and natural resources and capabilities in it only seems to grow stronger so of course a lot of a lot of politicians in the west in the united states and in europe are paying very close attention to what russia has to say and what russia is doing on the other hand how can israel which is a growing political power and emerging power in the western hemisphere and of course that is a fact that cannot leave the united states in particular irreverent because there are rapidly losing influence in that region while but israel is gaining that their influence of the two presidents so when the leaders of the two countries are meeting of course the world is going to be paying close attention so what will they be discussing well it seems there's plenty for them to talk about you have to remember that there is a operation in the oil and gas sector which could be a bilateral venture is set up just earlier this year as well as the copper ration in the nuclear field with russia building at first nuclear plants in with israel and there's also every so venezuelan bait which is being established in two thousand and eight to during the economic crisis while the world was moving over

what to do russian with israel and went ahead and decided to solve the problem in their own specific way and of course there's also russia's aid to venezuela in the . in the social sector with russia building an entire infrastructure for the poor families will go chavez has conducted several of us social reforms which have given more power to the poor a part of the forest segments of the population so they don't only get to vote the actually get a chance to make a difference in their own community and in the political life of the country and here is a report outlining the details of these reforms. welcome to democracy one o one venice well a style. there is a people's revolution underway here what is indisputable is that it never would have happened without this man coming to power the figure larger than life at times as president chavez the the idea. social reforms prioritize the country's majority

poor activated participatory democracy in this country. a system which invites the poor not just to vote but to get involved in the political process itself supporters of this process or the president are known simply and perhaps more vaguely as. in the wealthy neighborhoods it's called communism. but in the slums it has a very different meaning in las vegas as a community leader isn't president chavez it's friday mendoza here during more than thirty five years we've been fighting achieving improvements to our condition of living he is the guidance for the community decisions these are the policy makers of those decisions they are school teachers and bank tellers and the unemployed regardless of who you are or what you do for a living everyone has an equal say in how this part of the body oh is governed it doesn't matter if it's in the middle of the night or raining whatever time it is the communal council is present in available for all of the neighbors of the

cabinet there are negative for cultural activities for a sickness for whatever is needed far away from the businesses the malls in the fancy hotels in the inner city are the slums of caracas the concept here come from the bill a very and revolution it was introduced to them by president. the idea of participatory democracy happens here. could. here with our t.v. live from moscow we have plenty more stories coming your way this hour including general businessmen. partially admits his guilt in a court case that's taking years to resolve. in bad times in the midst of unemployment poverty and recession in the u.s. one group seems to be doing pretty well we'll be bringing you the details of payday street. but first it's difficult to make it to the top in u.s. politics especially if you're a woman and it seems some female politicians are making headlines not for their

strong credentials but their emotive fear campaign its critics say a pretty face in the republican party p.r. machine is all it takes to get them noticed and is going to check out now reports that's especially true of one rising star who's been grazing some 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 abstinence the sad reality to tell going to slag off. x. yeah yeah i'm a young woman in my thirty's and i remain chaste right and there was a time the chaste woman even said she would try the dark arts i was telling him 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 stoking fears and experiences either country is going rogue 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 women 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 frontrunner 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 would want it. we're going to see a lot more anger and also less effectiveness in the congress that is 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 flashy the superficial they love the quick quote from the pretty face even if the pretty faces don't get political power or they're 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 catch the last laugh come november. second r.t. washington d.c. . in other news me how her corpse key former c.e.o. of the oil company yukos has admitted a legal dealings with stocks in a court hearing this thursday he and his partner accused of stealing three hundred fifty million tonnes of oil a second set of charges against them but prosecutors say they are not going to press for maximum prison terms hearties katrina is following the hearings. the prosecutor said that despite the fact that that bill ski did not flat out and made his guilty did say that the company that made the decision that concerned is specifically those amounts of oil those decisions were all overseen and the final

go ahead on those decisions was made by ucas the main company and of course he as c.e.o. therefore according to the prosecutors bears full responsibility for any decisions made by yukos itself or its sister companies jury of this time so they believe that they have all the evidence necessary to prove the guilt of the files and that both steve and his colleagues look to leave as if despite the fact that they have not yet received a flat out confession the case as been gone and going on for years we hope that he was arrested on charges of money laundering tax evasion and various frauds economic arms and was found guilty and imprisoned serving an eight year prison term later in the his in his conviction in his jail time prosecutors filed new charges against the man and those hearings have also been continuing for a while but the russian president dmitry medvedev signed a new amendment to the existing criminal code saying those found guilty of economic

crimes should the maximum prison term for those economic crimes should be reduced from fifteen years to ten years so those amendments of course applied to because for that man his colleagues. may be different we also know that one of the men who was involved in the yukos case the so-called ucas case as. it has become known in the press and worldwide. mr alex on young was released from prison earlier this year due to his complicated health conditions he's suffering from aids and his condition his health condition was rapidly deteriorating prosecutors ruled that the man needs to be released and the bail that was previously set for him for exorbitant amount of money a very large amount of money that was also revoked and he was released many of course viewing this as a potential change in the current climate hoping that maybe he will of course be released but the prosecutors say that everything that has been concerning this case

has been done by the book by the law and of course any further crimes that they do believe mr for that mr libby to be guilty will be brought to court with evidence and if enough evidence is gathered as they have believed to be the case with this current progress with this current development in the case of that. it's twelve minutes past the hour still a lot more to come for you here on our to including. quote support of god this was not just the fall of a powerful trading republic but possibly the birthplace of russia's democracy there are so close a team takes you to one of the most ancient cities in the country for me. the russians clinched a deal to host the legendary formula one grand prix for the first time the motor racing event will take place in sochi the city of course that's hosting the twenty four thousand winter olympics where one drivers will be competing on the

challenging circuit and use the brand new infrastructure built for the games and he has the details. this is the movement that russian formula one fans have been waiting for it took more than three decades to find a suitable venue and to convince the formula one managers that the world's most popular racing competition can be held here many other locations including moscow and st petersburg did not pass the test so no it won't be just keys skates and sledges that will get sochi into the headlines in two thousand and fourteen in addition the city will be hosting the russian grand prix the contract was signed by the formula one owner bernard ecclestone and trust their governor alexandre several russian companies including bus they'll look oil and megaphone are among the sponsors prime minister vladimir putin met with bernard ecclestone and welcomed the advent of formula one to russian soil the government will also provide support for the project i don't think two hundred million dollars to get the track up and running and the rights to hold the races will cost the city about fourteen million

a year however the organizers say the profits will be much higher sochi won't be just a ski resort in winter and the black sea beach resort in summer but also a popular destination for f one fans and the low season during the all the months so now the context finds russian sports officials have a reason of their own for a scent paint shower. well any air vine a former af one driver told our team that formula one and russia need each other. well to be honest russia is it's been trying for a long time to have a formula one race and it's well over g. you know russia is a great country a great economy and formula one really needs to needs to be in russia as much as russia needs a formula one race why it's gotten so she i really don't know all that so obviously it's money no family is is the key factor in why things happen and why they don't come so i'm sure it's it it is in this case whenever i go to races there are other in monaco and played together definitely is a lot of russian from there so there is maybe

a little bit on the underground in russia at the minute because there is a race but you've got a driver there now and petro he's done a good job intermittently if he can raise his game a little bit more and become a permanent fixture for woman you've got a driver there you're going to have a race there and there's a reason why from one company huge in russia and the russian prime minister's press secretary to meet her disco thanks the project will be good for the entire country not just the city such. we do appreciate the interest of the relevant companies to sponsor the project we do appreciate the active. approach of regional authorities of cross the region i have no doubt that the project will be not important only for for this region but for the whole country in terms of image lots and lots of people will be coming here to sorts here they will be seeing how beautiful this city is they will be seeing hospitals people of sorts here are a certain it will only bring benefits and not only in terms of image but people

will be spending money or both small and midsize business will be paying more taxes so it will bring economic club so i think it's really a very interesting and useful project. while millions of americans are unemployed and the national debt is soaring it seems top financial executives are far from feeling the pinch a recent wall street journal survey estimates they'll receive a staggering one hundred forty four billion dollars in compensation and benefits the seer this amount is equal to the u.s. stimulus package approved by congress in two thousand and eight while trying forecaster gerald celente says americans are failing to react to the payouts because the finance or fan base in the mainstream media is distracting public opinion. 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 contrary and that's why the

people are with their kind of nama about this take for instance is guy steve schwarzman the c.e.o. of blackstone 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 poland. 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 to turn forecaster gerald celente now while the wall street wand conjures up bonuses max kaiser and say see herbert look at whether it really is some kind of magic that's needed to save the u.s. economy you can tune in and watch the kaiser report next hour but here's

a sneak peek. greenspan says us creating scary deficit as borrowing rises borrowing just bit like you act like it is the public during 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. meanwhile in europe the economic outlook also seems fully in fact riot police in athens have clashed with protesters barricading the cities across the list officer use tear gas to clear demonstrators from the entrance to greece's most famous ancient site over one hundred culture ministry workers have turned out to demand

unpaid wages dating back to heres the police arrived after a court order said the protesters were blocking access to ancient sites and temples . the iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad has met with lebanese politicians on the second day of his visit to the country it comes amid mounting western concerns of arms deals and political cooperation between the brawn and the militant group hezbollah and the iranian president will visit villages on the israeli border which analysts say emphasizes the country's support for hezbollah's fight with israel. now is take some time to show you more of what the world's largest country has to offer as we look at russia close up. today we travel to north korea which is about five hundred kilometers northwest of

moscow founded over a thousand years ago as one of the country's oldest cities it's also the cradle of russian democracy where its first parliamentary style body immersed art is eager and never looks at its roots the city of love growth is the 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 reason for it people might want to come to no good there is no view of its history feature here they gather in the small city of novgorod to celebrate the past time when novgorod was the capital of a trading empire that spans from finland to the edge of siberia. you know

we are the army of the ruler of novgorod from the height of its prosperity and many people have forgotten that we are keeping the memory alive. russia's older 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 facing the republic a new ruler was elected after an old one died each part of the city had its own self government military commanders were invited from neighboring states and local . a glimpse of what

a different russia might have been like instead of simply they 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. 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 banged his staff on the floor that was a signal for his henchmen around up the citizens of no is 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. that is the biggest

tragedy before world war two the soviet authorities melted down most of the enormous bells whose unique peel charm across the city from saints a fierce cathedral 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 here's and so here's bells ringing out over the city again. flood the whole city that just has to be happy with what he's got and live with hopes of a rebirth of glories. see no girl. business is up next with kareena stay with us. hello and welcome to business here is our top story this hour the dollar continues to slide on thursday after the federal reserve the u.s.

central bank hinted it would start another round of concept printing news that the fed is planning to inject more liquidity to support asset prices caused investors to flee to safe havens gold and emerging markets stocks or the main gate. of the dollar's volatility comes just a day after russia's central bank said it would allow the ruble to trade more freely against the dollar and the euro it gives the ruble more room to maneuver before the central bank intervenes central banks deputy head says the trading ban was needed as there is no inflation targeting he said the move will reduce the risk of speculative inflows of money. however alice say the move is responding to trade flows and the central bank's action could have little impact in the face of these fundamentals as the situation is also stay in the bill in the long run despite any technical decisions despite the existence or elimination of the narrow wide chorus of brain but central bank will have to react to fundamentals but not

the current situation of the market and russia's prime minister has even put in gave his comments on the outlook for the ruble. i think that the group is in it position and i don't expect any weakness of the national currency nor excessive strengthening which could also be. russia's finance minister says the central bank's decision to widen the ruble does not represent playing into the cause he was quote the finance minister was speaking to russia. policy. flexible exchange rate is not due to these currency wars or a devaluation. intervention of the central bank so when banks are not intervening that means an objective and flexible exchange rate the currency was rather happened with individual countries and central banks interventions on the

market leading to an artificial change in the exchange rate of the national currency but i think in the case of the introduction of broadband by the central bank of russia this is quite the opposite this is only exchange rate. let's have a look at how the markets are reacting to all this your stock trading. expectations . government bonds to stimulate the sluggish economy you have in stocks on mix this our resource related shares are leading the way given up early games to turn negative banking stocks dragging on the end this. high metals prices rio tinto shares two year high after the from reported a strong performance in the third quarter but higher production. here in moscow. six are in the red in trading all the blue chips are losing on both of your nic.

on the r.t.s. and. gas. over one and a half percent lower. the oil exporters cartel opec will hold steady after a meeting on thursday when ministers said that they were not worried that a weak dollar would drive up the oil price too high for a fragile economy to bad. russia could face a federal budget deficit of four point two five percent of g.d.p. this year says deputy economic development minister on break that budge russia's central bank has an even more optimistic forecast for this year expecting deficit to be three to half the size of g.d.p. the finance ministry says it will be not less than five percent while official forecast is set at five point three percent. that's all we have time for for this hour i'll be back with more in about fifteen minutes from that.

the close something has been to the sun telling regions where the biggest russian sam can be our processing factories located not only argy goes to northern

paradise. where many still live off the land. new ways are being found to find a common mode. first free elections read. thousand years ago. welcome to the no good region. russia close up.

it's six thirty pm in moscow are many snow white with parties have done so we'll go chavez kicks off a diplomatic tour in moscow as russia in venezuela sick to pull together and shake up the balance of world power. pandora's box open and women in u.s. politics are accused of playing dirty swaying voters with emotional tactics where they lack of professionalism. joe businessman mikhail khodorkovsky partially admits his guilt in a court case that's taking years to resolve. and russia's formula for success hosting the twenty fourteen winter olympics simply isn't enough for the black sea resort of sochi now it's racing ahead to welcome sometime your motor sport. british

society and what some see as its disappearing civil liberties come under scrutiny next here in 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 on 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've seen 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 schools to. catch an error.