nineteen forty five don't r.t. dot com. the. polish prime minister calls for opposition to end brain games already. playing. also in the program internet freedom is question for the swiss bankers found guilty of breaking the banking secrecy for help with the exposed massive tax evasion scheme. is no need to separate us with them we could sit our strength as a new unit seems to me to revert to reaffirm russia's commitment to the middle east peace process as he wraps up his tour of the region. and superpowers in talks as the chinese president meets his u.s. counterpart anxieties sweeps washington over which entails growing influence on the

global stage. this is r.t. it's nine pm wednesday night welcome my name is kevin owen and our top story the polish prime minister donald tusk told his country's parliament that political games should not affect the pursuit for the truth in the investigation into the plane crash that killed the former president this comes as the country's parliament's evaluating the final report into the tragedy. as more from moscow. there's been a lot of reaction of course to the investigation into the presidential plane crash that happened in april last year just outside the russian city of smiley and scott a lot of outrage was initially heard from poland but today's address by the polish prime minister actually comes as the voice of reason the polish prime minister.

mentioning to his call we that it is unwise to try and politicize this tragedy that the quest for truth couldn't be more with political mind games in sight and that opposition members should keep that in mind when they sensationalize the investigation because he made it clear that politicizing this tragedy is not in the headlines benefit. the truth to be complete and we realize that it will be inconvenient to many there is a complex number of causes for the crash it's convenient to blame the pilots that are in depression but others it will be convenient to blame the russians but it be the whole truth the organization that seeks the truth must not be influenced by forces in poland that wanted to be with them there are more and more people specifically within poland's political elite that do believe that politicizing this tragedy should be put aside and that the truth and no matter how bitter will be

very hard to accept for the polish side what needs to be in order for both sides to move on. to handle a difficult three and this is a difficult truth these. things in this room which help us to shift some responsibility away from the situation in our state a nation committee will publish the entire transcript although the entire conversation between the pilots on the polish presidential plane and the air traffic controllers from those recordings it is evident air traffic controllers did . morning pilots against landing they did offer them to use a back up airport as was in their schedule they warn them about the life and missions let's have a listen to the recording what are the weather conditions fog four hundred metres visibility temperature and pressure please temperatures plus two pressure seven forty five seven for fun if there's no opportunity for landing thank you but if

it's possible try a landing approach weather permitting if not we will proceed to the second circle one a one when you have enough fuel for a second circle after the landing approach yes we will making a landing approach is the captain's decision at the height of one hundred meters you have to make a decision minsk and victims will be requested for a sidetrack have you ever made love to get a military airfield of course polish one a one at one hundred meters be ready to proceed to a second circle yes sir flaps and wheels down i control horizon make a second circle make a second circle make a second circle where is it make the second circle what i would call emergency crews it has been said by many authority of figures both in russia and poland and within the international aviation committee that no air traffic controller has that authority that at the end of the day it is the pilot's decision and therefore the pilot's responsibility to make a choice about where the landing will take place and specifically of course with

the pilot of a presidential plane and it does appear that those pilots made a decision a decision of course that ended in tragedy. constanta give a columnist from the polish news propaganda you have to the board says it's beyond doubt that the polish pilots were to blame. there is not much room for debate in the world regards the main aspects of the investigation it is obvious that the primary responsibility for the crash lies with the polish pilots who should not have landed or the finding of the intrastate commission the polish government certainly does not contest that polish public opinion is divided almost equally in three groups those who accept the responsibility of the polish pilots those who believe that russia their control is responsible and those who are not sure there is a small minority who still believes in the cover up and mysterious reasons but this is not an important segment people which public opinion obviously it is difficult

to accept the responsibility of the polish pilots hopefully there will be room for more negotiations between the governments. to produce a full rendering of all the relevant circumstances thoughts they are constantly given a columnist from the polish newspaper. at. a swiss bank has been found guilty of breaking the country strict banking secrecy rules after he handed to wiki leaks data about tax evaders a judge's ear and quarter sentence rudolf elmer to a fine of over six thousand dollars british investigative journalist tony goldwyn believes this trial was an attempt to prevent further revelations about the scale of the bank's illegal dealings. the reason is to try to make sure that any bankers who are thinking of leaking information whether to investigative journalists or wiki leaks on the internet anywhere have

a second thought and that's the whole point of this case i think this case is going to send shock waves across the swiss banking system because this chap rudolf has come up with some incredible information it looks like we have forty politicians and many other business people around the world who have literally been hiding large amounts of their assets in the swiss bank accounts i mean this is something that they've been getting away with for decades and he is really the first person you ever come in and leak this information out to the public i don't think it's much doubt here that there's massive tax evasion been going on and the swiss authorities have been too relaxed on it for far too long and now they're going to get their comeuppance and just let you know we're on thursday the revelations are set to continue to wiki leaks is set to shed new light about u.s. russia relations this time be the first to find out what these diplomatic cables are we will be covering the story in full as you'd expect here on r.t.

