he is back take us through some of the governor's first impressions of this visit according to his tweets. well certainly and in fact i do have to point out though that while the governor is here there has been no sign of sarah connor from the terminator movies as of yet but seriously when the governor landed the first thing he did was he sent a tweet to president medvedev saying i have landed in russia i can't wait to meet president dmitri medvedev and of course the president tweeted back saying welcome to russia we can't wait to see you at school give us so those two have an established relationship in fact went to go visit him in june of this year to tour silicon valley at that point in time the governor promised he said i will be a bug to moscow and he's kept that promise and he's here as well but following those tweets he actually started sending pictures through twitter as well one of them of him riding in a car with a cigar very happy and also some very important pictures of him on the metro

showing some solidarity those pictures have gotten some a great response from the russians and from the president as well but today the the two men met actually at gorky at the presidential residence and then they actually drove in an old soviet vehicle to here to skolkovo a bit of a drove him personally in his old soviet style vehicle so they are here at this moment in time but the governor is not just the governor of the state of california he is the terminator he is an international superstar and is beloved by many russians he's won their hearts many russians have grown up watching his movies learning them by heart the famous lines like i'll be back baby so he is an important figure a symbol of freedom to many people in russia so it's a celebration that he is here today but also himself is very close to russia in fact fact it was a russian. power builder who could be inspired him to be who he is today.

it was a kid that was fifteen years old i was in vienna in one thousand sixty one watching the world with lifting championships and the russians just destroyed everybody. i mean they just had the most extraordinary lift and it was a guy by the name of your roof last off who was the heavyweight champion and he was . he looked good he was he looked like an intellectual so you had glasses on. and found out that he was an engineer and that he was a very well educated man but tremendous strength and determination and indeed durance and he was this monster guy and this is the most of that's what i want to do when they grow up. and certainly the governor in his element today talking about what russia means to him. obviously short and i grabbed all this way to write the moscow

metro and tweet those pictures that we saw what the ultimate goal in being here. well certainly actually kind of in a twist of irony in the movie terminator it was all about skynet and technology taking over the world and he was a robot who had come in some cases to destroy and in some cases to save but it's technology which brought him to russia in fact maybe creating the next skynet but in seriousness in the delegation from russia that went to silicon valley president medvedev on that trip basically learning about the technology industry choice negra who is the governor of california coming here to offer his support along with a delegation to see how they can support the russian in this endeavor the governor has talked a lot about innovation in modernization and not just in technology but as well as in sports and culture and also talking about russia being a new. democracy listen to what he had to say about democracy earlier. i'm

a republican that these surrounded by democrats give a democrat the. idea of a democratic think about this we have a democratic legislature in the assembly and in the senate we have a democratic controller a democratic treasurer had up until recently a democratic governor a democratic. secretary of state and everyone around me is a democrat even a night going to go to bed and go to sleep. thank you i go to sleep. but of course that last remark talking about his wife maria shriver who's not just any democrat but is connected to the kennedy family which is one of the most staunch democratic families in the united states so making some

concessions there but after after this he will be visiting with the roof no company as well as going to his on to talk about investment opportunities there as well right a busy day for the governor of course we'll be back with more throughout the day thanks. we'll have more on the california governor's visit in our business update that's in around fifteen minutes. but first around half of children up for adoption in america are black yet their chances of finding a family are remarkably slim compared to white children part of the blame is being put on white couples who would rather spend thousands of dollars to find a caucasian child than accept a black orphan into their home aren't going to can explains. people like to emulate their showbiz idols but they don't seem to be following the stars when it comes to adopting children many still see things in black and white color was not an issue with this family when they adopted illinois we were much more interested in having you know getting

a child we're just very that was our primary focus we really weren't interested too much in what the child looked like a. little you know why is one of very few black children in america adopted by a white family a study carried out by a group of economists suggest that african-american babies are five times less likely to be adopted then children have any other race some say one reason for this is misrepresentation of the black community in the media when you see things on television and you often see our children portrayed in a very negative way well that has a connotation for individuals that may be interested in adopting and while we have come a long ways in this country racism is still prevalent sanders says families need to be prepared before they decide to adopt a child of color then once a child goes into african-american child goes into a family that is caucasian that family is no longer a caucasian that family becomes a family of color at that point ok so the whole family dynamics change it seems not

