as -- does it vladimir putin hope for another stint as president? and how the parsis community is trying to secure the survival of their community and religion. heller to you. hundreds of thousands of protesters have been on the streets of france, demonstrating their anger at government austerity measures. a 24-hour strike has disrupted flights, trains, and closed schools. president sarkozy wants to raise the retirement age from 60 to 6 2, say the changes are unavoidable. we have this from paris. >> choked with protest. a vast crowds have come out against plans to raise the retirement age from 60 to six detail. there was also a major disruption to transport as workers went on strike. this nurse complained, we worked nights, weekends, public holidays. we do not get a chance to rest. that was the mood of the marches. that pension reform was threatening the french way of life. >> we were of very long time. we have to work along dirt time, and that is completely unfair. >> i lead by example. i go to night shift until 6:55. >> at the union said to let --

vladimir putin said it would be a joint decision. >> the power struggle has dominated the russian news four weeks, now the mayor of russia has been -- the mayor of moscow has been fired under order of the president. >> when the president does not trust one of his colleagues, did is grounds for dismissal. >> he has been the mayor of moscow since 1992. calls for his resignation have increased after accusations of nepotism and corruption. his wife, making billions since coming office as a construction empire leader. >> the operation comes from vladimir putin. he has effectively cleared the political stage ahead of the election. >> those elections in 2012 will decide the next russian president. it is still not clear if vladimir putin or dimitri medvedev will stand off. >> north korean state media reported that the youngest son of kim jong il has been named vice chairman of the central military commission in the ruling workers' party. appointed to the post at the first major party conference since 1980. this comes after being promoted to the rank of four-star general. the news was announced

there are rumors that russia's prime minister would like another go at his old job. >> vladimir putin has not spent much time at the office lately. russia's prime minister has been busy bear watching. he has been taking skin samples from wales. and fighting forest fires from the air, images that reinforced his reputation as the action man of politics. but the next presidential election and year-and-a-half away, could this activity be the start of an election campaign? >> it could move led to become once again president of russia, i could not see why he would not. realistically, he is very popular in russia. people love all this stuff. their refunds, raising hell. -- very fun, raising hell. that is what they expect from him. >> in contrast, russia's president, dmitry medvedev, is different. there are signs that tension is growing between the two men. >> there are rumors that dmitry medvedev does not want prime minister could to come back. for them, that is a disaster. >> but does the man who has already been president twice already have an appetite for a third 10 -- a third term? he ke

one can't stand alone in the arctic russia's prime minister vladimir putin says nature must cooperate in resolving burning issues that. it's all about teamwork on the sidelines of the un assembly. nato says the alliance and russia need each other and should work on missile defense jointly iran is orange by the international community to resume talks we'll bring you all the latest updates from new york the head in the program. people you must be autistic dr no iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad gets the cold shoulder in new york but some americans are questioning the protests and campaign against him calling it a huge waste of money. it's one pm here in the russian capital this is our top story now hundreds of politicians and scientists from across the globe are putting their minds together to decide the future of the results which north pole got of the international form in moscow which is in the middle of its second day of debate a correspondent. will be with us in a couple minutes to tell a small that. well the world's biggest political forum is underway in new york tackling pove

our top stories for this hour there will be no battle for the arctic russia's prime minister vladimir putin says countries must cooperate to decide the future of the resource rich north pole he made the statement at the international arctic forum that's underway in moscow. heading in the right direction and pushing for teamwork on the sidelines of the u.n. assembly nato and russia say they are on a solid path to better cooperation as they discuss a joint missile defense project. hearing and president mahmoud ahmadinejad's

as setting an example of how russia goes about further industrial development prime minister vladimir putin has opened the facilities of two more residents of this techno park the hume di plant which will be its first full cycle cup production enterprise in russia and magna all to parts factory intended to be a major supplier a car utility plant built by the canadian company will have an annual production capacity equivalent to one hundred million dollars the canadian auto components produce a silent supply agreements with hay and a general motors that already working in same area even before its own blog has been officially opened what magnus enterprise the idea to localize full cycle call production in russia will finally become a reality. magnus crow chief executive officer believes russia should continue creating incentives for investors and says he's company is keen to open more plants in russia car companies have an assembly plant here will continue to grow which means the auto parts industry needs to grow so whether we have an plants here in ten years or thirty plants here really dep

