controversial tactics to target drug dealers and rehabilitate drug addicts this is a drug called as a morphine or locally known as crocodile it's a killer dean containing a drug and really dangerous beginning with a raisin coming through the window it was pretty exciting but the minute you get inside the reality of this situation really hits you 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. and that's that and it really makes it very apparent just how sensitive this issue. patient in raids has raised concerns about whether members of the foundation should be allowed to take the law into their own hands. it's an action which is cruel is it wrong to rescue a drowning person by pulling their hair if people say it's cruel 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 be an issue to the relationship that we have is force with the authorities and you catherine there is a fragile one that in eleven years they have managed to pull their energies to fight the drug issue effectively those caught in the raids face either arrest or we have this run by the glory is left to family members to give the final consent. conditions a hard they spend a month being weaned off drugs on a very basic diet an incredible conditions but with the group claiming a seventy percent success rate it appears tough love works which my mother saw what 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 but in other cities such as nish need to get similar initiatives have been dealt with very differently. of was sentenced to three. and

a half years in prison despite having half the number of drug deaths in the city in just two years. the only feeling i have is a disgust for our law enforcement agencies who instead of fighting the drug dealers are fighting an organization which was running a successful anti drug dealing campaign it makes completely no sense it's a crime against our city's population this is sparked a public outcry and led many to conclude that corruption amongst authorities might be to blame. eagle carried out over two hundred operations against drug dealers as a result the mortality rate is half the good you please refrain to sell drugs and consequently don't bribe you for it is clearly the authorities there didn't like that but in both cities the foundations have vowed to continue the fight in the face of what they say is government in action. that people have to take the problem personally i do understand that these before they are brothers and sisters and that unless they do it nobody will do it for the pressure is in the grip of

a major drug says with an unofficial estimate two and a half million drug addicts in the country almost two percent of the population people like genuine the foundation say a united effort is in everyone's interest and until proper measures are in place to deal not only with the dealers but in rehabilitating users as well as left ordinary people like themselves to stand and fight to free their city of drugs sarah. you're catching. well as part of sarah's extensive research into that story she spent time seeing for herself a controversial method in use at one of the rehabilitation centers. it's not a luxury place we the main area where they treated you had essentially fifty people in one room was quite crime conditions and they kept there for around a month initially. just fed bread and water and very basic feeds also essentially

going cold turkey. steaks he said we spoke to people who both going three the treatment at the time and he'd come three and managed to get clean and had now moved on with their lives they said it's incredibly hard i mean fighting 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 it is a volunteer 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 obscene not particularly capable of making logical decisions themselves safe the raid that we went on they trained the person's parents and. parents they're given the option whether the person was arrested or whether they're taken into this rehabilitation center and helped. you get new broom the head of the

moscow center for the study of drug addiction says from a medical point of view the members of city without narcotics used an efficient method. you have the most of the. i think the tragedy for this foundation and its rehabilitation centers is the absence of effective laws which determine the roles of everyone involved what should be the relation between an addict and society it's not clear i don't think the foundation used any medical methods a tool they just say held all those antics and didn't let them go their idea was that an addict should go through suffering and that this pain would prevent them from using drugs in the future but it doesn't work and expect guess about the pain will they remember is the minutes of bliss and all they want is to come back to this condition from a medical point of view it's not a fish and to hold them the method should be complex the practice they use doesn't correspond to any known methods so i'm against the way they did it but at the same

time i cannot say anything against their leader igor i think his motives were clear . now public anger is prompting the president to respond he's earth prosecutors to pay more attention to communities fighting to rid their towns of drugs to meet their mentors have met with musicians campaigning for human rights who told him the law needs to back those trying to do the right thing. and that it is impossible that the guy will be in prison is done nothing wrong. you said this i heard you i'm asking to pay more attention to what is going on there. unbiased without interfering with the trial in order to avoid a conflict with the law. anyway if the situation is like you're saying it needs attention. armageddon on the streets of new york was the prospect promised by u.s. media in the run up to the first civilian trial of a guantanamo detainee on american soil but now that the hearing of terrorist

suspects i've met go on these case has kicked off in manhattan that is the area seems to have been crowned less. but the main problem isn't security same problem on the head no no how many intelligent secrets will we surrender during this process or terrorist or whatever on us soil that's not the point we'll 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 the scene 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.

