it is the growing economies of both countries both russia and india bric countries and their economies are growing at a hospital 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 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 is set to provide world class technology in. 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 nuclear power stations in southern india and both leaders are quite clear that any. are important in their

relationship. russia is 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 your codes. particularly. corp. checked it reflects the. 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 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 both sides will be equal partners and in this the development costs will be around ten billion dollars both sides will put in the money russia will develop the fight the and 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 and the total contract will be worth over thirty 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 bromo supersonic messiah and now with these with this particular fighter aircraft new delhi and moscow have also agreed that the indian military will be able to use russia's satellite navigation system us indian political analyst jyoti malhotra

tells r t how important this move could be. the russians have offered for the first time access to india to your military signals which means that if india has no access to the russian blueness military system which is your space navigation system then we can actually use those signals to bomb terrorist training camps in pakistan or anywhere else and because these military said very high precision those strikes those missile strike this potential. can be actually they can be very very finely targeted and after the mumbai attacks which took place two years ago there's been you know public opinion in india is very very hostile against these acts of terror so i think just this one agreement where india has access to the russian. space navigation system and where we get

military signals from you is a very big act of friendship. commentary from indian political analyst jyoti malhotra speaking from new delhi will stay with us here on r.t. on the way innocent till proven guilty at the very bottom wiki leaks founder julian assange who is fighting what he calls a politically motivated smear campaign. but first the central election commission of bellary says the final result of sunday's presidential elections could be announced by the end of this week hundreds of people gathered to contest alexander lukashenko is when the protests turned violent around six hundred of them got arrested the majority remain in custody the e.u. has condemned the arrests and is calling for the release of all protesters or he's catarina explains how events unfolded. this is a. ruse the new start in the. accounting for this is what kunstler says. privately. is a better. the people may have deserved better but what they got instead was more of

the same a sewer service or public good it's from the bottom of my heart i would like to thank 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 deal 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 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 over six hundred people detained dozens including artie's camera crew injured hit with police but tom's 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 ripped him in the blanket dressed him out of the room and looking 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 we do sometimes the o.s.c. forgets that it came to observe the election not to control its. when it comes to gas 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 agreed this election was much more democratic than the previous one in two thousand and six the

relative freedoms given to opposition candidates in the run up to election day was marked as a positive sign the e.u. promised dollars billions of euros if there are signs of free and fair elections whether look i shan't will be able to collect some cash from the e.u. while enjoying a fourth consecutive term in office is the question many are asking alex on the 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 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 let kaczynski former prime minister jaroslaw he says he's not yet decided whether he'll ask for the remains to be examined russian media reports that moscow

was puzzled by the comments because polish officials were present at all stages of identification earlier warsaw rejected the findings of the investigation into the april plane crash their 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 the final crash report is expected to be released in january an expert on any aviation security tells our team he's in no doubt that the outcome will be in accordance with international standards. i think it may be a little premature to evaluate the final report in that it's not been finalized there are the investigators from russia and from the polish investigative agencies all working together in a collaborative effort to finalize the report and only then will we really be able to make a judgment my experience with the russian investigators has been very good they're very high quality organization and i believe that it was the investigation was

generally curat out in accordance with the international civil aviation organization an explorer which is the international standard for accident investigation they will find the answers and these top quality investigators will give us a good true picture analysis from chief executive officer of the safety operating system captain john thompson john cox speaking with us from florida. according to u.s. politics obama's democrats have won over enough republicans to pass a landmark nuclear cuts deal with russia at least nine republicans have openly announced that they support the new strategic arms reduction treaty or start and will vote for its ratification it looks set to happen on wednesday hailed as one of the us administration's main foreign policy achievements start with slash the two countries deployed nuclear arsenals by a third signed by president dmitri medvedev and barack obama in april it needs to be ratified by lawmakers in both nations it's a race against time for the democrats whose majority in the senate will be reduced

in january political analyst says the conservatives still opposing the tree are simply trying to bring obama down 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 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 and advocates for the treaty in the senate are using as an argument to say we have to ratify it now. still ahead here on r t some destroy while others bill brush unveiled a monument to the over the world war two as a response to georgia controversially blowing up its memorial. but first wiki leaks founder julian assange says he's fighting an extradition order to sweden because he won't be treated fairly there a song in the u.k. on bail is due to face swedish courts over sexual assault charges in a case that many argue is politically motivated as artie's laura amid reports sweden's media and legal establishment are sticking together to defend the country's reputation and accusations of spin. the charges leveled at founder of wiki leaks julian our souls have awakened the world to justice system the scandinavian countries requesting his extradition from the u.k.

