were people with guns they wanted us to vote for their person they said if you don't vote for us we will hurt you we could see who we voted for and when they realized it was for someone else very badly. and here is one of those voting stations as you can see armed gunmen at the entrance

who are these people they're going to leave the security area because why just how dangerous chemical. or something sometimes it will be. are you going to be very same you know. because i don't trust anybody and seven in ten afghans agree they'll be staying away and he could go back to the age this and which still exist and the. finger will not go in ninety two hours will not go away so people will think that the political guys at least twenty four people including four candidates have already been killed in one of election related violence politicians campaigners and candidates have also been kidnapped a thousand of the nearly seven thousand voting stations will not open their doors if you cannot make secure. for one day a lot of question. when there is fifty thousand four. hundred or six of those and.

these former fighters are among the few who feel safe enough to brave the streets on election day. i have to accept the violence and voting for my future. so the fight now is for real political changed. but it seems that most afghans are so disillusioned in their politicians they feel the battles are not worth the risk of stepping foot outside their home on saturday so what people will be looking at today is whether or not the government together with its international backers is in fact able to start off the threats coming from organizations such as the taliban most afghans do believe in the electoral process i mean these are the full feel actions that have been held in this country since the fall of the taliban back in two thousand and one they do believe that these elections are a way to keep checks on the almost seemingly limitless power of president karzai administration and also the reports of corruption that come out of that administration but there is a lot of apathy there's also

a lot of pessimism in terms of what has been achieved since the last parliamentary elections five years ago there are two hundred forty nine seats that people are voting for there are more than three thousand candidates standing there are a number of seats that have been specifically reserved for women twenty five seats there are three hundred women standing so that is also one of the focuses of this election a chance to empower women here in afghanistan but security remain a number one concern more than one thousand out of six thousand eight hundred polling stations have been forced to keep the doors closed because of security concerns. parties paul asli reporting from terrible for more reaction others from washington malu innocent foreign policy expert from the cato institute says the election is falling short of standards of democracy and exposes a deeper problem within the country. given the amount of insecurity and instability in the fact that there are flawed voter registries there's been voter intimidation

voter bribery there's a great deal of uncertainty as to what's going to happen and despite the fact that there are twenty four hundred candidates who are thirty to forty of them are women you have to really understand that the complexity of all this means that there really won't be what we would define as a liberal democratic electoral process what's interesting is that there's sort of a paradox with u.s. policy in u.s. policy makers in particular especially with already this election and they're placing so much emphasis on these processes on the fact that you know these are elections that allow the voice of the people to speak to in the world that this is shows that they're on the march toward a democratic process but the same time they're placing so much emphasis on a process that is deeply profoundly flawed and so if we're going to place such a huge light on this process and it could be so fundamentally problematic this sort of underscores underscores a sort of the broader problems in some ways a metaphor for the problems we have in the country as a whole it appears a little blatantly hypocritical why we're sort of supporting what is essentially a very highly unpopular and corrupt regime in kabul that many people think are

essentially a us puppet and yet we're sort of touting the ideals of liberty and democracy and freedom if we undercut a lot of the principles we stand for and it makes us very hypocritical. stay with us here on our t.v. still ahead we hit the campaign trail for the u.s. term a lecture. by that time. more than. big name. america. to ban gay marriage bring god back to. find out what values of u.s. voters but at the top of their list of the times of crisis coming your way in a few moments. first though one of russia's most wanted terrorist suspects who was detained in poland on friday on an international arrest warrant has been released in the next few days the court will determine whether ahmed should be extradited to russia following moscow's demand to hand him over our two. he has more from warsaw . like say what more can you bring us on a discussion by the polish court to release. one of russia's most

wanted terrorist suspects walked out from this very building warsaw's district court in central warsaw on friday night it is hard to say whether he's a free man whether he'll be leaving the detention but according to officials from this court they say that can leave the country now he is a free man indeed the polish media is now speculating whether this story is over and whether it is free of any charges here in poland and whether he can go home back to back to the u.k. this is still pretty much unclear and we'll obviously be hearing some developments in this story later on i'd like to remind all of you is that one of russia's most wanted terrorist suspects was detained in warsaw on friday morning that happened according to the fact that he is on the interpol wanted list and accordance with international regulations the the authorities in warsaw had to detain he was on his

way to the local prosecutor's office to testify and that's when the detention took place. the polish general prosecutor's office prosecutor general's office filed an inquiry to keep in the country for the next forty days but this district court here in warsaw ruled that must be freed from his detention now this matter has been very interesting in terms of its political connotation everyone's been looking at whether. it would be extradited to russia where he is one of the most wanted terrorist suspects and there have been many pretty vague comments to say the least from the country's officials including the prime minister. going to the prosecutor general tells me they have no choice but to start extradition procedures but these press. do not mean an instant extradition in the russian side shouldn't necessarily hope for a decision that will satisfy you. it is unclear what is doing right now probably he

