the russian state energy company ross now and british petroleum have the dolls that 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 we want step closer to reality passing the second of three readings in russian parliament. and rough justice despite no extradition treaty between washington and. terrorist suspects are being sent to stand trial in u.s. ports which critics say breaches international role. in

watching r t six in the morning here in moscow walk into the program now oil giant b.p. has sealed a multi-billion dollar deal with russia's state run energy company raul snuffed jointly developed oil and gas fields in the arctic the plan will also give the russian firm five percent of b.p.'s ordinary shares with a british company getting ten percent of or all snuffed in return the deal is also the first major agreement b.p. has science since the us oil spill crisis last year and it opens the way to what are believed to be huge oil and gas reserves in the russian arctic relations between b.p. and russia how did it fall to pass the firm's new chief bob dudley used to be the c.e.o. of the russian joint venture. beat but he had to quit and leave the country following disagreements with the russian shareholders russia's prime minister putin met with the representatives of the british oil giant and congratulated them on the deal.

but. i would like to let you know that the government of the russian federation supports this joint operation this is a project that could become global and have a significant influence on the world's oil and gas industry russia's 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 involved. with b.p. chief robert dudley says he is 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 and that is probably one of the best alignment mechanisms that i know about the swapping of sixteen billion dollars of value with one out of every twenty

shares of b.p. helped by ross staffed and whatever ten shares of rostov held by b.p. this is a very aggressive start and i think it's very promising for us philip de leon an international trade consultant says the deal is when the winner for both sides giving b.p. the right to export massive untapped arctic oil deposits while russia gets technological know how. b.p. has invested so much in rush hour that they cannot step away the stage and russia still needs the expertise of western oil companies it's mutual interest and it's interesting because you know they have to sell a lot of has said after the oil spill in the gulf of mexico to put money aside for the recovery from well they are saving their money for russia didn't sell in this thing and they're investing more so it means that b.p. is there for the long term the potential of russia is so huge if it's not them it's going to be somebody else so it's really a question of gets in first and they were world position he put aside their

difficulties from the first then decide to move forward. or russian lawmakers approved the new start nuclear arms reduction pact between moscow and washington in the second of three readings bring it one step closer to reality president obama and medvedev signed the treaty last year but it needs approval by the russian duma and the u.s. senate which completed the process lead last year it now faces a final decision from russian deputies as artie's italian novack of our 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 thirty 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 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 into set late december two thousand and ten they attached a resolution to it that is worth eleven pages worth of remarks to the treaty and now more makers counteract those remarks 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 it's with signing the streets to connect offensive and defensive nuclear weapons and to make sure that. or the u.s. did not proceed with their plans of deploying a.m.d.

to here without russia's participation so the resolution by the russian lawmakers suggests 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 i believe . on the american side of the 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. there's a completely different strategy on this issue and in case it happens years of the treaty may be damaged and yes the. conditions for us are to do to pull out of this treaty books 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 laura house of the parliament

the last three d. 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. and still ahead here on our freedom to ask about find out how a russian journalist question linking american citizens liberties to the arizona shootings raise hackles i don't white house briefing. now afghan citizens are being flown to the us where they're standing trial on charges of terrorism about the spy there being no extradition treaty between washington and kabul critics say that america could be breaking international law paula sleeper 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

he want to sleep in at all 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 more than a new government in the dogshit of the constitution six years ago it was acceptable that american troops would send afghans to guantanamo 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 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 general 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. the american 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. the 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 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. kabul. russian nuclear experts will not be taking part in an invited tour of iran's nuclear facilities that's according to sources in the country's nuclear agency earlier russian foreign minister sergey lavrov said that while tehran's initiative quote disserved attention such a visit should not be considered a substitute for official inspections or six party talks iran had invited experts from the e.u. china and other members of the u.s. nuclear watchdog but not the u.s.

to inspect the facilities representatives declined the invitation earlier this month western powers suspect iran wants to use its uranium enrichment activities to build a nuclear bomb while terrine insists it only wants to produce nuclear energy iran is facing criticism for trying to create a rift in the six party talks members by inviting some and clearly snubbing the others but experts believe any such attempts are doomed to failure. to do so from ever there has been a start in negotiations or talks or whatever and it never worked out certainly there may be some people who thought that they could create a fish or or rift but. you never managed to really break up. five plus one formula. the behavior of russia and china just shows once again that it doesn't work i think it's half expected such and such

a reaction however during its wanted to show two things to their own domestic public that this we are ready to negotiate you have to see it with a second step the iranians did it again to which their own public namely to boost the blast about their own new newly achieved technological progress which is not true but again it sends a message to do also of course inside iran who are highly critical of any engagement with the international community that both things iran can be solved come for them it wants to negotiate are important. at least four people have been killed in a car bomb explosion outside a cafe and russia's southern republic of douglas' son another five are in critical condition no one has yet to admit it to be attacked this is the first deadly blast of two thousand and eleven the latest in a wave of violence in the region last year five suicide bomb blasts killed scores and wounded many more an estimated twenty further attempted attacks were thwarted

