we used about seventy special forces units three landing helicopters and six supporting ones the whole operation lasted less than full round was we discovered and destroyed food drug producing labs and seized more than one hundred kilos of heroin and now we were given an opportunity to show you some good neat pictures from this very event from this special operation you can see the drug labs being destroyed you can see all the utensils that we would say were using also there are several several hundreds of kilograms of heroin like even not said which were apprehended so this is a unique display of cooperation between russia and nato in fighting this major problem russia nato we have had some differences in fighting at the problem of drug trafficking from afghanistan rochelle's course is one of the countries which suffers the most from this major problem the number of drug addicts in the country is growing exponentially that leads to major problems russia believes that the best way to get rid of the problem of drug trafficking is of course to read to keep the

poppy fields all together in afghanistan and this is where the differences between russia and nato start to come in because nato officials say eradicating the poppy fields in the country is not the way to go because those fields are the only way of sustenance to the afghanistan presence and this it will be the issue which will be discussed at the lisbon nato summit which russian president putin that it will attend on the for twenty of the head of nato anders fogh rasmussen will be in moscow on november fifth and of course this is down to be also one of the major issues to be discussed during his visit. to discuss russia nato as joint operations in afghanistan are now joined by afghan parliament member. mr sultanzoy russia and nato have shown that it's possible to fight together against the drug trade in afghanistan tell me why why hasn't this been done sooner. i think this is a very. welcome. news. it's. not enough

but it's a good start i think to fight the drug. eradicate the drug problem in afghanistan and we should not look at it as an afghan problem it's a global problem requires a multi-pronged multi-track approach that would require the russian and the european and american cooperation not only in afghanistan but also outside afghanistan to interdict trafficking to dry up the chemical precursors that come from chemical companies in the world and also track down the banking systems that launder money and also taking money to the rest of the world the trafficking is a more route lucrative business than than cultivation for afghanistan to be able to join this war and succeed in this war the things we have to find alternative crops and alternative livelihood for these farmers who are cultivating these things because of poverty not because they're making a lot of money that money's made elsewhere and europe and beyond but so it seems

like you're shifting the blame away from afghanistan and saying it's the rest of the world that has a drug problem tell me this how is it then that ninety percent of the world's opium comes from afghanistan who's to blame. i think care of the ninety percent of the opium that comes from afghanistan finds its markets alse where so there's a demand that's why their supply we are just pretty cultivating poppies in this country but. heroin goes to europe and america because there is demand we have to. stop pointing fingers at each other we have to look at the problem as a global problem not just an african problem that's what i'm saying i'm not trying to dodge the blame from afghanistan but i'm saying that we have to look at it as a bigger problem not just like everything else we have to find a solution and blame one country for everything that's not the solution these are there are many many players in this the banking says. terms that chemical producers

in the world the traffickers the national companies that produce these chemicals they after also cooperate in these things and then huge banks have to cooperate so now the u.s. has said in the recent past the going to eliminate poppy fields as sometimes is the only source of income for peasants now in the light of the recent successful joint operation with nato and and and russia do you think these fields will ever be talking. i think this is a very important step in cooperation between russia and america and a very vital field which is the drug. production and cultivation and then also or. if we can expand this into cooperating in trafficking. trafficking and banking system and also i think in terrorism fighting terrorism and extremism in this region russia can benefit in cooperation with the united states and nato because i

think the first country that is in the line of defense elphick stream as i'm from this part of the world would be russia and europe and i hope that they these cooperation's will expand into economic cooperation in afghanistan between afghanistan and russia and also in other fields that require stability in this region and russia can play a role in bringing stability to this region both in terms of narcotics and in terms of terrorism and extremism now i am running low on time here but do tell me this the afghan president's brother while he karzai has been accused of being linked to the drug business now he does deny this but when the u.s. troops when the nato troops when they leave afghanistan will the afghan government continue to fight drugs or will it even bother to fight the drug trade how the future be for that. i think here to fight the drug trade as i said earlier afghanistan has to play its role naturally we have to play our all we have to take care of corruption and we have to take care of the cultivation. but also