is in his hotel now and he will be attending the third old world congress of the chechen people obviously that was his initial mission of coming to poland and it is unclear whether he will be leaving the country any time soon or stay here for more testimonies for more extradition issues here in poland so kind of remains one of russia's most wanted terror suspects but it appears that moscow is having a tough time persuading other countries to help bring him to justice. well yes indeed that's been a tough battle for moscow to persuade other countries that must be extradited since two thousand and two when he was granted political asylum in the u.k. and at the same time he was placed on the most wanted list in russia he is accused of atrocities in the north caucasus region. including many different horrific horrible things. terror terror attacks in the caucasus region including

a terror attack in the theater siege the nord-ost theater siege which took place in moscow believes that as a kind of has his involvement in that attack as well he is good friends with. another person who is wanted in russia for money laundering and fraud and ever since the these two were placed on most wanted list by mosco russia has been trying to persuade the u.k. for these two to be extradited but so far these attempts have been futile and both remain in political asylum in the u.k. indeed this situation when he was detained in poland is the closest so far most to getting back to russia and holding trial over him but this story is yet unclear and whether he will be extradited to moscow is still unclear right and you'll stay on top of all of it for us artie's alexei reporting from warsaw thanks. state duma deputy valerie larry bhagam all of things that there could be political factors

behind archives arrest and poll. that is that. this incident was a kind it is quite interesting i have to say poland has repeatedly declared that it will follow its obligations as an interpol member to prosecute any person who is wanted by that organization only other hand reports about zakaria's upcoming visit appeared in the media two days ahead of the visit itself now we know that some kind of went straight to the prosecutor's office right after having arrived in poland why did he do that he could have done the same thing in the u.k. that countries in interpol number two but he had to do it in poland i have a theory on my own on why he did that although it may seem unusual but it's true goal was to provoke a strong reaction in order to spoil the improving political relations between poland and russia we all know that the russian authorities were upset over the u.k.'s repeated refusal to extradite i have my request of the russian prosecutor general's office and now such an interesting twist i hope in the long run poland will act in accordance with international law and complete all the extradition

procedures because the us is prepping for a mid-term elections against a background of more grim news this week for the economy but on the campaign trail for some parties it's not finance but family values that should take the top spot our team's christian friends our has been following the conservative values voter summit. they say they came to take america back it isn't our values our shared timeless values that have changed has it it's our leaders that have changed in campaign like speeches they criticized among other things president obama the white house tries to argue that their stimulus has helped. that's a bit like saying that squirting water from a garden hose helps put up a forest fire one day after staggering numbers were released from the u.s. census bureau showing a more than fourteen percent increase of those living below the poverty line powerful organizations and big name politicians came out to spread this message you

cannot divorce the social issues from the fiscal and financial issues so just what are these pressing social issues like anything else everything's great. the first one organization says marriage in america is under attack marriage is a fundamental right but there is not a fundamental right to marry whoever you want our government our policies have always regulated who you marry or who you may not marry the national organization of marriage wants to keep it that way in other words no gay marriage and speaking of gays tradition family and property works to keep them out of the military when you fight for freedom shouldn't you also want to have freedom. obviously we have and we have to for it for freedom and freedom does not mean license to do whatever you want these issues so important to the masses here a new lobbying group has been formed its aim is that republican elected officials

to get them to put social issues back at the top of their agenda these are elected officials they were sent to washington to represent the people in their districts and their states many of these people the bottom line is they can't pay their mortgage they don't have a job shouldn't that be the number one focus the thing is is that the issue of the middle. yes that's the main issue at stake here the middle class has a number of priorities it's the main class that is the emphasis for social issues well you heard it here first the middle class cares most about social issues a month there is one issue even more important to the participants here god hala emanates from an almighty god and then god teamsters upon the individual power and then the individual in turn confirms up portion of that power on the government reserving all the remainder of the power to themselves for the last two years the

most down to the conservative movement have come from the tea party key which stands for enough already but here at the voters values on the graph a turning point that things are changing that despite an all time high in poverty in more than fifteen years at these big name conservative leaders say what america needs is to ban gay marriage to bring god right back into your reporting in washington d.c. right now our team. if you were to go fishing in the baltic sea you might be shocked by what your real way it thousands of world war two mines and missiles remain on the seabed and there are still considered a risk or he's our side only which over reports on the efforts to make the area safe. cold word but determined to do are does a man on a mission and that mission is to monitor the state of all german munitions. meeting with merchant got visibilities low just a couple of meters their missiles every web somewhere in boxes and tightly packed

together the boat could be from world war two it's wrecked some shells actually laying on the seabed near but. one and a half kilometers of shore seventeen meters underwater and ten soudan me sile still on board this german ship is just one of the many reminders a world war two in the baltics the russian emergencies ministry list some was ninety underwater hotspots in this area alone but only a few have been checked several in little which you know possible these missiles are very dangerous there are none that have rusted away and become homeless on the contrary some that we take out here in very good working condition when you. place some can ship is on the russian emergences minister to do list but with money tight and bureaucracy lawn and complicated it's not something that can be done quickly and while they wait local fishermen feel the weapons will still get their chance to fulfil their deadly role boats have been known to return to port with all torpedoes

