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 habit. he is one of the million addicts in this country the world's largest producer of opium. yes i said my life or is it was there on this drug i know it's killing me but i can't stop anti drug measures of diminished output but it only costs two dollars providing an escape for addicts ranging from refugees returning from iran who 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 every human activity is 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 city 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 do. there's a lack of post treatment prospects ensure that over half of the patients fall off

the wagon. and we just only get on top of that relapse is a huge problem there's not much we can offer these people once they leave here. as a doula 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. jason mattera in kabul for r.t. . russia's top anti drug and forces says the coalition has literally had no effect on the heroin trade in afghanistan. what should people see the size of the popular plantations hasn't changed this year they still cover one hundred twenty three thousand hectors the number of families involved in poppy cultivation has increased by about four thousand for these persons the trophy 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 so they work as slaves for the landlords and these are the people we need to find and target and what we're proposing nato is to take the land from them. international law and most national legal systems resume that procedure used for criminal purposes should be confiscated. he watching are coming up with a program a feeling of paranoia a russian man invents an army shell to survive the apocalyptic prophecy. but. he says to. us. take several hours to get from the nearest airport to the casino in southern russia and as you can see the film still doesn't look like paradise we'll look at why purpose built gambling so failing in the face of illegal games of chance of what russia is betting on now try to reverse the trend. the birth of jesus or an excuse to give

presents and eat christian conservatives in the united states say the real message of this time of year is being lost they say america is locked in yet another war a war on christmas. tis the season to be decided i'm just so enraged by these how all these atheist displays in trying to push jesus to the back seat on christmas day but people like head humanist roy speck 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 issues and the issues are plenty to wars record high unemployment and a budget crisis approaching apparently the real good or well that 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 want to stop. and the v.a.

he's referring to is the quote unquote other america the folks who want religion out of public life that you do a real growth 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 website they created you can log on and take a ten question what about choice quiz about which founding father or politician said it which really just 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 that is 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 for a week knowledge 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. groups. rethinking and perhaps considering that the real battle is much more serious. it's one that goes on all year round. that's for r t

d and a soft. here in russia christmas is still a couple of weeks off yet but in our weekly show martin andrews explores ways to of a perfect christmas here in the russian capital for those who celebrate on december the twenty fifth today that's coming your way a little bit later this way to get a quick preview. of expected moscow out program we'll be taking a look at christmas food and while russians have their main celebrations on the year's eve and jack gray the seventh millions of other people around the world and from here at moscow already popping open the champagne to join the massive andrews let me take a look at a merry christmas here in the russian capital. georgia newspapers have launched an anti soviet cartoon campaign backed by president

saakashvili a number of soviet time monuments have already been dismantled across the country and schoolchildren shown a documentary likening the u.s. to nazi germany however as r.t. sarah first reports next tonight many georgians feel nostalgic about the soviet past. the destruction is savior monuments a law banning savior symbols and now an anticipated documentary and a series of cartoons in local papers all part of an anti save it campaign currently being led by the cuban government that both the timing and methods of implementation have led many to question its real rate of it 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 a history of tense relations and these recent events i thought likely to have a bearing on what's now happening. in a local newspaper to pick a favorite general firing its kickstand. 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. that many georgians particularly the older generation hold positive memories of saving at times and seeing what is a police officer in the save the union and to his harsh comparisons between situation then and today we are you know. 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 or being poisoned with the ideology of the current authorities. for people like angrily the destruction of monuments dedicated to save

us 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 big. dismantle these monuments if you want us to forget our history but we should never forget. the government his name for his provoked his stance towards russia that the controversial campaign techniques are perhaps. history must be honest and true to fact not one sided all nations united and soviet union are equally guilty for the problems it doesn't make sense to china blame it on russia but using comic books to facilitate this is appropriate i think the efforts of the government look silly. the strong emphasis on the negative aspects of the same period might well suit the present political agenda everyone inside

georgia is happy with their government's actions south. georgia. more so as a course on our body look websites new style to it easy to navigate around if not take a look already it's an hour to your stories here tonight you might be interested in the point that you didn't catch it the russian president sums up this year's events in a t.v. interview you can find out what he had to say about it priorities corruption spies freedom of speech and a whole lot more besides the full interview in fact streamed on our website. and it is the christmas spirit is december the twenty fifth your celebrating it around the world so you can excuse going to mary maybe with some of the sophisticated suggestions on our web site to something a little better than eggnog maybe. next

