the arctic is seen by the media kind of just want to titian's as the burning issue in moscow as experts brainstorm ways to explore and extract regions which is. heading in the right direction pushing for team work on the sidelines of the un assembly. nato says the alliance and russia need each other and should work on missile defense jointly iran is urged by the international community to resume talks we'll bring you all the latest updates from new york ahead in the program. you don't want people. to drive you know iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad's arrival in new york is marred by protests but while some are pulling out all the stops to portray him as the enemy others are questioning the costs of the campaign

. twenty four hours a day watching r.t. good to have you with us today well straight to our top story now hundreds of politicians and scientists from across the globe are putting their minds together to decide the future of the resource rich north pole they've gathered that the international arctic for me which is continuing into its second day of debate. another caper is there with the latest. under those ice caps la is the world's largest untapped energy reserves and back in two thousand and seven russian expedition descendant down to the lawman also of ridge putting a russian flag there and claiming that right to develop those natural resources but of course after that the other five countries over the arctic also decided they

wanted to get their hands on those resources so this forum is a platform for peaceful negotiations on who gets to develop those resources and for more here's this report by mike or nick you can see it in that. fifty billion tons of oil one thousand trillion cubic feet of gas that's enough to supply the entire world for more than a few years and it's just an estimate of what's hidden in the arctic sea bed the underwater riches of the north pole are a temptation for the five arctic states russia the us canada norway and denmark but how does one determine who gets the bigger slice of the pie so we're going to work today we really need a national geography or a geography that would help us national interests. well the territorial dispute tottered on the brink of conflict for years but lately the need to fight it out seem to fade away in the arctic states the coastal states and take particular of also talked about their stewardship responsibility the stewardship is in the

interest of all mankind so at the same time there are expressions of national interest there are expressions of common interest and so really the balance is one of of achieving national interests and common interests not just for the card states themselves but for the world as a whole the north pole glitters with possibilities and it's not just the arctic states that feel the pull of their region i was in the arctic in june and i was in the fiber of the two thousand and six and the north pole and then also last year we all met with the arctic of the arctic region but represents a very important part of the world in a very fragile. environment and a fragile eco system that we need to protect the strategic interests in the arctic is global once this northernmost part of the world is better explored there are only a few minor points where there are disputes most of this is undisputed sovereign

territory there's a number of companies and i think in europe and i fronts in the german iraq you know i think kingdom and china and all those who are also very it's now in the arctic ocean some recourse of the shipping not because of the resources because of the potential for making a shorter route from asia through you're digging up the arctic is like walking on thin ice and the chance to tread lightly and work out existing differences is welcome. this is as close as most people will ever come to the arctic but its unique nature and vast natural resources are more than enough to entice one and all those attending the forum hope the enticement will help bridge differences keeping everybody on the same pole. catherine as our r.t. moscow arctic is the region badly affected by the global warming slowly flooding the five countries of the of course it is also

a major concern for all the participants of this forum as well as the endangered species that live there and wildlife representatives so it's not just about gas well when russia first descended to the roman also a very good ship putting its flag there it's proved that it's the ridge was a continuation of russia's mainland but the u.n. commission has said that russia needs to present more proof that in order to get the right to develop the natural resources that lie there in recently cad of the claims that the reach was in fact start over its country so no decision no agreement has been reached on that yet but recently russia and norway has divided the boarders over the barren sea showing with their example how these kinds of disputes should be solved so this this forum is a platform for peaceful negotiations and it will agree that there should be no militarisation over who gets to develop their arctic shelf. of course we'll be bringing you more live and exclusive coverage of the international forum in moscow

throughout the day here in o.t. . but on the way deemed psychotic and dangerous find out how a member of the band the russian nationalists party managed to break out of a psychiatric ward and leave the country without getting caught. the biggest political form in the world is continuing in new york tackling the globe's most pressing problems such as poverty and hunger as we'll see in a couple of minutes since the vilified world leaders such as the iranian president who's stealing the headlines from nato and russia are gathering has become a place where they can try to see eye to what i see the reports. one of the most important events of the day has been the russian nato council meeting where sides agreed that it's important to continue to cooperate and spheres like fighting drug trafficking in afghanistan security in europe and of course missile defense this is a very important moment because in the last couple of days nato secretary general has been saying that it's important for russia and nato to try to find

