the r.t.s. in a friendly takeover was seven hundred fifty million dollars however alpha bank which owns almost ten percent of all it is is is the boys is worth up to two billion dollars. it's now a question for the shareholders to answer and they may have different interests and intentions but i think there's no ideal model it all depends two thousand and eleven may see a third side joining the story europe's largest exchange i pray to us it is said to be moving a three way alliance with his counterparts in moscow and i say that will help it compete with london and hong kong while russian companies would be given a chance to lease both in russia and germany getting access to greater capital is an interactive proposition but one that might critically imply building a missions of r.t.s. and my six. business r.t. . and that's the update for this hour but there's always one our web site that's r.j. dot com slash business stay with us. the

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. me to start on t.v. dot com. we'll. bring you the latest in science and technology from the realms. we've got this huge earth covered. if you just joined us on this is r.t. coming live from the russian capital top news stories now this hour more than four hundred people remain stranded off russia's far east coast after a fleet of ships was imprisoned in ice almost a week ago but rescue mission is underway in the bay of a soccer. girls who struggle to find employment in a land under siege as the economy fails to become the spark is real easy to. win

the often forced to take up hard labor to provide for their families. and many american muslims say they're fighting a daily battle against prejudice claiming islamophobia still going strong in the u.s. ten years after nine eleven using forty's or failing to stand against immigrants. i'll be back with another update for us in fifty minutes from now in the meantime the u.s. says washington will pull all of its troops out of afghanistan by twenty fourteen quote come hell or high water well as he sat down with the afghan foreign minister to find out of the country will be ready to stand on its own two feet by then that's in our next on r.t. . afghan foreign minister so let us all thank you very much for being with us today

our pleasure mr foreign minister when soviet forces withdrew from afghanistan you have been publishing a resistance journal for eighteen years what did you and your compatriots expect for your country's future back then was usually afghanistan wanted to be free independent and sovereign country to be friendly with its neighbors region and have his own destinies that are on her and that's something that you wanted and that's something that afghans always will how would you describe the state of the nation as of today afghan people have been out war for the last of took two years since nine eleven two cards and one when international community came to afghanistan to liberate afghanistan from the taliban. afghanistan is fierce in term and destroyed and just to build that sloth because for thirty years of the war and country which solidly was a poor country in the house been completely destroyed for the children just the hard rebuilding the country giving the normal life toward people who are our

children go to school to have a health care target you cation. doctors what you're trying to do now would or friends british defense chief general sir david richards said that nato should prepare for another thirty forty years to stay in afghanistan which makes and mockery of that plan to transition in two thousand and fourteen why do you think nato changed its strategy and do you think its strategy defeating the tribal opposition was right in the first place number one it's not a tribal position it is a fight against terrorism and extremism and to try. chief in this tribal people are the first victim of terrorism which have been killed or to. date of two thousand and fourteen afghan proposal president karzai as the first inaugural speech in the second term sit afghanistan should take the responsibility of its own security

starting by two thousand and eleven and if an issue by two thousand and fourteen that's been proposed and i dropped it in london and kabul conference by international community and that's been concretized and had that summit in lisbon that's a real things that afghanistan should be in the hands of afghans and the security of afghanistan is the responsibility of the afghans so starting by two thousand and eleven and finishing by two thousand and fourteen the afghan national security forces will be in charge of security of afghanistan and the remaining force of international community need to or not that will be supporting force not a fighting force how is the russian efforts to help the russian effort to what to help the war effort perceived in kabul i think russia is a great country great power in the world is a great partner of afghanistan in the region and we seek the support and cooperation of russia for peace and security in afghanistan because the security in

afghanistan the stability of afghanistan is not only for afghanistan it took effect disability and security of the region including russia so wonderful our product in war foreign policy the fight against terrorism and extremism and stability of afghanistan in the region is regional cooperation because the fight against terrorism and extremism is not only individual afghanistan it is a regional issue so if you cannot find a solution your vision or solution for it will be in deep trouble because that will continue until the longest time is nato presence threatening your internal security in relations to your immediate neighbors who we have. being working through the worm to sure assure our neighbors that the presence of new to a life force in afghanistan is for security and stability in afghanistan for the fight against terrorism and extremism is not directed against any other country and so far you have kept out reassuring god we need to harvey regional cooperation as i

