the children of each college age old cubing but you know what you know so joe being joe makes the children living in a cool durable teetotum tones. in serbia let's use available in most good and where we can see they are going to. cross a nationalist icon has been shot dead in moscow investigators how to rule that out to being an attempt to ignite ethnic tensions as a former army colonel had served a prison sentence for can nothing and killing attach him to a world. made a report of the nonsense targeting the libyan leader while france and britain continue to push forward a resolution against the president of syria part two books of the fate of civilians on the ground caught up in the last so-called democratic misstep. and russia will resume imports of e.u. draft symbols as soon as the safety guarantees are provided this way one of the out

of this was rather one of the outcomes for high level talks for nato missile defense plans and moscow's possible w t o member center for also discussed. russian r t y from moscow where it's six pm on use now with our top story and a disgraced former russian military officer and nationalist movement icon has been shot dead in moscow the reproduction of had spent eight years in prison for kidnapping and killing attention teenage girl officials on the scene of his murder however don't believe it was an act of revenge but an attempt to ignite ethnic tensions are two spear all over has the latest. yury put down of a hugely controversial figure here in russia being a highly decorated military officer the commander of a tank regiment during the second chechen war he was stripped of all of those those

owners following his two thousand and three conviction for the abduction and killing of an eighteen year old chechen woman he remained in prison in till late two thousand and nine when he was released on parole around twelve talk day here in central moscow as busy busy streets in the center of the russian capital he was gunned down just behind me there through an archway there in the courtyard of a department thought police are saying he was shot four times in the head the investigation of course now in its early stages but they've already said that they have found a car believed to have been used by the by the killers they call they found a gun with a silencer fitted to it who was partially burnt out and they are saying that the driver of that car was slavic ethnicity and goodness more information out as soon as they get it no doubt of his lawyer has said there is no way in his opinion this

was a revenge killing for the for the crime he committed in chechnya and he believes that this is as do investigators that this is a crime to speak committed to incite hatred in the country. taking into account to donald's personality and his history the investigation is not ruling out that his murder may have been a probation and there's also no evidence that one or another ethnic group was behind the killing. done oh it was viewed in some circles in russia in some nationalist groups in far right groups as a hero an iconic figure for what he did during the chechen war no we'll have to wait and see if there will be any response from those open eyes ations it to be any protests but yes it does appear that this has what we're hearing from the best gaiters and from the totals lawyer the had been done to provoke a reaction from most closed groups and to incite ethnic tensions in the country. bartlett's who is

a political analyst for the news agency says despite the fact that your advantage had strong support among ultra nationalists it's unlikely his murder will trigger why that response the story is very complicated first was this story with the church and your presumably healed why would run off with. a defender who represent the interests of the family or the girl was killed in mosque or very much in that we was killed know so it would be. nice when mists would be people from extremist campaign nationalist organizations within reach but the mother to war and not to kill was released. there can be a lot of versions what i'm sure about is that there will be no all nationalist backlash because there are very few people who identify with who don't but there was a trial and people who supported him i would see it in particular where it's you mustn't person it was rather a process that against syria which was

a reunion in the liberal media at the moment the broom us media. guilty before the trial so there were some people who sympathized with him. i don't think we're going to see a huge back question all because he'd achieved a lot i think if i were to pull down. still to come for you here at r t top level and top secret the world's most influential figures together at a meeting of the secretive builder group giving people plenty to speculate on just what they're talking about. nato is deliberately targeting the libyan leader colonel gadhafi that's according to media reports quoting the alliance a senior military official who says the u.n. resolution justifies the action because as head of the military gadhafi is an essential part of the command structure this comes as fresh air strikes and plumes of smoke over the libyan leader's compound and nearby with. the libyan army has

fought back portably shooting down a nato helicopter one hundred sixty kilometers southwest of tripoli meanwhile the country's rebels will get at least one billion dollars in assistance money promised by donors including would you ask britain france and arab states as well but authorities rufe a notion and now reports the only thing some libyans haven't received are injuries inflicted by nato. has been within has. doctors have performed any a miracle and the young girl is back home with her family she took her mother's pills to kill herself. if someone wants to kill me and bill to do it myself. but who wants to kill the teenager summers the age of c.t. tripoli has been under constant bombardment by nato forces for three months they have been fooling around the city with a population of around

a million no one can ever say when or where the next one would land. this week in the most intensive air raid yet there have been sixty eight flights in just ten hours attacks against civilians must stop gadhafi must go and the libyan people deserve to determine their own future nato has frequently claimed success and the military operation is supposed to protect civilians but the libyan government has repeatedly protested the innocent civilians happen among. the claims have not been independently verified with one thing is clear since march nineteenth the lives ordinarily prince has changed forever son was mother will never forget the day when her daughter preferred death to his new life my girl told me before that she thought death is a good thing and i entered her room that day she was lying on the floor there was smoke everywhere could hardly see what happened but i realized immediately was

