brought mr chavez to the russian 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 gas. seems more than content to buy russian including the first ever nuclear power plant for his country. when he did stress 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 substance the inable development in this respect even a country with a ritual 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 for it they'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 hugo chavez certainly didn't waste any

time in proclaiming his love for russia and the growing cooperation between moscow and caucus 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. after meeting with president medvedev which i was given exclusive interview to r.t. sister spanish channel we spoke about the present and future of latin america russia and the entire world here are some of the highlights of that interview. lies 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 died 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 into iraq already that's the politics of the nk

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 us a justify whatever they need to be just a variety leftists to what extent do you think latin american countries meet and control their own policies today. in that process let in america is in the middle of a process 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 dance 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 one of the first summit of all let in american states took place without the us latin american countries have now formed an alliance so i'm optimistic we're in transition to our real independence hard to imagine 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 we can pull soviet russia and to oblige him or putin became president our countries became friends we're going strong and now we're carrying on down that path with president meet remember if 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. not just some of the thoughts there from chavez the president of venezuela speaking exclusively to our t's sister spanish channel other news tonight the shortlist of four current that is for the top moscow seems no

strong to one president medvedev has picked deputy prime minister sergei sabean in for the top job but it's now up to the sitting parliament to give the final green light to sarah first. well there's one final sturtz to gay in this place that's present invaded has made this 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 grieved by the most he will have ten days to make the final decision and also beyond in himself was always considered one of the most popular of the four candidates a certainly a from mother and considered to have the most experience within working in the government he's the former governor as the two main region in the u.s. not the rich region and there's still that his experience will stand him in good stead facing some of the challenges responsibilities the lie ahead of him should he be selected as most a man the main reason the president would they decide to for the tillman mellish

cause 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 a forest fire crisis he was away on holiday and that certainly didn't help matters those also corruption question mark hanging over his billionaire wife elaine of the church and to 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 this position is somebody is chastened as the mayor of moscow he will have some tough challenges ahead of him we know that the social issues in moscow 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 and we've heard the president when they did i make it very clear what he sees as the main challenges. the new more school 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 my school 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 and ten days now to the must be david to make that final decision whether he will be the new man. the german historical museum in berlin is open the first ever post war exhibition focused exclusively on out of hitler's life it seeks to explore how hitler gained mass support for his nazi regime comes on the heels of a study by the friedrich ebert foundation which revealed that one of the ten germans believe there is need of a new fear a quarter of those polled sympathize with nationalist or braces sentiments the third said foreigners should be said though because there was

a lot of work. six believed jews have too much power and quote as part of i was very small for a while to get a verse you conducted the study she told me it shows people are prepared to be more honest about their extremist views in twenty. 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 in this year in two thousand and ten people were mo. the 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 democracy they

approve democracy in theory but in practice they are not really satisfied how democracy works in practice. on the way a few minutes go back to basics discover how hunting and gathering of the order of the city of russia's northwest. news before that afghan prisoners have claimed in the u.s. study that they were abused at 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 base former inmates told open society foundations 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 i spoke to philip giraldi he's a former cia officer he told me the bomber 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. we'll do the brief and israel's approved the building of more than two hundred new homes in east jerusalem the jewish neighborhoods it puts an end to the free zone construction which officially expired last month issues a moot point peace talks with the palestinians the us supported negotiations are currently deadlocked over a palestinian demand that israel extend the freeze the palestinians are threatened

to quit the talks unless their calls are met. gary in plans which calls the toxic sludge leaks reopen this village is forced to abandon homes begin to return but dozens of houses have been deemed too dangerous fall in the accident which devastated nearby towns and rivers nine people died and dozens were injured when waist gushed out of a storage reservoir at the alumina plant earlier this month that investigations began to determine whether the owners had followed safety regulations. in the first three of the chilean miners rescued after a two month old deal on the ground arrived home most of the thirty three men are reportedly good shape despite having spent sixty nine days in a wet dark and hot chamber chilean president sebastian pinera visit to devon promised to stamp out in human working conditions in the country millions tended to watch the dramatic rescue which ended the miners' record undergrad at the. time now to join the close up team as we go on another journey to explore the vast and

