archies sour firth explains. a drugs raid gets underway and after hours of waiting for contact to give the signal suddenly everybody is up and running the police are involved but not all taking part in law enforcement officers the raid has been organized by a vigilante style greek name ansel's city without narcotics this is a drug called as a morphine or locally known as crocodile it's a codeine containing drug and really dangerous the beginning of the raids and coming through the window it was pretty exciting but the minute that you get inside the reality of the situation really hits very hard you've got a young family. lying around the house next door a young child and a mother who looks barely more than a child herself extremely scared and upset and it really makes it very apparent just how sensitive this issue is. should people be able to do this walking into

homes and taking the law into their own hands. it's an action which is cruel as it's wrong to rescue a drowning person by pulling their here if people say it's cruel and inhumane let them teach us how to do it otherwise we work twenty four seven to help these people when the state isn't doing anything we're aware of to do the initiative that the authorities didn't quite see it that way for twenty three year old man years ago by each curve and several other members of the group using the same methods in the city of nizhny to go were arrested and move which was met with strong public criticism but in this chappie gore carried out over two hundred operations against drug dealers as a result the mortality rate has halved the gypsies are afraid to sell drugs and consequently don't bribe your thora who's clearly the authorities there didn't like that the court handed down a three and a half year prison sentence for kidnapping the verdict has sparked

a public outcry with people claiming it's simply a victory for the drug dealers. i sincerely believe that the trial and the verdict against year gorbachev are the most dangerous and frightening events in russia it's not only a man who's been convicted it's a man who is really trying to change something in this life to make life better or despite the public reaction the relationship between the authorities and the group is a fragile one. the first deputy minister of internal affairs once told me your biggest problem is that you have assumed the function of the state and i said i don't need to take it back and do what's necessary. the foundation has continued its fight in the face of what it says is a lack of government action. that people have to take the problem personally to understand that these people are their brothers and sisters and that unless they do it nobody will do it for them. when we visited the rehabilitation center that is

run by the group there is no evidence of the controversial techniques such as handcuffing addicts to beds which the group has been accused of by human rights groups and the authorities the doors are locked in the conditions of crimes that the group claims a seventy percent success rate it's tough treatment appears to be working with my mother so it's six years of drug addiction had done to me and turned to the foundation for help it's hard but you can see how the people are here they talk to each other there's an atmosphere of friendship which helps you through rushes in the grip of a major drug squad he says with an unofficial estimate of two and a half million drug addicts in the country almost two percent of the population and until probably measures are in place to deal not only with the dealers but in rehabilitating users as well people like genya and the foundations say that it's left to them to stand and fight to free their city of drugs sara fair r.t.

catarrh emberg. well earlier my colleague spoke to our first to find out more about the center that she visited there is a luxury place we the main area where they treated you had essentially over fifty people in one room was quite conditions and they kept there for around a month initially. just fed bread and water and very basic feeds was there essentially going cold turkey going to. the people of both going through the treatment at the time and he'd come three and managed to get clean and now moved on with their lives they said it's incredibly hard i mean quiting a drug addictions never going to be easy but actually this huge support network that they have here and the fact that they're all in it together really is very very helpful you've got people in the same as situation t. and that's really a very positive thing for them you mention the drugs raise them in are actually

forced to go to these three places they are yes it is a voluntary last time because the people like the raid that we went on the people that we saw. when they're in the grips of drug addiction are obviously not particularly capable of making logical decisions themselves safe the rate that we went on. they trained the persons parents and. parents they're given the option whether the person was arrested or whether they're taken into this rehabilitation center and how. now a retired police colonel who took part in numerous operations against drug dealers has told us that methods used by the group are totally illegal. to me it sounds like torture is in the would you stop we have to differ here the results and the methods to minors thing is completely legal even though the law enforcement agencies in the country federal and regional level not all of them are allowed to

carry one detection operational activities because. the conditions of where the drug addicts were kept to me through symbols prisons and even worse. public anger has led the russian president to urge prosecutors to pay more attention to communities who are getting tough on ridding their own towns of drugs to make the message of was meeting rock musicians who told him the law needs to take a wider view on people trying to do the right thing. it is impossible that the guy will be in prison he has done nothing wrong. you said this i heard you. i'm asking to pay more attention to what is going on there. on bars just without interfering into the trial in order to avoid a conflict with the law. anyway if the situation is like you're saying it needs attention. you're with our team live from moscow still to come for you in the