on sexual assault charges he's accused of having unprotected sex with two women elsewhere the media is crying foul citing u.s. pressure following the release of embarrassing diplomatic cables by wiki leaks but not in sweden in sweden it's not many people who say today that they suspect. it's a case of. you know your innocence not being the best of the charges been dubbed sex by surprise legibly refused to wear a condom and it's a crime unique to sweden it doesn't usually carry a prison sentence experts in the u.k. are asking why go after a song in this way maybe in the near future we'll come across some leaked documents showing how the u.s. put pressure on sweden and great britain to secure the arrest of julius arms 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 alongside senior mexican drug lord even in sweden the original prosecutor threw the allegations out there and wiki leaks started the release of a quarter of a million u.s. diplomatic cables which are revealing and humiliating for the u.s. government all of a sudden sweden's director of public prosecutions decided to break claims were valid which the swedish people have fallen for including some of its most outspoken commentators it's clear that. 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. at least i sincerely hope so himself is calling this a political witch hunt as are all the high profile foreign journalists i don't

think this case to be brought at all julian assange offered to meet the swedish prosecutor here he offered to meet the swedish prosecutor over he left with the permission of the swedish prosecutor. there's been no suggestion that he didn't want to cooperate so why are we going through all this why is why did julian assange joined up in the punishment block at wandsworth prison questions that the swedish media doesn't seem to be prepared to ask this battle isn't it julian assange still ok and this court gave in january to fight his extradition to sweden if he's said that he'll face trial in a country where much of public opinion is against him and from that the thing he most fear is extradition to the u.s. on possible espionage charges were and it. giuliana sondra is also facing possible prosecution in the u.s. vice president joe biden has branded him

a quote high tech terrorist for leaking sensitive diplomatic cables author and journalist laura flanders tells r.t. that the disclosures have revealed the extent to which the u.s. has the power to push 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 american power is evidence 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 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. come to see i think the cost as our economy probables . full interview

coming your way in fifteen minutes here on r t take a look now at some other stories making headlines across the globe freezing temperatures and heavy snow to new wing 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 travelers 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 tighter regulation. and u.s. led coalition in afghanistan is denying reports it's pushing to extend the war into pakistan the new york times earlier quoted an unnamed u.s. officials saying special forces should target militants across the border the u.s. uses unmanned drones to strike at suspected insurgents in pakistan often killing civilians by mistake islam of bad calls the attacks of violation of the country's sovereignty. 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 training center and a weapons factory here raids come after more than a dozen rockets and mortars were launched across the border into israel this week. and earthquake measuring six point five on the richter scale struck southeast iran killing at least seven adoring dozens many houses a several villages were destroyed officials say they believe they've pulled out all the survivors but are still searching for bodies hidden among the rubble. the iraqi parliament has approved a new government after months of deadlock resulting from the country's inconclusive march elections parliament voted on a list of forty two ministers and top government post incumbent. my minister nuri al maliki was reappointed in november after striking a power sharing the power sharing deal. a monument to soldiers who gave their lives

fighting fascism in world war two has but on a veiled in moscow the project was conceived after georgia blew up a more a war memorial in the country's western city of kutaisi that last year prime minister vladimir putin and leaders from the georgian opposition attended the ceremony in the russian capital r.t. socks on a boy has more. the initial idea was to create an exact copy of the demolished morning but it was later discovered that most of the blueprints and miniatures for a lost the also of this culture of that monument in quickly see if it was too old and too frail to redesign it from scratch eventually it was decided to build a new me more real that would incorporate some of the elements of the old one lodging near 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 is sad 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 and xenophobia extremism however appealing they may be made to look a year ago almost all t.v. channels showed tragic pictures. in the city of being blown up this is 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 right to put whatever morning means it wants wherever it wants on its own territory but the demolition of the cooties seymore it 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 to 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. an unofficial u.s. envoy to north korea says pyongyang is promising to let u.n. nuclear inspectors back into the country they were all kicked out in april of last year the international community suspects pyongyang is developing nuclear weapons which north korea denies meanwhile south korea fears an armed confrontation with the north could break out at any moment seoul has recently held military exercises on a border island that yang shelled last month killing for the north has condemned the drills calling them a reckless provocation russia and china both share a border with north korea and urged to the south not to hold the exercises. russia's main christmas tree has been propping up 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 trees being decorated with

