and some bad mood at most goes down with out of an airport on this day of mourning as people gather to commemorate those who fell victims in monday's terror attack more details for you are just ahead. than terrorism is expected to grab the spotlight at the davos economic forum where russian president medvedev is to arrive for the opening speech after being delayed by the blast out of. the final stretch the new strategic arms reduction treaty between moscow and washington awaits ratification by the upper house of russia's parliament seen merely as a formality after being backed by the state.

this is r.t. coming to live from moscow with marina joshie state flags have been lowered in moscow as the city mourn sturdy 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 a demonstrable explosion was russia's worst terrorist atrocity since twin bombings rocked moscow's metro last march we're going to cross live to a correspondent at the airport for us. on the effects of the blast of rip the ripple throughout the whole country and even though the official day of mourning is only being observed in moscow and the moscow region it's still a big tragedy for the whole nation isn't it. absolutely marina as a matter of fact people have been laying flowers here at the dome dead of a starting from last from starting yesterday morning as a matter of fact there are still wreaths being laid as we stand as we stand here not should natural lives the drudgery that has affected a lot of people as you may remember it wasn't just russians or muscovites who were

harmed in this fourfold or horrific tragedy all in total more than fifty nationalities have been affected we're talking about germans italians friends french british citizens so this is a tragedy that doesn't just affect russia as a matter of fact this tragedy that has affected i would say the entire world but naturally in the russia this is a rush of the beam is felt most of all. the major channels are going to change their broadcast and schedule for today there will be no entertainment programs there will be no commercials of radio stations are also going to change there is also there everything that has to do with entertainment or a new life part of material will be replaced with with i would something of a different mood there will be no commercials as well and of course it's not just it's the tragedies fault not just on the official side naturally if you are listening to for example radio stations as we have been you would know that people that were calling to radio stations to discuss this horrific incident which

happened on monday would always start off with being condoled with expressing condolences to the girls who have died or who were harmed in a monday's terror attack and also of course people were coming in to blood centers all across must go and all across russia donating blood trying to help in any way they can on those who need help the most in the aftermath of the terror at the top and at the time we did have an airport on monday. absolutely rina could you remind us what happened that day. yes naturally we got here just for. we shortly after the blast which happened at four thirty pm on monday in the arrival section off the domodedovo airport which is the busiest airport in the country at that point of course the situation was more or less under control there of course was an incredible police presence hundreds of police officers of security officers at the

scene i think airport the area the arrivals area was cordoned off and it remains such at this moment everybody that's coming to the airport to meet and greet those arriving we have to stand in the in the departures area they're not allowed anywhere further down than the departures area which is right by the entrance to the airport and of course my colleagues there a first has details on what exactly happened in the aftermath of the terror attack on monday. the harrowing scenes from the moment the blast hits for they say who witnessed the attack it's a memory that wayne's fate fussed. for sure it was. absent when. the blast hits at peak time is around thirty flights who cheats who lands the bomb at st time to close max and then that the station going to.

have to get something pretty serious just come pretty close to the start paralyzation sort of wake up or go to a really was first place for those achievement when you translate the car back sometimes to a very short. term. 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 actually this is exactly the sort of answer to the future dr situation as many people are now less. fighting for their lives in hospitals around moscow people have rallied donating blood and ensuring the victims and their families receive all the help they need president medvedev found in no uncertain terms that those responsible will be held accountable as investigators now work to establish exactly who is

behind the attack the finger of blame his also a fall in on the transport of the regime as you can imagine security measures have now been stepped up to take his words always mandatory they are and there are serious questions being asked as to why these extreme measures were being implemented seen punishments for what the president his security breaches could be just around the corner some feel that when it comes to terrorism the main weapon is the refusal to be intimidated the operations may have returned to normal but people come too late for an act of remembrance and a mark of respect for they still lost their lives in the attack. ads the. defense expert magnus ranstorp says that the security services need to employ war very detection methods it's a very soft target it's a high priority target as well for for terrorist because it is the main harbor of course the k'nex russia with with the rest of the world so i think 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 about 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. the international community has collectively can dam the moscow terror attack in moscow and the western media has come out with its own conclusions but many believe the us networks are not impartial in how they cover terror attacks in russia compared with their own country as artie's marina port now reports. it was an explosion heard around the world a terrorist attack inside russia's idea the airport became an international story terrorism experts immediately suspected rebels from the russian province of

