agreed 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 drugs and really dangerous the beginning of the raids and coming through the window it was pretty exciting but the minute 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 of civilian participation 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 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 be initiated the relationship the group has for sure 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 are hard they spend a month being weaned off drugs on a very basic diet and inquire conditions but with the group claiming a seventy percent success rate it appears tough love works which my mother saw at 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 go similar initiatives have been dealt with very differently you go by

each curve 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 complain 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 gypsies are afraid 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 to understand that these people or their brothers and sisters and that

unless they do it nobody will do it for them pressure is in the grip of a major drugs crisis 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 sara fair. catching bag well as part of extensive research into the store she spends time saying for a sofa controversial methods and use of one of the rehabilitation centers. not a luxury place we the main area where they treat it you had essentially over 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 feed also essentially

going cold turkey and. we spoke to people who faced going through the treatment at the time and he's come three and managed to get three have 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 got people in this in a situation t. and that's really a very positive thing for them is a volunteer last time because people like the raid that we went on the people that we saw. when they're in the grips of drug addiction or of the not particularly capable of making logical decisions themselves safe the rate that we went on. they are going to the person's parents and asked the parents they're given the option whether the person was arrested or whether they're taken into this rehabilitation

center and helped. sort of further a correspondence story that will of getting broome's the head of the moscow center for the study of drug addiction he told us that from a medical point of view the members of city without narcotics use inefficient methods. yeah but mostly. 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 in society it's not clear i don't think the foundation used any medical methods at all they just 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 alex forgets 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 to 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 . next tonight the nuclear poisoning of former k.g.b. officer alexander litvinenko is back in the picture is pretty foreign secretary william hague's in moscow seeking to restore todd strain ties of a strained after the incident while catherine as for reports now that despite the disagreements the two sides are determined to work together. it doesn't it 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 back britain believes that the main suspect in the case the case a russian state duma get deputy. 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. to work within our legal stories but the laws of both countries will remain in place so nothing much has changed with the missing in the situation and it seems that both sides have used for the moment at least all accepted that fact that of course many different aspects of the relations that aren't as complicated or discussed including corporation in afghanistan combat in drug trafficking increasing 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. let's get more on this now christopher granville is

a co-founder of trusted sources research group british diplomat to russia. on the program tonight some of the maybes describe the various made for news an unfree news a russian u.k. relations different got so fair assessment through conference difficulties go much . seems to be a fair assessment my knowledge of the talks today during william hague's visit is limited to a few news was the commentary of your own correspondent just now as a reasonable conclusion yes and more important i think the change of government in the u.k. provides a perfect diplomatic backdrop to try to normalize relations and get them out of this rather. than which they've been stuck in because of this the one. shocking. very isolated case of. mr litvinenko well that of course does remain the main

stumbling block between the two countries and foreign minister lavrov said today that moscow is ready to work on it per britain must provide details of the investigation which the u.k. has always refused to do in the past what you think are going to work together under this new government in a better spirit of cooperation do you think real headway will be made. i doubt it i think your correspondent was right just when she concluded that the most likely outcome is that they will simply agree to disagree and if one thinks through the logic of the situation russia does not allow its citizens to be extradited and would need a change of russian law to make that happen that's clearly not going to happen certainly not just for one particular case and therefore logically the british law enforcement authorities would need to agree to work with their russian counterparts to try to build a case for

a prosecution through the russian criminal cause just saying that. i think should be enough to make clear that that's not a plausible scenario there's no sense that the british authorities have any intention to do that so it's really. a legal and a practical political stalemate the only the only thing to do is simply to set it to one side as an unresolved and to be honest unresolvable disagreements and move on to a normal agenda ok well assuming that can be done the next stumbling block is of course the way that moscow views the u.k. as basically an asylum heaven for some of russia's most wanted people i'm thinking . of getting. a letter even wanted by interpol and on terror charges will britain never cooperate on those cases that. well i think that the i don't think that if the litvinenko. had not occurred i do not think that

the russian government's. dislike of. these individuals being in the u.k. and even being given political asylum would have had the effect of effectively freezing bilateral relations between two major countries. as is as is now i think really just been one of those irritants which which occur at all times between russia and the u.s. which has much improved relations on the since the coming to power of the obama administration so it would not in itself the effect that we see today. sponsible we don't have a lot of time but last question politics aside from looking at the practical financial side cooperation business cooperation has been pledged to be much closer that's what both sides are saying they want is it realistic and who's going to gain the most from a better partnership in the future. well i think that's the most interesting

question actually. a lot of the agenda of russian european relations is handled at the level of the european union particularly matters of immense importance to the russian people which is the prospect of visa free travel or at least much easier. for travel to european union member states and a number of other general economic trade and. legal and social cultural interchanges at the level of bilateral relations with particular he used states the key one is business economics finance if you see the way that russia and germany russia and france russia and italy cooperate in major sectors especially the more political politicized ones politically sensitive ones the gas minerals energy transportation the u.k. is right out of it the u.k. financial services sector and professional services sector is still very present in

russia and that goes on but a lot more could be done and that will make a big difference to a lot of the employment. and that's where government by and after relations i think the most relevant and where today's visit to moscow by william hague could provide some positive impetus ok great to your thoughts in the program tonight christopher granville the co-founder of a trusted source in your search group as you are also a former british diplomat to russia thank you 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 the hearing of terrorists. case has kicked off and the hysteria seems to be groundless as you're about to see. the main problem isn't security same problem on the head no no how many intelligence secrets will we surrender during this process they were terrorist 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 please 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 one for the first time at one time of 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 the us 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 louis 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 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 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 near you know. for sure. does it bother you that this is happening on u.s. soil. you know does it bother you you know do you know that a terror suspect is being tried in this courthouse right here. right now do you

know that a terrorist suspect being tried in this courthouse or here 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 is that if you're going out partying new york. anyone in a british households has no one in work and that's according to a new study critics blame the country's welfare system which often means it's more lucrative 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

