and in southern india and the chances are we 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 growing economy also india's private sector would like to. invest in russia and likewise the russian firms investing in india so both sides are clearly looking at this meeting to take this partnership to a 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 is a strategic partner with which india has had a decade long strategic partnership we're going to see. 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 force india and russia have

a very long defense cooperation for the last couple of decades from during the former soviet union as well the majority of india's weapons and spares come from russia russia is india's needing a weapon supplier and sides are looking at moving this from a bias supply of relationship to joint development of weapons we've seen that in the. supersonic. and now with the fifth generation fighter aircraft they're going to look at taking this to the next level so president is is trying to obviously. look at defense and economics but he's here on the cultural model he's going to visit but. in the afternoon he's going to visit. he's going to interact with members of bollywood. from industry so present video is actually backing quite a lot of wide range of areas in his day is a visit here. there's been widespread international criticism of a violent police crackdown on opposition protests in the roots following sunday's

presidential election many protesters were beaten and more than six hundred arrested including several candidates incumbent leader had xander won a fourth term with almost eighty percent of the vote ortiz cutting the reports from the capital mints. this is. the roots when you saw the. accounting for this is what concerns it. probably over. the people may have deserved better but what they got instead was more of the same . from the bottom of my heart i would like to tank my supporters and congratulate them on a victory. so you are not from my opponent so 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 minsk. 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 baton at least six of the nine presidential candidates have also been arrested many of them seem more 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 they wrapped him in the blanket dressed him out of the room and looking inside. 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 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 deloris 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 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. casuarinas r r t minsk. people living on south korea's olens in the disputed seaboard or returning to their homes off the souls of military exercises the past without incident korea said it would not retaliate to what it's called a provocation despite previous threats russia called on in the agency meeting of the un security council warning that new drills could aggravate tensions on the peninsula. the reports now from. 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 sort of an admission of tension a serious conflict for that matter so in the big chamber when they have this private meeting which was also of course asked for by the russian federation. we reiterated the cool for forty straight borders in no uncertain terms with the republic of korea differing from conducting this exercise at 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 sends to 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 read a rating 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 die down and die. 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. 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 u.s. and backing support and u.s. participation and the united states moving nuclear powered a nuclear weapon 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 on its way here naughty tangled in

a web we reporter just seems to win in seeking sensationalism. why iran wants to cut its ties with the u.k. . just a few months. moscow has warned lawmakers in washington that any change to a new nuclear arms reduction deal could destroy the pact foreign minister. said that for russia the start treaty is not up for renegotiation. the u.s. senate rejected one of them from republicans seeking to today the ratification. when they hold a majority in congress democrats hope the treaty will have enough support. u.s. president urge the senate to ratify the document by the end of week describing the start treaty as a national unity. slashed by one third of joe national

security network think tank in washington says the republicans want to disrupt it's ratification. 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 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's been a thawing a reset we call it in 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.

administration is being very forceful in demanding that there be a decision on whether to go forward or not it would have 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 may be out of jail but his legal battle on sexual assault charges is still ongoing so much and is now is claimed the women behind the odd occasions are simply trying to cash in on their stories lower and it is following the case in london. in sweden it's not many people who say today that they suspect set up it's a case of. you know not being the best of men until rape charges were leveled at julian our songs 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 wimmin 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. as not a person who should be jailed 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 come. across some leaked documents showing how the us put pressure on sweden in great britain to secure the arrest of julian assange as it's very unusual for a man to be accused of having consensual sex but not necessarily using a condom but suddenly find himself on the same list interpol lists alongside 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 the 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 us so just 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 to. well it's not just swedish authorities genocide has to worry about american lawyers are seeking ways to extradite him to

the u.s. as the fallout from the latest charge of documents released from a website which it leaks continues. longest told r.t. the leaks highlight the power miracle wields 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 its bidding. 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 as our economy probables. and you can

watch that full interview in just over an hour's time here on out. the group of rain lawmakers have voted for diplomatic ties with the u.k. to be so good the move comes after the british ambassador to the islamic criticized it all human rights record tehran's relations that london has deteriorated after iran's claim that britain's intelligence service was involved in assassination of a top scientist last month but london based journalist. sometimes when it comes to basic freedoms he's been perfect. the politicians in iran all 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. well as more news and analysis always about it all on our website that's r.t. dot com let's have a quick look at what's online few right now america's alarmist media news out of that state fears that yemen is a hotbed of terrorism could the country become another possible war fronts for the u.s. . and shocking footage of over a million checks on a russian farm dumped into barrels and left out in the cold to die it's a new nationwide the prosecutor's office is being urged to open an inquiry into

