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st petersburg in russia. for more information visit the festival website. time runs out for politicians to win hearts and minds before sunday's election the president of the central asian republics says the poll will go ahead amid tight security in case of violence. polls protests the construction of a new mosque fearing it could be used to foster extremism in the country but the muslim minorities say they are the victims. castaways by choice fifteen russians embark on a year long journey of complete isolation aboard a floating chunk of arctic ice.

and live from our studios in central moscow this is r.t. with you twenty four hours a day the president of kurdistan has offered reassurances that the country is ready to hold parliamentary elections this sunday just a few weeks ago. had suggested the vote could be perspiring and if there was evidence of illegal activity or extremism during the campaign. now reports on the changes the outcome 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 all stopped people from leaving economy stability and the economy to start working.

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 one who holds power however several parties are against the idea including the one headed by the former prime minister felix school. each party has to pass the five percent mark 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 all shark you're gets around one third was back nationals in june and the two clashed in a massive outburst of violence armed gangs that destroyed shops and said 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 head. my house was burnt down i don't have anything now only food i can get is from the red cross maybe if you. the upcoming vote could attract more violence on thursday police arrested a man sending threats to locals trying to make them vote for a 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 one 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 processors the opposition to control of the country promising democratic reform. friday is the final day off political rally which means 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 can still be easily found in most parts of the city and or a clear sign stability is still a long way off you go to spin off or you're just. 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 and more so could foster radicalism and terrorism and as artie's alexina cesc has been finding out there often is 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 dangerous 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 talks are swear have been here for centuries but ahead of warsaw is only islamic center says the number of migrants from muslim countries is growing rapidly the. right 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 blue brains 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 the man behind the rally says it is the fear of terrorism that draws people to the streets we believe that this organisers. will. which is going to build this mosque on the north so it'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 i'm going fishing off europe. and western europe from the right because that's my frontal semitic statements 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 no that's read from the fundamentalists from the terrorists after all and they decided to participate in iraq and afghanistan operations sociologists say most crowley slit a fuse for a time bomb. or so of our new fall for now the city college age is more or less count down by the presence of european human rights activists 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. let's. see reporting from warsaw in poland. on the way for you this hour here on r.t. blastoff baikonur. what are the two cosmonauts keeping the latest mission to the international space station in the family that's coming your way in just a few minutes. but first the governor of the northern afghan couldn't do his province and at least fourteen more people have been killed in the mosque blast at least twenty others were wounded while most militant attacks happen in the south and east of the country this is a sign of the deteriorating situation in north denniston the bombing marks the start of the tenth year of the u.s. led war in the country it's already the longest in america's history and the violence continues to escalate with two thousand and ten already the deadliest year

for the coalition since the conflict began. and european intelligence officials and senior pakistan diplomats accuse the u.s. of crying wolf after it issued a terror alert for europe earlier this week the u.k. has guardian newspaper it goes on to allege the actual purpose of the it was to justify a recent increase in drone attacks inside pakistan one american german historian william and bell says the timing of the terror has led to the questioning of us once again. intelligence experts around the world agree that most terrorism is state sponsored terrorism so you have to ask which state is benefiting kui bono from the constant warnings about al-qaeda attacks here and there and it seems very convenient that just when europe is expressing grave doubts about the nato mission in afghanistan. that these these warnings come about these new attacks and the only sources we have are u.s. intelligence interrogators the presence in afghanistan has done nothing to make the

world more secure and it certainly done nothing to make afghanistan more and more stable i have afghani friends who would tell me in so. reports of what's going on with the with the u.s. soldier presence there and that we are propping up nato is propping up a government the karzai government which is the largest opium warlord on the planet ninety three percent of all the heroin and that's developed since the us occupation in two thousand and one so one has to ask when the official u.s. policy is no interdiction and destruction of opium fields in afghanistan which the taliban actually did. what's going on here is this another vietnam where the cia's running drugs to finance terrorism and spread the war in to laos and cambodia is that what we're doing in kyrgyzstan and manas air base and so forth and these are some very serious questions that ought to be looked at i think and that was historian if william and talking to me in that hearing on t.v. 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 enforces says if anything it's made things worse. news of the u.s. 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 the only way of income giving a sign to the afghan authorities to keep out of the opium business because those without cash to the taliban for support but this is just an excuse. by the way you can see the full interview with the head of russia's narcotics agency on our website that's r.t. dot com we'll also be broadcasting it on sunday and there are more stories for you online on the website in about. as you might not recognize the russian capital as the city is to get a modern make over by the year twenty twenty five. the bieber fever that veers

capital of surrender to an invasion of the ferry authorities in regard decided not to fight them over come up with a cunning plan and instead you find out more about that by simply logging on to r.t. dot com. a nuclear powered russian icebreaker bound for the north pole is embarked on a yearlong expedition scientists on board are searching for an ice floe where they can conduct research it's hoped the study will help russia's claim to the territory and i. went to meet the crew preparing for a very lonely dangerous mission. 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 others. a new lonely cold possibly dangerous adventure lies ahead. for these young man 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 their final destination it will be hard work and survival. to give you his diaries a present it's just as an old travelers book with drawings and layers of a person with. impressions interesting stories but isn't it a tiny i will write in tiny voters. twenty five year old ocean ologist andre is one of the thirteen 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 there have to keep an eye on ice cracks

