capitalize artie's catarina grandchild joins us live for a look at the arena so now it's the russian parliament stern ratify the treaty what is that going to happen. hello right the russian foreign ministry has now got the script of the strategic arms reduction treaty which the u.s. senate voted for yesterday we'll wait and see what the most co will say yes to these first major nuclear agreement between two new clear soup of policy in almost two decades one president's made video and obama sealed the deal in april this year they promised the world there would at the patient of this treaty will be synchronized last minute the u.s. added an additional read it took a shine resolution to the treaty and now that russia has got the types it will suddenly council has studied the russian foreign ministry says if there are no major changes to the deal had that even this resolution does not foresee any adjustments to the treaty and they'll be no delays the attacks will be handed over

to the russian parliament to the state duma and to the federation council we each will vote already. they both are promising that it could be done simultaneously. because the it is because it. has the president agreed ratification will be synchronized we have passed all the hearings in the committees of the state duma and federation council the foreign ministry has kept lawmakers informed on the senate plans for its ratification resolutions this is very important because each text depends what wording our legislators will use in the russian ratification mean for. washington comes down mosco the best resolution is a political document for the united states that it aims to calm down republicans which had some fears that new start coud damage america's defense capabilities and these resolutions in particular seals. president obama's

commitment to a twenty five billion dollars ten year plan to modernize the existing their remaining nuclear weapons there are several obstacles riding the treaties approval in the u.s. senate tell us more about that. the wait for the new start has been a long time coming it was definitely not a quick start but a long start the deal was sealed by the president. in april this year and it seems that the u.s. senate has been had been debating on its proles on homes republicans and democrats blamed each other that they got to these last minute points to ratify it just days before the new year and the democrats pushed back the treaty had been on for almost two years and that it was finally time to ratify it skeptics said that while not all that the trade even missed last year's december deadline and there was no adequate in place america and russia to study increasing their arsenals but this

did not happen of course it was a result a culmination all in tons talks between the delegations of both sides all telephone and face to face conversations all the presidents of these two countries in the first place and now russia says while comes in the first place this decision by the u.s. senate to ready for the treaty and says it's a tremendous victory for both sides. the fact that the senate has been working on the truth is ratification so long and so thoroughly means that there is still some of the votes are relevant and can now be questioned by anyone the american writer for cation took place despite all the speculation surrounding the procedure which was based exclusively on the interests of domestic politics it's great that an obsolete majority of the senate including a major group of republican senators decided to rise above party interests and if it was best for the united states and in this case in global interests. hope

both sides come out as winners by working towards global disarmament by signing these reduction treaty itself is not that these two majors you put policies nucleus of a policy which account for ninety percent of nuclear stockpile now see these weapons not as a security assets but as a liability which they want to get rid of the question is well that will all the others the rest of the will follow out fully learn how at what cost. lie just a reset button in relations between russia and the us came here is the report of our teens. in washington. the vote. on this american on this sort of resolution are seventy one 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 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 the democrats 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 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 security experts. 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 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 if the conditions in the ratification resolution don't change the text of the treaty we should be able to approve it as soon as tomorrow in russia the outcome of the vote in the u.s. senate has been well 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 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 fewer weapons of mass destruction and on the other hand two 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. . british opposition labor m.p. jeremy corbyn who is a long time anti-nuclear campaigner says the russian us treaty is a signal for other nations to suspend their atomic activities. it's such a huge step and it was one that was predicted to end in failure and so the fact that president obama and president medvedev come to the agreement and got it through both of their parliamentary systems is a huge step forward and that's got to be a spur so surely the next thing is for all nations to agree not to renew their nuclear weapon systems because most are preparing some kind of upgrade or some kind of renewal and then move on to a nuclear weapons convention that can include all nations in the world including

those that are not signatories to nuclear nonproliferation treaty particularly israel india pakistan north korea the treaty is slow but sure ratification is winning all round support with peace campaigners saying it was served as a key trust building measure. it's all in the back being deployed weapons those are the ones that are on notice ready to fire from twenty two hundred down to fifteen hundred and that's good but what's even more important is that we re in still all our ability to inspect each other's nuclear weapons facilities which expired with the last start treaty last december we now we haven't even been able to see what russia is doing unless it can't see what we're doing so this new style i will add this to have inspections and verification this is very important simple trust so that we can actually go to disarm them and the other very good things about start is that it so is that the u.s.

