more surveillance and people to report whatever suspicious the seat was then of course from the russian united business aviation association very much appreciate you coming in last minute here on r.t. thanks very much for joining us and and doctors here. coming to the live from the russian capital just to reiterate we're reporting the ongoing developments concerning the aftermath of that blast at domodedovo airport and little earlier today at one thirty pm g.m.t. four thirty pm g.m.t. moscow time here the capital now that's been international condemnation to this attack from the u.s. germany and france among others let's not get more from marty is going to check on who's in washington not gonna what kind of reaction have we been hearing from around the world at this early stage. well bill president obama's condemned of last and called it an outrageous act of terrorism against the russian people we also expressed condolences to the families of the victims so have many of the war leaders we have a statement from nato secretary general who said he was shocked by this attack he says terrorism is a

russian united states america our only fifty kilometers far from each other we have a merry time border in the bering strait far in the north op in the north. and i think that for us the relationship with the united states of america is of crucial importance we are two biggest nuclear powers we are two biggest global powers we have to coordinate what we do in the international arena so for us it was quite a natural step just to explain to our viewers why have russian lawmakers sought to amend elements of this treaty well. the statements which we adopted both in the duma and in the federation council did not amend the text of the text will be implemented all the way to was signed by the two presidents and the same can be also said by all the statements adopted by the us senate we make political declarations we are politician is likely to not go for there and here this is our with job and making our political declarations we will to draw. some kind of guidelines for our wood governments saying that these are what concerns these are our ideas and if you want to be successful as to governme

united states america and russian federation gave very positive impact on the process of restoring mutual understanding and mutual trust between russia and nato so we are moving ahead and i think that the rectification will help that movement a lot is it fair to say that russia has embraced the spirit of the treaty while the u.s. is focused strictly on the your letter off the law well actually i think many people both in washington and in moscow have been braced the spirit of the treaty the problem for my american colleagues the way i see it is a very tough discussion a very tough you for you allow me to call it political. fight between the democrats on the rip and the republicans mostly on the. internal agenda and unfortunately as it very often happens in many countries foreign policy and security issues become a kind of hostage of the debate on internal issues and we were really concerned during the debates in the u.s. senate that the reservation may become. kind of a victim of that discussion between democrats and republicans on the internal agenda well the political wisdom prevailed t

meets the russian special forces unit preparing for the. revered art. and if you want to know what's happening in sports natalia is here and she's got all the information for. hello and welcome to the sports update here not say thanks for watching and here is what's coming up in the next ten minutes. liverpool manager roy hodgson leaves the club with former red star dalglish replacing him at anfield until the end of the season. better as star season in style edging out of a damn go in because our open final to claim his first title of the year. and also russia's junior hockey team are still winning the under twenty world championships and the u.s. . will begin with hockey as the newly crowned junior well champions are finally back home after spending a couple of days a buffalo niagara airport the youngsters booted all of their fast fly due to what

lots of russians work and movies in the united states lots of russians in hollywood . but we never see them working as a t.v. i mean as a russian teen. it occurred to me when i when i read about these sciences the guys are good nobel prize and physically see they have a russian floor like a whole whole floor or all the rooms they're all russians were there oh this is the russian fly but it doesn't happen in movies in the united states why russians represent a great school of cinematography why don't you flock together why don't you work as a team because because you quit it you want to do it to make american movies in america or because the producers try to keep your point and not the cheer and that lets you fly i but i wouldn't say that there is a there is an attempt to really spread people around depending on their ethnicity actually at the class teachable there was some moment where a group of three or four maybe five russians were working together as a team but. i don't know it's just my observation probably it's not very welcomed to have people of the same cultura

duty to the russian special forces unit preparing for the frontline against terrorism. now goes to the january sales. shows you where to find the best shopping deals in one of the world's most expensive cities. hello and welcome to the show that was millions around the world are recovering after the recent festivities most russians are celebrating the orthodox christmas this weekend but soon it's back to work for everyone and the colder weather is on its way to moscow but it's not all doom and gloom as january is the best time to go shopping subject this week's program the department store which we see here is one of the most glamorous places to buy clothes in russia. built between eighty ninety and one thousand nine hundred three located next to red square came one of the few stores in the soviet union that was not plagued by shortages of consumer goods today well it's all about expensive designer clothes first it's in to one of my favorite shops paul smith example of such design is that of open stores in russia this moscow shop opened in two thousand and six muscovite

military cooperation will be discussed it is russian the united states have agreed for the u.s. cargo to transit over russian serry terry to deliver military aid to afghanistan and also russia has sold eighty m i seventeen helicopters guns and ammunition to afghanistan so we're expecting to hear talk of military cooperation as well today who are the best years russia has been trying to get more and more involved in solving the issue of drug trafficking from afghanistan by participating in various international meetings all this meetings that address this problem some thirty thousand people die from heroin that comes from getting this done in russia annually and altogether there one million five hundred thousand heroin addicts in russia which makes actually the biggest. it is a very important issue and the afghan. the international community because we have been destroyed by destruction and. police force the. military. capability to prevent. such. turning afghanistan. drug free. flowing. hoping. that. well stay with watch our exclusive interview with the afghan the later in the da

