how would prince or to be split into a truly wins if you tell me it's not your group it's not a good international house floods achieve every green load for chilled into. the. locals and it's good neighbors well even rebels might be hoping to cash in on their countries rich resources x. world war and nato is after a share of the spoils we'll hear from our own correspondent just back from the front line. the side of the world's worst nuclear accident threatens a new radiation leak with progress slow on replacing a crumbling churn obl sarcophagus. of scandals and or innovative art brushes ministry of culture is under fire for warning of more slanderous vandalism by some that's seen as a sign of censorship free society by others. in the business grows as large as

carmaker after vos is cutting its investment program until twenty twenty one billion euro the move me on the line our base has plans adopted us and its part has to maintain a market share of around forty percent more on that and other stories in our business or. there's a lot of the in the russian capital you're watching r t with memory and joshua welcome to the program moscow says it's ready to assist peace and dialogue afterwards in libya all sides of the conflict here to the un resolutions but despite the violence has intensified with the siege of rebel held city of misrata continuing and fresh nato airstrikes hitting the libyan capital biskit off has recently been on the ground in benghazi and shared his experience. i spent two weeks there. talked with the rebels themselves myself and they are pretty badly

organized many of them are young many of them are teenagers who just got their hands on. the cause of the shooting just in the in the city itself when they're either celebrating something commemorating something it seems to me it was actually . more dangerous to be inside because of that rather than the front because everybody just sporadically should be and to be here it seemed to me that any of these people never really used the arms they got these guns from gadhafi troops when they retreated one of our teams was feeling for a big big got caught by a mortar attack so when the everybody was running back. from the front they saw how the rebels were actually running faster. than our team so that shows a lot about their organisation and plus. countries now saying that they're going to send trainers to our organize the rebels it's really hard to see how long this may

take it's a really difficult question it is a good walk and. it's really hard to see when and how this might end because this is where the fighting is always continues and if there were rumors that these troops just recently were pulling out of misrata for example then the rebels say they never did that so the showing continues nato continues showing that he's compounds and the russia game i recently talked to the libyan prime minister so look we are ready to meet mediate this but all sides have to abide by the u.n. resolution the fighting must stop and the civilians which are killed still every day all this must stop and this is the only way for some sort of a cease fire to be possible and there's also. interests by all sides every society has its own interests or more than that so forth pearlie or from. four years

saleem has been struggling to keep his order porch running he claims even opening it meant i mean thousands in bribes to various officials all linked to either betty or his family. i won't even begin to describe how hard it was to start this business could not be as hands on everything for decades he's been taking money from ordinary people but now it's time for him to be richer. sure small private business does exist in libya but with the colonel and his close allies controlling all sectors of the economy it's a huge struggle for a businessman to me decent profits the idea that the revolution will open the floor for cash for everyone to enjoy is backed by all rebels from farmers to the military command we have as i told you we have rich country. as we have. a thing this. economy. and i would invite you.

the reason. you. don't share this optimism and don't need to know is that. it promises to be nothing to do with humanitarian aid nothing to do with democracy nothing to do with people it's to call and exploited to steal the resources forty billion barrels will leave us all reserves for the war just in africa and the ninth largest. there's so much more filling up my gas tank on a midsize corn course on less than ten dollars in two thousand and need to go down even promised every libyan would be paid eight hundred dollars every month to share the revenues but field to keep his word we have the resources to do big business it's just that in the past for decades it was done only by

a circle of chosen people the elite now here in the rebel stronghold the local see they are ready to fight to the end to build a free and prosperous society but is the opposition strong enough to build a whole new regime or can be that the future of the libyan people has already been decided for them you got this one off r t v libya. columnist and former addict here of the sun newspaper callum mccann he says there is no reason britain and france should meddle in libya's internal affairs and here's a preview of what's to come next hour. this is libyans fighting libyans and who are we to say who should be running their country after all when i last looked i didn't notice any libyans interfere with the cavaliers in the railheads took place in a revolution or that far as i could see there was nobody from tripoli. and the french revolution.

