on. more news today violence is once again flared up the film these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada from china the corporations are on the the day. kelly a fresh start in the russian capital. bolstering global security unfold prating on afghanistan dominates discussions as nails chief visit small scale in a bid to boost nato machine with russia. in other news president obama faces

a tougher challenge to his agenda as his democrats lose their hold over congress in the midterm vote but many americans fear corporate money is the running the country . back where one in iraq with u.s. forces stepping down and we look at how local militias are valid falling back into insurgency. and russia so this is going up the process based more in business in twenty minutes. who are welcome to you live from our studios in central moscow this is our team with me and he said no way it's four pm here in the russian capital two pm in brussels and nato chief says he wants a new start in relations with russia as soon as possible anders fogh rasmussen is

in moscow seeking support from the russian leadership on afghanistan and the european missile defense shield. is following the talks. nato is an organization that now faces major trial and yes it is at a crossroads it has an identity crisis analysts are saying that nato simply has bitten off more than it can shoot and in afghanistan in particular and it now desperately needs russia's assistance and counsel and nato also wants to read itself the bromates so cold war identity onesided identity and to become a mordant point to the century security organization will be as it needs russia's support rossum samisen most spoke to. to see commit videos on several feet the shoes one of them is a very sensitive issue european missile defense now we know the u.s. plans to deploy elements of missile defense so could close to russia's borders said

seriously a world relations with russia in the cost of the system was planned to be deployed to protect the continent against the threat from the so-called rogue states now the new dog training nato's blueprint which is expected to be discussed during the upcoming russian made zero summit later this month says that russia will be included in the new system but the crown it wants to know included as an observer included as a a hands on the to supplant all this is very important the most capable today under school bus my son during a press conference in moscow sat that nato will start cooperating with russia on this new european missile defense any time. exercises testing our respective capabilities. and dish to see if the michaud different which. at protecting our deployed troops.

it can be expanded to a territorial missile defense system to protect the whole of our population. and that's what we're going to decide at the nato summit in lisbon and we would very much like to cooperate with russia. when it comes to terry toru message different than other major issues on the agenda of today's cross mrs visit to moscow is of ghana still remarkably he comes to the russian capital just a week after an unprecedented joint hope gratian russian intelligence officers helped nato carry out a major antidrug rate on the border between afghanistan and pakistan they destroyed or dropped in producing look for a truce despite russia saying no under no circumstances would stand so just afghanistan mosco is willing to cooperate with nato on itself and to drop all this is in afghanistan because after all russia is

a country which supposed most from drug trafficking most of what i have been produced heroin hands up in russia the analysts are saying that both moscow and may tell their knowledge that fundamental differences still divides about but the difference being is that now they are ready to address these sensitive issues to address the open debate the reason for mr rasmussen to more scope to start to prepare them is we're meeting. to share opinions about the strip digital for the world for the relationship between russia and nato we have been partners in certain situations but we have never had a strategic partnership between us and they believe the both russia and the need the stable strategic relationship in order to be a beer more efficient in our common therefore through to combat the common threats and challenges on nato and russian ties have been slowly recovering scenes tensions

over georgia's military invasion insall the second two years ago but it seems that nato and moscow are now seeking to push the reset button similar to that which washington and moscow pushed a while ago. to the u.s. now where president obama's democratic party has now only managed to retain a majority of the senate in the midterm elections but the house of representatives is now in the hands of republicans with congress now divided between the two parties it will be much harder for obama to move forward with his legislative agenda but many voters have other concerns they're worried about the corporate bankrolling of candidates after 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 with america desperate for a multi-party approach. well 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 candidates 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 inside getting legislation through former congressman thomas andrews says it will make it even harder now for washington to solve its pressing 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 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 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 a media 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 these elections smoke is cleared here in the nation's capitol. in other news a famous russian anti drug in force or who authorities want to jail for up to twelve years has been sentenced to two and a half years probation he go to which calls tackled the drug problem in the euros by forcing addicts into rehab but his methods were slammed as in your main despite winning huge public support our first has more. this close today than looking for you but of course he has been found guilty of kidnapping and legal detention of these a method the bitch called the action flicks that you use as part of that technique that's helping at forcing people to quit and fight that addiction he was found guilty with to his colleagues and we see this case really touring nationwide