chechnya analyst andrew culture and 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 evil 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 to get more russian cooperation with afghanistan things like that are they going to wise up and help us a little bit iran and iran what does iran have to do with monday's deadly bombing in moscow russia by 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. transportation hubs and cultural centers in moscow and elsewhere c.n.n. may not know that terrorist attacks in the heart of russia date back to one thousand 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 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 try simply to have somebody tour 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 her in a port in iowa 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 glaring. that's not to say that i think it's the wrong 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 the people who are these 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 they are very willing to look at the problems that russia experiences in northern caucasus and to look at their pretty unsparingly. were less willing to do that for ourselves which i guess is not terribly surprising but is on the list true and major maybe edifice to promote investment into russia's economy and you'll davos forum in switzerland the president's visit will be shortened due to the attack moscow's main airport and artie's lore and 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 attack. and we understand that he will cut his visit short but the opening speech at davos is a key moment both to medvedev 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 example as the whole any

terror attack has a de stabilizing effect so i asked some foreign participants how they thought the bombing at domodedovo airport 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 we certainly have had 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 it's a will be true i don't think will affect the perception of this initial four investment at the moment. i think they need to understand. if the countries is in control i was stable is the situation if this is one one one even told it is the beginning of something more deeper more troubling i don't think people have too much of a negative take maybe short term it would be quite unfortunately the world has seen 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. 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 threat with emphasis on how every country is in this together. and i have a former major way to explain why he thinks dallas could bring positive results for the country and to watch the full interview next hour and here's a quick preview. i first went to when i worked in the government the atmosphere at the forums it was very good it's informal so you don't even need to wear a time at the same time you can easily run into a major or not so major businessman a president or a prime minister grab them by the sleeve and ask about things but i know it's an excuse to promote the knowledge of russia's capabilities strengths and advantages

both in the spheres of the economy and legislation by talking openly about. the russian us to a change of 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 and today's approval was seen war as a formality corresponding corpuscle joins us with more on this good morning or now it looks like there are no obstacles in the way of the council approving the treaty are there. absolutely it's highly unlikely that there will be any problems with the new start treaty being ratified by the upper house of parliament or the federation council since first of all there's no opposition to this deal among russia's political elite and secondly it's being backed both by president need to be very difficult to have to sign the deal after it's ratified by both chambers of parliament and barak obama the two leaders have actually spoken on the phone

overnight and the american president congratulated me after the treaty was ratified by the state duma on tuesday this will be the third such agreement between moscow and washington the first two treaties were signed back in one thousand nine hundred one and in one thousand nine hundred three this latest one is aimed at reducing the number of strategic arms on each side by round one with third which is significant board for global security and definitely for the relations between the two countries. now you've mentioned the amendments made by the state duma so what are they going to talk this through. well they're not really called amendments because they don't actually affect the implementation of this treaty they're called special statements or they're really recommendations and in the two major statements made by russian deputies they've first of all secured moscow's right to step out of the

treaty if it feels threatened by u.s. missile defense plans and also outlined. that the similar statements made previously by the u.s. congress are non binding meaning they don't want free washington from its obligations previously the u.s. congress has a secured washington's right to modernize its remaining strategic arms and also claimed that the treaty should not obstruct america's missile defense plans but once again these statements on both sides are non-binding meaning they will not affect the implementation of the news would you go on the reduction treaty all right thanks very much indeed for bringing us the latest on this york is going up there. paul and graham from the british american security information council says despite some disagreements over the text of the tree it's an important confidence building move for russia and the us in the end it's the same treaty the same text.