meanwhile a prime minister vladimir putin has spent half of this week at drafting the representatives of the timber industry just on tuesday he had visited russia's republic of commie where he attended one of the biggest timber industry plants he's pacified over there than ten projects with the total investment all over eight hundred million dollars will be fulfilled by the end of this year and this projects create additional four thousand new jobs across the country. now let's have a quick look at how the equity markets are performing european shares are just edging into the red on the choppy weather states trading session about as labor protests against austerity measures spread across europe but down to resources is the worst performer on the foot seas. five percent of softer courts in india would have the pleasure of one of its prompts financial stocks also waiting. for here in moscow the r.t.s. on the my six are making gains that comes amid high u.s. and asian markets overnight and from oil prices ranks the leading my sex high would be unspent right off around one of the ports wi

one comes down to a lonely russia's prime minister vladimir putin says nature shows we must all the way to resolving voting issues at the most scope or. calling for unity in the big apple or as international leaders focus on global poverty middle east peace and world security. nato says the alliance and russia need each other and should work on missile defense jointly iran is urged by the international community to resume talks we'll bring you all the latest updates from new york ahead in the program. and of why the martial arts fighter with extremist news is seeking political asylum in norway after escaping from a russian psychiatric facility last month. and coming up in all the latest market news we've been looking at one point being that it. goes on going on in about twenty. here watching r t coming to you live from the russian capital good to have you with us now first in the program it may be one of the world's most inhospitable places but it's also among the most keenly sought after now that's why several nations including russia canada and the united states are in the race for th

. >> i think it's one of the countries now, it's no longer a super-power and the fact that vladimir putin, former president and now uh, prime minister, wants to make it back into what it was before, uh, i think that's the reason, but i don't think the reality really, uh, in russia's present capabilities really should assure that. >> bill, why do you think russia's trying to reassert itself. >> i think russia itself is struggling uh, with its own self-conception, in a sense. you know, when the cold war ended and suddenly we were able to get in and take a look in russia, a lot of people were startled at how poor the country was economically and how poor social economic conditions were, in general. and you would hear people say, gosh, it's not really not an advanced industrial country at all. it's really just a third-world country that happens to have a huge nuclear arsenal. uh, and so, it think that russia itself has been uh, having trouble coming to grips to what it, you know, how strong it can really be, how strong it is, what direction it should take. and uh, i should think some of this

one constant illusion in russia's prime minister vladimir putin says nature shows we must cope rates and resolving issues at the forum in most cases. it's all about teamwork on the sidelines of the un assembly. nato says the alliance and russia need each other and should work on missile defense jointly iran is urged by the international community to resume talks we bring you all the latest updates from new york ahead in the program. the young. people in moscow it is to drive. a very young president mahmoud ahmadinejad gets the cold shoulder in new york but some americans are questioning the protests and ad campaign against him calling it a huge waste of money. gold price hits a new all time high we look at the drivers behind the rally lots more coming up in the business but if. you're watching our team coming to you live from the russian capital welcome to the program now let's go to our top story hundreds of politicians and scientists from across the globe are putting their minds together to decide the future of the resource rich north pole they've gathered at the international arct

the opening of the airport coincides with the knowing the sochi economic forum prime minister vladimir putin will be delivering the keynote address to more and more that could be addressing the it's you all of it best meant to improve the investment climate and the noise say she's a themes that have been much troubled in the recent months we'll be bringing you full analysis of his speech plus extensive coverage of the mobile home over the next couple of days your. business correspondent nic full thank you very much. going on and we take a look up markets european equities are also losing that song off to asia last. purchase a foot see isn't the read ahead of job stay to add new stuff for just retail sales fell in august for first time since january p.p.a. shares are up two percent on reports china see a nucleus ten billion dollars us for us it's. ok and let's have a look at the united states here at stuart saw flights to negative because the new economic reports indicate economy continues slow growth. and finally in moscow the r.t.s. on the minus six a low of bucking the trend on the shelves

high levels of processing for the world to know we are watching news meanwhile a prime minister vladimir putin has spent half of this week at drafting the representatives of the timber industry just on tuesday have visited russia's republic of commie where he attended one of the a biggest timber industry plant he's pacified over there than ten projects with a total investment of over eight hundred million dollars will be fulfilled by the end of this year and this project create additional four thousand new jobs across the country as well a number of other new projects are also in the pipeline and they will be launched in the nearest future creating more jobs across the regions. thank you very much for doing that was a. live from moscow and now let's have a quick look at how the equity markets open for me european shows just edging into the red on a chopper stay trading session lots of labor protest against austerity measures spreads across europe but the resources is the worst performer on the footsie shutting five percent it's cool in the old at the closure of one of its plants financial stoc

