i saw lots of people and camera flashes and the security service came out followed by arnold schwarzenegger i thought to myself well you don't see people like that often in moscow and the ticket barrier closed on him he got stuck people got it open a few minutes of course and let him pass but now he knows. our little schwartz from the role just one stop but it was enough for him to post to weep that muscovites allegedly like their public transport had his journey lasted for more than ten minutes he might well have changed his impression but the russian authorities pulled out all stops for the california governor providing him with police asked corey and a permanent right of way. it was in june that schwartz made your hostage the russian president giving him a tour of silicon valley and showcasing his very masculine boots. it is not clear whether mitt video wondered what it's like to be in shorts nager

shoes but one month later big government aid or even moscow promoting russia's own version of a high tech hub. and it's great when i met president medvedev in a pretty fornia that he has a vision and a very clear direction where he wants to go and is very impatient and i think that we want to do everything that we can screen for nuance and as americans because it is to our interest to make russia successful yet as the presentation showed even arnie makes mistakes so that our business leaders are going to find great partnerships with the so we are russian. that. just shows no one i'm perfect. a pap project but a taxi be a russian president the scope of our park has been designed to spearhead innovation and scientific research in russia i mean to me that it had no difficulties asking

for help and. we were extremely interested in your considerable experience we're not ashamed of learning we must admit that sadly enough we lack behind in many respects and we do expect that our corporation will bring about positive results but that's frowned on twitter made better french words may give praise to each other for their vision and to the delight of all he's found the governor promised that he'll be back in the first terminator movie innovation had gone so far that machines including schwarzenegger's own character tried to exterminate the human race ironically with his involvement in this cocker project the governator may actually make these plot a bit more plausible but at the end of the day he can always turn against the machines and save the world like in the second movie so i guess there is nothing to fear except wake up r.t. skulk about. a group in russia's urals is using extreme measures to get addicts into rehab they kidnap

a drug abusers and force them into therapy the method has one public support but landed three members in jail. went to see the much. a drugs raid gets under way and after hours of waiting for a contact to give the signal suddenly everyone is up and running the police are involved but not all taking part a law enforcement officers the raid is being organized by a vigilante style group for me cash emberg you name themselves the city without narcotics agreed in controversial tactics to target drug dealers and rehabilitate drug addicts this is a drug called as a morphine or locally known as crocodile it's a code deemed containing drug and really dangerous the beginning of the raids and coming through the window it was pretty exciting but the minute that you get inside the reality of this situation really hits very hard you've got a young family. lying around the house next door a young child and

a mother who looks barely more than a child herself extremely scared and upset and it really makes it very apparent just how sensitive this issue of civilian participation in raids has raised concerns about whether members of the foundation should be allowed to take the law into their own hands. it's an action which is cruel is it wrong to rescue a drowning person by pulling their here if people say it's cruel and inhumane let them teach us how to do it otherwise we work twenty four a servant to help these people when the state isn't doing anything we're all we have to do it be an issue to the relationship the group has for sure the authorities and you katherine berg is a fragile one but in eleven years they have managed to pull their energies to fight the drug issue effectively those caught in the raids face either arrest or we have this run by the glory is left to family members to give the final consent.

conditions a hard they spend a month being weaned off drugs on a very basic diet and inquire conditions but with the group claiming a seven. percent success rate it appears tough love. my mother saw it six years of drug addiction had done to me and turned to the foundation for help it's hard but you can see how the people are here they talk to each other there's an atmosphere of friendship which helps you through but in other cities such as nish need to go similar initiatives have been dealt with very differently you go by each curve was sentenced to three and a half years in prison despite having half the number of drug deaths in the city in just two years. i only have a feeling of disgust for law enforcement agencies who instead of fighting drug dealers are fighting an organization which was running a successful anti drug dealing campaign it makes no sense at all it's a crime against our city's population but this is sparked a public outcry and led many to conclude that corruption amongst authorities might

