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influential figures so using their connections to evade justice. and preparing for the world with all i want bring. public services set to be revealed some economists predict the country runs deep into recession. the big split into even slices a sort of a just released shows the gap between the rich the poor. in india. and coming up in the business of they have the greatest. in venezuela and it too is russian take a few days for almost two billion dollars. in about twenty minutes time.

global news around the clock this is a lie from moscow. the daughter of a powerful siberian official will be retried over a horrific car crash that left one woman dead and another paralyzed public outcry was spot when initially it was revealed that shopping was not going to be charged over the incident which took place a year ago c.c.t.v. footage showed a very all to the pavement and then the car's driver only checking for damage ignoring critically injured pedestrians. pregnant at the time of the crash got a three year suspended sentence and was given time to raise her child it was alleged her high profile mother regional electoral committee official could have tipped the case in her favor and as are to use sarah firth reports it's not the first time a kid with connections in russia has been accused of escaping justice. when valarie day it was no use down by a car it was the beginning of a long in for

a difficult marriage to recover me it was the best bus stop the salary was not seriously injured but that was five years ago and since then he's been unable to pay that but investigated he suffered horrific injuries and the memories of that day the still very clear in his mind. i remember exactly how it all happened moment by moment my friend oh yeah and myself we're standing here as we parted he left across the street on the green line i remember the green light . i had turned and began walking in that direction when i heard a sound and saw something flying towards me. the driver of the car was eighteen year old give kenya abuse of the daughter of a former high ranking f.s.b. officer for larry's case or they being denied a criminal trial did make it to the civil courts. kind of. we asked for one hundred thousand dollars in compensation but at the time of the trial she claimed

she was just a poor student with twenty dollars monthly allowance so she was ordered to pay three thousand dollars to me and she did in installments but even before the trial she was actually a major shareholder at a commercial bank in moscow. valarie made eight attempts to have criminal proceedings launched but was refused every time. if an ordinary person had been in her place they would have faced criminal punishment long ago the incident is too serious to refuse to open a criminal case this seems to be a consider of the population in russia which is immune from criminal prosecution for larry's repeated attempts to get the case tried in the criminal cause of let's accusations against him with the abuse of the family claiming he jumped in front of the car and was trying to extort money from them in response to larry made an online play to president dmitri medvedev. i'm hoping for your objective help mr

president. an investigation into the legitimacy of the refuses to launch criminal proceedings has now been ordered. no such and. i made my online statement not because i want compensation for my hill but because i've been falsely accused and because of all the corruption i want justice. with the full investigation yet to be conducted abuse of her remains in the driving seat the larry left to slowly rebuild his life with the help of friends and family surf. events. well fred from the christian science monitor says media coverage helps bring privileged offenders to justice you know this is not an unfamiliar scenario in a lot of places it is perfectly calm and in almost every country that the rich get

a better ride in legal systems if only because they can hire better lawyers and and find their way navigate through the system better and the thing you notice is that the intensive press coverage on that forces the authorities to make a show of treating them equally the more publicity the more light that shone on this the better the better it will be it was fred we're the moscow correspondent for the christian science monitor now coming up for you here on our storms a looming on the british horizon the difficulty is that when you've drunk three bottles of vodka then you may well think that you're capable of putting the world to right but at the same point in time you know you're going to wake up in the morning with a hangover as the u.k. fights to recover from the credit crunch some say nothing's been learned and the worst is yet to come. while global security and fighting common terror threats are in focus for the leaders of russia france and germany that meeting in the french resort over and over you to also discuss how to make the

continent's fragile economic recovery sustainable cutting was not about reports. the tranquil setting of the french seaside town of is said to be the perfect backdrop for this so-called dialogue a meeting between the heads of state of russia germany and france presidents. angela merkel and nicolas sarkozy are expected to discuss a number of issues relevant not only to their countries and specifically to european matters but also to issues that are relevant to the international community. promoting unity in the international community and improving existing international security institutions are fully aligned with the goal of economic and political modernization in russia such an approach requires overcoming old stereotypes and i think we've had some successes in this area the recent development of our ties with the u.s. improving relations with the recent border deal with norway and many other of our foreign policy initiatives demonstrate how this approach works. in their

