under my terms. in serbia letters available in britain heard we can see they are going to. the nato led coalition of greats its assault on colonel gadhafi to try and break the libyan civil war stalemate for the interventions had little success so far all the human cost and financial price tag skyrockets. the world and the u.n. secretary general take a stance on libya are saying the call should last very strictly within it's a mandate bunky more is still only in moscow for talks. plus russia's war on terror the caucasus claims a high profile target after security forces kill of top al qaeda militants and. the man is so it's a house played

a key role in almost not retire attack in the country in recent years more details just to hand. washing our t.v. live from moscow thanks for joining us now the coalition is massing its forces over libya as barack obama authorizes the use of american armed predator drones or the high tech planes are stepping in and more than a month after the coalition attacks on gadhafi targets first began its archies lore and it has been finding out the escalating cost of the campaign deadlock is raising questions. philippians it's been a long hard month and 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 keep them in probably got rather worse the african union

tempted to cease fire was spotted i believe quite western interests and that britain is putting troops on the ground as it flies is nothing its rating agencies were involved in a civil war which there is no problem interest or should 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 suggest. really in dollars a day that means a month's offensive may have cost the u.k. as much as a 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 every week we could be building a new hospital several new schools. 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 if we still have international. troops and. we could be doing a little drop. and over six months that would cost us. one hundred million. which is. what we're doing now and through all that investment to spread strategists are calling the situation a stalemate gadhafi 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 strikes 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 say far towards deploying ground troops and what happens many's the libya turning into another afghanistan ten years and counting. the long. nato is operation in libya is raising questions over its legitimacy well the coalition's decision to send military advisers to the country has left many wondering whether this is the first step towards a ground operation political analysts thirty struck on told r.t. the alliances actions in libya are moving even further from their initial goal but

there's a growing frustration in the world. not nato led operation in libya is going on and definitely because. the u.n. resolution which initially was installed just to use no fly zone was going on are we still two different story coalition definitely stay concise. and now they're considering another step to start look like a parisian which can really bring unpredictable results for the resolution as a result of care for me a word or term from artwork plus we're discussing the privilege is at stake you see it can be jeopardy and this is what's happening in libya and. the international community should comply with the no fly zone resolution in libya and refrain from taking sides in the country's civil war well that's a statement released following talks between the u.n. chief and the russian president. reports on their meeting in moscow the russian president and the u.n.

secretary general have strengthened their calls on the whole issue into a state strictly within its mandate which was given by the u.n. no fly zone resolution its goal is to protect civilians but operation in libya has been going on for over a month and every day more civilians are killed i just personally returned from going guys the reason we spent two weeks there saw various commemorations services in memory of the victims of this of while and of course all this is a reason while a lot of concern among the international community and now is that the u.s. is planning to use the on man's predator drone soon will be and they do have quite an unpleasant history in afghanistan when it comes to civilian deaths all of this makes it highly likely that people will believe that the real goal of nato is operation in libya is to protect civilians wide range of other international issues has also been discussed by the peace process in the middle east to the two sides

agreed to that the next middle east peace conference will be held in moscow with nuclear safety was touched upon as was nationally in light of the nuclear crisis in japan of the russian president and the u.n. secretary general have said that more effort needs to be taken when it comes to that perhaps new safety standards to the international atomic energy agency should play an active role in that and ban ki moon did said he hopes russia will continue playing an active role when it comes to resolving various international problems. that was r.t.c. or peace going on there and coming up the a curious. this kidnapping of a russian tycoon side of the media is raving about reports that saw through you get a conspiracy has paid a ransom to get his ears back but the man himself is refusing to comment all the details of that story are coming up plus. you know for the first time ever on

international television we'll be trying to look inside the chernobyl to facilitate the reveal one of the soviet union some darkest military secrets which was kept hidden for decades. a russian security forces have killed a top al qaeda terrorist during a special operation in the north caucasus he was part of a group of militant sound wished by police artie's medina courtship has the story. during a search operation led by russia's interim ministry troops a group of six armed militants was found in a woods in a mountain area in the shall leave this tree. and after six hours of shooting in arras trikes three militants were killed one of those emergency was identified as a chief agent for the international terrorist group al qaida in north caucasus now russia's are anti terrorist committee that he was in charge of cash flows of funds that pay for terrorist activities in russia i do was the one of those killed was