program the benefits of being out of work in britain. and i'm not doing anything. i'm just i just am going everything. why welfare is the easy option for the one in eight households who prefer state handouts to earning their own wage. russia says it's setting no conditions and getting relations with britain back on track but both sides admit there are still issues in the way of bringing with two closer together the british foreign secretary has been holding top level talks here in moscow gathering that is following william hague's visit for t. and she joins us now live cards at both sides seem to be agreeing to disagree here on thing. indeed they are new so there are still a lot of issues that the two sides seem to be unable to iron out specifically of course the issue of. the former k.g.b. officer who was poisoned to death by a radioactive substance bologna in two ten

a one day in london a few years back and that by admittance of by both foreign ministers and his british counterpart really hague that still draws a cloud over the relations between moscow and london but the two sides do seem to be willing to work together on that matter staying within the framework of the law and of course within the mutually binding legal agreements that moscow on london have in place according to city level moscow was aware of the issue and is willing to work with straight on resolving it the two of mutually beneficial and mutually satisfactory resolution. is there no relation senator also you cannot imagine trying to get clear of countries that have no difficulties was so ever listen if you lose them the problems related to the so-called loop in any case let's use we reaffirm our position that we are really cheap toggery notions of based on our laws and this position is well known to the

british side in the future problem we reaffirm it is with me on that island is that the fact that we do have the problems in their relationship between our two countries does not mean that any other area of cooperation should suffer because of it. of course those different aspects of the relationship the russian foreign minister mentioned were also brought up during the meeting between the city and william hague it seems that there's not only the down side but also the up side to the relations between moscow and london of course many different aspects of the relations that aren't as complicated or discussed including corp and afghanistan combat and drug trafficking in cruising the bilateral trade and establishing just helps build ties only close areas are where relations between moscow and london flourish and both sides seem to intent on increasing not operation. obviously a lot of cooperation there but let's talk

a little bit more about those downsize the list seem to seems to go on remind us why flings have taken a turn for the worst in the first place. well let me say it has to do with one thing that was already mentioned by the foreign ministers of specifically the case of alexander litvinenko a former k.g.b. officer who was poisoned to death by a radioactive substance polonium two ten mil london a few years back in london believes that the main suspect in the case was they say they have enough evidence to make him stand trial in london on the little boy has been ordered for russia has refused to extradite the man to stand trial in a london and of course this has been a somewhat tit for tat or no take for no tat scenario as britain has refuted leda repeatedly refused to extradite some of russia's wanted men specifically one of the most notorious perhaps of those is a cry of a man russia believes to be. responsible for many terrorist activities specifically

prolonging the volatile situation and on staff and stab allies in destabilizing it even further in russia's caucuses so those situations do nothing to help the relations but according to the foreign ministers and what we've heard today they are see me. seemingly willing to work on the matters and it's not hopefully for the . right card to do and i was out of a reporting live in moscow where britain's foreign secretary has started his official visit. the first civilian trial of a guantanamo detainee has become in the beginning in the u.s. the decision to try the terrorist suspect in manhattan drew a fierce media backlash with new yorkers concerned about security and the heightened emotions it could cause but as artie's an associate or can i explain things are now remarkably quiet. the main problem isn't security same problem on the head no know how many intelligence secrets we surrender during this process we were terrorists or whatever on us soil that's not the point we get to spew all

kinds of anti american propaganda because that's what's going to happen well i'm an oracle a shockingly relaxed atmosphere outside the federal courthouse in lower manhattan especially when a case of such significance is going on this place has seen some of the most publicized scandals of the last two years this is where bernie made off with centers for over a century this is where the curious case of the russian special agents unraveled this entire street was packed with t.v. satellite trucks and dozens and dozens of crews ready to bring their viewers all of the latest and now when for the first time a one ton of the detainees being tried in a criminal court of justice in the u.s. none of the media hype is here. as the decision whether or not to try terror suspects on u.s. soil was being made in the u.s. mainstream media was out of control with outraged they were saying this is unacceptable and that terror suspects should be tried in military tribunals now on the first day of the trial there's only