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 doing anything. just to stay. the course can't go anywhere that do anything with the kids growing up and well most painful well of art far far more when elsewhere 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 granddaughters nursery care while her daughter goes to college she talks of the moment she found out her daughter was pregnant at seventeen. to have a say because she just got a course in college and. you're pregnant last year and keep asking me what we're going to do on a older already. 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 change it with a mixture of carrot 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 claim benefits and

have the 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 are aimed at have never worked and the big question is in a crisis hits economic climate it's all there any jobs for them to go see your and it's artsy. world news the world's been glued to the ongoing rescue operation of thirty three chilean miners stuck underground two months it's going well so far so far sixteen men successfully made it to the surface the release isn't quite the light at the end of the tunnel is they still have to undergo a rigorous physical and psychological testing officials saying the rescue is going better than expected and the process is being speeded up but a good news for. u.s. forces ahead in

a race in south korea conducted an aerial drill in the city you. have been joined by south korean helicopters but they didn't take part in exercises from seoul joined us led coalition and intercepting ship to prevent the transfer of weapons of mass destruction. would consider the participation in the initiative as a declaration of war. so obviously more of it could be thrown out of the euro twenty twelve after it's going to be found because. pleased to turn seventeen people off for a disturbance just after the start of the game seven fans through fireworks on the pitch for the match will stop other. very rioting found then clashed with police on the streets of genoa. wraps of a main stories this half hour coming up shortly we speak with a top financial analyst from germany who believes that national european currency should be reintroduced that's coming up shortly this wednesday night business first though kareen is here.

hello and welcome to business with me corinne about how the case of the road for gas to europe took another step forward on wednesday gas prom c.e.o. alex a mellower travel to romania where he said the government level agreement could be signed early next year already on board south stream are serbia hungary greece slovenia croatia and austria were also announced the two parties had agreed to proceed to the next stage of a possible cooperation with we came to an agreement with a group of experts will come to remain here and carry out preparatory work to understand whether we have mutual interests in this area after that the experts will make a report at a corporate level and if we can cooperate we'll discuss it at the top management level we see the potential for cooperation in this fear and we do have interest in it. now the root of the uk arrest is also veiled lesage to bold care which has been demanding step terms for long the pipeline to cross its territory i don't recall reports from another south stream participant turkey our latest twists and turns of

pipeline politics. turkey is one of the youngest the fastest growing and the largest countries in europe want to get the business bridge like position but with ajax and europe which makes it and are really not for rival international interests . remain bottle hands 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 land sounds chim project and my blue car backed by the u.s. and e.u. and there are other smaller projects his energy minister says the country is ready to talk common it 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 weaning turkey as agreement to lay the south stream through a turkish waters came at a cost russia will have to invest have to three billion dollars into some soon or you 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 myatt of some songs or can project its first benefit and the first part of this payment the second. turkey wants to change gears of our guest contacts. 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 gazprom chief alexei miller is visiting vulgar and demand to discuss delivery of russian gas and the future of the south stream pipeline project that channel because of business r.t. istanbul. and russia central bank will tolerate a more volatile rule after widening the trading ban against the us dollar and the euro it broadened the ban by fifty copecks in each direction it allows the ruble to be more volatile before the central bank intervenes the central banks deputy head alex who kind of said the trading bad was needed in the absence of inflation targeting he added that the move will reduce the risk of speculative inflows of hot money or supply when you peter who if the currency rate moves gradually from targeted to free floating investors will have a harder time predicting its movement. short term investment into the currency

market decreases. looking at the markets here in moscow the r.t. has finished wednesday's evening session point eight percent higher analyze it edged over a percent energy majors and banks were leading on both of course is bucking the trend. was losing a quarter of a percent of course it's. the burbank says the government should sell stake in russia's biggest lender on the stock market and not directly to a strategic investor bank's deputy c.e.o. says tapping equity investors would stimulate the banking sector. the bank of moscow who for its profit thirty seven times in the first nine months of this year it cited a recovery from the crisis and profits from trading the banks may institute for client is the city of los. airline transair has postponed its i.p.o. until two thousand and eleven into waters as the second largest airline had planned to raise two hundred million dollars this year. seven stout plans to spend

almost six and a half billion dollars in investment over the next four years the stupid you saw in just seventy percent in two russian males twelve percent in two us by baseballs it will also expand its mining interests in russia africa and the united states. and that's all from me in the business team here on our t.v. find all stories on our website r.t. dot com slash business thanks for watching.

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cooper. this is our team from moscow i'm kevin owen with our top stories russian called say no to one group's hardline tactics in this battle against drug addiction lawmakers may have ruled the methods illegal but supporters saving work. on t.v. phrase britain's foreign secretary is a must. go for a friendly visit after years of frosty anglo russian relations and both to build bridges. the bubble bursts around the first civilian trial of the guantanamo detainee as none of the us media's predictions of police cordons traffic gridlock and security threats come true. and state benefits paid more than some jobs in the u.k. causing generations of unemployment statistics showed the highest number of workless

of. conflicts. next tonight money makes the world go round but when it was spreading faster than ever before no one would listen to those claiming it was about to come to a grinding halt. next hears from a top german financial expert who insisted the downturn was around the corner. professor also thanks very much for talking to r.t. now you correctly predict the economic crisis was your predictions for the year it's not so easy i think as long as germany underwrites euro will stay at least for a couple of years the german economy is still very strong so i think as long as germany has the political will to stand behind it which i which i question we should not do that but as long as we do it it will probably can go on for another four six five.