it's been hailed by both washington and moscow as a huge positive step in boosting u.s. russian relations and in furthering world nuclear disarmament galley kitchen counter washington has more on the historic decision. to vote. on this matter on this resolution are seventy one days twenty six nays two thirds of the senate president having voted the affirmative the resolution of ratification is agreed to. and with this approval russian the us will start the new year with a treaty that has become a symbol of trust and cooperation between the two nuclear superpowers i'm glad that democrats and republicans came together to approve my top national security priority for this session of congress the new start treaty. this is the most significant arms control agreement in nearly two decades and it will make us safer and reduce our nuclear arsenals along with russia both states have some very significant reductions underway over the next ten years the countries will cut their nuclear arsenals by

a third down to some fifteen hundred fifty deployed warheads on each side the deal also limits the number of delivery vehicles and launchers but even with those cuts both russia and the u.s. will still hold more than ninety percent of the world's nuclear weapons so many agree that the value of the new arms reduction treaty is not just in reductions but i think it's also important to say that the significance of the treaty is much larger than the implications for arms control it really does give a lot of momentum and boost to the broader u.s. russia reset and i think puts obama and medvedev on course to cooperate more closely on a whole host of issues that may well be that this is seen as a turning point in which the russia u.s. rivalry of the past is finally laid to rest for weeks and months the president of the united states all members of his administration the military all living former secretary of state and of defense were calling for senators not to ruin this reset

opportunity for us who are sure relations and the message did resonate with many senators every senator knows when you're trying to get things done relationships matter and the relationship between the united states and russia has been critical since we fought together in world war two and will be contin and will continue to be so this is an on parallel opportunity to enhance that relationship and to say by signature and by ratification of this treaty that yes the united states of america wants to work with russia despite the huge support the treaty had received on many. levels a number of republican senators nearly sabotaged it their actions 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 the arguments the treaty adversaries

brought up on the hearings ranged from there's no earthly way to do all of this within the time that we have to even more unsubstantial ones like we don't have to have this treaty if we don't have a nuclear treaty with the u.k. and one we don't have one with france in the final days of debates on start some republican senators trying to rewrite the deal which would have actually killed it they wanted to take out the line in the preamble which makes the connection between offensive and defensive weapons stuart straight jackets the united states missile defense capabilities but all of those from the military who testified before the senate said the connection between offensive and defensive weapons is obvious they also maintained it's not start that would make the u.s. weaker the treaty itself explicitly says either side can pull out of it if at some point they deem it threatens their national security for russians this new start is about balance and equality and they will be in it as long as the u.s.

respects that balance in russia the outcome of the vote in the u.s. senate has been welcomed from many in moscow it's a signal that the u.s. and russia can now opening a new page of cooperation russian lawmakers made it clear they had no objections to the treaty and would pass it as soon as the u.s. did advocates of the treaty see the outcome of the vote not so much as obama's victory but a victory for the whole world which on the one hand is going to have considerably if you were weapons of mass destruction and on the other hand to nuclear superpowers former adversaries actually trusting each other and looking to work in hands to provide their security get a check on our team washington d.c. . and we will of course bring you more on the ratification of the start nuclear arms cuts treaty later this throughout the night so we can stay with us for that. russia's most famous female agent is now starting

a political career it seems as one of the leaders of the youth movement anna chapman became known worldwide after the spy scandal earlier this year between moscow and washington and so agents from both sides being swapped out is tom barton watched as she took on her latest role. it was at this meeting of the young guards organization which was filled with a young audience looking towards a political future in russia that chapman turned up and gave her blessing to the she was elected to the public council of the organization and when she was given the microphone she gave them some words of encouragement. you know so many people who are sunni power fame and money but does all this make us happy probably we simply need positive human emotion is he would be less negativity in society if each of us woke up with a smile and now he seems alarmed our close is in the matters most if you dream the ability to use well that might seem

a little bit rich coming from the chairman who has pursued quite ruthlessly the goals of publicized fame and fortune but if we used to say maybe do what she says not what she does she may not be the best spokesman ever but as one of the organizers here joked to was wherever she goes she's brilliant for publicity because she's followed by a massive pack of cameras she's certainly very notorious aspiring supposedly uncovered in the us and it was on the chapman being deported back to russia as part of a spy swap since then you would have thought her coming home with her tail between her legs that she would have been really put into obscurity quite the opposite has happened she's turned into a huge celebrity since then she has been appointed as advisor to one of the one of the russian banks she's traveled to baikonur to see a space rocket fly up to the to the international space station and perhaps most

