twenty one year old us a doula started smoking heroin at university six months later he dropped out and does what he can to support his have. he is one of the million addicts in this country the world's largest producer of opium. as i said my life rizzo's their own drug i know it's killing me but i can stop any drug measures of diminished output but it only costs two dollars providing an escape for addicts ranging from refugees returning from iran you fled the country's civil war to military veterans to teenagers with little to look forward to. the united nations says it's another threat to afghanistan's long term economic growth and security it's what we call the coca-cola effect i mean people always talk about the demand creating supply but people forget that supply demand and that's exactly happening in afghanistan i mean if you think about the health issues you think i mean a.t.v.'s often starting among injecting drug use it has as well to do what you

security mean security forces and the high levels of addiction in the security forces means that yes you will corrupt your security system so all those elements together means that there's a heavy burden for this country local say the attic steal and threaten them and the police do nothing more than chase them away or throw them in jail for a day or two then they come right back today there are an estimated sixty thousand heroin addicts in the afghan capital and that number is rising fast many of them say they want help but the government can do little for them in the handful of rehabilitation clinics that existed just a few hundred beds to offer. the u.n. funding to judge sensors the largest and best equipped facility in the capital but that's not saying much it can only handle about sixty patients at a time to enter addicts must submit to a two months detoxification. but the center's director dr why dula has shown this is a lack of post treatment prospects ensure that over half of the patients fall off the

wagon. and we just. told them of the relapse is a huge problem there's not much we can offer these people once they leave here sadullah got ten days treatment before running away to get high again the international community is focusing on combating the flow of drugs leaving afghanistan but within its borders a battle just as important is being fought with addiction a major hurdle in the country's hope for future stability. in kabul for r.t. . russia's top anti-drug enforcer says the coalition has literally had no effect on the heroin trade in afghanistan. because i mean you know. the size of the poppy plantations hasn't changed this year they still cover one hundred twenty three thousand so the number of families involved in poppy cultivation has increased by about four and for these presents the provides the most basic living simply

struggling for survival and all the talk about the need to create economic incentives for them is simply pointless because they work as slaves for the landlords and these are the people we need to find them and what we're proposing. from them. international law i'm most national legal systems resume the procedure used for criminal purposes should be confiscated. stay with us here on our t.v. still to come a feeling of paranoia a russian man that's an army get her to survive the apocalyptic prophecies of twenty twelve but it does have some practical uses to. take several hours to get from the poor to the casino in russia and as you can see this goes until doesn't really when. we look at why gambling zones are failing in the face of illegal games of chance. is betting on to reverse this trend. first though the birth of jesus or an excuse to give presents and christian

conservatives in the usa the real message of the season is being lost and they say america is locked in yet another great war a war on christmas. takes a look. tis the season to be divided i just so enraged by these all these atheist displays in trying to push jesus to the back seat on christmas day but people like head humanist roy spec hard say they aren't trying to push jesus anywhere when they see these ads it does give them pause that it gives them a chance to think about the issue and the issues are plenty to wars record high unemployment and a budget crisis. but apparently the real good or well the one atheist group is putting a new spin on the war on christmas if you listen to the media this is a cheap way of trying to to take a shot at christmas they don't have any guts if they did so i said they go after the muslims. and they he's referring to is the quote unquote other america

the folks who want religion out of public life. and on the opposite side of humanity now with all the political correctness here in the united states like the fact that you can't call it a christmas tree anymore you have to call a holiday tree you can't say merry christmas you have to say happy holidays some groups are taking action like this religious group here god and america's leaders dot com this is the web site they created you can log on and take a ten question what a ball choice quiz about which founding father or politician said it which religious quote but with all that outrage and all the back and forth much of the quote unquote rest of america thinks things probable are politics right now we're focusing all these moral and religious issues instead of focusing on the actual things like the economy and the wars and these like badasses distractions but for those americans who want religion any time any place anywhere it isn't just a distraction there definitely has been a war on christmas for

a long time and brian fisher is part of the countless conservative christian organizations that are formed to send this kind of message the single most inclusive thing that you can do this time of year is wish people a merry christmas we think it's appropriate. i asked them to acknowledge that jesus christ is the reason for the season and the division is particularly evident in the most powerful of places case in point democrats were pushing to work overtime even after christmas and republicans like senator john kyl and jim de mint were pretty much calling the proposal blasphemous causing this kind of reaction you need to rethink and everybody calm groups. rethinking and perhaps considering that the real battle is much more serious. and it's one that goes on all year round. for our t.v.

