but there are a lot of people in russia leeches who admired the belorussian economic model. for that model use completely d.c. but you know it and i can prove it if you want to consider this but as the russian ruble and a bill are russian ruble both came from the soviet herbal that was the worst moreover we had in the nomination to increase the rules valued by ten but today a russian ruble is worth over three hundred belorussian roubles strip this means delarue says currency has depreciated thousand times compared to the russian ruble and not just to solve your trouble it will also note that we didn't have a black tuesday which our economy never defaulted but it was a gradual depreciation which. impatient people of belarus have endured what they how can we call an economy that slaughters its own currency like that success is that good i don't know where you find academics who are willing to praise that system. look at how it affected the people's lives thanks to lucas shan co though who's as one of the lowest life expectancy rates in europe. since their districts he's comple

ruble what about the financial crisis and the devaluation of the belorussian bruegel head the bottom yet so you need by no means all the experts agree that they should have to evaluate a belorussian herbal boy for more than fifty six percent of the prices keep growing of course they will through a couple of people in jail naturally they will blame it all on them it will interest the nation on television accusing them of all the hardships that people of bill aris have to endure it will all be a bundle of lies. but there are a lot of. people in russia who admired the go rushing it konami model. for that model use completely you see it when you make and i can prove it that you would have a good consider this was the russian ruble the end of the russian ruble both came from the soviet herbal. moreover we had a denomination to increase the roubles value by ten but today a russian ruble is worth three hundred belorussian roubles this means delarue says currency has depreciated by you thousand times compared to the russian ruble and not just to solve your trouble. i also know that we didn't

ruble has the financial crisis and the devaluation of the belorussian bruegel head the bottom yet by no means all the experts agree that they should have to evaluate it to go russian herbal boy for more than fifty six percent of the prices keep growing of course they will through a couple of people in jail naturally will blame it all on them all the trash the nation on television accusing them of all the hardships that people of color is have to endure it will all be a bundle of lies so. there are a lot of people in russia who admire the dollar russian economic model. that model use can. some of it i know it and i can prove it because consider this as the russian ruble and a bill a russian ruble both came from the soviet herbal that was the worst moreover we had a denomination to increase their roubles value by ten but today a russian ruble is worth over three hundred belorussian roubles this means belarus's currency has depreciated two thousand times compared to the russian ruble not just a soviet herbal. also know that we didn't have a black tuesday which our economy never defaulte

your country men belorussians how are they reacting to the economic shock that the country is going through with. well they're used to this sort of thing. is i already told you bill or use is an interpreter chill state of shock our currency has depreciated by t. you thousand times was this in the paper as you know it the way you put nothing of this is in the papers and people is to write about lethal wainaina for example and they tell us look they're only used seventy percent of their cultivated land or is collected forms used all of it. what they don't say though is that lethal when is able to cover all its needs using always seventy percent of the winnie and produces more green than ever we don't have free media just tries speaking to a television journalist as we're talking now over media's monopolized semi-independent self censored newspaper seven circulation of fifty thousand a week and at the same time we get two million copies of the soviet a bill or is telling us that the president is a saint and we've never had a better leader and that we shouldn't look for anything better he's lic

what are they a multiple of factors that led to these but essentially the main problem with belorussian economy is that since the collapse of the soviet union whiles the other former soviet countries when through transition period they transition from soviet style economy to a market economy well it is sort of stuck early ages of this transition it is not a restructured it is largely state controlled. haven't been many investments. the economy's not really competitive in terms of if exports as well and essentially it's managed to survive thanks to. the russian gas exports as well as all. imports as well as oil imports so essentially most. of profit i was entering the state coffers would come from the oil refining products import russian oil refining it and other products for a higher price to european countries this change after the energy war and last year who are you now that we're going to receive a three billion dollar loan from the cia it states but what good will that really do. i think it will be useful only the short term and the long term it will not be able to. basically make

now to belorussian presidential candidates are facing a lengthy prison terms for speaking out against the corruption of leader and expand well described as europe's last dictator he's ruled for almost two decades defying condemnation and sanctions while gagging the opposition at will and its archies and exterior shots the reports challenge of his raid inevitably leads to a story about this state. attention facility he was running for president in belarus but ended up behind bars or authorities claim vladimir nuclei if was among the organizers of election night street unrest in minsk unrest which was brutally dispersed by police his wife was complaining for justice but does not have much faith that will happen. without having lived in belarus we've already got used to judges being told from above was merging them as deliberate in the first court hearings of my husband's case the prosecutor named no evidence no facts which could prove that diminished guilt and all the claims by the defense were denied by the judge. the country's president has been dubbed europe's last dictator but isn't

to belorussian the presidential candidates facing a lengthy prison terms by speaking out against the corruption of their lives under the shanker described as europe's last tater intervals for almost two decades defying condemnation and sanctions opposition that will result in his alexia chef school reports challenging his reign at their siblings to a state one of the state's detention facilities. he was running for president in belarus but ended up behind bars claims were given nuclei if it was among the organizers of election nights rest in minsk and rest which was dispersed by police pointless complaining for justice but does not have much faith that it will happen . a little thing like you could ask having lived in belarus we've already got used to judges being told from above it was referred to them as deliberate in the first course hearings of my husband's case the prosecutor named no evidence no facts which could prove the dimmers guilt and the claims by the defense were denied by the judge. the country's president has been dubbed europe's last dictator but isn't represent over

their game still screw us wins and losses the goalkeeper bitches love mafia have to need dri belorussian international yuri jeff know filling in from the fifty six minutes in words but that didn't seem to overly worried the home side at first in fact it was a neat billy from the spot some eight minutes later through to uncle loves of it the really man though answered within moments nikon the man heading home but really back up jeff nov should have done better won one but finished up in the northern calcutta. elsewhere on car moved out of the drop zone after beating sparks act moscow rubina soft new boys cross those are recovering from a one goal deficit in the process on the days moscow darby ended up between the nama and siesta. it's a victory day here in russia in the country marking fifth the. it's of the nazi germany in the second world war the spike the horrors of that period russia saw a number of sporting greats emerge as rich folk with fate reports back in the one nine hundred forty s. especially on the kind of force terrorized hitler's troops and fought in one of the most deadly

russians piece each other but you know kind of i will be talking along after losing to fourth seeded belorussian victoria azarenka streets. ok let's stay on the greens where keegan bradley showed his pedigree to win the byron nelson championship after a play off their twenty four year old rookie lifting his needin p.g.a. problem but some distance to go before matching that thirty one titles one bias pot bradley six time winner parts with every reason to be proud of a road six time major winner said see bradley saving pour in the seventeenth hole here ryan palmer for fiercely through eighteen holes as well the thirty four year old benchley force in the playoffs against his fellow american palmer however couldn't avoid the water hazard during that first playoff hole resulting in a bogey bradley's approach to a lot of him to calmly topping for par his first career p.g.a. title on the spot at next year's masters and the. pressure to load was forced to work hard for his third win of the season in argentina the seven time defending champion no less fighting from behind on the last eight across the lin

meanwhile victoria as i don't go will become the first belorussian ranked number four in the world after she made it through to the final of the ladies event in madrid as then good defeated surprise they could get six four six two and the germans wrong and that's only meant which included the win over world number one carolyn was not state as i don't know will battle czech venture beat of our for the title. now involving many p.l.o. has successfully defended his w.b. a welterweight title against challenger shane was late at the m.g.m. grand garden in las vegas and fourteenth street victory for fact manner and the third defeat in a row for his opponents was no doubt early on for only the third time in eighteen years on the range p.-l. was actually looking for a knockout god ended up with a unanimous decision big three living out of his best but pound for pound boxer billy. over to the n.b.a. playoffs now and man face have taken a two one lead in the best of seven series against the oklahoma city thunder grizzlies claiming the want to want a ninety three overtime home victory in game three

in the meantime make good as that and go will become the first belorussian ranked number four in the world after she made it through to the final of the ladies event in madrid as a good defeated surprise they could guess six four six two ending the germans rather than the men which included a win over world number one caroline was knocking the third round and called will battle czech petra could be to go for the title. now many because you know how successfully defended his w.v.u. welterweight title against challenger shane mosley now b.m.j. on ground gold in las vegas a fourteen straight big people black man and the third defeat in the row for his opponent who was not valid early on for only the third time in eighteen years on the rain was actually looking for a knockout but ended up with a unanimous decision picture a living up to his best pals the ballot box or failing. to stay in stateside but moving to the and the playoffs and now faces have taken a two one lead in the best of seven series against the oklahoma city thunder grizzlies claiming a one to one thousand nine hundred th

while on the lady side the issue of class belorussian katherina macadam in straight sets french open champion francesca schiavone has also advance into round three by the second seeded italian pretty strong for american qualifiers christina mchale six three six one the school where the stakes porches for the other three russians sixteen see the necessity of having a chunk of a big chanel she put in straight sets but it wasn't to be for marie curie olenka the last of the germans and the cabbage let's catch up on what has been happening in the n.b.a. where chicago now a win away from the eastern conference final after beating atlanta to go three two up in their series very close top schools to defeat points in this one and that's what's the bulls on the brink of the next round in their best this. contests the teams go head to head again on thursday cleveland and rose says the bulls need to focus on the task ahead. you see what. i guess each other. we're going to try. to get tired of war. torn down they're going to give us their all. the fans for us. to make things tough on boxing world

ball with a win over czech lucie safarova six three three six six two as i will become the first belorussian to reach number four spot in the rankings vance's into the final . and be a player. now where the lakers are on the verge of elimination after losing game three to the mavericks their skier with thirty two points for the mabs who are three zero zero in the series now again four is also in on sunday and meantime she goggled bulls two three two one lead in this series against atlanta hawks the bulls winning game three ninety nine eighty two on the road. and over in europe and south america a lecture in the euro league final in barcelona on sunday they were the first to make it through by beating months of the sienna kilometers to korea high seventeen points that lead to the win one but east added sixteen point seven rebounds in the seventy seven sixty nine victory. and the other semifinal was not that sounds mcabee were in fact comfortable winners of oriel madrid guard chopper eight sun with a game high nineteen points for the trial of the blog post to sixty three when the final is on s

there's a belorussian player in the quarter finals as well because i didn't just say flew through knocking out rushes you could sit in the muck out of a six two six three in the fourth round as i think i was in going to open final right on the eve of the french open answer and she said it's five with the way she's improving with every match the world number four plays not only next. from march to match. point. very long. i think i came out really playing well you know was very strong from the beginning it was a little bit of a slow after two zero then i came back strong and i was dominating. with. feel pretty good you know pretty confident looking for. a long journey. as i think i was next up on and he was the first to advance to the last with a story comeback win over that struck a bit of a lead taking a beating in the second with the chance to receive inspire. completely when seeing to souths two six six one six three link us becoming the first chinese woman to make the quarter finals longer orse. so there's still plenty of russian interests at the french open but marie curie and cole co

opposition trials being seen in the west as a strong evidence of human rights violations the export of belorussian goods to the european union has halted that along. international law has been the country's main revenue stream for the past two decades it is the first time in seventeen years that alexander lukashenko has been at work but he finds himself under severe pressure both internationally and the whole anybody for the opposition leaders get shorter prison terms than initially planned many experts say that unless they're set free the public unrest will only expand especially with this financial turmoil alexi russia skee r.t. reporting from minsk in girl rose. now some other stories making headlines around the world this hour at least thirty five people killed twelve others injured by insurgents who attacked a road construction site in southeastern afghanistan first a suicide car bomber tore through the gates of a housing workers some one hundred militants opened fire from the surrounding hills killing guards and neighbors and. the taliban has claimed responsibility for that sort of deadliest

president and his military contributor you've been reporting for us there now a former belorussian a presidential candidate has been sentenced to five years behind bars for organizing a mass protest in the capital minsk last year son of cough pled not guilty and said the whole case was highly politicized last it's last december opposition supporters probably thousands of strong demonstration to protest against what they called the reelection of president or president alexander lukashenko the unrest was violently suppressed by police more than six hundred people were detained and dozens injured by a bullet. you strongly condemned the violence and imposed sanctions on the president whom many but the last dictator of europe. and coming up this hour it's a night to remember. muscovites off for a cultural outing as are the capitals many museums and galleries open their doors to all offering a free entry and a variety of special shows. now and some other stories from around the globe. there is a new violence is sayers in it flared in syria with three people reported killed near the city of

president a former belorussian presidential candidate it's been sentenced to five years behind bars for organizing a mass protest protest in the capital men's last year and race on a golf pled not guilty and so the whole case was highly politicized last december opposition supporters held thousand strong demonstration protesting what they called the rigged reelection of president alexander lukashenko arrest was violently put down by riot police more than six hundred people were detained dozens injured by rubber bullets the e.u. strongly condemned the violence and impose sanctions on the president many europe. stay with us. here on our team more coming your way including this a night to remember moscow vice opt for a cultural outing as the capital's many museums and galleries open their doors to all are in free entry and a variety of special exhibits. are turning first to some other stories making headlines across the globe new violence has flared in syria with three people reported killed near the city of homs this comes a day after authorities said they're ready for dialogue with the o

christina mchale six three six one also serve is maria sharapova with the world number one class and belorussian the cutting of the part of back in straight sets. that's why stock in russia must play a little bit champions and arch rivals canada in the quarterfinals at the world championships in slovakia after losing to finland in the last group game russia were already through to the last eight stages but they threw away a two goal lead in the last under shoes absalom pens and gotten a group that result men's they have to face the winners of the other group which turned out to be canada got the better of sweden three two in the other games defending champions the czech republic germany and the big silver medalist the usa lost to switzerland and france has slack yes defeated deadlocked. so this is the quarter final line up on wednesday the czech republic take on the us a chance to play germany and then on thursday it's been loaned to norway and the big one russia against canada. and finally to football all of the indoor variety where an international women's five a side football tournament was h

leave the game still scoreless when zinny law school keeper pitches love modify it to me and three belorussian internationally jevon all filled in from the fifty six minutes long but that didn't seem to overly worry the home side at first in fact there was a nice amount of them on the spot some eight minutes later loss of h. the man doing the owners. of the room in within minutes of bounce my clone heading home but really back up jeff know it should have gone better one was finished up with a couple. elsewhere on car moved out of the drop zone after beating sports like moscow being sold off new boys across the door recovering from one cold deficit in the process on the days of school darby ended up between the nama and six. barcelona meanwhile moved ever closer to their third consecutive merdeka title on sunday following a victory over city rivals espanol the new camp andres iniesta got things going midway through the first time off the spanish international brilliantly finding the necessary space for a one nil pep guardiola spend double their advantage right after the break exactly scorner ca

a former belorussian presidential candidates been sentenced to five years in jail for organizing a mass protest in the capital last year andrei side of pled not guilty and said the whole case was highly politicized last december opposition supporters held up thousand strong demonstration protesting what they called the rigged reelection of president alexander lukashenko an arrest was violently suppressed by riot police more than six hundred people were detained dozens injured by rubber bullets the use strongly condemn the violence and impose sanctions on the president and many europe's last dictator. and stay with us we've got plenty more coming your way including this a night to remember moscow bites off for a cultural outing as the capital's many museums and galleries throw their doors open to offer a free entry for a variety of special shows and exhibits. first though turning to some other stories making headlines across the globe new violence has flared up in syria with three people reported killed near the city of homs this comes a day after authorities said they're ready for dialo

there's a belorussian player in the quarterfinals as well as i say. about six six three in the fourth round and i think i wasn't going to find all right of the french open and satisfied with the way she is improving with every match well number four plays nicely next. to me. and i think i came out. playing well you know very strong from. slike after two zero both very strong and always done. with. sort of the feel pretty good you know pretty confident for my next match a long journey. i think goes next year was the first advance to get our states a month with a story come back we're. taking a beating in the first. chapter in proceedings but the tide changed completely into a sense two six six one six three becoming the first chinese woman to name the quarterfinals at roland garros. so still plenty of russian interests at the french open but couldn't join her compadres after going down to. three cents. now rafael nadal remains on course corey six french open the reigning champion not at his best against a change but still did enough to win in for a sen

opposition trials being seen in the west as a strong evidence of human rights violations the export of belorussian goods to the european union has caused. that along with international loans has been the country's main revenue stream for the past two decades it is the first time in seventeen years that alexander lukashenko has been a power that he finds himself under severe pressure both internationally and at home anybody of the opposition leaders get shorter prison terms that initially planned many experts say that unless there is free the probably going to rest will only expand especially with this financial turmoil. see reporting from minsk in belarus there are some other stories making headlines around the world this. massive fire broke out and actually in australian city of mumbai dozens of fire crews battled an enormous one of flames caused by five hundred thousand leads in its own brutal battle with the blaze last night before finally being turned me. to it. at least four people were killed and one hundred others injured after a five point nine magnitude earthquake hit western turkey major

now two belorussian presidential candidates are facing a lengthy prison terms for speaking out against the corrupt corruption of leader alexander lukashenko described as europe's last tater his rule for almost two decades to find condemnation and sanctions while dragging the opposition out well. the reports challenging his reign and that inevitably leads to a state of one of the state's attention facilities. he was running for president in belarus but ended up behind bars or thirties claimed demjanjuk life was among the organizers of election night street unrest in minsk and rest which was brutally dispersed by police his wife was complaining for justice but does not have much faith that will happen. so you. haven't lived in belarus we've already got used to judges being told from above what birds need them as delivered in the first court hearings of my husband's case the prosecutor named no evidence no facts which could prove lead to miss guilt and all the claims by the defense were denied by the judge . the country's president has been dubbed europe's last dictator but isn't represen

men while victorious side in goal will become the first belorussian ranked number four in the world after she made it through to the final of the ladies event in madrid as that into defeated surprise baggage really get six four six two and seeing the germans run of the tournament which included a win over world number one caroline wozniacki as their employer will battle czech patrick beatable for the title. over to the n.b.a. playoffs and mouthpiece have taken a two one lead in their back. of seven series against the oklahoma city thunder the grizzlies claiming a one no one to ninety three overtime when in game three to pull the habs also on the night boston cut the deficit in this series against the heat the celtics beating miami in the call for the way ninety seven eighty one the final score in boston. to the formula one news now and to boston the tellers once again the man to catch after securing his fourth straight pole position of the season german crashed in friday morning's practice session and set out the evening run before recovering with some style on saturday all eyes on the re

opposition trials being seen in the west as a strong evidence of human rights violations the export of belorussiangoods to the european union as heart that along with international loans has been the country's main revenue stream for the past two decades it is the first time in seventeen years that alexander lukashenko has been a power that he finds himself under severe pressure both internationally and at home and even if the opposition leaders get short of prison terms that initially planned many experts say that unless they're set free the public unrest will only expand especially with this financial turmoil. ski r.t. reporting from minsk in belarus. now to some other world news first take a look at this spectacular footage of the american astronauts on a space walk their six hours for all outside the international space station is to carry out experiments and. it's one of the astronauts first time in orbit and he says it's a true. ever shuttle that start yesterday it's on its final journey or retired. the operator of japan's crisis hit of human nuclear plant has made a record loss of fifteen b

opposition trials being seen in the west as a strong evidence of human rights violations the export of belorussian goods to the european union has halved that along with international loans has been the country's main revenue stream for the past two decades it is the first time in seventeen years that alexander lukashenko has been a power that he finds himself under severe pressure both internationally and at home and even if the opposition leaders get short of prison terms that initially planned many experts say that unless they're set free but the. the rest will only expand especially with this financial turmoil. ski r.t. reporting from minsk in belarus. elsewhere tonight north korean leader kim jong il's in china according to south korean news agency reports suggested that his son and there traveled to the north key allies to discuss the pressures from face of the nuclear program conflicts abroad usually kept secret which we'd speculation about his health. to american astronauts had a six hour space walk cut short but not before completing a few experiments and repairs were called back inside t

it from a belorussian presidential candidate has been sentenced to five years behind bars for organizing a mass protest in the capital minsk last year that a sonic off pled not guilty and said the whole case was highly politicized last december opposition supporters held a thousand strong demonstration to protest against what they called the reelection of president alexander lukashenko of the unrest was violently surprised by what police more than six hundred people were detained at the time and dozens injured by level full of. strongly condemned the violence and imposed sanctions on the president and many of the last dictator of europe. to some other stories from around the globe global for you right now. police in new york have detained the head of the i.m.f. on suspicion of sexual assault dominique strauss kahn was taken off a plane minutes before departure to be questioned about the alleged incident with a hotel maid the thirty two year old alleges that strauss kahn attacked her but she managed to escape police were called in but by the two. they arrived at the potential french presi

