thing at our expense if i may say so. but it's shamelessly low prices and high turnover areas like this one in beijing manisha transformed themselves from shantytowns into glitzy shopping quarters also helping china to surprise germany as russia's largest trading partner last year. and ceremony commensurate with the trade volumes meeting for the fifth time this year presidents of russia and china both trust mr t.g. components of their alliance. russia and china are committed to strategic partnership concerning all issues it helps our countries to adjust to a constantly changing geopolitical situation we have good coordination concerning the international agenda and regional issues. only in the joints of diplomatic corps reality our russian hydrocarbons about four hundred thousand barrels of russian crude crosses the border each day when these pipeline the first between the

two neighbors reaches its full capacity next year the amount will triple along russia among other things to diversify its supply markets away from western europe . you have these alliances not without reservations over the recent years russia scaled back its weapon sales to china due to concerns that beijing may copy the designs and later on in other foreign military markets trying to buy some of for example forward group want and then produce those equipment that's by itself so of course it's also reduces the boredom of military trade between russia and china but there's also something that russia would like to borrow from china back in the fifty's the soviet union spared no means to industrialize its communist neighbor but now it seems the tables have turned the russian officials now preoccupied with an idea of modernization with very much like to copy china's the. cannot make

miracle. to order in the recent decades china made a breakthrough in high technology and called duration in these field is mutually beneficial for all countries nowadays we both have some i.d.'s and experience to share with each other so we have a great respect is in the high tech little notes but two thirds of the cabinet traveling with the president russian delegation in china proved among the largest in recent years and they all did their homework for the course of this visit russian officials took a particular liking to side in confucius and china scholar how among other things had by peaceful the worst again developing friendship with somebody who can a teacher any good well china is definitely not the case this country has made such a dramatic leap forward that even a former communist big brother russia is more than willing to learn from it some of boycott are facing china. meantime daughter you call them over from the

moscow state university of international relations says while russia is concerned about its energy suppliers to europe winning the chinese market will not be quite as easy either. russia is concerned with the situation in europe whether this situations in this two regions are quite different now the situation is in europe is quite settled and we are not witnessing any off gas or oil wars this direction right now however with the channel we see some controversial issues yes we did agree about all supplies and we did agree about gas supplies but we should remember quite well the china is also the versifying suppliers not only russia is there are supplying its supplies and we know that china is building a very good relations with central asian states with australia with salva stations

there are plans to supply gas to china as well but there are no agreement on the exact prices for at the moment american or china expert. says unprecedented freedoms is allowing the far eastern giant to thrive you can watch the full interview with him and political observer. next hour here on our t.v. but for now it's a priest preview. there is social and personal freedom in china there is never been before in the history of china that freedom has allowed the people to contribute to the whole and to create. an ever greater and more prosperous society so every level whatever they're doing with more excitement more. of course physically. the appearance of a child just gone to the most modern country in the world.

live from moscow this is r.t. and jewish activists aboard a boat sailing towards the gaza blockade say they expect israel to intercept them the campaigners say their objective is to show that not all jews support their government's policy towards the palestinians the attempt to deliver humanitarian aid comes almost four months after an israeli raid on another flotilla ended in nine activists being killed an incident was condemned worldwide and the attack was labeled a brutal and disproportionate attack by jewish state still claims the incident was self-defense and considers the turkish charity group which would let the flotilla as terrorists linked to hamas. investigates. the pictures that catapulted a relatively little known him go on to the world stage in the world in which we live today where sympathizers all sympathize and are also being called terrorists

it's no wonder that. is being accused in this way the turkish charity first popped up on the cia's radar four years ago it's been banned in israel in germany he states strongly linked with hamas in gaza the last thing is my illness would call himself is a terrorist he's a father of three and says he boarded the ship for gaza for his. three daughters always in the guise of the children should have a right to live freely we want this so why join that organization if another event of this kind was organized i would go again sit up in the early ninety's to help bosnian muslims the i h h or humanitarian relief foundation has offices in one hundred twenty countries where are. the people. we will go and show or solidarity for these people and it's shown solidarity in pakistan ethiopia lebanon indonesia iraq china as well as with the palestinians we help we'll

