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market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with much stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to congress report on our. civilian jobs go on punish koehler soldiers are cleared over the killing of innocent afghans true to a lack of evidence supporting war crimes charges. nato is implementation of the resolution on libya undermines you went up already russia's foreign minister called on the alliance to stick to the original document on the loose moscow strengths. and a major breakthrough in the on the printed case as a recently arrested chechen fugitive was officially charged with the journalist murder. plus the first fallout of germany's decision to shut down its nuclear
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power reactors as rising prices and then energy deficit casts a shadow over all the new suits that some. new coral stalks to bold style trading preferred straight session on speculation about potential m. and a activity join business in twenty minutes time to find out the company's investment plan. that's five pm in moscow this is r t coming to live with me and he said now way our top story this hour seven polar soldiers have escaped punishment for carrying out a deadly attack on an afghan village four years ago they killed a group of civilians among them children but a court in warsaw of ruled there was not enough proof to support charges of war crimes and as daniel bushell reports of the people on the ground in afghanistan patience is running out. civilians killed and nato soldiers go free the same
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old story in afghanistan the threats and for a moment to be different polish soldiers were put on trial for deaths including a pregnant woman and a child. on the sixteenth of august two thousand and seven mortar shells that were fired by polish troops hit the afghan villages. as a result six people were killed and three were severely wounded but the soldiers were cleared of all charges one of the accused told r.t. it's all been a big mistake we didn't see before. we were accidents that this accident was because. it was. something like. the problem. of a grenade mel functioned taliban target by five hundred metres claims a shit ski prosecutors alleged it was revenge for a roadside bomb which killed another polish soldier earlier in the day experts say
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it's unlikely anything could go so catastrophic clean wrong this is not logical. of them or could not make such a serious error with such a large distance the question is did it it's a turban fire themselves or did they receive his command from above but there is no doubt they were shooting at the village nearby. to defend the commanders who ordered the attack and they should be the one standing trial. for not those people should be accused maybe they be anything. but activists the conflict continues civilian deaths from nato bombing or inevitable will only rise and the longer the war goes on the war situation is so the answer is i think quite simple to withdraw troops from. beginning of any process of the musician of this country
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because their troops western troops doesn't bring stability to afghanistan just the opposite as the death toll goes up on both sides support for nato whose mission plummets a majority in europe say opinion polls now think the conflicts going in the wrong direction this was already unpopular in the e.u. there's the hundred billion euro of course was service is being cut a hole the size of our boys coming back in coffins is even worse leaving the death of civilians on punished for the weak of the case to stay in afghanistan even the afghan president's turning against nato after the latest fourteen civilians were killed how many because lloyd delivered his strongest words yet giving of the final warning and threatening war if it happens again. r.t. . the way the u.n. resolution is being implemented in libya undermines international law that was the warning from russia's foreign minister who has called on nato can't here to the
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resolution. trust marches alice herbert has more from moscow. poor minnesota again after all suggested that a lack of trust was in danger of forging a which between russia and the al the cabinet members of the un security council enough to cause the way the ship to seize nato is implementing the agreed un president should number one mind seventy three it was a photo of him modest when his russia abstained and that allows a no fly zone seeming to the libya however russia now but these days actions in libya go beyond that or maybe implementing and they fly say that in fact now we're on regime change and allegedly out to be supporting the opposition and that willing of trust of ruf today suggested only escalated following the very recent visit to a significant president jakob zuma to tripoli the scene talking trying the case today with colonel gadhafi a visit which was then almost immediately followed by
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a resumption in they say strikes and today lavrov move that that is growing a lack of trust to tools rostrum the future cause i think twice before agreeing to any such resolution again. typical couldn't assure everybody involved in the implementation of the bridge lou should not show maximum responsibility before international law and the united nations keeping in mind the authority of the u.n. security council otherwise god forbid next time anything of the sort happens we will act differently as no one will take what's being said at face value things like creating a no fly zone and these statements of course come in the wake of a very recent u.n. report which slice it it's a good brief step trus it seems that being committed in may be on the both sides albeit less numerous on the possible position and of course it comes very short of people to the polls weekends g.h. when the president did the week to send over russian envoy to bring pelosi to attend to the case exists in spite of that but on syria minister lavrov reiterates
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it's moscow's position that they are staunchly. any attempts by the international community to force regime change within the country warning that any such change could destabilize the country and would be catastrophic for the region however the prof did say that russia will still supports president outside said so you can see the school and the state within the old is they should within his own country i'd also encouraging of president assad to move swiftly and improvements in the reforms that he's promised to do within syria. during a visit to rome presidents meet their needs made of reiterated he wants a peaceful resolution to the crisis in the middle east and north africa he met with prime minister silvio berlusconi after that to watch the grand military parade to cater to the one hundred fiftieth anniversary of italy's unification arches katherina groucho but is in rome for now and joins us live because that in
