little beast soon which brightened. the song from funds to freshen. stunts on t.v. don't come. russia says thirteen people arrested in georgia had never spied for moscow on cold tbilisi's allegations of political farce and the provocation. this box

of vodka it will cost the smuggler hundred five dollars in iraq he will sell into iran for over four hundred living conditions in northern iraq for locals to risk their freedom and why spy smuggling alcohol to neighboring iran where this is bad policy follows the dangerous trade route. also ought to use it close up series takes you to one of the oldest towns in siberia just now become one of the most promising innovation hubs in all of russia. and in business the dollar drops into oil jumps up to the federal reserve announces this fresh stimulus to boost the anemic u.s. economy more emphasis in twenty minutes. live from the heart of moscow this is ought to welcome to the program. russia says the

suspects arrested in georgia have nothing to do with the national secret service it comes as georgia's interior ministry has confirmed that thirteen people were detained last month accused of spying for moscow artie's reports from tbilisi. they basically gathered a holes for a journalist to announce that they have arrested thirteen people four of them are russian nationals the rest of them are a georgian air force officers there are also some members of n.g.o.s and businessmen news broke about this so we could go by the ministry of interior has decided to keep mum about the details probably trying to maybe make it sound a little bit more important than it actually is in fact most georgian officials have not said anything on the matter claiming of the fact that this case is top secret russia is outraged you could say because there are some who are saying that this is happening right only of the russian nato summit so of course georgia has

been trying to get into nato for the longest time and of course they're trying to play on that most likely others are saying that this is a provocation and a farce designed to exacerbate tensions between russia and georgia in the relationship that is already a way to tense. georgian president mikheil saakashvili has at least two passions one relations with russia as much as possible and present russia as an enemy of georgia the second is to destroy as many people. i mean the tragedy in some of the city. as many people as possible. people who've been arrested who have nothing to do with the special services nothing against georgia but who once again will be declared enemies of the georgian people we have to remind our viewers that this is not the first time that aspires scandal broke out between georgia and russia back in two thousand and six four russian officers were detained and also accused of

spying for russia as preposterous as it actually sounds they were later released later on but that actually led to the downfall in the relationship between police and moscow and that relationship has been going downhill there was also the south the city in georgian war off two thousand and eight in which russia of course the port. the said here and afterwards diplomatic ties between mosco and the sea were broken georgia's opposition leaders are saying that this also could be a way to try and put pressure on them because in the middle of the there were some opposition rallies scheduled to be held and of course that may be a way that georgian government is trying to tell the georgian opposition be quiet or else you will also be accused of espionage because this actually happens to be a rather frequent case in georgia as of late. arena reporting now for more on the spy scandal i'm joined by a political analyst critical copters from the moscow institute of international

relations good to see you so the georgian opposition says the arrests come before right before some planned antigovernment protests here in a blatant attempt to put pressure on those against suck us release regime what's your take on that ballots that would be quite reasonable. and then space scandal it's a good tool to refine about days information field to change accents and priorities to prove himself to be good p.r. manager he. seems lazies the urine see georgian russian for two years ago so why not so you seem not surprised by this i mean is this the first time the circus really has possibly staged such a situation ahead of opposition meetings no is there remember he did he declared a go that he it was a sort of story with radioactive materials that was not contract now the scandal reads a bit like a spy fiction story here with claims that a double agent was used to flush out these so-called spies or is this usually how spirals are uncovered well no it's a science fiction story but nothing to do with

a real break this is an extremely dull because it was something georges did which good as it could be get from georgia who was a spy efforts now the russia nato summit is due to take place in about two weeks in lisbon what do you make of the timing of this scandal it does seem a little bit questionable doesn't it well apparently it's quite perfect for saakashvili he needs to remind face that he suffered from russia and to proceed west to get you wanting to give money to georgia to compensate z. problems in georgia i guess from russian side so it's time into quite i think to now we've actually had some very very strong condemnation coming out of the russian ministry of foreign affairs with officials calling this whole spy scandal a farce or no provocation and what further comments do you think we could expect rather expect from the kremlin well of issued expectancy faked forms this story because the even a couple of these facts would become frame to take in the current zia really