. russia is a co-sponsor of the middle east peace process will continue its efforts to settle the conflict president dmitri medvedev reiterated russia's position at a meeting with the king of jordan as he wraps up his tour of the region. has been following that visit for us. of course jordan for russia is more than just a middle east partner in this region they have a very close very special relationship a visit is part of major proportions for the russian jordan economic summit which is due to take place in march this year and the two leaders will see them talk how they're going to both straight konami ties their cooperation and added just fear today they also discussed plans for the construction of a nuclear power plant in jordan which several countries are beating to build and russia among those countries but of course all of that was on the sidelines of talks on the major on the top priority subject regional developments in the middle east and the israeli palestinian conflict. no need to separate those within the.

strings in a unity only in this way can we try to find a compromise which will satisfy both sides palestinians as well as israelis literally bet if it has reiterated one in palestine or russia's position on the conflict which actually hasn't changed since nine hundred eighty eight when ben soviet union recognize palestine as an independent state today dmitry medvedev was looking for a month from the middle east peace process is obviously stalled at the three other members of the middle east quartet washington brussels and the united nations have so far been unable to persuade israel's to make any form of concessions and russia is very keen to get engaged in talks with israel and palestine and palestinian president mahmoud abbas in an exclusive interview to set that russia had very good chances to become a key alternative peace negotiator. really recognize

palestine in one thousand nine hundred eighty eight. by nineteen of the 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 the european union we would like russia to convince the us. yes 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 promoting the peace process russia could also insist on its position in stopping the settlement activity in its relationship with the u.s. 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. also the visit out the russian president to jordan coincides with the orthodox church celebrations of it before any of this is one of the twelve major holy days and this side forty kilometers outside of amman the capital of jordan where we are now is the place where thousands of christians flogging every year because it is

believed to be the site where george baptized jesus christ this is the first stand to make from a very it is making a pilgrimage to this side as an orthodox christian is known to celebrate all those with all the days that he was always very keen on visiting holy orthodox christian sites across the world. pouring and as the russian president took a dip in the holy waters of the jordan river. boats christians are plunging into freezing waters at home so. they put the article where the old mission so the ocean would design could take your very busy. i could tell you i'm feeling very exhilarated right now. a fearless reporter diving into the icy waters along with russians mocking you if any more patriot a few minutes. the chinese president hu jintao is in the united states for

a four day state visit with bilateral talks having started over economics trade in human rights some say the u.s. president obama is under pressure to clarify whether the countries are partners or rivals foreign affairs columnist simon tisdall told us u.s. officials won't shy away from challenging china at this time. i think barack obama has a lot to do to persuade the american public and the american congress that he's sticking up to china he was accused when he went to beijing in two thousand and nine of cairo tarring that was a bit unfair but he didn't get very much achieved and he's had his whole succession of administration officials in the past week for being trotting out a whole shopping list of demands or requests or wish lists for chinese action and a whole range of areas as you mentioned in your intro on the economy on the security and on human rights and other issues which are which seem to matter more to obama than they do to president hu american press reports supporters fishel say that obama is going to be much tougher this time while waiting on

a very obvious reception for mr who is behind the scenes to do much tougher pushing some of these issues particularly trade practices access to the chinese market and so on but whether he'll get anything substantive out of it in the short term is i think questionable thoughts or other foreign affairs columnist simon tisdall in london and you can have your say but when you think about u.s. china relations what might their future be on our website our team dot com it's a question we're asking you tonight this is what you've told us online at r.t. dot com let's see. the chart is just about to spell out there the results constantly changing or less than half of you now that's forty three percent was forty six an hour ago chose again that least serious option that china will own half of america's territories or say thanks for voting anyway twenty four percent of you predicted a fragile alliance between the code the two countries there's a slight increase in the number of those of you twenty two percent now thinking the most pessimistic and sarah nuclear world war and only eleven percent of you think

that the u.s. will freeze its debts to china really good to hear from you if you want to have your say you want to change that charts r.t. dot com is the place to do it. next media freedom in the european union is in decline that's the finding of an international organization defending the rights of journalists its annual review suggests than some e.u. countries reporters are under pressure from their governments and are often forced to reveal their sources when such country is latvia and artie's alexia's yes ski went to meet some german they said that baltic state. 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 that with police in her apartment was forced open the 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 i had i got they also acquired information know all of the my information sources which by a law i am allowed to protect and that was the biggest problem for me as a journalist because i could not protect my information sources it was a story shock to many in law to be a country used to press scrutiny just a couple of years ago latvia boasted one of the highest freedom of press ratings in all of europe being placed seventh on the annual reporters without borders index but for one reason or another in twenty ten this country is down 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 first bills cars school and economists was charged by 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 the alternative information the liberal information. among the cross alters in this country lotta love is and the other journalist who defined the insists freedom of the press is not being deliberately strangled he believes the reason is down to economics. newspapers when then credit to the recession hit latvia others turned to their owners for money to survive so the owner started. singlehandedly shift look peepers editorial policies to their own preference simply for the sake of three new healthy dollars in their has directly heat. there are other theories however

