with you twenty four hours a day this is r.t. from tonight from the russian capital top stories that thirty pm yet moscow time the bodies of over one hundred people including many children have been recovered from the bald river the site of sunday's sinking of a pleasure cruiser rescuers continue to search for more as around thirty remain missing. up to seventeen people who believe that after three explosions hit the indian city of mumbai the blasts hit the business district in a crowded marketplace an islamic school called the indian where you had been has reportedly claimed responsibility. to american missile shield over europe remains

the main obstacle in russia u.s. relations as moscow wants legal guarantees it won't be targeted a statement coming from russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov now on a visit to the united states. and the euro zone economic crisis deepens as ahrens debt is downgraded to junk fueling fears the country may need a second brain on this come shortly after similar predictions were made about portugal italy also tipped to be at risk. now we've got another update and fifteen minutes from now next we asked the man in charge of the anti drug effort in russia other countries tackling the flow of illegal substances from central asia and europe that's an interview next. the problem of drugs and drug trafficking seems to not go anywhere no matter how

much we fight it and today we're meeting with the head of russia's federal drug control service. to talk about the details of his plight and the problems that. in trying to buy drugs on the global scale. thank you very much for joining us today according to officials there more than seven thousand people have died in russia from drug related causes since the beginning of the year at the same time there are others. that number is actually war the one hundred thousand and that is actually current's why is there such a huge difference in the numbers. you see the figure of seven thousand dead reflects only the number of people who actually died from poisoning that is they took such huge doses that their organs failed most drug users however don't die from overdosing they know how to measure the reason for most drug related deaths is internal organ failure juice

a regular consumption do you think it's time for russia to implement some sort of punishment for drugs. we have proposed a bill to distinguish between levels of crime which is held by the government individuals selling large quantities of drugs for more severe punishment all the way up to a life sentence for people not involved in large drug related crimes will consider alternative action which may mean offering them the option of taking a therapy course instead of punishment. according to. ten percent of all heroin that ends up in russia is being apprehended. what is the problem why do we. why do we stop such a small percentage of. drug users. these figures are in fact common for the whole world i mean police all over the world be it europe or america only managed to confiscate around ten percent of illegally traded drugs within

their countries another thing is the extremely low efficiency of our borders and their administrative and legal methods lead to the only no point two percent of all drugs are intercepted at the borders drugs that get into russia first have to go through the states of central asia where they're not intercepted those states themselves above all of victims of afghanistan's enormous drug production. as a matter of fact afghanistan itself is the victim of global drug methley a work which creates the demand and the political will to continue production in the country this is why countries next going to stand have the greatest density of drug flow simply because they are closer to the epicenter further away the drug flows splits into lots of different channels and then drugs get to russia for example through the seven thousand kilometer border with catholics done. what percentage of the drugs does russia get from europe. over eighty percent of all synthetic substances that are illegally traded in russia originate in europe mostly

the netherlands where most amphetamine based drugs are manufactured poland the baltic states germany bulgaria and many other countries with underground drug labs labs and cells are small but there are many of them and the substances they produce find their way to rush of through various channels speaking of the amounts that we intercept and confiscate it's nearly half a ton of synthetic substances every year mostly these are methamphetamine fetterman l.s.d. ecstasy and other similar drugs. not all children but also their parents as well. well you know testing people on mass would be far too radical no of course not we're talking about establishing an early warning system to detect drug addicts and abusers after all people are not born addicted to drugs it all starts with experimenting mostly in teenage years when kids start spending more time on the streets away from their parents that's when they get to know drugs

this needs to be detected at an early stage and if parents are warned in advance sometimes it just takes parental action and advice to put an end to these dangerous practice is if not stopped in time these experiments later lead to regular consumption which in turn requires longer and more costly treatment. there. are. no we're not talking about force treatment here any forcing of treatment is a violation of the person so it's important that drug users make this decision for themselves in our country drug abuse is subject to administrative liability and punishment by paying a fine on average six hundred roubles punished and then they're released so our society seems to hope the drug users will somehow realize that they require treatment for this addiction. but they won't because their mind is blurred by chemical in education of psychoactive substances. therefore

a legal system should be created to push them towards having treatment and as i've said this is what we call alternative responsibility by the way this is also recommended in the united nations and to drugs conventions according to. war and drugs has essentially. that. but. i have to say that we rejected this kind of conclusion so did my colleagues in the u.s. russia presidential commission mr gil kerlikowske made a harsh statement we discussed it immediately with washington over the hotline and criticized the global commission legalizing drugs is a road to nowhere more than that it will result in the growth of drug abuse let me remind you of a referendum on legalizing marijuana in california in september last year i was there when it was held where we decided with mr gil kerlikowske a number of meetings with officials including the man the sheriff the chief of

police the prosecutor all the respectable professions have a clear position against legalizing marijuana and the referendum confirms that it should not be legalized. why would you. find. drugs for example. as a third drug california. i have explicit information from the u.s. presidential administration that this financier had largely funded the campaign. what point. yes certainly this example of the global commission reminds me of a global p.r. campaign by trying so much attention. even a respectable agency like the b.b.c. cover the fact there's a lot of the u.n. i mean even serious agencies were confused therefore there are many reasons to believe that this drug lobby had funded the campaign moreover i want to indicate

that we've been. nothing at various international platforms. spoke at the g eight ministerial conference in paris and so did many of my colleagues we said that unfortunately our fight against drugs stagnates at both local and regional levels because the global level stays even beyond our understanding this concept hasn't been developed yet but in this context i want to know that the former under secretary general of the united nations antonio custer who was responsible for the drug problem mentioned that in two thousand and eight to two thousand and nine in the midst of the global financial crisis. three hundred fifty two billion u.s. dollars from selling drugs were pumped into the world's leading banks this means that certain global level determines offsets the demand for drugs turnover and ultimately a political order for this production. as

far as the withdrawal from afghanistan is concerned the picture is unclear so far it was said that the withdrawal would start and certain parameters for it had been set they'd mentioned thirty thousand troops by the end of the year but when i was in washington last september they were talking about the need to increase the military contingent in afghanistan exactly by thirty thousand now they're planning to return least thirty cells and so in fact nothing has changed i think of the world community and you can't disagree. with the situation in afghanistan because there were several reasons behind the decision to launch a military operation and the decision of the world community to interfere in the internal affairs of this for country first to put an end to the taliban rule to set up an interim administration and hold free elections. these tasks were supposed to be in six or twelve months but this september we'll see the tenth anniversary of that interference it's longer than world war two the situation in afghanistan

hasn't improved it's become even worse and even senior officials like general petraeus for example is commanding the military operation in afghanistan says that the number of armed clashes there increases year after year in fact the number of armed clashes over the past ten years has increased more than one hundred times so have the assigned tasks been achieved we see that security in afghanistan has. said that drug production cannot be fought because it damages the security situation in the country so it's a kind of closed circle in this respect to be worthwhile to know a nato operation in helmand province which produced. is the most opium poppies the operation was called mashed iraq which translated from persian means together. the operation was presented as a brilliant military success considerable kilometers and hectares of the province were reportedly cleared of insurgents but the production of opium has never stopped but that's what our peaceful settlement is necessary but we've started talking

about this at long last it was highlighted at the london conference on afghanistan in two thousand and ten that the autumn conference in kabul also stressed the need to find a peaceful settlement but if the latest initiatives voiced by the us president barack obama negotiations with the taliban and the latest resolutions of the united nations security council which divided responsibility means when the taliban and al qaeda are offering a unique opportunity in my view to drop a program of eliminating drug production i've just come from a thing of the parliamentary faction of the progressive alliance of socialists and democrats the second largest faction in the european union here outside the european parliament building we discussed the e.u. strategy towards afghanistan because a large sections of that strategy are devoted to liquidation of drugs production of the use tragedy matches very well with a russian drafted plan called ready. to liquidate the production of drugs in afghanistan in fact the direction that russia and the european union are taking together very well so today we have

a unique opportunity for resolution and decisive action. thank you very much. i said thank you very much.

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watch. the bodies of over one hundred people including many children have been recovered from the boulder river the site of sunday's sinking of a pleasure cruise of rescuers continue the search for more is around thirty remain missing. seventeen people to believe that after three explosions had been indian city of mumbai the blast hit the business district in a crowded marketplace and islamist group called the indian it was or had been has reportedly claimed responsibility for. the american missile shield over europe remains the main obstacle in russia u.s. relations as moscow wants legal guarantees it won't be targeted the statement came from russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov now on

a visit to the united states. and the euro zone economic crisis deepens as arlen's debt is downgraded to junk fueling fears the country may need a second bailout has come shortly after similar predictions were made about portugal italy also tipped to be at risk. but turns up today for the moment with more news for us and fifteen minutes from now meantime sport is next with kate. thank you for joining me for the latest sports and yet at the top so is. king of the sprints britain's mark cavendish wins the eleven stage of the tour de france to take over a point lead as we. walk into the last state you're going mexico one else about in corporate america quarter final showdown with his argentina. growing glory all eyes are on mcelroy as the twenty two year old goes for his

second golf major in a row that british open tees off on thursday. the first of cycling and britain's mark cavendish has defied the rain to win the eleventh stage of the tour de france and take the overall points lead his green jersey lot frenchman thomas butler retains his overall rosmead is yellow jersey well the briton seen here winning states seven have been beaten into second in a sprint and i am going to choose day but this time around cavendish pit the germans who in the hundred sixty seven point five kilometer run. together in victory was the h d c highland riders thought this is four and he's eighteen in total a reform behind american lance armstrong. moving on to football a year ago i secured a corker america quarter final against hosts argentina thanks to a narrow one nil victory over mexico. the only goal was scored by al gore of the terror after fourteen minutes picking up the rebound from diego for once free kick

. and the could be even more bells for you and wife around himself putting the post minutes later. on in the second half past the woodwork yet again with a less love there though this time. mexico thought they'd equalized later on but rather not as new goes if it was ruled offside and the site of a group stage exit from the competition for the first time i finished second in that same place on twenty. of those it if you were. importantly is that the team and i would have qualified and the twin managed to achieve our plans to least point as a forward as a i just want to help out the best colleges in whatever way that can be a scoring goals so now we have an important game and saturday we have to steer laxton be ready to take our chances and hopefully they will rise. well meanwhile chile will head into the quarterfinals as group c. wins after stoppage time and go from under a carrier suddenly beat group one million mendoza both teams were reduced to ten

men just after the eldar who is john color cut in line up and she is shown both of you by seeing red and i was decided after a ninety second i was bundled into as i met by cutting however despite the defeat for still finished third in the group and also qualify for the last eight. i mean while a possible move to say ca last have returned to south america has been scope it was an inside coincidence say they will not increase their initial offer of fifty five million dollars which was turned down by the strikers club blanched the city so it is that we're all this currently playing for argentina at the copper america had stated he wants a move away from lancaster for family reasons before the start of the new season however that he's back to his former club for instance now that it's unlikely the brazilian transfer window closing in july the twenty year. old in the meantime said his hard line was matched united have been dealt a blow never reported bit by netherlands midfielder. and snyder from room to milan

this year our side has denied their twenty seven year old star is up for sale nor did they confirm any official approach would be made snide that is under contract with him to for four more years and has so far scored fifteen goals in seventeen appearances. well without either united or in america with a preseason world football challenge tournament it's the start of a new era in the united midfielder after paul scholes retirement one of his it's a harvard university manages their attics burgas and reveals he's missed out on signing assholes samir nasri but as there's now a chance for a young star to shine for me i was rights because i was. i want color. to make sure that it's moving helpers and that was great so i'm going . off and do my chores noted i mean i wish someone. the youth team or one of the young brewers i may have is. coming on well realm address also at the

pre-season tour and which has been moving i believe they are closer to home in signing on loan money or other guy or also them bringing all suddenly i gather from us as if the majority were you know speaking ahead of his team's opening game against l.a. galaxy all sense of they do something from stealing our knowledge i was looking forward to. back them up is a good game for us because we re still and very soon so will be great it's pretty exciting because i always like to play and if you play against good teams the better for us we should moment so it will be great and i hope of course during the game to be facing real madrid to sign actually since i left you know it's emotional because you get attached to a club you get touch to the people at the club. and to be facing. a team with the talent that they've got in the team not just with the talented guys that have got here but the young players and of course chose a. house where it's been

a surprisingly stern task a little cool to right wing match against second tier club one don't someone pay for in china things that's easy in the beginning for the reds they lead to nothing the great to the first all cristen pool something david i'm going to moskos however going from did pull one back right before the break trail for one with just five minutes to go on cody and andy powell and robinson for the visitors that's kenny dalglish's man relaxed in the dying minutes and just survived a late late comeback on the home side they held on for a four three when the next twenty one days are. if great get yourself a partner get yourself but also include screen let's train games i don't lose games there's going to be some good things going to be some bad things but our street pcs is full and especially in a friendly to remember for one goalkeeper on his debut for the san jose earthquakes

david think of this i. think is only it's i was wrong the forwards the entire lives of the bitch dance was over the head of his opposite number well as my health and the net san jose went on to win two one. for the now and may have to wait another three years before russia's first race is held in sochi but this weekend's top teams red bull and ferrari will be in the city to start with and the other side they'll show off their cars along with lotus one zero who are bringing their russian driver the thought and the organizers believe it will further boost the sport's popularity in the country especially. we want to show that formula one is beautiful we want people in sochi not only to see but also hear formula one because the sound can't be compared with anything unfortunately the popularity of formula one is not as big here is in europe but stan is the thing we must change and in turn of that could attract more visitors to such

a difficult beach with his real world golf now and after cruising for them static victory at the u.s. open many expect to win the british open championship which gets underway on thursday so do you also northern ireland has been the center of media attention and hasn't played a competitive round since and clung to his maiden major win strokes nothing rational three weeks ago that's michael says that's the way he likes it. yeah i mean i'm trying to prepare for this this major like i prepare for every other major . you know i've been i was here last week for a couple of days and i got a couple of practice rounds in you know one time to practice you know sort of get away from everything and. and then come back here on you know on tuesday which i usually do you know it seemed to work the last few days the last few times i've done a so i want to just you know keep this in the same thing go on and. get everything in the work so michael roy's in a confident mood but he'll have his work just as if he wants to get his second

straight niger you are number one league dollars among his main competitors although some big names are also missing because of the top off looks at linz. in championship. the highest paid professional air flutie in the world take your woods is still the biggest name in golf however the fourteen time major winner we knew still been due to trouble some left leg injury the thirty five year old's quest to equal and best college and reject any course total of eighteen on the big barrier for now i have tire gets his health back. tiger winning in hell when he went quite a bit again and you know when i break my record probably injury also ruling for muslim and out of goals oldest major in the most bizarre circumstances the forty two year old became the second local clear to win the french open their pursuit of little month and broke his leg after jumping in a lake to celebrate his victory phil mickelson and lee wist would i remember top

contenders as usual but both lefty and westy have been struggling for form of weight really michael ware e-stop of the build up to his stunning first major victory at the u.s. open the twenty two year old northern irish man choosing to take three weeks off towards meaning he hasn't played a competitive throne since his greatest ever day probably a lot of pressure being put on him. which he said i'm a piece of force it's natural but it's the pressure is going to be going to be looked upon especially be tightened up play he's going to be looked upon as the new kid coming through so i think that can tie the go one way or the other that could give him confidence or it could actually provide too much pressure at the end of the day he has a great chance he's thriving on confidence because of the usa and when he is used to links golf he grew up on it is no reason why the ecology well look new and also among the frontrunners after securing his first victory since becoming world number

one at the scottish open great year and every bit every hole it off is played over here where he's played very very well and the explain well he's playing great what a worker he is he looks a member of our court my course at home and he absolutely is on the putting chipping green and parker play and he's there all the time and he works harder than anybody out there if say they get results however the thirty three year old english man will have to rewrite history as no clear has ever won the scottish open and gone on to win the british open. our chief. and. hungry for the full six we've got it first hand the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers on r t.

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