happened she was one of the best people i've ever known i do not understand maybe it's fate but why did it have to happen. the russian premier league football referee. just one of the forty four killed monday night with a tuple of one three four carrying fifty two people from moscow to bet as a vodka northwestern russia crashed on this road missing the runway by a kilometer twenty four hours later the crash claimed another victim when one of the survivors a young boy died in hospital. when i heard the little boy in the hospital died i was shocked it's awful my late husband was a pilot he had landed planes at this airport many times it's very personal to me. the site of the crash has been cleaned up the roads have been reopened the wreckage of the plane completely removed but there are still career marks evidence like this bird for us that reminds people of the tragedy that struck on monday night but for those who had been here to witness the horrific scenes they say that those memories

are unlikely to go away. i didn't sleep for two days i couldn't even fall asleep i can't recall and people screaming and pulling bodies away from the plane. you have get me was one of the first at the scene his house only meters away from where the plane came down. i heard the explosion and ran outside the lights went out i ran to the site and we started rescuing people trying to weigh a man two women and the pilot that he was dead the firemen arrived and we helped them the man we dragged away called his wife at home and he asked me to get his phone from his pocket saying he's still alive but still in the hospital. while all the bodies have been recovered the relatives of the victims still have the tough task of identifying their loved ones investigators say all possible scenarios are being looked into but initial reports suggest bad weather and pilot error are the likely cause of the crash a suggestion that didn't sit well with some locals just would guy it's easy to

blame the pilot because he's dead i think the airport itself is to blame. family and friends are waiting for answers but all they can do now. he was only thirty eight. only thirty eight. is remembered those they've lost. pets are still here r t russia's korea region. reports suggest seven special forces officers have been killed and at least sixteen others wounded scuse me during an anti terror operating in russia's volatile north caucuses fierce fighting broke out when a group of militants have been surrounded in the try to break free with this developing story they are to go past going off now. this operation is still continuing it's been going on for two days it's all happening in the troubled republic of kyrgyzstan in the caucasus in a forest area so perhaps that that complicating the operation for the special

forces is started with the authorities surrounding a group of militants what would be try to break through and that's reportedly one of the police officers were killed the authorities have also deployed havey old artillery including tanks and helicopters to assist them in this operation unfortunately the north caucasus is called the cradle of terrorism in russia and president needed to be the first been saying many times very it's one of the key goals of his administration to strengthen security in the caucasus authorities have been able to hold some successful operations in that region including the republic of biggest just last week we found and destroyed an underground weapons factory with numerous homemade explosive devices with remote controls also last week before a limited person will been buried it will be have been searching for since last knew he was plotting terrorist attack in moscow all of the new year's eve and

all that just shows how important it is to strengthen security in that region because it really does f.x. security in the entire country. coming up on our two year firsthand account from the libyan front line we hear from a journalist who was in the region only a few days ago and who says that all is not what it seems. greece now the next where the prime minister has won a crucial parliamentary vote of confidence in his newly reshuffle government he was no then navigate the nation through a series of tough spending cuts and sales of national assets in order to secure a new bailout and avoid a default but as i see sarah first reports for the millions of anxious greeks who feel their voices are going on heard the future is never so bleak. it's considered by many to be the best place of democracy but increased now the whitening gap between the aims of the people and the government is proving explain itself. we are

a mix of people that have not political dollars and we are here all together to say that we cannot be and that vis pressure we cannot hold. the measures taken on the measures that they take for us without us and we want to take out large buck demonstrations held in the central square now on a daily basis with some of the protests turning violent protests to say the suffocating take ask nothing compared to the a state he measures if they fail a strangling their economy the people are being refused very right to judge what policies are going to be implemented upon them and of course the greek government is an accomplice to this of popular sovereignty i mean we're not we're not anymore in the proper sense a sovereign country with the i.m.f. can dictate policy with the european with the sabean and the european union and the

i.m.f. the so-called troika can come and say listen these are these are the measures you're going to implement you are going to implement them whether you like it or not we can see you know we were facing a very peculiar form of dictatorship by the european union the european central bank and the i.m.f. here a finance chiefs a desperate not to see the first year raising suffering default and they're rising concerns about the crisis that could trigger throughout europe i think very chance of a domino effect. if greece or. are nouns or default and this is their problem and reason why are europeans or are helping greece but in fact we are hearing bitters because they don't want this domino effect and because they want to take all very short of greece. sixteen percent to the quick what full sun employees western economic conditions here increased the euro is

