who are welcome to you live from our studios in central moscow this is our team with me and he said no way it's four pm here in the russian capital two pm in brussels and nato chief says he wants a new start in relations with russia as soon as possible anders fogh rasmussen is in moscow seeking support from the russian leadership on afghanistan and the european missile defense shield. is following the talks. nato is an organization that now faces major trial and yes it is at a crossroads it has an identity crisis analysts are saying that nato simply has bitten off more than it can shoot and in afghanistan in particular and it now desperately needs russia's assistance and counsel and nato also wants to read itself the bromates so cold war identity onesided identity and to become a mordant point to the century security organization will be as it needs russia's support rossum samisen most spoke to. to see commit videos on several feet the shoes one of them is a very sensitive issue european missile defense now we know the u.s. plans to deploy elements of missile defense so could close to

moscow. and that's all the business news for now but i'll be back with more from you next hour and of course you can always find us on our website at. flash that's .

into the program now the afghan foreign minister is a moscow to talk about new ways to engage with russia. has been meeting his russian counterpart sergei lavrov for discussions on stopping the flow of drugs and closer military ties are just like here shafts case following the talks joins me now live for more on this why is he of the russia nato summit in lisbon moscow agreed to expand transit of cargoes for alliances troops in afghanistan how much of this was mentioned today well marina nothing much new on this issue but there's been some mention from the law that there is a problem from the nato side concerning the transportation of russian helicopters to afghanistan the ones which russia is providing for afghanistan for the operation there no we heard from the russian foreign minister as well as he's afghan counterpart mr russell that the corporation on that sense will continue to expand that russia will provide the electricity for the nato troops stationed in afghanistan as well as will continue to allow transit of war toys from the european bases to afghanistan value of the russian t

reports that some moscow's part in the u.s. led mission came as a complete shock. the accord this one diode group of so did this one group were banned this one or this one died too while this one lost his leg and he got a mush is showing his cormorants killed in the soviet war in afghanistan two decades ago only four out of the fourteen in this picture made it out alive andrey was a commander over mine disposal unit in kandahar in two years he scored thirty five people dozens of others lost limbs a third of all mines used against soviet soldiers were american made most of the us were enemy which supplied the mujahideen with the quick mint weapons medicine it was american strong imbeciles which helped shoot down our planes. two decades after the soviet army acts it and dream it was taken aback to find out that russia was back in afghanistan again this time with its former anime. these are the pictures he saw on the news reports for drug producing lapse on the border between afghanistan and pakistan were destroyed in a special rate and a ton of heroin worth over two

capital moscow out is next. this interior design course i the style opens five years ago and from contemporary restaurants to various shops and exciting ott that's what we'll be exploring on this food's must go out program chinese culture the russian capital. all those thousands of kilometers from moscow people forget that russia borders china the countries have had diplomatic and commercial relations for centuries and today this extends to russia's fascination with chinese traditions and designs. furniture from several manufacturers in china and it's all handmade good pieces made of solid wood inlaid with pearls and various tables many chinese people who come to our shop i'm very impressed and this is has been difficult for them to find such messing furniture in their country and we have it here in the. dating back thousands of years chinese interior design is founded on the principles of energy simplicity and nature they strive to achieve surroundings characterized by tranquility and peace and from chinese lan

for emphasizing a key new direction in russia's development minolta of member kicks off here at the moscow expo center with the third international ross nanotech form. own manner of new gadgets and future projects are on display at the forum where some three hundred companies and institutions as well as top scientists from over a dozen countries have gathered it's all put together by the unique state corporation ross nano we. need in the. it is. to create such a platform such a place where people could be it can we see about this that is all before him many new poll changed their plans jobs come to us with their projects. they wouldn't have gone with old before we came to find out what all the fuss is about what exactly is new know it's become a buzzword spawning many gimmicky products in recent years. real nanotechnology play in our lives. this is how some of the world's top technology companies in vision are nano future new systems will help us custom engineer our urban environment. can change what we and how we grow in. special equipment will revolutionize the field of medicine making o

