that is just the formality but only then it will be considered officially ratified and only when the two countries have their trivial ratified it will come into effect what will follow we all know they will start dismantling the bombs and traveling through each other to see that the other side is complying with their obligations under the treaty is the key stark negotiator in the us rose good to miller said the whole verification process will start some time in spring as as of the russians russian lawmakers made it really clear that they have no objections to the treaty and they will ratify very very soon now that the u.s. senate gave its approval there are no obstacles remaining there. for their course to moscow not to your country there so it's russia's turn to follow suit and approve the new treaty what we've been hearing so far i mean you can't use the votes were counted a lot to be out and of course the crimean had been watching carefully all those heated debates on capitol hill the first reaction came from the kremlin and the

foreign ministry sergei lavrov the russian lawmakers would of course need some time to study the resolution cation resolution but as for the rest will be no problem with russia indeed the vote was more about america's credibility abroad president medvedev the sure it will rock obama from the very beginning that russian lawmakers would say yes to a new start and most importantly most of you saying you start does not draw a line between winners and losers both sides come out as wieners by working towards global design a month. before the treaty was cleared for it to be taken there were many obstacles in the way when there. that's right kerry despite all the support that the treaty has received you know the country's top security experts are saying that it is a win win deal and number of republican senators who are growing out of their way to on don't mind it as many say. yes for the sake of denying obama is arguably

major foreign policy victory and the treaty could have easily become a victim of political games on capitol hill at some point and god will really nasty and you could say is that it was all about politics and no stops that is so more on the data on the day of the vote and be excruciating the debate before that here is my report. the vote. on this matter on this resolution or seventy one twenty six nays two thirds the senate president having voted in the affirmative the resolution of ratification is agreed to. and with this approval russian the u.s. will start the new year with a treaty that has become a symbol of trust and cooperation between the two nuclear superpowers and 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 and it 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 has received on many levels a number of republican senators nearly sabotaged it their actions provoked an

avalanche of criticism from the country's top six. the 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 on substantial ones like we don't have to have this treaty if we don't have a nuclear treaty with the u.k. anglin 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 us 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 us respects that balance. through the established basis of the contract the principles of equality parity and the equal and indivisible security of both parties this becomes the new gold standard for the conclusion of our agreements the agreement not only strengthens the security of russia and the united states but has beneficial effects for international stability and security in general in russia the outcome of the vote in the u.s. senate has been will come from many in moscow it's a signal that the u.s. and russia can now open 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 us 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 fewer weapons of mass destruction and on the other hand to nuclear superpowers former adversaries actually trusting each other and looking toward ending hands to provide their security get a check on our team washington d.c. . with ivan eland a political analyst from the independent institute think tank in washington says the you could cut steel is an important step and even those who put off objections to it recognize this. they arms control has always been sort of the central. pillar of the relationship ever since the cold war is on and that's still the case because the most important thing in the world is these two huge arsenal which dwarf any other countries arsenals the treaty does allow russians and the us to cooperate war and i think the general. better relationship is good if there's a potential nuclear accident or something like that as we had in one thousand nine

hundred five we had good relations back then and i think that really prevented an accident of all nuclear war i think this happens on many senate votes is that they dig in their heels they tried to build up the price on what the administration has to pay to get the treaty not in physical cash but in programs handed out to their constituents and everything they pretend to be on the line so they can get more playing hard to get and then when the treaty comes they don't want to be seen as having missed a chance for a historic vote on a major treaty. whether it's cold. a public policy or situation i was ation center of american progress in washington believes the treaty helps address the danger of nuclear weapons falling into the wrong hands. i think it's significant for two reasons number one it helps us get our relations with russia back where they they

they should be and get the russian help on things like stand and and iran and the other is that the real danger to the security of the united states is a nuclear weapon or nuclear material falling into the wrong hands and this treaty is a first step to deal with the problem what it is is if we get all of the countries of the world including russia and the united states signed the nonproliferation treaty which they agreed that if all the countries would develop nuclear weapons they would reduce their house and really we haven't had anything for a decade so we're still moving in that direction. greg thielmann a senior fellow at the control association washington says the treaty sets a good example of the nuclear powers to thaw. this treaty itself does not affect directly the nuclear arsenals of other countries any of the permanent five members of the u.n. security council or countries like india pakistan israel and perhaps north korea

that may have nuclear weapons what it does is that the u.s. and russia that have ninety percent of all of the world's nuclear weapons by showing that they are taking another step toward significant reductions this does put pressure on the others to become more transparent and to be more willing to engage on what they can do to move toward nuclear disarmament. living he will comment and analysis of the start treaty approval from leading experts throughout the day something always have your salvation on the website that's. china says it will help struggling european economies combat the debt crisis the offer came at an economic forum in beijing the china's largest economic partner but cooperation has been china's by europe's main financial health economist. says beijing support is not a permanent remedy for the uk this extends china's political influence

