we're going to see an expansion of civilian nuclear energy russia is already building two nuclear power stations in southern india and the chances are we're going to see an agreement today to build an additional two so russia is going to supply a large quantity of reactors for the peaceful use of nuclear energy for it to feed india's growing economy also india's private sector would like to partner with russian firms and obviously invest in russia and likewise russian firms investing in india so both sides are clearly looking at this meeting to take this partnership to the next level we've seen visits in the last one month from all the heads of the five permanent security council members but the russian visit is especially important for india because russia is a tried and tested partner it's a strategic partner with which india has had a decade long strategic partnership and obviously president medvedev and prime minister singh will be looking at taking this to the next level i. must. say.

defense cooperation between the two kinds of deals can we expect in that area in particular. well we're going to see obviously the much awaited contract for the joint development of a fifth generation fighter aircraft cutting edge fighter aircraft which will be which will see service in both countries air forces. india and russia have a very long defense cooperation for the last couple of decades from during the former soviet union as well and the majority of india's weapons and spares come from russia russia is india's leading weapons and both sides are looking at moving this from a. relationship to joint development of weapons we've seen that in the. super sonic. and now with the fifth generation fighter aircraft they're going to look at taking this to the next level so president medvedev is is trying to obviously. look

at defense and economic bodies here but the cultural model he's going to visit the . water in the afternoon he's going to visit. he's going to interact with the members of bollywood the bollywood film industry and obviously with both countries having strong cinematic heritage. both countries would like to see the film industries working together bollywood a global speed like to film their films in russia and likewise so present is actually backing quite a lot of wide range of areas in the studio today is a visit here. taken omics and films as well saying thank you for that. there's been a widespread international criticism of violent police crackdown on opposition protests and then a ruse following sunday's presidential election many protesters were beaten and more than six hundred arrested including several candidates incumbent made that

examine the fourth term with almost eighty percent of the vote. reports from the temple mints. this is a. truth the new start in the. accounting for this is what concerns. probably. the people may have deserved better but what they got instead was more of the same. public good it's from the bottom of my heart i would like to thank my supporters and congratulate them on a victory. so you are not for my opponents i have to inform you on the saddest of all cajuns for you but you will now have to do with the acting president for at least another five years. and this. opposition supporters journalists and a number of foreign ambassadors all came to a thousand strong demonstration outside the government building in the center of

the capital minutes. despite calls to keep the protest peaceful some started storming the building smashing windows and breaking down doors riot police reacted immediately the result over six hundred people detained dozens including artie's camera crew injured hit with police batons at least six of the nine presidential candidates have also been arrested many of them seemingly disappearing without trace yeah. i was with my husband in the hospital when syrian men entered the room they held me down i was trying to free myself i was screaming but no one came to help the team of the bed he couldn't walk so the reaction in the blanket dressed him out of the room and look me in side. and u.s. officials have already condemned the violence but as with the observers president alexander lukashenko simply told everyone to mind their own business but. sometimes

the o.s.c. forgets that it came to observe the election not to control it when it comes to that it's not for them to evaluate. europe's last dictator as he has been dubbed in some western media did receive some praise from observers they've all agree this election was much more democratic than the previous one in two thousand and six the relative freedoms given to opposition candidates in the run up to election day was marked as a positive sign the e.u. promised dollars billions of euros if there are signs of free and fair elections whether look i shan't will be able to collect some cash from the e.u. while enjoying a fourth consecutive term in office is the question many are asking alex on the real question go promised his people political changes but no change in power he's already made good on one half of that promise but here on the once again quiet streets of the capital minsk not many believe the political changes are happening any time soon. catherine as our r.t.

minsk. people living on south korea's island and the disputed seaboard are returned to the homes of the souls of military exercises that passed without incident careerist said it will not retaliate what it's called a provocation despite its previous threats. russia called on the agency meeting of the un security council warning that new drills tensions on the peninsula. reports from new york. here in new york the united nations security council has been meeting round the clock throughout the weekend these emergency sessions were called for by russia which is certainly not taking the tensions between south and north korea likely whatsoever for many different reasons one of them of course being russia's proximity to a possible conflict as well as a serious threat that any tensions including a war would cause to the international community let's take a listen to what the russian ambassador to the u.n.