by russian special forces. and now to some other international stories this hour president of bennett tunisia has fled the country after serious unrest over unemployment and corruption with the prime minister going on state television to declare he is temporarily in charge it's being reported from saudi arabia that the president and his family are there with france earlier refusing asylum the end of his twenty three year rule marks the first stop of an arab leader has been deposed by popular protests will clashes in the capital have left at least twenty dead in recent weeks with human rights groups claiming that as many as sixty him die. the cleanup has started in a strong flood waters begin to recede from its third largest city where it's been weeks of relentless rain. twenty six people dead while more than fifty are missing

the worst floods in more than thirty years have devastated northeastern parts of the country with thousands of residents forced to leave their homes repairing the damage could cost billions of dollars. well there maybe a warming and russian american relations but a chill blew through a white house briefing following a question by a russian journalist suggesting that the arizona shootings could have been due to the freedoms and joy by americans seat of a reporter for russia's official news agency toss i asked if the arizona shooting rampage was an inevitable byproduct of americans having too much freedom care the law for a was arrested after six people were killed in a shooting spree during a political rally at a tea song grocery store on saturday white house spokesperson robert gibbs responded firmly that the actions of the government were totally american. and no 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 punitive and 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. well we spoke to each of the 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 comprehensive and help prevent such incidents in the future what i was surprised later was to find in the books by respondents from the

white house press corps that many of them treated this resurgence of the cold war i think this rhetoric that 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. and then you have the american people. there are lots of other stories for you on our website r.t. dot com and here's a taste of what's lined up right. in your old coalition government has collapsed this week after allied ministers walked out of protest what they aren't happy about find out online. and russia is considering abolishing daylight saving time to save more daylight for all the details have to dot com. and

up next we explore the world of soviet nostalgia in the russian capital it's back to the u.s.s.r. with our moscow team on a retro trip fashion. your

. hello and welcome to the program on this week so be going back to the u.s.s.r. and even with its tumultuous history it wasn't all about politics and suppression several times brought about amazing technological advances it's music and octets so jolene was it under his 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 older now my sickle almost twenty five meters high school she was made by fear most enough for the nine hundred thirty seven welsh in paris the sculpture is an example of the socialist realistic an

object of style division pavilion and pass was almost twice as long as the feature length which run into the shit buster along innovation the sculpture was returned to his place of the old russian exhibition center in the summer two thousand and nine. this culture was restored and i'm still in trouble reaching out some fragments however were made from scratch and they were destroyed over time. into the soviet exhibition area used to be a display of achievements of socialism. architecture and there are several exhibition holes in the museum. to its current location is also impressive collection of. 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 and today well all pieces are

reaching the highest amounts at various. around the world. and moving on let's take a look at this week's entertainment news. to become the place to shop for many of the capitals. with. high street fast fashion industry and designer brands being sold. is also a fast food restaurant with views of. the complex. exhibitions of contemporary art. world of richer 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 rules are showcased where they collections highlights are pictures drawn by the author himself. with comprise a menu. a wide range of traditional russian dishes the city a cafe on to since to push it square is this in the center of la scared in terms to give businesses an experience of life in the soviet union during the match and sixty's much of the seventy's. various of the pieces down is murals and statues decorate the cafe which because help think it's all a little sick it feels more like a museum meets its themed restaurant. but with its traditional service sounds playing this group back eatery is the place to cheap fulcrum various serviettes sticks. back to the us a song well i think we stand out thank you.

but many. times they come here that bunch of bricks and remember the past we try to keep the soviet atmosphere the reality here. and there we have it is going to tell me a few hundred and fifty rubles that's around five dollars good price of land slightly worried about the quality and how it tastes well i'll find out syrian. this place is amazing this is a just east for i think 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 bored of the largest dollop of smoke tallis ever seen of our lives more speaks like a crown brake just drink and that's about half the stuff just said it's history as troy. this is. the society. actually it's not about her reminds me of

a cornish pasty it was the house. of tea about. experiences. founded in the one nine hundred fifty s. . teacher and style. the same. design you may now be any. time. around the clock. great. modern day.

is the. 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. and from. this week's gives. me a. thank you very much.

like. it was. russian wasn't all that good had to work in the factory and went to even classes to study russian and came to study the foreign language to moscow in one hundred fifty five so i've been living in this one hundred fifty five how did the city look back then there's i see no skyscrapers no name no no no no no mark there were no skyscrapers in those days. moscow a was a very beautiful and still is a very beautiful city and i like the older part of the city my own my own taste and that there were no neon signs there nor billboards no 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. 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 george is that anything that you miss about the seventies you i'll be honest with you martin i can never forgive the taste of the ice cream that was sold in the. department store in red square. which means 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 i'll say. final location it was the answer the cell. scouring the country to rescue these 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. they range from nine hundred sixty five all the way to ninety ninety one and best of all is in working order yes the. fact. is the museum provides. movie theaters train stations and recreation centers across the u.s. the stuff 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 annoyed people queued up in gaming clues and those who ran out of cooling would stay and watch other people play with ac popular people had new it's a good time at least attractive millions of soviet people died to. produce some seventy different video game. 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 themed experiences still to be found. and today many aspects of russian 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 soul full of fortunately that's all the time we have in this race out to the us so 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 now. going to have to have another. the. clever. wealthy british. margetts why not.