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a one update. one. one of russia's most wanted men terrorist suspect that commits a cry of awaits a court decision on his extradition from poland. and deadly secrets down below our two looks at the efforts to rid the baltic sea of world war two munitions which still pose a danger. it's nine pm in moscow and this is r t coming to you live with me nice and now way first up polls have closed in afghanistan's parliamentary elections after a day marred by reports of voting irregularities and deadly militant attacks across

the country with the u.s. troops pledging to pull out of afghanistan by next summer many fear of the election show the country is far from stable and still plagued by corruption argues paul the slayer is in the afghan capital. by and large this was certainly not a successful day for afghan democracy there was an extremely ill 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 tally been tabled at the end of october but these certainly will 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 rural communities where the taliban has strong control we've also heard some of the electoral complaints commission and it says that what the course of the day

it was seemed to numerous reports on irregularities some of the complaints were by people saying that they saw election officials accepting bribes some of the reports were about fake those who cards and also reports are 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 the afghan parliament is meant to be installed early next year but it is reports of a vote rigging in the coming weeks materializing in fact become larger and 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 listened to see asked about the political process one of the main reasons for such a low turnout today 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. stemmed the violence throughout the course of the day this will soon is being touted by many on this as a missed opportunity by kamikaze and his sponsors to actually win support from the afghan people and also to win support for the political process here in afghanistan and all his troops mean to leave this country by july of next year they said they will only do so if there is a security system in place that can ensure political stability and security would suit me based on what we saw today this does not seem to be the case. and afghanistan can only avoid becoming a failed state if it learns from past mistakes that the view of. an afghan opposition leader who is hamid karzai is main challenger in the two thousand and

nine presidential election. as i had predicted before the presidential elections last year but that if if the same situation frontin you the situation can only to tell you that this is exactly what we are witness to in terms of governance issues of corruption rule of law and justice and security and as a whole so this is the these sort of sliding down all the the downward trend to lead to an absolute failure i list a list we look into the mistakes of the past we draw lessons from the mistakes of the past and we give the people of afghanistan back their sense of direction so this is stage the afghan leadership the administration led by mr karzai it in itself is a misled leadership and then as last sense of direction of the failures of the national government cannot be substituted with more troops from outside resources

from outside more energy and more support from outside this is a situation that afghans are to start with and the international community is also stuck with. if afghanistan does fail to become a stable nation it will have serious consequences for other countries in the region that's according to matthew hoare hole rather head of the afghan study group i think it's in. every other nation's interest to see a negotiated settlement afghanistan it's been a proxy war or. a real war in one way or another for the last thirty thirty five years in afghanistan and it has improved nobody's economy as a proof nobody's way of life. i think for nations like the central asian states for russia for china to have issues with their own ethnic minorities or muslim minorities i think it's important for what's happening in afghanistan not to spread

across boundaries. here with our live from moscow still to come this hour for you calls for a change in priorities in the last politics. but in an all time high in poverty of more than fifteen years these big names they're one of the leaders say what america needs to ban gay marriage to bring god how can. we hit the campaign trail for the u.s. midterm elections and discover what values some think are the most important in our economic times. also in the program find out what dangers lurking in the ball in the depths rather of the baltic sea that's coming up in just a few minutes. but all this court is due to decide whether to extradite one of russia's most wanted terror suspects commits a kind of was detained in warsaw on friday and later released russia is demanding his extradition in connection with atrocities in the north caucasus alexis is in

the polish capital. 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 legislation 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 physic used 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. 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 attempts 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 our heads like i have one of the most wanted man in russia for well sergei's from commer sun newspaper told us why he thinks poland won't extradite to russia. i think that despite current approach men draw from poles for relations and despite russell strong pledge pledges to extradite him i don't think that we expect him to come back to russia i personally would be very surprised if he's extradited for simple reason that still this is

a very politically charged issue and as you understand poorly shouldn't the room elite they also have the only mitigations they have all on domestic agenda and they can go to fry and so i see at this as a sort of get them out of game you seize all the north i think you would not go to russia they were conflicting reports some said that he was not informed that he might be arrested but i think the reason is that he simply understood that polish authorities had no guts just to arrest him and percent him to russia and in fact it was proved yes the do and polish prime minister said that russia should not go to fly in its expectations definitely i think this is. a moment of truth for our relations at a moment just to see how mature this relations are of course what he's facing this those are very serious accusations but definitely he would be intitled the best lawyers and the case would be fully transparent and it would come under close

scrutiny of international community of international human rights activists so i don't understand why such a big fuss over this why he can go to russia can be extradited. well it's more on many of the stories we're covering plus more for you on our website our team dot com let's take a quick look at what else you can find online right now set for space the crew for the next mission to the i s that's has been confirmed find out who's go away 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 rally. the u.s. is preparing for midterm elections against

