been foiled by russian security services police have detained a group of four people from the north caucuses who were allegedly planning the attack let's get the details now from our correspondent even fortune of did do we know how serious this plan terror attack. well all the members of the group that was detained by russian special forces were originally from the north caucasus regions and they were planning an attack in crowded areas as well as the transport hubs of the moscow region now special forces found guns explosives maps and schedules of the planned attack also ole of the detained people have can fast and police other people there are believed to be linked to the planned attack were also found now president medvedev has ordered an urgent investigation and once those who are responsible for the failed attack to be severely punished now since the start of this yeah there has been a number of terror raids and despite the fact that dozens of terrorists were killed during those operations still the potential terrorist threat remains high according to russia's interim ministry and today

in the north caucuses human rights violations in even a violation. so the russian law are often justified by local traditions what can we do you think we should be colognes for local traditions or the russian law should be strictly applied throughout russia. well actually this is one of the issues that we are going to discuss with the president . and with you with mr pyne the shadow of our working group you know we have thirteen working groups all together in our council and all of them have been working very actively each in its own area so there is this one group that works on developing ethno cultural communities. and professor in middle pine area now and expert on the ethnic policies he's ahead of his curve by. so. mr pyne with we'll talk to the president in presenting his working groups view on various problems and ways of resolving them. and you put stuff and he's working group has quite a number of experts including some specialists from the north caucasus which. would surely say so mr pyne will tell the president one that's really lying on a

tiny cults police includes more than two thousand names now in north caucuses correspondent medina thirty tales. list of individuals and companies suspected also involvement in financing of terrorism was published in this government own newspaper this morning you know this document was a previously confidential but now part of it is open to public now companies that are present in this list are located in different countries and basically across the globe there are companies that are based in egypt in afghanistan in somalia and even in germany and the united states in terms of individuals the also come from a significant range of countries from the countries of the middle east from african countries from germany the united states and from russia russian citizens primarily komo from of the republics of the volatile region of russia's north caucasus from chain. done there are also some well known names in this list some well known groups like the most in brotherhood. and russia's most wanted terrorist. you know this document shows that some kind of a not or has been created that connects co

we do of course of our reporting from the north caucuses ok and some news we're getting. just now russian security services say that they've prevented a major terrorism plot in the regions a troll sports network four people from the north caucuses have been arrested will president of the world are going to investigate sion and to punish anyone responsible for the failed attack just to give you some stats over the past six months. fifty terror plots have been averted in russia we'll of course bring you more on this as we continue to get details. now a court in budapest has cleared a hung garion nazi war crimes suspect ninety seven year old sean dork a peerage and knight being involved in the massacre of civilian hostages in serbia germany world war two it was alleged a patrol on to his command to cast and murder of jews and serbs in the tories waged by hunger in forces in forty two hero always denied today's acquittal will be explained by judges over the next two days the pair i was discovered living in budapest in two thousand and six and his crimes trial is one of the la

and on business is the economic reply of all of the north caucuses and all sides billion dollar project and surprise from the troubled region. will have more on that end business in twenty minutes. it's at one pm here in the russian capital you're watching are taken straight to our top story now divisions between the dutch and french speaking homes of belgium are threatening to turn one nation into two i meant the service movements are gaining momentum in the political vacuum that has made formal governments impossible. to report something that could start a chain reaction spreading to other parts of europe so divorced. her age. should have children because it would help to fix the government called faults. months free speech in the cells and finished speaking flanders in the north disagree on pretty much everything many analysts think the most likely outcome will see the country break into as soon as it splits with floor does this complete the world will look to hook up with france for richer or poorer but mainly for richer going it alone when your small region is clearly not appealing

police have arrested a group of people from the north caucuses who. crowded areas in the major transport hubs. a russian a cosmic companion for the hubble has a blasted off and orbit to help with the deepest secrets of the universe there we're at strong parallel the quitman can penetrate even the furthest reaches of the galaxy faith now our line out of this well planned. russia is launching its biggest space telescope at a huge orbit earth and carefully observe our universe looking deeper and further to shed light on the darkest and the most mysterious corners of our galaxy and others what does this mean for us and for russia which is now the only country on earth capable of offering space launches as america's shuttle program close's they had a russian space agency ross costless is here with me thank you very much mr porter came for joining us thank you for inviting me well americans how will now have company in our bit is the russian telescope looking to discover something hubble's missing during all the years it's been operating deal with foreign s