be to blame. but in this chappie gore carried out over two hundred operations against drug dealers as a result the mortality rate has halved the gypsies are afraid to sell drugs and consequently don't bribe your forit is clearly the authorities there didn't like that but in both cities the foundations have vowed to continue the fight in the face of what they say is government in action. people have to take the problem personally to understand that these people are their brothers and sisters and that unless they do it nobody will do it for them russia is in the grip of a major drugs quite says with an unofficial estimate at two and a half million drug addicts in the country almost thirty percent of the population people like genuine the foundation say a united effort is in everyone's interest and until proper measures are in place to deal not only with the dealers but in rehabilitating users as well as left ordinary

people like themselves to stand and fight to free their city of drugs sarah fair are to catch emberg. a retired police colonel who was involved in operations against drug dealers told the group's approach it's totally illegal to me it sounds like torture is in the in the step we have to differ here the results and the methods to my listing is completely legal even though i'm on the boeing forstmann agencies in the country federal and the regional level not all of them are allowed to carry on detection operational activities the conditions of where the drug addicts were kept to me through samples prisons and even worse. and still to come for you in the program here on r.t. so choose in pole position not content with rather just not content with just staging the winter olympics russia's black sea resort is on track to host one of

the world's most glamorous sporting spectaculars plus. it's cheaper to eat unhealthy then it is see healthy i mean you can go to mcdonald's and get a dollar menu and feed bunch of your family for like five bucks web journalist laurie half of this starts people in new york who's to blame for obesity and whether it's only a matter of what you put in your mouth. to germany now chancellor angela merkel's attempts to build a multicultural society there have failed comments come amid a recent strong anti immigrant statements from mainstream politicians a recent survey suggested more than thirty percent of germans believe the country's being overrun by foreigners a study by friedrich ebook foundation found a quarter of those polled sympathize with nationalist all racist sentiments perhaps most worryingly one in ten apparently believes that germany needs a new future up

a word which literally means a strong leader and less democratic parliament. who conducted the study of far right attitudes are deeply rooted in german society. the study shows that there is . education in some parts of society secondly people always and especially in times of crisis and search for scapegoats for their own political economic or social deprivation this summer nation of all things together points us to the actually important thing which is that democracy itself is nothing self-fulfilling or which is always there or something we have in europe without doing something for it there is a right. which is probably incensed by the economic crisis from two thousand and eight but on the other hand does rise from two thousand and eight to two thousand and ten isn't that important important is that we have this high percentage of

right just extremist attitudes all over the time since two thousand to when we started studies but in general everybody could be affected by these attitudes which means that it doesn't matter whether you are voting for a right to stay extremist party or the social democrats or even the leftist party all these people can have these attitudes. the new power in u.s. politics female right wingers launching fiery attacks against liberalism and democrats return to republican vice presidential candidate sarah palin was the trailblazer no others are following but critics say all they offer is a pretty face message of fear as artie's gone a church can reports. 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 sex yeah yeah i'm a young woman in my thirty's and i remain chaste right and there was a time that chased woman even said she would try the dark arts i was telling it in 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 blame sarah many say christine uses the same tools as her fellow mama grizzly sarah pailin the most effective of which is stalking fierce. experiences here and she 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 women seem to be especially good at my ongoing fear. 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 if we're going to see a lot more anger and also less effectiveness of the congress say that it's 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 parma says women are generally good at expressing their disappointment they're even more successful when they do it in a nice red suit with snappy quotes and a big smile on their face r.t. washington d.c. . the iranian president's controversial trip to lebanon this week was strongly criticized in israel and the u.s. because of his support for hezbollah or mahmoud ahmadinejad the group's leader in levanon who reportedly handed him a gun taken from an israeli soldier. earlier lashed out at israel saying zionists

