good to have you with us here on r t our top story the doors of the world trade organizations been finally open to russia after the country was granted accession after eighteen years of thorny talks a commission in geneva is finalized terms for the long awaited membership which will begin in december artie's laura smith has been. there's a document in circulation which is the all the terms and conditions it weighs three and a half kilos and it amounts to some seven hundred pages now i haven't had time to read the whole thing and i doubt that i'm in the minority there but i can only imagine that it's full chockablock of painstakingly negotiated compromises which have taken place over that all that amount of time but in fact what the significance is is a question that the chief russian negotiator maksim says that he has been asked repeatedly over the last eighteen years what just what is the point of this and he pointed out during a media conference that took place of the gathering of the documents as they call

it he said that it is true that russia first deployed for membership back in one nine hundred ninety three when its economy was in pieces and over that period of time russia has rebuilt its economy without the help of the world trade organization so that it is now the sixth largest in the world he said that despite that we russia now does ninety percent of its trade with members so membership of that organization is sort of level playing field in terms of doing business it was still very important he talked also about the ups and downs of the negotiation process the draw the comedy and he said that the most difficult moment moments had come when they were negotiating the natural gas terrorists and also the terrorists for the agricultural sector in russia but he says that that now they've come to this agreement he's not fully satisfied with the deal but he says that it's an important geneva lesson to learn that if no one's really satisfied with the deal

and that probably means that it's fair for everybody he said he's also negotiated a reasonable period for making adjustments to tariffs between three and four years they will have to bring their tariffs in line with the rest of the world trade organization and the organization itself says that now one hundred fifty million russian consumers will be. i have access to cheaper prices for a whole range of goods but of course there are also disadvantages in this and my colleague catarina gretsch over has taken a look for us at the pros and cons of membership for russia of the world's largest trading organization let's take a look at her report for the person on the street w t l membership will not be just something they'll read about in the news but it will mean lower prices removing trade barriers between states increases competition prices of in florida goods drop and domestic companies also grow quicker with foreign markets opening up. for workers of these metallurgical company it all looks

like a win win situation their most recent project is the north stream pipeline should they enter international markets they'll face very little competition. and this is while so much the largest plant in russia's south producing harvested rushers is because food for months ahead and workers who conspired. but the head of the company has a rather different outlook to that of the w t o cheerleaders. our oil and gas will be in demand even without entering the well agriculture will tumble. agriculture will be among the hardest hit sectors but experts say the domestic automotive industry will be the one to undergo most step he will. the troubled mortgage giant of the virus was rescued from the brink of death in the economic crisis of two thousand and eight by prime minister putin with more than

one billion dollars in loans cash and guarantees. i think that's is the government's favorite child but not all car makers in russia are as cherished this used to be a thriving plant of musk reach open the 1930's most successful years were the fifty's and sixty's when hundreds of thousands of my screech chorus flooded the soviet and foreign markets after the collapse of the soviet union my screech was in desperate need of money but the government could not afford to loss making copper juices and musk reach was crossed out. the only way to avoid the collapse of yet another industrial giant experts say is to use the transition period after joining the w two wisely firstly entry to the w.t. doesn't mean you instantly have to drop all customs tires and comply straight away there's a transit so-called transition period roughly seven years or so protectionist

measures will apply for a number of sensitive industries which employ millions of people such as agriculture timber and come making but at a certain point the state's industrial dependence will have to let go of its hand and walk on their own two feet in the world outside it but that should also be a somewhat easier place to do business in the reduction of customs tariffs and trade barriers to a more level playing field across international markets exceeding the grouchy of a r t. the director of the world trade organization pascal lamy says russia's accession to the w g o will help revive the economy and speed up a solution to the global financial turmoil well the economy is not in good shape but one of the ways to exit. this situation which i recognize you and we discussed about the last week in the g twenty he's not good one of the

ways to move out of this crisis is to open more trade fight against protectionism and the fact that russia joins that this very moment is also a symbol of the value of these monkey that rule system of rules and in that it had its economy growing including. which all difficult like the ones we are in in the world economy joining w cio creates a hundred percent guarantee for business that the rule of roll that no corruption will be there i mean our discipline in the our rule and the world trade organization these are a rules based system do not cover each and every policy of business all trade life but the main pillars of. what can be called a transparent jew process legally by a system all there all to the countries in these agreements russia to move it

