correspondent in moscow jonathan saunders described the ousted chief as a bulldozer. across a thousand years. was a combination combination of four kinds of poor people he was really a renaissance prince running the city state he was in american terms a combination of mayor daley and robert moses the great city builder who ruthlessly did things he was a little dictator he was a kind of robin hood he would put his finger on the pulse around the throat of the new landlord the people building buildings making money in moscow and force them to do other things there was a time when your. college was quite consular popular because he ripped off the rip off artists who are making money on the new book moscow and did things like build christ the savior cathedral i think his legacy will be that he's a bulldozer bulldozers get things done but they sometimes are rude and crude if you were to go back and look in the middle of the nine hundred ninety s. i think a lot of muscovites would say we'll take luzhkov off with all his rough edges because he got a lot done because he did ha

international news live from moscow this is an issue the headline. a one hundred thousand people have to supply did in a wave of strikes against europe as national governments impose all proposed all standards measures to pay off months of debt some run off by they found. her sitting whole just a day off so may your original sign taken with construction projects halted and the gays getting the right to run after the program by the big four by trying downs and demos and while the ousted man says he won't take me as his son thinks it will stay at home it's. the old way to stability will get another round of bidets biggest on is gearing up for parliamentary elections affording months of political turmoil and that's the clincher it's the ballot with over two dozen polls is taking too long comes up to a referendum which brought parliamentary democracy to the country. and the next sounding to be sure spotlight and today when they try they rush imagines his ministry international development chief of as you talks about the challenges ahead . in the way that

we are coming to you live from moscow this is r.t. coming out for you in our program the pentagon destroys the war memoirs of a former army officer in afghanistan find out more. in india thousands of farmers are agitated against a government plans to build a new road on their own land find out why. spain has been gripped by a twenty four hour general strike against the government's plans to slash its budget thousands of passengers were left stranded in madrid with two thirds of flights grounded due to the actions by transport workers a wave of austerity measure demonstrations is expected all over europe will. tens of thousands set to march on brussels let's get more now from our correspondent laura emmet who can give us details now live hello to you laura so this sounds like a massive far reaching uprising here let's get down to it just how serious is the level of discontent across europe. well these are extraordinary scenes that we're seeing we've had a summer of relative calm but it now seems that this isn't of the european union sa

so supporters of the international car free day and moscow hope that they. will get more people out of their cars in odd timbo it's a public transportation. for years alexander morozov has been putting pressure on city government to improve the tram system but with millions pounding on to cram transportation daily he says a comprehensive plan is needed to make travel more comfortable timely and more attractive to potential commuters i believe it should be the complex policy of subway some way boston show a bus and. subway in the rural south are no not included in the transfer in the c. chip he's asking city leaders to transfer funds from the road budgets to invest in more tram lines and in better technology so that more people like constantine will be passengers instead of drivers. for more news features and blogs log on to our website r t v dot com and here's a taste of what you can find online right now so you can some the spiritual guidance discover more about but a seven southern russia with obama was lived there for almost twenty years. and american sci

did lows his connection interconnection of the people of moscow the problems people inhabitants of moscow in in space experience of the last year is quite obvious in the party in the united russia party and tried to explain the developing emerging problems to mr luzhkov but unfortunately he would not listen to us here was too much short about here i'm not making any mistakes or knowing best of anybody. well luzhkov should have quit earlier that's according to dmitri babich a political analyst from the ria news agency certainly. being involved towards i think if he left a bald five or six years ago all he's historically it would be judged in a lot more positive way than now i would say that in the early ninety's he was a supporter of a great change i remember him helping organize their protest march in one thousand nine hundred at that time he moved from his office because what show was a pollster these free meetings. after serious talks and deals in beijing russian president dmitri medvedev wrapping up his visit to china on the third day of his trip he's in shanghai where he's already met