a way to work in missile defense together to try to come up with a joint project the relationship between nato and russia has gone through some rough patches ever since the georgian the setting in conflict back in the year two thousand and eight and of course the possibility and needles eastward expansion but the secretary general of nato gave a press conference where he said that it's very important for russia and nato to continue building a stronger and warmer and more trusting relationship let's take a listen to what he had to say. the joint review of the twenty first century common security challenges. call peroration on afghanistan. more practical cooperation in triton terrorism all piracy hopefully from my point of view a star controllers corporation jerry tauriel defense today corporation with russia in addressing the challenge is no longer just an opportunity to build

a better relationship with russia it has become a necessity if we want to be effective in preserving our common security now another important meeting that took place today was the five permanent members of the security council plus germany meeting to discuss the latest situation the developing situation with iran basically the five permanent members plus germany got together to assess whether or not the existing sanctions have been working and impacting iran's actions now the main idea that came out of the five plus one meeting was that the group wants iran to resume talks that the possibility of the go. as welcomed and wanted and it's interesting that it has hinted that basically it is open to discussions however we have to remember that iran and iran's president mahmoud ahmadinejad has really been playing a lot of mind games lately among other things that he has said is that iran is

going to launch a war against the united states if the united states tackles iran's you rhenium facilities are other things that the mahmoud ahmadinejad has said that iran is open for dialogue and then he was saying that this format of five plus one is not exactly the best way for iran to cooperate so really no details worked out yet but it today's meeting the five plus one try to come up with the next steps that they would take if iran sits down for negotiations. but i was discussion over iran's nuclear program takes the floor at a u.n. meeting in new york the media blitz against it has been launched monday night and the main target of the pricey i campaign is president ahmadinejad's so t's important. i don't know just. call it a september tradition the president of iran visits the big apple. angry protesters school on his arrival i am going to do so because this. is the biggest

area. and only. time people were there wasn't represented on people it must be honest to drive know right now if you bill you need don't show up in this that is. or you'll be there or be dos mahmoud ahmadinejad may be the most hated guest at the hilton. but the world leader americans love to vilify is also the most visible face in manhattan courtesy of this organization united against nuclear iran a number of people don't understand the extent to which you can agree just violator of human rights his they don't understand seriously the dangers of a nuclear armed iran and the purpose of this ad campaign is to raise awareness of the specifics and we can only encourage people to take action again today new yorkers are surrounded by endless images of him sprinkled along second avenue posted along third pasted on phone booths and hovering over

a million people here in times square mahmoud ahmadinejad has now become part of the media in that united states the billboard says he's not welcome here yet he seems to be featured in more than two hundred ads posted throughout the city america's favorite down side by side with its favorite nemesis and he can go everywhere sort of like the enemy but not the enemy you know but yet we're honoring him by plastering this face up there an ad blitz highlighting the worst accusations against iran's leader has some questioning the messenger more than the message this is the kind of. dumbing down of our collective consciousness in this country is just going to keep getting us in trouble but we need to be educated about what the issues are. and the only way we're going to solve this issue with iran is if we look at the entire middle east and in demilitarizing the whole zone but we get missing from misinforms most people misinform about what. do you think there is

nobody knows when you were. not so telling the cost of the anti ahmed didn't campaign how much. you know we don't disclose our numbers for obvious purposes ad sales experts tell r t that united against nuclear iran spent an estimated three hundred thousand dollars that money be better off spent on home a speedboat forty thousand of whom remain out in the dark of new york city while the spotlight shines solely on one man. party new york. well so they had few in the program as the euro gets a kick out the road from a stone you want it all to finds out the baltic states he's ready for change. a former russian martial arts fighter with a history of violence and extremism has turned up in norway or to simply walking out of a psychiatric ward last month which is sick was also a prominent member of

a band the national party is seeking political asylum sarah ferguson following the story. and. he could no longer hide not long after his escape from the psychiatric facility in st petersburg which is sick has emerged in norway where he handled himself a bit was artie's asking them to grant him political asylum and that i think you've been. fighting with them there were a. day as well as highs of the last this part of the slavic. grabbing. wearing a t. shirt with a swastika and carrying a loaded gun he turns himself and he makes a right equinox calling for the ugly to die and praising his slavic god for a party members have openly supported him. when he called me several hours before that video was made and said he was going to turn himself in i replied that it was

