how reach it's gas and all deposits are and who will gain control of these treasures in the future when with you know because the task is to prove it scientifically that russia's continental shelf goes far beyond its northern shores that ends up in the arctic this is the primary task. of russia's presidential envoy to the north pole says the first telegram sent from the new station were to the president and the prime minister there personally tracking all the latest on the north pole thirty eight expedition the one who'll be in charge of sending further updates to the mainland is the head of the station. with over two dozen polar expeditions on to his belt the much has supervised the unloading and construction of the station. better to. start with equipping our houses with all the necessary amenities to go to a city where you will build a traditional canteen but this in the end when we do go round for the youngest

member of the expedition is the cook he promises his fellows the menu of his arctic restaurant will be a reach and diverse. this. is the warm storage of all the products that shouldn't be exposed to frost here bridged balls canned food what else can do these two keys pastors groceries everything absolutely everything. they leave tricity man sergei is the oldest one here he says this expedition is his dream come true and his younger mates don't even realize how lucky they are to be part of this adventure. for twenty years i've been trying to get him you won't believe it i've written countless letters to various institutions but they tell me you're a thirty year old railroad worker stay where you're on your to old for us and now i'm fifty and i'm here. as does. at

the beginning of the real mission the russian flag is hoisted and that means the red sea ice breaker and its crew will be having for the mainland leaving the fifteen man face to face with the c.v.r. oxic knight the russian melt told me sin is now officially underway launched with traditional maritime music and less traditional thought i was the pole that sets off a year of freezing conditions with painstaking studies. to reveal the trash just underneath it in the catch of the art from the arctic. turning to the us now national poverty rates across the country are higher than they've been in almost half a century one in seven americans is currently living below the poverty line which for many means living without a house or he's out of stocks or church getting reports from new york where the problem of homelessness is reaching crisis point. so

this is no lottery for a chance to win some cash these people are patiently waiting to find out if they can win a roof over their heads for the night they're not criminals they're not drunks they're flaw is that they just don't have a home. these days the chances of getting a bed in new york are slimmer than ever homelessness in the city has skyrocketed by an entire fifty percent last year almost two hundred twenty thousand different new york city men women and children to lose tonight and a city shelter that's a shocking number of the highest number that's ever been recorded keith who became homeless in this last year says he's fifth on standby to get a bed he considers himself lucky for the men this means at least some hope my number doesn't come up i'm going to be outside in the rain yousif knows exactly what it's like calling a place like this only shelter and bed i put together. this project the way i see.

every year most of my nights i just end up you know sleeping on a cardboard box in front of us posting his experience in a blog yousif is been able to collect thousands of dollars in donations for the homeless the reality is a lot of people most people a lot of people one paycheck away from being homeless you know i just. you know i'm just trying to make people aware in a packed city like new york is no novelty in a city where you can buy a coffee drink four. dollars there are dozens of thousands of people who just don't have that kind of money and to many it's clear that their numbers are bound to keep growing even though the already existing statistics are higher than they have been since the great depression there are more than thirty seven thousand people we have thirty seven thousand people including nearly fifteen thousand children who are homeless each night

a new york city near record number of homeless families nearly ten thousand homeless families in an apocalyptic state of economy all of these people are hoping to be saved. you know. to be able to do. you know with us. as the cries for help stretch across the country the u.s. government sticks to the official party line that the economy is back on its feet but in reality the state of the economy is staring everyone in the face and if looking the other way continues to be the norm this could soon become the real face of a nation and as that. new york. venezuela's president hugo chavez was busy on friday signing multi-million dollar deals with russian leaders in moscow but he did find the time to give an exclusive interview to r.t. spanish addle chavez says the mainstream media are trying hard to make a monster out of him. but there are still laws about venezuela they claim it's

evolved in relation with. the revolutionary forces that will function the enemy of national mancipation. they clean we realize you. have to do now was accused of trying to build an atomic bomb. tree of loonies they've created to justify whatever they need to get just to. say it's not me the us a pool to reasons drugs to eat and treating to the country is just too long which is that each one hundred. one headlines would deceive them say with rain collapse to chavez. you can cash out an interview with venezuela's outspoken leader coming your way in about ten minutes here on r t. we've got plenty more for you add this hour including the close up team visiting the historic russian city. it's

