as you mentioned they've been focusing clearly on energy and on defense they signed a dozen agreements today most of these were in new areas because they were they said when they wanted to bring other areas with this traditionally strong ties on defense and nuclear but one of the key agreements that has been signed is on expanding the oil and gas sector we've also seen an agreement on a framework agreement signed in expanding the civilian nuclear cooperation as you know russia is building through new nuclear stations in southern india an agreement has now been signed to build another two additional nuclear reactors in india india has identified one site in eastern india for building the next reactor india cotton creek has about two point five percent nuclear energy in its energy mix it wants to increase this to ten percent and it's relying on countries like russia to develop

and to bring that technology and will react as ford and russia as expected to build about fifteen to twenty nuclear reactors in india for providing its energy needs in the next decade or so they've also discussed other areas like pharma and id and. indeed nuclear sticking in the nuclear field russia says that it will help india join the nuclear suppliers group this is a group. that india has been seeking to enter and russia will facilitate that they have also discussed. the systems and navigation system that russia is developing and india is interested in being a partner with us and using this is the equivalent of the american navigation system the g.p.s. both leaders were quite clear on energy being an important part of this mix. with russia is positive about energy cooperation in the future i told the prime minister today that india is a convenient partner in the energy fee. it applies not only to nuclear energy where

we've achieved a lot in the past few years but also in the extraction in saying. that a goal will be over that or them in our particular significance in the project is our cooperation in the field of nuclear energy hydrocarbon sector information technology centers the outer space and what president just mentioned be a menace a potential op expanding cooperation in the field. russia and india have also been talking about them contracting jointly build a fifth generation fighter jets tell us more about that. well this is been in the works for a while now both sides have been talking about cooperating on developing this fifth generation fighter aircraft they have now signed the contract the contract is worth about ten billion dollars and this will be this is been signed by rosewater an

export from the russian side and hindustani out of the limited from the indian side and we saw just building jointly putting in equal amount of money in this jointly building and developing a fifteen nation fighter aircraft russia will provide the fighter jet people and india will provide the navigation and avionics this is going to be provide about two hundred fifty aircraft for the russian air force and about two hundred fighter aircraft for the indian air force and this will be the mainstay of the forces for the next couple of decades so clearly this is an important agreement that has been signed and this has been the cornerstone of this particular visit by president medvedev also they for. the both sides have been quite clear that. while talking about nuclear while talking about economy while talking about defense that the ties between russia and india are actually a source of stability not just for south asia but for the world and both sides have

also discussed. to end international terrorism. charan singh f.-a now thank you very much for that. and in fact if more views on present visit to india we're now joined by professor andre ludden who's head of oriental studies at the diplomatic academy of russia's foreign ministry i thank you very much indeed for joining us here in the studio now pressure is building nuclear power stations in india how crucial is russia's involvement in that program well my feeling given that russia's contribution to and the security of india in the field what bhaumik and not your monk less a call and the g.e. is crucial and. my understanding is dictated by several facts first and foremost by. the year twenty fifty there will be seven hundred million indians living in cities so it is a. wide and wide area for our cooperation in the field of

energy security due to do leg off nature natural energy sources in india and one more example by the year twenty thirty or more then sixty six the cities will have of one billion and more citizens russia will cover a finger in their part large buyer and. so to say russian russian. administration russian government is very intent on developing this kind of operation for. the least and i think that the contribution of the russian government of the russian people to the energy security of india now that the two leaders also pledged closer cooperation when it comes to the issue of terror threats close to their borders how effective could that be i think that this

cooperation is quite defective there are exchange not only exchange of views but exchange of but a sundial on the indian side on the russian side drawing drawing toward beams of a counter terroristic activities but i would add that if this effective counter artistic operation should be added by the practice of development that means economic growth. maximal possible employment and a low growth of equity as it is called in india so we can fight terrorism in countries like afghanistan like of pakistan by these. concept of development demographic trend india can do a lot to promote these chords and on the on the international front president said that russia supports india's participation in the un security council how would

india's participation in the act affect the balance of powers or. saw india is one of the group pulls in the contemporary world politics so india should be accepted to be adopted into the security council but this is a process this is this is a process and in cooperation with other members of the security council russia will of facilitate india's coming stepping into the security council india is forced to power for strange power and it can articulate the needs interests and desires of the developing nations so it is very important not only india but brazil and other countries professor thank you very much indeed for your thoughts here today i take

it. there's been widespread international criticism of a violent police crackdown on opposition protesters for in sunday's presidential election many protesters were beaten six hundred arrested including several candidates incumbent leader. on a fourth term with almost eighty percent of the vote. of the reports from the capital. this is. the roots the new. front. probably. the people may have deserved better but what they got instead was more of the same. publicly varied from the bottom of my heart i would like to kank my supporters and congratulate them on a victory. pretty eerie and as for my opponents i have