with twenty four hour news from russia from around the world this is in moscow for the first time since backing u.n. sanctions against iran over its nuclear. program russia's president has met iranian leader mahmoud ahmadinejad and it was those suspected atomic ambitions which were the focus of the talks held in azerbaijan the two were meeting at a summit of the five nations bordering the caspian sea all of whom have claims to the seas vast energy resources even reports. the meeting between the presidents of russia and iran is surely one of the biggest highlights of the summit since is the first time that they've met since russia back to the latest set off during sanctions on iran and also cancel the shipment of the ass three hundred air defense systems a move which was strongly criticized by iran and caused a significant a significant chilling in relations between the two countries after the meeting with her that this was a positive meeting and that both presidents who are not afraid to talk about complicated and even unpleasant issues and of course iran's controversial nuclear program

outraged tokyo's angered by president obama visited russia real islands which japan claims as its own moscow says it will keep investing in this remote region. the international space station is celebrating ten years old because human life in orbit the longest stretch ever spent outside the earth's atmosphere. the space citizen. we are highlighting the top stories all today and all of this week here on a hearty welcome to the program. well this week has seen a new scandal flaring up between russia and georgia as tbilisi said thirteen people were caught spying the from moscow russia claimed the whole story is a political fasts and deliberate provocation by the georgian authorities ahead of a nato summit and as artie's arena reports from tbilisi the opposition is considering the swoop to be another attack on the government's opponents. for alina this spy scandal was a horrible deja vu her own husband. was thrown into prison for allegedly spying for russia during the two thousand and eight conflict between georgia and south the city or. they said some three thousand time three hundred pages of

washington signed the new start treaty moscow is now supplying a fresh. military route for the afghan war so cope rationing does load seems to be a thing of the future between nato and. great you could didn't crash over following nato secretary general visit to moscow thanks for that let's get more analysis of the secretary general's visit we're joined now by dmitri trenin he's the head of the carnegie moscow center thanks for being with us let me begin by saying name of course is trying to redefine its role in the modern world and it's expected to unveil a new strategy later this month do you think there will be major changes and if so what would be russia's role. although i think that there will be changes and this is clearly what the secretary general was very insistent on. his. russia over the two issues for the nato to look at a. new strategic concept so i would expect the concept to walk. part of the way to meet. russia. over russia and the west. to realize that. a number of countries they have different takes on the russia russia as well as russia

jewish xpect and unity here in moscow. i'm not sure. in the synagogue well we run a jewish community for english speakers there are those that are russian english speakers those that are you know more english speakers than the other it's and it's really a home for those that want to feel more westernized amongst the russian community and those that are less familiar it's more of a beginner's and we run here shabat programs holiday programs children's programs adult programs sunday school and we try to make judaism fun for the english speaking jewish community here in moscow i think is there any conflict will you know religious tension between the other religions here in russia. no i actually think that the other places in the world can learn what's going on here from the unity of the different religions here in moscow. chief rabbi the priests actually all get along very well and sit on the boards together and discuss the issues and matter is managed to solve them in a very fascinating way that keeps the community. it's one thing you not

for me croon today the focus is on affixing their chips to moscow metro cards but the same production technology will soon be used to stick energy free memory morsels where ever we want them or if id can transmit over different frequencies so they work at different distances one for your car passing through automatic another for the past your favorite slow. their own personal id cards for access to our teas moscow studios as well as biometric passports they help libraries keep track of their massive collections and companies like wal-mart track all their goods some are concerned about saif i scenarios where they be used to control us others like chief anatoli chubais yes are excited about how they'll fix some of life's day to day headaches. technology for the stalls of the future today is being what saved it together with the leading experts in this sphere it provides for the transition. of all trades to a new technological principle that in fact it means replacing traditional ball carriers which at present can be found on any and all the lower commodity with billions of electronics a

