every green the recruits will in total. u.s. armed drones are poised to fly missions over libya but after a month's involvement in the campaign many are questioning whether nato is getting entrenched in another open and the conflict. as moscow warns the coalition that sending military advisors to libya is in breach of the un resolution the bodies chief is in the russian capital discussing the ongoing crisis in the arab world. a leading al qaeda militant has been killed by russian security forces in the north caucasus he's thought to have played a key role in terror attacks in the country in recent years. to kidnap

mystery reports claim the son of a russian software tycoon is released after fears that he had been abducted for a three million dollars ransom. two pm here in moscow you're watching our t.v. thanks for joining us now the coalition is turning up the heat on colonel gadhafi u.s. armed predator drones have joined the mission to seek and destroy the embattled leaders arsenal the allied forces have been engaged in the country's civil conflict for more than a month now but with little to show for it the deadlock war is causing widespread concern about its cost artie's lore and it reports. philippians it's been a long hard month strike after strike by nato forces in the middle of an increasingly violent civil war but in the midst of all that bloodshed what's been

achieved according to many not a lot i see the situation is deepening and probably got rather worse the african union attempted to cease fire was scuppered i believe quite western interests and their britain is putting troops in on the ground as advisors i think it's very dangerous we're involved in a civil war for which there is no problem interest and at what cost priceless human lives certainly but the ministry of defense refuses to release information on how much the intervention in libya is costing the british taxpayer early estimates suggested the bill could run to five million dollars a day that means a month's of pensive me of course the u.k. as much as one hundred fifty million dollars and counting and this at a time when the u.k. slashing spending on public services leading to widespread often violent demonstrations this is an incredible amount of money when they say the there is no money available that we could go every week we could be building

a new hospital several new schools and we could be paying the student tuition fees which are going up to nine thousand the year next year defense cuts have already begun and the ministry of defense is expected to save nearly eight billion dollars over the next four years ironically experts say that's made the libyan war more expensive now that the u.k. no longer has an aircraft carrier every mission is longer and logistically harder to. harriet's and. we could be doing a better draw. and over six months that would cost us approximately one hundred million. and for all that investment defense strategists are calling the situation a stalemate he is still in libya reportedly using illegal and indiscriminate

cluster munitions on rebel forces peace seems no nearer and nato appears to be settling in for the long haul until the libyans themselves can negotiate a deal after a month of airstrikes u.k. forces look more inextricably involved in the conflict than ever just in the last week the ministry of defense committed to sending military advisors to libya to organize the rebels this is seen by many as the most significant step so far towards deploying ground troops and once that happens many seen libya turning into another afghanistan ten years and counting your and it's hard to see london well the coalition's decision to send military advisors to libya is not exactly being welcomed with open arms in russia moscow is warning of the move it's directly against the u.n. resolution that bans all kinds of military aid to the north african country called you and chief ban ki-moon is needing with the russian leadership in the capital

right now let's cross live to artie's sorry for more well sorry it's certainly not the first time moscow is angry about u.n. resolutions being violated so frank exchange on the cars today doesn't it. lead though beeston tough talking going on at the moment in that meeting russia has expressed their deep concerns about the actions of allied forces whether they've gone beyond the terms of the u.n. resolution right from the beginning of russia's food for diplomatic solution is good and has been very cautious about foreign intervention there's been a lot of concerns about reports of civilian deaths in libya by nato airstrikes that was supposed to protect civilians and also the recent decision by u.k. and france to send the military. has been criticized russia saying that we have unpredictable consequences foreign minister sergei lavrov. it was a clear a low until the ground complex now another topic of discussion that's going to come

up today is again to be about the ivory coast and situation. oath rising peacekeeping treats to get rid of the other bombing of the former president by bass president it was felt that it was really taking sides in a conflict and thirteen russia is going to be asking for an explanation stay about these two doubtful say yes and frank discussions going on at the moment over conflicts are concerned libya certainly topping the agenda but what else is afoot. with those to be discussing the nuclear situation the big topic to discuss in the international interest of japan and the fifty most power plants was struck but it's not me i'm not wait till the president played it is going to be announcing some initiatives to avoid a nuclear power plug in the future they will say gangs be disgusting piracy piracy

again the u.n. passing a resolution last week about the thousand initiative actually plays by russia as these are some of the things that are going to be discussed because he said i will talk of the agenda the situation in libya and looking at very closely what other forces are going outside the terms of the resolution ok thank you very much for that r.t. sorry for of reporting from moscow. well a surrogate struck on a political analyst from the moscow based cumbersome newspaper says that it's not only russia that insists the coalition is violating the u.n. resolution and it's impossible to predict what this breach will mean. well there's a growing frustration in the world all of the nato led operation in libya is going on and definitely because. the u.n. resolution which was installed just now introduced no fly zones or what's going on now is totally different story coalition definitely stake in sides. and now they're

