joined up thinking russia finally becomes a card carrying member of the world trade organization h one friday party assesses the advantages and anxieties. moscow breaks down the syrian crisis for the un with a sanction free draft resolution calling on both sides of the conflict to lay down arms and talk. and an indian summer in the midst of the russian winter prime minister is saying is in moscow for top level talks join me in a few moments to find out what will be on the table for discussion.

hello there on air and online twenty four hours a day this is our gary johnston the wait is over friday sees russia finally get to join the world trade organization after nearly two decades of talks is expected to provide an economic shot in the arm and help strengthen bonds with other nations but it will also raise the competition stakes as daniel bushell explains. for russia w.t. or membership will become a leap into the are known some states have benefited enormously from membership china's exports to the west of skyrocketed in the decade since it joined the top tier works by cutting countries import tariffs to make international trade easier but others have found the hold to compete with an increase in cheap foreign import the w.t.r. works by consensus meaning every country can veto talks the latest objections came from georgia has taken some last minute mediation from diplomats here in

switzerland to find a compromise but membership also provides opportunities cross as low cost space could allow it to export more products to of the w.t. or members if the signing ceremony goes ahead as planned on friday evening all that remains is for russia's parliament to ratify membership russia's chief negotiator here back to medved causes that should happen in the first part of next year the real test will be given as much as companies begin to face new international competition. tail bushell there for russia's deputy membership will see many winners but also a few loses its artie's very next boss. with all my studio caves of hard talks now over it's still not clear exactly what russia's w.t.r. membership is offering the country and with most all the details of the green still firmly behind closed doors i experienced enough to try and little crystal ball gazing. their predictions begin with agriculture one of the names to vulnerable

areas it will probably be among the most seriously affected to enter the w t o russia had to pledge to reduce in-state support to farming which amounts to nine billion dollars annually today is expected to become just half of that in just five years we've already travelled to hundred and fifty kilometers away from moscow and what we see here is a sad picture goes through it is like this one us road on. all across russia and with a struggle in agriculture industry their number is only crazing thirty percent of the countries are will land currently not in use and the raw fear is that cut of foreign subsidies like session will drain well we make things dramatically worse russia though will hardly be starving lowy puts taxes will help fill the gap with foreign goods for customers which means they get choice and lawyer prices while

local producers may suffer with russia's currently importing forty five percent of all food products it may soon become fifty to seventy percent local producers will be unable to compete will go down and. meanwhile those competitive enough will stay afloat and benefit alexander and his family run a small business just outside moscow there one hundred twenty goats give enough milk to produce kilos of high quality cheese and a w t o entry could be seen as a double edged sword on the one hand washing producers like these small cheese factory could cop against tough competition but at the same time could see that product. mart broda market. but back in the crystal ball the future doesn't look bright for wrong constantine a young engineer at one of russia's largest farm machinery factories is afraid who join russia's jobless once the country joins the w t o. we make great machines but

we can hardly compete on price with foreign markets. the fears of the young for those two are far from groundless the car industry is another risky area with an open market this soviet era facility is going to have to go head to hand with the latest technology that mystic company uses have been among the biggest audience in the w t o critics say russia's most industry will be i'm able to meet the crazy competition the accession of attractive offering a gloomy prediction that once the country's in bad lines will stop factories will shut and thousands of people will be left out of work and out of la ukraine steve thousand and eighteen change to the devil led to a fifty percent loss of employment in its own to industry in russia however the fact should be more gradual due to securing a certain privilege entry to the w.t. have 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 base time should be enough for the industry to build up some muscle russian manufacturers for example have to invest more in order to. increase their efficiency their productivity and this is one of the instruments in order to promote the monetization of the russian economy and the predictions continue to go away with foreign investments said to be ready to rocket the cumulative gains we believe or roughly three point three percent of russian g.d.p. in. early years after accession after more like ten years with the grocer would gain. about eleven percent of european business already acknowledges the many positive signals and the many reasons to venture into russia once russia joins the w t o european carriers will no longer need to pay a premium to use trans-siberian routes currently five hundred million dollars. the

drop in prices of tickets so. far in my money is here. but apart from economic achievements the country's political image should benefit and maybe what's more important russia will no longer be an outsider but a part of the prestigious club not being part of the global body would have a vast a little strange russia has been the biggest economy not to be integrated into the w t o but after an eighteen year marathon of negotiations all the world's key players finally come together under the same umbrella. mosco. well in a few minutes time r.t. business has more on how russia's membership of the double could make a big difference. here it's indeed the big differences russia's w.h.o. accession is one of the most significant breakthroughs in russia's economic policy

