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campaign is in the u.k. a conviction for police officers responsible for the deaths in custody. and also use a close up series makes a journey to a. local. food business in the siberian region. global news live from moscow you're with. police are investigating a brutal attack on a correspondent. newspaper. and was fiercely beaten near is home in moscow and is now in an induced coma and investigators are saying his professional activity may be behind this source. is 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 cash in 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 maybe maybe you know where it was about half past twelve i was in my room and i heard some sounds like panting or mourning 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 usual you know they didn't take anything from him he was conscious

and he said 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 they say for this brutal attack though investigators that are looking into it even suggesting that the intent of the attack may have been to kill mr caution at least there was more through the summer and the investigation is considering very small leaves behind this is nation attempt including his work of course currently the investigators are studying this 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. 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 mr karr should is a very well renowned journalist here in russia in his work with the sun 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 key forest to build the to build a new motorway between moscow and st petersburg and the work it is now being stopped into the the teacher up and down of trees in the forest the last year because of a journalist with a newspaper he was brutally beaten over his work regarding the forest destruction and he now is ended up as a disabled person due to the brutal assault that he heard now we go back to the ins they will miss the cash and the attackers both quite a reaction here in moscow with members of the public campaigning 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 underway. peter all over the reporting on the fierce attack on one of russia's top journalists from oscar. campaign news 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've died in british police custody. is here because of his brother a recovering drug addict pabst died in two thousand and eight following a routine stop and search by the police he was he was being restrained when outside

restraint it's one of each for an officer neither side of his arms putting him back and two officers. hit him in the back and i'm sure you have. samantha brick david's brother also died two 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 the police station had stopped breathing he died a short time later there's no ideal outcome as my brother is dead so. nothing is going to bring him back we know that but you know these things have been carrying for so many years with. mental health people being restrained and losing their lives two years on there's been no inquest into sean'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 voiceless are the first majority of these who die in 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 no 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 no seat in counting deaths in prison immigration center and mental institution police officers just commit other minor crimes what they commit the crime with. and that's the main reason people are going to tell everybody you

know this is going. to do something about if there are human rights abuses in iran we keep trying to complain about human rights abuses happen in britain and this is the be the silence. that's worth shouting about these people say that this place test is the police to downing street with peace to take their petition and they had to leave it tied to the railings. i mean. you all with. you later this hour when the judges just look at how. human rights violations plus. it didn't take very long stream conditions in some. way but if you know how to work with. your survival. make sure you join our team

so nature's treasure 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 gathering even tougher but defended his decision saying the legal adjustment would have breached human rights viktor linnik a journalist and editor in chief slovo newspaper says by vetoing the changes the president was just doing his job. they mad men sexually were a prohibitive nature because for instance they prohibited my person who's honor proceedings for breaking a law in the past from organizing new rallies number two is that it stipulated time notification of the rallies should be extended whereas obviously this is again

something that prohibits the freedom of assembly in russia i think the president has a director of the constitution had to act up around presently to defend the constitutional rights of the russian population and that's what he did. the u.s. has for the first time ever faced unprecedented public scrutiny over its human rights record the united nations human rights council the u.s. delegation received a strong criticism over its human rights violations including racial profiling use of the death penalty and abuse allegations overseas council members in geneva called for the closure of guantanamo bay prison and further investigation into alleged torture by u.s. troops abroad american representatives defended the nation's human rights record but stressed that they were not satisfied with the status quo brian becker of the

coalition says washington is 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 weren't liable to be held under the geneva conventions they were they were tortured they were taken to other countries the secret rendition places in other words the image of the united states was one of torture the opposite of freedom or democracy and so now the obama administration has suggested 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 well the formal position of the conservatives is

that the united states can only be the judge it can never be judged that somehow it's superior to the people of cuba or venezuela or those countries that seek to be independent of the united states. well for more on this and other stories just log on to our web site that's the car and waiting for you right now get lost in moscow and find yourself in london the distance between the two has been shortened by graffiti artists you can find big ben right next to the kremlin at odyssey dot com . for millions of people who suddenly realize that the party no longer existed nineteen years ago today seemingly untouchable communist party was banned throughout russia find out how it happened in our russia now section.

he may be almost ninety but a world war two veteran from the southern russia has shown he still has what it takes to become a dad. became one of the world's oldest fathers this summer and as artie's denise discovered he has plenty of tales to tell his baby boy. out of my east eighty nine but he loves to spend time with little lot of tool believe it or not he's not this baby's grandpa. daddy's boy my son he's the father instead of the fairy tales of my niece is telling the child how he fought the nazis who were 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. to desire absolute in a small town or for my viewer in southern russia the birth of little or to him turn 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 nazarov screw a little tired of all the attention they still share their daily lives with the press their only concern just how much loan this life will last most men in that of mice not thought of spam really have lived long lives so he's 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. cross in the region.

well later in the program we delve into the events so 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 liberated who were liberated rather 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 nineteen forty five on our team.

and you can watch us who are poor in just fifteen minutes time right here on. well moscow and the couple have agreed to step up efforts to fight opium production in afghanistan that comes after president hamid karzai criticized an anti drug raid by nato and russian forces which he said was carried out without his government's consent azziz a military analyst says the afghan leader realized he needs to join the international and to you narcotics effort to boost his own popularity in the country. just as expected afghan 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 is on the fish top lobbyist for afghan drag lords and now he has a unique opportunity to lead the way to be the counter narcotic police in hell man

to khandahar and thus to prove he's relevance as a genuine leader afghanistan and to lead the aerial and airborne assault on the poppy fields in southern afghanistan can prove for the regular afghans that after all i mean i could make a total reverse from being an official top political cover for the drug lords a genuine military leader of afghanistan who could also take full responsibility in a counter-narcotics and maybe later counter corruption campaign in his own country . we're coming to you live from moscow this is our now let's take a look at in some other international news in brief making headlines this hour barack obama has begun here's the latest foreign store in india the country that may help the u.s. boost its economy and beef up security in the region meanwhile the president's

personal security is being well taken care of he won't be hit on the head from above coconuts removed from the palm trees and obama will also enjoy safety in his next destination delhi where eighty foot high towers with searchlights have been built around his hotel even monkeys in a neighboring jungle won't disturb the president our special monkey catches could be the high road ahead of christmas day these. 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 rescued that's according to chinese media there are few victims among the visitors as the blaze started shortly after the center opened up over sixty shops were located in the center many of them selling electronics. well up next it's all to use a close up series as we continue to explore what russia has to offer. and

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 lost forests are an abundant natural resource for the region and a priceless recreational activity for residents. found herself in the heart of the siberian wilderness. and 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. 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 can just

go to the forests and go gather that 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 in 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 live 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 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. our company processes wild berries we store frozen berries in industrial fridge 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 with your wife is this before we patrol the surrounding forests the folly here is quite diverse you can spot alex perry 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 and 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. come in urban people are just not suited

to all this it takes no one animals habits and being a good shot 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 time now for the business update with yulia. hello and a very warm welcome to the business news finance ministers from the asia pacific region have agreed to avoid using their currencies as trade weapons the decision was made in order to promote more balanced and sustainable regional growth but today a gathering of finance chiefs from the twenty one member asia pacific economic cooperation forum was a preview to

a meeting of leaders of the same states in europe or how many of tokyo at next week's gathering they will work to map out across strategy to discuss regional economic integration hundred view progress toward the group's goal of open trade in the spent. you create is rapidly regaining the trust of international finance agencies says the i.m.f. how weather and i.m.f. commission which is visiting the country is still to make a decision on giving its second tranche of the fifteen billion dollar loan. he has more. resources 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 jan the country has seen a six percent growth in g.d.p. compared with the disastrous decline last year and this came partially due to less spending on imported natural resources the critical point to me as

successfully passed to the crisis the cheap gas price from russia. to the gas price i mr mr. price which will be a little bit higher. growth which is one of the warmest in europe but despite the positive trend skee 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 on the victory. the funds delegation has a right to kiev to assess whether the new government is fulfilling the loans obligations some of which are deeply unpopular among the people i met delineation see some progress. in two thousand and eight and. crean finally has significant raise prices for.

fifty percent which was very negative for. a 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 problem. russian. than. the government much from. mani's important artistic 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 us 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. for business today from key of ukraine. russia may see the largest airlines ever created within its domestic market rayno nice and wants to expand its own mission. after balls to a controlling stake with a recent blessing from prime minister putin it seems most likely to happen but in the course all reports green only sun has got the green light to expand its stake in the country's top carmaker after the us investment firm troika dialog and state holding russian technologies each twenty five percent one a bulls could sell part of their stake allowing in reno nissan to take control. but we have

a desire to buy choice the dialog share and after and we are in negotiations however we have not come to any decision yet we are not in a hurry and i have plenty of time however both renault. are interested in buying troika dialog share analysts say the government is keen to give a foreign investor control in the comic 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 the economy go with a new technology and motels at a cost of more than three 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 which hopes to profit from the doubling of russia's car market over the next five years we have to see the company will have

a significant presence in russia. jointly. actually as will be the largest alliance in russia ever. rush a b. and of the day is one of the few. unsaturated core markets of course excluding china and india after our sales have jumped as a result of the government subsidized same scheme and the company moved into profit in the first half of this here in 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 don't question the business r.t. . that's data from now but you can always find more stories on our website r.t. dot com slash business.