the key nuclear arms treaty between moscow and washington faces one of its final hurdle has been debated in the russian parliament. russian lawmakers are saying the news the d.g. gams reduction treaty will give ratified before the end of the month join us for the details later in the program. controversy despite accepting part of the blame pearland says the launch its own probe into last april the presidential plane crash claiming that the official questions are nods. and legal gallops no rights tradition treaty between washington and the bull means many afghans have been shipped off to the u.s. to stand trial on terrorism charges in groups of international law.

a very warm welcome to you this is r.t. live from moscow i'm alice have it now the pivotal nuclear arms reduction between moscow and washington is passing another significant milestone on its way to becoming reality as russian lawmakers debate its ratification will the treaty signed between presidents made very even a bomb in last year has already been approved by the u.s. senate it now needs a final say from the russian parliament from when italian knowledge of a lie at the time of this treaty is certainly of key importance and not just for the two countries directly involved but for the whole world but why is it taking such a long time for brought to life well indeed this is the biggest treaty over it's going signed in the past twenty years went to the world's biggest nuclear powers will be significantly reducing the number of warheads so did you can you grow your arms by eighty. third and delivery vehicles by almost half and of course it's also

very important step and warming relations within russia and the united states an exam an example for other nuclear powers to fulfill this example now back in april when the treaty was signed washing lawmakers helps that they were ready to ratify it in the form that it was right away but the unites united states senate was not that unanimous in its decision barack obama's opposition in the senate so wanted to sink down the treaty to make amendments to it and even though they failed to do so when vets who fired the t.t. back in dissent late december two thousand and ten they attached a resolution to it that is eleven pages worth of remarks to the treaty and right now washing more makers are working to counteract those treaties those remarks suggested by the state senate that tell you what all russian lawmakers most concerned about when realistically do you think we can expect the starts falling

really come into force well the resolution by the u.s. senate suggests that the treaty should not restrict nato or the united states from deploying its anti-missile defense shield to europe however this is something that russia opposed to from the start russia always wants its. signing the street seats you connect offensive and defensive nuclear weapons and to make sure that they too or the u.s. do not proceed with their plans of deploying a.m.d. to here without russia's participation so right now russian lawmakers are trying to make sure that in case after rectifying the treaty the u.s. proceed with the plan that russia will be able to pull out of the treaty and even though the lawmakers are saying they should be there should be no problems with making those remarks they still see some potential problems with the treaty in the future. the new administration in the united states that could be that could could

be to the treaty could be to repeated by the new administration in the us. i believe. the american so they will proceed with the strategic not regional but strategic missile defense system small not the current president not the current government but probably the next president the next government has a completely different strategy on this issue and in case of happens years of that region may be damaged and yes. the conditions for russia to to to pull out of this treaty. russian lawmakers also want to make sure that russia can pull out of the t.t. in case the us violates any overt stern's now the last hearing the last reading of the resolution made by the senate's will take place on the twenty says all january and after that. the documents will be sent to the upper house of the parliament for

a signing. can a time when many thanks for the update that was artie's entire novack of a reporting to us live from central moscow. now poland has acknowledged it's partly to blame for last april plane crash in southeastern russia which killed rosen lech kaczynski and members of the country's political elite but was also the interstate aviation committee report is incomplete it now intends to carry out its own investigation and hopes to reach a joint conclusion with moscow or poland's prime minister donald said he wishes the fallout from the tragedy won't damage his country's relations with russia the official report concluded pilot error of bad weather and pressure from passengers to land were the main causes for them but poland claims russian air traffic controllers should have balun the plane from landing or krissy eight season

aviation experts as the official investigation has done everything expected of us. there is nothing more to be said quite frankly i think they. the committee that did this investigation has done next job and they've they found what they found which is that the primary blame should be on that point of truth. you know there is more important lie in the transcript of the conversations between pilots and ground during the. final approach of the aircraft into the airport and that is that there is no condition for landing at this airport and quite frankly with that sort of information being given to the pilots the pilot should then have made the judgment to follow traffic instruction and transferred to another airport nearby where

better visibility better conditions for the landing might well have persisted on a former polish air force the pilot believes the polish people are coming to the wrong conclusions about the chance to crash since members of the public have no knowledge of aviation. many polish people are commenting on the accident because generally. i believe polish people do not know much about a vision a vision is a very complicated matter the simple people don't know march. and they don't interested in aviation so sometimes it's easy for them to do overly. long conclusions in my opinion. and the failure of. the world's very much i would say. the prayers are.

