i mean a graduate joining us live so what exactly triggered the foreign ministers coming. out is the ready became a resolution which was approved by the u.s. senate last minute which now triggers this controversy as it's clear that the russian lawmakers will definitely a study these script counseling before saying there yes or no to these two major nuclear agreement between two nuclear powers and almost two decades for these resolution was pushed through by the republicans john mccain who is largely known as a regular poland hmong with russia insisted to include this resolution to the main script of the treaty well in particular to the documents that new start should not contain the u.s. anti missile programs developing and also. says that president obama is committed to a twenty five billion dollars ten year plan which of course played a crucial role that the document was already fired in the first game. but the

russian foreign ministry is just but after studying the document that there is a big question mark over whether big us were difficult resolution has a legal force at all. on the. final draft resolution adopted by the u.s. senate is more hardline. there are a few problems there because one of the main one being that according to this agreement is the link between strategic defense if you do you fancy weapons is not legally binding for the u.s. and russia because it is placed in the preamble because of this cannot be upheld by lawyers there is another problem assume its resolution claims that the treaty does not apply to new kinds of normally clear strategic weapons that could be developed in the future but this is not correct. the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov made the comments the russian state duma which started its still. the ration is the treaty it will go through three reading sun today's the

day one of the vote in the first session on the actual text of the script for belviq two more sessions but we expect that they will happen often europe we're. now in the u.s. so was a bit of a rough ride before the senate voted to approve the treaty tell us more about that . well of course the wait for the new start has been a long time coming it was a long starts before the presidents of the us and russia still to this deal with the signatures it was of course a culmination of tremendous work between the talks between the delegations of both countries telephone and face to face conversations between the presidents and the foreign ministers the secretary of state sergei lavrov and of course up to the president signed the treaty it was clear that it fell it very lengthy process all pretty big cation by the u.s. senate and the russian solomons will follow we witnessed those heated debates on

capitol hill on all the proles on phones of the new start treaty republicans largely opposed the plan so it was more of a police game between the democrats and the republicans but of course in beyond democrats celebrated a tremendous victory by gaining some seventy one votes yes in baber all they knew is first nuclear security already disproved. and now it's turned russia stunned and of course all eyes are on russia whether russia will approve the treaty and what needs reaction will be to these controversial but if occasion resolution i want to go u.s. senator you. if the treaty goes ratified by both countries when will we see its first effects. new start in washington to a thousand five hundred fifty nuclear warheads a piece down from the current twenty two hundred also new start reinstates inspections and the right. size that actually and one the previous security

nuclear reduction treaty ninety nine thousand nine hundred eighty expired. in delivery systems and most importantly new seals a link between the nuclear weapons capabilities. to the treaty and this is the link which russia has long insisted upon because at the moment the u.s. plans for defense systems close to russia's borders are the main he returns in the relations between the two countries but still by signing the agreement by getting to the point of his word to the cation definitely going to washington heat the reset button and that relations all right artie's are. from outside the state duma thanks for that report. dimitri medvedev says barack obama has certainly deserved his vacation for pushing the ratification of the start treaty through the senate and as i knew a meeting with you has of the country's main t.v.

channels the russian president also called for more opposition voices to be heard in the country for more on this we're joined live by beliefs go with more so or you know what were the key events in the world that aroused the most interest airing this interview. well that of course the start treaty was the very first question that i was asked to the russian president by the heads of russia's major t.v. channels and the russian president demonstrated his demonstrated the fact that he is very pleased with the outcome and he actually had a message for the american president. barack obama was with to push the storm through the. student very difficult circumstances the treaty will become to look cool most of security in the world in the coming years it's easy to work with him he keeps his promises but he's done a great job and he's done. happy christmas. also.