notoriously of all she says she has been in a number of photo shoots the most raunchy of all being for the russian edition of maxim magazine and have them fertile figure carrying a reputation before her so the question. really is is she going into politics well who knows but if this organization wanted p.r. figure they could have chosen a far worse one on a hot less attractive one than miss chapman. says our correspondent tom that there's a lot we've got online feud and i love brown you look. recently take a look at our really good look to it these days these navigate well hundreds jailed there tonight as we were reporting after those protests the president of the shank of the election victory in belarus to get more about what's been happening over the past week on the streets but why it is not more background as well to that ongoing story. also it's down now if you can think to the last eleven to become the winning

mascot for the twenty fourteen winter olympics in sochi so many people send in the entries for that everything from friends to flying creatures vying to represent russia what will it be at the end of the day but he couldn't take a look at the runners up with all the women are going to be you can take a look at the make your choice maybe but our. russian football fans are finding themselves cold of the middle of extreme nationalists notoriety it's after ethnic riots were sparked by the death of a spartak moscow fan thought big killed by a caucasus man earlier this month promise of lithium a putin has been meeting the leading football fan clubs calling on them to resist the influence of the far right. a history lesson for an unlikely audience talking to football fans still fuming after the recent clashes with ethnic

minorities led to me pushing carefully navigated between giving a pep talk and showing yellow cards but should wish that you throughout its history russia has always had a strong immunity to nationalism and china phobia but now it seems this immunity has started to slacken and you can see that in the activities of the fan movement to nationalistic calls are sometimes heard of the stadiums the beginning of a football fan in moscow allegedly by caucasus man and he subsequently released by seemingly bright policeman prompted days of affleck riots the violence left dozens injured and to death by surprise it clearly revealed the tensions between slavic nationalists and the north caucasus minorities used to get the check at all but you i wouldn't bet ten cents on a russian man who would show disrespect to the qur'an in the north caucasus i don't think his health would stay intact but people from the north caucasus when they move to central russia also have to respect local traditions customs and laws only

this way by respecting each other can we fully utilize the multicultural strength of our country. like in any multinational country hate crimes in a forby are nothing new for russia but never before had the situation spun out of control so quickly that groups hounding darker skin passers by just steps away from the kremlin all the more embarrassing for russia so soon after securing the right to host the two thousand and eighteen world cup. is working very hard to mobilize football into a different nationalist a new nazi group. very a lot of progress with a lot of success a lot to me putin struck a similar note praising fan clubs for their free spirit he called them down to retain their ideological independence and avoid being swayed by nationalists and he sent his. here in this particular girl the stand from the same region where they

found suspected murderer came from said that regardless of that this city football fans in russia have the same event to look forward to. which is for the world cup to come to russia for so long put so much effort but there are still some forces who want to prevent the championship from coming to a country against the murders of the provocation. while police didn't confirm any such conspiracy theories after intense public pressure rearrested the suspected murderer and opened a fresh investigation while the prime minister criticized the founts point sporting behavior he also admitted that the clashes may have never flared up for it wasn't for the corruption and came from a ship involved and that the only way to avoid such clashes in the future is to create a level playing field for everyone kind of wake up arthur. let's get more reaction to our top story the ratification of the new start treaty by the

us senate was about one hour and fifteen minutes ago at this time as bringing to the question marks bergman he's a nuclear nonproliferation expert from the center for american progress think tank in washington d.c. but a busy night mr bergman thanks for joining us and what do you think the turning point was for those senators who opposed the treaty but then finally turncoats and voted in they got it through after months of hard opposition. well i think i think we got it done was the white house pushing ahead in telling them that there was going to be no delay i think senators really had a hard time opposing this i think the arguments in favor of the treaty were were so overwhelming that while some wanted to play partisan politics and some of the republicans did that many republicans just couldn't in good conscience vote against this and i think. the white house saw that and called the bluff of the republicans . forced their hand and forced them to to actually take

a stand and vote for or against the treaty and at the end of the day they ended up getting thirteen republicans more than anyone ever expected so i think it was a really big victory for the white house and showed that america is still sort of sensible when it comes to foreign policy and that seventy one senators of the u.s. senate want to have a good relationship with russia and want to reduce our nuclear weapons we broke this news. two hours fifteen minutes ago and out of the top of the within a minute or two as well the foreign minister sergei lavrov here in russia very keen to. doss what happened also the footnote being there that they now want to see the russian side the detail to see if anything's been changed before it's ratified here how quickly do you think will be able to ratify the document in the russian equivalent of the senate the federal council. well i think they'll be able to ratify it pretty quickly. as i'm aware the process in the duma isn't quite as

