the official. pulled touch from the still. life on the go. video on demand on t.v.'s among the old girls. on a sense feeds in the palm of your. comb . a recap of the stories that shape the week moscow calls georgia's arrest of thirteen alleged russian spies a political power same to scoring political points back home to police scenes move

was also met with mistrust little one of russia's top investigative journalist severely beaten in moscow his professional activities suspected to me a motivation for the attack little responsible and good will cost the smuggler one hundred five dollars in iraq he will sell it to iran over four hundred poverty and despair forced many iraqis to smuggle banned alcohol to neighboring iran at risk of their freedom and even their life. and president obama's party suffers a defeat in the u.s. midterm elections but many say it's ordinary americans who may have lost out as big business played a big part in deciding the outcome of. midnight

in moscow i match reza good to be with you here on our team as we look at today's top stories and a look back at the week's news in a fresh james bond style scandal between georgia and russia tbilisi confirmed on friday that it had arrested thirteen people accused of spying for moscow russia says the whole story is a political farce and that georgian authorities are simply attention seeking ahead of a nato summit as are reports many georgians fear the government's anti russian mania could land them in prison for espionage too. for alina this spy scandal was a horrible deja vu her own husband. was thrown into prison for allegedly spying for russia during the two thousand and eight conflict between georgia and south the city or. they said some three thousand three hundred pages of data which my husband supposedly sam to russia that's a blatant lie we have presented evidence numerous times that on from mation with witchcraft and worked was just his analysis if you look at his case you'll see that

it's easy to say that anyone's a spine georgia from being a. villain as husband was george's envoy to nato he was named in the documentary just shown on one of george's main channels to as one of the russian spies who didn't get away in fact the film was just part of what seemed to be a spy novel unraveling in a small caucasus country over the past week thurst the news of the arrests that came suddenly and not from the authorities but through western news source then a week of silence after which the georgian interior ministry made the announcement with much pomp and circumstance aspiring for years a work by the georgian counter-intelligence service a mall invaded into russia's chief intelligence directorate so what is this latest spy scandal all about a political farce a desperate plea for attention or simply much ado about nothing moscow says it's

a combination of all three and many say it won't do georgia any good mosco reacted almost immediately the saakashvili regime suffers from some chronic spine mania fueled by under russian sentiments in recent years the georgian leadership has resorted to fabricating similar scandals more than once cynically hoping to political dissidents inside the country and abroad some analysts believe the whole affair was an attempt to put pressure on georgia's opposition. the regime of saakashvili does not feel safe and they use any possible to again even in their struggle against a position which still is not consolidated body is getting him in power more and more and in georgia the spy story was met with distrust. everything that concerns any information coming from the georgian authorities is highly don't fall

and with a healthy dose of irony. this whole affair seemed to be fashioned on the american spy scandal. on the chaplain the sick symbol that apparently tastes at the same time it's an attempt to lead the situation between russia and georgia to have those collation. the twelve tbilisi in mosco exchanged verbal blows one woman continues to wait for justice for her and. i'm not afraid but i know that if need be georgian authorities can accuse not only me but any georgian citizen in spying for any contradiction they don't need to trade now but when they will they will accuse me of the committee. to be lisi georgia russia receive nato proposal for a joint european missile defense system wednesday the alliance the secretary general was on a visit to moscow and has for rasmus and stressed that nato sees russia as a friend and an essential player in

a regional stability president medvedev said partnership with the alliance could boost security in europe and the world the meeting comes ahead of a nato summit in lisbon later this month which the president will attend an expert on conflict resolution dmitri trenin tells our team that a joint russian nato missile defense project could be a breakthrough for both sides. the secretary general is a champion of joint missile defense on russia's russian. corporation with nato on missile defense he made that statement his first speech on russia first major speech on any issue he made. last year basically you need to realize that no amount of the strategic arms reduction limitations can transform the russian nato russia west and russia us relationship one nice to have us to teach a collaborative project and it looks like missile defense is the one thing the silver

bullet the project that key has the potential at least transformed the entire russian and western relationship it's a game changer or it with failed to seize appalled that it could be a game breaker. nato the original plans for an anti-missile shield in europe sent russia's relations with the alliance to a new low but recently things have been on the mend in september nato invited russia to take part in the alliances next summit last month the two sides carried out a joint and drug raid in afghanistan. and while russia and nato boost cooperation in afghanistan moscow delivered the first of sixteen planes with weaponry to kabul on tuesday the arms are being supplied free following an agreement between the two sides on fighting militants and drug trafficking russia's defense minister says it's possible the country's military experts will help train afghan security forces moscow has those stated that its troops will not return to afghanistan despite earlier speculation. turning to the u.s. politics the midterm elections in the u.s.