discussions subjects like the ongoing situation in afghanistan peace in the middle east iran's nuclear ambitions all those things are going to make their way onto the agenda when given his colleagues from france and germany sit down to the table but of course topping the agenda will be matters relevant to europe itself specifically matters of security and the proposed plan for a global security system such as setting a meeting of three heads of state is a lot more personal and therefore they are expecting to get a lot more results from the question relations with nato the north atlantic treaty organization will have to be discussed and that is also going to be on the agenda pacifically the european plans for anti-missile defense and how russia could be incorporated into those plans there will of course be discussing the consequences of the financial crisis also on the agenda are expected to be issues perhaps

slightly more relevant to russians the issue. for russian citizens wishing to travel to europe at the moment of course they are obliged to. visa in order to travel within the e.u. the matter of russians being able to travel to europe without the visa is something that russia has brought up frequently but of course everybody here and all of the observers are very early paying attention to what will be said about this concept of a more global approach to security specifically to european security and that of course is what will be updating you as a member get new information russia is currently left out of the european security system by not being a part of the e.u. or nato that's according to political expert of mcconnell who says that's why moscow is pushing for a joint security alliance. russia's goal is to make russia part of the european security the irony of the situation that russia which is an important country in

europe. porton state is northport or european security system as of today the european security system is nato where the part of it so. proposal of means video to build common security space is to bring russia and some other countries which are still like ukraine into the common european. security decision making. you can watch the full interview with a b i just love nic and often around fifteen minutes time right here on auti all the u.k. is bracing itself to hear about a public spending cuts worth tens of billions of pounds the coalition government will reveal the comprehensive spending review on wednesday it aims to dramatically cut the budget deficit put the country on the road to financial recovery but some

economists say the worst is yet to come out or image reports. the start of a new working week in the city of london in the eye of an economic storm life goes on as normal but those who work here know that the financial crisis is far from over. what was to come i think we're still to go i think the world should know there's more to come how much a lot more they're talking about the financial crisis we've already had but according to some economists we ain't seen nothing yet certain respected finance is a saying rather than sold being the issues that caused the last financial crisis governments and central banks like the bank of england behind me are actually leading us towards an even bigger meltdown and they can see even seem to agree on was to do in europe the powers that be are stopping the money printing machines over in the u.s.

the federal reserve has just announced another round of quantitative easing but who's right nobody is right i mean that's really the problem the difficulty is that when you've drunk three bottles then you may well think that you're capable of putting the world to right but at the same point in time you know you're going to wake up in the morning with a hangover this is the point where we're working up in the morning with a terrible hangover in a new book the gathering storm a group of finance he has got together to say that governments have learned nothing from this crisis policymakers are applying old models in their economic projections and that could lead to inflation hitting ordinary people hard debts will have to be repaid and restructuring will have to begin but in the city there's a fear that people are in denial for sense of security i think yeah i think it's very convenient from the political perspective and overall feel good like. to feel better you know people want to feel better you know but it's the

fundamentals are not great people are still in denial of. the money from the tax man. starts chasing people who can't pay them not be a problem that idea may come home to roost early as this week when the government announces extensive cuts to public services we shouldn't assume that the period of extreme global weakness which followed the lehman brothers collapse is the worst episode in this long drawn out depression there could be much worse episode still to come. and here in the city of london that would really put the cat among the pigeons nor r.t. london and still ahead for you here in the program winner takes all society. the majority of people have too much month left at the end of the money new york's wealthy and glamorous is becoming further removed from those at the bottom.