made on military pilots but the pilot's mistakes were the main reason of the accident when you don't have enough experience because flying experience it's one thing the life experience like you're thirty five years old you don't have much life experience you are still of the shoes you want to curl your arm to task because the president is. expected to you there and you want to show him that you are able to lead you with still ahead this hour back from the stars as the astronauts readjust to living with their feet firmly back on the ground we get a chance to ask them what about life in orbit and. behold the giant ball they managed by john thomas and a good coming up party from scientific discovery to artistic symbol of culture world are all about the map. afghan citizens from

their home country shipped to america and locked up on charges of terrorism are now finding themselves standing trial in u.s. courts but with no official extradition treaty in place it could be america that's breaking international law policy reports. he's the hero of the streets of kabul and also the symbol of american injustice mohammad jawad was only twelve when he was captured and locked inside guantanamo or seven years later he was found innocent and freed but the damage had been done he has a fair at half in society. he cannot talk with. anybody who want to sleep in a room all the time. you want to be along karim was one of the few journalists to speak with jawad but now jawad lawyers say he's being threatened don't talk to journalists or we'll send you back but afghan authorities

say they've had enough of american intimidation or more the boy for our new government in the doctrine of the constitution six years ago it was acceptable that american troops would send afghans to want tournaments but to date no wait but according to the law it should have always been no way because there's never been an extradition treaty between afghanistan and the states not then and not now the basic thing when we speak about extradition is that there is a faith between two countries about the legal system it's very difficult for me to see that there is a meeting between the american legal system and the afghan legal system and why should they be argues the recon when the afghan justice system is so corrupt the new constitution was adopted in general two thousand and four and while it allows kabul to enter into extradition treaties with other countries until today no such pact exists between afghanistan and the united states we love the american in

afghan courts are different in also afghans are most ones who were in support afghans being tried and prosecuted by the united states. implications are far reaching i guess afghanistan would be an easier country for someone who has committed a crime or committed a crime that the united states wants to prosecute them for. to be without fear of being brought back to the united states for that issue but afghans argue justice is still being served. during the last nine years we've had many cases with the united states where they ask for people and we agree we've sent back many afghans accused of drug smuggling to face charges in the states. since two thousand and one there were new crimes in afghanistan drugs and terrorism to counter these kinds of problems afghan government needed and wanted to cooperate with the international

community but will that need and want to translate into action every time because for as long as no extradition treaty exists they really can be no guarantee of justice between both countries. r.t. kabul. ok we're going to check on some other international stories this hour and brazil has begun the firing of the victims of severe flooding that has left more than five hundred people dead in the south east of the country rescue workers say the death toll is likely to rise as they're still struggling to reach remote areas caught all by mouth slides thousands have been left homeless and what has become the country that was a disaster in decades. of demonstrators have gathered outside the to newseum interior ministry to marketing to the country's leader step down president ben ali has already announced he will

not run for reelection in two thousand and fourteen after a quarter of the said tree in power in a televised address on thursday he also said prices for food staples would be cut clashes between protests. and police over food and fuel inflation and high unemployment have left at least twenty three people dead rights groups say sixty have been killed. silvio berlusconi is under investigation in a case of alleged prostitution involving a seventeen year old girl prosecutors are looking into whether the italian prime minister abused his power to have the moroccan dolls' a freed from a police station she's denied suggestions that she had sexual relations with the premier but his goalie has not yet commented but his supporters say the claims are on founder's. now having had time to a climate eyes alive back on earth the most recent space been to return from the

international space station have been speaking about their out of this world experience allergies on barton had a chance to quiz the crew of three about life in orbit. hundreds of people have turned up here today to welcome back the crew of t m a nineteen and it's the hundredth mission that's been to the international space station and i have all three of them here with me go to your chicken shannon shannon walker and douglas wheelock have all spent six months in space conducting experiments and doing maintenance to the space station and when they arrived here today they laid some flowers at the statue of eureka daryn as it is fifty years since he was the first man in space so all three of you first of all been up there for six months what would you say you've achieved in the time and not six more just a little less than six one of the just going to do it with you know it's easier for . the form of

a base in spades unfortunately for you to afford. maybe a much greater if you're going to go. on tour in the us versus me since i was six months in space posts like just one day but they were lots of challenging and interesting tusks during that time but one of the first was a problem with docking with the new russian module with and we had to work to repair it for one and a half hours before we can actually dock with the i assess the crew showed firmness uncomfortable and acted like a real professionals also during one of the space walks some equipment broke the work to repair it was really tough and one should praise the courage and professionalism of all the six crew members that were in space at the time that we carried out lots of experiments and we're satisfied with the work being done. with . when he returned here to tell us showered with gifts and flowers how do you rate

