absolutely that's another accusation that was open me to get the russians southernism has nothing to do with us because we don't talk in terms of nationalities we see that it's the country russian it should be above everything is spirit so we believe for the russians for the russians and for everyone else we are to become the poor in the center of the eurasian union and then it's only russia above everything i don't think you have much of a chance with this slogan you work it's a different situation in russia but that's down to the difference in mentality i would like to quote another visit from your platform since today all the national wealth in almost all industries belongs to a closed group over five hundred families we can conclude that the national wealth in the course of privatization in twenty years of reforms was redistributed unfairly so it's a clear call for a new revolution a call to repeal the results of the privatization which in the best case scenario would lead to a serious shake up in the worst case scenario to rebellion with if you put the full stop there after the w

now they southern russian city of sochi has been housed in the european olympic committee general assembly this way with forty nine member countries deciding if it abates as well as current and future sporting events corresponding story. here it may very well hold an olympic games for its own athletes and it may happen sooner than anyone may have expected in two thousand and fifteen just like asia the americans and africa pleats of the auld world gearing up to compete in a number of traditional disciplines. proximately. things boards twelve will be of olympic relay three will be. we don't want to exactly copy the olympic games we want to have something a little bit different twenty eight sports federations have already given the thumbs up to be idea discussions in sochi are making it possible to lay groundwork for a final decision russia was picked as the host country for this year's you'll see general assembly partly because it's national olympic committee celebrating its one hundredth anniversary and here in the country south russians also have a lot to show when it comes to organizing t

combination of luck preparation and mental toughness we can achieve our goals which finally the southern russian city of sochi has been busy hosting the european olympic committee's general assembly this week with forty nine member countries coming up with one very interesting proposal in particular. reports. europe may very well hold an olympic games for its own athletes and it may happen sooner than anyone may have expected in two thousand and fifteen just like asia the americans and africa of the old world again ring up to compete in a number of traditional disciplines we have the proximity to the. beans for twelve will be of olympic related three will be. we don't want to exactly copy the olympic games we want to have something a little bit different twenty eight sports federations have already given the thumbs up today the discussions in sochi are making it possible to lay groundwork for the final decision russia was picked as the host country for this year's fields he general assembly partly because it's national olympic committee celebrating its one hundredth anniversary and here in the c

are being constructed in afghanistan whose only objective was actually dropped out the southern flank of the russian gears of war drums which are being pushed from the bahraini airbase interrupt and subject changing which of course kills almost thirty thousand russian youths every year something about a minister of on of a said obviously has been protesting to a nato in afghanistan saying that they have to do it in their power to stop this drug influx into russia and actually have the drug trade with afghanistan something of the nato alliance of the boucher americans who are who said no to saudi and the trouble unfortunately is on this international game fortunately this game in his case has come to an end and tied together a lot of very disparate things there but why do you think the extradition has raised questions from the start with russia tike ort refused to give him away on two occasions and then suddenly change its mind why do you see that being the case with that. high court making that change well actually in the case of the case against her to move in thailand to russia to do so should the

right now the southern coast has a popular choice for russians and acceptance of people will soon stretch further afield with food at its heart local produce as a slowly taking steps towards putting the region's riches on the world's poorest exquisite tables that is tom blanton talked to the pioneers of the industry and found out about the hurdles still to be overcome. gourmet treats from russia's coast but these luxury food producers are struggling to find a market this is the only muscle and least a farm in the area just off the black sea coast it's run by forex scientists need to study the region's marine life back in the u.s.s.r. that what you were thrown out that way when the country collapsed science collapsed we were fired from our jobs in america search center but we were good at growing muscles and oysters so we approached a company and arrange for a million rubles for a start up it's a risky business with a storm capable of ruining a year's work but without any major setbacks they can harvest twenty tons of mussels a year the problem then is trying to sell them. even on the blac

twenty minutes past the hour here in the russian capital seven people including five policemen being killed in a suicide blast on a shootout in kazakhstan's southern city of. officials say that they raided an alms shop killing a security guard in the process before trying to escape in a car several policemen were shot dead in the subsequent pursuit when police eventually arrest the man up claimed more victims as well the incident has been officially classified as a terrorist attack it comes just two weeks after twenty explosions in the west of the country for which an islamic militant group claimed responsibility. for the world update here on r.t. some other headlines from around the world this hour syria has been suspended from the arab league until a peace plan is implemented to stop the bloodshed there the decision came at an emergency session in cairo which discussed damascus is the inability to end the eight month long violent crackdown and civil protest as an overwhelming majority of member states supported the move with only lebanon yemen and syria itself voting against. iran has been rocked by a powerful explosion at an ammunition depot ab

