to shop with the producers it's the only way to stem the country's plague of narcotics. it's seven pm in moscow this is archie coming to you live thanks for being with us first stop president madrid is promising that the organizers of the nationalist riots in moscow at the weekend must be prosecuted a rally commemorating a football fan who was killed turned into a ferocious brawl right outside the kremlin walls on saturday meanwhile police suspect more violence is on the way. is monitoring the situation there now joins us live considering what are police exactly expecting to happen this evening. and he said apparently according to sources that we've managed to speak to here at the very heart of the russian capital police received reports and monitored various

communications from the internet about a group of football fans who planned to meet a number of people from the north caucuses here in the very heart of the russian capital to basically fly it out their differences of course police decided that it is better to be safe than sorry and deployed a very large number of riot police all around my new square where we are right now they've been standing here for a number of hours just monitoring the situation and waiting to see if anything would happen in a force being ready to prevent any aggression like the clashes that we saw happen last week on saturday between football fans and riot police we managed to talk to a representative of the press spokeswoman of the moscow special forces team who said that who gave us some details about why the police are here exactly and what they were expecting to happen. but if you. you know if you just got more we had

information that found that the club could come here to house and from to meet with people from the rational school community to guaranteed people security from clashes most good police to provide huge additional security measures here at the mine years and ask where we didn't use the underground shopping center which was decided by the send to security stuff because nothing new in the neighborhood is. evidently security officers of the shopping center which is located here as well and in the run up to christmas time is a very popular shopping location for both muscovites and visitors to the capital decided it is also better to be safe than sorry and close down the center we also know that a police presence is increase in the underground the moscow metro system there are a number of stops which are close to my neighbors where and police presence is increased on all of those locations police obviously deciding that they will do everything in their power to prevent a repeat of last week's event where police clashed with thousands of protesters

which we're standing here just a few steps from the russian kremlin those protests of course turning violent police here apparently say that everything is calm and so far they haven't received any information about potential violence but they are still here monitoring the situation as are we and of course where you are is just meters away from the kremlin we can see it there right behind you and the president has made a personal vow to tackle this what exactly did he say. earlier today the russian president dmitry medvedev condemned the violence that took place on saturday here at square saying that any perpetrators that instigate such violence especially hatred based on aggression based on a religious ethnic or national differences should be punished by the law the police should do everything in their power to prevent any said. actions and i'll all and

everyone of those responsible for instigating violent clashes here on saturday will be brought to justice. the recent events in. attacks on people should be classified as crimes and the people behind them hunnish especially dangerous where the action is aimed at refuting hatred and will still ity based on racial national religious differences such actions are right to the state stability to the new deal to counteract such actions place cam and must use means allowed by the law. and the legal necessary and sufficient meeting is used because should not be in the streets or in public places. the city police of course taking that message to heart as we see a large number of police presence here in the very heart of the russian capital where clashes occurred on saturday and the rumors were that more clashes were to

take place today so police decided that it is better to be safe than sorry deployed a large amount of people so far it does thankfully seem to be quiet during it you of course were there when the violence broke out on saturday take us through how events descended from a relatively paced well commemorate commemoration march into violence right in the heart of moscow. and you say it's almost difficult to imagine that this place the very heart of the russian capital as you said steps away from the ground and could be the scene of such violent aggression but indeed that is what happened on saturday when thousands of football fans gathered to up for a commemorative rally to pay last their of their respects to one of their own a football fan named you go to sleep who was killed last week in a mass brawl in the north of the capital that rally was peaceful but as it is with most violent rallies clashes were heard literally. within minutes one minute

everything was calm and quiet and next minute bottles started flying a riot police bits of ice flares were thrown christmas decorations which are put up around the city at this time of year also used as weapons everything and anything we saw rule against carrying park benches throwing barricades at the police that were used to attempt to hold the crowds back and according to official sources the more of the violence wasn't actually instigated by the football fans who simply came to demand a full investigation into the death of one of their own but by various members of nationalist organizations who infiltrated the rally and started provoking aggression police did everything and their power to maintain the crowds called we heard them repeatedly asking people to not give into provocations to not partake in the violence but still many people were injured we saw people covered in blood and being protected by police officers being aided into ambulances and taken away for

medical assistance we also saw a lot of people detained it poured into official reports over sixty people were arrested some were of course released but many are being held on charges of vandalism hooliganism aggravated assault police have already said that they will do everything in their power to find those who instigated the violence here on saturday but it was a very violent scene a very unusual scene of course for the various parts of the capital it started very quickly but thankfully with the efforts of the police it was over pretty quickly as well however because most of the fans were using the underground system to leave this part of the capital we know that there were several incidence in the underground system as well where a police presence was also increased to prevent any such incidents as it is that right now. obviously authorities we can see those riot police behind you trying to do their best to maintain the peace and central moscow for now considering all.

