but that is something to look forward to the bank the idea of the bank as a matter of fact was created as a way to fight the world's economic crisis and their course there's also the issue of nuclear power as russia is going to build a nuclear power plant in israel that itself plenty of things to be discussed but that is going to come in the second on the second day of the day when israel and president's visit to moscow what he did today was he attended a conference indicated to two hundred years of independence of that the america and he read a lecture of their resume president is known for being talkative but she did to joke about the fact that she is not going to do the same thing this time around if you will try to keep the speech short one goal. and some people think i'm unable to speak in public for less than five hours i'm going to prove them wrong she had them and of course the desire the president also talked more about cooperation between him and russia she did mention the fact that the west seems to be very concerned with the result of becoming

a nuclear power but she said that the only nuclear energy they're interested in is interested in is nuclear energy that is going to be use in peaceful matters i see also talked at length about the soviet union and the legacy that the soviet union left in the world she praised as the country that no longer exists and she issued a number of regrets on the fact that it was all the fires and of course it being at the visit of president bush others to do talk about the united states as well and in no uncertain terms at a simple level those who don't must look you must of heard a mexican leader say poor mexico so far from god and so close to the united states all of us latin americans could say the exact same thing are poor america so far from god and so close to the downed empire the yankee empire that has hurt our confidence so badly that it's all it has been considered as sort of out of the socialist state with a slant towards communism by a lot of countries in the west of course one of the things that it is

a president mentioned during his lectures days that it's time to get away from the bipolar world or from the what single call the world benefits that russian men still are starting at to follow political establishment in the world and as a person ultimately this is the president of the country who has made several very important social changes in the country allowing the people do in the less unfortunate areas to dissipate more actively in the political life of the country but my colleague john hof is actually renting as well and she has filed this report for us welcome to democracy one o one the nest while a style. there is a people's revolution underway here. it is indisputable that it never would have happened without this man coming to power the figure larger than life times as president. the idea that social reformers 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 freddie 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 schoolteachers 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 and 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 and the

fancy hotels in the inner city are the slums of caracas the concept here come from the bill a very in revolution it was introduced to them by president bush chavez the idea of participatory democracy happens here r t could office minister. plenty still to come. once upon a time this was not just the hope of a powerful trading republic but possibly the birthplace of russia's democracy the russian close-up team takes you to one of the most asian cities in the country really could not go to. those 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 for their motive for your campaign's critics a pretty face and the republican party p.r. machine is all it takes to get them noticed as out who's going to care reports no that's especially true of one rising star who's been 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 abstinence the sad reality to tell going to slam going to. know my x. yeah yeah i'm a young woman in my thirty's and i remain chain right and there was a time that chased woman even said she would try the dark arts always telling 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 new but i'm going to hear about how 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 their 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 frontrunner for senate among her wishes to take the united states out of the u.n. 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 and

a 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 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 promises 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 have the last laugh come november. coming to our t.

washington d.c. . iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad's in lebanon and first visit to the country comes amid mounting western concerns of arms deals and political collaboration between iran and the militant group hezbollah the president has been visiting villages along the israeli border a move the u.s. and israel have called intentionally provocative and they see it as emphasizing around support for hezbollah and its conflict with israel mahmoud ahmadinejad's visit also ended highlighting the country's efforts to help rebuild lebanon after the two thousand and six war let's get more on the politics and the regional implications of this visit from james dense low is a writer on mideast politics and security blanket on the line tonight a legitimate would you say then are western concerns about arms deals and cooperation between iran and hezbollah. well i think that hezbollah as weapons are a bit of a strategic surprise and we saw that in two thousand and six where they launched antiship missiles and had a certain degree of technological advantage when it came to anti-tank weapons as well but in addition to the thirty thousand or so missiles that has supposedly

rearmed itself with since the two thousand and six conflict i think the iranian deals are far more interesting in terms of the welfare aspects they spent over a billion dollars we construct in large parts of southern beirut yesterday there was a energy deal signed between the iranian foreign minister and the lebanese energy minister could provide much needed gas and oil supply to a electrical infrastructure here in lebanon that is on its legs really and i think that is much more interesting in terms of iran's use of soft power to improve its relations with lebanon rather than simply weapons alone you blow the interesting point one of your articles recently saying that the world should feel more threatened by iraq these days why do you say that. well i don't necessarily think the article pointed at the world being threatened by iraq i think certainly aspects of the iraqi population are threatened by arming of a military that doesn't represent a unified government in particular i'm talking about the kurdish region of iraq the fault lines that currently exist in the country whether it's in mosul or cook are

facedown by the newly rebuilt u.s. sponsored iraqi army that now number some six hundred fifty thousand if you include the border guard the police americans are in a weapons spending spree at the moment in the middle east they're just finishing off a sixty billion dollars deal with the saudis and i've spent over sold over ten billion dollars worth of weapons to the iraqis since the war including high tech equipment such as f. sixteen than m. one tanks now is long as the kurds history goes back they've been aware that a strong baghdad has always sort of seek war against them whereas a weak baghdad a sort reconciliation and they'll be deeply concerned that the arming of the of the government in baghdad without true reconciliation will be a huge damocles sword above their heads there's an interesting side to this is interesting too in your article pointing out that despite an existing arms embargo the u.n. security council provides exemptions for certain equipment to be brought into iraq well what are we talking about there and why would that be

i think you may have lost the line james clearly still. lying to beirut i think we've lost the line to beirut there awfully sorry. yes we've indeed lost him ok well i hope you got the first part of the interview anyway i will try with maybe a little bit later here tonight right let's move on soon as we go in store for you russia's 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 hosting the twenty fourteen winter olympics the f one drivers will compete on a challenging circuit and use the brand new infrastructure built for the games do is block skis got the details tonight. 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 manager of 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 skis skates and sled

just 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 the 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 it will take 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 in the low season during the all the months so now the contract finds russian sports officials have a reason of their own for ascent being shower. he turns below ski the prosecutors

in the case of mikhail khodorkovsky say they will not push for a maximum prison sentence the former c.e.o. of the oil company you cos and his partner accused of stealing three hundred fifty million tonnes of oil this is the second set of charges against the jailed tycoon on his country designer has been following the hearings for us. the prosecutor said that despite the fact that that bill ski did not flat out i'd made his guilt did say that the company that made the decision that that concern to specifically those amounts of oil those decisions were all overseen and the final go ahead on those decisions was made by you because the main company and of course he as c.e.o. therefore according to the prosecutors bears full responsibility for any decisions made by you close itself or its sister companies during this time so they believe that they have all the evidence necessary to prove the guilt of the files but that both steve and his colleagues look believe as if despite the fact that they have not yet received a flat out confession for the case as been gone in the going on for years we felt

that he was arrested on charges of money laundering tax evasion and various frauds worst economic times he was found guilty and in prison 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 the those found guilty of economic crimes should die in 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 of that both he and his colleagues see what may be different we also know that one of the men who was involved in the yukos case the so-called mucous case as it has become known in the press and worldwide. mr alex i knew on was a released from prison earlier this year due to his

a complicated health conditions he's suffering from aids and his condition his health condition was rapidly deteriorating from prosecutors ruled that the man needs to be released and the bail that was previously. set for him for it in store but an 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 piles of that 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 or was still able to be guilty off 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 an alphabetical. tom i love to show you more of what the world's largest countries

go to war look again at russia. and today we travel to a village is about five hundred kilometers northwest of moscow it was founded over a thousand years ago indeed it's one of the country's oldest cities it was also the cradle of russian democracy were its first parliamentary style body the best chair article grodner of looks in a troops. each year they gather in the small city of not garage to celebrate the past at a time when novgorod was the capital of a trading empire that spans from finland today edge of siberia for this mr big you know we are the army of the ruler of novgorod from the height of its prosperity and many people have forgotten what 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 grab filled the whole of europe with furs and candle wax becoming one of the most prosperous cities on the continent once upon a time this was not just the heart 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 set of government military commanders were invited from neighboring states and at the version which offers a glimpse of what a different russia might have been like instead of for a tarion or 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. assembly bell in fifteen seventy nagar became the setting for one of the bloodiest chapters in russia's history we were going to go you know 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 of 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 riches 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 peel 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 here's and so here's bells ringing out over the city again. like the whole city but just love has to be happy with what he's got and live with hopes of a rebirth of glories. see novgorod beautiful part of the world isn't going to which were beautiful russian landscapes and picturesque nature where we can now stay tuned for a special report a few minutes times great one if not quite already today got the business news coming up before that though after this quick break. for the feel we've got. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. in

