will be done by new year some experts estimate the waters of the bering sea tied as much as a quarter of the planet's seabed all and get resources but for years to police corpse and sea bass treasure has remained there then buried now with russia in no way finally sinking their long running feud the two maritime powers are finally ready to make some headway what's been causing troubles for decades will soon start bringing in profits record ocean r t in the bering sea becoming to live from the russian capital this is r.t. and coming your way in next hour gangster wars in the heart of moscow we bring you the story of an attempt on the life of russia's notorious mafia kingpin and look at the possible motives for the violence. the treaty between russia and the u.s. that would see both countries cut their nuclear arsenals is going to the american senate for approval however there are fears that republican politicians are opposing the treaty known as start just to deny the obama administration a political victory. the start treaty got the green light from the senate foreign affairs committe

deal that puts an end to a four decade long disagreement over disputed waters in the energy rich bering sea . eleven am in moscow with today's top stories and a look at the week that was here on r t the polls have opened in sweden's parliamentary elections with the ruling coalition expected to win the most votes but a controversial anti immigration party is so far winning most of the headlines latest polls suggest the center right bloc headed by the swedish prime minister will win the center left opposition isn't far behind with some estimates putting them at a five per cent margin away from majority but for many observers this door has been overshadowed by the success of the far right sweden democratic party which has seen its candidates attacked and says it's been denied the right of free speech parties laura emmet reports from sweden. it's one of europe's oldest democracies but the lead up to the election in sweden has been anything but democratic candidates from the right wing sweetened democrats have been harassed and allegedly by young people from left groups. there have been several

grit in profits right ocean r t in the bering sea. here with our t.v. live from moscow coming up for you next hour gangster wars in the heart of moscow we bring you the story of an attempt by months of notorious wants. and look at possible motives for the attack. the treaty between russia and the u.s. that would see both countries cut their nuclear arsenals is going to the american senate for approval however there are fears that republican politicians are opposing the treaty known as start just to deny the obama administration a political victory the start treaty got the green light from the senate foreign affairs committee and is heading for the senate floor this treaty will make america more secure it will assist us in moving towards the goal of less nuclear threat and for that reason we're proud of the actually took today it's been a bumpy ride five months of hearings and the resolution that the senators passed reflects that they put all their concerns in one package among them the time between offensive and defensive weapons senators clarified the

britain profits right notional tea in the bering sea meanwhile this week russia and canada were also looking to break the ice over their argument about another disputed part of the arctic on thursday both country's foreign ministers sat down for talks in moscow after iowa said it's prepared to challenge russia in a race for the arctic's rich resource rich resources canadian researcher edwards jersey who's been exploring and studying the seabed says the territorial disputes are so far peaceful but anything might happen down the road there's a lot of energy underneath the arctic ice probably twenty percent of the world's remaining oil thirty percent of the natural gas really the future economies of these countries depend on energy and that is really you know going to be their guarantee for a future in the next ten twenty thirty forty years i think the sovereignty question is going to be a long long dispute and hopefully it's not going to end up with people making enemies of each other i think right now things are looking awfully good but when you have that much money at stake those kin

right notional tea in the bering sea. meanwhile russia and canada this week were also looking to break the ice over their argument about another disputed part of the arctic on thursday the two countries foreign ministers held talks in moscow after otto a said it's prepared to challenge russia in a race for the arctic's rich resources but canadian analyst michel chossudovsky says the u.s. is simply using canada and other arctic countries to extend its military grip on the area the main players in this game today on account of the well let's start with the most important the united states which is pulling the strings can the dependable and norway on one side and russia own the and these four countries which old members of the two zero in the process of building. seeking to claim sovereignty over the take extending it beyond the territories thereby competing with russian claims and as i mentioned the united states is using canada but also to some extent also the other two countries denmark and norway as it means to extend it

