r.t. welcome if you just joined us my name is kevin irwin here in moscow tonight without top story for you at eleven pm the white house is confident the u.s. senate won't adjourn for christmas until the nuclear cuts treaty with russia is ratified democrats believe they will manage to get the nine republican votes necessary to win the majority results he's got a chance you can reports next with a vote expected on wednesday it seems some must still trying to stall the deal. in terms of substance there is nothing that can stop the new start from being routed fight key questions concerns whatever senators had during the course of the past eight months of hearings were all addressed i do think that we have as i mentioned done our homework with regard to the new start treaty and that it is. in a good situation to ratify it in the slam duck session it has the unanimous support of the country's military many top officials former and present have testified in favor of the treaty now several.

r.t. welcome to the program. criticism from of the west over the handling of my. trial has been met with anger by russia moscow said the international community should stay out of what is a domestic matter the former tycoon is waiting to hear what sentence he'll have to serve after being found guilty of embezzling billions of dollars you could have this kind of reports. well washington is saying that such a verdict will horn russia's image when it comes to human rights germany has said that this will be a step back for russia in terms of modernization well according to the russian foreign ministry this is an attempt to apply pressure on the court and moscow is now calling on the united states and on the european union not to intervene this issue rests with the competence of the judicial system of the russian federation. any of them exert pressure upon the cryo are unacceptable. in his recent interview with the heads of the only the russian t.v. channels the russian president has underscored that nobody has the right to interfere with the followers of the poor the

r.t. welcome president obama has used his last opportunity to push for u.s. legislators to ratify the nuclear arms reduction treaty with russia before the holidays as republicans continue to stall the process obama wants the senate to put aside political squabbles and focus on security. following the meeting in washington. obama basically has two weeks or so to have his arguably major foreign policy achievement passed by the senate and his pushing really hard the christmas break is coming up and after the holidays if by then the treaty is still not ratified there will be some dark days awaiting obama started more republican senators will come will take off. is that many of them are skeptical about the treaty where they seem to the substance of the start treaty its content has long stopped being the focus of discussions here in washington or in partisan game sort of scoring of political points seem to be more important to some politicians don't that what's actually at stake and that's the point obama's been making for her to call for republican senators to ste

r.t. welcome it's kevin zero in here in moscow tonight with our top story at eight pm and president medvedev says those behind saturday's nationalist riots in moscow will be brought to justice we can rally commemorating a football fan that was killed turned into clashes with police and attacks on i think one already riot officers are again on the capital streets tonight because it's suspected that more violence could flare out he's catarina their. apparently according to sources that we've managed to speak to here at the very heart of the russian capital police received reports and monitored various communications from the internet about a group of a football fans who would plan to meet a number of people from the north caucuses here in the very heart of the russian capital to basically fly it out their differences of course police decided that it is better to be safe than sorry and deployed a very large number of riot police all around my new square where we are right now they've been standing here for a number of hours just monitoring the situation and waiting to see if anything would happ

r.t. welcome to the program the u.s. congress won't adjourn for christmas until the cuts treaty known as start is ratified according to white house spokesman president obama has been pushing hard to pass the key deal with russia before the new with the new congress convenes in january the republicans will have a greater presence in the senate banking approval a tougher job with a vote expected after major tax debates it seems that some much trying to stall the deal. reports. in terms of substance there is nothing that can stop the new start from being routed fight key questions concerns whatever senators had during the course of the past eight months of hearings were all addressed i do think that we have as i mentioned done our homework with regard to the new start treaty and that it is. in a good situation to ratify it in the slam dunk session it has the unanimous support of the country's military many top officials former and present have testified in favor of the treaty now several republican senators.

