nine am in moscow i matricide giving you a look at today's two top stories and a look back at the week's news here on r.t. we start the program with a story that's shaken up the week suicide last of moscow's domodedovo airport monday's terror attack claimed the lives of thirty five people more than one hundred still in the hospital some of them in critical condition on saturday russian investigators said they had cracked the case and knew the identity of the suicide bomber r.t. sara for has more. four thirty pm on the twenty fourth of january a suicide bomber blaze apart the packed arrivals hall at russia's busiest airport. my first thought was to get away a lot of people were living motionless even more people were being piled up near the first aid area some well ready dead they were dragged away a horrible picture. i looked at my watch and then flash and i passed out when i woke up there was a ringing in my ears it was a sour smell everything in ashes everyone was groaning three or four men were piled up on top of me the one directly above me was wounded in the chest he took all the shrapnel. amongst t

questioned but its methods have now has the system you must make sure it works on the bennetts r.t. moscow. the shock waves of the attack in the moscow airport echoed around the world but the scenario did have an earring forerunner a video game released two years ago became an instant success and featured in part a similar story why our teams lauren lyster takes a look at the parallels between the fantasy of the game and reality. a terrorist attack kills dozens of innocent people in creates chaos at a moscow airport fact. or fiction it's the scenario being played out here in this popular american video game sold worldwide call of duty modern warfare two does no russian in this mission the player goes on a terrorist page hoping to massacre civilians in a fictitious moscow airport it may have seemed too gruesome and tragic to become true were it not for the very real events seen here at the duma gedge of the airport more than thirty people have been killed more than one hundred eighty injured in what investigators believe was a terrorist attack sars a video game version a lot more people hav

are in forcing their strategic partnership at least for the next decade you've got us going off r.t. moscow. both russia and the u.s. have approved the same treaty but included different requirements and paul ingrown from the british american security information councils has by moscow and washington want to reserve their right to self defense in the worst case. in the end it's the same treaty the same text and these interpretations i think both sounds as if they are contradictory but they are both accurate in the sense that there is clearly a link in the preamble of the treaty between defensive and often so forces and. russian duma is quite correct point to the us senate has said that there is nothing illegal preventing the americans from developing the south of france for both the right the russians certainly have a right to withdraw from the treaty should should they deem their security to to be threatened. and these are points of fact of the treaty so it's not that they are ratifying two separate treaties the same treaty is there and in the end i think it's quite right to say that this

r.t. an exclusive interview during his visit to russia and we'll bring you his thoughts on campbell's mounting problems on moscow's role in helping to solve them in just fifteen minutes tonight here on this channel r.t. from moscow hundreds of norwegians have been showing their anger against what they see as the unfair treatment of asylum seekers and illegal immigrants that's been highlighted by a threat to deport a russian born author who's lived there since she was a child and was even awarded norwegian of the year status as laurent report from oslo maria emily's case has the country facing up to issues its been reluctant to touch before. the clock is ticking for many as her supporters gather in central oslo for what may be the last time to protest her deportation from the country she's learnt to call home as things stand i merely could be sent to russia within days leaving behind her friends the land she grew up in but this is no longer just about money with her book illegal norwegian and her activism she's managed to draw attention to the plight of all people struggling to stay in norway those without papers h

grace notion r.t. moscow. well if you're thinking of heading the winter sales here in moscow a little to show you how to get the latest must have trends for less here in the russian capital. now although the stores in cuba are generally expensive january is the best time to come shopping here five terrific bargains during the sales and western design is such as paul smith kenzo or armani for example amazing clothes discounted prices. so join martin andrews in ten minutes from now here on. well in the sport in about half an hour you can find out why it took two days for the new junior hockey world champions to get home before that we have the weekend business news for you stay with us here on r.t. . welcome to our business program i'm surrounded. a high tech country needs to make high tech products the government is putting its political and financial capital behind modernizing the economy but it also needs to find innovative goods the rest of the world might want to buy that tell you how close reports. the gig