live from the center of the city thanks for that. in other news the white house says the u.s. senate will pass the key nuclear arms treaty with russia for the new year it needs to be ratified in both russia and the u.s. but there has been vocal opposition from some u.s. republican senators are these going to change a can is in washington now joins us live next senators are really taking this to the wire aren't they tend to be done in time what are you hearing. and he said democrats believe they can get the treaty ratified by december seventeenth when this congress finishes its work we have one week left in the lot of people are nervous but we heard several republican senators say the votes are there and the treaty will most likely be ratified by the end of this week here's what the starts key negotiators said. i do think that we have as i mentioned done our homework with regard to the new start treaty and it is. in

a good situation to ratify it in the slam duck session well if the ratification is put off which is unlikely the new congress will deal with the treaty and it's not going to be pretty two reasons are brought out for that one the new senate is going to be more republican and their main mission as they openly described it will be to undermine obama in every possible way which is certainly not going to help the treaty and second it was this congress that had done all the homework on the new start those of been eight months of hearings and in-depth discussion if the treaty ends up on the table of the new senate a new cycle will begin and it could be put off indefinitely maybe for months or years so the administration democrats in the senate and some republicans who are strongly advocating for the treaty say now is the time where you said it eight months of hearings homework being done research being done lots of dialogue what exactly was the problem what were the obstacles that were being faced what was the

debate. obviously in terms of substance if you look at key questions concerns whatever senators had regarding the new start those were all addressed it has the unanimous support of the military and many top officials former and present have testified in favor of the treaty seems the only thing that could be standing in the way of the new start now or partisan games political bargaining which have very little to do with the treaty itself and its content you know it goes even beyond the traditional democrat republican opposition here some republicans on capitol hill fail to listen to even their party's most prominent national security experts speaking of bargaining at some point the senate's republican leaders came out and said republicans will not support any of the democrats' initiatives if they don't extend tax cuts for the rich so you can imagine to what extent bargaining often replaces substance here in washington and if so what about president obama i mean this is quite a test for him

a lot is at stake with this deal isn't it sure it is the new start is arguably obama's major foreign policy achievement so he's trying real hard to push it through we heard him call for republican senators to step away from this overwhelming desire to undermine his presidency and really look at their tribute self and how important it is for the u.s. national security the start is not just about reducing the two countries nuclear arsenals by a third it's seen as a symbol of trust between the two nuclear superpowers and obama made it clear that further cooperation plans with russia could really go south without these key trading places stressed how important russia's assistance is in of ghana stand how crucial russia's cooperation was on the iran and other aspects of this u.s. russia reset and everybody here realizes that the new start is sort of the milestone of this we sit on iran we certainly will be watching closely to see if the document is signed before capitol hill takes

a break for the holidays going to account live from washington. the crisis on the korean peninsula in pyongyang is disputed nuclear program where at the heart of talks between the russian and north korean foreign ministers they met behind closed doors here in moscow during what is a tense time in the region with more war games from the south and after the north's fatal shelling of its neighbors islands you have been all has been trying to find out more about the high level meeting. we do know that pyongyang's nuclear program is the most important issue being discussed north korea walked out of the six party talks last year which also include the united states south korea china japan and russia. also expelled international nuclear monitors from the country and continued with a nuclear tests calling causing off a huge wave of condemnation across the world this really worries russia since it borders in north korea and the peninsula is

a neighboring region for russia and the the recent rise of tensions in on the peninsula is making the situation even worse since last month north korea launched an attack on the one of south korea's islands shelling it four people were killed at least eighteen others were injured pyongyang said that in fact south korea attacked northern territories before that and this was their reply by using force so this just shows how unstable the region still is the fact that south korea is increasing cooperation with the united states constantly holding various military drills in the region in fact even after north korea's attack on that island south korea and the united states held a new set of military exercises south korea has also recently held the new mall and which is calling for even closer ties with washington and this is definitely an

