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impressions. he's found stuff on t.v. dot com. i would swear the old and in with the new we bring you the highs and lows of twenty ten as it will be remembered in russia around the world. it's been a turbulent twelve months in western countries where the wave of civil unrest raging across europe and some saying goes from worse in store once the austerity cuts come into force. plus making predictions from a big gap. well we have the streets of new york to follow what people across the atlantic think the new year will bring. and coming up in business a day we'll be looking at some of the highlights of two thousand and ten including how russia's stock markets have gained leading positions where the tells about twenty minutes time.

this is r t it's no six pm friday the thirty first of december here in moscow in a very warm welcome to the program that is twenty ten comes to a close we open the vaults to the year just past cup cheering the despair and disaster as well as they are oh it can historic it was a year when espionage and intrigue took hold with spy scandals and embarrassing wiki leaks causing global some stations there's also been calls for hope to with the world's biggest nuclear powers decided to cut their arsenals and for russia netting the world cup was a moment recently obtuseness and now it takes a look at what's behind and what's ahead for us. one hundred 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 the roots 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 archie headquarters. we will find all of those who are guilty and we will punish them too kumara from chechnya who is 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 were taken out by russian special forces the. president to me 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 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 in history shocked 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 at cotillion was seen as a tremendous step for russian polish relations waited near over the past few days we held remembrance ceremonies mourning the victims of cold tele terrorism like kaczynski was coming to russia to pay tribute to the killed polish offices that all russians share in your grief and sorrow. russian polish ties continue to war 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 move. an elaborate grid was how one red square as heads of state looked on to commemorate some twenty seven million soviet lives 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. she's. innocent inspires me more than the amount and the quality of people and might in new york it's the strongest largest and the most solid community in the world. but she didn't get to stay for long fam fatah and the 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 hotter than tempers in the u.s. and russia who ignored the hype with cool cooperation.

record heat wreaked havoc in russia with summer temperatures and twenty two and lingering at forty celsius for over a month hundreds of wildfires ravaged the country killing over fifty and leaving fouls and homeless. the flames left the capital covered in a blanket of toxic smog for weeks most cows may or stay on vacation in reality yuri luzhkov was sacked the next month with president mid-range of saying he lacked confidence in the mayor and sergei side. beyond 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 loaded and is said 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 a 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 with the 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 song silent here and we hear lakes 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 he has gone to an extraordinary job of journalism many people believe mr song to be innocent and in sweden he faces allegations of rape a songe was arrested in the u.k. 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 highest task i have

is to continue on with my work the whistleblower continues to leak into the new year. well a new coach had me about how the coffee 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's 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. and last but not least twenty eighteen feet from both legs john the money will be organized manner. it was a nail biting way to the announcement with russia and england going head to head to

the very end function with. little sasha secured the bid with his big dreams of football in the england secured have minds by dubbing russia's win a fix from both them over my heart sank you prime minister putin only went to zurich after the announcement saying he didn't want to pressure fifo well david cameron back and prince william weren't enough to bring the world cup home to england russia didn't let the sword losing reign on their parade winning the right to host the world cup certainly goes down as one of the most enjoyed will moments of the year but that does it for our look at twenty tense top tam companies and now way and from all of us here at our team happy new year stay with us for the top of dance in twenty eleven. well some places are already celebrating new year of course parts of russia among

them the party's well underway in the far east it's set then to sweep through all nine time zones of russia to the country's west and most borders it's going to stop short of what's going on around russia catch up with us he sure thomas sees in the eastern city of you could screw us tonight sara first time was only slightly exotic one of these december southern lympics city of saatchi and alice had is in the russian capital we're going to see a big party later on sean to you first if i may you are in the coldest city on earth where new year i was just we got a few minutes so give us some idea of what the celebration the like where you are. well kevin first of all happy new year it is already two thousand and eleven so i guess technically i'm speaking to you from the future and it is a good year so you have a lot to look forward to but this is the coldest city on earth so everything is geared around ice in fact if you notice this glass that i have right now that is filled with my new year's beverage is made of ice outside the fireworks are going