reduction treaty between moscow and washington is becoming as real as ever after the russian president signs gratification documents. with news from russia and around the world this is r.t. here in moscow tens of thousands are continuing to clash with police and military on the streets of egypt despite a night curfew being imposed. three people have reportedly been killed in the city of suez bringing the death toll up to ten it comes as internet access all across egypt is completely shut down a mobile phone service is reportedly off in some regions the rest was inspired by the months long chaos in tunisia where uprising saw its needed to post eighty dead and a cabinet reshuffle political scientist dr stephen which says the turmoil could spell trouble not just for north africa but for europe. well if everything breaks apart and particularly in the french speaking north africa that could lead to massive waves of immigration and that is a worry for europe especially of the european countries in the northern shores of the mediterranean spain and france and italy but the france would be the major part of this nation for these waves of immigrants because most of them also hav

r.t. live from moscow i'm alex habit they've identified the bomber now investigators of the deadly terror attack on moscow's main airport are stepping up their hunt for the people who organized it it's almost a week since a twenty year old from the north caucuses set off the bomb adama's out of it claimed thirty five lives over one hundred remain in hospital there a further back on the day terror returned to russia's capital. four thirty pm on the twenty fourth of january a suicide bomber blaze apart the packed arrivals hall at russia's busiest airport. my first thought was to get away a lot of people willing motionless even more people were being piled up near the first aid area some well ready dead they were dragged away a horrible picture. i looked at my watch and then flash and i passed out when i woke up there was a ringing in my ears it was a sour smell everything in ashes everyone was groaning three or four men were piled up on top of me the one directly above me it was wounded in the chest he took all the shrapnel. amongst the thirty five dead people for many nationalities. added

grace notion r.t. moscow now the christmas holidays in russia are also i mean it's sales time a little bit later we go bargain hunting in the capital's best pretty. located in a back street. is a most of the code looks. good to me. about ten minutes time but it's the weekend business with. hello welcome to our business program i'm surrounded. by a high tech country needs to make high tech products the government is putting its political and financial capital behind modernizing the economy but it also needs to find innovative goods the rest of the world might want to buy that tell you how close reports. the gigantic ultramodern building of called innovation center these days it's attracting a lot of interest from those who in the near future could change the face of both russian science and its economy speaking at the forum the presidential aide even went as far as saying that russia may become the world leader in innovation within the next five years but for that to happen talent needs to be nurtured and harn

now enhanced the system you must make sure it works harder than it r.t. moscow. out of a tragedy the first dressed up by the russian delegation of the world economic forum in davos but there were other subjects at stake for the world's financial power players we've got all the details coming up. on the fears of first flight to the international space station is steve sasson the freighter dogs to provide the crew there with fuel food and evilness in. russia and the u.s. are about to begin a casting atomic the new start agreement between the world's biggest nuclear powers is due to come into force within days after it was approved by the russian parliament this week you've got it was going off explains. after more than a year of hard line negotiating and ten more months of internal dispute it's finally done moscow and washington are stripping down the nukes first the state duma and then the federation council gave the bill the green light now that is signed by the president only a formal exchange of ratification documents is left before the new start comes into for

strategic arms reduction treaty between moscow and washington is becoming as real as ever after the russian president science gratification documents. hello and welcome to r.t. trying to follow news live from moscow. on the story now tens of thousands of egyptians continue to clash with security forces in defiance of a national. at least eighteen people have died during four days of nationwide protests there sorties have cut off internet access blocks mobile phone service in some areas troops are trying to enforce a cafe in the capital cairo where the routing policy is h.p. was torched five demonstrators within the last hour president hosni mubarak said he's to dissolve the government that made. leave office himself and arrest major comes weeks after a month of me also in tunisia which saw eight dead and the president being toppled to full fleeing into exile and political scientist even a coach says they turmoil could affect not just north africa but europe too. well if everything breaks apart and particularly in the french speaking of north africa that could lead to massive waves of immigration and that is a worry for europe especially the european countri

catherine as our r.t. moscow. miami based a veterinarian petra luis rares told r.t. that these types of events have indeed happened before and a thorough investigation is needed but. it's impossible to say for sure what's happened to the birds and fish until proper investigations are held in fact i don't believe that these events are interlinked they followed one after another and that's attracted universal attention it's not the first time that the world is observing such phenomena it's happens in other countries too of the moment the investigation in arkansas claims an autopsy has revealed the bird suffered from internal bleeding but the research has yet to be completed so we could also be dealing with some new virus i saw you believe is another possible explanation but i repeat that food investigation is needed to establish the cause of what's happened and find a scientific explanation for it and still ahead for you this hour coming to boogie man. well it seems they're getting a new lease on life the fathers of socialism attract new admirers and financial crisis h

