divided living on faces the prospect of a government controlled by those below will live in democratic. a somber mood of most goes to the airport as mourners gathered to commemorate those who died in mind. is one of them i'm going to post those largest airports join me for more details in just a few moments. and terrorism is expected to grab the spotlight of the davos economic forum where russian president medvedev is to arrive for the opening speech after being delayed by the blast a dumb idea but airport. a done deal you arms reduction agreement with the u.s. is awaiting ratification by the upper house of russia's parliament seen as a formality after it was voted in by the lower house.

watching r.t. coming to life from moscow a.t.m. here on marina joshie welcome to the program state flags have been lowered in moscow as the city mourns thirty five victims of monday's terrorist attack at russia's busiest airport people are flocking to the side of the blast to lay flowers and pay tribute to those who lost their lives in. the explosion was russia's worst terrorist atrocity since twin bombings raaf moscow's metro last march across live to have a correspondent in. the story. how every navan though the official day of mourning is only being observed in moscow and the moscow region it's not just muscovites who are grieving today but the whole nation as well isn't it. yes absolutely marina well you have to understand that when things like this happen it's basically an entire nation that's coming together this is a nationwide tragedy a lot of people have been expressing their condolences in fact if you were

listening to the radio stations or watching it or watching television yesterday all over the country as i have been you would have heard people calling in from all over the country in the first thing they were saying was of course the fact help for cobra think this tragedy was and they were expressing their condolences to all those who died you also have to remember that it wasn't just muscovites or russians who felt victim in monday's blast that we're talking about several nationalities we're talking about germans we're talking about them of people from other countries that are all in all fifteen fifteen various nations were affected by this perfect tragedy and today as far as we know what's going to happen is of course people are going to come right here to des moines iowa to lay flowers to reese as they have been doing as a matter of fact since last since yesterday there is already a whole number of flowers and we're expecting more people to come by today and pay tribute to those who died. those who will do that will be an american ambassador who's going to stop by later today and also also express his condolences and also

lay flowers russian main television channels are going to change their broadcasting schedule there will be no intertainment programs whatsoever all of them are changing there there are the at the wheel of the program in order to pay tribute to those who died as far as radio stations are concerned there will be no fun in games no entertaining music no comedy programming no commercials whatsoever this is what's going to happen today as people nationwide are trying to come to grips with the tragedy that occurred here at the domodedovo airport on monday clearly you were at the scene of the attack straight after a very through the airport to take us through the tragic events which took place on monday. well marina yes that's right we got here shortly afterwards and of course we have to give the airport authorities much of everything seemed to be under control immense police presence but still

a lot of tension in the air obviously after something like this has happened people are not going to let go of something like this very soon in fact my colleague sara firth brings you the details of how things went down and what happened afterwards. the harrowing scenes from the moments the blast hits for those who witnessed the attack it's a memory that wayne's fate fussed. for trash. after . the blast hits at peak time is around thirty flights who cheats who lands the bomb at st time to cause maximum devastation doing. something very serious just come very close to the star in isolation it's a very tough go for it with firefighters there was a team. straight from the. back sometime. very soon.

yet less than twenty four hours later and the and put is again fully operational it's a resilience that many people feel is a commendable trait of the russian people are trying to get on with as it is exactly as a teacher dr situation as many people are now left fighting for their lives in hospitals around most gay people have rallied dating blood and ensuring the victims and their families receive all the help they need president advocated found in no uncertain terms that these responsible will be held accountable. and our society and our state in general has once again been brutally challenged we need to do. everything for the perpetrators of this crime to be identified and brought to justice we should deal unceremoniously with those who resist they should be killed on the spot as investigators now work to establish exactly who is behind

the attack the finger of blame his also a feeling on the airports and transport authorities as you can imagine security measures have now been stepped this message to take his words always mandatory they are and there are serious questions being asked as to why these extra measures weren't being informant and seen punishments for what the president his security breaches could be just around the corner the sun so that when it comes to terrorism the name weapon is the refusal to be intimidated operations may have returned to normal but here people can relate and act remembrances and a mark of respect that they too lost their lives in the attack. and defense expert magnus ranstorp says that the security services need to employ more varied detection methods it's a very soft target it's a high priority target as well for for terrorist because it is the main hub of

