capital certainly hasn't stood in the way of his pleasure arriving to lay the foundation for someone to leave our statue in a russian made. the outspoken leader later shared the fact that this wasn't his first time in a russian vehicle. i had a new car i had it running for about twenty years and it never let me down as one and it used up very little yes. seems more than content to buy russian including the first ever nuclear power plant for his country. have stressed the scale of the venture and very few but very strong words. we would like our porker the republic of venezuela to enjoy the entire range of power production possibilities to enjoy energy independence and to have internal mechanisms for self-sustaining development in this respect even a country where the rich or oil and gas resources needs new sources of energy i think it is a very good sign. this venezuelan counterpart agreed with the sentiment but as has

become his forte even further we're going to come up with a campaign to demonize venezuela comes from the west from america and western europe i remember it began when we started our military cooperation with russia. this isn't the first or even the second time chavis is made similar statements but his ability to brush off any unpleasant allegations is where has helped by blossoming ties with strong international players such as russia. most or a few years now we've been working on various issues such as military cooperation and i'd like to point out that our progress in a technical military area is considerable. grew relationship is reflected in the paper work ten deals eight of them energy related more than enough to feel a dynamic partnership chocolates and poetry which others certainly didn't waste any time in proclaiming his love for russia and the growing cooperation between moscow

and caracas but with the solid economic foundation to the pleasantries it certainly seems that this relationship is destined to prosper gasman as our r.t. moscow. but after meeting with president very good chavez skaven exclusive interview to our tease sister spanish channel he spoke about the present and future of latin america russia and the entire world here are some of the highlights of that interview. lives are one of the reasons for the many conflicts going on in the world today but take a look at the war in iraq thousands of people are tied women and children were killed that's what but the whole war was based on the lie that the iraqi government had weapons of mass destruction that's the only reason the yankee empire invaded the country but then they learned that no there hadn't been any such weapons so they designed that lie to bring the war to iraq that's the politics of the anklet

empire there are one hundred and one lies even today they claim we hide and train terrorists so they claim we enrich here remember we got it so all they have to do now is accuse us of trying to build an atomic bomb that's the web of lies they create so you justify whatever they need to you just played right leftists on to what extent do you think latin american countries make and control their own policies today. that they want to. let in america is in the middle of the protests i'm an optimist even if sometimes you have to be a realist to see things the way they really are latin america has changed a lot if you compare it to what was there ten years ago today we finally have a free trade zone we've privatized all the companies and we have a free and unique zone now we're dancing our own down to our own rhythm we're following our own advice and defending our independence within the union the latin america it would have been impossible to imagine the sort of thing before next july

we'll be celebrating two hundred years since our declaration of independence when the first summit of all let in american states took place without the u.s. let an american countries have now formed an alliance so i'm optimistic we're in transition to our real independence hard to imagine of russia's role in the future and. i think russia will play one of the greatest roles for the balance of the whole world all of latin america was saddened by the collapse of the soviet union. we saw weak whole soviet russia and to vladimir putin became president our countries became friends and strong and now we're carrying on down that path with president meet women to get russia's back on its feet and i believe that this country will keep playing a great role in making the world a truly free and just place. like those who charge as the president of venezuela speaking exclusively to our sister spanish channel to other news now on the shortlist of four colors for the top moscow seats now from two one tonight

president medvedev has picked the deputy prime minister's surrogate so be on in for the top job and it's now up to the city parliament to give the final green light sarah firth picks up the story. well there's one final studs to gay in this place that's present invaded has made his choice from the list of the four candidates that he was presented with on saturday so it is about his choice of candidates and that decision now has to be a preview by the most he will have ten days to make the final decision and also be on in himself was always considered one of the most popular of the four candidates is certainly a front runner and considered to have the most experience within working in the government he's the former governor of the two main region in the u.s. not the rich region and it's true that his experience will stand him in good stead for facing some of the challenges the responsibilities the lie ahead of him should he be selected as most a man the main reason the president with a decided for the coleman ballesteros dismissal it was

