show which is already an established political power pouring a lot of weight in this part of the world with its immense national and to teach it resources and of course every move that russia makes seems to if not worry the western pulp of western politicians and at least keep them on their toes on the other hand you have in his will which isn't already at which is a rising power in the western hemisphere which doesn't seem to worry the united states because the united states is rapidly losing its influence in that region while venezuela relatively cannot say young but a country which does bring is sort of a fresh air into the established political situation that has been established by the west particularly by the united states over the past several decades so when you have two leaders of these countries meeting it together and one of them is one as well and president hugo chavez who is known to be quite an extraordinary figure known for his sometimes harsh very often exuberant rhetoric so when that happens obviously a lot of politicians a lot of powers are going to be keeping

a close watch on the situation so what will be discussed this was it to moscow well first and foremost of course we have to remember their energy and oil partnership that will be on the table also also being discussed will be the establishment of the russo venezuela bank the idea for that was pitched for the first time in two thousand and eight while the world was struggling to figure out a way to get out of the economic crisis moscow in caracas have decided to go their own separate ways so that is another issue that is going to be discussed also of course military partnership and as well as a social partnership because russia is going to help out in israel and. poorer families by constructing an entire infrastructure for the poor families starting from schools and finishing with a living quarters so all of that in store for the two day visit but on the first day is going to take it easy and have an informal dinner with the russian president dmitry medvedev in the. of course it's probably jet lagged as well now reno

venezuela is a socialist state but it's been talking about how it's came to promote that it's actually a new kind of democracy what does that actually mean. every night you can you hear me now are. ok we seem to have lost our sound connection with the arena there on the line let's move on for now. now getting to the top in u.s. politics can be tough enough especially if you're a woman but aside from nancy pelosi and harry clinton some of the next crop are being accused of sway voters with emotional fear campaigns and snazzy p.r. is going to can now reports that's especially true of one republican rising star who's also raising eyebrows. it to christine o'donnell a republican nominee for senate just weeks to become

a household name in america among her credentials she campaigned against masturbation you're going to be pleasing each other and if he already knows what pleases a man he can please himself then why am i in the picture she even preached the abstinence the sad reality to tell going to slag off. x. yeah yeah i'm a young woman in my thirties and i remain chaste right and there was a time that chased woman even said she would try the dark arts. in which some would argue she blurted it out ages ago and it's no longer valid so where is she standing now when running for a seat previously held by vice president joe biden i'm not aware. i'm nothing you've heard i'm you but i'm going to many say christine uses the same tools as her fellow mama grizzly sarah pailin the most effective of which is stalking fears and spears a senior manager is going to grow p.r.

experts say experience has little to do with becoming a media darling in america all you have to know is how to push the right buttons the people make the decisions not on principles but. on emotions and when you know how to manipulate emotions you can get even the worst candidates the most preposterous candidates we must seem to be especially good at fears and steering emotions in this election season meet sharon angle a woman who came from nowhere to become a republican front runner for senate among her wishes to take the united states out of the un phase out social security and shut down the tax service although few believe that these candidates will gain actual political power but what is. we're going to see a lot more anger and also less effectiveness in the congress said that it's not able to do what it needs to get done some blame the media for giving so much

coverage to candidates whose qualification is questionable the american media is so screwed up on matters of substance and so ready to do the flash the superficial the quick quote from the pretty phrase even if the president faces don't get political power they are popular enough to raise issues and affect politics now is the time when many americans are disappointed at washington for not delivering on parma says women are generally good at expressing their disappointment they're even more successful when they do it in a nice red suit with snappy quotes and a big smile on their face for now these women with their lack of qualifications seem to be a laughing matter in the political arena but there is the big question who will care for the last laugh come november. second r.t. washington d.c. . well our news of course is updated twenty four hours

