the people and putin russia's prime minister will face questions from the public in his live televised q. and a. and there are plenty of questions to be answered with just months to go before the primary runs for the presidency join me to put more in just a few more. prison in perpetuity america is on the verge of legalizing the indefinite detention of terror suspects without charge or trial. opening doors and dealing with debt level talks between russia and the e.u. to finally relax travel visas while discussing the handling of the eurozone crisis

. on air and online twenty four hours a day you're watching r.t. a very warm welcome now millions of russians are likely to hit the phones later and there's one number there after prime minister vladimir putin will take calls and no doubt some very direct questions in his tenth televised phone and get the details of the who's live for us now in light of recent events so i suppose prime minister putin is expecting something over all some tough questions from the public what's on russians minds of mind. about him or put in is widely expected to break his silence on the mass protests following the state duma elections elections which were tarnished by fraud in the geishas judging by the questions car. they listed as

most stocks on the show's website this year's program will focus on traditional social issues such as housing. health care insurance but at least two visitors to the site asked his opinion on the protests in particular people want to know if the current law would be a mandatory and develop top for a punishment for four elections fraud also people last could bill be a return to the against all option in the ballots among other questions are will russia get back to a lot as pointing governors how will people's life change with russia entering the world trade organization how's it going with preparations for the twenty four team selection leaves out of the football world cup and twenty eighteen that's the name just a few questions the most frequently ozzy's of course there are hundreds and hundreds of others but i want some hard questions ahead as you say in the marathon session as well these phone ins can go on for quite awhile. it is traditionally

a very long q. and a session but putin seems to be very comfortable with answering people's questions directly live broadcast live it's his stamp q. and a session the anniversary won he started this for much of communicating directly with people when he was the president and has ever seen swansea years sat down for a chat with his potential voters but today they'll be also some prominent russian vigorous and the studios will of course take up the chance to grill the prime minister on some very delicate topics he will be honoring people's questions from a t.v. studio and they'll be also some live t.v. who cops fled with several regions of russia during the similar media session last year putin respond to people question peoples questions for four hours and twenty six minutes the call in show will be broadcast live by the main russian t.v.

and radio stations and the center for precessing information started operating on monday night and will be active until the live coverage is over the putin is running for the presidency get involved but his ratings have taken the bit of a knock recently what are his chances do you think. and do the show comes to a crucial time for the prime minister is the first time the he'll be responding people's questions after here and else that he'll be seeking reelection as president and this show comes at a time of sagging approval ratings for him forty one percent according to the most recent public opinion poll but of course putin by far is the most popular politician in this country and the most likely candidate for the country's top job . before the elections in march and most recently billionaire me hope proper up and as we head of his candidacy into the field of bitters. among others are radio

losers. the communist party three failed presidential bids. of the liberal democratic party for failed presidential bid and said game it on the cheap but just the party who in two thousand and four the courage his voters to choose hootin over him of course those willing to run for the top job still have time to put forward that candidacies but if the election took place today bush it would win and. the chaotic. live from moscow thank you. the struggle is far from over for libya's new government as we report later there they got their feet under their desks yes already protesters want them to go we explain why. it's terror suspects in america could be held in prison indefinitely without charge or trial that's if the senate passes a controversial bill which has already been signed off by the white house in the

house of representatives the military will be able to take custody of alleged terrorists virtually without question critics say it would be a start while ation of human rights the white house and objected the bill but later changed its mind on crazy from untoward dot com thinks administration is indulging in smoke and mirrors. one of the provisions primary authors revealed during senate debate it was the obama administration itself who requested the inclusion of language mandating military detentions including u.s. citizens in that language so you could say the ministration never really changed their minds it was just sort of doing it for public consumption merely codified into law. this status quo i mean that is to say the government has already assumed that they have the power to detain us citizens indefinitely without trial and that's what guantanamo bay is essentially the targeted assassination of. u.s.

