top russian investigative journalist severely beaten up in moscow police say the attack is likely to be connected with his professional activities.

campaigners in the u.k. demanded convictions for police officers responsible for the deaths in custody. and close up series makes a journey to a land which offers locals abundant wild bounty for food and for business in the siberian region of toms. around the world around the clock this is our life from moscow police are investigating a brutal attack gone a correspondent of russia's newspaper all a caution was fiercely beaten near is home in moscow and is now in an induced coma investigators are saying his professional activity may be behind this sort. of

others in the capital with details. the attack occurred right in the center of moscow where mr caution lives two attackers were waiting for him to return to his apartment building into the courtyard part of the of the apartment complex where he lives they were standing holding flowers apparently trying to disguise what their intentions were mr cashin arrived they produced a blunt object and set about him in a brutal attack with the caution currently in a very critical condition in a induced coma in a hospital suffering from many many bruises as well as seriously broken fingers from this attack why these these two people we can hear now from neighbors of mr caution who found him shortly after the attack but even people that you may be aware that it was about half past twelve i was in my room and i heard some sounds like panting a morning as if someone has been beaten up he was lying right here all covered in blood especially his face and his legs his fingers were smashed his shoulder until

doctors as the bites you sure you know they didn't take anything from him he was conscious and he said that there were two people who'd been lying in wait for him. we heard from the editor in chief of the commissar newspaper was the cautions boss who said that the fact that no money was taken or belongings were taken from him and the manner in which his fingers had been broken suggested that it certainly wasn't a robbery and that the his work is investigative journalist it being the reason for this for this brutal attack though investigators today looking into it even suggesting that the intent of the attack may have been to kill mr caution this list that was more through the summer i was in the midst of investigation is considering very small leaves behind this is a nation attempt including his work of course currently the investigators are studying the c.c.t.v. food which it's clear that there were two attackers russian president dmitri medvedev has commented on this brutal attack via his twitter feed here's what the

president had to say. i ruled that the prosecutor general's office and the ministry of internal affairs to keep the investigation of the attorney concussion under special control those guilty must be found and punished but the question is a very well renowned journalist here in russia in his work with a commissar newspaper as an investigative reporter he's looked into many youth groups here in russia sometimes quite critical pieces and he's also looked at the. the destruction of him p. forest to build the to build a new motorway between moscow and st petersburg and the work it is now going to stormed into the chopping down of trees in the forest the attack on mr cash in his boat quite a reaction here in moscow with members of the public campaign to try and track down the two people who so brutally assaulted this journalist in the center of the city we're hearing a campaign to try and track down those responsible is currently under way. artie's peter oliver reporting from moscow. well campaigners in the u.k.

demanding answers into why no officer has ever been convicted for deaths in police custody one person a week reportedly dies as a result of contact with the police. reports. if you want to be heard they say sometimes it's better to whisper than to shout these people are relying on that as they take to the streets to tell the silent story of loved ones who have died in british police custody. is here because of his brother a recovering drug addict happy pap's died in two thousand and eight following a routine stop and search by the police he was he was being restrained by them when i say restraint it's it's one of. an officer neither side of his arms putting him back and two officers been. hit him in the back and that's really how you know it

samantha brick david's brother also dies to me. years ago mentally ill sean was restrained by four police officers and bundled into a van and in the five minutes it took to get to the police station had stopped breathing he died a short time later there's no ideal outcome as my brother is dead so again nothing is going to bring him back we know that but you know these things have been occurring for so many years with. mental health people have been restrained and losing their lives two years on there's been no inquest into shawn's death and the results of investigations are often on the satisfactory this footage shows ian tomlinson being knocked down by a police officer during last year's g twenty riots he later died no conviction was brought against the officer responsible for this protest aims to give a voice to the voice because majority of those who died police custody i belong to

the class of have nots the marginalized often from top in a city areas more than half of them had already been involved with mental health services but despite more than four hundred deaths either in or directly following police custody in the last ten years new police officer has ever been convicted of murder or manslaughter. on average one person a week dies as a result of contact with the police according to the independent police complaints commission and that's not even counting deaths in prison immigration centers and mental institutions police officers doing just commit other minor crimes where they commit the crime of murder. and that's the main reason people are you to tell if we do know this is going. to do something about it if there are human rights abuses in iran we can. complain about human rights abuses happen in britain and there seems to be a silence. that's worth show. thing about these people say