something terrible this is not fair they told us they want a no fly zone and have a set they were going to bonus he promised to protect us but instead they scare us talking about who they are son of his father is more precise and it was the world no longer needs nato the second world war ended long ago and we try to live our lives well new storage wars and always intervenes in other countries problems we're tired of war our patience is running out let us just live our life has just prolong its operation and leave it all september that means people here face months more terror from the skies well of nato as opposed to targets gadhafi his military arsenal actually landed here in this district it didn't destroy the colonel's compound but it's almost damaged the lives of one family as you can see the building has quickly been repaired now the question is whether the people will ever recover now if not. tripoli. well while

western and arab countries are showing their support for the libyan opposition by pledging more money minder of filmmaker patrick hansen believes this move definitely won't help write peace in the war torn country i don't see how funding the rebels or arming the rebels is going to decrease civilian casualties in fact what we've seen is the opposite but anyone's guesstimate up to one thousand civilians have already died under nato airstrikes thousands of sorties of already been flown and thousands of cruise missiles have been fired there is going to be a lot of collateral damage obviously the western countries and the allied forces have not learned their lessons from iraq and afghanistan they're actively funding army providing logistical support on the ground troops on the ground already in military advisers from u.k. from france from italy and also cynthia mckinney congressman from from the u.s.

reported that the israelis also have military advisers in benghazi so it's a total circus a nation building circus. well we have more updates on what's happening in the middle east on our web site let's take a look at what's happening in syria there the military has reportedly launched an operation aimed at restoring security in the rebel northern border town of sugar authorities say at least one hundred twenty officers and government troops were killed there by armed groups earlier in the week according to witnesses dozens of tanks have been deployed to the area and are due to enter the town human rights groups say more than thirteen hundred people have been killed in the eleven week uprising the u.n. meanwhile is still considering a new resolution against syria something rough and strongly opposing next hour artie's debate show calls talk focuses on whether syria's neighbors in the region will be happy to see democratic changes in the country. democracy would clearly be

best for the region and for the syrian people first and foremost and then for israel but parts of the budget is a reference to will it actually happen it's just really reminded me of what i told my doctor and my wife but i'll stop smoking i'm going to diet and exercise but if you. look for really i think this is clear. and it shows that the but is the key issue with what is means that this is the devil you know we've dealt with over the last we've dealt with russia a lot of has given us the ability. because a few people it's ok if you support there is an iraqi soldier later it's ok. but but but you know that's what i think is the is the key word. if you want.

russia is ready to resume imports of european vegetables if the e.u. guarantees supplies are not in fact by the deadly virus moves one of the outcomes of the two day russia e.u. summit parties there is a great show but has more from the city of new where the talks were house. page tables were literally on the table at the press conference the european leaders and host russian president dmitry medvedev were asked whether they had vegetables for lunch the answer was yes they had a joint them and moreover a certain breakthrough was reached on the issue of a russian ban on fruit and vegetables imported from the european union recently russia imposed their full import ago in the wake of the deadly equalise strain outbreak in order to prevent infection from coming into the country this measure of was halted this proportionate by the european union officials and they said that it was going against the policies of the world trade organization i wash in his turn

criticize brussels both ways to provide sufficient information on the source and containment of the infractions and today president medvedev so that the country could leave to disband leave the european union provides certainly legal guarantees about the source of the infraction and is more transparent on the computer and we are ready to live on european vegetables after we are provided with sufficient guarantees. in russian and the european health officials are following a large mistake to think it proves you so you can see of the supply projects this is a good result. of the hottest year on the international agenda where the two sides so i. russia strongly condemns tomatoes military intervention in libya and again calls for a peaceful resolution of the conflicts and the war which has already resulted in thousands of casualties as also seriously cheney challenge to the e.u.'s foreign policy is to talk more on those challenges today in an exclusive interview with r t

we're joined by high representative for foreign occurs and security policy in the european union catherine ashton and of course the first question was only. one of the big challenges and questions is how to make sure that. way in which we go. on the assuredness of the culture it's a fundamental part of moving forward in fact there has been a lot of hope to museum surrounding these twenty seventh watch that you summit these all to music is built largely around president mubarak's quest for radical reforms in russia the modernization and it all resulted in breakthrough agreements between brussels and mosco over the past months like along the way to russia's accession into the world trade organization for seventeen years that is way longer than any other building country russia has been in membership talks with w t o and now finally we expect that by the end of the year russia will join the club today