the response you've received as it were back here on a i think. quite overwhelming and it was a wonderful response. people a star say they are always so. there's yes ticking kind of way i think the best part about today was the schoolchildren that are here because what we do is for the future and they're. you know they're part of our featured seal in their p.c. as it's everything. just lastly a bit more of. the u.s. congresswoman recently shot in only starting that gabrielle giffords was married to one of your fellow cosmonauts mark kelly and his brothers on the international space station as we speak how would you have a comment about that well look of course we feel especially close to giffords because she is part of our nasa family as well and it is a tragedy although we've heard some curt encouraging words about her recovery coming out of arizona but for the lives that were lost really in senseless violence i believe it's you know the what happened in

a small shopping center in southeastern arizona it really affects us all of course but having spent some time with scott onboard the space station his twin brother mark is married to get real world we feel especially close to that family and that connection so we're praying for her and we're going to be hoping for the best of outcomes and and so i think my my all our only message would be probably the same as yours is so it's you know let's let's maybe we think about peaceful discourse rather than you know rather than the solution of things through violence because that's never a way to solve many thanks to all of you feel time and from everyone here at this space and welcome back to earth thank you for your. see what life in space is like and of course there are lots of other stories available for you want a website comment is hardly like here's just a taste of what's lined up here with the menace lebanon the six year old coalition

government has collapsed this week has allied ministers walked out in protest what they are unhappy about find out online. is considering abolishing daylight savings time to save more daylight well for more details and to find out what i was all about you had to call. now scientists have long been fascinated with mama s. carrying out. to learn more these experiments have only been possible thanks to the siberian region of course where ninety percent of remains are found. discovered mammoth is a big trade there making it in the jury business sunday even their fourth means. these artists are hard at work creating masterpieces from one of the earth's most rare and unique substances. it has been

a long tradition in ukraine to make things out of managed we know that from history in ancient times these things were taken by ships to russia and other countries so since we have these rich resources it is only natural that we should make things from this material. the use of ivory is a controversial issue as it has been linked to savage hunting techniques and dwindling elephant populations these practices have led to an international ban on the ivory trade but the people of your couture have found a loophole of sorts leading them to say mammoth ivory is perfectly acceptable. mammoth task is force which cannot be restored been dead for ten thousand years most of the fossils are in northern regions that's where the material is delivered from as far as we know a lot of these fossils we don't got but we're the only ones doing it legally because. it is so scarce each year large expeditions are sent up north when there is a break in the weather to search for newly exposed tusks. during the low tide small

beaches surface and that's where we dig and this is hard labor you have to work with a shovel and a case you can't always tell a tossed from a tree you think it's a tree but then you know can it with a special stick and realise that it's a tusk the biggest sixty killers but they can be as big as one hundred and twenty or even one hundred and thirty kilos the war did indeed roam the entire planet but ninety percent of the artifacts have been found right here and that's because of the extreme weather conditions found here alongside to find their bodies largely intact. i took part in almost all the recent excavation projects i was the project leader my first big expedition was to the trans polar reaches of the river very long we excavated and almost in texas man with leg and a body of a wolverine when you're digging and suddenly see some flash or have you get very excited if you found a huge big mammoth in some instances the giant animals are preserved so well the

meat itself is still edible. so the mammoth meat preserves its taste back in one thousand nine hundred seventy when we dug out of memphis leg we gave some pieces to dogs and they ate them of course both the taste and smell of the mammoth meat a quite foul and it's not advisable to eat it but there are some people who claim they ate it and they were even pitches in some newspapers. so you shouldn't expect to find mammoth meat on a menu any time soon the wildly popular giant animal is still contributing to society today from artistic creation to scientific research on the legend of the mammoth lives on in your coots condition thomas r t ok we're going to tackle the latest business that we're going to. and welcome to business see the global oil demand is increasing at almost twice the pace of supply according to the u.s.