that this place test is the police to downing street with keys to take their petition and they had to leave it tied to the railings. door and that. we are coming to you live. still ahead later this hour when the judges become the judge you look at how the u.s. was accused at the u.n. human rights violations but. it didn't take us very long to experience the extreme conditions in siberia and wilderness throws your way but if you know how to work with nature to work more to your survival you'll find that it has. joined. search for truth treasures of siberia is coming up in just a few. an amendment to the law governing protest movements and rallies

has been vetoed by the russian president dmitri medvedev the proposal supported by the russian parliament would have made the process of getting approval for a gathering even tougher defended his decision saying the legal adjustment would have breached human rights viktor linnik journalist editor in chief of the slovo newspaper says that by vetoing the changes the president was just doing his job. the mad men who saved the world prohibitive major because for instance they prohibited a person who was under proceedings for breaking a law in the past from organizing the rallies number two is that it stipulated notification of the royal they should be extended whereas obviously. this is again something that prevents the freedom of assembly in russia i think the president has a director of the constitution deborah bradley to defend the constitutional rights

of the russian population and that. now the u.s. has for the first time ever faced unprecedented public scrutiny over its human rights record at the united nations human rights council the u.s. delegation received a strong criticism over its human rights violation saying including racial profiling using the death penalty and abuse allegations overseas council members in geneva called for the closure of guantanamo bay prison and further investigations into alleged torture by u.s. troops abroad american representatives defended their nation's humans rights records but stressed they were not satisfied with the status quo. of the coalition says washington's trying to change an image created by the bush administration. obama administration is trying to rectify the problem that the bush administration created in terms of u.s. image around the world the united states cannot continue to lecture all the other

countries in the world about democracy and human rights and freedom and at the same time have as its principal image that of torturing torture incorporated because bush and cheney and rumsfeld not only invaded afghanistan invaded iraq they detained tens of thousands of people they said they were liable to be held under the geneva conventions they were they were tortured they were taken to other countries the secret rendition places and. their words the image of the united states was one of torture me opposite of freedom or democracy and so now the obama administration has subjected the united states to a review a universal policy review and the rest of the world is taking aim at the united states and highlighting its flaws while the formal position of the conservatives is that the united states can only be the judge it can never be judge that somehow it's superior to the people of cuba or venezuela or those countries that seek to be independent of the united states. and for more on this the other stories we're covering just log on to our website www dot com there you'll find it right now

waiting for you to get lost in moscow and find yourself in london the distance between the two has been shortened by graffiti artists you can find a big bed right beside the kremlin at our dot com. historic day for millions of people who suddenly realize their party existed nineteen years ago seemingly untouchable communist party was banned throughout russia find out how it happened in our russia now section. well he may almost be ninety but a world war two veteran from southern russia has shown that he still has what it takes to become a dad to my use and those are off became one now the world's oldest father's so

this summer and as artie's denise polonsky discovered he has plenty of tales to tell his baby boy. eighty nine but he loves to spend time with little lot of tool believe it or not he's not this baby's grandpa. your daddy's boy my son. he's the father instead of the fairy tales or my niece is telling the child how he fought the nazis who died before the war you know to live very end the birth of their second child was a miracle for our my east and his thirty four year old wife you've given you know we want to share the joy with the world would you tell me am i in the guinness book of records yet because i think i should be there for conceiving a child at my age. the desire of live in a small town or for my future in southern russia the birth of little or to own

turned them into local celebrities. all our neighbors congratulate us sixty recruits visit to their home in just a month even the local mayor says he is not getting as much publicity the visits often turned into news conferences and even though the result of his grew a little tired of all the attention they still share their daily lives with the press their only concern just how much longer this life will last most men in that amazing as out of his family have live long lives so his hoping to see his one hundred first birthday but perhaps the sad part for this very unusual russian family is how they're going to live their lives some twenty years from now when the mice will pass away leaving them on their own that is the last across the region. it's nearly quarter past the hour here in moscow and later in the program we delve into the events of one of the toughest and most important periods of world war two

