this is the biggest religious holiday for the believers all across the post soviet space indeed russia ukraine and belarus are celebrating this holiday and today it's thursday is the final day of the celebrations of course this is a very important for the history of russia that the country doctor orthodox christianity but that choice may well have been different and at the beautiful monastery which you can see may have easily been and more so because back then in the year nine hundred eighty eight delegates from all religions came over to key of two of the priesthood even to offer their religion historians are still finding proper explanation why did lead even to choose orthodox christianity some even joke that just choice because the orthodox christianity in fact allowed people to drink wine well maybe this is a joke this is being debated by historians nevertheless this was a historical decision and believes all across the face are celebrating this day. and it eases this hour here on the headlines coming your way it appears right now. things are getting. care about them to business here and i

congratulating christiane i see where in kiev where all put on leaders from russia ukraine and the rest the side. of worship. iran's nuclear program has passed a point of no return according to its foreign minister in about twenty minutes he explains exclusively why the country called atomic plans. iran has reached a point in its nuclear research where it is impossible to stop it or go back over the nuclear technologies or develop into a domestic industry becoming a fact of life for many iranians now that we have educated and trained thousands of nuclear scientists who can the wish for the entire world stop us from enriching uranium so as for how the situation is going to do that there is no limit discussion dialogue and negotiation we see it as a test for ourselves for our patients and and throughout our history of minor sort of prove to the world to do run for does not give up in the face of suppression and to still if we are ready to put any price and withstand anything there is no point in being in reserve the right the more these threaten and pushes the more determined we become to

thursday sees the marking of a special bond between russia ukraine and belarus which goes back more than a millennium orthodox church leaders are in kiev marking the conversion to christianity exactly one thousand and twenty three years ago when ukraine's capital used to be the center of the ancient state of. thousands have gathered in key of central monastery the key of the chest a lot of the one you can see over there behind me to attend the biggest liturgy the biggest service held by the head of the russian orthodox church but they have to deal with came over to the ukrainian capital to mark the celebration of the christianization of ancient russia indeed a thousand and twenty three years ago. who was back then reigning in the key of adopted christianity he took several citizens of the key of to the waters of the river here in kiev and turned them into orthodox christians this is the biggest religious holiday for the believes all across the post soviet space indeed russia ukraine and belarus are celebrating this holiday and today it's thursday is the final day of the celebrations of c

clearly this shows that the the attitude towards the russia ukraine is still very warm and he is being greeted here with much respect lately kiev has been named as one of the single capitals of the russian orthodox church along with moscow and st petersburg it is interesting because of course capital of a sovereign state of ukraine and this means that the russian orthodox church goes beyond the borders to unite the clergy on the space it is a large scale celebration which is being held in the capitals of ukraine belarus and russia key of minsk and moscow wender stand at the celebration events will be happening within the next couple of days with concerts large concerts culminating the festivities in the three capitals. reporting right while you can always i had to come for more on the news you need all around the clock what if you right now investigates the rise in suicides in tsunami japan as thousands find it too much to cope with the aftermath of the disaster. and the russian manhunt for husbands with women outnumbering men by millions who report on an unusual matrimony . rent a gen

in russia ukraine and belarus are celebrating at thousand and twenty three years since this part of the world adopted orthodox christianity but this choice of the religion may well have been different joining me from kiev for all the details. as the mccurry heads for forty degrees celsius in moscow and winds of last summer smoke covered city a looming. over discovered extreme heat wave has already caused an outbreak of wildfires in the region. and whiff of a smoke and moscow's in panic again the toxic cocktail of beat smoke wood smoke and exhaust fumes that filled the capitol last august is still buried in people's memory intense bebop fires and the record heat waves were blamed for the dense smog that sent pollution levels soaring ten fold and was thought to have contributed to tens of thousands of deaths in the capital the authorities swore they would be prepared this year to find a place like this you don't have to go far from the capital this smoke is familiar to everyone who was in moscow last summer back then doctors said breathing in the smoke that covered the city was equivalent

orthodox believers in russia ukraine and belarus are celebrating a thousand and twenty three years since this part of the world that got that orthodox christianity but this choice of the religion may well have been different joining me from kiev all the details. as the mercury heads for forty degrees celsius here in the memories that will last long as snopes covered city are looming as r.c.a.'s as i have over reports the extreme heat wave as a when he calls an outbreak of a lot of pies on the weekend. and whiff of the smoke in moscow is in panic again a toxic cocktail of pete smoke wood smoke and exhaust fumes that filled the capitol last august is still the lead in people's memory intense pain got fires and the record heat waves were blamed for the dense smog that sent pollution levels soaring ten fold and was thought to have contributed to tens of thousands of deaths in the capital you thought at least for they would be prepared and seeing to find a place like this you don't have to go far from the capital this is familiar to everyone who was in moscow last summer back then doctors sai