will be defeated and called palestine to be forcefully freed as comments were made just kilometers from the border with israel sparking protests criticism in the u.s. james jones well middle east politics and security experts says that america's anger at the visit is partly to distract the world from the vast military presence it still has in the region. as well as weapons are a bit of a strategic surprise and we saw that in two thousand and six where they launched anti ship 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 hezbollah 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 reconstructing large parts of southern beirut there was a energy deal signed between the iranian foreign minister and the lebanese energy minister that could provide much needed gas and all supplied 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 there is a crescendo of violence in regards to the iranian u.s. relationship currently in the middle east and the u.s. has not fully exited iraq it still has some fifty thousand troops on the ground there if you include special forces and the largest embassy the u.s. embassy in the world this is a presence that aims to have a strategic effect in influencing which direction iraq goes and of course a reminder to their neighbor iran that the u.s. has not accepted the region but remains on alert there instead the problem we have is that the competency of the iraqi military is in. dark contrast to the incompetency of the iraqi political elite and government bear in mind we have had no government in iraq for a record breaking time over seven months now the newly rebuilt u.s. sponsored iraqi army number some six hundred fifty thousand if you include the border guard in 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 zone and one tanks. now you can always get more news by visiting our web site that's dot com and let's see what else we have online waiting for you right now to discover why the u.s. is the last on a list of developed nations when it comes to providing free access to justice. and remembering deep purple slade and led zeppelin brushes a rock loving president catches up with the top brass of the country's music scene and gets nostalgic. rushers a resort city of sochi is putting itself on a map as one of the world's sporting capitals the international olympic committee says it has been impressed by the preparation being done for the winter olympics is due to be held there in two thousand and fourteen and now the city is gearing up for its debut on the formula one circuit

a six year deal has been given the green light and russia will host its first ever grand prix also in two thousand and fourteen. reports from the black sea resort. for monte carlo to malaysia formula one is one of the world's most popular racing come petitions and know it's coming to russia. bernie ecclestone the president and c.e.o. of formula one management the right in person to meet with prime minister putin and to secure a six year long deal it clearly wasn't a race against time to get more than three decades of talks first with soviet and now with russian leaders to find a suitable venue moscow and st petersburg dropped out but the city of sochi in the cell which will also host the winter olympic games in two thousand and fourteen will be the first to the checkered flag we are on the beach in the middle it's own with which could quite possibly see part of

a future formula one race track from here you can see where the olympic venues are going to be just a few hundred metres away and right over there the big palace purpose built super circuit will run through the so-called. coastal cluster of the olympic park it will use parts of the existing infrastructure as well as a newly constructed track or on some of the venues the first races are scheduled for the end of two thousand and fourteen when the olympics will be over giving organizers a chance to arrange you can the dacian and provide logistics former ferrari team members says that building a circuit in russia should be a real crowd pleaser especially with some homegrown talent like we've done it with drop taking part it's one of the leading countries in the world it's it's it's you know. an emerging economy. formula one should be there it'll be great performer who want to be there it would be great for russia to have a formula one race in a place like so she. now with petrol for the russian driver i think that's

that's it's a nice and energy. local administration and sponsors are planning to spend somewhere between one and two hundred million dollars on the circuit and be another forty million annually to use the f one brand but with hundreds of thousands of formula one fans here is russians say the game is surely worth the candle a certain it will only bring benefits and not only in terms of image but people will be spending money here and. small and midsize business will be paying more taxes so it will bring economic life so i think it's really a very interesting and useful project. last year saw two already hosted and there one demo competition on the central streets drawing thousands of spectators from all over the region so with the new circuit engines roaring and cars going in top speeds it looks like the world's most exciting race will point in new home here

dennis bosky r t sochi. on friday russia and venezuela were busy energizing the links in everything from nuclear power and arms deals to oil production venezuela's leader signed several key deals during his ninth visit to russia moscow agreed to invest in the latin american countries nuclear energy capability and help to upgrade its military and russian leaders to work committed to creating a fairer multi-polar world which no one country should dominate both presidents discuss their partnership up to two thousand and fourteen with hugo chavez keen to sweeten the deal and in true chavez style while talking exclusively to artie's a spanish channel the venezuelan leader couldn't resist a swipe at his old foe the us. better one of his era his believed you an aggressive here we listen policy greatly home 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 that only. and you can watch the full interview with over chavez in less than ten minutes time right here on r.t. . moscow gets a new mayor in the next few days the city parliament says it will approve prime minister putin as chief of staff sort of has to be on him for the post he was nominated by president medvedev talian overcover takes a closer look at the man for the job. siggy said man u. is in for a lot of challenges after the russian president dismissed the former mayor of moscow over a loss of confidence in the man many felt some dying in would be a natural choice he now will have to clean up the mess left after he really wish golf previous government. can never hesitated to destroy the historical to want to

