up next lee with legendary russian writer alexander solzhenitsyn tells r.t. how she's keeping his ideas at the forefront of modern thinking. oh yeah no welcome to spotlight. today my guest is not. in the truth essentially alexander solzhenitsyn was one of the most famous russian writers and communist regime he passed away in two thousand and eight at the age of eighty nine leaving behind a rich heritage novels and historical works after being ousted from the u.s.s.r. by the communist regime the true freedom loving patriot lived and worked abroad until finally returning to russia in one nine hundred ninety four his wife has always been his best friend and now off to the right says that she manages the foundation how is she promoting her husband's ideas today here's the president of the foundation not that it's a. novel but it's on the some of the gulag archipelago tells of the repressive machine russia communist leaders try to prevent the book from being published are old but in nineteen seventy three the gulag archipelago was printed in paris the following year.

be able to use russia's satellite navigation system indian political analyst jyoti malhotra told r.t. how important this move could be. the russians have offered for the first dime access to india to your military signals which means that if india has no access to the russian blueness military system which is a space that big asian system then we can actually use those signals to ball terrorists training camps in pakistan or anywhere else because these minute recently a very hard decision those strikes strikes this potential besides drugs can be actually they can be very very finely doget to and after the mumbai attacks which took place two years ago there's been a public opinion in india is very very hostile against the use of data so i think just is this one agreement where india has access to the russian. space that the geishas system and where we get military signals from europe is a is a very big act of friendship. there from indian political analysts jyoti malhotra speaking from new delhi while on the way here on r t innocent till proven guilty the latest on the leaks founder julian

r.t. sara how is a russia planning to equip itself should it get to host the world cup and twenty eight well first of all with massive infrastructure. what's everyone's waiting to find out which. construction of the stadium is in full swing work is that working very hard to get that completed by twenty twelve possibly even sooner and then that new state of the art would qualify for the seventy finals of the world cup and that work is underway and of course loads more stadiums and new infrastructure built around the country and kids than is a forty five thousand seater under way and plans for the areas the surrounds can cross into among the cities that are having lots of work done another fifty committee actually visited the new senate site in august and we've heard the fee for experts saying that the governmental guarantees to the event a rock solid now the stay to death this is all the trials and the infrastructure as we said a little somewhat under way there now to get that up to scratch russia's putting committee has said they've made no secret about the fact that right now there is plent

r.t. looks at how bonuses and benefits are cash dam. and he may be sitting in a british prison waiting for a decision on whether to be sent to sweden over allegations of rape but we can lease founder julian assange just climb to the top position and times online poll to be named person of the year in stark contrast to the us there have been calls for some high profile figures for the internet whistleblower to face execution all because he sighed published secret american diplomatic cables containing criticism of its allies assad is being held in london over at his ations of technical rape under swedish law which were previously dropped against him many suspect the u.s. could be behind the allegations being reinstated as it attempts to keep him quiet but as independent journalists antony loewenstein in sydney says even if a son has silenced their all the others. well i think this certainly been rumors for a long time to the u.s. government would like to get a song in silence here and we should leaks i mean it's something that many of us

r.t. . explore how the wiki leaks revelations are affecting the world or big money. now the next. blast off on wednesday it will take a crew of three. to the international space station. reports. the rocket itself arrives in baikonur in three different parts and the process of putting it together is incredibly intricate every screw every bolt has to be checked and then rechecked to make sure that it's correct now those putting putting in the work on the ground to make sure that's all good and safe know that they have in their hands the safety of those going up into space preparations take a long time it can take from five days to two weeks to unload all the separate parts of the rocket and assemble them after the rocket is assembled it has to undergo a series of tests every team looks through some part of the rocket the engine the electronics now the so used him a rocket widely regarded as the best way the most safe way and the most reliable way of getting people into space and plenty of people coming gathering here most some of them former astronauts former cosmonauts coming to s