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a bid to seem to have had a pretty big day watch this. spectacle i should say a parade there earlier than discussing some very serious matters behind closed doors tell us more about what the two leaders had to say. on the two dmitri medvedev and prime minister of italy silvio berlusconi need just days after a major summit the g. eight summit wrapped up in france and of course the focus was mainly on those agreements already achieved between the leaders like a common stance on north africa and the middle east uprising again dmitri medvedev today reiterated russia's position on that russia only supports a peaceful resolution of the conflict in libya and considers it the country's internal affairs also invited for talks in rome today was the u.s. vice president joe biden together they discussed libya the middle east and apart from that the u.s. missile defense system for europe we don't rush expects more transparency more
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cooperation from the u.s. on that as america plans to deploy this a.m.d. very close to russia's borders so dialo could be intensified today new solutions found of course and these talks take place just days before another major get together of the european leaders takes place in the russian city of growth that is russia summit planned for a june nine and turn and so of course in the spotlight role so issues of the upcoming summit genter and apart from joe biden and to meet barry of police call leaders and also representatives officials from some eighty countries were invited because today rome celebrates the festival that is the day of the italian republic and this year's days also special because a military parade held today also coincides with a hundred fifty years seems eataly was unified as a country from a patchwork of city states so these years parade was very spectacular and the
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russian president seemed to be very impressed by the celebration of the more than recent history of eataly through the display of equipment and uniforms of the past and he's considering live from rome thank you for that. still ahead for you here in our team this hour picking up alone we look at where the valorous and already is have turned this time in an attempt to tackle the phenomenon while the country has launched into a. loss as a cause they have paid last respects to its late president three to five jobs are the problems the path he talks leading to the republic's normal way to independence . but first russia has grabbed all imports of e.u. vegetables following a deadly outbreak of the cole why bacteria has already claimed eighty wives across europe the majority in germany is bound has been criticized by the e.u. as disproportionate because of the outbreak is still unknown with the world health
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organization saying this strain is a new bacteria never seen before russia's chief medical officer. thinks the situation is a huge blow to the e.u. health watch. she was a mature was because the work you do started on the twenty fifth of april so it's now over monthly to the crisis health officials to come out so you will cause the outbreak to transfer function of the disease and the main thing in the situation is still under control is to discredit the european health watchdog says. but the root of the outbreak are known speculation has been rife on where it all stems from and many are wondering whether the outbreak of hysteria matches the level of danger on our facebook page we're asking are you afraid of the never detected before bacteria if you think it's a real threat or stunt staged by former companies are going to facebook dot com slash r t news and have your say.
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used. to. be. the man recently arrested in the chechen republic for the murder of a prominent russian journalist on the new course guy has been officially charged investigators say they have enough evidence to prove the thirty seven year old suspect is the killer but of course almost five years ago artist has are certainly has the details both certainly for a case that has been going on for about five years they certainly have been moving fast since the arrest of the stomach would all fade to chechnya in connection to be a murder of russian journalist and up on the top sky and now the prosecutor's office here in moscow has said that they do have enough evidence to what charge him
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and build the case against him on four separate cars and we do have to get the details from the prosecutor's office but so far they are saying that they do have enough against said that he has been indicted now on his lawyers on the other hand of course have said that he is not involved side take a d.n.a. test that they have conducted with the area itself but would also say that there was no way that the d.n.a. would match those found on the a weapon used to kill anna politkovskaya nevertheless awkward although does not have a complete a back or also to speak put into law enforcement he has been on the run since ninety nine per cases such as murder illegal possession of firearms as well he's involved in kidnapping so this case really has taken a new twist it's really going along quite fast now so we have to see what the prosecutors do have to say in moscow the reaction to his arrest this only happened two days ago the arrest has really given a. also to receive a positive response from people here especially journalists those who have been
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working with anna politkovskaya the u.s. ambassador here in moscow had also praised the arrest he was flown here the day of his arrest so again the politkovskaya has garnered international. attention over this case and sort of murder in two thousand and six so certainly people will be following what comes along next that she was working for. and she was heavily involved in uncovering human rights violations in chechnya and it it is widely believed and seen that her murder had connections and it was related to the work that she had been doing for her newspaper. are the developments in this case a forward step or just running on the spot for i don't want our experts think. this is definitely a landmark victory in the fight against p.c. in russian journalist murders your comments and analysis on that story on our
