relations for several decades from the soviet times and what's giving more impetus to the bilateral ties is the growing economies of both countries both russia and india bric countries and their economies are growing at a split and one of the key areas that we've seen agreement signed today over a dozen agreements signed today one of the key areas energy oil and gas and also nuclear power india has a huge demand for energy it's growing at almost nine percent annum and just two point five percent of its energy mix comes from nuclear energy it wants to increase just 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 to provide plastic knology in. civil nuclear energy it will also build nuclear power stations for india it's currently building two in southern india and the agreement signed today will set out the

roadmap for building two additional nuclear stations or nuclear power stations in southern india and both leaders are quite clear that. are important in their relationship. russia's positive about energy cooperation in the future i told the prime minister today india is a convenient patent. it applies not only to nuclear energy we've achieved a lot in the past few years but also extraction pleasure cools. i. checked it reflects the. difference between both countries is also very strong russia is india's largest weapons supply and most of india's. weapons hardware comes from russia and of course before that

from the soviet union the agreement signed today. is 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. will be equal partners and in this this the development costs will be out on 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 on two hundred for the indian air force. contract will be worth a billion dollars 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 messiah and now with peace with

this particular fight. in delhi and moscow have also agreed that the indian military will be able to use russia's satellite navigation system indian political analyst jyoti malhotra told r.t. how important this move could be. the russians have offered for the first dime access to india to your military signals which means that if india has no access to the russian blueness military system which is a space that big asian system then we can actually use those signals to ball terrorists training camps in pakistan or anywhere else because these minute recently a very hard decision those strikes strikes this potential besides drugs can be actually they can be very very finely doget to and after the mumbai attacks which took place two years ago there's been a public opinion in india is very very hostile against the use of data so i think

just is this one agreement where india has access to the russian. space that the geishas system and where we get military signals from europe is a is a very big act of friendship. there from indian political analysts jyoti malhotra speaking from new delhi while on the way here on r t innocent till proven guilty the latest on the leaks founder julian assange entres fighting what he calls a politically motivated smear campaign. some six hundred people remain in custody and bella roots following the protest against some base presidential elections and alexander lukashenko is when the e.u. has condemned the arrests and is calling for the release of all protesters so far two of the nine presidential candidates who took part in the oppositions on breasts have reportedly been freed artie's covering those are of explains how events unfolded. this is

a. ruse the new start in the. accounting for this is what funds her. privately bowler's is a fact that the people may have deserved better but what they got instead was more of the same but sewer service or public good it's from the bottom of my heart i would like to thank my supporters and congratulate them on our victory. so you pretty early and as for my opponents i have to inform you on the saddest of all cajuns for you that you will now have to deal with the acting president for at least another five years this is the end and this week up a zisha 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 minutes. 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 three injured hit with police batons at least six of the nine presidential candidates have also been arrested many of them senior disappearing or without trace you know below thirty 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 their people the bottom of the bed he couldn't walk so their reaction in the blanket direction although they're looking inside. a new one u.s. officials have already condemned the violence but as with the observers president aleksander question simply told everyone. this is. a do just comes the o.s.c. forgets that it came to observe the election not to control it when it comes to

darts 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. 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 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. 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. says he's not yet decided whether he will ask for the remains to be exuma russian media reports that moscow is possible by the comments because polish officials were present at all stages of the identification earlier war salt rejected the findings of the investigation into the april 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 these findings unacceptable and groundless let's try and send some more light on this process to captain john cox and that's where it on aviation safety who joins us on the line from florida thanks for being with us as an air safety expert knowing the circumstances under which the landing was carried out i assume what do you make of the report and its findings. well i think it's still early they are

it's the group is still compiling the report and until we really see all of the issues that were involved on that tragic day it's going to be very hard to single it down to one or two causes aviation accidents are very complex and there are always many contributory and calls all factors of you days ago the polish prime minister called the findings unacceptable and groundless what do you think these claims are based on based on what i understand so far i think it may be a little premature to evaluate the final report in that it's not been finalized there the investigators from russia and from the polish investigative agencies are working together in a collaborative effort to finalize the report and only then will we really be able to make a judgment as to the quality of the report which i expect to be very good how likely do you think that it in fact was pilot error that caused this crash well

