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political process is fair is fading. updates. one of russia's most wanted men terror suspects. awaits a court decision on his extradition from poland. and deadly secrets down below the looks of the efforts to rid the baltic sea woman to be an issue. this would still pose a danger. live from the heart of moscow this is r.t. welcome to the program where the polls have closed in afghanistan's parliamentary election after a day marred by reports of voting irregularities and deadly militant attacks across the country and with u.s. troops pledging to pull out of afghanistan by next summer many figure the election

showed the country is far from stable and still plagued by corruption. is in the afghan capital for us give us some details now live hello to you paula so talk to me we've had reports of voting violations taliban attacks threats and all sorts of irregularities tom how's it going how's it been going at the polls where you are. by and large this was certainly not a successful day for afghan democracy there was an extremely voter turnout with some polling stations reporting that less than a quarter the number of people turned out today compared to the number of people casting their ballot last year during the presidential elections the first results will come in next week wednesday with the final tape tending to being tabled at the end of october but these certainly won't be elections associated with violence more than eleven people were killed throughout the course of the day more than a thousand polling stations where i'm able to open the doors particularly in far

flung and will communities where the taliban has strong control we've also heard some of the electoral complaints commission and it says that throughout the course of the day it received numerous reports on irregularities some of the complaints were about people saying that they saw election officials accepting bribes some of the reports were about the fate of those who cards and also reports about the so-called indelible ink which was supposed to last more than four. days and that was supposed to indicate that a person had voted and prevent them from voting a second time but we've heard many stories of people being able to wash off the sink in just a matter of minutes. so not a good kick off air to america's imposed democracy there in afghanistan now the us military intends to pull out of the country next year hoping to leave it went on the way to becoming a stable working democracy but after these elections how likely are we to see that any time soon. well the afghan parliament is meant to be installed early next year

but if reports of the vote rigging in the coming weeks materialize and in fact become larger if many of the two hundred and forty nine candidates who take up seats in the parliament turn out to be the preferred candidates of president hamid karzai people here will feel even listen to me she asked him about the political process one of the main reasons for such a go to not to date was violence but the other reason was a lack of enthusiasm and support for an administration that many people feel is corrupt by and large people also feel that this is an administration backed by western governments that has not listened to the will of the people the karzai administration will be for that deal it gets revised by these reports of irregularities and violence it certainly seems as if they haven't been able to stem the violence throughout the course of the day that this will soon is being teddie by many analysts as a missed opportunity by hama karzai and his sponsors to actually win support from the afghan people and also to win support for the political process here in

afghanistan of all his troops are meant to leave this country by july of next year they said that they will only do so if there is a security system in place that can ensure political stability and security but certainly based on what we saw today this does not seem to be the case are paula i want to give us more details when you get them our correspondent paula slave reporting live from the afghan capital thank you. by the elections will not solve the problem of a failing political process in afghanistan that's the opinion of dr kim a political analyst from couple. i don't think that this election changed many things afghanistan and particularly. afghanistan afghanistan is facing a lot of challenges. cannot solve the problems of afghanistan particularly the problem of security and afghanistan because the taliban are again

getting the ground in afghanistan. by. democratic process in afghanistan has failed. because of this i think that the political process in afghanistan in the democratic process and afghanistan could solve the problem of the people and bad the problem in afghanistan is getting worse . where you are with r.t. it's good to have your company today still to come this hour calls for a change in priorities in us. here in these big. and gay marriage. when we hit the campaign trail for the u.s. midterm elections and discover what values something they're the most important in these tough economic times. also in the program find out what dangers lurking in

the depths of the baltic sea that's coming your way in just a few minutes. a polish court is due to decide whether to extradite one of russia's most wanted terrorist suspects. was detained in warsaw on friday and later released russia is demanding his extradition in connection with atrocities in the north caucuses. in the polish capital for us now. i have left this building was district court late on friday night feeling almost like a free man it is hard to say whether he is a free man now as the court as you said is still to decide whether extradite to russia or anywhere else or not we heard comments from the officials working in this court that according to the country's largest lation that's a kind of has a political refugee status in the u.k. this applies to the whole of the european union and that's why he had to be set free immediately i'd like to remind two of us that he was detained early on friday

morning in the polish capital warsaw on charges that he is on the international wanted list by the interpol and that's why the polish authorities had to detain one of russia's most wanted terror suspects now many experts in poland have already been very surprised at the decision by this court saying that usually the fact that a person is on an international wanted least is more important than a rescue political refugee status and that's why it is still unclear what fate lies ahead of all in all. eleven criminal acts russia believes moscow believes that he led militant group in the northern caucasus which was involved in a lot of different crimes from brutal killings to kidnappings in the northern caucasus region also mosco believes that as a kind of was somehow involved in a terrorist attack in most infamous theater siege the north or siege in in moscow

