from stupid. stunts on t.v. . time runs out for politicians to win the hearts and minds before sunday's election the president says the poll will go ahead tight security in case of. polls protests the construction of a new mosque could be used to. them in the country but the muslim minority say they . cast away by choice fifteen russians and. journey of complete isolation aboard a floating chunk of the arctic on. live

from the heart of moscow this. welcome to the program the president. has offered a reassurances that the country is ready to hold parliamentary elections this sunday just a few weeks ago i. had suggested the vote could be postponed if there was evidence of illegal activity or extremism during the campaign. you go to pursue going to reports on the changes voting could bring to the republic. burns down shops and houses abandoned cafes and broken windows political billboards alongside piles of debris on the street as the stun gets ready to vote for a new parliament here in the country's second largest city the need for change is obvious we need a decent government able to restore peace and stability that will stop people from leaving economies going to stability in the economy to start working that's what we

mean. eighty two polling stations have been set of across the city the election is to be observed by monitors from the sea russia and the c.i.s. the amount of competing parties is kyrgyzstan's all time record twenty nine the country's interim president is pushing to build a parliamentary republic where the head of state is more of a ceremonial figure than the one who holds power however several parties are against the idea including the one headed by the former prime minister felix school . each body has to pass the five percent more in order to get into college. it's. after what happened this election is not just a political choice it's a chance to reunite two peoples to build a new country but. the majority of the population in our kid gets well rounded one third nationals in june the two clashed in

a massive outburst of violence armed gangs that destroyed shops and sent houses ablaze according to the most modest figures hundreds of people were killed and several thousand others were injured the havoc lasted several days until the interim government regained control by that time most populated districts have been almost completely destroyed many lost everything and even now are forced to survive without a roof over their heads. my house was burned down i don't have anything now only food i can get is from the red cross maybe a few of the upcoming vote but attract more violence on thursday police arrested a man sending s.m.s. threats to locals trying to make them vote for specific party over three hundred officers will patrol the polling stations and five hundred swat like commandos have been flown in from the capital bishkek volunteers have also been recruited. we've now switched to an intense mode of operations besides the additional force

a separate seam of around a hundred officers is taking part in tactical drills and will also be deployed in the case of emergency. direction was proposed by the interim government in me after president was overthrown by thousands of protesters the opposition to control of the country promising democratic reform. friday is the final day off political rally just one more day is left before sunday's election here in it seems the authorities are ready both in terms of the organization and security but the phrases of the recent violence. in more sports of a city and or a clearer sign stability is still a long way off you've got us going off or. political activists in poland have staged protests against the building of a new islamic center in the capital of the mainly catholic country critics say the mosque in warsaw could foster radicalism and terrorism and as artie's alexy ski has

been finding out there are fears ethnic tension could erupt into violence. mohamed moved from egypt to warsaw several years ago however he says it's been hard to settle in. i only do freelance jobs because it's very difficult for me to find any permanent work and it's not because i'm not skilled because my applications are turned to soon as employers learn that my name is muhammad. poland has long been an mono ethnic nation with the muslim community less than one percent of the population most of them are ethnic tarts are swear have been here for centuries but ahead of war so it's only islamic center says the number of migrants from muslim countries is growing rapidly. sort of this mosque almost twenty years ago and the several dozen people were coming here for prayer now the friday prayer gathers hundreds and the building simply cannot fit everyone. news of another islamic

center to be built in warsaw was welcomed by the nation's thirty thousand strong minority construction of a new second mosque in warsaw began last year according to blueprints it is supposed to be three times as large as the initial islamic center but unlike the first mosque which was sponsored by the local muslim community this one was financed from abroad. the fact that construction money came from saudi arabia enraged several political movements in poland. they staged protests urging the government to stop what they call islam isolation of the country's people the man behind the rally says it is the fear of terrorism that drove people onto the streets we believe that this organisers that we which is going to build this mosque on you are so he's connected to the for the nation of islam if you're going to say she knew it all the other organisation which are