a couple of blue only journalists here with not much enthusiasm to find out what's really going on inside the courtroom. one of the biggest concerns of the mainstream media profits is that thousands of policemen would be needed to provide security in the area and that billions and billions of dollars would be wasted on policemen for everything around them to be able to make sure that nothing goes wrong but clearly you know obviously that is far from reality another big arguments against terror suspects including guy lonnie being tried here was that there would be lots of traffic which clearly is not the case and that the neighborhood the locals living here would be worried concerned and bothered are they let's find out you know that a terror suspect is being tried in the courthouse right here you know for sure. does it bother you that this is happening on u.s. soil. you know does it bother you do you know that a terrorist suspect is being tried in this courthouse right here. right now do you

know that a terrorist suspect being tried in this board. you know does it bother you does it concern you that this is going on right here. on influenced by the attempts to hype them up with fear mongering the locals are not facing any of the issues predicted by the media going about business as usual but if that future cannot party in new york. well in our next hour here in r t peter lavelle's crosstalk gas look at whether the mainstream media is on your grip on audiences is being irreversibly loose in the us people have elsewhere for their headlines. and that's the fundamental question here whether we think journalism that is underwritten by corporations is a threat versus whether we think journalism underwritten by foreign governments is a threat i think both raise some legitimate concerns right now we're seeing this flora sharing environment online and offline where alternatives are available to

people and i think americans are wondering why they can't tune into these channels on their television screen not just to foreign governments intervening into american news affairs but also non-government organizations like we can extend the voice that they're projecting is one that is a threat to american national security or even combative to the american government and there are two. nearly one in eight british households has no one in work according to a study that ranks the u.k. as the worst among the biggest e.u. countries part of the blame is being put on a welfare system that means the unemployed can be better off on benefits but as more emmett reports even though the government wants to force people off welfare and into work the jobs just aren't there. once the seat of an empire

now the holder of an unwanted unemployment accolade new figures reveal the u.k. has the highest number of households in any of the largest economies in which no one works it amounts to over eleven percent of homes long term unemployment is growing as a proportion of total unemployment but a bigger problem is perhaps hidden from the official unemployment statistics and that is the proportion of workers households in britain so one sixth of all children for example for example grew up in workless households which is the highest figure in europe are some measure of thirty nine year old sondra hey has never had a job she had her first child at sixteen and went on to have three more none of the fathers is around sandra gets the equivalent of more than twenty thousand dollars a year in benefits but she says it's barely enough to stay afloat not doing anything. just to stay. the course can't go anywhere that do anything with the kids

growing up and learning most painful well of art far past. when there are so also who gets incapacity benefits because of a problem with her legs she admits that many people less able than her do go out to work but the country's generous benefits system means it's often more lucrative to stay at home than to get a job critics of that system also say the dependency culture is passed from one generation to the next saundra is a grandmother at thirty nine with the state paying for her granddaughter's nursery care while her daughter goes to college she talks of the moment she found out her daughter was pregnant at seventeen devastating. devastating because she just got a course in college and two non-teacher pregnant last year and keep asking me what we're going to do when wilder already. oh i think it's

a cycle that the cash strapped coalition government is trying hard to break as it tries to save money but that's a tricky balancing act between protecting the vulnerable and not allowing people to take advantage of the system with a mixture of count and stick the conditionalities that if you don't accept a reasonable job offer it's got to be the case that you can't go claiming benefits now that every other taxpayer picking up the bill the government is taking steps to address the problem of the long term unemployed by restricting the amount of benefits that any one family can claim and making more rigorous tests and checks on people who want incapacity allowance but many of the people those reforms that have never worked and the big question is in a crisis hits economic climate it's all there any jobs for them to go. you are advocates. it's twenty minutes past the hour let's turn now to some international

news we begin in cheney where the unprecedented rescue operation continues to free the miners who've been stuck six hundred meters underground for over two months eight miners have been brought up to the surface so far after tearful reunions with their families the miners are now arriving in hospital where they're undergo a thorough physical and psychological test the painstaking process of freeing the miners is far from over and it's likely to take at least another twenty four hours before they are all. aerial photos of the reservoir that's left swabs of hungry covered in toxic sludge so it was leaking before last week's fatal burst it's now thought inspectors missed a vital warning signs and gave the facility the all clear the disaster has now claimed nine lives and injured over one hundred when a torrent of poisonous red waste swept through a town when the retaining wall gave way. stephanie elam joins us from the business just how are the equity markets looking this hour pretty positive mood so