september interest from a different governmental officials and just on tuesday prime minister vladimir putin attended russia's republic of carmi where he visited one of the country's biggest team by industry plants it was announced that town timber industry projects with the total investment of over eight hundred million dollars will be fulfilled a by the end of this year and this project creates an additional four thousand new jobs across of the russian region and in the nearest future any number of other projects will also be launched with investment topping more than one billion one hundred forty million dollars but not everything since so bright hands russia even though russia controls about a fourth of world of foresty resources and that's around eighty two billion cubic meters of wood still around thirty percent of the timber production is being exported a non-processed and that's because the person searcher is not really that much developed as well as a thirty as well as around twenty five percent of timber is being previews illegally so there are a lot. of challenges and a lot of dif

to one hundred and twenty years that seemed to catch the attention of russia's prime minister vladimir putin who for the scorn he met later on that. we will eventually one hundred twenty years old. yes but you have to bear in mind that this is the average launch expectancy is still the leaders live much longer. so we will still be prime ministers when we are one hundred twenty new i'm not sure that's possible the job of prime minister which is you won't believe me i haven't had a single day off this year i didn't see you prime minister peach and have had much time to rest recently only to. find have some ideas about a couple of days of joy and jose will talk about it later. well with the not so serious and serious discussions over the city the attention to its millennium milestone a thousand years of history being celebrated in just one day that's right that of course means huge party here and the city center is closed to traffic as it dedicates itself fully to the festivities with pop rock and concerts all taking place in the city there's much more besides and with a bang a spectacular fire

our top stories for this hour there will be no battle for the arctic russia's prime minister vladimir putin says countries must cooperate to decide the future of the resource rich north pole made a statement at the international arctic forum that's underway in moscow. heading in the right direction and pushing for team work on the sidelines of the u.n. assembly made to when russia say they're on a solid prompt to better cooperation as they discuss a joint missile defense project. in the young. people not just the dr no iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad's arrival in new york is marred by protests but while some are pulling out all the stops to portray him as the enemy others are questioning the cost of the campaign. and up next we get an inside look of what it's like to work for the most wanted man on earth asama bin laden nomen bin ottoman reveals what was happening behind the scenes and why he's now encouraging extremists to give up violence. i'm in london today saying whether a leopard really can change its spots i'm talking to no human but not smoke and who is a former senior leader

have a significant impact on the development of the country's automobile industry by minster vladimir putin officially open to both enterprises and promise to continue supporting foreign investors that tell you how reports from st petersburg. it took russia a lot of effort and money to steer the car industry out of the crisis and though it's too early to reap all the benefits some progress can already be seen as sales of locally made cars are back to growth and global brands expand their presence the russian government is seeking to develop the domestic manufacturing base by ensuring local production of car components but. we will create more trying to investment terms in russia to make it profitable for foreign companies to work here we will also make sure the production will be of the necessary quality and volume to cover the demands of the internal russian market and provide good terms for export abroad. st petersburg with its automotive cluster is seen as setting an example of how russia goes about further industrial development prime minister vladimir putin has opened the facilities of

one comes down below them in the arctic russia's prime minister vladimir putin says nature shows we must cooperate resulting in some of the most. at the most scope for doing it in the great showing just a few minutes for more i'm. calling for unity in the big apple as international leaders focus on the global poverty middle east peace and a world security. middle says the alliance and russia need each other and should work on missile defense jointly iran is urged by the international community to resume talks we'll bring you all the latest updates from new york ahead in the program. and the violent martial arts farther with extremist views is seeking political asylum in norway after escaping from a russian a psychiatric facility last month. you're watching r t coming to you live from the russian capital welcome to the program and also we're told story it may be one of the world's most inhospitable places but it's also among the most keenly sought after and that's why several nations including russia canada and the united states are in the race for the billions of tons of oil and gas whic

constructed at the core of the park the project has been personally approved by prime minister vladimir putin the federal government is planning to allocate sizable funding for the parks construction investors will be given benefits such as property tax exemption low land rental prices and other preferences of this him over region government is open to mutually beneficial cooperation we invite investors to participate in existing projects and we are ready to give a hand of fulfilling your projects and growing your business in.