and inside this is a hunting cabin if you will there's a small gathering of friends and family that we have been adopted by they're having a traditional dinner with frozen fish that is been shaved off and also they have their ice beverages as well earlier today we got to spend the opportunity with people getting ready for the new year we went to the market we saw the fish that was frozen no need for a refrigerator because it was minus thirty four degrees outside in the milk itself even the milk was sold in frozen blocks you didn't need a container for the milk you just walked up and asked for a block of milk we also got to spend some time with a family that has adopted around eight children they've got to spend their traditional new year's meal so it's just been an incredible time and one thing that's very interesting to point out here as it is so cold outside a lot of the new year's decorations are made of ice a lot of ice sculptures which have been lit up a beautifully around the city just because it's called does not mean that the spirit has. take it away everybody here has been down celebrating in true fashion

snow from go to happy new year. which is very very. very best to you as well sure you enjoy yourself we coming back to you. and your little part of the world your time machine that you referred to. from the freezing temperatures to the relatively balmy black sea resort of sochi. in the new year in a couple of hours time with temperatures of a very warm for the time of year plus ten. but. lovely hair really mild evening we've got a little way to go yet before on yeah it gets underway but the preparation room ready getting going we've got the markets in the background a bandstand in the distance is going to be starting at around ten pm but as you said ten degrees at the moment not a tool what you'd expect in the russian winter but actually even in the coldest month of january here in sochi temperatures doesn't fall much below ninety three so

really very enjoyable actually yesterday it was woman the first to have a little paddle in the black sea it is about five minutes away from where we are in the center but of course not just. the track millions of tourists to sochi every year because just about an hour away from the case line you've got the snowy mountains the incredibly popular skiers the crowd. which attracts the likes of president medvedev and prime minister putin. but at the moment we're getting ready for the celebrations enjoying them all the evening we've got this new christmas tree in the background but the mediterranean style climate means that we've also got some paunchy around us which is really very nice certainly quite unusual so we'll be enjoying this mild evening as we get out fall and yes celebrate against. the course the night is going there we couldn't forget could we the russian capital moscow man. of russia for us tonight. to bring in the new year is.

always a big show where moscow is concerned it was big plays and no doubt a big buildup going on tonight in the capital. right kevin there's a saying that good lot sticks to go who are in the new year on the red square and whether or not you believe in superstition there's no denying that the policy that's a ballot to take place in a few hours time on this historic square behind me does form the focal point the at the center if you line to all new year's celebrations the call to couple and indeed perhaps across all russia and new year of course wherever you are across russia means family friends of the cool champagne we are expecting over one of the halls million people to descend on downtown moscow that includes all the made historic square as and indeed the main street of sky is street will be closed to cars will be for desk from eleven thirty pm but the main focal point will be red

square of course in the last year some one hundred twenty thousand revelers it was just said that all the square now the have been rumors that it might be closed to the public safety concerns this year luckily that how's that happen but numbers will be limited to twenty five thousand did anyone time allowed on the square of course things will only really kick off at midnight local time but already beginning people are starting to arrive this is beginning to build and we've already spoken to some of the people coming it's a red square to celebrate the new year and they told us all their wishes are full of the new year. and i just want everybody to be chinese here the rabbit i want this year to bring everyone really positive emotion . to see the city. i wish everyone the best of luck i hope that every week that it

is one that will happen. is those and that everyone feels happy in this new year puts the simplest of my wishes are for everyone i want to the world to the kind of place safety and steve. now celebrations will really begin in earnest when the credit inspects tickle clocktower behind me chimes midnight that will start off a fabulous show on red square and the fabulous fun i would display president to be there is the it's greetings will they be carried live on big screens around the capitol and all of this will question though towards a fireworks display to take place over the mosque for river now of course most mosque divides will be choosing to enjoy the celebrations from the comfort of their living room but for those who do decide to brave the elements i think that they're in store for tough stick night. this really is a scene is that every year we see the pictures from moscow there on the far display beamed around the world just after what happened in sydney earlier on in the day