cruelty and more dot com. russian investigators say they won't comment on criticism of the draw for paul to the april plane crash that killed the polish president lech kaczynski and ninety five others just a geisha and said pilot error was to blame poland said the findings into the accident in southwest russia unacceptable also has reportedly sent over one hundred fifty pages pointing out what it says are flaws in the probe mediation expert christie aides says the russian investigation was thorough that eventually 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 at 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 poles themselves shared 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 approach. 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 so i think 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 so the strength to get help before. you know some other international news this hour freezing temperatures and the snow is going to cause further massive disruption u.k. and across europe most of the through airport was shut leading tens of thousands of people stranded forced them to spend another night on terminal fools many flights were also counsel due to ice of conditions in paris frankfurt and brussels the arctic temperatures are predicted to continue to christmas the old. un has extended the mandate of its peacekeeping force in ivory coast for six months urging the opposition leader to be recognized as president is a challenge to don't want the bad it was one of the ten thousand strong force to leave when you move the international calls to step down he claims the un has been his rival in a sudden observers say one member's run off election in his upbringing or when you

bought it in a country still recovering from a bloody second. and an explosion has ripped through a bus station in kenya even one person dead and injuring more than two dozen others . passengers will call center security checkpoint police say the dead man had a bag containing an explosive device most of the victims were encountered citizens traveling home for christmas. a few moments or the business he's done a bushel state. building.

would be soon rich bright if you move from still fresh. start on t.v. don't come. into business russia's biggest mind in the last nickel has agreed to sell three and a half billion dollars of its stock to commodities trader traffic girl or a nickel silver eight percent stake in the form of american depository receipts held by subsidiaries is the latest move in the tussle between shareholders. i'm glad to me puts on in for control of the metals firm last week no risk for twelve billion dollars to buy the blocking share held by their past. this chicken stock markets the nikkei jumped in the final hour to finish up one and a half percent in

a news conference in around five minutes time we expect the governor of the bank of japan to commit to keep borrowing costs low for japanese companies also recovered from yesterday's two months low on investor sentiment the bourses on the value of its not just four and a half percent this year compared to over sixteen percent for the m.s.c.i. index of asian markets outside japan. ended monday as it did last week slightly in the red to both main bourses remorse or last point two percent yesterday most energy stocks were down at the close as light sweet stays on the eighty nine dollars a barrel to call those lost over a percent also came under pressure off to reveal the details of its merger with rival fertilizer company sylvan it says it will be paying one point four billion dollars to acquire a further twenty percent stake in the firm and then m.k. reversed earlier games steel company posted stronger than expected third quarter profits at five hundred sixteen million dollars but warned of a price squeeze in the coming months. russia's once again being linked with

membership of the world trade organization is now expected to happen next year although joining brings obligations that may hurt some parts of the economy going into the ocean from joseline lasalle believes membership overall will be beneficial . to 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 importance in the longer term but. the benefit may come to produce two films one we were able to adopt their production management style will be able to modernize the equipment and to increase their competitiveness if they fail to do so they need he said from the market and from people you can see. now shares an email provider meldrew has slumped fourteen percent since its london i.p.o. last month but some analysts think they should now be falling even further. investment banks which are related to the all have published research reports where they highlight the upside potential of the stock 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 of the company of the company's stock and we believe in the invest cafe independent research we believe that from current levels the company has to lose half of its value to reach a fair valuation. finally this huge deposits of platinum worth twenty seven billion dollars have been found in russia's north west the discovery did not come overnight prospectors have been exploring the area for seventeen years before finding the five hundred ton field even better jola just say the mining process should be easy as most of the precious metal lives near the surface. join us for the start of moscow markets in fifty.

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the for. you watching all to the top stories we're covering for you this out to sting defense ties and this is corporations as the russian president meets with the indian leadership in new delhi deals worth billions of dollars are expected in. a severe crackdown on opposition protesters and other roosts comes on the far right in the wild hundreds were beaten and arrested after incumbent president. claimed another victory almost eighty percent of the vote. life returns to normal in

south korea's border off to the north korea said it would not retaliate against games that. could aggravate tensions on the peninsula. the russian deputy prime minister who's in charge of the national committee how the preparations for the sochi winter games off spotlight. hello again and welcome to squash the show. i'm very my guest is alexander. president medvedev has signed the country's budget for the coming year as top priority the document sees modernizing the economy for more than four years the so-called national projects have been.