the world has to look at it as their problem also when you stop cultivation in a poor country like afghanistan we have to work on. crops we have to produce some sort of results in terms of coming up with. a livelihood for the farmers that credits and all those things and the international cooperation has to expand in many other areas and for afghanistan to be a productive partner in this fight it's not just a fight that one country should fight this is a war that has a multi-pronged. dimensions and those dimensions have to be dealt both into afghanistan and outside on a sound by all countries afghan parliament member sultanzoy thank you. well coming your way later this hour the land of. the rockies or not you can from what we see take your junk away with us and the u.s. troop pullout from iraq leaves

a lot to be desired and we visit one of the many loops sales taking place where the risk of pollution and disease is thrown in for free plus. i still can't understand how i escaped somehow managed to push the animal way so he found crushing to find sati looks into what's caused an unusual and rather dangerous increase in people's close encounters with the third kind in this case while the russian bear. the european union has a bowed to the demands of its heavyweight members who have grown weary of paying for the mistakes of smaller nations at a summit in brussels they've agreed to change the current workings of the bailout system but it comes a short of the tough punishments for overspenders proposed by germany which pay dearly to rescue greece from its crisis he's a lawyer and that investigates. this is what's turned out to be the u.k.'s postes into the realms of financial security because those who are using this arguing for

changes to the lisbon treaty adopted controversially less than a year ago they want punishments for countries that are fiscally irresponsible and a permanent centralised funds to bail those countries out when they do get into trouble essentially throw ins in germany to want to pay the price for other countries irresponsible money management ever again as they did earlier this year where your in all dues. so there you are. for this economic bloc a trading block. a very powerful bloc of crises if you individual member states who have to pick up the pieces and. this is your a skeptic say the reason it's not working is because it's fundamentally flawed the economies in the eurozone defer so much it's impossible to have common monetary

policy and it's the strong germany particularly paid the lion's share into a seven hundred fifty billion euro fund to bail out greece this year it was a move that was opposed by more than half of all germans chancellor merkel now says she couldn't do that again without risking action from the constitutional court in germany in theory changes to the lisbon treaty would mean individual countries would be able to hold a referendum on whether to stay in the e.u. but there's increasing your a skepticism relating to the cost of being in the e.u. and the benefits involved if countries did hold a vote it's not a tool clear what would remain of the union. reporting and don't forget we've got much more for you on our website that's com there you'll find top videos. right now on what on our team to. follow. what officials are

saying about the reported marriage of. move over muscovites humans in the russian capital. four legged the thirty five to one for all the details on this story and over. the. it's one of the enduring myths about russia hungry bears are roaming the streets but now there could actually be some truth to it with natural food supplies dwindling this year many wild animals have headed into towns in search of a meal peter all of a has more on a bare necessities. the been one of the iconic images of russia recently though the

relationship between the animals and the people who live alongside them has been less than cordial the searing heat and fires which swept through russia this summer destroyed much of the bear's winter food supply forcing them to search for alternatives in these russian city of sifted a twenty six year old man had a very lucky escape he was attacked by a band right in the center of the city the man was bitten in the neck and realizes how fortunate he was that i still can't understand how i escaped death i somehow managed to push the animal away so he fell crushing a fence. elsewhere in the city there was a more mecarbil incident involving a bear while visiting a cemetery two women saw what they believed to be a large man crouching by a grave as they got closer they realized that it was in fact a bear which had dug up a body and was feeding on it the women scream scared the animal way it's at least hundreds took turns to guard the cemetery couldn't sell far there has been no sign

of the bandit so we have the situation under control who. it's not just the human residents that have had some close encounters with bears airport c.c.t.v. caught this guard dog having to run for its life after drawing the attention of an inquisitive bear get a bonus for me we were told that the bear came from the direction of the town the dog attacked it he tried to smother the dog the dog got it when started leading from bear way from the house that almost certainly bears have also taken to attacking livestock as a source of food in the year kamensky district of central russia hunters had to be employed to protect cattle in some cases humans make problems for themselves with bears it's strongly recommended not to try and feed the animals in order to get a photo opportunity so as incidence of contact between humans and increase around rush hour at this time of year it's important that we respect these iconic creatures so as not to become the next victim of bear attack peter all of our party