attention even president but they did come and sing out at first saying that the case needed that closer attention and many supporters have been saying that i fall for that big honest bitch culture that actually have been commended for his actions that with fish kills operating efficiently to kill the main foundation city without drugs a new question that the people who actually live that have been the focus of the facts that these actions have we had to leave it to your customers i just say for money the guy. the people who is addicted to the cheap ten years ago they would know you guys and so the talk if they can was so the bad you know people were afraid to go there right to let their children live in those areas that now there's been a. very very positive impact and even more interesting at least some of the drug addicts at least like to. see the treatments that themselves the these methods are incredibly harsh but that actually they were you know we can

end up in the found you'd get a voice that was that the same approach that despite the criticisms the most important thing here is that you test the fact that these methods are having a positive impact eagle carried out over. two hundred operations against drug dealers as a result the mortality rate is high the gypsies are afraid to sell drugs and consequently don't bribe you for it is clearly the authorities there didn't like that. interests me is all to compare. the foundation's made up great take much longer thirty to ten years they've now got a situation where they're actually working with all thirty and that's working very well for the legal power within the law says the city is that the sunday show this cut himself has said that they will simply think it got a problem that wasn't being addressed up in the first place. this is just it's better out thirty thousand people

a good. unofficial statistic say that there's. certainly a drug addict it is an issue that needs to be tackled. well many of say that it was thinks to massive public support that spared a jail sentence let's now talk more about it with the editor of live journal russia on the date by toback and thank you for being with us i'm very is it really possible that public opinion swayed the judge's decision in this case. well i'd sure like to i'd love to think that he's sentenced. it was because of he sent his change with the bloggers outrage but i kind of dumped it i think it's not the main reason not even the major reason but it's a very important thing i think that i know that he is public support in blogs other forms of social media wasn't organized by it before or more again ization of political stuff it's very spontaneous very strong support and it's

a very huge step for russian blogosphere for my money and there's recently been a number of cases when the public trying to influence the decision of authorities are facing a move towards public justice. well it's sure seems this week but yet i still i still think that russian blogosphere is still in the where young stages it sure moves this way it will eventually go there but right now i think it's one of the few reasons for this but of course in the wilds bloggers are a real power do you think the same thing is slowly beginning to happen in russia could we see that be the future of blogging in the country. well again i'd love to think it but if you noticed his support he supports wasn't what it wasn't you know only major point of view there are many bloggers who actually wanted to sentence

you for even more jail time but they're a good liberal views a lot of use it's very good and it's sure we'll develop for the russian blogosphere lots of public debate of course under a party plan again editor of live journal russia thank you very much for your input . iraq has been rocked in the wake of its bloodiest week for months at least seventy six people have been killed and over two hundred wounded in a series of attacks centered around baghdad shia neighborhoods a series of blasts came just two days after al-qaeda militants took a christian congregation hostage a resulting firefight left fifty eight dead with a total u.s. pullout scheduled for the end of next year despite escalating violence many iraq you say they feel abandoned and it's forcing some to join the enemy one sunni militia group praised by the u.s. for its help in providing security is now falling back into the hands of local warlords and al-qaeda pollsmoor reports. 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 now. of the strains they live in the neighborhoods in which they keep watch. we did a great service to iraq someone 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 human rights violations and there aren't enough human rights organizations defend and protect people. but all these paramilitary groups upholding the rule of law or 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. 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 where 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 or secure they no longer supported us especially when the iraqi government charged early theirs with crimes

a lot of the leaders have lost trust in the american government and are afraid that by 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 in the iraqi government payroll secretly aid the insurgency for observers like honeyed for deal 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 tactical side exploitation and medical

anything like that they do patrols connor atheist but for many iraqis what the americans left behind was destruction and devastation it will take a lot for them to rebuild the words of their 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. but gen mohammad cari a spokesperson for the iraqi ministry of defense told r.t. that the us is to blame for the continued violence in the country because they opened iraq's borders to terrorist. for the americans came in the borders were open to terrorists and violence spread to the americans dismissed the iraqi government to did not think to form an iraqi army before two thousand and four but it was too late because the terrorists were already in the bombs that are going off in iraq

today are not a measurement of how well these soldiers were trained bombs were going off even when the united states was in the country we need better intelligence behind these bombs and how they managed to still carry them out. we can watch that full interview in around fifteen minutes time right here on our t.v. now our web site also keeps you up to date twenty four hours a day here are some of what you'll find online right now at our team dot com home running low for women in afghanistan a shocking number fall victim to domestic abuse and violence with the suicide rate on the rise despite international efforts. also check out the moscow landmark metro which on rails a new attraction as it turns one of the stations into a public museum for more head to our t.v. dot com. let's take a look at some world news in bring for you this hour the government in greece has

suspended international mail deliveries for forty eight hours after a series of letter bombs were found in athens some were sent to foreign embassies while three were posted to germany's chancellor the italian prime minister and the french president police have already charged two men and are now searching for five other suspected of involvement and extreme left wing group is thought to be behind the attempted attacks. iran has denied reports that an execution is imminent for a woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery earlier this year the mother of two sentence. was suspended after the case sparked international outcry however the authorities said she could still be hanged for murder the iranian foreign minister has reportedly told his french counterpart that no decision in the case has yet been made. of ok no in indonesia which first erupted last week has unleashed its biggest blast yet sending a huge gash cloud into the sky reports say this latest activity from mount merapi was three times as powerful as the initial blast ten days ago about seventy five

thousand people have already been evacuated from the area near the volcano and more are fleeing from their homes at least thirty nine people have been killed since the eruption is began. and finally in the netherlands authorities have recalled number plates that carried a dutch equivalent of the word nazi more than one hundred owners of vehicles were given license plates with the letters and as be they were issued to drivers of new cars after a computer glitch found letter combinations in the netherlands include abbreviations for political parties and swear words. up next the latest from the world of business after this. hungry for the full stop we've got. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news maker. hello

and a very warm welcome good to have you company time to get the latest from the world of business russia services are growing up the fosses spaces june that's after the heat wave this summer cools the sector to contract the drought killed up to forty percent of crops in some areas pushed up prices and lowered the business activity index last month from fifty one point five to over fifty five indicating a strong recovery in the service sector this data is in line with a recent world bank report which claims rising incomes would soon raise a short term increase in poverty levels. we expect

a four point two growth rate this year and a slight improvement for next year around four point five as domestic demand and credit recovers. so a second message is that this growth in russia in particular is driven mainly now by domestic demand which is produced it's locally driven right so you're less vulnerable perhaps there aren't any pretension to sort of ration it outside market . the internet is set to become russia's second most popular promotion to offset television analysts say this could happen as soon as the end of this year online advertising is winning from a shopping christmas shopping on the web as to i think. when the entire world is it 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 to make them and what people are searching for it turns out the use of the phrase body online has increased threefold since

two thousand and eight most of the requests a coming from moscow and st petersburg which accounts to over seventy percent of all such requests on 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 the u.k. is seven times higher but that's not so much about the market of internet purchases in two thousand and ten is around twenty billion dollars according to estimates in two years it could grow up to twenty nine billion dollars last year despite the crisis it showed substantial growth and for some companies online where the costs are less and profitability is greater but typically porch of an online buyer and

russia is a young single male from moscow with higher education women it seems still prefer the classic shopping techniques timofey across the business archie moscow. time to have a look at how the markets are faring this hour in moscow the bosses are making slight kings but investors not making any big moves so far as for assistance that are coming as markets await canonic announcements from the us than does russia purpose for two days of national holidays. over in europe stocks also trading in a tight range ahead of today's u.s. federal reserve announcement and on the biggest move us on its shares of suspect as their holiday tries to. percent in person up to the bank top to earnings expectations. now but i will become the fast country outside russia to sell bonds denominated in roubles the move will save better was as much as two and help percent in annual interest compared with warring in dollars even though dollar

loans are cheaper that our rules would have to pay to convert the money intro bulls which it uses to trade with russia were both on the issue also supports russia's efforts to promote the world as a source of currency. for sagrera i was given the mine a bitch but button a run for its money with a rival bit for canada's but tosh corp that i missed just says foresaw grove wants to put together a coalition of canadian and russian banks to support its bid but tosh corp is valid at forty three billion dollars that's higher than b.h.p. billiton salacious offer of thirty eight billion dollars the do this yet to be approved by the canadian government with the ruling to be announced today for sacro spokesman said the company will comment later on wednesday. and that's your update for now but you can always find more stories on our website r.t.e. dot com slash business.

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