plans to treble college fees and they've got the backing of one high profile elder statesman as r.t. hears later. i believe it will build up and build up because i think you need the whole nature of our society and i would expect it would have very very profound political effect in the future there are moments in history when people look around and say we are being controlled by those who don't have to listen to us we've got to trade right to be educated right and yeah and the right to justice are human rights. more from the veteran british politician tony benn in ten minutes time here on our team before that cars may be skidding and sliding their way through the wintry snap but there is one russian mode of transport that's galloping it had once again the traditional troika as fans young and old even czars and soviet leaders have big fans through the centuries. of here's how horse power is making a comeback it's not very often the thought of the whole scourge becomes the symbol of a month or a nation and here that's exactly what's happened with the troika a true symbol of russia come join

r.t. next hears from a human rights group which believes the world body is struggling right now to deal with this. with me i have the executive director of human watch a human rights group based in switzerland mr miller thank you very much for joining us here on r.t. your group basically the united nations but why does the u.n. even need monitoring he would watch as a non-governmental organization whose mandate is to monitor the united nations according to the principles of its charter essentially to hold the un accountable and to measure it by the arctic of its own charter many israelis complain that israel does not get a fair deal or if a hearing by the united nations would you agree it's one of our issues that's important to us is fighting anti-semitism and also the discriminatory treatment of israel the un's obsession with israel doesn't only harm israel doesn't only harm the peace process but it harms the un as a whole it prevents the u.n. from being effective for human rights victims who never get their day of international attention why is the u.n. to use your words obsessed with isra

r.t. we hear from the organization sacred general that chat coming right up this morning . mr bush of us thank you very much for talking to us during this summit to what extent is organization for security and cooperation in europe is interested in proposed by president. whether proposals by present medvedev had one great merit because they were sort of a wake up call that not. everybody was happy with in the family of greater europe with the current arrangements regarding security that a fresh look if fresh approach had to be given to those issues. clearly energized the discussions and you will see as you know there was a so-called call for process and i think this laid the groundwork for the efforts of the cars a german ship of see where see this year and the strong push by the covered seven ship to have this summit which we are having now and which in a way. to renovate and to give a new foundation to european security the mere fact that a fifty six hour meeting here means that they care about having a better atmosphere about each other a better climate and that they car

r.t. . they cannot hear but have a lot to say explore how death people in russia tune in to world impervious to their problems. now the u.s. led coalition forces in afghanistan could extend their reach into neighboring pakistan says the new york times report the paper quotes an anonymous american official who claims special forces will start targeting militants across the border . the u.s. denies the suggestions and washington has been using drones to strike suspected insurgency bases in pakistan and this often accused of killing civilians in the process islamabad has described the attacks as a violation of its territorial sovereignty and kathy kelly coordinator of voices for creative nonviolence says the u.s. military establishment is simply hoping to prolong its cash flow. and it seems to me that the united states would have an effect similar to what has happened in the past here in afghanistan along with the drone attacks the invasion of a sovereign country. a united states joint special operations whose means of attack and the death squads and assassinations and night raids would exacerb

r.t. you barely hear the aftermath of freezing rains causing major delays in disruption of airports across russia one of the worst affected is moscow's domodedovo airport where there's been a power cut today some flights were cancelled and others were diverted to nearby airports though a small number of domestic flights are taking off these sort of brings us the full picture. substations the power. cables that run the. double whammy of the weather is well really. coming in today. cause. they were getting the information that they were going to be going anywhere now they're going to trying to rectify the situation is. one of the. running we had the planes. taking off. and it's not to be affected by the. number of people in the most. affected by the. story. but the bad weather how did each of. these one. credit be dangerous to get around we've had a number of incidents people have been injured in another. three three thing and nothing. really everyone. coming up shortly on carving up the government's. other warning. for the u.s. congress to slam the pentagon over shady jet fuel deals for ame

r.t. . just ahead we'll hear how even the man who has everything is never entirely happy taking delivery of the world's biggest private luxury yacht complete with fur lining and swimming pools but it's still waving it's russian billionaire owner of a blues find out who it is in a few moments. first supporters of wiki leaks declared cyber war against companies they see as obstructing the anti-secrecy website mastercard visa and pay powell all came under attack after they stopped taking donations for wiki leaks and as the swiss bank account of its founder julian assange was frozen has been arrested in britain and is waiting extradition to sweden where he's accused of sex crimes meanwhile is going to found out the firms that have cut off wiki leaks appear happy to allow outspoken hate groups among their clients. the u.s. government has presented no charges against julian of song but that hasn't stopped government officials from reportedly putting pressure at the highest level to cut off money supply a senior executive of america's money transfer giant pay pal said the state department had writ

american poet ralph waldo emerson put it best when saying what you do speaks so loudly i cannot hear what you say. r.t. new york you can find more on this and everything we cover on our website our team here is what's also online. going the extra mile for that rush of adrenaline see how our russian base jumper thanks to add the arctic now into. the sun may be smiling down on us according to russian businesses find out why they say. that it's the happiest dog on our new and improved. absolute arteaga. sunday kosovo prepares to hold its first parliamentary election since it declared unilateral independence from serbia three years ago but r.t. sarah forth reports the serbian minority there is boycotting the elections claiming there are unwelcome and being excluded from the region society. and her family live in a small serbian enclave in costs of a it's a fairly so that she existence she cut off from the white albanian community and the change from the war in the one nine hundred ninety s. which divided the country and the generation this was built at the height of the cost of the wall to protect the ser

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american poet ralph waldo emerson put it best when saying what you do speaks so loudly i cannot hear what you say. r.t. new york what america's human rights focus is currently set forth on its own shores calling for china to free the nobel peace prize winner china reacted angrily to the award being given to a jail dissidents describing it as a political false and an insult to its judicial system even so there was a standing ovation at the right. friday as represented by the chair that's because he's serving an eleven year sentence for subversion. thanks he's also banned things wife from attending the laureate was awarded for his work on human rights it's called reform. the nation is calling for his release raising questions about double standards and he writes. the nobel peace. prize is purely political china is very. the united states is used human rights of the mantle of human rights as a way to deal with is the governments it wants to overthrow that that was certainly the case in the old former soviet union it's been the case in cuba it's the in the case of china today i think the united states wan

american poet ralph waldo emerson put it best when saying what you do speaks so loudly i cannot hear what you say. r.t. new york you can find more on this story and plenty more on our website our team dot com here's what's also online right now. going the extra mile for that adrenaline rush a russian base jumper takes on the antarctic now into. the sun is smiling down on us recording a russian business find out what's making it happen your star according to them on our new and improved web site r t v dot com. this sunday kosovo prepares to hold its first parliamentary election since declaring unilateral independence from serbia three years ago but as our case our fourth reports the serbian minority there is boycotting the elections claiming their own welcome and excluded from the region's society because ana and her family live in a small serbian enclave in cos of a it's a fairly so that she existence here she cut off from the way the albanian community and it'll change in the war in the one nine hundred ninety s. which divided the country and its integration this rule was built at the height of the c

american poet ralph waldo emerson put it best when saying what you do speaks so loudly i cannot hear what you say. r.t. new york. you get more of the story on our website. as well but you can also find out why human rights activists reproving to barack obama on another issue we explore washington's calling for the release of fallen political prisoners while refusing to free the road. website. awaiting a performance. get all the details plus of interesting facts about the. i am the sun is smiling down on us according to russian physicists find out what's making it happen. in our new improved website. this sunday kosovo is preparing to hold its first parliamentary election since it declared unilateral independence from serbia three years ago the vote comes amid calls for partition by the ethnic minorities that is. finding out many of kosovo's serbs have decided to boycott the poll. begun and her family live in a small serbian enclave in kosovo it's a fairly solid she existence here largely cut off from the way the albanian community and little change from the war in the one nine hundred ninety s. which

american poet ralph waldo emerson put it best when saying what you do speaks so loudly i cannot hear what you say. r.t new york. the sunday kosovo is preparing to hold its first parliamentary election since it declared unilateral independence from serbia three years ago the vote comes amid calls for petition by the ethnic minorities furthest been finding out for us many of the kosovo serbs have decided to boycott the polls. the governor and her family live in a small serbian enclave in kosovo it's a fairly solid she existence here largely cut off from the way the albanian community and little change from the war in the one nine hundred ninety s. which divided their country and brutalized a generation before with pearl of the height of the cause of in war to protect the serbian community behind it from gunfire that would come from the right as it was the albanian populated area and i remained to day was followed by a mind of the continuing ethnic conflicts. national bed i remember the wall being built after a neighbor was shot by us he worked on the land near the road we still live in fear here it's ha

american poet ralph waldo emerson put it best when saying what you do speaks so loudly i cannot hear what you say. r.t. new york. thousands of football fans have gathered in moscow and st petersburg to commemorate the death of a man killed in a massive brawl a fan of spartak moscow football team you go died on the spot after he was shot with rubber bullets in a fight involving more than ten people with cross live now part of moscow are considering those are about joins us at this gathering we're getting reports police are using special equipment against football fans what's happening where you are is that the case. and he says so far we've seen thousands of people gathered in the heart of moscow just outside the kremlin as i was walking through the crowd to get to our cameras i noticed a lot of people wearing masks and picking up park benches street signs throwing bottles and slayer's at police we also know that some of the protesters have already been detained but right now it looks fairly quiet there is still a very heavy police presence of course this is one of the most famous sites in moscow the h

r.t. and later on of the channel we hear from american not war veterans who found themselves fighting their own conscience. they are killing innocent. boys call of course and that's never i am. almost sorry for the skull still with me i think of it every day. before i start trouble to memory. the same time. i was. i was ashamed that i had been. i was ashamed that i had been a. go go. forward. what i was going on was the right thing. that i was a good soldier. but you know most soldier on the other side and i think i'm just as good. i'm not programs on here throughout the day today. yet some will do is a break from good citizens to leave by the political crisis in the african state erupted into deadly violence be un secretary general on the situation is becoming increasingly volatile and risks a return to civil war but said un peacekeepers are being forced out by the incumbent president recognized as rivals election victory more than fifty people have reportedly died since the ballot. students of marched against university budget cuts that are expected to be approved by housing as demonstrat

poet ralph waldo emerson put it best when saying what you do speaks so loudly i cannot hear what you say marina porter r.t. new york. back to our top story this hour about of course the violence that broke out in moscow among football fans let's cross live to son thomas who has the latest for us. so on you are now the court building where those involved in the brawl which killed that football fan why these people were gathering in moscow to tell us about how it all started. ok certainly the first of all this is the courthouse where the proceedings against him will be held and it is expected that some people might come here and actually cause some trouble there's a significant police presence here but so far things are quiet how this all began a little bit of background back on monday there was a brawl after a. match. got involved with a fight with some people from the north caucuses region. killed shot and killed believe that he was killed by. three other people were arrested in that event. and there have been arrested in charges of instigating a fight at that time fans went out into the streets and peopl

ralph waldo emerson put it best when saying what you do speaks so loudly i cannot hear what you say marina portnoy r.t. new york. america's human rights focus is currently set to fall from its own shores calling for china to free the new nobel peace prize winner china reacted angrily to the award being given to jail dissidents describing it as a political force and insults to its judicial system you can see there was a standing ovation when. friday was represented to chair. so that when the sentence was. trying these on florence's also banned his wife from attending the riots was awarded for his work on human rights and political reforms the u.s. is among the nation's scorn for the news release raising questions about standards and rights run beca from the coalition says the nobel peace prize is purely political china is right to be wary of. the united states as used human rights of the mantle of human rights as a way to deal with it in my eyes the governments it wants to overthrow that that was certainly the case in the old former soviet union it's been the case in cuba it's the in the case of china

line any time you'd like to get some updates on all of our stories and hear some of what else is waiting for you right now at r.t. dot com well americans love to shop but there's a real price to be paid we report on the plastic addiction that's storing up trouble for the future. and meet the siberian strong man we are and where the hard climate helps to build mighty muscles it's all at all to dot com. with a new year on the way russia is preparing for what is arguably its biggest nationwide event and a few things are truly maga holiday like a full russian feast alongside traditional for trees and champagne tangerines are a must have at festive dinner tables twenty spots has been tracking down a key source for the celebratory citrus it's a party as golden harvest thousands and the tiny caucuses republic spend the winter months in their gardens picking fresh mandarins the fruit is a traditional feature of the russian holiday season we went away we call them gold our mandarins are the most beautiful things we have in a posse the weather has been helping us recently it's like god is looking at us from heaven. almost

our upsides online any time for you to get updates on the all out stories and hear some of what else is at the at r.t. dot com right now. americans love to shop but there's a real price to be paid to report on the plastic addiction that storing up trouble for the future. i made this siberian strongman where enormous what a hard climate helps to build might in muscles it's all about our team. with new year on the way russia is preparing what is all good blades biggest nationwide event and few things truly among the holiday like a full russian feast alongside the traditional thought trees and champagne tangerines are a must have at festive dinner tables that is bollocks has been tracking down a key source for the celebrate treat citrus it's a party as golden harvest thousands and destroying the caucasus republic spend the winter months in their gardens picking fresh mandarins the fruit is a traditional feature of the russian holiday season we were very we call them. our mandarins are the most beautiful things we have in the parts you know the weather is beautiful because recently it's like god is looki

r.t. see you next time and remember cross talk rules. and. it can hear dr swines policeman's wives ministers why i just pray that if you didn't find me if i could just live through the night that i would get my kids out of here because i knew that what was going to happen was that he was going to kill me many victims don't understand that domestic violence includes verbal abuse psychological abuse physical abuse and sexual abuse at least four million women are affected by abuse every year those are my only two options that i saw at that moment either i'm going to kill him or me in jail or he's going to killing me see. and discover its beauty to. communicate with the wild. test yourself. and become free. and. see what nature can give you see. they faced it this is not a provocation but war. and pay for it and we should be scary but you sure disapprove retraced pieces they have no idea about the hardships the you face. right wanted to says it all to two minutes and for any army the life of a usaf mother is a most precious thing in the world. is of self-sac

they now hearing aren't even more member going always turn to our web site r.t. dot com right now though with take a look at what's happening in the world of business. well welcome to the business program i'm sure on a key on this year's christmas shopping has shown that russians are not yet spending as much as they did before the crisis however russia has one of the longest winter holiday periods in the world a lot of retailers and restaurants to make fortunes during that period tatyana political reports. many russians start celebrating christmas with the rest of the world all due to it's a fifth of december. then move into the new year's festivities and then off course celebrates their own russian orthodox christmas all the seventh of january the ellipse will wakes holidays make folk be expanding holiday shopping in russia will do three town sales by forty two percent this december which is ten percent higher than the same period last year clothing purchases and food retail will grow over fifty percent this month whereas toys sales will increase a whopping one

ok mark but i know you had a few sound problems that hearing us from kabul but thank you very much indeed for joining us on r.t. . britain's foreign secretary says that russia and the u.k. have each expelled one of the others diplomats in a rather ever and then spying is the first souring in the two countries relations since moscow in london began working to reset ties there and it reports now from london. william hague the foreign secretary wrote a letter to the house of commons explaining what had happened he said that britain had indeed expelled a diplomat from the russian embassy in london they requested that diplomats expulsion on december the tenth after what hague is calling clear evidence of russian intelligence service activities acting against british interests here in london then we are also hearing of course from the other end that there was a tit for tat expulsion from the british embassy in moscow and in response to that expulsion from moscow william hague said that britain rejects any basis for that particular action despite the fact that of course it was only a response to what the foreign offi

remember you can hear more on this and all the stories we're covering twenty four hours a day at r.t. dot com here's what's also online. going the extra mile for that rubble in iraq see a russian base jumper they got in antarctica. but. the sun may be smiling down at least according to russian physicist find out what's making it the happiest star on our new and improved website r t dot com. this sunday kosovo prepares to hold its first parliamentary election since it declared unilateral independence from serbia three years ago but as r.t. sarraf earth reports the serbian minority there is boycotting the elections claiming there are unwelcome and being excluded from the region society. and family live in a small serbian enclave in cost of a it's a fairly so that she existence when she comes home from the white albanian community and this will change when the war in the one nine hundred ninety s. which divided the country and its generation this was the height of the cost of the wall to protect the serbian community behind it from gunfire that would come from the right to the albanian p

let's hear a business update for this hour but you can always find more stories on our website r.t. dot com slash business. the . line in motion would be so much brighter if you knew about song from france to crash in the sun. needs to start on t.v. dot com. at that time for the headlights are a nazi five are arrested in denmark about sex with the country's biggest ever terrorism attempt in concerns of islamic extremism spreading across europe. it's the fourth day of a judge's reading the verdict against me how come across the former oil tycoon who was found guilty of money building a wall which in the end of his first sentence for tax evasion. and storing up trouble economic crisis is proving to be no barrier to america's credit card addiction that shoppers continue to see. swipe their way through session. palestinian officials say they will ask the u.n. security council to approve a resolution condemning israeli settlements in the west bank. has now from a human rights group that's concerned the world body struggling to play fair with israel. with me i have the executive director

but it's not the arabs that need to hear what these are is to say it's the world that needs to be remotely so drones killing off human lives with homemade policia r.t. . we're going to take a short break here on our table to stay with us we have more on the bed for the first world cup in twenty eighteen coming your way. it was created to serve public interests to inform and to entertain. these days there's nothing easier than opening a new media outlet but there is nothing harder than revoking its license in case of corruption. san antonio in trouble. the problem. you can involve in a community where you have one large corporation controlling the daily newspaper radio stations television stations the cable outlet or you tell me that that sounds like democracy public opinion versus f.c.c. broadcast blues on archie. download the official on t.m. placation on the phone all i pod touch from the i choose apps to. life on the go. see video on demand parties money for old costs and already says feeds now in the palm of your. questions on the dot com. for six months russian capital was in a state of siege. days and nights people lived in fear of occupation

they're talking about it's very rare to hear about this and now that it's starting to come out a little more i think it's important for news organizations like r.t. or the young turks to really bring it to light because this is a huge issue and the reason why this is so problematic is because you know several political scholars have done studies on how the mainstream media influences political action by people in the united states so if they're getting misinformation they're going to use that misinformation when they go to the polls and when they vote and i think that's crazy that really undermines the whole purpose of our democracy now upon potter did here in his interview with raw story is he didn't actually disclose any names of specific reporters didn't mention any specific articles and because of that the new york times essentially is vehemently denying that this ever happened they say you don't even have any specific examples and potter said that he chose not to do that because he didn't want to embarrass anyone do you think that was the right choice or should he have really outed these reporters. i don't think that was the right choice to

it's not the arabs that need to hear what these are is to say it's the world that needs to use remote control drones killing off human lives with homemade points here r.t. i would say by. now then fixing global defense is what we focus on in ten minutes as the head of the world's largest regional security organization gives us his insight next there was the basis of the shots. and i welcome to the business program herron r.t. with. investors have taken a less favorable view towards russia in comparison to other bric countries but emerging markets should still see higher growth and then more developed libels global economist at h.s.b.c. bank explains why. the growth for russia is a little bit soft. for some of the other emerging market countries this was relating to supply side emanating from the drought and also there were because of the inflationary pressures you would have. going forward so there were these two factors that did come to play also you have to remember that russia. growth. there was expectations that global growth is going to be sluggish and so oil prices in particular will remain subdued. these two factors have hurt russian growth expe

r.t. sarah for has a look. russia's entering the hybrid calm ok this is one of the first hybrid cars to you in the build we've been hearing today from the construction team and some of the team behind the project we know that this car runs on a combined gas and electric engine and we've been hearing about some of the new technology sort of will say being nice and it's an incredibly exciting project now one of the founders of the project mikhail prokhorov spake today and introduced the cars and he was saying that this is really about breaking stereotypes one of these being that russia can produce a good car. or. if. you love the. system you can see the three different types they keep a hatchback and a minivan and we can take a look inside because we've heard a lot about what it's actually going to the consumers is saving money on the car they're actually going to be reasonably cheap to buy so they'll go and sell for around ten thousand dollars and inside the car you can see there's quite a lot of space there's light materials to the used inside some of the similar in the space industry and also you can see this on it's goi

of america so we'll hear a lot more about business news from wiki leaks regardless of judean predictability meantime an m.e.p. from the u.k. is independence party gerard batten told r.t. that the its own case has exposed some major flaws in the european legal system. what i'm here for is to draw attention to the unjust the injustice of the european arrest warrant as such because under european arrest warrant look or has almost no powers to prevent extradition that they're trying to do is to get him back to sweden on a holding charge so that they can try then issued id to the u.s. and of course the european tradition as a warrant is is absolutely key to that because it's as i said it's a formality under this procedure to take him back to sweden so it fulfills a purpose it's an ideal tool for them and it illustrates this is the highest profile cases actually happened under this arrest warrant procedure and it illustrates the injustice of the whole thing not just you know to mr summers with all the british citizens and european union citizens who've been extradited under this proceeding. you can always keep up to date on our website with all the latest news and other st

