and when looking and smelling good can turn out bad russians lured by sayed because maddox and and a pm they prize for beauty. what an honor to live in moscow with marina joshie welcome to the program a russian artist has strapped himself into an electric chair and has asked online viewers to vote on his fate. who lives in self-imposed exile in bulgaria is known for his controversial public stance and this time he says he's electrocution experiment is man's to highlight censorship issues in russia either on the right in front or it's. all just a leg mobility has just been hit by a six hundred thousand volt shock this happens every time one hundred people on the internet vote for him to receive a massive electric jolt anyone can vote he'll do this every night for

a week or until he's hospitalized at the new blue chips it's so like this is a test of how sometimes he interprets freedom do they want to use it to save or to kill me this is a lot about our society my remarks he says his electric shock treatment is symbolic of what he calls the oppression of artists specifically says ship of all vocal religious minorities. that years ago he shot a radical film in which he was authentic the crucified. i'm not the sort of go up so the inscription on his back. a prominent orthodox christian he thought that i was asian and russia sued him for inciting religious hatred i knew there was no position there people had the right to be protected from having their beliefs insulted the man deserves punishment it was all a feel for him no it's a pity he's crazy. that

a moment about how much he did not wait for the court decision and fled he's now living in exile and bulgaria. i paid a high price i am separated from my homeland but if i'd gone to prison i would have paid an even higher price those people have tried to destroy me just moved in with nothing in choice could our society is not tolerant of me and he's aggressive religious groups seek out things to be offended about with which i don't agree with his method but i support a living. like you. since his crucifixion performance dozens of other artists have been fined and have their shows closed most of the mass destruction by christian groups are to scream the russian state and doors of censorship for the i believe that would happen to a leg is really unjust our society is intolerant and these aggressive religious groups seek out things to be offended about. mathematics says he has no fear of death or thousands of responses for it because no one should be driven to suicide

by religious fanatics says one why are you giving people on the internet the power to decide your life and theirs fonts ability for your death so as another it would be fun to see someone die suggest someone else legace fighting what seems to be a worthy aim now he didn't get injured today but the funny thing happens to him over the next week everybody involved in this story will be a loser because there are no artsy sofia bulgaria. coming out here in our t.v. sick of all things saw it was a joy boys and decades of the country's history some say it's only trying to draw public attention away from the problems of today. fear republicans will try to repeal president barack obama's health care law or rise up following as a u.s. midterm elections democrats lost control over the house of representatives and will

now struggle to implement reform when congress meets in twenty one of an artist lauren lyster about an american for whom a new health care system is the only hope to stay alive. new york. the big apple it's the city that never sleeps and just beyond the urban chaos. neither does kenneth george one of the most. deer in his closet and you can see why there's a quote here kenneth is a sick man and despite appearances the photos with us politicians in plaques from the president recognizing him as a hero in the aftermath of nine eleven at ground zero is what i got from president obama he still can't afford his health care a lot of the medications i'm eating covered. you know it's expensive his insurance fall short which means every month you have to pick and choose what ailments he treats this is what i do a lot of times i stick with the course here to help me breathe at night and i skip

some of the other medications my sleeping pills that we sleep even without sleeping pills he hasn't slept well since nine eleven a city employee working on highways he was drafted into the search and rescue team in the aftermath of the attack on the twin towers basically picking up human remains and searching to see what it was or why the aftermath for him has been forced early retirement in a fixed pension basically a kick you know and a cut in health care which puts him in a deadly dilemma forced to make possibly life or death decisions because of the chronic diseases he suffers arising from his work at ground zero but i really got a foot in the grave with that heart and lung disease and all i did was get punished for getting sick doing my job down there the case is unique in that he was a nine eleven first responder grim statistics show he is not alone the united states now ranks forty ninth in the world in overall life expectancy this is a drop from twenty fourth back in one thousand nine hundred nine if put that behind countries that just south korea bosnia as well as bigger opinion yet the prime