dangerous storms and paula back on the hunt also having 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 which are worse in relation with parents and carcasses 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 as well. in the warm galley 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 of visa most of it outdoors scientists tell stories of how they feel is chased bass into the sea gullies seen them grow from poppies into courageous explorers but they can never had to warmer climes scientists leave the

island for more than a year at a time harsh weather conditions are real ok. makes for a significant danger to the explorers but the biggest threat to these animals to these drugs lies not with the optic but outside it but in the north which is almost clean 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 that. while the rest. of the street. today is a special day for me i can express it with words i'm overjoyed which i took a pipe from to show the students in a dive i would have been less absurd if my wife would have fallen service but when my dog dialogue between couldn't eat and sleep for a week that starts. now the dogs are up and ready for a new paula joy any explains. 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. sit in the churchyard teat from the island to be set in the arctic time for some other world news for the. world update the death toll from a toxic chemical spill in the hungry has risen to at least seven people it comes as experts say they've reached a critical stage in their attempts to stop the sludge from spreading further emergency workers are pouring clay and acid into streams to neutralize the old which has reached the danube countries downstream from hungary including. a drawing up emergency plans. is ready troops and killed two senior hamas militants in a raid on the holes in the west bank city of hebron the israeli army said the militants were wanted for involvement in attacks against israelis last month israeli settlers were killed when palestinian gunmen opened fire on their car near hebron and us military has issued

a statement to avenge the deaths operation has raised tensions and 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 can yield took over north korea's ruler ninety ninety four when his private died in what became the first reception in the communist world you know it comes as the country begins celebrating the sixty fifth anniversary of its workers party government officials claim the celebrations will be the biggest of the problems in the mentions history. in chile of the 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 and just one thousand meters left to go and it is well then check how safe the shaft is before they bring the men to the surface chile's money minister says once the drill breaks through it could take

anywhere from three to ten more days to pull all the miners out. the two thousand and ten nobel peace prizes sparked controversy with beijing strongly denouncing the award given to the prominent chinese dissident liu xiaobo it says the move will damage diplomatic relations with norway and it's also threatened to block international news broadcasts we mar barack obama's call for the immediate release from prison schauble the pro-democracy activist and the tree critic was sentenced in general to an eleven year term for inciting subversion of state power . a russian rocket with the u.s. and two russian cosmonauts on board has blasted off successfully for the international space station it's the first flight for the modernized soyuz spacecraft and it's due to reach its destination in a couple days from now multis top button was at the baikonur cosmodrome for the knowledge. 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 several 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. and of flight engineer on board this is his first trip into space and the third the u.s. astronaut scott kelly it's his third trip into space and interesting extra detail about him quite astonishingly his brother also an astronauts mark kelly is here watching him later on he will be flying up with a u.s. special 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 long. that rockets going out 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. flight is tom botton reporting there brings us to almost twenty four minutes past the hour business news is next

when you know that in just a moment stay with us. for the full we've got. the biggest issues get voice face to face with the news maker. hello time to have a look at what's going on in the world of business russian regulators have intervened the plans by the european bank for reconstruction and development to buy

ten percent off the russian stock market r.t.s. they demanded legislation to require approval for stakes of more than five percent say and the purchase could impact plans to merge with russia's other stock market my six the 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 but that's why i don't fully understand how a new shareholder which they're waiting for will take a different point of view also it is directly there's little clearer and most important neither investors 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 or else take over and among the main losers

sharing more than two percent of my six gas probably is the only gain on the r.t.s. off from the top of the cent. despite a strong start to the week for global stock markets driven by optimistic forecasts for the year and almost all gains were raised by friday positive in the shops kicks planes in the last couple of days are actually have seen the markets give up almost all of the gains generated 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 commodity prices and the markets have pulled back i mean overall because the week about one of the have two percent higher for all the major global indices and the russian market as well fears of a currency war will top the agenda of the i.m.f. and 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 is 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 you just 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. rush to make sell its bonds denominated in the euro 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 russia sold its first international bourne's since the default of nine to 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 else clinical has been crypt

in a bitter dispute between shareholders. at the time and interest so even with a bit of a has the details. the shock waves are still spreading from nearly annual meeting back in june interest with a twenty five percent stake gained four seats on the board while roussel with a slightly larger stake managed to get honest 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 of voting and regulations legal action and proposals from both sides to buy they are they're out bruce also want to see what else management is too close to introduce 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 merchant to. enjoy the big cash pile that is. well i'm sure that has to put it onto the

show hall those tours are going to invest in new projects themselves if the matters were does not able to do so very simple corporate governance professional management that's what this stands for and we do believe that shows also crews of all it was a company or from current sorts a bit until sixty billion dollars to at least twice what the next eighteen months are no risk denies it's involved boardroom the company says it needs the money to start. with i'm told by global downturn it was dark but we are working. carrying out fun calculation works for that final decision is not your money we're quite sure we will have some. interest and put aside their differences then adapt of the global financial crisis but metals prices are rising again generating attractive cash flows something that debt could certainly use the room for compromise is shrinking them urgency general meeting transmitter then we

do our business our team. russia third largest retailer ok has been valued at around three billion dollars ahead of its upcoming i.p.o. in london the crowd to raise up to five hundred million dollars in order to sink its short term debts ok sales of three percent to more than two billion dollars for a tail chain owns more than fifty shops throughout russia. that's all the business news for now you can get more stories from our website r.t. dot com slash business.