bracing to catch up with the president nato gathers for a summit in lisbon to try and tackle its post cold war identity crisis. bringing democracy to others u.s. style with u.s. money american slammed their government for the billions of taxpayer dollars funding regime change abroad which they say is only backfiring on them. and russian lawmakers are set to relieve the country's overcrowded prisons by granting minor a fan earth a chance to stay out of jail. you're

watching live from moscow i'm marina joshie welcome to the program nato soul searching summit is to kick off in portugal on friday and the alliance is developing a new strategy to tackle its identity crisis it was created sixty years ago as a military bloc opposing the sauvie union almost two decades after the end of the cold war and nato is still looking for a clear contemporary goal lauren lyster reports. it's the biggest and oldest military alliance in modern times but when you think about what it's places in the world today. the answer doesn't come easily and not just for one speech with american officials decades after the cold war ended with no common enemy originally supposed to define i defend western europe against the soviet union nato allies have been at

a loss for a new one and it was rightly or purpose it was one of identity crisis for a while we can severely by the seemingly endless afghan war with nato members growing weary in countries such as canada and the netherlands pulling troops out the power of the block is in question. many of the places in the world where. form. and perhaps the consequences of a growing group of now twenty eight nations driven together but still largely led by the interests of one of the states is trying to. directly tries to use need. to fulfill american missions yet everyone feels the strain with goals not laid out since before the attacks on nine eleven which drove the alliance into war there's not much that's concrete to guide an organization seemingly in crisis which is just one reason why now when lisbon this meeting

matters here at the nato summit the alliance will try to buy for modern relevance with the promise of new strategic goals but also here in lisbon are another group of international critics who believe that there is no place for nato in the twenty first century reiner brown is planning an anti nato protest you know i think there is no place for major i think there is no place for me. because you can. a problem with military not and nato is now looking to an old foe for help solving its problems with drop which has now emerged as. basically a one of the leading global players it's impossible for nato to deal with such. issues like the war i'm going we're in afghanistan they're looking to russia for help with supply routes in fighting the drug trade and now an

organization that famously touted a mission of keeping the russians out and the americans in needs the russians in afghanistan to help americans get out i'm not sure what nato is in the twenty first century and i think it's i was dated and without a major rethinking of its goals policies and missions and alliances looking for a new place in the world may find itself and. the answer. fumbling along without one more in mr r.t. lisbon portugal. russia and nato have been disagreeing over how the illegal drug trade and afghanistan should be tackled moscow insists the alliance should start eradicating afghan poppy fields which nato is reluctant to do again bush on a virus rector of the russian foreign minister is diplomatic academy so the problem should be dealt with more effectively. from people in the west so.

many people who depend on drug production so if you take drugs from them they will go to terrorists and of course russia cannot accept this kind of strategy and we put pressure on the west to fight drug trade because it's a good evil for us and i think that recently we've had some achievements we had joint operations with nato countries against drug producers difficult will drive the drug problems not only for us it's also for europe and the souls of america but we have to do to do something for this presence to take drugs from them and give them some of the choice to go live like it used to be done in thailand with those people who used to rely on drug production and later became just peaceful normal peasants. and here's a peek of the peculiar case of a russian businessman labeled as a merchant of death over leader viktor but is now going head to head with the u.s. justice system as russia calls for us our best to gauge. and as the

dad stricken united states struggles with economic downturn more americans are beginning to wonder where all their taxpayer money is going the u.s. is funding two costly overseas wars bailing out private companies and banks that's not all artes john haas reports on how washington is investing its cash in revolutionary ways. this is what u.s. backed regime change used to look like back in the days in a bid to ensure u.s. political and economic interests were safeguarded cia backed coup d'etat was announced a democratically elected leaders from hama knows a doc in iran to sell the door again day in chile. by the one nine hundred eighty s. the reign of terror that blazed across latin america by washington's henchmen was too much for most people to stomach to replace the overt support for dictatorships a new concept through change was born one that sounds and looks better democracy promotion dr william robinson is the foremost expert on regime change to democracy

promotion he wrote the book promoting poli arky might an american. eastern europe with the velvet revolution in africa. people east or really all over all over the world and so the us set up these different mechanisms now for penetrating the civil societies and the political systems that don't have countries that are going to be intervening time to assure that the outcomes would be pleasing to two washington foreign policy objectives we do this through surrogates and we do this through non-governmental organizations and we do it through people who are. less suspecting of the evil that may lurk behind their actions then perhaps they were before. have we learned some lessons of that guard you bet do we do it better you bet is it still just as highness as it always was you bet so while the goals remain the same it's no longer the cia but the u.s. agency for international development and its partners spearheading this effort like the cia usa id the national endowment for democracy and the slew of similar