it's always one of the big events of the year isn't it horrible we're looking forward to that later earlier so but in moscow sarah ferguson such an earlier on we had sure as well in the far east it's already twenty eleven thank you. for europe twenty ten was the year when some of its countries came to realize that you can't spend what you don't have bailouts and austerity began to be closely associated with the euro and hundreds of thousands of angry people all across the continent lashed out in response. breaks up the timeline for. the summer of discontent that became a winter whoa for 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 have been living the proof for 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 the country's near collapse forced its toughest ever budget to secure an e.u. and i.m.f. rescue in greece and 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 u. 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 red in the face quite hot headed because we are having to see massive cuts here local authorities are cutting back on their 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 ears as 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 what parliament can do. the movement can 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. students support pensioners who are finding their pensions. disadvantaged public support benefits of being cut to the thing becomes a very powerful political movement for justice and once the governments have to listen 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 the square emerged unscathed from this winter's violence and from the people of norway and a symbol of peace and goodwill protesters tried to set fire to the tree and graffiti on nelson's calling 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 austerity onto the people the people continue opposing. your amis forty.

well as the world bank the beginning of the new year and celebrate removed we bring out the crystal ball for look into the future now online talk show hosts are speaking from new york they think twenty eleven might have in store. 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 is going to be like in two thousand and eleven i think about the same at 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 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 in europe if i expect asians were to audio no i'm going to enjoy

it really go enjoy it what do you think scientists should focus on and twenty eleven. i guess global warming is the big issue and a lot of people are very skeptical but i think we should focus on fossil fuels and replacing nice 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 itself. time to change most people of new year's resolutions are out there in the body and. 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 happy and healthy for as many of us as possible.

could get to twenty three minutes past six or more of this new year's eve time for a brief look at the last major headlines of twenty ten devastating floods in astray are affecting some two hundred thousand people as rising waters. some businesses officials in queensland say the floods covers an area bigger than france and germany combined the entire populations of two towns have been evacuated from their homes to safety while others have been cut off completely it's estimated the cleanup will cost billions of dollars. the u.n. is warning followers of ivory coast's defeated leader to drop the threat of attacking the hotel where its security forces and the president elect a base its fear that something days planned assault could spark another civil war. refuses to quit its rivals being recognized by the international community is winning last month's election resulting violence has so far claimed over one hundred seventy three like. the celebrations are well underway in countries like

new zealand which is marking the beginning of twenty eleven of the grand final works displaying the signal for the euro so too is this trail year's celebrations in sydney started hours before the big event itself millions of people are expected to brave harsh weather conditions to attend events throughout the day on the road r.t. will bring you more scenes of the celebrations over the coming hours. beautiful pictures there from sydney harbor well as the new year nears it is a perfect time to reflect and also to look ahead so in twenty minutes nataly sublevel helps us sort through all the past athletic performances of twenty ten and more sporting islets of the year but it's new year's eve business from moscow for us. this special business program looking at some of the highlights of two thousand and ten. this year

so russia is most ambitious privatization program since the one nine hundred ninety s. the government plans to sell stakes in major state owned companies within the next three years in the hope of attracting around thirty billion dollars the list contains hundreds of companies of different sizes and from various sectors with russia's biggest oil producer roles never having to sell twenty five percent the same goes for russian railways the country's biggest bank is to sell seven percent of g.d.p. will fell thirty five point five percent but also please a seven percent stake in hydropower holding with hydro and a fifty percent minus one share stake in shipping company solve conflicts russia will keep control of the firms retaining fifty percent plus one share but if this is a success the state says it's ready to offload even more. than we could. as the first step we plan to change of two percent plus one share for the state in the

next three years depending on the results and looking at the market trends we can go and sell the controlling stake so in the majority of companies we can lower the street to twenty five percent plus one. for the second year in a row russia's stock markets have taken a leading growth positions among global indices as to if they cross your reports. very strong and better than expected that's how most analysts describe this year's performance of the russian stock markets both the r.t.s. 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 wood will in russia this is been a year for domestic retailers pharmacies utilities comic is what they grew the most outsiders were loyal companies in concert room that didn't gain anything analysts

say the oil and gas sectors growth was hampered by b.p.'s oil spill in the gulf of mexico low oil and gas prices and relatively low realization of volumes however russia is still looking cheaper than its peers and russian companies now traded at a price to earnings multiples of nine and a half versus brazil and companies brazilian market trading at a thirteen year a share and cheney's above sixteen in fact turkey is the only emerging market that outperforms russia with a twenty five percent growth but experts point out that pricier turkish companies have lower prospects of growth 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 italia it is mel's and.