in an agreement on a framework agreement signed in expanding the civilian nuclear cooperation as you know russia is building new new nuclear stations in southern india an agreement has now been signed with another nuclear reactors in india india has identified one site in eastern india for building the next reactor india currently 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 and to bring that technology and the will reactors for it and russia is expected to build about fifteen to twenty nuclear reactors in india for providing its energy needs in the next decade or so they have also discussed. the system the 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 g.p.s.

both leaders were quite clear on energy being an important part of this mix of. russia's positive about energy cooperation in the future i told the prime minister today that india is a convenient partner in the energy field it applies not only to nuclear energy we've achieved a lot in the past few years but also in the extraction of hydrocarbons. we have several important agreement covering a large number of sectors this reflects our desire to bring over cooperation in other areas. traditionally strong cooperation. different. 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 is been signed by rosewater and. support from the russian side and hindustani out of

the limited from the indian site and massages building a jointly site putting in equal amount of money in this jointly building and developing a fifty in addition fighter aircraft russia will provide be the fighter jet people and india will provide the navigation and the 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 means to be albeit their forces for the next couple of decades so clearly this is an important agreement that has been signed and this has been the cornerstone all of this particular visit by president medvedev also gave. 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 have also discussed. to end international terrorism. lot in from the diplomatic academy at

russia's foreign ministry says that nuclear energy is a vital field for russia's cooperation with india. brushless contribution to energy security of india in the field of tomic and a are monk less at goal and the g.e. is crucial 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 a lack of. natural energy sources in india india is one of the group pulls in the contemporary world politics saw india should be accepted should be adopted into the security council but this is a process and in cooperation with other members of the security council russia

will facilitate india's coming stepping into the security council india is a strange power and it can articulate the needs interests and desires of the developing nations there's been widespread international criticism of a 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 leader and xander won a fourth term with almost eighty percent of the vote. of a reports from the capital minsk. this is a. truth when you saw the. accounting for this is what transparency. probably. is a third of the people may have deserved better but what they got instead was more

of the same. that it's from the bottom of my heart i would like to kank 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 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 work 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 glass 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 billions of euros if there are signs of free and fair elections whether look cool 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. cashman as our r.t.e. minsk or its way out of jail but not a free man as desperately seek stronger sanctions extradition britain is trying to finally there. and why iran wants to cut its ties with the u.k.

in just a few minutes. america's unofficial envoy to north korea says his visits provide an opening for pyongyang to return to dialogue over its controversial nuclear program earlier richardson had said the secretive state would allow inspectors from the international atomic energy agency to examine their facilities so praised north korea's president says i'm not responding to the south's recent military exercises new disputed sea boredom. said it would not retaliate for what it called a provocation despite previous threats of the weekend russia called an emergency meeting of u.n. security council warning that you drills could aggravate tensions but delegates failed to reach a conclusion. or games all to still be precarious balance on the peninsula. this is the 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 game militarized 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 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. moscow has warned the americans and washington that any change to a reduction deal could destroy the pact foreign minister said that for russia the

stocks treaty is bought up because she meanwhile the u.s. senate rejected one amendments from republicans today to ratification to the general they hold a majority in congress but democrats hope the treaty will have enough support for the passage of the u.s. president the senate to ratify the document this week describing the start treaty as a national team. by one. rubin from the national security network says despite the republicans and the treaty living side. many of these amendments are designed to make a political point attempting to either embarrass the administration or cause debate on the floor that could bring others to the side of the rejection of the treaty these are all failing they need to get a majority of 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 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 very dramatic impact on the american russian relations and that's something that the administration advocates for the treaty in the senate are using as an argument to say we have to ratify it now. wiki leaks founder julian assange may be out of jail but his legal battle on sexual assault charges is still ongoing sweden insists on his extradition from the u.k. . shown no proper justice awaits in that lower emmett's is following the case in

london. 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 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 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 diminish the whole issue of of rape and i regret that deeply

and it's such a shame it's been an injustice tonight an issue an innocent 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 rate 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 i. hope so as soon as 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 is 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. 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 associates supporters 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 mesa patients behind the claims you are and it's our duty. when it's not just swedish authorities doing a song for us to worry about american lawyers are seeking ways of extraditing him to the u.s. as the fallout from the latest tranche of documents released by wiki leaks continues or. told r.t. that the power america wields comes at a price. 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 paranoid. a group of iranian lawmakers have voted for diplomatic ties with the u.k. to be severed the move comes after the british ambassador to the islamic republic criticize its poor human rights records. nations or to deteriorate it after iran's claim that it is rigid service was involved in the assassination of a top scientist lots of them the best journalist really says when it comes to basic

freedoms what 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. well more news analysis is always available on our website that's r.t. dot com here's a taste of what's online right now. the most media there's news. still fears that

when it is a hotbed of terrorism the country become another possible war front for the u.s. . when shocking footage of over a million chicks on a russian farm dumped into barrels and left out of the cold to die it's a nationwide the prosecutor's office is being urged to open a fiery animal cruelty. where russian investigators say they will not comment on polish criticism of their report the plane crash that killed the polish president and ninety five others mystical ocean concluded that pilot error was to blame but the polish prime minister has called authorities into the accident unacceptable. draft report or be instant after months of investigation but it has not been made public aviation expert chris yates says the russian destination was thora and that no further international needed.

