really think that islam about has been pressured by the international community and the same time that islam about it must have come up with an idea that look at really think the only way that we can get americans out of afghanistan it will be to talk with them and once you are sure we assure them americans that this is. everything will be fine and this is the way out. i believe that the americans will leave and then we can all be back to back to normal that whatever that they want to impose an offer on afghanistan. now let's take a look at some other stories from around the world while thousands of people have gathered in central pakistan to demand supply routes used by nato forces in afghanistan are kept closed as long as speakers at the rally called for in the panels from u.s. foreign policy invalid to stage for the protests if any attempt to open the channels has made border checkpoints stop supplies for nato troops in afghanistan last year a fall we have strike which killed twenty four pakistani troops. tam

people have been killed and eighteen injured in a highway crash in florida it happened in the early hours of the morning after smoke from a nearby brush fire combined with fog to reduce visibility on the road multiple vehicles were involved in the accident with some of them bursting into flames leaving wreckage covering almost a mile off the highway. revision of russia's economic priorities that's what prime minister and presidential hopeful want to report and sees as one of the main tasks if he regains the top job a fresh bottle of ideas now with an economic tent comes and his third pre-election article published in one of russia's major newspapers are just going off summed up the main point. according to prime minister putin the world is not only witnessing a very interesting time when the global economic crisis has led to a reorganization of power with some traditional fever stepping down and new players

gaining more influence on the prime minister says russia has all the chances to secure a place ome all the leaders of course the problem is one of the main one is russia's dependency on natural resources which leads to poor labor efficiency outdated technologies and a lack of competitiveness in other spheres of in this in russia and the prime minister also says that private investors are afraid to give money into new projects in other spheres besides energy projects that are major. overhaul is needed for the entire system for all sectors from the service sector to the farming industry but it's not an easy task since russia is a huge country with diverse climates band a big population these aren't really tast for the next several months but for the next several years the prime minister's also listed a set of four couper industries which have to be developed they include the

traditional space exploration and nuclear energy there's also the pharmaceutics and high tech came a coal industry. and so on and the prime minister says even though the state has to start reducing its influence on the economy there are these couper steers of industries where control is simply essential russia needs more innovations more new technologies which has to be based on a better education and better jobs the country has to stop importing technologies from abroad and work on some it's all new ones it's very important that russia has managed to finally get into the world trade organization which is going to help its modernize the entire system so these are some of the key ideas put forward by the prime minister in this or to go forming the foundation of his electoral program. europe is going off reporting there and for more on the story we're crossing our

business desk here isn't. almost twenty two minutes past one pm here in moscow you with business r.t. as we've just been hearing volume of putin has outlined the changes he thinks need to be made to the russian economy putin recognizes the need to diversify away from raw materials reduce the control over business and improve the investment climate to discuss the issues i'm now joined by yvonne carr of cheese on misfortune and the cia asset renee sands capital yvonne thanks a lot for joining is what putin's proposing any different from what we've been seeing so far. i would say that these are not. fundamentally new things that putin is proposing however at the same time i would argue. for a very first time we're hearing such lofty goals at a very high level we should remember that this is the second very important speech

the region has delivered on the economy over the last two weeks he. started with a speech on twenty second of december when he said that the potential growth of the russian economy should be raised to sixty one percent and this is the second major speech i think it's a very important one of course it is very rich the key question for us is whether it will be on implementation well putin calls for improving the investment climate and the science kazakhstan as an example do you consider that a success model and if so why and that's a very very important question i think we should distinguish between kazakhstan in terms of model for political development in kazakhstan in terms of the kind of economic growth rates that we deliver obviously on the former i don't think that kazakhstan should serve as a good example on the left there maybe more so however i would also offer the experience of another neighboring country that has achieved a lot in recent years in terms of improving overall business georgia has made

tremendous strides in terms of improving overall business and so in that in my opinion georgia should be a country that should be looking forward to much more. than what four years foreigners viewed putin's regime as a stability factor do you think that's still the case or does he now represent stagnation from any i don't thing that putin represents a stagnation a den of the day all foreign businesses look for stability when they make a judgment in terms of which country to go would like to invest into and i think that if putin should do we should assume that he comes back as a president if he somehow manages. to into. some cautious changes in the political environment and at the same time ensuring that the country continues to grow at four or five percent every year i think this will be an environment that many foreign businesses will be comfortable with you mentioned done. because one