r.t. welcome is one am here in moscow is kevin owen with a top story for you the fight for the right to host football's world cup presented its final stage with candidate countries making their last presentations russia's bread for the twenty eighteen tournament said to be one of the strongest but it does face stiff competition from western europe as you'd expect our team covering this event comprehensively telstra city is reporting the fifth media center. now we saw a lot more of the big names coming into town i was just at the headquarters convoys coming in the media waiting outside so there's a lot of excitement surrounding the event of course well we've heard that prime minister vladimir putin won't be coming because he doesn't want to put pressure on the fact well we'll talk more about that later on but first let's have a little bit of a background and a look at russia's bid. twenty eighteen we believe this banner at russia's latest international friendly described how fans felt about russia getting the world cup but does the country with a rich football tradition stand a chance of beco

r.t. welcome to the program just days before new year now and mikhail khodorkovsky is still waiting to find out how much longer he'll have to spend behind bars the former oil tycoon once russia's richest man still doesn't know what sentence he and his partner platon lebedev will serve after being found guilty of investment. is outside the courthouse with the latest. but new charges suggest more you laundering and embezzlement persecutors are saying that mc rove about his former partner blood on livid if so as much as around thirty billion u.s. dollars worth of oil why are you going to the oil 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 eight years behind bars and right now the prosecutors are insisting on extending that turned out to fourteen years behind bars and now michael died it was cool explain to you this scheme for which the money laundering was done as according to the prosecutors the court concluded that about of course not only but if blundered carried out a complicated sc

he joins us next with the business news stay with us here on r.t. . welcome to the program russia needs extraordinary measures to improve the country's investment climate that's according to president dmitry medvedev and says it's recovering snob about expected at around three percent. the investment climate in russia is bad and that's what the government should work on next year yes we've managed to overcome the consequences of the crisis but the investment climate is still very difficult in our country there are several reasons for that we've done and are doing a lot but apparently we need a rematch years. and the key to improving the investment climate in russia is dealing with bureaucracy that's according to list of all that from. the main problem is excess of bureaucracy you know at various levels including your the regional level that will take even more measures even more than we've seen so for i think a bit more needs to be done in terms of structural adjustment in terms of subtle reforms in terms of forming natural monopolies that is something that p

r.t. welcome to the program london is the scene of mass demonstrations by thousands of students and trade unionists it's the final attempt blocks the raising of the fees with just about a several hours left before the british government votes on the plan it's the latest in a string of rallies against a sweeping austerity measures and budget cuts across europe we can of course live to our teaser laura matt who is in london for us nationally laura i understand you're on the embankment on the river just steps away from the point where the protests are now earlier we saw you in the heart of london the protests of march towards westminster in the houses of parliament tell me what do you see that at the moment. well you are right worrying about three hundred meters away from the main praised you might be able to see remnants of it just behind me here the men. the main process is taking place right in front of the houses of harlem where a parliament where police have cordoned the protesters into an area it's a little bit scratchy there at the moment there's a sort of small outbreaks of violence

penal code stay with us here on r.t. . welcome the loner show will get the real headlines with none of the mercy or can we live out of washington d.c. today a bloomberg poll shows that many americans aren't so happy with the federal reserve they either want it structured changed or sixteen percent want the fed abolished altogether but is this just a temporary reaction thanks to our terrible economy or as a really sign of change or ask mark calabria of the cato institute next several states across the country believe that sure real law is creeping into our justice system and they're trying to stop it more than seven state legislators are drawing up measures to ban shari'a law but is this really a necessary move or just a sign of islamophobia we're going to host a debate on the issue then in light of all the attention surrounding we can leaks and hackers we can't help but wonder if we might be witnessing a have to fist revolution are they didn't pranks and becoming a real political force or did we just start paying attention to them

r.t. . hello welcome to the sports news thank you for joining me and here are the top stories. on the rise must the city go joint top of the english premier league after a twenty one win it also in west palm. well man on the spot into the long manager rafael benitez plays down until his job is under threat all to his side as well as helping abu dhabi. wins his second consecutive top giant slalom in the french on the dramatic day. but first a football match to city have gone joint top of the english premier league after a three one win at rock bottom west ham with also much chance of playing lead to this weekend city went level with the gunners on points at the summit substitute adam johnson met in the third lights on elsewhere emil heskey scored the decisive goal as pastors they're not one to want to go to local rivals west brom d.j. cow market went up early in the second half black hole tried one at stoke everton against good bottom we can escape goal worst as the fallen against sunderland home side's ten store this season and finally if they are doing davies the new manager a

r.t. daniel bushels up next with a business update. welcome to business the battle for control of russia's biggest mine and the world's nickel is likely to be over by the spring that's the view of billionaire vladimir patani an essential figure in this pos because roussel speaking to the wall street journal patani says twelve billion dollar offer this month to buy back a twenty five percent stake for resale was generous with immediate response was to reject the proposal however since lascelle has employed by his no lynch to assess the value of the stake and the least one of us sells major shareholders he called has said he's willing to sell for the right price. the long holidays in russia will cost the economy up to twelve twenty seven excuse me billion dollar losses according to analysts b.k. the ten day break from january first sees most of the country shut down including virtually all non essential services and production however russians can help the country's budget by doing what comes naturally in the festive season. goes up from the beg

r.t. most welcome so to cut to the chase is israel planning an attack on iran well i put it i would put it this way israel wouldn't like to attack israeli leaders understand the possible horrendous.

r.t. . one welcome to our business bulletin board has agreed to review a merger creating the world's fifth biggest mobile network the b. line network operator was due to pay six and a half billion dollars for weather investments owner of italy's wind and egypt or a scald but three of the nine board members called for better financial terms before finalizing the agreement. after almost a year of negotiations gazprom has agreed to sell gas to latvia at a fifteen percent discount the deal will come into effect next year meanwhile the company says it will raise production by up to fourteen percent by two thousand and fifteen that amounts to five hundred eighty billion cubic meters of gas a year gazprom has also announced an agreement with enough to go to extract coal seam methane gas. now let's look at the markets u.s. stocks are trading higher on tuesday commodities are gaining u.s. retail sales and earnings forecasts you often is the world's largest economy corporate deals also driving stocks higher or on to dominion bank is buying chrysler automakers all lending arm service capital management six p

r.t. most welcome so to cut to the chase is israel planning an attack on iran well i put it i would put it this way israel wouldn't like to attack israeli leaders understand the possible horrendous results of such a coup the possible intervention of. possibly syria condemned nation from europe the ballistic. from from the united states in the outcomes therefore israel would be able to stop the aremu nuclear initiative using diplomatic pressure economic sanctions or supporting it. imposed by the international community in. operational intelligence means israel would prefer to take this path and the latest wiki leaks reports suggest that some arab leaders are pushing pressure on the united states to attack iran's nuclear reactor is there anything new in this and do you think america could follow the wiki leaks documents on the issue of arab pressure on the united states to take harsher steps these of iran. new to some of us we have tried to publish some of this information with a book by israeli military censorship unfortunately tried to fight some of that but basically it says in writing wh

r.t. . hello welcome to the sports thank you for joining me and this is what we have coming up. leading the way the defending champions act possibly win it in formats a leg magnitogorsk top of the kontinental hockey league. while skiing laden rushes all the claims her first big success by winning fifty kilometer individual races the boss carried. out the saints march on in new orleans come from behind to beat the atlanta falcons seventeen fourteen playoff spot in the n.f.l. . start with ice hockey where defending champions are gone top of the kontinental hockey league after beating wrestler one this it goes away three nil and boss of previously lost three times this season but three goals in the second period because sounds like victory elsewhere so bears make it overtime to beat struggling that's like novokuznetsk two one one that he makes were three one witnesses beliefs this guy had no problems against look his new graphic here in las vegas before him for two. game of unguarded scored a call late in the period between three to six in america. staying on the ice but moving to

r.t. most welcome so to cut to the chase is israel planning an attack on iran well i put it i would put it this way israel wouldn't like to attack israeli leaders understand the possible horrendous results of such an attack the possible intervention of hizbullah and hamas possibly syria condemn nation from europe the ballistic. anger from from the united states in.

r.t. . hello and welcome to the sports round up here in our to you thanks for joining us let's have a look at the headlines in the driver's seat russia's only formula one driver get dileep it trough will continue his career with renault for at least two more years . this is aspirations gerry draws me on bail victim owners as their new manager as they hope to improve domestically the spaniard and also make it into the europa league. up in their cars future is in jeopardy as the globe announces its it could miss the upcoming russian premier league season due to financial trouble. and also meet me at the airport rafael adult flies to zero rick in a private jet to do some shopping and play a few charity matches with roger federer. russia's first professional formula one driver isn't going anywhere for at least the next two years without a patrol of sales he will continue his to new way of the lotus north team signing an extension through to twenty twelve was a challenging rukia who finished thirteenth of the draw the standings reno chief however gave the twenty six year old a vote of confidence a

r.t. . hello and welcome to the sports news and here are the headlines on top again deny moscow come back to beat city rivals taste past three two one home ice to regain the lead in the kontinental hockey. while white top lay drunk when this is a last gasp penalty and chelsea missed the chance to go top after being held in a thriller that taught them. as champion again problem martin becomes the first player to successfully defend the county doesn't help championship title in south africa. but that start with ice hockey and not by moscow have regained top spot in the kontinental hockey league after hard fought three two win over city rivals to a scar leaving the army men in real danger of missing the playoffs which is on court records. say it's gone to normal church won't help his most famous clubs however the mustard rivals are enjoying contrasting fortunes of the season i'll hopefully point beyond him in such a sprint they're playing for are in danger of missing out of the playoffs or the nominee have been excellent find themselves leading the western conference they are all rock stars are

and welcome to r.t. all the news that matters twenty four hours a day now london is clearing up after another day of violent student protests demonstrators smashed the windows of the treasury in the supreme court and even a car carrying prince charles the head to the throne the students are angry at lawmakers who not only passed a plan to triple university fees to nine thousand pounds. and it was the story when i was down the. fire crackers which were being thrown directly at police and along the street behind me just a short time ago various. every time they see a police car they tried through some sort of project. which of course. way the majority of the action is taking place on parliament square about three hundred meters away from where i'm standing that's. now earlier we saw the demonstrations spreads to oxford street and regent street the main shopping streets here unlocked and we've also seen an attack on the royal family today the prince of wales prince charles and his wife camilla what's happen

r.t. . hello and welcome to our team sports update with the latest news and action there is what's coming up in the program. change as some serial. manager. speculation. homecoming king demolished. opening leg of their last sixteen. matches. in the final the early game this season. exit the competition to the group stage. in almost a decade. and the winner is rafael nadal's charity found. we get back to sports a little later though but first as russian lawmakers are considering the nuclear induction treaty with the united states russia's foreign minister is taking to the floor in the state duma let's listen in to see him but what i said is that we are grateful to all you do russian lawmakers for your attention and your career that you demonstrated in discussing this treaty in the various committees you for your questions during the discussion and or your useful considerations asli is that on this issue enough women on our side with the russian foreign ministry were provided all the necessary information was one of the advantages of this treaty that we think we fully meets russian interests w

r.t. . hello and welcome to the sports around out here not to you thanks for joining us and that's a look at the headlines. brett fall comes back to stop the vikings down danger and again will he call it a career this time. meanwhile italian boys and i is back from injury and ready to go all the super middleweight and the alst the date of the next fight. and also british prime minister and the mayor of london switch on the lights at london's brand new olympic stadium ahead of the one hundred twelve games. and ask a call for with a on a foul and it seems like brett farve could be finally done for good this time the forty one year old returned to action against the bears after breaking his amazing iron man streak the previous week but the comeback was very short lived as made us both reports now brett farve against all odds coming back from right shoulder injury to start for the vikings in the game played all doors of the bank stadium for i was going to understand he didn't appear to be off early on a quick deliberate to percy harvin going to make people miss i want twenty three yards to put m

r.t. dot com. welcome back to rostock computers about to remind you we're talking about middle east power brokers. but first let's see if russians believe in a lasting peace between the israelis and the palestinians mission failed this remains polus to produce results in the middle east peace process however this has not stopped washington's to kickstart indirect told between the israelis and palestinians but the x. for a more and more skeptical about success some say it is time for other part is just in the public opinion and also russians if there could be a last thing between israelis and palestinians thirty four percent said the peace is quite possible and thirty two percent believe it's not with many adult in washington's ability to be a fair broker the americans still say they assume this about pushing forward a peace agreement and laying the foundations for a future palestinian state back to peter ok before we went to the break amare i think you wanted to jump in there what we're talking about is th

r.t. . hello and welcome to the sports news an article on this what we have coming up. russia's national football team remain on track to qualify for the twenty twelve european championships we sit down with the man in charge of the cup. state of the russian hockey legend but just love the two so tell us all things hockey with our team. and also while those finally crowned see the harbor trace when i was off to the protest over there when was dismissed. to start with football to go away. closing in on arrivals united at the top of the premier league standings a mario balotelli have trick helping are better than one she needs challenges to easily beat ass some of ala for the full into full would prove being a great replacement for the injured carles to have a season that won man united did just enough against birmingham may want to enjoy allowing them to maintain the top spot and the other end of the table full of moved out of the relegation zone following a two nil victory over stoke blackpool sunderland on the road by the same scoreline told them have leapfrogged shall

uncover now in a welcome to r.t. it's a leaven pm this thursday night on a huge good news story for russia dominating our coverage this evening indeed for russia it's as good as winning the world cup itself the country a little earlier on tonight awarded the right to host the sporting spectacle in twenty eighteen it not only promises of course a feast of football but also billions of dollars of investment and a massive influx of tourists laura live coming to come live media conference hopefully within the next hour or so as we take you to see rick promise the putins are going to be addressing the committee and thanking them for their voter support in russia and first let's go to europe no not for that long but before it let's talk to andrew farmer a correspondent who's been covering this mazing story for us all day today either andrew i guess five hours since that announcement that they're finally settling just a little bit in switzerland but the work is only just about to begin for russia what's been the reaction. w

hello and welcome to r.t. twenty two hour news live from moscow our top story now the u.s. senate has finally approved the new start nuclear arms reduction treaty with russia after months of bitter and divisive wrangling on capitol hill in terms of personal lobbying in recent days by president obama helped sway republican opponents to get the treaty is through congress the decision has been hailed by both washington and moscow as a huge positive step in boosting u.s. russian relations and in furthering world nuclear disarmament chicken and washington has more on the historic decision. on this resolution or seventy.

hello i'm kevin owen welcome to r.t. it's eight pm this thursday night on a huge good news story for russia dominating our coverage this evening as you would expect russia has got its hands on the golden statue of the world cup after winning the bid to host the event in twenty eighteen the announcement was made by fee for the football governing body in switzerland just a little bit earlier on one of the world's top sporting events therefore is expected to bring billions of dollars of investment and a massive influx of tourists to russia it gets a lot of comment on this post one of the people of his in moscow for the latest reaction hi there pay good see you the celebrations of course will continue into the night we're expecting a media conference in about two hours time from zero eight but of course. in the cold light of day let's just look at a little bit the organizers know down there they're going to have to pull out all the stops to make this event the best it can be and live up to the faith and faith ultimately is n

but i welcome to the business program here on r.t. with me charlayne was folly the first time ever russia has sold more balls than it offered the country's finance ministry so two hundred nine billion dollars of noise more than one hundred ninety billion that it had planned making at the highest yield in six months they say russia had to accept this because of rising inflation which will cause the cost of borrowing to grow in the near future. opec appears unlikely to raise all supply limits to caffarelli in the oil price when it meets on saturday with ministers insisting while the economic growth can hold out crude at ninety dollars a barrel prices have benefited for a severely cold winter and improve economic outlook and upbeat for calls from goldman sachs another bags behind all pro prices in two thousand and eleven no shock news is expected from the meeting in the ecuadorian kept secret so that it might create debate because at the time for the next year opec members already producing well above their quotas any increase in product

welcome back you're watching r.t. live from moscow these are the top stories in the u.s. is predicted wall street is about to hand out a record year in bonuses worth over one hundred forty billion dollars it comes amid the country's growing unemployment and soaring debt. and britain prepares for thousands of students to protest a rise in university tuition fees just the latest angry demo dance government cuts to sweep across europe. plus wiki leaks founder julian assange is leading times online poll to be named person of the year and that's despite him personally being in custody over rape allegations with some plaguing the u.s. is behind the charges. next spread your wings as our team looks at the most advanced and extreme ways to fly. 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 with each takeoff there is always a risk. festival pilots but they proudly call themselves preflight pilots. in the foothills of the rules a thousand kilometers from m

a very warm welcome this is r.t. live from moscow with me alice habit police have arrested hundreds of protesters on several position presidential candidates who took to the streets of the belorussian capital angry at the outcome of sunday's election the country's lead down exam but only because franco won all fourth consecutive term in office we don't waste eighty percent of the vote. in the halls of minsk when the rallies that broke out she's keeping us up to date. it appears that it's not just the people. that are not satisfied with.

r.t. . if. you want to. welcome back to roscoe computable remind you we're talking about the amendments being made to the lisbon treaty. but before let's see what russians think about the e.u. the pressure is mounting the global financial crisis has plunged the european union into survival mode testing the lisbon treaty as well the two took effect on december first two thousand and nine eight years after european leaders longed a process to make the e.u. more democratic more transparent and more efficient the russian public opinion research center says the editor of citizens tells the european union fifty five percent say they have positive feelings while another thirteen percent feel negative they saying they will result prices the e.u. is also facing the necessity to amend the treaty. steffen if i go back to you going back to this bailout clause i mean it seems that you going to have to have carrots also now so if a country doesn't do what it's supposed to be looking at brussels acting like the i.m.f. in europe ok

r.t. dot com. hello and welcome to the sports thank you for joining me and other headlines. blades of steel high flying metal magnitogorsk keep our place to plug in the. wall going forward national ice hockey can be called sexist brush aside have learned lessons from the disappointing. top against the government's chelsea go to austin in a couple clash in the english premier league. start with ice hockey and in the continental hockey league leaders. have continued their strong vein of form after climbing with number six this month maybe if you keep making. music or started out last only you want seven games in the whole of december else well that's because that's on the fourteenth and in champions at the bronze age talk to himself or to some about you i have taken from behind to be after maybe least five to take scott recorded their second good in a row this week three hundred bodies haven't got have a good win on the road at the number of minutes to really get. in overtime. meanwhile twenty ten was a year to forget for russia's national ice hockey team there was the shock s

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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

welcome back you're watching r.t. live from moscow these are the top stories for. you has been found guilty of stealing billions of dollars worth of oil and laundering the proceeds the former head of the oil giant yukos already serving a jail sentence for tax evasion and fraud. millions of americans are struggling to find some christmas cheer this festive season even though jobless benefits have been extended for a further ninety nine weeks employment still proving hard to come by. and tourists are the latest weapons being gauged by israel and lebanon and their bitter rivalry each is showcasing their side of the propaganda battle with competing theme parks but critics question and relative displaying the spoils of war. next we report on how domestic violence in the united states is reaching alarming levels with a staggering number of women falling victim. no one really wants to touch on the subject of abuse because everyone's like you know that's a family affair that's what we know has been and a wife we're going to say out of it we don't want nothing to do with it

r.t. dot com. hello and welcome to our teams update on the sports we begin with a brief look at our lines. for my am h. l. star gilead game in the book breaks his contract with kate chiles sconce and put his big g. to family issues. meanwhile the number of games are leading the kontinental hockey league with three of the most secure rivals scott. and also a lot of love a continuous celebrate after studio this won their fifth time championship title beating arsenal this hour on that cereal on sunday. and we begin with occasional where one of the league's clubs have gone to the ways with the big time summer signing better and goalie you gain in the balkans there's no longer a member of the same things as bug teams management says the contract was broken dudes in a block of spam leashes and to mutual agreement of both sides scuffle with an exchange on said quote he was very surprised nobody expected this and gainey himself never mentioned anything it is worth noting however that the bulk of wasn't having the best season up is korea in fact he was out shadowed by jakob's toponica is now skulls

