good to have you with us here on r t our top story the door of the world trade organization has finally been opened to russia after the country was granted accession after eighteen years of thorny talks the commission in geneva finalized terms for a long awaited membership which spells start in december artie's laura smith has more. 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 maxime made he had to give 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's 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's now the sixth largest in the world but he said that despite that we russia now does ninety percent of its trade with members so membership of that organization is sort of a 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 o 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 raw so much the largest plant in russia's south producing harvested rushers is because food for months ahead and workers who conspired. but the hand of the company has a rather different outlook to that of the w t o cheerleaders were all 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 vase 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. out there as is the government's favored child but not all car makers in russia are as cherished this used to be a thriving plant of musk reach open the ninety. thirty its 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 creech 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 t a 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 labor duction of customs tariffs and trade barriers to a more level playing field across international markets exceeding the gretsch over r t. the director of the world trade organization pascal lamy says russia's accession to the w t 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. these situations which i recognize and we discussed about the the last week in the g twenty in these 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 joined with 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 are 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 where does it play in the we're ruling. the world trade organization these eight rules based system do not cover each and every part of business all trade life but the main bidders on. what can be called a transparent jew process legally based system all their all to the

countries in these two movies so the heat joins the level of safety and security transparency which all the markets are going to be said to us have joined when off 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 pm george pop and radio and main opposition leaders in you new unity government the incoming premier a staunch e.u. backer any new ministration are set to be sworn in friday with the immediate and tricky task of introducing more austerity a return for continued new bellows political aisle. peter iyer believes the true nature though of the crisis is still being hidden from the public. 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 that are controlling this situation and we also have to understand that there's massive. could we say massive corruption fraud taking place and tax evasion 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. israel may be preparing to strike iran as early as the end of december that's the warning reportedly being voiced by some members of british intelligence services the news a spark different reactions from around the world u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon states a military campaign is not a solution u.s. defense secretary leon panetta stresses it could have unpredictable consequences for the region meanwhile russia says iran is ready for negotiations to address concerns about its nuclear program the controversy was really ignited by a u.n. atomic watchdog report claiming the country is building nuclear weapons or can use policy or as the latest from tel aviv. according to british intelligence chiefs israel will 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 mixed you know with these sources saying that israeli military action is to be expected soon a law that then 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 bushies 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 all of the report by the international atomic energy agency the israeli defense minister ehud barak warned iran of a possible is ladies 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 mean for mommy who has warned both the united states and his wealth that if they

strike iran they must expect a tough hamas response from tehran he said and i'm quoting that we are not a nation to sit. back i don't know and watch materialistic corrupted and lost and how is he ran we will respond with a strong snap and i and he spoke about the graces and invaders being smashed from within the radium plays it and nothing would happen in a sad responding to that i eighty a report he slammed the report and he said that the rand would not step back one i know he's had some developing its nuclear program he said that they were pulled once when lying on the basis of u.s. claims that iran is building a nuclear bomb. when turning now to the north american continent at least four people have been arrested in canada where thousands of students marched in a massive protest against jewish and fee increases police dispersed some of the crowd with pepper spray after claiming objects had been thrown by protesters in the city of quebec students waving signs chanting and blasting horns marched toward the

city government offices protesters who set up camp in a downtown park in says they won't leave despite orders from authorities to do so demonstrations of support have also happened in montreal as part of the occupy wall street campaign which started almost eight weeks ago. education costs also brought hundreds of students out to protest at the university of california berkeley where nearly forty people have been arrested police officers tore down tents and pushed their way through a human chain using but tongs r.t. spoke with one of the witnesses who describes what happened. police approached with full force with right ear and baton we normally goes through they use their batons to jab was in the stomach and they were hitting us with their tongs they're going people to the floor and then hitting them with it with their night sleeps with their retirements as they were on the floor. they were they were going to

