and of being a big prize for beauty. you're watching r t coming to you live from moscow where it's ninety am i'm 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 like mother mahdi 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 we warn you some images in the story you may find disturbing reports. are just a leg of mutton but he has just been hit by a six hundred thousand volt shock this happens every time one hundred people 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 board of shows that sort 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 depression of artists specifically says ship of all vocal religious minorities. ten years ago he shot a radical film in which he was authentic we crucified. i'm not the son of god sudden inscription on his back. a prominent orthodox christian youth organization and russia sued him for inciting religious hatred and knew there was no position their people had the right to be protected from having their beliefs insulted the man deserves punishment it was all a feel for him no biggie he's crazy. or my own government he did not wait for the

court decision and fled he's now living in exile and bulgaria no. 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 people have tried to destroy me just. we have laws to protect religious on the one hand to put in laws that protect the individual's right to freedom of expression between the two bills which were to lick was accused of committing hate crimes that they think is wrong with you. since his crucifixion performance dozens of other artists have been fined and have their shows close most after mass destruction by christian groups are disclaimed the russian state and also censorship from 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

there are thousands of responses for him because no one should be driven to suicide by religious fanatics says well why are you giving people on the internet the power to decide your life and there's a possibility for your death so as another it would be fun to see someone die suggest someone else legace fighting what seems to me were the aim now if you 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 if there are no artsy sofia bulgaria. coming up sick of all things some of you it was a georgian government band of the country's history some say it's only trying to draw public attention away from the problems of today. fears republicans will try to repeal president barack obama's health care a lot have risen following the u.s. midterm elections democrats lost control over the house of representatives animal now struggle to implement the reform when congress meets in two thousand and eleven

r.t.s. lauren lesser has been talking to a nine eleven hero from home a new health care system is the only hope to stay alive. new york for. the big apple it's the city that never sleeps and just beyond the urban chaos. neither does can it's george from one of the most. deer in his closet and you can see why here'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 the president obama he still can't afford his health care a lot of the medications i'm eating probably would. you know it's expensive his insurance fall short which means every month he has 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 already got a foot in the grave because of heart and lung disease that 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 in 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 ninety it put that

behind countries such as south korea bob the uk as well a bigger opinion yet the prime reason for the decline researchers say it's america's deteriorating health care system with a growing number of people who are uninsured or underinsured so well the course is about 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 will not work and 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. for these uncovered and you'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 constant constant right now lauren the sister r.t. new york 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 sensory

deprivation and being stripped naked feel shot are one of the lawyers in the case gave r.t.d. example of what his clients have to go through. well boy lovers they're in their homes usually with one who's usually one o'clock two o'clock in the morning the door is exploded twenty soldiers rush in. they're abused come often rifle butts huge sometimes whoa dude 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 rocky's and civilians they don't know what they've done they're never told the never charged. and more shocking details of the british campaign in iraq you know watch the full interview with phil shiner in an hour's time here on r t russian investigators say the vicious assault on a russian journalist may be

a link to his work an attempted murder inquiry is under way now a caution from the newspaper commerce and daily 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 the sold shows caution was attacked by two men who had apparently waited for him hear his home the case has sparked public outrage with rallies in moscow and st petersburg demanding authorities find those responsible the saudis say a special units that includes moscow's top investigators has been created for the case how georgia may soon ban all soviet symbols with a new law already passed the first hearing in parliament by the opposition says the new legislation is likely to become yet another attack on human rights in the country artist or a negotiator 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 maybe allow people with a communist back in mind to keep important parts. but lots of says many progressive e.u. members like poland a lot 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 shows that. has. anything. serious to think about and. nothing to say to the site other critics say that if tbilisi wants

to call it law all things the soviet then it means outlawing the communist party is well a prospect which doesn't go down well with party members. and lot of the polity this is yet another step in an anti people policy which our government is conducting this in attempt to rewrite history the situation in the country is critical people are really saying openly that it was better to live under socialism and 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 and 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 many of georgians earn that money with hard work mildred was no plan for commuters mostly straight right at stores that take time to turn around regime. who knows if

georgia's parliament has its way this to move 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 all together into this is georgia it even goes r.t. and all the way in just a few minutes here in our criminal cosmetics find out why the fake market is making people suffer from beauty. and now let's take a look at some of the stories coming from around the world in the u.s. is proposing to drop sudan from its list of states which supports terrorism as an incentive for the country to move towards pleas american officials say the pay for performance reward that includes the lifting crippling economic sanctions could be

in force as early as july next year comes on the condition that two upcoming referendums to stabilize the south are conducted fairly and the results respective votes or heart of the p.c. remain that and the country's devastating civil war in which two million people die . these have arrested a man suspected of shooting randomly at immigrants in a year long 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 a tamp of murders the victims nearly always immigrant backgrounds have been shot at bus stops in their cars and through the window of a gym. took me back to parties look said to prevail in myanmar's first election in twenty years the election has been condemned as neither free nor fair by washington and london with turnout as low as thirty percent after an opposition boycott most seats will go to proton to parties with wide international criticism after reports

of fraud and intimidation it is the first election since nine hundred ninety one myanmar's national league for democracy beat the army back to party in a landslide yet the result was ignored by 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 ready to let go more than fifty dissidents would have for months most wanted to zeile in spain but thirteen remain in prison because they refused to leave cuba a move seen as provocative to the government and those dissidents relatives known as the ladies of why protested in the capital have a man of demanding to release. these are removing protesters sprawled across railway tracks in northern germany in opposition to the use of 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 friends its journey has been delayed along the way due to protests and on sunday dozens of activists were injured during violent clashes with police. 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 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 our military contributor says it's high time for you to turn in the u.s. . 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 most of the taliban and the drug production and cultivation and the