said here in new york last night there may be. a division of tension. studios conflict for that matter. in the big chamber when they have this private meeting which was also of course asked for by the russian federation. we reiterated the call or for forty straight borders in no uncertain terms ask the republic of korea to refrain from conducting the search the size of this at this point in time but there are certain political circumstances throughout the weekend russia the united nations has been circulating the draft document where it proposed that the best thing to do to downplay the tensions between south and north korea would be to make sure that all of the sides that are involved contain themselves and really not escalating tensions by taking any further steps that could cause north korea to act out aggressively or south korea and also what russia is proposing is that the united nations secretary general send two envoys to both south korea and north

korea that could help make sure that tensions don't escalate and of course the united states has been playing somewhat of a different game we have to remember that the u.s. has as many as twenty soldiers involved in the military exercises with south korea and the u.s. of course has been reader reading over and over again that what's and what's more important is to condemn the actions of north korea and this of course is something that has been causing a diplomatic deadlock throughout the weekend here but for now security council sessions have somewhat died down and the members have taken a break to wait and see this because now north korea has said that they're not going to react to the military exercises. well sara flounders from the think tank the international action center says south korea's military drills are disturbing the precarious balance on the peninsula. this is a fourth direct provocation of u.s. south korean military exercises in less than a month we're really talking about many many ships in the area fifty to seventy

ships hundreds of aircraft tens of thousands of troops operating just a few miles three to seven miles off of north korea's coast many miles north of the demilitarized zone that in itself is a provocation so here is south korea us in backing support and u.s. participation and the united states moving nuclear powered and nuclear weapons aircraft carriers directly into the region off the coast this these are really dangerous provocations and i think the u.n. security council meeting was an important effort to call on all sides but but nevertheless in the even in the face of that and world calls. south korea and the u.s. went ahead with these military exercises. well it's way time gold in the web you report on soldiers it's only victims when that seeking sensation is.

and why iran wants to cut its ties with the u.k. find out in just a few moments. moscow has wounded lawmakers in washington that any change to a new nuclear arms reduction deal could destroy the pact or minister sergei lavrov said that for russia the start treaty is not up for renegotiation while the u.s. senate rejected one amendments from republicans seeking to delay the ratification and two very general hold on majority in congress the democrats hope the treaty will have enough support required for passage the us president to urge the senate to ratify the documents by the end of week describing his daughter treaty as a national priority. since there are still stuck by one third joel rubin the. from national security washington says of a publican's want to disrupt i think ation. many of these amendments are designed to make a political point attempting to either embarrass the administration or cause debate

on the floor they could bring others to the side of the rejection of the treaty these are all failing they need to get a majority vote and the democrats have fifty eight out of the hundred votes right now so they're not making much headway the irony in this is that many of the concessions that they have been seeking for the past year have already been met by the obama administration in particular an eighty five billion dollar commitment to modernize the american nuclear arsenal maintain its stockpile effectively and in addition to that in american russian relations there has been a thawing a reset we call it and obviously it's known to be that and there is opposition to that from the republicans these concessions however seem to come to an end and the administration is being very forceful in demanding that there be a decision on whether to go forward or not it would have a very dramatic impact on american russian relations and that's something that the

administration and advocates for the treaty in the senate are using as an argument to say we have to ratify it now we found it in the psalms it may be out of jail but his legal battle on sexual assault charges is still ongoing sones and his lawyers claim the women behind the other patients are simply trying to cash in on this story as well emmett is on the case and. in sweden it's not many people who say today that they suspect. it's a case of. you know not being the best of men until rape charges were leveled at julian assange as the founder of wiki leaks the state of sweden's justice system might not have been something that kept you awake at night but now sweden's requesting us on his extradition from the u.k. the having unprotected sex with two women they call it rape.