leaks. and of course there was also another question the russian president was asked whether or not he was worried about the possibility that julian assange the founder of wiki leaks or anybody from a website could show interest in them and publish some materials which could possibly be damaging to which they responded that he as a public figure is kind of used to that sort of attention. i'm not afraid of leaks why should i if i was afraid. i'd never. really let loose who have such big responsibilities. people say. and of course there were other issues concerning the foreign policy. question about relations with japan know was

one of the t.v. had said whether or not the russian president was worried about the fact that japan has recalled the japanese ambassador from russia following a. visit to the coral islands which japan considers to be their own president responded that he is not worried about their relations with japan japan japan japan these may be worried about this but as far as his concern. is extremely popular in russia and he sees no sign of a dwindling in those relations of course he also talked about another major event in the political arena. year almost as a matter of fact of course was the plane crash that took the lives of the polish president and his wife and many other polish officials. did talk about his feelings when he first heard about the news saying that he was shocked that this was a great. that the bitter irony of the place where the plane went down of course.

understand that russia is doing. russia. that investigation. of the foreign policy issues which the russian president. talked about. and all the hot potato issues of russian life tell us more about that . of course in fact i would say most of the interview concerned russia's internal issues domestic for example he talked a lot about. is one of the keys. and he spoke about the need to reform slightly one of russia's leading party the united russia

party. should be responsible about the power. not just rain. and strength. it should promote right people and. other passions should be involved in discussing. this. through being in opposition. from. and of course of other party's. interests. any possible contenders any any sort of. possible rivals in the political arena and he said yes. almost every major politician in russia right now. play

a very important role in russian politics. and he also called on the opposition parties to be more active in their role in the russian politics. is a regular q and a for to. no as a matter of fact this is not the first time that he's been doing this is a third time and he felt very comfortable doing it he was breezy and at times chatting but one of the most interesting aspects of course was not the fact that he was just answering questions. even asked the question on his own as well. including. information. truth. to show. and despite the such. excellent and interesting to watch the news coverage. they should so it means that there is no freedom of speech what do you have.

and of course the. basically agreed on one point that freedom of speech does exist of course in extent it is limited on television. for example you cannot. go on television but that of course was not the full extent of the russian president's. concerning the domestic issues of course. to which. he believes no person in the country no political. persona. to make a statement or judge the case before the ruling is made in that case he also spoke of course about. the country. and of course he also. army an army. reform and about the issue of corruption which is also one of the central

issues in russia which continued to penetrate the existence of the government. the government officials and every day people of course feel spoke about the new mayor saying that the new mayor has a lot of responsibility has a lot of work carved out for him and should not really not rest easy and should get to work right away so this is a plethora of things which as russian president covered in his interview which lasted for almost two hours. was a marathon session wasn't it artie's a really good reporting live from the kremlin thanks for that. you're watching r t we've got plenty more headed your way including a fresh fight for land in israel the government bulldozing anyone villages and uprooting inhabitants from the desert they've lived in for more than a century argue looks at the reasons behind the crackdown. but first tensions are spiraling on the korean peninsula as the north threatens to launch what it calls

a secret nuclear war against its neighbor if seoul strikes first on thursday the south military held live fire drills some of the largest in its history the exercises brought heavy military equipment fighter jets missile launchers and troops within thirty kilometers of the border with the north souls recent series of war games have come in the wake of cross border artillery exchange that killed four south koreans last month foreign policy analyst stephen godwin's tells r.t. that soldiers military strategy is imposed by washington and its goal is the end of north korea. the united states' policy for the last sixty years has been to seek the collapse of the north korean state and its absorption into the south. the lead government is more closely aligned with u.s. foreign policy goals on the korean peninsula. so the government's president's role in presidents kim. in south korea. president lee is oftentimes seen as

a puppet of the united states and the area around his office is called by many south koreans the news united state of south korea and south korea certainly seized on any opportunity it can to escalate tensions there is the sinking of the south korean corvette chain on the hand which was immediately blamed on north korea over north korean denials and there are many in south korea who do not believe the official inquiry then we have the artillery exchange that happened on november twenty third which has been blamed on north korea however the exchange was triggered by south korea and marine garrison on an island that lies very close to the north korean coast you consider that you consider president leaves hostility toward north korea. it's his policy of confrontation deescalating war games and it's hard not to conclude that south korea is trying to precipitate