because asians in georgia put forward on the right political analyst thank you very much thank you. well you are with r.t. and coming your way later this hour we look at how in the story in the media helped to win public support for the american military operations abroad. business was one of the main advantages of having a base so when tom says the abundance of great minds universities lined the main street here in the city center and one of the six people is pursuing some form of education discover what else venture capitalists and scientists into the siberian town. that's coming up with our team in just a few minutes. lawyers in the u.k. are seeking a public inquiry into allegations by a group of iraqi civilians that they suffered abuse by british soldiers over one hundred and forty iraqis claimed they were subjected to torture and inhumane degrading treatment the abuses allegedly took place in british controlled detention

centers in iraq between two thousand and three and two thousand and eight the u.k. ministry of defense says it's investigating claims and there's no need for a public inquiry such probes have already been launched for two similar cases involving the alleged torture and murder of civilians by british soldiers phil shiner one of the lawyers taking the current case to the high court in london says abuse is widespread and any inquiry has to be public there's no doubt that this is systemic within the interrogation. policy because we have those documents from the bar. so we know for example that there was a policy of getting them naked get them a kid keep them like if they don't cooperate the way in which there was still be searched the harshing we have video. the training video of us on the bomb mission quite a website is clearly systemic issues and it's absolute nonsense to. it is

a few bad apples that's the interrogation also needs to be exposed and we need to ensure all but we never go into theatre again with with an interrogation policy which is blatantly unlawful well poverty and lack of opportunities in iraq for so many terms make a living illegally often putting their lives at risk many survived by smuggling alcohol into iran where drinking is officially banned r.t. follows the booze trail in our special report. in northern iraq kurdish smugglers load their horses with hundreds of boxes of booze they're taking into a brain although alcohol is forbidden in islam accra public much of tehran's boars wasn't can't resist a drink and these smugglers provide them with an extraordinary selection we hear in a smuggler storm in a mountainous area of northern iraq that borders around we have absolute fuck you

here teachers you ski here mr chavez whiskey black and white whiskey back here we have johnny walker black label we have johnny walker red label over here and we even have over four different kinds of smear not flocka this box of what will cost the smuggler a hundred and five dollars in iraq he will sell it in tehran for over four hundred although the profits appear amends to many who actually take the dangerous journey are paid a mere fifty dollars a night this is not work for those looking to make a fortune it is work for the poor uneducated and desperate elizabeth i do this because i'm a literate i don't know how to do anything i was so this is the only job i can do out of the rain is brutal in its approach to keep alcohol out a smuggler recently arrested and was sentenced to life others who have been wounded in police ambushes have been fined up to half a million dollars and then charged the price of the bullets that were shot at them with a mind they stepped on. we crossed the border and there are explosions shootings

arrests or fights it's terrible nothing we can do because we have who are. not only is the job dangerous but the living conditions are bleak on the iraqi side of the small river that makes the border so it's a series of shanty towns full of tattered shacks they serve a small shelters for the smugglers as well as stables for the horses the place is filthy and stinks of course down than when it is this isn't a lion there's no food or drink it's good and cold and wet now and it will lead you down it's. on the other side said hundreds of a rainy. border police some in concrete towers others in canvas tents put all in their pursuit to keep the smugglers out of their country a few days before we arrived they mounted an ambush on one of the smugglers. came from the other side and took three of my mules back across the border and shot everyone. the remains left the corpses rotting on the riverbank as

a warning to the smugglers nine a phone call comes in is clear the smugglers quickly finish packing their horses and then take off towards the border what awaits them on the iranian side is uncertain what is certain is tomorrow the same dangerous job away to those who are desperate enough to do it sebastian my party on the iran iraq border. now you can always find more news videos and blogs on our website. let's take a look now at some of the stories waiting for you online at this moment the first in the world is set to become a film and it's not just for science fiction find out the details dot com. and the grown ups are flocking to our game paradise and experiencing the latest a three d. games in moscow you can get a taste of the tour on our website at abc dot com.