the charges been dubbed sex by surprise our songs allegedly refused to wear a condom and it's a crime unique to sweden here in the u.k. people say it would be funny if it wasn't so serious this just seems ridiculous to me and it's actually diminished the whole issue of of rape and i regret that deeply and it's such a shame it's been an injustice to nine years you know in a sand women and to feminists and victims of rape even in sweden the original prosecution through the allegations out on lack of merit then began the release of a quarter of a million u.s. diplomatic cables revealing and humiliating for the u.s. government all of a sudden sweden's director of public prosecutions decided the rape claims were valid and sweden swallowed it whole including some of its most outspoken commentators it's clear. is not

a person who should be in jail for journalism if he has committed a sexual sexual offense then that's a separate issue from wiki leaks. i do not think this is politically motivated at least since. i saw it himself is calling this a political witch hunt and he's not the only one outside sweden who's drawing that conclusion maybe in the near future will work. across some leaked documents showing how the us put pressure on sweden in great britain to secure the arrest of julian assange it's very unusual for a man to be accused of having consensual sex but not necessarily using a condom that suddenly find himself on the same list along side senior mexican drug lord i don't think this case being brought it all julian assange offered to meet the swedish prosecutor here he offered to meet the swedish prosecutor over. he left

with the permission of the swedish prosecutor. there's been no suggestion that he didn't want to cooperate so why are we going through all this why why did julian assange in the punishment block good ones with prison questions that the swedish media doesn't seem prepared to ask london's high court was the scene of loud protests by associates appalled says during his bail hearing and they're likely to show up again when he reappears to fight extradition in january but if he is sent to sweden he's unlikely to get anything like the level of support in a country which appears to be ready to condemn him as a rapist without questioning any of the possible political motivations behind the claims you are and it's our duty. but it's not just a swedish authorities doing a song it has to worry about american the lawyers are seeking ways to extradite him to the u.s. as the fallout from the latest charge of documents released from whistleblower web site wiki leaks continues laura flanders told r.t.

the highlights the power in the wheels comes at a price. it's been very interesting in the wiki leaks documents that have been released over the last few weeks as we've seen the merican power is evident not just in how many weapons this country has but in the pressure it's able to bear on just about every embassy around the world to do it. adding the u.s. arms race to become by far the most weaponized states nation on earth is an asset when it comes to the state department bullying other countries and undermining their democracy to get what they want you've seen tremendous power come to the united states but you've come to see i think the cost is our economy. and you can watch that full interview in around ten minutes time right here l.t. . the group of iranian lawmakers have voted for diplomatic ties with the u.k.

to be severed the move on monday comes off the position bastard to be the public criticize its poor human rights record as relations with london have deteriorated after rounds claimed that britain's intelligence service was involved in assassination of a top nuclear scientist last month. but a london based journalist really says when it comes to basic freedoms mutates record is far from perfect. the politicians in iran are quite angry and outraged at this very undiplomatic. blog which is being produced from the british embassy in tehran and you know you wonder what's coming next when you take the high moral ground criticize one country's human rights you should be pretty blameless yourself and unfortunately britain's own human rights record

leaves a lot to be desired if you go on to throw stones at someone else's house you should make sure that your own is in order first iran has its many supporters and it has its money to trucked. everybody lines up to their particular. more news analysis is always available on our web site that's r.t. dot com just a taste of what's online through right now. america's most media as we use outlets don't fail is that an innocent hotbed of terrorism in the country become like a possible front the us. and shocking footage of over a million chicks on the russian from dumped into barrels and left out in the cold to die it's a nerve nationwide the prosecutor's office is being urged to open an inquiry into unimproved mortality don't know. russian

investigators say they won't comment on the criticism of their draft report into the april plane crash that killed the polish president kaczynski and ninety five others the station said pilot error was to blame poland has said the findings into the states in southwest russia on acceptable. also has reportedly sent over one hundred fifty pages pointing out the flaws in the private aviation expert crissy eight says the russian investigation was thorough and a venture both sides will come to some sort of agreement. i think the key is to you for the polar side is probably quite a significant amount of criticism of the polish air force i've looked this issue since the accident and i can't fault any of the conclusions that have been leaked by the russian authorities i can't fault the thoroughness of the investigation and i do believe that they have bent over backwards to accommodate the polish

authorities it is telling to note of course that the head of the accident investigation authority has also said that the polls themselves share the lie of the lion's share of blame for that crash on that i don't believe personally that if we bring an international investigating team into the equation that the findings will be any different to what they are i think this is a minor dip in what has been evidently a very close working relationship between poland and russia in recent years it is a minor blip i think as the the full. investigating reports is produced. once certain issues are settled with doing that that i'm sure that those that relationship will build back to the strength of it have before. now