members of. the version of islam going just a few up. in western europe from their ivory coast as my friend to send me to expose my from connection to terrorism the rally gathered several hundred men and was little surprise to politicians this is an influence of what is happening to western european countries i mean everybody here wants to know what was happening in perry in france in another france it is. that threat from the fundamentalists from the terrorists after all and they decided to participate in iraq and afghanistan operations sociologists say most cruelly slit a fuse for a time bomb pistol so for now the civic outrage is more or less count down by the presence of european human rights activists but as the number of immigrants grows this may well be not enough to keep the protests down i believe we're facing

a serious conflict in the future at the moment only around three percent of the country is of known polish all region but with more immigrants coming to poland the anticipated brighter future with the european union could be clouded by worries of ethnic tension. alexy rush ascii art see reporting from warsaw in poland. do stay with r.t. the world marks a military milestone we look at the regret left behind after almost a decade of war in afghanistan the longest in u.s. military history. a nuclear powered a russian icebreaker bound for the north pole has embarked on a year long expedition scientists on board are searching for an ice floe where they can conduct research it's hoped their study will help russia's claim to that territory. because they didn't get a job or went to meet the crew preparing for a lonely and dangerous mission. not.

fun first at the top of the world nothing new for the likes of arctic veteran russia's. he's lost count of times he's traveled to both poles the rug has a new lonely cold possibly dangerous adventure lies ahead. for these young men two weeks aboard an icebreaker is a last chance to have fun and get to know new colleagues but as soon as they get to that final destination it will be hard work and survival. if this diary is a present like girlfriend it's handmade sterilizes and all travelers book with drawings and layers of repairs that. impressions interesting stories but isn't it a tiny i will write in twenty writers. twenty five year old ocean ologist andre is one of a fifteen strong team will be left to fend for themselves for

a year whatever food mattson equipment or clothes they need has to go with them now because they'll be out of reach and their have to keep an eye on ice crags dangerous storms and paula back on the hunt also harding north on the ship is a veteran from the sunny russian republic of korea although he won't be staying behind this time he says he's family aunt exactly happy with his career choice you know. my parents who are against their expedition to worsen relation with parents who caucuses is a serious thing i came back home for six months to build a house for my sons and move to st petersburg in order climate has been. warm. has been looking forward to reuniting with his best friends while he's been on leave dean and dick spent a year on the island these are most of it outdoors scientists tell stories of how

they feel is chased back into the sea gullies seen them grow from poppies into courageous explorers but they can never had salt to warmer climes scientists leave the island for more than a year at a time harsh weather conditions and real local bass makes for a significant danger to the explorers the biggest threat to these animals to these drugs lies not with the optic but outside it what in the north which is almost cleaned of viruses these stocks simply wouldn't make it in the cities that's why they're moved from one station to another in other words there and cut. the rest of . the street. today's a special day for me i can't express it with words i'm overjoyed i took a pipe from the. senate died. last observed if my wife would have us but.

we couldn't eat and sleep for a week. now the docs are up and ready for a new paula join me leaks please. you have to make them love you he says make them part of the team you need all the friends he can get alone in the arctic. sea in the churchyard from the island to these in the arctic. and still to come here on r.t. blast off at baikonur. find out how to cosmonauts are keeping the latest mission to the international space station in the family that's coming up in just a few it's. the governor of the northern afghan conducive province and the least fourteen more people have been killed in a mosque blast at least twenty others were wounded while most militant attacks happened in the south and east of the country this is a sign of the deteriorating situation in northern afghanistan the bombing marks the