cross the line and then the rest in the people that weren't doing anything they hit they had me repeatedly on the arms on the torso in the stomach and they arrested more students and they beat the students we repeatedly yell that we were nonviolent peaceful protesters but they were extremely cruel in their tactics with that with their sticks many people were injured i heard that one professor one of the professors at university was was protesting and she's in the hospital and half 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. turning back to russia now russian scientists are racing to bring the country's first interplanetary mission in fifteen years back on track there are only two weeks to reestablish a connection with the probe that launched into space wednesday the aim of the mission is to head to the martian moon phobos but technical problems mean the

vehicles become streb in orbit or things peter all over takes a look at how the probe can be saved. at the moment the theories around which probably what problem has caused the probe to be stuck in all bit around the earth after it's take off 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 initially use the sun as their main focus point for navigation and then 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 patch to the you probably should be able to go about its mission just a few days late now the big problems come and arise if it turns out to be a problem with the hardware the full response contains seven tons of highly toxic

fuel because this fear was intended on sending it from the earth to the moon or mars and then back to earth so there's a lot of a fuel on board there one nasa expert is referred to the phobias probe as the most toxic falling satellite ever so this is a problem that last cause 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 closer series continues exploring the vast and varied corners of russia. right now the area's poppy 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 toward putting the region's riches on the world's most exquisite tables artie's tom barton talked to the pioneers of the industry and found out about the hurdles yet to be overcome. gourmet treats from russia's coast but these luxury food producers are struggling to find a market this is the only muscle and least a farm in the area just off the black sea coast it's run by forex scientists need 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 arrange for a million rubles for a start up it's a risky business with a storm capable of ruining 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 russians 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 curious 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 wines with your. the climate and weather a good for great grain 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 of the people in authority are the ones who should be kept from power they do not respect our citizens the honest 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 up to almost years to 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 producers on russia's black sea coast but

who knows within a few years this region could become a center for gourmet russian dining tom bottom party. turning now to some other stories making headlines across the globe twenty miners have been killed and dozens trapped underground after a coal mine explosion in southwest china reports say i gaspy triggered the blast rescue crews are currently searching for survivors in china a large producer and consumer of coal is 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. a u.s. soldier deployed to afghanistan as part of the u.s. military campaign has been convicted of the premeditated murder of all unarmed civilians staff sergeant calvin gibbs and other soldiers tried to disguise their afghan victims as legitimate come battens by dropping weapons by the bodies photographs entered into evidence in the case showing them casually posing with the corpses gives now faces life in prison either with or without parole.

almost twenty people have been killed in syria in a fresh crackdown against anti regime demonstrations according to reports the bloodshed comes despite an agreement between president bashar al assad and the arab league to end the violence in the country the u.n. estimates more than three hundred thirty thirty five hundred civilians have been killed in the uprising against the assad regime that started nearly eight months ago. to get an opinion from inside the country r.t. spoke with syria's deputy foreign minister about the way out of the ongoing crisis the interview coming up stay with us.

i set out to make that syria's 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 losing 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 the criminals our security forces were able to dictate have 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 cannot violate the law if the most gracious 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 if they still keep taking place 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 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. 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 sunnis 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 ill 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 therapy 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 whatever 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 terrorist 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. until now at least we don't say officially that i mean the saudi government or the jordanian government or the lebanese government toward the dead because government are financing peace groups of course but we believe money is coming from these

comes from an unofficial sic it's. what appealed to our brothers and sisters in all these countries is not to allow that because end of the united nations this is called financing of terrorism they are sending money to concede it is 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 now you will ask me ok what's that we are the we are very forms prison that assad has put on the table a comprehensive a plan of reforms so the whole process is

a matter of three four months and then the new syria will emerge thank you very much your excellency when they say to you thank you. for. us.

six thirty am in moscow these iraqi headlines mission accomplished russia's five overcome the last major obstacle on its way to the world trade organization accession was approved after almost two decades of talk some more official restart after the w t o members vote in december. greece's economic stalemate now in the hands of a technocrat names former banker and european central bank vice president because they most is the country's interim prime minister who out of a tough job of guiding the country through its debt crisis until the elections in february. israel could attack iran as soon as christmas according to british intelligence news follows the latest u.n. report claiming tehran is building atomic weapons.