course the k'nex russia with with the rest of the world so i think that it is interesting that there were warnings beforehand and whether they are true or not we have to see on the other hand it's a very difficult area to to secure entirely there has been a lot of discussion not just in russia but also elsewhere that security is becoming too predictable that the x. ray machines are not very effective possibly one of the more innovative ways is of course to to support behavior to have a monitoring behavior. they don't national community has collected looking down the moscow terror attack in moscow and the western media ask come up with its own conclusions but many believe the us networks are not even handed in how they cover terror attacks in russia as are reports. it was an explosion heard around the world a terrorist attack inside russia's dome idea the airport became an international story terrorism experts immediately suspected rebels from the russian province of

chechnya analyst andrew cautioned says rebels in the northern caucasus region of russia from chechnya dagestan are fighting for an independent mostly islamic republic most u.s. reports were quick to conclude why the attacks took place when terrorism takes place in the united states and europe the terrorists are immediately represented there was absolute which is which of course they are but when it's russia their western media are willing to entertain causes justifications is there some reason the press or over at fox news hijacked the tragedy to garner support for us foreign policy russians have themselves a serious islamic terrorist problem and it just won't go away he's going to help us in places like iran get more russian cooperation with afghanistan things like that are they going to wise up and help us a little bit iraq iran what does iran have to do with monday's deadly bombing in moscow russia i key u.s.

ally in the afghan war has remained a key player in the transshipment of goods to the war torn region a fact mr o'reilly neglected to mention in his view russia as bad because they don't automatically support the us in all of our foreign policy decisions so he's trying to use this manipulate this to anger his viewers to get them upset with russia other u.s. commentators didn't bother clarifying their facts they've recently taken their attacks into the heart of russia to transportation hubs and cultural center. in moscow and elsewhere c.n.n. may not know that terrorist attacks in the heart of russia date back to nine hundred ninety nine but a series of apartment bombings took place in moscow one of many reasons moscow was warning the u.s. about threats of islamic terrorists before nine eleven if this in fact was following monday's attack u.s. media outlets flipped the fear mongering switch morning about a possible destabilization of the caucasus region and the price of oil the

worldwide price of oil which is already high that's right would get even higher and as russian president dmitri medvedev prepare to head to the world economic forum in davos a fox talking head warned the world about more deadly attacks on the horizon i'm sure the tourists are already in place in davos where they make an incident occur the swiss police who are each of those problematic but they've been there every year for the past several years and my guess is they'll simply have some of that you're within twenty four hours of the deadly bombings in moscow the mainstream media and the u.s. spy on the story in several different directions from fear to frantic analysis many american reports failed to deliver the facts of a story or the investigation has only just begun. r.t. new york. blogger market dominance says the western media looks at the problems russia faces in the north caucasus but neglects to look at terrorist motivation

when such attacks happen in their own countries. back and member in march last march when there were the bombings in the moscow metro i mean it was probably i wrote a couple pieces about it it was the double standards at work were pretty obvious and glaring. that's not to say that i think it's the thing to do to look for reasons that these things occurred it's not to ever justify them i think it's pretty clear that these sorts of acts are justifiable but to try to understand why they occur and why these people are motivated to do it the people it carries out are motivated to do them i think is very important and i think to a large extent the western media neglects to do that when there are problems that we face there very willing to look at the problems that russia experiences in northern caucuses and to look at their pretty unsparingly. were less willing to do that for a cell which i guess is not terribly surprising but is on the list true vision would have us to promote investment into russia's economy at the annual davos forum in switzerland the president's visit will be shortened due to the attack of moscow's main airport and artie's laura and that reports risks of terrorism and its

economic threats are likely to be the most discussed issues at the summit. it's opening day at the world economic forum in davos and russian president dmitri medvedev will be arriving to make the opening speech of the meeting. his arrival in the aftermath of monday's suicide bombing a job ahead of airports and we understand that he will cut his visit short but the opening speech at davos is a key moment both for medicare death and russia putting russia firmly at the center of the world's most important meeting of business leaders and government ministers and it shows the assembled leaders that russia is open for business no matter what happens it's understood that his speech will focus on the modernization of russia's economy and cooperation with foreign partners but this latest terror attack in the russian capital would have thrown that into new relief and it means that the global terrorist threat will undoubtedly be higher on the agenda of devils as the whole any terror attack has