start of the tenth year of the u.s. led war in the country it's already the longest war in america's history and there are fears it's turning into a vietnam like quagmire the violence continues to escalate with two thousand and ten already the deadliest year for the coalition since the conflict began a veteran of the iraq war and a member of the rethink afghanistan movement just in thomson believes the u.s. war effort is only destabilizing the whole region. the question i ask is like why are we still there and what are we actually doing what is the effect on the population because yes we talk about regional stability with afghanistan and pakistan as well but we don't ever talk about the civilian impact the impact on women do women have increasing women's rights today also what about the children this is the future generation that is actually going to take over to rule the country once we leave so the impact they were having on and what they're seeing the level of violence their friends and family being killed these are very negative

impacts. if we did pull out it would have a good long term benefit is because we're right now we're breeding terrorism in the region we're creating instability in pakistan are continued presence in afghanistan with cross border attacks we're seeing our nato supply allies and on u.s. bases from the pakistani side into afghanistan as well. the u.s. led campaign in afghanistan has done little or nothing to stem the flow of drugs coming from the country russia's top anti drug in force or says if anything it's made things worse. that's the nine years of the us campaign in afghanistan shows more fighting equals less chance to destroy the narcotics business only the government capable of ruling the country based on the population supports can solve the drug problem when american say you can't leave the peasants without their only way of income giving a sign to the afghan authorities to keep out of the opium business because those

left without cash will turn to the taliban for support but this is just an excuse. and you can see the full interview with the head of russia's anti narcotics agency on our website that's r.t. dot com but also we'll be broadcasting it on sunday for you as well. and now let's go to some other world news making headlines this hour and death toll from a toxic chemical spill in hungry has now risen to at least five and comes as experts say they've reached a critical stage in their attempts to stop the sludge from spreading further emergency workers poor in play and acid into streams to neutralize the alkali which has now reached the danube countries downstream from hungary including croatia serbia and romania drawing up emergency plans. israeli troops have killed two senior hamas militants in a raid on a house in the west bank city of hebron the israeli army said the militants were

wanted for their involvement in attacks against israelis last month four israeli settlers were killed when a palestinian gunman opened fire on their car near hebron the military wing of hamas has issued a statement about. the operation has raised tensions as peace talks remain in difficulty over israeli settlement building. a top north korean official has made the first public statement indicating that the son of leader kim jong il is likely to eventually succeed his father as the next ruler kim jong il took over as north korea's ruler in one thousand nine hundred ninety four when his father died in what became the first hereditary succession in the communist world the announcement comes as the country begins celebrating the sixty fifth anniversary of its workers party government officials say the celebrations will be the biggest of their kind in the history of the nation. and thirty three miners trapped deep underground for

more than two months could be reached by saturday rescuers have already drilled through over five hundred meters of rock just one thousand meters left to go engineers will then check how safe the shaft is before they bring the men to the surface. mining minister says once the drill breaks through it could take anywhere from. three to ten more days to all of mine as. china has strongly denounced the awarding of the two thousand and ten nobel peace prize to the prominent dissident layo szabo good called the decision an obscenity that goes against the aims of the award and says the move will damage diplomatic relations with norway the pro-democracy activist and literary critic was sentenced in january to an eleven year jail term for inciting deaths of the subversion of state power the norwegian nobel committee says it shall go became a symbol for the fight this human rights in china. will

a russian rocket with us ashton auton two russian cosmonauts on board has blasted off successfully for the international space station it's the first flight from the modernized soyuz spacecraft and is due to reach its destination in just a couple of days artie's time barton was at the baikonur cosmodrome for the launch . baikonur has been the site of rocket launches for about fifty five years this year its anniversary it's also been the site of soyuz launches for decades it garnered three from here and now this soyuz rocket is an advance upon a long line of previous ones one thing that hasn't changed over all the decades is the people of flying the humans crews that go inside it the three men in this crew had been training for two years long an extensive training period the captain alexander kaleri experienced cosmonaut this is his fifth trip up into space.