right ocean r t in the bering sea. turning our attention now to afghanistan where at least fourteen people were killed in separate bombings on the day of the country's parliamentary elections the vote counting is underway and made fraud allegations and reports of irregularities artie's correspondent is in. overnight the afghan capital was quiet and they have been no new incidents of violence reported although as you say at the close of election day saturday at least fourteen people were confirmed dead the taliban carried out more than thirty bombing attacks in a statement an e-mail that said it had targeted and hit some one hundred and fifty polling stations around the country we're hearing from afghan officials that little more than a third of the voting population turned out to bridges to the vote and we were also hearing from the free and fair election foundation of afghanistan that they recorded some two hundred and twenty four incidents of serious intimidation they seem to have been problems particularly in the ea

relations in the area which stretches over one hundred seventy five thousand kilometers in the bering sea has been a bone of contention between the neighboring countries since the nine hundred seventy s. but this wasn't simply a territorial he'd containing vost all and gas reserves profit has also been at the center of this peat but with unclear buddha no one could even start the series exploration circle in this issue moscow knows late have done was been impossible for decades and that some say because they need to boost their coffers and reserves production both in russia and in always going to. need new fields and new big elephants to develop. these disputed area later. place just very promising demonstrating goodwill incorporating with a nato member russia's to openly opposed to the alliances military presence in the region for the most of which is the natural resources have nothing to do with nato it's a zone for economic cooperation and military presence will create additional issues here in the sun in cannes and it's rising tension between the five arctic states which also include

some experts estimate the rules of the bering sea were taught as much as a quarter of the planet's seabed all in gas resources for twenty years due to political ups and sea bass treasure has remained dead and buried now with russia in no way finally sinking their long running feud the two maritime powers are finally ready to make some headway what's been causing troubles for decades will soon bring in profits. in the barren sea. coming your way next our on our team one step closer to the free world as the arms reduction treaty between russia and the u.s. heads for a vote for the senate we'll look at how americans in the house issues could have our bad day said. this week also saw another round of middle east peace talks with the israeli and palestinian leaders meeting for two days in sharm el sheikh and jerusalem the meeting was overshadowed by israeli warplanes attacking gaza twice in response to palestinian rocket and mortar fire talks continue to be sold israeli settlements in the west bank palestinian president mahmoud abbas had threatened to pull out of the go see a sions if israel e

something the two leaders predict will be done by new year some experts estimate the waters of the bering sea were tied as much as a quarter of the planet's seabed all and gas resources for three years due to police co-ops and see this treasure has remained there then buried now with russia in no way finally sinking their long running feud the two maritime powers are why they're ready to make some headway what's been causing troubles for decades will soon start grid in profits. in the barents sea. coming your way next hour one step closer to a nuclear free world. as the strategic arms reduction treaty between russia and the u.s. heads for a vote before the senate we look at how america's domestic issue could hamper ratification. this week at the leaders of israeli and palestine a med for the latest round of middle east peace talks in sharm el sheikh and jerusalem the meeting was overshadowed by israeli warplanes attacking gaza twice in response to palestinian rocket and mortar fire the talks continue to be stalled over israeli settlements in the west bank palestinian president mahmoud abbas h

puts an end to a forty year disagreement over disputed waters in the energy rich bering sea. and a new plan is announced to pull the ailing u.s. economy out of trouble as new figures reveal how millions of unemployed americans live below the poverty line. next a treaty between russia and the u.s. which would see both countries cut their nuclear arsenals is going to the u.s. senate for approval no one has started it's hoped the arms reduction could set an example for other countries to follow our he's got a cheeky and talks to former senator gary hart about this issue and russia u.s. relations. it's time for the senate to vote on a new start that's the title of the letter signed by some top former u.s. officials as well as some form of senators including gary hart thank you so much for joining pleasure a few days ago i heard ambassador richard byrd say and that if it had to be enough republican president submitting this treaty the strategic arms reduction treaty for ratification it would have already been ratified i mean no doubt it's been a bumpy ride for the for the trade in