a dream it seems is a. people want to listen to the people words reoffends would be full of. people out there were uprising or there would be a lot of violence in the streets but people have said that when they're turning out into the streets and then millions and the government continues to push ahead with the prepays measures well then they deign to have democracy anymore the government is trying to govern but the people refuse to be governed in this way every day that disconnect becomes more and more dangerous. care about the reef tops and then really a world away from what's been happening on the streets recently the question a lot of people have been asking is just when we're going to reach boiling point lenny when he was on the streets of athens to witness the violence that is already past that point the question a lot of people are now asking is really how much further does this guy serve it's a been around for more of sara's inside of the problems in greece head on live

she's contemplating a blog there if you want to learn how the peaceful protest hostile the details that are to talk or what are there as well you might consider these stories all change in the netherlands where the humble coins being brought buying up today how well it spoil using the smartphone scanning crazes that means earlier you can find out all about it online find out how it works at our t don't call. in just a few hours time the u.s. presidents are supposed to confirm his decision to pull thirty thousand troops out of afghanistan by the end of twenty twelve is part of barack obama's efforts to restore public trust at home where the nearly ten year long wars become increasingly unpopular lives the u.s. capitol now we're joined by afghan war veteran turned peace activist delivered.

good evening the taliban stepped up its assault on the afghan government recently the number of suicide car bombings has gone up you fought in afghanistan do you think it's the right time really to start pulling troops out like this when the war on terror clearly hasn't been won yet you know this is a great question and it is really important that now is the time that nato and the united states begin to take steps to withdraw our troops from afghanistan or there's two major reasons why number one we need to challenge the afghans to take over their own country to invest in their own infrastructure that afghans can begin to have control over their own territory into the war is costing an exceptional amount of money for not just the united states but every nation of volved which includes russia it includes pakistan it includes india includes a lot of the european union as well so it costs

a lot of money so we need to bring our troops home and also to so the afghans can begin to take over i will tell you there are many of them in it let's talk about a point where the they get over to the afghans because they can cope can make only kabul claims it's ready to step in assume responsibility for the security but at the same time is that we're seeing attacks in the very heart of the capital some experts say president karzai has little power outside kabul really isn't the right time to be pulling and letting them get on with it. well i mean first of all i wouldn't believe anything coming out of kabul because i think that conspiracy theories and xenophobia runs rampant through through the media there so i wouldn't believe much coming from kabul but i think it's clear that we can see that the longer that the us stays and nato stays inside of afghanistan the more enemies we create because what happens in war unintentional consequences innocent people get killed more people join the insurgency that normally wouldn't and so it's in our

best interest because not having troops there doesn't allow the insurgency to grow we've seen every year the longer troops stay the insurgency grows and anti-american anti western anti european sentiment grows so that's why we should leave more importantly they're not all right you focus on the cost as well at the start of all this american said that it would rebuild the nation and bring democracy to the people believed to have been spent in the process they succeeded. no just to give you just an example we. report come out of the washington post a few weeks back that virtually all the reports coming in that dictated what what the united states was spending their hundreds of billions of dollars has been shaken off the american people and off of the european nations basically stolen from the kabul government so the money we've invested has largely gone to waste and

it will continue going to waste by any nation that continues to support it what we can do is provide financial support for n.g.o.s and non-governmental institutions that where the money actually hits the ground where the people are at where schools are being built and roads are being built by n.g.o.s if we could to do that it would be good for the afghans if we continue to give money to the central bank in kabul that's bad because that's where karzai and his cronies will steal it also questioning the scale of this pullout the u.s. defense secretary and the top american commander in afghanistan live advise a much smaller wind than obama's proposing this supposed to be the ones in the know on the way. well they are supposed to be in the know but remember in terms of the military i don't care if it's the u.s. military or the european military forces or russian except for the military has a certain mindset which is win through military means and that's the mindset of the

military but there's a nother side to any squabble any war or anything in that and that is the political side and that's really what the president has to deal with and that in my opinion is the most important part because it's clear that afghanistan's problems are political problems not military problems so are their military successes yes but were there not been successes which are political we need political successes we haven't had yet and this is why having less troops but more diplomatic forces more n.g.o.s. more financial support for not for the car of the karzai administration but for where for the people on the ground that's what needs to happen not supporting military efforts bombing innocent civilians and continued military efforts that have really had failed to meet what really needs to happen what should be done the other really thought he question of the drug trade that showed outside