organizations receive funding from congress millions and millions of u.s. taxpayer dollars go every year to funding for political organizations who campaigns in different countries around the world that promote u.s. agenda and most u.s. . the fact that that's how their money's being spent to meddle and influence and interfere in other nations affairs the concept of facilitating regime change to democracy promotion has garnered widespread criticism not just abroad but also here at home just terrible we use taxpayers' money to go over and use our military and our cia and these programs to say this is what you ought to do and influence and there's no authority for that it doesn't work it was a lot of people to despise us to have compassed our team washington d.c. thing. taken hornberger a president of the future of freedom foundations has funding regime change abroad is threatening the u.s. economy this is essentially u.s.

foreign policy and has been for many decades it's a foreign policy that is based on interfering in the elections and political affairs of other nations with the intent of bringing people into the imperial fold of the us empire the us government has no more commitment to democracy to dictatorship they supported saddam hussein throughout the eighty's when looking now on the horizon at the prospect of governmental bankruptcy this is a government that is spending one point three trillion dollars more than what it. is borrowing massively we now know that the fed is inflating massively you would think people start saying hey do we really need to be doing this especially when it's affecting our financial and economic wellbeing and hopefully that those that type of thing you start to now awaken within the american people. jacob whoremonger from the future freedom foundation there now still have for us our here in our second chance at three russia's petty criminals could soon walk out of prison find

out why their terms are being cut short and who's behind the initiative. russia's foreign ministry insists that businessman victor borge should be tried fairly in the united states the alleged claims has been put under severe pressure by u.s. authorities to admit charges of arms trafficking and terrorism what she has denied after being extradited from thailand earlier this week he is now in solitary confinement in your jail but is facing a sentence from twenty five years to life in prison his trial is set to begin in january next year. reports. the case surrounding viktor bout has been quite a tug of war between russia and the u.s. and the presidential aide to dmitri medvedev recently spoke out saying that the charges that the u.s. have leverage against character buddha russian citizen and the serious and russia would like for those charges to be thoroughly investigated and russia is providing

assistance to victor boot but russian officials have underscored the fact that that does not mean or should not be translated into a meeting that moscow believes victor boot is innocent or guilty they are just trying to make sure that no laws are being violated and russian officials also said that they have nothing to hide in this circumstance the situation they're being very transparent and some have accused the u.s. of not being very transparent when it comes to picture boots extradition from thailand to new york you're. willing to stress to the u.s. authorities some very serious and. russian citizen we have nothing to can sue we do consider this case the. only thing of the we want to see this investigation for. the u.s. he will be given food to. students who were there the me we are claiming he's innocent moscow is also accusing washington of

a double standard so we have to remember boot forty three year old russian citizen is being accused of smuggling weapons to fork rebels that would have been used to kill americans yet russian officials say that washington did provide georgia with several weapons many weapons that were used during the war in the setting in which hundreds of civilians were killed so obviously a very contentious and sensitive situation surrounding victor and right now many are speculating about the fact of whether we can get a fair trial in the u.s. . we're in a reporting there from new york and in just a few moments r.t. brings your report from the scene of the world's your ass investigate the threats for a novelist for the environment and whether it has the potential to unleash another catastrophe. russia's petty criminals and first thought of sanders may get an early release from prison this comes after government calls to reform its

criminal code to stop on thier sentences and avoid prison overcrowding our jessica explores the alternatives in store for some of these and. the fourteen hundred women serving time here have one thing in common at some point in their life they all made a bad choice well you know i went over to my friend's house to get some minor back that he owed me but he refused to pay up so he didn't have any so so he's canary bird seed in there and i took it as collateral leader the police came and said i stole it after breaking and entering the price for a stolen canary bird that's instead of that i was sentenced history years in prison and i'm currently serving out my first. this extreme aspect of russia's legislation has been questioned by many including the country's lawmakers a system of alternative punishment for a lesser crimes in the works with people found guilty of minor law violations facing fines and house arrest rather than jail time used to put it on me you can't

put someone in prison because the chickens are legal system with these things and effectively there are harsh punishments for small misdemeanors and in some cases we're going instruments which are too late for meter crane we need to balance the system because despite recent statistics crime is on the rise. add that to overflowing prisons abysmal health conditions on the inside tough reintegration into society after serving time and the true nature of this problem becomes even more evident even financially the reform makes sense according to official data over a million people are currently in prison did russia with twenty percent serving up to three years for misdemeanors substituting their jail time with house arrest will free up the prisons lessen the burden of taxpayers and most importantly not give people. a reason to fall. if a person goes to jail following some. of the certain circumstances because he comes