so that the joints the level of safety security the transparency which all the markets are going to be said to us have joined when. they got into the world trade organization. lucas papademos has been announced as the new greek prime minister a well known technocrat the former vice president of the european central bank will now take the reins of his embattled country this follows four days of hectic talks between the outgoing prime minister george papandreou when the main opposition leaders on a new unity government the incoming premier a staunch e.u. backer and his new administration are set to be sworn in friday with the immediate and tricky task of introducing more austerity in return for continued ballots political analyst peter iyer believes the. nature of the crisis though is being hidden from public view. we have to turn the clock back to the original collapse of the world economy because this was no accident it was

a very well planned exercise and as we know ireland became a victim portugal and now greece and apparently spain and italy are likely to follow it really doesn't matter who's in power there are people there to control in this situation and we also have to understand that there's massive. could we say massive corruption fraud taking place and tax of asian in most countries that factually creating this problems remember that they can take out any country financially or militarily that they want to take out their priorities are one to secure the world's natural resources the second one is to control the markets for those resources and thirdly to control the gateways to the sea lanes and the pipeline routes when you have control of this you've basically got the the world in the palm of your hand controls the finances of the world controls the world and

this is what we're looking at here. turning now to our top stories israel may be preparing to strike out of iran as early as the end of december that's a warning repeatedly being of or portably being voiced by some members of the british intelligence services the news of spar different reactions around the world the u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon stated that a military campaign is not a solution u.s. defense secretary leon panetta stressed it could have unpredictable consequences for the whole region russia meanwhile says iran is ready for negotiations to address concerns about the country's controversial nuclear program as he was really ignited by a u.n. atomic watchdog report claiming the country is building nuclear weapons or his policy or the latest developments from tel aviv. according to british intelligence chiefs is well it won't launch a strike against iran to stop it from developing nuclear weapons as soon as christmas according to sources in the british government if not christmas then the

beginning of make still with peace also saying that israeli military action is to be expected soon a while other than later and that it will be action that will be supported in a just a clique by the united states not in recent weeks we did hear from the bush's defense ministry they confirmed that they have contingency plans in place should the u.k. decide to support military action against iran here in israel pointed to the publication on tuesday of the report by the international atomic energy agency the israeli defense minister ehud barak warned iran of a possible israeli strike he said that all options are on the table and when israeli officials use that phrase all options on the table it really does mean military action the israeli president shimon peres has also gone on record saying that any israeli military strike is more likely than any kind of diplomatic solution we have had of the sponsors from iran's supreme leader the ayatollah i me for mommy who has warned both the united states and israel that if they strike iran

they must expect a tough hamas response time to. and he said and i'm quoting that we are not a nation to sit back i don't and watch materialistic corrupted and wasn't how is it any rand we will respond with a strong snap and an eye and he spoke about a graces and invade is being smashed from within the rainy unpleasant and nothing would happen in this ad responding to that i eighty eight report he slammed that report and he said that iran would not step back one iota from developing its nuclear program and he said that they were pulled was a lying on the basis of the u.s. claims that iran is building a nuclear bomb. turning to the u.s. now nearly forty student protesters were arrested at the university of california at berkeley where hundreds of demonstrators gathered to vent anger over tuition fee hikes police officers tore down tents and pushed their way through a human chain using battalions archie spoke with one witness who described what

happened police approached with full force with right here and baton and we don't want to nor i guess to they use their batons to that repeatedly jab was in the stomach and they were him yes but there were times when people to the floor and then hitting them with with their nightsticks with their tongs as they were on the floor they were therefore if you will cross the line and then the rest in the people that weren't doing anything they hit they hit me repeatedly on the arms on the torso in the stomach and they arrested more students and they eat the students we repeatedly yelled that we were nonviolent peaceful protesters but they were extremely cruel in their attacks with that with their sticks many people were injured i heard that one professor one face was our university was was protesting and she's in the hospital and it's our school we pay tuition we pay tuition that's rising every year for less service is class sizes. and we decided it was time to