are in forcing their strategic partnership at least for the next decade you've got us going off r.t. moscow. and that brings up the date for the moment i'll be back with a summary of our main news in about twelve minutes from now in the meantime ati's martin andrews looks for a taste of russia in the very heart of the u.k. . hello and welcome to the show. i'm from. here in the one. today that was said to be. changing. the streets of london. for centuries. a specification is a quintessential british pubs. situated on green it has been noted. here from haiti three hundred disadvantages today so much attention business area in the early twentieth century it was a whole range of leftism. originally known as the crown and anchor public house many drank here he published the russian social democrats these papers to the spot not far from here during his exile in london. the good old english pub everyone loves me including possible leaders lenin visited london six times between the year one thousand nine hundred ninety eleven and allegedly lenin stalin for the first time inside this these two it mu

are in forcing their strategic partnership at least for the next decade you've got this going off r.t. moscow. and up next aussies motion entries next fall a taste of russia in the very heart of the you today. hello and welcome to the show. i'm from. here in the one. changing. the streets of london. russians have made their presence felt for centuries. the first occasion is a quintessential british pop. green it has been no thanks here from him. three hundred years it's a fantasy day so mr densher business area in the early twentieth century it was a home of leftism. originally known as the crown and anchor public house many drank here he published the russian social democrats these papers to the spot not far from here during his exile in london. the good old english pub everyone loves me including possible leaders lenin visited london six times between the year one thousand nine hundred ninety eleven and allegedly lenin stalin for the first time inside this these two it must library just down the road east frequent have a lot of strength elsewhere. and i think you believe used the scots so t

are in forcing their strategic partnership at least for the next decade you've got this going off r.t. moscow when i spoke to inventing a fear from moscow state university of international relations and he says that despite the threat of nuclear weapons fording into the hands of terrorists they can also be guaranteed pace. nuclear weapons regarded as one of the key is one of the fundamental factors of national security and it is relevant for russia as well for the united states to do it and moreover i think that it is even not desirable to have a world free of nuclear weapons we should take into account and we should remember that. the nuclear weapons played a significant role was a significant factor during the cold war didn't you didn't turn into the promoted peace talks eclipse so. however there is a problem the problem of proliferation and. the possible misuse misuse of their weapons by terrorists under-estimate forces and this is a good ground for the russians to corporate when our two or some other headlines from around the world at this stage of the day tens of thousands of workers are

r.t. june his visit to russia we'll bring you his thoughts on cobbles mounting problems and moscow's road and sold in them in just under twenty minutes time. to boot defense team says they're ready to challenge a u.s. government move to prosecute the alleged russian arms dealer he's being held in new york pending trial on terrorism charges for september if found guilty buthe faces a minimum of twenty five years in prison the russian government believes his extradition to the u.s. from thailand was politically motivated and i says it took in a report. one of our own for every twelve people on. your record. and only on the other eleven. that's hollywood's take on forty four year old russian cargo dealing businessman victor boot but in real life is he really the merchant of death or the lord of war or simply a victim of propaganda u.s. prosecutors are not thinking twice about which label to pick the so-called merchant of death is now a federal inmate the american media months ahead of trial also have their mind made up this is the lord of war the merchant of death right and you've got him in

kashrut as r.t. moscow. let's take a brief look at some other headlines from around the world at least ten have been killed and another twenty three injured in a head on collision between a freight and passenger trains in eastern germany this sundress crash impact was heard miles away as the two trains crossed a stretch of track overnight repair police and most of the dead were killed instantly before both said so wagons and locomotives caught fire rescue workers at the scene warn the death toll may rise. visual results from the referendum in southern sudan's independence show ninety nine percent of voters fray but splitting from the north however some reports claim voter turnout exceeded one hundred percent in some areas despite the other normalities downs referendum commission defeated the outcome as landslide victory the final results are expected early next month and the poll hopes to bring stability following nearly two million deaths in over twenty years of civil war. tunisians how welcomed home the le