citizens. when and where are all lochley proves again that the government has already in every practical sense dismissed due process rights for americans the senate already passed a version of this bill and the vote was ninety three to seven so only seven senators ject to the literal this aeration of the fifth amendment so yeah it's expected to pass the senate it's already passed the house and obama is expected to sign it before the end of the week. prison campaigner and radio host welshman believes the terror suspect treatment turned military budget bill is another way of feeding america's addiction to war. system is addicted to permanent war and has been for a long time and both parties are facilitators of this military budget is being expanded that tells you that we're dealing with a system that cannot respond to the elementary needs of people and the response of

the public is as you see in the occupy movement the mass strikes and the growing resistance to both political parties which are considered to be the one big property party with two names that's why this track colony and legislation the preparations for martial law and the architecture of the fascist state being rapidly assembled and put in place in the united states. but on line that dot com we take on the american media's two tier treatment of public demonstrations the protests of the rule that while playing down undermining disturbances at home also on the web sites. where would it for the ill fated mars the moon probe became stuck in orbit unsuccessful the launch will fall back to earth on the level i doubt it's on its path r.t. dot com.

fresh clashes between tribal groups have erupted at the libyan capital the situation in the country has been deteriorating since the toppling and killing of colonel gadhafi libya's new leaders the national transitional council a struggling to keep the peace there under fire from thousands of angry protesters and ghazi but the revolution began. demonstrators won the empty seat. doing enough to change. general steve brown thinks the country is the brink of civil rule. now you're going to see. people are very dissatisfied the way things are going they fought hard especially in britain guarded don't think they're being properly in this see the country just fall apart into areas of warlords just like in

afghanistan i don't have any competency in t.c. those people in t c are all complicit in the dark it's crimes they're going to set things up so they're going to do very well again and they're probably going to try and emerge as the new rulers the new dictators of libya which is where it's going to be headed for example. who heads the n.t.s.c. was gadhafi justice minister that just made a joke of the whole council his response or for a lot of crimes and a gadhafi i don't blame these people been guys ever having no trust me in d.c. at all. moscow is accusing the e.u. of overstepping its powers by hindering a russian humanitarian aid convoy carrying food and supplies to serbs in kosovo twenty five russian trucks were stopped at a checkpoint on tuesday by e.u. controlled customs offices after refusing or escort through the territory that prevented eleven you at least cars from heading to a village in northern coast of the area has been in dispute since july when the

cost of ascent its own customs officers to the checkpoint the minority serbs reacted by putting up barricades of course first controlled by i think albanians and despite the apparent dependence three years ago it's still home to more than one hundred thousand serbs. also ahead this hour get closer to the caucuses take you to his oldest city and tell you how it stood the test of time. travel between russia and e.u. countries could soon get a bit easier with strict visa regime may soon be relaxed for people in russia's kaliningrad territory in the baltics and then possibly extended further it's just one of the summit discussions in brussels on with europe's debt and moscow joining the world trade organization sees a test is there. russian and e.u. officials are meeting here in brussels for a summit and at the top of that agenda it's expected the visa free regime will be

talked about they're expected to continue that dialogue on easing restrictions for travel between russia and. now it's expected the document will be signed outlining the basic conditions and possibly at the end of the year there may be a final resolution on the topic another issue on the agenda of the third energy package this is the legislation that aims to liberalize the energy sector. and what the european union wants is essentially the unbundling of services such as transport and delivery essentially separating the owner from the operator maybe of a pipeline and this becomes a point of contention because russian gas giant gazprom right now is in charge of production transport delivery essentially all the activities involving gas and liveries so they may discuss ways to make the market more liberalized at the same time be flexible enough to accommodate a russian interests of course of light of trade and business they will be talking about the accession of russia to the world trade organization or the w t o and in

light of the eurozone crisis they may look at ways that russia can play a role in helping out euro zone nations through the i.m.f. potentially rather than being european financial stability fund or. for policy chief catherine ashton had said that she won't come as president a decision to open an inquiry into claims of fraud of vote rigging at the recent elections so it's expected that she will break this up and her poor mother also said they would also like to talk about issues of human rights and democracy with their russian counterparts it also is expected that they will talk about topics of a may not see eye to eye on such as the approach that they will take to resolve the syria the crisis so certainly a very jam packed agenda for the russian summit. well that's a more world news for you this hour. when the new string of volatile tax in syria troops fired on a civilian car traveling through the village of the top burst into flames killing