a background of grim news this week about the contras poverty rate but on the campaign trail some parties say it's not finance but family values that should be the priority christine for south 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 that 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 the stimulus has helped . that's a bit like saying that squirting water from a garden hose helps put the forest fire up 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 help yourself on the you know very. first one organization says marriage in america is under attack but 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 we have to fight 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 class 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 evidence from an almighty god and then god. confers upon the individual power and then the individual in turn confirms up portion of their power on the government reserving all the remainder of the power to themselves for the last two years the most outspoken voices in the conservative movement have come from the tea party key

which stands for tax enough already well here at the voter values summit 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 to. the boarding i want to see in right now our team. paradise lost in fifteen minutes time r t brings you the story of the caribbean island obviate case used and abused by the u.s. navy. each day center. were not for the military presence which occupies almost to search beyond instruments and overshadows the people whose everyday life. where the all the sounds so people could use their life they would. give his

words every stroke. keep. their work is underway at the bottom of the baltic sea to remove world war two new nish owns is expected to take at least two years to dispose of thousands of mines and mortar shells piled up on the sunken german ship there are some of the house more. called word but determined to do or does a man on a mission and that mission is to monitor the state of all german munitions through him with merchant got the visibilities load 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 but. one and a half kilometers of shore seventeen meters underwater and turned suddenly 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 a little bit with you know both of these missiles are very dangerous there are none that have rusted away and become homeless on the contrary some that we take out are in very good working condition. they 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 fulfill their deadly role boats have been known to return to port with all torpedoes and then 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 had 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 some of the new nations to bear it there the clock is ticking louder now as time and seawater are against the residents of policies the whole area could be of help by a sudden explosion unless that urgent measures are taken sound like a troll arts. let's take a look now at some other stories dominating world news this time of day thousands roundly demanded against pope benedict's visit to the u.k. they slammed the church over the sexual abuse of children by priests and other issues the pontiff meanwhile met with five victims of clerical abuse earlier in the day he expressed his deep sorrow over the scandal saying it had heaps of shame upon the catholic church it's been seen as the strongest apology to. b.p. is waiting for just one more pressure task before its ruptured well in the gulf of mexico can finally be declared sealed for good cement is been poured into the wow

well head after relief reached on friday the oil leak has been plugged by a temporary cap since mid july the explosion at the deepwater horizon rig in april killed eleven workers leading to the worst offshore oil spill in u.s. history. and to japan protests have swept china off 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. now in just over an hour here in r t you can join martin andrews and hell show you how to enjoy far east cuisine in the russian capital with this weekend's entertainment guide. prospect to see the explosion of. restaurants started by for example crazy churchill remarks about. the subject of simplicity in. this week's what's

going. to be the and you can join martin that ten thirty pm moscow on time up next it's the business news with you after a short break. hungry for the full story we've gone to. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers on. every

month we give you the future the best in science and technology from across russia and around the world. join us our technology update on our jeep. with. this data data generated from an electrical grid honest the data you can do to do it in california. hundreds of energy sources helpers in black and. that's going to support a. time for the business update a very warm welcome in the vacation partnership technology 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 all the 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 all the putting their money where their mouth is correspondent nicholas bull asked businessmen 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 cohorts brazil if you are in china speaking with the presence of such heavyweights john deere and boeing they see tremendous growth potential here given the changes to be made in recent years ten years ago i picked up a number of things that we want to see improved by frankly we've seen a lot of improve the last ten years i think that the real issue for us is that we know we can't get the russian manufacturers to provide us what we need to see ten

years ago there is a lot of risky business or not today. on mr putin said the turn 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 and through the eyes of the money is not flowing brush. very steep position between europe and nature. to the private what he sees where you can market to continue to. be very successful i think. and that's why i think you for your best to be. basing the russian you'll. see. a key part of a blow to push you with the goods well we've spoke to at least agree that this is not just a free jump it's more of a ts so this is

a genuine opportunity to profit. the investment forum has already been a success with a number of business deals been signed precious cross into our region has signed contracts with both russian and foreign investors valued at more than ten billion dollars over three match kerry coral sea bank were among those willing to participate in that wages development saga and is currently in talks with russia's call make a guy us and less to take a final decision on corp with it too much of ensuring quote by the end of this year . well the forum has focused on modernization 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 our 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 available to us. 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. 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

finished down point nine percent shares are fallen as gold went down more than two percent after precious because producer released its first top that profits of 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 i see metropole senior analyst gave us his view. 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 a 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 moved up also but very slightly among specific factors.