increasing consumption to the levels of two thousand and seven prices for baltic neighbors lithuania and bella ruse however would not change gazprom said any discounts for these countries would only be discussed once existing contracts ended and new price formulas were calculated. and staying with gazprom the company has announced it will spend six point five billion dollars or one quarter of its investment program for two thousand and eleven on the development of peninsula refineries deposits situated in the northwest of siberia are considered to be the most lucrative in the country. and officials at russia's first liquefied natural gas projects say foreign investors can take part in its expansion the governor of south holly in in the country as far east said shell could participate in the construction of subtlely in three l. and g. plants as well as expand the wholly into shell sold a majority share in the project to gas problem several years ago but retains a blocking stake. let's take a look at the markets but my sex ended flat after closing marginally in the red on friday down just under a hal

ally and bella ruse what's its position on the controversy. well russia has. position saying the elections in belarus are its domestic business and it is not russia's business to comment on the way the elections were going the way the votes were counted and of course the outcome of that result the russian president had however expressed hope that belarus will follow a more democratic way of development in the future that ties between russia and belarus will continue to flourish as they have been partners and friends for a very long time but no strict comments about how russia views the election which many say is already a comment in itself all right our. following to develop ments in minsk thanks for that. well the editor of russia and global affairs magazine told me that sometimes protests in minsk took place because many think alexander lukashenko has been in power too long but i think the people who went to the streets they they dealt the local show he can win but he can't win so much so massively so it's so i think it's gets to be an indication of nervousn

international standards russia's president made of to scribe the election as an internal matter for bella ruse he added that the country will always be a close ally and he said he hoped it will continue on the path of democracy argues country nazarov always in the heart of moments when the rallies broke out she keeps us up to date. it's all quiet right now in the belorussian capital of course a very stark contrast to what was taking place last night when thousands of opposition supporters took to the streets of the capital they were here first where we are right now in october sky square thousands of people with flags and banners chanting slogans calling the election all flawed and one has asked for attacks on the incumbent president and victor in this election to step down and give the people a democratic choice they then blocked off one of minsk central highways and move towards the parliament building some of the protesters tried to storm the building breaking down doors smashing the windows riot police of course tried to resist had pushed everybody out of the way got really differentiating

protests and outrage in bella ruse says the opposition comes out to protest the country's presidential elections calling them fraudulent one of his candidates has already been seriously injured as part of a planned demonstration against alexander lukashenko who looks set to claim a fourth term in office. ethnic tension between russian nationalists and groups from the caucuses forces moscow authorities to take preventive security measures to avoid a new wave of clashes hundreds were detained today alone taking the total to more than three thousand this week as a result of isolated clashes in various parts of the city. no topic was off limits as prime minister putin took the hot seat for a session with the public nationalism and justice were among the issues that came up and before long discussion all the subjects covered included social security police reform and property prices. european speak out against their governments and the methods used to deal with volatile economies the single currency is increasingly being seen as the. root of the problem this came as leaders agreed to set up

also fury as hundreds of people remain in custody in bella ruse following violent protests against alexander lukashenko his presidential election victory. but we're seeing here is running wild in poland warsaw rejects moscow's report into the april plane crash that killed the polish president and ninety five others aviation experts say the russian probe was open and thorough. while the late leaders brother who's the former prime minister of the country claims the wrong body was buried moscow is baffled by the claims. it's five pm in moscow this is r t coming to you live first up this hour billion dollar deals military agreements and high tech link ups they're the result of demeter madrid's of high profile visit to india the russian president also sealed a number of agreements on nuclear power and to satisfy a growing energy demands in the world's second most populous nation argues carbon seeing is following the meetings between the two countries' leaders the long strategic partnership for the bus and for the civil.

have been jailed not only politicians, but also members of the news media after the elections in bella ruse of two nights ago. the opponents of the dictator were as follows and their locations are unknown, some have been jailed. victor, nick lay and dim my try. tens of thousands converged in the capital heeding opposition leaders that called sunday's election a farse and locked in a dictatorship. they gathered on the 19th and on the 20th. also arrested are prominent journalists and civil society activists, figures that are friends of individuals i know, leader of the united civic party, his wife, dimitri and natalia, editor of charter97.org. the organization for security and cooperation in europe called the elections flawed and the united states and european union condemned the crackdown. with me i have some photos of the evening of december 19 with protestors, of course we see members of the security forces and in this photo here, you actually see them wielding their clubs and beating one of the opposition members of the party. this is what we have in europe, the last dictatorship in europ