a day at our dot com here's what else were lining up for you today taking the fight against drugs to far we've the background on the jailing of a controversial russian drug rehab center chief for kidnapping drug i. was cleaning up crime how long shots thieves were forbidden by a cleaner to use the only weapon at her disposal her room it's at our t.v. dot com right now. well every russian knows the country is not trying to restore the u.s.s.r. so says the prime minister's office but since press secretary has been responding to claims of britain's times newspaper an article was written as an appeal on behalf of a russian grandmother warning moscow against trying to regain control of her post soviet territories well to me through school of says it's misinterpreting the

region's cooperative atmosphere by using tired old stereotypes. when we witness integration process in europe it's normal it's a way ahead to the future when we witness into an integration process is in the in northern america it's also normal its way to the future but when the same thing happens on the territory of executing and it's nothing else but an attempt of russia to rule over the whole territory from from kaliningrad to the far east well it's stereotypes and certainly what we have to do we have to be very proactive in insisting on our point of view on explaining ourselves. well as well as being russia's next olympic city the resort of sochi is also helping to bring formula one motor racing to town the deal is expected to be signed off later on tuesday and witnessed by prime minister putin and he's a lot has the details. it might not only be the skis skates and sledges that will

get sochi into the headlines in two thousand and fourteen in addition the city is accelerating towards the smoking tires of rowing race cars the contract needs to be signed off by the formula one owner bernard ecclestone and crossing our governor. it will take two hundred million dollars to get the track up and running and cost the city about forty million a year for the rights to race russia has long been eager to be among the world championship venues and since the beginning of the decade in st petersburg have been trying to secure pole position but rosen recession brew a few obstacles in the way now with the green wired for this project in sochi it's not only formula one that will attract thousands of fans organizers say the infrastructure and track could be used to host other motor sport events so if the contracts signed russian sports officials will have a reason of their own foursome paying shower. let's take time out to show you more

of what the world's largest country has to offer as we look at russia close up. this time we travel to venice which is more than five hundred kilometers northwest of moscow it's one of the country's most ancient cities with over a millennium of history now of course it is also known as the place where russia's first democracy emerged and it's seen its fair share of boom times and bloodshed as artie's explains the city of novgorod as a place of major historical interest in medieval times it was a european wide trading center and also a freedom loving republican unlike almost anywhere else in russia so it's not surprising the city authorities are trying to capitalize on its history right now they've got two thoughts which they face having to attract more people and also the people they do attract making them stay longer and spend more money now talking

about the reasons for it people might want to come to no good there is no view of its history. each year they gather in the small city of novgorod to celebrate the past at a time when novgorod was the capital of a trading empire that spans from finland today edge of siberia solution is to look at the risk of logic you know we are the army of the ruler of novgorod from the height of its prosperity many people have forgotten that we are keeping the memory alive. russia's all the slavic city of god was founded more than a thousand years ago centuries before st petersburg it became russia's gateway to the west filled the whole of europe with candle wax becoming one of the most prosperous cities on the continent once upon a time this was not just the hope of a powerful trading republic but possibly the birthplace of russia's democracy. at the sound of a bell the city population assembled on the main square there they voted on the

most important issues for. in the republic a new ruler was elected after an old one died each part of a city how did so unsolved government military commanders were invited from neighboring states that the. no grown up was a glimpse of what an ancient russian might have been like instead of authoritarianism it could have been freedom and democracy. but it was not to be moscow princes keen to get their hands on its riches subjugated the city and even carter the way the assembly bell in fifteen seventy number became the setting for one of the bloodiest chapters in russia's history we were going as they were going when ivan the terrible came for a visit a feast was laid out for him then just as the guests were getting drunk he suddenly got up and bang distaff on the floor that was a signal for his henchmen around up the citizens of north going to begin torturing them for two weeks a thousand people were killed every day the legend says

a river is reddish in color because of all the blood that spilled into it moscow needed political power st petersburg its economic significance and later the soviets desecrated its religious symbols for bearing of it as the awful hans ski that is the biggest tragedy before world war two the soviet authorities melted down most of the enormous bells whose unique peal charm across the city from saints a fierce cathedral rushes oldest church chorus still haunts the just love who dreams passionately that it might one day return. we have all the blueprints if only we had the money we could rebuild them exactly as they were my only dream in life is so hears and so here's bells ringing out over the city again. like the whole city just love has to be happy with what he's got and live with hopes of a rebirth of glories. joined by

simon rich. whose the cold in a team all full of lonely planet gods for the whole of russia so you've been here please tell me what your impressions are of the city does it have anything to offer i has a lot to offer tourists behind this is the kremlin which is a very old structure it dates back way back to almost the beginning of russia and inside you can see that wonderful church full of old for the monuments that was built to the mill and millennium of russia as well this great sort of sort of metal structure in the sunset beyond on the other side of the river. courts like a collection of old churches and buildings which is very picturesque. and the whole of the city as you can see is pretty green and parklike and dotted with lots of cute little churches so i think tourists would really love it here the special thing about not grove is that they're very tourist friendly which is quite unusual

for a russian city russian town they have a fantastic tourist office where they're very happy to help tourists the price for tiles there is not that expensive and if you are on a budget the office will help you find a room in someone's home. and that's a great experience for foreigners to have so i think this can be an affordable place for people to visit and it's midway between moscow and some pizza spirit offers a completely different atmosphere i think it's a good place to visit ok thank you very much we've been speaking to simon richmond who's the call donating all three of lonely planet guides here for the whole of russia. millions of americans are unemployed and the national debt is soaring but wall

street bankers still believe they deserve to be paid a record high one hundred forty four billion dollars in bonuses this year trying forecaster gerald celente says people are staying quiet because the finances fan base among the mainstream media is distracting the crowd. you have a complete disconnect here going on between these white shoe boys with their one hundred forty four billion dollars and the rest of the country and that's why the people are with their kind of nama about this when you break this number down with talking about one hundred forty four billion dollars that would rank number forty nine in the g.d.p. he of the world's contraries of one hundred and ninety four countries take for instance is guy steve schwarzman the c.e.o. of blackstone i think he's resigned worth about six billion dollars he

complained that because of changes in tax rules he would have to pay more money quote he said it was the equivalent of the nazis invading poll in the media let him get away with it they should have been stringing him up they should be ripping them apart to the equivalent of a holocaust denier but because he's a senior member of the white shoe club boys they make it really easy so it's the mainstream media that kids sucking up to these to these greedy pigs that tempers the people down from taking to the streets rather than chastising them as wink and smile and say next in the news we're saving those people in chile. forecaster gerald celente there now well wall street one one

conjures up rather massive bonuses max kaiser and stacey herbert later look at whether it really is some kind of magic that's needed to save the u.s. economy. greenspan says us creating scary deficit as borrowing rises will stop borrowing just bit if you act like it is the public during it's these bankers his cronies his friends yeah again this is the ideology of a psychopath and we need witches and government to break the spell of the economics is exactly right christine o'donnell should play up that she's a witch and not try to distance herself that she's away from her witchcraft past. let's take a look now at some other big international stories this hour we're going to start in northern chile where the miners ordeal is finally over the shift supervisor was

the last to be freed in the twenty four hour operation to bring the miners to the surface they spent more than two months trapped underground following a rock fall all thirty three emerged safely and in much better physical condition than have been expected but they're still being given thorough checks and hospital the pit is now empty as the last rescue worker has. been declared a rescue mission finally accomplished. a great riot police have used tear gas and pepper spray to clear the ancient acropolis of protesters about one hundred demonstrators who work for the culture ministry were demanding unpaid wages dating back two years they barricaded themselves in and refused to let tourists inside there have been waves of strikes in protest against tough cutbacks greece's enduring to solve its financial crisis. your finances around checking out the business to us stuff now joins us hi there it looks like it's a good day for. the equity markets it certainly looks that way and he said the n f

c i old country global stock index has hit a two year high on thursday and emerging markets are leading the way i'll have more in just a moment russia's central bank says it will allow for a more volatile ruble off to whitening the trading bond against the u.s. dollar and the euro is pulled in the range by fifty kopeks in each direction it gives the ruble more room to maneuver before the central bank intervenes the central bank step jihad says the trading bond was needed as there is no inflation targeting he said the move will reduce the risk of speculative inflows of hot money . however on the say the ruble is responding to trade flows and the central bank's action could have little impact in the face of these fundamentals. these situations are sustainable in the long run and despite any technical decisions despite the existence or elimination of the narrow wide chorus of brain and central bank will have to react to fundamentals but not constitutional the market. the key southern

route for gas to europe took another step forward on wednesday gas from c.e.o. travel to remain near where he said a government level agreement could be signed early next year already on board the south stream project serbia hungary greece slovenia croatia and austria alexei miller also announced that the two parties have agreed to proceed to the next stage of possible cooperation. we came to agreement that 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 corporation in this fear and we do have interest in it. the visit to progress is also a veiled message to bulgaria which has been demanding stiff times for lying the pipelines across its territory to china public over reports from another south

stream participant turkey on the latest twists and tonnes of pipeline politics. turkey is one of the youngest the fastest growing and the largest countries in europe what's bridge like position between the ages and europe which makes it and i really know for rival international interest. for the south or an energy corridor to supply gas to europe bypassing the current transit country ukraine the main pipelines of the running other gastro project and my blue car backed by the u.s. and e.u. and smaller projects. 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 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 is agreement to lay the south stream through a turkish waters came at a cost russia will have to invest after three billion dollars into some soon 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 project it's the first benefit and the first part of this payment the second. turkey wants to change. 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 aleksei miller is visiting bulgaria and romania to discuss delivery of russian gas and the future of the south stream pipeline project. business r.t. . and let's have a closer look now there's aquitaine markets well stocks have hit a two year high on thursday the l.s.t. i world stock indexes touch point eight percent that's its highest level since the twenty second of september two thousand and eight the day after the collapse of lehman brothers and according to analysts and lodging markets stocks are so far away but here in moscow markets in excess. all of the l.t.s. is still making gains by no nickel bank but their i six is now dipping into the red for singles for money ross and after weighing their sperm bank is still on the up though point eight percent. and european stocks are mixed this hour and have come

back from the early gains on thursday climbed as a rallying on the footsie on rising metals prices rio tinto shares her climb to a two year high over the footsie follows reports of record on all production but gains have been offset by weakness in defensive stocks such as tobacco follow suit calls. the operator of the second one oil project x. on enough to guess has called the russian government to double its spending on the fields to one hundred billion dollars but the company also wants to deny a development to oil fields and postpone the second phase of production for the third if approved second one will become the most expensive or project in the country's history. and that's all the business news for this hour but of course you can always find more stories if you log on to our web site that's r t dot com slash business.

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years of the red machine which so many people wanted to leave in the past. week to make changes he says sorry. but was it possible to change the whole country's regime so quickly. with the hong . kong a close of the fundamental changes in the state people's minds one or. more news today violence is once again fled the film these are the images the world

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we're watching r.t.o. book now at the main stories we're covering this hour russia and venezuela are seeking to reinforce their cooperation us president chavez visits moscow on the first leg of a diplomatic tour venezuela is one of russia's key latin american partners and it's the ninth time the leader has paid a visit. within the u.s. midterm election just weeks away it's the women candidates who are spicing up the race but contenders such as republican christine o'donnell are being accused of playing on emotions a set of policies to win over voters. and the u.s. is losing another key supporter in afghanistan as italy announces it's pulling out by twenty fourteen the decision comes just days after four italian soldiers were

killed in a bomb attack. british society and what it's seen as a faster roading civil liberties come under scrutiny next here on our team. i'm talking to dominic robb who's a conservative m.p. who claims that successive new labor governments made what he calls an unprecedented just sold british liberty dominic rob thank you very much for talking to r.t. now you've written a book called assault on liberty what do you mean by that well i think if you look at the individual measures we see whether there are proposals to extend pre-charge detention control orders identity cards some very intrusive surveillance powers used not just for serious stuff like counterterrorism so that most people would understand but things like surveillance of bins following children home from.