in the past several years will and is expected to w.h.o. entry to benefit russian consumers says import barriers will be reduced and first and foremost the entry will of course reduce prices some befalls expected to be ten to fifteen percent there are currently very high tariffs in russia and we hope to see vegetables and fruits that are not grown in russia to become cheaper and terrorist for household appliances and electronic devices will also drop so the big consumer will have more of that in business in about ten minutes. the u.n. security council is mulling a new draft resolution on syria which russia is putting forward he condemns all sides in the ongoing conflict calling for ballots to stop but the. no mention of sanctions the kremlin's u.n. envoy says the balanced draft should be passed from the outset. our assessment of the situation that was that there is violent groups were taking advantage of peaceful demonstrators in order to pursue their agenda so those concerns were

reflected in the draft resolution but there is also very strong language in terms of no impunity and support of human rights and. the need to stop violence and make sure that it does transgressions do not go unnoticed. for russia has been actively trying to mediate a peaceful solution for months syria's vice president to hold talks with officials must go on friday there's little letup in the violence there which most recently so it is it has done down more than two dozen officers free syrian army claims to have more than twenty five thousand troops fighting to bring down president assad and western nations still refuse to acknowledge that anti regime protesters are armed u.s. based military whistleblower adman's says washington is siding with the opposition to change. they have had this vision to train their rabble fare

they also help the rebels smuggle arms into syria but also they have a communication division there in order to actually increase the number of the factors from the current syrian army it's not some kind of simultaneously op rising situation where people are rebelling and that suddenly they are mysteriously arms and mysteriously arms are being smuggled into syria from turkey who who is providing this arms all these are u.s. arms shipped to trust from turkey it's being smuggled into syria we went through this with iraq we went through this with libya we went through this with so many wars that the. have had since nine eleven and this fits the pattern we have had before you don't start anything big out crap at least that's not the case with the united states military you start doing the prep work while this prep war started in

may two thousand and eleven in case of syria. it's the end of an era in iraq where u.s. forces are finally packing up and shipping out as r.t. reports online the tree top brass watch as the american flag is symbolically though it drawing a line under a trillion dollar war that's killed more than one hundred thousand iraqi civilians sisera r.t. dot com. also getting reports from the troubled city across the border where twenty five got a tear in a truck something held up by e.u. police to explain what's happening online. there's plenty of good karma in the air in moscow as indian prime minister singh arrives on a state visit he'll meet president medvedev where the two having plenty to talk

about what's get the details now from artie's peter all of who's following the trip for us here in our team peter benefits on lucky to come out of this meeting. well indian prime minister manmohan singh has two may meetings scheduled for friday the first with president dmitri medvedev the second later in the day with prime minister vladimir putin where we're expecting to see around half a dozen deals to come out of lots on issues like in areas like raise which energy and defense no one deal that we might not see signed on friday concerns the building of a further two units the. nuclear power plant now there has been some protests in india against concerns over the safety of atomic energy that you could see this said deal being delayed now russia did help to build the first two units at that power plant a major to go online very very soon now also with atomic energy we're going to see

talks concerning the building of a joint enrichment facility between india and russia that would be built here in russia with indian and russian scientists working together there will also be some defense deals on the table india looking to lease nuclear submarines from russia as well as russia and india looking to come together with joint cooperation in developing new fighter jets but it's in trade that we could see some major deals going through currently trade between india and russia estimated around ten billion dollars a year now both nations want to increase not to twenty billion dollars by different states are we looking at a major increase in trade that the the leaders of india and russia are going to try and hammer out a deal on today oh yes lots of cooperation as you say there in the course russian india's partnership goes beyond economics and trade doesn't it just how far reaching is it. well we've been hearing from both the indian side on the russian

side about what's going to be talked about today and yes there is a whole host of issues of third discussion the ongoing situations in pakistan and afghanistan will be talked about the indian side saying that they view those two countries as a land bridge between india and russia and it's important that india and russia keep a close eye on what's happening there now though also it's that we're also expecting to see deal signed concerning cooperation on fighting international terrorism as well as drug trafficking and aids the president made yet of her suggested this will also be talks on the what's happening in the north africa and the wider middle east as well as the iranian nuclear program so plenty up for discussion today. ok up it all the reporting from moscow life for us thank you. on the way we literally get to grips with why doug is stun is a sporting showpiece with no concrete updates coming from the caucuses but why the