thousands of russian tri color lights in ornaments it was delivered to the kremlin by father frost himself after being blessed by a russian orthodox priest in a special ceremony and official committee was set up back in september to choose the perfect tree from the forests of the moscow region. and if you want to stay 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 right now. to get all of the details on which items made it to the top of everyone's wish list for christmas russians are reportedly into electronic gadgets but not so much personal fitness according to a recent poll. and don't forget to check out our keys daily dose of the pads we explore how three cosmetics went on a record breaking trip to space exactly twenty three years ago but not all the details that click away at our team dot com.

korean american joins us next with all the latest business update stay with us here on r.t. . one 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 weather investments owner of italy's wind and egypt or a scald but three of the nine board members called 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 has also announced an agreement with enough to go to extract coal

seam methane gas. now let's look at the markets u.s. stocks are trading higher on tuesday commodities are gaining u.s. retail sales and earnings forecasts you often is the world's largest economy corporate deals also driving stocks higher or on to dominion bank is buying chrysler automakers all lending arm service capital management six point three billion dollars. markets in europe finished in the black on tuesday miners led london's footsie to a positive finish up over a percent while germany's dax finished point eight percent i presume a rally prepare sent an extra rows three and a half percent of the footsie banks were also boost on the index barclays gains one point eight percent news that its incoming chief executive has bought more stock while world bank of scotland topped the winners list adding nearly forty percent. of the russian markets finished the trading day in the black as well with most of

the blue chips gaining yards he has ended point nine percent higher in the mine as it was up over half a percent last telecoms was up one reports it's part of a consortium buying cable t.v. operator national. telecom for one point four billion dollars energy stocks were also growing after russia raised its forecast for urals bland world next year from seventy five to eighty one dollars a barrel and most america gained after reporting a three polled increase in earnings for the first nine months of the year. trading volumes are getting lower on the russian markets as the holiday approaches but individual news stories are still persuading investors to get involved eager prior fights president at troika dialogue explains the main drivers on tuesday the market in general of quiet right now is the environment global environment is fine wool prices are high international markets we see some consolidation but still the strong. is for internal factors doesn't the market is trading some specific ideas

for example yesterday there were news about. newton the roll call deal to do the market is talking about. before. so it's probably the hottest news of the day i think local local factors and local news also very important and especially in these quotes market so any positive news can boost interest and again with the inflows in russian market we see the hot new money coming into these stores as all the of that i have for you i'll be back with more in less than one hour so join me that.

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a good soldier. but most older on the other side and i think i'm just a good. eight thirty pm in moscow good to have you with us here on our team using your headlines russia and india secure multi-billion dollar deals on a trip to new delhi by president medvedev as two of the so-called break nations to cement elations nuclear power trade and investment were just some of the dream and seal of. the e.u. furious as hundreds of people remain in custody in delaware following violent protests from the opposition from the opposition to alexander lukashenko when in the presidential election demonstrators have been sentenced from five to fifteen

days of administrative arrest we're getting reports that police are now trying to disperse a crowd of protesters outside the detention facility two of the nine presidential candidates have reportedly been released. polling 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 meanwhile the late leader's brother who's the former prime minister of the country claims the wrong body was about. the inner workings of u.s. politics at the state level have been under intense scrutiny since the latest wiki leaks disclosures r.t. spoke to journalist and best selling author laura flanders for her take on u.s. domestic and foreign policy. parties sitting down with broadcaster and best selling author laura flanders laura thank you very much for joining us tonight to be with you let's get right into it my first question to you is about.