identified as an agent of the card is network in the north caucasus a native of saudi arabia. he's been raised in the north caucasus since ninety nine you know and it was also the key guarantor in coordinator of the funds coming from a group to fuel the militancy work in russia. alongside was the was on the top list of the world's most wanted terrorist was the most notorious figure and he was also perceived as an absolute religious authority as well as an influential field commander and now according to russia's antiterrorist committee he was also identified among militants as a rival to as the main leader of islamist militants in the north caucasus she was also believed to be involved in almost every terror attack that happened across russia over the recent years and indeed russia has been rocked by a number of terror attacks the latest tween suicide moscow metro borings that

happened last year and a more school dumb idea of the airport terror attack that happened this year and claimed thirty eight lives now my guy knew it was on the list of top priority targets for russian security forces and that's why he had gone into hiding when russian security forces launched a search operation for him last fall currently further terrorist operations are underway here in. north caucasus especially in chechnya and english. by the son of russian antivirus software guru of guinea kaspersky has reportedly been released after claims he'd been kidnapped for ransom twenty year all the evil spirits the spirit missing in moscow several days ago artie's has the latest on this story. the reason why there is so far has been no official confirmation of the of duction or the release for that matter is because the customers the family has deferred to keep mum about the whole ordeal we do know that the boy was reportedly abducted on

the nineteenth of this month just outside of his work his father you getting disgusted has reportedly flown in from england where he has been residing 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 doctors have demanded a three million euro ransom again according to the latest reports that read the ransom has been paid but the amount of all the money that was paid for by the young males release is a no no in fact because thirsty family has asked the journalist to leave this story alone and have not released the family has not released any information on the boy's does states you can kiss their super league was eight eight hundred million dollar estate because first a lab of course has been creating and not just down supplier software but that's also done

a lot of work for security services not just for russian security services was for the u.s. security but the europeans also has done some work for china so if there are some speculations that the reason for their protection is a because the cyber criminals are trying to show that they are not happy with the whole of the various software that has been created which of course her prohibits them from accessing either top security files within these top security facilities or risen from stealing money i suppose that from banks so the details of this case of course are still are just sort of records and it remains to be seen whether or not because first the family will come forth and make any official announcements on this peculiar case and still ahead this hour courting controversy and find out. powell an american pastor who burned a copy of the koran a month ago is stirring up trouble again. and discover how a variety of indigenous people in russia's far east strive to uphold

a diverse range of age and traditions passed down by their forefathers. are the world's attention is turning to ukraine as it prepares to mark the twenty fifth anniversary of the church noble disaster ok of us holding a milestone event dedicated to the safety of nuclear energy but the key goal is to build a new protective don't but will cover the site for the next hundred years and our g. crew gained access to bitter noble exclusion zone and filmed one of the soviet union's biggest military secrets artie's an executive chef skee has the story. twenty five years ago when the trouble for a lot happened in the soviet ukraine the world saw a large debate on the safety of nuclear energy the same thing is happening now adays with the fukushima nuclear disaster unraveling in japan now that the anniversary of the chernobyl nuclear disaster twenty five years ago i see lots of events in ukraine with lots of international v.i.p.'s just coming here to train to

attend these services internet in trouble and different conferences related to that sense now all of them most of them have been speaking out in defense of nuclear energy tokyo is ready to invest almost fifty billion u.s. dollars into trying to contain the contamination around the fukushima plant the same thing which was happening in trouble twenty five years ago when the soviet government to was spared no effort and money to trying to contain this should novel radioactive threat and in fact the still this area indeed crane needs some financial attention as he of has already managed to persuade the governments of different countries to invest more than five hundred million euros into building the new circle for his which would last for more than one hundred years who spent almost a week inside the chernobyl exclusion zone filming a documentary which artie's us will be able to see on the twenty sixth of april which is of course the twenty fifth anniversary of the chernobyl nuclear fallout we