all five people inside eight soldiers were then shot dead in retaliation violence comes off the military and to the city of hama and anti-government protests which of killed five thousand people since march last year and start this recent recent international pressure to stand down and civilian deaths mount. president obama has marked the end of the iraq it will address to soldiers returning from the conflict speech he promised to have also was withdrawn by the end of the year for the five thousand troops are still present in the country since the war began nine years ago more than one hundred thousand iraqi civilians and old. egyptians are heading to the polls for the second phase of the country's lengthy elections is the most parties are expected to receive the biggest backing largest bloc voting violations are being reported although the army is bound to clamp down on the peace is the country's first democratic ballot since president barack was

ousted in february. now it's time to take a trip through thousands of years as we visit russia's oldest city. bents was originally established by a persian king as a fortress guarding passage between the caucasus mountains and the caspian sea it was destined to become a key point on the ancient silk road the vital trading route connecting europe asia and east africa the city is now one of sudden russian's most popular tourist destinations. we continue our acceleration of the republic and this time we're visit a unique you story area of the city of the dead and for many centuries the city developed between two natural walls the mountains and the sea on a strip of land just three kilometers long over the years different nations gave

the city different names but all were connected to the word gate the reason perhaps is that did ben stood on the silk road enclosed by strong walls reaching to the sea and the watchtower's the beauty of this area has always attracted visitors from across the country but soon there will be an added incentive to come here this part of dagestan was picked to host one of the five major tourist complexes to be built across the area of north caucasus but that's for the future and for now locals second time two of their past managing to preserve large portions of the area and today they've opened some of the same trees all thick of this fortress to us. in the years gone by it was never this easy to get to the net in call a fortress then armies would do battle storming the walls to get inside it has become a second home. he's the key key for one of the most beautiful calmest castles in

the region very near the north and it will almost forty years of my life i spent here all members of my family works here this is a tradition for this is a third of everything here is special for me and i want to save every piece of it for the future ever here and the younger generation of dagestani man is following in his footsteps average day a local historian meets dozens of tourists and tells the story of cholera some of the. what you see from here is the old part of data bin we call it this is the oldest city in russia in the past caravans used to come to the gates of this fortress they paid a total and only after that cut they continued that journey to know. this place guarded one of the strategic passes on the silk route and was used well into the nineteenth century however as a large portion of the fortress was destroyed in the nineteenth twenties during the

russian civil war most of what remains date back to the seventeenth century this is what's left of what was once one of the most violent punishments in the caucasus the criminals were thrown into this post and the ground and left to die there from hunger new criminals were thrown their own a regular basis but none of the bodies were after remove not even cost downs on the highway speak in the city and overlooks the caspian sea too many rules enclosed one part of deadband and to the street buildings the delay between those two story the rules every morning of the crisis but for instance this is the jewel mosque one of the most ancient in the world many believe. that it was through here that the muslim religion spread into russia the walls of the small scuffs through same trees of history and during the soviet union or even used as a prison locals are not only trying to preserve buildings but also their traditions

for centuries dagestani man were known for their horsemanship they raised horses and sold them to the caravans coming to the city dagestani horses were well known in the north caucasus for their strength and stamina but now that age old tradition is being challenged by a woman who wanted to religion was at the beginning no one understood me all my brothers were who was mine what i was a bit into following them because i'm a woman it took me years to become what i am now all my novels dedicated to raising who think. people are getting used to that. after just a few hours in dead and you can feel the history coursing through the veins of the narrow streets and if you concentrate hard enough you can almost hear the clatter of horses answering the gates of the city. the russian republic of dagestan which translates to us that the country of the mountains is located here in this volatile area of north caucasus the republic is also famed for its athlete and linguistic

diversity being home from wasn't thirty eight languages and to discuss this more i'm now joined by nist will go three days hayden thank you very much for joining me today pleasure to so i've heard that you come a long way from the states to this region of pakistan so what prachi offer here a jury really. you know as as you mentioned august on is the most ethnically one of the the most ethnically complicated regions in the entire world and it's actually for a long time been my passion my dream to come here to study. and really a goal of mine is to introduce dr ston to the world to come to the english speaking world thank you sunny so considered to be one of the most dangerous places in russia maybe and what do you think about it so you think it's safe enough to stay here. yeah i do think it's safe enough to be are in fact i'm here with my wife and