intimidating factor for north korea and such close ties with the united states at this point where this moment may make the tensions even higher so the two foreign ministers definitely have a lot to talk about here in moscow. well staying in the region japan is extremely upset with moscow and wants to make sure the kremlin knows that this comes after a visit by the russian deputy prime minister to the southern greil islands the area has been a sensitive topic for both countries since world war two soviet forces took control of the four islands during the war the territory is believed to be rich and natural resources in tokyo is demanding that russia return to the island group moscow insists they were never japan's to begin with this is the second visit by a russian official that has upset the japanese in november the country temporarily recalled its ambassador from moscow after president medvedev became the first russian leader to set foot on the korea islands. were here twenty four seven but

there's also more news and analysis online at r.t. dot com here's what you're watching on our new look website right now peter for mayor gets the point conservationists when there are skyscraper crusade as a planner see if the location for the that four hundred meter glass try you just saw away from the historic city. and leaping off the canvas and into the surf real take a tour of moscow's museum of modern art from the comfort of your own computer and trance is always free at our team dot com. shock tactics aimed at eliminating drug and alcohol abuse have divided opinion across russia videos of deformed fetuses and children eating feces are just

a small part of a controversial online campaign authorities have defended the ad saying that the only heart that only harsh reality will discourage youngsters and kick some sense into addicts you may find some of the images in memory of the notions report disturbing. needs a happy motto for it to my she says masha i used to smoke marijuana when i was pregnant with the b.b.c. internet ad as part of a stomach churning and you drunken paleness sashing sashenka i was already on heroin then just surprisingly it's the least offensive side of the series designed to shock some of them may leave a bad taste in your mouth quite literally like this one for instance. that's why we stop it here. it says that keeping quiet about drug abuse among school kids is like keeping dirt in your mouth the disturbance adverse has provoked a huge discussion on the web when just how far we can go in trying to keep

youngsters away from drugs that was about the queen yes it causes a slight nausea impulse but that's what we need it will make those children who now think that it's bad to tell their parents and teachers about dealers in other words they do not report on dealers but let them consider which is better with their mouths or without an issue. every year more than one hundred thousand people are dying for sure from drug related deaths and that doesn't. take countries to. people but opening the scale of the problem rather than concern themselves of all the distant sea of the adverts. who are that's what our pleasure. should we just keep silent about everything when i k let's keep our mouths shut and just live on the twenty year old us dollar and millions and billions of dollars plug into drug dealers pockets while we just pretend that everything was perfect in our

society but the. behind the fact that the anti drug advert is getting more primitive is another shocking reality the targeting audience is getting younger and younger the average age when youngsters and russia first try drugs has jumped to thirteen years with the addicks everett's life expectancy just twenty one. this is aimed at them so it has to be primitive in order to work do you think they don't know what drugs are bad and when they just need to have it literally every printed in their minds the shocking can pain is actually a government initiative a response to the country's new priority in fighting the drug problem but as a concept we've always been concentrated on finding drugs and withdrawing them this july we've adopted a new state drug strategy now we need to focus on decreasing demand rather than trying to cope with the consequences. with the government's recent refocus on

preventive measures we can expect more and more projects like this one aimed at literally disgusting the idea of drugs out of youngsters minds and yes it may be unpleasant looking but so are the statistics of drug abuse in the country and if there is a chance no matter how small that this can stop some from stepping onto the slippery slope its creators say it's worth the arthritis causing raef notion r.t. more scope. kosovo's prime minister has declared victory in the first parliamentary elections since the self-proclaimed nation split from serbia official results are yet to be announced the new government will face a number of challenges including a weak economy extremely high unemployment and democrat cause of a remains deeply divided along ethnic lines with the majority of its ethnic. one party polled serbia refuses to recognize calls about independence moorabbin which news editor in belgrade says ethnic serbs living in the north of kosovo closer to

serbia were more inclined to boycott the vote. so far there hasn't been a single statement by politicians in serbia who are in power and those who are india opposition this silence in itself is very significant because it's a statement in itself it is a should not be a does not recognize course of all as the independent state and therefore doesn't have to comment on any election that belgrade previously called on to be boycotted the serbs who live in the north of course who are geographically linked with the rest of the serbia founded as ever very easy to boycott the election because they do not feel as a part of an entity called course of o. because of direct geographic ling's on the other people who do live in enclaves