i've looked this issue since the accident and examined the cockpit voice recording transcript so on and i can't fault any of the conclusions that have been leaked by the russian authorities i don't believe personally like 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 this hour freezing temperatures heavy snow continuing to cole's 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 floors many flights were also cancelled due to icy conditions in paris frankfurt and russell's the arctic temperatures are predicted to continue until christmas and beyond. the u.n. has extended the mandate of its peacekeeping force in the ivory coast for six months during the opposition leader to be recognized as president it's a challenge to alone about it was all of the ten thousand strong force to you've been ignored international calls to step down he claims the un has been arming his rival in the sun with tara observers say one that and there's a runoff election there's a growing of renewed violence in the country's two recovering from a bloody civil war. an explosion has ripped through

a bus station in kenya leaving three people dead injuring more than two dozen others the passengers were passing through security checkpoint police say the dead man had a bad containing an explosive device most of the victims were found in citizens traveling home for christmas. now russia's main christmas tree has been erected in moscow it will be the focus of the kremlin is cathedral square for the next three weeks to mark the new year celebrations thirty meters high it's being decorated with thousands of russian tricolor lights and limits to meet a star all around the tree which came from the most cool region especially sentiment which is one hundred years old and different to the kremlin but for the frost himself kremlin she chose and each year is always at least a century old in at least the traditional stuff. x.

. since. christmas eve the next or latest business is with daniel and stand that gazprom has cut its price for another east status or russia's gas exporter is on the pressure because its contracted rates are considered too high more not later but first russia and india have signed thirty 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 the countries have stated their intentions to trade turnover to up to twenty billion dollars within five years. after almost a year of negotiation gazprom has agreed to sell gas to latvia at a fifteen percent discount the deal will come into effect next year meanwhile the company says it will raise production by up to fourteen percent by twenty fifteen that's amounts to five hundred eighty eight billion cubic meters of gas a year gazprom says the plans are based on developments in that the mystic and

external gas market expects to produce just over five hundred billion cubic meters of gas this year. 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 guru up north nickel silver eight percent stake in the form of american depository receipts held by subsidiaries is the latest move in the tussle between shareholders oleg deripaska and lived in that town in for control of the metals for last week no risk for twelve billion dollars to buy the block and share held by their cost. is take a look at the stock markets european shares are gaining for the second day in a row in jamaica rolls royce group drove up one point seven percent of the citi group graded the firm to buy from hold 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. for the nikkei and one thing ended up one and

a half percent higher today recovered from yesterday's two months on investor sentiment the bulls is undervalued it's not just for the half percent this year compared with over sixteen percent for the m.s.c.i. index of asian markets outside. markets here in moscow a holding on to the morning's games has raised yesterday's losses it's up point six of a percent. telecom is higher all reports it's part of a console to buying cable t.v. operate a national telecom for one point four billion dollars energy stocks are also growing after russia raised its full cost for your rules blend oil next year from seventy five to eighty one dollars. more so there goes his game of reporting a three fold increase in earnings for the first nine months of the year. russia's once again be linked with membership of the world trade organization is now expected to happen next year well the joining brings obligations that may hurt some parts of the economy you've given that those in from jones lang last sell believes

overall membership 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 import of them into overtime but not before and the benefit may come to produce to those one who will be able to adult management style will be able to modernize they need to increase their competitiveness if they feel they need to set new from the market from the economic conditions finally this email provider mel raised a billion dollars in a highly successful london i.p.o. last month but investors have been disappointed with his shares since then slumping fourteen percent some analysts explain why the stock will fall even further. investment banks which are related to the will 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 company of this company's stock and we believe in the pen research we believe that from current levels the company has to lose half of its value to reach a fair valuation. that's the latest you can follow stories on our website that's all true dot com slash business.

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you're watching on t.v. our top stories for you this hour the green that sold nuclear power and trade deals with indians of dollars struck as russian president make sure they get it because it's in the lead is all the countries said that ties are crucial for turtles to belittle. the severe correct out of opposition protests as a bit of news comes on the from around the world hundreds were beaten under arrested proper incumbent president it's under-nutrition claimed another victory almost eighty percent of the vote. and life returns to normal in south korea's for

the odd of them both korea said don't retaliate against souls war games there. that could aggravate tensions on the peninsula. but next we travel to the heart of siberia to discover some natural wonders. because nowitzki siberia's largest city and a major industrial center. a unique nature reserve called the closing of. the pillars can be found only for commoners away from the city here thousands of rocky cliffs lie scattered in the siberian tiger people in central siberia centuries ago revered the place with special devotion. here the hardy braves with very low temperatures to try to climb cliffs without safety equipment.