serbs killed not only were certain serb church is an historical sites destroyed but maybe in fact serbs had their organs physically removed they were killed their organs are physically removed and sold you can start to understand why the serbs of kossovo don't want to live under ethnic albanian rule and that's why it's very very important for us to understand that and to put pressure on prishtina to do to ensure that they give autonomy to the serbs the serbs north of the ybarra river in northern cause of o. and also to serve enclaves elsewhere in cost so that's first of all second of all i think that mr marty is is right that if we as i've said i don't think we can reverse history i don't think that we can after seventy two countries recognize the independence of kosovo i don't think we can get them to recognize the independence of kosovo but we can't have a cost of zero in the heart of europe we can have a cause for that's a criminal state and we saw what that means is that we have to instill the rule of law and you don't instill the rule of law by burying crimes you have to uncover th

he's the former bosnian serb leader queues to war crimes by u.n. court in our special report coming up next he reveals the other side of the carriage. belgrade the couple of serbia in two thousand and two dr drug and which a specialist in alternative medicine settled here nobody knew where he was from or what his occupation had been before. one instant popularity in the medical community he give lectures i'm cured people of diseases we see him as someone who helps people and people love him and. in one thousand nine hundred six run of on carriage leader of the bosnian serbs was put on an international wanted list for charges of terror and exterminating people in his home country. a five million dollars reward was offered for information on his whereabouts. the forty four months. carriage directed a campaign of terror against a civilian population. was arrested only in two thousand and eight when he was brought before the international tribunals at the hague. during the thirteen year long manhunt for him nobody not even friends and close relatives k

a serb painter who was practicing alternative medicine. or used to sit here and this was his desk this is where he received patients but whenever dr damage came around he was here to this computer. karate a book about alternative medicine of the me when david stated well into the night he slept in this room with. a healer with extra sensory powers badly needed advice from a professional physician to man spent a lot of time working together to give treatment to sick people and they hoped they would be able to complete that book together. in a minutes even offered to move into his house. to study house was under construction and. top floor was still missing and i was going to accommodate him on that floor with those two windows as soon as it was ready. those plans never came to fruition after my july two thousand and eight minutes and. never saw each other again. i did mean to attend one of his sessions it was past one o'clock in the morning when the session was over me and asked me to take dr damage to his house in my car i was going to sam

became leader of the orthodox serbs and president of the serbian republic in bosnian territory. in the one around of an entered politics in one thousand nine hundred eighty eight so against his own little. urge to enter politics from all sides sees them beyond that i was not particularly pleased i said to him mean and they said going to be hard times for the two of us and the whole family and yet i supported his decision if that's what you want to let it be what this is i wish them all. the war in bosnia had lasted nearly three years and ended in one thousand nine hundred ninety five when a fifty thousand strong international peacekeeping force was brought in. the country. split in two. we're now in control of nearly half the territory. in one thousand nine hundred six. had to leave his presidential post under pressure from the international tribunals at the hague. came a leader by accident and. any poet in spirit and a national leader. he did what he had to do it fairly skillfully and. do what he could to make sure that the people. after his resignation. disappeared from the po

but first as election fever grips the nation kosovo serbs are facing an uneasy choice nearly three years after its split from serbia the self-proclaimed state is holding its first parliamentary poll reports from kosovo as capital. this is a region still starkly divided along ethnic lines most notably between the majority albanian population they make up some ninety percent of the population here in the minority community of around one hundred thousand people. around fifty percent of the electorate who vote in elections today the majority of them will be albanians. divided they say they do want to vote to change their everyday lives they say they face daily persecution and they live in very poor living conditions they suffer high unemployment a lack of basic amenities like electricity and there's a lack of freedom of movement across the region here but they don't necessarily want to engage in the cause of an electoral system and of course there is then the coup for brains to boycott these elections so what's expected to happen is that living in the north of the region and who is still dir

serbia's minister for kosovo tells r t that reconciliation between albanians and serbs is unlikely to happen soon. almost all the binion list contain people who unfortunately were under trial or participated in criminal actions or committed crimes in the late ninety's against the serbian community on the territory of course will and middle if you really want to move towards reconciliation of serbs and albanians with common kinds and such people in the future in conversations with state officials we emphasize that is a black hole that is crime in the spheres of money laundering and human drugs and armstrong ticking and it's no secret all the international organizations working there know about it our viewpoint is obsolete clear we will never recognize kosovo's independence but we are ready to discuss the issues problematic for both ethnic communities in this particular case serbs and albanians in the current situation obedience have received all they demanded but on the other hand serbs of course all the hot it's absolutely unacceptable. commentary from serbia as minister for kosovo go

