republican senators say the votes are there and the new start will most likely be ratified by the end of this week it seems the only thing that could be in the way of the ratification are partisan games political bargaining which have nothing to do with the treaty itself and its content speaking of bargaining at some point the senate minority leader mitch mcconnell came out and said republicans won't want any democrat initiatives if they don't extend tax cuts for the rich so you get a sense of the expand the willard bailing culture on capitol hill and the substance of the pretty whether it's good or bad for america has long stopped being the focus of discussions here in washington to the point when it could become a threat to the u.s. national security a world without buying u.s. russia arms control treaties is a more dangerous world the obama administration is going out of its way to have the deal ratified the president's arguably major foreign policy chief meant is on the line not only does the start cut nuclear arsenals of both countries by

a third it's also seen as a symbol of trust between the two nuclear superpowers russia has cooperated with us on critical issues to our national security like iran sanctions transit to supply our troops in afghanistan working on securing loose nuclear materials and the relationships and trust that are built from the new start treaty spill over into a whole host of other national security issues that are vital importance to america the issue of trust and america's reputation globally was addressed by the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee every senator has an obligation to ask that question of themselves over the course of these next days are we a credible partner can other nations rely on us what happens when the present united states negotiates a treaty. and he comes back here and the rest of the world sees the truth. not in

the substance of the treaty but in the politics of the day and if the treaty does get bogged down this year chances are the new senate which is going to be more republican and obama hosts tile will put off the new start indefinitely maybe for months or even years to get a check on our t. washington d.c. well republicans should move beyond the election cycle mentality and approving the treaty says democratic strategist we know it would be stupid for the republicans to continue to block it but then again they want to block everything in the past republicans used to work with democrats now since a new game they've been wanting to kill everything break publicans have learned that sound bites can win elections instead of good governing something has to change we have to get past two year old election cycles and think in terms of the good of the country something has to happen to help us to good governance but good

governance are in the world not just united states includes passage of the start treaty i think perhaps by embarrassing the republicans from trust stopping them from playing politics which is dangerous it's devastating it could cause terrorism to succeed they will come around and pass this treaty and joel rubin deputy director of the national security network think tank says delaying the ratification of the start treaty could seriously damage washington standing. if it doesn't get passed and actually fails there could be serious consequences for american leadership on arms control and the fallout for the american reputation around the world would be significant if it doesn't pass but it is not turned down but just delayed that too will also signal that president obama is weak at home that's why advocates for the treaty are saying it needs to get passed now and the reset has been making gains in the immediate term there certainly are going to be many benefits that the obama administration is going to look to certainly with regards

to afghanistan and iran in our near term foreign policy interests over the long run as the reset begins to take place in a more thought environment there will be calls for deeper economic cooperation other types of global initiatives the environment is certainly an area where there could be potential and i believe that this is going to bring in a series of new discussions to the relationship rather than the older debates that seem to have dominated for the last decade or so. still to come this hour on a day to go before. excrete is to head to the international space station we take you behind the scenes coming. something in the. wind wind no comment from. the glamorous not just a few minutes time. the foreign minister of russia and north korea

have agreed that the crisis on the korean peninsula can only be result through diplomatic means closed door talks are being held in moscow at a time of growing tensions in the region for the fatal shooting of its neighbors and russian the foreign minister expressed concern that. the adding to the problems that the current situation demands or could is showing restraint on the voice escalating the crisis. both ministers agreed on the need for six party talks to be relaunched and one of the most asia analysts told r.t. that russia has a pivotal role in helping to stabilize the region because its goal is peace and not to exercise political muscle. russia is the only country that does have a stake but no specific interest. which actually is a difference between russia and the european union so russia can actually be a trustworthy and reliable mediator and neutral broker the what interest that

russia does and how concerning korea is stability whenever there is a situation emerging that might trigger a major war that will inevitably not only involved both careers but also china us will have a negative effect on the ability in the region and on russia and hands russia's major preoccupation is actually maintaining peace. a london court has to decide whether the founder of the whistle blowing web site wiki leaks will be granted bail during a son she's wanted in sweden on charges of sexual assault that many of his supporters call false despite songes arrest in the u.k. his site is still publishing u.s. secret diplomatic cables what is there emmett's has more from london. i'm here in the city of westminster magistrates' court which on choose day could be the scene of the final extradition hearing today that saunders the founder of wiki leaks he

