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and the very warm welcome from all of us here in moscow this is o.c. with the latest news and a review of the twenty ten main events thanks for joining us so every year has its ups and downs and twenty turn has been no exception it had it turns tragedy as well as a few surprise candles on them by arresting wiki leaks along the way but it's definitely not been with the world's biggest nuclear power is making a new start to our own for russia netting the world cup was a crowning moment and he says now assesses the yeah and what lies ahead for twenty . i. i like it ten it was a year filled with leaks and laughter tears and tragedies it got off to a good start for russia signs of economic recovery no gas crisis with ukraine or bell routes like in previous years and a relatively bearable winter but that all changed in march when terrorists struck.

twin blasts rocked moscow's metro during morning rush hour killing forty and injuring over one hundred two women suicide bombers blew themselves up on a central line one just meters from r.t. headquarters. we will find all of those who are guilty and we will punish them too kumara from chechnya who's on the international most wanted list and has links to al qaeda is the suspected mastermind behind the attack in a chain of special operations several terrorist involved in the suicide bombings taken out by russian special forces. president jimmy to madrid dave and barack obama signed the new start treaty in the spring setting to slash both countries strategic nuclear stockpiles by a third this is the most significant arms control agreement in nearly two decades and congress only approved the pact just before christmas and the russian duma is

expected to follow suit after months of waiting for their counterparts on capitol hill to get through bipartisan wrangling there were fears the pact would be amended or blocked by senate republicans over unrelated domestic issues both the kremlin and white house the feeling the deal as a cornerstone in the restart between russia and the us. april tenth a tragedy with echoes and history shocks the world polish president lech kaczynski and most of the country's political elite were killed when their t.-u. one fifty four crashed near smolensk. the delegation was going to mark seventy years since twenty thousand polish officers were massacred at cut them by soviet secret police just days before the accident a joint commemoration that could win was seen as a tremendous step for russian polish relations whitted knew over the past few days we held remembrance ceremonies mourning the victims of totalitarianism kaczynski

was coming to russia to pay tribute to the killed polish officers all russians share in your grief and sorrow. russian polish ties continue to warm as the two nations mourn together. in twenty ten russian marks sixty five years since defeating nazi germany in what's known as the great patriotic. elaborate parade was how one red square as heads of state looked on to commemorate some twenty seven million soviet minds lost during world war two. it was the first time in history countries that made up the allied forces took part in the tradition. twenty ten also saw the return of cold war spy scandal sending bombshells like her anna chapman into the headlines

for weeks and then home to russia still she's. innocent inspires me more than the amount and the quality of people i met in new york it's the strongest largest and the most solid community in the world. but she didn't get to stay for a long fan for towie and that chapman was just one of ten alleged russian spies exchanged in vienna for four american spies serving sentences in russia the scandal worthy of a hollywood blockbuster broke just after obama and medvedev dished out politics over burgers in virginia the media frenzy was a lot harder than. temperatures in the u.s. and russia who ignore the hype with cool cooperation. record heat wreaked havoc in russia with summer temperatures in twenty ten lingering at forty celsius for over a month hundreds of wildfires ravaged the country killing over fifty and leaving

thousands homeless. the flames left the capitol covered in a blanket of toxic smoke for weeks moscow's mayor stay on vacation in the outs yury luzhkov was sacked the next month with president medvedev saying he lacked confidence in the mayor and sergei sabean and soon became our scouse top man. this is really our first in the middle east iran's bushehr nuclear power plant was launched and unloaded and is set to be connected to the country's electric grid within months saving iran eleven million barrels of oil a year the plant is operated by specialists from russia which also provides the nuclear fuel and deals with the waste iran considers the launch of victory and proof of their peaceful atomic program despite criticism from the u.s. and israel. he never made it off the short list as time's person of the year but for many he is the man of twenty ten wiki leaks founder

julian assange exposed hundreds of thousands of iraq war documents and american diplomatic cables to name just a few the u.s. government would like to get a social side of human wiki leaks the wiki leaks website will continue to run. these documents were stolen the freedom of speech any breach of security like this is bad for diplomacy donna an extraordinary job of journalism many people believe mr song to be innocent but the u.s. accuses him of espionage and in sweden he faces allegations of rape a songe was arrested in the u. . ok where he was seeking refuge later being granted bail after a legal wrangle and now has to wait to find out whether he'll be extradited to sweden clearing my name is not the hard task i have the hardest task i have is to continue on with my work the whistleblower continues to leak into the new