i don't think that we're going to be able to judge as a pilot recognized years ago that until you're there yourself it's very difficult to judge the actions of another pilot i do think the investigators will be able to understand a lot of what went on in the flight deck and a lot of the decisions but we'll need to see the evidence that they've uncovered before we can really ascertain who all the contributory and calls of actors are now paul and insist the investigation into the fatal accident so to have been an international one if it had been do you think they would have come to a different conclusion possibly. my experience with the russian investigators has been very good they're a very high quality organization and i believe that it was the investigation was generally carried out in accordance with the international civil aviation organization and x. thirty nine which is the international standard for accident investigation so i

believe that if it was carried out in accordance with the next thirteen that they will find the answers and these top quality investigators will give us a good true picture right captain john cox executive chief executive officer i should say of safety operating systems thanks for your input. 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 fighting it moscow says the treaty cannot be rewritten or renegotiated only ratified how does one of the u.s. administration's main foreign policy achievements start would slash the two countries deployed nuclear arsenals by a third drives me to mutate and broccoli bomb in april it needs to be ratified by lawmakers in both countries it's a race against time for the democrats with

a majority in the senate will be reduced in january political analyst joan 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 has been a thawing 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 and advocates for the treaty in the senate are using as an argument to say we have to ratify it now. live for months gal here with r t still ahead in the program some destroy while others will unveil a monument to the heroes of world war two with a response to georgette controversal a blowing up it's no morio. weekly leaks founder julian assange says he's fighting an extradition order to sweden because he won't be treated fairly there a saunters 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 artie's laura emmet 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 great charges were leveled at judy and i saw as 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 the sand women and to feminists and victims of rape even in sweden the original prosecution through the allegations out on black america 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 break 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. as songs 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. 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 the suddenly find himself on the same list interpol lists alongside senior mexican drug lord i don't think this case altered 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 ourselves just appalled says

during his bail hearing and they're likely to show up again when he reappears to fight extradition in january but if he is sent to sweden he's unlikely to get anything like the level of support in a country which appears to be ready to condemn him as a rapists without questioning any of the possible political motivations behind the claims nor and it's our duty not to. this is gone one thousand minutes past the hour let's have a look at some world news in brief freezing temperatures 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 in travelers will likely to suffer for several more days many flights were also canceled in paris frankfurt and brussels the e.u. has heavily criticized airports for failing to deal with the situation calling it unacceptable and saying it could lead to tighten regulation. the u.s.

led coalition in afghanistan is denying reports it's pushing to. and the war into pakistan new york times quoted unnamed american officials saying 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's sovereignty and. israel has lost air strikes against at least seven suspected militants sites in gaza wounding three palestinians israeli forces say the rocket squad targeted smuggling tunnels mouse training center and a weapons factory the air raids come after more than a dozen rockets and mortars were across the border into israel this week. an earthquake measuring six point five on the richter scale has struck southeast iran 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. iraqi parliament has approved a new government after months of deadlock resulting from the country's inconclusive march on auctions the parliament voted on a list of forty two ministers and top government posts incumbent prime minister nouri al maliki was reappointed in november after striking a power sharing deal. a monument to soldiers who gave their lives fighting fascism in world war two has been on veiled 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 on a boycott has more. the initial idea was to create an exact copy of the demolished morny meant to include tacy but it was later discovered that most of the blueprints and miniatures were lost and the also this culture of the monument in good taste.

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 present at the unveiling ceremony today sad that the demolition in could see was. essentially an act of state vandalism fears exactly what is sad this is a memorial to the immortal heroism of the people and also the symbol of the strong resolve to protect the truth about the heroes of war. cynicism barbarism and blindness we stood together against nationalism once in a stream of them however appealing the. t.v. channel showed pictures. in the city of being blown up the shameful example of st. we have already seen

a statement issued by the foreign ministry of georgia saying that it was of course russia right to put whatever morning means it wants reverent ones on its own territory but the demolition of the could see moral was condemned 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 the made it possible for these new memorial to be built actually it was paid for exclusively by the nations and we know that georgian diaspora reaches a very very clear in russia contributed a great deal to making sure that this memorial is revealed here in moscow. reporting there from brussels main christmas tree has been put up in a prime smart spot i should say 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 thai

culture on wonderment it was delivered to the kremlin by father frost himself 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 forests in the moscow region. now if you want to stay in the christmas spirit you can always check out our team dot com for many holiday related stories here's just a taste of what's online for you right now and get all the details on which items made it to the top of everyone's wish list for christmas russians are into electronic gadgets but not personal fitness that's according to a recent poll at online check out. and don't forget to take a look at our tease daily dose of the past today we explore how three cosmonauts went on a record breaking trip to space exactly twenty three years ago find out all the details at our t.v. dot com.

let's now see what's happening in the world of business great in many can joins us hikari not alone isa and we hear that gazprom has finalize a deal with lottery on gas deliveries what do they agree to well out to a year of talks gas from mr starr delivering gas to latvia with a fifteen percent discount of all that starting next year all of that in a moment but first brimblecombe sport has agreed to review a merger creating the world's fifth biggest mobile network the line network up. it was due to pay six and a half billion dollars for weather investments owner of italy's wind and egypt or us home but three of the nine board members called for better financial tournaments before finalizing the agreement. after almost a year of negotiations gazprom is 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 fifty billion cubic meters of gas a year gazprom has also announced an agreement with naftogaz to extract coal seam methane gas in ukraine. stocks are trading high on tuesday with sentiment bolstered by a round of corporate deals clued into rome to dominion banks six point three billion dollars purchase chrysler financial now european shares are gaining for the second day in a role in london the forty's trading just under the sun higher led by banking shares barclays gained one point eight percent and world bank of scotland added nearly three percent engine make a rolls royce group was up two percent after the citi group upgraded the to buy from hold investors meanwhile shrugged off news that portugal's credit rating may be lowered by moody's investor circles and the russian market's been into the

trading day in the black with most of the blue chips gaining. its point nine percent higher atomizer was up over half a percent the caller was off on reports it's part of a consortium buying cable t.v. operator national telecom for one point four billion dollars energy stocks also growing up to russia raise its forecast for your next year from seventy five to eighty one dollars a barrel and most will never go finished in the blackout for reporting a three fold increase in earnings for the first nine months of the. now platinum has been a strong performer in two thousand and ten deliver. being a fifteen percent return for investors desirable as jewelry useful in industry many factors have driven the price forward it's a trend that said to continue in the coming twelve months that's according to my knowledge large senior trader at eighty x. capital and that. 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 a push 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 user of platinum for four 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 a lot of most of industry industry which is growing fast with a bulk of the demand going to come from and also from the r.t. industry where platinum is used in the hall destroyed as that starts to recover we could see the increase the upside the price increase and with certain supply side pressures on the down side we could see a squeeze. and that's our business although for the south thanks for being with me .

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the market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with much stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines kinds a report. because the report is coming up here on our team but first let's get you up to date on today's top stories russia and india secure a multi-billion dollar deals on a trip to new delhi by president medvedev has two of the so-called bric nations cement relations nuclear power trade and investment or just some of the agreement sealed. the e.u. is furious that hundreds of people remain in custody in belo groups following violent protests. from the opposition to alexander lucas psychos win the presidential election demonstrators 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 crash that killed the polish president and ninety five others but aviation experts say the russian probe was open and borrow meanwhile belaid leaders brother the former prime minister of the country claims the wrong body was buried. well more on those stories in thirty minutes times to say with r.t. up next month's kaiser and stacy herbert give they're going to take on the latest financial headlines this week they talk about fraud and financial activism that's coming up in the kaiser report. guys are this is the kaiser report that is.