tween two thousand and ten and two thousand and eleven. the newest stimulant hitting the market is a slim a plastic inhaler called aero shot each squeeze dispenses around forty milligrams of caffeine in your mouth no one country. says america is a caffeinated. generation of americans. consume that caffeine meanwhile multi-tasker is feeling for the biggest serving are turning to a product called fifty one fifty juice one gallon contains sixty four thousand milligrams of caffeine the equivalent of four hundred red bulls whole objective quote reasons is to create repeat customers to get people to keep their product can be clearly an addictive substance and by creating all these products they're definitely appealing to a wide range of consumers and feeding into the larger problem which is you know happy over consumption of coke and it can be while going after new consumers one u.s.

company really did national controversy by packaging caffeine and liquor together there's nothing crazy about ok we took two legal products that americans love and combine them caffeine and a butt load of alcohol heavily marketed among college students it turned out to be a deadly mix one family in florida who say four loko killed their son police say dozens of students had been sent to the hospital from these drinks amid lawsuits mounting criticism and eventually a federal ban the company subsequently removed caffeine from the drink but the national demand for the natural stimulant remains on compromise with more and more americans looking for their legal high. r.t. new york. twenty minutes past the hour here kate who will join you in just a few minutes for the business but for now to bear in mind always more news online for you at our team dot com just a click away some of the items are waiting for you at the moment for example the anniversary on. why egypt's new government is deploying more tanks and troops

across the country just one year after the fall of mubarak's regime. and a new study declares that the number of cancer deaths among police officers who were nine eleven first responders is growing at an astronomical rate read these and other stories online twenty four seven at r.t. dot com. well it's so good to have you with us you're watching r t let's now if you will join us for an adventurous tour of russia with another edition of our close up team adventures. i know this time we've traveled almost a thousand kilometers east of moscow to the early and off school region where the main city there is a brush known as the birthplace of light emitted a london eye during the soviet times the region flourished as the center of the country's current military and aviation industry and as these current erasure has

been finding out it has all the potential to win back that reputation. it was in the late seventy's that the riyadh of skin dust real aviation complex was created obvious star is one of the largest manufacturers of passenger planes as well as re modernizing existing cargo planes that travel worldwide their islam plane is one of the largest operating cargo aircraft originally designed for the russian military but when the soviet union fell a demand did too obvious star has been renovating existing response and are now planning a major comeback. a new construction line will launch which will cover the production and the modernization of unique airplanes in the world that are popular such as the roost one that was long. voted new but airlines have used their response freighters to assist in un and red cross relief projects but they'll haul satellites yachts and even the sukhoi superjet two can imagine the two thousand killers of british

goes this brother who brought it from africa to north from the europe for a. special celebration also transported one hundred thousand kilos of beaujolais wine from france to japan he says without ever breaking a single bottle many little boys dream of becoming pilots but the path to get there isn't always an easy one here the only one of six civil aviation school it's the only place in russia where one can get a higher education with courses offered. in academics meteorology and over one hundred fifty hours of flight time. the students start the training of these models which gives them the complete feedin of what it's like to see in a real aircraft flight. and it's true the images on the screen and vibrations of the simulator made even me feel like i could be a pilot i'm joined today by old director of corporate communications of the united

aircraft corporation thank you for being with us olga since obvious star has been in existence since one thousand nine hundred eighty how do you evaluate the development of the corporation today though we are working to guess what was obvious to. the new strategy adopted in two thousand and eleven the new strategy comprises the development of two majors segments in the russian outer space industry its military aviation its commercial aviation and its transport of a ship but one of the major perspectives the goals of other star and oh yeah i've scanned russia through out now we're working over the movie the ration of the program of building of aircraft and we have to get first orders for the aircraft thank you very much but you can join us a from aviation to automobiles where with close up takes you on the second part of our series where we discover the was jeeps and join the people who meet them and even take us on