scattered in in the central kosovo they did go and they did vote the independent liberal party has proclaimed. its victory in kosovo said that it was very satisfied with the number of who voted. that was yvonne them you are our division news editor talking to us from belgrade. let's take a look now at some world news in brief for you this hour police in browns have a sword wielding seventeen year old who took a group of children hostage at a nursery in the east of the country all the pupils and teachers involved were released without harm many of those held were let go was police negotiated with the teenager over the phone the rest were free after authorities and through the building local media have described the hostage taker as mentally unstable. a roadside bomb exploded near a school bus in the northwestern pakistani city of peshawar killing the driver and

injuring a number of children in the device was planted in the bin and went off in a busy area of the city militants in the northwest have frequently attacked schools especially those for girls but usually when children are not at the scene. and an iraqi born swede who also lived in britain is named by police as the man who blew himself up as he tried to set off a bomb in stockholm the swedish prosecutors says the twenty eight year old time or abdul wahed have explosives strapped to his body and in fact the registered owner of a car that exploded in stockholm certainly before the suicide blast is confirmed it would be the first case of a suicide attack in sweden. there have been clashes in ivory coast between forces loyal to political rivals who have both claimed the presidency shots have been fired but there are no reports of injuries the un has endorsed the electoral commission's announcement that i last saw. one the november runoff but incumbent

morong bad bro insists the constitutional court states that he won both men took both of office and formed their own governments last week. where up to date now from the news desk genuine daniel joins us now give us a little you know what's coming up in business and i understand foreign firms have been invited to look for oil in russia what about a top official says that in talks over new deposits well of the details of this break. hungry for the full story we've got it for. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. would

be so much brighter if you knew the song from feinstein question. starts on t.v. don't come. to business the price of oil has shot up off the opec left production quotas on changed at the weekend light sweet crude is over a percent higher today at eighty nine dollars ten the early winter and renewed optimism over a global financial. markets goldman sachs predicted all prices will rise averaging one hundred dollars a barrel next year i'm rising further in twenty twelve but i get the parish president of russian energy giant new quote says that's too optimistic. i think that the current price is already fair and comfortable for both producers and

consumers the beauty of our analysts agree with opec experts that the oil price next year will be at around the same level as this year that is eighty or ninety dollars companies looking forward to these prices given most of them will stay with the sector exxon mobil and b.p. are in talks with the government and rolls enough to drill in russia's offshore areas there among the twenty three domestic and foreign companies conduct their exploration and oil extraction from the continental shelf. possible at the cost of this scheme is working quite effectively in the stockmen project the global oil and gas companies like total start working there recently ross newton should room sign an agreement to working out of the black sea shelf talks with big oil and gas companies including action and b.p. are under way. short term for the stock markets nasdaq and the dow have settled slightly higher in morning trade there is some m.n.a. activity boosts growth but dell and general electric are both down after takeover

bids for oil stream and compelling technologies europe over is being driven hard by miners missing for his knee over the top two gainers on the footsie both over three percent as the price of copper source to record highs. and russian markets have closed in the black on the back of that stronger oil price but they shed a little from morning highs energy is the standout sector rosneft gazprom and hydro all drove games. top blue chip today both men bosses that's after a source of russia's biggest lender said profits this year could top two hundred billion rubles much more than the burbank official forecast. to western chief strategist that sums up the key factors driving the market forward we have good news out of both china and the us on friday and that still having an impact on the market today also looking at the world price we're moving up towards the eighty nine level a barrel so there is also supportive and looking at the performances that we've

seen today banks and industrials are leading we are seeing a slight correction in metals which has been one of the best performing sectors this year but nevertheless it's banks that are taking a key role this today. and finally this hour the world's biggest retailer wal-mart is leaving rochelle wal-mart has long been trying to buy its way into the market but says it's failed to find enough attractive targets the company has closed its. saying there was no reason to remain despite the continued interest in russia. that's the latest you can find more stories on our website www dot com slash business.

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her to sit don't need to go publicly and read this in the kernel was her job as to retreat. these are the headlines from our t.v. at seven thirty pm riot police are back in central moscow and fears of french football fan violence president advantage of his valley to use any legal means to punish the perpetrators of the weekend's clashes saying nationalist and braces slogans heard during the riots are the greatest concern. a disturbing russian anti drugs campaign is setting out to shock but the producers say it's the only way to stem the country's plague of narcotics. and attempt to draw pyongyang away from the brink of conflict are under way as russia's foreign minister holds talks with his north korean counterpart in moscow.