mentioned to to defeat terrorism extremism kabul has very good relations with washington and with tehran just like russia is your government in a position to mediate between obama and ahmadinejad's perspective administrations and maybe are you afraid of the repeat of the iraqi scenario when a war is waged just to satisfy a american demands iran is a great country nuclear neighbor of going to stand with whom we have long historical pollution and who are seeking and having good dilution reviewed on united states software like afghanistan which are fighting terrorism and helping afghanistan a lot we see the relation between you danny the united states and the benefit of afghanistan in the benefit of the region by the same time we don't want to pay the price of the problem because you don't do it sir you told the un general assembly and i quote you to complement our efforts towards eliminating poppy production who

wish to see greater action to counter smuggling of precursors into our country and to reduce demand and consumption of drugs in other countries as of today over two and a half million russians are addicted to afghan heroin this is where mr why has your administration and your allies failed to tackle the poppy production first of all the poppy production in afghanistan have to result of thirty years of war and lawlessness and despair of the afghan people who do new tomorrow he's going to be a life or not you know security for your future. secondly when you came to our back to afghanistan in two thousand and eleven to two thousand and one two thousand and two don't have any institution. to fight it no police no judicial system no army and in that will take time before you can put. in place but the fight against not quite dick is also one of the priority of the afghanistan because afghanistan will be a first for that suffer first before they are there will suffer from it and you're

not taking the benefit off that because demand produced by the traffickers will go outside afghanistan and not stay in afghanistan so definitely it is there it is a major fight that we are to get to induct this fight cannot be done by afghanistan alone we need support of international community we need the support of the regions by enforcement of law by us mentioned a precursor which are not produced in afghanistan has proved outside afghanistan and came inside afghanistan we will do our things our job to reduce and eliminate poppy cultivation in afghanistan but also do a role in the region should do did it forced to reduce the demand because because because the demand the production of poppies there so it's a common effort money for reducing the cultivation giving too far out of afghanistan the alternative which they will accept to grow something poppy defiler said cultivate puppy have any viable alternative in the region of afghanistan which

are under control of the afghan government which have been able we have been able to give it and give us their results has been very positive see that in two important problems of afghanistan which has been traditionally poppy growing hard in the south in the east and by the action in the north when some project has been delivered irrigation project alternative. culture the production of culture of poppy was going to do significantly why are there area which did as insecurity in the are not in full control of course the production has been increased. so more and more the security will come and do syria and more and more the african government will become in control listen there's going to be popular according to experience that we have and other part of afghanistan mr foreign minister the outside world gets an impression that you and your government colleagues are only save within a couple compounds and unable to travel across your own country is this send

a signal to taliban that there may be a winning. i don't know what's the impression of the outside world i'm inside afghanistan i travel practically all programs this myself and we are appointing all the governors saucer district chief or so of small pockets of course afghanistan are still not under the control of the afghan government but the majority of afghanistan is rude and controlled by the central government of afghanistan i think that's a perception which we do not share with them sir his forces have been accused of building black prisons in your countries where your citizens have been illegally detained and tortured. curb the wetly document it military excesses against your countrymen and your sure president has been an issue an issue that has created tension between united states and afghanistan there are two or three issues that has created tension there was the issue of detainees the issue of civilian casualties. the issue of the nitrates in the house this issue's has been discussed

at the very frank and friendly manner i think we are in the right part to solve soon in the beginning of two thousand and twelve afghanistan will be charged off between us all over afghanistan at the beginning of this of this. taking charge of fifteen needs and we are working with your allies to reduce the minimum of any need decision casualty but also issues of nitrate that should be done by afghan national security forces more and more afghan forces will be in charge of the. but less than this would be describing the problems two actions have taken place since to nato led invasion both sat fraudulent with the rigging with results published only two months after the poll what do you say to those who claim when you and your allies are planning an unsustainable political system afghanistan