reason for the climb researchers say it's america carrying health care system with a growing number of people who are uninsured or underinsured so well the. people just like kenneth i think that insurance companies make decisions that are not necessarily towards. the betterment of the patient some of his patients are even worse off than canada if they don't have insurance that means it's all out of pocket a lot of these people are not working there's a lot of problems and i think the president has tried. to repair a system that's out of whack you as president obama's health care reforms might. help someone like kenneth but there's still lots of red tape to be faced with insurers and now the reforms themselves are under threat from the house now controlled by republicans who vowed to overturn them but as the politicking goes on

kenneth still needs his prescriptions but i will tell you paid. these uncovered and he'll still be forced to make desperate choices on which ones he can afford and which ones he can't this in the richest and largest economy in the world in a country where he was praised as a hero by its president but that won't change his grim reality his prognosis as well as of his nobody knows. but just like the city that never sleeps kenneth george may not ever either who's going to take care of my family when i'm gone and even if his family does no one is resting easy concept that right now lauren this year r.t. new york and over one hundred iraqis are demanding a public inquiry in the u.k. over claims they were systematically abused by british troops between two thousand and three and two thousand and eight the allegations include torture or sensory deprivation and being stripped naked david scheiner one of the lawyers in the case

told r.t. what exactly british soldiers are accused of. well byelaws they're in their homes usually with their wives usually one o'clock two o'clock in the morning the door is exploded open twenty soldiers rush in. they're abused calf often rifle but sometimes hooded sometimes the women and children are abused in two of our cases pregnant women have miscarriages because they've been so badly abused. our clients are iraqis and civilians they don't know what they've done they're never told the never charged. and wash aka tales of the british campaign in iraq watch the full interview with phil shiner later this hour here in r.t. . investment russian investigators say the vicious assault on a russian journalist may be lengths to his work and attempted murder inquiries

under way and they caution from the newspaper commerce and underwent surgery twice after he was brutally beaten in moscow early on saturday morning doctors say his condition is serious but stable the c.c.t.v. footage from the scene of these sold shows caution was attacked by two men who had apparently waited for him near his home the case has sparked public outrage with rallies in moscow and st petersburg demanding authorities find those responsible the authorities say a special unit that includes moscow's top investigators has been created for the case. and there's lots more to discover online just head over to r.t. dot com any time in service to your own leisure was explosive coverage videos and opinions there's plenty to keep you busy there here's a quick taste of what's available on our web site. the russian military faces its largest reform years but some of the top brass are in marching to the tune of change. and on this day nine hundred seventy five a russian naval officer

a fat out of the stagnating saudi beauty and tried to stage a marxist revolution. all the details of many more stories on our. georgia my son ban all soviet symbols with a new law already passed the first hearing in parliament but the opposition says the new legislation is likely to become yet another attack on human rights in the country artist arena has more. out with the old in with nothing new the georgian parliament has approved a first hearing of what it calls a freedom charter it's controversial and seeks among other things to wipe out all soviet symbols the author of blood's a believes it's a necessary step to help georgia make

a break from the past. there are two main parts to it fighting terrorism and getting rid of the country's communist legacy georgia cannot develop in a democratic manner if we allow people with a communist back and mind to keep important posts. that lotsa says many progressive e.u. members like poland and not here have successfully adopted such a law and he thinks georgia should follow suit but not everyone agrees and many want the authorities to focus on the present rather than the past it. has. anything. serious think about and. nothing to say to this site other critics say that if tbilisi wants to outlaw all things the soviet then it means outlawing the communist party is well a prospect which doesn't go down well with party members. of those in london

a lot of the polity this is yet another step in an anti people policy which our government is conducting this is an attempt to rewrite history the situation in the country is critical people are already saying openly that it was better to live under socialism than in the current system the government is just trying to show the west that they belong there. aside from making everything hammer and sickle related illegal the plans would also tighten control over money transfers anyone receiving more than thirteen thousand dollars must name the source of that income. as they were based in total control over money transfers. overseas but only from russia but maybe georgia and that money with hard work is not proper to us democracy is straight right stores at a time of terror and regime. who knows if georgia's parliament has its way this time of the unknown soldier a soviet symbol in itself could soon to be outlawed it's been almost two years