and russia can make that deal and that we now have to move forward. we'll bring you more analysis of the start treaty approval in the u.s. from leading experts throughout the day we're also on the story online where you can give us your reaction at r.t. dot com. also online right now prime minister putin shows young trainees that you can't beat a black belt even at fifty eight years old as he takes the time to head to the mat in st petersburg to show them a thing or two about how it's done. and the chapman movement moves from being a world renowned spy to a leading role in the russia's next generation politics all the details online right now at r.t. dot com. north korea says it's ready to use its nuclear deterrent and what it calls

a secret war against the south the north's defense minister's statement was reported by state media the minister accused seoul of deliberately stoking tension by staging successive joint military drills with the u.s. next to north korean territory he said this latest exercise one of the largest in the south's history was an outright preparation for attack. the maneuvers involve heavy military machinery fighter jets missile launchers and hundreds of troops and was held just thirty kilometers from the border a series of war games comes in the wake of the recent cross border artillery exchange that killed four south koreans going forward a former british parliament member and author of the book north korea on the brink says he believes that no one state intends to start a war but the rhetoric is becoming alarming. the danger is if we have new military exercises at sea because the problem is the land borders very clear the sea border is been arbitrarily and unilaterally established by the south koreans along the northern limit line which is not recognized even by the united states. the recent

shelling of the island. was called squanto palm the south koreans intruding into what the north koreans considered through their waters the dangerous escalation what you hobbies korean maneuvers which in disputed waters which led to the north korean response of. the artillery shelling of the island we've now seen massive joint u.s. south korean exercises which clearly are leading to the north koreans paying their . i think their readiness for for future for a future attack or military adventurism i don't think anyone's intending to start if you want a full scale war at this point but the danger with escalation is it gets out of control and so if we see something we need to we need to be concerned about for the future what we need to see is some gestures from either side to try and step down a maybe an offer from the north koreans for example to give up their their fuel

rods from the young real nuclear reactor and try and ship them to the sides will be something that might be allowed us to start scaling down the current levels of tension. alexander vorontsov from the institute of oriental studies believes china and u.s. perspective involvements with north and south korea could lead to a global conflict it's a. real big nightmare for many countries and first of all for the six countries three who met in the six party talks receives a common blood that was given control in china also and of course china can be involved because they hear of the treaty alliance to reach a business career first and they do most through the recently. read in the stool prevent the collapse from those career and it will be true supercar you will treat united states in china. it's possible. to

a world war can start the korean finnish rule unfortunately. at six pm g.m.t. here on our team former american soldiers who once probably signed up to serve their country tell us how they eventually found their actions hard to justify. did i kill innocent kids or was it a crime of course and that's never and. i'm a sharp when those cars filled with me i think of it every day. from their memories. so much so that a long time. i was. i was ashamed that i had been. i was ashamed that i had. my legs on the rock. in the mine. when i

went to vietnam pow wows of the. believe what i was going on was the right thing. that i was a good soldier. but you know most older on the other side and i think i'm just good . at one time leprosy struck fear because it meant a slow death but today it's both treatable and curable yet for russians diagnosed with a disease there is another problem to overcome being isolated by society or he's accidently hunch over reports on those living with the condition and the stigma. last image best fairly is russia as old as lap of village has no streets all in one but houses with its own fire brigade ambulance service and kindergarten it's a home for many people affected by leprosy away from the eyes of a public world little understanding of the disease when the first patients arrived

they have to know they were packed into just one house but now there is this a building big enough to house two families given the patients more privacy and dignity larry like the vast majority of people in tarrasque he has been cured he could believe but says it's not the affix of the disease which made him stay but people's reaction. toward you know the road sometimes is like a man in the snake you see a snake and it frightens me 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 bite 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 engine bible stories if you realize that they're most likely immune or that after treatment for myself or is a no longer infectious 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 supercilious most of us are cured but 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 out to places where nobody knows the. but a very vital no was among the first to receive multidrug set up before 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'll look at my hands it's margaret i did this and the war all the time and brine in the cool. barbara found her killing terrorists can show also find

a husband and their life it offered her and many others the chance of relatively normal existence now 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 and leprosy all over again it's possible that one day due to poor living conditions and things like that the pandemic will return. 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.e. staff are full of original. take a look now at some other stories making headlines across the globe former argentine