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website our team. the roots is desperately trying to restore its crippled economy and tackle a currency crisis after having asked the eurasian economic community for a loan the government has now gone with its wrecking ball to the international monetary fund reserves whose alexy yourselves gave reports for minsk the current political situation might make getting money far from easy. despite some improvements in the economic situation in value is that we've seen in the past seven days we can still feel here in minsk of the country this country is being gripped by the hard financial storm or about their us to empty shelves in schools around the country especially those who are meant for the poor to goods there are still people queuing up at the currency exchange offices willing to buy just about any currency preferably u.s. dollars or euros now over there plus months we've seen some crazy scenes in stores
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around the country with people who treat just lying anything afraid that some of the goods my disappear from the shelves on the shelves of the stalls people literally at sacking the currency exchange offices because of the faith in the bill russell has decreased greatly ever since the country first but their financial form while now there are many reasons according to experts behind this financial crisis some say this is because of the lame echo of the economic policies of the past decade some say this is because the current president. tried to increase the salaries of the common population during his election complain by thirty percent render stand that come fourteenth of july the i.m.f. will decide on another level isolation loan to belarus it is still very interesting weather means would be able to receive this loan given all the statements made by the country's president the arrests of the opposition leaders and other former presidential candidates which happened in december of seriously irritated the european union the russian leader has been something on the warpath with the
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european union for the past six months or so and it is hard to say who would be able to help means to get out of this crisis but we clearly be seeing some developments in the situation in the course of the next ten twelve days. clarges financial guru max kaiser looks at other alyea commies who turn to the i.m.f. for help later today in his program he discusses how multi-billion dollar baldauf are threatening the sovereignty of nations here's a taste of. what's in store. for parts of greece is not bankrupt the i.m.f. is bankrupt george barber grazes bankrupt who knows what money he owes some casino or some drug lord somewhere krakow but he's got he's going to sell us for country for a few quid the objective of the outside forces that being the i am which is controlled by the us which is controlled by wall street is to simply grab all of greece's for pennies on the dollar and to an extent. and that they should forego their
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sovereignty and their independence now they're just one more ride on disneyland congratulations you're now in significant entire five thousand year history just got flushed down the toilet. germany's decision to shut down all its nuclear plants by twenty twenty two could have consequences well beyond its borders the move is likely to be expensive for taxpayers and states like france persevering with atomic power just next door the safety argument isn't convincing either parties or and it points germany raises a low voice in the e.u. to usher in a new era of known nuclear power generation as chancellor angela merkel vows to close all its reactors by two thousand and twenty two but it's already created a shortfall in germany which in turn is pushing up prices germany's now importing
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power from france and the czech republic and its crisis hit to poorest who will pay the electricity because. quite understand. you know project prices and of course. the industrial goods. more for the electricity will be the consumer will be the people it is no doubt about it around thirty percent of the e.u.'s electricity comes from. generation so ironically electricity germany ends up buying will be generated power plants the majority of european countries aren't giving up their nuclear programs switzerland is phasing it out but france which has a long and successful history of nuclear power generation sees it as a solution for the future britain sweden spain and belgium are just some of the over eighty you countries that have nuclear capacity and planning to get rid of it so closing down its own reactors will stop germany's suffering from nuclear fallout
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in the event of an accident elsewhere in europe but the german green party is aiming high we are planning to hold europe strong of the nuclear free at the moment thirteen of twenty seven nations and european union don't have any nuclear plants so it's a lot and we want to make them get up at the time maybe two or three thousand thirty of them everything's free but are they aiming at the wrong goal the e.u. wants to generate twenty percent of it elektra's city using when you buy twenty twenty and also to reduce carbon emissions nuclear power was a good way of bringing emissions down but germany will need to go back to its coal fired power stations to make up the shortfall in terms of climate change germany has or with the e.u. . is is trying to reduce you to levels and if you switch off nuclear
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energy as an option and you have to turn to call. which is a lot more polluting in that. respect experts say the biggest price to pay in switching off nuclear power is the uncertainty of what will replace it in the short and long terms how we're to affect the gas price what if biofuels grow in popularity prompting poor communities to grow fuel crops rather than food these are unknown although one expert said it. it costs three trillion euros for the whole of europe to start using green technologies here in the hall to the e.u. there's consternation that such a big decision should be taken unilaterally by germany seemingly as a comics reaction to the focus even disaster but the fact is europeans are all all in this together if there is a nuclear accident for example in france germans won't be amusing just because they're not involved in nuclear power ready for a german shortfall in supply will mean higher electricity bills for all european
