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falls on cases of influential figures using their connections to evade prosecution . for another crisis in the u.k. professor bill massive public service cuts because of this war in the countries on the verge of plunging into an even deeper recession. criminals in the us heroes at home criminal russian secret service agents at the center of the biggest spy swap since the cold war. around the clock around the world this is all in. the daughter of a powerful siberian official will be in. troy over horrific car crash that left one woman dead and another per lies a public outcry was sparked when initially it was revealed that and chevron cover

was not going to be charged over the incident which took place a year ago c.c.t.v. footage showed a toyota varying on to the pavement and then the car's driver only checking for damage ignoring the critically injured pedestrians and pregnant at the time of the crash got a three year suspended sentence and was given time to raise her child it was alleged mother a regional electoral committee official could have took the case in her favor and it's not to sarah firth reports it's not the first time a kid with connections in russia has been accused of escaping justice. when valarie the day it was made down by it was the beginning of a long and very difficult to recover it was there but not that valerie was not there at the end but that was five years ago and since then she's been unable to obtain but investigate he suffered horrific injuries and the memories of that day still very clear in his mind. i remember exactly how it all

happened moment by moment my friend oh yeah myself we're standing here as we parted you left across the street on the green light i remember the green light vividly 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 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 with. 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. and larry 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 there 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 the 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 heard from them yet but i made my online statement not because i want compensation for my hills 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 whilst the larry left to slowly rebuild his life with the help of friends and family surfer artie chaney had been squeege in. well fred ware 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 common 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 well that was fred where the moscow

correspondent for the christian science monitor coming up for you this hour here on r.t. a storm is looming on the british arise and. the difficulty is that when you drown three bottles of vodka then you may well think that you're capable of putting the world to rights 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 has been learned of the worst is yet to come. joint efforts to tackle terrorism and global security are expected to loom large at a summit for the leaders of russia france and germany the meeting is taking place in the small resort french town of deal another major issue expected to be in focus is the sustainable economic recovery katrina's over has more. 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 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 us 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. 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. russia's 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 they will of course be discussing the consequences of the financial crisis also on the agenda are expected to be. slightly more relevant to russians. 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 we'll be updating you as a member get new information. until his clothes from the european council on foreign relations told me a little earlier that improving ties between moscow and warsaw could pave a way to a new era in russian relations that have been indeed great to be within the how to manage the relationship with russia what we've seen over the last few weeks and months is a narrative these divisions and particularly the the very important fact of the perilous russia. has really and to be a whole new dynamic and i think the u. today is much less divided than it was two or three years ago and this is the background against which this meeting is taking place and i would talk about it couldn't take place without the background because i think that's absolutely

crucial fact there's a big split between. especially about how true that amount is the relationship with moscow was a source of strain on the part of term relationship that is now gone and we are seeing a much more polished anomic over all. all the way for you this italian invasion you can find out why of italian troops in afghanistan is being blamed for wrecking a series of secret operations. a story still to come but first the u.k. is bracing itself to hear about 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 and put the country on the road to financial recovery but some economists say the worst is yet to come it's 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. yeah a lot worse to come i think worse still to come i think there's more to come how much. they're talking about the financial crisis we've already had but according to some economists we ain't seen nothing yet certain respect to. other than solving the issues that caused the last financial crisis governments and central banks like the bank of england behind me actually leading us towards an even bigger meltdown and they can see even seem to agree on a lot 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 learnt nothing from this crisis policymakers are applying old models in their economic projections and that could lead to inflation hitting ordinary people hard debt 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. 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. when the tax man. chasing people who can't buy even will be a problem that idea may come home to roost 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 ever it r.t. . in germany experts are divided over chancellor angela merkel's comments that immigrants there need to do more to integrate she said attempts to create a multicultural society had utterly failed critics of doctors reach as a way to score cheap political points a survey found a third of people in germany believe taking over one hundred so go live to another kahane who joins us from berlin she's the founder of the immature and tonio foundation which works to combat racism in germany thanks very much indeed for joining us what do you make of the chancellor's comments isn't she just voicing

what many people in germany are actually thinking. i think even more people who are thinking this way and the chancellor has a big problem because on one hand she has to deal with a globalized world and leading industry in a country with immigration and every all the problems and on the other hand she's the had of the conservative party so this conservative party is more or less based on national and ethnic issues well this is corresponds to an atmosphere in the german population that is not very nice with any foreigners and immigrants are people of color so you're saying that xenophobia is actually on the rise then in germany. oh yeah that's true we have specially east germany a lot of neo nazi groups this is these are hard core new nazis who killed

a lot of people. i mean the hundred and fifty since reunification in the last twenty years and we have also a big the rise of anti immigrant feelings in the population of west germany so now with this discussion we have in this moment things are rising and i fear that there will be more victims of rape violence who's to blame for this is it not both parts of society to blame said immigrants need to integrate more indeed sociologists have said that something like three and a half million turks in germany actually regard turkey as their homeland which leads many to think that the turks are there simply to enjoy the social benefits to take something away from german society and not put anything back and simply not integrate so is that not a major problem. well it's both sides i don't deny that that there are problems with the integration especially of underdogs social groups

but it's not good to make it at class at class problem out of it we have also problems with underdog groups of people of you know born germans and it's necessary to integrate them too i think that this there is a problem of course with some of these immigrant groups especially of the teenagers there can be very violent and not having success in schools so this is very complicated for them to make a career in germany but the education system for instance has to be improved on one hand and on the other hand of course the immigrants have to have to be one have to make an effort to learn german and to be successful is a both parts but we can't all only talk about our part and this is improving the