the spring of one thousand nine hundred five when a big part of europe was still occupied by nazi forces in our special report those who were liberated by the soviet troops unveiled new details of the war and its aftermath. millions died. and millions looked forward to be helped and say. the pain and suffering will never be forgotten. as well as the joy of liberation. era spring of ninety forty five on our t.v. . and you can watch the full report in just about an hour's time right here on r.t. . well moscow have agreed to step up efforts to fight opium

production in afghanistan but it comes off the president hamid karzai criticized and drugs raid by nato and the russian forces would she said was carried out without his government's consent. of military analysts says the afghan leader realized he needs to join the international and. to boost his own popularity in the country. just as expected they have going to president hamid karzai backtracked on his accusations regarding the russian participation in a joint counter-narcotics operation in southern afghanistan however backtracking is not enough for hamid karzai to exonerate he's image and close association as an official top lobbyist for afghan drag lords and now he has a unique opportunity to lead the way to be the counter katic police in hell man to anaconda har and thus to prove he is relevance as a genuine leader ganesh stand and to lead the aerial and airborne assault on the

poppy fields in southern afghanistan you can prove for they were regular afghans that after all i could make a total reverse from being an official top political cover for the drug lords genuine military leader of afghanistan who could also take full responsibility in counternarcotics and maybe later counter corruption campaign in his own country. now let's have a look at some other international news in brief this hour the barack obama began his latest foreign tour in india the country that may help the u.s. and boost its economy and beef up security the president declared that the u.s. and india are stand united message he delivered on his visit to the site of the mumbai terror attacks one hundred sixty six people were killed during that incident

in two thousand and eight obama is also set to announce some lucrative deals with indian business leaders after india the u.s. leader is sure you will to visit indonesia south korea and japan. eighteen people have been killed in northern china after a fire broke out in a shopping center another twenty four people have been injured and over ninety rescue according to chinese media there are few victims among the visitors as the blazers started shortly after the center opened up over sixty shops were located in the center many of them selling electronics. well next it's artie's close up serious as we continue to explore what russia has to offer. this week we travel to the tomsk region in western siberia it's not only rich with

oil and gas but also for the variety of natural treasures growing in the wild lush forests are an abundant natural resource for the region and a priceless recreational area for residents tessa are sillier found herself in the heart of the siberian wilderness. tom in southwestern siberia has long been known to be rich in oil and gas and the local economy has been linked with oil and gas and other related industries for quite some time but the local economy has a new growing and developing sector and that involves the collection the gathering of the processing of wild growing natural products such as berries mushrooms and pine nuts there are some companies that do invest in the processing of these products and was very interesting here is that this is really growing in the wild so people here could just go to the forests and go gather themselves and the results they get of course depends on how much they gather i am in the heart of what really is the perfect example of that lush greenery of that rich forestry that make up such an abundant natural resource for the tomsk region it has over

a million hectares of agricultural land and more than half the territory is covered with forest. people collecting pine cones in a forest families come with children young people. who can collect for your own consumption or you can sell them at a good price there are people who leave off this business it's estimated that picking and processing different kinds of wild produce provides an income for as many as one hundred fifty thousand local inhabitants those who gather can sell them to companies that process them like this one. this is the first stage of processing plant has to get the nuts kenzie gathered a special stations where people bring them there is a huge potential here which needs to be realised pine cones wild mushrooms and a wide variety of berries are there for the picking almost ninety percent of what's picked is processed. of our company processes wild berries we store frozen berries

industrial fruits facilities and process them into different kinds of jams. from a taste of the sweet fruits of the wild to taste of the rough side of the siberian wilderness. before we patrol the surrounding forests the folly here is quite diverse you can spot alex pears slinks and sables in winter he can hunt moves but chasing them on skis as for bears they can only be hunted in their dance in winter the rangers spend a month at a time in the thick of the forest and in order to survive while they're there hunting for food has become part of their daily routine. no bears this time but there was certainly no shortage of birds would come in urban people are just not suited to all this it takes no one animals habits and being a good child to be successful hunter well i'm no good at either of those so i tried my hand at fishing instead it didn't take us very long to experience the extreme