r.t. moscow. that's how a business update for that sol you can always find more stories on our website r.t. dot com slash business. hungry for the full story we've got it for. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. download the official t. up location on the phone i pod touch from the. life on the go. video on demand tease mine gold coast's and r.s.s. feeds now in the palm of your. question on the dot com. party is coming to you live from moscow welcome to the program with the old and in that with the new retrace the heartbreak and hope which define two thousand and ten and look at the key events which shape the year for russia. europe's twelve months of turmoil with some of the biggest protests ever seen it was slash spending and tax hikes but predictions say there's a worse to come as the cuts start to bite. in the people's prophecies we hit the streets of new york to hear their wishes and worries are headed for two thousand and eleven. and next find out how to see in the n

r.t. max kaiser considers how to stop financial terrorist attack the world's economy. j.p. morgan and j.p. morgan are the fed that's part of the u.s. banking cartel jamie diamond is ben bernanke is dirty underwear. and ben bernanke gives jamie dimon a few billion fresh and if they don't then jamie dimon says we're going to crash the u.s. economy the global economy by not rolling over this junk diaper debt collateralized by baby poop and your old tire goble economy goes into the into the swamp about why is jamie diamond not in guantanamo bay right now being violated by black mortars zero never is down there walking on broken glass eating broken glass why was he allowed to roam free why was your double standard why do the people at airports have to have people from the t.s.a. stick their hands up their strength ring up to their elbow and then jamie don't want to walk around free is a bird i don't get it he's the terrorist. moscow is infamous for its miles of traffic jams leaving angry drivers fighting off road great power to six out of boyko took to the streets of the russian

r.t. looks at how it all began and what our special report about the first manned space in just over an hour's time. chosen from among many. he was given the clear cut mission. accomplished. became the first ever encounter space. one of the best known persons in the world. his thoughts were focused on money. could he ever think that his life's work would cost him. one of the few seconds. what she could see the sealed barrels still. your regard any. moscow court has the later the liberty of its verdict and the second. twenty seventh of december that have been due to be handed down on wednesday former yugoslav i coom is already serving an eight year prison term for tax evasion fraud and embezzlement and has also been charged with stealing millions of tons of oil is found guilty he'll stay behind bars until twenty seventeen if the court clears her cost of the charges he will walk free in less than a year some observers call a political case but the russian authorities insist this executives must be prosecuted for economic crimes. slovakia the most recent country to convert to the euro is having a

r.t. looks at how it all began what's our special report about the first man in space longer today. chosen from among many. he was given a clear cut mission. a mission he successfully accomplished. and became the first ever man in outer space. hero of the soviet union one of the best known persons in the whole world. all his thoughts were focused on flight to could he ever think that his life's work would cost him his life. what happened in those few seconds. and what secrets these sealed barrels still hold. keurig are in. place when our team. a moscow court has the way to delivery of its verdict in the second trial of meal how to cops again till the twenty seventh of december it had been due to be handed down on wednesday the former ucas tycoons already serving an eight year prison term for tax evasion fraud and embezzlement and has also been charged with stealing millions of tons of oil well if found guilty will stay behind bars until twenty seventeen and if the court clear is one of cost of the charges he will walk free in less than a year some observers call it a political case

r.t. to tell them how it's time for the world community to take to step up and get the peace process moving between israelis and palestinians. mr sultan of you recently visited syria and lebanon where you met the leaders of these two countries you also met how it must show in damascus where you said that israel settlement policy in the occupied arab lands was a main stumbling point to the resumption of palestinian israeli talks does russia have a clear vision of how to get out of a situation like. this. it's true that israel's settlement policy in the occupied outer blonds has become an obstacle to the resumption of direct palestinian israeli talks i should say that the present situation has shown the need for the international community to step up its participation and assistance in the solution of the palestinian problem it has become obvious that the way this problem used to be solved until recently and the means in the methods that we have turned out to be insufficient that is why russia is calling for a more active international effort or does it all about it's about increasing collect