orthodox believers in russia ukraine and belarus are celebrating at thousand and twenty three years sincethis part of the world the thought that orthodox christianity but the choice of the religion may well have been different joining me from here for all the details. now is that kerry heads a forty degree celcius harem memories of the last note covets and see the thing as are discarded the extreme heat wave has already caused an outbreak of war thighs of that week. now with all the smoke and moscow is in panic again the toxic cocktail of heat smoke wood smoke and exhaust fumes that filled the capitol last august is still believed in people's memory intense be book fires and the record heat waves were blamed for the dense smoke that sent pollution levels soaring ten fold and was thought to have contributed to tens of thousands of deaths in the capital and you thought you swore they would be prepared a.c.m. to find a place like this you don't have to go far from the capital there's smoke is familiar to everyone who was in moscow last summer back then doctors said breathing in the smog that

orthodox believers in russia ukraine and belarus are celebrating a thousand and twenty three years since this part of the world adopted orthodox christianity but this choice of the religion may well have been different joining me from here all the details. financial crisis for some is an opportunity for others and with money in short supply for companies in the west they're taking their operations and dollars to the cheap east. how the american financial downturn has been great and the indian economy. it's the great recession of the twenty first century what started as a collapse in the housing market in the united states has led to unemployment hunger and debt crises around the world and while countries are struggling to protect their interests increasingly western businesses are shifting their work east to cut costs welcome to work out in a modern suburb of new delhi everywhere you look there are offices of american companies it's gonna be important the united states has placed on this country during the financial crisis according to recent outsourcing reports american companies have b

post soviet nations are uniting in ukraine to celebrate the christianized nation of ancient russia ukraine's capital kiev used to be the center of the ancient state when it turned to author book see more than a thousand years ago. is following the colorful festivities. the head of the russian orthodox church but there are a few real has a right to the gradient he have to take part in the celebrations along with his counterpart from georgia and the head of the russian orthodox church in ukraine. it's been exactly one thousand and twenty three years since this part of the world adopted orthodox christianity. now when sharkey real arrived at the solemn liturgy in front of the. monument in kiev the central monument dedicated to the baptism to the adoption of christianity in this part of the world he was greeted by tens of thousands of people who were chanting that our part is real well clearly this shows that the the attitude towards russia and ukraine is still very warm and he is being greeted here with much respect lately kiev has been named as one of the single capitals of the russian orthodo

now this week orthodox believers all across russia ukraine and both groups have marked more than a thousand years since adopt interest unity the head of the russian branch patriarch kirill conducted the celebrations joined by his counterparts from georgia and ukraine tens of thousands attended a special event staged in care center of ancient russia religion started to spread across the region. ninety eight prince one took the first group of pagans in three different times the whole crystallization process took several centuries but here is two considered to be the cradle of faith in this particular. i could back up a write up of the headlines that couple minutes stay with us here. thanks .

well this week orthodox believe is all across russia ukraine and groups marked more than a thousand years since adopting christina to the head of the russian branch patriarch kirill to the celebrations during ice counterparts in georgia and ukraine tens of thousands attended this session event staged care the center of ancient russia region started to spread across the region. and hate it prince was there took the first group of pagans and different times to the whole crystallization process took several centuries but kiffin and some consider to be the cradle of faith in this part. of the back cover up of the headlines that government stay with us here. mission. critical issues free. for churches free. arrangement free. three stooges free. food free volunteers wanted videos for your media projects a free video gone to our teeth dot com.

today to russia ukraine and other countries that have issue woodson a phobia with right wing groups it's basically. a case when. this. small group could be an individual decided to resort to terror to draw attention to his political views or let's take a step back here look at the broader political impact because how is a tragedy likely to influence government policy do you think well i think first of all they will be many questions also about the security measures so i think the bomb blast in central all slow begs the question how could a lone individual or a small group of individuals plan such a large bomb in front of. major government buildings and including the building that hosts the prime minister's office and also. reports suggesting i mean you know we just kept saying that we're a safe country meaning that they assumed that there would be attack of these so in the future some sions will change they will be more careful with this sort of groups with this sort of fuse and also security measures ok so there are going to be some political policy implications here regarding the after

from post soviet nations are uniting in ukraine to celebrate the christianisation of ancient russia ukraine's capital kiev used to be the center of the ancient state when exactly one thousand and twenty three years ago this part of the world adopted orthodox christianity russia's patriarchial is meeting his georgian counterpart and other orthodox leaders for the festivities tens of thousands of people attended a liturgy at the monument of prince the d.v.r. who christianize ancient russia and the center of key of celebrations are expected to continue for the next couple of days not just in care but across the whole soviet area. and next meet one of the first man to ever get up close and personal with the moon but it's astronaut bill and her celebrated photo of earth which inspired people to protect the planet as art he discovers now. bill i understand you very much for being with us today it's a great pleasure and an honor nice to be with you soldiers all right so apollo eight commander frank berman and comment command module pilot jim lovell had flown more hours than any other. when they tap