a city that seen both staggering wealth and devastating war over its thousand year history but it's now or covering after the financial crisis. first though flash floods that have ranged across russia southern krasnodar region killing at least ten people and three are still missing a state of emergency has been declared in the worst affected areas where more than twenty villages have been swapped around fifteen hundred people have been caught in the day losing several hundred have been evacuated from their homes the flooding is the result of several days of heavy rain that caused local rivers to burst their banks the downpour also brought about mudslides in the mountains blocking several sections of the north park asian railroad arraign stop for now but forecasters warn there could still be more ahead. that story and much more for you available twenty four hours a day just a click away at our team dot com here's what's online right now. find out how web pirates are being allowed to continue sailing all with the help it. aneta

providers. find a recipe for something called terminator cocktail which is said to raise strength as well as spirits it's all in the mix. fashionistas or flopping to flocking to moscow on the russian fashion week hits its stride events kicked off with designers from around the globe showcasing their latest styles and trends on the capital's catwalks stacey bivins got a front row seat. russian fashion week in the british elite under way at the top most mothers as models sasha is the latest election to visitors for russia from the former soviet union and this is a twenty first that must come over to the bed and it still to kill her still

excited there in the future crowds here even before the events got in the way this is another big deal. they're going to have if. they also keeping all the live. feeds impressed so everybody time from the models designers to just visiting. came here to see new collection. trends of the year every year inspired to. play fantasy and that maybe you don't find any more to me because here everything is new so right same he's going to be very very sort of the future days going to be like. don't embarrass the elder son but the fact is that they are well why we're here and there's a wide range of things from. the to showcase for the benefit of the both be very

hot the ball a little bit more with speed and they're the guys. that set to show off their spring spots what. it was a lot of below are that's it that is no no and the. race might be a part of the goal it is beneficial as it is published the t.v. gives p.r. against it gives new kong to new people coming in seeing the collection. expressing their interest if there is any and. also benefit because. we don't pay. we don't pay for this event. which is.

to. say that they agree. with you. this is wonderful. this is the great. reporting there from. russian fashion week time to buckle up now as we continue our tour of the vast and varied regions of russia with our close up series. and today's episode we continue peeking around the ancient city of elite you know the growth located five hundred kilometers northwest of moscow the site with its rich historical past attracts thousands of tourists annually but these days the

region is being forced to adjust to the harsh economic realities with whole villages struggling to make ends meet. unlike the larger metropolitan areas around the globe good hasn't been able to attract the same amount of investment from big businesses over the last few years this big business is essential it brings the jobs added brings in money for the local authorities as well but because meat is just one such large factory which has been built by their old cadre and provides hundreds of jobs for people here in the good but for the rest of the area it's still suffering from the aftermath of the economic crisis. for a hundred years the plywood mill has supplied most people in the town of part of jobs unfortunately it's also been exactly a hundred years since its last major renovation and when you're sick whitman is from the late nine hundred seventy percent income i think when the economic crisis struck two years ago the factory couldn't compete and went

bankrupt straight away and with it the town apart from a lot of the new you know whole families were tear and suddenly they lost their jobs pensioners had to help their children and grandchildren by no food to eat the town was devastated. so it has an unfinished degree in management it's of no use here instead to support her son she had to get a job with the mail only to lose it. sitting at home without money my relationship with my husband deteriorated and my family fell apart i blame the factory in this town. regional authorities provided a bailout and tax relief and supply the return to work without the one thousand six hundred employees only a third of the plant is still officially bankrupt the plywood mill apotheker has been saved but it continues to be on life support it's still not turning in a profit in order to survive it needs to modernize and end up with it's emblematic