a wild ride bracing them karen tara down the screeching and close up series continues for the next few days here on r.t. if you mess anything though on i just have to r.t. dot com when you can watch anytime you like twenty four seventh's about the business ok. hello welcome to the business program this hour we start with a story that has the whole russian market talking minority shareholders and the country's second largest bank the too big to get all the money back then vested in the company's i.p.o. in two thousand and seven thus despite the share price currently being hauled off the list price for more i'm joined by our tuesday business bush on. how that done you so just how dangerous is the bank being here your city will buy the shares at the price your visitors paid in two thousand and seven so-called people's

i.p.o. so let me show you thirteen point six copecks it's almost double the current actual share price of seven copecks but the democrats insist the money will come from the by its profits not from state farm's although the government will remain the main shareholder according to one source the lender will buy up to sixty thousand dollars of shares from each shareholder in total the move will cost the bike up to six hundred million dollars that's one fifth the v.t. business profit some ordinary people do feel tricked. lavish i've the toys in for the public up here back in two thousand and seven which suggested big returns with a low risk of losses the boat will happen within a month in other words before mr putin stands in presidential elections for most of the force some see the move as bowing the votes of the t.v. minority shareholders paid for by the banks main institutional investors they're being excluded from the buyback and made feel justified in being aggrieved and this invest carefully calculated place completely beats current financial performance

the share price at the moment of seven copecks is actually the fair one. ok thank you very much indeed daniel for the latest situation on the t.v. bank we're going to get out of the market account see what's happening let's get started with exchange right. a year is gaining value against the dollar and the ruble falling signals that ministers will approve a second bailout package for greece the russian currency is lower against both the euro and the dollar. oil is climbing high on optimism over the greek package and freezing weather in europe is also boosting demand for heating as you can see like three to do rather well it's a healthy three quarters of a cent up. the brant is just half a cent and the stocks in europe have managed to stay in the boac they are awaiting the european central bank and the bank of england and now it's months of policy

decisions and as i mentioned there's the all important going on in greece of that is quarter of a cent up and the doctors point seven percent. here in moscow markets are down this hour they're raising earlier days as you can see the r.t.s. is point eight percent down on the my sex is down just about the same amount we're going to have a look at the individual moves on the mice as you can see it's a sea of red blue color is now in the red after earlier barasat is heading even a father into negative territory. is also love after that buy back announcement that daniel was telling us all about. slowing growth in asia and europe is threatening to weaken the core of the russian economy standard bank expects no recovery into marvel roll materials until late twenty thirteen when the bulk of

china's stimulus policy should be felt however to meet the chairman of russia's biggest pipe producer t m k so the theory is not being seen in practice. limited based on purely economic trends the reasons for middle grocery store for. but we aren't seeing this in practice at the moment in fact it's the opposite our main suppliers of raise their prices slightly in the first quarter of the year this could be a seasonal factor but according to our supplier forecast we're unlikely to see any downward movement that would compare with the fourth quarter of last year or. so for now we're going to be following the shepherd eyes of the banks to stay with us fifty five minutes back.

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five thirty pm here in moscow you want your naughty times you had lunch now the u.n. is considering a joint mission with the arab league to end the bloodshed in syria but we have a conflicting reports of the number of casualties it's proving hard to get a true picture of current events. iran's policies under fire on every level as international pressure mounts over its nuclear program president ahmadinejad is facing a battle on the home turf as well he's wanted for questioning by the parliament

over his handling of the country's plummeting economy. and several high profile al-qaeda militants have been killed in pakistan in a recent series of u.s. drone attacks but the london based the bureau of investigative journalism has found that hundreds of civilians died in similar strikes a fact america seems to ignore. the syrian crisis in the spotlight. if. hello again and welcome to spotlight the interview show on our t.v.