recently declassified evidence from the one nine hundred eighty s. reveals how the u.s. government was planting stories in the media public support for past conflicts in central america. and for reports on those standing behind the scenes crafting propaganda for the american public. when most americans open a newspaper they expect all the news that's fit to print not to plan but declassified documents show that in the one nine hundred eighty s. the state department was doing exactly that known as white propaganda editorials and stories were planted and pushed in major u.s. media outlets the washington post c.b.s. usa today the new york times and more. ensuring favorable coverage of the

controversial contra war in central america the office of public diplomacy had a very innocuous sounding name but in fact it was a sinister covert office running eagle propaganda operations hello my name is art all right meet the man at the forefront of this effort cuban american cold warrior and former head of the office of public diplomacy for latin america has the reputation of a tough operator that's a lot more telling a lie employing special psychological operations experts to craft messages for the american public putting people secretly on the u.s. payroll reporters writers and having them then pretend to be independent and writing op ed pieces and nobody would know that this was a u.s. government financed and directed opinion but from these declassified documents we know that auto reich was behind these similar tactics were used by the bush administration and the lead up to the iraq war the iraq war is

a textbook case of how a government or a couple within a government uses propaganda planting stories in the u.s. media to convert public opinion favorably toward a war within a matter of days on september eighth the new york times michael gordon judith miller published a front page long story in which they talked about how u.s. intelligence officials had. found out that saddam hussein had purchased llewyn tubes which they believed could only be used for nuclear weapons what they did not say of course was that that was a minority view within the intelligence community the drums of war beat faster the u.s. invaded in march two thousand and three in two thousand and nine immediately after the president of honduras was overthrown in a military coup a reich resurface in the mainstream media quoted by columnists interviewed by

pundits. well what i want to know about stuff like this there's nobody else better to call than the guy you're about to meet right here he could better explain what is happening in durban just about everybody else otto reich is who i'm talking about as we since he was in charge of what he was doing back in the eighty's and he's been around like a like a ghost and you see him personally writing op eds for important newspapers in the u.s. and you see him working behind the scenes for mongers in honduras and what you what you have to wonder is who's paying him to do so why propaganda has proven effective in garnering support for america's more contentious foreign policy the office of public diplomacy it became the sacrificial lamb of the iran contra scandal follow your congressional investigation but otto reich moved on unscathed first to become ambassador to venezuela then assistant secretary of state he remains an influential consultant here in washington frequently quoted in the media and regularly called

to testify here on capitol hill as an expert witness in fort artsy washington d.c. . he is coming to you live from moscow now let's have a look at some other stories making headlines around the world this hour and a suicide bomber struck a mosque in northwest pakistan killing fifty and leaving around eighty injured officials say the target may have been a member of pakistan's senate who had encouraged people to oppose the taliban that targeted procession took place in an area where the taliban has recently gained ground in a separate attack a second mosque was bombs near the city of peshawar wounding several people. more than sixty people have been killed in the latest eruption of indonesia's volatile amount more rapidly it takes the death toll to over one hundred twenty since the volcano became active again last week after lying dormant for four years residents are being treated for burns and respiratory problems seventy five thousand people

have been evacuated from central java all people with ash covered faces have been seeking any means of escape. a teenager has a blown himself up in a crowded bus are in western afghanistan killing nine and wounding thirty officials say the suicide bomber may have been targeting their head of the provincial council the president of afghanistan has called the bombing and the islamic act. well up next it's also use a close up series as we continue to explore the many diverse parts of russia. and this week we travel to the tomsk region the city of tomsk one of the oldest towns in western siberia which was officially open to foreigners only in one thousand nine hundred ninety has become one of russia's major hubs and the fastest

developing innovation based centers tessa australia has been finding out what makes tomsk tick. well we are here in tongs in southwestern siberia now this is a very important region for oil exploration and production companies and some of the major industries here are machine building metalworking and but over the years this region has also diversified their industries and they have become known as a town of science and an important economic center here in siberia and it's also a center for nuclear research and production however today investment is flowing into new relatively new and growing industries and that includes technological innovation scientific research and development as well as start up companies well tom is continuing to carve a name for itself technological and scientific innovation now in this report we'll look at some of the people behind this effort as well as the business ventures that have come out of this region. it's one of the oldest towns in siberia but it was

only officially open to foreigners in one thousand nine hundred ninety today wooden houses hundreds of years old still lined the streets and there contrasts it by the youthful enthusiasm of students who flock to toms siberia's first university. is a graduate of the tom scully technique university he's only twenty four but he's already working on a ph d. and is running his own welding company with twenty six branches all over the country because. i started doing this three and a half years ago while still in underground when we first models in a small growers then we want to few contests and received grants which allowed me to launch the company. but in the world of business a great idea needs money to get off the ground. and that's where venture capitalists like nikolai but dual income in. my business model is if not me then who of the different ways i could invest and i found something i thought was