a democratic system afghanistan after thirty years of war and lawlessness and no government practically were different kind of government has now system to democratic process is taking root as you know you cannot make democracy in one day in a country especially in a country that had been a war for fifty years so i think that there are probably going to going to be problems and i think the problem on election is not only in this specific on afghanistan a lot of countries even more developed countries have hard problem in their direction but the process is going on. people are now living in democracy that's the reason people are complaining millions of people anybody difficult condition of security when to vote a lot of women for the first time in afghanistan or will know in the election to be men a lot of priests dear good news would afghanistan where afghanistan cannot be switzerland

or sweden in nine years mr foreign minister thank you very much for this interview and i wish you and your people every success in achieving peace and democracy in your country. children now see eight thousand by the end of elementary school five hundred thousand while in spite of the age of eighteen. showing video game show. twenty four hour news channels is nuts. team every day formulate a stable industrial in. shakespeare. think of. the. future.

god came down from heaven and stop oh. yeah amen a mormon and a fake one. makes the pill. everybody loves come. in the backyard i've not been. i'm not trying to crop up and then spread all over the country. virtually all terrorists today are muslim do we have the right to make such provocative statements and do muslim schools have the right to exist.

in new york city. naughty more than four hundred people remain stranded. ships was imprisoned in ice almost a week ago rescue mission is underway in the. struggle to find employment. see the economy fails to pick up despite israel easing its blockade women are often forced to take up all of labor to provide for their families. and many american muslims say they're fighting a daily battle against prejudice it's not a phobia still going strong in the u.s. ten years after nine eleven. years of failing to stand against immigrants.

the latest sports news no. beach tennis a big hit in the russian winter and we're not sure you knowing that russia reckons this is a growth sport it wants to get involved in this find ways of doing despite the cold it is intriguing stuff plus be plenty of football and ice hockey to keep you warm all that easily. it's watching the sport and this is what is coming up. another name head. to the. premier league. a new form of. first though the top of the table of the k h l seems to be changing

every day at the moment is now ivan god who are the leaders after they trenched. the price. just behind after a time when we. also got a woman. who had to come from behind twice but eventually fell to. the top three despite a four three. two one win over boston tried to. make. this a big night of football in english premier league second place the manage the city travel to. city in the gunners away since nineteen seventy five victory this time would open up a five point gap. and put them level with man united. and.

his defender. was a result of a bad tackle but how to already be forgotten. by the other matches being played on wednesday fourth place. and chelsea to a fish or a white side but. still. this is great because that is that either there is a lot of. games is very difficult now or maybe united that a lot of difficulty to win the game against west. and seoul for. the. two to come back to fight for the title the glop is not. so this is the top of the table at the moment manchester united three points clear

with a game in hand over city following their two one win over states on tuesday and these are still followed by chelsea and sunderland. in the premier league. striker is heading back to brazil. where it's reported to get back to sign a three and a half year deal is how to express the interest in sam world football of the year. switching to the open where fourth seed nickel out of a john kerry is aiming to reach the last eight that have a jacket currently tied for gangs of pigs in the first set again. and then earlier in the day rafael nadal made it to the quarter finals of the three set when ivan because flacco the world number one losing the second set to love but then able to recover a marquee federal district in the next stage as well as world number two looked labored at times before coming through in straight sets ever moscow she did nellie hear he will place the big twelve i would like. to go

to song with. some of the gold record breaking pole vaulter of the same name i think the right one six two six three four. just as the new tennis season is getting underway there are a number of exhibition tournament taking place one such event is in taiwan and it has featured the former greats on the agassi as well as the current world number ten mikhail youzhny usually last tasted success in the middle age you know. for a championship and now the twenty eight year old russian is hoping to add more consistency to his gang to try to stay in the top ten. boom boom boom difference bigger in the fortunes of the. in your in you to grab every my throat. sometimes it's given sometimes.

