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st petersburg in russia. for more information visit the festival website. and runs out for politicians to win. 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 protest 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 journey of complete isolation aboard chunk of. life

from our studios here in central moscow this is r.t. with you twenty four hours a day the president has offered reassurances that the country is ready to hold parliamentary elections this sunday just a few weeks ago. and suggested the vote could be postponed if there was evidence of illegal activity or extremism during the campaign. reports now 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 will stop people from leaving economy stability and the economy to start working that's what i 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 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 are cured yes well round one third was back nationals in june 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 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 could attract more violence on thursday police arrested a man sending 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. was 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. 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 austin 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 in warsaw could foster radicalism and terrorism. 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 but because my applications are turned danged as soon as employers learn that my name is muhammad. poland has long been a mono ethnic nation with the muslim community less than one percent of the population most of them are ethnic starts are swear i've been here for centuries but ahead of warsaw is only islamic center says the number of migrants from muslim countries is growing rapidly the. return 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 like 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 drove people onto the streets we believe that this is going to just. 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 notion of going just a few up. in 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. the thread from the fundamentalists from the terrorists our super bowl and decided to participate in iraq and afghanistan operations sociologists say most crowley salute a fuse for a time bomb. also on for now the city college rage 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. see reports. well still to come for you here and r.t. this blast off that baikonur. cosmodrome to keep it the latest mission to the international space station in the family that's coming your way in a few minutes from now. but first the governor of the northern afghan can do is province and at least fourteen more people are being killed in a mosque blast at least twenty others were wounded while most militant attacks happen in the south from east of the country this is a sign of the deteriorating situation in north afghanistan 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. european intelligence officials and senior pakistan diplomats accuse the us of crying wolf up to it issued a terror alert for europe this week ukase guardian newspaper goes on to allege the actual purpose of the unit was to justify recent increase in drone attacks inside pakistan american german historian f. william and gold and dow says the timing of the turn has led to a questioning of u.s. motives. 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 in 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's certainly done nothing to make afghanistan more more stable i have afghani friends who tell me inside 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 u.s. 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 spread the war into loss and come badia 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 it thank you. and that was historian f. william engdahl talking a little earlier here on r.t. while 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 driving forces says if anything it's it's made things worse digital europe. nine years 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 their only way of income giving a sign to the afghan authorities to keep out of the opium business because those left without cash what turn to the taliban for support but this is just an excuse to get those you. find out by the way you can see the full interview with the head of russia's narcotics agency on our web site that's dot com and we'll also be broadcasting it on sunday. a nuclear powered russian icebreaker bound for the

north pole is in bottom a year long expedition scientists on board are searching for flow where they can conduct research it's hoped the study will help russia's claim to the territory of katrina which over went to meet the crew preparing for a 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 rug there's 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. if there's terrorism present girlfriend it. is an old travelers book with drawings and layers of the. impressions interesting stories but isn't it

a tiny i will write in twenty orders. twenty five year old ocean knowledge is done drake is one of a fifteen strong team will be left to found for themselves for a year whatever food mattson equipment or cloths 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 hiding north on the ship is a veteran goalie from the sunny russian republic of dena bulgaria 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 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 has battery life in

the warm he has been looking forward to reuniting with his best friends while he's been on leave huskies dean and dick spent a year on the island took these and most of it outdoors scientists tell stories of how they feel as he chased bass into the sea gullies seen them grow from puppies into courageous explorers but they can never had salt to woman climbs scientists leave in the view of 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 of the biggest threat to these animals to these drugs lies not within the optic but outside it one 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 could. the rest of the law. of the street you hear

yourself with today is a special day for me i can't express it with words i'm overjoyed i took a pipe from these two to the students in a dive i would have been less absurd if my wife would have fallen service but when my dog died or be taken in and sleep for a week that's not. now the docs are up and ready for a new paula join me girl explains. you have to make them love you he says make them part of the team in all the france he can get alone in the arctic. sea in the church of r r t from the island of these in the arctic. we're now to some other world news for you here in r.t. the death toll from a toxic chemical spill in hungary 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 alkali which has reached the danube countries downstream from hungary including croatia

serbia and roumania a drawing up emergency plans. israeli troops were 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 palestinian gunmen opened fire on their car near hebron massa's military wing has issued a statement to avenge the deaths operation of raise 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 jung il is likely to eventually succeed his father as the next ruler kim jong il took over north korea's ruler in nine hundred ninety four when his father died in what became the first hereditary succession in the communist world announcement comes as the country begins celebrating the sixty fifth anniversary of its workers party government officials claim the celebrations will be the biggest of their car and in the nation's history. in chile the thirty three miners

trapped deep underground for more than two months could be reached by saturday rescuers have already drilled through a five hundred meters rock just over ninety meters to go engineers will then check how safe the shaft is before they bring. men to the surface today's mining minister says once the drill breaks through it could take anywhere from three to ten more days to pull all the mines out. and finally in our world update the seller of the two thousand and ten nobel peace prize or sparked controversy with beijing strongly denouncing the award given to prominent chinese dissident leo szabo it says the move will damage diplomatic relations with norway and it's also threatened to block international news broadcasts wiemar barack obama's call for the immediate release from prison of a shovel the pro-democracy activist and a tree critic was sentenced in general to an eleven year term for inciting the subversion of state powell. the russian rocket with the u.s.

astronaut and two russian cosmonauts on board has blasted off successfully for the international space station it's the first flight for the soyuz spacecraft and it's due to reach its destination in a couple of days. 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 with garren 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 script. 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 astronaut 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 incredible to watch any rocket launch and all my brothers are board makes it even more exciting i've seen him launch three times now and it's pretty incredible thing to see the pieces now starting up and we're just going to stand back and take a look at the launch the culmination of all the preparations that have gone into this launch.

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. and there when it's difficult up stage rocket launch but the appearance of russia's most infamous film for the baikonur almost did just that all the details on that story are on our website dot com you can find out what's tabloid sensation and a chaplain who stole most of the headlines in the russia u.s. spy swap earlier this year was doing because of a drone. and also online in the tourist russian near nazi who went on the run from a psychiatric wards in petersburg has asked for political asylum in norway to find out his fate will go to the website dot com.

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hello time to have a look at what's going on in the world of business russian regulators have intervened 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 saying any 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 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 this 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 we're all cutting among the main losers shedding more than two percent on my six gas problem is the only gain on the r.t.s. from top of a cent. despite a strong start to the week for global stock markets driven by optimistic forecasts for the year and almost all gains were erased by friday positive into cesc explains

in the last couple of days ago 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 states fairly high level 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 europe 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 fast international since the default of nine hundred 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 rolls clinical has been to base a 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 do so with a slightly larger stake managed to get on if we broke a 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 the out there out. also want to see metals management is 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 preserve our was a company from current sorts

a bit until sixty billion dollars at least twice what the next eighteen months the risk denies it's involved the board the company says it needs the money to start which will put on hold when global downturn. we are working to restart minds in a straight carrying out fun calculation works for that final decision is not yet humanity we are quite sure that we will restart some markets. interests and put aside their differences then to depths of the global financial crisis but metals prices are rising again generating attractive cash flows something that debt heavy roussel 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 largest retailer ok has been valued at around three billion dollars ahead of its upcoming i.p.o. in london.