hospitals schools we have impressed we have apostles for the peoples calloused in your writer had a commie says israel is trying to portray the group as a terrorist one in order to try and justify the deadly fratello grade in the media that after most of world condemnation of what israel had done in these really is. mounted a defense which was you know we quite clever but with but not based on any on any facts it's now for the investigators to decide tricky israel and the united nations each with the only inquiry policia r.t. . a recent un report came to the conclusion that israel's military broke international laws are to you talk to u.n. watch group that is part of the american jewish lobby that monitors the activities of the united nations its executive director believes the ongoing investigation is

nothing more than another attack on israel. the human rights council held an emergency session only a day or two after the flotilla incident happened they declared israel guilty of quote an outrageous attack so the outcome was entirely pre-determined and this is not something that's exceptional in fact mary robinson who was the un rights chief said that the human rights council has a pattern of acting politically and not for human rights let's remember who the membership is saudi arabia china colonel qadhafi of libya is now a member of the human rights council this is not a body that cares about human rights this is a body that is political that is in gauged in a constant campaign to digitalize israel and human rights is the last thing on the minds of members like saudi arabia cuba and saudi and libya the human rights council as kofi annan said is selective politicized and casts a shadow upon the reputation of the un as

a whole will be outcry over the flotilla did lead to an easing of the gaza blockade although some restrictions are still in place. from the united nations relief agency easing the blockade doesn't mean easing the humanitarian crisis. i don't think that easing the blockade have great influence on the humanitarian situation or the circumstances of the people here in the gaza strip we need jobs in gaza we not only we need just ignore the trucks that follow normal the gods or or visit the girls or something like that we need building materials to get into gaza because we have tens of thousands of homeless people in the gaza strip a great project for the u.n. system and the private sector is completely paralyzed and we have more than forty thousand factories have been destroyed during the war and because the percent of

the population is still depending in you and humanitarian aid organizations it is an unbearable situation here in gaza. other news and file sharers in russia trying their luck in politics in an attempt to legalize the free use of copyrighted products it comes as lawmakers actually attempt to strengthen the existing laws against pirates are to use it you go to prison off looks at the winners and losers in any crackdown on russia's pirate infested music industry. has been in show business since the late nineteen eighties back then giving away demo tapes was the best way to gain fans if you two decades his formula seems to be making a comeback. except now to spread the word. music on the web for free so people p. to see him in concert. you see the album is already uploaded and downloaded a hundred times before i even publish date i know there's no point in fighting it

some going to use it instead. according to some estimates piracy leads to over ten billion dollars in losses globally every year. anything can be found on the internet many musicians are forced to hold more concerts while just a few years ago they were merely the sec. source of income the. record companies are accusing pirates of stealing their money but there are those who want to draw a fat line between selling counterfeit c.d.'s or d.v.d.'s and sharing files on the internet. the noncommercial exchange of information be free. by the lawsuit is the leader of the pirates of russia party. the internet is everywhere i just need to click a button a couple of times and download a movie or some new album i want to listen to the old distribution model is pointless an outdated. algorithm the party wants to see new laws in russia legalizing all nonprofit file sharing on the web formed in july in two thousand and

nine it's also one of the founders of the pirates parties international a movement which unites so-called pirates from around fifty countries we need to really take a chance again to take a stand and also tradition and taking back the freedom that once belonged to us to rephrase somebody's last name that is. taken that one hundred years for the pirates unite some websites accused of facilitating illegal file sharing in the global anti copyright movement have millions of registered users and last year two members of sweden's pirates party even managed to get two seats in the european parliament. these people are naive and lost with poor norge of economics and history a free economy cannot exist criticism supported by some diabetes of the stadium or who see by meeting the planets of russia party official its organizers could get more than they bargained for the establishment of the pirate party while lot

liberate the people from the criminal liability for a while later the law the parents of russia are seeing the current laws are outdated and unfair and clean that they will be back to buy most of the internet users in the country and that is around forty percent of the electorate piracy surely is a controversial subject but let's face it it's now grown into an international phenomenon that some official pirates even getting into european politics but before the pirates of russia can even dream of getting into the state duma they'll need at least forty five thousand members just to register and the question is even if they do have the right amount of supporters are they ready to come out and name themselves you've got this kind of r t moscow. and is now a quarter past the hour here in moscow this is r.t. venezuela's ruling party backed by president chavez has won the country's general

election but early results show it's missed out on the two thirds needed for an alpha white majority now the opposition could block bills before by the ruling party opposition leaders also claim bay won the popular vote which would be a major blow for the country's president the elections are seen as a popularity test for chavez ahead of the two thousand and twelve presidential elections. office has been following events in caracas. the rumors start to flare on the eve of the election allegations that voting machines were out of order began to circulate on the opposition side. but here at a station that is predominately pro opposition there were no complaints did you. having trouble voting just now no no program no nothing no problem i'm very surprised what has been drilled into their heads is that the opposition will win close to fifty fifty. six.