a whole lot of adoptive parents in the u.s. are willing to change their family dynamics most want their adopted children look more like them and the majority of parents willing to adopt in the united states are caucasian but almost half of the children available for adoption are black the report here says parents were willing to pay thirty thousand dollars more for a non african-american baby colored wasn't if you look around your table and your guests are all of the same color then you shouldn't be adopting a child of a different color but race doesn't seem to be an issue for thousands of americans who go to china or india to adopt. but when it comes to domestic adoption color makes a difference while there are still signs of prejudice in the american adoption field there is no prejudice in this home the seventeen month old queen was adopted by two moms we've had to face the challenges that straight people don't want this they

were a little more. up for the job they chose to raise their two adopted children in a very ask nikolay diverse neighborhood of racists and they are here too but i think in other parts of the country it's worse so here people don't even bat an eye . or. whatever obviously. parents they came to the adoption agency pulled their second child also african american by and large our family is largely of irish english german descent french canadian you know is so smart usually a lot of white people and we need i would prefer a little more color and in our family. going to shut down our t. washington d.c. . live from moscow you're with r t still ahead for you the indian women who lose everything after losing their husbands. life is not easy on the fringes of

hindu society yet they're all going to visions working to overcome centuries of prejudice to give reduce the chance to live with dignity the struggle faced by millions of indian women abandoned by their families the deep mattah stuff the doubts. well the ballots are in for care just downs historic parliamentary poll which international observers have praised as being for fair and free but opposition politicians and election watchers say there were violations which could overshadow the next government's attempts to legitimize the demise itself earlier my colleague carrie johnston spoke to our skin off in the troubled southern city of orange and the talk in the overcover who is in the capital bishkek. some members of the opposition claim that they believe this election was unfair they say that they have seen people here voters here being dragged around town from one polling station to another and being forced to vote several times one of the opposition leaders failing school has also said that at

least three cases have been filed on the matter of violations that have taken place during the elections and russian parliamentary delegation of observers has said that the legitimacy of this election is something that still needs some deep digging to do before claiming that the election was fair the so for not of the record number of twenty nine political parties registered for this election appear to be natural leaders and that is because most of those parties have rather similar political agendas only five or six of them can make it to the parliament but if the votes are equally divided between the parties that might perhaps weakness a similar parliamentary stalemate here in kyrgyzstan as we have seen any parade when the country's parliament couldn't form a government coalition. ok well let's turn to the southern city of osh which witnessed horrific ethnic violence in the summer is there for us now is the

situation there as the votes to get. where we are now is do you stronger circle or just city and it's also one of the most unstable reason because you know it's a disappointment as the voting was held in a calm fashion a lot of people were on the streets on sunday and being i was relatively calm as well although i did speak to some of the representatives of the it was very good we should since this ethnic violence was basically caused by the fact that we see is divided into the it was very and. you have these ethnic clashes between each other and you told me that allegedly many of them were to vote. for the polling stations and couldn't find the i mean. on the electoral lists so the very issue still has to be cleared out because also as far woodward bike reviews and why it was back nationally there were massive ethnic clashes between the two armed gangs walked around the city destroying business is and destroying homes and the violence

lasted for several days until the interim government was finally able to take control of the situation mobilizing the army but unfortunately by that time hundreds of people were killed and that's according to the more moderate figures and thousands of others were injured and thousands more have to leave their homes at the moment most of the quarters of the city still remain in ruins and are just only beginning to recover now and that's why the situation is still quite unstable and anything is farcical concerning the locals reaction on the outcome of your. well and your mcentee a former european security observer in kyrgyzstan says it's now a question of whether they'll be a fair transition of power some hope and a political culture it's felt that while the power is being taken away from the presidency towards the parliament to get into the parliament nevertheless the prize is the presidency so that's a curious situation the question is will there be

a real cultural shift politically and in the way that government is run will it be open government will it be good governance in the sense of transparency so that any potential corruption is a stunt. or will it be the usual that for example a majority government will be the new regime which has just taken over the transition government and they were marginalized completely those who are supported by key if there was an aside. and but can leaving some instability there these are questions which really have to be to be answered maybe in a week or two years time. but you can get updates on that and all our stories on our website as well as video reports expert analysis and blogs here's what else you can see at our team dot com one. of my old on the alleged russian gun one i want to buy because you would have required documents provided by picture groups wife also . present scientists continue their arctic expedition to collect evidence on the