varied regions of russia. and take a look at that map you can see where five hundred kilometers northwest of moscow this time invalid. over its thousand year history the city's witnessed both soaring wealth and devastating walls the only invaders now though of the thousands of tourists who visit every year on physical growth went to see what's attractive. from berry picking to vodka drinking to game hunting draw a lot of russian traditions that westerners find in comprehensible and almost all of the traditions are widely practiced here and there. living off the land every morning at dawn the woman everyone here calls the mash or goes berry in mushroom picking this brings in more money than her pension is in the red sea if people want

to earn a living doing this they can tell me it's not to work a tell in the forest die relax she hands her pickings over the alienness the lobby of a pregnant and unemployed you know anna thought the germ making as a home business she thought people would want that's completely natural no cooking no additives often no sugar recipe hasn't changed but now she employs dozens of people and her germs are sold all over russia. large scale agriculture was in decline here in the countryside often the people i employ have no other way to make a living and i go as painted since 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 that i sooth my heart break sometimes when i see the crumbling houses in 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 from all over russia but also money for the local forestry commission for licenses to shoot for their buck i mean even bear. the fun is carefully choreographed shooters take up positions on a range several hundred feet away from each other then beat and there's the woods on the other side when his dog that 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 . well you can never guess a hunt is a hunt but the forest teeming with animals so the hunters bury pickers and

fisherman leave the woods allow nature to rule over its domain but tomorrow there will be because whatever city's off its nature they still depend on either there are no. not good region just ahead tonight. thanks.

and this program will be. into the subject of car from the carriage is a piece of the great to soviet largest in the western imports of today used as a status symbol not just as a form of transport it's easy to think how passionate russia is the good old automobile. there are several. showcase costs to ages it's been a fascinating journey to today's competitive car industry in russia after decades of strict import wills and lack of vehicles in the u.s.s.r. the ones of modern day russians have love affairs with that fool we are friends and

most of stalin's very own limousine. this is one of the most interesting exhibits in our museum it's an omen because one one five b. there were only thirty two such cause this one was number. nine hundred forty eight for five years this car was driving around. nine hundred forty two the production of these vehicles started six only because were purchased in america and then disassembled to create an even safer one of the car must have sustained fifteen minutes of gunfire which was tested the windshield is seven point five centimeters thick and just one door weighs more than three hundred kilograms there's also a range of other impressive presidential cars on display flags included you can see here the famous. represents ideal images of soviet socialist engineering and even today new models are still in development. in soviet times these long black armored

cars made statements of power and control and have the latest technology. to take a look at this week's entertainment news for those who enjoy seafood restaurant is running a season of fresh fish and stations from all around the world. delivered to the venue every day the restaurant school has been designed to make its guests feel like they're on a ship status but it's not the interior people come here for a while for the past eighteen years is the mazing seafood here the restaurants has doing devouring. dozens of people interested in fashion and fresh media have gathered to tell the public by two women who have a lot to share on the subject the event was also broadcast online so that many people to join in the open discussion on the future of the country's start industry

i think in russia there's quite a lot of creative talent. which is. room is to be strong. to love what they do. gives you invincible try. to do. the style of russian women that is a lot of her which i really like and obviously it makes sense here to the cold so you know it's a practical saying that also that's really fantastic. after the second world war along with the space race the u.s.s.r. aim to rival the industry i started of the west. years past and coffee trees began to pop up all over the country. common factor after vase for example was built on the banks of the volga river in the one nine hundred sixty s.