coming to live from moscow these are the top stories moscow's former mayor is reportedly planning to stay in politics after being sacked by the russian president on wednesday morning euro was coffer arrived at the mayor's office to pack up. thousands prepare to take to the streets throughout europe say no to a stare and measures the largest march is expected in brussels near the head waters of the e.u. commission. and kyrgyzstan is gearing up for a parliamentary poll after months of violence and political turmoil in the central asian republics country's former prime minister and his party are said to be in with a good chance of winning the rates. that was came john taylor effectively naming his son as his hair here will veil and he's crossed all guess the bait whether the country is turning into a kind of presidential marquee. june thirtieth being lynam from tried to reason with hitler's germany demands or doesn't land and gets its way the old stuff they have created a safety net for themselves. thirty nine the whole of europe isn't going to war efforts to establish a system of colle

well back here with r t coming to life from moscow reminder of the top stories moscow's former mayor is reportedly planning to stay in politics after being sacked by the russian president on wednesday morning arrive in the capital. thousands prepare to take to the streets throughout europe to say no to a security measures the largest march is expected in brussels near the waters of the e.u. commission. and kyrgyzstan for a parliamentary poll after months of violence and political turmoil in the central asian republics the country's former prime minister and said to be in with a good chance of winning their way. out the nato summit in lisbon in the bambara will focus on the alliances course for the twenty first century from afghanistan a missile to fans to improving relations with russia r.t. has spoken to the former nato boss george robertson about how he sees its future that's next. thank you very much for joining us begin with. recently we've been witnessing a lot of guerrilla warfare. poorly trained. armed militants causing a lot of problems is nato ready to respond to such threat

moscow. of a former leader of a european parliament delegation to north korea glyn ford says the country is just getting a new day a whole new era for its foreign policy. this party conference is going to see some i suspect unprecedented strangers in terms of generational changes in the in the leadership of the korean workers party we've already seen that some people like you . both who've been negotiating with the americans i've had recent promotions within the supreme people's assembly and within the ministries so it looks like it looks like this is a if you're a generational change and not merely the if you're signaling of who eventually will succeed kim jong il so what do you make of that america simply needs a sort of bag guy in the region to justify its military presence in the southern part of the korean peninsula and japan and and to justify the point missile defense systems that there are certainly people in japan within the within the former ruling party the neo cons there are peopl

i decided to dismiss the mayor of moscow the decree i signed states that i as president have lost trust in you. and it is a legal reason for his dismissal it's happened for the first time but i do not rule out that such cases might happen again i cannot work with officials i can't trust. talk to us about the legacy that's been left behind often what kind of legacy. will legacy of this club is very visible there prominent here let's just talk about the landmarks that he's left here moscow people credit him for having given moscow a facelift one of the most famous landmarks here is the role of prize the savior it's beautiful a lot of tourists go there and of course he's credited for that but i'll be other had you have this structure behind me the peter the great satchel which must. see as one of the ugliest structures here in the city and it's quite funny that the contrast of these two lead bars is very much like the contrasts in his career the polarize opinion that he has created because of his populist policies and because of the way he is over the last eighteen years so really you've g

from moscow let's take a look at the headlines moscow's long time aide has been given the sack after nearly two decades in power which would give side of the loss of confidence in the mayor as a reason for his dismissal. made in china never used to be a compliment but now with its high tech industries a country can teach russia thing or two on this final day in china dmitry medvedev is shanghai to see what russia's exhibition of the billion stars. and could alienate have control over the world's nuclear weapons a group of retired u.s. air force officers thinks so and they've given sworn affidavits claiming that strange events from ukraine to the west can be explained by looking to the stars. while russian officials are doing all they can to stand the inflow of drugs from central asia police are also dealing with the problem of amateur chemists making their own and they're finding that simple household products are all that's needed to make an illegal back. next kaiser report where our analysts look at the scandals behind a financial have lines. and this is the kaiser report markets f