year. following yukos head mico course he was found guilty of laundering over twenty five billion dollars worth of oil and sentenced to fourteen years in jail he has nearly served out an eight year sentence for tax evasion and fraud and faces another six behind bars russia has been criticized for politicizing the case but putin says compared to financier bernie madoff's one hundred fifty years fourteen years is nothing more than a slap on the wrist. last but not least twenty feet from both ladies and gentlemen will be organized manner. it was a nail biting wait for the announcement with russia and england going head to head to the very end. little sasha secured the bid with his big dreams of football in england secured headlines by dubbing russia's win

a fix from both of my heart sank you know prime minister putin only went to zurich after the announcement saying he didn't want to pressure fi fuck all david cameron back him and prince william weren't enough to bring the world cup home to england. russia didn't let this sort of losing rain on their parade winning the right to host the world cup certainly goes down as one of the most enjoy a ball moment of the year but that does it for our look at twenty two hands top tam and now away and from all of us here at our happy new year stay with us for the top of ants in twenty eleven. moving on now for europe it was again when the cash ran out in some countries but one thing that wasn't in short supply was the number of angry protesters as government severely cut back on budgets hundreds of thousands of people lashed out

in response lore and that wraps up what's been a troubled yet for europe and why people should brace themselves for twenty eleven . the summer of discontent that became a winter woes for a europe in crisis across the continent tens of thousands repeatedly turned out to protest against their government often resulting in violence and destruction. and it's not over yet after a brief holiday hiatus most assured the unrest will return in the new year and we haven't seen the worst of it yet. every the first bomb on the door mats the credit card bills people will be beginning to lose their jobs people being living proof of this on their credit cards to pay their mortgages they're going to start defaulting that's when the real protests are going to stop in the u.k. was a huge hike in college fees that sparked the violence. in ireland the

country's near collapse forced its toughest ever budget to secure an e.u. and i.m.f. rescue in greece in spain public sector pay slashed while taxes writes. for the french it's the prospect of being forced to work longer all measures which ensure working people pay for the mistakes of bankers and governments britain's enduring the harshest cuts since the second world war also reeling over forking out around twelve billion dollars for a huge membership and as we've seen the contribution rise i think is going up by two point nine percent unfortunately that is you know it's enough to get people actually quite quite right in the. it's quite hot headed because we are having to see massive cuts here local authorities are cutting back on the frontline services and actually we don't feel as british people that we get that much in the we put a lot in we don't get an awful lot out london's biggest protest of more than fifty

thousand fell on deaf ear is inside the house of commons members voted to make students pay three times as much for their diplomas but they insist the vote hasn't dampened their spirits the parliament can do. the movement can and do in fact and we believe that we still have the chance of defeating the higher education bill which is going to be debated in the new year so far in the u.k. students and trade unions have been the most vocal but veteran politician and campaign attorney says the next move would be so former united front solidarity students support pensioners who are finding their pensions. disadvantage public support those who benefits are being cut to the thing becomes. a very very powerful political movement for drugs. and once the governments have closed right now the cuts are on paper but once they begin to bite so too will an increasingly angry

public not even the christmas tree on trafalgar square emerged unscathed from this winter's violence an annual gift from the people of norway and the symbol of peace and goodwill protesters tried to set fire to the tree and graffiti on nelson's call in nearby and this isn't the end of civil unrest in the u.k. or across europe as governments continue to dig their way out of the crisis by forcing all stare or see on to the people the people continue opposing them you're and it's oh it's we. find out the people's forecasts for the coming they're. ready for solar flares the end of the world yeah great political unrest farming's probably a matter of natural disaster so the rabbi expectations were you well know i'm going to enjoy it really go enjoy it. not everyone new york sun. will get the biggest of

the big apple's big predictions for twenty seven that's a bit later. on the line festive fruits we had seen where rush gets many of its iconic dreams. off the table nationwide. for many russians the new year fashion of rings and when they wear the crown than china's striking midnight but they do much more than herald a change of date. has been finding out how they also keep in tune with people's deepest wishes. it was a hectic new year's eve four years ago because santa family was marking their six year together with all of finishing the cooking and pay to entertain in the guests . but as the kremlin clock started counting down the seconds of the year everybody paused. there rode out wishes and napkins burn them and soak the ashes in the champagne according to the time honored to russian ritual drinking it should have

