a guru told him how an international house flooded the chines every green lol he told in talk of. in the am. this is the first time since the second world war the japanese people have no trust in the government as a country's authorities launched massive radiation checkups three months after the fall of human disaster a local people are angered by the late response and a lack of transparency. a russian intelligence chief has been found guilty of treason for exposing a group of russian sleeper agents in the u.s. last summer. and venezuelan officials deny the country's leader over charges in a critical condition with some claiming the u.s. is instigating rumors about cancer just to stabilize his government.

which are to live from moscow i'm wary and joshing welcome to the program the japanese government is starting radiation checkups for more than two million people living near the crippled fukushima plant as part of a long term health monitoring program launched over three months after the nuclear crisis started as r.t. is shown jobs reports confusion over where state and war isn't is seen many lose trust in the authorities. in a culture that is generally non-confrontational and obedient when thousands take to the streets in tokyo against nuclear energy it is a serious sign of just continue after this crisis it is true that the people are more conscious and we need to take advantage of it this is the first time since the second world war the japanese people have nor trust in the government he wants to

be a coastal city devastated by the earthquake of the tsunami and on the edge of the radiation exclusion zone he's starting on the long road to recovery but the people living here see the government just isn't doing enough from the city hall about york city they said different things about perfect or they said different things in the government they said different things. the alligator the or stiff part of the country. the hour apart but some believe it is too early to tell what the real dangers of the situation or scientists who know that large doses of radiation given in one glance is a significant health threat but they say there isn't enough information about long term exposure to lower doses of radiation and the types of damage it can do if you take it here or ideation level and then you could get briefs and then you take water you always feel half different values because it's so close and so changing

so you can hardly say but it's really exceeds what a normal person would have a year one of the frightening things about this entire incident is that there are no concrete boundaries that can clearly guarantee your safety one example is this looks like a beautiful by spring valley behind me but in fact this is the very head of what we call ometer exposure value for the government has set up in fact we tried to get a little bit closer but were supported out by a police officer and a couple of personnel now although this is supposed to be a safe area the radiation levels here are still good green seven and ten times higher than normal weather for misinformation or mis understanding that people who live in the affected areas don't always take the proper precautions here a volunteer works to clean up toxic radioactive hot spots with hardly any protection at all a problem that some say is compounded by government propaganda think censuring the benefits while neglecting to inform about the dangers of nuclear waste in the first thing the government should do is let the citizens know the real cost of nuclear

energy and so now the priority has been to profit from energy p.r. machine of the government has been emphasizing the benefit of nuclear energy and the citizens have been brainwashed to believe it now in the wake of an international crisis and there are allegations that the government and the power companies have were killed a deal to help each other and that the media. has been bought off the t.v. channels need the money from advertisement and the nuclear energy companies pay a lot with this money that cannot survive and for that reason i have to shut up about the situation and newspapers have this problem as well i'm moving that if true keeps the important information hidden from the people saving face for those in charge in japan showing thomas or a t.v. . the japanese government is pushing people to get back to normal life without creating safe enough conditions for it and that's the view of a greenpeace activist who's part of a team conducting an independent investigation into the fukushima health effects his interview is coming up in less than half an hour but here's

a quick preview. but she's going to personally one of these therapy because on one hand you see the japanese are forcing people and the society to be back to normal kind of sort of the work again kids go to the schools farmers start to look to replant your fields because it's a growing season and yet at the same time there are still extremely high. and the complement asian of both in the soil but also potentially in the food this is three months after the accident started the japanese these differences are three to six really hold information for people to littles and they don't provide them with any kind of support. the man blew the cover of a group of russian agents in the u.s. last year has been found guilty of treason by a moscow court the verdict has been announced in absentia as intelligence colonel alexander protégé have managed to flee the country before the scandal unfolded last

summer it led to ten agents including ana chapman being arrested and swapped for four u.s. spies i'll get you as always following the case for us here mosque in talks more so because we do tell us more on what seems to be a top secret court throws out there. but it's hard to give a lot of information precisely because this is a top secret court case every single document the moscow military court has looked at during the course of the trial has been labeled classified and the verdict is being read without the journalists present behind closed doors so it's difficult to divulge a lot of information but we do know that the moscow military force has fell from a colonel and it's on the. guilty of treason and a desert in his country we don't yet know how. much his sentence will be but we do know that the prosecutors did ask for twenty five years imprisonment for the man