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families not just germans you read it to brussels. a look now at some world news in brief for you this hour in yemen's capital fighting is raging on between government troops and armed i was meant at least forty people were killed on wednesday according to reports peaceful protests turned violent last week but despite the escalation embattled leader. refuses to step down. former bosnian serb general rock has been fighting cancer since two thousand and nine that's according to his lawyer who claims to have documents proving the largest had surgery and received from a therapy in a serbian hospital two years ago alive she's now waiting for the first hearing of his case in the hague tribunal on friday he's expected to enter on a plea of charges of war crimes during the bosnian conflict including the mass killing eight thousand people in srebrenica in one thousand nine hundred five his
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family says he's not fit enough to survive a trial. google has accused china's computer hackers of carrying out an attack on its accounts the company said several hundred g. mail accounts have been hijacked some of them belonging to high ranking u.s. officials and chinese government however denies all allegations it's the second time in two years google has pointed china as the base of cyber attacks. because iraq has been paying its last respects to late president. died in moscow last week at a farewell ceremony in the capital's two home it's being attended by thousands of mourners forget about drop strive for days ago after major surgery but the complications are systems look at how the republic trains during his term. was born into a family of teachers here in the smaller because in village of the most locals knew him personally they say he always cared about people's needs and that was key to his success as president villagers are stunned that his left them so early loose
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local men generally live well into their eighty's he says your name oh we're so sad about his death we mourn his passing but actually first elected in two thousand and four during his presidency a policy against rick commission from russia managed to avoid conflict with neighboring georgia stood by its ally would sell to city it was attacked by georgian troops of two thousand and eight what seemed worked alongside but he says his passing is a great loss for the team and also it personal tragedy i was like a brother for me we have very good personal relations and indestructible and. new ideas and new projects and i thirst and we interviewed sergei in the west time we scoop asked him what's changed of the republic. when it was the main thing that's changed is people's mood now they are more certain about their future spoke with was a. little small ski r t. up next here on our team
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it's the business news with. russia's largest private oil company who while says it has a war chest to expand operations both at home and abroad the head of the company's investment department spoke exclusively to business out of a local has a lot of problem with about ten billion dollars and. the moment it's one of the largest investors. in russia we do have a great expansion plans and we do have plans to do that increase our investment in upstream in russia to stabilise production in which to say we have a large measure such as was pointed to in iraq that will require billions of dollars from us and we also have very large investments that are required in those bigger stone or our gas projects we are going to be fielding spending all production in north korea spin the north coast b m is going to become a lot of our most important areas so for our production growth this year we are
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going to eat three say less one program compared to the previous year probably by about one and a half billion dollars. so you have the markets now we sell with commodities traditionally but prices are pretty flat our light sweet is down ten cents whereas brant is up sixty cents recovering from a loss that's european stocks in the red those puts the end of that losing point eight and one percent respectively after yet another downgrade for greeks over and . pretty much the same picture here in russia though it's correcting in the upwards direction yes it's down point to my six point three percent tracking worldwide losses so to get some of the movers on the m i six energy majors among the biggest losers with gazprom down no more than one percent that's the spike news you will additionally supply up to seven the half million tons of nickel five natural gas and here to india polymaths always also retreats going to cheaper precious metals
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prices shares of come hours are also down half a percent despite for the production company increased the number of assembled trucks piple more so during the five months of this year. russia's privatization plan includes twenty five percent of the country's railway operate so they can be used to find it difficult to attract international partners and investors but that's all changed according to bill as you know you couldn't be president of russian railways. now you do not have this kind of problems to find those who would like to work with you there because the problem how you know to accumulate it how to provide the facilities for everyone who would like to work with us railway actives became very attractive actives everywhere from the united states of america to the far east of the globe. and from this point of view russian railways. i suppose are being presented as
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a very very interesting active do you know to buy to participate in the share capital the auto industry still remains a bright spot for the state's efforts to track foreign investment outside the commodity sector and italian cargo fiesta will invest one point one billion dollars in russia to build two or two plants he had plans to build an engine plant in a factory to produce one hundred twenty thousand cars a year rogers also signed investment agreements with other groups were part of the five billion dollars the russian car market is now rapidly recovering with sales jumping thirty percent to almost two million in the year twenty ten and they say the state's approach of offering discounts on import tariffs for companies that build local plants has proved effective. business out he will be back in fifteen minutes time headlined the next thing.
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