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due to take place in lease on a young girl in a band called the family and wants to know nato's position on missile defense systems in europe and it also wants the new blueprint nato's blueprint for a new strategy of the twenty first century to reflect russia's own security interests and so now as far as missile defense shield in europe is still some what russia wants to know is how is it going to be integrated into the new system as a mere observer or a hands on the disband in that system in the whole row says wrong is still stuck shown to its activation we know that previous plans by the us administration on to the president george w. bush had serious his sport relations with russia but after president obama scrapped those plans now several countries been saying that in particular germany just

recently that russia must be integrated into the new system into the new show. at the moment nato and russia are assessing common threats and challenges of the twenty first century and this document is expected to be ready by the time the example summit takes place at least now another important issue on today's agenda is again a start nato desperately needs russia's help in the war in afghanistan was mrs visit console the heels of a very successful over ration care adult with the help of russia's intelligence agencies who are trying to see for traces were destroyed to between afghanistan and pakistan and trucks blood some two hundred meters to. the russians that she suffers most to draw my thoughts the jews stay in afghanistan most still have against the jews there with ends up in russia and the. the russian foreign minister said on

monday the russians in those circumstances go to sunday school just to get a standard such scenes that the state was pleased to take part in the hope gracious like the one they were the last week aimed against the trophy from the ghana stand currently most to russia's educating of intelligence officers and its universities so it has recently provided the brushwood for military supplies to afghanistan so coke ration continues on to day stops the hobson like this has become an eyes great people with the sides that see the world atop the discussions in these because analysts are saying that both full scale and nato acknowledge that fundamental disagreements still divide for example russia's current look for job training lease nato expansion east wars as one of the main routes to its national security but analysts are also saying that the difference being is now that the sides are willing to grasp the most sensitive issues but open debate on the stage and

facebook late last night in his rival to moscow andras for rasmussen wrote time has come for a fresh start in nato russian relations the clear message to the russian people is that nato does not see russia as an enemy but as a quote not a strategic war but while sco today will be pushing for more than just words from nato chief. for more on the nato chief's talks in moscow where now joined by a hundred by car these are critical analyst from moscow state university of international relations thanks indeed for joining us here on down to you know after the war in self-assertive two years ago russia's relations with nato you should know what to do with almost blue content rosen do you think they've now been the steward to rebuild the. world and fulfilling the image was full so i think that. we haven't yet restored our relationship to the pre-war levels but if we look

at the history of russian nature relations over the past two decades almost you'll see that it has been a history of lows and highs in our relationship which means that we now try to cooperate on the most effective basis there are areas we would like to cooperate areas where we have disagreements and this is probably the best description of a problematic operation that sums up partnership at this point so i don't think that we should be very much set about the fact that we are not intensely cooperating as we used to because we have interests words from some both of us and we have arrows of. mutual interest in a way that's demanded albatros the attention that is why i think the relationship will be developing that's as at a slower pace than they used to in the midst lying to us but still they'll be a lot of constructive areas where we need to focus our attention yes so you mentioned the mutual areas there russia has been accusing nato of not doing enough to tackle illegal drug production afghanistan but last week there was

a major joint operation against drug producers does this show that the positions of moscow in brussels on that issue are getting closer at least. what i think in a way brussels just paid heed to russia's concerns about. not doing enough in terms of fighting against drug drug traffickers in afghanistan at the same time i don't think that brussels has the same concerns as russia has because brussels realizes that drugs is probably one of the pillars of the current i've got economy and if we continue fighting against drugs well that's a very sort of. high speed it will just end up having no i've got the economy at all which will lead to bigger to come because just a free the going to stop which is what i think they're trying to sort of produce an impression that. they are heeding russian russia's concerns but in fact i don't

think that our positions on the rate as sort of getting getting close either way i don't think that it is happening in chile still with afghanistan or russia has become a supply route for nato troops there how successful in your opinion has this been and how important is it for nato. world made to blames the tough ones very old friends for mates in terms of being the supplier and we actually don't bow to us with thinking about it made so realizes that it's russia can be some help in this respect we are ready to help but on the other hand it is also you know our best interest to keep track of what is happening in afghanistan because it's may pose a threat to our national interest but i think that is again another area of the shell corporation and of regional interests so well they need to see the losses in the political part but russia also realizes that it's important to book to be operative to this respect yes so looking into the future that nato is expected to present its new strategy in the lisbon summit later this month what role do you

expect russia to play in the alliances new strategic vision of space. well as it is very well known the only little is known about the content of this new strategic concept of nato but what we expect it to have in this continent is that nato will continue expanding its role and mission and the arrows can still see the logic graphic of it but also in the problem areas and russia is expected to come closer to leighton in tackling those issues because in fact if we look at least to russia and nato since two thousand and one we'll see that's been in effect so russia has become an associated member of laserbeak the way that it has been dissipated all of the major nato operations which is an abrasion of afghanistan so i think the new strategic concept that's going to be presented in november is going to. sort of justify russia's euro the ladies of gracious it's ok we have to leave

it there for now. political analyst from the moscow state university of international relations thank you very much indeed for joining us here not thank you. but moving on to the us now where president obama's party has lost control of the congress in the midterm elections democrats have managed to retain a majority in the senate and the house of representatives is now in the hands of the republicans with congress divided between the two parties it would make it much harder for president obama to go forward with his legislative agenda but many voters have other concerns they were at about the corporate bankrolling the candidates the vast amounts of campaign cash was poured into these elections a spokesman for the u.s. green party says the runaway spending is detrimental to the country's political system. of the important thing to point out is that that money comes from corporations and corporate money has poisoned our democracy but the real problem is

an election system that is rigged against us in several ways there are state laws regarding ballot access that democrats and republicans have passed together to privilege themselves to privilege their own candidate while hindering the ability of all the parties and independents to participate in the democratic process we need to get those laws overturned and we need to make the us a multi-party democracy the only real democracy is a multi-party democracy. well with political difficulties in sight for getting legislation through former congressman tom andrews says it will make it even harder for washington to solve its pristine economic problems. there are a lot of things that need to be done in this country that are not being done unfortunately the script in this election is number one we haven't seen the change in the economic prospects of this country change enough with

a nine point six percent unemployment rate nationally and in some of these very competitive districts double digit unemployment rates and of course the deficit has continued to increase as the economy has continued to slide so what you have is people who are taking advantage of that very dire situation and saying it's the politicians in washington who are spending like drunken sailors and causing this economic collapse and we need to change fundamentally the decision makers in washington d.c. the problem that we're going to face is that these candidates who are now being elected who have been running on the basis of this very very high octane rhetoric and all these negative ads are not going to be in a position or feel that they're going to be comfortable compromising and engaging in the kind of give and take that you need in order to make a government work people are anxious they're nervous they want to see immediate change what they don't want to see is gridlock and i'm afraid that one of the consequences of this election will be gridlock in washington and i think that will

translate into a pox on everyone both parties houses if washington can't step up and get some things get some things done once the election smoke is cleared here in the nation's capital. yes thomas sanders their former congressman talking to us from washington well still ahead in the program fighting for survival. still being forced to fend for themselves even if it means breaking the ice a few minutes. this week has been the bloodiest in iraq for months at least seventy six people have been. killed and two hundred wounded in a series of attacks in maine a sheer neighborhoods in baghdad the blasts came just two days after al qaeda militants took a christian congregation hostage leaving fifty eight dead total u.s. pullout shaving off the end of next year when iraqis say they feel abandoned amid escalating violence it's forcing some to join me and me one sunni group raised by

the u.s. for its help in providing security is now forty back into the hands of local warlords and al qaeda parties who are still holds. there is still a force to be reckoned with tens of thousands of sunni muslims angry at the shiite iraqi government known as the sons of iraq four years ago they were won over by american dollars to fight al qaeda one of the strains they live in the neighborhoods in which they keep watch. we did a great service to iraq some were members were working with the terrorists before they joined us and they give us information about the armed groups but despite attempts by the iraqi government to disarm them in communities like this they continue to patrol the streets because they insist iraqi soldiers just can't keep the peace. and security forces sometimes just turn a blind eye to what's going on there's lots of he rights violations and there aren't enough human rights organizations to defend and protect people. but all

these paramilitary groups upholding the rule of law or are some of their activities questionable as suggested in the four hundred thousand iraq documents released by wiki leaks in one account has sons of iraq leader is said to be responsible for the murder of innocent civilians conducting insurgent activities under the guise of a sons of iraq leader extortion and rape. everything has a positive and a negative some leaders use their position for settling trouble scores stockpiling weapons making money and killing innocent civilians but the majority brought stability that women. but that majority also feels abandoned by an america which armed trained and paid them and despite big promises less than half of the ninety thousand strong force has been given work or absorbed into iraqi security forces but this man is one of the few who has but he's afraid to reveal his identity. to

talk after the americans were finished with his groups after iraq was secure they no longer supported us especially when the iraqi government charged our leaders with crimes a lot of the leaders have lost trust in the american and iraqi government and are afraid that while working for them for they might face charges and or assassination . iraqi security officials say hundreds of sons of iraq members have returned to al qaeda and that many of the thousands now on the iraqi government payroll secretly aid the insurgency for observers like ideal iraqi security forces are running a losing race to keep up to speed to either integrate the groups or to be able to secure iraq without them and i think that how that the training given by the u.s. was not complete and it never will be because america wants iraqis to keep beating them they don't want to rock to build a strong army and that way they can justify staying in the country and making sure iraq is never strong enough to control the region. in army bases like those iraqi

federal police are trained in intelligence the tactical side exploitation medical anything like that they do patrols connor i see is that for many iraqis what the americans left behind was destruction and devastation it will take a lot for being to rebuild the words of the minds. armed and dangerous these paramilitary groups struggle to find a place for themselves needing some observers to warn that while they might have been used for short term military gains in the end they could be the roadblocks to peace policy r.t. baghdad. don't forget we've got much more fuel our web site that's r.t. dot com including videos blogs and much more is a look at what's just a click away right now a woman's take on life in the military a former intelligence specialist in the u.s. army talks about sexual harassment and male domination giving an inside look at the struggle of female finances. plus microsoft promises millions of

dollars to boost russia's silicon valley and help startups find out where the investment go in that and more at our website apology dot com. brazil's new president has promised to follow the path of a popular predecessor by making the fight against poverty a number one priority despite huge strides made in recent times many remain trapped by their circumstances people stalking to find work in cities and now coming up with their own ways to survive and feed their families who are in this to reports. just a simple life let it tending your own garden. growing your own food it's

a simple life worth fighting for even if you've built it illegally say six times they've tried to kick us off and together with the church and with some politicians we've been able to appeal standing your ground because another life one you've worked to escape is always in sight not far from where you toil these are the favelas they are the slums in brazil it's the way the majority of the poor live in this country and where here are just a stone's throw away on a settlement this is where a group of people now live off the land in a commune as an answer to the poverty and joblessness in the slums brazil is the largest country in south america and almost half of the farmland is controlled by just one percent of the landowners and there's a lot of activism to a huge social movement in fact behind changing that. misty struggles so brazil can do radical agrarian reform so that we can settle the land and get rid of property pushing to get all poor brazilians like the forty families living here back to the

earth after they were pushed off by the world. when the green revolution led by powerful foundations and governments like the us turn farming in the developing world into an expensive and high tech agricultural industry with this revolution huge businesses occupy the land and this has been happening since the one nine hundred fifty s. and they've been kicking small farmers off the land the kick them off and they send them to the city saying that the cities need workers but the cities didn't need all those workers so while the land became a means to produce and export food for the world to consume benefiting the few people who controlled it. the large landowners the bank owners and the multinational corporations small land workers like these lost their jobs to technology or lost their land going into debt. trying to compete and were left to starve or today it is very much an oppressor capitalism is becoming a monster because wherever the market or product is the principal focus everything

or everyone else ends up excluded but everyone's included here and their own collectives socialist solution a model of their dream for brazil. think we want wealth distribution for the poor and the workers we want land distribution the green revolution of their own. a simple life worth fighting for lauren mr r t so paulo brazil. russia is former prime minister amir then has died at the age of seventy two he was the head of the country's government from ninety ninety two to ninety ninety eight some of the most turbulent years for the country following the collapse of the soviet union off to his work in the government he was appointed russia's ambassador to neighboring ukraine a year ago he became a presidential aide his family say he was suffering from a serious illness but gave no further details and in the idea and was born in the group was made a career in the energy sector becoming

a soviet minister of the natural gas industry his wife died earlier this year he had two sons and four grandchildren. now to some world news in brief this hour. greece has suspended all mail deliveries abroad forty eight hours of the season. were sent to foreign embassies in auckland through them were addressed to germany's chancellor angela merkel italian prime minister silvio berlusconi and french president nicolas sarkozy some parts of athens have been closed off and security has been tightened at all foreign missions police have already charged two men and so the finger of blame is pointing towards greek extremists. a five point three magnitude earthquake has struck central serbia killing two and injuring dozens more. nicol t.v. say the hardest hit area was around the town of cryo quake caused damage to buildings and left parts of the town without electricity and water the tremors were

also felt across the country including the capital belgrade. on will shortz to make a success as california governor has been voted in as the former movie star completes his maximum term job will be taken by democratic candidate jerry brown who defeated his republican opponent make whitman in the midterm elections the so-called governator formally step down engine. what the business news is next mashallah turned on knowledge is becoming the trend when it comes to advertising and shopping we understand will create us about that and i that's right both internet advertising in shopping and growing popularity and success despite became a crisis we'll have details on that later in the program but first russia's services are growing at the fastest pace since june has over the hate wave this summer caused a second to contract the drought killed up to forty percent of crops in some areas

pushed up prices and lowered the business activity index but last month the index rose from fifty one point five to over fifty five indicating a strong recovery so the sector this data is along the recent bank report has claimed rising incomes will soon raise short term increase in poverty levels. we expect a four point two growth rate this year a slight improvement for next year at around four point five as the best credit recovers. so the second message is this growth in russia in particular is driven mainly now by domestic demand which is good news it's locally driven right so you're less liberal perhaps there on any potential deceleration in outside markets. time to have. it's a performing man here most of the bosses a mixed in a trade with investors not making any big moves so far most of the main players are

slipping into the red bank the exception making the slight gains in the old ts. and stocks in asia overnight gains a move. ahead of expected monetary easing from the us later in the day hong kong's hang seng has leapt to its highest level in twenty eight months rising two percent spurred by gains in front and a little countess in japan the markets are closed for a national holiday. and the internet is set to become russia's second most popular promotion to own television analysts say this could happen as soon as the end of this year online advertising is winning from a shop increase in shopping on the web as some of a cause you reports. when the entire world is at your fingertips whether it's buying high tech gadgets or just paying the bills virtually everything can be done through the internet and russians are getting hooked on you and your stories what is it you know we examine what people are searching for it turns out the use of the phrase buy online has increased threefold since two thousand and eight the requests

a coming from moscow and st petersburg which accounts to over seventy percent of all such requests by research by google and citibank shows russians most often pay for things like telecom services twenty nine percent of operations railway tickets and music each account for more than ten percent news and data represents six percent along with air tickets however the volume of web purchases in russia amounts to no more than one percent of the g.d.p. in comparison the figure for england is seven times higher. as the market of internet purchases in two thousand and ten is around twenty billion dollars according to our estimates in two years because it grows up to twenty nine billion dollars last year despite the crisis it showed substantial growth and for some companies online with the costs less and profitability is greater it's a pickle porch of an online buyer in russia as a young single male from moscow with higher education women it seems still prefer

the classic shopping techniques timothy crosser business r.t. moscow. now russia's all alan places raise a historic high for the second month running with dana bash aren't saying i have a ten barrels or two percent of the same period last chance or a four hundred twenty thousand ten miles spot for costs of a decline russia has been squeezing more oil out of existing fails there's also a lower shrewish fails in the pacific. despite a recent rule of words between russia and techniques don talks about supplies a warming up and such an important over reports. during his visit to turkmenistan russia throws deputy prime minister very close to call said that russia is interested in all turkmenistan gas pipeline project he also didn't exclude the possibility russia could raise the gasoline for us from turkmenistan in case the

demand in europe grows zuckoff missing is particularly important now after the tensions between the two contras over the gas trade escalated last week just to remind you and we could go on the freshest top officials eager search and doubts of the visibility all for one the first minister gas pipeline project and he also said the earth minister will be able to supply gas to the west without crossing the russian territory. in a strong accused russia in interfering in its efforts to build energy ties with europe and russia they found a killer spy little stories on our website. business.