my three little children my my oldest daughter and my and my oldest son they they both go to a local school. yes it is dangerous at times in fact right here where we're standing right right here there was a special operation a couple years ago where when i was sitting inside this cafe. so so i understand the dangers i mean i know when you're in you live in dogs on long enough we'll you know see things hear about things but you know you have to take up at it from a comprehensive perspective and know there's dangerous places all over the world and really when you when you look closer at the situation here the dynamics you find that things like petty thievery things like violent crimes and armed robbery and rape these these things are very rare here very rare you know versus. a place like moscow and you know the chance to raise my kids with such an incredibly strong family values as i get to do here and august on but to me that's worth it there are

some dangers but it's a good place the people are incredible you are thank you very much the hour was dave hayden and this no go for that works here in this region of dagestan and meanwhile our team continues to bring you the latest picture of life down here in russia's north caucasus and the republic of dagestan. up next katie brings us the latest business news. hello and welcome to the business update on our take some analysts say investors should forget china and park them money in sub-saharan africa if they wish to benefit from the growth in emerging markets a delegation of russian officials aren't in japan as is having to wear that discuss how to make their business ties even stronger rowena closer riva takes a look at what's making africa more appealing than ever before most people associate africa with an abundance of natural and that were cultural resources like

oil gold diamonds minerals cocoa and coffee but investors can't help but overlook a long history of currency fluctuations poorly developed markets and political risk so when analysts say the west has peaked in terms of economic growth and the best emerging markets are in africa it leaves some scratching their heads the african landscape itself on the political and economic front has been changing significantly the political environment is becoming far more stable fewer conflicts in terms of the macroeconomic story in africa far better economic management all of that which is contributing to making that as a more interesting investment destination at the moment some of russia's the biggest business heavyweights are active in the continents there's a gas problem in algeria roussel in nigeria and guinea and all in go up all of them have spent billions of dollars there are others include metal group you have

ross and oil giant look at oil as well as a number of banks but africa has ten percent of the world's oil reserves forty percent of gold and around eighty to ninety percent of crum and platon the metal groups there's a lot left on tapped the emergence of an african middle class getting wealthier and spending more money has made investors take africa seriously for more than. resource extraction the international monetary fund estimates that sub-saharan africa's economy will expand by five point five percent this year and five point nine percent in two thousand and twelve experts warn investors may be missing a giant business opportunity if they fail to pay attention to africa and it's a mistake russia is key to avoid having the side that the reward outweighs the risk of not being part of the next success story. more in the dory rotters a modest independent all company lou call it back to going up for the fam i am soon

fessed up to nine hundred million dollars into the continent seeking to compensate the declining domestic production experts say african fields cleared out around ten percent of the calls are now. let's have a look at the markets and the crude is higher despite news or oil protel opec raise its output c.-leg and others like crude prices have also shrugged off speculation that europe's watching debt crisis could come up tomorrow for commodities. markets to coins and does side with manufacturers and commodity linked funds we have of the closely watched chinese manufacturing data do for days later in the day the folder names are forward for a straight session of losses of us as fears about europe's debt crisis has assisted and is there for the euro expose exporters that have been losing the grounds to the russian market so i think here most go about feel yes on the my sex life for a second i mean are in the red by whole five percent. of our spare respectively.

the big event today prime minister putin is televised question and answer session with the nation and usually all suffer several hours market watches will cheat him for clues about russia's economic development. i think that global markets would continue to follow negative trends while the russian market can can be bounced once mr putin bring on some ideas all give some projections for maybe appoint somebody to. any position this will be an equivocations about writing or used to quit during mr perot for whatever reason this may give support to the russian or. russia is having the e.u. would get concessions on the hotly disputed the energy package during the twenty eight bilateral summits we saw sort of wednesday the new role to hit a gas supplier from also owning the means of transit and distribution that it may.

or may not know it caps overlies a sovereign debt crisis is awakening europe's negotiating position. is facing the current situation by its face value and obviously totally realize this advantages and the possibility to be a little bit more aggressive right now the other part of the story is europe in this recession it has very deep debt problem for europe to reach a point of normally go she should and that would be a very unfortunate situation for the russian delegation because russia wants to touch nerves of europe but it doesn't want to cause there was a breakdown therefore politics diplomacy everything must be smooth polite and politically correct. the business has been our way back in about fifty five

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