and he's now reporting there russian president dmitry medvedev has signed a decree firing the moscow mayor your english cough who was in power for almost two decades the kremlin says it was due to a loss of confidence in the city's top official large joins us now from moscow city center in a tired good morning now what happens when news reached city hall. well it is highly unlikely that you what is going to be taking this well considering the man has spent the last eighteen years as the had a moscow although according suit russian president's press secretary in the party it's michael what was given two options that either he would resign or he would be fired recently you of course has said that he's not going to resign. and he was fired this morning by the russian president he just came back from a full day on monday during which according to not that it's michael hughes actually thinking that what he would do next and he's probably exactly say that it came as a surprise to them as he was planning to hold a meeting at ten o'clock this morning like he usually does. eat also recently s

moscow's deposed mayor says he is against his forced resignation. says he will be staying in politics despite falling out of favor with the russian president. for parliamentary elections amidst simmering fears of more violence in a country that's yet to fully recover from deadly ethnic clashes this summer former prime minister. felix pull all is among the favorites to lead the nation. up next our special report looking back at the events of one thousand nine hundred thirty eight and the signing of the munich pact many stories believe the agreement allowing germany to an extract of slovakia paved the way for the nazi terror that was to follow across almost all of europe it's coming your way next here on art. chick fil a chip that is situated two hundred kilometers from prague. fifty years ago it was composed.

connection interconnection of the people of moscow the problem of people inhabitants of moscow in its experience of the last year it's quite obvious in the party of the united russia party and tried to explain the developing emerging problems to mr law schools but unfortunately he would not listen to us here was too much sure to bolt here i'm not making any mistakes knowing they're still anybody. there are plenty more ahead for you here on r.t. including aliens are curious about our news a group of former american officers claims extra terrestrials have been touring earth for decades and they're after the nuclear arsenals of world powers. a boat carrying jewish activists attempting to reach blockaded gaza i was forced to divert to the port of ashdod in israel by ten israeli warships among those on board the aid boat is a holocaust survivor and an israeli man who lost his daughter in a palestinian suicide bombing well most four months ago nine pro palestinian activists died in an israeli raid on a turkish aid flotilla a un report described as a disproportionate and brutal this time a l

let's just talk about the landmarks that he's left here in moscow people credit him for having given the moscow a facelift one of the most famous landmarks here is the defeat for a living prize the saviour's it's beautiful a lot of tourists go there and of course he's credited for that but on the other hand you have this structure behind me peter the great satchel which muscovites. see as one of the ugliest structures here in the city and it's quite funny that the contrast of these two landmarks is very much like the contrast of his career the polarize opinion that he has created because of his populist policies and because of the way he is and over the last eighteen years so really you've got two sides of the good and the bad that bush has done in his career the consultation for the nomination of a new mayor will be done by the united russia party pretty soon now for a bit more. background on why this was such a controversial person now here is a report filed by my colleague that i get up to. the constant feature of the moscow mayor he's a legendary cab has been the subject of amuse

i just i just drove from york to moscow. and the borders the border has moved whereas twenty years ago but border with the east. it was east germany and then you're going to poland you know we had the iron curtain that we had that was the border yeah. you know on the border and yeah to russia really well we can through the border. i think partly because of you two. hundred drugs. so you followed me you know they were coming here we're going out as we were coming in. but the border the bureaucracy that we found of the border. i really don't understand why common else which i think russia actually needs. is blocked by so much bureaucracy when i realize that some people smuggle you know this flag or whatever smuggler conics which is which is very see this is by the one of the reasons when the russians when even the russian president says let's let's get away with the visas to chile to europe they say well we would be glad to do that but they but the drug traffic from afghanistan through russia to europe and this is this is a ve

going to war so in moscow an alleged mafia boss is in intensive care after an attempt on his life it happened right in the center of the city. global news twenty four seven this is on live from moscow well the russian capital is asking poland to extradite one of russia's most notorious terror suspects. who was detained by polish police upon arrival in the country he is wanted in russia in connection with atrocities in the north caucasus but currently has a political asylum in the u.k. cutting the us out of our joins us live with the latest developments well it's you know sorry it's so uncertain whether or not warsaw would take the step of detaining zaki of certainly originally we know he was there a few months ago in poland but now they've done it so tell us more about what has happened. well as you say rory it was uncertain whether the polish authorities what in fact addressed or detained osmond's up high if they have done so in the morning on friday the seventeenth of september as he was leaving his place of residence currently in detention and the russian side has already sent ove