i'll bring love and today my guest is. the political crisis in syria is getting really dramatic national media reports thousands dead. and the temperature is rising as the international community can find a compromise on how to deal with damascus after russia and china veto the un resolution on syria russia's foreign minister went to damascus to talk to the syrian leader shortly after having a shot. to negotiate now many say the russian mediation may be the last chance to settle the conflict diplomatic so is it really possible to bring back peace and stability to syria. a large scale military conflict. middle east report contributing to that by. the un security council is debating two rival resolutions on syria the one between by russia and china was proposed by

the arab league the western powers. which calls for the syrian president to step down and proposes something canonic sanctions including an arms embargo the russian version of visions ending the violence through negotiations only and all of the west home. school succeeded times both bashar assad and the opposition agreed to get around the table. mr rabbani welcome to the show thank you very much for coming for being with us and my first question is about the mehdi moscow has become a media and in the talks between the syrian. position namely the syrian national council and president do you think this can be considered a good and the step towards a peaceful solution of the conflict we're only programs like this

a military solution well i certainly hope it will succeed because as you indicated yourself this may well be one of the very final opportunities to prevent an even bigger catastrophe and in syria i think there are basically two questions one is the question of transition and the other one is what happens after that transition the basic problem in syria is that you have a. regime that is on prepared to negotiate about substantive issues. but which retain sufficient popular support and firepower to hang on for a very long time conceivably or at least to make. any transition very bloody and try to straw fick and you have an opposition that has basically put its eggs in the foreign basket and sought to get foreign powers to effect regime change on its behalf i think the russian and chinese veto in the united nations averted

a scenario in which regime change in syria would be produced by external forces and . after coming back from damascus the russian foreign minister a lot of announced that bash our last hour has has agreed on a referendum on a new constitution what does it mean anything does it mean that that syria is now headed in that. i mean for new times for more democratic no no i think you know a referendum on a constitution or missed. a promised one at that at this stage i think is much too little much too late i think what is needed. is genuine and serious dialogue about a negotiated transition i think the opposition has to accept to negotiate with the government but at the same time i think the syrian regime has to

be compelled to negotiate about substantive issues and i very much hope that one outcome of the russian mission to damascus was to persuade. you that it is now time for real negotiations about about real issues well this is another thing that allegedly said to the russian mediators that he is ready for dialogue but what is syrian opposition what are those people with whom he should he should start a dialogue i mean i mean if we talk about if you talk about the s.n.c. their leadership is abroad then there are a couple of opposition groups inside the country so some multi multi faced sort of the opposite number so so so is there anybody there to talk to because for me next put in there will be it looks to diverse and to to do numerous i mean it is it

is a divided and diverse and even fragmented opposition but nevertheless i think if. there are clear signals that damascus is prepared to negotiate not just negotiate for the sake of negotiations but negotiate in the context of a of a genuine and fundamental transformation of the syrian political system i think first of all you already have some forces in the syrian opposition that from the very beginning have rejected the prospect of foreign intervention and have stated that they would be prepared to negotiate with the regime if the regime demonstrated that it is serious and at the same time i think once you were to get this context you will find that the syrian. opposition will have to unify around the suggested order to go here do you think it's possible of for somebody as foreign for the arabs as their version of the chinese to many in such a situation where when where when such diverse opposition is

facing israel i think it is i mean the problem with the syrian situation is that there are very few potentially credible mediators luft if you have the western powers have basically abandoned the prospect of a negotiated transition because they have chosen i think quite clearly for regime change by armed forces necessarily armed force of the syrians who the i'm sorry for interrupting but they have abandoned because the west considers the being impossible you think still possible not only do i think it is still possible i think it is i mean it may it may well feel the problem is that if we don't try it's going to become. a much more catastrophic situation than it already years and let's recognize the current situation is already genuinely catastrophic the problem again

is that you have. an opposition that appears broadly based enough and resilient enough to continue this uprising for a very long time to come while you also have a regime that has sufficient popular support and firepower to remain in power for a very long time in other words unless there is a negotiated solution this conflict could go on for a very long time and i think the method of the transition will also play an important role in determining what comes after the transition in other words. will the eventual overthrow of regime produce an even more violent domestic and potentially regional conflict or will it lead to constant. changes of a more peaceful character while the purse here in moscow. russia in the marsh you need a new security council as as a diplomatic victory as as as a as a wise move but the us secretary of state called the veto on the resolution syria

