the votes needed to get the treaty ratified they need at least sixty seven out of one hundred votes and here is what the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee said. i think both of us want to call attention to and express our gratitude for the bipartisanship. this would not have happened without bipartisanship and i'm very grateful to a number of senators will talk about that maybe a little more tomorrow on the other side of the aisle who. decided to use the moment for the national security interests of our country that this issue did not belong in our politics but rather in our. terms of how we protect the nation well seven a kerry also said that they do count on seventy votes approval he also said that those seventy votes today in today's congress are like ninety five votes in the past two of course was referring to the past votes on the previous arms reduction

treaty which received no laughs and. so much is at stake and yet the treaty has received so much. the treaty has met so much opposition a number of republicans really went out of their way to undermine it what is interesting without having substantial arguments against it and their actions have provoked an avalanche of criticism from the country's top security experts who feared that the treaty could become a victim of political games on capitol hill you know they wanted some republicans have they wanted to rewind to the language of the treaty which would have actually killed the treaty they wanted to take up this line in the preamble of the deal which states the fact of the connection between offensive and defensive weapons actually any security expert would tell you that the connection is obvious and in fact all those who testified to all those from the military who testified in front of the senate said exactly the bad and the military also maintained that it's not

the new start treaty that would make the u.s. if we currently or are unable to defend itself for russians this treaty this treaty in fact it explicitly says that other side can pull out of it if they deem it. threatens their national security for russians this new start treaty is all about balance and equality and they made it clear that they will be in it as long as the united states respects that balance and what is the treaty called for and why is this so significant. you know if you look at the cuts part of the treaty we are some very significant reductions are under way we're talking about both countries would using their nuclear arsenal spy on third down to some fifteen hundred fifty or has the treaty will also limit the number of delivery the cole send to and launchers but even with those kind of cuts the two countries will still

hold more than ninety percent of the walls nuclear weapons so many agree that the real battle you of this arms reduction treaty is not just in reductions but in the trust and cooperation between the two nuclear superpowers that comes with it matt all right art he's got a live for us in washington thanks for that report. stay with us here on r t still to come on the program premier football prime minister putin orders to root out extremism saying russia can do so without. first though billion dollar deals military agreements and high tech link ups there the results of dmitri medvedev high profile visit to india russian president also sealed a number of agreements on nuclear power aiming to satisfy a growing energy demands in the world's second most populous nation or he's charan singh has been following the high level meetings between the two countries leaders . they've been strategic partners for over a decade and have had very warm relations for several decades from the soviet times

on works and what's what's giving more impetus now to the bilateral ties is the growing economies of both countries both russia and india bric countries and the economies are growing at a fast clip and one of the key areas that we've seen agreement signed to be over a dozen agreements signed a 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 starting to 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 any ties 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 where we've achieved a lot in the past few years but also in the extraction of hydrocarbons. i am particularly. suspect it reflects the. defense ties 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. sites 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 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 two hundred for the indian air force and the total 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 bromo supersonic messiah and now with these with this particular fighter aircraft. russia's prime minister vladimir

putin has met with leaders from the country's main football supporter clubs in the wake of the recent street violence in moscow and st petersburg it follows a number of violent nationalist demonstrations after a spartak fan was killed earlier this month artie's a catherine mcgrath brings us all the details. prime minister putin described the killing of football fan you go to city the first a tragedy targeting the entire community of russia's food bowl funds he set we should treat these as an attack against all of you regardless where you leave your way and you are a nationality he said during his meeting with the representatives of football clubs in mosco he said he understood it well that emotions sometimes iran high as people supporting different football clubs try to settle scores up to matches about what happened in moscow last week was unacceptable he said and to the great peace he immunity against xenophobia and extremism which had existed in russia was saying true as is beginning to we cannot he promised that those responsible for the

killing of the sparta football fan will and behind bars and steal the cold of football fans to stay independent and to shrug off extremism justice as police would the current situation with russian fans is not that different to problems in other countries and europe in particular both here and there are various destructive elements trying to make their way into supporter clubs to continue to bring the clubs under their control and i'm talking about radicals and they don't do it for the sport they don't do it to support the fan clubs they do it for their own selfish political reasons as to the want to destabilize the country so that afterwards they can scream that they are the only ones that can save russia it would be a tragedy if we let that happen on monday the investigative committee opened a criminal case against several officials who released three of the suspects linked to the killing all for the read of the officials whose names rang son numbers have not been identified are investigated for. criminal negligence investigators check

whether they had personal interests in freeing the suspects and whether they did it on depression prime ministers said that it was unacceptable to those suspects were released over the weekend in moscow and st petersburg over five thousand people of radical football fans that clashed with migrants and police and it and it out in a rest so over a thousand people prime minister today the knowledge that the government did not respond properly to the killing all the sparked at football fan and these triggered the disorders. catarina grouch over reporting stay with us here on our t.v. lots more headed your way still ahead controversy surrounds the apparent for tat expulsions of british and russian diplomats in the shadow of a hangover there's all the details coming your way if you minutes. but first the brother of the late polish president who was killed in a plane crash in southwest russia has claimed that the body buried in krakow does

not belong to lech kaczynski the former prime minister says he's not yet decided whether he'll ask for the remains to be zoomed but a polish political expert says that although the words of jaroslav kaczynski still carry some weight the shock claims won't hinder moscow warsaw relations. he is the leader of the political party with god knows about twenty three to twenty five percent of votes mainly all they're made mainly traditional people maybe traditionally with some misgivings course earning russia as a neighbor so it is important about fondue point of view of the foreign policy and our national relations it too soon significant about not important it is very extravagant and even some leading members of the political party were very much surprised by the radical statement they didn't hear before in never before stated that absolutely there is the problem of mission of the body or rather the president