a fight to to pick a fight and trying to provoke its northern neighbor washington based investigative journalist wayne madsen says the south korean leader's policies seem to contradict the more conciliatory approach of his predecessors and that may lead the peninsula toward war. last few presidents south korea had had what were known as sunshine policies with the north they opened up to the north they they had cross border visits trade all that has been stopped by this present south korean president lee myung bok he's basically gone back to the cold war days. he's playing brinkmanship if the north attacks south korea the united states will respond. commensurately i think. you know it's very possible we could see this go nuclear that is probably something that would get out of control rather rapidly i think you would see then japan get involved obviously china we get involved where we would

definitely see a lot of casualties the united states has long championed the cause of capitalism but with globalization and outsourcing underway the country is experiencing some less pleasant aspects faced with a huge economic slump one u.s. town is turning to an unlikely savior chinese students but as artie's preassure to reports for some residents pride may get in the way. millinocket mean once a booming mill town now almost a ghost town the paper mill once a symbol of pride and prosperity in the region now a reminder of a time that has come and gone and national trade is what basically took the paper industry of the united states down it's not just here in the in the town of millinocket it's worldwide chinese they're more clever than we are. you know and we when we do a deal with him we usually. get the sound of it. today millinocket is

a small town of five thousand the closest smaller movie theater is an hour's drive away many of the one spot selling businesses in town now stand empty and abandoned and very depressing for a lot of people who have had their hopes the hopes that they would something would come along that would change everything but it hasn't. dr cannot smith is the superintendent of millinocket public schools after watching his town fall apart around him he decided it was time to take matters into his own hands. myths idea is to boost the school's population by charging chinese students twenty seven thousand dollars to attend his high school for one year they have some skills that we don't have that we'd love to instill in some of us to this desire to learn and. get a good education it's a bold idea in a town where most few china as the reason there mill went bankrupt but smith argues

that the competition the might have hurt the town's past can also help to reshape its future but we can't possibly compete with the labor market and you know one point four billion people i think the competition is good for us we have to learn the jobs with economy work right now there are two hundred students that attend this high school even though it was built for eight hundred sixty percent of the students here qualify for a state run free lunch because their parents' income is at the poverty level school administrators say that bringing in students from china will not only save the school it will save the town and bring it back to the days when the mill was booming. but not everyone in this almost exclusively white town is excited about the idea that their school might eventually have just as many chinese kids. as kids from maine some people will have an issue where they're going to be

like oh my gosh they're not from here make them go away most students in this high school have never traveled abroad what they know about china they say they've seen on t.v. i think the chinese are going to be total shock i think of like high tech and way more advanced than us like ten times more money in like in a better society and then you look at eisenhower like whore and nothing and those struggling to survive in town are that the country they believe took their jobs from them is now the one they're looking to for help preassure either party millinocket mean. or you can always find more news blogs and analysis and interviews on our website just sneak here's just a sneak a look at what's online. right now prime minister putin takes to the mat in st petersburg to show young wrestlers that you can't beat a black belt even if you use fifty eight you can join his master class online right now. and muslims in the usa since nine eleven terror obsessed mainstream

media has been typecasting followers of their faith as enemies find out who is really behind the headlines. the israeli government is up reading some arab tribes from the desert they've lived in for more than a century but it says the bedouins built their homes without permission activists claim the crackdown on arab villages a mystery place them with jewish settlements parties policy reports. in the middle of nowhere the remains of a keep village. for the third time in two weeks israeli police came with a few doses and in little more than an hour demolished sixty houses. from a flood no this is my land i have a paper i have a document this is my land i ask this government how do i live and how can i afford

to buy the same land elsewhere in israel and i can't they want me to sell my land i won't. and as long as he and hundreds of others won't the police will continue to raid backed up by a government whose official policy states this is their land but i think the unofficial policy underneath is that the land should go to the jews not just the big ones on a medic arabs who have lived in the negev desert for more than one hundred years but off to israel took over in one thousand nine hundred eight they've been hard placed to prove their ownership of the land israel says it's built alternative cities fill them with all the facilities they could hope for but they keep coming back to the desert. they're not abiding by the law they live inside graveyards with horses donkeys sheep the animals mess all over the graves and make it difficult for us to move them but we have to because they need permission to build on the land