since a world war two monument was controversially destroyed in a controlled explosion and the way it's looking right now georgia's government is not just rewriting history but on wiping it out altogether but this is georgia it even goes r.t. and all the way in just a few minutes criminal cosmetics find out why the fake up the fake make up russian people suffer for beauty. afghanistan's officials are hoping for change in their country now that the republicans have come out on top in the u.s. midterm elections in the fight against the taliban is bogged down nearly one hundred thousand american troops with more on the way but just like the insurgency afghanistan's drug industry remains robust supplying over ninety percent of the world's opium argues military contributor says it's high time for you to turn in u.s. strategy. almost all incoming military plus up of the us

surge has been concentrated in southern afghanistan however there is a huge discrepancy between the us military deployment in southern afghanistan which is the hub at both the taliban and the drug production and cultivation and the policy of complete non interference of the u. is boots on the ground against the poppy fields general betray us should we take initiative from the u.s. state department and unleash its special operation forces under the guidance of drug enforcement administration to conduct the three new offensive in southern afghanistan with the main focus of f.b.i. handing that drug lords who are basically the same landlords op in poppy fields second to conduct interdiction campaign against the drug traffickers and third

to conduct the special forces raids against the stockpiles of which equivalent of three years of world consumption. military contributor colonel of yanni her shop there now let's take a look at some other stories from around the world and the u.s. is proposing drops its list of states which support terrorism in exchange for the country's political cooperation american officials say the pay for performance report that includes lifting crippling economic sanctions could be enforced as early as july next year it comes on the condition that two upcoming referendums to stabilize the south go ahead fairly the votes are part of the peace agreement that ended the country's devastating civil war in which two million people died. police arrested a man suspected of shooting randomly at immigrants in a yearlong rampage in sweden the suspect is a swedish national with a gun license and no criminal record he has denied the allegations the thirty eight

year old was arrested on suspicion of one murder and seven attempted murders the victims nearly all with immigrant backgrounds have been shot a bus stops in their cars through the window of a gym. melandri party's looks to prevail. in first election in twenty years the election has been condemned as neither free nor fair by washington and london was turnout as low as thirty percent after an opposition boycott most seats will go to pro john to parties with wide international criticism after reports of fraud and intimidation is the first election since nine hundred ninety one we are more as a national league for democracy be the army back party in a landslide you have the result was ignored by the john doe. the deadline to free thirteen political prisoners has passed in cuba after opposition activists protested against the government's inaction in july president raul castro agreed to

let go war than fifty dissidents within four months most went into exile in spain but thirteen remain in prison because they refused to leave cuba a move seen as provocative to the government. dissidence relatives known as the ladies and why protested in the capital have an advantage. police are removing protesters scrawled across railway tracks in northern germany in the latest act of opposition to the government's commitment to nuclear energy activists are trying to hold a train carrying over one hundred tons of nuclear waste on its final leg of its route from france its journey has been delayed along the way due to a protest with dozens of activists injured on sunday during violent clashes with police. counterfeit make up and fragrances are making their way into beauty stores and on the ground across russia shoppers may be enticed by a cheap price tag but add up with a low quality product which sometimes to severe side effects are just more even

find out how vendors of the fake stuff get away with it. up to thirty percent of all cosmetics in russia afaik it's a huge figure but even these official stance by the ministry of internal affairs could just be the teeth of the i.r.s. broke almost every month police raids torus with illegal goods produced both in asian countries and incandescent operations in russia's own backyard but counterfeit leap sticks and perfume as to everywhere russia is a huge country and it's through a very hard to control all flows of products but the laws seem to be written specially to make it even worse last february there are fused in obligatory certification for cosmetics and there are no longer inspections so how'd could do better. you want to go to another post shop in the center of moscow so is here don't even make any secret out of what they're offering how much is chanel number five thirty dollars thirty dollars it's cheap isn't it it's

a fake you want is produced in the united arab emirates illegally know there is a license it smells strange it's the same it just may not be the curable than the original it's not always easy to tell the real from fake even an expert can fail to spot the difference the price can be a real quote a ten dollar tab for chanel or giorgio armani going to tease the here person a fake brand and most likely the valve into the bargain. fake is always many times cheaper but the real price to pay could be much greater when the running a book most current from a scene a special and unforgettable luke she could hardly imagine what kind of special it would turn out to be. here the first week was all fine but then my i started it in terribly became a read and were watering i couldn't drive because i couldn't see anything i was diagnosed with. inflammation of the eyelids it led to kind of allergy thrown into