is wanted in court in sweden on charges of sexual misconduct some of which amounts to having sex with two women without using a condom these are charges which are widely believed by asuncion supporters to be trumped up originally when the case came before a prosecutor in sweden she threw it out and then it was then picked up by another prosecutor who decided to take the case into court this is believed to be linked to wiki leaks his release of cables u.s. embassy cables which were embarrassing to both u.s. government and to other governments around the world and what's expected to happen to us the most is that it is finally extradited to sweden he will then be almost immediately requested to appear in court in the u.s. and in fact wiki leaks is noise is saying that the extradition document for him to go to the u.s. has either already been prepared and is about to be released to them or it's preparation is it cool now after all just a fortune to say that these charges are trumped up and they also say that it's

a case of huge double standard tina's double standards in the u.s. that they elect other countries on their human rights situations whirls committing acts such as this supporters of today massage and what wiki leaks is doing a drawing a parallel between the recent awarding of a nobel prize to a chinese dissident and what's the soldiers been doing they say that that stunning a spotlight on china's human rights record whereas they really have to select down don't they're going to extradite you deny son to put him on trial for espionage let's hear what some of the organizes of protests around it are songes the rest have to say about that wiki leaks has managed to expose war criminals corruption humanitarian crimes abuses of democracy backroom dealings. and instead of those people being prosecuted for what a serious serious crimes against humanity and stated we're trying to persecute the person who's exposing these revelations and there's also

a lot of anger being directed at sweden as the country this request to do enough on its extradition has not just supporters say that sweden is essentially kowtow into the u.s. and its wish to put on trial eventually for espionage what they are saying essentially is that this is making sweden which presents itself as a model of modernity and progressiveness look like a loving stock in the eyes of the world it remains to be seen what happens here on tuesday it's possible that you know a source could be granted bail that's what his supporters all want but it's also possible that he could be bundled into a police van and flying to sweden to face these sexual assault charges then it's interesting to see what happens from there does the u.s. weighs a little bit before issuing a warrant for his action to the u.s. to face espen espionage charges or does it just jump in there straightaway send this warrant to us on his lawyers and see him in the u.s. none of this is clear yet but we will be finding out later on she's day at least

the first stage of that. story and they're coming out later today on r t max keiser and stacy herbert explore how the wiki leaks revelations are affecting the world of big money. the next space found soyuz rocket is now ready for blastoff on wednesday it will take a crew of three russian and american an italian to the international space station lottie's it all of a report. on site in kazakhstan. the rocket itself arrives in baikonur in three different parts and the process of putting it together is incredibly intricate every screw every poll has to be checked and then recheck to make sure that it's correct those putting putting in the work on the ground to make sure that's all good and safe know that they have in their hands the safety of those going up into space in your boys were operations take a long time so it can take from five days to two weeks to unload all the separate

parts of the rocket and assemble them after the rocket is assembled it has to undergo a series of tests every team looks through some part of the rocket engine the electronics now so used to him a rocket widely regarded as the best way the most safe way and the most reliable way of getting people into space and plenty of people coming gathering here most of them former astronauts former cosmonauts coming to see the rocket being loaded into place and they still get that old tangle of knowing what it was like of launching from a republican or so it's fun to to see a vehicle getting ready to launch whether it be a shuttle or a soyuz and if it does take you back to them the opportunity that i had which was to be able to actually step onto it and it's amazing experience now the three month crew they'll be going up in stories t.m.a. twenty consist of cosmonaut to me to become the last year of an astronauts paolo nespoli and caroline coleman for me to become their activities the commander of the mission it's his first time in space and he'll be carrying out two spacewalks while

he's out there to be removing one of the experiments that's on the whole. you also be attaching another two to collect information from up in space to give us more knowledge about what goes on in the cosmos peter all of a bike you know. and they can always keep up to date on our website with all the latest news blogs on analysis is just some of what's on right now at r.t. dot com a swiss woman becomes a mother for the first time at the age of sixty four thanks to russian doctors plus . russian billionaire among other move it chad to wait a minute to splash out on a new luxury yacht and out why and what's unusual decorations he's flaunting how that speech is called.