as you see it has there been any success in integrating ethnic serbs into the population since kosovo declare independence three years ago. well the situation when it comes to reintegration of all ethnic minorities is extremely grim . of the largest minority in kosovo for example there have been the council. leaving these that and which was the town where they were significant minority in the pas also when it comes to roma community. all reports are indicating that the situation that they're facing is very grim indeed and one cannot to says that any. ethnic minority has a really really integrated into course of a society is included in the mill or out of it from the serbian broadcasting corporation thank you very much for being with us on the line from belgrade thank you. let's take a look at some other world news in brief for you this hour police and crowds have a rest for real thing seventeen year old who took a group of children hostage at a nursery in eastern france all the pupils and teachers involved were released without harm many of those held were let go as police negotiated

village which says a cost of us ethnic serbs are being treated as second class citizens. you have to bear in mind that about two thirds of the serbs who used to living costs of or prior to nature's bomb being themselves in their some eleven years ago are no longer in kosovo and they have been effectively ethnically cleansed and no provision whatsoever has been made for them to participate either in these or any previous elections and this is of course a major problem for the remaining. population in kosovo because participation in the electoral process can be easily interpreted as an agreement to the conditions that are prevailing in in kosovo you know the words legitimizing that process with which the very unhappy with the serbs in a very difficult position and they're certainly not integrated in the overall cost of the process. coming up later in the program in bed with the enemy a rift between. political top brass cia officials we'll deal with an afghan drug lord. soon which brightened if you move soon from friends to pressure these. stunts on t.v. don't come. wealthy

ethnic tension looms over the first parliamentary self-proclaimed republic of course of the serb minority says this about this point as long as people live divided from each other. this is r.t. as one i am here now in moscow my name is kevin owen and our top story dozens taken to hospitals hundreds detained as a result of massive riots that took place in moscow and st petersburg thousands gathered in the two cities to mark the death of a spartak moscow football fan killed in a brawl on monday his catarina out of it was in the city center when the violence broke out she's got the details. anger mismanagement thousands of football fans took their aggression to the streets of the russian capital with a small field riot transforming quiet central moscow as flares and bottles flew overhead riot police detained instigators of the clashes at what started out as a peaceful commemorative rally know that. some people have reacted very violently to the death of the spartak family but i do believe that some of their dissatisfaction is understandable but it is unacceptable when we have aggression with

election fever grips the nation serbs are facing an uneasy choice the three years after it split from serbia the self-proclaimed state is holding its first parliamentary poll candidates promising to tackle unemployment and ethnic discrimination but with albanians dominating the population minority charles green down the barriers dividing the people and it's have reports from across it was. here in the capital pristina town that post is lined the streets election fever really have taken hold polling it was due to take place now the twenty eleven but the stock elections were put forward by november this parliament she voted no confidence in the governing coalition so we know some twenty nine policies of building from that it's the hundred twenty seats parliament the two main policies are expected to dominate the prime minister has him touch she's democratic policy of course of a the p d k and it's been the coalition party the democratic league of conservation all the case but these two main policies all currently plagued by race in intel and front. and most seriously some candidates fro

finding out many of kosovo's serbs have decided to boycott the poll. begun and her family live in a small serbian enclave in kosovo it's a fairly solid she existence here largely cut off from the way the albanian community and little change from the war in the one nine hundred ninety s. which divided their country and brutalized a generation this was pearl the height of the cause of in war to protect the serbian community behind it from gunfire that would come from the right as it was the albanian populated area and there were names today was followed by a mind of a continuing ethnic conflicts. national bed i remember the wall being built after a neighbor was shot by us he worked on the land near the road we still live in fear here it's harder for the children living such a separate existence they begin to think that is just how things are feeling actions are the first poll since the breakaway province declared independence from serbia in february two thousand and eight belgrade has made it clear that although they went penalized for taking part they d

to the polls on sunday for the software to play and republic first parliamentary elections as the serb minority struggles for all of. its five. good to be with you here on r t our top story nearly thirty people have been injured and scores detained in riots in moscow and st petersburg thousands gathered in both cities to mark the death of a spartak moscow football fan killed in a brawl on monday authorities say russian ultra nationalist groups hijacked the peaceful gatherings. was in the moscow city center when the violence exploded. anger mismanagement thousands of football fans took their aggression to the streets of the russian capital in a small field riot transform in quiet since last half this flares in bottles flew overhead laughter these detained instigators of the clashes at what started out as a peaceful memory ram. some people have reacted very violently to the death of the spartak family i do believe that some of their dissatisfaction is understandable but it is unacceptable when we have aggression with firecrackers that burst into flames and ordinary people suffer it will