to moscow state universities doing a number of unique things in one choose satellites into outer space and possesses a supercomputer able to make five hundred trillion operations a second but it's quite different things which are taken into account when compiling during games like the number of nobel laureates on the university board or the number of publications unscientific jools with the moscow state university school in food is a more flexible and objective system of brain gain if russian graduates are welcome to do post-graduate research in major european and american universities the system of higher education in russia cannot be that bad. well as far as i understand these so-called citation index and you mean you mentioned it before is the main instrument to measure the chief scientist does it make english i mean the english language a key to two to success in the world recognition yes it does without any question english is the world language of science today most scientific research is published in journals which are published in english and largely in the united states and th

moscow. and meet the russian president and foreign minister on wednesday. has the latest for us now because really what exactly will be doing during this visit and whether relations between moscow and. currently stand. there is chief will be meeting the president and the foreign minister to discuss a new global security and this visit is a very important cause ill gratian school the crucial often nato summit which will take place at the end of. their nato son to move into the new strategy security strategy of the twenty first century which will include relations but for now it must go on says that peace movement includes its own security concerns in particular in the video and rasmussen that they will discuss nato's invitation to work together on european missile defense the document says that most do russia will figure into the new system but the kremlin wants to know power as any observer who are hands on to sponsor the entire prose says from construction to activation we know that u.s. pla

one of russia's top investigative journalists is severely beaten in moscow his professional activities suspect. this. will cost just one hundred five dollars. in tehran for. neighboring iran the risk of the life. of president obama's defeat. but many say it's ordinary americans who have really lost out big business played a big deciding. today this week with thank you for joining us in a fresh james bond style scandal between russia and georgia tbilisi this week that it had arrested thirteen people accused of spying for moscow russia says the whole story is a political fight that georgian authorities are simply attention seeking ahead of a key nato summit and as artie's arena reports many georgians fear the government's russian mania could land them in prison for espionage as well. for alina this spy scandal was a horrible deja vu her own husband. was thrown into prison for allegedly spying for russia during the two thousand and eight conflict between georgia and south a city or a third and fourth they said some three thousand three hundred pages of data which my husband supposedly sou

live from our studios in central moscow you're watching our team with me and you so now way it's seven pm here in the russian capital five pm in brussels and first stop russia has reaffirmed its readiness to create a joint anti-missile defense system in europe with nato but only on an equal basis the reassurance came after a meeting in moscow between the russian leadership and nato chief what's get more now from your countrymen a great show but she joins us live has been following the meetings but now the meetings between nato and russia are becoming increasingly frequent over the past three years what's the main outcome of today's talks. all the main outcome is that both mosco and nato have demonstrated their right to needs to boost that partnership for the first time in many years on such a high level nato isn't organize ation is now currently facing certain challenges like in afghanistan in particular it has an identity crisis and as analysts keep saying the north atlantic alliance simply has no more that it can shoot and it now needs russia's assistance is how best far as the war i

flung outposts the current it's a remote far eastern archipelago lies thousands of kilometers from moscow but is just a short hop from tokyo and for decades it's been a bone of contention between them the trip has already drawn criticism from japan with the country's premier saying it is an affront to its people while russia says it has no need to ask for permission to visit its own territory boyko reports. it's a leftover from the second world war old soviet tanks rusting on the shore with their barrels pointed towards your pan the cornish your island together with three other pacific islands was thinking over it by the soviet union sixty five years ago but the tussle to define its national identity still goes on. this cross appeared here a few years ago soon after the russian orthodox church opened its parish on the island of sheikh a ton of to decades of thing its population the window on it is now in the midst of a baby it will. have the highest birth rates in the interests of holding region we have lots of young people votes of servicemen. the living standards are quite decent nowada

a recap of the stories that shape the week moscow calls georgia's arrest of thirteen alleged russian spies a political arse aimed at scoring political points back home to police he's moved was also met with mistrust. one of russia's top investigative journalist severely beaten in moscow for his professional activities suspected to be behind the attack . responsive it will cost the smuggler a hundred five dollars in iraq he will sell into iran over four hundred poverty and despair for so many iraqis to smuggle bad alcohol to neighboring iran of the risk of their freedom and their lives are she follows the dangerous trade route. and president obama's party suffers a defeat in the u.s. midterm elections but many say it's ordinary americans really lost out in big business is played a big role in deciding the outcome. nine pm in moscow très a good to be with you as we give you today's top stories and a look back at the week's news here on r.t.e. in a freshly james bond style scandal between russia and georgia tbilisi this week confirmed that it had arrested thirteen people accused of spy

roberts well known or to moscow. for a middle aged man reading walking in the cinema perhaps tend to be the man hobbies of choice not climbing world famous landmarks well meat dairy devil allen rubber the frenchman living up to a spiderman moniker once again adding another notable mark to his bulging resume the forty eight year old finding a way to the very top of the singapore flyer the world's tallest for us we'll the event part of asia's biggest action sports carnival the metal games the rubber has climbed the eiffel on serious towers on is no stranger to spending time in jail for having done so without the necessary permission from time to time not on this occasion. scary stuff a lot as all your support for our world weather is coming up in just a tick hungry for the full story we've got it for us the biggest issues get the human voice face to face with the news makers.

for the next some indian indulgence in the heart of the russian capital in moscow. hello and welcome to moscow hours on the six program we'll be taking a look at indian culture here in the us and capital i want to start at one of my favorite restaurants located on top of the split that hurts how i deal as i'm quite hungry response to something a little spicy. with winter fast approaching heating a large plate of wholesome indian food is certainly one way to warm up recently renovated dubbo offers an excellent many fool the indian connoisseur including an extensive vegetarian menu and genuinely spicy curries and from mild she. drops the chefs that job are always happy to modify any dish personal taste. all just and famous you know a friend. and we have the beautiful the us you can see. ninety six and we keep the authentic we try. to be available in most bars popular with russians and ex-pats menus are printed in several languages and the many posts a large collection of interesting hot and cold dishes wonderful thank you very much and speaking of which my food has ar

moscow. now doctors say a prominent russian journalist who was brutally beaten in moscow is still in critical condition and they caution was rushed to hospital after two men hammered him with metal rods on friday night medics earlier said he had been recovering well after three operations but now admit he's still unconscious russian lawmakers are considering a draft law to adopt a heavier punishment for attacking journalists investigators says investigators suspect cautious suspect cautions work for the commerce and newspaper and he's internet blog as reasons for the assault the journalist made a name for himself by criticizing several high profile government officials police have so far failed to identify and locate his attackers but from the group of three . three attacks on police and troops have taken place in russia south leaving two man and dad and seven wounded in the republic of dagestan policemen were searching cars on one of the region's motorways when gunmen opened fire on them in

scandalous disputes between talk in moscow. yesterday and today's ago there was a tough dispute between tokyo and beijing. quite recently of the relations between japan and china deteriorated and it was a real crisis so it seems like japan has a lot of problems with the neighbors with korea with china with russia demanding the territories which the neighbors consider to be their territory as you mentioned you mentioned the forthcoming visit of medvedev to to yokohama next week is going to be a fourteen fifteen not a member has his planned meeting with the japanese prime minister you express. tell that they that they will sell the situation i hope so too i believe they will settle the situation but. does this mean does medvedev a visit to to the korea livens mean that this is the end of negotiating the problem of the chordal islands there that we no longer are ready to to remember that there were proposals to give to and to leave to a space many many ways and so i largely starting with one thousand and fifty six starting with. r

moscow says it will continue providing all necessary support to victor boot but does not proclaim whether the russian citizen is innocent or guilty. news for russia and iran the world this is all see with me thanks for joining us for the first time russia box u.n. sanctions against iran president medvedev has met with the iranian leader mahmoud ahmadinejad medvedev said russia will continue helping tehran develop a peaceful atomic program the two were meeting at a summit of the five nations bordering the caspian sea all of whom have claims to the seas boss and there's your resources he's got this going off now reports. well a meeting between the presidents of russia and iran is surely one of the biggest highlights of the summit since it's the first time that they've met since russia back to the latest set off during sanctions on iran and also cancel the shipment of the ass three hundred air defense systems a move which was strongly criticized by iran and caused a significant a significant chilling in relations between the two countries after the meeting with her that this was a positive m

a look at the week's top stories in moscow calls police arrest of thirteen alleged russian spies a groundless political philosophy aimed at scoring political points with nato but the swoops approach there and monks some georgians. me tell nice map of the democratic party with major defeats and elections and loss of control the house of representatives but some say it's big business rather than the american people which has had the biggest say. also we'll see how shocking poverty caused by the boy in iraq forces some to risk their minds to make ends meet by smuggling alcohol into neighboring iran the way it's strictly. on the top level investigation as ordered by russian president dmitry medvedev after the burst of attempted murder of a meeting. a great journalist knocks the links to his work. hello and welcome to the program this is aussie's weekly review my name is hugo of our town main story now moscow says thirteen people arrested in georgia accused of spying for russia innocent victims of political games the foreign ministry described this route as a political farce orchestrated by the sa

r t moscow. one outbreak chopsticks is a little later we're giving a tour of moscow's very own chinatown. to stop because what i look and smell are great we've got a ministry of chopsticks here fortunately i can use that. wonderful chinese food in the russian capital for certain words disappointed. and you can join the moscow team in just over an hour from now here on the next is the business news with kareena. and i welcome to our weekend business program good to have you with us policies to stimulate growth are the best way to ensure they comic recovery doesn't falter according to the president of the world bank it's a view that appears shop at odds with the austerity measures being brought in across europe correspondent paul caught up with robert zoellick in st petersburg this week to discuss the recovery trade and currency wars. much of the debate is talked about the current account imbalances and sort of rebalancing aggregate demand that has a worthwhile role but i think it needs to be combi

live from the heart of moscow this is r.t. a very warm welcome to. well a journalist writing for the russian commissar and has been brutally beaten in the center of moscow. news currently in hospital in induced coma and we'll have details on that in just a moment here as we turn now live to our teaser peter oliver who has details for us live from the heart of moscow and hello to you so tell us how exactly did the attack happened in the first place. when the attack occurred last night in central moscow two men believed to have pounced upon mr caution as he approached his apartment building in the courtyard of his apartment building and brutally assaulted him we're hearing that the two men apparently were standing with flowers waiting for mr cashin to arrive on the scene they then produced what believed to be a blunt object then proceeded to attack him in the brutal assault that's left him very badly bruised in a critical condition in the hospital they made a main point of breaking his fingers and hitting him with this this blunt object as i say. as. t

moscow. well take a look at some other stories from around the world and a massive explosion in a lot really hotel in mexico's caribbean coast it left seven people dead and at least fifteen injured the victims are canadian tourist and local workers medics say to ensure tourists are in critical condition the blast is believed to have been crossed by a buildup of natural gas under the complex. but from haiti's cholera outbreak is quieting rapidly with nine hundred seventeen people now dead officials say poor sanitary conditions and camps for earthquake victims are responsible for the spread of the disease transmitted through contaminated water almost fifteen thousand people have been hospitalized over the past month and more than one million haitians live in camps after their homes were destroyed in january squeak. french president nicolas sarkozy has rushed shuffled his cabinet but kept in place as prime minister that's despite francois the. offering his president resignation on saturday and m

moscow which is ended zombies have been taking center stage in moscow as people get set for the freakiest holiday of the year helloween this weekend clubs have been full with a crowd that is swapped its glad rags for real rags and wigs artie's tom barton has all the details it's halloween time for trick and treating and dressing up but here in moscow it's really an occasion for jessica has anointed one of the clubs that we're seeing not just scary costumes good but a whole variety of weird and wonderful to see my rights to see this is simply lisa good to see all sorts of professionals but also it's a time to party with me is out of the sky he's a d.j. . meaningless b.s. the name of the last poll i always thought it was a new impression same days me it's the weeks maybe. they make a lot more but hey at. the end of the city it wasn't all that we. want to see things become a lot seems to become more popular all over the world to me like i spend a lot of time in venezuela and really big on going there also to come in every way every thing seems interesting i mean i want to be a little scary m

this is actually coming to you live from moscow i'm marina josh.

and here in moscow the markets are mixed this hour coming off the early losses b.l.t.'s is still dipping lower but the my six is pushing into the black lou call on abbas after lending some support the banks are really outperforming spunked is getting around one percent on both forces and d.t.p. is high on. one of russia's largest telecom providers comstock says its third quarter earnings have more than doubled from a year ago to reach fifty eight million dollars there's a it's better than on this we're expecting and the company says it's on track to hit its full year targets. and that's all the business news for now but i'll be back with more for you next hour and of course in the meantime you can always find mysteries on our website that's called slash business. you. for your convenience are comfortable shuttle bus will take you to submit just a few hours observing the margin for us and scaring the bums current mayors the be. on the moon. craters. scorching soil untoward there aren't.

this is already coming to you live from moscow i'm marina joshie welcome to the program now this week has seen a new scandal flaring out between russia and georgia as tbilisi said thirteen people were caught spying for moscow russia claimed the whole story is a political farce and deliberate provocation by the georgian authorities ahead of a nato summit and as our reports from tbilisi the opposition is considering the swap to be another attack on the government's opponents. for alina this spy scandal was a horrible deja vu her own husband. was thrown into prison for allegedly spying for russia during the two thousand and eight conflict between georgia and south the city or. they said some three thousand three hundred pages of data which my husband supposedly sound to russia that's a blatant lie we have presented evidence numerous times that all information with which fact and worked was just his analysis if you look at his case you'll see that it's easy to say that anyone's a spy in georgia something. he lynas husband was george's envoy to nato he was named in a documentary just shown

a welcome to the moscow jewish community center. this complex has been a special back for about one hundred twenty five thousand people from russians to ex-pats people come here to worship enjoy jewish museum and payments a religious education to come back to school so celebrated and i'll address right this year. for centuries the jewish communities that it's much we sixty six in russia but then she'd be sorry scotland sporadically encountered jewish immigration and making two million she has fled russia come to mean eighteen and nineteen twenty. times has now changed ever since the fall of the soviet union many are returning to strongly sign yet of a startling revival of jewish life here. there are two restaurants here one curry should be of a dairy and people come here and eat typical jewish food such as bread or you cannot take the entire meal home now warn the lovely gesture that the complex office is on your birthday you are given a discount voucher for the same amount so for example one man we sleep with one hundred and one ye

and you can join our moscow team in about ten minutes time right here on r.t. but before that in just a moment karim is here with the business now. for the full story we've gone to. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. and which brightened if you knew the song from feinstein christian. t.v. don't come. it's twenty one past six pm here in moscow welcome to business the switching long brand new power station has given russia's that atrocity network much needed shot in the arm constructed by germany as part of a two point four billion euro investment program the project has not arrived without problems ten a bushel has more. german energy giant deal has just launched one of the world's biggest and most efficient power stations on the outskirts of the capital but it's come with some global difficulty international power companies pledged to last all thirty billion dollars to overhaul was just crumbling electricity generators when they were privatized in two thousand and eight that was on the promise that they will be able to charg

as in jail before being released on bail moscow has called on u.s. authorities to condemn the incident europe's major security watchdog you know a c.e.o. has also asked the u.s. department secretary of state hillary clinton for an investigation. taking a look now at some other stories making headlines across the globe south korea has reported a second round of artillery fire near one of its islands in the yellow sea this follows earlier reports of smoke and gun fire officials suspect was a north korean training exercise the news comes as pyongyang warned that u.s. south korean naval drills planned for the weekend are pushing the peninsula to the brink of war in a show of solidarity a top u.s. military commander visited the island which was the site of a previous artillery exchange between the countries earlier this week. said to mark two years since the terror attacks around the indian city killed one hundred sixty six people ten armed men targeted luxury hotels the main railway station and a jewish cultural center and a siege lasting two and a half

lake is a capital hill not to the side track the ratification of the nuclear arms cost treaty between moscow and washington calling it and the national security imperative. president obama is trying to push his arguably major foreign policy achievement through the senate i'm going to check on in washington d.c. i'll be back with more in just a few moments. and also in the u.s. then edged gun drawn a big to boot claims u.s. officials trying to force him into admitting to arms smuggling charges while they extradited from bangkok to watch. moscow says it will continue providing all necessary support to victor boot but does not proclaim whether the russian citizen is innocent or guilty. hello welcome to our c twenty four hour news live from moscow angular ship of our top story now for the first time russia of banks you are in sanctions against iran president medvedev has met with the iranian leader mahmoud ahmadinejad the vet have said russia will continue helping tehran develop a peaceful atomic program the two were meeting at a summit old of five nations bordering the caspian sea all of whom h

artie's peter oliver reporting from moscow. well campaigners in the u.k. demanding answers into why no officer has ever been convicted for deaths in police custody one person a week reportedly dies as a result of contact with the police. reports. if you want to be heard they say sometimes it's better to whisper than to shout these people are relying on that as they take to the streets to tell the silent story of loved ones who have died in british police custody. is here because of his brother a recovering drug addict happy pap's died in two thousand and eight following a routine stop and search by the police he was he was being restrained by them when i say restraint it's it's one of. an officer neither side of his arms putting him back and two officers been. hit him in the back and that's really how you know it samantha brick david's brother also dies to me. years ago mentally ill sean was restrained by four police officers and bundled into a van and in the five minutes it took to get to the police station had stopped breathing he died a short time later

the two foreign ministers meeting today in moscow or c. seem to be pretty happy about the way the corporation is going this cooperation in the fight against drug trafficking has been very strong of late we know that russia has donated twenty thousand kalashnikov rifles to afghanistan to the interior troops in afghanistan to fight the spread of drugs as well as the recent joint u.s. russian operation in afghanistan after which almost one ton of herion was destroyed and several drug labs were shut down in the country so obviously the two ministers sad that the operation is going well and it will expand in the future according to mr law process that we just learned in that the cooperation between russia and the united states in combat in drug trafficking will continue and the creation of relevant international laws is of crucial importance as the u.n. security council resolution adopted this october has already qualified drugs coming in from afghanistan as a threat to international safety and stability the war against narcotics remains one of

journalist severely beaten in moscow and now with an induced coma police say the attack is likely linked with his professional activities. campaigners in the u.k. demand convictions for police officers responsible for deaths in custody one person or week reportedly dies as a result of contact with police in the country but no one has ever been found guilty. in the us comes in for on precedent to public scrutiny over its human rights record at the united nations human rights council eventually got a harsh criticism over its immigration policies of racial profiling the use of the death penalty and abuse allegations overseas. up next it's all about russian bred as host martin enders hits the capital's bakeries in our entertainment segment must go out stay with us. there's a famous person probably i don't see a full if you haven't tested right of the centuries it's the more the key finch is also russian diets and from the russian dog ride bred to the popular drink class that's what we'll be exploring on this week's moscow out the history of breast. plate is with just a few thousands of piece

educated at the university or especially on the faculty and they are these all up and that's where moscow state university came out so it's nobody's fault so you think of this is fair this is fair it's transparent it's objective. but it measures only one small aspect of what a university does russian universities are dissatisfied with the places they occupy and world rankings and question the criteria used by western rating agencies spotlights to me that i will have more. nervous so of and game this year's nobel prize winners both graduated from the moscow institute of physics and technology but you want to find it on the list the world's top universities russia's higher education officials claim the country is under represented in international university rankings it's usually only the moscow state university which makes it through to the top one hundred and then it's down at the bottom of the list the major russian university has begun questioning the criteria used for the ratings it says the data used in the surveys is not always reliable numbers that it can go we pointed out a mistake