grand even the most unattainable wish of the world. i can tell you what i have asked for because this way it will come true let's wait and see if i am lucky with my wish you will know about it. a symbol of russia's officialdom the kremlin charms are also an embodiment of people's most private hopes every year has the cloak strikes midnight millions of russians ask fortune for favors for those few seconds even cynics start to believe in magic. you can call it the cinderella fact according to polls the majority of those who ascribed wish granting powers to the kremlin chimes are women and some of the most popular new year's wishes include finding your chill laugh getting married and having a baby. to largest cloak in moscow these kremlin timepiece is also among the oldest in russia the current mechanism was installed in the late nineteenth century

and it's still a measure of precision and while the chimes have more of the pendulum of russian history swinging many times according to historians the wish making tradition is relatively new. put on thought that this tradition could be traced back to soviet times because never before had red square and the kremlin had such a sacred status it wasn't well publicized back then because there was no place for superstition in communist ideology but people made their wishes anyway and here's why four years after synchronizing their hopes for the kremlin chimes the descent of family has that own little new year a miracle running around the house and helping with the festive first decoration at the will of the farm wasn't she's the wish i wrote on that piece of net can in the one i mean in many many other occasions but i know for a fact from my own experience in the experience of my friends that on new year's eve you need to ask for something very dear to your heart and it will definitely

come true for you there will be no gifts of frantic cooking deceiving but all in biggest say once there dora goes to see the dream fairy they're all going to have a bottle of bubbly t.v. saturday cramming chimes and proceed with the wishful things. the really ready things down like is turn but didn't stop dreaming. aren't see. our web sites online any time for you to get updates on all of our stories and here's some of what else is at our dot com right now americans love to shop but there's a real prize to be paid work or home the plastic addiction that's storing up trouble for the teacher. and also need this hour berends trauma wearing on supply the hard climate hopes and bell of mice and muscles the soul at tita.

with new year on the way russia is preparing her order is all here really it's the biggest nationwide event and few things truly man with a holiday like a full russian feast alongside the traditional third treason champagne tongue dreams are a must have at festive dinner tables and tennis but lots has been tracking down a key source for the celebrate treats a trip it's a party as golden harvest thousands in this tiny caucasus republic spend the winter months in their gardens picking fresh mandarins the fruit is a traditional feature of the russian holiday season we were very we call them. our mandarins are the most beautiful things we have in the past year the weather is beautiful because recently it's like god is looking at us from heaven. almost each family in a policy is a link in the chain of the growing and export of mandarins for decades it's

provided a steady source of additional income during the low season when the pozieres black sea beach resorts are closed down during the nine hundred ninety s. when the republic faced an international located after it declared independence from georgia this cottage industry suffered from the sanctions but survived after independence was recognised by rushing two thousand and eight up cause it resumed full scale wholesale exports of its main agricultural produce the mandarin road starts here in the gardens around the capital so cool and as you can see the crops a very good the locals say they don't use any chemicals at all mandarin sub being picked by hand. let me show you how to do it right if he says is the manager in to be fresh for much longer on the same day with heavy lorries and small trucks that many brits have been delivered to the russian border. but usually we travel three to four times a day it depends on how many people are working in the garden

a posse of traders expect to sell more than thirty thousand tonnes of fresh fruit during winter months however the competition is getting tough recently have been numerous cases where street vendors in russia have fraudulent use their policy and brand it as a positive one because a milliner because the emergence became famous for their sweet taste many thanks appeared in the market some vendors take turkish moroccan spanish or croatian project throw away the flashy colorful cardboard boxes and put their margins into wooden crates just like the ones you can see here and they claim that the fruit is from abkhazia. and the people in sukhumi are hoping consumers won't be fooled and even though boring the real pies in gold gets more difficult in the festive season those who manage to find it will be delighted by the unforgettable to the forecourt . so. let's now have

a look at some other stories making world news on the final day of trying to turn the rallies and warning of ivory coast defeated leaders to drop their threat of a tightening the hotel security forces and the president elect are based it's feared that saturday's planned assault could spark another civil war the wrong refuses to quit even his rivals being recognized by the world as winning last month's election the resulting violence has claimed over one hundred seventy three lives so far. fewer projects in believing i descended into violence as protesters demanded the government repeal massive price increases petrol costs shot topped by as much as eighty three percent after leaders said they could no longer afford to keep it six year price freeze and plates began peacefully but turned to clashes when they were prevented from getting near government offices police used tear gas to disperse the crowds. three men have been charged in denmark for planning a terrorism attack in copenhagen a full was free due to a lack of evidence while

