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shifting focus nato tells russia it's not a threat and wants more sco to join a new missile defense shield while the alliance approves a new post cold war strategy the sixty one year old alliance has introduced a new strategic goals the first time since one thousand nine hundred ninety one or many say that nato is still facing an identity crisis i'll have more from lisbon. but deadly legacy is the concrete cap covering nuclear corn is the end of its life scientists warn about what hidden dangers may lurk on the nukes. and russia considers changing the law to give fines or community service instead of prison and

put him on a crimes. with twenty four hour news from russia and from around the world this is r.t. in moscow nato has urged russia to sign up to a joint missile defense shield covering the entire alliance at a summit in portugal where the organizations agreed a new strategy for the next decade it's to chart a fresh identity to founding aim of countering the soviet union is redundant. mr is in lisbon. it introduces new strategic goals now these are the first time that we have seen new goals introduced since one thousand nine hundred nine before even the attacks of september eleventh which sent the alliance into war with afghanistan now although the secretary general anders fogh rasmussen really did say that this is going to make a more effective nato that despite updates nato for the twenty first century this

comes at a time when many are questioning the relevance of nato and asking if it serves a purpose in this day and age and you know what even though these new goals came out a still a lot of those questions remain unanswered for example rasmussen said that nato will continue to commit to defer to defending one another nato members have it will maintain article five they will continue to defend other members if they are attacked now this comes at a time when we've seen that on your decade long war in afghanistan that continues with many nato members are committing to pull troops out or reassessing their resources or growing weary of the near decade conflict so and so that's one issue of contention that is likely to remain in addition we have heard him call for more efficiency among nato members to kind of leverage resources but there's questions as to whether this is possible you know this is a time when many countries are cutting their military budgets nearly half the nato members are facing not so critics are saying they don't know if it's countries can

afford to defend one another when it comes to the dollars and cents or if they even should so these are some of the issues that are likely to remain that still are unanswered one thing that we did hear in this new strategic goal is talk of a nato russia improvement in relations this has been a real theme at this summit and made into the strategic goals as well take a listen we will also all part of the grow more. and more with nato than ever before because all apartments you are proving to make. a clear concrete contribution to international peace and security. that is a structures we were reinforced in particular with russia now we also heard from rasmussen on the start treaty he said the treaty will improve security in europe and it's a lay in ratification will damage it now the start treaty of course they agree ment between the united states and russia to reduce nuclear arms it's based on

opposition from some republicans in the united states congress which has delayed gratification it could face more challenges now republicans hold the majority in the house which happened just at the last midterm elections now we also heard from u.s. president barack obama on this echoing what rasmussen said saying he has received a clear message from the nato leaders on start that it will strengthen alliances and european security so you heard it right there push for improve relations between nato and russia and for them to work together of course we'll know many more details about that tomorrow when the nato russia council is expected to be underway one major issue that they will be focusing on is sure to be afghanistan this is an area where now russia is actually helping nato in its mission and many analysts say that nato really needs russia's help right now nato russia is helping with supply routes are helping fight the drug trade there and they're sure to discuss areas where there are shared concerns as far as afghanistan goes now also

it's expected that they'll discuss other areas of shared challenges one of these is a commitment to nuclear nonproliferation nuclear disarmament so that's another key issue and of course missile defense missile defense. initiative it's in the new strategic goals however this isn't a sticking point between nato and russia in the past for years and now at this summit nato is calling on russia hoping that they'll get on board and they want russia to cooperate they believe that that russia and nato members i have that share the threat of ballistic missiles and that they can work together on missile defense now political analysts that we've spoken to say that they do believe that there is the political will on russia's side but a lot is in the details which we have not heard a lot about that remains to be discussed at this summit so a lot will depend on what comes of that. nor in this to that as nato debates in lisbon some expert leave the alliance is doomed as long as the us forces europe into accepting its policies it's actually vital on the one hand that european

major member states make a move for spending more efficient in order to just be more efficient deliberately but also a political one to play with the other it's equally vital for the us understand that if they think that in future they could use that imbalance to just as it were drive europeans and through a sort of meek except for their policies that would be over time the end of nato i think this is something that president obama understands very clearly he wants the europeans to become stronger militarily politically more united more integrated because he realizes and i think mary americans do that american might in the twenty first century is not going to be what it was in the twentieth century it was like particular the second half of the twentieth century and that america needs europeans as true partners including one day i think russia of the news

now scientists fear the site of the chernobyl nuclear disaster still has the potential to cause an even greater catastrophe aging concrete bunker covering the area is nearing the end of its life and no one can be sure just how deadly the day beneath still is and has this report. 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 nine hundred eighty six just months after the disaster that your noble nuclear power blog back then experts predicted 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 polarizing to 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 sickle for greece is no longer a solid mass like it's lost twenty four years ago that now is more of three layers of dispersed dust so should the presence of course because crops we could see a very powerful explosion of 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 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 eight. finals at 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. has almost doubled but in the fight for the continent safety no some 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 chernobyl some say that it may be dismantled under 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 technologies to this date which would allow this to happen. r.t. reporting from the church noble exclusion zone in ukraine. remember you can check