and they don't have it at all because. i think that the government would like to push them into the townships were they could become simple workers so they would like to give the land to the army and jewish settlements just look around here this vast uninhabited desert is home to only seven percent of israel's population several years ago the government launched an ambitious program to the value of six hundred million dollars to try and attract new jewish immigrants and israelis to live here it aims in the next three years to have more than a quarter of a million of them living in the desert but is because the desert is it seemingly not big. enough for jew and arab jew mel torme he has lost his way hoss and seven houses but he hasn't lost his result of i don't know how we are men of peace we don't use the gun as the man who came to destroy our houses with other bad phases

of the we did not fight back when they came but the fight will continue because tomorrow when the sun comes up duma will build again and in a few weeks the israelis will return policy r.t. in the negev desert israel. stay with us here on our t.v. daniel bushels up next with a business story. welcome to business today is expected to be one of the busiest shopping days of the year as people hunt last minute holiday gifts for family and friends reports to just sales or whopping thirty percent over last year let's go along to our correspondent in a culture who is also one of the biggest malls in europe but they're not all people braving the snow or a wall to the flavor of presents they're going for. well here in the center of moscow on this quite a snowy day as you can see we're really lancer the holiday spirit russian shoppers

are rushing into the stores for the last minute presents for their families and indeed as we were spoken to some of the sellers the shops this day turns to be the busiest shopping day and the whole year well of this year russians a plan to spend more money on presents and to celebrate a new year rather than last year already over forty four percent of the population claim that they're ready to move for the coming new year and worse news rather than the last one where we still found the consequences of the financial downturn now the number of people ready to spend money for some entertaining programs like fireworks are different other shows has already increased by around forty percent this year and average russian plans to spend some four hundred dollars on presents and one hundred to one hundred fifty dollars on food and other proper a shoes for

the celebration table but still russia ranks only eighteen in the list of countries where people are ready to spend money to celebrate the biggest holiday for example in la and look some else was learned all which countries are the leaders in this way think people are ready to spend from some eight hundred to one thousand two hundred dollars. but in terms of the presence of course the price tag ranges from sometime dollars to one thousand dollars but as we went and spoke to different people in the shops. this year. like. telephones. well it looks like we could see some record sales for our correspondent in a caution over thank you very much indeed companies in russia face billions of dollars in fresh taxes after the government complained money to modernize the economy the finance ministry says it's lost a staggering three hundred twenty five billion dollars from various tax breaks and

incentives since two thousand and five officials they need more than twice that amount in the next ten years to create a world class high tech sector. there's not a quick look at the stock markets europe slipping in afternoon trade off portugal's credit rating raising fears e.u. members will have to bail out the country run gold slumped over five percent the company says ivory coast turmoil will hit fourth quarter production. the my six has slipped into the red in afternoon trade but should still end with a full straight week of gains trading volumes are low however as investors slip away for christmas. goes from a slightly high as the price of light sweets goes over ninety one dollars a barrel oil is also gaining the tycoon there pascoe called an a.g.m. to resolve the mine the shareholder war. almost a percent of the nelson the takeover of five hundred pound bombs in armenia.

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says. in the russian capital good to have you with us here on our t.v.'s your headline russia's foreign minister a voice is concerned about the u.s. position on the new nuclear treaty stating that moscow will pull out of the deal if washington installs a missile defense shield in eastern europe russia lawmakers are currently considering. the start treaty could become the cornerstone of security in the world for decades says president summing up the key

events of two thousand and ten the. leader also said that the country has a healthy opposition and it must be allowed to speak out. war north korea has warned of a nuclear strike on the south the scale of souls latest. next explores ways to have a perfect christmas in the russian capital moscow out coming your way next. welcome to the show on this week's must go out program will be taking a look at christmas food and while the rest.