india she's available in hotels coming down the resort and spa good results. come a comparable amount of internal real sentry in. brazil to spawn the sun your beach hotel the wisdom result use of doing. so if you tell someone your systems only resort and spa the rich calls and hotel grounds many articles in the ten seasons hotel the sultan who tell. you. how welcome to business would make can go to have you with us the dollar continues to slide on thursday after the federal reserve the us central bank hinted it would start another round of currency printing news that the fed is planning to inject more liquidity is to support asset prices caused investors to flee to save havens called an emerging market stocks or the main game is. 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 and gives the ruble more room to maneuver before the central bank intervenes several bags 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 analysts say the ruble 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 book you know. despite any technical decisions despite the existence or even nation of them they're all wired brain but. we'll have to react to fundamentals but the current situation of the board and russian prime minister has been put in gave his comments on the outlook for the ruble. he didn't wish to see with europe we look forward i think that you

can see the room is in it to meet position and i don't expect any weakness of the national currency nor excessive strengthening which could also be. let's look at the markets now here in moscow both the r.t.s. and my eyes it's going to start as they straighten session in the red all the blue chips were down on the rise except for a look and spare bag and in positive territory a different picture on the all ts cast from out of all stand for the only ones finishing one and a half percent and a half percent below what. the oil exporters cartel opec will hold steady after a meeting on thursday or the 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 america online and several private equity firms are sizing up an offer to buy yahoo an internet company a.o.l. is considering merging with the world's second largest search engine an attempt to

regain its foothold in the industry. two point six billion dollars worth is significantly smaller and yahoo is near twenty one billion market share former yahoo c.e.o. jerry wang rejected an offer from microsoft in two thousand and eight worth over forty four billion dollars. food prices continue to rise corn has seen its biggest one day rising three day cade's leading experts to worry that the years while it's all food prices could lead to widespread shortages i do the question i has more. u.s. corn prices rose by eight point five percent one day last week the largest jump since nine hundred seventy three it left prices thirteen percent higher in just two days wheat and other basic i recall two products have also threatened a global food crisis like that of two thousand and seven and two thousand and eight sparked by droughts rising fuel prices and subsidies for biofuels the falling dollar has led to speculation in the commodities markets pushing up prices and

increasing volatility this latest food crisis was caused by crop trailers in canada parts of europe and russia where draw devastated the wheat crop by the end of some of the russian government banned grain acts both of which contribution to a massive jump in the world with prices it was sad the ban might be lifted after the release of this year's harvest data but the first complete figures were as bad as feared sixty point nine million tonnes of grain was harvested last then in the same period last yeah no problem we believe that barely experts will be used to the next season and i doubt it will really have to be i think the international community should go into a little green order from the start of next season in global terms the collapse in russia's weed harvest is the main story but for farmers and consumers a far broader range of crops was hit from potatoes to buckwheat which has

destabilized the retail sector if governments respond with controls and food x. ports while currency devaluations put up prices at google shortish of staple products could lead to crisis mode you know which not business r.t. . they operate out of the subtly wall or project x. are left to gas has caused russia's government to double its spending on the fields to a hundred billion dollars but the company also was a delay developed to oil fields the second phase of production for the third if approved second war will become the most expensive or project in the country's history. as our careers last a group will open a cinema chain in russia's far east it plans to open six and was in three russian cities by two thousand and thirteen if the chain proved successful a lot it will consider expanding into moscow and st petersburg total investment could reach thirty million dollars. it's all for me and the business team here but

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to the road region. russia close up. the story small to moscow kicks off a diplomatic tour in moscow as russia. pulled together and shake up the balance of world power. in u.s. politics and accused by swaying voters with motional tactics with freshness. and russia's formula for success hosting the twenty fourteen winter olympics simply isn't enough for the. racing ahead to welcome some from your motor sport. always more you know news from us twenty four seven of course on a home page not a. bowling

springs an ultimate waterfall. colston steaming pits. going to fun tins and dead sulfurous lakes. an eternal confrontation of finding. us and creating a unique combination of. the vitality of this land mines in canyons and volcano crazes. during the spawning season the rivers are filled with shoals of fish. brown bears behave as though they own the land. this is kamchatka located in the northeastern russia. one of the world's most unique and unusual nature reserve system.