. one of the most popular cars was the offer of. the car to specifically survive the treacherous driving conditions he just became extremely popular decades in russia and eastern europe particularly the former soviet bloc countries where they could be used to city living but the. hundred. most of them look. along with exhibits from. dozens of. hundreds of thousands of. time

three hundred. nine hundred fifty seven to one thousand nine hundred sixty four how many celebrities have got them but this is a very special because it belonged to the princess of monaco. actress grace kelly several years ago. maybe one day it will be. full speed and that's two hundred fifty kilometer. traffic is a huge problem that will start. to be around three million cars registered in the russian capital. is growing by ten percent annually. into the city every day so the traffic let's meet this week's gets. crazy. in the

capital yeah we have a corporate car so i use that drive around sometimes to meetings and stuff and what you think about the crazy subject of topic here in moscow traffic it can be really bad if you have somewhere you need to go and it's on the other side of the city it can be over two hours i don't know what the reason i don't for people call believe you know gypsy cabs exist you can just stick your hand out anywhere and travel to any parts of the city and gypsy cabs are really fun and i think that's kind of a highlight of moscow here there's no yellow taxis here you just put your hand out the next taxi driver will stop and he'll take you for a little nothing to where you need to go i would say i haven't any problems i mean it's been like i said seven years and. i've been doing are you know the same that was. going to be you think yeah good luck getting high but i think.

the amazing thing about many old cars is that they're not just museum exhibits various red shirt collar rallies are often organized in the fashion capital was close call chevrolets mercedes and boldest fusing the city traffic. such a presence prevents taking five days we tried to show up because i'm from only because you get the chance to see such testing machines on the streets of the capital. along with very old cars to some futuristic looking it's more bills can also be seen on the roads produced the most is the first bush and company to manufacture premium cost vehicles for the new generation the company is the official pop in the formula one the producers say that that's too because as it could be suitable for use only on racing trucks but it's also tough to keep driving in the hustle and bustle of the city. and if you will to see moscow and the field transport at your disposal any time of the. you can use went to services

several international car rental brands have that says in the russian capital for the rental fleet consisting of cars of various classes from economy to the expensive. tariffs also depend on the amount of french stock from around fifty dollars a day. commute place online in their rent cars this is. ideal. just remember to drive on the right hand side of the road here in russia. traffic in moscow is known to be problematic for many it's sitting here find it difficult to get you straight so to help soldiers police to drive on as a listed english speaking instructor is the complete opposite cool switch most is basic driving skills so they also have a special program for experience trouble the improved drive slow flight and extreme

weather conditions. pressures new. ferrari share a room. with large important cities it doesn't stop them from buying this one before by force and outrageously expensive sports cars there's no question about that for some people they are. priced. a few. percent. so why are such expensive cars so popular. because a very prestigious high quality inquiry. clients are extremely pleased with. and

they tend to forget all about their worries when they get behind the wheel of a sort of a deal. wow because inside here are amazing on the cost of this one here a mere sixty million rubles that's about half a million dollars. more western analysts you can see driving on the streets of moscow every year and traffic and parking issues aside we can only expect more investment development while many interesting brands i mean huge infrastructure we've gotten off for will friends but for the time being i'm happy in my ferrari. boys' toys or you may have noticed i'm actually sitting in the passenger seat well i'll let you in for a little secret because i try to drive i still need to i'm past my contriving threats of this cop isn't going anywhere with me. i'm not sure how we have in this

week's show on the subject because i'll see you go the same time next week i'm almost out the benches until then for me and the rest of the team challenge for now . culture is that so much about the taxpayers' money maintaining it is a shame because a lot of people at area watch what you say for some political correctness is understood as a form of etiquette for others it is a clumsy attempt at fox control. me

. this is o.t. from moscow on the top stories the venezuelan leader. plans for close ties with russia president. have signed key deals to energise military cooperation. the russian capital's about to get a new mattress president but have put forward a candidate for moscow's top job he picks deputy prime minister. from the short list of the city's parliament approved a choice. the first of a post-war exhibition. opens in berlin exploring how the dictated gave mass support for his regime it comes as a new poll reveals one in ten germans want to see a return to the school futa. political correctness was supposed to

smooth out society's intolerance but as people are about to discuss polarizing people into being even angrier than ever cross talks on less than a minute from now on. every month we give you the future to understand how to get. the best in science and technology from across russia and around the world. join us. on our g.