other deals on the table here what's making russia and india such close partners. well they've been strategic partners for over a decade and i've had very warm relations for several decades from the soviet times and what's what's giving more impetus to the bilateral ties is the growing economies of both countries both russia and india bric countries and economies are growing at a fast and one of the key areas that we've seen agreement signed today over a dozen agreements signed today one of the key areas was energy oil and gas and also nuclear power india has a huge demand for energy it's growing at almost nine percent an annum and just two point five percent of its energy mix comes from nuclear energy it wants to increase this ten percent and sixty three thousand megawatts of nuclear energy is what it wants to add in the next twenty years and russia is going to be a leading player in this russia is set to provide world class technology in the.

civil nuclear energy it will also build nuclear power stations for india it's going to be building through in southern india and the agreement signed today will set out the roadmap for building two additional nuclear stations a nuclear power stations in southern india and both leaders are quite clear that any. are important in their relationship. with. russia is positive about energy cooperation future just as i told the prime minister today india is a convenient pardon me and if you feel it applies not only to nuclear energy which will leave the chief a lot in the past few years should also extraction and soon as your cools. i am particularly. coming to corporation. and gas sector it reflects the mentality that

our two economies. well current russia and india are also jointly producing military hardware and developing a fifth generation fighter jet tell us more about the project. yes difference between both countries is also very strong russia is india's largest weapons supplier and most of india's weapons hardware comes from russia and of course before that from the soviet union so what we're seeing today is the progress towards. moving from just the supply of relationship to joint development of weaponry the agreement signed today. the joint development of the fifth generation fighter aircraft this is this is the only one outside the united states which is in the air both sides will be equal partners in this in this the development costs will be around ten billion dollars both sides will put in the money russia will

develop the propulsion systems india will develop the avionics and the navigation software and the road map will be around two hundred fifty fighter aircraft of this model will be built for the russian air force and alone two hundred for the indian air force and the total contract will be worth over thirty billion dollars now the this fighter aircraft will be cutting edge technology one of the key properties is it is its properties in that it's almost invisible to radar and will be it will be the backbone of forces for decades to come so really we're seeing this way forward of. merely just buying off the shelf joint development of weaponry we've seen that with the bromo supersonic messiah and now with these with this particular fighter. right artie's card saying reporting live from new delhi thanks for that we can discuss this visit further joining me in the studio is touching on the sham jaan

she's from the moscow based institute of oriental studies thanks for being with us now is current was just saying russia is one of the world's leaders in arms exports and with the strong military cooperation with india isn't it creating a competitor on the global stage on the market. it is very well known that russia is really one of the most important supplier of arms not only to india but also for chain and some other countries. but i think that our cooperation with india in this sphere does not create any danger for both countries and for the stability in the region i think that our cooperation we have this experience of our cooperation that this field during several decades. it was different kind of time it was a time when india had problems with its neighbors and winning game needed to have

some support in despair and. we are strategic partners not on list that they did previously strategic partners and i think that we never use arms against each other that is my personal view and russia india are considered to be among the world's leading developing a colonies i think using their partnership to gain a bigger role together in world affairs i think so i think so because we there is some important problems are walled affairs where in there and russia can they work together first for example one is that their territories our joint force to prevent the terrorism in unfortunately the terrorism are very dangerous and i think that we can copyright that in. time to set the will of god

fish because the situation of going to stand is very. dangerous for the region and the foreign there for russia and for. the for center relation republics and i think that in these direction when can. together i think that we can work together in the preventing of drug trafficking also that is also in our interest and of course the economic development which chilled work together. in the direction of their creation the new economic relations between tall countries involving their high tech in our working relationship but i think that this is very well you certainly seem to think that india and russia are keen to work together there's a lot of spheres where they can do that are there any problems in relations between moscow and new delhi. problems programs are sometimes all my

problems i think that sometimes after the problem when russian side or indian side is not full feel the arab league ations for example in time that that the problem was a problem very well known with a. craft career but no i hope that they have to think had been settled and now. to solve a twelfth of this project that will fit. and sometimes minor problem for example visa. sometimes it happens you know because the business scientific exchange and everything needs the very fast. he's a forty chap and some things we have even you know. well like you said the two countries do consider each other great strategic partners tachyon less from the moscow based institute of oriental studies thank you very much thank you there and