r.t. looks back at how it all began you can watch our special report about the first man in space yuri gagarin in just over ten minutes time. chosen from among many. he was given a clear cut mission. a mission he successfully accomplished. and became the first ever man in outer space. hero of the soviet union one of the best known persons in the whole world. all his thoughts were focused on flights to could he ever think that his life's work would cost him his life. what happened in those few seconds. and what secrets these sealed barrels still hold. keurig are in. place. well russia or is hosting separate talks with the north and south korean representatives resuming the six party negotiations over tensions on the korean peninsula moscow is one of the most vocal advocates for a peaceful solution to the current crisis on tuesday foreign minister sort of a laugh it off and his north korean counterpart agreed that the turmoil must be resolved through diplomatic means only john yang also welcomed china's proposal to hold a meeting between the heads of delegation to the six party talks leonid put

nothing new to the world and it's undeniable that it exists today however how should anti-semitism be defined. the headlines here on r.t. and the question of time. to find out how many more years he will have to spend behind bars the already jailed former russian tycoon was found guilty of embezzling billions of dollars he's currently serving a sentence for tax evasion and for. russia's a prime minister's. airline personnel for what he calls unacceptable behavior thousands of stranded passengers in moscow say they were left to fend for themselves this comes after bad weather conditions temporary shutdown airport causing severe delays and flight cancellations at other airports. and the u.s. military budget grows less money flows to welfare benefits and some americans are wondering whether they are paying too much to fill the nation's war chest the federal debt has reportedly hit its highest level in over sixteen years. here with the latest from the world of sports. hello and welcome to the sports news and our team here is what's coming up in the next town that's called russia's national football team remain on track to

r.t. will tell you how people in rural russia stay fit whether it's minus twenty or twenty two. join us on our exploration of siberia region you can find out how these young preserving ancient traditions and keeping team spirit. out of favor out of office now in trouble with. the law moscow's deposed mayor yuri luzhkov could face charges of corruption money laundering and fraud that is r.t. second thing the question of are reports russian investigators suspect that alleged that murky dealings may have been a family affair. why call the workers at one of moscow's banks are facing jail for lending too much credit and trust to the city's former mayor your english golf and his wife russia's richest woman board and find themselves at the central yet another scandal prosecutors suspect them of laundering some thirteen billion rubles almost half a billion dollars in a somewhat primitive at seemingly effective brought the bank of moscow owned by a friend of which golf is accused of approving a whopping great loan to a dummy company which then use the money to buy land from the mayor's w

r.t. . oh this is how i want to moskos beezus tops looks like this hour power is back on and flights are getting back on should you add that the might via the airports one of the country's largest and worst hit by bad weather conditions over the weekend a snowstorm disrupted pa lines in the area as a result of that some one hundred fifty flights were delayed and over eight thousand passengers were forced to sleep on the app or its premises well now we can see that information is getting back on the screens of the app or before people had been complaining that they were receiving no updates on the flights whatsoever and even muscovites had to spend hours and hours here inside the airport having no information on whether to leave home on keep waiting for their flights well that's gossipy for how long they've been waiting for their flights inside how long have you been waiting for a flight. i was due to leave for terms of even the twenty seventh promised a flight will depart today but i don't know yet there's no information on the screens with cooley office in television and they said the plane at

r.t. sarah firth tells us how it all happened. substations the power the. cables the run the electric to. do one thing to travel. the double whammy of the weather as well really affecting the traffic coming in today. they were getting the information that they were going to be going anywhere. there were no meals no one has no place for people to sit there is no transport nothing has been done for the people. trying to rectify the situation as quickly as. none of the flights are up and running and we had planes actually going save people. maybe taking off. the still running and it's not been affected by the. number of people in the most. had been affected by the. story he gradually but the bad weather how did. this one the last couple of days that we think right now i find it incredibly dangerous to get around we've had a number of incidents people have been injured in another he's pulled the tree thing and nothing and. everyone. so first reporting for us eight suspected militants have been killed in a come to a ration in the capital of russia's southern rep

r.t. and mike scioscia considers how to stop financial terrorists attacking the world's economies. that owns j.p. morgan the j.p. morgan as the fed that's part of the u.s. banking cartel jamie diamond is ben bernanke he is dirty underwear and ben bernanke he gives jamie dimon a few billion fresh and if they don't then jamie dimon says we're going to crash the u.s. economy the global economy by not rolling over this junk diaper debt collateralized by baby poop and your old tired global economy goes into the into the swamp now why is jamie diamond not in guantanamo bay right now being violated by black mortars zero never is down there walking on broken glass eating broken glass why why is he allowed to roam free why is your double standard why do the people at airports have to have people from the t.s.a. stick their hands up their strength ring up to their elbow and then jamie down with you walking around free as a bird i don't get it he's the. aussie is coming to you live from the russian capital and long suffering motorists all of moscow will come to a beautiful but depressing sigh

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

and how that plays with r.t. martin are there's a top with uncle sam in the russian capital. from starbucks and mcdonald's but it comes to american culture this muscovites love anything to do with the good old us of a but it's not just all about food and drink american arts u.s. or fashion design a music it's all very popular here in modern day. yes moscow out is here in term and it's time time now to cross over to the business desk with charlotte. hello welcome to the business program here are with me show them this folly hedge fund so the largest net inflows since two thousand and seven with industry caps increasing by one hundred twenty billion dollars in the third quarter performance a new money the founder of a mosque a base hedge fund richard deitsch says managers investing in emerging economies will see massive inflows as the industry comes back on track after three difficult years. emerging market countries which are very strong emerging market countries have record levels of reserves. i think something like sixty percent or sixty five percent of all global reserves a

r.t. reporting from moscow. and of course i were across that store a few online that's how the white house for bringing you at r.t. dot com russian history for sale thousands of letters photos postcards and drawings of the lost designer's family and the auction is hammer. meet one girl you don't want to mess with the teen a sumo wrestler proving she's tough enough to beat the boys. another year of their own country might need a financial bailout soon italy which is the third largest economy that uses the euro currency and started plunging in the same direction as greece and ireland it comes as fresh protests sweeping across europe with people angry at facing tough cuts to pay for it all with talk more on this with the european parliament member nigel farage who's the leader of the u.k. independence party thank you very much indeed for joining us here on r.t. now on the bailout the candidate list seems to be lengthening doesn't it as well as portugal and spain italy seems to be in a precarious position now if the third largest economy so coombes could wipe out the euro in your opinion. course it could yes i mean s

how. dare you pushed obama r.t. . well up next we get a check of the major business stories this hour. and i welcome to business with me communal account law enforcers have relaunched an embezzlement probe at a bank founded by digg disgraced former moscow mary you're luzhkov it's alleged the bank of moscow russia's fifth largest bank bailed out of debt ridden why putin a but during the last year to the tune of three hundred million euros in a fraudulent property deal luzhkov was fired by president made of a difference of temper he denies any wrongdoing. and russia's biggest lenders bear a bad goal post record profits of five point one billion dollars this year according to the bank's head herrmann graph analysts had predicted net would top four point eight billion dollars spare back plans to boost profit another twenty percent next year however a graph added the bank will not raise dividends despite the profits. only in producer will saul has hired merrill lynch to appraise its twenty five percent stake in north that's according to reuters news agency earlier this month you offered to

r.t. correspondents i know the club has the latest. today wash out how sad it will cancel world taxes for belarus after creating a single economic zone between russia belarus and kazakhstan and if president bush and guy had any doubts left about this this seemed to have been the final argument to convince him and today and in his turn he promised that belarus would rectify the package of the documents needed for creating a single economic stone by as soon as first of january next year which is in less than a month and all three countries together with the overall population of one hundred and seventy million people will make up for eighty percent of the economic power of the uses sorry used to have of and the three leaders today have said that other countries are in some welcome to join and this is the next step towards deeper cooperation between the three countries of course they face a number of difficulties while working on this package of documents as it was done in such a short period of time right after preaching the customs union the similar diffi

r.t. coming your way in just a few moments find out how police files can bring new challenges for wiki leaks founder julian assange. just one big happy family one big happy country isn't really what you want to people in new york really think of the christmas spirit to talk to them a little bit later here on r.t. . the nuclear disarmament deal between russia and the united states has overcome his first stop to cool on the way to ratification the senate voted against an amendment that would see the treaty go back to the drawing board in his t.v. address us president barack obama ratification of the start treaty a matter of national priority democrats have faced a challenge pushing the deal from a number of republicans who want to postpone the debate until january when they will hold the majority in congress the key treaty was signed by the u.s. and russian presidents in april that was hailed as a major achievement in relations between both countries democratic strategist robert told us here at r.t. that not ratifying the deal would be a huge mistake. it would be stupid for the republicans to

r.t. visits a russian led her community to see how a lack of understanding of the outside world makes even those pure choose to stay. one pm in the russian capital i match reza good to be with you here on r t our top story the u.s. senate has finally approve the new strategic arms reduction treaty with russia after months of bitter and divisive wrangling on capitol hill the decision was hailed by both washington and moscow as a huge positive step in boosting u.s. russia relations and in furthering world nuclear disarmament let's get the latest from marcie's a catarina grad show over reporting live from moscow so the treaty has been finally approved by the u.s. senate but that's not the end is it what's up next. well to officially say that the united states is ready for the new strategic arms are done.

how again a welcome to spotlight on r.t. . today my guest is. the organization for security and cooperation here at this holding its meeting this week in. leaders at coming to discuss threats to the region one of the biggest challenges is the drug trade from afghanistan their recent joint. operation was a success and many experts i doubt advocating closer teamwork between nato russia and afghanistan but what are going to have the muscle and now to boost the coalition efforts in afghanistan general of the collective security treaty. the forthcoming always seesawing capital astana will feature leaders of the top political and military blocs the un nato and the europe presenting europe and america will join the cia ass and. to discuss terrorism international crime and drug trafficking the c.s.t. oh has been pessimistic about cooperation with nature so far but the successful joint anti-drug operation in afghanistan has proved teamwork is possible the c.e.o. also sees the astronaut summit as a perfect chance to blueprint real stamps for creating a ne

r.t. . i don't have a lot to say we explore how deaf people in russia well obviously their problems. the u.s. led coalition in afghanistan is denying reports it's extending its reach into neighboring pakistan but the new york times is quoted an anonymous american official saying special forces will start targeting militants across the buddha the u.s. has been using unmanned drones to strike suspected insurgents and bases in pakistan and is often accused of killing civilians in the process is out about describe the attacks as a violation of its territorial sovereignty well for more on this we're joined live by right to retire the u.s. army colonel in kabul how they change thanks for joining us now if the claims are true it means the u.s. is opening up a new front in the world and looking to wind down those that suggest withdrawal will be will difficult in your opinion. well the reports that the u.s. military forces special forces are actually operating i. should say pakistan it's been some we've heard rumors of that before this latest new york times article. perming was known and it's

r.t. will keep you posted on those developments and in the latest edition of his program max keiser asks how to stop financial terrorists plaguing the world's economies that's coming up a little bit later here on r.t. . j.p. morgan the j.p. morgan i was the fed that's part of the u.s. banking cartel jamie diamond is ben bernanke is dirty underwear and ben bernanke he gives jamie dimon a few billion fresh and if they don't then jamie dimon says we're going to crash the u.s. economy the global economy by not rolling over this junk diaper debt collateralized by baby poop and your old tired global economy goes into the into the swamp now why is jamie diamond in want to animal bay right now i don't get it. america is the largest banks may pay out bonuses in december rather than early next year so wall street's elite can avoid higher rates and the homelessness level not seen since the depression critics have slammed the sums that will be given to the bankers off the back of a hefty government bailout artie's marina portnoy looks at this flow of money which many average americans say is going strai

r.t. moscow. one of the later we'll tell you how russian authorities are using hard core reality to combat abuse find out about anti drug campaign which some say has gone too far in its bid to shock and why producers say it's the only way to get the message across. but first the u.n. security council is holding an emergency meeting behind closed doors discussing the increasing tension on the korean peninsula south korea says it will go ahead with military exercises on its shared border with the north despite a promise from pyongyang to respond forcefully the drills are to take place in the coming few days on a south korean island shelled by the north a month ago four people were killed in the november assault but this time pyongyang warns it will strike even harder the russian side which says it's deeply worried by the crisis called for the u.n. meeting china backs russia's call to restrain south korea but the u.s. maintains seoul has the right to hold the military drill political analyst would have frank says russia's best place to act as a mediator in the korean conflict. russia is the only country

r.t. dot com there you'll also find other things including how the whistleblower web site could veil the secrets of the russia nato strategic partnership moscow's envoy to dissipate some difficult discussions ahead you can see his interview online. and barack obama faces the second year of blue previous democratic presidents but the news example will follow bill clinton jimmy carter think it through with. bonus time is approaching on wall street and to the anger of many the rewards are set to rise but it's not just bankers bonuses going up so was unemployment across america thanks to the actions of those same financial institutions who were rescued with billions of dollars in bailout cash. looks at where that money is ending up. next the sculpture thirty thousand dollars now in the first floor thirty thousand to thirty two thousand if an artist were to illustrate something of today's new york city office that fifteen sixteen seventeen eighteen thousand votes nineteen thousand it may just be money bags twenty four thousand dollars to twenty six from you amid the lackluster american economic clima

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. is coming to you live from moscow and still ahead for you in the program blasting off for the holiday. dominoes the. last song from the cosmic knowing how to catch a reaction in just a couple of minutes right here on r.t. . this week saw another spate of unrest and street protests across europe and made government attempts to tackle their economic woes at an e.u. summit in brussels a permanent fund was agreed upon to bail out eurozone countries that are at risk of bankruptcy thousands of people continue to take to the streets all over europe protesting tough spending cuts and general strike in greece caused public transport disruption and closed schools banks and courts demonstrations were staged by trade unions all across the continent in france luxembourg belgium the czech republic and spain danish a member of the european parliament. believes the current crisis shows that you wrote it's a failed concept. the euro as a construction has created this problem because it has destroyed the southern europeans countries competitiveness and the bailout now is just prolonging and thereby creating an even bigger problem because the dept will ju

how many arrests or me. or the brothel. down there is more ahead for you to come this hour here on r.t. including the days when the grass was greener here in the balkans nostalgic for the more prosperous past during the mid twentieth century. show of siberian strength we travel to the russian city of on. square the tough climate produces a tough breed of people. the fourth day of reading the verdict in the second trial of former oil tycoon. is underway sentencing is expected on friday. and his business partner were found guilty of all embezzlement and money laundering both men are coming to the end of their previous jail term for tax evasion and fraud. as out of a is a cross developments for us here in moscow. ok with that of course he and his former colleagues left on a visit are still listening to their verdict and of course many already wondering why there are the verdict will be announced in full before the year two thousand and ten runs out of course it's already saying that the verdict could be read well into january of next year we know that there are fourteen files and hold all

r.t. moscow. ok it's now time to have a look at how the markets are performing in asia the hang seng is rising modestly on friday leading the gains up property developers helped by hopes that flush liquidity conditions and weakening dollar will keep property demand at a strong level soon chi profit is up almost half a percent henderson land development is gaining zero point eight percent the nikkei shut for new year's eve. and here in russian markets are also closed for the public holiday stocks finished high on thursday with the r.t.s. ending the day in pulse of territory and raising losses across metros amongst among the worst performers on the r.t.s. don with one hundred percent. that's your business update for this hour join me for more next. hello again this is all see a quick check of the headlines. out of the old and in with thinking it would tres the holiday break and hope was defined twenty ten and look at the key events which began for russia. europe's twelve months of turmoil with some of the biggest prospects approaches approaches that have a scene of a slash spending and tax hikes but prod

moments of the year but that does it for our look at twenty ten stopped time how many said now way and from all of us here at r.t. happy new year stay with us for the top of events in twenty eleven. well still ahead on this last day of twenty ten years now it is a time for miracles they say something to make of course quite another pretty come through we speak russian with the best tips on how to make it happen. for your of twenty ten was the year when some of its countries came to realize that you can't spend what you don't have bailouts and austerity began to be closely associated with the euro and hundreds of thousands of angry people all across the continent lashed out in response. breaks up the timeline for. the summer of discontent that became a winter woes for europe in crisis across the continent tens of thousands repeatedly turned out to protest against their government often resulting in violence and destruction. and it's not over yet after a brief holiday hiatus most assured the unrest will return in the new year and we haven't seen the worst of it yet. the first bomb on the door marked the credit car

that that doesn't happen they're all talked up nice and warm and that's how it looks here at the baikonur cosmodrome peach all over r.t. by. bracing i think peter's the word bracing america's federal reserve says economic recovery has been disappointingly slow down the bush will see with the business more on that next. business precious metals of gain for a second day as investors bet against the tumbling greenback the federal reserve wants to boost economic growth by increasing the amount of money available to banks but investors fear the injection of billions of extra dollars into the market will bring inflation gold's gold back over fourteen hundred dollars an ounce the price this year has now jumped by nearly a third and is heading for its tenth straight year of growth the price of silver has also started to rise in the past few hours. wall street has settled off the fed's decision in the last few moments to keep records pending in place the shares in retailer best buy have collapsed over fifteen percent after it lowered its help look for the next year europe ended mixed as investors cashed yesterday's mining gain

r.t. presenter after a forward to have a bit more insight about the bits how does russia fare compared with the other competitors and i think russia's bid is very strong simply because it is so different from its rivals its main rivals which are england and the joint bid from spain and portugal and russia has never hosted a world cup before england had it back in one nine hundred sixty six and spain had it in nine hundred eighty two and feature is very conscious that it should be giving the world cup to new parts of the world on top of that very interested in the development of a legacy in the country so for example if russia was awarded this world cup it would be the catalyst for huge amounts of infrastructural development so perhaps that would take a box that other nations wouldn't take there will be a lot of scandals if you get out to the last minute there's the scandals of surfacing all but these never happen voting process yet of course isn't happy with what's going on but particularly i don't think it is happy to come out and said this because the english media has led to the suspensi

multicultural society the extremism threat will remain no matter how many arrests or me you've got this kind of brussels. you are with r.t. it's good to have your company today and there are still thoughts more stories ahead for you this hour including people in the boat getting nostalgic for the more prosperous past during the mid twentieth century. show of siberian strength we travel to the russian city of a. whether the tough climate produces a tough breed of people. the fourth day of reading the verdict in the second trial of former oil tycoon. is underway sentencing is expected on friday that of course he and his business partner were found guilty of all embezzlement and money laundering both men are coming to the end of their previous jail term for tax evasion and fraud. when i thought about has all the developments for us in moscow. right now the judge is in the process of reading the verdict this is of course the fourth consecutive day of reading and it's taking so long because the verdict is this long. there are fourteen files in the verdict itself around three hundred pages in each file so far the judges read o