take back our school and tearing up the momentum from the other occupy movements we thought this would be a good time. russian scientists are racing to remake country's first interplanetary mission in fifteen years back on track of only two weeks to reestablish a connection with the probe that launched in space on wednesday the aim of the mission is to head to the martian moon phobos but technical problems mean the vehicles become stranded in orbit or he's peter oliver investigates how the probe can we see. at the moment the theories around which probably what problem has caused the probe to be stuck in all that around the earth after its takeoff split into two camps whether it's a problem with the software of the probe or a problem with the hardware of the probe now it's a problem with the software that's something that potentially can be fixed now one theory that's been put forward is that it's a problem with the navigation system of the probe these type of probes when they're launched an issue we use the sun as their main focus point for navigation and then that navigation system switches over towards the stars now they some people believe

that this probe has failed in switching from the sun to the stars and if they can send a software patch and upload that to the probe it should be able to go about its mission just a few days late now the big problems come and the rise if it turns out to be a problem with the hardware the focus probe contains seven tons of highly toxic fuel because this feel was intended on sending it from earth to the moon to mars and then back to earth so there's a lot of a fuel on board there one nasa expert is referred to the focus probe as the most toxic falling satellite ever so this is a problem that also caused most of the russian space agency are facing that they may have to come up with some kind of contingency plan to deal with a potentially toxic. problem caused by the fuel that's on board this probe

we invite you now to the black sea coast as our close up series continues exploring the vast and varied corners of russia. right now the region is one of the most popular resorts for russians but it's hoped the appeal will soon stretch further with food at its heart local producers slowly taking steps towards putting the region's riches on the world's most exquisite tables archies tom barton talked to the pioneers of the industry and found out about the hurdles yet to be overcome. like gourmet treats from russia's coast but these luxury food producers are struggling to find a market this is the only muscle and at least a farm in the area just off the black sea coast it's run by forex scientists he needs to study the region's marine life back in the u.s.s.r. . that point you were thrown out that way when the country collapsed science

collapsed we were fired from our jobs in america research center but we were good at growing muscles and oysters so we approached a company and arranged so million roubles for a start up it's a risky business with a storm capable of grueling a year's work with animals but without any major setbacks they can harvest twenty tons of mussels a year the problem then is trying to sell them about an appreciative if you're even on the black sea coast this is not ordinary food only the last two decades of russian started travelling abroad and seeing foreign menus so they started asking for more mussels mussels in oysters are currently very popular in russia in fact the efforts of these guys are unique here but they're hoping to grow markets for the underwater bounty but not the only ones hoping for a place on russian dinner tables. but this vinnie arden tourist center inland yanis and his family have been farming for decades he's of greek descent and helped his

father establish the farm recently he decided to try and make wine here here is that if we need three years to establish the vine then five years for a good product in a few years i hope we can produce great russian wine you. the climate and weather a good for great brain here but yes is hesitant to try and make this into a proper business it's corruption that's putting him off yes martin or i look at all this like an artist painting a picture that if i wanted a serious business i'd be too scared of corrupt officials taking it from me where they were but with a creative approach i'm not scared the people in authority are the ones who should be kept from power they do not respect our citizens yanis complains that a license to sell his wine costs one and a half million dollars far too much for a small producer like himself this also prevents a good wine industry from developing here but he still loves the region and hasn't given up hope of making it productive for most years there are some good great

growing areas in russia this is a favorable area so if he or thirties don't interfere we can promote our brand improve ours is as good as any french wine but. at the moment you have to look carefully to find local wine and muscle produces on russia's black sea coast but who knows within a few years this region could become a center for gourmet russian dining tom barton party. turning now to some other stories making headlines across the globe twenty miners have been killed dozens trapped underground after a coal mine explosion in southwest china reports say a gas leak triggered the blast rescue crews are currently searching for survivors china a large producer and consumer of polls one of the world's deadliest mining records one of the country's most dangerous years was two thousand and two with nearly seven thousand deaths. the desperate search for survivors continues in the turkish

province of van following wednesday's strong earthquake one lucky survivor was recovered from the debris of the hotel after spending sixteen hours without food or water at least seven people have been killed about twenty buildings among them a six story hotel collapsed than was also struck by a seven point two magnitude quake that claimed the lives of at least six hundred people last month. no new projects for unesco till the end of the year the u.n. cultural arm has had to suspend all new spending activities after losing its u.s. funding the director general of the organization says the unesco now faces a sixty five million dollars funding shortfall the u.s. and israel withdrew funding in october after the agency had granted full membership status to palestine. he said almost twenty people have been killed in syria in a fresh crackdown against anti regime demonstrators according to reports bloodshed comes despite an agreement between between president bashar al assad in the arab

league to end the violence in the country the u.n. estimates more than thirty five hundred civilians have been killed in the uprising against the assad regime that started nearly eight months ago. and to get a perspective from inside the country r.t. speaks with syria's deputy foreign minister about the ways out of the young going crisis that interview coming up.