some believe that latvia is spearing down the freedom of the press ratings simply because the people behind the index are biased but not good 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 looksee rush of city r.t. reporting from brega in latvia cover top world news stories in brief a suicide bomber driving ambulance filled with explosives says crashed into a security headquarters in central iraq it's killed at least thirteen people more than sixty four others were wounded it happened in the ethnically mixed city of baquba north of the capital baghdad it is the second suicide blast in the last two days on tuesday almost fifty were killed after a bomber attacked a line of police recruits in the city of to create. haiti's former dictator john paul the valley has been brought before court on charges of corruption and embezzlement charges relate to his fifteen years in office until one thousand eight

hundred six and judges may take up to three months to decide if there's enough evidence for a trial known as baby doc duvalier has also been accused in the past of altering tortures and killings of political enemies he unexpectedly returned to the country after twenty four years in exile in france. orthodox christians are sober celebrating they appear for the holiday which marks the baptism of jesus thousands of believers of plunging into frozen lakes where temperatures plunging to minus fifteen degrees right now it takes courage to brave said icy waters as artie's people all over florida. in the tradition of the oath it looks church here in russia the nineteenth of january is the date of the now what that means to people who worship the orthodox church is that was the date that jesus was but now to celebrate that here they jump into the freezing cold rivers of russia now here in moscow where i am the could a hole in the ice on the mosque of our river to make sure that bush who isn't

people can jump into the river and celebrate the feast day of the epiphany 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 to 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 rule of the blessing or of the ice pool by a priest is headed essentially into a front in a simulation of the season of chase's crisis because it's a place where i take my own turn getting in the world that's it's about minus fifteen here the air temperature in moscow plus four apparently the temperature of the world is so i guess it's going to be a little bit warmer there's nothing left to do now but we'll get in. we'll see how this goes.

over. very very. close. i have to say how did the first day pull the heart of what a road mission that the russian wind is on cruelty you're there exists and. i can tell you i'm feeling very exhilarated right now. we share the moscow. all in the line of duty the u.s. with it since a ship will addiction to war as been trying to diversify its energy sources and natural gas is one alternative clean burning in cheap there's much money to be made from it but the extraction process requires chemicals be pumped into the ground and the seeping into water supplies that spark the anger of many as artie's christine for.

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 it's told by many as the best option compared to coal and oil natural gas story is american most of our oil is recorded now we're sixty five percent of their cities it's green burning so it's cleaner than your 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 its 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 time and time again they've faced fierce opposition from other lawmakers and lobbyists and whose best interests it is to have those industries secrets kept hidden so why regulate this practice especially when there's been so much talk about the shale you 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 . 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 is fine this is great some residents save their water to show others what they're dealing with others say 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 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 here in washington christine for south r.t. . in ten minutes time tonight we dove into the secrets of the soviet era with our

special report we've got lined up for you next that was business tonight with. hello welcome to the business program i'm sure on a qian the recent deal between b.p. and rosneft could spark investor interest in other state assets under the agreement the chip companies will carry out exploration and russia's arctic shelf tom barton brings us the latest from ross nasa headquarters in moscow. broster sponsors are very happy about the deal that's being signed they say that essentially what's going to happen now is a whole new industry is going to be for the industry of offshore arctic drilling

which didn't exist before in russia they also say that this is one of the first one billion dollars of this invested will be fielded by b.p. america happy about that b.p. for its part is also probably because they feel that they've got the expertise on the technology to make that work and get it done later on it's called a global and arctics to change it partnership and what it really means is that exploration there's a lot of oil birds estimated there's about a fifth of the world's oil reserves are under the arctic explorers here people from this deal and b.p. of course no record they might be able to start drilling in five to seven years other experts say that's a bit over confident it could be as money and twenty years before they can actually get drilling but the deal is very much of mutual benefit for both both sides rosneft needs be the project to use and specifically it's advanced drilling technology and b.p. needs rosner after its goal for all of mexico oil spill last april it needs to

generate new revenue in the future. and let's take a look at the markets in the u.s. the markets and opened on wednesday mostly flat to negative the nasdaq continues to trade down on the day on the dow jones is having a rocky morning getting back into the red this hour goldman sachs's quarterly earnings and revenue decline putting pressure on the banks and giant shares. and in russia the stocks closed mixed today was up point ten percent and the license was down point five percent energy majors did help the embassies. and russian markets are seeing some profit taking after the oilfield rally early in the week all of. the t.v. capital explains who wednesday's winners were. the leaders again. of the williams local and rosneft from have percenter percent. see continued

into commodity names out of retailers money train them more than three percent was a popular name last year and they're losing some ground as investors for their portfolios system was also one of the names popular in a day again almost four percent and that's all the business news for this hour but you can always find more stories on our web site that's r t dot com slash business stay with us.

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