that kosovo serbs are struggling to survive a nowhere near becoming a fully fledged part of society. cost of war. today stands as a state a false state based on ethnic cleansing and cemented by nato bombs the serbians who remain live in fear of their lives they are live they live in ghettos they're unable to get out and the only reason they still survive in kosovo and are not fed to the all trade that the albanians have fled so many serbians to in the past is because nato likes to keep living serbs in kosovo as good publicity but they're there they are there just as a publicity to create the impression that cost of war is a multiethnic society cause or isn't is a mono ethnic society which has destroyed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and the leadership in kosovo consists of criminals who have morphed into politicians as western intelligence agencies have said themselves so everyone knows what's going on in kosovo but the idea is to. lie about what's going on cos or to a bigger world audience. with the onset of winter is bitter cold life is bleak for the homeless in the r

of a first parliamentary election made hopes of change nearly three years since splitting minority serbs there say the ethnic divide is too deep to build a bridge of unity. european frustration is mounting as fees rise and salaries drop with many refusing to pay for politicians mistakes as a result worst unrest in a decade meanwhile calls are rising for countries to abandon the. double standards dirty money american finance giants are accused of cutting off wiki leaks donations while continuing funds for races planned supporters of the whistleblower website have started a cyber attack against firms such as pay pal visa or master card. eight thirty one pm moscow time thanks for being with us next russia has been receiving its rules on foreigners adopting the country's children after

political expert on the balkans and relive it says kosovo as ethnic serbs are being treated as second class citizens. you have to bear in mind that about two thirds of. we used to living costs of war prior to nato bombing themselves in some eleven years ago are no longer in kosovo but they have been effectively ethnically cleansed and no provision whatsoever has been made for them to participate either in these or any previous elections this is of course a major problem for the remaining serbian population in kosovo because participation in the electoral process can be easily interpreted as an agreement to the conditions that are prevailing in kosovo in other words legitimizing that process with which they're very unhappy with the serbs in a very difficult position and they're certainly not integrated in the overall course of the process. deformed unborn babies and children eating that these are just some of the shocking scenes being used in a controversial new drug pushing russia to create a say may seem extreme but that's what it takes these days to fight the huge problem in the cou

and been involved in growing these people need to stay as opposed to their it's in the interests of serbs both here and in kosovo and as for corruption yes of course a vote is still the last thing i despise overseas are featured requests that p.t.k. did not want to be but once again they look likely to be tasked with forming a coalition government and more challenging for storing the trust of positives in policy so i alice a bit after i was little ex-pat on the balkans mission governor that says the cost of us ethnic serbs are being treated as second class citizens. you have to bear in mind that about two thirds of. this we used to living costs of war prior to nature's bomb being themselves in some eleven years ago are no longer in kosovo but they have been effectively ethnically cleansed and no provision whatsoever has been made for them to participate either in leeds or any previous elections this is of course a major problem for the remaining serbian population in kosovo because participation in the electoral process can be easily interpreted as an agreement to the conditions that are

to play republic's first parliamentary elections as the serbian minority struggles for quality many serbs say they'll stay away from elections that they claim are unfair and point it's. a weekend leisure and arts show moscow coming your way next stay with us. list for the movie taking a look at everything american and the russian capital from starbucks to mcdonald's when it comes to american culture most muscovites love anything to do with the good old u.s. of a but it's not just all about food and drink american arts us all things fashion design and music it's all very popular here in modern day scare the american cultural center offers everything from free internet to various reading material it's a calm atmosphere where people enjoy learning about american history and culture american magazines hollywood d.v.d.'s and books on american television you'll find it yeah it will cost you decades american culture has exploded into russian society one significant event was the opening of mcdonald's on pushkin square in one nine hundred ninety eight it's still the busiest in the world so many m

these are serb and albanian civilians. these include organ trafficking. what has been done in the draft report is he's presented a lot more evidence than was gathered before, and although he cannot prove, for example, the most serious allegation of organ trafficking, he goes further than anyone has before. he suggests also that this was part of a pattern of abuses against prisoners of war and, indeed, of civilians, serb and albanian by senior k. l.a. kosovoan militia during and after the war. in the 20 pages of this report, the prime minister of kosovo, who was at that time the political leader of the k. l.a., is mentioned no less than 27 times in relation to these, what are called, what are referred to as "mafia-like activities ." they have reacted initially with outrage. they have called all the allegations in the report slanders and they have promised or warned rather of political and legal consequences. we're not sure what those will be, but clearly a standing present government in kosovo stands accused of awful human rights abuses. another aspect of