else i thank you. now on the way here an r.t.a. innocent till proven guilty get the latest on wiki leaks founder julian assange is fighting what he calls a politically motivated smear campaign. some six hundred people remain in custody in belo roofs following the 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 ras have reportedly been freed are discussing was horrible explains how events unfolded this is. the news. that kind of throws this one front. but. the people may have to served better but what they got instead was more of the

same. from the bottom of my heart i would like to thank my supporters and congratulate them on our victory. and as for my opponents i have to inform you on the saddest of all patience 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 investors 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 right police reacted immediately the result for six hundred people detained dozens including artie's camera crew injured it with police but tom's at least six of the

nine presidential candidates have also been arrested many of them seem or are disappearing or without trace you know full of thirty i was with my husband in the hospital when serial men entered the room they held me down i was trying to free myself i was screaming but no one came to help the bottom of the bed he couldn't walk so the reaction in the blanket dressed him out of the room and looking inside the. e.u. and u.s. officials have already condemned the violence but as with the observers president aleksander simply told everyone to mind their own business. a deal just comes the o.s.c. forgets that it came to observe the election not talking trollish when it comes to gossip 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 deleuze billions of euros if there are signs of free and fair elections but they're looking 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 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. catherine as our r.t. minsk. the brother of the late polish president killed in a plane crash in southwest russia has claimed the body buried in krakow does not belong to lech kaczynski former prime minister. has not yet decided whether he will ask for the remains to be exuma and russian media reports moscow is puzzled by the

comments because fish holes were present at all stages of the identification earlier warsaw object of the findings of the investigation into the plane crash 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 yates says the russian investigation was there oh and no further international inquiry is needed. i've looked 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 russian authorities i don't believe personally that if we bring an international investigating team into be equation that the findings will be any different to what they are which seems to be the

pressure groups that in some way shape or form on the pilots who copilot. to make an attempt to land at an airport where there were no conditions at all to land too much fog not enough visibility and a lot of pressure being brought on the pilots conspired to cause that accident. obama's democrats are persuading more and more republicans towards accepting a landmark nuclear cuts deal with russia on tuesday the senate is expected to vote on whether to stop debating the strategic arms reduction treaty start and ratify it the democrats claim they now have enough republican backers but some conservatives are still finding it says the treaty cannot be rewritten or renegotiated only ratified hailed as one of the u.s. administration's main foreign policy achievements start with the two countries deployed nuclear arsenals by a third signed by jimmy to mutate and barack obama in april it needs to be ratified

by lawmakers in both countries it's a race against time for the democrats whose majority in the senate will be reduced anyway political analyst joey rubin says the conservatives are simply trying to bring down obama. 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 votes 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 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 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. live from moscow and you're with our still ahead in the program some of the story why while others build on the veil of a monument to the heroes of world war two as we would want to georgia controversially blowing up its morrill. weekly leaks founder julian assange says he's fighting an extradition order to sweden because he won't be treated fairly there songs 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 many argue is politically motivated as are jews laura met 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. 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 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 rape and i regret that deeply and it's such a shame it's been an injustice to not unusual in the sand but to 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 to rate 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. a song 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 and 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 that was suddenly find himself on the same list into policy 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 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 is why did julian assange joined up in the punishment block good ones with prison questions that the swedish media doesn't seem the pads to

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 rapists without questioning any of the possible political base of patients behind the claims donor and its r.t. not to. let's have a look at some other international news this hour freezing temperatures and heavy 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 parcels the e.u. has heavily criticized airports for failing to deal with the situation calling it unacceptable and saying a country to title regulation. the u.s.

led coalition in afghanistan is denying reports it's pushing to stand with more. new york times quoted an unnamed american official saying it's rational for so should target over to the border the u.s. uses unmanned drone strike at suspected insurgents in pakistan often killing civilians by mistake islamabad calls the attacks a violation of the country's sovereignty. israel has launched air strikes against at least seven suspected militant sites in gaza i would imagine three palestinians israeli forces say the rocket squad targeted smuggling tunnels and mass training center and a weapons factory the air raids come after more than a dozen rockets and mortars were launched across the border into israel this week. a monument to soldiers who gave their lives fighting fascism in world war two has been failed in 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 in the russian capital. has more fun. the initial idea was to create an exact copy of the demolished mourning meant to include tracy but it was later discovered that most of the blueprints and miniatures were lost and the also this culture of that. 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 lodging near putin who was thousand add the unveiling so when it's a sad that bad demolition increase it was. essentially an act of state vandalism here's exactly what you sat this is a memorial to the immortal heroism of the people you can also use the symbol of the strong to introduce the truth about the heroes of the moon with cynicism. and