but here in moscow the l.c.s. in the my six are making gains that comes amid high u.s. and asian markets prices banks leading the my sex high with both feet to be on spec buying up around one of the hopper percent energy majors also gaining apart from lukoil down to half a percent at this hour. russia's national airline air afloat is to start its own budget carrier its part of the company's fifteen year development strategy it concentrates on increasing its domestic business while cutting the number of international flights out of thought to set itself a target of quadrupling passenger revenues are up by twenty twenty five. billion. may buy the rights to publish the russian version of newsweek magazine according to com the sun newspaper the current publisher axel springer allegedly doesn't want to extend its license agreement with newsweek as the magazine is losing money this spring and has declined to comment on the story. and lots of the business news for this hour but i'll be back with more for you in about an hour's time and of course you can always find more storie

coming to you live from moscow and these are the top stories the second mayor of moscow is reportedly planning to stay on the political scene after the russian president said he lost trust in the official a wednesday morning ride of the mayor's office to start packing up. spain sets europe's massive strikes in motion as thousands rob the con and prepare to say no to a stare any measures the largest protests are expected to take place in brussels neither the e.u. commissions have quaters. and curious dan is gearing up for a parliamentary poland after a repeat of violence left the central asian republican turmoil the country's former prime minister and his party are said to have a good chance of winning the race. so they have lines here up next the secrets of the munich pact that paved the way for the nazis to conquer almost all of europe. the chick fil a. is situated two hundred kilometers from prague fifty years ago it was called persia can the german name. the germans were forced out from here after world war two and the chicks moved into their home shortly afterwards. some of the to

according to moscow's former mir's close friend and state duma deputy and singer. challenge his sacking in russia supreme court and under the law he has ten days to file an appeal and then the court will have ten more days to make a decision according to former assistant. is planning to stay active in russia's politics just previously he officially went off the united russia party and also filed a letter to the party well first of all officially xining and secondly complaining about what he called was a strong media campaign against him in the past few weeks and when we talk about it i have to say he really is quite a controversial figure since this man stayed in power for eighteen years that is quite a lot of time that's why his sacking caused quite a mixed reaction among many people support for his policies on pension years since the average pension in moscow is higher than in other russian cities a lot of people said that it was because of course that moscow received a new modern however there are also many of those who accuse you of failing to resolve the traff

it's a moscow a very warm welcome by the mayor of moscow was fired after eighteen years in power the president says he acted because he no longer has confidence in the capital's top boss. all international activists will a jewish organize aid mission to blockade to gaza is forced to end its journey by israeli leadership. in washington president heads a trip to china by using the man widely predicted to be the next leader of the people's republic. now with the north korean leader expected to name his successor any time now all he talks to an expert on the region but a ship and he met kim jong il. in the twenty first century everything has become globalized there is practically nothing that a person can find on the internet on the phone or from known sources but north korea remains one of the very few enigmas in the twenty first century and to talk a little more about this a fact where our team got the chance to talk to the director of the far east studies of the russian academies of science i think somebody should have been with him thank you so much for joining us north korea remains

assassination attempt in the heart of moscow. and alleged criminal war days in intensive care after had been shot in the center of moscow on thursday evening find out all the details in just a few minutes. and artie's close up team looks at the vast oil and gas reserves of the sa an island in russia's far east as we embark on another journey to be to uncover the hidden and unique gems of russia. but first the u.s. senate foreign relations committee has voted in favor of the nuclear arms reduction treaty or start which was signed with russia in april the deal that now needs approval from the full senate could eventually see that you countries reduce their warhead stockpiles by a third but a start he's got a chicky on reports america's in-house issues could still hinder plans for the ratification of the start treaty got the green light from the senate foreign affairs committee and is heading for the senate floor this treaty will make america more secure. it will assist us in moving towards the goal of less nuclear threat and for th

moscow. did lows his connection interconnection of the people of moscow the problems people inhabitants of moscow in inspirit experience of the last year is quite obvious to me in the party in the united russia party and tried to explain the developing emerging throbbed to mr luzhkov but unfortunately he would not listen to us here was too much sure to about him not making any mistakes and knowing best of anybody. now for more on this story we're joined by a bloody middle russian cop ski head of research at the nord capital investment company. and i hello to you sir so tell me how did the policies of bush call influence moscow's financial life. well basically erez and paroles as everywhere apparently must go why it's so very grateful to his former mayor for building ordering. the sort of transportation rink there surrounding moscow transportation ring. many innovations implemented in moscow however there is all saw very much opposition to the work he has done in terms of thriving corruption i

eleven thirty pm in moscow good to have you with us here on our t.v. zero headlines thousands of europeans gather in brussels to demonstrate against government austerity measures that slashed jobs and pensions spain's been paralyzed by a general. at least twelve other eurozone countries have been gripped by protests and clashes with police. moscow's deposed mayor says he won't appeal in court against his forced resignation yuri luzhkov says he'll be staying in politics despite falling out of favor with the russian president. plus kyrgyzstan gears up for parliamentary elections i mean simmering fears of more violence in a country yet to fully work cover from deadly ethnic clashes this summer former prime minister felix school of is among the favorites to lead the nation. next with kim jong il effectively naming his son as his heir peter lavelle on the cross talk team debates whether or not the country is turning into a kind of presidential monarchy it's coming up it's coming up in moments here on r t. genes or do you think france tried to reason with hi

project called skolkovo which is the plan to build a silicon valley like same village just outside moscow and bring together russia's biggest mines to work on future innovations and that's all part of a much bigger picture the president's push for modernization well to talk more about the russian pavilion and modernization across russia in different spheres is surrogate will become who is the spokes person for ross adam which is one of the major companies of course selling the best of what they have at this year's expo sergei tell us about some of the projects that ross out and russia are working in cooperation with china and of course why that's so important. that the sector what . are some of you know we have great food here and so yes they're told to look to try and be. constructive yes it's the solution. to step forward and so forth it's going to be just next year probably six months of the year of the schedule then we have to start to use salt to find me about my beef is. that if you are the people the chairman of the starship you has. the greatest capacity and develop and you can ju

the polish court has released the suspected chechen terrorists wanted by moscow for atrocities in the north caucuses akhmed zakayev will remain in poland until court rules on his extradition. preparations for saturday's parliamentary election in afghanistan are marked by escalating violence with the taliban stepping up threats and kidnappings. and gangster wars in moscow an attempt on the wife of an alleged top mafia boss right in the city center puts him in hospital. it's one am in moscow and this is coming to you live with me and he said now way first stop one of russia's most notorious terrorist suspects has been released after a polish court declined prosecutor's request for the day of rest of meds acquired was detained by polish police upon arrival in the country moscow is calling on warsaw for his extradition. has the latest. according to the polish side he has been released from custody that means that he will not spend the next forty days in detention behind bars he will however suspend them and call that he is prohibited from leaving the country pending that decision concerni

eight thirty pm in moscow good to have you with us here on our t.v. easier headlines thousands of europeans gather in brussels demonstrating against government austerity measures that slashing jobs and pensions spain's been paralyzed by a general strike and at least twelve other eurozone nations have been gripped by protests and clashes with police. moscow's deposed mayor says he won't appeal in court against his fourth resignation. says he'll be staying in politics despite falling out of favor with the russian president. plus kyrgyzstan gears up for parliamentary elections and simmering fears of more violence in a country yet to fully recover from deadly ethnic clashes this summer former prime minister felix cool office among the favorites to lead the nation. the nato summit in lisbon in november will focus on the alliances course of the twenty first century from afghanistan and missile defense to improving relations with russia r.t. spoke to former nato boss george robertson about how he sees the future it's coming your way next here are five. thank

something few in moscow believed. we heard was heading to poland to turn himself in to the prosecutor's office why he could go to the prosecutor's office in the britain or any other country if he wanted to but he did it in poland so my theory is that it might be aimed at soaring the improving relations between moscow and warsaw. poland has to consider whether to be extradited to russia and no matter how hard warsaw try to de politicize this issue. the prosecutor general tells me they have no choice but to start extradition procedures but these procedures do not mean an instant extradition and the russian side shouldn't necessarily hope for a decision that will satisfy all. experts knew from the very start the decision would not be free of mind games as you understand. but they also have their own limitations that mystic agenda and they can go too far and definitely i think this is. a moment of truth for our relations committee has been one of russia's most wanted since two thousand and two it is now that he walks in t

it is a continuation of the russian landmass the beginning of planted a russian flag there and then moscow has filed a request to the united nations asking the international community to recognize this area as support of its two to you but the united nations has asked for more sane to fake evidence meanwhile canada has also filed claims on this state are you saying back to the a woman also for age is part of the canadian state or you know we will submit our data on the loan is awfully age and we're confident that our case will prevail by scientific evidence the arctic is a huge area and currently doesn't belong to any country but at the same time it's thought to hold up to twenty percent of the world's untapped resources of gas and oil which makes it quite an attractive area. for many countries up port from russia and canada other states are also keen to stablish themselves in the octaves and they include the united states denmark and norway according to some analysts this me lead to some type of all over conflict because this is the stakes are really high because of these extremely large

but because moscow is the center and russia and a lot of. foreign investment is going to russia you have you need a different infrastructure you need a different approach than you had in the ninety's and in that sense i think moscow is looking behind them as far as i understand the president the prime minister i thinking of changing that and in as far as i understand that's not possible with me underscore for the former mayor as far as i understand he had the chance to sing and possibly resign on its own whatever the terms are which i clearly don't know. still i think now all he has resigned forcefully and still i think the country the city should give him after after all the good so well. we are coming to you live from the russian capital this is r.t. and a boat carrying jewish activists attempting to reach blockaded gaza has been forced to divert to the port city of ashdod in israel by israeli warships among those on board is a holocaust survivor and an israeli man who lost his daughter in a palestinian suicide bombing a spokesman for the

it's ten thirty am in russia in moscow thanks for being with us here on our t.v.'s in your headlines a blast at a polling station in afghanistan marked the beginning of the country's parliamentary elections as threats of violence from the taliban forced many voters to stay away there are fears more attacks may follow with security forces on high alert as the voting continues. whatever russia's most wanted terrorist suspects arrested that are released in warsaw is awaiting a court's decision on this extradition moscow has oppressed about off meds or be sent to russia to face a number of charges. of world war two relics in the baltic sea still pose a threat with around one hundred fifty thousand munitions spread across some. time now for this week's edition of moscow out that prepares to sample some of the best cuisine from the far east available in the russian capital stay with us. of japanese thai restaurants. to the subject of cuisine the theme for this week's. asian food many russians love it some still haven't even tried it but here the ever changing culture mea

moscow but let's talk sports now. life continues good thing for. moscow. russian giants of football here. they're not but it didn't look like that tonight we're not coming off. to have your company this is sports today i mean an alien vs our headlines missed opportunity spartak moscow hopes of lifting the first russian crime of the new decade it's a further blip against. the man of steel we continue our trawl across the continental hockey galaxy this time for an in-depth look at the metallic magnet of course. tied at the top there's no separating john kerry on yahoo sunderland at the halfway stage of the norgrove event a couple of fronts let's get the ball rolling with football though where spartak moscow is hopes of a fresh russian league title and nine years looks all but over the muscovites feeling to see often only on car in friday's so with a fixture along the ridge streamer by montenegrin star meant sorry about the fits during the whole twenty three minutes while the tunnel where he then reassert himself as the