complicated as the process here in the u.s. senate so i think there's hope that moscow will ratify it relatively quickly i've heard some rumors that it could even be done before the end of the year i think no matter what i think the united states i think the president expects it to be done fairly quickly and for inspections to start and for the treaty to go in force. well considerable cuts that need to. go to follow on to the new start treaty if it's as you say given the final sendoff here in moscow as well how is it likely to affect other nuclear powers though isn't it likely to be a knock on effect of other countries around the world. no i think there'll definitely be a knock on effect part of the nonproliferation regime that the nuclear nonproliferation treaty is that the big nuclear powers the u.s. and russia agree to start cutting nuclear weapons and in exchange other countries. agree not to develop not to develop their nuclear arsenals and i think this will

demonstrate to the rest of the world that the u.s. is serious the u.s. and russia are serious about nuclear arms reductions and that we are moving into a world where we want with less nuclear weapons not more and i think overdo the incentives for other countries not just iran and north korea's but countries like brazil that could develop nuclear weapons if they wanted to but i think that sends a clear signal of where the world is headed and that's a world with fewer not more not more nuclear weapons so i think it sends a very positive signal and i think it may ensures that nuclear stability global nuclear stability can be maintained and more progress can take place after this and more likely be a new round of negotiations with the russians to try to go even deeper so you know i think this is a very good first step and ensures that we're on the right track yes interesting point you raised but you know well from here on i mean how much is this new going to open doors for moscow and washington to boost cooperation in other areas and think he'd be all been a treaty it. well i think i think you know one thing that i found interesting about

the senate process is even some senators that voted against the treaty all agreed that it was time for the u.s. to start new negotiations with russia and so i think they'll be movement over the next year to begin talks which will take a very long time which will be very hard on tactical nuclear weapons i think will need to be movement on the u.s. side in beginning to address the nuclear weapons in a in nato that there's no reason for nato to still have many of these tactical nuclear weapons i think need to be progress on that side and in frankly looking at our nuclear infrastructure our nuclear weapons and do we really even need this many under the start treaty we could make unilateral cuts with without going without going lower with the russians and so i think they'll be look at that i think the nuclear security summit that president obama had this year in april. in washington in two thousand and twelve there's going be a summit in south korea and i think trying to make progress on all these fronts is

going to be is going to be critical it's going to take time but i think this the start treaty what it does is it ensures we didn't take a step backward ensures we're heading on the right path to begin to on ravel the legacy of the cold war the were you know now twenty years beyond the cold war it's time to start reducing the nuclear arsenal that was built up to such an extravagant degree and so i think this is a very good step in bringing us. the thanks very. much appreciate it. it's being reported that u.s. commanders in afghanistan pushing to extend their presence in pakistani tribal areas the new york times quoting an anonymous american official who claims special forces will stop targeting militants across the border opening a new front it's something the u.s. military is denying washington has been using unmanned drones to strike suspected insurgency bases in pakistan and it's often accused of killing civilians in the process is not. speak strongly protesting against the attacks describing them as

violating of territorial sovereignty pakistani officials say they're capable of handling the militants by themselves well kathy kelly spoke to if she come planes against u.s. led war she says america's military establishment is simply hoping for more money. that seems to me that the united states would have an effect similar to what has happened in the past here in afghanistan along with the drone attacks the invasion of a sovereign country by a united states joint special operations this means an attack in the death squads and assassinations and night raids would exacerbate the tremendous almost tidal wave of anti-american sentiment amongst the public united states establishment. military industrial complex companies have learned that you can make

an enormous profit you can stuff your financial portfolios and run to the bank and that you can do this in another limited way and they've learned that lesson and they would like to continue it but as far as what the united states might have to learn from listening to people on the ground who are in touch with those who bear the brunt of the united states wife there i'm talking about the families first loved ones have been slaughtered i'm talking about families where people are now widow and orphan the united states doesn't learn from listening to the cries in the pleas of people who beg us to stop the killing. of kathy kelly an antiwar activist next on this channel george's opposition leader talks to us we know burjanadze was in moscow recently to turn the unveiling of a monument to world war two soldiers now last year georgia destroyed a memorial to make way for government buildings despite protests she's been telling all these exotic boy that her country has an illusion of democracy of that is

coming up. just that with the. often one interest in railways you say your mission is to introduce democracy to do to make it more democratic because conflicts with the image of your country in the west georgia is often presented as a beacon of democracy what don't you like about the current version of the children democracy. was like. the myth of georgia as

a democratic country really exists to a certain extent but it's based on the fact that soon after the rose revolution we really began to bring about a serious democratic reforms reformed the bureaucratic apparatus passed me laws supposed to bring the country on a democratic beeline however unfortunately even when i was in power i was talking about the problems that then existed including independence of judicial power and of the media notions that were already digging in and meant that there was also concerned about the issue of decision making when more often than not decisions were taken by a certain circle of people by two thousand and seven and in january two thousand and eight when president saakashvili was reelected for the second term there had been a chance that the sack of the government and the team would realize the problems and mistakes they had made in which tried to fix them to credibly though i could see that all the promises they had given about reinforcing democracy were