deal and a soft so here in russia orthodox christmas is still a couple weeks off but in our weekly moscow and out segment our teens martin anders explores ways to have a perfect christmas here in the russian capital for those who celebrate on the twenty fifth it's coming your way later this hour here's a sneak peek. by this week's festive must go out program we'll be taking a look at christmas food and while russians have their main celebrations on the year's eve and january the seventh millions of other people around the world and some here i must go already popping in the champagne to join me martha dandridge as we take a look at the merry christmas in the russian capital. of . georgia newspapers have launched the anti soviet cartoon campaign backed by the president saakashvili

a number of soviet era monuments have already been dismantled across the country and schoolchildren are being shown a documentary that likens the u.s.s.r. to nazi germany but as r.t. sorry for her ports many georgians feel nostalgic about their soviet past. the destruction is savior at monuments a law banning savior symbols and now an anticipated documentary and a series of cartoons in local newspapers all part of an anti said it campaign currently being led by the cuban government that both the timing and methods of implementation have led many to question its real natives. and then you say it's not just anti soviet propaganda but anti russian those conducting this campaign are trying to put russia on a par with the soviet union. it's been two decades since julian independence and just two years since children attacked south of provoking an armed conflict with

russia and history of tense relations and these recent events i thought likely to have a bearing on what's now happening. in a local newspaper that they view general various chieftains. with the from this white. part of the anti favor campaign is being accused of being anti russian and of encouraging the public to live by the bigger picture. but many georgians particularly the older generation hold positive memories of saving the times and saying what is a police officer in the save the union and was harsh comparisons between the situation then and today we are we know and order it was much better in retirement today in the soviet union we had professional unions protecting our rights today we have nobody to take care much for being poisoned with the ideology of the current authorities. for people like angrily the destruction of monuments dedicated to save

his soldiers many of whom were themselves georgian is particularly inflammatory they've had to sit by and watch as their memories of the past of richie's to rubble . why do you think they've dismantled these monuments they want us to forget our history but we should never forget. the georgian government his name for his provocative stance towards russia before the controversial campaign techniques up perhaps as. they know. that the history must be honest and true to fact not one sided all nations united soviet union are equally guilty for. the problems. but using comic books to facilitate this is appropriate i think. the present. everyone. is happy we.

always find more on this and all the stories we're covering on our website our team dot com here's a quick look at what's online right now. president. find out what he had to say about his personal priorities. freedom of speech and much more. if you want to get married with something a little more sophisticated than. russian authorities are looking for areas closer to tourist spots to build new zones for illegal gambling the gaming ban introduced two years ago was widely seen as

a failure and the original four official gambling spots have failed to take off. reports. stacks of cash and rows of one armed bandits federal security service agents freed an illegal casino in moscow eighteen months ago a strict gambling law meant casinos in russia could only exist in four special zones but it failed then the show idea. just didn't work it takes several hours to get from the nearest airport to this casino in southern russia and as you can see the zone still doesn't look like paradise the distance according to regional authorities almost killed the whole idea some of the transportation is the key factor today we have a steady flow of gamblers coming to this casino enough to make the project worthwhile but that's not the zone's full capacity last month russian president medvedev approved a war relocating the only functioning gambling zone closer to tourist destinations

travel to the city of the black sea coast which according to locals may very well become the new and hopefully more successful version of the russian vegas. the village of blagoveshchensk is a perfect transport hub hosting the gambling project will make our resort accessible all year round. these fields have been prepared for large scale construction by a peninsula with below send it beaches that attract thousands of dorothy's admit however that the news though will be worth less just like the old one unless the illegal casinos disappear and wish the best almost all day after hours game organizers have been able to avoid serious punishment here but that has changed due to missed the regions of the word certain that it may take less than three years to build this new gamblers paradise on the black sea coast but with a huge and powerful underground gambling industry it's still unclear but that the news will be the right bet for russia does below its keep r.t.d.

crossing the region. turn now to some other stories making headlines across the globe a suicide blast. in a crowded distribution center in northwest pakistan forty three people dead more than one hundred injured a female suicide bomber threw two hand grenades and then detonated their explosives leaving the best of the city a car in the tribal region bordering afghanistan as locals waited for food stamps is comes a day after some one hundred fifty militants killed eleven soldiers in coordinated assault in neighboring regions where the army was carrying out operations. the ivory coast opposition leader has called on the army and the u.n. to protect civilians from foreign militia and mercenaries ouattara has been recognized as the winner of last month's disputed election but the incumbent president is refusing to quit west african leaders warn they'll use legitimate force against iran to make him stand down with the region central bank having