world's biggest sporting events could be eyeing up the region. a promise to speak the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth could land one army private behind bars bradley manning accused of releasing secret military and diplomatic data to wiki leaks will make his first court appearance on friday after more than a year and a half in custody artie's this war has the story. only it was this video of u.s. army pilots in iraq eagerly firing shots at innocent people on the ground and hundreds of thousands of secret military documents and cables leaked to wiki leaks there have been some criminal acts committed by u.s. government employees and those employees have never been held accountable for them all this made public over a year and a half ago by bradley manning a twenty two year old army private turned whistleblower and the past eighteen

months that bradley manning has been behind bars he's become somewhat of a symbol to his supporters who represents the extreme secrecy and lack of transparency within the u.s. government the documents that he helped to make public reveal that the u.s. has some dark secrets it shows that in my opinion in the last decade there's been no real. lessening of the standards of diplomatic reporting and in our military the real disregard for life of torture of assassinations of as executions have become more of the norm really. and for bringing all this to light he's regarded by many as a hero he has impacted governments around the world he's lived through the veil of the u.s. empire to show us what we really are basically i got a military because of bradley manning and michael patterson is an iraq war veteran

he says seeing this video changed his life and that we could leave stuff there coming out and that's when i kind of hit that moral code that wall and basically i decided i was i could do something more but today manning is paying the price he's been locked up behind bars as a maximum custody detainee subject to solitary confinement and forced nudity which some argue are forms of torture he was being treated as if he had already been convicted and the punished what was going to be. very brutal punishment he's now charged with aiding the enemy his critics say he put american lives in jeopardy just because you don't like the country's foreign policy doesn't mean you can out it to the planet that doesn't make you a truth teller that makes you a tree a traitor and as manning finally gets his day in court his supporters say the only thing he's guilty of is telling the truth you awoke a lot of people up to the actual realities of his world and he deserves you know a medal if the truth is actually undermining our national security then there's

something wrong with the truth. in washington liz wall r.t. . the rescue mission is underway for a russian fishing boat trapped in ice off antarctica with thirty two crew onboard it could be several days before rescue vessels reach the spotter which is listing in taking on water the ship's crew is said to be safe that you see in these coordinating rescue efforts but dense ice is slowing the progress the u.s. is sending a plane from one of its polar stations. more world news now and there's a high level suspicion that the former libyan leader colonel gadhafi is killing was a war crime national criminal chief prosecutor now wants to know what the country's new leadership is going to do to investigate it. eight month long uprising against gadhafi is not one thousand people in october it's capture violent planning.

japan's fukushima nuclear facility is about to be declared stable nine months out of been crippled by the earthquake and tsunami is in what's called a cold shutdown condition with only minimal radiation now leaking from the plot it's seen as a major milestone in bringing the crisis under control over the facility remains vulnerable and will take decades to clean up. italy's government faces a confidence vote on friday to try and get the wheels turning on a thirty three billion euro austerity package that is expected to be passed easily as prime minister mario monti as government has an overwhelming majority in both houses of parliament and he was appointed last month to head a technocrat cabinet tasked with cutting debt and avoiding collapsing euro zone's third largest economy. the next we continue our exploration of the russian caucuses and get a ringside seat to celebrate the region's sporting success. dug

a stand off and makes headlines for its volatility but that belies its knack for nurturing premier athletes from award winning wrestlers and its new star field football clubs that a star is now bidding to host the twenty eighteen youth olympics as well as hoping to play a part in football's world cup when it comes to russia that same year on tees when the coach never explores the republic that's fighting fit. russia's republic of dagestan may be sadly synonymous with violence and anti terror raids but there are other battles away from the front line that many hope the region will one day be remembered for for centuries this area has been really known for its strong and brave population and the birthplace of many world champions in all types of wrestling moreover since the start of this year it's been home to one of the most ambitious and certainly biggest bouncing football clubs in the world wrestling