a loss of trust facing government and within the public itself no situations are like we saw this summer where the former mellish told refused to return home during the forest fire crisis he was away on holiday that certainly didn't help matters those also corruption question mark hanging over his billionaire wife elaine of the church and say situations like this really didn't help with this loss of confidence and that is one of the main reasons that he was dismissed from his position if somebody is chastened as the mayor of moscow he will have some tough challenges ahead of him we know that the social issues and most gay and issues such as the traffic which is a constant headache for muscovites these are going to be some of the things that he's up against we've heard the president with a day of making it very clear what he sees as the main challenges. the new mayor will have to focus on social issues primarily raising the quality of life in

the city it's already pretty high compared to the rest of the country but there's still a lot to do moscow has not of traffic problems it's very difficult to drive. around the city and corruption remains a massive obstacle for business projects in moscow the new mayor will have to work on making the economic life of the city more transparent and competitive ten days now to the most david to make that final decision whether it will be to do that. so he has abandoned the experience of running one of russia's wealthiest areas the tumen region is an important asset in the race for man according to a written obviously political observer dmitri babbage who spoke to me by. somebody in a strong save he is the former chairman of the legislative council of two main region which used to provide and which still provides a lion's share of russia's oil and gas so well with me here some experience over and in economically wealthier regions. obviously are for the situation that we've

had with the last call you need. maybe not very open a lot of very public political but who can run things who can make these people work for him you keep abreast of the whole story of course home page dot com let's take a look at some of the stories you got lined up there now for you tonight dancing for joy russian ballerina gets a job back after being sacked for appearing in a role she photo shoot and know more about that one check it out tonight and this could use a formula one family this as russia seals a deal to put its resort city subchief on the racing calendar as revealed on this channel last night. the german historical museum in berlin opened the first ever post war exhibition

focused exclusively on out of hitler's life it seeks to explore how hitler gave must support for his nazi regime now it comes on the heels of a study by the frederick foundation which revealed that one in ten germans believe they are in need of a new furor a quarter of those polled sympathize with nationalist or racist sentiments a third said foreigners should be sent home if there wasn't enough work while one in six believe jews have too much power and quote police vice man spoke to me she's from the leipzig university who conducted the study she said it shows that people are prepared to be more honest about their extremist views in twenty ten. in our studies since two thousand and two we can see that there are many people who are undecided regarding these questions that we are posing in our interviews and we think that many of these people in fact they agree with the statements but they don't really want to tell it to say it because they know that it's not socially

accepted and i think that this year this year in two thousand and ten people were moe on a more openly every thirteenth person once a few are back it is a high proportion and it is for sure it is a frightening result you can observe that people in general like to mock or see they approved democracy in theory but in practice they are not really satisfied how democracy works in practice. still ahead in the program is friday night going back to basics. discover the hunting and gathering of the order of the day in the ancient city of good old the russians both west. afghan prisoners have claimed in the u.s. study that they were abuse of a secret jail inside the main american military base in afghanistan the facility dubbed the black jail for those captured during afghan operations is thought to be located at the bag base former inmates told the open society foundation that they

were subjected to sleep deprivation extended periods of isolation as well as a lack of food and blankets some of the claim to produce is date from this year despite president obama's pledge to overhaul prison practices the u.s. military deny the detention center exists for that drove these are former cia officer he says the obama administration is worse than bush's when it comes to prisoners detained in afghanistan when obama was running for president he talked a very good story about what he was going to do but he's actually done very little of that we see an escalation of the war in afghanistan we see the secret prisons are continuing we see the the government using what they call the security privilege to keep it from being challenged in court on many of these prison related issues so so the obama administration in many respects is worse than the bush administration clearly there is a facility within the facility where probably special prisoners for one reason or another are subjected to stress situations to try to get them to cooperate. would

