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. as i said my life or is it was there on this drug i know it's killing me but i can't stop drug measures of diminished output but it only costs two dollars providing an escape for addicts ranging from refugees returning from iran and 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 activity is often starting among injecting drug use it has as well to do what you security means 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 external 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 and the handful of rehabilitation clinics that existed just a few hundred beds to offer. the u.n. funded new job center is 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 addicks must submit to a two months detoxification. but the center's director dr y. doula has shown it's a lack of post treatment prospects ensure that over half of the patients fall off

the wagon. and we just don't make it on the mother 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. in kabul for r.t. . told by the drug of forces says the coalition's literally had no effect on the heroin trade in afghanistan. well she did pursue 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 because 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 the. international law and most national legal systems resume that procedure used for criminal purposes should be confiscated. this is our team from moscow still to come a feeling of paranoia russia would get this invite to prophesy of twenty. two as we find out in the program also. several hours to get from the airport to the casino so russia as you can see this doesn't look like gamblers paradise. purpose built gambling zones are failing in the face of a legal games of chance russia is now betting on reverse that trend. the

birth of jesus or an excuse to give presents and eat christian conservatives in the usa the real message of this time of year is being lost they say america is locked and yet another war this time on christmas. tis the season to be divided i am 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 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 but 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. and the v.a.

he's referring to is the quote unquote other america the folks who want religion out of public life. 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 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 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 to seek 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 your dad. groups. is the governor's 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. well here in russia christmas is still a couple of weeks off yet but in our weekly show moscow dottie's martin andrews explores ways to have a perfect christmas in the russian capital if you are celebrating it today on december twenty fifth that's coming your way in fact in the next bit is a quick festive preview. of the festive 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 january the seventh millions of other people around the world and from here moscow are already popping open the champagne to join the massive andrews let me take a look at a merry christmas here in the russian capital. georgian newspapers of laws to nancy soviet cartoon campaign backed by president saakashvili

a number of soviet time monuments have already been dismantled across the country and schoolchildren showed a documentary likening the u.s.s.r. to nazi germany where results he sara first reports next many georgians feel nostalgic about the soviet past. the destruction is savior at monuments a law banning savior symbols and now an anti said it documentary and a series of cartoons in local newspapers all part of an anti said it campaign currently being led by the government that both the timing and methods of implementation have led many to question its real natives. 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 georgian independence and just two years since children attacked south that year 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 if they view general bearing is fixed and they do it with the from this white. part of the anti campaign has been 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 at times and seeing worked as a police officer in the save the union and jules harsh comparisons between the situation then and today we are we know and order it was much better in the summer retirement today in the soviet union we have 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 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 they've dismantled these monuments we want us to forget our history but we should never forgive. the georgian government his name for his provocative stance towards russia. the controversial campaign techniques are perhaps a step to. 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 try and blame it on russia but using comic books to facilitate this is appropriate i think the efforts of the government look silly. was the strong emphasis on the negative aspects of the savior period might well suit the present political agenda not everyone inside georgia is happy with their

government's actions sarah fair r.t. georgia. more of the stories of course on our website as well and you look. there right now more about the russian president's something of these events in a t.v. interview you gave yesterday find out what he had to say about money matters his personal priorities corruption spice freedom of speech and a whole lot more as well the whole interview that he gave to the heads of russian t.v. channels streaming on our website i catch it whenever you like also. get a tad marion by this time a. little more sophisticated recipes that we're averaging a home for christmas on our website and to talk.

russian authorities are looking for areas close and now to tourist spots to build new zones for illegal gambling the gaming ban first enforced almost two years ago is widely seen as a failure and the original four official gambling spots have been taken off. stacks of cash and roofs of one armed bandits federal security service agents breach and illegal casino in. eighteen months ago gambling law meant casinos in russia could only exist in four special zones but it failed then the show idea to build gambling zones far away from residential areas just didn't work it takes several hours to get from the nearest airport to the 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 summer 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 again. zone closer to tourist destinations would travel to the city of an 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 a large scale construction by a peninsula with the yellow sand beaches that attract thousands of dorothy's admit however that the news own will be more or less just like the old one unless the illegal casinos disappear which time it 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 whether the news will be the right bet for russia does a lot ski r.t.d. across the region. some world news in brief a suicide blast in a crowded u.n. aid distribution center in pakistan's their forty five hundred rooms with a female suicide bomber threw two hand grenades and detonated their explosives laden vest as locals waited for food stamps the explosion took place in the city of karr in a tribal region bordering afghanistan it comes after some one hundred fifty militants killed eleven soldiers in a coordinated assault in a neighboring region when the army was carrying out operations the ivory coast opposition leaders called on the army in the un to protect civilians from foreign militia and mercenaries al assad has been recognized as the winner of last month's disputed election but the incumbent president is refusing to quit west african leaders warn the use legitimate force against laurent gbagbo but make him stand down with the region central bank cutting off its access to funds. more snow in