conditions the siberian wilderness throws your way but if you know how to work with nature and to work hard at your survival you'll find that it has plenty to offer. r.t. reporting from the tomsk region. next with business update stay with us. hello and welcome time to get the latest from the world of business ukraine is rapidly regaining the trust of international finance agencies says the i.m.f. how whether and i am that commission which is the sitting the country is still to make a decision on giving its second tranche of a thirteen billion dollar loan. resuscitating and i economy this was a victory on the court which is main priority when he became ukraine's president less than a year on experts say this goal has been somewhat successful in twenty two and the country has seen a six percent growth in g.d.p.

compared with a disastrous decline last year and this came partially due to less spending on imported natural resources the economy has successfully passed through the crisis and the cheap gas price from russia. to the gas price to mr. price which will be a little bit. to. europe but despite the positive trend ski of still seems to be relying on the fifteen billion dollar loan from the international monetary fund borrowed two years ago by the previous administration under viktor yushchenko the funds delegation has a right to key have to assess whether the new government is fulfilling the loans obligations some of which are deeply unpopular among the people. see some progress . in two thousand and eight in two

thousand crean finally has significantly raised the prices for. plus fifty percent which was very negative for the. region president. another sticking point is spent in reform namely raising the pension age which is required by the i.m.f. but not favored by the general population but is it all worth the effort economists believe that ukraine does not require more funding badly enough and the whole force is more about the country's image it probably needs the money to pay. russia. than. the government much from the i.m.f. but not on the i.m.f. mani's important artists and no government is doing right since the loan is split

in several crunches and should this one go ahead it will become the second part of the loan and will amount to a little over one billion u.s. dollars the delegation says it will reveal its verdict no earlier than november the fifteenth experts have little doubt that this time the i.m.f. delegation will say yes to another tragedy of money for ukraine the question is whether they will be as optimistic the next time inspectors come to kiev in february twenty seventh. steve for business today from key a few crane. computer chip maker intel says russia is the hub of engineering talent but it lacks people with business skills that's according to the head of intel's operations department. as far as the software i thought it was our russia is well over fifty percent of our top fifty percent of our total outside of the us population still russia is very sick and we're going to continue to develop our

talent here we have got to let it out of the forty spirit a lot of different disciplines the plan is to. really to help support the next generation by the prosecutor what it takes to be seen with our investment here which is really great scientist really critical here is that people that if you just decide to go for a very poor start up. russia might see the largest alliance ever created within its domestic market brain on the sun wants to expand its ownership of aft of us to a controlling stake with the recent blessing from prime minister putin it seems most likely to happen but in a question of reports green only sun has got the green light to expand its stake in the country's top comic of to the us investment firm troika dialog and state holding russian technologies each twenty five percent one a bulls could sell part of their stake unknowingly no nissan to take control theme or how that's the new year but we have

a desire to buy choice the dialog share and after of us and we are in the go see a sions however we have not come to any decision yet we are not in a hurry and have plenty of time however both renault and there's some are interested in buying choice the dialog share analysts say the government is keen to give a forty invest to control in the comic and aiming to cut its responsibility for funding the company after the us has been a have a burden through the crisis as a huge regional employer which in turn supports local government budgets while the government grapples with how to reform the structure of russia's single industry towns reno has been updating become a girl with a new technology and motels at a cost of more than three her. hundred million dollars last year three miles the local slogan will appear in two louder versions from twenty twelve it's a gamble for reno always hopes to profit from the doubling of russia's kamarck and over the next five years we have to see the company will have

a significant presence in russia. jointly and that should be so will be the largest alliance in russia ever. to rush a b. end of the day is one of the few still unsaturated core markets of course excluding china and india after my sales have jumped as a result of the government subsidized same scheme and the company moved into profit and the first half of this year netting one hundred million dollars compared to the loss of six hundred million dollars the same time a year ago the timing isn't right for reno oscillators deal and i do question the business. but still business update for now but you can always find more stories on our website r.t. dot com slash business.