country's claims through the polar treasure with some great discoveries already in that. flight carrying the polish president's wife has had to make an emergency landing while she was returning from paying tribute to the previous leader who died in a plane crash in april the aircraft carrying on the commercial reported engine trouble after taking off from small downs and landed around one hundred kilometers away in bel the ruse she had been taking part in commemorations to mark the plane crash which killed president kaczynski and his wife along with dozens of top officials let's take a look at some other stories from around the world this hour and chile's trapped miners are inching closer and closer to rescue which is expected on wednesday and

escape shaft has been completed and men are being given high calorie drinks and medication to prepare them to be polled six hundred twenty two meters to the surface the thirty three workers have been stuck underground since the mine collapsed two months ago. police in belgrade have clashed with right wing rioters trying to disrupt a gay pride march over one hundred people are thought to have been injured mostly police officers attempting to hold back the anti gay protesters the rioters also threw homemade explosives as well as damaged cars and buildings it was serbia's first sanctioned gay march which is divided many in the country. and the birth reservoir containing toxic sludge in hungary is now on the verge of complete collapse authorities are warning of another the lose just days after waves of red slower east west from several towns killing seven and injuring over one hundred nearby residents are preparing to evacuate after growing cracks were spotted in the

remaining wall of the storage pool at the alumina factory and becoming a widow is painful enough but in india it's just the start of the problems they face centuries of male dominated cultures leaving them cast aside by their own families as cotton seeing reports that's pushing some of india's most vulnerable women onto the edge of society. the corpse lies on the streets over in the avonlea in northern india but no one stopping the dead woman was a good all to carry bad luck even in death in traditional hindu resign when a woman's husband dies she is considered to be a liability for the family the marriage is legally possible but found upon its superior go society and man wanted some of the other to frame it in such agree that everything is to his advantage which has been coming to that he could remarry you could be what he wants and he did pray woman from those things boggart balance

feels she has nothing left to live for as a widow she was deserted by her extended family so she traveled to the holy city of rome and spends her time reading hindu scriptures. i have new family i have to complete my life. if i get through to eat that's fine if not fine . shunned by society sixteen thousand widows stay in this city because it's associated with the hindu god krishna the lover go on whom they believe they are now married to they can be found on the streets with many forced to beg for scraps of food. i look and sound and my husband died of cancer i used up all oh say vincent pain for his treatment once he died no one would look after me so i came to rid of him the social service organization of service runs two homes full read it was in the city here one hundred eighty even in the heart of stone faded it's been

a long journey for one woman who came here two years ago that most people come to when done because the helpless in the beginning i felt alone and would cry all the time but slowly every time i just had to my new life here life is not easy for widows on the fringes of hindu society yet they're all going to visions working to overcome centuries of prejudice to give weirdoes a chance to live with dignity the bigger challenge will be convincing families across in your spouse and religious not to abandon them in the first place god and saying r.t. you barely. well later today are to report on the little danger some of us on winningly subject ourselves through every day we look at why the photo we choose can be the killer in the kitchen. forty two thousand americans die each year six thousand. seven hundred thousand people. and thirty two thousand will kill themselves cancer in all its forms kills five hundred sixty thousand of us here

participants is even more devastating it kills over eight hundred seventy thousand americans every year. the business is next here on our team with stephanie stay with. hello and welcome to the business bulletin the governor of california arnold schwarzenegger is in moscow to visit silicon valley's russian namesake and skolkovo he's part of a delegation of venture capitalists and investors taking part in the global innovation pop ship forum which starts on monday the event aims to raise the profile of the government's flagship innovation project r t correspondent daniel bushnell now brings us an update from the forum. first thing i did when he arrived into russia was to tweets roses lead to dmitry medvedev to say how excited he is to

be in the country it was all very symbolic california's governor is in town to help transform russia's economy into a center of world innovation so that one day it's also can create world leading brands such as twitter the head of the u.s. chamber of commerce here believes it can happen this high tech developments that you may not call r. and d. but that have been can be incremental improvements on current business processes and technology and american companies can bring a lot to that they can work with russian companies will also make contributions so in addition to the kind of r. and d. we're looking for the big breakthrough in five years or ten years is also the very important aspect of modernizing the economy right now the incremental improvement that will make russia much more efficient on his ball with him dozens of silicon valley startup sound venture capitalists and they've been inside the groups called the hotel here telling russian ministers how the silicon valley being built all the