set for its first parliamentary election nearly three years after splitting from serbia but minority serbs among the ethnic albanian dominated population are holding out little hope of gaining equality. with a harsh winter ahead for the homeless a group of volunteers maybe all that's keeping many in the russian capital alive hearts he's been following the moscow mercy boss which brings much needed food and medicine to people on the streets. up next martin enters here with the latest moscow. list program will be taking a look at everything american in the russian capital from starbucks to mark donald's when it comes to american culture most muscovites love anything to do with the good old us of a but it's not just all about food and drink american arts us all things fast in design and music it's all very popular here in modern day. the american cultural center offers everything from free internet to various reading material it's a calm atmosphere where people enjoy learning about american history and culture american magazines hollywood d.v.d.'s and books on american television you'll find

international tension remains as tough as ever for the three years after splitting from serbia minority serbs there say the ethnic divides too deep to build a bridge of unity. and putting their money where their mouth is as to wish and fee hikes and wages go a step too far for europeans angry at paying for politicians the states as a result london saw its worst on rats in a decade meanwhile calls are rising for the euro to go to stop other countries scrambling. also double standards and dirty money american finance giants are accused of cutting off with the least donations while continuing to accept funds from racist groups like the ku klux klan and supporters of the whistleblower website and started a cyber attack against firms such as pay pal visa and master card. russia has been rethinking its rules on foreigners adopting the country's children after a string of abuse cases in recent months next the national child's rights own but smith tells r t about what's being done to improve protection. thank you very much for being with us today since day our case to you as promised to ensure the an

the self-proclaimed republic of kosovo is set to cast ballots in sunday's election but minority serbs are losing hope the divided nation can ever be reunited. plus as winter descends on moscow we follow volunteers on a mercy boces they bring food medicine and shelter to those who have nowhere to go also. the i. got talent thrust in the prime minister's lends his voice to children's cancer charities as he leads an all star chorus in st petersburg. it's three pm in moscow this is our team with me and he said no way events across america to mark human rights day were designed to underline the country's perception of itself as a leading light on protecting freedom but some of the country's activists are not convinced and recent u.n. criticism is leaving washington battling to restore its reputation on rights were an important takes up the story. what speaks louder. actions or words we recognize the inherent dignity and rights of every individual a promise by the u.s. president and a requirement outlined in the universal declaration of human rights thirty articles outlining basic standards

refuses to recognize calls about independence moorabbin which news editor in belgrade says ethnic serbs living in the north of kosovo closer to serbia were more inclined to boycott the vote. so far there hasn't been a single statement by politicians in serbia who are in power and those who are india opposition this silence in itself is very significant because it's a statement in itself it is a should not be a does not recognize course of all as the independent state and therefore doesn't have to comment on any election that belgrade previously called on to be boycotted the serbs who live in the north of course who are geographically linked with the rest of the serbia founded as ever very easy to boycott the election because they do not feel as a part of an entity called course of o. because of direct geographic ling's on the other people who do live in enclaves scattered in in the central kosovo they did go and they did vote the independent liberal party has proclaimed. its victory in kosovo said that it was very satisfied with the number of who voted. that was yvonne them you are our

that the albanians have fled so many serbians to in the past is because nato likes to keep living serbs in kosovo as good publicity but they're there they are there just as a publicity to create the impression that cost of war is a multiethnic society course or isn't is a mono ethnic society which has destroyed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and the leadership in kosovo consists of criminals who have moved into politicians as western intelligence agencies have said themselves so everyone knows what's going on in kosovo but the idea is to. lie about what's going on cos or to a bigger world audience. to petersburg played host to a number of celebrities small around the world but the one that stood out was stalin act or of saying it was russia's very own prime minister vladimir putin even got a standing ovation and this is what it was all for. i am. it wasn't just the singing putin also showed his range of talents by playing the piano to although the light hearted it was for a very serious cause helping to raise money for children suffering from cancer among the celebrities t

the self-proclaimed republic of kosovo to cross the ballots in sunday's election but minority serbs are losing their body nation can enter the. last winter descends on the follow volunteers on a mercy customs and bring food medicine and shelter. to get. loose. seats in. russia's prime minister his voice to children's cancer charities as he leads an all star course in st petersburg. it's one pm here in the russian capital coming to life twenty four hours a day welcome now events across america to mark human rights day were designed to underline the country's perception of itself as a leading light on protecting freedom but some of the country's activists are not convinced that recent human criticism is leaving washington battling to restore its reputation on rights. takes up the story. what speaks louder. actions or words we recognize the inherent dignity and rights of every individual a promise by the u.s. president and a requirement outlined in the universal declaration of human rights thirty articles outlining basic standards of life inalienable rights for all people. article three ev