a de stabilizing effect so i asked some foreign participants how they thought the bombing at what would alter the perception of russia's investment climate at the forum they ranged from the stoic to the wait and see here's what they told me i can remember and we certainly have heard terrorist attacks on there unfortunately as well and it's very unfortunate but we keep going like keeps going business keeps growing and i think as they will be true i don't think we'll affect perception this initial for investment at the moment. i think they need to understand. the countries is in control i was stable is the situation if this is one one one even told is the beginning of something more deeper more troubling but i don't think it will have too much of the negative effect maybe short term it would put it unfortunately the world is a lot more incidences around the world and we've seen things happening in new york london bombay moscow i think we all have to work to see how we can get together one

of the aims of davos this year is to create a risk response network a team of people from around the world who would. coordinate the response to what they perceive the risks of the future to be they're talking about things like another economic meltdown a world food shortage but they'll also be talking about the global terror threats with emphasis on how every country is in this together. slower emmott reporting from switzerland and more coverage of the world economic forum in our business bulletin coming up in just a few minutes here on r t. and the russia u.s. strategic arms reduction treaty known as start awaits ratification by russia's upper house of parliament the federation council the treaty has been already ratified by the state duma was in with some interpretations and today's approval is seen more as a formality and our correspondents in corpus can often have more from both sides of the atlantic. they're called special statements because they will not affect the

actual implementation of the treaty itself the first one is ensuring moscow's right to set off the deal if it feels threatened by us. and europe and the second one. similar statements previously by the us congress do not free washington from its obligation no this is the third such treaty between russia and the united states the first two were signs from back in one thousand nine hundred. ninety three but this latest one is meant to reduce the number of officers you go into on each side going around one third so it's a giant step in terms of global security now that it's been ratified by the state according to the procedure it would have to be passed to by the federation council and then signed by the president of the students should be the leaders of both countries that supported this deal it's highly unlikely that there

will be any problems with its implementation here in russia we know that president obama has told president medvedev over the phone that it was very pleased to hear the news from russia he said that he saw the ratification of the treaty as a major stab bringing the two countries closer together at a time when there are so many challenges in the world that we quire international cooperation of course talked about the blast at the moscow airport about being together in this fight against terror with regards to the start treaty is seen as a very important part of that being together basically as the milestone of the u.s. washer we said he was an administration has been working very hard to get it passed through the senate it wasn't easy certain forces in congress had been stalling the process it was mostly about politics not about the substance of the treaty we have some very significant reductions underway over the next seven ten years both countries will cut their nuclear arsenals by a third. down to some fifteen hundred and fifty warheads on each side that deal

also limits the number of delivery vehicles on launchers but even with those cuts both countries will still have more than ninety percent of the walls nuclear weapons so anyway that the value of this arms reduction treaty is not just being reductions it's in the trust and cooperation between the two nuclear superpower is that that comes with it obama has been very vocal about the fact that building trust with washer brings the u.s. only benefits and the new start treaty is definitely a very important part of that trust. from the british american security information council says despite some disagreements over the text of the treaty it's an important confidence building move for russia and the u.s. . in the end it's the same treaty the same text and these interpretations i think both sounds as if very contradictory but they are both accurate in the sense that there is clearly a link in the preamble of the treaty between defensive and offensive forces and so

the russian duma is quite correct point the us senate has said that there is nothing illegal preventing the americans from developing the funds for the right the russians certainly have a right to withdraw from the treaty should should they deem their security to be threatened. and these are points of fact of the treaty so it's it's not that they are ratifying two separate treaties the same treaty is that i mean the end i think is quite right to say that this is the first step you know in a very long process of confidence building every side. and you'll find more on that story in our website r.t. dot com and there's plenty more there for you right now organ trafficking out of the heart of europe how the cost of a liberation army faces gruesome allegations and sold kidneys as a human rights watchdog demands a further and death probe. and if you've ever found safe flying to the moon your

dream can become reality find out what it takes to take a longer trip this story and others on our web site r.t. dot com. now take a look at some other stories from around the world and u.s. president barack obama used his annual state of the union speech to call for a boost in the country's science and research sector so his first speech to a divided congress obama said america needed a sputnik moment or. into the russian satellite that spurred the u.s. to boosting its technology through the space race he spoke of dealing with the country's crushing debt and an address seemed to mark the beginning of his twenty twelve action campaign. three people have been killed as thousands took to the