best investing innovations creating new products new technologies. one of the many businesses but to then invested in is this water purifying technology it's still in the testing stage but he believes in its potential but dylan has another project up his sleeve a new technology that may be able to advance the battle against cancer. in two thousand days we started testing the drug silver all on twenty eight carriers eighteen laser tested healthy scientists still need to study this drug but i personally have not seen anything better for treating leukemia business as a one of the main advantages of having a baby so when tom says the abundance of great minds universities live the main street here in the city center and one and i was six people is pursuing some form of education. we were told that in this town it's cool to be an intellectual well one intellectual locals aren't cool with this russian playwright and don check of

who once wrote to his sister saying tomsk is a very dull town to judge from the drunkards whose acquaintances i have made and from the intellectual people come to town to pay their respects to me the inhabitants are very dogged. chekhov's unfavorable comments earned him this mocking statue and amusing reminder that the people of toms don't take kindly to such remarks even from an intellectual tests are cilia r.t. reporting from the tomsk region. in just a few moments here with the latest business news. hungry for the full story we've gone to. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. in indonesia oh geez available in hotels coming dolly result in spawn would result

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hello and a very warm welcome time to delve into the world of business china central banks us the latest forest of money printing from the u.s. in danger of the global economy it says the fat stimulus highlights the need to reform the international monetary architecture china says special drawing rights developed by the international monetary funds could be used as a clip of currency that is something emerging economies have been proposing via the g twenty s. since the global crisis wrapped it more than two years ago china's central banks head says that as d r's would set a speculative bubble created by a huge s. liquidity injections. and stocks rallied in after stocks rallied after the new round of stimulus but the u.s. dollar fell to its lowest level in years some analysts say the u.s. has consciously aiming at inflation devaluation and hoping to export its problems to the world. decision to increase quantitative easing by six hundred billion

dollars is a complete disaster i mean we're not in a situation where the total is going to be something like eight hundred fifty to nine hundred billion dollars by the end of next year and that's going to be approximately one hundred ten billion per month which effectively means that really what we're seeing is a sort of a repurchase agreement of the american deficit if you look at the economics actually manufacturing was rebounding in october according to american statistics true there hasn't been a particularly exciting number of private sector hiring but the truth is that actually the job picture was improving ever so slightly within the private sector which is the engine of the american economy the american government is certainly not the retail sales have been remarkably strong over the course of time therefore it's quite bizarre because what we're risking is an economic and market distortions the dollar is being pushed through the floor and that's really the sort of a polling beggar thy neighbor kind of approach which isn't going to help the american economy because it's simply making imported foodstuffs more and more

expensive and creating inflation for the average working mom while at the same time it's basically leaving places like the eurozone with a further problem because it's increasing the value of the currency and making those economies less competitive. time to have a look at the markets took the flight positive off to a strong jobs report in october gave investors another reason to be hopeful of all the economy european stock markets a high a day up to marcus rabbit in reaction to another round of quantitative easing by the u.s. treasuries leading to gains on world bank of scotland and smith and nephew with shares not wrong with the cent from news in brief not russian vested in favor of an internet holding mail do what are you surged forty one percent in london after raising one hundred twelve million dollars invested his biggest i.p.o. since july and stocks climbed from eleven point three to session nine dollars in london trading today. but christ well dr you are the best first

a performance among london stocks for at least two hears. the skies are open once again across moscow russian pilots no longer need to seek permission to fly in the said while certain regulations for lightweight aircraft have been canceled some obstacles remain as a native it better explains. the skies over russia open to small of the session as of this week light aircraft flying below three thousand meters no longer have to seek permission from their route twenty four hours ahead rather than given permission authorities now require pilots to notify them of their flight plans small of asian existence is far from floor xing and while the new rules are welcome once will doesn't make a summer as the saying goes on an international regulations regional regulations are still an obstacle to open skies it's rather small but important development for russia's air industry well it gets a little small aviation can become

a good base for pilot training because now we face a serious deficit of pilots small aviation can also keep alive the whole range of regional airports all over russia in the future and may even form the basis of commercial transportation. unlike europe in united states flights over big cities up and and regional flights have to navigate a mountain of people who are requires commercial and political will to develop the segment legislation might ease the way through but it wouldn't change dramatically if saw a market driven. and in our case or in case of the aviation market development in russia it's about the mentality change flying around russia even in small planes is still a lot rather than an everyday reality with the russians vast territories crucial to develop air transportation at all levels we're going to starting small the.