to inform you on the saddest of all patience for you and you will now. 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 you know. 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 look me in side. easier on 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 and not to control it when it comes to god 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 that political changes are happening any time soon. catherine as our r.t. minsk. america's unofficial envoy to north korea says his visit provided an opening for him to return to dialogue over its controversial nuclear program bill richardson said the secretive state would allow inspectors from the international atomic energy agency to examine their facilities and also praised north korea's president says i'm not responding to the south's recent military exercises near the disputed seaboard of pyongyang said it would not retaliate what it's called a provocation this is what previous threats we tend to show an emergency meeting of

your security council warning that you drills could aggravate tensions on the peninsula but delegates failed to reach a conclusion. of games at the stove in the protests about incidents of. this is the fourth direct provocation of us 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 and 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 on its way here in o.t. tangled in a web report on june the soldiers claims were unfit to win in seeking some solutions. moscow has warned lawmakers in washington that any change to a new nuclear arms reduction deal could destroy the pact foreign minister sergei lavrov said that for russia the starts treaty is not up for renegotiation while the u.s. senate rejected all amendments from republicans seeking to do they direct implication to january if they hold a majority in congress the democrats hope the treaty will have enough support required for passage us president urged the senate to ratify the document this week

describing the start treaty as a national policy you would see the oscars gnashed by then joel rubin from the national security network think tank says despite republicans amendments the treaty will eventually be signed. 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 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's been a thawing a reset 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 jude in the sun maybe out of jail but he's legal battle and sexual charges are still ongoing. and his lawyers claim the women behind the on occasions are simply trying to cash in on the stories lure emmett's is following the case in london. in sweden it's not many people who say today that that they suspect. it's a case of. you know not being the best of me until great 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 is

requesting us on his extradition from the u.k. the having unprotected sex with two women they call it rape. the charges being dubbed sex by surprise are 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 marriage 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 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 alongside senior mexican drug lord i don't think this case being. 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. 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 the forces 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 rapists without questioning any of the possible political motivations behind the claims you are and it's our t. . was more news analysis always available on our website and

a lot more tarty dot com has to sports a click away right now because media news outlets fears that. terrorists could the country become another possible war front for the us. shocking footage. dumped into barrels and left in the cold to die it's a nation the prosecutor's office is being. cruelty. russian investigators say they will not comment on punished. this is a of their report for the april plane crash that killed the polish president and ninety five others with occasional concluded that pilot error was to blame but the polish prime minister has called the finals in three acts and unacceptable. conduct a draft report of the instant after months of investigation but it has not been made public relations expert chris says the russian yesterday she was no further

international is moving. i've looked at this issue since the accident and examined the cockpit voice recording transcripts and so on and i can't fault any of the conclusions that have been leaked by the the russian authorities 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 which seems to be the pressure was brought to bear in some way shape or form on the pilots who copilot the aircraft to make an attempt to land at an airport where there were no conditions at all to land too much for not enough visibility and a lot of pressure being brought on the pilots conspired to cause the accident. now

to some other international news for you this hour freezing temperatures the snow to cause further massive disruption in the u.k. and across 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 flights were also cancelled due to icy conditions in paris frankfurt and brussels. temperatures are predicted to continue to christmas and even beyond the. u.n. has extended the mandate of its peacekeeping force in ivory coast for six months urging your position the to be recognized as president it's a challenge to launch the bug has ordered the ten thousand strong force to leave and ignored international calls to step down he claims the un has been arming his rival in the sun with tara observers say one of them does run off election years are growing of renewed violence in the country's to recover and bloody civil war.

and an explosion has ripped through a bus station in kenya leaving three people dead and injured two dozen others it's occurred while passengers were passing through security checkpoints they say to a bag containing an explosive device most of the victims were ugandan citizens traveling home for christmas. let's cross to daniel bushel of the business desk. welcome to business russia and india have signed twenty agreements spread over many areas of the economy including banking and the possible creation of joint oil and gas ventures president medvedev is in india for a two day visit countries have stated their intentions to trade turnover to up to twenty billion dollars within five years. russia's biggest mind and nora's nickel has agreed to sell three and a half billion dollars of its stock to commodities trader traffic no snicko 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 very pasch i'm glad to be put on in for control of the metals last week norsk offered twelve billion dollars to buy the blocking share held by their pastor. take a look at the stock markets european shares are gaining for a second day in a row engine maker rolls royce group drove up one point seven percent off the citi group upgraded the firm to buy from hold but portugal's government bond ratings have been put on review for possible downgrade by moody's which cites the country's weak longer term outlook. both the nikkei and hang saying ended up one and a half percent higher today recovering from yesterday's two months low on investor sentiment that the bulls seized on the value it's not just four and a half percent this year compared with over sixteen percent for the m.s.c.i. index of asian markets outside the. markets here in moscow holding on to the

morning's gains we all ts has raised yesterday's losses it's up point six percent to my six slightly down both telecoms up from reporters following part of a consortium cable t.v. operates a national telecom for one point four billion dollars energy stocks are also growing of the russian raised this forecast for your rules next year from seventy five to eighty one dollars a barrel a month and there has gained after reporting a three fold increase in earnings. in the first month months of the year. russia is once again being linked with membership of the world trade organization it's now expected to happen next year although joining brings obligations that may hurt some parts of the economy if getting those in from jones lang let's sell believes membership overall will help the country. 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 import into all the time but not to the

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