thing but implementation is something different how do you think these ideas will be implemented i actually think that they'll be strong mockery economic and political economy incentives for put in should he return as a president to be to be much much more reform of the entity and much more proactive in introducing and implementing these kind of reforms this is an idea that we've been trying to advance you have to in essence capital the fact that before the glow of the global recession the big recession of two thousand and eight and two thousand and nine russia was a country that was running significant. losses on the current account on the fiscal account this is a totally different situation right now russia is already running significant fiscal deficits based on our estimates into two years' time russia will start running current account deficits these deficits will need to be financed somehow therefore it is imperative. to change and i think of putting understands that i think that he would like to ensure that russia's image as an investment destination

is changed a little bit and again i think there are enough incentives for us to assume that you might be a little bit more broadly formally entered in his term as a president of course if he if he wins their elections and one last question real quick you mentioned that he called for boosting g.d.p. growth to seven percent any practical steps in the article for achieving that well first of all i don't think that achieving a potential growth of six percent is realistic in our view a four five percent economic growth over the last five years is something that is probably more reasonable i think if he does come up with a number of things that might be helpful. cheating death objective the single most important of them the single most important one of them is increasing the investment to g.d.p. ratio in the russian economy tour around twenty five twenty six percent the current level is very low it's about trying to present is very low by moggi market

standards i would even say it's kind of low by developed economy standards so putting says we should be inclusion to investment digital gratian to twenty five point six percent i think this is really going to be the key in ensuring that russia achieves a sustainable medium term economic growth thank you so much for joining us ivanchuk cos of chief economist for russia and c.i.s. such renascence capital in moscow. and now let's take a look at the markets oil first and it's losing value traders the cautious ahead of the european union summit in brussels later on monday even tensions with iran failed to support the oil price sarongs deputy oil minister said the crude could reach one hundred fifty dollars per barrel if the e.u. embargoed country's exports comes into force on july the sour that is that under ninety nine dollars a barrel brant is topping one hundred and eleven dollars an hour into equities european bourses of failing to withstand the pressure ahead of the e.u. summit greece is likely to be in the spotlight the officials are trying to reach

a deal with private bondholders now at this hour the footsie is shedding three quarters of a percent the dax is under one percent lower and here in moscow the markets are shedding value and sympathy with global indices a little while is also adding to the pressure the r.t.s. is now down the want to third of a percent the my six is losing just under one percent and the biggest movers on the my six most financials are in the red was their bank losing more than one percent and energy majors a mixed gazprom is point six percent down lukoil is slightly up. and to the currency rates lower oil prices a weighing on the ruble it's losing against both the dollar and the euro and the euro is retreating against the dollar head of the euro zone summit. and that's all the latest from the business desk i'll be back in both fifty minutes to.

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the. markets why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy in cars a report on our. welcome back your weather to here is a reminder of the top stories iran warns of banning oil sales to some new countries is still possible as a group top u.n. nuclear inspectors start their three day mission and the islamic republic. dark clouds of war are looming over the syrian capital with heavy artillery fire heard on the outskirts and government tanks which. list on the streets. cops and occupiers in the city of oakland all notions of tolerance go out the window as police bombard the activist with the names of rubber bullets and jail time.

and prime minister putin gets down to business and comes up with russia's new economic layout in the latest article to back his presidential bid. for the top stories up next we'll take you beyond the arctic circle to tiny village that has to withstand relentless sandstorms which mysteriously appear there are some fifty years ago solve the riddle together with our special report. on his way to work every day. by the homes of his neighbors the houses of the remains of. the people moved out a long time ago. they used to be a house right here. and there were three other homes next to it another house was here. i remember it was. almost. yes that's my house

there. though it's still standing but it won't last long this isn't much of a sandra ft the when usually brings much more and covers the house up to its roof sometimes the windows are blocked off and there's no use trying to clear the side of the house you would need a bulldozer but you can't get one close enough because that would make the house collapse. these are not the dunes of the zahara in fact they're found be on the arctic circle in the permafrost of russia's north how did this place come to be deserted. an airplane pierces the low lying clouds and begins to descend inside its baggage laden cabin passengers of patiently waiting to land exhausted from turbulence everyone on board knows that flying to the village of showing a is always risky the white sea coast is infamous for its volatile weather which

can change drastically within minutes if a strong crossed wind picks up will be impossible to set down the airplane will have to turn back home and attempt to return journey in a week's time weather permitting. when the pilot sees the green patchwork of the arctic plains give way to yellow swathes of sand he knows that he has arrived at the world's northernmost doesn't every incoming airplane is an event for the village on wednesdays local residents gather at the airfield some travel by foot others drive customized all terrain vehicles that are the only machines capable traversing both the sams am marshlands and. the village of showing a sit on cape can in no us washed by the white see it lies beyond the arctic circle one thousand four hundred kilometers north of moscow this tiny settlement in the middle of nowhere is unique fifty years ago the sound appeared. it has been waging

a relentless offensive against the villages ever since local residents were totally unprepared and houses were evacuated china's population plummeted from two thousand people to a mere three hundred seventy rule number one here is not to shut your front door at night otherwise it might be completely blocked up in the morning. local resident pilcher my league and has many household chores to take care of the most important one is watering the vegetable patch gets his water from the well despite its color it is fresh and suitable for drinking there is no other source of water in the village the tiny vegetable plot that reclaimed from the desert is in stark contrast to the surrounding environment the sand can only accommodate weeds and a few flowers which don't even get enough sunlight to bloom galena konya cova has been the village doctor for many years most of her patients call on her with heart

problems and physiological disorders from walking on uneven sand day after day to day galina has to make a special house call the village has a new resident two week old step his mother brought in from the city of our candles to settle down in. life does he cry b.c. coping ok he says yes we born if you were born a big baby does he burst feet ok yes year after feedin put him up right in lay him down on one side stick to the diagnosis all teary spicy food stay healthy out come to see you tomorrow bye bye. yes i've been here for six years you know when i arrived in two thousand and five there was only one baby on the village two thousand and seven source bike in the birth race it was the year when the diesel power plant been done that we did not have lights for a month back them teams and it ended up boosting the birth rate what else could the

young people do ten babies were born at a time today the rate is now relatively normal but there are still more and more children every year. the lighthouse is the pride of the locals and the main symbol of the village it is the only construction in the desert was unable to destroy it was even renovated got a new coat of paint for its fiftieth anniversary unfortunately in two thousand and ten it was closed down remand logan of we used to be in charge of the lighthouse does not understand what happened in his spare time he still counts the one hundred forty seven steps that bring him to the top. where it was wrong to close this place down when the question of reviving the lighthouse was asked beyond so was mairi perhaps perhaps in three five or even ten years right now if we had the means and the money to reopen it it would be up and

running again immediately the structure holds a fun place in the hearts of or a man and his former colleagues they continue to say care of the building to the best of their abilities even though they know it is pointless modern navigation technologies have made such lighthouses redundant but it comes as no consolation to remember. nicolay much of skiing was born in showing up he returned to his native village from the big city which he found uncomfortable little life prefers to go to work by his own vehicle his daily route takes him along a sandy beach south of the showing a river today this place looks more like a huge scrap metal at one time it boasted a wooden pavement club welcome visitors and fish were collected around the clock on the pier. the village was founded in the one nine hundred thirty s. the base for a fish trawling fleet it was showing as gold in the local fish processing factories

canned millions of fish dozens of boats waited their turn to be unloaded with their cargo holds filled soul called and how about the intense fishing had. a knock on effect the trolling nets were destroying the seabeds vegetation tide started to pull thousands of tons of loose sand to shore with barely any trees on the tundra the sands advance could not be held back. unless your rock came to work in showing a in one nine hundred forty seven she only planned to stay for three years but ended up living here ever since she remembers the night when the sea seemed to term and to get revenge on them. a few years storm struck in one thousand nine hundred sixty three taken away all the seafront constructions of the village all the warehouses and there was a street there that was blown away all the houses were destroyed it all disappeared after that life in the village started to slow down we had cows and horses back

then today there are none everything has been taken away the place used to be really exciting people worked into shifts i remember walking through the village she would see people dancing in the afternoon and at night it was so much fun to hang back then. the damage from fishing is just one possible cause for the sounds coming here the residents simply continue to live out their lives in this quietly dying place now classified as an environmental disaster yet even though showing us suffers nature's wrath it is home to a weather station studying its affects the station is used for the first choice weather forecasts come rain or shine at three thirty in the morning and evening a weather balloon is released from nikolai much a whole city is the person in charge of the balloons maintenance to raise it he uses hydrogen up which is obtained through an old recipe mixing sodium hydroxide

with water sara silicon and a minion powder the gas created it is just as effective as any commercially produced. nicholai prepares it to radio location and generic in the control center inputs the data required for a successful launch finally balloon is ready to go and is released. it will float up forty kilometers into the air and it will start gathering data about the situation in the lower atmosphere. eager to make use of the warm. whether the actor's laugh is digging up some timber buried in the sand the wood will come in handy the winter turns out to be cold slabs house is quite old with large cracks in the walls it is vulnerable to the weather so having more firewood never hurts.