in europe by making a lot of european states dependent on china to buy to buy their debt but it doesn't get away from the fundamental problem in europe europe has a big big sovereign debt crisis and this is if you like a patch to try and help the situation until the europeans managed to put together some some proper reforms some proper fundamental structures to help the euro stay together moving forward and to date they've been very much dragging their heels in and patching up greece and ireland rather than coming to the table to put together fundamental reform of how the euro actually operates where later today max kaiser and co-host stacy look at the financial scandals in the debt ridden european union and on the other side of the atlantic. here in london where the

bankers are demanding their year end bonuses and the government is asking them please mr berger told still any more of our money and the bankers are saying wait a minute if we can steal your money we might leave and the government is saying no we want you to stay still i want me meanwhile the i.m.f. is asking people ireland to suffer more austerity while the i.m.f. is redecorating its lush headquarters in washington d.c. . russia and the u.s. may be resetting their relations but the country still fail to see our rights while and he sees us was one of the few countries to vote against a resolution condemning the glorification of not system that was adopted by the united nations table by russia to see the possible reasons behind the american

decision. we have one hundred twenty nine countries saying they want to fight against the glorification of not citizen and then the united states says no but we don't want to sign up to that document this is especially interesting because the united states obviously fought against naziism in the second world war and this is one of those rare opportunities when we have countries like iran and israel even agreeing on an issue which almost never happens but here is the united states who does not want to go along with everyone else over the last several years there have been documents leaked and declassified revealing us cover ups of nazis right after the second world war of course of particular interest here is the waffen s.s. the so-called protective squadrons of the nazis that were really a militarized group that helped carry out the goals of the nazis by doing things like ethnic cleansing to all sorts of war crimes and these were the people that the

united states ended up cooperated with in the wars in the years after the second world war of the most important interest here though is of course the voltec waffen s.s. because the united states was really coffee waiting tightly with people located there to try to fight the soviet union and the a for example a baltic state as one of is the only place in the world right now that sees former s.s. soldiers as war heroes this is something that the united states is really so far staying silent about and strangely especially when the cause is so straightforward as fighting the glorification of naziism. get more from battier latest news analysis and blog was always there for you on our website is just a taste of what subtlety call right now. strike a chart that is abiding by the. joys of political news and. what she's up to and water starts it's. christmas it's been truly

coming to moscow fifty scientists around the world are in the capital gift giving spree if you still believe in santa does not want to go and see. it's a disease many believe belongs to biblical times for those that struck down with leprosy it's a very present problem many people affected are confined in remote but it isn't the whole chance of rejoining society lottie's of reports. lost amid vast valleys rushes old a slab of village has no streets only one but houses with its own fire brigade ambulance service and came to god and it's a home for many people affected by leprosy away from the eyes of

a public world little understanding of the disease one of the first patients arrived fifteen no they were packed into just one house but now there is this a building big enough to house two families and given the patients more privacy and dignity by larry like the vast majority of people in terrorist he has been cured he could leave but says it's not the efficacy of the disease which made him stay but people's reaction. you know the road sometimes is like a man in a snake you see a snake and get frightened but someone who knows the snake a snake catcher is not afraid he knows which ones bite and which don't and how they bite as snakes don't just wind out of the blue the same with lepers if you hear this word you get scared once you know would swats them is different. most people's knowledge of the disease comes from ancient bible stories if you realize that they're most likely me in all that after treatment for myself or is

a no on again factious in any case the condition is extremely rare. it's that ignorance which stops many of the residents of tara ski feel unwelcome in the outside world says the person who lives most of us are killed so where will we go there were many cases when people were discharged and they got on ok until the neighbors found out about their disease and kicked up a fuss we don't want to leave next door to the so and so's we've got kids sometimes cure leprosy patients have to move around to laser where nobody knows that. but a very vital no was among the first to receive them all to drug therapy for leprosy and the you were ceasar in many ways she was lucky to be treated at all at a time when diagnosis was hard the telltale patch on her food was missed by most doctors. but i'm going to look at my hands it's my exam i did this and the who are

all the time and brine in the called barbara found her killing terrorists can sure also find a husband and their life it offered her and many others the chance of a relatively normal existence you know it's hope centers like these will no longer be needed in the last decade they have been hardly any new cases of leprosy in russia however doctors say the reason need to keep institutions open even if they're virtually empty. if we don't leave any signs how what where and why it will be very difficult for mankind to start combat in leprosy all over again it's possible that one day due to poor living conditions and things like that the pandemic will return to you for now those still live in interest no longer need a medical care but a change in attitude in the outside world a society where people care and don't stare. what r.t. it's terrible region. every film out some other major headlines from around the

