many political events of occurred in our country for example we now don't have a mayor in moscow and i know that you will be stepping down shortly so if you're a russian citizen i'm sure you'd be capable of working for us anyway today we're discussing how to improve relations between our countries between moscow and california. and then the president had a special treat taking of the governor in a cheika soviet made vehicle to hear skolkovo where the both of them had the opportunity to speak as well as see the facilities here this is all part of the governor's experience and his trip to a look at technology based businesses innovation and modernization and to help usher along without partnership that they discussed back in june of this year as well now in the speech that the governor spoke to the people here as part of the delegation he said that california is the leader of technologies and the technology business and they do have secrets but they don't want to keep them secret they want to share them and help russia in their process here to try and help skolkovo get

off the ground when the governor first arrived in russia the first thing he did was he sent a twitter to the president and it basically said i've landed in russia i can't wait to see the russian president dmitri medvedev to which i'm a bit of replied back in typical blogging blogging it techno fashion sending a tweet of his own saying welcome to russia can't wait to see you at skolkovo after that arnold schwarzenegger sent pictures on posted them on twitter as well of him arriving of him smoking a cigar driving from the airport as well as some that have become very well known here in russia and have gotten a lot of response of arnold schwarzenegger on the metro system now the people of russia have really come to adopt on of sorts nager as one of their own and they've grown to love him through his movies like terminator and also one based here in russia called red heat where a little bit of trivia for you it was not allowed for them to film on red square so

the crew had to sneak their shots and actually do it illegally also if you know that he is he himself is a power lifter and his his inspiration is a russian himself it was a kid that was fifteen years old i was in vienna. in sixty one watching. the world with lifting championships and the russians just destroyed everybody. i mean they just had the most extraordinary lived in there was a guy by the name of your roof last off he was he looked like an intellectual so you had glasses on the new found out that he was an engineer and he was a very well educated man but the tremendous strength and determination and durrance in you is this monster guy and this is the most self that's what i want to do when i grow up of course that's arnold schwarzenegger in his element talking about how russians have inspired him to become the person he is he is also established a good strong relationship with president dmitri medvedev and in that he promised

that he would come and help out russia he has talked about russia being a leader in innovation in modernization as well as in sports and culture and also talked about russia being a young democracy and how he wants to support russia in your this democratic process talking about america's democratic process and the two party system of course i'm a republican the surrounded by democrats who have a democratic. and we have a democratic think about this we have a democratic legislature in the assembly and in the senate we have a democratic controller and everyone around me is a democrat even ed knight going to go to bed and go to sleep i. and of course that last comment referring to his wife maria shriver who is not only a democrat but is also a member of the kennedy family one of the most famous democrat families in the

united states now from here when he leaves moscow the governor will be going into khazan and also meeting with the president of a title stand there so that he can look at investment opportunities he will also while he's in russia russia be visiting with different ministers as well as visiting the company of us now know. or to sean thomas there covering the california governor's visit to russia you can get more on that with our business team in about fifteen minutes time. now the ballots are in for character stands landmark parliamentary poll which international observers have praised as being free and fair so far no single party has emerged a clear winner with the central election commission saying five parties appear to have crossed the necessary five percent threshold r t isn't that in the wake of a monitoring felt in the capital bishkek and now joins us live hi there natalia now with these final results expected soon there are still claims by some opposition politicians that there were violations what are people there saying about the way

the elections were conducted. well there are rather mixed feelings about the selections in the country the opposition leaders along with the head of russian parliamentary delegation of observers seem to believe that the election wasn't fair one of the opposition leaders school it has said that the tricks at least three cases have been filed on the count of violations that have taken place during the elections meanwhile the country's authorities are quite happy with the way it's went there over eight hundred international observers in kyrgyzstan at the moon moments monitoring their elections and they believe that elections were valid despite minor violations that have taken place what's made washing observers concerned with this election was then usual splash of activity among voters that took place during the past hour were all for the elections now still for almost all of the votes have been counted and indeed five political parties have cleared the

necessary five percent varia to get seats in the parliament and those seats will be distributed between them proportionally among those parties first of all is the party that is on officially associated here with former president but he's also the party of social democrats and party of one of the opposition leaders who of their own natural leaders in this vote because most of those those parties have very similar political agendas i received very similar percentages all of the vote so we might still see a parliamentary stalemate in the country like the one we saw in ukraine when the country's parliament simply couldn't form a government's coalition. earlier this year the country witnessed horrific ethnic violence especially in the south what's the security situation like there now. well listen curity is situation was rather conjuring the elections and after the elections we have seen security tightened throughout the county police has been

patrolling the streets for the past two days some experienced still believe that riots may take place later after these elections and some experts have been saying that their lessons were rather sounds in the southern regions of the country where they have seen people being drugs from one polling station train the other in forced to vote several times some were saying people were actually bribed to be for specific political parties our film crew in the southern city of course has spoken to some of the ethnic uzbeks living there who have said that they were simply deprived of the right to both but they refused to talk about it on camera or ethnic clashes between the curious people and the they live side by side very well you of course will continue to monitor the situation there for now are to use the card in the work of a reporting live from bishkek kyrgyzstan. now still ahead for you here in our see how some indian women are ports to the margins. life is not easy on the

fringes of hindu society yet they're all going to visions of working to overcome centuries of prejudice to give riddles a chance to live with dignity find out about the struggles some hindu women face after their husband's death. also a hero for one government and then me to look at why a nuclear scientist who spent eighteen years behind bars is still being chased by israeli authorities. but first for many americans would be parents willing to adopt a child color matters but once this that states must ensure children of all races have the right to be given a home but even though half the children up for adoption in the u.s. are black their chances of finding a family are much less than white kids is going to church can now reports. 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's words free that was our primary focus we really weren't interested too much in what the child looked like of 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 of 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 and once a child goes into african-american child goes into a family that is caucasian that family is no longer caucasian that family becomes

a family of color at that point ok so the whole family dynamic changes 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 to 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 once you get 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 and while there's still signs of prejudice in the american adoption field there is no prejudice in this home seventeen month old queen was adopted by

two moms and we've had to face the challenges that straight people don't just. up for the job they chose to raise their two adopted children in a very ask equally diverse neighborhood of racists and you know 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 put their second child african american by and large our family is largely irish english german descent french canadian you know so smart usually a lot of white people and we need i would prefer a little more color in our family. going to shut down our t. washington d.c. . in other news the whistleblower who revealed details of israel's nuclear program

in the one nine hundred eighty s. is at the center of another court case but lawyers for mordechai vanunu are demanding he be allowed to live outside of israel the new spent eighteen years in jail including eleven years in solitary confinement even after his release in two thousand and four his lawyers say he was denied basic freedoms of speech and movement and was repeatedly arrested for violating pro prohibition for details on the case we're now joined by paul harriman of the emil torah institute for palestinian and israeli studies and he's also a former member of the knesset thank you for joining us mr mccaul now the new house for paid leave said that the information he has either is outdated or is already widely known why then is he being persecuted so relentlessly even after serving such a long prison term. yes sir in some way . continue to. try to

punish him after he served his the whole period without. the need day that they gave him. as a present. i believe that this policy is in the away. arising holy sea. which is too deep to arise anybody that i really who tries to question or criticize the nuclear policy i am sure that no no does not in danger of the security of israel he endangered the policy of the israeli stablish went on the nuclear issue and why they are trying to push him to the corner. and again now there's

a similar case in china with this year's nobel peace prize winner down on state version charges and widely supported by the west why has it been you know getting the same kind of support do you think. because. the western world. led by the united states and the obama administration. uses double standards when it deals with human rights when it deals with peace when it deals with the basics basis of. international peace and international the nuclearization of the world didn't include recession is that i will still be. still have a special relation from the world double standards. and chris

and i believe that this is the real face of the international policy led by the united states today. who deserves the. prize he is not this guy he is. despite the human rights fighter and. the first man or one of the most brave men who. are policy of the nuclear dangers in the middle east and i believe that some day will come and the whole of humanity will grieve with. new new did and believe the very source of nuclear danger in the middle east is not iran but it what is going on in israel and the huge. that. we have here in israel

right usama who are chairman of the email torn institute for palestinian israeli studies thank you very much for your analysis there. ostracized by society thousands of india's widows are even cast aside by their own families it's a situation blamed on attitudes based on centuries of male dominated culture and seeing reports on the extreme plight of hindu women who've lost their husbands. corpse lies on the streets over in the valley in northern india but no one stopping the dead woman was a good point to carry bad luck even in death in traditional hindu wisdom when a woman's husband dies she is considered to be a liability for the family the marriage is legally possible but found upon it's a patriarchal society and man wanted. to frame it in such a way that everything is to his advantage which has been coming to that he could

remarry could be what he wants and he did pray woman from those things worked 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 to complete my life. that's not that's also fine. shunned by society sixteen thousand widows 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. and suddenly my husband died of cancer and used up all o.c. vincent paying for his treatments once he died no one would look after me so i came to bring. the social service organization guide of service runs to homes for