have dealt a serious blow to the obama administration republicans wrote a wave of public frustration with the pace of economic recovery to win a majority in the house of representatives but experts say it's not the regular voters but big business cash that's determined the outcome. this was a special election year in the us for the first time corporations were allowed to funnel as much money as they wanted into political campaigns and they definitely did not miss out on the chance to buy influence on capitol hill we've come to take our government and by big business is pumped hundreds of millions of dollars into the pockets of the republican party that's now in charge of the house of representatives so what was at stake what they're hoping to do is bend the laws and regulations or prevent new laws and regulations from being approved they'll cut their bottom lines the problem is that a lot of these rules and regulations exist for a purpose they're supposed to protect the public interest to watch corporate

influence inaction take republican john boehner now a majority leader in the house of representatives wall street invested millions of dollars in his campaign he's also a darling among large health insurers oil firms and drug manufacturers baner is campaigning against all kinds of government regulations and against a tax increase for the rich and other republican congressman spencer baucus is going to be the chair of the house committee on financial services he has reportedly taken over four million dollars from wall street employees to fight against tougher rules for the financial market and it seems there is no way around it the election system in the u.s. is such that it's virtually impossible to run for office without strong financial backing but the bigger the backing the more candidates over to their benefactors many argue the latest supreme court decision which made it possible for corporations to invest unlimited amounts of money in politics and be able to be credited as anonymous donors has basically legalized corruption one definition

of core option is the private to think of public party two years ago corporations supported obama knowing it was going to bail them out but now that he imposed tougher rules on the financial market. and wants to increase taxes for the rich they're betting against his party no fear mongering and constant attacks on obama were arguably the perforations the main tools for making things work their way and it wasn't hard with most americans on happy with the way economy works and with the unemployment rate at its worst in almost thirty years people are frustrated they're deeply frustrated with the pace of our economic recovery some corporate darling channels like fox news were especially good at channeling people's trust gratian. but many americans now fear their interest to be left down because of someone's

special interests on the outside this democracy is new for white people coming to polling stations putting a cost with the name of the candidate they lie with in these elections with the influence of corporations on meat it seems who really has the vote in american mail is money going to check out on t. washington d.c. . as a republican stage a comeback in congress one republican a former president is also making a comeback with memoirs a little later this hour we'll look at how people remember george w. bush two years on. now if you get a job after that as well iraq war a lot of things there of about george bush i think will be like harry truman it may take twenty years twenty years later i think will be looked upon as maybe a decent president. turning to iraq where war has ravaged the economy with estimates suggesting a quarter of the population lives below the poverty line many resort to illegal

means to make ends meet smuggling spirits into neighboring iran where drinking is banned or tea sebastian meyer follows the booze trail. in northern iraq kurdish smugglers load their horses with hundreds of boxes of booze they're taking into a vein although alcohol is forbidden in the public much of tehran's boars wasn't can't resist a drink and the smugglers provide them with an extraordinary selection we hear in a smuggler storm in a mountainous area of northern iraq that borders around 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. this box of luck it will cost a smuggler one hundred five dollars in iraq he will sell it in tehran for over four hundred of all the profits appear amends to men 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 he does work for the poor uneducated and desperate. i do this because i'm a literate i don't know how to do you thing 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 by others who have been wounded in police ambushes have been fined up to half a million dollars to invent charge the price of the bullets that was shot with a mind they stepped on oh yeah we crossed the border and there are explosions shootings i restore fights terrible much 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 there and then it is this isn't

a lion and there's no food or drink it's given the cold and wet now and we leave you down. on the other side said hundreds of a rainy. border police some in concrete towers bunkers in canvas tents put all this in their pursuit to keep the smugglers out of their country a few days before we arrived he mounted an ambush on one of the smugglers. came from the other side into three of my music. and show everyone. the remains left the corpses rotting on the riverbank as a warning to the smugglers nine a phone call comes in scene that the group is clear that the smugglers quickly finish packing their horses and then take off towards the border would 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 maya party on the iran iraq border. still ahead this hour we'll tell you about what could be the fuel of

the future our team takes a look at whether thore and could become the chief clean energy source that might put an end to oil fumes. russia's prime minister has been thrill seeking again we'll look at inviting your prudence latest extreme. but first top level police investigations been launched into a vicious attack on a russian investigative journalist all i'd caution a correspondent for the newspaper commerce was brutally beaten near his home on mosque i friday night he's already undergone two surgeries and doctors say his condition is serious but stable investigators name caution professional activities as one likely reason behind the assault police obtained c.c.t.v. footage showing two people attacking the journalist the case has drawn a wide public response with many rallies in support of caution happening in moscow and st petersburg russia's president dmitri medvedev says the attackers must be found and punished sileo former editor in chief of commerce says caution is bold

writing could indeed have provoked anger among some. of course the reason for this attack is conscience professional activity he was a popular blogger and he was more open and outspoken in mind than in the paper common sense has a certain more reserved style this beating is very similar to the attack on the journalist mikhail because of which took place a couple of years ago this mention of his fingers for example so that the person could not write any more there is a horror show element here in japan seems ready to mend ties with russia has had some bastard to return to last hour earlier than expected he was recalled following a spat over president made better as a visit to the coral islands that tokyo also claims but artie's oxide of boyko reports that moscow has not forgotten its remote territory and in fact has big plans for it. it's a leftover from the second world war old soviet tanks rusting on the shore but

their barrels pointed toward japan they're about to be scrapped format when the visit by the russian president put them at the center of another fiery exchange between russia and japan discovered in the seventeenth century the audience changed hands several times to the soviet union lost in the month to expel the japanese army from the islands in all the stuff nineteen forty five that prevented the two countries from signing a peace treaty living a door open for japan to claim the arlen sovereignty. sixty five years after their handover the tussle to define the islands national identity still goes on this crossed a period here if you years ago when the russian orthodox church opened its parish on the island of secret town after decades of seeing its population window they are and is now in the midst of a baby boom. we have the highest birth rate in the entire celing region there are many kids here and parents bring them to be baptized and living standards acquired

decent nowadays just a few hundred metres from the church i did to you my motor is teaching japanese at a local school and here class. seven greater sit alongside their parents and many of them getting a job and japan is their best shot at lifting their families out of poverty our class is a very popular and people keep coming here year after year and hippias sometimes it seems like i am with my family again. this is precisely why the president came here to tell the locals that russia has not forgotten about them. and while the regional officials try to paint a pretty picture of the roads and crumbling infrastructure betrayed the island's chronic financial problems. it's an important part of our land we would definitely invest some money into the region. and the midst of reach dishing grounds the ons are a prime spot to buy seafood an opportunity that michel medvedev didn't miss lloyd

what is it smelt can i get some. while fish and seafood are affordable here everything else cost almost twice as much as on the mainland the locals complained of unreliable supply but as the president noticed one item was always in stock. apparently don't have any problems with the supply of alcohol here. the president's visit wasn't missed on the japanese side talkies foreign minister said the trip heard japanese public sentiment and temporarily recalled its ambassador from moscow . it is extremely regrettable that president made very do visited the korea lions even though japan had earlier notified russia that there could be a negative impact on bilateral relations his russian counterpart was unmoved. because that only japan's reaction isn't acceptable it's our land and russian president was visiting russian territory was already explained this to our japanese porkers plan to once again in

a big risky retreat this position however we're not going to take any steps that would hinder relations while the russian officials consider last week's rout over the greenland's unfortunate they stressed that their first priority is to make sure that the people who actually believe on the islands aren't left feeling marooned according to a two thousand and nine nationwide poll about ninety percent of russians would strongly object to handing the grill audience over to japan but the overwhelming majority of the respondents have never visited this territory and are very likely to do so in the future the audience may be and then ted rall part of russia on the map but they cannot make clear and logistically they're still very much a foreign land and some of the r.c. in russia's far east. remember our website artie dot com is always ready to keep you posted on all the stories and everything else we cover online right now sixty nine years ago russian troops parade in red square before marching off to war the

nazis had nearly reached the capital take a look at this year's commemoration ceremonies on our web site. was the rats and the beautiful according to some and it's been proved by an unusual beauty pageant in russia you can watch rodents from around the country strut their stuff on our website a click away at our t.v. dot com. turning to greener news now while some scientists look for green and cheap ways to produce energy others claim they've known the answer for years a metal called doria is clean abundant and millions of times more efficient than coal or to discover why it has yet to gain a foothold in the market. we

all use energy but at what cost. energy security why many more rules to all thought the oil's running out and there doesn't seem to be a viable alternative insights but unbeknown to most there's an energy still states clean green and abundant all over the globe story m z nuclear fuel and its supporters believe it will change the wild conflicts that we see today based around energy could go away and that these energy sources that i'm talking about which don't emit carbon dioxide or or greenhouse gases and don't produce dangerous wastes could. unable to have cleaner water cleaner air and less intrusion on our environment from energy production a ton of the silvery metal produces as much energy as two hundred tons of uranium ore three and a hoffa million tons of coal. the amount of thorin that would take her via all the

power to run your entire life. is about the size of a marble that big a group working on three in the u.k. says it hasn't managed to get the british government on board so far so it's looking to cooperate with countries like russia for several years now a russian physicist has been proposing to build solar in power stations but ironically his idea is haven't been taken up a lot of focus on renewables at the moment so maybe that. they feel that there's more public support. than. research on thore and was largely halted in the middle of the last century after a year rainy and powered reactor was designed. many believe also fell out of the spotlight because making a bomb out of it is thought to be almost impossible but today not all scientists are thore i'm converts in reactors. every challenge and it's

a whole new technology which has very insurmountable problems in my opinion. since two thousand and seven cities from london to sydney have held our turning the lights off to save energy proponents say if the warri of power became a reality we could turn the lights back on with confidence it's. the room's a divisive thing some say it's a technology that's being tried tested and found lacking all the say that because the light water reactor got there first the room was never given a proper chance but while it's cheap abundant and even a possibility the scientists here at the annual florian conference say give it a go it might even change the world you're at it. and another

mineral has already changed the world but i don't much higher price coltan is an essential material for making electronic devices but our team finds out why it's threatening human lives in our special report coming your way in a little more than an hour. would be useless without this mineral. is needed to make. good use of culture and is extracted at a cost to life. after two years out of the limelight george w. bush has published memoirs reflecting on his life presidency and confessing some mistakes from the past henri harford also known as the resident took to the streets of new york to check out what memories people have of him and if time has changed his image.

decision points george w. bush's memoir hitting bookstores everywhere how do you remember him this week let's talk about that i remember him as will ferrell being dropped to the stage gently on the cable from a helicopter landing in times square fictionally being. and saying when you arrived that was weird. obama's inaugural day that's how i remember going to prom with him the school my book do you think that people in general feel better about him now two years later than they did when he was in office. i would say that no but. but i don't think obama's really proven anything you know above and beyond what he did so makes him look a little better i guess than one might not be able to get a job after that as well iraq war

a lot of things i remember about george bush though do you think that his out of the limelight for a couple years has helped him it's a dollar is that kind of just i don't think it's changed you know the first six seven years were a good list year we had the financial difficulties and the difficult we do the war will be like harry truman it may take twenty years twenty years later i think you'll be looked upon as maybe a decent president if you think that's fair for a lot of presidents it takes some matches back i think so i think the only thing we could look barely upon initially was nixon with the watergate he never really seemed to recapture in the chlorine the bottom line is it's always easier to judge in hindsight so it'll be interesting to see what people think about bama two years after his president the end whether that's in two thousand and fourteen or twenty eighteen we'll have to wait and. propping up this news block now russia's prime minister seems to be looking to

become the world's fastest politician his need for speed was fulfilled in st petersburg where he took to the track on four wheels the world was visible space in my old soviet car it may have been a little crap but that didn't keep the premier premier from doing up to one hundred two hundred forty kilometers an hour in this f one race or yellow seems to be putin's favorite colors for cars earlier this year he took a spin along a new russian highway and a canary he would. clearly like to be in the driver's seat in the past he's been behind the controls of a jet fighter bikes and combine harvesters. be back shortly with a wrap up of the headlines stay with us here on r.t. . thanks thanks .