rushers southern cross nodar region is mourning the victims of last week's flash floods the lives of fourteen and left twelve missing the floods followed heavy rain that caused rivers to burst their banks and spillover into a nearby areas more than twenty villages were completely swamped with around five thousand people caught up in this disaster the storm also led some mudslides in the mountains blocking several sections of the north cook asian railroad cleanup operations are still underway and authorities have promised to help all those affected. i let's check out some other stories now making headlines around the world this hour and students have a blockaded entrances to schools and said vehicles on fire in paris and march say they've joined a nationwide protests against government pension reform. nearly a quarter of gas stations across france are run out of petrol most truck drivers throw their weight behind the strikes are also fears the charles de gaulle airport

in paris could be left without fuel workers say they won't stop protesting until the pension bill is abandoned the senate is to hold a sighting vote on wednesday. thousands of homes after a super typhoon hit the northern coast of the philippines meteorologists have warned the typhoon is capable of causing catastrophic damage one man has already drowned and a state of emergency has now been declared it's been four years since another storm of similar strength triggered mudslides and left dozens of people dead. an indian high court has begun hearing an appeal by the only surviving gunman of the mom by terror attacks from two years ago. national mohamed custom busy expected to contest the death penalty handed to him in may he's accused of mass murder committing a terrorist act and waging war on india. and his accomplice work convicted for the bloodiest part of the attacks killing more than fifty people hearing is due to last

several months. three civilians are being killed by a roadside bomb in southern afghanistan police say the explosion occurred as they were inspecting a suspicious package the blast that killed three passes by eight other civilians were injured earlier nine security guards protecting a nato supply convoy were killed in the south of the country in waters thought to be a taliban attack. well as more blood stains the afghan war effort washington is trying to clean up its own act a u.s. soldier has to face a court martial for allegedly killing unarmed afghans for fun while high on drugs he's one of twelve troops who faced similar charges oxys the military contributor says america is shooting itself in the foot with its own drug policy there are lots of difference between the server at an american experience in afghanistan but one

of the most insidious. and the harmful difference is that it was cia who initiated their promotion of that drug distribution trying to undermine the morale and esprit de corps of the soviet forces in afghanistan and thirty years later during the almost ten year u.s. occupation of the contrie united states pot policy in afghanistan still condones if not promotes the drug distribution and production and trafficking in afghanistan now with the us pot policy of piecing narco farmers the united states has stepped on to the narcotics booby trap and the latest see ethel case all through twelfth scalp scrapers and sports shooters demonstrates to what extent the u.s. drug store policy in afghanistan has backfired according to the latest data the

whole platoon of the stryker brigade was heavily doe even before their deployment from the continental united states to a khandahar province as a result of these bloody sculp scrapers totally dismantled disrupted and destroyed the whole concept of the hearts and minds of the counting insurgency policy in its application in afghanistan to other news now and new york's economy may be on an upswing but not everyone is reaping the benefits recent figures suggest the wealth gap between new yorkers is now wider than africa on season it's not going to reports on how the big apple is split to the cool. the lucky few are shopping for shoes were thousands of dollars to chanel's and just a wave of a wall it away just a few steps away

a person with their entire life belongings in a shopping cart look serious lifestyles the rich people in new york are richer than rich people most places are living side by side with those for whom surviving in a tough economy has become a full time job according to recent published report the gap between the rich and poor in the big apple is greater than india country where the majority of the population lives in poverty we live in a winner take all society where there's a small number of stars who make vast salaries and where the majority of people have too much money at the end of the money last year and a half million people who are registered living in poverty in new york meanwhile the city's richest are still enjoying the high life the rich people in new york are flying around on private planes eating caviar renting yachts the net worth of the less than sixty richest new yorkers has recently spiked by an entire nineteen billion dollars one percent of the population controls seventy percent of the

returns to wealth it's never been that high it's never been that bad but this somehow ends up being reflected only on the less fortunate i can spend five thousand dollars on a piece of jewelry. a handbag would you ever buy a bag for five thousand dollars. i don't think so housing is one of the means symbols of this wealth gap. right now. parity. realtors selling luxury property are not afraid of going out of work probably the most expensive. a million thankfully your head as we found it from the recession in two thousand and nine than any of

the other major american cities but that's mostly true for the rich every night about one thousand people sleep in the subway system of new york meanwhile the most expensive hotels are doing as well as ever something the rich definitely like to splurge on the new york city is luxury hotels if you have an extra buck to spend in your wallet why not spend it on a hotel room for twenty two hundred dollars a night or platinum massage in your room for a mere three hundred dollars this as thousands across new york fill homeless shelters with no room to spare three times one hundred eighty five i have to let you do one hundred and even five within each meal while the number of people relying on a free meal has gone up by fifty percent over the last year others are not even keeping track of their spending three thousand four thousand of them are working on a story about the gap between the rich and poor in new york what do you consider yourself to be. the possibility of the wealth gap narrowing is far from being