of the region as a whole no good region has a population of less than seven hundred thousand with few strategic industrial objects and a small consumer market that has to find creative ways to generate wealth the authorities have adopted a three prong strategy firstly tourism a nation slavic republic then thought i said they have no good is the unethical world heritage site that was the duties of the us the same as everywhere else in russia we have to bring the infrastructure up to the same level as the attractions themselves. secondly foreign investment. in previous times a difficult relationship with a local administration has prevented a good investment climate from forming now we have swung our doors open. and finally developing industries that are competitive not just in russia but abroad. versus medium sized promises to be a breakthrough. several times cheaper than for an equivalence or

production lines or to seem as are competitors but the stuff costs are lower. while no pipe dreams these in bush's plans have yet to bring substantial cash into the government coffers. what the no good money just to achieve them will determine if the region continues to fund more abundant the prizes like golf and a full leap into the twenty first century. the next we are the most got this it should look who's a student and have fun oh yeah there are girls and yet you know you'll soon good to graduate what you're going to do once you've done. on the last year of my studies and how i am going to read to you aaron i'm pretty fast and so my profession is going to be interpreted in translating to make it like my major and it was in english working now with my name is dan butts and sam looking for a company we actually has several books including why do most books and couple of books next to steve so these is a good example of

a company that's trying to clean up their it's in the wallet stage and so to introduce our future that between two different countries two different countries interdependency to russia which i think it's great because i know i don't know a lot of people who do want to stay not going to do all i can say to easy to find a job here our town is developing and into developing quite fenced and there are some and international companies being opened here in not going to each and. tourist keep coming here a lot of people get to know i was the town so i'm really optimistic about it thank you very much i've been speaking to a local student here about the prospects for young people both studying abroad. turning now to some other stories making headlines across the globe hundreds of thousands of demonstrators have marched in cities across france and anger at president nicolas sarkozy's pension reform that supposed to raise the retirement age from sixty to sixty two in paris protesters clashed with police after

a peaceful mass rally a strike by transportation and oil refinery workers is in its fifth day as fears grow that airports could run out of fuel in the city of marsay rubbish hasn't been collected for four days. a series of bomb blasts has rocked the southern afghan city of kandahar killing at least two civilians wounding several others the region is the scene of a massive ongoing nato offensive against the taliban two thousand and ten is already the bloodiest year of the war for both the afghan people and international forces the coalition is now taking a new approach to try to end the violence they've granted taliban commander safe passage to kabul in an attempt to encourage ceasefire negotiation. most of the rescued chilean miners have returned home to hero's welcome after spending more than two months trapped underground only two of the thirty three workers remain in the hospital for what were described as minor ailments despite having endured weeks in harsh conditions most of the men are said to be healthy

doctors say the most lasting damage could be emotional in nature and that recovery could be complicated by the intense public interest. in a greek ship has been released by somali pirates after five months in captivity the twenty two crewmembers mainly filipinos are all alive according to some reports a ransom was paid but the amount is unknown pirates in the region are thought to be holding around twenty other ships and four hundred crewmen hostage. up next who go chavez speaks exclusively to our t.v. spanish channel hitting on the u.s. role in latin american affairs that interview coming your way next.

today i'm talking to the president of what has whaler chavez thank you very much for this opportunity. you once called former us president george w. bush the devil what would you call the current president. or less of i did not cool him the devil i said there was a smell of sulfur i meant bush had been there maybe he was accompanied by the devil and it was him who left behind the smell of socialist will know better what bush and his era his village are an aggressive imperialist policy greatly harm the world look at the legacy he left wars and tension he said we will punish terrorists he

was not referring to real terrorists he was referring to those who disagree with america's imperialistic policy. as for your question about the incumbent president i can see two people in obama the first obama is the one i met in trinidad and tobago is a smiling man who gave many promises he promised to respect other nations sovereignty i remember his speech in cairo but there's also another obama obama the president of an empire you know them about a year on i think that unfortunately the distance between these two personas has grown it seems to me that the obama he promised change the a bomb he promised many other things the man who shook my hand in trinidad and tobago is totally disappeared nothing has changed in the way the north american empire treats other countries aggression is escalating in latin america and the yankee empire is behind