. so the fact that he actually said it openly you need a press conference was a shock to many and immediately the prosecutor general office directly each engaged in what it's possible for all the proceedings on the points site have stated very strongly that this is not because this is actually the border. wars were brought before them better. earlier warsaw rejected the findings of the investigation into the april plane crash 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 acceptable and groundless a final crash report is expected to be released in january aviation expert kristen gates says the russian investigation was thorough and there is no further need for international inquiry. i've looked at this issue since the accident and examined the cockpit voice recording transcript

so 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 the findings will be any different to what they are which seems to be the pressure was brought to bear in some way shape or form on the pilots who copilot the aircraft to make an attempt to land at an airport where there were no conditions at all to land too much for not enough this ability and a lot of pressure being brought on the pilots conspire to cause that accident. if you want to stay in the christmas spirit you can always check out our website r t dot com for holiday related stories here's a taste of what's online right now. get all the facts on which item is made into

the washers wish list for business the russians are reportedly into electronic gadgets but not so much personal fitness according to a recent poll. now don't forget to check out our daily dose of the past on our t. dot com they were exploring how three cosmonauts went on a record breaking trip to space exactly twenty three years ago to find out at r.t. dot com. britain's foreign secretary says russia and the u.k. have each expelled a diplomat from their embassies amid a spat over alleged spying william hague says a russian envoy was asked to leave the u.k. two weeks after accusations of espionage surfaced he claims russia booted out a british official a week later moscow has yet to comment artie's laura emmet has more from london. william hague the foreign secretary wrote

a letter to the house of commons explaining what had happened he said that britain had indeed expelled the diplomat from the russian embassy in london they requested that diplomats expulsion on december the tense after what hague is calling clear evidence of russian intelligence service activities acting against british interests here in london then we are also hearing of course from the other end that there was a tit for tat expulsion from the british embassy in moscow and in response to that expulsion from moscow william hague said that britain rejects any basis for that particular action despite the fact that of course it was only a response to what the foreign office here had done well this of course is a huge embarrassment for the foreign secretary william hague who when he took office as recently as may this year said that he vowed to improve relations with moscow and he in fact went to moscow in november and met with president dmitri medvedev which is quite a rare occurrence for

a lower official than the prime minister and then we're going to see the do visit by david cameron the prime minister of the u.k. which is supposed to take place early next next year now whether that will affect the timing of that visit is obviously not clear yet we're not sure what the repercussions will be william hague the foreign secretary says that he still wants to have a co-operative and productive relationship with russia within the bounds of this country's laws we saw another tit for tat expulsion in two thousand and seven following the three diplomats were expelled from each side then as well and that was in protest from the british side a russian refusal to extradite lugovoy to face trial in the u.k. he was of course britain's prime suspect in the murder of alexander litvinenko since then there has been attempts on various sides to push what they're calling the reset button in russia u.k. relations this could have. serious implications for that reset button. and u.s.

envoy to north korea says pyongyang is now willing to let u.n. nuclear inspectors back into the country they were all kicked out in april last year by the reclusive regime the international community suspects north korea of developing nuclear weapons that pyongyang denies china is urging continued multiparty talks to resolve tensions in the region after an emergency u.n. security council meeting that russia requested meanwhile seoul fears an armed with the north could break out at any moment after south korea carried out a route of military exercises along the disputed border the north condemned the drills calling them a reckless provocation but decided against military tally ation. u.s. officials have come under fire for alleged shady dealings in getting jet fuel for the american air base in kyrgyzstan congressional investigators say the u.s. turned a blind eye to an elaborate fraud by a fuel supplier peter is all from the eurasia democracy initiative says the dodgy deals were a factor in sparking the public on arrests that ousted the former president

kurmanbek bakiyev in april. what the congressional subcommittee on national security and foreign affairs. dealt with in the report that was released today was allegations of corrupt dealings between the subsidiaries of the pentagon which were supplying fuel you stand to prosecute the war effort in afghanistan and members of the family of the deposed former president of kyrgyzstan but key if the same report stated that these subsidiaries namely the mena corps and red star back in two thousand and nine tempted to reach out to the former president's assan maxime but has subsequently followed his father in exile and is now in hiding in the u.k. to try to engage in bed or negotiations with the pentagon regarding the future of the base following kyrgyzstan's announcement that it would shut down the base so

what we saw in that case was another proof of the fact that president's family and so on were calling all the shots in the country pretty much running the place what would eventually happened was the direct result of this relationship we saw what two thousand and ten when president bush was ousted was the direct result of the popular anger that was stirred by the complete lack of accountability lack of transparency in the deals that the pentagon was cutting with. their government. taking a look now at some other stories making headlines across the globe subzero temperatures and heavy snow working to new into lead to further massive disruption across europe britain one of the worst affected so far with tens of thousands of travelers stranded flights to and from the u.k. are grounded and folks are likely to suffer several more days of delays many flights were also canceled in paris frankfurt brussels the e.u.