. just now taking over a quarter past the hour here in the russian capital you are with r.t. let's take a look now at some other stories from around the world. and thousands of people have converged on one us aryans as a wake is being held for former president nestor kirchner died on wednesday at the age of sixty from a sudden heart attack people have been pledging their support to. the current president cristina fernandez south american leaders have also arrived in the country to pay their respects to a man but many expected to regain the presidency next year. strikes rather the strikes in france may be losing momentum across the country but in the city of march say demonstrations are relentless local supermarket has been blockaded by protesters who used to burning tires to stop anyone entering elsewhere in the country thousands of people have been returning to work following a week of strikes the president's plan to raise the retirement age which ignited

the protests has made it through parliament it will now be signed into law by the constitutional court. the mexican war on drugs is continuing to claim its victims six people have been gunned down in the capital of mexico city is notorious for crime drug gang murder has been rare meanwhile another shooting took place near the u.s. border where factory buses came under fire for workers were killed and fourteen wounded . well how can we feed the whole world at a fair price in the current economic downturn later today in cross talk and as guests discuss what it will take to secure the world from hunger. for cereals for agriculture cause in general see those in particular prices in real terms the lowest level in one hundred years it is just sold at a little increasing price can really affect the livelihoods of so many people at the same time probably is being created is being. by globalization of agriculture

and one signal in one country to disintegration can affect prices everywhere either in terms of the lowering of prices which kills the farmers or rising food prices for the retail end which hurts the poor who have to buy. food is an item that should not be treated first as a commodity. and. the bulk of u.s. troops might be out of iraq but there is one thing but it's not going anywhere there are military junk. found at one bound trash may be another man's treasure but not when it's contaminated and poisonous. it's the city of mosques and it's fast

becoming the city of leftovers junk left behind by the american army now darts the falutin landscape. lot of things generators car bodies engines all for sale for just a few dollars the highest bidder gets to walk away with sick and hand goods american soldiers no longer want. the prices are attracted quite reasonable here the sellers claim they came across could be two different ways some they found some was stolen the wrist they bought a loss was just given to them. as for me i would buy a wheel rocky's or not o'keefe and rubbish say take your junk away with you. across iraq camps like this have been evacuated by the american army and handed over to the iraqi security forces property and equipment that has not been taken up that he has not been returned home to the united states of mind here but american officials

worry that the ten. of millions of dollars of equipment left behind could end up in the wrong hands. so why talk to you the americans didn't leave anything behind for you i'm sure of it all the stuff it's all generic and sort of the rake in scant used humvees they're working on we get from the american army we had to buy them. anybody can come here to shop but very few do there's no love lost for things american in iraq today. people here in america if they are also scared that these things may be polluted in cause disease or up to save says he wouldn't take a chance buying anything here he's been warned by local media they could be poisonous substances in the abandoned us military camps were illegal for your main diseases including chest related and cancer and the concern is backed up by the iraqi government but look at who acquitted of course there must have been a great impact on the environment a great number of weapons were used in this world and on

a wide scale our tests show an increase in pollution with. a good chunk of the american army has left iraq in what u.s. officials are calling the biggest movement of people and machines since world war two but the soldiers and the equipment that remains i was stark reminder that the war is not quite over. here r.t. iraq. where wars in both iraq and afghanistan have taken a heavy toll on american soldiers and sometimes things meant to ease their life on the hostile soil such as certain prescribe drugs turn out to be more dangerous than fierce battles in just ten minutes time we'll bring you a report that lifts the veil on the mystery surrounding the death of one particular u.s. soldier. dear mom i'm sorry that i had to do this i've been in so much pain in the past year that i can't take it anymore the stomach and chest pains have been getting worse and no doctor has been able to help me please know that i'll finally

be at peace and with no more pain i wish i could have had a life with elizabeth always pictured her being my wife and mother to my kids i love you all see you all in heaven when your time comes i'm going to meet jesus christ. thousands of u.s. troops in iraq received one of these drugs a drug called lariam and it may have prevented many soldiers from getting sick the question tonight is whether or not soldiers were adequately warned about its rare side effects serious life changing side effects. documentary is coming up in about ten minutes time but first after a short break stephanie will be here with all the business. hungry for the full story we've got it for. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers.