around the corner right now we're debating about whether or not to give tax breaks to the richest americans to keep this gap going to keep growing but if this gap widens even more new york me soon be split into two different planets a big one with tens of thousands struggling for survival and a small one with a very lucky few this future for the big apple could not be far especially while the city's mayor is considered the second richest person in town. new york. and you can get the latest on everything we're covering here when oxy website. let's take a quick look at what's online for you right now the russian capital cools all summer cities heating up as designers from. all over the world display their spring summer collections for russian fashion week. just to all the russian mafia

take our test to see if your knowledge of these wise guys is good enough to get you into a bad closed circle. time now for a shot at with the business news. hello welcome to the business program hey on r.t. with michelle amos folly b.p. has agreed to sell assets in venezuela and vietnam to its russian joint venture to pay one point eight billion dollars they do include b.p. stakes in three joint ventures in venezuela and two gas fields in vietnam said as part of the peace plan to raise up to thirty billion dollars by the end of two thousand and eleven to help the company meet its financial obligations off the gulf

of mexico oil spill acquisitions will find out from ten k.b.p.s. own resources and won't require a dish and. this is all part of a global expansion plan to take a pee. house and adopted for itself in an internet attempt to diversify its so far out of russia and become become a truly global company. so as a starting point might be the first step towards that goal. wrote the most songs are modestly sized acquisition might be just the right thing. in other news vladimir putin has been talking up the prospects the russian economy the prime minister told a meeting of foreign businessmen and investors the growth was returning and the budget deficit would be smaller than expected he also pledged that foreign investors would get the same protection as russians our correspondent the native vetiver has more. there was only a top man to talk investments has met with over twenty c.e.o.'s of the global

corporations to share their views on investment climate in russia addressing the audience would have been put in doesn't explain that investment into russia when you talk to a hundred billion dollars that the sea we have summoned he explained how attractive rush a part of me is noting the upcoming privatization of very interesting us it's the house all the heavy weights corporations such a spectacle tell him nor areas to the young expressed their concerns of what preventing investment to flow into russia and that is administered barrier slacked up access to infrastructure and to lay before city issues since their last year in meeting the last point i don't believe the flooring labor issue has moved up from the down start and that's thanks to the new law that eases the regulations of the korean labor high skilled labor force so access to go to russia vladimir putin talking to the businessmen so that actually russia doesn't make

a difference between domestic and foreign business is just as in your position we do make a distinction between russian and foreign business when it comes to protecting the rights of is the best is it's important for us to create comfortable conditions for those who want to make investments in russia to develop their business to promote their goods and services. you. times take a look at the markets now in u.s. stocks trading it's tight range is the best prepare for a busy week of earnings to provide clues about whether corporate profits can we help but by sluggish economic growth citi group has reported a better than expected earnings report to kick off the week the west bank surging profits two point two billion dollars. and over in europe stocks are climbing helped by positive news from citi group and shares of philips electronics afula nearly five percent off the group off with a cautious outlook for the rest of the good so it seems. that will be but the setlist hour. and here in russia they also have the effect of makes most of the

main players in the red energy shares producing the biggest losses on foreign oil prices bucking the trend though with faggots jazzer winds of more than two percent helped by a strong financial report for the first nine months did you. see news in brief for you know russia's largest food retailer chain magnates has increased profits by a pool to its almost two hundred forty million dollars a month most of the good turnover was five point four billion dollars that's a jump thirty five percent of the previous year results are considerably better than analysts full cost magnate shares are now among the top gain is on the r.t.s. around two percent. american mobile phone maker motorola is leaving russia it will close its offices the beginning of two thousand and eleven and will no longer officially market or distribute handsets in the country the company first came to russia in one thousand nine hundred three and gained a leading position since two thousand and three seen its market share steadily

declining now accounts for just one percent of mobile phone autoloader industry most wrote in and set out a number of cost cutting measures this year including plans to close offices in africa and eastern europe. for this hour you can always buy more stories on our website r.t. dot com slash business. in the.