considering another step just to stop the length of the aeration which can really unpredictable results for the country so that's why this is not only russia's concern this is concern of right to be part of the international community initially by adopting this resolution united nations was also trying to sort of reinvent itself to show that it is important you can play play a decisive role i don't lose and came out as a result of carefully compromise or is that when you go beyond the resolution it makes the privileges at stake you see it can be jeopardized and this is what's happening in libya and. also ahead for you this hour uncovering a soviet state secret. right now for the first time ever on international television will be trying to look inside the chernobyl facility almost twenty five years after the church noble nuclear disaster. deep into the exclusion zone to enter a classified military installation. and

a koran burning american pastor who caused shock waves around the world plus a protest outside the largest mosque in the u.s. . well security forces in russia's republic of chechnya have killed a top al qaeda leader in the north caucasus he was targeted in a special security raided the region now let's get more details from our north caucasus correspondent muddied up question of are hi there medina so i major success being claimed by russian security forces that. that's roy's that was indeed a major success ivory thing happened during a search operation that was lads of wire rushes in terror ministry troops when they found a group of six armed militants and they found a wooden mountain area in the challis district. and almost an hour after almost six hours of shooting and error strikes three militants were killed and one of these

militants were soon identified as a chief agent of the international terrorists a group al qaida in the north caucasus no russians antiterrorist committee says that he was in charge of all cash flows of funds that paid for terrorist activities in russia. i do was that one of those killed was a dentist or is an agent of the card is a network in the north caucasus a native of saudi arabia. he's been graced in the north caucasus since ninety nine you know it was also the key guarantor and coordinator of the funds coming from abroad to fuel the militants and their work in russia. she's very true the man appears to have been a key figure among caucasus militants. that's right alongside. who is russia's most wanted terrorist mcdaniels was the most notorious so figure among terrorists and was also perceived as saying absolute religious

authority as well as influential field commander here in the north the caucasus now russia's antiterrorist committee. he was also identified a by the militants as a rival to book or moderate as the main leader of islamic militants of the north caucasus and he was also believed to be involved in almost every terror attack that happened across russia over the last two years and indeed russia was a raucous by a number of terror attacks or the latest twin suicide moscow metro bombings last yeah and also told them i did the airport terror attack that happened this year and claimed thirty eight lives now russia's security of course is bad for them and my gun yet was the top priority target and that's why he had gone deep into high day as soon as the russian security forces began

a constant search for him currently our wavefront anti terrorist operations are underway here in the north caucasus is specially in chechnya in english idea ok thank you very much for that report our north caucasus correspondent why do you not caution over there. the son of one of russia's richest people have. reportedly been released after it was claimed he'd been kidnapped for ransom twenty year old yvonne the youngest child of software tycoon give getty cus their ski have been missing since tuesday let's get more now from our correspondent go to trial hi there you know well there's been no official confirmation about any of the facts of the case from because they're asking family so what do we actually know what this point well of the reason why there is so far has been no official confirmation also be a duck session or the release for that matter is because because there's the family has preferred to keep mum about the fall the word seal we do know that the boy was reportedly abducted on the nineteenth of this month just outside of his work and

the his appearance it was just like father you could it was just it has reportedly flown in from england where he has been restarting recently and has contacted his sources at the federal security bureau so he has not even gone to police apparently because he still has some of the equipment is left over from when he has done some work for russia's federal security service the abductors of again these are just reports tribulations coming from the russian media who have their own sources within the security sources or the police apparently the abductors have demanded at three million euro ransom again according to the latest reports that rant of the ransom has been paid but the amount of money that was paid for by the young males release is a no no in fact the cross thursday family has asked the journalists to leave this story alone and have not released the family has not released any information on

the boy's does state psychological or physical well being whatsoever neither how the authorities with the federal security there are for you or through the theory was the horizon radio station but rather a special facility for infusing people's minds and for using psychotropic medication that would enable says to control people with however there is no such thing. psychotropic radiation was just another name for a lot of them feel of all the technicians all the people behind this technology were describing it as their pride as something the soviet union and the soviet union space technology should be proud of because to that date in one thousand eight hundred none of the world's raiders could have had such a strong signal as the station like this there are only three stations like this in the world this is the only one of which we could have access to as the other two are still remains still remain as classified facilities and there's no access whatsoever to those facilities. that was artie's alexei ownership ski reporting from ukraine. now florida's koran burning pastor is out courting controversy yet

again is using the holy easter weekend to stage a protest outside the largest mosque in the u.s. well terry jones was unknown until he torched the book of is law which outraged the muslim world and triggered violence in afghanistan artie's christine for south reports. of sunni christian. residents of fear or here is one explainer of america for one reason they want to spread the image of unity nearly a thousand people came about the same reason they have a message for pastor terry jones he may have an issue with islam he may have some fear about islam and we understand that it may be the case but we don't believe that he's necessarily searching for the truth in your world we believe easier to start some trouble.