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 russian duma is quite correct point the u.s. senate has said that there is nothing illegal preventing the americans from developing the south of france both 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 not that they are ratifying two separate treaties the same treaty is that in the end i think it's quite right to say that this is the first step in approaching a very long process of confidence building and we so. take

a look at some other stories from around the world and u.s. president barack obama on russian inspiration to try to galvanize the u.s. economy into action he referred to the sputnik moment when the russian satellite spurred america on to boosting its technology now through the space race and in his first speech to a divided congress obama said the science and research sectors are key to tackling the country's crushing debt in an address seen as marking the start of his twenty twelve reelection campaign. really people have been killed this thousands took to the streets of egypt in its biggest anti-government protest in years the largest rallies gathered in cairo where demonstrators chanted slogans against president mubarak's authoritarian rule have a rest as inspired by the recent uprising. in tunisia and fueled by a growing discontent at egypt's grinding poverty and unemployment. in lebanon tensions have risen after the president appointed the prime minister back by the

shia islam as root has ball in this race to place across the country as egypt makati was asked to form a government of its fears good reignite this terry and fighting and be root of two thousand and eight many including those in the west see the appointment as a sign of a growing political power of his fall which the u.s. considers a terrorist organization. as lebanon's lawmakers call for a nationwide day of rage people valen his gas discuss the effects of facing a government ruled by a spot on diplomacy inside and outside the country 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 hof the christian community with hezbollah which represents forty percent of lebanon's population as.

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 other druze the way over the fifty five percent well tony you say not true not true what you'll see i think is total nonsense and you know it's not going to be i'm going to give an answer to your son the fact that i think the numbers that all the numbers that that does affect the psionics in these are tied at a back twenty nine percent and if anything the sunnis have them i mean if you and i go with them and you know this patrick you know it's really the study of the demographic studies of. the fact is tony you don't want to accept. it. as time now for a business update coming up with you in just a few moments. hello

and welcome time for your business update it's that time of year for the big change the cheesus of politics and business to get together and that's what ski resort of dollars the world economic forum will take place under the theme shared 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 blew a hole in business for things three years of belt tightening bread and water for

the rest of us but now greed is back here in doubles the head of coca-cola talk aims toasting the start of a big cage of precedented global growth in the town's top restaurants tycoons once again in talks at the table hungry for a piece of the action some firms melted away and liquidity has returned to the markets leaving rich pickings for the brave but experts warn take too much to force. in the just some 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. which medvedev will be giving the opening interest and doris but the president will shorten his stage two to the bomb attack on moscow's main international airport on monday despite the tragedy of wrong nash veron of capital believes that vetted has good reason to deliver an upbeat message about russia. i

think for the first time a russian leader is going to davos with a lot of positive material behind it so when president gets up and speaks of bubbles it will be on the back of the pepsi deal at the end of last year three point eight billion dollars the 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 to take a quick look at how the markets are faring this hour asian stocks. some continue to correct after a strong performance since early november japan's nikkei is low on wednesday after disappointing earnings in the u.s. the indexes point five percent glowing morning session hong kong's hang seng is

into positive territory point four percent. and in russia there are cheers and my sense went for a correction in the final few minutes of trading here in moscow off just spending most of the session on choose day on stocks coming under pressure from the falling oil price that stuff to saudi arabia hinted it may raise out to satisfy rising demand. and on tuesday's bear bank shares were up on the minus six about one point eight percent the country's top lender saw twenty ten profit rise five photons of russian accounting standards but finished in the red after recent gains helped by reports about the increase in its profits while continues to go down and despite that russian bulls are trying to push up energy stocks central managed to finish up slightly about three percent.

the weakness in the russian shares as evidence this week is likely to continue in the near term but according to the head of equity trading at alpha bank the fundamentals remain positive. overall there are some market these days caught in their meter at the moment i was stunned to be debates or be taking vacation indicators. we should have a small correction from here but overall the market is good investors are coming by slowly and or the sector is the hottest one at the moment inflation in russia is unlikely to fall within the government's target range of six to seven percent in twenty eleven but the president of the to be twenty four retail bank believes there are some factors which could help more to write prices in the near future as a main reasons for not only food prices shock started last autumn but also. in store for russian

monopolists but fiscal consolidation and tough monetary policy after maybe march april being called for russian government could cut in new rate of inflation from let's say ten to. eight eight point five percent that's your business update for this hour and as always you can find war stories on our website our two dot com slash business.

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