close partners. well clearly they have had a long strategic partnership for the past decade and for several decades before that but what's giving the impetus to these renew. ties that you're seeing now is the growing economies that both russia and india have they're both bric countries they're both growing at a clip and. complementary in a lot of areas especially in the area of energy where we've seen a lot of agreement signed or oil and gas as one sector that we've seen an agreement signed today also conventional nuclear energy that is building nuclear reactors for india it's already building in southern india today we have seen an agreement for an additional two nuclear reactors which will be built in southern india to feed the growing demand for energy in india india has just a mere two point five percent of its energy mix coming from nuclear energy business two percent over sixty three thousand megawatts of nuclear energy is what it wants

to add in the next twenty years and russia will be a partner in this one of the leading partners it will plans to build fifteen to twenty nuclear reactors forty india in the next couple of decades to delhi that was one of the areas that both sides focused on and both leaders were also quite clear that this energy that energy what important in the relationship. with. russia is positive about energy cooperation in the future so i told the prime minister today 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 your codes. i am particularly. corporation. enconcept it reflects.

well a lot of agreement certainly on energy cooperation but military hardware is also a big one russia and india are jointly developing a fifth generation fighter jet in fact we know it's already made its first test flight and would be the only one outside the u.s. tell us more about the project. yes this this particular has been much awaited both sides have been negotiating this for a while now it's a fifth generation fighter which means that it's got very high stealth drone that is its signature the radar signature that would it be for radar to pick it out in the skies is very limited and as you mentioned it's the only one outside the united states that's really flying up in the air both india and russia will be contributing will be equal partners in this development both sides will be putting the money and the development costs would be out on eight to ten billion dollars and russia would be providing the plane the power plant and india would be

providing the avionics and the navigational software. we will be seeing about two hundred fifty fighters from this particular model being pushed into service in the russian air force and on two hundred forty and this will be the main. forces in the coming decades and the overall contract when you look at the five. hundred million dollars contract would be at all twenty billion dollars so clearly this is a cornerstone of the future development of weaponry on both sides no longer are we going to see a relationship merely as a supplier and a bio but as joint development joint partners in developing weapons which can be used by both defense forces right artie's card saying reporting live from new delhi following top level bilateral talks. well on the way here on our to innocent till proven guilty latest on the wiki leaks founder julian assange to find

what he calls a politically motivated smear campaign. but first some six hundred people remain in custody in bell the roots following protest against sunday's presidential elections and alexander lukashenko is when the e.u. has condemned the arrest and is calling for the release of all protesters so far two of the nine presidential candidates who took part in the oppositions on rest have reportedly been freed. explains how events unfolded. this is a. ruse so the. accounting for this is what transparency. probably. is a fact that 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 tank my supporters and congratulate them on a victory but. so you are not from my opponent so i have

to inform you on the saddest of all cajuns for you that 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 reached him in the blanket dressed him out of the room and look me inside. e.u. 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 its. 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 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 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 anytime soon. as our r.t. minsk. the brother of the former polish president tell'd in a plane crash in southwest russia has claimed the body buried in krakow does not belong to let it since the former prime minister europe's locket since he has not yet decided whether he will ask for the remains to be examined russian media reports moscow is also by the comments because polish of missiles were present at all stages of the identification earlier warsaw rejected the findings of the investigation into the contrast the report concluded that pilot error was among the

main causes of the fatal accident that killed ninety six the polish prime minister has called the findings unacceptable and groundless but aviation expert chris kate says the russian investigation was there oh and no further international inquiry is needed. i've looked at this issue since the accident and examined the the cockpit voice recording transcript and so on and i can't fault any of the conclusions that have been leaked by 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 when the pressure was brought to bear in some way shape or form on the pilots and copilots of 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. a lot of pressure being brought on the pilots conspired to cause that accident. in the u.s. obama's democrats say they now have enough republican backers to pass a landmark nuclear cuts deal with russia but some conservatives are still fighting it senate votes have turned down three more attempts to amend and effectively kill off the agreement moscow sas the new strategic arms reduction treaty cannot be renegotiated only ratified how does one of the u.s. administration's main foreign policy achievements start with slash the two countries deployed nuclear arsenal third signed by the. obama in april it needs to be ratified by both the american senate and the russian duma it's a race against time for the democrats whose majority in the senate will be reduced in january currently need at least nine republican votes to pass the treaty obama

has been phoning senators personally urging them to start on tuesday the senate is expected to decide when it will vote on that case that political analyst the republicans are simply trying to. 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 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. here with our t.v. live from moscow still ahead in the program some destroy why others build right belgium on to the heroes of world war two as a response to georgia controversially blowing off a memorial. leaks founder julian assange says he's fighting an extradition order to sweden because he won't be treated fairly there a son who's in the u.k. on bail is due to face the swedish courts in three weeks over sexual assault charges in a case mainly art many argue i should say is politically motivated and is are two years more and that reports sweden's media and legal establishment are sticking

together to defend the country's reputation and accusations of spin. in sweden it's not many people who say today that they suspect such a it's a case of. you know julian assange is 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 is requesting a song 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 the sand but women and to feminists and victims of rape even in sweden the original prosecution threw 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 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 that suddenly find himself on the same list interpol lists alongside senior mexican drug lord i don't think this case being brought at all julian assange offered to meet the swedish prosecutor here he offered to meet the swedish prosecutor over there 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 joined up in the punishment block at wandsworth prison questions that the swedish media doesn't seem prepared to ask london's high court was the scene of loud protests by

a socialist 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 motivations behind the claims you are and it's our duty not to. well julian assange is also facing possible prosecution in the us vice president joe biden has branded him a high tech terrorist for leaking sensitive diplomatic cables author and journalist laura flanders told r.t. that the disclosures have revealed the extent to which the us has the power to bully other nations. 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's been. the u.s. arms race to become by far the most weaponized its nation on earth is an asset when it comes to the state department building of a country's 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. you can watch that full interview in just over ten minutes time right here on our tape a monument to soldiers who gave their lives fighting fascism in world war two has been unveiled and moscow the project was conceived after georgia blew up a war memorial in the country's western city of kutaisi last year prime minister vladimir putin and leaders from the georgian opposition attended the ceremony here in the russian capital on the boy has more. the initial idea was to create an

exact copy of the demolished mourning meant but it was later discovered that most of the blueprints and miniatures were lost and the also of this culture of that monument in the t.c. it was too old and too frail to redesign it from scratch eventually it was decided to build a new me more that would incorporate some of the elements of the old one roger muir putin who was present at the unveiling ceremony today sad that that demolition in could see was. essentially an act of state vandalism here's exactly what he sat this is a memorial to the immortal heroism of our people and also the symbol of our strong resolve to protect the truth about the heroes of the war protected from cynicism barbarism and. we stand together against nationalism xenophobia extremism however appealing they may be made to look a year ago almost all t.v.

channels showed pictures of the woman morrill in the city of being blown up by a shameful example of st. we have already seen a statement issued by the foreign ministry of georgia saying that it was of course russia's sovereign right to put whatever morning means it wants wherever it wants on its own territory but the demolition of the could see memorial was conducted by numerous georgian groups veteran groups opposition figures and many of them were present at the ceremony in moscow some of them have even contributed to the made it possible for these new memorial to be built actually it was paid for exclusively by two nations and we know that georgian diaspora which is a very big here in russia contributed a great deal to making sure that this memorial is revealed here in moscow. and on official u.s. envoy to north korea says it's promising to let u.n.

nuclear inspectors back into the country they were all kicked out in april last year the international community suspects pyongyang is developing nuclear weapons which north korea is nice meanwhile south korea fears an armed confrontation with the north could break out any moment so just how military exercises on a border island which pyongyang shelled last month killing for the north had promised to respond forcefully to drill but later back down russia and china which both share a border with north korea had urged the south not hold the exercises. let's take a look now at some world news in grief for you this hour freezing temperatures and snow are continuing to cause further massive disruption across europe britain is one of the worst affected so far with tens of thousands stranded flights to and from the u.k. are grounded and travelers are likely to suffer for several more days many flights were also canceled in paris frankfurt and brussels e.u. has heavily criticized airports for failing to deal with the situation calling it

unacceptable and saying it could lead to tighter regulation. the u.s. led coalition in afghanistan is denying reports it's pushing to extend the war into pakistan the new york times earlier quoted unnamed american officials say special forces should target militants across the border the u.s. uses on men drones to strike at suspected insurgents in pakistan often killing civilians by mistake islamabad calls the attacks of violation of the country so. israel has launched air strikes against at least seven suspected militant sites in gaza wounding three palestinians israeli forces say the rocket squad targeted smuggling tunnels of hamas training center and a weapons factory the air raids come after more than a dozen rockets and mortars were lost across the border into israel this week.