outskirts of russia's capital can succeed but we spoke to one such investor i think the biggest. the biggest hurdle for russia's not going to be the infrastructure availability of great scientists. i think it's going to be the ability to create an entrepreneurship and innovation culture which means that the government needs to provide the infrastructure but then get out of the way and let the people create these opportunities and really not be hindered you know in terms of not having infrastructure but delegation has been to see skolkovo where russia silicon valley is being built technology joy's intel nor kieren siemens have already joined up to the project and we expect more to commit after this visit investors believe russia can boost its high tech sector if it focuses on a no riginal business model not blind imitation. all the countries in the world

would like at some point to replicate silicon the our i personally don't thing that the replicated the other elements which work. are good education science centers entrepreneurs of course investors. are always something which puts it all together and would imagine the. these elements are replicated it should work and in place in the world obviously in russia where this huge talent. let's have a quick look at how the equity markets of doing european markets are edging slightly higher on monday the trucking gains on wall street weaker than expected u.s. labor data out on friday has raised hopes the federal reserve may further stimulate the u.s. economy. and here in moscow both russian markets are making games on monday energy names are outperforming on the my sex but the top gave up two point two percent. also on the up to spend one point nine percent. russia's largest email provider

mailed plans to issue shares in the london i.p.o. mailed out ruis to float a subsidiary of the same name up to five billion dollars that includes a major russian assets of the company under two point four percent stake in facebook a company runs to complete the i.p.o. by the end of the year. global financial negotiators failed to reach agreement over the debasement of currencies at the i.m.f. a new meeting in washington a war of words continued between china and the u.s. each accusing the other of holding its currency down but russia's finance minister said the battle did not impact the ruble. remember there is not yet a currency war going on we are talking only about expectations that currency flows will become more powerful instrument for competition some day today the clearest examples are usa in china the situation between them is unique but we can't say that there is a similar war in any other part of the world. and you can see

a longer version of that interview with alexei kudrin after the break now at the same washington gathering the president of the bank andrey kostin said the russian financial sector is ready for competition with members when the country joins the organization if you talk about the russian. financial sector that's already was quite open quite exposed to international nurses so we're on the boat all have too many difficulties actually just doing this you're asians or new rules so we already have a quite a competitive. the mystic financial market we have to compete with a leading financial situation like citigroup. so. we don't see too much problem for the russian banking sector for example from this point of view . russia topped europe's charts in september for the largest amount of retail construction underway but even though it's

a past turkey and france we tellus say the size location and number of shops remain inadequate that's how you have reports. with dozens of shopping centers constructed in the past decade you might think russia as well start with retail outlets but you'd be wrong big retail chains are poorly represented across the country and small retailers what americans call mom and pop stores struggled to find shop space so. the share of big players in various sectors of retail is not only about six percent this market is far from consolidation obviously the regions are more inclined to develop local brands but large retailers have more power for buying and promotion so i think up to seventy percent of all trade will be in the hands of big companies within the next seven years as the. property specialists say russia needs to build more shopping space for large chains and crack down on disorganised outlets and down door markets but me date but that can go from management

development group says rush risen wrong to copy europe with much of the situation in russia is ridiculous by building endless morals were not meeting demand because our country is fundamentally different we have large distances and lack trading space in residential areas but nobody seems to care about that building morals and hypermarkets is more profitable and it's easier but we need a diversified retail market with street outlets and individual merchants only then will small business be able to thrive. a third of russia's g.d.p. passes across the shop counter last year the country's trade turnover approached five hundred billion dollars half of that is spent on food another argument for local shops for now out of town shopping centers dominate retail construction in russia and it's likely to remain at the top of europe's construction league. business r.t.

. well not so but this is for this up but of course you can always find those stories if you log on to our website. slash. forty two thousand americans die each year from car accidents only a thousand. seven hundred thousand people murdered and thirty two thousand will kill themselves cancer in all its forms kills five hundred sixty thousand of us a year part diseases even more devastating it kills over eight hundred seventy

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from contact investment will focus on russia's silicon valley with a view to investing. here just as a vote count is under way the central asian country that was torn by ethnic clashes during the summer chooses its next government but opposition politicians say the election wasn't as fair and free as is being claimed. now white american couples who want to adopt are running black children but are prepared to pay thousands of dollars to add caucasian babies to their families the racial prejudice is being blamed partly on the negative portrayal of the black community in the us media. next up party talks to russia's finance minister as the country takes a step nearer to joining the world trade organization. key

obstacles are down russia could join the war.