of that building in fact for all ten years what night has been occupying the country is. foreign troops pulling out. well just to that's a good grilli great question and basically what we know about the drug trade inside of afghanistan is that the coalition forces have not done much anything to to root out the drug trade and one of the reasons is if you root out the drug trade in afghanistan what's going to happen to the economy inside of afghanistan that largely doesn't already exist so what needs to happen in terms of the drug trade there needs to be an increase in economic development and providing alternatives to drug trade through agriculture other means saffron is a very. expensive spice that is just as expensive and some areas as heroin is and so this is one element that the international community can use to replace heroin

but one other point i think i want to i want to make sure that we know about the big devil in the room here is the pakistani and indian afghan relationship this is the devil in the room that nobody wants to talk about is this is the secret to the remedy to getting all the coalition forces out of afghanistan and letting afghans take over and what we need for inside of pakistan is real cooperation from the military and the intelligence community if we don't have that there is no hope for anyone including the russians the european union and the united states in terms of having a stable south asia so briefly are you hopeful of that happening i. no no i'm not and i think we saw just recently with the capture of osama bin laden inside of a bout of bad what that showed was that we don't have call real cooperation from the pakistani government and we've also seen pakistan now bringing relationships

with china so what does this mean for in terms of u.s. russian european union and indeed relationships continued tensions and if we don't if we as as an international community don't really put some pressure on pakistan to to have them as a cooperative partner in stabilizing that area it's going to be a nightmare for everybody and this should scare everyone to death a sobering prospect live from the u.s. capitol afghan war veteran to. thank you. it's and he has called for an immediate cease fire in libya to allow humanitarian aid to be brought into the country the appeal comes after they too admitted to a blunder that resulted in the deaths of civilians including children i spoke to investigative journalist michelle cullen it was in the country just a couple of days ago he told me nato is proceeding its own interests in the region . they have killed more civilians that the losses from the initials problems there feels more civilians the nato bombings so do real i.d.'s not protect civilians.

he's to achieve the economical strategy kalid interest off there of the west us in europe i mean the oil i mean the financial reserves of libya are i remind that the usa is a bankrupt country and also preventing that caffie would be a sort of turn to the i.m.f. some buying for african development the old idea is to make the public international opinion accept the idea that nato is a cup of the world know that that nato has the right to make wars where they want to revisit the people in hospitals and we saw victims and indeed the civilian population is attacked that must be very clear it has nothing to do with him and its air and war. the countries of the former soviet union are marking the seventieth anniversary of the nazi invasion that claimed the lives of some twenty seven million people solemn ceremonies were held across several states which bore

the brunt of the war against hitler's armies here in moscow russia's political elite laid roots of the tomb of the unknown soldier by the crimean. president but have stressed the importance of keeping the memory of the more alive making sure it doesn't fade with time. i did belarus a special ceremony was held at the breast fortress which saw the first major standoff between soviet and nazi forces from where r.t. is a country that. reports. like any careless child i had plans that evening i wasn't afraid when they started shelling i only remember that something exploded and my bed was thrown into another corner of the room. not only four year old canady was unaware of what was happening his father an experienced red army officer was also caught flatfooted that night seventy years ago. i was at his house with my mother and my father who was delayed to defend the

breast fortress this was our window on the first floor my father was sure there could be no war this is what the party keeps saying he thought it was an earthquake he grabbed his accordion and ran outside my mom stopped him totally and this is war . the war for which the nazi military the very marked had come up with a name for long before blitzkrieg but as seach they'd planned would last just hours instead was to go on for weeks in a fierce battle with those who defended to the death but there was no warning when the nazis invaded on the night of the twenty second of june one thousand nine hundred forty one the bombardment of the garrison by surprise that army officers were spread out and was on the wrong ben i mean ition but well even the students. top them to finding the fort in few battles until the last survivor stories of the heroic resistance quickly reached different fronts soldier me the loss of

received the news far away in the republic of call me in northwest russia it was a deep grief silent pain for our people trapped here everyone knew that the german army was much stronger every day we receive reports of the enemy marched another hundred kilometers deeper into our homeland the nazis were in a hurry at the gateway to vast country they bore him to the breast fortress with devastating intensity up to sixty six min cells a second archive footage from the time shows the fortress silhouetted in heavy smoke hundreds were killed in their sleep during the first minutes of the tac among them small children some survived the night only to be buried alive later this is my second mother when the nazis rounded up refugees scattered in villages nearby this woman saved me the germans dug a mass grave into which they were about to throw women and children this woman

