killed and at least sixteen others wounded in an anti terror operation in russia's volatile north caucasus fierce fighting broke out when a group of militants have been surrounded in their hideout try to break free to go police can offer. this operation is still continuing it's been going on for two days it's all happening in the troubled republic of the big east down in the caucasus in a forest area so perhaps events complicating the operation for the special forces it started with the authorities surrounding a group of militants. try to break through and that's reportedly one of the police officers were killed the afghanis have also deployed havey old artillery including tanks and helicopters to assist them in this operation unfortunately the north caucasus is called the cradle of terrorism in a washer and president an economy that it has been saying many times very it's one of the key goals of his administration to strengthen security in the caucasus authorities have been able to hold some successful operations in that region including the republic of the just last week the found and de

recent is under way the north caucasus reports suggesting special forces have suffered losses after an attack on the compound all the details are coming out sort of the. greek government wins a vote of confidence indorsing the salvage cuts required to secure a new e.u. bailout greeks say their voices of not being. my name is kevin zero in our top story at nine pm moscow time the number of people killed in a plane crash in northwest russia has risen to forty five after a young boy died of his injuries in hospital today experts are examining the black boxes to establish the cause of the tragedy well family and friends arrived at the site to pay their last respects. report. well it has been an emotional and tough day for the families and friends of the victims and the survivors many of them had gone to be a morgues identify the bodies of the victims and a few of them to come in here to the site where the crash had happened here to the other one before carrying fifty two people had landed here at this road right behind me they put together a small memorial where locals family members frien

elements its air operation is underway in the north caucasus reports suggesting special forces have suffered losses after an attack on a militant compound all the details are coming up sorely. and the greek government wins a vote of confidence indorsing the savage cuts required to secure a new e.u. bailout of the angry greeks say their voices are not. welcome you're watching r t one i'm scared you know in our top story at eight pm moscow time the number of people killed in the plane crash in northwest russia has now risen to forty five today after a young boy died of his injuries in hospital experts are examining the doomed to pull of black boxes now to establish the cause of the tragedy or family and friends arrived at the site to pay their last respects for the latest let's catch up with their tests or a similar tests of relieving are incredibly difficult time for the relatives and i wouldn't. yes a certainly has a lot of the hardest things that they had to do and coming here to france is avoid to identify the bodies of the victims that are now at the morgue and throughout the day also we

artillery including tanks and helicopters to assist them in this operation unfortunately the north caucasus is called the cradle of terrorism. and president needed to be the first been saying many times very it's one of the key goals of his administration to strengthen security in the caucasus authorities have been able to hold some successful operations in the region including the republic of dagestan just last week we found and destroyed an underground weapons factory with numerous small mean explosive devices with remote controls also last week before a limited person will be in big will be have been searching for since last new year's eve was plotting terrorist attack in moscow all the new year's eve and although it just shows how important it is to strengthen security in that region because it really does affect security in the entire country you're watching r.t. from moscow coming up a firsthand account from the libyan from lied we hear from a journalist who was in the region of a few days ago but who says that all is not what it seek. to greece now where the prime minister's won a cr

one of the smallest regions named russia now it is located on the north and slopes of the central caucasus and almost our old spiteri tree is situated in the mountain area and almost half of the population speak of the assets in language now to talk more in the mystery of this language i'm now joined by t.v. the you had of this state university a language center thank you very much for joining me it's just a sense in language really differ from other coke asian languages yeah it does and thank you for the world mystery you know we found the story we are the only in do appearance here in the caucasus encircled by knowing due to human languages so that makes us unique in the way we are the representatives of the different language families. own their only emilio's in the southern caucuses that belong to this so go into it there is a significant level of damage in phase one yeah i'm sure and the squire to choose important for the not only for linguistic studies it's important from the point of view of history of all that takes old of language of course linguistic comparatively wizards. is int

the absolutely right terrorism is not confined to the north caucasus it's a global problem terrorist number one worldwide was killed not long ago as though some of bin laden's death changed the level of terrorist activity what do you think about it. and. of course i am opposed to legalize it at heart and i think it's a lesson to those who have deluded themselves into thinking they are gods on this earth people who are simply vicious take on the freely give orders to kill and something and even if the victims are guilty of something a person should be held responsible for what he has done. and as for the safety of these terrorists number one what about all the other planets you've committed so many crimes second third it's wrong to give someone stages a terror attack and the immediately proclaimed terrorist number one strikes russia he's no terrorist attack and even there isn't a member of a terrorist group it is also true for those people who are in haiti and belgium norway and turkey they are very real terrorists they should not be any double standards in the sphere they are all ter