blindness we stand together against nationalism what's in the food be extremism however appealing that may be true of you it goes even school t.v. channel showed tragic pictures. in the city you to see being blown to shameful example of state oh we have already seen a statement issued by the foreign ministry of drone just saying that it was of course russia still bringing the right. whatever morning when cyclone sidr average ones on its own territory but the demolition of the cooties to the world was condemned by numerous georgian troops veteran goods opposition figures and many of them were present at the ceremony in moscow some of them have even contributed to made it possible for this new memorial to be built actually it was paid for exclusively by the nations and we know that georgian diaspora reaches that very very clear in russia contributed

a great deal to making sure that this memorial is revealed here in moscow where current is here next with all the latest business stay with us. hello and welcome to our business bulletin board has agreed to review a merger creating the world's fifth biggest mobile network the b. line network operator was due to pay six and a half billion dollars for whether investments own or at least wind and each of us comes to three of the nine board members call for better financial terms before finalizing the agreement. after almost a year of negotiations 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 two thousand and fifteen that amounts to five hundred eighty billion cubic meters of gas a year gazprom says the plans are based on the developments in the domestic and

external gas market and expects to produce just over five hundred billion cubic meters of gas this year. now u.s. stocks opened higher on tuesday with center been bolstered by a round of corporate deals including to wrong to dominion bank six point three billion dollars purchase of chrysler financial now european shares a gaining for the second day in a row in london the footsies trading just under a percent higher led by banking shares gaining eight point one point eight percent and world bank of scotland group added nearly three percent and make a rolls royce coopers up two percent up to citi group upgrade at the firm to buy from hold investors meanwhile shrugged off news that portugal's credit rating may be lowered by moody's investors so it's. markets here in moscow holding onto earlier gains the r.t.s. is point seven percent higher this hour telecoms up on reports it's part of a consortium buying cable t.v. operator international telecom for one point four billion dollars energy stocks are

also growing after russia raised its forecast for euros blend oil next year from seventy five to eighty one dollars a barrel and also their growth continues to gain after reporting a three fold increase earnings for the first nine months of the. platinum has a strong performer has a strong performer in two thousand and ten delivering a fifteen percent return for investors desirable as jewelry useful and industry many factors have driven the price forward it's a trend that's set to continue in the coming twelve months according to. senior trader at atic capital. platinum going it's twenty eleven it hasn't been a stall performer gold which is a fantastic run and silver as well we're going into towards eleven are see a push to the upside i don't see getting up to the altar i was twenty four hundred dollars but around about two thousand dollars is more target some point next year

and now where is the demand going to come from well certainly the car industry which is a big use of classroom for catalytic converters that seems to be recovering from the lows that we see in the last couple of years and certainly for china as well which. most of the industry industry which is growing fast with a bulk of the demand is going to come from and also from the auto industry where problem is used in hall destroyed that starts to recover we could see the would be increased the price increase and with certain supply side pressures on the down side we could see a squeeze hawr. and that's our business for this hour we'll be watching the market's performance throughout the day but you can always find most always on our website r.t. dot com. it's

. here at our table are from moscow ominous now and with headlines russia and india secure a multibillion dollar for. deals on a trip to new delhi by president it's very different as the two of the so-called bric nations cement relations nuclear power trade and investment were just some of the ingredients sealed. the e.u. is furious as hundreds of people remain in causes of you develop a roof following violent protests from the opposition to alexander lukashenko is when the presidential election demonstrators have been sentenced from five to

fifteen days of administrative arrest two of the nine presidential candidates have reportedly released. poland rejects moscow's report into the april plane prospect killed the president and ninety five others but aviation experts say the russian probe was open and thorough meanwhile the late leader's brother who's the former prime minister of poland 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 archie speaks to journalist best selling author of borat 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 to read to be with you let's get right into it my first question to you is about it being over two.