feel that we've managed to get into the darkest and the most secret parts of the exclusion zone including one of the biggest secrets of the soviet union a radial acacia station called assured noble to the whole world knows that your noble nuclear power plant and the thirty kilometer exclusion zone which surrounds it but few are aware that this area holds a secret which had been kept hidden for many decades. for the first time ever on international television r.t. is able to bring you one of the biggest secrets of the soviet union this facility behind me has many different names the chernobyl to the or more technical name of the beyond horizon radio location facility its prime prime goal was to detect a missile launch anywhere on european continent but its test launch in one thousand eight hundred proved that its signal is so powerful that it can reach the eastern coast of the united states this facility was one of the most expensive projects of the soviet union it cost around seven billion soviet rubles which is twice as

expensive as the construction of the chernobyl nuclear power plant just fifteen kilometers from here even getting this close to the fans of this top secret facility has been impossible before for a t.v. journalist for a t.v. camera but what we've managed to find here this should be helpful this is a hole in the wall and right now for the first time ever on international television we'll be trying to look inside the chernobyl to facility. spight the official claims that it was decommissioned and put out of service straight other after the trouble fall out in nine hundred eighty six it still remains under the protection and there are still armed guards at the security checkpoints around the area not letting anyone inside. for that it wasn't really an over the horizon radar station rather special facility for influencing people's minds and for using psychotropic radiation that would enable malicious forces to control people however there is no such thing as psychotropic

radiation it was just another me the world of them feeling for 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 readers 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 which we couldn't get 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 alexei to shift the reporting from ukraine and you can watch his documentary on the secrets of chernobyl next week and now it's time for some other international news stories troops in syria are said to have a shot dead at least five protesters at mass rallies in towns across the country tens of thousands took to the streets after friday prayers to demonstrate against president bashar al assad's government or the leader has formally ended five

decades of emergency rule seen as an attempt to defuse the unrest or human rights groups say more than two hundred people have died during several weeks of violence . a u.s. drone attack on a house in pakistan's volatile afghan border area has killed twenty five people there are reports that militants and civilians are among the casualties officials in be was it a start regions of the house was being used. as the militants hideout earlier hundreds of insurgents attacked a checkpoint in the northwest of the country killing fourteen security personnel. and american pastor who sparked outrage for burning a copy of the koran last month spacing a jury trial in michigan to decide whether his latest anti muslim act can go ahead terry jones plans to hold a protest outside the largest mosque in the u.s. as christians mark good friday but on thursday the judge gave jones the option of

a jury or paying a hundred thousand dollar bond to cover the security costs of such a demonstration of a florida pastor chose to stand trial. the japanese government has announced a fifty billion dollar emergency budget following march's earthquake and tsunami it's aimed at disaster relief including providing temporary housing restoration of if the structure of disaster related loans the government estimates it will cost more than three hundred billion dollars to rebuild the country but want to love an earthquake left more than twenty seven thousand people dead or missing. it's hard for a little bit of traveling now as our closer to invites you for a second day of exploration around eastern siberia.

there's a bike called ski region is some six thousand kilometers from moscow that's equivalent of a six hour flight diverse ethnic mix makes this area one of the most unique in russia r.t. stacy bevan's is there for us talking to the locals and find out how they manage to keep their traditions and customs on line. the transfer call region has a diverse topography with wide open spaces contrast in florists and mountain ranges that encircled sand dunes but the faces face and traditions of indigenous people also add a richness to russia's east and while money still holds on to old traditions and customs they also embrace russian culture and joining me now is a proud local resident her name is mark when you say your last name is a magazine right. thank you very much for joining us talk about how your people been able to balance holding onto just no way in the russian

culture. well russians and brads had been living together for many years and of course a lot russian culture and culture mixed in some places mixed up but there is a saying if there's no traditions and customs there's no nationality and people and our parents teach us to keep our traditions and customs and our language one of the traditions i really like about the people is the wedding ceremony talk about how that's such a big deal and i also like the fact that it's the men and have to show they can provide whether it's many coats or many she talking with. waiting these very are very. kind of a very big festival about thousands of people can be invited marriage wedding parties they can be thousands of people different presidents and they can see.