from post soviet nations are uniting in ukraine to celebrate the christianization of ancient russia ukraine's capital kiev used to be the center of the ancient state when exactly one thousand and twenty three years ago this part of the world adopted orthodox christianity russia's patriarch kirill is meeting his georgian adam craig and counterparts to take part in the festivities tens of thousands of people attended a liturgy at the monument to prince video who christianized ancient russian in the center of cue the celebrations are expected to continue for the next couple of days not just in kids but across the whole soviet area. over a few minutes away from meeting the man who inspired the most movement to save the planet from the berlin wall first corina joins us with a business news. welcome to business here in r.t. russia is planning to put fifteen percent of its all champion roll snapped up for sale next year it could become the biggest profit as ation deal in the nation's history a current market conditions the stake is valued at fourteen billion dollars the government says it's also wei

russia, didn't we win the cold war? south korea, didn't we fight for you to be free? and ukraine has been weak since that episode on a game board. so maybe we should tell them to call it whatever they want to call it. but when they get in to see the movie, it's "sex in the city 2." >> that's almost an act of war. >> why reward them? i mean, what?! that's a crap movie. >> you never saw it four times. >> absolutely not. it was five. no, i didn't say that. >> hey, mike, in the green room, you punched chad lowe, on the business channel because you were so outramminged. >> i was outraged. captain america is my all-time favorite super hero. now he's my kid's all-time super hero -- because they have no choice. being a hollywood insider, like i am, and dealing with studios constantly, this is a typical thing to do. you are always looking at do you have to adjust the title for the marketing ore seas -- overseas for distribution? so i can understand. it but i am surprised that more countries didn't follow their lead, given how our brand is right now. >> you are a sympathizing freak. >> i a

is the real well clearly this shows that the the attitude towards russia and ukraine is still very warm and he is being greeted here with much respect lately kiev has been named as one of the single capitals of the russian orthodox church along with most school and st petersburg it is interesting because of course capital of a sovereign state of ukraine and this means that the russian orthodox church goes beyond the borders to unite the religion to unite the clergy among all the space it is a large scale celebration which is being held in the capitals of ukraine belarus and russia kiev minsk and moscow wonder stand that the celebration events will be happening within the next couple of days with concerts large concerts culminating the festivities in the three capitals. of the business as i promised arenas. hello and welcome to business here on r.t. now russia may have plenty of oil but that doesn't show at the petrol pumps motorists are haven't seen the shortages and the rise in prices the problems have been put down so high tags today and the greater profits ability of selling fuel a b

most were from russia ukraine and eastern europe. >> we're not talking about downtrodden people that are looking for a way to get to a better life. we're tuig about people making a profit. >> if convicted, the defendants if a face up to ten years in prison. >>> the lawyer for a man accused of a killing spree says he thinks his client is legally insane in norway. the attorney says he told him he attacked the teenagers to inflict maximum damage on the party for failing to keep muslims out of norway. he also says his client took drugs before the attack to keep himself awake. yesterday police blew up a cache of explosives found on his farm. >> 32 people are dead and ten are missing after heavy rains in the capital sit in south korea. in southern seoul fast moving waters filled the streets. ten college students were killed. there was a dramatic rescue of people that scrambled on to the roofs of partially submerged vehicles to escape. also in the city water filled subway stations and flooded around 800 homes. about 15 inches fell in seoul since yesterday afternoon. >> scientists have a the

religious leaders from post soviet nations are uniting in ukraine to celebrate the christianization of russia while ukraine's capital kiev used to be the center of the ancient state when exactly one thousand and twenty three years ago this part of the world adopted orthodox christianity russia's patriarchial is meeting his georgian counterpart and other orthodox leaders for the festivities tens of thousands of people attended a liturgy at the monument to prince edward de vere to christianize injured russia the center of keep their celebrations are expected to continue for the next couple of days not just in kiev but across the post soviet era. gets to grips with whether the slaughter in norway is setting an extremism train in motion in europe but first kareen is here with business news shortly. well welcome to our business report here in r.t. wash is planning to put fifteen percent of its oil champion roll snapped up for sale next year it could become the biggest privatization deal in the nation's history under current market conditions this stake is valued at fourteen billion dollars the gov

with syria and iraq and iran as muslim neighbors but we have eight other nonmuslim neighbors, russia, ukraine, georgia, bulgaria, greece, romania, we are developing the same level of strategic relation with all these neighbors. so our foreign policy is not direct to one wrench on or group of countries. we want to have same level of intensified relations with all the countries, including muslim countries. >> rose: do you think turkey can be a model for the future as to how they might develop into a democratic, pluralstic, secular. >> of cour this is our experience. we cannot impose our experience on anyone. but other friends, or nations from the region can get lesson out of these experience. but i can tell y that these autocratic regimes, they have three arguments to legitimize. one argument is they said they have to have an autocratic strong regime because there is a fight against israel. and they are in a situation of war. secondly, they said that if they change in the direction of democracy, a cause may come, democracy m be a cost. they turn their face to western powers a they said if we go