hello and welcome to the business but it's the russian government has unveiled its general plan to develop the oil industry and till two thousand and twenty speaking at a conference in the sim our region prime is stressed the need to increase investment in or the extraction in order to maintain current. and that usually put themselves up to main potential lies in increasing the efficiency of all extraction as well as the development of small and medium sized fields especially as many of them are located in already developed areas as a result of increasing reserves and the development of new fields and improving

efficiency we can anticipate that the current level of oil extraction of five hundred million tonnes per year will continue for the next ten years while maintaining oil extraction is a priority for the government the country's refiners are facing the prospect of having to pay increased taxes less tatiana put a cover of ports this may make some downstream operations on profitable. top me of spent five and a half billion dollars to build the state of the art or refinery in central russia the refining the official sell this complex is unique for russia mine to seven percent of all the crude that the arrives here is turned into a usable product with only three per cent waste analysts warn however such expensive projects may stop making economic sense if the government increases x. producing on refined products up to ninety percent of the tax on crude alex a caution from you will see if says the government is thinking about the contras

deficit and which areas of the oil industry it's most wants to develop they just might be looking for this sector that it's not yet tax and taxed enough and not just generating cash so what they see with them serving is that there's there's a. lack of cash for investment in the upstream so perhaps the shift to offer the off from segment at the moment the average x. produce here on refined products such as pacho and kerosene is about fifty five percent off that on crude the prime minister says the rival two hundred fifty or refineries in russia producing a very low quality product bots making a lot of money on through financial taxation putin wants the government to introduce a new tax regime for the oil sector by the end of this year but analysts warn against an indiscriminate price for refiners the best way to turn courage complex

refining seconder to pasture would probably be to increase its life so that companies that are producing too much heavy fuel oil would penalize the biggest problem for the oil sector is the lack of new oil field projects and the massive on their investment in the extraction the government wants to ensure there is no tailing off in the country's crude. even that is done at the expense of refiners that's your business are to you staying with the energy sector russia will increase gas supplies to poland by as much as forty percent following the signing of a new agreement after nearly two years of negotiations and legal delays the deal has been sealed the outline of the contract was agreed in january this year but it then faced a long process to comply with european antitrust law under the new agreement will be able to import over ten billion cubic meters of gas a year as opposed to seven and a half billion you keep this contract. and let's have

a quick look at how the extra markets are performing at minus a dragging on the foot sea as metals prices dip ahead of us but to growth figures xstrata and real tim taylor in the slight strength in different stocks is failing to support the markets for now. i'm russian stocks are higher this hour here in moscow the r.c.s. has a raised early losses and is now making gains i mean stocks are now in the black spot on the t.v. are doing well energy majors are lending support with gazprom under court by trading more than one percent on. the russian central bank has left its key refinancing rate unchanged at seven point seven five percent for the fifth this straight month following a meeting on friday by aggressively said that we can in consumer demand and uncertain prospects in the global economy posed added risks for economic growth however alpha bank president peter says there was no room to cut rates.

i was supported because the bigger for very serious years on the glacial. give the budgetary problems still there even for the budget speech and the soft i would say . from all sort of the sort of mistakes so i guess they go the to be here for the good. party metal is to float around fifteen percent of it says on the london stock exchange russia's top prices metal producer could raise up to one billion dollars from the office a company to take the listing through a new parent company for the macro international registered in london in july. and that's the basis for now but of course you can always find more business stories if you log on to our website. slash business.

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