engineer on board this is his first trip into space on the third of the u.s. astronaut scott kelly it's his third trip into space and interesting extra detail about him quite astonishingly his brother also in astronauts mark kelly is here watching him later on he will be flying up with a u.s. spy shuttle possibly even the last u.s. space shuttle to the international space station and working with his brother for a short period that you know it's a credible to watch any rocket launch and all my brothers are board makes it even more exciting i've seen a launch three times now and it's pretty incredible thing to see the pieces now starting up which is going to stand back and take a look at the launch the culmination of all the preparations that have gone into this.

the rockets going up now to the international space station on its journey up there and rockets like that after a few months may be the only link with the international space station meaning that baikonur will be humanity's gateway up to space. well it's difficult to upstage. but the appearance of russia's most infamous. almost did just that all the details are waiting for you and you can find out what the. chapman who stole most of the headlines in the u.s. . was doing. have decided not to fight the.

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six he b r g insists it will support the move. there were reports that the potential buyers were willing to support the consolidation of my six years in my view this raises even more questions because i know the position of most r.g.s. shareholders who are cautious about the merger that's why i don't fully understand how a new shareholder which there will be four will take a different point of view also it is directly there's little clearer and most important neither investors for nor the stock market seem to have a clear idea how this will end. and here is how the markets closed in russia down for a second day as persian meshal spices felt the last nickel and world among the main losers sharing more than two percent of my six gas problem is the only gain on the r.t.s. are from top of the cent. despite a strong start to the week for global stock markets driven by optimistic forecasts

to the for the year and almost all gains were erased by friday stephen the chefs kicks planes and the last couple of days are actually have seen the markets give up almost all of the gains by general early in the week as the new worries have resurfaced about the outlook for two thousand and eleven the jobless situation in the state the fairly high level of commodity prices and the markets have pulled back i mean overall we closed the week about one of the have two percent higher for all the major global in this is and the russian market as well fears of a currency war will top the agenda of the i.m.f. the world bank they swear can't governments from the u.k. to the japan have been cutting interest rates to lower their currencies most experts also worry that the world has moved from a credit crunch to an excess of liquidity. liquidity is very significant that's what the central banks have been doing to try to pump the world full of liquidity

whether that turns into inflation depends on whether that liquidity is used at the moment it's not been used banks are hoarding it consumers are being very cautious and saving it one day in the future that caution will disappear and inflation could arrive but at the moment i actually still feel that we're fighting fighting more of a deflation threat than an inflation threat in the major countries. russia may sell its bonds denominated in euro's next year that's according to deputy finance minister dmitry punkin the country will seek to raise up to five and a half billion dollars in april of russian soldiers first international points since the default of ninety two ninety eight it aims to fill the gap between government income and spending. the future of russia's largest mining company is to be decided in a special general meeting being held in two weeks now ralston a co has been quick to base a dispute between shareholders. interest so even with a bit of

a has the details. the shock waves are still spreading from near annual meeting back in june interest with a twenty five percent stake gained four seats on the board well do so with a slightly larger stake managed to get on if we had brokered truce in which the two shareholders had agreed not to attempt to gain control of the valuable nickel producer since then there have been claims from both the new regulations legal action and proposals from both sides to buy their out. also want to see management it's too close to interest specifically they want a bigger dividend payout to shareholders and if you can't invest in your projects you have to return the money to the shareholders there's no reason for the management to. enjoy the big cash pile that is sit on the balance or there has to be return to show all those tours are going to invest in new projects themselves if the management is not able to do so very simple corporate governance

professional management that's what we stand for and we do believe those issues also crews of well there was a company from current sorts a bit until sixty billion dollars at least twice with the next eighteen months no risk denies it's involved boardroom games the company says it needs the money to start which were put on hold. but. we are working to restart minds in a straight carrying out fun calculation works for that final decision is not yet you manage it we are quite sure that we will release some mindless. interest and put aside their differences then adepts of the global financial crisis but metals prices are rising again generating attractive cash flows something that debt had a result could certainly use the room for compromise is shrinking as them urgency general meeting draws near the an end date of a business r.t. . russia's third retail largest.