already cut off his access to funds. and there's more snow in western europe that has wreaked havoc for those trying to get away for christmas and the holidays severe weather is cause numerous flight disruptions many passengers had no choice but to spend the holidays on the terminal floor at brussels airport twenty five centimeters of snow forced the cancellation of most flights hundreds of planes couldn't get off the ground in paris at europe's second busiest international earlier two thousand people had to be evacuated once the snow piled on the terminal roof and sparked fears of collapse. the unusually wintry weather across europe is likely to be met with some foreboding by those prophesies in the end of the world in two thousand and twelve one russian man is so worried about the age of predictions he's invented a shelter that he believes can guarantee the survival of the human race as i. discovered if armageddon doesn't arrive schedule it may make a nice song to. ancient mayan calendar predicts that on twenty first of

december twenty twelve the world will and. the earth will suffer cataclysmic events floods options and earthquakes that will wipe out almost everyone but some are getting ready to survive the book lives a few kilometers outside of moscow on an abandoned battery farm and an invention has been made which will save humanity when the end of the world does not i behold the doomsday capsule a military engineer by training. says he's a genius and that the large trajan collider controls the world whether he admits that many loft when he showed us his proposal for the life capsule one year ago now he's built it he says people are taking him seriously yeah we can see kids got four layers of insulation you can float roll down here and learn upside down without being damaged. of course company can't be destroyed by trimmers. will

make mistakes. this is where the show will be and the air purification systems you can house people for forty days eighty thousand dollars became has recruited a band of neighbors have already booked their places in the capsule but i was i'm scared of twenty two out we have to be ready. yeah there's a going to die we will survive. and of the end of the world doesn't come into years you get any says his capsules can be used as saunders or industrial fridges and recommends that the government orders several thousand immediately either a. moscow region once russian territory now the largest part of b. u.s. coming up later our travels to alaska the land where memories of its previous settlers are still preserved here's a taste. it's

the secret incursion into the country. it's the invasion by means of. tradition the language is really. the best the best deal could beat the beat. and culture. the thing is that the had the dems are still unaware of what's going on in their land still ask the idea. i don't know anything about alaska the great deal on our cheap. is eve's.

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welcome to the business program i'm sure on a. gas has announced gas price cost a fifteen percent for estonia and lots of you should gas deliveries resume pre-crisis levels the gas giant stated that lafayette has already committed itself to increasing consumption to the levels of two thousand and seven prices for baltic neighbors lithuania and belarus however would not change gas from said any discounts for these countries would only be discussed once existing contracts ended and new price formulas were calculated. and staying with gas prom the company has announced it will spend six point five billion dollars or one quarter of its investment program for two thousand and eleven on the development of your mouth and it's a lever fineries that it posits situated in the northwest of siberia considered to be the most lucrative in the country. and officials at russia's first liquefied natural gas projects a foreign investors can take part in its expansion the governor of south holly in

the country is far east said shell could participate in the construction of three plants as well as expand into shell sold a majority share in the project to gas several years ago but retains a blocking stake. let's take a look at the markets but my sex ended flat after closing marginally in the red on friday down just under a half percent and a fourteen straight week of gains the r.t.s. fared better finishing in the black point twenty three percent wrapping up a successful trading week trading volumes were light as investors prepare for the holidays. and russian markets hardly moved this week as investors were buying gas for christmas and new year rather than stocks maxime orlowski from wraps up the week filmy due to bordeaux. this week was relatively calm and that's mostly because the majority of the market players example large ones from europe and the u.s.

on christmas holiday season barely changed as we would treat volumes very little but only. one of the interesting events of this week was the disclosure of charges from the alleged merger between the units which longer don't just last of these companies. and positive price outlook for russian commodities including oil spills a continued appreciation of the russian ruble the head of the london school of economics believes that the russian ruble has strong prospects for becoming a hedge currency. i think the ruble can be an interesting hedge against other currencies but also for there to be a lot of russian bonds traded internationally and russian equities traded internationally because where are the assets for people to buy to hold these massive reserves and i don't think at the moment there are enough assets for the ruble to become a very significant reserve currency. and that's all the business news for now but

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just. six thirty pm in moscow thanks for spending part of your christmas with us using your headline the world's biggest exporter of heroin is also one of the worst sufferers of drug addiction cheap opium makes it nearly impossible for the addicts about to quit. monuments to propaganda cartoons with georgian anti soviet campaign is a growing number of people accusing the government of mr. new conflict

diverts media attention from pressing matters in the u.s. servitor christians say the country is locked in the war on christmas. the ways to have a perfect christmas in the russian capital moscow are coming your way next. welcome to the show on this week's must go out program we'll be taking a look at christmas food and while russians have their main celebrations on the is eve. millions of other people are.