a former belorussian presidential candidate is been sentenced to five years behind bars for organized a mass protest in protest in the capital minsk last year under a senate pled not guilty and said the whole case was highly politicized last december opposition supporters held up thousand strong demonstrations to protest what they said was the rigged reelection of president alexander lukashenko again arrest was violently suppressed by riot police more than six hundred people were detained dozens injured by what the bullets the e.u. strongly condemned the violence and impose sanctions on the president and many the last of the people. turning now to some other stories making headlines across the globe new violence flared in syria with three people reported killed near the city of homs they said day after authorities said they're ready for dialogue with the opposition international pressure is mounting on syria over brutal crackdowns on protests with some eight hundred killed and more than a thousand arrests two months. u.s. have imposed sanctions on the country as russians it is said to

the game was still scoreless when snape lost goalkeeper purchase love molify up to a knee injury belorussian international yuri filling in from the fifty six minute run but that didn't seem to overly worry the home side at first in fact it was a neat knob to lead from the spot some eight minutes later done cool lots of h. and man doing the honors the really man though answered within three minutes my call and heading home but really buck up jeff no of should have done better between the sticks one one finished in the north and couple. elsewhere on car moved off the drop zone area after repeating sports moscow routines soft and new poise cross the ball recovering from a one bull's deficit in the process of the day's must be it ended up all score between the nama see a scam. let's go to the game where with munch united old confirmed champions for another season the risk is now on for the remainder of the champions league spots liverpool where it seems with an outside chance of one of the four places they do need though to win tonight against poland to keep in the hunt visitors there boosted by

early on the day third seed better than let it all bounce out to belorussian on the over chunk about the meadow was the highest ranked player left in the women's draw after kim clijsters i'm counting was crashed out the due time major finalist to come from behind to also deciding sat and even broke to take a two one lead but nineteen year old coverage and a real goal five three to make a made on the ground slam quarter final appearance i should be satisfied you know the whole tournament i wasn't playing my best tennis and i wasn't. there i could have played much better but i still made it to the fourth round and of course when you're less than fifty percent of your potential it's a very tough to win the fourth round progress. well i don't know i just you know i believe so then i just tried to play my best everyone so. what else could i do know is to try and surprised you know and i really wants to win so badly so i think everything to do. now the man's world number three roger federer was a straight south we're not against itself or for and fellows wisdom is a list of all the express

six billion dollars of loans half of that will be provided as a payment for the future sales of belorussian goods to russia the country is struggling to cope with the worst crisis in a decade it's not a quarter of its reserves this year trying to support weakening local currency the decline of the belarusian ruble has resulted in a significant decrease of the citizens by buying power and a shortage of foreign goods. let's take a look at the markets all prices are up slightly from tuesday those concerns continue over the uncertainty of the future of greece's economy flights which is trading at around ninety seven dollars a barrel of oil brant is around one hundred ten dollars a barrel let's have a look at how the markets are performing asian stocks are trading in the black on wednesday i am saying is helped by bargain buying energy and copy stocks that's after the market declines of the most of the previous fourteen sessions elenium corp of china is having around one percent on stronger commodities energy stocks are also on the rise in japan with index corp up nearly three percent in the tec

people stories about cedar columns well this will go online few right now in fact belorussian president mcdonough look at shane killed his his recipe for settling the currency crisis and shut down russian or other foreign media outlets for my. colleague glitch in the u.s. president computer system releases a dangerous criminals on the streets of california but i just bought well so badly wrong again. bill. will be using brief afghan president hamid karzai has issued a last warning to american and nato forces after of more civilians were killed in a suspected coalition air strike two women in twelve children died in afghanistan is what we're told helmand province after nato troops opened fire the target was supposed to be insurgents but instead civilian homes were fired on paper says it was in retaliation for an attack on a u.s. marine base in the region on saturday. of the two and a suspected al qaeda gunman have taken control of the yemeni provincial capital after two days of heavy fighting your position accuses president of surrendering the town to stoke fears of a terrorist threat it