war torn country without ever having a russian soldier stepped foot on afghan soil and he's now a r.t. moscow. spoke exclusively to the afghan president during his first official visit to russia about the cobbles mounting problems and moscow's role in solving them we'll be bringing you the full interview with her because i just under twenty minutes. to boots the defense team says they're ready to challenge a u.s. government move to prosecute the alleged russian arms dealer he's being held in new york pending trial on terrorism charges now shaved off for september if found guilty boot faces a minimum of twenty five years in prison russian government believes his extradition to the u.s. from thailand was politically motivated and essential cannibals. want to borrow for every twelve people around. here of course. i don't want any other eleven. that's hollywood's take on forty four year old russian cargo dealing business men victor boot but in real life is he really the merchant of death or the lord of more or simply the victim of propaganda u.s. prosecutors are not thinking twice about which lab

cashman as our r.t. moscow well here's just some of what's still to come this hour here on the story of the fine the citizens the. supporters rally for a russian born woman who's lived in norway since childhood but now facing deportation after her repressive reject plus. from throwing more money into the economic bailout fund we hear wall that mean for the struggling eurozone countries. russia is pledging to help recover from the years of war once nato forces withdrew from the region twenty fourteen well the problem is came during the afghan leaders visit to moscow which was the first in a generation president's been very open calls lowell's the valve to tackle the problem of afghan drugs most of which flowed into russia and he's the now we follow that's what. on the first official visit of an afghan leader to moscow in two decades russia promises to lend a hand after western forces leave the war torn country. russia would like to see afghanistan as an independent and prosperous state with an effective governme

questioned but its methods have now enhanced the system you must make sure it works on the bennetts r.t. moscow the demo day out of a tragedy was the first issue addressed by the russian delegation at the world economic forum in davos but there are other issues on russia's agenda at the meeting of the world's financial power players probably got all the details coming up. plus new light is being shed on the plane crash that killed polish president lech kaczynski last year find out more in just a few minutes. more than one hundred fifty protesters have been killed in egypt since tuesday in what is the biggest challenge to president hosni mubarak's three decades rule well the country has shut its border with the gaza strip and jammed a local transmission of the al jazeera news network artie's polis leader is in the capital cairo with the latest. early hours of this morning ten people were killed while trying to break into the interior ministry this brings the total number of dead to some more than one hundred at the same time thousands of prisoners have broken out of jails around the country amon

are in forcing their strategic partnership at least for the next decade you've got this going off r.t. moscow. joran from the national security network in the u.s. says the new start treaty turns a new page in international relations which could eventually lead to a safer nuclear free world. it's very beneficial to all involved the u.s. and russia have now fully engaged in the restart of the relationship and put substance behind it a lot of good rhetoric over the last year and a half now we actually have an agreement a bipartisan agreement from capitol hill also is a very unique moment and so we see in american russian consensus around the key issue of security for both of our countries there's a clear interest in moving past the cold war and security threats are dynamic now we have terrorism in the in moscow on monday these these threats come from a very long arm of potentially from countries outside of nato and outside of europe the hope is that this will create a new dynamic and create new opportunities now that everyone who cares about arms control and is looking at nuclear weapons as a s

now has the system you must make sure it works either then it's r.t. moscow. they don't lie dead of atrocity was the first they should read by the russian delegation of the world economic forum in davos but international business and and export fans in russia eventually moved center stage at the meeting of the world financial power play and all the details. as they rest in north africa continues we compare the turmoil with the so-called colored revolutions of recent years in former soviet countries. you might be benefiting from. so egypt is about to enter its seventh straight day of nationwide protests by demonstrators wanting to topple president hosni mubarak was ruled by martial law for nearly thirty years more than one hundred have died in violence but big. crowds continue flocking to see the squares in defiance of a national curfew countries including russia the us take any zero how warms their citizens to avoid travelling to egypt as the government's hold on power becomes more uncertain reports from cairo. thousands of protesters remain in the city center

ghastliness r.t. moscow. in bellerose former presidential candidate vladimir has been released on bail after being detained during the violent protests in december on saturday the wife of another former candidate was also released pending house arrest many more have been freed despite being accused of instigating a violent outbreak after alexander lukashenko won the country's disputed presidential elections six hundred people were arrested in total some of them badly beaten you has been urging others to at least members of the opposition who've been detained for political reasons they demanded the country investigate the police of actions of security forces against demonstrators instead the parliamentary assembly of the council of europe as part of the new sanctions against belarus over its violent treatment of the opposition nuclear shank ohad said that he would retaliate if any action was taken against the country and european union boycotted his inauguration with many nations opting to distance themselves

moscow. president karzai gave r.t. an exclusive interview during his visit to russia we'll bring you his thoughts on cobbles mounting problems and moscow's role in helping solve them in a little more than an hour here on r t. victor boots lawyers say they're ready to challenge the u.s. government decision to prosecute the alleged russian arms dealer in september if found guilty but faces a minimum quarter century behind bars his defense is also arguing the legal grounds of his extradition from thailand to the u.s. in november but he's honest has more. i want to borrow for every twelve people. only question. how we are in the other eleven. that's hollywood's take on forty four year old russian cargo dealing businessman victor boot but in real life is he really the merchant of death or the lord of war or simply a victim of propaganda u.s. prosecutors are not thinking twice about which label to pick the so-called merchant of death is now a federal inmate the american media months ahead of trial also have their mind made up

r.t. moscow. a man killed during a police operation in dagestan has been identified as the number two figure in an islamic militant movement in the southern russian region officials say. joined the ranks of militants in two thousand and three. for suicide bombers in two thousand and four he was put on the federal wanted list as a militant russian police exchanged fire with suspected militants. outside the city of a gun battle came after the suspects who were surrounded in a house refused to surrender officials say the police operation may be linked to a bomb attack the previous day which killed four and injured six at a cafe. we can always get more and all the stories we're covering here on our. website. is a taste of what's waiting for you that right now a story about a friendship between. an american farmer. in the u.s. state of iowa where fifty years ago a remarkable meeting took place. how to become famous helping people. without even leaving your house party has the on. twitter and facebook p

r.t. from moscow. the most notorious prison of the twenty first century the guantanamo bay detention center run by the u.s. and cuba presented its tense here but still holding inmates despite president obama's election promise to close it the president's prison has become synonymous with human rights abuses jihan how this reports next for cuba is far from happy and having america's dirty work carried out on its soil. its a place forever immortalized by images of torture known by its abbreviation get now america's notorious detention facility in guantanamo bay cuba has been the source of world condemnation abuse lack of legal recourse and indefinite detention is the norm it's also been the subject of decades of strife with cuban authorities who argue the forty five square mile military base violates cuban sovereignty and amounts to a military occupation the agreement under which the u.s. has a peace on cuban soil the kuantan ammonia let's hear it peace deeds from earlier earliest years of the twentieth

r.t. in moscow good to have you with us this hour the final report on last april plane crash in western russia which killed the polish president lech kaczynski has caused some controversy this week says the interstate aviation committee report is incomplete while the agency insists its given the all the relevant information. has this report. for the first time the last seconds are heard before polish president lech kaczynski his plane crashed near smile nancy turned on board. the crew ignored warnings from the aircraft automated system to call up and advice from air traffic controllers to land at an alternate airport plus were inexperienced in flying in bad weather the interstate aviation committee highlighted what they found to be the main causes behind the tragedy in their final report there's never a failure to make a timely decision to land at the reserve airports based on multiple recovering day sions about poor weather conditions at smolensk airport descending lower than the safe minimum height necessary to make a second landing attempt failure to react properly to a magic amount those a

r.t. live from moscow now b.p. has dubbed as historic its multibillion dollar joint venture with russia's oil far more often enough to the companies will now join forces to exploit potentially shoes deposits of oil and gas buried under russia's arctic continental shelf lore and it now reports from london where the deal was signed it's a deal that both parties are calling a groundbreaking strategic global alliance russia's biggest oil company ross nafta has signed this just swap deal with b.p. it's the first major equity linked partnership between a national and international oil company when it's done in five percent of b.p. in exchange for a nine and a half percent share in the russian oil made jeff ross north chairman deputy prime minister told r.t. it's the beginning of a new direction for the company. grew. now it is working on a new strategy aimed at transforming the company into an international energy holding our deal with b.p. is of course part of the strategy they've gained a great deal of experience inclu

that killed the polish president his wife and most of the country's political elite and he's now a r.t. moscow. of the russian foreign minister has given a year end news conference here in moscow. blind some of the main trends of events that shaped the international policy in two thousand and ten russia u.s. relations are among the main i lights is. the year two thousand and ten will go down in history as the year of radical change in the relations between the two countries also as the year of signing a new strategic arms reduction treaty and the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov said he's very happy with the work the two countries have done in two thousand and seventeen through their relations and what it takes for another successful years simply for the two countries to fulfill to fulfill the promises they made to each other last year this year also this year has been very important for washing terms of cooperation with the european union as many european leaders have expressed support for that that he would be in security treaty proposed by the president would be different they express

war torn country without ever having a russian soldier stepped foot on afghan soil and he's now a r.t. moscow. well president comes i gave an exclusive interview during his visit to russia we'll bring you his thoughts on call bill's mounting problems and moscow's role in helping to solve them in just over an hour's time here on r.t. now u.s. a judge this week told alleged deal if it got approved that he will go on trial in september the russian businessman enabled in the west as the merchant of death is charged with conspiring to kill americans and supporting terrorism his lawyers say the u.s. has no legal right to put him in court. that it cannot report. one firearm for every twelve people. are required. and only on the other eleven. that's hollywood's take on forty four year old russian cargo dealing business men victor boot but in real life is he really the merchant of death or the lord of war or simply a victim of propaganda u.s. prosecutors are not thinking twice about which label to pick the so-called merchant of death is now a federal inmate the american media months ahead of trial als

r.t. live from moscow don't forget there's a lot more on our website r.t. dot com twenty four seven from your table there but let's take a look at what's there right now. gulf propaganda sunday january the sixteenth marks the twenty year anniversary of the first gulf war was it a fight to freak away or to secure access to the country's oil reserves take a look at our web site. plus an easy way of getting around during winter a crab gerry's lets you put lights through the snow or any other terrain check out our. and this week portugal's prime minister repeatedly insisted his country won't be asking for a bailout from the e.u. because it doesn't need one there's a socrates said the country was on track to restoring its economy and valid to continue with stricter staring measures such as pension cuts and tax increases his comments follow speculation the portugal is next in line for a loan after greece and ireland the eurozone is currently in the grip of a debt crisis that is threatening to block financial stability and experts fear portugal's demise could wors

r.t. live from moscow with me alice had it europe has been hit with a dramatic wave of arrests linked to chechen terrorism with the e.u. and russia finding a common enemy these detentions of the unions background checks on asylum seekers under threat of desire to go to cannot support from austria is futile forces that are letting terrorists walk straight in through the door. like many others small you would be and downs in southern austria seems quiet and peaceful while never judge a book by its cover one of its residents is now under arrest suspected of being the brains behind network recruiting extremists and planning attacks in the heartland of the european union and the ethnic chechen was detained at the airport in vienna . to mecca news about the incident went around the world or streams really none of the locals seem to know much about it i wouldn't hear anything about it. i'm afraid i wasn't fond of this. i know nothing about it and i don't care some didn't want to be filmed at all but was it really because of a lack of information. and the deputy chief of one of australia's biggest newsp

r.t. live in moscow. hungry for the full story we've got it for. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers on. more news today. again flared up. these are the images. from the streets of canada. giant corporations are all. if. moshe would be so much brighter then if you knew about sun moon from phones to impressions. from stunts on t.v. don't comb. oh don't react angrily the official investigators report the pilot error was mostly to blame for the plane crash which killed the country's president but global experts say the findings sound. polish prime minister interrupts his vacation and returns to poland urgently and that's the reaction concerning this latest report. the united states prepares to kick hundreds of haitian immigrants back home to a country still struggling to keep its people alive one year after being struck by a massive earthquake. and a ban on selling sex in spanish newspapers that's designed to protect women but is leaving prostitutes seeing right. around the clock around the world of this is. in the r

or if an ocean r.t. moscow region. a little later we reminisce about soviet music art and culture as our moscow team takes you back to the u.s.s.r. . from propaganda to seven there are many inside is in here a large part of the exhibition is on industrialization and many aspects of the cultural world were under government control but the art world still flourished in the u.s.s.r. and today soviet suspecting the highest prices at various ass options around the world. when and how that trip back in time is in around five minutes from now. shortly we'll be discussing the pivotal arms cut steel between moscow and washington with one of russia's key lawmakers first though it's the weekend business updates with dmitri. welcome to business r.t. good to have your company b.p. and rosneft have indeed agreed to jointly develop a number of projects notably on russia's arctic shelf the fields potential capacity is around free and a half percent of the world's proven oil reserves in roughly five percent of the world's gas reserves