griddles in the city one hundred eighty of them in the house and fed it's been a long journey for one woman who came here two years ago because the most people come to when done because they are helpless in the beginning i felt alone and would cry all the time but slowly i just had to my new life here life is not easy for widows on the fringes of hindu society yet there are organizations working toward become centuries of prejudice to give readers a chance to live with dignity. the bigger challenge will be convincing families across the us towns and villages not to abandon them in the first place got in seeing new delhi. please do drop us a line have your say on that story at our website where you can also find videos expert analysis and blogs also at our two dot com right now the boot flyer exclusive documents provided by the wife of the alleged russian arms dealer whose want to buy u.s. . and russia's mission to stake a claim for the treasures of the arctic is on

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hello and a very warm welcome to the business program the governor of california our nor softs a mega isn't moscow just visit silicon valley is russia namesake in. his spot of a delegation of venture capitalists and investors taking part in the global in the patient partnership forum which began on monday the event aims to raise the profile of the government's flagship in the patient for checked our chief correspondent daniel bushnell now brings us an update from the forum. first thing that did when he arrived into russia was just sweets rowsley did mr medvedev 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 the power of one day is also can create

a wall between 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 break. through in five years or ten years there's 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 startups and venture capitalists and they've been inside the group's call to the hotel here telling russian ministers how the silicon valley being built on the outskirts of russia's capital can succeed but we spoke to one such investor i think the biggest. the biggest hurdle for russia is not going to be

the infrastructure or the 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 there has been to see skolkovo where russia silicon valley is being built technology joy's intel nokia and siemens have already joined up to the project and we expect more to commit after this visit. the school fund and start tract up to six point seven billion dollars of investment over the next three to five years that's according to the funds president viktor fixie back the figure includes stage contributions but fits the back told business r.t. that the private constituent is most important we don't believe so to it's state

should be a. long time plays a significant sustained come before stopped up so broad state to support by far is strong but then you is this process can be successful if. you feel confidence in the band the small talent courson oliver says sounds good to take with just a basic set. russia's largest email provider a male dog are you plans to issue or says in the london eye mailed out are you is to float a subsidiary of the same name worth up to five billion dollars it includes major russian assets of the company and a two point four percent stake in facebook the company plans to complete the i.p.o. by the end of the year. a look at the markets in moscow pothier version markets finished high on monday twelve major ross metals the top gave up two point two percent on the back porch rising oil prices and speculation that gas producer terra

is well staffed as a possible strategic partner banks are also on the op was burbank edition one point four percent. russia could shop increase its gas output from the current six hundred fifty billion cubic meters to one trillion annually and prime minister putin is visiting russia's north to discuss the future of the gas industry over the next two decades the prime minister said russian producers are able to satisfy growing demand and expand their presence in the global market independent gas producers could be responsible for as much as a third of russian gas awkward in the next twenty years. when the company is working on the arctic shelf and looking liquefied natural gas project. on targeted gas supplies. to get them to russia's domestic market should be the major priority for gas producers we must significantly update the distribution of gas supply within the country. russian companies plan to access the international board

markets top fifth to lend a credit bank will issue three hundred million dollars in your bones that follows successful placements baris barry bonds and alpha bank and russia's largest power producer bruce hydro also plans to tap the international born markets it has not revealed how much it hopes to raise. that's all the business for now you can get more stores small website are to dot com slash business. the.

forty two thousand americans die each year for accidents will be a 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 part is easy even more devastating it kills over eight hundred seventy thousand americans every here.

the international association of russian language and literature teachers will hold the world festival of russian language. are you interested in a better understanding of russian language and culture can you sing russian songs well. the good the participants of the world festival of russian language and will make something trip to st petersburg in russia. for more information visit the festival website.

cross-talk is coming up here in our team but first let's get you up to date on today's top stories of interest drive into the future the governator heads moscow finds up some high tech investment in russell silicon valley. also five parties five for power out results show no clear winner and kerry gets down to the store collections which have been called free and fair by international observers but the opposition claims intimidation and vote rigging. and love for an adopted child should be color blind but in the u.s. many black children can't find new homes because white parents. next peter the bells cross talk takes a closer look at latin america expansion plans. wealthy

british scientists such. as. markets financed scandals find out what's really happening to the global economy for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to cause a report. and. say. hello and welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle going its own way in a relatively short amount of time latin america has transformed itself both.