up to him he thanked me for supporting him murder threats assault and robbery and an alleged psychotic breakdown placed in high security psychiatric can but after a transfer to a low security facility he made light work of escaping ripping up a wire fence of his hands he simply walked away the doctors a dissing him too intimidated to intervene serious questions have been raised as to how exactly a psychiatric patient managed to escape and make it out of russia without being caught but there is a little funny they tell us that he's totally insane and all he does a scream and in reply to any question however he managed to cross to borders and he brought his weapon along i know one member of the slav again who originally came from a stone he asked for political asylum and was granted a residence visa i'm not sure what will happen with that sick but anything is possible. now under arrest in norway the former fight his fate hangs on whether

he'll be extradited back to russia to political asylum surf. see. well later on r t we discuss the impact of is the most extremists on world peace and stability with the former head of the libyan islamic fighting group a man but not when who once worked alongside of some of bin laden says violence has never brought any benefit to the middle east. it's a portal thirty or the outcomes of the jihad movement it's a very that means we need to change that that is it that is the end of the period so i think now the main solution is all the islamic groups they should give up their armed struggle and give it back to the governments what they would we like them or not it's not love and hate it's politics.

and you can find out what else the ex fighter had to say about is the most extremism and this former colleague of some of bin laden next hour here not. still here is gearing up to become the first country from the former soviet union to adopt the euro is being hailed by the country's politicians as an historic moment but with the single european currency on shaky ground many a stallion sphere that join the club it could lead to financial uncertainty tom barton has more. the day at the market and experience you live fares will become considerably more expensive and the impending arrival of the single currency which now as a regular housewife i'm against the dutch and of the euro because with that adoption prices for basic groceries such as sugar potatoes and carrots who will go up on january the first estonia will become the seventeenth country to join the euro area it's taken years of economic reform and government spending cuts to get here we need to keep inflation low but this means also we need to keep our salaries

low annoying we cannot have. high growth we need and that's why. my understanding that timing of joining gehrels own is not a court but an exhibition to mark the euro countdown politicians and economists came together to convince the estonian public of the currencies virtues get out. as late as the spring of two thousand and nine europe was skeptical of a dystonia joining the euro zone but the attitude changed within half a year and people started to see a store near as a prospect maybe even a good example for the eurozone. however such tough measures are because as tony adjoined other baltic states in over leverage in their economies sacrificing long term stability for short term growth after latvia estonia became the second most severely affected e.u. member state in terms of output decline the severity of the said just moment

revealed that the period of rapid output growth was to some extent also a period of imbalance growth and economic overheating despite a painful struggle to get it here this genyen government has brought the euro to its people's doorstep. first and we're more than other countries the crown represents something uniquely cherished by its people because of a short eighteen year. history independence both political and economic but i would like to start by expressing my appreciation for this story in chrome we should be proud of our country and their nation many estonians feel this mr alger but many also say they can accept its disappearance if the loss of control over their country's financial instruments really worries them the good of the new europe when we get the euro me hostage of this debility or instability of the whole you are system. meaning that paying for those groceries in a stone year could become

a whole lot harder tom bottom party. the vice president has been wounded in a grenade attack on his house over fishel say he wasn't seriously injured country's leader of the game but said the attack was aimed at destabilizing the republic up has here is a small nation located on the eastern shore of the black sea in the early ninety's after the collapse of the soviet union it fought a war for its independence with georgia but after the georgian asserting conflict in two thousand eight hundred independence was recognized by russia and several other countries were to continue to consider part of its territory. without it so i think a look at some other stories making headlines around the world the un probe has concluded that israel's raid of a gaza bound aid for the crew in may broke international law you guys ocean said the violence which left nine activists the world was disproportionate and israel insists the soldiers were acting in self-defense the attack happened after israeli

commandos ordered the concrete try to breach being paid. five militants have been killed and another five captured an operation by special forces in eastern turkey started this past monday large scale raid against an employment agency following an attack on a military convoy last week twenty five a day authorities are hunting for for the opposite. for the world who's been lost mongolia tell me about the. italian police have seized seven tons of a powerful military grade explosive which was hidden on board a container ship docked in the south of the country customs officers believe the cargo had been heading from iran to syria police are now examining the ship's log to confirm its planned route and final destination the type of explosive found has been using several attacks blamed on the talent in previous years.