russia's art world's been plunged into controversy after an award for innovation and went to jail. piece of graffiti of many viewed as of scene nevertheless of bad the radical are group buying or the fifteen thousand dollar prize after they dart the work on a drug bridge opposite the federal security service in st petersburg and while most people were angered at the action others say it's a message not the form that matters i bet it has more. this is award winning art according to russia's ministry of culture the sixty five metre phallus whitewashed on a drawbridge and petersburg has won the twenty thousand innovation prize for best visual arts work self-styled aren't terrorists vyner meaning war in russian are the unpopular with us. i think it's essentially vandalism a bridge has a cultural and historical monument and anything on it is an act of vandalism and it

should be punished not rewarded. here in the center of contemporary art and see the other entries for the award nothing is stimulating or as shocking or as innovative as viner's and according to the jury that's why they won purely on artistic merit but now it's not as simple as that the same symbol the ministry rewarded is now being brandished in mocking protest this russian youth group is angry four hundred thousand rubles of taxpayers' money we've given to a group it calls vandals for vine or a protest only legitimizes their own but. it's a very awkward situation when the state award goes to a group that in fact organizes an action aimed against the state but this is a very important signal artists always express society's pain and a healthy society accepts these. but there's been no acceptance of vinyl as art until now two members still face trial on hooliganism charges for this little stunt

british graffiti artist banksy to pale them out and they could still play seven years in prison and flip in police cars so why this sudden show of state support. the minister of culture was afraid of being accused of political censorship and i think he was right in our country is better being afraid of imposing political censorship than to actually import your breezewood. a sea change from four years ago this image of two kissing policemen was banned by the culture ministry for international exhibits fearing embarrassment the curator of that exhibit was handed a year of faith back then he lost his job but this time he was on the jury so why is this out then. the during is a graphic and expressive example of how an artist reacts to a social climate he doesn't specify the target of his protest he simply says that

strong protest is brewing in russian society but how do you draw the line between saying this art and vandalism this is just graffiti. that street art is minor vandalism but it's not hooliganism a disorder it may cause is compensated hundreds of times by the meaning of their pictures which is painting could be restored on the bridge to become a symbol of some petersburg's culture because it's the first work that is proof of a civil society. controversy usually at the expense of the authorities whether it is or not they've achieved what they wanted to. see they say they'll do prize money to political prisoners i didn't see. for about a version of stories that ignited debate in society log on to our website that's our team. of russian boss is returning to the past for a new look by being to wait for victory day with portraits of stalin but his mixed

legacy remains a prickly issue. and one rule for them and another for everyone else and her decision to whisk russian government officials to moscow airport by helicopter while the public struggles to get there on the traffic choked streets all the sudden. well it may have happened almost twenty five years ago but the dangers of churn obl have in no way been confined to the past on the eve of the tragic anniversary ukraine seeking funds so it can complete and new containment shelter over the remains of the destroyed reactor arches alexia chefs he has been dangerously close to the disaster site on frequent occasions. the exclusion zone around the chernobyl nuclear power plant is very diverse in its levels of radiation some parts of the

area have very high radiation levels for instance the area known as the red forest that is the part of the zone which was by the weight of radiation and and the trees turned red in the first minutes after the blast well that area holds levels of more than three thousand micro wrong and it is not advisable to be there for a human being for more than ten minutes because you might get a serious goes well for instance the roof top of the tallest building in pre-packed in the ghost town next to the chernobyl nuclear power plant where we've been filming there for many times that we never had an idea that levels the radiation reach almost two and a half thousand micromax per hour there so this is also quite a dangerous level so i don't know generally the zone the exclusion zone is not advisable for humans to live but there are certain recyclers a living around the thirty kilometer area who have returned ever since the collapse of the soviet union they just decided that despite that they were given flats and

homes in other towns across the soviet you grain they still decided that they want to return to their homeland and to return to their houses and the levels of radiation in some parts and some of those recently villages the levels of radiation are still very high radiation still doesn't scare them off they say they can still live there they have their own natural habitat they grow their own fruit and vegetable they have their cows and counsel and they still live there for twenty years none of the none of them has died yet so it is very interesting to talk with these people and to see how they are not afraid of radiation at all still the main danger of chernobyl and the one which is still making headlines across the world now especially with the twenty fifth anniversary of the disaster coming just on tuesday so the main july's on to the circle focus on to the steel structure which is covering the chernobyl reactor the one which is explode which exploded twenty five years ago now in my report i compiled the facts about the significance and what is being done now to safeguard the area for the next century. japan's

ongoing struggle to contain the fukushima disaster is fuelling the growing anxiety over nuclear energy safety the last time the world was this scared was in the shadow of the chernobyl reactor explosion in nineteen eighty six but this latest accident demonstrates that despite make great progress made in the last twenty five yeahs. more these to be done to ensure that safety paths. cross becomes fully entrenched among nuclear power plant operators government and regulators japan hopes to seal the site within nine months but back in the days of chill normal a quicker solution was needed shutting the gapping hole of the exploded reactor was the immediate way out of a deadly mistake scientists were quick to react to the unfolding catastrophe and