. here in moscow and he said and that follows up global trends overnight i'll have more market news in just a moment but first the boss of gas from has just arrived in rumania to negotiate the country's participation in the south stream project the visit to book arrest is also a veiled message to bulgaria which has been demanding stiff terms for allowing the pipeline to cross its territory touching a public over reports from another south participant turkey on the latest twists and turns of pipeline politics. turkey is one of the youngest the fastest growing eldora just countries in europe wate it's a business bridge like position between asia and europe which makes it and they're really not for rival international interests. the man battle his for the southern energy corridor to supply gas to europe bypassing the current transit country ukraine the main pipelines in the running other gazprom led

south stream project and now booker backed by the u.s. and e.u. and there are other smaller project turkey's and the region minister says the country is ready to accommodate all of them. implementing one project doesn't mean that we can so another one turkey has the capacity to develop each and every project because consumers need it there is demand we should think not only about today when there is a global crisis we should think about two thousand and fifteen two thousand and twenty when demand will increase even then it may be too much gas for europe analysts say some projects will likely be abandoned in the race to build new pipelines russia is trying hard to come first securing gas and customers analysts say we meaning turkey is agreement to lay the south stream through turkish waters came at a cost russia will have to invest up to three billion dollars into some oil pipeline strategically important. for turkey

a big question is what will be the price because now we see that first of all turkey wants russia to invest wired to some subject and project it's the first benefit and the first part of this payment the second is that russia turkey wants to change. turkey was more cheap gas from russia in the byzantine world of pipeline politics russia will have to offer something in exchange for the support of all the contras along the pipeline fruit this week gazprom chief alexei miller is visiting both garrett and romance to discuss delivery of russian gas and the future of the south stream pipeline project. of business are to stumble. analysts have a closer look at how these equity markets are performing european shares are only up on whether to stay commodity stocks and leaving the footsie higher that follows

positive economic data from asia and the prospect of further stimulus for the u.s. economy from the federal reserve is based on a sentiment minors are among the top game is copperheads a twenty seven month high and here in moscow the russian forces are based around one percent higher equate with trends in global markets energy may just leaving the gains a raise in the previous session this is outperforming on the my sex and the r.t.s. one and a half. hour. some of the leading lights of california's silicon valley say the russian government should stay out of high tech business they fear the states will choke rather than help innovators but the country's high tech czar tells business r.t. they should be careful what they wish for the new bush report. the investors who build california's silicon valley have come to help russia create its own but they're worried it's state driven led going to president to be to medvedev the whole idea by venture capital is you take government out of the equation and you

leave it up to the entrepreneur so i think that's definitely something that will be front and center of their minds when they're making investment decisions the man running high tech conglomerates ross nano. is different because we're a special situation where you cannot introduce innovation by decree but at the same time in russia you cannot introduce them without the degree of this agreement of the russian mission for both ways can work states funds help start to track and took a fleet management software known as telematics to russia's first venture i.p.o. took it private making the young founders very rich indeed started as a group of students which was. in part by the telematics morals of our bid to be a russian measure company we should believe that our idea here and gave us money to make this business from the site of moscow the site of the whole country. and then

it was that it's thinking worldwide wednesday there are a lot of emerging markets where our products were competitive and were made just for go we rode the states will fund the least hope of the six billion dollar coast of russia's silicon valley currently under construction in school of a new mosco but there are signs the california delegation is starting to influence on monday skulk of a chief victor victor good miltiades this project will only be successful if hundreds of independent companies join the new business ulti. and that's the business news for this hour but we've always got more coverage for you online dot com slash it's.

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dot com. it's two thirty pm in moscow these are your headlines from r t the head of the russian anti-narcotics foundation has been jailed for using tough treatment and techniques but as many supporters say things have changed where the authorities have failed and that his methods got results. after years of frosty angle washing relations britain's foreign secretary comes to moscow as both sides bid to build bridges relations between the two countries have been especially strained since the murder of a former k.g.b. officer in london three years ago. after the media panic over guantanamo trials being held in manhattan the first detainee is appearing in court but the hype over

security and policing troubles has failed to materialize as mainstream news outlets put the story back on the burger. and one in eight british households has no one in were making the u.k. the worst among the major in u. nations a generous welfare system is being blamed for keeping the unemployed better off on benefits. but during the economic bubble few would listen to those who predicted it was about to burst laura emmet now hears from a top german financial expert who insisted the downturn was around the corner you can hear now about what he thinks could happen next. professor also thanks very much for talking to r.t. now you correctly predicted the economic crisis was your predictions for the year zero it's not so you see i think as long as strongly on the right.