catherine as our r.t. moscow. well filmmaker and blogger danny schechter says media sensationalism is taking the focus away from finding the real scientific causes behind the bird and fish deaths when one set of incidents happens followed by another set followed by a third said suddenly it becomes a trend then it becomes a much bigger story in the media but it's still sort of a mystery it may be that each example is actually specific to a particular local set of circumstances we don't know they're calling it. you know a flock of birds coming up with new catchy words new ad lives and the like obviously it's it's just something that intrigues audiences even if there isn't a lot of explanation it seems to be a pattern of this sort of thing where you have alarmist headlines followed by a few examples which then you know lead to sober conclusions about the dramatic events and then there's no follow up for so you know if we really never find out what really happened and this is the in attention of the media maybe even t

r.t. live from moscow with me allies have but europe has been hit with a dramatic wave of arrest linked to chechen terrorism where the e.u. and russia are fighting a common enemy these detentions have put the union background checks on a fine and because under question and as r.t.d. got cannot report from austria it's fatal for aziz that in terrorists walk straight in through the door like many other small you would be and downs in southern austria seems quiet and peaceful while never judge a book by its cover one of its residents is now under arrest suspected of being the brains behind a nice work recruiting extremists and plotting attacks in the heartland of the european union church him that's one way it was detained at the airport in vienna as he returned to mecca the news about the incident went around the world all the streams really none of the locals seem to know much about it. we didn't hear anything about it. i'm afraid i wasn't fond of this. i know nothing about it and i don't care some didn't want to be filmed at all but was it really because of a lack of information. and the d

now enhanced the system you must make sure it works either then it's r.t. moscow. or the diamond head of a tragedy the first issue addressed by the russian delegation at the world economic forum in davos. for russia the meeting of the world's financial power players we've got all those details coming up. in the wake of the violent protests in egypt could there be a link with the college revolutions of former soviet countries are to look at who might be benefiting from the global unrest. and the u.s. are about to begin casting atomic arsenals the new start agreement between the world's biggest nuclear powers is due to come into force within days after it was approved by the russian parliament this week. could not explain. after more than a year of hard line negotiating and ten more months of internal dispute it's finally done moscow and washington are stripping down their nukes first the state duma and then the federation council gave the bill the green light now that it's signed by the president only a formal exchange of ratification documents is left before the ne

r.t. here in moscow good to have you with us this hour more than four hundred people are waiting to be released from the icy waters off the russian far east coast three vessels have been stranded for almost a week now as ice breakers are making their way to the trapped seaman. has more on the rescue mission. let's reversals that were stuck on the thirtieth of december in the bay of sun hiding have been waiting for help for a week now but the two ice breakers that were sent down for the rescue mission had to change their direction at some point and release another vessel that was stuck off the coast and it was in more danger than the other three as it was being dragged back to our the coast by the icy waters now that mission has been completed and their icebreakers are heading to release some four hundred people that have been stuck in the bay of suffering for a week now but of course the difficult weather conditions might still slow down the rescue mission meet your logical enjoys conditions in the region remain the same that is very difficult question when does constantly blowing the only spra

r.t. moscow. police in pakistan say the number two figure in a militant islamic movement in southern russia has been killed during a special operation officials say. joined the ranks of militants in two thousand and three later training in account for suicide bombers in two thousand and four he was put on the federal wanted list russian police exchanged fire with suspected militants softer cornering them outside the city of a gun battle started after the suspects who were surrounded in the house refused to surrender. well this is r t you know we're coming here live from moscow where it's now just ten minutes past the hour and still to come your way in just a few minutes. only eighty eight in this siller an idealogue you can see the deal of wall street has hijacked was u.s. governmental report names those responsible for the financial crisis but few americans believe it's likely to make any difference. well thousands of angry protesters have continued to clash with police in cairo on the third day

r.t. moscow where for more russia's airport security i'm joined from arizona by richard is a security expert at embry riddle aeronautical university thanks very much indeed for joining us let's start with this recent attack in moscow's airport there's been intense criticism of the security there but it's a lot in world class airport it's no different to other international airport so is blaming the security there actually fair. well i think there are three ways to answer the question point number one if it turns out there could have been valid intelligence information about the nature of the. information within our collection been analyzed appropriately it should not be the security authorities to be blamed for people within the intelligence community point number two if there were intelligence information collected and analyzed showing the nature of what we're taking a look for in vulnerabilities i mean you know we're not protected to deal with and yes and the there should be blame out towards t