out more stories on our website. helps keep you up to date here's what you'll find online right now along with a host of other stories and features the feeling down about lighting up a new survey reveals russia has more smokers per capita than anywhere else in the world find out about the calls to stop the problem. plus customized classes for hitting the town hundreds of american men rolled in a pickup boot camp to learn all the tricks from beating women in that story and as i say other features blogs and program. dot com. there's been little sign of improvement in russia's volatile north caucuses according to president dmitri medvedev he's meeting security forces and local leaders in southern russia to discuss how to bring stability. is following the visit to force. terrorism cannot be counted singlehandedly to successfully

applied terrorism is the toss called many this was the main message has to lead to solve the north caucasus gathered for a meeting with russian president dmitry medvedev the talks were devoted to security in this russia's most volatile region they were mostly held behind closed doors the president opened the session with very harsh criticism of the work of russia's security services there was indeed a twenty ton was a very top number of terrorist attacks a group four fold compound to sign on to the country's national counterterrorism committee some sixty terrorist attacks were prevented this year and over three hundred terrorists were disappointed by the russian president said today to the great people districts and russia are not something he would fully trust. statistics so often misleading there's no trust in them i want to once again draw the attention of nuri forces to this fact there is no trust in the statistics that

often just a weekly meeting interior ministry with. police this in the works now to make it possible to make the statistics exact. but it's all according to the statistics which the president doesn't want trust worth enough it's been relatively stable in this year but violence has been on the rise in the republics of english and traditionally peaceful covered in a ball carrier there were over one hundred terrorist crimes carried out there six times more than in two thousand and nine the president today called this upsurge in violence as russia's biggest domestic problem a year ago when a similar meeting was holes in the water the foolish shuffle of local boy enforcement also as part of the aim to improve the situation as a separate antiterrorism group which now works along with a national counter-terrorism committee also the president for him to get. these republics russia's volatile region into

a new threat for old districts and many saw this massacre at the kremlin is not stepping away from military force approach and is now going to focus on social and economic development over the weekend. russia's petty criminals and first time offenders may soon see jail time swapped for fines and community service as part of ongoing reforms to the country's criminal code designed to put an end to unfair sentences and relieve overcrowded prisons of his country his are of exposed now the alternatives in store for some of the inmates 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 out so he didn't have any service 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 to st years in prison

and i'm currently serving out my first. this extraordinary specter of russia's legislation has been questioned by many including the country's law makers 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 they still too chicken our legal system with these things and effectively there are harsh punishments for small misdemeanors and in some cases when instruments which are too late for me ger crane's 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 tougher integration into society after serving time and the true nature of this problem becomes even more evident even financially that reform makes sense according to official data over

a million people are currently imprisoned in 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 who have stumbled a reason to fall. if a person goes to jail following some silly act or other 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 later become criminals. but there is much to do before these amendments get implemented into the legal system the electronic surveillance bracelets for example will rely on russia's glow nass positioning system and it's not yet ready neither is the legal system with law enforcement not yet capable of the required facial surveillance 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 catarina r.t. moscow region. time now to check out some of the world news this. take first in using the explosions ripped through a coal mine in the south island twenty seven people are missing five others managed to return to the surface with minor injuries rescue workers were at the scene trying to make contact with the mine is the country's emergencies minister says the cause of the blast is not yet clear. to the small biz. at the chinese capital with the reduced visibility causing widespread disruption the air pollution has come from a growing number of factories and villages built on the outskirts of beijing two major highways linking the city to the north are being closed health officials have asked people with respect to problems to stay at home until the smog is dispersed

by a cold front expected on saturday. we'll all be back with a recap of our main stories a little later here on r.t. in the meantime martin andrews dives into some spicy indian culture that's right here in the russian capital moscow out in just a few moments stay with us. hello

and welcome to at moscow hours on the six program we'll be taking a look at indian culture here in the us and capital i want to start at one of my favorite restaurants located on top of the script that hurts how i deal as i'm quite hungry response to something a little spicy. and with winter fos approaching heating a large plate of wholesome indian food is certainly one way to warm up recently renovated dubbo offers an excellent many fool the indian connoisseur including an extensive vegetarian menu and genuinely spicy curries and from mild she drops the chef's example are always happy to modify any dish personal taste. all