policy of complete non interference of the you is boots on the ground against this op whom 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 provenge new offensive in southern afghanistan to be 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 all to which equivalent of three years of world consumption our military contracts are you getting her shop there. now there's lots more to discover online just have over to

r.t. dot com and serve at your own leisure with exclusive coverage videos and opinions there's plenty to keep you busy there but here's a quick taste of what's available online right now. the russian military face says it's the largest reform in years but some of the top brass are in why aren't marching to the tune of change. and this day nine hundred seventy five a russian naval officer one of the start naming soviet union tried to stage a marxist revolution of his own all the details and many more stories on our t.v. dot com. account of feed makeup and fragrances are making their way into beauty stores and underground kiosks across russia shoppers may be enticed by

a cheap price tag but and up with a low quality product which sometimes has severe side effects are more even optional finds 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 tip of the iceberg 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 us to everywhere. is a huge country and it's through a very hard to control all flows of product but the laws seem to be written specially to make it even worse last february they refused an 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 as here don't even make any secret out of their frame how much is chanel number five thirty

dollars thirty dollars it's cheap isn't it it's a fake you want it's produced in the united arab emirates illegally no there is a license it smells strange it's see it just may not be that curable than the original it's not always easy to tell the real from fake even an expert in a failed to spot the presence of the price can be a real quote a ten dollar tag for chanel or george or money going to tease that your person a fake brand and most likely one of love out into the bargain. fake is always many times cheaper but the real price to pay could be much greater when the running 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 red in the watering i couldn't drive because i couldn't see

anything i was diagnosed with blepharitis inflammation of the eyelids it led to kind of allergy thrown into says she'll never ever get anything for me to. shop again but the problem still remains as there is no guarantee even in particular stores or used. in the court they make fakes at home but they're 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 a beast grief notion r.t. mosco. of ray's update here in r.t. and stephanie is here with the latest business news dowry.

hello and welcome to the business but a ten cash may be no longer became a payment via mobile phones playing an increasingly important role in the russian market in fact operate to see it as a major shift everything he's seen admits that reports russians still have face in cash many people don't trust banks you just set history of default greeting cards are rare david cards are used mainly to was drawn from cash machines that leaves the field wide open to move while curators who can build on the common use of prepaid tunes but this is one of the fastest growing share of operators 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 mine you're in your phone and you can people in range of other goods people from small cities will benefit from mobile payments with fewer bangs well citizens of metropolis can top of their mobile on almost any foreigner saving time nurse and queues and for their rushing one to meet you at school because it's a crime to go home to scream and. rush you know because remember one of which is very old perspective especially from space perspective so i think we contribute to this around the banking. side you know we call our own bank customers their prospective. marker for and then see so you assume is no longer just a gadget it can replace your wallet. but a service is becoming widespread in russia now if you hop on a train becomes not just traffic free but also castree because you can simply pay

with your phone. then add a bit of a business card to moscow. and it's time now to have a look at the markets asian stock markets are mixed on monday as investors take a pause after last week's big gains but losses are being tempered by surprise jump in u.s. employment trance nikkei has gained more than one percent but the hang seng is trading slightly lower. and russian markets will start trading next hour that's after a short trading week last week due to the public holidays but forces closed mixed on wednesday the r.t.s. last point one percent while the my sex going to almost zero point two percent of the top line up around one percent the us left under us nickel close lost half a percent each on the r.t.s. . so last week russian industries took a break due to the public holiday on thursday and friday head of research research at four x. ray doogan explains how the markets will be catching up groschen this will grow

but. maybe in mon dieu because the more small correction because the market is the bit tired of course we need a small correction but after wards we are quite bullish on the markets are. generally speaking. 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 russian born physics nobel prize winner now living in the u.k. explains. it's a little bit could you from system done what i used to tool to have now a human child. probably one of the major problem is that you would have to contact money with a bit longer than me over the number much the route to support same team it's. probably needs a little bit logic rather especially for

a startup but those old mine a problem so it's a small approached me and the other countries as well so do you often know the depth the is this really nice system russian plan for on the mantel of a sewer so they say they provide bronson child support. sufficient for that for for a good lab so that's just to say this week is possible to prove my son's birthday you'll move back to russia one day at the moments that there are no your patients on russia and that was the reason one from another country and i would most probably try to go they all go there for a sabbatical of this. russia's innovation hubs skolkovo currently being created should be using individual approaches with companies to achieve maximum effectiveness that's according to the head of hewlett packard russia. we are we're making a decision on the best investment decision and world like to approach this as an

investment decision and i'm afraid skolkovo should be looking are doing a sales job a better snow job with large companies because their actual investment still remains questionable if we look at all the more user signed so far i would like to learn more word when the how and if to ward to what extent this conditions will be applicable to what is necessary for us in our oxy see because different companies may have different demands for the investment conditions. i'm not so the business news for now but of course you can always find more business stories if you log on to our website that's on t. dot com slash business.

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more news today violence is once again flared up the film these are the images and seeing from the streets of canada. operations are today. back here watching our you live from moscow a reminder of the top story solving zeile russian artists invites online users to electrocute him in a stance to highlight freedom of expression and outrage from his past actions by religious groups ten years ago on their mother mahdi shot a film in which he was crucified and the artist was sued for inciting religious hatred by sled to bulgaria before the court's decision.