in their nets captain valeri or motion knows only too well the dangers he says they deeply and that goes the bigger the trouble it can bring out. once a fisherman from our village at thirty six missiles in his net he was fishing near it on cape and brought the multiple tees they put all the missiles right on the deck what else could you do though relatively small in size the baltics is the most densely mined area with around one hundred fifty some of the new missions to bury there the clock is ticking a lot and now it's time and seawater are against the residents of policies the whole area could be helped by such an explosion unless the urgent measures are taken to sound like a true. are. turning now to some other stories making headlines across the globe a drill boring a rescue will finally reach the thirty three trapped chilean miners stuck underground since early august the government says if all goes according to plan the miners could be freed by early november they were trapped when the main access

tunnel to the san jose copper and gold mine collapsed meanwhile the men will be able to join. chile's two hundred thousand a verse or e of independence celebrations by enjoying some traditional food. thousands of people in india and we're have defied an indefinite curfew and marched in the funeral procession of a protester shot by police the entire value has been everywhere around the clock curfew for six days india said troops to kashmir on friday after a rise in a hangar separatist protests in the region anti indian sentiments are high and indeed i ministered here where nearly a hundred protesters have died since. the deadly tropical storm is heading toward central mexico bringing with it the threat of more rain and floods two people were killed when the first major hurricane in the atlantic season struck the mexican coast nine people have been killed and more than eighty thousand people had their homes damaged in servier floods in southern mexico over the last

month. yulia bokova joins us next with all the latest from the world of business stay with us here on r.t. . hello and welcome to the business program in the face and partnership technology these are the key themes of the sochi international investment forum which is into its second day the forum has attracted over six thousand business representatives from russia and other countries and we continue to bring you the top speakers and issues from sochi which is also hosting the twenty fourteen winter olympics. but now i'm joined live by business r.t.s. nicholas bull who is that the forum hello dick thank you for joining us so how are things going at the forum. good morning to you well there is

a strong sense of optimism here in sochi prime minister putin set the tone when he said the brush off a photo ground for investors but that sort of view is being reinforced by a c.e.o. still i've spoken to assist the c.e.o. of boeing in. question is all the right let's discuss this with now i'm joined by jackson we could he show he's the chief executive of business management detroit which i look thank you very much for joining us. all they want does rush off the gross profit growth prospects but that's a. little bit yeah i think slowly i think those i mean the micro economy in the south like the fish need to fight but i mean it's getting better and. you know very important point out there that micro-climate does. very close or i should be if they were discussing for russia below but there is too little question marks about the dead and the government that the. european.

states as well so i think you there is a second the way you can that's what people would call russia but their friends i think else will and that's why there's a really big potential for simplicity's sake that you think there's been a paradigm shift with the other bric comes to brazil india and china the suggests the developed countries are no longer going to be the big players in the global. mean different if we see that the creation of girls and wales. news and measure markets and it's good to see all. more flows between against this is not always going to work you will have to watch for a bump in the new yorker and it will seem more cause mode of operation and more even the investment directly from one record measure much against the another and yes with the solution that i think is going to continue the season up to snuff

couple years it will be back to the year old days when your story does seem to you that russia has the prospects of becoming a financial center along with being an energy center. i think it's it takes time and it's definitely going to be two main one based not on the question no for or for the potential of your corporation but for the kind of investment the. investment. play climate that you have in camp street it's a tool of the sixty's the for investor sees. the success of the police in the global environment is so regulation the transparency it's the confidence in all of these things seem to make progress you couldn't believe that in one day but the potential is there fifty three years now i think that at least in the coming year or so there i sure will keep the process in the region for russian for price and

trade and guys like him some of us know if russia has become one of the golden children why isn't there a lot of investment coming in why isn't these big companies putting their money where their mouth is. i think first of all i mean me been at the bric countries are very different characters if you speak about each and every this size of the market if we speak for example the retail business people have more than even their people so it's very different from the situation in the russia even if it is a democracy also things like going to the better these days and again to brazil for example was a period for active people for the not only because of the year. it's a be potential of companies but those that they have made little progress in terms of. it's a market valuation and so on. in russia in these in the attractive market but i agree with you that if we see more for the coming years it

will be better but i think it will come just as they seem to be that we could stop at the technical to show off and try to do it thank you very much and good you'll be back next time. artes make poor porting right live from the international investment forum in sochi thank you very much for this indeed. and in all the news coming from the event russian state corporation russian technologies and boeing have signed a contract to supply fifty five and seven three seven airplanes they will be quiet for air flights russian airlines and also a unit of russian technologists from invest has signed agreements to form direct investment funds totaling eight hundred million dollars with gulf state investors portraits in infrastructure and real estate. the representative of one top company which flew into such a is the head of commercial jets for boeing he thinks there will be enough to munch to sell one thousand jets on the russian market over the next two decades.