pushed me and my mom under her skirt when the german slaughtered every one around and left this woman took me out from under her skirt crossed me and said i just did what god told me to. after nine days of fierce fighting hitler's forces captured most of the fortress but their losses amounted to almost nine thousand there were reports that isolated defenders remained resisting the nazis as leaders to one hitler and mussolini personally visited the site of the battle it's claimed that a stone hitler picked up from the remains of the fortress was found in his office after the war. i'm often asked what was the biggest award for you the one most valued from that war the most precious award for me is that i stayed alive everyone was fighting like true heroes but few survived but could i understand it four years of age nothing it's only now that i'm

a father and grandfather myself that i realize what a life is worth now i'm a fierce pacifist i hate war i don't understand how want to human being can do violence to another i live my life never doing any harm to anybody. in the churchyard t. bell or. look at it short into night people about as late as crosstalk guest of eight where the expectations were too high and that the arab spring would bring democracy to the region that's about ten minutes time but first katrina say with lies business. welcome to auntie's business bulletin there's a multi-billion dollar dog fight taking place at the paris air show this year russia is pinning its hopes on a range of defense aircraft and in civil aviation on the new sukhoi superjet category virg from invest cafe see great potential for russia's new us contestant in the median home market. well indeed we have seen over six hundred toward from

super jet and. apparent success is largely due to the to the reputation of. the time head of a corporation but out of those over six hundred aircrafts only two have actually been supplied so maybe in time before the modifications it can stand the competition from international majors such as canada's bombardier and brazil's who also manufacture aircraft of similar specifications. and staying with the airshow era flot russia's flagship airline has ordered eight triple seven passenger jets from boeing the one point two billion dollars deal is widely seen as a turn away from air bass which provides the majority of the carriers fleet analysts say the russian airline has obtained a fifty percent discount from boeing saving up to a billion dollars meanwhile arafat has bashed us for inconsistent turned in both delivery and price. looking at the markets now the u.s.

markets are trading serviceably weighed in today with all eyes on the federal reserve is holding its regular monetary policy meeting widely expected to keep rates unchanged and of more interest what will be watching them better now he has to say at the subsequent press conference about the state of the u.s. economy. the european markets have been trading cautiously as well during weapons day session with investors curious as to what might be the next step in solving greece's debt problems banks in london are suffering with barclays and standard chartered chartered both down two percent here in russia the markets closed slightly up after early losses though uncertainty remains over the price of crude let's have a look at some individual sam moves on the my six now most energy majors bounced back from earlier losses with both gazprom and lukoil closing up over half a percent meanwhile banks were down as they came under pressure across europe has been losing one percent russia's diamond john. has increased its net profit by

forty two percent in the first quarter of the year the four hundred thirty million dollar result was supported by stronger production at a thirty four percent increase in pressure starting prices. russian first lines of producer has posted first quarter net profit of one hundred sixty one million dollars up from nineteen million last year revenue rose seventy percent year on year driven by a stronger global demand. and that brings you up to date for business for now you can always keep up today online at our team dot com forward slash business stay with us for headlines next.

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this is artsy international from moscow thanks for being with us our top stories a plane crash in northwest russia has claimed another life today bringing the death toll to forty five now experts are investigating the evidence from the site to establish the cause of monday's disaster and the report suggests pilot error is to blame. an anti-terrorist operation in russia's north caucasus is underway with reports suggesting special forces have suffered losses in an attack on a militant hideout at least seven offices have reportedly been killed in gun fights with the thirty strong militant. the greek government with a vote of confidence as it struggles for support of its savage spending cuts need to be passed to secure a new e.u. bailout souses of angry greeks are protesting against the new measures voices in

not being. on the former soviet republics remember the victims of the war against fascism wednesday marks the seventieth anniversary of the nazi invasion of the u.s.s.r. some twenty seven million people died to bring about think east from. next not people of all those close to debate whether the popular uprisings will ever bring democracy to the arab world. and you can. follow in the welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle from spring to fall the uprisings in at least three arab states for fast becoming vicious civil wars is the arab awakening less about democracy promotion and more against a stifling status quo and police states and what are the chances the arab awakening will be hijacked by new strongman and dictate. in.

the process not the uprisings in the arab world i'm joined by david price jones and florence he is senior editor of the national review and author of treason of the heart from thomas paine to kim philby in washington we have omar baddoor he is a political scientist and human rights activist and in austin we cross to alan cooperman he's an associate professor at the l.b.j. school of public affairs of the university of texas all right gentlemen this is cross talk and i mean cross talk rules in effect you can jump in anytime you want if i could go to david first and florence is the is the arab awakening as it's being called turning into an arab nightmare as i started out the program three of these countries that are undergoing. social strife it's turning into a vicious civil war and democracy seems to be more of a distant ideal if it ever was.