build something brand new and this is somebody who looks much better at least he considered more school is a city where he is there more as a newcomer these people consider a city where they leave much more carefully the man was born in a small siberian village and received a technical and legal education before going into politics he worked at a point in one of russia's industrial cities he then became a mayor of annoying producing town and later governor one of russia's richest regions before coming to moscow. you get a good i've lived in moscow for the past five years and i know the city's biggest issues social security the problem of transportation and traffic jams the integration of federal programs and tackling corruption will become the priority for moscow's authorities this will be easier to achieve through cooperation with the county central authorities under russian law the heads of state and regions are

not elected but appointed and dismissed by the country's authorities in two thousand and five said when you place the meeting you did you as the head of the presidential administration at a time when you were putin was still the country's leader because of that there have been many speculations that and inside man was wanted for the mayor's job i think it's not a matter of control of politics and money flows it's a matter of the city or federal courts moscow is the special seat here and the supposed to be the in the vanguard of modernisation and actually the federal government has a lot on bishops plans of how to create a financial center in moscow i think sabbaticals enormous experience of her work in the gallant he is known as an official professional city samangan has yet to prove to muscovites what. but hardly anyone in the capital think there could be a worse candidate for the city than its former head i don't know the r.t. . rushers prosecutor's office says at least thirteen people have been killed by flash floods in the southern region of crash in the dark about fifteen hundred

people have been caught in the deluge shows more than twenty villages were swamped by rains a state of emergency has been declared in the worst affected areas the storm caused the local rivers to burst their banks and led to month slides and the mountain is blocking several sections of the north quick asian railroad the rain has stopped for now but forecasters warn there could be more to come. americans are the biggest nation the world health organization says that sixty percent of the u.s. population is obese and source are the only country to admit that expanding waistlines are a prime national health risk online show host laurie half an ist also known as the resident asked new yorkers what they think is to buy. obesity is a worldwide epidemic according to many organizations but the us has more obese people than any other country by far how did this happen this week let's talk about

that on now people are playing more and more video games they're on the computer they're couch potatoes they're watching television years ago they never had these things so they were always out we get out there and enjoy the life that so africa has to offer here better now than a car you tell but i see that iran's a lot more focus on other things out of parties in life making money and so forth i'm going to say it's laziness i think too many people are more concerned about finding what brings them pleasure we don't want to deprive our children that's my opinion because i know when i was growing up you know you don't get cookies cammy yeah and so i wanted to give my kids more and they want to give their kids what i have that's my opinion so is that how they view them we're not depriving them but are we doing them an injustice totally maybe because of you know the kind of restaurants and the food i mean the most the most successful ones are like for like

mcdonald's and other stuff so i think we would because of that food in the u.s. is very a lot of cheers a lot of cream. and a lot of fourteen everest around ten people become used to that in part of the huge problem is that it's cheaper to eat unhealthy than it is you healthy i mean you can go to mcdonald's and get a dollar menu and feed and bunch of your family for like five bucks or you can go to the organic grocery store and buy an apple who's to blame for getting us here. it's a. marketing exactly i mean you turn on the t.v. you see commercials for mcdonald's all day you'll see commercials for celery and broccoli and you know who can blame kids i think a lot of us to do with our government. and keeping us entertained and busy doing other things and not thinking about things that we should be thinking about no matter who you think is to blame for the obesity epidemic the bottom line is that our bottoms will continue to grow until we actually do

something about it. and i'll be back with a recap of all top stories in just a couple. every month we give you the future we help you understand how we'll get there and what tomorrow brings the best in science and technology from across russia and around the world. join us for technology update on our g.

for the full story. the biggest issues get. face to face with the news maker. in the afternoon. headlines now california's governor. visits president. this week he tried out the capitals met. with the russian leader as well as discussing the business of driving russia's technology. vigilante group. says fighting drug addiction by kidnapping drug abusers and forcing them into. extreme method has won them public support but also jail time for three.

and fifteen explorers. in the arctic spend the next year on a drifting ice floe collecting evidence to prove a large part of its untapped resources belong to russia. visit to russia by signing several key energy and cooperation deals and already strong partnership. also spoke exclusively to our spanish channel about the u.s. role in latin american affairs that interview is coming up next. today i'm talking to the president of one as well. thank you very much for this opportunity. you once called former u.s. president george w. bush the devil what would you call the current president. didn't.