in recent years the street cost of unfit a man in southern russia has a reason to seventy u.s. dollars per gram so more and more amateur chemists have been surfing the internet for cooking instructions right at home together with his college buddy this christmas our student has been trying to find the perfect them put him in court below fleece nor did the powder in themselves and wrote their impressions in a diary. unfortunately we were unable to extract part of the compound from the mean solution it's been. if we use a different technique hey you guys are darn good. you know it's one of them has a college degree let alone a degree in chemistry most of these people the so qualified geniuses is that what was up with them with dozens of arrests in them for them and related cases and harsh jail sentences war important agents are trying to put a name to them get them in craze but despite the risks for the users and the dealers the demand for this controlled substance on the black market remains high so it's unlikely that the victory in the war on them fit them in will come any time

police in southern russia are clamping down on drug dealers selling homemade amphetamines or soaring street value when drug labs hidden deep in basements in residential buildings it's no easy task artie dennis reports on the efforts of law enforcement. a sting operation turns into family drama this pregnant woman and her boyfriend just tried to sell five hundred grams of them fit him into undercover agents as sniffer dog found a stash of drugs under the front wheel of the suspects luxury car as it turned out the popular party drug was produced in a small village nearby all that the dealers need to google substance at home with some merchandise from the hardware store and some cough medicine from the local pharmacy drug dealers build their labs everywhere it could be an apartment or a house in a quiet residential area like this one besides the obvious criminal threats these places are extremely hazardous because of the chemicals that makes pollute at any moment drug enforcement agent alexander was shocked when colleagues discovered another amphetamine lab in the basement under this ol

suspected militants holed up in two apartment blocks are shooting at police in standoffs in russia's southern republican douglas don one of the apartments on fire areas in the city of have been sealed off and thereby buildings have been evacuated russia's antiterrorist committee says one militant here. volatile region has seen a series of militant attacks in the past several weeks on by extensive security raids. that's been zar voting in a parliamentary election as the baltic state battles the recession and its ten billion dollar international bailout led six out of thirteen parties are expected to win seats in the parliament with confidence in the country's leaders plummeting opinion polls suggest the opposition candidate could be a surprise front runner the harmony center party is rooted in the state's russian ethnic minority and protects their rights including those who don't have citizenship parties tom bottom of ports. politics is very popular in latvia these days everyone's talking about it even the catholic church is saying it would be a sin not to vote in the elections in the us. if w

. >>> and flooding in southern russia, has left 13 people dead, 12 other people still missing right now. about 20 villages have had to be evacuated because of this flooding and the initial damage estimates are above $10 million. >>> we begin this hour with what baltimore's police commissioner is calling the senseless death of a fantastic officer who apparently died arguing over a parking space. police say detective brian stephenson, an 18-year veteran of the force was hit in the head with a piece of conkreecrete oue a night spot late last night. he later died on the eve of his 38th birthday. >> this is an utterly senseless act. we have lost an officer who meant a lot to his family, to his community, and certainly to his brothers and sisters in blue, who are devastated by this incident. >> he worked, you know, trying to capture burglars and identify people who are out there doing a lot of the stuff we see every day, the assaults and street robberies and you know, he dedicated himself to getting that done, and it's a loss. it's a huge loss to us. >> baltimore police spokesman anthony guli

there have been a number of successful security operations in southern russia recently which have revealed how militants there have links to al qaeda. no reports on the impact international terrorism hers on russia. kitchen interior ministry blames that south on for same got tired who recently left the group of terrorists headed by doku umarov a double one of his number one on the list of people wanted by the russian security services and the country's authorities as he's the one with duke's their sponsibility for the deadly blast that took place in moskos met show in march this year that one two female suicide bombers exploded themselves at two separate central moscow metro stations killing forty people and leaving and the other eighty eight injured and dooku lot of was named an international terrorists that has blamed with al qaida by the u.s. authorities recently and a lot of the terror attacks that have taken place in the washer recently were associated with international terror groups as investigations into them have shown and experts saying that says terrorists across from different

oxana trove of reporting now there have been a number of successful security operations in southern russia recently which have revealed how militants have links to al qaeda. over reports on the impact international terrorism has on russia. it's too soon to say who is responsible for this latest attack on the chechen parliamentary building but indeed the investigations into terrorist attacks that have been taking place in new rochelle recently have shown that behind many of them stupid international terrorist organizations and experts say that terrorists from different countries are in fights cooperation across the world what is happening in russia particularly in northern caucasus what is happening in europe because we know that it was a red collar threat a few weeks ago there well that makes us think that this is sort of terrorist funded media in the world and whether these are international whether this is national i think that is a global war both of them are already. in june this year the u.s. authorities have called google more of an international terrorist linking his activities with

number of attacks in southern russia in august thirty people were injured in the town of course could buy a car explosion and in september seventeen people were killed and around two hundred injured in a market bomb blast in vladikavkaz last week police found a hidden stash of explosives in the center of the city of staff report chechen militant who has links to al qaeda is thought to be behind the incidents alexander to live on offer from the moscow state humanitarian university says there should be a coalition in different parts of the world to fight terrorism. there has to be a worldwide coalition focused all the central asian region only in north africa region central african region and the north caucasus the us actually have never said that there are terrorists terrorists in north caucasus and if they say that they will have to step up they will have to step in and help fighting terrorism in north caucasus anyway i think that the us they have the information or if anywhere where he is but if they confirm he is in north caucuses they will have to help fighting terrorism even here.

brings us back to russia finally where one of the protestant moments in southern russia sporting heritage has come to a close the inaugural caucuses games are wrapping up a wholly memorable event for the region our correspondent robert downey and reports on the tournament which aims to discover just who is the toughest of them all. once upon a time in the windows mountains some role worse came together to test your strength against each other sounds like if they were tail but it wasn't it was the first ever caucuses games. still the russian republic of korea changed to host the teams from neighboring areas including biggest stunning. making of the field over two hander athletes were on hand to compete in locally they were demands such as double roar and for lifting and also more specialized areas like stilt walking. the main goal of this festival is to bring the people of the caucasus together let them meet communicate and make friends it's like a cultural exchange and all of us should unite for the sake of peace throughout russia and indeed the region is renowned as a risk in both house

." >>> breaking news this morning out of chechnya and southern russia. insurgents there stormed the chechen parliament and another government building using guns and explosives, killing at least two security officers. chechen officials say security forces fired back and killed the attackers. at least one of the militants blew himself up. >>> and in france, more protests are planned in more than 200 cities today. demonstrators are angry because of a government plan there to increase the retirement age from 60 to 62. the protests have disrupted fuel supplies, forcing french airports to cancel flights and slash schedules. despite the widespread outrage, french lawmakers are expected to give final approval to the age hike tomorrow. >>> disbelief and disappointment this morning from the moms of the two, american hikers still jailed in iran. as of today, the two men have been held longer than the u.s. hostages taken captive in iran when jimmy carter was president, 445 days. more, now, from jim sciutto. >> reporter: josh fattal and shane bauer spent day 444 beh

the suicide bomber in russia's southern republic of dagestan kills one policeman and dangers of these twelve people the blast went off at a checkpoint as that tuck attempted to drive his car into a police station. well what a hint of snow already in moscow it's time to think of. the great outdoors. now tells you where to go to keep active while staying warm in the capital. let me let me. go. if i pick up ok. but let me pick up that. part of the. russians are known for that drilling excursions pushing price of gold is famously right the russian does not love to drive fast maybe that explains the existence of say many cars and centers around the city and that popularity among both male and female pilots as races show force has a cost in school for children from five to sixteen years old is used cars equipment with added safety protection then you also holds kids competitions broken down into age groups must the costs for adults are provided by next they cut a check of international and russian causing competitions to hold also often organizers multilevel competitions amateurs and profes