horses i'm very interested in finding myself a man with many horses because i want to learn how to ride. thank you very much for joining. and the close. close. people. particularly in the various ways that they deal with. us once a nomadic people brought ancestors hail from china and. became russian in the seventeenth century. side by side from generation to generation. was harmony influenced by buddhism. has also been instrumental in connecting borat's to values and teaching centuries. it isn't in the bay area so closely intertwined it was there was no temporal education and

the entire educational center on the morning street people received their first education here i mean reading writing and he just. they make a poll largest ethnic minority group in rush's trancelike whole region at sixty six thousand keeping the cultural conservation network strong. even people are also indigenous to the region even clairton has at the two were others became so obsessed with their fight to divide a goal that they'd neglected their families and their people to punish them the guards turned them into mountain ranges could are to the east end to the west quest for riches and the onset of the industrial age has placed a heavy burden on even customs like reindeer hunting time and assimilation and also reduce the population it now stands at just under two thousand here fewer people means fewer voices can speak in the tongue of their forefathers. and you have the

local population is heavily mixed with russians and that's why many contemporary events look just like russians that refer learning russian they no longer have pride in their people all the native language. didn't become proficient in the art of making boots from ranger hide until after she had children the skill wasn't passed down by family but taught by teachers that boots our way to make money but also a way to put a think style on display slavic russians are her biggest customers and m.l.g. catawba teaches if he applied art and folklore she believes that while love brings people together is also work against keeping the ways of the elders of live many of aix abandon them once they marry russians. but what can i do for two people meet and fall in love with each other it's impossible to avoid mixed marriages. it's one of many modern day realities that threatens russia's indigenous cultures stay seated and party

a trance by car region. and outside for the business news with dimitri. thanks straight to our top story russia's two largest oil companies that state and ross nafta and independent lukoil have signed a deal over offshore exploration. first offshore deal while ross nafta has initiated a host of such partnerships with foreign nations like iran and access to find out what this means i'm joined by. from north africa thank you very much for being with us so what would you say are the two sides getting from this deal. well basically i think there is a continuation of the old saga. for us nafta and our exploration fields oil fields as we know that was not quite successful communication with the soul apparently is considering some alternative scenarios including collaborations

allowed me with a rush. rush on the parker side just lukoil i think we should be certain the synergy in this collaboration regardless of the outcome of the negotiations between the rosneft and b.p. all right so we're talking about the same thing sure feels that ross never wanted to develop with b.p. do you think luke completely replace b.p. because that's the deal was actually controversial and it's still not going through . exactly it's not go in smoothly and lukoil obviously has some certain experience in developing fields because it's known by its quite successful beals on the cost b. and c. and also obviously we can compare our environment with the cost be an environment obviously of the successful working from the scratch also i should complex projects

obviously give certain advantage to lukoil as compared to any other company which. i come across they're all sniffed at the core point ok all right there was looking for towards b.p. because b.p. had the experience in the offshore drilling were suitable for these kind of projects now lukoil is joining the project couldn't actually be that wanted to be so much in this deal. i don't think so on this lee because d.m.k. b.p. is just small it's a kind of artificial formation and basically deals with the vertical part of the gulf the business is mostly concerned about the refinery or the or projects delivering me into a retail customer rather than exploring the oil projects therefore i don't think. b.p. is a seriously is seriously considered as an equal partner for for us and one final question gazprom rawson have to have a monopoly of all licenses for offshore fields now

a private company is joining the cartel we see more private companies going offshore. licensing will be obviously nisha because the state is extremely reluctant on this board to ground zero licenses on offshore drilling for private companies that a certain consideration behind it so i think yes right now the most deals will be concentrated over either the gas rondell when we're talking about nature on bass exploration or rosneft if as much as field exploration is concerned ok the head of research at north capitol thank you so much for your comments thank you and i'm afraid that's all we have time for in this edition of business he will be back in fifty five minutes time with nothing join us.

closeup team has been to the chilean inspiration for the long lost secret of dumbest steel it's been discovered. now archie goes east of lake baikal with the longest russian railway line runs. for the sunday desert lies m m siberian mountains. for people full of the same routes as hundreds of years ago. welcome to the translight. russian flows of the party.