which was one of the most painful pages in modern russian history. is definitely one of the most wanted man in russia he was granted political asylum in the u.k. in two thousand and three and ever since most school has been asking london to extradite but so far all the times have been futile this detention in warsaw which happened on friday morning. is the closest moscow got so far to actually get things that drive back to russia for a trial but so far it is as i've said unclear whether he will be extradited to all the comments we've heard from the local politicians and authorities say that this decision will not be politicized that poland will act in full accordance with its own law and international legislation and we of course are waiting to hear any developments on the story and the future fate of one of the most wanted man in russia. are for more insight on arguments are now joined by talk to

a cop in the sky from with the institute of world economy and international relations at russia's academy of sciences hello dr corporon sky so now wears a suit and seems to have stepped back now and has nothing to do with the militant ideology and terrorism why is he one of russia's most wanted. well in fact there are still problems that russia has with the north and caucuses there are still problems with chechnya and. ease legally blamed according to several articles of russian law looting war crime including terrorism and the fact that interpol also regards him as a. criminal just argues for the fact that russia has its grounds for for his extrinsic share no the united kingdom has stringent policies when it comes to the detention of international terrorists is it a bit bizarre to you as

a kind of has been given political asylum in the u.k. for the past few years when he's such a public enemy to russia. well he in fact all such cases has two sides one side is pure legal having to do with the crime the other side. more political and we just the example of music i have shows that. how it works sometimes of the legal things prevail sometimes of the political. it is interesting that today the polish newspapers commented all this story. visit to poland in such a way. that all the sides are satisfied rushy said this fired that her interests are taken into account poland is satisfied that it can demonstrate being. a loyal member of international society and just taking into account all the

international was was the cause i've had a fantastic p.r. for themselves are so poland's involved the russians involved the polish. and then they really how do you think this case will affect the relationship between warsaw and moscow. charging by the situation as it is now in fact i thought it would be so i do not think there would be a big impact of all this story on russian polish relations which are now on the rise. poland on the one had. demonstrated that each has its own policy and prime minister donald to articulate of this position but on the other hand they absolutely are more lie loyal now to russia also listening to russian to moscow and taking russia as it comes into an. interesting take on so i do not think there will be any worse any russian polish relations because of.

their now legal experts are saying that a refugee status is not a reason to release someone arrested on interpol's orders tell me what is the role of interpol then. i think that interpol. globalizing world with. you know where. unstable. international law is one of their opinions ations which really works maybe we do not know because by definition it is it's excessive it is our. they are not public. i think that they are doing a great job and those sometimes there are political aspects that prevail as i said but i think that india is in big need and it makes all the countries called

great not to. cooperate in. international relations russia's academy of sciences thank you. thank you. well there's more on many of the stories we're covering and all website that is our dot com and here's a quick look at what is waiting for you there right now set the space the crew for the next mission to be. find out who's going and what they'll be doing in orbit after the launch in october. and riding retro style the russian and ukrainian presidents get behind the wheels of soviet made cars in an international ground. it's nearly quarter past the hour here in the russian capital u.s.

is preparing for elections against a background of grim news this week about the country's poverty rate but on the campaign trail some part of you say it's not finance but family values that should be the priority christine has been following the so-called 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 know 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 to fight for freedom and freedom does not mean license to do whatever you want and these issues so important to the masses here a new lobbying group has been formed it's 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 evan names from an almighty god and then god him stirs upon the individual power and then the individual in turn each 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 out of the conservative movement have come from the tea party key

which stands for enough already but here are the voters values on that perhaps 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 back into. the morning in washington christine right now are. now let's check out some other news now making headlines around the world and pope benedict how spoken of his deep sorrow over the sexual abuse of children by priests is this being said on the third day of his tour he said the scandal had shame upon the catholic church and what's being seen as the strongest apology yet the comments were made at westminster cathedral where he was leading mass earlier in the day he met with prime minister david cameron. someone who is being poured into b.p.'s oil well in the gulf of mexico bringing it one step

closer to being sealed b.p. expects the well to be completely fixed by the end of the day the oil leak has been plugged since a temporary cap was placed on the well in mid july the explosion at the deepwater horizon rig in april killed eleven workers leading to one of the worst offshore oil spills in u.s. history. nancy japan protests have swept china they marked the anniversary of the japanese invasion of the country seventy nine years ago demonstrators in several cities also demanded the release of a chinese man arrested last week after his fishing boat collided with japanese coast guard vessels in disputed waters. while dangerous work is underway at the bottom of the baltic sea move at world war two munitions it is expected to take at least two years to dispose of thousands of mines and mortar shells piled up on a sunken german ship they're also going to touch over reports.