world. some of the russia. reason cited was his idea to warn the japanese government to present would get its recent visit to russia's rwandans japan this claim the territory since world war two by still is temporarily we call the present that is a visit to the audience last month. as expressed indignation that japan's most of reaction to the incident. bhajan seen as a former military dictator jorge reading that has been sentenced to life in prison of being found guilty of crimes against humanity by quote in the city of court about eighty five year old was convicted of murdering political other students during the seventy's and early ninety's up to thirty thousand were tortured and killed during what is now done in tunas dirty wooing the general has been serving on and off sentences for other crimes since his fall from power in the region eighty three. iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad is in turkey

to garner support for his country's nuclear program its visit comes as part of a broader regional summit bottom of the majority's to have a one to one meeting the turkish prime minister istanbul hosts the second round of the six party talks on iran's nuclear program and generally held her meeting in geneva to keep maintains good relations with her on together with brazil it negotiated a nuclear fuel swap deal in may for the agreement was rejected by the u.s. . and iranian nuclear facilities could be attacked if diplomacy fails according to a senior israeli military analyst the full interview is coming your way in just over an hour's time but has a taste. like to attack israeli leaders understand the possible horror results of such an attack however.

if diplomatic pressure economic sanctions don't work and iran is getting too close to a ball then i think that the european intelligence community and the united states they don't understand how close israel to launch an aerial strike on the nuclear facility off iran. if you know it's all the business news.

right if you. knew from first to pressure these. teeth don't come. to business a host of political and economic deals have been signed during the middle of this trip to india he's incompetent defense and nuclear power sectors as well as oil and pharmaceuticals our correspondent looks at some of the business highlights of the two day trip. well prison be good if studio visit to india has resulted in signing about thirty deals worth billions of u.s. dollars first of all bush as it was about an expert together with hindustan aeronautics ltd has agreed to jointly develop the fifth generation aircraft a project that would be worth from eight to ten billion u.s.

dollars and by the year two thousand and seventeen india wants to have about two hundred and fifty of such aircraft in its arsenal also during this visit india is using of russia's long asked the vacation system has proved to be successful and the two countries have agreed to increase bilateral investment and trade to twenty billion u.s. dollars by the year two thousand and fifty. one of the major deals to emerge during president made it his visit to india has been in the energy sector russian conglomerate system and india's states run or natural gas corporation or investigating a merger of the oil and gas businesses in russia in the no cash deal the indian firm would acquire a blocking stake in the joint venture the potential merger will include three companies. and imperial energy it will give a stake in the russian firm's production of twenty five million tonnes and an interest in the huge trips and to its off oil fields. so for the stock markets in

asia hong kong has risen for a third day reports the u.s. economy grew force to the previously estimated benchmark crude futures rose post ninety dollars a barrel overnight lift energy stocks petro china is zero point six percent japan's nikkei is closed on thursday for a public holiday here in moscow markets finished wednesday on positive ground the all two years ended the session point four percent higher the most six was up half a percent in the economic news russia's g.d.p. grew four point two percent in november a year on year which sits g.d.p. gross to treat. point seven percent for the first eleven months of twenty two and. twenty eleven looks like it could be a bad year for russian railways the national operator expects profits to drop ninety six percent and blames government imposed restrictions on tariffs but while the money might not be flowing passengers and goods the company predicts double digit increases in both. world prices for thirty year highs and the rally is set to

continue the two biggest global suppliers brazil and india have both said they will not be able to meet demand for the third straight year another soft commodity are about the radical coffee is about to reach a record as colombia had its poorest harvest for thirty five years. the long new year holidays in russia will cost the economy up to twenty seven billion dollar losses according to analysts f b k the ten day break from january first sees most of the countries shut down including virtually all nonessential services and production over russians can help the country's budget by doing what comes naturally in the festive season. goes up from the beginning of next year so that every liter of vodka sold contributes three dollars to the state that's the latest join us in fifteen minutes for the opening of moscow's stock markets.

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this is outside the headlines for you now washington and moscow building nuclear cuts treaty crossing a final vote in the u.s. senate after months of delays and in-house wrangling sure the u.s. agreed this start agreement has become a new symbol of trust between the two nations. but some differences between them remain russia disappointed with the u.s. putting against you in resolution condemning creasing forfeit cation of knots as i'm sure to others by moscow still adopted those who are supported by one hundred

twenty nine states. going to work for me beijing china said it would help debt ridden european economies to tackle the crisis experts want to make the continent all dependent on beijing. as bad lines will next in our spotlight show while going all the talk to russian deputy prime minister writes on to jerk off. for the full story we've got it first hand the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers.