she. is on our t.v. toothless tiger of the year one seems powerless to prevent pending violence on service road with breakaway possible as the self declared republic appears determined to seize checkpoints. in the wake of the british and french leaders visit to libya and show support for the new authority look at how the u.k. still invites repressive regimes on a shopping spree for military hardware. the much anticipated south stream gas pipeline moves a step closer to reality was russia's size landmark agreements with top european energy giants. out of russia's ghost town on a region soil artie's close of t.v. series takes you to what used to be the western world's soviet settlements that

have been fought in one of the communist dream of the spitzbergen archipelago. just after a six pm here in the russian capital you're watching r t well as we came to our cost of those prime minister announce that the a breakaway region has introduced customs control on the border with serbia local serbs have been trying to prevent the move blocking roads leading to the two border posts and hundreds of them are staging a protest in the northern city of mr gets up to protest against possible splines police and nato led troops have been deployed to the two sites but serbia claims international representatives are only making the situation worse as they are siding with calls of an authority as well for more on the story let's cross to arkansas but maya who is in new york the u.n. the security council meeting on cost of what has failed to produce any results what

exactly was the a stumbling block there. that's right security council members met behind closed doors for hours debating and discussing the crisis in northern kosovo but the failure to produce any kind of consensus came from western countries some western countries disagreeing that there is a need to ox now this emergency security council session was called for by the initiative of russia and called for by serbia in an effort to prevent any escalating tension and violence in northern kosovo and this is where the close of all ethnic albanians have sent its customs and security forces in to take over two crossing borders with serbia as you mentioned because it was prime minister said that customs control has been established on that border you know of course this is a very pressing issue because it was just back in july we restart clashes take

place there that left one person dead several others wounded the russian ambassador to the united nations batali churkin urge the council to issue a press statement calling on belgrade machina to resolve all issues through dialogue to not act outside of any kind of a dialogue or or you know conversations to keep things safe in a very sensitive area but of course as we saw the council could not agree on a peaceful measure and due to that investor churkin said this situation could go from bad to worse. we have serious concerns about where where all this is going and the minister getting which made it very clear that. the entire proposition of european union playing this mediating role in a dialogue between between prishtina and belgrade is maybe put in question. so

the sudden departure from the past of dialogue at the moment when it was beginning to show some promise promise in our view is completely unjustified unwarranted and very dangerous. kosovo unilateral unilaterally declared its independence back in two thousand and eight out side of the security council that kosovo did this with the support of the united states in mass many western european countries this is something that russia and other security council members warned against saying that this sets an extremely bad precedent to cause if countries act outside the dialogue of the united nations particularly the security council there could be escalating violence for years to calm now we see this coming to fruition and of course we can imagine this will continue to be discussed and the weeks to come as the general assembly gathers here

in new york for its annual meeting very much for that artie's medina portnoy reporting a from the new york now where for more insight on the story i'm joined by an abortion well it's a historian who specializes in the balkans now mr mollett so what's behind this unilateral move by the cost of authorities what exactly are they trying to achieve here. the purpose is not necessarily to establish control of the question joe there's been theories of this is all about revenue i don't think. the go to war or crushing. your points or d. to mean ruled sleeving from serbia proper the sure inhabited portion of personal debt is not under control of your thirties you. and. your presence have been in slidell a lifeline for the surge flooding in the province. and back in july the government intrusion a supreme republic tried to block them and seize them and stop the flow of goods

from serbia into the search field. trying to get in and trying to subordinate a good portion of the province to the of the russian person which is if we should. church of the u.s. is not economic or if it's not economic driven what exactly is it and by. it is it appears there is an economic component to it is there or have been theories. touches government needs holding revenue which can possibly get but there's also a political component to this instead he had framed this as attempts to establish sovereignty as he calls it over the entire province and this is this has been the interpretation it's been backed by ok four and. the group of five countries that because of those so-called independence let's look at what the security council has

or has not done as they have been meeting and they have failed to make any statement on kossovo and russia's call to appeal for dialogue was rejected why are the members they seem to be choosing to be passive and such tense times why is that . because essentially approving appreciate his actions this was not something that the obedience or can we unilaterally just say so was a mistake they are doing this with full support of the quinta this is because this particular takeover unlike the one in july one in july had tacit approval this one has actually been planned in advance. and with the full systems of q four and the mission retired u.s. diplomat who. took part in the u.n. authorities yourself for years and has been critical of them since. he put it in a sense that this is of major violation of their mandate and they're basically acting outside the law right now we interpret it completely and give you an arbitrary fashion this is a major violation of the u.n. mandate by the u.n.

troops and nobody in new york seems to be interested in doing anything about it ok let's go to the peacekeeping mission as a start is accusing the nato led missions and possible their siding with the breakaway regions authorities. how do you assess the peacekeeping peacekeeping efforts are you also think they're citing actually this is this is not a serene acquisition this is a fact of the i'll be in police that dropped into these are checkpoints this morning were transported by q four helicopters and the german commanded forces battling forcing this on on behalf of that was what obedience ople government there's absolutely no doubt about it it's not a question of cleans. i think the. call to stop violence and refrain from unilateral actions is extremely cynical coming from the alliance that is making this possible. and judging by yesterday's statements by any to secretary

general saying we are behind course we're one hundred percent and we will not allow twelve years of our efforts to be overturned there's no going back this is what's going to happen how can even pretend any sort of status neutrality or impartiality or even trying to you know peace keep between two clashing sides there's no to clash of sides here there's there's the albanian government trying to impose its writ upon the service of the province which have twelve years of being in abuses to go by not only that they will not get any sort of law and order justice this is a regime that's accused of being essentially a criminal syndicates trafficking in drugs and sex slaves and in voluntarily harvested human organs and we're supposed to believe this is a law and order operation and everybody is just supposed to go along with the story this is preposterous right well that thanks very much for your thoughts are developing story there that's a historian thanks again. well you're invited to share your thoughts on the story you can log on to or if you dot com or

a burning question is what should belgrade do about kosovo and so far the majority of our viewers think that the best way out is to simply take it back from the obedience some percentage us of recognizing kossovo and joining the e.u. a little less than belgrade should repack treat all serbs and forget about it and the minority says serbia should just build a concrete wall at the border but what's your take on the story log on to r.t. dot com and have your say. now in libya fierce fighting is underway for the few remaining strongholds of one market off these loyalists rebel forces claim they've launched offensives on serious and bloody well backed by tanks and heavy weapons as well as a nato air shield are these many of the national is in libya with more. we're hearing from the national transitional council here in the capital tripoli that its troops have apparently entered the city of sirte some five hundred four meters east of tripoli that are his hometown and one of the colonel's last strongholds the n.c.c. reported at least four of its fighters eleven and the other reports have been killed

during these offensive seven others wounded and also there is information that forty could offer loyalists have been captured and see if there is to be reports that duffy's information chief doctor muesli bring in would have been one of them but this information is very hard to verify quite you know very nervous until gadhafi is supported by anybody some two hundred kilometers south of the capital tripoli continues and while concerns grow over security safety of civilians trapped in the cities and the areas where the clashes between the rebels and the office lord is still continuing meanwhile the u.n. is expected to ease sanctions against libya visiting the country on thursday british prime minister david cameron and french president nicolas sarkozy have said that they would introduce a u.n. security council draft resolution which ex-pats to abolish international arms embargo and freeze libyan asses that. had been frozen as part of

sanctions against gadhafi also stylish mission u.n. mission here in the country leaders of the two nato countries that played a prominent a key role in the libyan revolution have also said that nato mission here on the ground will continue for as long as it is necessary to protect civilians here in libya meanwhile some are skeptical about the real aim of this mission as it's more loops right now like back in the rebels and helping them take control over the rest of the country rather than protecting civilians so it's now a little bit far from its initial go and it's a pretty prime minister departs libya after celebrating the end of graphics forty two year rule anger. grows in the u.k. over the arms for that one so said the colonel when he was stocking up with new military hardware well critics say it's one of the world's biggest weaponry sales force and that it provided libya's leader with a means to launch his deadly crackdown on the opposition as artie's ivor bennett

has been investigating some prominent dictators have been shopping around for arms in london. selling weapons could be a moral minefield but not here this is the world's biggest arms fair and a massive earner for the british economy the government's putting its conscience aside as international delegates short for tanks rocket launchers and missiles and so long as business is being done here it doesn't seem to matter who's buying this is this list includes countries like saudi arabia and bahrain growth regimes that violently suppressed demonstrations earlier this year bahrain was accused of opening fire on its own armed citizens in february saudi arabia sent its national guard in to help driving arment vehicles made by be a systems the u.k.'s largest defense company its products on the way here would be at home in any bond film this tank can alter its temperature to change its infrared