energy department now this is led to predictions that well may reach peaks not seen since two thousand and eight western blend is currently trading at just over ninety dollars a barrel to get a better understanding of the trade we're now joined by chilling geary and head of markets. kerry thanks so much for being with us how long do you expect the current rally to the last and what's your price target. or certainly a part of our we're looking for a new trading range for w t i at least a level shift up from last year in the loose eighty to ninety nine oh this is being tested right now but we see a number of fundamental obstacles before all prices could rally the way they did in two thousand and eight. all right now what kind of oil prices are you expecting at the end of the year. where we're looking to average closer to ninety five dollars again we have to get over some obstacles as i was saying earlier we're looking at relatively elevated inventories in the o.e.c.d. countries we're looking at opec that has fair production capacity of six million

barrels per day and of course we're looking at supply that's relatively decent heading into two thousand and eleven we'll see a lot of production coming out of russia colombia china and more importantly brazil so these are factors that we need to contend with before we could rise the way we did in two thousand and eight when spare production capacity was virtually nil inventories were extremely low and the refining system didn't have the ability to refine what opec could produce than. all right but what about what about demand do you agree with the prediction from the u.s. energy department that global oil demand will be increasing at almost twice the pace as also the international energy agency. prognosis that they think that demand will grow by one million barrels per day this year this year what do you think about that. certainly all demand will keep on growing last year we had a big catch up from the recession lows of two thousand and eight two thousand and nine we should be growing probably in the area of one point five million barrels per day in two thousand and eleven certainly that is true now the thing is when

does that demand start to have an effect and you need to overcome these supply barriers first the other aspect i think that people are not really focusing on is the threat of inflation specially in emerging markets when you look at what's going on in asia and particularly china again today china raised reserve requirements for its banks the threat of inflation and the subsequent monetary tightening could lead to lower growth prospects but also could dent risk appetite and if that happens you'll have less liquidity flowing into risky assets such as equities and from others so we're a little bit more cautious on what's going to happen over the next couple quarters but certainly as the fundamental very years the supply side barriers are overcome over the course of the first half of this year then we could see oil prices rising now we don't see that happening or just yet ok now do you think that this year we might see a situation of economic growth globally slowing down because of high oil prices which could reach to that dramatic decrease we saw in two thousand and eight always in a totally different macroeconomic environment now. i think what people forget in two

thousand and eight is we had both an economic recession and the financial crisis and these came one on top of the other the world economy was beginning to slow at the beginning of two thousand and eight and by the time we got to september and when lehman went bust we had a financial crisis on our hands and that was a double whammy we're not expecting that this year however coming back to risk appetite there's other risks out there namely sovereign risk and if we see sovereign risk come up because of high debt levels as we've seen in europe then market sentiment could change and then you could have prices evolve less slowly to the upside and i think that's really the key here between growth risks to risk appetite inflation risks and of course as you're saying the higher prices could feed back into the economy and slow growth prospects are a my final question to you would you say that oil is a good investment at the moment. that's always a tricky one the question is do you go in it nine years you wait for retrenchment i think over the longer term you'll fall in the number investors are looking into commodities diversifying their portfolios and then it's not just oil it's

industrial commodities like copper or a number of these suffer from supply side constraints that would tend to indicate that over the course of the medium term they would be on the upside all right thank you very much ericsson and gary and head of the commodity market strategy. with us on the. right the best performing asset class last year was precious metals and best among those was palladium but and this believe the rally is not yet exhausted despite doubling in price in twenty four cars from japan standard bank credit suisse highlight continuing demand from the auto industry as car sales in china gained momentum the mets it was also being sought as an investor a safe haven amid european debt concerns and the us printing money leaving is currently trading at eight hundred dollars an ounce just off a ten year high bank predicts that price could almost double by the end of twenty.

second to be a markets if we can right now or start with europe it's trading right now stocks have increased losses with banks and miners leading the way following losses in asia overnight and there's a wall street ended lower in the prior session will finally take a look at those figures. also london's puts it well as you can see that down almost one percent the dax is down zero point five percent a.m.r. holdings however is bucking the trend it's up six percent this after up the results from intel on thursday. here in russia the markets are seeing a slight correction now that's despite the euro strengthening to the dollar and relatively successful placement of bonds by spain this week as you can see the european markets were not supported by that therefore russia is also correct that both of these are down a while point seven point six percent respectively will be stronger ruble is giving some support to the stalks a second look at what is gold is among losers however on the my sector of the precious metal futures for for the first time this week saw this is outperforming

us up two point three percent that's one report of the carmaker increased retail sales by thirty seven percent last year as the majors are trading in the red with gazprom down one point four percent this hour on the monster. so we have time for thanks for being with us we'll be back in one eye was time the headlines are next on r.t. . wealthy british style. is not on the tireless money.

market why not come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max cause or for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into cars a report on our cheek. he. gets to. see.