one of the media hype is here as the decision whether or not to try terror suspects on u.s. soil was being made the u.s. mainstream media was out of control with outrage 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 lonely 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 was that balance of policemen would be needed to provide security in the area and that billions and billions of dollars would be wasted on policemen serving around the globe to be able to make sure that nothing goes wrong but clearly and obviously that is far from reality another big arguments against terror suspects including guy lonnie being tried here was that there would be a lot 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 know. for sure. does it bother you that this is happening on u.s. soil. no does it bother you do you know that a terror suspect is being tried in this courthouse right here. right now and do you know that a terrorist suspect is being tried in the sport announcer you know does it bother you does it concern you that this is going on right here you know uninfluenced by the attempts to hide them up with fear mongering the locals are not facing any of the issues predicted by the media going about business as usual is that future cannot party new york. or authority live from moscow up soon for you the britons better off on benefits look into why the u.k. has more households sitting idle than any other major e.u. country. and the international olympic committee's concerns over the lack of

snow in sochi have been addressed as the officials praised pace of preparations for the twenty fourteen winter games. but first the nuclear poisoning of former k.g.b. officer alexander litvinenko is back in the picture his murder in london four years ago caused a deep strain in relations between russia and the u.k. but british foreign secretary william hague is now in moscow seeking to restore ties and catherine those are the now reports despite disagreements the two sides are determined to work together. it doesn't did seem that the two sides have basically agreed to disagree one of the major issues that throws a shadow over relations between moscow and london is of course the case of. a former k.g.b. officer was poisoned by a radioactive substance polonium two ten in london just a few years that britain believes that the main suspect in the case a russian state duma did deputy the bellboy has been refused extradition to britain

in order to stand trial despite the numerous evidence that they have presented to russia to the russian side of course the russian side maintaining the fact that the evidence that the british side has presented is not conclusive and basically the situation remains at a standstill both sides reiterating the fact that they will continue to work together maintaining of course. the work within a legal phrase but the laws of both countries being made in full play so nothing much has got to change but this is the situation and it seems that both sides for the moment at least accepted that fact that of course many different aspects of the relations that aren't as complicated were discussed including call for ation in afghanistan combat in drug trafficking in cruising the bilateral trade and establishing closer cultural ties all those areas are where relations between moscow and london flourish and both sides seem to intent on increasing not

operation. o'brian patel who is the secretary of the bow group think tank in london says that you can't afford to shun profitable market over political differences. william hague has recognized that britain in its foreign policy needs to embrace a whole host of countries its foreign policy can't just be based on the little notions with one or two countries britain needs to look to emerging world it's all around the world and russia is certainly one very important market of that kind and there are opportunities for british business and therefore i think there's an element of the new approach which is progress sick and an element which says let's agree to disagree these issues are very important but let's cooperate in other areas. staying in the u.k. nearly one in eight british households has no one in work that's according to a new study critics why in the country's welfare system which often means it's more

lucrative to stay at home and find a job. 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 e.u. these 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 our biggest 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 by some measure 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 saundra gets the equivalent of more than twenty thousand dollars a year in benefits but she says it's barely enough to stay afloat doing anything.

just to stay. the course can't go anywhere that do anything with the kids growing up and most painful well about far past. when. saundra also gets incapacity benefit 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. because. you. keep asking me what we're going to do.

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 to change it 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 and have every other time picking up the bill the government is taking steps to address the problem of the long term unemployed by 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 they. 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 at it. they're trying to fourteen winter olympics maybe several years away but

russia's preparations for the games have received praise from officials the i.o.c. says it's satisfied with the progress of construction in the black sea resort of sochi which of course is hosting the event artist and it's well worth keeping an eye on the preparations members of the i.o.c. coordination commission are frequent visitors here in sochi they prefer to see for themselves how things are going and how the russian city is preparing for the big sporting events besides the mountain course there were the olympic games will be held part of the competitions will be also the coastal. members of the had a chance to see for themselves whether things are going according to plan. sochi can be proud of great success in the following areas marketing operational planning education environmental protection and of course sporting facilities and infrastructure as we've been witnessing change in the city in the whole of the

region where the olympic projects are already beginning to take shape as you know it's a very important period for the organizers for those who participate in this massive construction effort in just a few months and the winter of two thousand and eleven there will be testing come petitions it's a massive plan seventy four sporting events to test the olympic venues there is also a big concern among the organizers among the sports fans whether sochi will have enough snow and whether there will be sufficient weather conditions to hold the winter olympic games in this particular subtropical area but that the organizers have plan b. if there will be problems with natural snow part of the project is dedicated to artificial snow production also they are planning to make special storage just for natural snow. so the euro be dismantled and national currency is reintroduced while a top financial analyst from germany believes that would actually be a better plan for the european union and trying to hold together the failing single