it's located in the very heart of the caucasus where the continents of europe and asia and well the area is taken up with national parks and game reserves that is well known for its fresh water springs. is your guide to the chemical that it afterwards. with breathtaking views across five mountain bridges and over fifty lakes this land leads to you friendly open people an amazing national food. the capital of this republic in russia it means the place that owns the caucuses and indeed it was a former fortress closing the way to the greater caucasian mountains now the first stop that we made through this region was this all cells in town with a narrow streets and small little houses so typical of this area the city also stands on the biggest favor in the caucasian region we've only terek people that live there call themselves the study is and with their own language they strictly follow the traditions of their ancestors they try to do so in average aspect of their daily lives from what to wear to what to cook watch our report to find out more. in this part of the world cooking is not consi

it's been going on for two days it's all happening in the troubled republic of kyrgyzstan in the caucasus in a forest area so perhaps that that complicating the operation for the special forces is started with the authorities surrounding a group of militants what would be try to break through and that's reportedly one of the police officers were killed the authorities have also deployed havey old artillery including tanks and helicopters to assist them in this operation unfortunately the north caucasus is called the cradle of terrorism in russia and president needed to be the first been saying many times very it's one of the key goals of his administration to strengthen security in the caucasus authorities have been able to hold some successful operations in that region including the republic of biggest just last week we found and destroyed an underground weapons factory with numerous homemade explosive devices with remote controls also last week before a limited person will been buried it will be have been searching for since last knew he was plotting terrorist attack in moscow all of th

to sue them rather than look at the neighbors around them i just started building these from the caucasus with dollars from the confrontation of soviet union had a research and you can approach to wellness what sort of relationship does applies here mating with russia and how do you expect it to develop we have agreements with her. besides lease agreements we have personal he's a real good relations brother relations into intercultural marriages same way would you or you would we not clinging georgian territory we're not fighting them with russia we have better relations for from russia is important to be can only put before because it. was many times approved by some of the. new democratic politicians who told me the paparazzi here say that we hate russia who will get immediate international support. i can see this. absolutely and absolutely in respect of. our relations with russia will continue just a little bit if we have good science where we had best the best times we have also dramatically reduce the noise through of relations but we managed to continue in the middle of the room and

which future and want to see are they more are they going to continue to be a proxy regime in the caucasus or are they going to rather for the good for the neighbors are on them and start building a peaceful caucasus with all the stupid confrontation of soviet union had a research and you can approach aquarius what sort of relationship does applies here maintain with russia and how do you expect it to develop we have agreements with. besides these agreements we have personal the story called good relations rather relations into intercultural marriages saying we have and we georgia but we know claiming georgian territory without fighting them with russia would have better relations for from russia is important economic partner for cos. i was many times approached by some of the. new democratic politicians who told me that if i was here say that we hate russia we will get immediate international support. i can see that is. absolute. and absolutely in respect to. our relations with russia will continue just for that if we have good times where we had best best times we had also dramatically r

or are they going to rather look at the neighbors around them and start building a peaceful caucasus with all of this to be a confrontation or soviet union had a rigid and new democratic elders what sort of relationship does uprising maintain with russia and how do you expect it to develop we have agreements with her of. the size disagreements we have personal the story called good relations brother relations into into cultural marriages saying we have we georgia but we are not claiming georgian territory we're not fighting with russia we have better relations for from russia race important to get to know my partner for policy i was many times approached by some of the. new democrats in polluting shims who told me that before causing your state that we hate russia we will get immediate international support. i consider this. absolutely morally and i absolutely am in respect. but it's our relations with russia will continue just for that if we have good times we had better we had best best times we had also dramatic and we really in no way through. issues but we managed to continue mo

of russia's smallest regions the republican north ascetic it's located in the very heart of the caucasus where the continents of europe and asia meet more than half the area's taken up with national parks and games and is well known for its the repeated freshwater springs parties made in the question of israel going through the capital and her class. with prost taking views across five mountain bridges and over fifty lakes this land these two friendly open people an amazing national food like the capital of this republic in russian it means the place that owns the caucasus and indeed it was a formal fortress closing the way to the grave caucasian mountains now the first stop that we made through this region was the old south and town with a narrow streets and small houses so typical of this area the city also stands on the vic is true for in the caucasian region we were ten people that lived there call themselves assassins and wear their own language they strictly for though the traditions of their ancestors they try to do so in average aspects of their daily lives from what to cook to w

saying many times it's one of the key goals of his administration to strengthen security in the caucasus authorities have been able to hold some successful operations in that region including the republic of the just last week we found and destroyed an underground weapons factory with numerous homemade explosive devices with remote controls also last week before a limited personal been will be have been searching for since last knew he was plotting terrorist attacks in moscow all the other new year's eve and all that just shows how important it is to strengthen security in that region because it really does affect security in the entire country. reporting there now coming up a firsthand account from the libyan frontline. we hear from a journalist who was in the region only a few days ago and who says it all is not what it seems. u.s. president obama is expected to shortly do confirm his decision to pull thirty three thousand troops out of afghanistan by the end of two thousand and twelve as part of barack obama's efforts to restore public trust at home where the war running for nearly a

so alex i've heard that you were born in london so what brought you here down to russia's north caucasus well my wife is from here so we decided to move down here and i haven't regretted it it's been a very interesting experience for me and i've learned a lot about this region which is fairly isolated actually. so living here i was unable to explore. the regions of culture and people and i find it every day i discover something new and interesting about it and also the. find the accused is very nice and also if you combine the kids in with nature it's even better and i had the pleasure of going to a small picnic actually up in the mountains with some friends and it was lovely there's a barbecue. and there's certain pies and music and it was it was very nice it was really very nice all right thank you very much that was an english teacher that is currently working over here in the capital city let you go cause alexander we can talk and meanwhile our team continues to bring you the latest picture of life down here in russia's north caucasus in the republic of north the south. and will cont

you for the world mystery you know how mystery we are the only into your appearance here in the caucasus encircled by knowing do appear in languages so that makes us feel we could know way we are the representatives of the different language families. their only armenia's in the southern caucuses that belong to this so you know who to use and if there is a significant level of academic interest of this kind would be i'm sure and it's a squad. important for the blues not only for linguistic studies it's important for all the point of view of history of politics so the language of course linguists are comparatively who is the expert the ball is interested in the language so it's news the language that is located between the worst and your opinion are these to do with the languages so it makes us very important from the linguistic perspective yeah ok thank you very much there was a need or we tivo the heart of the state university language century and meanwhile our team continues to bring you the latest pictures of life down here in russia's north caucuses in the republic of north this us h

understands the athletes needs and objectives after all wrestling in russia's caucasus is not just a way to occupy the kids and young adults three time to fight and win program also provides for some major sport infrastructure developments across the board with the post construction commercial schedule already in place and that means jobs in a region where they're in high as demand well last but certainly not the least is the pride of the country to do some of this is new orleans and some of team is international as he can't sweet have guys from georgia and concious sense yet old north cajun republics siberia i'm from some petersburg just wrote and all of you working together for one goal for the interests of russia and you're doing a great job and thank you guys you want to pry. difficulty we always want your performances route for you and if trees then use that wrist and events in dagestan are you shit back to the rafters there are always people sitting even in the aisles and plenty more outside big to get in and that's because people of that you stand know they're wrestling and it

saying many times it's one of the key goals of his administration to strengthen security in the caucasus authorities have been able to. that region including the republic of the. weak be found and destroyed an underground weapons factory with numerous explosive devices with remote controls also last week. a person will be have been searching for since last new year's eve was plotting terrorist attack. all the other new year's eve that went wrong fortunately for everybody has been eliminated as well. just shows how important it is to strengthen security in that region because it really does f.x. security in the entire country. can offer correspondent with that story tonight still to come this hour enough is enough becomes the first. ceasefire in libya you can see rising civilian deaths. head. to the attention of greece now though where the prime minister there's one a crucial parliamentary vote of confidence in his newly reshuffled. it was now navigate the nation through a series of tough spending cuts and sales of national assets in order to secure a new e.u. bailout and avoid a default