cold word but determined to do what is a man on a mission and that mission is to monitor the state of all german munitions. even with no she's got a visibility is low just a couple of metres their missiles every web somewhere in boxes in tightly packed together the boat could be from world war two it's wrecked some shells actually laying on the seabed but. one and a half kilometers of shore seventeen meters underwater and turned south on me sile still on board this german ship is just one of the many reminders a world war two in the baltics the russian emergences ministry list some was ninety underwater hotspots in this area alone but only a few have been checked several in little which you know personally these missiles are very dangerous there are none that have rusted away and become homeless on the contrary some of that we take out here in very good working condition when you. see some kinship is on the russian emergences minister to do list but with money tight

and bureaucracy alone 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 ts 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 stalin the initials to bury there the clock is ticking louder now yes time and seawater are against the residents of politics the area could be on by a sudden explosion unless the urgent measures are taken sound like a troll artsy. time now for the latest business news with you.

time for the business update a very warm welcome innovation partnership technology these are the key themes of the source 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 in the top speakers and issues from sochi which is also hosting the twenty fourteen winter olympics. business people say russia is a great place to invest but oddly putting their money where their mouth is correspondent nicholas poole asked business men why investment volumes don't always keep up but expectations. talking some of the delegates here you get the impression

that russia is one of the golden children of the world economy along with its bric kobolds brazil if you're in china speaking with the presidents of such heavyweights john deere and boeing they see tremendous growth potential here given the changes the be made in recent years ten years ago i could come up with a number of things that we want to see it through quite frankly we've seen a lot of improvement over the last ten years i think that the real issue for us is that we know we can count on the russian manufacturers to provide us what we need say ten years ago there is a lot of risky business here not today. for mr putin set the tone in his keynote address on improving the investment climate in russia expired at the virtues of russia saying it could through the crisis in some style but it also fertile ground for investors but there's one big problem in spite of the evidence in the studios of the money is not flowing brush it's. very interesting position between europe

and the issue of going to be the provide the from what he sees where you can market to continue to do this it could be very successful i think. and that's why i think you for your best this is. basically russia will be also. a key part of a book to push you all the delegates we've spoken to at least agree that this is not just a free jump it's more of a t.x. so this is a genuine opportunity to profit. the investment forum has already been a success with a number of business deals spain signed precious cross into our region has signed contracts with both russian and foreign investors valued at more than ten billion dollars o.j. case three metro cash and carry or else a bank or among those willing to participate in that wages development saga and is currently in talks with russia's call make a guy us and blessed to take a final decision on cooperating with the automotive engineering probe by the end of

this year. while the forum has focused on more than a zation in many spirits and that includes news of a traumatic turn around the fortunes of russia's car industry. we did preserve critical technologies in skilled labor during the crisis in now thanks to the fact that we have discussed and accepted the program of auto industry development up to twenty twenty we have a clear path to improve the range of cars soon we will see absolutely different cars on general platforms it will be integrated into world's best standards with new quality and features. the banking sector has been battling with enormous debts coming out of the financial crisis whether or not president off the association of regional banks or russia says the sector is seeing a recovery. there with the banking sector this year is on the whole developing world in july we saw a turning point in terms of profits which in the first eight months of this year

equaled twelve billion dollars whereas profit for the whole of last year was six point four billion which means we have doubled those profit results already this year however many banks are still suffering losses these losses are mainly due to a build up of large reserves in order to cover debt problems and unfortunately the share of debt is still high. and a quick look at how the russian markets were faring on friday the r.t.s. the my six were mixed at the close of trading market like in the black and my six finish down point nine percent shares of foreigners gold were down more than two percent after russia's biggest producer released its first top that profit from one hundred five million dollars that's down more than thirty percent from the same period of last year. and it was a quite a week for the markets but they still managed to trade slightly higher metropole senior analyst gave us his views. so this week we saw a combination of profit taking on the other hand which store investors continuing

to going into the market and investors starting to catch up to the new markets around the data 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 then. also but very slightly on one specific factors that affect in the russian market this week where there with the ruble which was quite significant and came somewhat unexpected i think it's a temporary situation and i think we're going to see a ruble strengthening and gaining taking back some of their losses. well that's it for now if you can get all the latest news coming from the international investment forum in sochi from a web site r t dot com slash business.