appearance polite the british government a company can't change its spots it says there are countries it won't sell to but that doesn't include any here if a country's been invited by the british government here it's it's probably going to be on a list of countries who are itself to. make sense of. these rights sells as a reason regimes like bahrain that have rigorous democratic process. that whatever it was that. these protesters from the stop the arms coalition they're angry it's going ahead despite the recent crackdowns in libya in egypt both former customers of britain using their purchases against their own people we're paying the price there in the mediterranean because we showed workers dinny all the countries there it out spirits in the arab spring i think it's short sighted it's bad for this country it doesn't make money it makes walls. and this year's shoppers include

fourteen countries. he's branded all thora tarion by human rights groups and fact the government came clean on just one day before trade began i'm sure they're very a barest because of the one good figure e o. david cameron is going to egypt walking around terriers proclaiming his belief in human rights and freedom and democracy and the next stop was kuwait i get turned out he was traveling with eight zero obstructively executives the whole purpose of the trip this trade part of the big traits are trying to make was weapon straits the middle east the government says it's tightening restrictions on who can buy weapons that could be used for oppression and he claims an invite here doesn't guarantee an export license but if it is big business for britain it generated twenty two billion pounds for the economy last year and the u.k.

is now the second biggest weapons exporter in the world with money like that up for grabs turning customers away empty handed me prove difficult i have been it r t london for the sale of arms is also at the heart of the conflict in syria where fears grow that the opposition may have gained control of various weapons shipments into lavelle talks as guests are the implications of that possibility across uk is coming your way in our society as a preview. the syrian government has pointed out that the opposition and certain elements within the opposition have been armed by outside forces the united states as well as israel they claim that they have a confession from a former general from syria who defected. he's going to be featured on syrian television are very soon i don't know anyone who believes the syrian government not only the syrians not by the syrian government i don't know any nation in the world who takes over that serious word to syria the syrian government said if they are

telling the truth then allow the media to syria how they need to the squares a lot of myriad media to see the troops moving down innocent people like pacifist people and no roses to soldiers if they don't allow the media because they know they can massacre and torture and brutalize a lot more people if they don't allow the media and nobody believes the syrian government not even in fact the people the syrian government. the. european energy giant have signed up to bring the longtime south stream gas pipeline a step closer to reality so the pipeline would run under the black sea of be another means of pumping russian gas directly into europe and it's just ip and history network which is almost operational larking is the mistreatment that echo has more now from such a. the fight bad gazprom has signed the shareholder agreement with its european

partners companies from france italy and germany means that russia is indeed one step closer to realizing the transportation of gas from russia underneath the black sea to bulgaria and then eventually to austria and italy so directly to european consumers and this one step gives it an extreme advantage over a rival of project nabucco pipeline which is outlined to deliver gas of from central asia to europe and this has spurred concerns from europe for european or thora tease about the security of energy in europe and we have heard a comment from. the european energy commissioner saying that this makes europe more reliant on russian gas and therefore this is jeopardizing energy security in europe on the other hand actually the fact that russia will be delivering gas starting from zero to twenty fifteen directly to european consumers

means that actually energy security will be fortified as energy deliveries will be secured and russia would have to deal with transit countries like ukraine which have created problems with deliveries to europe in the past also we have heard an offer of from the kiev victory in the course of the iranian president has said that suggested having the south stream go not underneath the black sea but through ukraine's territory making it cheap gas promise said that there's no point in doing that because the whole goal of the pipeline is to bypass transit countries. for you can find out more on that story in our business bulletin coming up. now imagine a community where you want for nothing life is easy and work is plenty well done such places exist in remote russian outposts but not anymore it's not even a place where there are russia's borders. it's actually on a in a region archipelago called spitsbergen it was a body of the soviet dream

a system where everyone's needs were provided for in a series of special reports for our to you sort of work a visit of what was meant to be communism's example of a bright future. it's one of the busiest seagull colonies in the arctic. restless there's the northern sun the brits called the island in search of food for their young and noisy and disorderly like old big families but seagulls are the last reminder of the warm family atmosphere that once permeated our sick island this apartment block was built specifically to house families and while adults were out working kids were left to their own devices running down hallways and banging doors local residents usually referred to this building as the crazy house because the street was a dormitory for single female workers newton in paris even russian women's ondine infatuation with everything french further away what

a male german tree also known as london supposedly for the gentle manners of its inhabitants during its best years the settlement house more than a thousand people to date it's a ghost town but the spirit of communism lurks in their band and buildings. it was called pyramid because of the cone like mountains surrounding it fifty years ago it had been a high is splitting stand there is soviet people could dream of salaries two to three times higher than in the mainland free food free around why bread social life in many ways it was a task model for the broader future that soviet people were trying to build. different snow than most statue of lenin still peers into the nearby glacier most of the pyramids residents were critical mind it was never very profitable yet maintained for the sake of keeping the still the presence of the strategically placed archipelago half way between north america and western europe. not only an

outpost this western most soviet settlement was also an ideological showcase for capitalist radicals and no resources responded to carter dash a concert hall a library a raw ground and even this hostiles olympic pool people here were leaving the true soviet dream you have the best hopes almost overnight when the soviet union fell apart all of a sudden people of parliament realized that that perfect life was just that a few political parliament based on faulty economy and shaky ideology in a few years the former r.c. paradise turned into an island nightmare people who are used to eating caviar for breakfast have to turn to hunting good food on the table one after another the families packed up and left abandoned in pyramid in all its grandstanding glory this pillar was erected here with march palm on the settlements thirtieth or

fortieth anniversary only to become of the grave stone decades later when the last batch of coal was extracted from the local mine workers just laugh and here it was their way of breaking over the coals for the life that always do you good to be true. arthur c. pyramid bergen archipelago. it's time again for the business update this hour with marina. hello and welcome to business here on art see our top story today is of course russia's international investment forum and sought to see where the money starting to roll in as deals get struck we have representatives from thirty five countries in the black sea resort looking for investment opportunities but mere fruit in has had a speech at the flarm and art seized outlines the main points for us. what's been

interesting about surviving the putin speech is that it was rather upbeat despite the ongoing woes about sovereign debt in both europe and the united states that it occurred and says russia's economy is slowly recovering and is to reach pre-crisis levels in twenty twelve that means next year also with inflation this year will be no more than seven per cent has a new person said also we heard statements from the central bank president whom i have saying that in the years twenty twelve and twenty fourteen inflation will be going down around half a percentage point every year so this is already a record low level of inflation so it's pretty upbeat here too and the budget deficit will also be covered as it with the prime minister expects by the end of the year and next year expected to be around one and a half percent we're going to see a deficit of no no more than one hundred percent but if the overall external situation for example the oil prices change for the better then russia's budget

maybe even balance next year too but also what's interesting to know what in a person had to say is that russia needs to support the business of all types of business from small to medium and large enterprises several bodies will be created to support business and to even be ensured that small and medium businesses came safe access to external markets and also played a person had this to say about what kind of investment russia's economy needs and we must strive not only to grow the economy but to improve economic efficiency to the development of production and innovation we need to change the structure of the economy our common goal is not to be a safe haven for speculative capital russia should create all the conditions for so-called smart investments which are creating and producing high tech me and most importantly of course we have to see the the shareholder agreement of this way and i guess from as european partners being. side of the. winter's haul and danny but

also many deals within the crust adult region itself notably actually infrastructure and production projects and also this investment of forum here and so she is a great platform for companies known companies to promote themselves as developing and expanding and we earlier talked to lukoil and the company's president like you to look it up said that they are laying overseas investments by upstream projects in the united states and in asia that also they will be increasing production overseas aggressive use your route in the next ten years will concentrate on projects like west could true in iraq that will significantly change the structure in volume of oil production in twenty fifteen we're implementing a project in the north of the caspian sea which will also increase in production we think that in ten years our company will increase hydrocarbon production by twenty to thirty percent. before it is in full swing we're going to have more guests later

on of course more expert opinion and commentary so do join us if you can and offer the bullets and swap dates. and a second look at the markets now brant is rising modestly trading at almost one hundred and fourteen dollars on easing concerns about him that however disappointing jobs there from the u.s. is limiting the gains. is quoted saying out eighty nine dollars per barrel and that's out there according to dixon outran the day before over in the u.s. markets are extending weekly gains and that's ahead of a measure of consumer confidence that could show better results and september than the month before over in europe stocks are higher for a fourth day and that speculation coordinated action by policymakers will be able to ease the region's that crisis banking shares are leading the gains on the front seat and that has advanced even further it's gaining over two percent this hour and here in russia. well the markets are in the red after seeing some gains earlier

this morning i don't let's also say investors in russia are hesitant some a good moves as the finance ministers summit kicks off and poland's the r.t.s. has slipped below six hundred points losing over one and a half percent this hour let's take a look at some of the and that's movers on the my sex and if you majors are on the pressure with gas from just under the sides and there are financial stocks are also down would be to be losing points supercenters our lenders that profit one states in percent and the first eight months and leave here to nine hundred fifty six million dollars and stock in the trend is burbank after reports this prioritize ation is still possible the best in there. and also the business news for now the headlines are next with tesla.