a travesty why do you think well i think she said well i have to say it's an exceptionally ironic to hear no less. the american top diplomat announcing a veto at the security council as you know the u.s. has developed some something of a specialization in blocking security council resolutions that seek to to promote human rights in the middle east specifically palestinian human rights so i mean i take this with a very enormous grain of salt and i think that basically american position is that you know vetoes in the security council are only intended to support israel or not for any other purpose ok well one of the republican presidential hopefuls in america senator newt gingrich uses the and turn and said read through in this public speeches he says the u.s. could secretly ship weapons to the syrian opposition or build

a coalition to get rid of unless it what do you take of that i think it's quite likely that that in fact is a policy that is a ready being formulated and perhaps this isn't a republican policy you know it's already been been there and not only but. there is also been reports that qatar with the support or at least the blessing of saudi arabia is already seeking to arm. arm syrian opposition in turkey i think with the defeat of the security council and also you know the sort of loss of appetite. in the united states and the west more generally for another large scale or mode we've talked about the the the fractured in the multi faced opposition in syria to whom are they going to ship ship their weapon to do everyone well you know as gingrich put it it would consist of two parts one is

covertly arming the opposition and another one of trying to get this armed opposition more unified so i mean they can already find people to arm now with if they can succeed in unifying these forces in making them a more coherent fighting force i think it's quite likely they will go for it particularly because there doesn't seem to be much appetite in the west for the kind of large scale military intervention we've seen for example in iraq or more recently in libya what will you spend lots of time in in europe do you have a feeling that the west is getting ready to run the libyans and we know i know my my the indications i've seen as is that there's very little appetite for this you know if you compare a syria to libya. gadhafi was isolated he had anime's everywhere and very few friends and certainly no alliances and in the past few

years he was more or less becoming once again an ally of the west the syrian situation is quite different the syrian regime has a mutual defense pact for example with iran. and with. russia for example seems invested at least for the time being in the survival of the syrian regime so there are all kinds of regional and international complications in syria that simply did not exist in libya plus that libya turned out to be a lot more difficult than it was anticipated at the outset says moving a rabbi in the middle east toward contributing at both sides will be that should lead to a break so stay with them go. wealthy

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back to spotlight i'm al gore live in just a reminder that today we're talking to movie and i by any middle east report contributing editor would talk with the situation in syria and around syria well if i said finally quits. which is a possibility of course who do you think will pick up the pound the s.n.c. is most likely to become the the the ruling party of the country it would you say well first i don't think he will voluntarily quit and second of all it depends very much on how he eventually relinquish his power and you know some people have spoken of the prospect for. example of a military coup perhaps coming from within let's say the alawite security elite who will feel that if they can move him aside it will be much easier to negotiate

a transition that preserves their core interests there is a possibility of at some point you know a sudden popular uprising in key cities such as damascus and aleppo which we haven't really seen yet there is a possibility of prolonged conflict and civil war and ultimately what i think would be most beneficial to syria although looking increasingly unlikely is a negotiated transition away from this you know dictatorial one party rule and i think you know we have to admit this this this is not only in a dictatorial regime but has behaved with exceptional ruthlessness pitiless in fact against it against its own people and at least in my view has lost any claim to legitimacy that it may previously have heard people in the west the politicians or the political class do you think they really prefer the rise islamist. that's caused by the arab spring well neither this is not just to

a person regimes like us is regime well that the ensor has generally been no if you look at the at the choices they've made they prefer stable autocratic you know security oriented regime such as we've seen in robotics egypt when i least in egypt and so on i think when wrong well what went wrong is rice is what went wrong from the west point of view was the people in the arab world basically said enough is enough and they rose up and overthrew their leaders and i think these things happened without any planning by the west against the will of the west you know politics sometimes work that way that many people stake their destiny into their own hands against the wishes and interests of foreign powers that have been propping up vile dictators the special mission. control in syria how do you go.