managed to build a steel structure over the devastated power station protecting europe from the further spread of radiation the circle focus was built in one thousand nine hundred eighty six just months after the disaster but then experts said that it would last for twenty years until two thousand and six no there are fears that the collapse and there are several cracks on the wall of the building and experts believe that this may cause serious danger and serious threat if because did collapse the whole of the european continent could be contaminated by the radioactive fuel which is still thought to lie under the circle for us this new arc is being built by a french company and of arka work has been in progress for months but it only recently became clear that this billion dollar project lacks financing a week before the disasters twenty fifth anniversary managed to attract an additional half a billion euros in aid from europe as a dollar conference. we've now been granted a real chance to complete

a new shelter by the year two thousand and fifteen. experts are confident it could even happen quicker in just two years and that the new protective layer would last for generations to see their life time for their use of compliant is supposed to be a hard three years that is the term to develop technologies. manage fuel companion masses how to manage long lead activity already have to wait means that your mobile nuclear power plant could one day be dismantled under the new dawn is unclear as japan's nuclear crisis keeps the planet on alert there is no a new focus on ensuring dark crossed can be careful. to look serious or ski artsy reporting from chernobyl ukraine japan's government is coming in for yet more criticism over its response to the nuclear crisis there was claims emerging that people may be misinformed on the levels of radiation and therefore the dangerous

christopher science from the international christian university in tokyo believes it's not being measured properly. on the anniversary of chernobyl we can say that if caramel was the world's worst nuclear disaster then a current one for sheen is certainly the most complex and there certainly has been some confusion in terms of the response there is certainly a risk of a long term exposure that's a problem in particular the way in which we measure radiation causes people to commit to understanding the chernobyl last released a huge amount of radiation in a very short period of time the international commission on radiological protection uses an average values when they calculate the types of radiation that people are exposed to and those average values can actually in some situations such as after chernobyl and currently in secrecy much make it appear as though people are receiving lower doses of radiation and they actually are you have to take into account again city of radiation exposure as well as the dose so it is possible that

there are very there could be significant problems but continuing crisis in japan has renewed the discussion on whether nuclear energy is needed at all the global debate is coming up in less than fifteen minutes on our team and crossed. in my view if you're a apply carbon dioxide and you're anti-nuclear you're just pro black out and with what it will demand for electricity expected to grow by eighty percent over the next twenty or twenty five years we simply don't have an option but to continue to work hard at getting good at nuclear. and stay with our team for extensive coverage of the twenty fifth anniversary of the turn of a blast with live reports from ukraine and expert assessments of the disastrous legacy also watch a special documentary from exclusion selling throughout the day. you know what you

are to live from moscow us now take a look at some other stories from around the world the opposition even yemen's rejected a plan for the president's resignation and reportedly vowed to step up street protests earlier the country's ruling party except of the gulf states brokered deal that would see president salih go in thirty days while giving him immunity from prosecution that had been hoped the agreement would put in a hands two months of mass demonstrations that have seen around one hundred thirty people killed. the violence continues in syria with reports suggesting security forces have stormed the sort suburbs in the capital damascus shooting at civilians comes after more than a hundred people were shot dead over the weekend when security forces opened fire at the funeral processions of those killed in earlier clashes it's been the worst escalation of violence since anti-government protests began more than a month ago. the american city of new orleans

is no knowledge us towards beauty but also its strict catholic rules but archie said rich moon went to investigate what happens when one thousand nine hundred forty laws still in force clash with the contemporary vices of the famous bourbon street. this is the carnival of colors and sounds. that is new orleans louisiana. mississippi river port city awash in its southern roots its color full french creel charms and its overtones of piety. it's very catholic very catholic very bad just even very from the the city that lives according to code it ruins gets stuck in this kind of like appearance and mentality that's completely antithetical to everything that's happening people come and have conventions here because they know there's the french quarter they know there's strip clubs prostitution. this is bourbon street

it's. for about two hundred bucks you can buy yourself sex more specifically straight up intercourse. with a new orleans street walker anything else oral sex anal sex can be negotiated but anything else is also. against the law. according to a law called crime against nature it basically prohibits anything other they are in ordinary intercourse and there's no police out there going into a neighborhood saying you can't have sex with your husband you can't have oral sex with your wife right no one's actually enforcing that but it isn't forced and enforced heavily on the prostitutes of new orleans these are people who can least afford to be charged with something like this right now you have to do is have an undercover officer driving around in plain clothes in a plane in an unmarked car and all through the drive around and drive up to people

