the interstate aviation committee publishes the full transcript of the cockpit recordings of the plane crash that killed paul just president lech kaczynski as the country's parliament reviewed the official investigation report. communities in the usa it's a case of profit so that people claiming that the drilling methods of painted gas companies are damaging health and risking lives. media freedoms and that under threat of series of raids on the news of journalists who've been investigating the activities of high ranking officials.

there you're watching r t well live from moscow welcome to the program poland's parliament will gather on wednesday to discuss the final report on last april crash in western russia which killed the country's president if the findings of the moscow based into state and nation committee started the cruise refusal to use a different day as one of the main reasons for the tragedy or source says the report is incomplete. and he said always keeping across developments on this for us and they so want to we expect from today's discussions in the polish parliament. we do know that the parliament will be reviewing this report by the interstate aviation committee in detail of course it found that inexperience polish crew bad weather as well as pressure from high ranking officials on board the flight all ultimately led to the tragedy so far we've had mixed reaction from poland we understand they're going to try to get on the same page and find consensus from the

prime minister donald to a relatively diplomatic reaction from the current president borderline anti russian rhetoric and from the late president's. blakeman blaming russia for the crash we've heard from experts and have understood from reaction that there seems to be a bit of an internal battle inside the country as to how they should officially react to this report but it is expected from these hints that we've had that the reaction could be less than positive and they say why is poland so critical of the probe. we heard from the polish interior minister as well as other high ranking polish officials on tuesday and basically they're looking to put the blame with russian air traffic controllers now that's despite international aviation laws which basically state that any final decision to land lies with the pilot and his crew but also that air traffic controllers can never deny

a landing they can only advise to land at an alternate airport which we know from the cockpit recordings that that was done several times in this incident you in reaction to what we heard out of poland on tuesday the interstate aviation committee did take an unprecedented move what they did was publish the full transcript of the cockpit recordings and also phone conversations by high ranking official from aviation experts that were all took place during this investigation and hopefully that will add to poland and perhaps accepting this report we do know that the committee is confident that they have the evidence to prove that their findings are accurate and thorough and that's also been deemed internationally by experts around the world because of the family all the polish president has made some well last remarks on the tragedy saying moscow was behind the plane crash is that. that's right first off the family of the late polish president lech kaczynski

has denied all the findings of the interstate aviation community and pretty much blatantly said that they believe russia is responsible for the death of lech kaczynski his son in law to be more specific claims that the plane cry. it was a planned assassination in revenge for kaczynski and iraq's rhetoric also prevents him from being reelected but many experts around the world that we've been speaking to in the past couple of weeks believe that first of all not all of poland believes that second of all that people in the country who do support these kind of accusations obviously have had a hard time trying to break with old stereotypes of russia as the enemy and it's certainly hoped at least diplomatically that that won't be what the polish parliament concludes today as they review this official report. ok on tuesday sonali in moscow thank you for that. still to come in the program peace talks. now meanwhile as the price of oil climbs worldwide some

energy companies are switching to natural gas as a cheaper more effective alternative while it's led to corporate profits the methods of extraction drawing fire from the communities who say their health and potentially their lives are at risk and as christine for our reports from the u.s. those people are finding it hard to make their voices heard. first there was big oil heavily relied on by big boys big toys and big business. now it seems that big gas is next with scenes like this popping up all over the country where companies drill for natural gas by fracturing the shale below the earth. and extracting the natural gas from it instilled by many as the best option compared to coal and oil natural gas story is an american most of our oil shortage now are sixty five percent of their sort of it's green burning so it's greener than either coal or. it's affordable this is lee fuller of the independent

petroleum association of america speaking on this panel at the heritage foundation to protect his industry. and it's huge profits from regulation and oversight. he says public disclosure of the toxic chemicals pumped into the earth will only lead to public misunderstanding and panic people can be scared of chemicals if you give them enough fear they can be responsive to fracking became exempt from the federal safe drinking water act of the energy policy act of two thousand and five largely with the help of then vice president dick cheney the former c.e.o. of halliburton a corporation deeply involved in the fracking industry many lawmakers here on capitol hill have fought to try to get the fracking industry regulated but time and time again they've faced fierce opposition from other lawmakers and lobbyists and whose best interest it is to have those industries secrets tempted to think that

someone here in washington knows better about what needs to be done in pennsylvania colorado or texas is a real tough sell so why regulate this wonderful practice especially when there's been so much talk about the shelia nair's and others who have benefited from natural gas drilling i've got a copy of the check. oh my look at that four hundred thirty four thousand dollars just like that and it fell out of sky but less has been said about the polluted drinking water of hundreds of other people people like pat for not only endemic pennsylvania this is a catastrophe you know we're basically living at ground zero for a catastrophe and everyone is overlooking it because they're listening to the gas well companies who are saying everything's fine this is great we have such a wonderful opportunity this is going to bring your depressed area jobs some residents save their water to show others what they're dealing with others so they

can light it on fire and in louisiana seventeen cows grazing near a drilling site were found dead after the fracking fluid runoff got into their drinking water the issue has raised red. ones around the country some celebrities are even jumping on board to raise awareness of the dangers of fracking. someone apparently didn't think actor mark russell was doing it right he just discovered he's been placed on a terror alert watch list after his actions caught the eye of the pennsylvania department of homeland security are saying here in new york is ok we're you know we don't have to do this here and we can slow down and we can make sure that we do have. a clue the government is involved too so how much power does big business really have. when it's the oil and gas industry it seems they will allow nothing to stand in the way of their quest for a freer hand and a quicker profit in washington christine for r t.