presently very verge his european colleagues to sort out all the formalities within the next month and to speed up the process of russia's joining the group. stay with us to see the latest in our close up series this time from the land where people mend their broken three. the north says see what the desire of peace and stability and do and ways of restoring normal life about conflict torn apart. but first new details have emerged in a case of a russian girl who was allegedly raped by her american adoptive father it came after the russian on the cement for children's rights was requested to travel to the u.s. police arrested the adoptive father in two thousand and ten and he admitted to having consensual sex with the girl his lawyer provided russian documents which stated she was sixteen years old and therefore not underrate however after russian authorities looked into the case it turns out the girl's eight have been falsified

last year moscow banned u.s. families from adopting russian children following several high profile scandals process child's rights own both men how the law says he's trying to establish where the four stock humans in this case came from. to go. to different dates of birth or size it in the case documents currently being looked at by the courts in the state of georgia if it had not been for this legal confusion and the fact that some of the sinews documents were missing we may never have heard about the incident the investigation took up an entire year and is now out of the implants we're trying to find out where the forged documents came from we're also looking into and use first adoption in two thousand and one i think it was in line with the regulations since continues first foster mother martha blount has already had four children at the time we find it strange and we're looking into it a russian consulate worker is on his way to meet with senior. and invite only meeting of the world's political elite and financial magnets the builder book group is underway in switzerland the annual event has long been shrouded in secrecy

something that's given rise to a strong protest movement marches or am it reports on just what might be the main of gender behind closed doors this great big hits. well you can see on the hill behind me is the hotel in summer it's in switzerland and it's there for the next couple of days around about one hundred fifty of the world's most powerful people will be meeting behind closed doors to discuss whatever they like it's the builder group again of course it's the invitation only gathering of the world's most influential people the attendees in the past have included kings and presidents captains of industry and heads of the world's most powerful corporations business media coverage of the building. nothing not even a list of people who'd be in attendance there's no publicized agenda no press releases are released during the course of the event. despite some fairly high level media moguls going to build it work every single year but there are dedicated

bill to go watch as a monism is a man called jim tucker he says the arab spring will be a main topic of discussion here he says that the builder broke into looking to create and engineer and mastermind a bloody war in the middle east in order to protect the interests of israel to prolong not what they will be worried he says because there's increasing opposition to the war in libya in the u.s. congress so that will be worrying that another thing that they'll be talking about he says is so many stuff card according to jim tucker and many other girls about what is it is to build a boat group who will decide who the future head of the i.m.f. will be so we'll be looking in the coming weeks and months for any information about that in the news agenda. let's take a look at some world news in grief this hour in afghanistan for a police officer killed in a suicide bomb attack outside a mosque in the northern city of induce the bomber blew himself up at a remembrance ceremony in honor of the well known regional police commander it was killed in another suicide attack two weeks earlier which also wounded

a nato general and several other officials. croatia is set to get the green light to join the e.u. for unions justice commissioner has said movie and reading out of that remember certain is likely to start in twenty thirteen croatia would be the second post small country to join the twenty seven state union after slovenia started membership talks about six years ago time now for russia a close up series where this time the team travels to north a sector. so to aid in russia's north caucasus the small republic has been plagued by decades of violence and conflict today tens of thousands of refugees remain stranded on able to return to their ancestral homes for fear of the long shot starts and it's been

a question of when now reports people's heartfelt desire for peace is beginning to bring stability. shacks that look like they're barely holding together actual houses lying in ruins these are the far from welcoming images that strike you as soon as you approach the village of qana relives one of dozens of residential wreckage the area's located have thirty four families have lived here for over twenty years in this terrible conditions and your generation has been gone but for them nothing has changed they say they've already lost hope these people came here in ninety ninety two after bloody after the conflict between south the city ends and georgians that lasted two years and such as by origin they were born in georgia but flats fearing for their lives hard on a job b. of i was among them her husband became one of the many casualties of the bloody conflict georgian and why origin he was helping certain people and ask. was killed

by his client along with two small children she received a one off compensation payment from the government but no official recognition as a refugee and the benefits they'll get conned with it. because it is very difficult to get refugee status that would go through. and the only thing that anything right now is to give us ground so we could build those that believe in normal conditions . just ten kilometers away lives a different outfit a group that's also experienced the realities of life as refugees the ethnic conflict between english and this is not in people that have been almost at the same time over thirty two thousand english people to leave their lands and spread out in the region of the north caucasus but thanks to special government programs the vast majority are back home four hundred anguish tremulous left hand before the conflict and almost half of them have now returned as the most family is among