championships and football matches now unite all nationalities hamp locals say when a boy is a being born into a family the first thing to decide is weeks or it he'll embrace we managed to take a closer look at how despite all the difficulties the new generation of dentists the nice boys man our own their path to glory. douglas journeyman are definitely hands on with their favorite sport for centuries just about every man here takes to wrestling from childhood own words and the regions how to use coach sas is unlikely to be dealt a blow with from the time we're born judges tony made a tool to fight judo anything goes we just love it in our blood. no surprise the drug is john is the birthplace of world champions in old types of first thing in the last fourteen years fighters have always made the podium syndrome amateur

nationals and then as well winning world european annalyn pick gold medals thousands of douglas johnny boy psyche and the no one als grapples down from top flight international wrestling nineteen year old shiny last month of his one of them has already been wrestling for a decade scooping several russian or used championships the long the way north says joe who to dream to join the national team no matter how hard it sometimes is i'm ready to fight for this place. but there is another sport vying for doug astonied factions football is profiles been raised since local billionaire sterling monkey most bought the region's main club. and set about buying star players like a middleman striker semel atto anderson and legend roberta carlos. are she potential in this club i want to grow together with this team. the potent effect of football is already seeping through in closing

a possible goals to dagestan image at home and away the more the club spawns and buying up big names people talk about it it's also rumored that angie wants to sign up the dutch coach guus hiddink not long ago local football club and she much below was barely known outside the region now it makes regular have lines with the doubles on the global transfer market and when it comes in place here in the capital city of my high school on this day becomes a real holiday for the locals. but a key goal for crowds like this is to host a world cup game when russia gets to host the planet's biggest sporting event in twenty eighteen accordingly it will be a chance to show another side of dog a star people could come and see with their own eyes. for now sounds of men and boys and a few girls watch the matches passionately shouting slogans waving flags and

forgetting for a few hours of the often tough life that awaits outside the stands this is one girl that certainly has been achieved much in a question no r.t. close up in the republic of dagestan. yes i'm staying with sports in about twenty minutes get the latest on the euro hockey toward our sports roundup russia's new the ice hockey team remain unbeaten in the top and they display have been delivered to finland. anymore they to the side here in a. few minutes the moscow out team guzzle down a few courses of global goal may before that has a business. thanks a lot kerry and welcome to the program as we are reporting this hour a new era is about to begin for the russian economy on friday night in geneva the world trade organization will formally invite russia to join the club

a successful conclusion to eighteen years of negotiations analysts warned that joining the trade body could harm certain sectors of the russian economy out but to clear the uncompetitive flight industry and machine manufacturing sectors but in the long term the reduction of trade barriers should spare russian companies to become more competitive more immediately the big winner is likely to be the russian consumer as our choose to mature a dividend or ports. buying even a simple product such as a jacket or a good pair of jeans can be a challenge in russia since you're pretty much down to three options either you buy a nationally made product but the quality is usually inferior you can come to one of these shopping centers look for a famous brand but since the vendor bears the cost of import tariffs and customs regulations the price tag is pretty high or you can have a plane go to europe and come back wearing everything you need but think of the logistics of that but this is going to change as russia joins the world trade organization now what is going to happen since customs regulations are going to be simplified and made more transparent import tariffs are going to be slashed and

more companies are going to come on to the markets present their goods and that's competition will grow and prices will have to go down because of the extra supply companies will now have to fight for the consumer and that it will be a challenge for russian companies especially for small and medium enterprises but the consumer wins as the prices are expected to go down by around ten percent according to the economics ministry and the economy will add four point three percent of the gross domestic product and spending will grow by around seven percent according to the world bank and russia will probably find itself not in a situation when it is the sixth largest economy in the world with just two percent of the global trade. once the w t o accession protocol is signed it in one thousand geneva the russian parliament then has eight months to ratify it and it's more than just paper work as the leading industrial lobbyists and it's on to show he explains

. but i read your story abuse of before ratification of both the government and business will have the task of adapting current state support for vulnerable industries these include the agriculture and automotive sectors of the economy state support schemes will be changed into new mechanisms allowed by the w t o o's move. let's not have a look at the markets despite still trading in the black oil is heading for the biggest weekly decline since september investors speculate the fuel demand will fall to make shrinking industrial production in europe and china what's weird is that under ninety four dollars a barrel while the brunt land is trading at one hundred four dollars per barrel. asian markets as you high off to our beach u.s. economic data jobless claims in the country unexpectedly dropped to a three year low plus of course exports exceeded estimates and the ratings boosted indonesia's soaring debt rating to investment grade. fund and russia the markets trade the r.t.s.

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