to some other international news this hour freezing temperatures the snow will continue to cause further massive disruptions you came across in europe most of london's heathrow airport was shut leaving tens of thousands of people stranded forcing them to spend another night on terminal formals many thoughts were also cancelled due to icy conditions and paris frankfurt brussels temperatures are predicted to continue into christmas and even beyond. the u.n. has extended the mandate of its peacekeeping force in the ivory coast for six months of your position needed to be recognized as president it's a challenge to own but has ordered the ten thousand strong force to leave and ignored international calls to step down he claims the un has been only his rival suddenly time observers say one that was one of the election is all growing over in youth violence in a country recovering from

a bloody civil war. an explosion has ripped through a bus station in kenya leaving one person dead and injuring more than two dozen others it occurred while passengers were posting through a security checkpoint the sinking of containing an explosive device most of the victims were ugandan citizens traveling home for christmas. but nextel latest business news with daniel bushell. business russia's biggest mine in the last nickel has agreed to sell three and a half billion dollars of its stock to commodities trader traffic or nickel will sell the eight percent stake in the form of american depository receipts held by subsidiaries is the latest move in the tussle between shareholders ali i'm glad to meet the tone and for control of the metals for last week north of a twelve billion dollars to buy the blocking share held by the so. let's check out

the stock markets asian bourses are in the black as commodity prices climbed the growth was also supported by a third reserve comment that the u.s. economy next year may be stronger than expected both the nikkei and saying are more than a percent higher this hour. russian markets closed in the red however on monday with both the r.t.s. and my six ending point two percent down most energy stocks were lower at the close as light sweet stays on the eighty nine dollars a barrel bluecoat has lost over one percent well clearly also came under pressure after it revealed the details of its merger with rival fertilizer company sylvan it is that it will be paying one point four billion dollars to acquire a further twenty percent in the first and then m.k. reversed earlier gains the steel company posted stronger than expected third quarter profits at five hundred sixteen million dollars but want of a price squeeze in coming months now russia's once again being linked with membership of the world trade organization is now expected to happen next year

though joining brings obligations that may hurt some parts of the economy getting the dilution from jones lang list believes membership overall will be beneficial. i hope the whole economy will benefit in the short term without any single doubt the benefit should be on the consumer side simply because i expect decreasing the imported into all the time but. the benefit may come to produce to those one who we were able to adopt their production management style will be able to modernize they need to increase their competitiveness if they fail to do so they would you said from the market and from the economic conditions shares in provide a roof have slumped fourteen percent say it's nandan i.p.o. last month but some analysts think that the shares should fall even further. investment banks which are related to the all have published research reports where they highlight the upside potential of the stalk ranges somewhere from seventeen to

forty three percent but at the same time several independent investment banks not related to the to the initial public offering have also published their research which. have highlighted the downside potential of the company of the company's stock and we believe in fate depends resurge we believe that from current levels the company has to lose half of its value to reach a fair valuation huge deposits of platinum worth twenty seven billion dollars have been found in russia's north west fund did not come overnight its prospects as had been exploring the area for seventeen years before finding the five hundred ton field even better at the mining process should be easy as most of the precious metal lies near the surface that's the latest join us more in fifty minutes time.

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old girls and already streets now in the palm of your. question on the dot com. here with ati all top stories for you the south who's doing defense ties and business corp the russian president says india found new delhi deals worth of billions of dollars are expected to be. severe crackdown on opposition protesters and the roofs comes on the phone around the world hundreds were beaten and arrested after the company president is out there with the sanka another victory almost eighty percent of the vote. and laws. returns to normal in south

korea is what all of them north korea said it was going to retaliate and souls games that. you could aggravate tensions on the peninsula. but revelations by it was sobering website wiki leaks exposed america's role as one of a bleak bestselling author were flown the. leaks exposing washington's hidden agenda made americans think the media is not giving them the full story. or two sitting down with broadcaster and best selling author laura flanders laura thank you very much for joining us tonight to be with you let's get right into it my first question to you is about it being over two years since barack obama has been elected as president and through your eyes which of his very ambitious promises has he kept well i mean i think he's kept the one which was he's going to try and i think that he has been trying but the change that he promised the hope that people had.