use a brief no tonight israel's approved the building of more than two hundred new homes in east jerusalem as the jewish neighborhoods it puts an end therefore the freeze on construction which officially expired last month issues a moot point in mideast peace talks with the palestinians the us supported negotiations are currently deadlocked over a palestinian demand that israel extend the freeze the palestinians are threatening to quit the talks unless their calls are mad. cause the toxic sludge leaks reopened as villagers forced to abandon their homes and begin to return but dozens of houses have been deemed too dangerous following the accident which devastated nearby towns and rivers nine people died and dozens were injured when waist gushed out of a burst storage reservoir at the alumina plant earlier this month and investigations begun that determine whether the owners had followed safety regulations. in anger over government cutbacks in europe we're seeing thousands take to the streets riot

police have been deployed throughout france to clear union blockades of fuel depots in the oem police fired tear gas to disperse protesting at the planned retirement age increase in greece meantime the acropolis has reopened after a culture of ministry workers demanding unpaid wages barricaded themselves inside and minutes early there were marches in several cities against education reforms including cutting the number of teachers and school boards. the first three of the chilean miners rescued after a two month ordeal on the ground have arrived home most of the thirty three men are reportedly in good shape despite having spent sixty nine days in a where it's dark and hot chamber earlier the chilean president sebastian pinera visited them and promised to stamp out in human working conditions in the country millions today and watch the dramatic rescue which ended the miners' record underground ordeal good news for swiss engineers tonight they've broken through a last area of rock to create the world's longest tunnel there it goes fifty seven

kilometers long but got the tunnel for. a key part of a new railway link for central europe will be able to accommodate up to three hundred trains a day it took twenty years for workers to pound through the rope twenty feet up to create the tunnels which are about to see the end of the other night fireworks. no time to do some traveling but you don't have to pack your bags you can go courtesy of us just join our team as we explore the vast and varied regions of russia next. night we're going five hundred kilometers northwest of moscow to believe there it is on the map it's a thousand year history that means the city's witness both soaring wealth and devastating wars the only invaders now though these days are the thousands of tourists who flock every year go native went to see what's attracting them. from

berry picking to bob good drinking to game hunting almost all of the traditions are widely practiced here and there are a well of them are appalled you'll get to find out what was the foreign student living here thinks about them. living off the land every morning at dawn the woman everyone here calls the masha goes berrien mushroom picking this brings in more money than her pension isn't that i would say that if people want to earn a living doing this they can tell me it's not to work at all in the forest diary legs she hands her pickings over the alienness a lovely over pregnant been unemployed you know in a start the jam making as a home business she thought people would want jam that's completely natural no cooking no additives often no sugar one recipe hasn't changed but now she employs dozens of people and had jams are sold all over russia so it isn't just large scale

agriculture was in decline here in the countryside often the people i employ have no other way to make a living certain they go as painted heads as she was a child she sees herself as a chronicle of a country life but the slowly disappearing as more and more people move to urban areas. my heart breaks sometimes when i see the crumbling houses and the lonely old people people don't put as much of themselves into the places where they live now a days but this quiet decline goes well with the cool delicate nature of the place . north everybody enjoys the outdoors in quiet contemplation. a third with signals the start of the hunting season it brings in hunters all over russia but also money for the local forestry commission for licenses to shoot for their duck i mean even bear. the fun is carefully choreographed shooters take up positions on

a range several hundred feet away from each other then a bait and there's the woods on the other side when his dogs detect the sense they begin to chase the animal flushing him out and presenting an easy target for the shooters. well at least in theory on this occasion nature spared its offspring and after three drives no game was killed in the group that he was more than well you can never guess a hunt is a hunt but the force he ought seaming with animals so the pump is very pick is and fisherman leave the woods allow nature to rule over its domain but tomorrow they will return because whatever city's off its nature they still depend on. i'm standing next to jim murphy who's a student who's studying russian here you first came here last year and my first question to you just been watching a report about traditions are there any traditions that you've been introduced to since you've come to russia well i have been in the banya before and that was

a very interesting experience as far as the traditions i'm not really sure what exactly they are but i just know that i felt great after the banya and that i really like to go again i think that the russian hospitality is really great i think i feel more at home sometimes here than i do in my own house just meeting people that i hardly know at all or have just met they are extremely hospitable they treat me just like my best friends would back home and i've only known these people for about a week it's always are you sure you have enough to drink are you sure you have enough food how do you feel about you know russians love of hunting things light up well actually back home i am a hunter so i have no qualms as you put it about hunting as long as it's not just for sport that you eat what you take and. i see nothing