president jorge vidalia has been sentenced to life in prison for crimes against humanity he aging general was convicted of murdering dissidents during the country's military rule between one thousand nine hundred seventy six and one thousand nine hundred three up to thirty thousand people were tortured and killed during what's known as argentina's dirty war he was the first c he was first sentenced to life in one thousand nine hundred five but had been given special privileges which are now revoked. iran's president is in turkey to bolster ties with his neighbor and get support for terror on the nuclear program mahmoud ahmadinejad has already met the turkish prime minister ahead of next month's major nuclear talks in istanbul getting iran's agreement on that was the only tangible result of international negotiations in geneva earlier this month turkey is keen to play a leading role leading regional stability role and had a cool and had no negotiated a nuclear fuel swap deal for and but it was rejected by the u.s. . there have been two parcel bomb explosions at embassies in rome one device went

off at that chill a an embassy injuring the person who opened the package a few hours earlier a swiss diplomats residence was targeted again it was the mail handler who was wounded this time seriously it's not known who sent the bombs but police are ruling out any link to the suspicious device found on the roma underground earlier this week. in a couple of hours max kaiser takes a swipe at bankers lining up for bulging christmas bonuses while europeans and americans are left holding out the begging bowl. i'm here in london where the bankers are demanding their year end bonuses and the government is asking them please mr berger don't steal 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 money meanwhile the i.m.f. is asking people ireland to suffer more austerity while the i.m.f.

is redecorating is lush headquarters in washington d.c. . criminality and joins us next with all the latest business news stay with us here on our team. welcome to business the battle for control of norse nucular has taken another twist . owns twenty five percent of the russia's biggest miner is calling for a nor niko extraordinary general meeting to elect a new board. producer says it has concerns about. plan to sell an eight percent stake in multinational commodities earlier this month. twelve million dollars to buy back its twenty five percent stake in the mine or the offer was promptly rejected but another major shareholder has told the wall street journal he

believes that the decision might change the offer was quite generous predicts it will be a resolution by spring. now let's go to check the markets european stocks are mostly high in the last trading session before the christmas holiday discount retailer metro is again one of the year's busiest shopping days to travel as top earner in london as airlines clear their backlog after the snow fuel chaos but shares in allied irish have slumped seventeen percent as the irish government prepares to nationalize the debt slayton back. here in moscow both the r.t.s. and reversed early gains but traders it's three new week as many investors have already left for the holiday season spare bank is bucking the negative trend continuing to gain through its strong profit forecast for next year and he is down for the second day after announced losses but this is spanish is its business in turkmenistan would be a hundred and sixty million dollars. retail giant x.

five group is forecasting a forty percent increase in turnover next year the company says sales will be driven by see its newest acquisition cupcake at discount stores it also aims to open over five hundred new stores but x five will also double its capital cost but much of the money spent on rebranding. andrew million dollar prudes has posted a twenty one million dollar profit in the third quarter of two thousand and ten the result was a fifty three percent decline year on year turnover increased however by almost one quarter to six hundred forty one million dollars for the quarter. dunder will invest more than one hundred million euros or hundred thirty million dollars in two buses car industry the company will assemble my studies bands like commercial vehicles factory sprinter output will be around twenty five thousand vehicles annually and gaz also plan to localize the production of car components.

the cost of basic foods in russia skyrocketed in two thousand and ten with severe droughts in the summer and poor harvest push push prices well above the official inflation figure buckwheat a staple of the russian dinner table almost tripled while others and shows like cabbage potato and grain nearly doubled the government has released grain reserves and threatened to control prices on thursday russia's agriculture minister called for a zero tariffs on grain to boost imports she says they're doing everything they can to keep prices down. the system of a mood what was the main reason for such a dramatic increase in prices is the trout we see a massive jump in prices for potatoes and buckwheat we're taking all possible measures to control the situation and the recent price rises just speculated growth the financial backing would given farmers has stabilised the market but yes it's a difficult situation. and that's the latest i have well for you next hour so

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it's. five thirty pm in the russian capital good to have you with us here on our t.v. your headline moscow prepares to ratify the new strategic arms reduction treaty with washington already approved by the u.s. senate the deal is praised by both sides as proof of a new level of trust. peace on the edge north korea says it's ready to unleash a secret war on the south and use its nuclear deterrent angered by seoul's massive military drills right across the border. and living with leprosy russians in

a remote village feel their battle is no longer with the disease but with the stigma which society imposes on them. up next our team meets a man with a big job on his hands he's not only taking part in russia's a limpid committee but also being responsible for raising the country's standard of living stay with us like coming your way next. for the full story we've gone to. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers.