the bowl. the russian state energy company ralston a british petroleum have announced a major deal to jointly develop arctic oil and gas fields worth tens of billions of dollars. the new start nuclear arms reduction treaty between moscow and washington moves one step closer to reality passing the second of three readings of the russian parliament. and rough justice despite no extradition treaty between washington and kabul afghan terrorist suspects are being sent to stand trial in u.s. courts which critics say reaches international law. you're watching r t two in the morning here in moscow welcome to the program now to our

top story or oil giant b.p. has sealed a multibillion dollar deal with russia's state run energy company ross snapped to drop we develop oil and gas fields in the arctic the plan will also give the russian a firm around five percent of b.p.'s ordinary shares with a british company getting ten percent of raw snuffed in return the deal is also the first major agreement b.p. has signed since the u.s. oil spill crisis last year and opens the way to what are believed to be huge oil and gas reserves in the russian arctic relations between b.p. and russia have been a fraught in the past or the firm's new chief dudley used to be the c.e.o. of the russian joint venture t.n. k b p but he had to quit and leave the country following disagreements with russian shareholders now russia's prime minister putin met with the representatives of the british oil giant and congratulated them on the deal. i would like to let you know that the government of the russian federation supports joint operation

. could become global. one has significant influence on the world's oil and gas industry reasons arctic reserves are estimated to be five billion tons of oil and ten trillion cubic meters of gas such a project may require tens of billions of dollars of investment and state of the art technology and we are fully aware of the risks and. b.p. chief bob dudley says he's very excited about the project which will make both companies much stronger i would look at this in terms of the share swap and say that both companies absolutely believe that both companies are undervalued today and what we have is a swapping of shares that creates an alignment of interest to increase the value of both shares and that is probably one of the best alignment mechanisms that i know the swapping of sixteen billion dollars of value with one out of every twenty shares of b.p. held by ross taft and whatever ten shares of ross that held by b.p.

this is a very aggressive start and i think it's very promising for us. now russian lawmakers have approved the new start nuclear arms reduction pact between moscow and washington in the second of three readings bringing it one step closer to reality president obama and medvedev signed the treaty last year but it needs approval by the russian duma the u.s. senate which completed the process late last year it now faces a final decision from russian deputies as artie's natalia novick of all reports this is the biggest treaty over it's going signed in the past twenty years one to the world's biggest nuclear powers will be significantly reducing the number of warheads nuclear arms by a third and delivery vehicles by almost half and of course it's also very important step and warming relations between russia and the united states an exam an example for other nuclear powers to fall in this example now back in april when the treaty was signed washington 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 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 december december two thousand and ten they attached a resolution to it that is eleven pages worth of remarks to the treaty and now question one weekers counteract those remarks the resolution by the u.s. senate suggests that the treaty should not restrict nature 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 it's with signing the streets to 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 richest a patient so diverse. aleutian by the russian lawmakers suggests that in case after rectifying the treaty the us proceed with the plan russia will be able to pull out of the treaty i believe. on the american side of the they will proceed the strategic not regional but strategic. defense system small not the current president not the current government but probably the next president the next government which has a completely different strategy on this issue and in case it happens here so the treaty may be damaged yes. conditions for russia to to to pull out of this treaty but begin we are not there yet and we still have time to make better agreements and to avoid any misunderstandings and that will be our will to be in the second reading the documents war approved by the or house of the parliament the last

reading will take place on the twenty fifth of january and after that it will be given to the upper house of the parliament for the signing well you're with r.t. and still have this hour back from the start. astronauts readjust to living with their feet firmly back on the ground we asked we get a chance to ask them all about life more of it. all afghan citizens are being flown to the u.s. where they are standing trial on charges of terrorism and that's the spike there being no extradition treaty between washington and kabul well critics say that america could be breaking international law policy or 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 have in society. he cannot talk with. anybody

he want to sleep and it will all the time. he want to be a long 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 have had enough of american intimidation or more than 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 american legal system with 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 january two thousand and four and while it allows kabul to enter into extradition treaties with other countries until today no such perfect exists between afghanistan and the united states must be miracleman in afghan courts are different you know 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 you have got a 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. there are lots of other stories on our website r.t. dot com for you and here's a taste of what's lined up right now eleven year old coalition government has collapsed this week after hezbollah ministers walked out in protest what were they aren't happy about won't find out online. that russia is considering abolishing daylight saving time to save more daylight for all the details had to r.t. dot com. there may be

a warming in russian american relations but it show blew through a white house briefing following a question by a russian journalist suggesting the arizona shootings could have been due to the freedoms enjoyed by americans see talk of a reporter for russia's official news agency asked if the arizona shooting rampage was an inevitable byproduct of americans having too much freedom of often or was arrested after six people were killed in a shooting spree during a political rally i think his song. closer store on saturday white house spokesman robert gibbs responded for a lead at the actions of the gunmen were totally american. you know i would i would disagree vehemently with that there are there is nothing in the values of our country. there's nothing on the many laws on our books that would provide.

for somebody to him in impede on the very freedoms that you began with by exercising the actions that that individual took on that day that is that is not america. and while we spoke to be very reporter who asked the controversial question. after the briefing i was approached by a number of people and they talked to me very professional very calmly i would say some instances even sympathetically they definitely knew where i was coming from and i was coming from the simple desire for the americans to have a discussion of this that is pretty sensitive and help prevent such incidents in the future what i was surprised later was to find in the blogs and by could respond it's from the white house press corps that many of them treated this as a resurgence of the cold war i think this is that it was definitely misplaced it

looks like there is a double standard here where an american journalist in moscow was asking about internal politics of russia is a hero and the defender of human rights and democracy and if russian journalist in washington d.c. touches up on a sensitive subject of internal politics here then he's and then you have the american people who are. well now let's check on some other international stories this hour. president has left the country in the violent riots over food and fuel inflation and high unemployment the state's prime minister has announced he is now the interim leader earlier president ben ali decide the government and called for fresh elections to the next six months a state of emergency has been declared across the capital well the cautious of left more than twenty dead in the last few weeks with human rights groups saying sixty have been. the victims of severe flooding which has left more than five hundred

people dead in brazil are being buried in the southeast of the country rescue workers say the death toll is likely to rise as they're still struggling to reach remote areas cut off by mudslides thousands have been left homeless in what has become the country's worst natural disaster in decades. now having had time to a climatized to life back on earth the most recent crew to return from b. international space station have been speaking about their out of this world experience artie's told barton had a chance to quiz the team 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 goto your chicken challenge 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 current 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 your time and not six miles just a little less than six one of the just going to do it it's an easy of. the four was a base in spades unfortunately for each of us yeah maybe a much greater if you're going to go. for it in the us since me since i was six months in space posts like just one day but they were lots of challenging and interesting tasks during that time one of the first was a problem with docking with the new russian module where we had to work to repair it for one and a half hours before we could actually dock with the i assess the crew showed firmness and calm and acted like 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 we carried out lots of experiments and we're satisfied with the work being done with the ship with you but. when he returned here today you were showered with gifts and flowers how do you rate the responsive received as it were back here on earth i think. quite overwhelming i mean it was a wonderful response. people asked our city are always so. 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 future and so in their enthusiasm it's everything we deal with and just lastly. the u.s. congresswoman recently shelton only saying 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 and well 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 encouraging words about her recovery coming out of arizona but for the lives that were lost it 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 having spent some time with scott onboard the space station his twin brother mark is married to cover rio we feel especially close to that family and that connection so we're praying for her and we're going to hoping for the best of outcome and so my all our only message would be let's maybe we think about peaceful discourse rather than the solution of things through violence because that's never a way to solve many thanks to all of you feel time from everyone here at this space

and welcome back to earth thank you for your. well next we explore the world of soviet nostalgia in the russian capital it's back to the u.s.s.r. with our moscow out team on a retro trip through that fashion. your

. hello and welcome to the program on this week so i will be going back to the u.s. assault even with its tumultuous history it wasn't all about politics and suppression several times brought about amazing technological advances music and octets so joe you mustn't under is as we take a look at culture and life as it was inside it. on top of the museum is the famous statue the look and collectors found them an old and now i'm a sickle almost twenty five meters high sculpture was made by feel moved enough for my nine hundred thirty seven worlds in paris the sculpture is an example of the

socialist realistic an object of style division to an impasse was almost twice as long as the feature length which ran into the shit from long innovation the sculpture was returned to his place here at the oldest exhibition center in the. this culture was restored in absolute shambles are from venus original some fragments however made from scratch and they were almost destroyed over time. to the soviets this exhibition area used to be a display of achievements of socialism. architecture and there are several exhibition holes in the museum the pictures here highlight the progression to its current location is also an impressive collection of all that was created throughout the soviet union. there are many holes inside the museum here a large part. and even though most aspects of culture was under government control. during the soviet period. pieces are

reaching the highest amounts of various art auctions around the world. and moving on let's take a look at this week's entertainment news. department store to become the place to shop for many of the capitals. of the seven floors with. the fast fashion industry and designer brands being sold. is also a fast food restaurant on top of views of. the complex. exhibitions of contemporary art. kipling's jungle book inspired an exhibition which is currently on display at the state darwin museum it features hundreds of illustrations to famous books by the british writer providing a glimpse into the amazing animal world where editions of kipling stories provided

by the state line break the rules to showcase the world the collections highlights the pictures drawn by the author himself. with a menu comprising a wide range of traditional russian dishes the city a catholic on to seems to square is the center of luster intensity just his experience of life in the save each unit in the watching sixty's not the seventy's . various of the places ben is murals and statues to her at the cafe which i can't help think it's all a little sick it feels more like a museum meets the scenes in restaurants. but with its traditional service sounds playing this group a tree is the place to cheat for various serviettes six. back to the us a song well i think we stand out with envy. of many.

times that come here that bunch of bricks and remember the past we tried to keep the soviet atmosphere the reality here. and there we have it's become a whole meal for the hundred and fifty rubles that's around five dollars gold price of oil and slightly worried about the quality and how it tastes well a fine out syrian. this place is amazing this is a just east of the music well i can't say the least but i thought my soviet meal did you try this say it's all stand intrusively tradition and i've got boasts of the largest dollop of smoke. in a bar live it's like a cranberry juice drink. just like i said it's history as trite. this is i got the sense i. actually

it's not about her reminds me of a cornish pasty which she has the. best . experiences. founded in the one nine hundred fifty s. . teacher and style. the same. design. any. time. around the clock. buildings traces.

of the great museums. and finally the place full of the communist era spirit is the hotel. suite. and margaret thatcher visit this is his most traditional restaurant located in the same building. from. this week's gets. to me. thank you very much.

it wasn't. my knowledge of russian wasn't all that good had to work in the factory and went to even classes to study russian and came to study at a foreign language to moscow in one thousand nine hundred five so i've been living . one hundred fifty five how did the scene look back then there's honestly no skyscrapers no no no no no no no martin there were no skyscrapers in those days. moscow was a very beautiful and still is a very beautiful city not like the older part of the city on my own taste and that there were no only on signs that no billboards known no signs of anything no advertisement in the streets or anything i can tell you for one example but there was a big billboard in the city where first lived in the eastern ukraine

a huge billboard saying eat ice cream it's nutritious and tasty but no brand marks it was because. the state owned everything there is only one brand of ice cream you could buy just as there is only one brand of beer you could buy it was a most of it was draft beer there wasn't any bottled beer at that time but as far as i can remember a final question joy is that anything that you miss about the seventies you i'll be honest with your liking i can never forget the taste of the ice cream that was sold in the. department store on red square. which means the department store and i understand that people from all over the country who would come in to visit moscow. by all means go to this department store and taste the wonderful ice cream i can still taste. it as well joyce it was lovely to meet you thank you.

thank you and we look forward to hearing you more. final location it was. friends began scouring the country to rescue the next machines. dozens of them doing their best to bring them back to life in the cold war graves. will bring out. the museum. paid games and the. space invaders to. their reign from nine hundred sixty five all the way to ninety ninety one and best of all. in what order yes the . museum provides. movie theaters train stations and recreation centers across the u.s. packed with these games. to go after the first movie arcade machines appeared in

the mid eighty's quickly becoming popular with kids and grownups annoying people queued up in gaming clues and those who ran out of cooling would stay and watch other people play like they say popular game people had new it's a good time at least attractive millions of soviet people. produced some seventy different video game however productions of the game ceased but the collapse of the u.s.s.r. . and from the arcade games to museums cafes and shops there are many experiences still to be found. and today many aspects of the culture still influenced by the shadows of soviet life fusing such a vibrant past with the capital present delivers a unique historic culture social diversity and present a deep rooted russian so full of fortunately that's all the time we have in this race out to the u.s.s.r.

i'll see you again at the same time next week for more cultural events is around the capital until then for me the crew inside the crazy world. trade games. are. going to have to have. for the full story we've got it.