streets of egypt and its biggest anti-government protest in years the largest rallies gathered in cairo where demonstrators chanted slogans against president hosni mubarak's authoritarian rule the unrest is inspired by the recent uprising in tunisia and fueled by a growing discontent in egypt's grinding poverty and unemployment. as bob backed candidate has been appointed to lebanon's new prime minister giving the militant party powerful political leverage the news was mad with fierce opposition in a mainly sunni northward demonstrators burned tires attacked vehicles belonging to media outlets protestors accuse hezbollah viewed by many as an iranian proxy of staging a coup the u.s. has voiced its displeasure over the events and threaten to withdraw its support for the country. as lebanon's lawmakers call for a nationwide day of rage and his guests discuss the effects of facing

a government ruled by a spall on diplomacy inside and outside the country that's coming up at six thirty am g.m.t. but here's a preview right now. this government is much more representative than its predecessors it is an alliance of hoff's the christian community with hezbollah which represents forty percent of lebanon's population. look there hasn't been a census since nine hundred thirty two but most people would say the figure is close to forty percent so with half the christians with the druze the way over the fifty five percent well today you say not true not true what you will see it is total nonsense a new it's not going to be you are going to get an answer as yourself and the fact that i think the numbers there are all these numbers that does affect the see i don't see in these are annoyed that attack twenty nine percent and if anything this

and these other men if you and i go over them and you know this but really what it's really the start of the demographic of these of. the fact is tony you don't want to accept. and. embrace this up today here in our business news is next. hello time for your business update it's that time of year for big changes of politics and business to get together in this whisky resort of davos the world economic forum will take place under the theme norms for a new reality our correspondent daniel bushell is there for business r.t. . president

obama thinks the world economy was brought down by greed insatiable bankers blue hole in business forcing three years of belt tightening bread and water for the rest of us but now greed is back here in davos the head of coca-cola talk em's toasting the start of a decade of precedented global growth in the town's top restaurant tycoons once again in talks at the table hungry for a piece of the action from firms melted away and liquidity has returned to the markets leaving rich pickings for the brave but experts warn take too much true for all the just problems will come back this will be the key theme of the world economic forum over the next five days how to grow the opportunities but not overindulge. twitcher medvedev will be given the opening address in dallas but the

president will shorten his stay true to the bomb attack on moscow's main international airport on monday despite the tragedy veron capital believes medvedev has good reason to deliver an upbeat message about russia. i think for the first time a russian leader is going to the boss with a lot of positive material behind him so when president gets up and speaks of battles it will be on the back of the pepsi deal at the end of last year three point eight billion dollars b.p. rosneft deal at the beginning of this year opening the first pipeline into china on the first of january there's a lot of really good material he should be i would emphasize the opportunities that exist for investing into russia and that gives him a great platform to go out there deliver a strong message about why the west should be investing into russia. time now have a look at how the markets are faring vis our asian stocks all mixed some can some

continue to correct after his strong performance since early november japan's nikkei is lower on wednesday after a disappointing earnings in the u.s. . point five percent low in the morning session hong kong's hang seng is into positive territory point two percent. there are tears from my six when and for a correction in the final minutes of trading here in moscow up just spending most of the session in the black on tuesday some stocks coming under pressure from the falling oil price that's up to saudi arabia hinted it may raise crude output by rising tomorrow and. on choose doing one point nine percent on the mice it's off to the country's top lenders saw twenty to ten profits rise find fold into russian economy standards thought to be to be finished in the red after recent gains helped by reports softer. to forward in christmas profits well continues to go down and despite that russian balls are trying to push

up energy stocks the world will slightly off with twenty percent. the weakness in russian shares in evidence this week is likely to continue in the near term but according to the head of trading at alpha blanc the fundamentals remain positive. overall the russian market is caught in their meter at the moment with stunted debates will be taking vacation indicators are telling us we should have a small correction from here at all but all the market is would investors coming back slowly and oil sector is the hottest one at the moment. and inflation russia is unlikely to fall within the government's dogood range of six to seven percent in twenty eleven but the president of the to be twenty four retail buying believes there are some factors which could help prices in the near future. main reasons for not only food prices. started last autumn

but also. in terms of sort of russian monopolists but fiscal consolidation and tough monetary policy after maybe march april bangle for russian government could lead to a new rate of inflation from let's say ten to. eight eight point five percent that's your business update for this hour join us for more in one hour's time.

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