business which is very short the two presidents are discussing military corp of course earlier russian the united states have agreed that the u.s. military cargo would be allowed to be transferred through russian territory to ease the process of delivering military aid russia has also sold eighty m. i seventeen helicopters to afghanistan with guns and ammunition the military talks are also on the table two presidents are talking about how russia could increase its involvement in tackling the problem of drug trafficking russia has been trying to do so over the past couple of years by participating in all sorts of international meetings that sir the involved to know that brought upon this problem of the table so the russia of course is very much interested in being involved in this because thirty thousand. people die from heroin addiction in russia every year and that heroin comes from afghanistan altogether in russia one hundred thousand heroin addicts and again most of that. russia is the number one consumer. those drugs and so this is the number one issue. that today the two presidents are talki

in the car to the also wanted russian the united states to sit down at the table together and think about how they could improve the situation with human rights here well. they have told one of the us stop for security officials that the u.s. help is needed for them to improve the situation but the response from mr michael mcfaul was rather straightforward he has said that russia's opposition has to learn to negotiate with the country's authorities on it so. washington should pay more attention to significant incidents related to freedom of assembly in russia to solve problems in russia civic society parties should sit down at the negotiation table both russian and the us governments and representatives from n.g.o.s it is up to russian activists to build up their relations with their administration with value to relying on america. mr mack for has said that the united states is not blind or indifferent to human rights problems in russia but it doesn't look like the united states is going to be showing any support to russia's opposition in that respect but indeed as you mentioned washingto

and the call of duty the russian special forces unit preparing for the frontline against terrorism. broadcasting live from our studios in central moscow where it is four o'clock on a sunday morning this is r t i'm sean thomas let's take a look at your top stories millions of sudanese are preparing to vote in a referendum that could see one of africa's poorest and most troubled nations split into two countries in the vote that starts on sunday the christian dominated south is widely expected to choose independence from the mainly muslim north the week long ballot is being held as part of a peace deal which ended decades of civil war in two thousand and five thousands sought refuge in israel a place considered an enemy state by the sudanese. overhead or to use policy or some of the refugees to ask about their hopes for the upcoming vote. the road to freedom is long and its role wasn't their first choice egypt was but as the thousands of refugees fleeing sudan found themselves under assault in cairo by a police force trying to clean up the streets the decision to cross over into israel

the early warning mechanism now we both understand the degree to equally important for the russian for the united states and most bars are related to proceed with the realisation of this treaty but already you know we really see two dollar american friends look this will happen or this may happen. in case you do all these or that and this is for for me this is a fair play and they believe that this is really important for our american friends to know for sure what will happen and kids they will continue to do will their strategic plan to missile defense system when the two presidents were just about to sign the treaty we were talking and talking about the future ratification we all talked about about the fact that it should have been ratified simultaneously by the two parliaments now the synchronicity is broken i mean the americans are already rather flooded the russians are still considering the ratification well well as far as i understand this have this bill because of these these amendments these resolutions that are attached to the treaty by their side why do we need to do they had self-este

the russian special forces unit for the. feared. those were the headlines up next as a special report on how and opening of a school in new york city sparked a. debate over freedom of speach. brooklyn surely is a place that represents the world community. the opportunity to teach arabic to students here in brooklyn i think is an opportunity that we should we shouldn't miss. and so when people made statements that would truly discriminatory of course of pain me and said me. certain feel mongering groups the play of the disco all would be a religious school which is a public school in america it could never be and it will not be these a situations with the strays told so phobic and racist reason our lives and groups should be ashamed of themselves we have the words in your dish a shocking. i believe there is an apology owed to debbie on it's us that i've known her for almost twenty years and i can say that she has been a force of openness and cross cultural conversation believe me whenever there's a conference being organized to promo

and the call of duty our team meets the russian special forces unit preparing for the frontline against terrorism feared and revered the spetznaz are the cream of russia's military. securing energy supplies is crucial for every economy most of the time access to these resources is politicized. richard morningstar the u.s. secretary of state special envoy for eurasian energy what has america got to do with the european gas network. the. guest is rich mourning stuff in today's world. the coming war. transit countries sometimes use them. as the main supply to europe is trying to secure. the continent russia is working on the north. lawn project as an alternative direct way to supply energy to europe europe has its own. project which is finding support. states what does washington have to do with gas supplies on the european continent. u.s. secretary of state's special envoy on energy mr richard. europe relies much on the gas tax goes from russia provides over forty percent of the natural gas used in households but when ukraine tried to reduce the price to pay for russian gas by blocking su