out as a lifelong criminal but we have relevance to the backslide amounts to thirty to forty percent at the very least i mean almost half of them would become criminals. but there's much to do before these amendments get implemented into the legal system the electronic surveillance bracelets for example will rely on russia's glowing ass positioning system and it's not yet ready neither is the legal system with law enforcement not yet capable of the required visual surveillance of the proposition to stop throwing those found guilty of minor crimes behind bars is something that the women in this penitentiary can definitely get behind but even if the law is implemented the people serving time now may have to face the fact that they will have to serve and pay their debt to society in full without enjoying the benefits of an alternative punishment catron as our r.t. moscow region also take

a look at some other stories from around the world on protesters in haiti's capital thrown by u.n. troops amid rising anger grows over a cholera epidemic only there actually a dash of demonstrators some home accusing us of spreading the disease earlier in the week two people were killed in protest so far more than a thousand people have died from the break. twenty seven man are missing. following a blast in a coal mine in new zealand emergency services rushed to the scene after reports of a massive explosion at the pike river coal mine which is on the west coast of new zealand's south island five workers have surfaced from a different part of the plant say they do not yet know how many casualties there are or what caused the blast. the landslide triggered by heavy downpours in colombia has killed four people including a fifteen month old baby rain swollen rivers have burst their banks destroying crops roads and hundreds of thousands of homes in twenty out of thirty two colombian provinces it's the worst for a the season has claimed one hundred thirty eight lives the rainfall is expected to

continue throughout the weekend. astronomers in chile have confirmed the first discovery of a planet in the milky way the came from another galaxy two thousand light years from earth to jupiter like world and the star closely orbits are believed to be part of a group of stars known as the helmi stream scientists say this alien planet is now nearing the end of its life and could help better understand the ultimate fate of earth and the demise of our solar system. the turnout of disaster may have been the worst nuclear accident in history but scientists are warning of an even greater threat only a fraction of the nuclear material the reactor contained was expelled by the explosion back in one thousand nine hundred six massive amounts of lethally contaminated debris remain buried at the side as next year reports. almost quarter of a century since the chernobyl fallout a special confinement structure called the circle is still preventing more

radioactive emissions into atmosphere this structure the circus was built in one thousand eighty six just months after the disaster that you know will nuclear power plant back then experts predicted it would last for only twenty years until two thousand and six that is but it was strengthened and improved extending its lifetime for five more years the biggest question is how much nuclear fuel remains under the surface some experts believe that there is none as most of it did very polarized into the atmosphere and was spread around the chernobyl exclusion zone but many experts believe that there are ninety five percent of nuclear fuel still remaining under the surface and that could be tons and tons of nuclear material that. we believe that the nuclear fuel under the sea configures is no longer a solid mass like it was twenty four years ago there now is more a three layers of dispersed dust so should the presence of course because crops we can see a very powerful explosion are facilities as powerful as

a nuclear one. in order to avoid another catastrophe europe invested in the building of a new confinement in two thousand and seven french company was allowed to start the construction of an arch like steel structure to cover the facility three years later the project is underway with more than five hundred engineers building the new circle for next to the contaminated plant it won't be just the frame yes it will be a technological complex as multi-functional crane system will be installed inside the new structure eat. a final step the new safe confinement should provide the safety environment in the works in far the project's initial cost was thought to be half a billion euro now sources in chernobyl report that few. it has almost doubled but in the fight for the clinton safety no sum is too much the new confinement is

expected to be completed by the year twenty thirteen and is expected to last for another hundred years the only question is what is the fate of the nuclear power plant in some say that it may be dismantled there this new dome but that is only a speculation for now we only heard that this is a process which may take another seventy years and there are no technology to this day which would allow this to happen. see reporting from the church noble exclusion zone in ukraine don't forget to log on to our website r.t. dot com and where there are always more stories for you here are some of my cats. hitting the silver screen the story of the miraculous crash landing a plane carrying seventy two passenger traveling from russia's foreign east to moscow turned into a film. plus one of russia's greatest writers.