and of course stripping him of any military ranks and awards that he may have received during his service. but we do know. of course the man was tried in absentia as he has left the country a little over a year ago just before the russian president's visit to the united states last summer reading to previous information he allegedly sent out his wife and family before he left the country but according to the information coming out that has not been the case is the wife has actually been giving evidence in court on his behalf and according to the judge he actually sent his wife a message an s.m.s. message from his phone when he left the country saying mary i hope you will understand that i'm not leaving for a while i'm leaving for good so that was basically the first clue his wife had that he was planning to defect and to leave his country. to the documents that were

presented in the court it is most likely that he's currently in hiding somewhere in the united states. well it's about a year or sense that spy drama unfolded take us back and remind us how it happened . indeed well just a little over a year a year ago the international media and of course the u.s. media was frenzied by the news of a so-called spy ring the boss did in the united states on the east coast ten people ten russian citizens of hughes dove espionage for russia were brought up on charges . a leader found guilty of being on registered agents of a foreign government they were not convicted of espionage but that didn't do much to dissuade the press from calling it a russian spy ring those ten people were later exchanged with us spies really

imprisoned in russia that us walk was made in europe in vienna and those ten people accused of being on registered agents in the united states all returned to russia all but one a citizen of the rule of the keep the law is she actually returned to her home country we know that upon arrival here in russia most of them received a very warm welcome was actually met with a russian president who did say that they will be getting state awards for services done to their country perhaps the most famous person out of those people is a chaplain of course nicknamed the russian james ball and she has become a very prominent media personality here in russia he's also a member of a huge political party so she's definitely. enjoying a lot of media attention. and that of course has been a very high profile case which is why the trial of alex on the sea of the colonel

who allegedly. who basically betrayed those people working for their government and was found guilty by a moscow military court today is also receiving a lot of media attention. regular and thanks indeed for bringing us more on this afternoon's are there. stories now here in our team senior venezuelan officials have denied that the country's president has cancer this comes after a report citing a u.s. intelligence source saying the staunchly anti-american leader is in critical condition after undergoing surgery in cuba chavez has been in cuba for more than two weeks by administration officials say he's being treated for your pelvic abscess and that he will return home around a week author and researcher gucci things u.s. is driving the reports in an effort to destabilize chavez's government. what we are seeing the generalized rejean change promoted by the united states britain france

and even israel behind the scenes in north africa and then dilute leads as it is as a whole will now be coming very likely to latin america so i would not be surprised to see a wave of u.s. promoted regina change in various countries in latin america from their point of view a logical country to start with going as well or little has very close ties with iran a growing movement a very strong movement lou united states to declare and classifying an israel as a terrorist state currently the global power elite operating from the united states and from britain he's said on global region change as they move i believe closer and closer to a more formal world government. well thaler talk about the u.s. fostering regime change has appeared after the state department announced its new programs aimed at spreading democracy around the world it's going to provide finance and technology to opposition groups but it only appears to apply to those

countries which the u.s. would like to see leadership toppled artist that she can has more of the u.s. state department now generously hands out cash and technology to dissidents throughout the world its bureau of democracy human rights and labor has announced the request for proposals on how to foster change in a number of countries in the middle east and north africa as well as cuba the u.s. claims the best of intentions saying it wants to strengthen independence civil society groups in those countries it's just in really another form of provoking regime change they're just trying to do it under a different guise under a different facade saying that somehow and with the best of intentions they're promoting democracy but in reality it's just promoting us agenda among other things as they department is financing the creation of stealth wireless networks that would enable activists to communicate outside the reach of governments in countries like iran and syria and libya according to participate in the projects other

programs include a so-called internet in a suitcase a powerful portable wireless transmitter that activists king used to set up their own networks in order to circumvent state control but at the same time american companies provide authorities in bahrain saudi arabia and kuwait with the technology to effectively block websites those double standards. and everybody should be fully aware of and understand. that us united states government and lost during regime change or social call revolutions are technologies not all the u.s. provides to instigate change in certain countries some opposition movements get a direct cash supply. for example weekend leaks cables show that the state department has for years secretly funded syrian anti-government groups in general to create a world that is more aligned more specifically more probably.