implemented just in a contrary way i saw the country go towards a bigger monopoly of power more control over the media which i don't like including constitutional changes the situation with business and ministration of justice all that does not infer a democratic state because you have been in opposition for several use for strong is the georgian emphasis you know in your opinion it was like there. it's hard to be strong in a nearly totalitarian state program nearly the whole business is under governmental control it's next to impossible to find ways to finance political parties when the media is under state control it's really hard to have my voice heard and convey my arguments to the people when there is no administration of justice it's very hard to protect oneself from slender constantly being dished out board not only from the government but also from the media under the control nevertheless i believe the

active steps that are manifested from time to time are a sign that the opposition keeps on struggling to change the topic slightly haggard to describe the current relations between our two streets russia and georgia. the holes in the globe could not be worse i guess it could have been worse only during the august events during the war indeed it was a tragic phase in tragic days not only for georgia i think today relations between russia and georgia can be described as very bad and far from normal i think the situation will hardly change for the better as long as president saakashvili is in power for a simple reason in the west see you has been trying to prove his indispensability through fighting against russia on the one hand he says yes it is necessary to have a dialogue with russia but on the other hand his steps and even statements invalidate any normal politically correct proposals i am absolutely certain that

russia georgia relations should become normal but that will be possible only when both russia and georgia have respectful lawful let me repeat this a lawful interests of each other and when the relations are based on implementing the agreements that will have been achieved them. we have mentioned the war and before august two thousand and eight russia had often expressed concern over the growing military power of george. what is going on now is georgia stepping up its military potential by reequipping its army or you suggest as in europe but not any more just because there are currently no supplies or deliveries of armaments from our western allies i believe it should not be a priority for georgia stepped up its armed forces as an independent state georgia surely must have its armed forces but they should conform to the standards georgia needs as a priority peaceful development of the country and an ability to defend itself and

its interests by no means. should feel that what transpired in the tragic days of august two thousand and eight should occur again they should be aware and be sure not through me or words but indeed that georgia would never use force against its own citizens and i say ts and no matter how complicated that might be negotiated not in the language of weapons but diplomacy and based on finding a common language. both because before the war many had an impression georgia had been the darling of the west it seemed to many in the former soviet union the church it had more chances for transformation including of democracy because the west was assisting not only morally but materially do you think that now that two years have passed since then georgia has lost its an ecumenical support from the western powers i mean benevolence and readiness to support some

programs in georgia there. is what i georgia was kind of a favorite one i see that after the revolution both our government and myself felt proud because we enjoyed the support of the majority of the country and the west was loyal to us as a matter of fact during the initial period russia had the sort of let's wait and see stance although positive unfortunately i have to say my main complaint against that. she really is that he destroyed all that the domestic support that used to be so high in the support from the west as well well the list does back us now but it goes beyond comparison to what we had enjoyed before the war by the support from the west began to do window even before the war because the west saw clearly the democratic reforms were not as quick and right as expected i remember very well how dubious germany was about the legal system in georgia and the war surely destroyed georgia's your application with your love of we have mentioned the recent war of

two thousand and eight but i also know that today you attended a ceremony open a memorial to another war why did you decide you had to turn and the i'm ugly. it's because this war for me same is for millions of people not only in the countries of the former soviet union but also all over the world is sacred so now to destroy a monument is absolute sacrilege some members of my family died in that and the brother of my grandmother still alive in the war for those people the destruction of the soviet war memorial. was so painful into salting what is most amazing it was not clear what it had to be done for.

culture is that so much guardian cares about you go. to sleep also again on the brink after a less than successful election and allegations of organized crime organ trafficking in here. is one thirty am moscow time thanks for being with the international news broadcasting from the russian capital the vote. on this resolution or seventy one twenty six nays two thirds or so the president. of the affirmative the resolution of ratification is agreed down to the wire but just two and a half hours ago the start nuclear arms cuts treaty was finally passed by the u.s. senate after last minute intensive personal lobbying by president obama to win over

republicans to swing the vital vote moscow is welcoming the move as a cornerstone in relations with washington. are other top stories the new face of russian patrick is in the country's best known agent on a chaplain prepares to start a political career in a youth movement. media reports suggest the u.s. is planning a military push from afghanistan into pakistan despite intense opposition from islamabad. coming up no holds barred arguments in our debate show crosstalk in which host people of guess where the costs of zero is gradually turning into a criminal state supported by washington and its nato allies. sister. welcome across dog and.