crosstalk is head on next hour with the liberals guest saw get whether the energy sector is dangerously overheating. the one hundred dollar question the rising price of oil the cost of petroleum has been increasing steadily over the past few weeks and months are market forces at work and it's a global recovery at risk. and it. has arrived in jordan part of the middle east toward the russian president is due to meet to discuss energy cooperation before visiting jordan to me. on. the commitment to a palestinian state in the capital east jerusalem. israel

walk out or minister. meetings cancel. the offer to host sports and. that's what to expect from moscow. russia already recognize palestine in one thousand nine hundred eight it was also recognized by ninety other countries what do we expect from russia now there are two things the first concerns the middle east quartet it's necessary to do everything possible to boost its activity so that it's similar to the role of say the european union we would like russia to convince the us because it's the only country that's against the final statement containing new conclusions it will help us to have a better substantiated discussion with israel while promoting the peace process russia could also insist on its position in stopping the settlement activity in its relationship with the us and israel and on getting back to the negotiations table i think that russia is ready for that that's what president medvedev has reaffirmed

during this visit. if you. believe. in. brighton if you knew about song moon from plans to. start on t.v. dot com. the baltic state of latvia used to rank highly on international

surveys assessing the freedom of the press a series of incidents involving raids on the homes of journalists pointing to a change in direction sparking international concern. he's discovered a growing disregard for doors about toward independence and protecting sources. with professional persistence latvian t.v. reporter. interviews a local politician in twenty years as a journalist she has done hundreds but one of them got her in serious trouble an expose on a security breach in latvia state revenue body and it with police in her apartment was forced they opened their doors and went into my flat and then they showed that they had a security search they have a search warrant one say took my computer and information and i got they also acquired information all my information sources i'm allowed to protect. there's

a big problem for me as a journalist because i could not protect my information sources use a story shocked many in law to be a country used to press scrutiny just a couple of years ago allowed to be a boast that one of the highest freedom of press writings in all of europe being placed seventh on the annual reporters without borders index but for one reason or another in twenty this country is down almost fifty places on the very same list this incident is far from an isolated case say experts this one received a lot of public attention but it is not the only one a skull of from the spills some cars school and economists was charged but the secret police and she was actually arrested for two days for disseminating alternative opinions of all to the future of the local currency. devaluation a lot was imminent we are losing the last. support. of

information the liberal information. among the trust saltless in this country lotta love other journalists who defined the insist freedom of the press is not being deliberately strangled he believes the reason is down to economics. newspapers when ben craddock to the recession. others turned to their owners for money to survive so the owner started singlehandedly shifting the paper's editorial policies to their own preferences seen before the sake of her dollar in there has directly. there are other theories however some believe that latvia is spearing down the freedom of the press writings simply because the people behind the index are biased and reagan has fallen out of favor geo politically but not go believes that as long as nobody has been punished over the forceful search of her apartment concerns about pressure on the press may not be groundless.

reporting from brega in latvia. out there let's look at some more global headlines for you friday's president hu jintao is in the u.s. for a four day state visit it is world's two biggest rival economies held a private welcome dinner on tuesday nights at white house among the business economics trade on food rights policies on his currencies also lucky to be discussed to the engines recent suggestion that it's that you know in the global spotlight because of the dollars at it's day. a seven point two magnitude earthquake has hit southwest houston in a sparsely populated and orders with iran and afghanistan will say several houses were damaged but then and then immediately would have casualties be off the shocks were filters far away is due by the next great similar intensity in august donovan is to mia killed more than seventy thousand people into films in five.

eighties a former dictator called the valley of the has been charged with corruption during his years in office he rules between one hundred seventy one and one thousand nine hundred six on the brutal regime was accused of embezzling hundreds of millions of dollars from state funds during that time. he's also suspected of torturing thousands of haitians spent in the twenty five years in exile before a surprise return which he claims was to help the country off to the massive earthquake community. now orthodox christians are marking officially one of the most important religious holidays the tradition sees many people braved ice cold water as they hope to wash away their sins piece all of that packed his swimming trunks and plucked up the courage to have a care in south. in the tradition of the church here in russia the nineteenth of january is the date of the epiphany now what that means to

people who worship the orthodox church is that was the data jesus was baptized into the christian faith now to celebrate the jump into the freezing cold rivers of russia now here in moscow or could a hole in the ice on the river to make sure that people can jump into the river and celebrate the feast day of the a pit no it's not just a religious thing this is now become something of a health kick if you will for people that want to come into the water believe that the the icy temperatures can have some health properties for you can make you feel better in yourself the way it works in the religious sense is that it will see you again it will cleanse you of your sins and it will set you up for the new year after the blessing of the ice crew by a priest of the century into the front simulation of the.