western europe's wreaking havoc for those still trying to get away for christmas the severe weather has caused new risk flight disruptions many passengers had no choice but to spend christmas eve in airports brussels event an airport twenty five centimeters of snow forced the cancellation of most flights there hundreds of planes couldn't get off the ground in paris either at europe's second busiest international hub earlier their two thousand people to be evacuated after snow piled on the terminal roof sparking fears of a possible collapse although it didn't. cause if you are getting away for christmas very happy christmas to you were you celebrating around the world for me and the rest of the team now then usually wintry weather across europe is likely to be met with some foreboding by those predicting the end of the world in twenty twelve so we're going to worry about it one russian man in fact is so worried about the ancient predictions he's invented a shelter he believes can guarantee human survival and it's not easy go god may

have discovered if armageddon doesn't arrive it's a pretty nice sort. 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 if you come up with a outside of moscow on an abandoned battery farm and invention has been made which will save humanity when the end of the world does not i behold the doomsday capsule the 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 we can see it is got four layers of insulation he can float roll down here and learn upside down without

being damaged. of course company can't be destroyed by trimmers. all make mistakes this is where the show will be and the air purification systems you can house not to fool people for forty days and causes eighty thousand dollars to be king has recruited a band of neighbors have already booked their places in the capsule but i was am scared of twenty two out we have to be ready. yeah those are going to die out 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 orders several thousand immediately either there are no party moscow region once russian territory now it's the largest part of the us and later our travels to alaska the land where the memories of its previous settlers is still

preserved is a taste of what's in store. it's the secret incursion into the country. instead of invasion by means of. tradition the language is really spent the last day copied the beat down a little. the how the germans are still unaware of what's going on in their land the silastic idea. i don't know anything about alaska. on our cheek. is eve.

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t.v. dot com. welcome to the business program i'm sure on a qian this year's christmas shopping has shown that russians are not yet spending as much as they did before the crisis however russia has one of the longest winter holiday periods in the world a lot of the retailers and restaurants to make fortunes during that period tatiana call the reports. many russians start celebrating christmas who the rest of the world all depends if a full december. then move into the new years fisted it says and then off course celebrates their own russian orthodox christmas all the seventh all january nearly two weeks holidays make fun of expanding holiday shopping in russia will do three town sales by forty two percent this december which is ten percent higher than the same period last year clothing purchases and food retail will grew over fifty

percent this month. well restored sales will increase a whopping one hundred sixty three percent but russian shoppers are no longer as impulsive as they used to be before the crisis. this year every version will spend an average around three hundred eighty five euros on holiday shopping which is just five euros more than in the crisis year of two thousand and nine. but this is still twenty percent lower than for example german spend on presents and festive dinners additionally russians will still be on holiday for more than a week after the new year while most european countries return to full time work analysts saying such long holidays are merely a luxury when considering that russians do do people are capital is to a very poor this drunken week as some call it cost the economy about one percent of g.d.p. annually but for now that loss is peanuts compared with the almost full two percent

growth which most consumers sectors are currently enjoying in russia that young critical business our team. and russian stock markets had a quiet trading week my sex and it flat after closing marginally in red on friday down just under a half percent ending a fourteen straight week of gains yes fared better finishing in the black point twenty three percent wrapping up a successful trading week trading volumes were light as investors prepared for the holidays. and russian markets hardly moved this week as investors were buying gas for christmas and new year rather than stocks maxime arlovski wraps up the week. this week was relatively calm and that's mostly because the majority of the market players example large funds and brokers from europe and the us on christmas holiday

season are barely changed as we have treated volumes very little but also low volatility one of the interesting events of this week was the disclosure of charges from that alleged merger between all the unions which lot of adopt the stocks of these companies. and that's all the business for now but you can always find more on our on our website that's our. business stay with us.

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say. this is our team from moscow these are our top stories tonight the world's biggest exporter of heroin is also one of the worst sufferers of drug addiction opium makes a billion possible to. quit. from demolishing. the georgia. as a growing number of people accusing the government they're messing with history. and a new conflict diverts media attention from pressing matters in the u.s.

conservative christians say the country's war on christmas. coming up. helen mirren about her role in the last station the film looking at the final days of tolstoy the picture reveals an unknown tolstoy but what arises did open up the actors themselves we find out and spotlight just. he. sat. on our two. mirror.