there's a new car on the way in russia which could help reenergize the local mood to market this time it's no gas guzzler it's the country's first hybrid vehicle and design is between making eco friendly driving more affordable so if a textbook. rush is entering the hybrid calm ok this is one of the first hybrid cars you in the build we've been hearing today from the construction team and some of the team behind the project we know that this car runs on a combined gas and electric engine and we've been hearing about some of the new technology sort of also being nice and it's an incredibly exciting project now one of the founders of the project mikhail prokhorov spoke today and introduced the cars and he was saying that this is really about breaking stereotypes one of these being that russia can produce

a good car. if. you . can see the three different types are they going to keep a hatchback and a minivan and we can take a look inside because we've heard a lot about what is that she going to the consumers as well as saving money on the car they're actually going to be reasonably cheap to buy so they'll go and sell for around ten thousand dollars and inside the car you can see that there's quite a lot of space there's light materials to the used inside some of the similar things used in the space industry and although you can see this on it's going to be able to drive these on the roads of most go for a while so that they'll be going on cell hopefully around mid-way through twenty twelve so that's when people will be able to get in. and now for

a brief look at other stories from around the world italian pm silvio berlusconi is urging lawmakers to support his ventolin move of a new confidence but speaking to the italian senate he warned that the country would face a crisis with forced from office the referendum is expected to be extremely tight just one of two votes critical of swinging the outcome comes out of a skinny faces plummeting support and i think the nations of sexual indecency and failed policies. veteran american diplomat richard holbrooke has died at the age of sixty nine undergoing emergency heart surgery he's best known as the chief architect of the dayton peace agreement which ended the pulls me and we're all recently became barack obama's special envoy to afghanistan and pakistan other credits include being nominated for the nobel peace prize seven times praised by president obama as a giant of american foreign policy he's often confrontational style and in the

nickname the. iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad has dismissed the country's foreign minister or turkey from his post in news unexpected early in your list it was on a state visit to senegal speculation power struggle clinton's top nuclear officials survey has been limited as his interim replacement move comes as iran struggles on the heavy sanctions on its nuclear enrichment activities. now russia joining the world trade organization would help boost europe's economy as a whole especially that of its neighbors that's the view of the president of finland taria other than the full interview is coming your way very shortly but here's a quick preview. you know because we have worked up to date between finland and russia so we would hope of course that that graphic would be and i'm sure we'll be

a member. it's more clear to work under the same regulation circumstances we are keeping the figures there everything will happen very soon. now hair extensions and wigs have become all the rage among fashionistas in russia with ever increasing numbers of women dreaming about long looks but with demand comes the need for supply and even of the skirt has been finding out that means some women attash begin on their coffers. it's silky smooth and could be one of russia's major export commodities that's right apparently russian hair used for wigs and extensions has the highest rating in the hairdressing industry indiscreetly post give all the secured in the indian and chinese various black you almost always have to drive them to work with them and use quality other words you have all the russian heritage as

a whole spectrum of the colors of the. where than half of all trades this collected in russia actually stay in the country because an increasing number of russian well to do women choose to go for extensions to satisfy their own blonde in the shins. and then there are women likes with lana who's got the hair most girls only dream about but will his girls go and do it because there have been times when guys would approach me and say i have incredible hair but i'm not very fond of that i certainly get attention but i try to hide my hair away now but only because the reaction is to predictable for some women selling their locks may be the best way to earn some quick cash whether out of necessity or on the whim storm with the idea would be to distribute the cost varies from fifty dollars to two thousand dollars an hour but the basic would rise is about three hundred to four hundred dollars for a kilogram of hair. so we asked with lana would she chop it off for say forty thousand dollars because but it's you know for me it's not worth it it's twenty