one constant alone to crush prime minister vladimir putin says. we must cooperate in resolving some of the quote as issues at the moscow forum join me in the actual war on the main highlights of the for me just. also as the biggest gathering of world leaders wraps up in new york president obama tells the un general assembly that iran needs to come clean. it's. big political messages are sent out from the one as the general to be unravels but are some leaders turning the events into a theatrical get all the latest updates from the big apple just ahead in the program. at a martial arts known for his violent behavior in nationalistic views is pleading for asylum in norway following is a skate from a russian psychiatric facility last month. you're watching our. top story it has some of the most harsh conditions on the planet but the arctic is also among the most desirable places on earth right now that's because its untapped resources of oil and gas are proving to be a great source of temptation for several northern countries that's why the best scien

constructed at the core of the park the project has been personally approved by prime minister vladimir putin the federal government is planning to allocate sizable funding for the parks construction investors will be given benefits such as property tax exemption low land rental prices and other preferences of the samoa region government is open to mutually beneficial cooperation we invite investors to participate in existing projects and we are ready to give a hand of fulfilling your projects and growing your business in this small region. a one hundred thousand people have to take a page in a way that strikes across europe as national governments imposed forty magister pay off massive debts from. moscow's depots the mayor denies reports in the media he was planning to challenge his sacking in court at the same time utils called promises to stay in politics. and also today long awaited the minutes we'll hear from another learned of violence when they kept coming all mention actions in kurdistan right brain. conscious and. international news life for most this is all tea with me thanks for jo

it is vital to the interest of moscow, and vladimir putin is expected to attend.s climate change increases the melting of the arctic ice, the region is likely to open up for exploration and exploitation of its natural resources. the merger is that the arctic circle can drop as low as minus 50 degrees celsius, but the debate over sovereignty is heating up to russia, norway, denmark, canada, in the u.s. on a territorial claims here. but the boundaries are disputed. that dispute is being felt that the international arctic forum in moscow. the conference program is concerned with climate change, but political and economic interests are foremost. >> today more than ever we need an approach to the geography here that concerns national interests. the objectives of the form is included in its name. the arctic territory of dialogue. >> at stake are vast deposits of natural resources that geologists believe may be located here, possibly as much as one-third of the earth's _ oil and gas reserves. russia has long reserved interest in the polar region. in 2007, russian expedit

constructed at the core of the park the project has been personally approved by prime minister vladimir putin the federal government is planning to allocate sizable funding for the parks construction investors will be given benefits such as property tax exemption low land rental prices and other preferences of the samoa region government is open to mutually beneficial cooperation we invite investors to participate in existing projects and we are ready to give a hand of fulfilling your projects and growing your business in the smaller region . rushes to triple crude exports to china to satisfy the giant nations growing festival energy with a new cross border. monday by president hu jintao and the trinidad of president's three day visit to china. another humanitarian aide fla team liaison for gaza nearly four months after the israeli on the attacks then last one headed that killing nine and actually have been wise counsel says most brutal and disproportionate. number of pirates and come out into the open any into politics starting an online campaign. to fight to make coping and file sharing in

constructed at the core of the park the project has been personally approved by prime minister vladimir putin the federal government is planning to allocate sizable funding for the parks construction investors will be given benefits such as property tax exemption low land rental prices and other pressure.

constructed at the core of the park the project has been personally approved by prime minister vladimir putin the federal government is planning to allocate sizable funding for the parks construction investors will be given benefits such as property tax exemption low land rental prices and other preferences this him our region government is open to mutually beneficial cooperation we invite investors to participate in existing projects and we are ready to give a hand of fulfilling your projects and growing your business in this small region. hello and welcome to the business bulletin investors are once again focusing on the poor state of european banks the government of ireland has announced it will be taking a majority stake in the country's second largest bank as part of a fresh bailout it's also revealed the price tag for bailing out all of its banks will be more than fifty billion dollars this will raise its deficit to thirty two percent of g.d.p. in two thousand and ten meanwhile moody's investor services has lowered spain's top credit rating by one knot this puts additional pressure on t

constructed at the core of the park the project has been personally approved by prime minister vladimir putin the federal government is planning to allocate sizable funding for the parks construction investors will be given benefits such as property tax exemption low land rental prices and other preferences this is a motor region government is open to mutually beneficial cooperation we invite investors to participate in existing projects and we are ready to give a hand of fulfilling your projects and growing your business in this small region. hello and a very warm welcome to the program the budget deficit in russia this year may be at least twenty billion dollars lower than full cost it's currently stands at two point three percent for the first a months over here if the trend continues the government will be able to save its four sets and say economy has recovered more quickly than expected from the crisis. a jump and food prices and russia is triggering inflation while this summer's drought is sparking fears about food shortages the government is promising to watch food prices closely and