later they gathered outside the mosque and formed a human chain in a show of solidarity many in dearborn say the pastor is not welcome but this is how they will fight back clearly he does not represent the beauty of god teachings as a whatever has him tormented i want to pray and has god to deliver him pastor terry . jones became a well known figure after his plan to burn a qur'an this past september eleventh at his church in florida while that event was cancelled he did stage a qur'an burning last month which fell under the radar of most media here in the united states but it did not go unnoticed in other parts of the world. in response mass riots were held in the city of mazar e sharif in afghanistan more than a dozen people were killed and many there pointed to pastor terry jones as the reason so why would pastor jones come to dearborn michigan all this by being located in the midwest of the united states many people say this city looks more

like the middle east out of the one hundred thousand residents here forty thousand are arab american it's home to the largest muslim american population in the country and the islamic center of america you see behind me is the largest mosque but people are concerned for public safety because of where the mosque is located it's located just between two churches on the same day as good friday hundreds are expected to attend services using just this one road it is for this reason pastor terry jones spent the majority of the day here at the nineteenth district court in dearborn michigan a judge inside denied him a permit to protest where he wanted which was right outside the islamic center he was told instead you could protest really outside of city hall he said he didn't want to and with and then to pay one hundred thousand dollars bond to pay for any damages that might occur he refused and has now been given a trial by jury trial is scheduled to take place on the same day as his planned

protest we will of course bring you the very latest but for now i'm christine for for our team in dearborn michigan. well don't forget our web site is only a click away at our t.v. dot com and there's always more stories on offer including a bitter pill to swallow america's latest drug craze is coming over the counter with a good. doctor's prescription. plus a russian spy is not a new assignment for the government but her latest mission won't be so covert find out all about it on our web site. and up next all the latest business news with yulia. thanks desert hello and welcome to business see in just four months russian initial public offerings have raised over two billion dollars compared to find point five billion for the whole of last year but the dynamics on next while some companies

listed on the other strangle and console them multiple of limitations and told blackwell of whom i am communications explains what's causing the jitters and look so big prospects for the market. there is a lot of nervousness in the market at the moment driven by what's happening globally and that certainly for some filters ensure that the russian market is well and so i think where it is in a more benign environment you may see a wider range of companies being able to closely be able to get us away right now there's a lot more scrutiny around the stories investors their criteria and their sort of see us around dropping them up in a market like this it is still possible to do i.p.o.'s in this market and if you've got the right story and you meet the right criteria it's still possible to do it right now if you look at all of these are listed russian companies in actual fact very tough for a very wide range of sectors already and now you see from toilet paper helicopters you've got a lot of deals that are potentially out. there if they meet the right criteria that

there will be demand refers to the largest oil companies state of undress nafta and independent lukoil have signed a deal over offshore exploration under the agreement will sniffle open its license to oil and gas offshore fields to lukoil bismarck's locals first offshore deal while crossing every other nation to the host of such partnerships with three majors like chevron x. and they do looks promising for new choir which has seen out their decline as the company's struggled to gain deposits. and let's have a look at the global markets crude oil prices are edging high as the dollar continues to fall and strolled corporate results in the two hours total stakes were taken as the high odds of mind. as enormous step aside while it was just about the water. precious metals that catching their breath after a strong rally hitting new record highs added this week gold is mostly up this is either a point two percent while silver is trading at one hundred forty seven dollars. and let's have a look at the stock markets now the european bowser closed due to the easter

holidays meanwhile the r.t.s. m i six continue their gains with energy majors leading the growth. let's take a look at some individual shamu this lukewarm is up and stronger crude backing the trend. last night which is point four percent down on the aussie has been wild put in metal is more than three percent are made high pressures not license. russian oil company that has more than tripled its net profit to one point four billion dollars last year the figure is almost a third of its full cost the company is as the result was supported by increased output and a growing oil price it's. world's largest car maker tell you that says its production line will fully recover by december the company's efforts from destructions to supply as a key parts produced in a quake hit north east japan that's also supplies to get out production of the seas two day supply risks. russia is considering easing the tarts regimes i mentioned

companies how they spend more modernization without having to raise prices for consumers and to be treated from believes the move also will help the companies improve their investment tractable that's different from the current price of rationale ceasar right cheaper than market price of the shares of sauron scrushy provides for relative to emerging markets around our dog market moreover russia grazes in its growth story and if you're looking for me your opinion is very well was no girls and their wings and consumptions are sold their russian is golden crown for surprise because it's so interesting for the long run for the investors and. there are a lot of parents i would say that at the moment and so we're here to sort of lead from my as saw for the attractiveness of the of the story for the long run for the investors so i guess the government should think about keeping previous promises saying keeping previous rules of the game in fact going to true keep their interest in the sector otherwise you for the very very very government change the rules of the gave me cheer so it will diminish their potential interest to introduce.

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