has heavily criticized airports for failing to deal with the situation calling it unacceptable and saying. lead to tighter regulations. israel launches 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 air raids come more after more than a dozen rockets and mortars were launched across the border into israel just weeks . measuring six point five on the richter scale struck southeast iran killing at least seven injuring dozens many homes and several villages were destroyed officials say they believe they've removed all the survivors are still searching for bodies among the rubble. next the inner workings of u.s. politics at the federal level have been under intense scrutiny since the latest wiki leaks disclosures r.t. spoke with journalist and author laura flanders out for her take on american domestic and foreign polls.

are two sitting down with broadcaster and bestselling author laura flanders laura thank you very much for joining us to be with you let's get right into it my first question to you is about it being over two years since barack obama has been elected as president and through your eyes which of his very ambitious promises hasn't kept well i mean i think he's kept the one which was he's going to try and i

think that he has been trying but the change that he promised the hope that people had i think it's living on life support at this point because he started on such a high pedestal what do you think it means for him in the next presidential election i mean one of the challenges this administration has and this president has is to keep in gauged its base because it's only because of grassroots organizing for the obama presidency ever came about so his biggest challenge i think these next two years is to try to keep them in some way engaged when he sold out most of the signature pledges that he made to them in two thousand and eight why is that is it because there were too many challenges well i mean it's a long list but i think you've got a very very troubled democracy in the united states where corporate influence is run amok and he came into office on the back of a lot of campaign. contributions first and foremost from wall street so in some sense if he wants to get reelected and keep friendly with those that brought him into office on the financial side well then he's going to be nervous about chomping down on the hand that feeds him he's going to be nervous about abandoning some of

those folks whose contributions he took you mentioned the hand that feeds how do you describe the relationship between washington and wall street right now and while it's very complicated i mean barack obama received more money from wall street firms when he was running for office than any other candidate and yet he comes in as the progressive candidate make sense of that i don't see how we can keep having elections when anonymous sources they don't even have to reveal who they are pouring billions of dollars as they did into this midterm race over four billion dollars almost as much as was spent on the presidential race in two thousand and eight into midterm races where little congresspeople who've never really had a fight for reelection suddenly found themselves up against a huge money machine that they couldn't fight back that's not democracy that's something else you know the money being pumped into defense is it essentially worth it to be spending billions and billions of dollars of dollars on warfare and. you know what or what are these efforts for well 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 evident not just in how many weapons this country has but in the pressure it's able to bear on just about every embassy around the world to do its bidding the u.s. arms race to become by far the most weaponized nation on earth is an asset when it comes to the state department bullying other countries and undermining their democracy to get what they want you've seen tremendous power come to the united states but you've come to see i think the cost as our economy probables where does this kind of right to bully other countries stem from and why do other countries. that's happened was the united i see about really really that powerful well i think i think of a country's might be about to fight back in europe we're seeing a very big explosion of fury in spain and in germany as the cables reveal the degree to which the state department has tried to bully those governments now

another thing that many common americans might not be aware of is that the u.s. involvement in afghanistan has actually now been longer than its involvement in the second world war and i'm sure many people when they hear this would say while that that means it's a really long time again to go back to these wiki leaks releases you've got the bastard in pakistan telling the state department this is not working we're seeing an increase in taliban strength almost in almost all across afghanistan we're certainly seeing a growth in the mountainous regions between afghanistan and pakistan we are spending millions of dollars in pouring in aid into afghanistan and then we're seeing a great again according to these cables the vice president of afghanistan showing up in abu dhabi with fifty two million dollars in some cases huge asset flight from an already devastated poor country of afghanistan i don't think the american population is going to stand for that the question is whether they get to hear about it they know they're not winning no nobody gets we need in afghanistan the russians knew that the british knew that it's not an easy thing to win and when we

pull out as pull out we will be unsatisfied there is a poll out recently which said that fifty seven percent of americans gallup polled don't trust the media anymore i mean what does that say to us a level of distrust that i think is very dangerous and we need some new relationships between people and the politicians and yeah between people in that process laura flanders thank you very much for your time to. discover its beauty. communicate with the wild and. test yourself and become free.

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a violent demonstrations nationalists and groups from the caucasus. also visited the greater. to pay their respects. 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 an open and thorough meanwhile the leaders a brother who's the former prime minister of poland claims the wrong body was very . kaiser report coming your way next stay with us here on r.t. . oh my skies are this is the kaiser reports you know markets are made up of rewards and risks the problem is that over the past five years ten years fifteen years all of the rewards have been sucked up by a few people and in exchange.