all those who call and hear all the same people it may be just that the music of their hearts and souls is louder but still not loud enough to be officially recognized. kovach r.t. moscow. well more news and analysis is always at your fingertips on our website that's r.t. dot com just a taste of what's online few right now hundreds jailed off the protests at present with the shakers election victory and other groups get more on what's been happening on the streets of the capital and what. it costs a short list of eleven has been building russia's competition from what's good for the twenty fourteen winter olympics unite is it ranges from the gulf in to put. could it be choose which one you like best and. u.s. officials have come on the farm for a edged shady dealings to get fuel for the american air force base in kurdistan congressional investigators say the u.s. turned a blind eye to multimillion dollar fraud schemes by the supplier peter the eurasia democracy initiative says the dodgy deals were a factor in sparking the popular unrest former president of in april. what the congressional subcommittee on national security and foreign affairs. dealt with in the

r.t. . well christine joins me now in the studio to give us more on this story christine tell me one of these meetings was a hearing today where there are residents there as well talking to you know the representatives telling them their side of the story talking about their experiences their dirty drinking water well let's break this down the piece you saw in my report that was a panel discussion at the heritage foundation there was also a four that was put on by the department of the interior ken salazar getting the input from a lot of different people but it was no residence at all it was all industry people people who answer to the president as far as energy and climate people with the bureau of land management all different sort of the higher ups as well as lobbyists who have interest in this giving very piece but the most interesting thing is that this wasn't about how it harms certainly most people here say it benefits they say secretary of the interior ken salazar said this is for good for homeland security this is good for energy this is good all around but there wasn't anyone as you mention there are no r

r.t. dot com slash business. question is that so much i'm afraid we're going to make it to a lot of people a fair enough but what are you hearing because if anything two thousand came chodesh just how fragile the world is was an. eagle mega sergeant of the israeli defense forces. during his service scorched a street fight. if i am from the colonel of the chilean armed forces participated in keeping down a military revolt. coming. a sergeant in the us army. tried to become an american by getting pardon me i'm a good. ranks and reasons differ but one thing brings them together once they disobey. moshe's would be so much brighter if you knew about song from feinstein christians . totty dot com. hello it's ten thirty pm here in moscow this. out with the old and in with the new we bring you the highs and lows of. twelve months in western countries with the wave of civil unrest raging across europe. there if you cuts begin by. new year's night sometimes of miracles you say russian families thousands. up next to farewell to twenty ten in a new year's eve edition of crosstalk. and you can. follow in welcome to cross talk i'm peter lave

r.t. minsk. the brother of the late polish president killed in a plane crash in southwest russia has claimed the body buried in krakow does not belong to lech kaczynski former prime minister hear us live kaczynski has not yet decided whether he will ask for the remains to be examined russian media reports moscow is possible by the comments because polish officials were present at all stages of the identification earlier warsaw rejected the findings of the investigation into the a problem crash report concluded that pilot error was among the main causes of a fatal accident that killed ninety six the polish prime minister has called the findings unacceptable and groundless but every nation expert chris gates says the russian investigation what's their role and no farther international inquiry is needed. i've looked at this issue since the accident and examined the cockpit voice recording transcripts and so on and i can't fault any of the conclusions that have been leaked by the russian authorities i don't believe personally that if we bring an international investigating team into the equation that the findings will be any different to what they are which seems to be the pressur

might hear today over ninety years after firing the shot which sparks the bolshevik revolution the legendary cruiser rora is officially decommissioned and its crew disbanded all the details at r.t. dot com. in other news this wednesday the organization for security and cooperation in europe is losing its influence and needs to be modernized and are the words of russia's president dmitri medvedev who has been visiting the cause at capital of austin law as it hosts the first summit of the fifty six member group in a decade ross also wants to reboot relations with the group which suffered after the country withdrew from the european conventional arms treaty three years ago that this isn't came after the u.s. announced its missile defense plans in europe also at the summit president medvedev has once again pushed his initiative to create a pen european security treaty but. the new treaty we have proposed would be aimed at guaranteeing common security for europe i think everyone who supports it is it's been discussed for two and a half years maybe the stereotypes of the past is still strong and this initiative is ahead of its time but its turn will inevitably come. but russia is loo