russian soyuz capsule. concept of the moment for me in less than half an hour from now in the meantime we're off to southern russia and our special report on the only put this region in europe. employee i have two names. my parents made me say again. it was when i was fifteen years old i was accepted to the biggest ministry. my bowels. my teacher gave me a new name. milton nelms and means dignity loathly means small it. did well that i was away from my homeland for years studying in india at the me these are my first holidays things honestly coincide with the festival to be held in europe's largest buddhist temple. filled with ice and of that i will need to trolls nearly the entire length of our steps to get there. and you me until a long and interesting journey known as the wide path lies ahead of me. is the step region in the south of european russia. five centuries ago nomadic tribes the serbs and ganga's khan's army brought their horses and sheep here from mongolia they were called the oil rods. in the seventeenth century they were renamed comix after swearing an oath of allegiance. to the tsar alexei r

southern neighbors were left without power. >>> the international space station now has three new residents. american astronaut dan burbank and two russian cosmonauts were all smiles as they boarded the space station from their docked soyuz spacecraft. the new crew is scheduled to live there until march. dan burbank is the first nasa astronaut to enter space since july. >>> walmart will open six new stores in the district. that's two more than had been originally planned. >>> the locations are georgia and missouri avenues, riggs road and south dakota, new york avenue at bladensburg road, new jersey avenue northwest, east capital and 58th street and good hope road and alabama avenue. 9news now's bruce johnson had mixed reaction from residents. >> reporter: boarded and abandoned stores has been a constant reminder of failed economic policies and an unemployment rate that now approaches 20% in ward 7. >> the way i feel, if there ain't no jobs, family breaks up. >> d.c. government sees the site through -- seized the site through eminent domain but it wasn't until today that officials were able to announce that walmart had agreed to put a sto

southern afghanistan. >> but the u.s. has longstanding alternate routes, about 40% of supplies come through russian and central asian rail and truck routes. pakistan also called for the u.s. to leave an air base where cia drone operations targeting al qaeda and tall pan in pakistan have taken place in the past. with billions of dollars in aid and military sales, senior u.s. lawmakers are also warning they're out of patience with pakistan. >> they need to understand our support for them financially is dependent upon their cooperation with us. >> reporter: the fear now is either side may miss calculate as pakistan vows to protect its sovereignty. pakistan's radars on the border are focussed on any threats. >> i would suspect there's popular support now for a pakistan retail tore strike. this is a very, very dangerous period we're at between the united states and pakistan. >> reporter: all of this may have more direct security implications for the united states which has been trying to get pakistan to crack down on al qaeda and taliban militant groups for some time. don't expect to see pakistan rush to do that any time soon

was actually the southern flank of russia and case of war the drugs which are being pushed from by me are based interrupted subject change which of course kills over thirty thousand russian youths every something the minister ivanov has said obviously has been protesting to our nato in afghanistan saying that they have to do everything that's our to stop this drug influx into russia and actually have the drug trade with afghanistan something of the nato alliance of abuse americans has categorically said no it's a story and it's a real unfortunate he's a fine because he. the national game. this game in his case has come to an end and tied together a lot of very disparate things there but why do you think the extradition has raised questions from the start with russia high court refused to give him away on two occasions and then suddenly change its mind why do you see that being the case with that tie court making that change were actually in the case of the case against her trouble in thailand or russia to do so should the further surgery which was made by the regret of the first things which was actually a wrong decision because i would you perhaps fought against the ame

the russian close up team continues its journey now across the biggest country on earth and about to join them right now. today is another chance to discover more of the black sea coast of the southern cross and our region where people's love of nature is reflected in all walks of life from saving animals who become street photographers slaves to turning rubbish into the bottom has been put. on here and now have no need to find construction materials. now a bit of paint and they'll turn this bio into something beautiful. some critics might call me a complete rubbish totally write everything you see and gallery is made from little margin emotions that we are covering over a living space with litter we need to have contributed to was good for me to use this ways creatively. a friend alexei provided some creative accompaniment also using rubbish as instruments but was i started with just one barrel when i was invited to a festival before i even had time to work on my instruments so i just experimented but just walk around listening to things and what sound they can make and you know collects her rubbish from the coastline the winter and spring storms bring her greatest harvest. i come