for many years and seen better but it was actually born in moscow. and exploring his first home. past friday and that means it's time for artist martin anders to take you around the russian capital this week he explores the spicier side of the city. to. get inside view into any alive and traditions as our very own travel guide gets a taste of indian culture in moscow next hour here on our team. before that joins us with a business update. hello

welcome to our business program it is good to have you with us but as our u.s. federal reserve chairman ben bernanke has defended the decision to print six hundred billion dollars saying it will boost the world economy critics say the u.s. wants to intentionally devalue the dollar in order to steal a competitive edge in international trade may developing countries have raised concerns that a weaker dollar would threaten their own economies but presidential aide and co you've got coverage believes russia has little to fear what is important is that the rate of appreciation of the national currency is not. the rate of increase in efficiency labor productivity and energy efficiency and other if you sense indicators. we believe that at least at this point in time the medium term perspective. would potential to increase efficiency even faster than the rate of

increase in the real where you are or will this will keep us on the safe side it will not experience a negative consequence so four or require a dollar. and you can see the full version of this interview with presidential have created that quote edge on spotlight hosted by al gore not next tuesday here in r.t. . russia is building sixteen nuclear reactors for power stations in india to help sustain the country's rapid economic growth according to their long term agreements signed earlier this year six reactors will rebuild by two thousand and seventeen that's in line with the russian plan with russia's plans to double the current eight billion dollars turnover with india within five years or his deputy prime minister sergei ivanov explains what he expects from this cooperation. russia has built already several nuclear power units in india we have really enormous plans to expand that cooperation with localization of producing some spare

parts some construction materials here in india and we understand fairly well the. ones to develop its own nuclear power program plus of course we have cooperation in classical traditional energy like oil gas coal and several russian companies are working here in india to construct a pole plants and then let's have a look at how the markets are performing asian stocks that makes this our japanese stocks edge higher on friday after strong overnight gains on wall street chinese shares also rebound brushing aside worries that the people's bank of china might soon raise interest rates while hong kong's hang seng index this trading weaker and stock markets in europe are trading lower on friday markets are keeping a watchful eye on events out of violence where we are headed a civil trial of policy tightening the footsie is down two point two percent this

hour with a one point four drop for sage group miners are also weaker now german equities are making a long bright spot a day after the dax hit a new closing hyper two thousand and ten. karen russell the markets are trading high in afternoon session and the r.t.s. is up zero point four percent from isaacs is also in the black all the blue chips are gaining nearly half a percent black. the trend is ross telecom that is trading in the red. russia's biggest lowball telecoms group m.t.s. saw its profit slide five point seven percent in the third quarter the net total came in at a four hundred seventy five million dollars however this was better than the average analysts forecast m.t.s. said sales revenue during the period grew by more than ten percent to a little under three billion dollars the company's chief financial officer explained the decline in the headline figure due to exchange rate movements and high loan interest. of the world's top titanium producer vs m.p.o.

a visit has revised its development program according to the country's to the company's c.e.o. speaking exclusively to r.t. still a fake us york we call we wouldn't says the global titanium market has already we're bound it from the bottom of the economic downturn you'd wish to bring in the ocean you know i think that the global titanium market is past the bottom of the trough vs m.p.r. as the player which controls a third of the market is also recovering two thousand and ten has become the turning point volumes are increasing and we are into super eight an even more substantial growth of around twenty percent in twenty eleven. back in two thousand and seven the company agreed on a program aimed at increasing capacity to forty six thousand tonnes of titanium production per year and has postponed this because of the crisis when do you plan to achieve this goal national concept that i development concept till twenty fifteen implies a shift from the role materials market to the manufacture of more advanced products in areas of industrial titanium i should point out that vs n.p.r.

is the only vertically integrated holding with titanium grain at the input and finished products at the output there are no quibble ince in the world china is increasingly becoming an active player in the titanium market how does this change things to. china as a new player in the titanium market started by producing products for use in the industry but it's now moving into the production of titanium products that are sold to the public this is resulted in some dumping of products which has had the familiar effect of lowering prices and there are proposals to create a special economic zone the so-called titanium valley in russia what difference will this make no idiot addressed the idea originated in two thousand and six inch we felt that we needed to create new production plants here a free economic zone is a good way to attract financial and technological investment who has already shown interest and what should be done to attract more firms. first of all we're inviting our partners and our boys these are the companies like boeing and us goodrich and

rolls royce additional to this fully corresponds with their aims to cut costs in some sense this will require investment but in the following three to four years as they will get more advanced products plus the list of incentives provided in the free economic zone which is extensive and attract good solutions especially from those companies already interested in coming investing in the russian federation yet that's our business out of it for us our other back with more and less than thirty minutes from now thanks for watching.