to do in one thousand nine hundred four i went to live in ukraine. i spent twelve months there but it isn't like it. is no freedom there. i'm not suited for farmer's work so i came back here. they have american hunt and fish i'm free to do whatever i like it's a place for free people it was just. a feeling of complete freedom and unity with nature is the main reason people continue to stay here despite the fact that a lot of showing the residents are entitled to state and housing in central russia the majority custard aside and return to their homes and showing. unlike many others not just a correction of a never considered leaving an option. she's a member of the village administration and spends her free time in the uk to two hundred only around. she recently purchased an old motorbike and learned to ride it

. twice a day during low tide rides to the white seashore to check on the fishing nets. today's catch is disappointing. is not much but enough for dinner i get flatfish call it smelt fish and herring i used to fish with a fish and rod. then i started using the net and then it just kind of bit tiring and i bought a bike to go fish and pick berries or just go see places. i love these shores there's no and to them i love showing them and that's something that cannot be changed because it is in my heart and soul of all of. this is to showing i will see that it is a place of contrasts even though each house is equipped with a satellite dish they're all heated with an old wood burning stove firewood is delivered from our congress by sea. quite often the cargo ships have to spend

a while on the shore during low tide and end up looking like huge whales stranded on the. today showing a is receiving the delivery of fuel some machinery and merchandise for the villages and the shop the highlight is a brand new tractor for the weather station. the villagers were initially worried that it might have been damaged in transit but it started up on the first try proceeded to head to the station across the sand dunes missionary of cancer we started sailing in late may and finish in october when we travel from our candles to showing them europe which takes about two days transporting food and equipment carrying a hundred tons of cargo on this trip there's no roads and it's too expensive to transport a by air so that leaves us with the ship's. tide begins to return and the captain climbs aboard the crew has to hurry to steer the boat into the sea with

a farewell horn blast the ship heads out leaving behind it a village of people who have managed to stand up against nature not just literally but also psychological for. sunday mornings are ideal for walking along the shore especially if it gives your dolls the chance to see one of the big ships that come into the harbor. these future mums hold their own as they run into a junior neighbor that won't play with metal and there is not upset she likes dogs better. and he loves her grandfather leaving more because he always takes her to the beach to look at the ships leaving for our candlestick city with trees which ano has only seen on television. thank you. cultures that so much are given to the huge musician bearing in mind that remark

was crude blockade and the turning off of the taps as the united states navy you again a sanction around duran is also threatening to impose. wealthy british soil samples of arab passport under the guise. of the. markets finance scandal. find out what's really happening to the global economy in cars a report on r.t. . in kalmykia the majority of the population is buddhist here there is a saying that if a person is pure of heart one turn of the prayer wheel is as good as saying a million mantras constantine been bales is not a religious man but every time he sets out on a journey he comes to the sacred place to forget about worldly things for a while today constantine is heading for the so-called charney zimm all black lands

one of the most environmentally troubled regions of kalmykia it is found two hundred kilometers southwest of comic his capital and a star his mission is to monitor the work battling the desert of the cation in this area. is an arid region located in the southeastern part of european russia. my organ that this is my homeland. when we were children playing in the steps the grass was so tall that you could barely see if this could be more proof than you they say that climate change takes millions of years but all steps of change right in front of our eyes. it was plowed in the one nine hundred sixty s. . they planted corn. sure but it didn't work out and it ruined the steps of the corn is very hydrophilic it drew out all the water and left small sand junes in its wake had been. through out history the cow mix of lived as

a nomadic tribe of herders that lived in harmony with nature breeding horses camels and even a special breed of counted sheep these sheep were perfectly suited to life in the desert there grazing did no permanent damage to the grass as hitler's army approached the volga during world war two counted sheep herds were taken to kazakstan as a result the county kurds had to be restored with a different breed after the war. battle bull lion is a long time sheep herder and is very familiar with another factor that is causing the desert if occasion of come make it. nice for me one of the fine fleece merino breeds came from grozny. unfortunately that breed ended up replacing the culm it breeds and we ended up with over three million grozny sheep even a. couple of cup with it's gone.