past six months to tell talk to the diverted in russia we want to dead the last of hit russians north caucuses four policemen were killed and ten all the people in the explosions really tells from the region. the last twenty four hours have seen two dadley blast hansa russia's north caucasus now the first one happening change now two policemen were killed and seven others injuries when an explosion a search operation in the mountainous area now the second one i was shocked the republic of dagestan late at night it was a roadside bomb two policemen dowd's in three others one said now it is the bomb detonated when the patrol car was driving through the city of car speeds which is situated in the republic of dagestan now the explosion was a quick like quibbling two four kilograms also t.n.t. and these two blasts happened in the wake of the recent and. tower rate now was a launched in the republic of dagestan two days ago since the start of of this yeah there has been a number off and tourist it's not full on tea towel raids and according to russia's in terra ministry the number of terrorist attac

security forces for a major terror plot near wasilla police have arrested a group of people from the north caucuses who are allegedly planning an attack on crowded areas of major from. russia's prisons of the touristy tough places but now the jail system itself is facing calls for reform the special report on the. uh uh uh uh and complaints. against the church. calls a lot of the sake of my wife and kids. going just to just pick one out of every form and russia has served time in prison currently nearly nine hundred found inmates serving time in prison colonies most of them have committed serious crimes nobody so when you convicts enter a quarantine see a mix of the old penitentiary system and the new. initially the russian penal system had inherited the legacy of stalin's notorious killers. but now it is going through a period for the likes of which have never been seen before. because everyone here has to decide whether or not they're going to change their ways children no matter the warden needs to see that it's happening what kind of changes are already in place behind the barbed wire and will

and the wheel a major terror plot in the a moscow police arrested a group of people from the north caucuses here were allegedly planning on attack home crowd in their areas and that made to transport home. all night star russians prisons renowned for being rough on their roommates and now the jail systems in the don't write for reform. up up up. and complains. i'm. just a. pulse of life for the sake of my wife and kids. can just go to stick one out of every four man rushes serve time in prison currently nearly nine hundred found inmates serving time in prison colonies most of them have committed serious crimes nobody's convicts entered her and she see a mix of the old penitentiary system and then you. initially the russian pain all system had inherited the legacy of stalin's notorious killers. but now she's going through a period for the likes of which have never been seen before. because everyone here has to decide whether or not they're going to change their ways sure how much of the warden needs to see to determining what kind of changes are already in place behind the barbed wire and wi

international terror at russia publishes a declassified people in groups it says extremism in the north caucuses. are the worst. to junk status panic spreading everywhere. in germany before the. saudi arabia. human rights. and condemned by opposition politicians as illegal. that morning is when the. time we revisit to assess its post soviet existence after a year that seen violent ethnic conflicts and a revolution. kurdistan the central asian country and former soviet republic. in the space of just five years this state has gone through two revolutions the country is divided into two parts both by the mountains and by the unresolved conflict between the developed north and i call cultural south. kurdistan overcome its political and ethnic stand off to be a repetition of spontaneous riots involving a mass loss of life. tucked away in the mountains one hundred fifty kilometers from the capital bishkek is the village of actos at best only six hundred villagers are left here now. but when kurdistan was part of the soviet union people from all over the republic were eager to come here. these are mine

as it turns out arm wrestling is not just for the guys here in russia's north caucuses more and more women are getting game t.v. ads now we managed to wrestle the secrets of some of the sports super women. america's new president she has promised tough budget choices but that same time said national defense will not suffer the own panetta former cia chief has inherited three wars for his predecessor robert gates well it seems that military contributive says it was gates' virtue of extremism in afghanistan and pakistan when he too once held the post of cia head. for our generation of the cold warriors on the both sides in the united states and in russian federation it is robert gates the hour would go in secretary of defense who personalizes the cold war at its peak robert gates was anything but controversial and he has garnered full respect all across the board during his valedictory exit tour from again it's all across europe and back to the united states robert gates displayed unbelievable specter of sincerity and candor providing he's honest and unvarnished assessment of the unite