russian authorities are looking for areas closer to tourist spots to build new zones for illegal gambling the gaming ban first in fourth almost two years ago was widely seen as a failure and the original for official gambling sports just haven't taken off. stacks of cash and roofs of one are bandits federal security service agents breed 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 had to build gambling zones far away from residential areas 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 gamblers 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 would travel to the city open up on 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 old will be worth less just like they will one unless the illegal casinos disappear wish them or was the almost all the after hours game organizers have been able to avoid serious punishment but that has changed now the

region so 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 what the news will be the right bet for russia does the lofty r.t.d. cross the region. so international news in brief this saturday night a suicide blast in a crowded you. an aid distribution center was pakistan's there forty five people dead and injured over one hundred a female suicide bomber through two hundred aides and then detonated explosives laden best as locals waited for food stamps the explosion took place in the city of karbala tribal region bordering afghanistan it comes a day after some one hundred fifty minutes and killed eleven soldiers in a coordinated assault on a neighboring region the army was carrying out operations. in the ivory coast opposition leaders called on the army and the u.n. to protect civilians from foreign militia and mercenaries other sunny what tara's

been recognized now is the winner of last month's disputed election but the incumbent president is refusing to quit west african leaders want their will usually just limit force against both to make him stand down with the region central bank cutting off his access to funds. in west of st however for those trying to get away for christmas a severe weather caused numerous flight disruptions many passengers had no choice but to spend christmas eve at airports at brussels of bantam airport twenty five centimeters of snow falls the cancellation of most flights hundreds of planes couldn't get off the ground either at paris europe second busiest international of the two thousand people had to be evacuated after snow piled on the terminal roof sparking fears of collapse but of course if you did get where you need to go or indeed you're a summer reading christmas anywhere around the world for me kevin and the rest of the art team used here tonight a very happy christmas to. now the unusually wintry weather across europe is likely

to be met by some foreboding with those predicting the end of the world in twenty twelve so it's not quite round the corner one russian man in fact is so worried about the ancient predictions he's invented a shelter that he believes can guarantee human survival and as r.t.d. go grognard discovered next if armageddon doesn't arrive it makes a perfectly nice sauna to. the ancient mayan calendar predicts that on twenty first of december twenty twelve the world will and. the earth will suffer cataclysmic events floods other options and earthquakes that will wipe out almost everyone but some are getting ready to survive the apocalypse i fear kilometers outside of moscow on an abandoned battery farm and invention has been made which will save humanity when the end of the world doesn't i behold the doomsday capsule a military engineer by training beaker 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 capsules committee kids got four layers of insulation he can float roll down here and learn upside down without being damaged. of course it can't be destroyed by tremors or loss of all make mistakes teams this is where the show will be and the air purification systems you can house not to fool people for forty days but of course eighty thousand dollars will be kept 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 those are going to die we will survive and of the end of the world doesn't come into years you get in he says his capsules can be used as saunders or industrial fridges and recommends that the

government order several thousand immediately either there are no party moscow region once russian territory now the largest part of us later travels to alaska the land where the memories of its previous settlers are still preserved is a quaint taste of what's to come. it's the secret incursion into the country. it's the invasion by means of. tradition the language is really. the best the best compete the beat. the had the dems are still unaware of what's going on in their land over the last idea. i don't know anything about alaska. on our cheek.

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life on the. video. feeds now in the palm of your. machine on the t.v. dot com. hello welcome to the business program i'm sure on a. gas bob 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 last fia 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 am often it's a lower fineries deposits situated in the north west of siberia are considered to be the most lucrative in the country. and officials at russia's first liquefied natural gas projects say foreign investors can take part in its expansion the governor of the country's far east said shell could participate in the construction of three plants as well as expand the hole 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 ed flat after closing marginally in the red on friday down just under half a 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 just 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 us on christmas holiday season really changed and we've treated volumes very little but also lowball tools and one of the interesting events of this week was the disclosure of charges from that alleged merger between the unit which longer don't distorted this company. and a 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 you can always join us for more news at r.t. dot com slash business stay with us.

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the u.s. . the country. in this week's festive show takes a look at what christmas treats you can buy yourself here in the russian capital. welcome to the show on this week's must go out program we'll be taking a look at christmas food and while that may be celebrations.