getting in the world that's it's about minus fifteen here the air temperature in moscow. apparently the temperature of the world is so i guess it's going to be a little bit with nothing left to do now but. we'll see how this. really got the credit not the fault of their own. statement called. the first day program has one of the really mission so the russian one percent growth rate europe there exist. i can tell you i'm feeling very exhilarated right now. please share the. story here as well not everyone is to take the plunge into ice cold russian waters for those twelve nights for many others it's the day to indulge in fortune telling and has

been since ancient times even that considers it a sin or to use the tell another go over headed into the countryside to see how it's done we all know that journalists are incredibly curious people well at least this is an excuse i'm using for myself today to join this traditional session of fortune telling it's usually done on the last day of. which last for two weeks after the orthodox christmas traditionally women gather around the same ball and perform different kinds of fortune telling procedures to find out what awaits for them during the year whether they will meet their fiancé or simply to make a wish. the easiest way to tell your fortune is about making your wish come true. take a handful of things and count on it or even if you don't even your wish will come true the next one is the most mysterious one what i have to do is to take the scandal to spill the axe in the water

let it cool down and see what shapes it takes and try to understand what could mean potentially for me in the next year. you have a ring which means that in a year to come you have a new soulmate. well i didn't see that coming but apparently this is what all girls wished for when they do fortune telling on the last day of strategy so i guess i'm lucky. now where across that story online few authority dot com is wild and while you all that take a look at some of the other stories we heard today. weighs in with drugs senior clerics countries for dressing like strippers. plus the one that may soon be resting in peace soumik cemeteries dance to turn them into life and soul of swiss society.

a few minutes the reverend jesse jackson tells our team why america is saving the wrong people as it scrambles for economic recovery before that we have business update cream with korea. hi welcome to business good to have you with us we'll start with an exclusive for the first time ever b.p. says it will bear the burden of the initial investments into developing the russian optic shelf which it plans to do with also have exploration work in the car a c.

is to take comm five to seven years and will start in two thousand and eleven. what we've agreed is that between ross to. complete the exploration license of the geisha that are in the licenses now for the three blocks and there is we expect there to be in the neighborhood of a billion dollars the first billion dollars will be financed by b.p. . and then that will be paid back out of the proceeds from an exploration development the board of mobile communications major ventile com has approved the purchase something telecom assets owned by egyptian billionaire and some various could tell of six and a half billion dollars that's despite opposition from no way to end shareholder tell and russia second biggest mobile phone operator was a takeover services italian mobile operator wind at its fifty one point seven percent and egypt's orus com telecom it would create the world's six largest phone company will com sign a new agreement after telling nora jacked it and only

a six point eight billion dollars proposal ultimo which owns over forty percent of the bill com says it's disappointed by telling our position. we're disappointed by their crown this silly geisha is made in their statement. we are the position that. difference in views on business development shouldn't be an obstacle to effective or develop into a coma into one of the leading global to corporators. until an hour says it will fight the approval by the vimpel com board at the company's shareholder meeting suggesting shareholders will face considerable additional dilution if the acquisition of complete is completed on its current times tonneau warns the deal could make wimble call molests attractive to investors. as have a look at the markets asian stock markets and moderately high on wednesday with

gains in technology related stocks supporting the tokyo and seoul markets regional sentiment got a lift from wall street strong finish on tuesday and snaky is trading four percent this hour russian markets open higher on wednesday the r.t.s. is up over half a percent spread bank world cali and gas problem are passing on tuesday the autism isaacs were down about one third of a percent analysts warn the trend may take a bit longer for the russian market remains overheated. now to go she says for russia's entry into the world trade organization could be completed this april that optimism comes from the head of the country's delegation to the talks maxime the breadth of also addressed existing doubts that accession will have a positive impact on russia's small businesses there could be a focus it is some companies because it's true is its completion. conditions real big change here respects really influence market place

but it's. to prepare for. this new situation is in no way home to bad terms of location for many years with the left leg he says . in two thousand and ten russian spend their money mostly on repairing their apartments buying mobile phones and paying for education and national opinion poll says the other popular choices were computers cars and gym memberships compared to the year before the number of russians who bought cars or spent on travel increased by two percent meanwhile only one percent of russians bought an apartment real estate in rural areas or sheriff lost. that's all i have for you this hour join me in less than fifteen minutes for more.

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