that they believe are are prostitutes are known are known prostitutes and just ask how much and if she answers. she's just open if huge hole in her life. a huge hole. because a crime against me to charge is punishable by as much as a twenty year prison sentence incredibly large fines and. they are talking about a woman who's in her early twenty's who has to register as a sex offender for the next fifteen years. for a city whose cell job quietly includes pleasures of the flesh and why they need to criminalize sex ads in which just about anyone in gage it's in almost all of these cases and up in a plea to probation and fines fines and fees and the important part about the fines and fees is that's all revenue coming in to pay for the court system to pay for police to pay for the jail to pay for prosecutors' offices simply put an antiquated

nineteenth century law. cast on the guise of christian values all. maybe being used today still to make money it's a five year felony and you can use that to encourage people to plead guilty very quickly justifies higher by the hookers often instead plead guilty to a lesser charge of prostitution down to a misdemeanor charge higher fines and fees how do prostitutes who usually can't afford those fines and fees pay for them they're paying for it by engaging in more prostitution which they get hit again then they get caught again and right they have to engage in more prostitution it's a vicious cycle this is an old lot stupid law it's a law that a lot of people even within the criminal justice system john agree with now you can see how some are trapped in the carnival that is new orleans. and if you think

they're the only ones weeks there are others. that are minorities if you continue. time now for a business update with karina. hello welcome to our business update here on r t thanks for joining me this hour russia's largest comic after cutting its investment program. to twenty twenty by one million billion euros the move may undermine missions plans. and it's partnering on his son to maintain a market share of around forty percent the reduction will come from cutting one assembly line and streamlining indoors it just takes an investment review also

means that instead of an annual output of one and a half million cars by two thousand and twenty the alliance may end up with just a million after the us and its partners plans invest five billion dollars during the next two decades says a source close to the company. which is the mystic fixed income market has hit last year's record companies x. their borrowing in europe and turned to domestic lenders or some firms are around eleven billion dollars domestically from the beginning of the year that's a seventeen percent increase compared with the same period last year among the factors behind the u. turn in barring preferences is positive microeconomic data including low inflation and a stronger. let's take a look at how the markets are performing the u.s. and european markets closed for easter holidays asian stocks were lower on monday than making felt point one percent of people in steel were flat spots after reports

that the company expects to post a good net profit of ninety billion getting one point nine billion dollars in the fiscal year despite the impact the disaster hong kong stock exchange is also closed for public. and here in russia. markets are trading higher. than isaac's again by three percent the south climbing for the fifth day and this is a look to buy energy shares by gaining on high all prices gas promise up half of the sas who poured rolls in after gaining a quarter of the set of actual stocks are also in the black with their back of bassem point six percent and between the three. despite a slight decline on monday the russian currency still retains its high against the dollar. several sectors of the country's economy would benefit from a presence strengthening. its four stronger will so i would say that actually this is not true bill strong is strong is the u.s. currency is very weak so if you look at the baskets of dollar in europe so the

change is not so significant of course or high all prices is very supportive and severe strengthening of the ruble there's no doubt of it but i still would think that the for the long while i would say four five percent or strengthening of ruble about five percent is not really bad for russia talking about the circus which will benefit from real strength and you don't see is definitely consumers and especially retailers so you will see further strengthen your frugal you'll be absolutely perfect for market meat and even better for georgia which is involved in it to death and so the payment for these debts will be much cheaper so that's the primary beneficiary and it will actually companies who are working locally say them tears we'll call them these come from a show that will be probably. they will benefit for it. well i was getting bogged down in a spiralling currency crisis the trading of foreign currencies between banks came to a halt after the central bank reform gets valuation policy the bank allowed the bellows

through both of floats but it immediately lost almost half of its value commercial banks were for me asked to stick to the official rate but later the interbank force for its hold it now minsk is waiting for a three billion dollar loan from moscow to regain control of the market in the getting up from the beginning of the year belo was has lost a quarter of its reserves and tends to support its currency. that's all for now but don't forget you can always find most stories just log on to our website artie dot com slash this.

culture is that so much could be very good if you get a lot of people here in the bergen twenty five years ago is coming to grips with the catastrophe unfolding in chernobyl today the same could be said about. what is the future. if. russia would be so much brighter if you knew about someone from funds to moderation is. good for instance on t.v. dot com. wealthy british style but it's just not on it's guys.