a fifth remains in custody in sweden it's alleged they were targeting the office of a newspaper which printed a cartoon depicting the prophet muhammad five years ago but police say the suspects intended to break into a building and kill as many people as possible. time to get the crystal ball out and think about what lies ahead for the next twelve months and online talk show host laurie holden is asked people in new york what they expect to happen in twenty eleven. what do you expect the world to be like in two thousand and eleven this week let's talk about that what do you think the economy's going to be like in two thousand and eleven i think about the same the same no different i think it's going real slow so i don't know i don't see any big changes is there going to be any peace in the middle east next year i hope there is but it doesn't look it doesn't look good to me thing i think there's too much polarization there ready for solar flares the

end of the world yeah great political unrest couple of farming's probably another natural disaster somewhere you have i expect asians for twenty leno i'm going to enjoy it i'm really going to enjoy it what do you think scientists should focus on in twenty eleven. i guess global warming is the big issue and although a lot of people are very skeptical but i think we should focus on fossil fuels and replacing the eyes do you have faith that governments are going to do that no none whatsoever obama has promised to cut down on nuclear weapons around the out do you expect to see any difference in that in twenty levon is always a lot of talk but there's never a verification of whether it's done or not we kind of did this with north koreans back in the ninety's under clinton and yet they still went ahead with their program we see where we are now we're still arguing over it's. been a new dawn and time to change most people of new year's resolutions are out there in the body and the. why don't we ever learn from that. because it's hard to keep

up the bottom line is no matter what your expectations are for two thousand and eleven let's just hope it's happy and healthy for as many of us as possible. for the present now though the business news a straight ahead with. this is art is business updated welcome to the program twenty ten saw russia announcing its most investors privatization program since the ninety nine dollars plan is to sell stakes in major stage owned companies within the next three years to attract around thirty billion dollars the list contains hundreds of companies of different sizes and from various sectors with russia's biggest oil producers ross net planning to sell twenty five percent the same goes for russian railways the country's biggest lenders used to sell seven percent while b two b.

will sell thirty five and a half percent the plan also includes a seven percent stake in hydro power holding hydro and a fifty percent minus one share stake in shipping companies soft floor russia will retain control of the firms keeping fifty percent plus one share but if the sum of proves to be a success the state says it's ready to go further and offload another twenty five percent. and wish them with the beautiful. as the first step we plan to retain fifty percent plus one share for the state in the next three years but depending on the results and looking at the market trends we can go further and sell the controlling stake so in the majority of companies we can lower the state's share to twenty five percent plus one. for the second year in a row russia's stock markets have taken leading growth positions among global indices as to i think reports. very strong and better than expected that's how most

analysts describe this year's performance of the russian stock markets both the arts yes and my six have grown over twenty two percent in comparison the japanese nikkei lost two percent the footsie s. and p. five hundred and dow jones indices are lingering around the ten percent mark the would be in russia this is been a year for domestic retailers pharmacies utilities carmakers they grew the most outsiders were all companies and guns were drawn that didn't gain anything out of the say the oil and gas sectors growth was hampered by the b.p. oil spill in the gulf of mexico oil and gas prices and relatively low realization of volumes however russia is still looking cheaper than its peers russian companies now trade at a price to earnings multiples of nine and they have versus brazil and company's brazilian market trading at a thirteen year a share and chaney's above sixteen in fact turkey is the only emerging market that

outperformed russia with a twenty five percent growth but experts point out that pricier turkish companies have longer possible to grow in two thousand and eleven as for russia the early growth part of the economic cycle means investors should keep an eye on the so-called cyclical sectors there are cyclical sectors they include. financial services they include retailers consumers they include. telecom you tear is mills and mining overall for two thousand and eleven analysts expect another year girl from the russian when she's up to twenty five percent timofey across your business or moscow. and it's time now to take a look at how the markets are performing in asia the hang seng is rising modestly on friday leading the gains up property developers helped by hopes that flush liquidity conditions and weakening us dollar will keep proper to demand at a strong level.