power some say that russia should be part of the western community some say that russia should look eastward or southern southward. my feeling is russia can build on its relationship with the worst but it is quite unrealistic to assume that it can become part of the west knows integrating into the western community and in the e.u. it means membership in the un nato which is quite problematic. russia in my mind is too big and too russian both for rippin union and for nato. they're not eager to see russia inside well goals are is russia pursuing by proposing at common european security strategy russia's goal is to make russia part of the european security the irony of the situation that russia which is an important country in europe. a important state is not poured over european security system as of today the european security system is nato where they are part of it so the proposal of means video to build common security space is to bring russia and some other countries which are still like ukraine into the common european. security decision making are you one of those politicians who believes that nato

from drug trafficking goes to sponsor international terrorism militants who also foreign into russia southern other regions and that of course is also a major concern so russia and nato have to really work. gether on the eradicating the problem drug trafficking in order to solve this well the problem of international terrorism and this it will be the issue which will be discussed at the lisbon nato summit with russian president putin that it will attend on the number twenty as well as the head of nato and there's progress and we'll be in moscow on the denver fifth and of course this is down to be also one of the major issues to be discussed during his visit. and to discuss russia and nato drone operations in afghanistan and beyond i'm now joined by adam and i going to the end the editing chief of the international affairs magazine and advisor to russia's foreign minister good to see you sir so given the recently joint successful operation with nato and russia in afghanistan what do you think that says about the relationship between those two parties well i think it's a good start in a very ve

from drug trafficking goes to sponsor international terrorism militants who also foreign into russia southern other regions and that of course is also a major concern so russia and nato have to really work. gether on the eradicating the problem drug trafficking in order to solve this well the problem of international terrorism and this it will be the issue which will be discussed at the lisbon nato summit with russian president putin that it will attend on the for twenty years as well as the head of nato and there's progress and will be in moscow on the birth this and of course this is down to be also one of the major issues to be discussed during his visit. joining me now in the studio is altie is a military contributor. now you certainly have some perspective to bring to the story here you were so good officer in the one hundred eighty s. in afghanistan in two thousand and five and two thousand and six you were the first secretary to the russian embassy in kabul talk to us about your experience here on the current operation going on in afghanistan how is it going that first of all i would l

the ancient town of our country was founded four thousand years ago in russia southern europe according to some estimates it's as old as the egyptian pyramids today only the contours of the town remain. a local scientist who discovered as no difficulty finding his bearings the border. from the north is more or less identifiable north entrance is from the so and from the east were less obvious but they were secret entrances leading to underground labyrinths strangers had no access to this fortress. have been digging on the site for over twenty years and some of time local college undergraduates including students of doctors don't know which workers volunteers under the guidance of professionals. look at suppose. i think it's a rebel. no it looks more like a hipbone. yvonne has been here many times before he'll soon write a scientific paper about. become aware of the fact that man is a part of nature. on the other hand when i cut into all those cultural layers. i clearly realize that man stands apart because he changes nature to suit his needs . tourists from all over the world arrived at

from drug trafficking goes to sponsor international terrorism militants who also forming into russia southern us other regions and not of. ours is also a major concern so of russia and nato have to really work together on the eradicating the problem drug trafficking in order to solve as well the problem of international terrorism and of course still much to be discussed and that will be one of the major issues which will be discussed by russia's president that if who is going to the participate in the nato summit in lisbon in the next couple of days also the head of nato is going to be in russia at the end of next week and he will also be in talks with russian officials on this issue ok we're going to lose co thanks very much indeed for bringing us the details on this. two of the stories now president obama has been forced into some major changes to his administration many of his advisors from his chief of staff to anomic and military experts are jumping off a sinking political ship artist lauren lyster looks into why there are so many vacancies coming up at the white house. ask anyone on the