r.t. with the tag. hello and welcome to the latest sports update here now to the headlines. from this very quietly russian big day in the way it's the decision on the train for twenty eighteen world cup. spanish shock barcelona rallies of all five zero in the past. week primera liga season. and also we previewed say it's also in game with balance and the us the muscovites are still aiming to qualify by the last sixteen of the euro league. nine nations representatives are waiting for free fall to announce the beta when i was four twenty eight scene and twenty twenty two tournament's the russian delegation will be making their presentation for the twenty eighth seen event on thursday with the latest from switzerland here is richard vaughan fulfill it. anyone who's anyone is exuberant at the moment of months because been exposed days will be crucial to deciding who will win the race to host the next two world cups former dutch legend route hollis he's already here and of course he'll be back in but dutch and a belgian beer at the u.k. prime minister david cameron he's also here

welcome back you're watching r.t. coming to live from moscow i'm marina joshie these are the top stories ghana stands cheap heroin is depriving thousands of locals of a future besides flooding other countries and desperate situation is a reflection of poor efforts to tackle the problem says russia's top as a dragon force or. from dismantling historic monuments to cosmic street to comic strip propaganda as they saw the campaign in georgia gathers with russia seemingly its prime target but a growing number of people say of the war these attempts to rewrite the history are going too far. and reports of a war being waged on christmas have been all over the have lines in the u.s. this holiday season but many americans believe the hype is just to divert the public's attention from war pressing problems. they have lives here in our next martin anders explores ways to have a perfect christmas and the russian capital moscow is coming right up.

welcome back here with r.t. here's a look at the top stories former russian tycoon we all had a kosky awaits his sentence after he was convicted of stealing oil and laundering profits is a second trial for her kosky who is already serving time for tax evasion and fraud . the us federal debt has hit its highest level in over sixty years but as education health care suffer a major cots war funding remains immune. and the bank of moscow is accused of falling foul of the law for a longer and billions allegedly pocket a by the ex mayor. why the bank is suspected of approving a mayor major loan to a dummy company which then used the money to buy land. a long before we get weeks may have lines exposing war logs and diplomatic cables cryptome dot org was publishing government secrets of the founder john garang told r.t. websites like get their information from intelligence agencies and are allowed to stay online so spy services can keep an eye on those going to the sites. before there was ever wiki leaks there was crypt

r.t. it's now eleven pm warm welcome if you just joined is kevin with a top story for you and for the first time in more than seventy years no one has been able to accept the nobel peace prize the winner of human rights advocate lou jiabao is in china serving an eleven year sentence for subversion chinese authorities angered over the award ban both him and his wife from traveling towards low well because of the scandal surrounding the winner representatives from almost a third of the fifty countries invited skitt the ceremony including those from russia saudi arabia and pakistan russian officials have even suggested that julian assange the leader of the online whistleblower wiki leaks deserves the award or more washington's hunting for a son job to his latest revelations the u.s. is among the nation's calling for the release of the chinese nobel prize winner that will call for a couple stand. you. no prize is granted to lucille ball i don't want to pass in the judgement on you snow oh but in effect what this implies it's really the targeting of china on it's your political sense organ it ha

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r.t. . hello and a very warm welcome to the business program for all has hit a two and a half month high last december and continue to grow out of this project further strengthening of the currency as oil prices remain high with market watchers confident in the global stock exchanges but in a question about reports. the russian ruble strengthened two point eight percent against the us dollar and nine point four percent against the euro between january end of and the twenty ten december has drugget more games rising oil prices and returning confidence in russia after the crisis are fueling the rally some of the forecast for the ruble remains flat because even though it's hard to make predictions i believe the ruble will strengthen into a d. level and remain stable. the central bank of russia says it may relax controls on the ruble further next year i said aims to make the currency free floating. this is key in realize the the government's ambition to promote it is an international reserve currency the importance of the ruble has also recently been giving a boost by the start of trading against