five years of growth ahead and your memory is a static kind of stuff that makes it priceless. and the cost of here extensions also makes long hair pricey getting hair extensions me wrong you anywhere from five hundred dollars to virtually an infinity but that doesn't stop girls from adding that extra volume to their looks that i feel was that i started using hair extensions three years ago i went to some long walk to arts and realised arrives around me laugh are strange at first but now i forget i have found. our ecology good and there are many girls blessed with gorgeous hair at the same time the procedure has become a lot more affordable now a person with a trained eye can easily recognize that right now nearly every other girl has headaches tensions then again women often go to great lengths to improve their

looks even if their shortcomings are all in their heads they don't like those car to moscow. it's that i think that's what have all the businesses stated. this is more a region is economically and socially one of russia's better developed provinces the region has a significant scientific and industrial capacity that will realize its full potential after the construction of the. park can tell ya he has completed the i.g. parco has r. and d. projects in the spheres of automotive construction aerospace and oil chemistry high tech datacenter furbished with cutting edge servers and communication equipment will be constructed at the core of the park the project has been personally approved by prime minister vladimir putin the federal government is planning to allocate sizable funding for the parks construction investors will be given benefits such as property tax exemption low land rental prices and other

preferences but it is this the motor region government is open to mutually beneficial cooperation we invite investors to participate in existing projects and we are ready to give a hand of fulfilling your projects and growing your business in the small region. and i welcome to business the world's biggest retailer wal-mart is leaving russia wal-mart had long tried to buy a marketplace also but didn't succeed the company has closed its office moscow saying that its still interested in the us market. russian mobile operator m.t.s. has again been voted the country's most valuable brand but it's the first time it's managed to take the top spot for five years without event has ground to twelve percent to seven and a half billion dollars however m.t.s. is just forty nine in the global ranking the most valuable brand in the world is

coca-cola fizzy drinks firm is worth ten times as much as. now let's have a look at how the markets are performing stock markets and modestly high on things . a weakness in some export of stocks the wearing of the tokyo market sony in canada losing around half a percent this hour hong kong shares are rising as resources producers climb to offset declines in some property and financial stocks. and russian markets closed in the black on monday on the back of strong but well prices energy was the standout sector gazprom rosneft and news hydro were all driving gains for its burbank over the top with up over two percent ron paul main courses that's after a source at russia's biggest lender said profits this year the top two hundred billion rubles more than square bank official forecast. and a jump in all prizes has boosted russian stock markets but peter westin from out on says investors are looking at sect. i do think at this point of time we do like the

consumer story even though we've had very disappointing economic data for this year we were expecting at the beginning of the year more than six percent growth has not materialized mainly due to the fact that we were seeing very strong sort of harsh weather conditions both in the winter as well as the summer that are sort of back track to recover some of that but we do believe that going into two thousand and eleven that the economy will surprise in the upside compared to consensus numbers and in that sort of perspective the domestic demand story should be the one that should take the lead and incorporate all news exxon mobil and b.p. are in talks with the government that ross now have to drill in russia's offshore areas there among the twenty three domestic and foreign companies conducting exploration and oil extraction from the continental shelf. possible at the cost of this scheme is working quite effectively in the shukman project there are big global oil and gas companies like total and start or oil that's working there

recently are all snapped and should rooms sign an agreement to work out the black sea shelf talks with big oil and gas companies including x. and b.p. are under way to little snippets here short on. and that's our business here for this hour joining me and less than one.

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tell you without seeing the headlines. the white house is confident you could cut streets with russia will be ratified before the end of the year even if the current senate has to prevent its session in the new congress takes over in germany the republicans will have a legal representation and could block the deal. we could leaks founder julian assange seeking so-called airing in london tuesday supporters if it's. extradited to sweden of rape allegations could then be hunted to the u.s. which accuses him of espionage. pressure and north korea's foreign ministers agreed that six party talks to result tensions on insulin need to be received as

a closed meeting they also stressed that the escalating crisis can only be hundred through diplomatic means. well next to fast trains trade and energy we're talking about russia's ties with its northern neighbor finland our interview with presidents taria hollande is coming right up. president hollande thank you very much for being with that today so you've just stepped off a high speed train line between helsinki and st petersburg how do you think this connection will change the alliance between the two cities i think. if people will come closer to each other of course the many thirty now will. the country which is the most popular among the e.u. countries to give them.