just and scientists you know a friend. and we have the beautiful with us you can see started in ninety six and we keep the authentic attended a still finger to be available in most of the time but is popular with russians and . ex-pats menus are printed in several languages and the many place a large collection of interesting hot and cold dishes wonderful thank you very much and speaking of which my suit has arrived. wow look at that very nice so i thought i'd get to something different and introduce you to indian desserts instead of a typical curry the hey we've got to go to the moon which is a fried clue in some places to the syrup and he was going to rest my life which is a constant scene something in the south from i'm not source for the last strike. trilliums. as

a pessimist i tried. thermostat. good luck she room is very nice. so the surgery doble. this was it's throughout. the rest i was especially when i. qualified my delicious. let's take a look at this week's entertainment news content against breast cancer has spread around the russian capital raising awareness of the issue top international brands organize various events to help educate women on how to prevent and cure the disease it is not close to zero point four song of the last people who got this campaign and he got on teams in washington last month beat. on ladies and gentlemen new bobby bullbaiting pink ribbon and talking about this morning when mr wall dog

just coming in. was a big success. with my advice would industries in primary employ women in a field to bring in sunny sunny that we can call such. a retrospective except. of work by one of the world's top photographers terry o'neill is now on display to name the first and the last showcased some of the most iconic images captured by the british photographer o'neill has created portraits of many celebrities including the beatles albums presley brigitte bardot and many others and while traveling to moscow he shared his history behind many of his works this was one of the first pictures i took when i went to work on the need to fight a good sense for the fish. to feed was famous such a great story. please please me turned out to be their number one not used by

picture the newspaper sold out so it was the first pictures released by the state no newspapers and. myself and welcome to the indian cultural center located in the heart of the capitol complex has a fascinating timetable of exciting events and various classes and opens in one thousand and eighty nine ever since its main aim has been submerged in zero rest and cultural connections given the close friendship and cooperation which has always existed between india and russia is a great interest in admiration in moscow for indian culture also known as the j m c c the center for fills to a great extent the demand for learning and knowing more about indian culture and its multifaceted traditions. one of the popular activities here to see joe go. well consulting too badly.

yoga is a step by step system of self discovery and something which allows us to better understand how our bodies found minds work lying on the floor of this i can easily day. job here at the center of the sex passive muscovites the chance to get away from that. mr life's. well from relaxing yoga to something that makes much more. topless they use this in a complement to north indian jones to use the base of the palm as well as the fingers to produce great variations in sounds jancee runs over one hundred and forty kos is like this every week some quieter than others and is open every day including weekends so people know about the sense of actually enjoy the atmosphere most of all and the people there their family like indian people are generally very

friendly so if you think here and of course you know i love the. place when i hear that music. it's like he says. it's night. every three years. thank you so tell me how did you end up living and working here in the russian capital. i belong to. the ministry of external affairs. has nominated me to come. as director of indian cultures and i'm also the instead ties between. india i consider india and. your friends. the friendship goes back into history and ever since the independence of india the ties between india and. russia are all this close in fact to countries

enjoy a relationship which can be quite static partnership in. international cooperation . in our defense. everything what do you personally miss about your country. i mean that we have especially in the. but of course you miss friends you know and especially you know probably the form. of the russian winter. this is not my first name in russia and i. might be. every three years with everything i had to say thank you. moving on to other indian themed locations in moscow first up let's take a look at the krishna temple very services are held here with people gathering to

read sing listen to and discuss sacred can do scriptures anyone can visit the temple the matter what your religion or nationality is a note even though elections are held in russian translated are available. the indian cultural center also offers a range of dance classes to complex office sessions of all levels and also provides the wonderful colorful costumes the catwalk is one of the eight forms of dances originating from northern india professional indian dance teachers passionately teach the classes of russians unfurnished the secrets behind each of the exotic moves. like very much indian culture. for the dance dedication devotional discipline which we found in india like similarly the found. of the feel sometimes more.

if you fancy something asian but with a contemporary touch rather than traditional take a look at the restaurant in the bar located on the lower ground floor of their target a cinema the venue was always lit in subtle candlelight mixed with modern. statues numerous handmade vases carpets and. fissions decorate the interior as but with it several carrot holes and dance floor this is more fun than relaxation. and finally if you're a fan of alternative medicine there's an indian family clinic in the russian capital to they combine knowledge and treatments of both alternative indian medicine known as the and traditional medicine qualified specialists from india work in the clinic providing treatment not only for physical disease but also helping to cure depression and offering various and stress programs.

arriving and i'll find a location but if you fancy creating. data at the ferocious special self this indian food shop is located on the capital's got a ring road it is packed with various exotic items had died of rice curry paste herbal teas and remedies all imported from india itself with a strong smell in the shop as a we had a wonderful collection of unusual spices a little deli in the russian capital from old women to young students it's obvious muscovites have a love of india and its food although unless by sea level one area that warms up muscovite souls is the cultural excitement of foreign of the countries traditions and world wide history. and from the indian cultural center to restaurants and shops it seems that india can sometimes feel closer to russia than we think. wow if we only smell of the inside of us.