as it turns out arm wrestling is not just for the guys here in russia's north caucuses more and more women are getting game t.v. out of how we managed to wrestle the secrets of some of the stories superwomen. america's new pentagon chief as promised tough budget choices are the same times that national defense will not suffer we opened a former cia chief as an irritant three wars for his predecessor what gates nazis religion contributor says it was gates' extremism in afghanistan and pakistan but he too wants help and stop selling. for i would generation of the cold warriors on the both sides in the united states and in russian federation it is robert gates there i would go in secretary of defense who personalize it's called war at its peak roderick gates was anything but controversial and he has garnered full respect all across the board during his valedictory exit tour from afghanistan all across europe and back to the united states robert gates displayed unbelievable specter of sincerity and candor providing he's honest and unvarnished assessment of the united states strategic ove

class song business the economic revival off the north caucuses a multibillion dollar project aims to transform the problem and so at. one that enters this in twenty minutes. international news and comment twenty four hours a day watching r.t. more than four hundred days without an official government is a world record but belgium still has no solution on the horizon and things look likely to get even worse deep divisions between the dutch and french speaking hopes of the nation may well cause it to split in two planet. reports some say could start a chain reaction across the whole of europe. so wait till they're divorced before planning their next marriage but not one load near the southern region of belgium the country's been with delta fictive government for a record fourteen months french speaking looms in the self's and flemish speaking flanders in the north disagree on pretty much everything many analysts think the most likely outcome will see the country break into as soon as it splits with flanders is complete the world will look to hook up with france for richer or poorer but

in the north caucuses human rights violations and even violation. so the russian law are often justified by local traditions what can we do you think we should be colognes for local traditions or the russian law should be chiefly applied throughout russia i think that. well actually this is one of the issues that we are going to discuss with the president. of which you go with your group and mr pyne the shadow of our working group you know we have thirteen working groups all together in our council in all of them have been working very actively with each in its own area so there is this one group that were at sun developing ethno cultural communities. the with and professor emil pyne with kerry now an expert on the ethnic policies he's ahead of his trip by. so to be mr pyne we'll talk to the president in presenting his working groups view on various problems and ways of resolving them. and you get started and he's working group has quite a number of experts including some specialists from the north caucasus which if the ritual is so mr klein will te

yes for me this will be my first time in the north caucuses and i am very excited to have the chance to discover which is wonderful i've seen photos the french team accompanying me already know that area is a wonderful place and i think you can develop a tourist up in the center of europe which will be very attractive to the whole world but how long do you think it actually could turn into tourism paradise because right now it's not the safest place to. b. or for two reasons tourists to go i mean of heartache spell your you know the french have experience we developed in croatia remember turkey at the very beginning when we were developing tourism in turkey the area was not safe. and the conviction of your government on your president to say that we are going to develop this area to create jobs for the young of course to ensure security the government provides guarantees for up to seventy percent of investment but it's taking a chance to see to build the right decision to develop this area so that is what needs to be done what i want to be an investment are we talking about. this is

go as it turned out arm wrestling is not just for the guys here in russia's north caucuses more and more women are getting into the act and we managed to wrestle the secretes off some of the force super women. leon panetta has been sworn in as the new u.s. defense secretary replacing robert gates who helped before he is during his time spent in chief gates struggle to bring about victory in iraq and afghanistan but also he's going to contribute he says the retired defense secretary actually helped the taliban in the first place. for our generation of the cold warriors on the both sides in the united states and russian federation it is robert gates the outgoing secretary of defense who personalizes the cold war at its peak robert gates was anything but controversial and he has garnered full respect all across the board during his valedictory exit tour from again a stand all across europe and back to the united states robert gates displayed unbelievable specter of sincerity and candor providing he's honest and unvarnished assessment of the united states strategic of all the reach all acros