members. in the house you know the congress and maybe sixty seventy towards the inner city however the crowds display more support for the government. what the opposition claim all along is that media messages they hold a majority on the contrary throughout the boats eleven years the revolutionary process us one reelection and these two is going to be a victory for us. my point station you can hear people saying vote up to the left read the government's party this school is not only one of the most historic landmarks in the city it's also one of the largest voting districts and the opinions here for the most part are split fifty fifty at this polling station there were also no problems with voting some were even helping people with how and who to vote for began on the streets of caracas it's almost impossible to avoid election time to get busy the venezuelan people know this election in many ways is an illogical dispute one deeply rooted in the history of latin america and this is

more than on the although tical war it's a war of interests and power the power that the right has always had over latin america more than any of you logical war it's about the right of the people in about the america to make our own decisions decisions that will eventually reflect after this election is finally over r t caracas venezuela also fully back on earth and seemingly unfazed by the technical glitch that threatened their return but i also screw members have been talking about their experience in orbit their minds were unsurprisingly fixated on the things they missed most while in space. you know. i love spicy food i make real hot chili sauce myself i missed it badly i finished off all the spicy kitchen up stuck on the ice this and shocked everyone by making eating with subway sandwiches now as my fuel is good as a rocket. the thing you miss there most of all is the earth itself i missed smiles

i missed trees i even dreamt of them i even hallucinated i thought i smelled a real fire and something being bbq donate i ended up putting pictures of trees on the walls to cheer myself up he do miss the earth there. now the crews first to undock from international space station failed because of a technical malfunction as a result two russian cosmonauts and an american astronauts return home was postponed by a day a problem was quickly fixed in three crewmembers landed safely in custody after their six month mission circling the planet. and out of some other headlines from around the world and u.s. marines along with the afghan national army were involved in a firefight operation with taliban rebels in the town of marjah the soldiers were forced to take covers they came under fire from at least three locations they responded with

a barrage of rockets and machine guns the attack comes during the largest military operation designed to drive the taliban out of the southern taliban heartland kandahar known as operation dragon strike. the united states and south korea have launched a joint at the submarine military drill calling it a message of deterrence to north korea the five day maneuvers followed accusations that the north was responsible for the sinking of a south korean warship in march which killed forty six sailors john yang denies any involvement and views the joint exercise as a military provocation. a passenger bus has overturned in southeastern turkey killing three people and injuring fifty the bus was on route from iran to syria local police are still investigating the cause of the accident a world health organization report on road safety put turkey among the world's most dangerous countries to driving. and coming up next it's the business news with

stephanie after just a short break. this is more a region is economically and socially one of russia's better developed provinces the region has a significant scientific and industrial capacity that will realize its full potential after the construction of the. park and tell ya he has completed the i.g. parco has r. and d. projects in the spheres of automotive construction aerospace and oil chemistry high tech data center furbished with cutting edge servers and communication equipment will be constructed at the core of the park the project has been personally approved by prime minister vladimir putin the federal government is planning to allocate sizable funding for the parks construction investors will be given benefits such as property tax exemption low land rental prices and other preferences this is more regional government is open to mutually beneficial cooperation we invite investors to participate in existing projects and we are

ready to give a hand of fulfilling your projects and growing your business in the small region. hello and welcome to the business bulletin russia's largest bank says it has billions of dollars to spend on much as acquisitions the bank wants to become a bigger global player and is looking to expand in asia eastern europe and c.i.s. countries c.e.o. home graham says while has lots of money the problem is finding quality assets to spend it on. like acquired by the russian people yes five and it's currently examining a takeover as it stands today. and now let's have a quick look at how the markets are forming european stocks still flat to mix having given up. but food and beverages show