r.t. this seems like today's battle has been won for now but what about sweden's appeal how much of a spanner in the works is that potentially likely to be. well it's excited so many journalists from around the world that have been outside this courtroom journalist like myself and people on the streets here supporting him everyone thought that he'd won a pay one this bail application like his mother left the court everyone left the goods and then it cern's out that they've appealed the decision the crown prosecution service here automatically has to act on the swedish authorities decision and now it seems like he's one bail but he's going to be in jail for forty eight hours very confusing situation how ironic that we're talking about justice in the british courts when he leaked so much about getting justice around the world there is a suspicion isn't there that sweden is bowing to american pressure by resurrecting these m. sex crime charges that were kind of overturned one. can it work and is it still working you think of getting a sound extradited to the us will it work at the end of the day

multicultural society the extremism threat will remain no matter how many arrests or me you've got this kind of brussels. you are with r.t. it's good to have your company today and there are still many more stories coming your way shortly right here on. a show of a siberian strength we travel to the russian city of tough climate produces a tough breed of people. for the fourth day of reading the verdict in the second trial of former oil tycoon. is on the way sentencing is expected on friday. and his business partner were found guilty of all embezzle meant and money laundering both men are now coming to the end of their previous jail term for tax evasion and fraud to use coming out of a now in moscow with more developments on this hello to you catch yourself just take us through what's happening in call right now and tell us why is it taking so long to deliver the verdict. very right now the judges in the process of reading the verdict this is of course the fourth consecutive day of reading and it's taking so long because the verdict is this long. there are fourteen files in the verdict at them so itself around three hund

how should anti-semitism be defined. hello again the welcome to spotlight the interview show on r.t. i'll bring alban today my guest on the show is it by him. on the ninth of january the people of southern sudan are expected to vote on the future of the region that referendum since it has gained independence fifty years ago it has been torn apart by ethnic and religious conflicts that you regions of the country darfur and southern sudan are the biggest headache for the government these days while the violence is still raging in darfur southern sudan is making an attempt to find a peaceful solution but will this referendum bring peace to the region who asked body they join special representative of the african union and u.n. mission in darfur. the ethnic conflict in darfur has left hundreds of thousands dead millions of victims were forced to flee to neighboring countries but another regional government and the local people seem to have come to terms with their future south sudan is going to hold a referendum it will decide whether the region agrees to be a part of sudan to become an

r.t. live from moscow just days before the new year. is still waiting to find out just how many more days or years he will spend behind bars the former oil tycoon and once russia's richest man still hasn't heard the sentence he and his partner. will serve after being found guilty of investment. reports from outside the courthouse. but new charges suggest more new laundering and embezzlement persecutors are saying that necros about its former partner but don't live it if so as much as around thirty billion us dollars worth of oil why are you going to the world company formally one of the biggest private owned companies in the world in the first trial they were found of tax evasion for which they were sentenced for eight years behind bars and right now that prosecutors are insisting on extending that turned out to fourteen years behind bars and now my colleague judge it was cool explained to you the scheme for which the money laundering was done as according to the prosecutors the court concluded that about of course skin pop only but if blundered carried out a complicated sc

r.t. looks at the most advanced and extreme ways to fly stay with us. suit but. i've never been like this before. so how does it feel. we did it. these people don't have a runway with powerful engines hold it's needed is a steep hillside or a winch for the each takeoff there is always a risk that festival pilots but they proudly call themselves preflight pilots. in the foothills of the rules a thousand kilometers from moscow. these paragliders have three days at their disposal they have decided to make several flights to different parts of passion. to launch point zero hilltops many paragliders consider the difficult. so what makes a mission called head of the expedition chooses a gentle slope to start from the pilots are in a hurry they need to reach another launch point later in the day but you know this you would know this is my first flight today so i feel a little jittery. it's always this way it's first year of cancer travelling before takeoff but still this car is calling us to smear with so once you get it tasted is stronger than. paragliding infuse e.-s. like nicholai like i'm a cold weekend pi

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