this aggression over recent takeovers like in ecuador against the president rafael correia. it question against venezuela the empire continues to move its way despite obama's will. you. answered in an interview that a permanent reason for the conflict between when israel and columbia was a lie created by the laboratory what laboratory did you mean and how does this mechanism of lie production work. take a look at the war in iraq thousands of people have died women and children were killed along i became the reason for tragedy the whole war was based on the law i know that the iraqi government had weapons of mass destruction that this was the only reason the yankee empire invaded the country but then they admitted that there hadn't been any such weapons so they had designs that law i had to bring the war to iraq that was the politics of the yankee m on there are still laws about venezuela

they claim it's involved in relations with organizations like the revolutionary forces of colombia or font of the enemy of national mancipation and has been long but they claim we enrich uranium so they have to do now is accused of trying to build an atomic bomb not celebratory of laws they've created to justify whatever they need to be justified that they say about me that i support terrorism the drugs trade and all intrude into the affairs of other countries is just a law which is repeated a hundred times until it sounds like the truth. headlines would you see if i was a were thrown collapse of the take to chavez and the lies have been working their dictator chavez dictatorship whatever happens is blamed on me being a dictator where this mechanism works in many cases at the instigation of vampire they don't buy i do not think it will last forever they will fade away the events

in ukraine revolution have proven that fortunately for the people of illinois to not work every time they used i'm sure that this mechanism will soon start working against venezuela. you often talk about the lies happening at an international level in your long career you have seen a lot and taken part in many things in your opinion which lie was the biggest the most obvious and the most cruel. and regarding venezuela any lies he witnessed about me or venezuela not necessarily but possibly oh those laws there were a lot of laws lies about me the ones all had to live through that a lot of the ones that made me suffer before i became president there were people claiming that hugo chavez was raising the ball of our partisan movement in south america it was everywhere on the radio on t.v. and in the newspapers he was repeated so many times that gave rise to

a legend saying that ships with weapons for parties and troops in colombia venezuela and other south american countries were sailing along the river orinoco to venezuela here is another example of iran and venezuela have a number of projects important for both countries for example a bicycle factory but then in a news paper there was an article saying that in the celo the factory we enrich uranium and that's what serious respected journalists from respected newspapers said but the aim of these publications is distort the ideas not the person i'm just a man there is a project they are afraid of the idea of the truth. of what we represent and they do their best to distort it in order to put an end to it. so i mean what readers used to say when they attacked bullivant one hundred eighty years ago that those were not attacks on boulevard because he was just a man they were afraid of the idea he represented and that it could have been

disseminated. what impression did this visit to russia leave on you. know impression the impression that we're going to get the right way and that we're building the future we've dreamt of we've seen in so many important treaties in power engineering oil and gas agriculture and transportation we will be glad to import russian lauda cars to venezuela and deliver coffee cocoa and been known as to russia we've heard a very constructive to say. in with the president of russia and the foreign minister i leave with the impression that there were lay shoes between russia and venezuela already very good but becoming stronger we saw industry teach it kind of action for twenty to twenty forty i said we want you to win elections in twenty two . in twenty twelve there is going to be a presidential elections both in russia and venezuela and so you also when you continue to lay down a new direction or two we'll hope it turns out as you say thank you very much once

again for speaking to us. i. was right you were wrong good.

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on t.v. don't come. four thirty am in moscow good to have you with us here on our t.v.'s in your headlines russia setting up a polar research center deep in the arctic circle fifteen scientists started a year long mission to gather evidence to reinforce russia's claim to the region's natural resources. new york's new poor our team looks at the record breaking homelessness in the big apple and what the government is doing to stop it the number of americans living in poverty in the city is the highest since the great depression. fresh talent on the runway young designers get a chance to showcase their skills alongside established favorites at russian

fashion week moscow was pushing for its place on the coach who are a catwalk beside the likes of paris and the law and london. next host martin andrews is in the driver's seat exploring the russian passion for automobiles stay with us here on r.t. so. illustrates moscow program will be delving into the subject of cars from the horse drawn carriages of peter the great to soviet largest in the western imports of today used as a status symbol not just as a forward trials course it's easy to see how passionate russia is when it comes.