meanwhile our team continues to bring you the latest picture of life down here in russia's north caucasus and the republic of north to south korea. business is next here in r t with dimitri stay with us. thanks very much an exit russia's largest oil producer ross nafta is holding its first big music after the death of the long awaited to the u. it's now to decide what's next is the news below skis at the company's a.g.m. in southern russia. it may be warm and sunny for the a.g.m. here in the southern city of crossing the r. but stalker's during recent months has been in the icy north of the arctic it's failed plans for a tie up with b.p. and the share swap deal cast a shadow over the company and if the deal is dead it also may have to still has the task of finding a partner to explore the blocks it's acquired in the arctic heading up that will be a new chairman to go sit in the standing down in accordance with the new russian policy of splitting politicians from jobs heading state run companies it's not all bad news for us net production grew faster than any other russian oil company curr

this method is widely used in the foothills of the caucasus close to the city of sochi russia's most popular steam resort is situated here. cordell mountains in the world are prone to avalanches and all of them are affected by our lunches every single one. of the slope is avalanche prone if it is steeper than fifteen to twenty degrees. the two thousand and fourteen winter olympics is to take place here in new ski lifts are being built a modern trails are being prepared the downhill routes varying complexity some are just right for budding skiers others pose a challenge to professional sportsman. the caucasus mountains occupy an area about the same size of an average european country groups provided with all the necessary facilities take up a small part of the slopes so far it is only possible to reach most of the mountain tops by helicopter going downhill where nobody. the set foot is the ambition of many skiers and snowboarders there is a special term for this costly form of entertainment kelly skiing. at their ellie skiing is what every free rider aspires to it just takes your brea

the caucasus mountains. about the same size of an average european country. provided with all the necessary facilities take up a small part of the slopes so far it is only possible to reach most of the mountain tops by helicopter going downhill where nobody. his set foot is the ambition of many skiers and snowboarders there is a special term for this costly form of entertainment kelly skiing. at their wish well the skiing is what every free rider aspires to it just takes your breath away to ride down the slope after a helicopter. flies he says some out of the way knock in the mountains. once we've left the helicopter we have to test the snow. so what this means is well we make it picks to see the pattern of snow fall in the last few weeks. if we see that there's a danger of an avalanche happening that day then we just pack up straightaway and go home when the situation is just right though we follow this route down the mountain. or the wilds of the route the better the snow sure you have so many different routes lying ahead of you so you can choose whichever

which future they want the same thing was are they going to continue to be a proxy regime in the caucasus or are they going to rather look at their neighbors iran them and just start building a peaceful caucasus without this stupid confrontation of all soviet union had a revolt and new democratic elders what sort of relationship does uprising maintain with russia and how do you expect it to develop we have agreements with. besides these agreements we have personal the story called good relations rather relations into intercultural marriages saying we have we georgia we're going north claiming georgian territory we're not fighting them with russia we have better relations or through russia raise important economic reports before because i was many times approached by some of the. new democrats in the leticia who told me if i was here say that we hate russia we will get immediate international support and that i consider this cruel absolutely morning and absolutely in perspective. but it's our relations with russia flew from the far right we have to try and play but we had best best times w

which future you want the same thing what are they going to continue to be a proxy regime in the caucasus or are they going to rather than look at the neighbors around them and just start building a peaceful caucasus with all of this to put confrontation of all soviet union had retained and new democratic well guess what sort of relationship does applies here maintain with russia and how do you expect it to develop we have agreements with her. besides disagreements we have personal the story called good relations brother relations into the into cultural narratives saying we have we georgia but we north claiming georgian territory we're not fighting them with russia we have better relations for from russia is important economic report before . i was many times approached by some of the. new democrats and pollutions who told me that you thought because here say that we hate russia we will get immediate international support and i can see this. absolutely in the world and i absolutely am in perspective. but it's our relations with russia flew from before we had to try and play but we had bes

plus join our close up team any one of the most beautiful locations of russia's caucasus to use the city of it. some members of the u.s. congress have reportedly received a letter from colonel gadhafi saying he's ready to negotiate a cease fire. that has not been confirmed meanwhile at nato air strikes continue to rock tripoli comes off his daughter filed a lawsuit against the french president nicolas sarkozy and nato for intentionally killing four members of her family and she strike. now considers just a target nato has long insisted that regime change is not an objective. and. says the west clearly doesn't want settlements to live in parts it's. the other day the international crisis group which is independent fairly reasonable group of. diplomats and so forth said that they in turn need to exercise the way it's been conducted it's ensuring the prolongation of what is it internationally illegal enterprise and is make here far more difficult to have any settlement which is obviously true what is distasteful is to see the pollution of the international criminal court which the they are