as it turns out arm wrestling is not just for the guys here in russia's north caucuses and more and more women are getting into the act now we managed to wrestle the secrets of some of this poorest superwoman. america's new pentagon chief has promised a tough budget choices but at the same time say national defense will not suffer they opened that's all a cia chief has inherited three wars with his predecessor robert gates he's been contributed as it was gates to the extremism that got its start talking when he too once held the post office. for our generation of the cold warriors on the ball sites in the united states and russian federation it is robert gates the outgoing secretary of defense who personalizes we called the war at its peak robert gates was anything but controversial and he has garnered from all respect all across the board during his valedictory exit tour from again a stand all across europe and back to the united states robert gates displayed unbelievable specter of sincerity and candor providing he's honest and unvarnished assessment of the united states strategic over

most people jetting off on their holidays this week probably aren't heading for the north caucuses the political trouble russian region is barely on the tourist map however the government hopes to change all that admitting a caution explains. the creation of new tourist destinations in the north caucasus is a key strategy of the russian government to bring economic revival to the troubled tree the sums involved have been raised several times but now it's predicted that over one hundred thirty billion dollars will be needed to build five major resorts now government owned corporation resorts off of the north caucasus is running the project and it promises that the construction will be finished by twenty twenty five now funds will come from three different sources first from the federal budget than from the regions specially. done in english as and finally from a known state sources such as international and domestic investors it's not only new resources that will be involved but also some saw holiday destinations will get a new lease of life now the republic of dagestan will receive one

oh as it turns out arm wrestling is not just for the guys here in russia's north caucuses more and more women are getting into viagra now we managed to wrestle the secrets of some of the sports super women. a police officer has been killed and two others wounded in a gunfight with militants in russia's republic of chechnya the exchange of fire happened when big group broke away after being trunked by security forces official say at least twelve armed militants escaped and doss thought to have fled into nearby mountainous for it's the area's been sealed off with additional troops is seeking to close in on the assailants the number of terror attacks and russia's corpuses region has gone up by a third in the last few months meanwhile special operations by government forces have killed over two hundred militants this year. and let's not check some other world news in breve this hour this president one senior official in apparent attempts to appease anti regime demonstrators twenty four people are thought to have been killed by security forces one terms of thousands took part in demonstratio

as it turns out arm wrestling is not just for the guys here in russia's north caucuses more and more women are getting into the act now we managed to wrestle the secrets of some of the sports super women. one police officer has been killed and two others wounded in a gunfight with militants in russia's republic of chechnya security forces came into contact with the group on saturday morning before exchanging far when the suspects refused to surrender the official say that up to a dozen armed militants escaped and are thought to have fled into a nearby forest areas been sealed off with additional security troops closing in on the assailants russia's caucuses is seeing a spike in violence activity with a number of terror attacks going up by a third in the last few months special operations by government forces have seen over two hundred militants killed this year. and now let's check some other world news in brief this hour thousand said taken to the streets of tripoli to voice their support for the libyan leader's defiance of nato bombings in a recorded audio message clearly gadhafi t

trucks and of the major projects the development off the north caucuses stand along side of the twenty fourteen up thought yellin packs as the most expensive projects on three taking by the russian government. and that's all the business is for now for more stores you can always check out our web sites are to dot com slash business but in the meantime stay tuned for the headlines for kerry. reviewed the latest in science and see. some of. the future coverage.

country the list contains names of foreigners and international organizations operating in the north caucuses. and new sexual assault charges against former i.m.f. chief dominique strauss kahn are filed in france as a new york case against him falls apart. french writer says she was attacked a decade ago but strauss kahn's lawyers say it's slander and. next cross talk looks to lebanon and to whether the political and military group has a ball is finding its reputation bolstered by being more closely linked to murder. and you can. follow and welcome the crosstalk i'm peter lavelle the united nations tribunals has indicted some members of the lebanese shia movement hezbollah for the assassination of former lebanese prime minister is this special tribunal looking for justice or is it a tool attempting to take advantage of the country's deep political divisions and is lebanon the ultimate loser in this legal process. and. crosstalk lebanon's trial i'm joined by how a job are in beirut she's a british lebanese journalist and author in jerusalem we cross all makes arun he is a writer for commentary