school system and the integration in language and society just just briefly there you are in germany isn't the situation there indicative of the rest of the european continent where we're actually seeing the e.u. expanding more and more how do you now see the future of the if you of immigration developing now across the whole of the european continent based on what you're saying there in germany. this is a very good point because immigration is the future you cannot work and live in a globalized world in the middle of the world in europe without immigration and of moving population so you have to really make a good policy of immigration all over europe and we see this that the history of good europe with this. long history of nationalism and small countries is now. is now getting into

a crisis so. this would be. this would be neat we need a long time to to make it better but you have to in front of this you have to really change the policy of immigration inside europe this is very important you have to make up the educational system and adapt all the. all the self understanding of the states they are not anymore only white or only swedish or only portuguese or only german they are multicultural places in the world and that's ok and thank you very much indeed for sharing your opinions with us live here on r.t. founder of the a mature and turn your foundation joining us there live in berlin we appreciate time thank you. russian secret service agents sent back from the us a song on a high profile spy scandal of receive state awards from the president dmitri medvedev honored employees of the russian intelligence services in

a ceremony at the kremlin pena's. has more. this story was probably the biggest spy scandal between moscow and washington since the cold war era in june american offloads announced that they've arrested a group of ten people who are suspected of being secret russian agents were working for many years in the united states undercover they've all been detained had gone and undergone trial were found guilty of being on registered illegal russian agents have their property and belongings or taken away by american off toadies they're also banned from ever coming back to america unless a big green light is given by the white house itself they're also all bridgette from ever publishing any information on their activities while were working undercover for russia in the united states and then they were deported from america in exchange for four people who are serving time here in russia after having been found guilty of being foreign spies this whole ceremony was held in the relatively

secret atmosphere we don't exactly know how many people received the state awards we don't know exactly what state awards they were decorated with according to the president's press secretary not only to mark over the people who are in the center of last summer's spy scandal between moscow and washington who are also reportedly awarded state awards now out of those ten people deported from the united states probably the most popular figure was and is and the shop owner who is a young very successful business woman she used to have a british husband she used to have british citizenship which was actually taken away after this scandal last summer and this she's the type of character we usually see on cinema screens in james bond movies and not in in news reports that's why probably the most attention from the media was aimed at her as this

story was broadcasted across the world and there are reports in some russian media including the afghan mosque we radio station that on a job one was also there and was also given a state award but this is still unconfirmed information and more of speculation be unofficial at the moment. italy's join the u.s. surge in afghanistan which will bring the number of attorney and troops in the country to four thousand by the end of the year just a leaked report bought a repeat suggest room is not following the rules of engagement it's an end to telling troops carrying out secret operations involving raids on afghan villages resulting in civilian deaths italians may be dying in afghanistan but journalists brits your mentor says it's not a national security. we really is fighting a war in denial in afghanistan what's happening is that we are there of. peace keeping rebuilding our reconstruction mission because that was the way the

government sought to detail in public opinion our engagement in afghanistan which is an engagement which is not well seen but a part of the public opinion being very costly in terms not of money of course but also in terms of risks and lives of our soldiers in a place which is seen by the public opinion as very remote and not really leading to the to the national security because the obsession with terrorism which is something that some countries namely for example the united states or britain feel particularly strong it's something which is felt less strong only if one in italy the problem is that we are not there because our government or our establishment in general is concerned about the situation in afghanistan so we're not really there for strategic calculation if one a we are there because it's a way to a foreigner to clearly and to friendship that we have with the united states it's

more a political engagement and why this is something which is very crude and it's something that of course is not subject of public statements of course but that's basically the substance of our stand in afghanistan and this means that we have really no strategic thinking about our staying there we are there because nato is there. and that was italian journalist probably to monitor their well business with china that's coming our way in just a moment stay with us live here in moscow on r.t. . for the full stop we've got. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. 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. today on r g.

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. so there was only a top man to talk investments has met with over twenty c.e.o.'s of the global good gracious to share their views on investment climate in russia addressing the audience would have me put in doesn't explain that investment into russia when you talk to a hundred billion dollars that the serious selman he explained how attractive russia a part of me is noting the upcoming privatization of very interesting assets the house of the highway to corporations such a spectacle telling nor areas to the young expressed their concerns of what preventing investment to flow into russia and that is administered barrier slap up access to infrastructure and to lay before city issues since their last year in meeting the last point i don't believe the following libor issue has moved up from the death star 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 still does in your position we do make a distinction between russian and foreign business when it comes to protecting the rights of it 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. separately peyton has approved a plan to give companies working in the amount of tax holiday the government is keen to encourage gas production in the region which is rich in resources it is hard to access and subject to extreme winters the plan includes exemptions from the results extraction tax and zero exports l.n.g. as well as local tax breaks the terms of tax holidays will be agreed before the end of the year but exceeds twelve year. time of failing market from forming

a new us stuff to make start an index of home builders. wind tabled in the month of all the first rise in five months also says your group has reported a better than expected earnings report to kick off the week the u.s. bank post is surging profits to flee. european stocks are rising health while the positive news from citi group those shares of philips electronics affording nearly five percent off of the group offered a cautious outlook for the rest of the year footsies up seven percent. in russia they are in my sights of close in positive territory there was a last minute rally at the end of the session meaning most of the main players will be l.t.s. leading the gains with. more than two percent off to a strong report. will help lift energy producers. more than one percent. some news in brief for you now russia's largest food retailer chain market needs increase profits by a pool so that's almost two hundred forty million dollars in the first nine months of the year.