with views of the united states i'm now looking at the state department website that promotes grants for those willing to bring about change in communist cuba and here is one of the requirements i'm going to read this it is preferable for these personnel to speak spanish fluently possess solid understanding of the cultural context and have prior experience on the island in order to maximize their effectiveness in this unique operating environment and of quote sounds very much like recruiting agents but instead of doing it the traditional secretive way the us does their right out in the open on their website help most often comes with strings attached many say opposition leaders in libya who now get financial and political support from washington are sure to get instructions on how to return the favor essentially. with.

u.s. governments even if they don't necessarily. get a check on r.t.e. washington d.c. . well we have more on washington's less subtle involvement in other countries later this hour here keep the u.s. is about to start its troop withdrawal from afghanistan we'll bring you the expert opinion of a lot of legacy that americans are leaving behind. now let's take a look at some other stories from around the world here in r t a trial is over. former mayor rouge leaders on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity the four defendants are believed to be responsible for the deaths of up to two million people during their four year rule and a nine hundred seventy s. the regime was trying to create a utopian society but people die from starvation disease and overwork last year the former khmer rouge member of harm or damage was sentenced to thirty five years in prison. effort to were carrying humanitarian aid bound for gaza said to depart from

greece it's reported it's made up of a bout ten ships with some five hundred activists on board israel's government has ordered the fans forces to stop a convoy in gaza it also says foreign journalists for take part will be banned from working in israel for ten years and its ham to deliver aid to the blockade of region last year resulted in a raid by israeli forces that left nine activists dead. as greece is asking for more money to bail the country out of economic crisis more voices are accusing the eurozone of failing the debate among human burst on whether to hand over a more money is scheduled for early july but i will cross to our program is already tackling the issues. the reason we're trying to buy time though and was still trying to buy time is to allow greece to more carefully consider what exactly it doesn't want to do because greece's resumed their lives and those. to avoid being on the politicians bases that's the key issue here they don't want to admit that

the euro has been a mistake so they're doing anything that they can to try and. paper over the cracks and draw and hope the problem will go well you raise these are things that you if you like a lot easier when you are. you know. you want to be very injured. while some u.s. officials are arguing for more leeway over how the country's combat operations in afghanistan are carried out it's despite president obama's announcement last week of plans to pull out some american troops are these military contributor he's getting herself believes that america should be waging an anti drug war rather than a war on terror in afghanistan. during his speech related to the u.s.

forces record figuration and afghanistan which was supposed to cover the old or new years policy you know against. president obama has never ever mention he's concerned or demonstrated his understanding that when it comes to ghana stamp the real threat doesn't come from the card or its associate but it has everything to do we have narco terrorism the us legacy in afghanistan will be mostly measured by the fact that it was due to the us and nato occupation ever gana stand has been turned into narco state and the local insurgency has spread into international america terrorism unfortunately clearly costy who is the us president dr divisor was not involved in reviewing of the old and formulating the new us policy in afghanistan and it boils down to

crunch approach there's counter-narcotics strategy for afghanistan and counterterrorism for pakistan and to integrate both approaches in comprehensive counter terrorism strategy. and log on to our team galleries on our website for an exclusive set of pictures from afghanistan covering every aspect of life in a war torn country by all that dot com. page it is still waiting for political and economic reform in the wake of its uprising but for thousands of people who eat out a living living at rubbish dumps around cairo it seems change is always welcome next hour our special report reveals the challenges communities face from globalization and the arrival of foreign companies.

i was just thinking about my future before the foreign companies came i dreamed of owning a can cutting factory. but we have less garbage now. somebody that are soo come here to make fun of me. picking up garbage boy i'm not bad like people think. i'm a good person. it's just the people don't see me. but i feel it was time people like me. that i feel people will start to appreciate us.

and that brings us up to be here on our team time now for the world of business. hello and a very warm welcome to our business update russia needs to diversify its economy as well production is not expected to grow in the next decade finance that is. the key challenge is to create an environment for non energy sectors to develop this with us that would mean should close good for sleeping decrease its role in the companies and give way to private investment the government is going to sell most of its shares in the key enterprises in the next three to this relates the plane actually to energy telecom and transport searchers. to the street it.

has been staking out a forum for investors in moscow from where i'm joined by r.t. is richard the tank at hello tweet trick which sees so what's the atmosphere like. well a really listening to that speech of alexey couldn't was one of the highlights of this morning of the opening of the fifteenth and you'll investment conference organized by renascence capital and really that statement about selling most of the shares in the key companies especially new company was named today that's air flow which will be joining the. privatization program within the next three to five years was an interesting statement let's talk to maybe the chief economist from the nation's capital that's charles robison he's joining us live here at the conference charles very good to see you here so what do you make of that statement from the secret in about airflight coming to join the privatization program the more the merrier the more companies that have been privatized it will cause the rest of the

universe generally it has been a feeling that the state has beaten the status of its hold back competition and the more we have from just companies companies where the management is driven by the intention of making profits and hopefully then taxes to the governments and over. a lot of pressure that's that's one of the best i can see here and what do you make of how the privatization program has been going on so fought and inclusions expecting revenues to be actually increasing by twenty five to fifty percent in the second phase of the program it's it's looking good i think russia could give some advice to greece on this one at the moment they said we need to privatized it's a positive sign and we like to see that the fact that progress is being made. what russia is seeing right now is a pretty shaky situation as i mean well it's come down to below ninety dollars a barrel today we're seeing the budget expecting a deficit this year was seeing capital outflows what do you make of the current

situation first thing on a will it's a good thing for russia that it was coming around it was heading up two hundred twenty hundred thirty dollars on brands in the longer run this would be a boom and bust cycle we saw in two thousand and eight we do not want to see this again in russia much more sustainable for the world economy if the fuel prices say averaging ninety or one hundred dollars this is better global economy grows stronger it's in the sustainable story and that's that's how you can make proper plans for the for the future. your second point was. to lose the issue also about capital flights and they are having awful yet politics is playing son role here this seems to be some concern about what will happen with the presidential election next year clarity on that with health care in the capital outflows losing fifty billion dollars go out of the country we're seeing the currency appreciating eight percent this year at same time interest rates are not high enough to be attractive as inflation is high enough is that going to change. the rules we strengthening

with a number of other commodity currencies because commodities have been high and so it will comes down yes you can expect a less strong story on the currency again that's probably helpful no country likes to see such disease or use competitiveness and i think the russian authorities have done quite well. keeping the ruble strong but say brazil just be overvalued now and they know it so i think russia is in the study but this isn't much all right charles thank you so much for your comments and for your time that was charles robertson chief global chief economist for the nation's capital at the races capital investment forum and we will of course be bring you more from this event we'll have more guests so join us in our few further both with. me here in the same girl thank you very much for this update and moving on oil is extending losses for the strong dollar and worries about global demand has dropped sharply at the end of last week following a decision by the international energy agency to release strategic reserves on the

market and move is having a direct impact on the russian market true lies heavily on energy exports w t i crude oil is now trading at around ninety dollars a barrel its lowest for a quality year however you are slightly somewhat a door to bank says the facts are likely to be short lived i really think that these measures will prices is likely transitory i don't think it's been around for significant but. i think the reason why you have an emphatic reaction from the markets is the possibility of such measures being undertaken on the possibility of them being with heated in the future that i think is what is accounting for such a significant reaction but if things are left. and there's no continuous sort of effort on the part of the developed world to try and raise will supply then

i think it's likely to be a significant factor in the determination of will prices for this year and we continue to project will prices averaging one hundred seventeen point five dollars or a barrel. that's not how to keep from those oil prices light sweet it's trading. over ninety dollars a barrel while brand has to get to one hundred three dollars per barrel. and european stocks are fluctuating between gains and losses the straightest gear up for hershel events this week and the greek debt crisis there also wage key economic indicators from around the world investors are looking ahead to you as data including personal income and consumption of those two later in the day i could say is into positive territory just marginally projects is down twenty four percent and here in russia the markets are extending losses the negative sentiment over greek debt the r.t.s. is losing around one percent while the mice it's down twenty three percent so have

a look at some of the individual show moves from the my six oil majors are among the main losers following the downturn encouraged both the blue color lindros and after all in the red more than hospice and banking stocks are also under pressure with her front down forty eight percent. that wraps up the business bulletin you're joining us in less than one us time for more business stories here on our.

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