and in spain's catalonia region very same the americans and only a few months ago bound to forty nine but to those other traditions also seen by many as crew two ghouls it involves attaching flaming torches to the animals homes and taunting it region in the first part of the spring to ban the centuries old tradition of bullfighting a law which comes into effect in two thousand and twelve many have criticised the apparent contradiction of wednesday's vote. stephanie will bring us the business update in just a few minutes hungry for the full story we've got it for. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. hello

and welcome to the business bulletin two new car plants operated by foreign companies have opened petersburg experts say they're here and a lack of factories will have a significant impact on the development of the country's automobile industry prime minister vladimir putin officially opened both enterprises and promised to continue supporting foreign investors that's why we have reports from some petersburg. it took russia a lot of effort and money to steer the car industry out of the crisis and though it's too early to reap all the benefits some progress can already be seen as sales of locally made cars are back to growth and global brands expand their presence the russian government is seeking to develop the domestic manufacturing base by

ensuring local production of car components but. we will create more trying to investment terms in russia to make it profitable for foreign companies to work here we will also make sure that production will be of the necessary quality and volume to cover the demands of the internal russian market and provide good terms for export abroad. st petersburg with its automotive cluster is seen as setting an example of how russia goes about further industrial development prime minister vladimir putin has opened the facilities of two more residents of this techno paulk the huge die plant which will be its first full cycle cup production enterprise in russia and magna auto parts factory intended to be a major supplier a car utility plant built by the canadian company will have an annual production capacity equivalent to one hundred million dollars the canadian auto components produce a sun supply agreements with him to

a general motors that already working in st petersburg area even before its own blog has been officially opened with magnus enterprise the idea to localize full cycle call production in russia will finally become a reality. magnus crow chief executive officer believes russia should continue creating incentives for investors and says he's company is keen to open more plants and car companies having to somebody plants here will be new to grow which means the auto parts industry needs to grow so whether we have ten plants here in ten years or thirty plants here really depends on what we're being asked to do by our customers and how competitive we are but it is history for key growth. areas strategy for for magna to grow our business in russia as much as sixty percent of policy russian cut production could be made locally within the next six years the government believes the increased localization along with more full cycle call factories will provide russia's auto industry with

a much needed shot in the arm at business. staying with the car industry says of luxury models in russia booming one of the main beneficiaries has been a rolls royce as the company's c.e.o. explains to business r.t. . russia is for us one of the most important global luxury car markets in the world or we have tripled our sales compared to last year's up to now this year we should see this year increase of twenty percent at least for the luxury car market segment of course china is currently bigger than the russian market the growth potential in a way of how fast markets are developing you can see that moralist of the same level in china as you see that in russia but of course on a different level of the figures. russian stock markets will start trading next hour here in moscow they finished in the red on what will stay energy majors gazprom andros left with the main losers shedding more than one percent on the

r.t.s. liquid part of the downward trend there and finished almost three and a half percent higher. the world bank's private sector lending arm international finance corporation is to buy a fifteen percent stake in that key to financial for one hundred million dollars ahead of its i.p.o. at creech it's merging it's come national and investment banks into a single london for potential i.p.o. in early two thousand and twelve the brokerage plans to raise three hundred seventy five million dollars to fund expansion and acquisitions i f c already exit quarter of one of creatures major shareholders a patrol i have seen has invested two point four billion dollars in russia its second biggest investment worldwide providing financing for banks health care agriculture telecommunications and money fracturing. russia's economy shrank by point four percent in august compared to the previous month off the seasonal factors were taken into account such as the record drought agriculture accounted

for about sixty percent of the decline transport also showed low dynamics according to a report by the economic ministry on an annualized basis gross domestic product grew two point four percent in august. russia is now ranked number. five amongst the world's largest producers this report by the world still organization the country produced five point six million metric tons of steel last month falling one place behind india china japan and the u.s. make up the top three during the financial crisis last year russia over took the u.s. is the world's number three producer however it hasn't been able to recover as quickly as its competitors. and that's the business news for now but i'll be back with more for you in about an hour's time and of course you can always find most stories on our web site that's r t dot com slash business.

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