currency here's a preview of his interview which you can see next hour right here on r.t. ideally i would go back to core europe and i would let the drachma return and the return of the euro return and we still would have a european union it's not like it would be the collapse of the european union quite to the contrary if we allow those countries to set their own economic policy again and to be sovereign in their currencies we would do europe a service we're doing europe a disservice by having this artificial currency imposed on it it can only lead to political tensions like in greece where the greek population now has to suffer taxpayers germany has to suffer the only ones that didn't suffer in greece for the banks because they're willfully rescued so that's to me is a deal that is not quite equitable. business is on the way here on r t with kareena after

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tell someone you're cloning the result in spawn the ritz carlton hotel ground many as you call it a hotel full seasons hotel the sultan who turns. welcome to business is good to have you with us he said the route for gas to europe took another step forward on wednesday c.e.o. travel to romania where he said a governmental level agreement could be signed early next year already on board south stream are serbia hungry slovenia croatia and austria correspondent are going to question the reports from gospel headquarters. according to the news that we've been receiving from a gas from had a quarter after the meeting between the company's chief executive. and governmental officials a letter of intent it was signed between the russian company and to remain in transit to work out if is ability study over the construction all for sale stream

gas pipelines project through the territory elf or a man ia and author of the signing ceremony alexander that's a group of acts person will be sent to the country to examine the markets and if everything goes well both apologies and my sign a deal over the project will go to. the group of experts will come to remain and carry out prepared to understand whether we have mutual interests in this sphere after that the experts will make a report at a cooper level and if we can cooperate we'll discuss it management levels we see the potential for corporation in this sphere and we do have interest in it. gastro really needs the participation offer a manny especially now when bill garrisons to be alas a key even off through the recent change of the government but it's still unclear what was going to happen whether bulgaria will be excluded from of the

participation in the project or whether the pipeline will be extended for romanian participation and now south stream is supposed to be finalised by twenty fifteen and today alex m.l.o. once again stressed that he sees no doubt in the financing of the project or finalizing it by these casual time which is a twenty fifteen south stream will a start of from a russian black sea coast i will go to bulgaria and vonne know where it will split into two it will transport over a sixty three billion cubic meter so gas oil is thirty five percent over russia's top. annual aghast export to europe but there are still some countries which represent all of stickles towards the implementation of this project and this is turkey and a bold gavriel where everything is done clear on friday alexander let world a visit bulgaria and we will be watching further developments on this issue.

there's a to go quest is also fail to bulgaria which has been demanding stuff terms for allowing the pipeline to cross its territory the telephonic over reports from love also participant turkey all the latest twists and turns of pipeline part. turkey is one of the youngest the fastest growing and the largest countries in europe but it's a busy bridge like position between agent and europe which makes it and there are enough for rival international interests. the main battle is for the south or an energy corridor to supply gas to europe bypassing the current transit country ukraine the main pipelines and the running out of gas from lead sounds chim project and my blue car backed by the us and e.u. and there are smaller projects turkeys and. the country is ready to talk comedy it all of them. implementing one project doesn't mean that we can sell another one 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. asked have to three billion dollars into some oil pipeline strategically important for turkey the question is what will be the price because now we see that first of all turkey wants russia to invest my some subject and project it's the first benefit and the first part of this payment the second

phase is the trust turkey wants to change the details of our guest contacts. there was talk of 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 fruits this week gas pump chief alexei miller is visiting belgariad and demand to discuss delivery of russian gas and the future of the south stream pipeline project that channel because of business r.t. . here in moscow the r.t.s. but as the even seven point eight percent higher and axed over a percent and is a major reason banks were. bucking the trend that was lost now after last a quarter of a percent parcels. that's all the business he will have for you but to me at twenty past the hour for more our.

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crosstalk is on the way here in our team but first let's check in on our top stories russian courts say no to one group's hard line tactics in its battle against drug addiction homemakers may have ruled the methods illegal but supporters say they were. antifreeze britain's foreign secretary is in moscow for a friendly visit out there years of frosty anglo russian relations as both sides bid to build bridges. and the bubble of high bursts around the first civilian trial of a kuantan m o detainee as none of the us media is predictions of police cordons traffic gridlock and security threats come true. that doesn't mean anything now and

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