the benefit of political expediency despite the consistent efforts and pressure from the russian federation the united states has done it best to ignore the most pressuring and crucial issue for afghanistan and its neighbors that is their narco aggression that comes from the southern part of this country and now we have the afghan drug being special envoy going to the better world and this question and responsibility should be squarely placed on the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton because it was hillary clinton who was the first openly admitted and recognized afghanistan officially as a narco state in effect implying that that's where the main challenge to the world security comes from now the u.s. secretary of state has two options first she could descend big your previous statement that afghanistan is an arc a state or should finally pass this information through the secretary of defense and encourage him to take a drastic and decisive action the sooner the better then you all pim harvest this coming there is no time for vacillation and leap service but it's high time to act better later tha

khodorkovsky once criticized and challenged putin's authority when the russian leader was president. the united states and european countries say both sentences are reprisals for his opposition to putin. the u.s. denounced the verdict as politically influenced. the russian government countered saying politicians do not exert pressure on the country's judiciary. >>> the vatican has taken action to enhance its financial transparency following an investigation by italian police into allegations of money laundering. the vatican bank officially known as the institute for religious works has been the focus of the probe. in september, authorities seized 23 million euros or $30 million the vatican deposited in an italian bank. the vatican denies any wrongdoing. pope benedict xvi signed new laws on thursday. the measures require the vatican to comply with international standards to improve transparency. a financial watchdog will be set up as early as april so transactions comply with international rules. the vatican said in a statement it will work in solidarity with other countries and police forces ar

united states has been the motor force for democracy now there have been two major exceptions one is when faced with the taliban as a whether it be german or russian or chinese the united states has worked with non democratic countries to find a allies and a second has been the middle east in the middle east the problem has been even before islam as a became a major force the problem has been that in the middle east there is a inherent radicalism and so over and over again when tempted to go the democratic route american governments are found that this will bring our enemies to power and so there has been a has in it see now that was changed in november two thousand and three when george w. bush that they had said and see is over we're going for democracy we're going to three years it became clear that what everyone feared which is that there would be this surge of our enemies coming to office coming to power getting stronger that policy was somewhat abandoned and now we have administration and obama that's not interested in democracy i believe that we united states should be pushing for democracy it is it is our it is what we do and we do it well

of the same time seeking help from the united states for its sixty's not just financial help but also ideological and while speaking to the habs over the russian department of the u.s. national security council members of the opposition have asked the united states to be more critical of the violations of civil rights taking place in russia but not bush like critical now those who have already bill been present at such meetings at the u.s. embassy in washington have seemed to change their opinion as well previously during the bush administration they have asked the united states for a softer criticism towards russia while members of their position also seem to believe that the recent reset of relations between russia and the united states have been has been a bad influence do human rights activists is specially in the north caucasus they're saying that after the murder over the bodies to meet or had over chechnya ramzan could there have as many given given carte blanche for other murders and should be recognized as a persona non-grata by the united states where mr mark for has said that he doesn't see that happening and those are all domestic

united states for help in. a new political parties. many members of the opposition believe that. running for president once again would be the biggest threat to the russian u.s. relations and the united states should also be involved in preventing that from happening. he doesn't think that the u.s. should be involved in that. to further improve relations between russia and the us the a bomb or administration has a stand simply refrain from vocal support for democratic reform civil society activists in russia are unaware of the contours of the u.s. approach to shuman rights and its record of public statements and speeches russia's democrats remain in mere terminal really constant personality disputes disagreements with the kremlin differences over the viability of political activity . in his report to washington d.c. mr by really has to say that that spirit of the united states should make its position on human rights issues and democracy in the washer more clear to the members opposition and to explain all the better to which extent the u.s. wants to be involved in other countries domestic issues. ok another couple leave it there for now thank you for th

nord gold a unit of russian mining giant severstal says it intends to float at least twenty five percent of its shares in an initial public offering on the london stock exchange the gold for douceur hopes to raise over one billion dollars through the i.p.o. to be completed in february one of the lead managers for the offering valued north gold at four point three billion dollars dollars i.p.o. follows the announcement last week that iron and coal group cox is to float in london commodities giant glencore is also said to be preparing a forty seven billion dollars float. and the russian stock markets open this week with its highest postings on the r.h.s. of my sex since the summer of two thousand and eight the main engine behind the upswing was shares in ross daft on news of a share swap with b.p. both the r.t.s. and my sex close trading up on the day they actually asked closed up nearly one and two three percent and the my sex closed just over one and a half percent. and russian markets are continuing to perform well in the first weeks of two thousand and eleven monday saw as the biggest

nord gold unit of russian mining giant severstal says it intends to float at least twenty five percent of its shares initial public offering of the london stock exchange and go producer hopes to raise over one billion dollars through the i.p.o. to be completed in february that generated cash will be used to pay debts to its russian parent as well as the future growth investments nords i.p.o. follows the announcement last week that iran and coal group cox is the float in london is to float in london commodities giant glencore is also said to be preparing a forty seven billion dollar float. and it looks like russian started saving again according to the missing newspaper leading russian lenders bad bank and b. to b. twenty four increase their deposit portfolios over twenty five and forty five percent respectively in two thousand and ten consumer confidence and a ship from real estate investments was cited as the main drivers for the growth and the record john comes despite the decision of central bank deposit rates throughout two thousand and ten. that's all for me and the business to. b