support from the government i visit to tender plants and russians call me republic prime minister vladimir putin pledged to ask bankers for smaller credit rates for long term investors put in over that new investments have started flooding into the sector. major projects have been realized with capital spending totaling more than one billion dollars this year we plan to complete nine more projects in various russian regions with another billion dollars of investment that's not bad for a start and this industry is becoming increasingly attractive for the business thus the task of the government is to give access to forests to all interested investors . and russian president dmitry medvedev has been playing host to his chinese counterpart hu jintao in the russian pavilion at the world expo in shanghai the state visit has been dominated by business and trade at the expo the russian delegation took the opportunity to promote the country's high tech credentials make poor parts. showing off what modern russia can do the latest and safest in nuclear technologies a three dimensional display of the two t

effectiveness of russia's current ruling tandem with the president dmitry medvedev and prime minister vladimir putin sharing power well power sharing is not unique phenomena to russia that's prompted many other countries. and presidential constitutions that also have a prime minister as a separate senior leader are found now in many parts of the world fifty or sixty countries. but what's unusual here i think is that it's the former president the dominant. leader for. years who became the junior partner so to say under the constitution that's very unusual maybe almost unique so imagine a president former president of france becoming prime minister later this is almost unheard of so that's what makes this all a bit of a mystery and they don't really tell us much about how it really works mr putin. in fact i think is tired of answering questions about this but i think they've said what they're going to say they say it works well that they have a trustful relationship but they're in regular contact one has his job the other one has another job and up to a point i believe that i mean i think you know the

constructed at the core of the park the project has been personally approved by prime minister vladimir putin the federal government is planning to allocate sizable funding for the construction investors will be given benefits such as property tax exemption rental prices and other preferences of the samoa region government is open to mutually beneficial cooperation we invite investors to participate in existing projects and we are ready to give a hand of fulfilling your projects and growing your business in the samoa region. a polish court has released a suspected chechen terrorists wanted by moscow for atrocities in the north caucasus. will remain in poland until a court rules on his extradition. preparations for saturday's parliamentary elections in afghanistan are marred by asking violence with the taliban stepping up threats and kidnappings. gangster wars in moscow an attempt on the life of an alleged top mafia boss right in the city center puts him in the hospital. and broadcasting from our studios in the heart of central moscow this is r t glad to have you with us one of russia's most n

span to one hundred twenty years what seem to catch the attention of russia's prime minister vladimir putin. just a bit later there he is putting that script back saying you don't want it. we will leave until we're one hundred twenty years old. yes but you have to bear in mind that this is the average life expectancy is still the leaders live much longer. we will still be prime ministers when we are one hundred twenty. not sure that's possible the job of prime minister which is you won't believe me i haven't had a single day off this year i don't think you prime minister putin had much time to rest recently either so. i have some ideas about a couple of days of joint hold we'll talk about it later. all right well with the jokes on the forum over the city's attention is turning instead to its millennium milestone a thousand years of history big celebrated in just one day and that of course means there's going to be a huge party going on the city center is closed to traffic as it dedicates itself fully to the festivities that includes pop rock and folk on search there's much more to be going

constructed at the core of the park the project has been personally approved by prime minister vladimir putin the federal government is planning to allocate sizable funding for the parks construction investors will be given benefits such as property tax exemption low land rental prices and other preferences this is more regional government is open to mutually beneficial cooperation we invite investors to participate in existing projects and we are ready to give a hand of fulfilling your projects and growing your business in the small region. hello and welcome to the business bulletin russia's largest bank says it has billions of dollars to spend on much as acquisitions the bank wants to become a bigger global player and is looking to expand in asia eastern europe and c.i.s. countries c.e.o. home graham says while has lots of money the problem is finding quality assets to spend it on. like acquired by the russian people yes five and it's currently examining a takeover as it stands today. and now let's have a quick look at how the markets are forming european stocks still flat to mix having giv

the festivities and what was going on there the speakers of course the prime minister of russia vladimir putin spoke again a lot of consensus consensus consensus but my my father is knowing a lot about energy and you knowing more about energy is can we can we do divide up all of these energy resources soap peacefully and cooperatively because a lot of countries have done a lot of nasty things in history recent history for oil. yes indeed they have and i think it's fair to say that the whole history of or oil and gas has been about conflict and you only have to look to the iraq war was that about oil or was it not there's still debate about that we've got a conflict at the moment in the far east between japan and china they're not normally antagonistic to each other but there's a punch up going there it's verbal at the moment but they're quarrelling about oil and gas and it's undoubtedly an issue that engender very high feelings there's a lot of money at stake in the oil and gas projects and i'm afraid it's nice it's nice to hear everyone talking in that kind of friendly way but i think you als