wrong with that. are you looking forward to having charles put it up there i would hope so but maybe not this time maybe next time around but that would be fantastic if i could find somebody to tag on with to go hunting or. even just fishing. thank you very much we've been speaking to a student of russian heritage. all the way from the united states. down the conversation continues in a few minutes on a completely different. guess is said to be locking horns on the latest hot topic. before that let's catch up with the friday find out next. welcome to our business program with nick arena melican good to have you with us bellows and russia have settled their differences over the customs union and set the stage for more members to join the four country grouping wetmore hears artie's monday the question of. prime minister placement would sound like the outcome but

this writing meeting between the prime minister was a customs union and the members it was said that the establishment of the common economic space and because the union created by belarus kazakhstan and russia is proceeding costed that it was a previously expected parties also worked out a budget issues for the nearest future and decided to form the necessary legal base out by the beginning of twenty eleven prime minister like human rights and also suggested that the custom union is open to the moment of grace and the next possible member it might be ukraine followed by other two countries are it's a cheeky stand and up to mr was the office signing and ratification of all documents related to the creation of the common economic area russia has agreed to lift all export jujubes on crude oil supplied to below us we have once again on the line just today and will fulfill our commitment russia as

a response to my solutions on batesville and gas station is a word that valorous and kazakhstan treats the missing prime minister like the clinton said the natural gas crisis to belarus for twenty eleven months before in the world the basis of the current chair and not there is here that there was also a challenge show the russian and the russian relations constraint oil sector but instead that's russia is ready to live x. would you just to look nice to better was crazy to russia supplies to keep the two batteries for domestic consumption. rosneft has signed a deal with patrol. it is that venezuela to acquire its fifty percent stake in germany's ruhr oil for one point six billion dollars the signing comes up to talks between president medvedev and his venezuelan counterpart will go charges another deal is the joint construction of an l n g facility by patrollers their venezuela and gas from the two countries energy minister has also expressed support for

tanking b.p. to buy the assets of b.p. in venezuela. almost every single russian owing this company has a. project outside russia buffeting katie pete was an issue before. and the reason probably was b.p. itself because one of the let's see the show reasons for the conflict between the two holders was the b.p. objected against. distributing the t.v. to you all over the ward well probably because in order to create some competition between b.p. and through it so as a result i would call this project as a first significant stream project for to be brought and probably it would be the first success of think you would be upstream abroad. gary will accelerate the construction of its section of the south stream pipeline project it agreed with

gazprom to form a joint venture next month earlier than expected chief executive alex a miller visitor ball gary as prime minister on friday and the parties will sign a deal next week. russia's top steelmaker year for us cut steel production by more than eight percent to three point eight million tonnes in the third quarter that's compared with the same period a year ago now the company blamed shed you a lot of his asian projects for the decline along with safety inspections at mines following their spots accident analysts say the comebacks are also consistent with falling demand and lower global prices for steel in the third quarter here us expects output to recover next quarter. and the world's leading retailer wal-mart has once again stocking the cupcake a discount chain after pulling out of the deal earlier this year in the latest twist where the misty daily says a rival bitter x. five retail group and walk away from the talks pake is valued at about one point five billion dollars and wal-mart has been trying to enter the russian market for

eight years now it's. the russian markets ended the week makes with the r.t.s. sliding into the red and the gaining a quarter of a percent neko was the biggest gain in all the r.t.s. finishing up one a half while shares of. the most on both a voice says one point three percent lower emerging market stocks attractive cash for the six straight week as investors look for faster growth and they think they'll get more mature economies. pretty strong weak for emerging equities also for russia this week the old price has been pretty well supported and that's been a function of a weaker dollar not again is a function of more expectations that the fed is going to be very accommodative monetary policy when they next meet in november so it's really been a good week for risk assets. russia has performed well.

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