an earthquake measuring six point five on the richter scale have struck southeast the wrong killing at least seven and injuring dozens many houses and several villages were destroyed officials say they believe they've pulled out all survivors but are still searching for bodies among the rubble. the iraqi parliament has approved a new government after months of deadlock resulting from a conference inconclusive march elections in parliament voted on a list of forty two ministers and top government posts the incumbent prime minister nuri al maliki will reappoint in november after striking a power sharing deal. russia's main christmas tree has been put up in a prime spot in the heart of the capital it will be the focus of the kremlin's cathedral square for the next three weeks to mark the festive season the thirty meter high tree has been decorated with thousands of russian tricolor lights and ornaments it was delivered to the kremlin by father of songs to itself after being

blessed by a russian orthodox priest in a special ceremony an official committee was set up back in september to choose the perfect tree from farmers in moscow. if you want to say in the christmas spirit you can always check out our t. dot com for more holiday related stories here's just a taste of what's online for you right now get all the details out of which i've made it to the top of everyone's wish list for christmas russians are reportedly into electronic gadgets but not personal fitness that's according to a recent poll. and don't forget to check out our tease delhi dose of the past today we explore how three calls went off and went on a rapper breaking trip to space exactly twenty three years ago find out all the details of our team dot com.

more than half the population in the u.s. doesn't trust the media that's according to a recent poll but bestselling author of bori flanders shares her views on the topic later this hour but first let's get the latest from kareen at the that point doug. you were saying that platinum has seen a strong performance in twenty ten that's right he said and it looks like the trend is set to continue in the coming twelve months and you'll see what searchers are driving the price up in just a moment. but first ford has agreed to review a merger creating the world's first biggest mobile network the b. line network operator was due to pay six and a half billion dollars for weather investments owner of italy's wind and egypt. but three of the nine board members called for better financial terms before finalizing the agreement. after almost a year of negotiations gas 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 two thousand and fifteen that amounts to five hundred eighty billion cubic meters of gas a year gas from says the plans are based on developments in the domestic and external gas market expects to produce just over fifty five hundred billion cubic meters of gas this year. now let's check out the stock markets european shares again for the second day in a row engine make a rolls royce group is up two percent to citigroup grated 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 weaker long term outlook. and markets in moscow are holding on to the morning's gains the r.t.s. has raised to yesterday's losses and is now up half a percent telecoms are reports it's part of the consortium buying cable t.v. operator national telecom for one point four billion dollars energy stocks are also

growing up to russia raised its forecast for euro blend all next year from seventy five to eighty one dollars a barrel and last america continues to gain up to reporting a pretty full increase in earnings for the first nine months of the year. more and platinum platinum has a stronger. former in two thousand and ten delivering a fifteen percent return for investors desirable as jewelry useful in industry many factors have driven the price forward it's a trend that set to continue in the coming twelve months according to senior trader at capital. platinum going to twenty eleven there hasn't been a star performer gold which is a fantastic run and silver as well we're going into towards eleven are see pushed to the upside others see getting up to the all time high as twenty four hundred dollars but around about two thousand dollars is my target at some point next year now where is the demand going to come from well certainly the car industry which is

a big use of platinum for catalytic converters that seems to be recovering from the lows that we see in the last couple years and certainly from from china as well which has an automotive industry industry which is growing fast with both of the demands going to come from and also from the r.t. industry where platinum is used in whole destroys as that starts to recover we could see the did more of a problem increase the up side the price increase and with certain supply side pressures on the down side we could see a squeeze. that's our business of that for this hour see you in about fifteen minutes from now.

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world. bringing you the latest in science and technology from the realms of russia . we've got this huge earth covered. here at the arts here live from moscow where it's four thirty pm these aren't. headlines russia and india secure a multi-billion dollar deal on a new delhi by president is very different as two of the so-called bric nations cement relations nuclear power trade and investment were just some of that agreement sealed. the e.u. is furious as hundreds of people remain in custody envelop groups following violent protests from the opposition to alexander lukashenko win in the presidential election demonstrations demonstrators i should say have been sentenced from five to

fifteen days of administrative rast two of the nine presidential candidates have reportedly been released. and poland rejects moscow's report into the april plane props that killed the polish president and ninety five others but aviation experts say the russian probe was open and thorough meanwhile the late leader's brother the former prime minister of the country claims the wrong body was buried. now the inner workings of u.s. politics at state level have been under intense scrutiny since the latest wiki leaks disclosures are due you spoke to journalist and best selling author laura flanders for her take on american domestic and foreign policy. or two sitting down with broadcaster and bestselling author laura flanders laura thank you very much for joining us today lead to be with you let's get right into it my first question to you is a.