says she'll never ever get anything from a dubious. shop again but the problem still remains as there is no guarantee even in particular stores or used or. they make fakes at home but there are also huge fake productions entire factories with equipment similar to those the real brains use or they can just steal from real thick trees so you could get the gene when in an underpass but just as well a fake is especially shop. so it looks a lot like a game of russian roulette you'll never know for sure whether it's fake or not and whether you'll be left a beauty or beast grief notion r.t. mosca. as right now it's time for a business update was stephanie dowrick. hungry for the full story we've gone to. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. to

be soon which brighter. moon a song from steve kruschen. starts on t.v. dot com. hello and welcome to the business but it's a cash may no longer be king of payments via mobile phones playing an increasingly important role in the russian market operate to see it as a major. scene i do reports russians still have faith in

cash many people don't trust beings you just said history of defaults greeting cards are rear david cards are used mainly to was drawn from cash machines that leaves the field wide open to move while operators who can build on the common use of prepaid. base is one of the fastest growing. operators of revenues and it will continue to grow quite rapidly according to both operators estimations and other analysts now we have very truly all people having mobile phones we think that micro payments will very well be very popular among russians ninety five percent of mobile prepaid on your new phone and you can people in range of other goods people. from small cities will benefit the most from mobile payments who with fewer bangs well citizens of metropolis can top of their mobo on almost any corner saving time nurse and q.'s and all they're rushing to meet you're

screwed because it's a crime to go home to scream and. down the street you know most because remember born here which is very old perspective especially from speakers so i think we contribute to this around to be thinking. society do you know what we call our own thing just apart from their perspective marker for the mainstream so your food is no longer just a gadget it can replace your wallet. but to service is becoming widespread in russia now if you hop on a train becomes not just traffic free but also cash free because you can simply pay with your phone then add a bit of a business card to moscow. and that's have a quick look at the equity markets asian stocks are mixed on monday as investors take of course after last week's big gains but losses are being tempered by

a surprise jump in u.s. employment japan's nikkei is up almost one percent but the hang seng is trading slightly lower. last week was a short one for russian markets you to public holidays by forces closed a mixed on wednesday the r.t.s. lost a point one percent more than my six gained almost point two percent was the top around one percent after the new us next both lost half a percent each on the r.t.s. . so last week russian indices took a break due to a public holiday on thursday and friday head of research at four x. called under a delusion explains how the markets will be catching up. groschen this will grow much maybe. maybe in mondale because the more correction because the market is a bit tired and of course we need a small correction but after wards we are quite bullish on the markets this opteron generally speaking so it's very very positive. russia could conquer up to three

percent of the world's nanotechnology market by two thousand and fifteen if all goes according to plan but there's still plenty of hard work ahead our russian born physics nobel prize winner now living in the u.k. explains it's with him it's from system than what i used to to have now a human child. probably one of the major problem is that you would have to contra money with a bit longer than a year of the many months or so to do to support the same team and. we probably need a little bit logic rather especially for. those all the problems i think there are some of the publicity and the other countries as well so do you know that there is this were a nice system russian farm for the month or sewer so they day they provide grounds which are in principle sufficient for that for for

a good lab so that's just this week it's possible to do my science bar so you move back to russia one day at the moment there are no your patients from russia and the reason or the reason one from another country and i would most probably try to go they all go there first bicycle to. russia's innovation hubs spoke of a common being created should be using individual approaches with companies to achieve maximum effectiveness that's according to the head a few packet russia. we are making a decision on the best investment decision and we would like to approach this as an investment decision and i'm afraid skolkovo should be looking are doing a sales job a better job with large companies because the actual investment still remains questionable if we look at all the more use signed so far i would like to learn more where when how and then to war to what extent this conditions will be

applicable to what is necessary for us in our d.c. because different companies may have different demands for the investment conditions. and that's up to eight now but of course you can always find more stories if you look on twelve website that's all t dot com slash business. holidaymaker

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what an hour to live from moscow here's a look at the top stories a self exalted russian artist invites online users to electrocute him in a stance to highlight freedom of expression and that outrage from his past actions by religious groups ten years ago and shot a film in which he was crucified and.