all year a little bit more god sees. a legacy usually a fellow russian much softer more prior alongside each other at the exhibition to a certain don't might be a bit rusty he retired after the two thousand and nine paris masters and he's currently busy helping the russian olympic team prepare for london two thousand and twelve. things are going right now and it's almost over the sports rise of the president because he also became vice president in the race. very far away from where we want to be well russia has had his fair share of penny stocks recently but he's hoping for a bit of success in a new form of the game tennis the country's cold climate isn't exactly ideal but the russian tennis federation is keen to promote it is only expected. the western

part of russia is not your typical place. especially in winter when it's minus ten sides and they could only be found on the pavement so that would not. however that hasn't stopped them in st petersburg holding a christmas tournament. this force was born in northern italy over thirty years ago particularly in rivendell a place the world's top beach tennis players still call home today a resort holiday makers call the scene the pair of people hitting a tennis ball with a wooden paddle on the beach well it's now an official sport with established rules and regulations one that's gaining popularity in colder places like russia as well what can be done and should not be city when we started playing beach tennis in st peter's bank we only have four rockets in full people now take a look at how many people are here for the eighth inning many people are curious to

get to try and find it fan and that's what we're doing we have numbers of people who wish to try out beach tennis because it's banned because it's easier than making a tennis well fun or not beach tennis is starting to attract at least from its much older sibling regular tennis while it's on the three years old in russia drastically as an infant stage the country's national teams are they really competing for top honors on the international scene county dominated by its release . well it's late outstanding results are tough to beat alexander kraushaar did manage to come close in two thousand and nine by winning silver at the european championships at the said about me it is not a stretch the italians had this out for fifteen years now so they are obviously the leader. been doing it every year of support and we haven't had the opportunity obliterating he lives in moscow for instance we only have outdoor facilities and sounds good but it's a great thing that we now have an indoor facility in st petersburg where we can keep training in winter to you know if we were making beach tennis official in

russia is a major push towards advancement into the masses will be enough to make it popular in the biggest con fan or much of which is covered by snow six to nine months out of the year all this the not as this new sport requires some infrastructure investment to adjust to the harsh climates in russia and make any headway in international tournaments and this is where private capital comes to the rescue namely a former athlete himself and now a successful entrepreneur. who founded at the sports center in st petersburg look at some of the biggest sure prison officers we originally ran a food business and our first profits were spent on providing for our families and to maintain a decent standard of living today luckily we have moved forward and don't need to address any survival and what we'd like to do is find a way to do business in the areas of personal interest with all that put together business self-fulfillment and fun too why not st petersburg has always been on the forefront of change in russia and beach tennis is one fun example the city is now

the center of the sport during the color season the russian language although large the cold can still provide a natural habitat for beach tennis not only in south or cities like tsotsi but in st petersburg as well as disorder but you can also hold the beach tennis doesn't require that much investment in infrastructure where we are the go finland is just not northern italy where you can easily. set up beach tennis grounds in the summer you don't even think big on the other hand what you see here is in a way revolutionary petersburg has had a history of revolutions and this is a new revolution that has happened you see some of beach sports more in the country's northern capital. well said the revolution indeed russian tennis players like dennis when i get a coffee league and maria sharapova to name just a few have already made a name for themselves in the regular game will there be colleagues follow suit and make russia in major player in this sport well the abundance of tournaments in

twenty eleven will make that evident room on cost for an r.t. st petersburg. and i've got time to give you some boxing is heavyweight champion that make will fight britain there it is aura after role the pair were jay defying last month the klitschko scored it off at the last minute up to picking up the stomach in free however the i.b.s. and champ has now agreed to face his or on a full with the. class a consequence that he has any potential back with there will be a champion david haye up and he had hoped for unification five at iran the same time the one that kept like a little longer to his child it's. so that he's always bought from our more a bit like you're. hungry for the full story we've got it first hand the biggest issues get the human

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