a high on the news unilever. a u.s. company for three point seven billion dollars unit. it's the top performer on the footsie up two and a half the sun the sun. and here in russia markets are also mixed blue color is dragging on the my sex its shares are down more than two and a half percent this hour banks are also shedding but problem is bucking the trend though and hopped a percent in the black and ross telecom is the top performer up one point five percent. profits the russian oil pipeline monopoly trying to have to plunge by forty eight percent in the second quarter despite strong sales for that total came in at just under six hundred million dollars analysts say the bottom line was hit by rising costs on foreign exchange markets. russia's recall has bought bought almost five percent of it shares from conoco phillips with two point four billion dollars it's less than half the stake the american firm put up to sell

under an option that expired on saturday because the aim of the buyback is to win home to its attractiveness to investors and support the share price. the second wall street movie hits russian cinemas on monday it's a follow up to all of the stones a highly successful chronicle of insider trading and corruption released in one nine hundred eighty seven but is there any crossover between fact and fiction and would such a movie be possible in russia vetiver speaks to a man who spent over ten years as a trader in the us performed in the series a wall street warriors. when you talk to somebody about the stock exchange that people are scared you know this is like a bad lord or you know. we're going to have a lot of young guys twenty twenty two years old who works for our kompany who work with us and when the parents find would they do it like a casino it's nothing to do with the casino if you do really and i was in the work you can make money and everybody knows that it's got a big problem was that i think brazil of the rushes of now deserved to have maybe

another big movie may be not with the for example big name actors but i think personally evil it's a i would shoot the movie which of the movie by the financial industry just explain people what it's all about it's not them to be afraid i mean a way that people put the money in the bank sometimes with like no in the us and build them minded there because somebody is promising them percentage and they do that with that money in the financial firms which can really hit themself and probably sometimes make more money it's just for a population than the popularisation i think they can really come up with a movie like that not only in the rush adopted an insider trading law holly activity would be as of now i think personally it's not going to be effective at all for russia for one simple reason that i saw the law on the fines are extremely small people are not afraid in united states for insider trading you just go straight to jail decided this year was in line and everybody knows as a martha stewart as a cause laws because everyone and you're talking about martha stewart who who did

not really made money she just saved sixty thousand dollars because she got the information early because of nine months in jail if the person was more of the story go to jail for sixty thousand dollars that everybody's afraid the regular jewish more i mean in the regular human being who is getting the inside information is just going to go to jail the lawyers get it definitely it's got to be more street and everybody knows that the fines are going to be much bigger the fines are extreme of this will that people are not afraid so there's nothing to be afraid of it's not going to change anything what would be called the mean different. russian and american stock exchanges of course it's a liquidity for one simple reason you can't really compare changes the one which is over one hundred twenty five years and another one which is it is barely for a little as of the fifteen years the one major problem is there is a perhaps ten to fifteen stocks in the russians like to change which has a liquidity i mean the large liquid at the for international funds to be in are the

major problem of course number of players in united states where the liquidity is coming from the eighty seven percent of those would have to come from a large france. comes from a mom and pops operation i mean everyone from five years old to ninety years old are investing their money obviously it provides a large liquid. and finally russia is adding a new natural resource to its longest of exports amid a global ban on elephant the country is digging up mammoth tusks to meet a growing demand for ethical i free at a price of roughly five hundred twenty dollars a kilo sixty tons of the ivory are actually wanted i need to china the world's biggest market scientists believe there should be a plentiful supply of the tusks they estimate as many as one hundred fifty million mammoths by frozen could make a siberian tundra. and that's on the basis for now but i'll be back with more for you next hour and of course you can always find most stories of you log on to our

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the main. part. of this. this is your headlines now the flow of russian oil to china will triple by next year. open up a part of a. pipeline. activists. humanitarian mission. brutally attacked by israeli forces back in may. and pirates of russia attempt to go official by setting up a political party for the legalization of free. right well those were the headlines

next we're off to have some fun in the city. enjoy. rostrum and dawn is one of russia's most important southern cities an industrial and cultural center with more than one point three million people this is a twenty first century town that's proud of its history where you can find cutting edge technology and people that still follow traditions that date back centuries this area is an agricultural jewel covered with rich fertile soil and blessed with a mild climate it's the second most productive region in the country but if you want to appreciate it properly you really need somebody to give you a lift. before leaving the best. way. the weather was perfect and soon i was getting a panoramic view of the nearby farmland although it can be

a little hard to concentrate with all the gadgets on this.