thanks a lot nick that serious deputy foreign minister thank you very much for being with us today sir happy to be with you now according to human u.n. human rights reports over three thousand people have been killed in syria ever since the protests started in march for how long will syria keep on music its people. i think the question should be the opposite the question should be what's happening in syria. of course the credibility of some international number governmental organizations have been lost because they don't take into consideration what's really happening no one of these organizations has said that

syria has lost more than one thousand one hundred fifty martyrs from the army and the security forces do you think i mean this is the correct approach absolutely not. yes many civilians were killed assess in ated but people have to ask the question who killed them and why they were killed because our security forces were able to detain. themselves admitted that they were killing demonstrators in syria to keep the pace of demonstrations going on not only that but some of those criminals said they were killing people to keep for example the illegal building of houses in certain areas because they come up violate the law if the most asians were not there so these are the cases however we believe the killing of

a single pierce is too much he believes that life of one person is already crucial and this question is they still keep taking place and could just say that syria is at a state of the civil war no. i mean those who are provoking these developments want syria to go through a civil war and you know the complexity of the syrian population. is so deep because this is the history of syria we have something from everything. we have the three monotheistic religions within the each religion we have all the denominations so those who are behind these developments want really to lead the country into a civil war particularly when we correctly define those forces behind the developments that are going on i'll tell you those are religious extremists

sell if it's drug traffickers. smugglers they have been provided with up to date technology of communication. by the well known forces from outside syria and financing of terrorism and terrorist action has taken place so much billions of dollars were smuggled into syria to encourage people to disturb the peace in the country and not to mention the tens of thousands of weapons that have been also smuggled in the into the country from here kitty from lebanon from iraq and all neighboring countries can you really say that the whole opposition is made of pure islamists and there are no civilians who are just fighting for a better life absolutely not this is my answer because we have a position from inside the country syria the syrian leadership recognized that

there is a position and we have to take into account the views of the opposition and to work together with this opposition to build the new syria from what it seems from the outside also. the events are taking place in your country are affected by outside players for instance turkey turkey wants to be a leading power in for the sudanese in the region and we know that sunni's form the core of the opposition in syria also we know that turkey provides support for the oppositional syrian national council i was seeing double standards here can turkey use this whole thing to its advantage i'm taking your question i'm not taking very well it. if the turkish government would pursue its policies in the imperial way according to the autumn months systems then the commit a big mistake for turkey for the position of terror in the entire region who told

them they are i mean the audience of sudanese in the entire world nobody has the right to interfere and that what they are so pretext including turkey if they want to interfere and disguise because this is a big mistake it's not just turkey the syrian t.v. has aired an interview with a captured terrorists who admitted to receiving aid from saudi arabia and jordan why would this countries want cast in the region here you have touch of the very sensitive issue the financing of terrorism. and until now at least we don't say officially that i mean the saudi government or the jordanian government or the lebanese government or the government are financing these groups tourist to us but we believe money is coming from these comes from an unofficial sic us our appeal to our brothers and

sisters in all these countries is not to allow that because and of the united nations this is called financing of terrorism they are sending money to consider this and i believe this should be stopped since the clashes are still taking place and the protests are still going on what do you percy for the near future in syria what's going to happen of course you are right when you said there are still some clashes between those terrorist elements and the police and security forces we hope they stop because as i said the killing of a single syrian is a big tragedy. you want. what's the we are the we. presume the so that has put on the table a comprehensive. reform so the whole process is a matter of three four months and then the new c.e.o.

will emerge thank you very much. thank you.

two thirty am in moscow these are your r.t. headlines mission accomplished to russia finally overcomes the last major obstacle on its route to the world trade organization accession was approved after nearly two decades of negotiations and will officially begin after the members of both in december. greece's economic stalemate now in the hands of a technocrat athens names former banker and european central bank vice president lucas papademos as the country's interim prime minister will be tasked with guiding the. country through its debt crisis to elections happen in february. and israel could launch military action against iran as soon as christmas according to british intelligence chiefs the statement follows the un atomic watchdog report that claims to iran is bill.