those who came back that this. by the horrors that happen hanna is still feels it is his native land assamites almost two brothers and the fighting and his family was forced to move from place to pleas for several years but that's in the past and now it's all about looking to the future. this is my land i have so many plans in mind i mean to create as many dishes for you to work as possible and they would do something useful and will not have time to think of any stupid things and yes me and my family happy that we came back here as you people here see the same needs to happen for those that feel abandoned you can believe scan the horrors of recent times i want from the face of the village even if they're still counts in their minds it's been almost three years though still lost contact but the signs of the struggle remain and it's not only abandoned houses and devastated residential

areas but also a significant number of people that still have no place to call home and to discuss this more i'm now joined by victoria de carlo beach an instructor as the institute of civilization here in blood you got us thank you very much for joining me so he thought it was every family had been touched by the refugee problem i can see there are a lot of people here in political cause the to familiar with this problem very well because they have friends in for a legit it's hard to see this so here after they are in school to get with the sofa search here in georgia in two thousand and eight for example one family has relatives a family of three but to stay with this for a year before they managed to settle down here find jobs schools and a place to live so you can see the problem still exists all right and what is the main challenge refugee faced at the moment i think the main problem is the bureaucracy all of this or if you just lost their documents so they they have to

stay in lawyers for like hours and hours just to get their passports bad. point jobson good work permits so and the second one is psychological i think it's obese people stupid old soldiers all right thank you very much that was a big deal it's the kind of each and instructor and the institute of civilization here in place you come across and meanwhile our team continues to bring you the latest picture of life down here in russia's north caucasus and the republic of north to south korea. business is next here in r t with dimitri stay with us. thanks very much an exit russia's largest oil producer ross nafta is holding its first big music after the death of the long awaited to the u. it's now to decide what's next is the news below skis at the company's a.g.m. in southern russia. it may be warm and sunny for the a.g.m. here in the southern city of crossing the r. but stalker's during recent months has been in the icy north of the arctic it's

failed plans for a tie up with b.p. and the share swap deal cast a shadow over the company and if the deal is dead it also may have to still has the task of finding a partner to explore the blocks it's acquired in the arctic heading up that will be a new chairman to go sit in the standing down in accordance with the new russian policy of splitting politicians from jobs heading state run companies it's not all bad news for us net production grew faster than any other russian oil company currently it's pumping eight hundred and forty million barrels of oil and twelve billion cubic meters of gas a year there's been a lot of progress on row snapped improving downstream capacity it's taken germany's who will increase replying and giving access to new technology and looking east a joint venture with c. and b. c. to build a refinery in china will greatly improve it's going to trace of far east markets so the new leadership will have

a lot to smile about but solving the problem. in the arctic will be their toughest task. so you can look at the markets this hour we start with crude oil it's declining in new york and very heavy now two dollars sixty seven cents for light sweet one dollar thirty eight this is on the back of a strong dollar. move to european stock markets and they're also trading lower footsies down one percent the dax one point one percent stocks did see some recovery earlier in the day on news the german parliament voted to approve future greek aid but that was very short time because worries remain about the strength of the global economic recovery. here in russia another fifteen minutes to go with twenty rather till the end of the session the r.t.s. is down point eight percent of my six point five percent on declining will take a look at some of the individual shares the energy shares were losing the most gazprom declining two percent gross they're down one point three percent despite

boosting dividends twenty ten by twenty percent. the vegetable saga is coming to an end as russia and the agree to resume vegetable imports as soon as there is a safety seal russia imposed the ban over a week ago after an eco lie outbreak but first the people have died and thousands have been infected but in the course of a takes a look at how the ban has been affecting local markets. less than twenty percent of all vegetables in russia are imported from europe the low figure had many this missing its potential impact on the market yet prices are slowly rising and if you were to go to a supermarket today you would not be able to find all the vegetables huge the seeing this is also one of the biggest and most well known russian supermarkets now a couple of days ago the company promised that it would not be affected by the bad and the promise no i think shelves and no shortages but a couple of minutes ago i tried to buy new those with vegetables and i was told

that they stopped making it because of a shortage in vegetables russia is one of the e.u.'s largest markets for vegetables and the union has been outraged over the ban but now the two are closer to an agreement with russia promising to lift it as soon as it gets food safety guarantees from the european commission but until then russians are having to learn how to search situ carrots for bell peppers marine corps service business r.t. or i will be back in fifteen minutes time with an update of latest business news headlines.

more than a month. in one of the most extreme environments on the planet this is and charge it up and people have to be aware that they're far away from civilization sean thomas discovers what makes antarctica so special and attractive for many the wildlife in antarctica is a both and a frontal. expedition to the bottom of the earth on our team.