gas units are r t moscow. ok let's get some more analysis now on the future of north korea from former m.e.p. glinda forward to speaking to us from manchester in the u.k. is also the author of the book north korea on the brink and a member of the korean peninsula delegation many thanks for speaking to us mr ford who quoted in the media today as saying that you think kim jong un is the chosen there so what do you think it means for the future path of the country. well i mean he's the chosen there but he is not actually officially yet the heir apparent promoted in the last few days to the general and of course the almost unprecedented korean workers' party conference is opening today and it's expected that following that conference you will be getting a high position in the party i think that's a signal to the rest of the world maybe not to korea that in fact he's been designated as the successor to the kim jong il some stage in the future and will he be bringing change with him if he doesn't succeed as you've m

from both of you don't see moscow. and that wraps up your sport from the world weather is coming up in just a tick stay where you are if you care. hungry for the full story we've got. the biggest issues get cuban voice face to face with the news makers. in some petersburg all teas available in hotels a story of a military ambassador in a small school to kowtow troppo to soto to true school toto golden golden novotel center. ball to extol dostoevsky. in a sea of colors.

moscow. now for a brief look at some other stories making headlines around the world this hour four people have been killed and one policeman wounded after a blast and a shooting in a hospital in southwest germany two of those killed were found in the apartment a woman is reported to have fled from the building following an explosion authorities say she then entered a neighboring hospital and opened fire killing a member of staff police responding to the incident were fired on and then the woman was killed in the gunfight. the president has inspected rescue operations at the mine where thirty three workers have spent more than a month. doing everything in its power to rescue the men and value that they will succeed on friday a drill hole reached the men now must be to allow them to be pulled out goes to plan. could be freed by early november. colombian authorities say at least twenty two rebels have been killed in an operation near the border with ecuador. belong to the group responsible for

moscow. the treaty between russia and the u.s. which would see both countries cut their nuclear arsenals is going to the american senate for approval however there are fears that republican politicians are opposing the treaty known as start just to do damage to the democratic government. the start treaty got the green light from the senate foreign affairs committee and is heading for the senate floor this train it will make america more secure it will assist us in moving towards the goal of less nuclear threat and for that reason we're probably actually took today it's been a bumpy ride this five months of hearings and the resolution that the senators passed reflects that they put all their concerns in one package among them the time between offensive and defensive weapons senators clarified the treaty in no way is an obstacle for the u.s. plans to deploy defense systems american officials say at the same way it commits us to continue to develop the ability to be able to protect our people and to have a robust missile defense syst

the arctic ice breaker moscow plays host to scientific top brass to prevent the battle from the world resources. territory for dialogue or disputes hundreds are gathering in moscow for the international market for all the details in just a few moments. russia says it won't be selling its air defense missiles to iran as it falls under the latest round sanctions on the sonic republic. car talks are gripping the big apple as world leaders brainstorm and how to eradicate global poverty and ensure peace in the middle against. russia nato meeting on missile defense and talks on how to deal with iran all this taking place in new york we bring you all the latest just ahead in the program. you're watching r t coming to you live from the russian capital welcome to the program and elsewhere top story the arctic's on tap natural wealth is a source of great temptation for the countries surrounding the icecap billions of barrels of oil lie beneath the sea and the arctic nations are keen to secure their share some of the finest scientific minds have gathered in moscow to make sure a different kind o

and moscow hopes the u.s. is getting a step closer to ratifying the latest nuclear arms reduction agreement the senate foreign relations committee is holding new hearings on the start treaty before submitting it to the rest of the senate for final approval under the agreement both countries will cut their nuclear arsenals by a third russia lawmakers are ready to ratify the document but want to find off at the same time as washington the head of russia's state duma foreign affairs committee spoke about the main reasons preventing the u.s. from getting started quicker. the major problem is that this time of the year is that if occasion process in the states coincides entirely with the election campaign one search of the senate is to be reelected which means that many senators consider this situation not in terms of whether this agreement is good or bad for the united states but in terms of how much it may contribute to their own electoral campaign and it's bad because the document itself is too much important fo

project called skolkovo which is the plan to build a silicon valley like same village just outside moscow and bring together russia's biggest mines to work on future innovations and that's all part of a much bigger picture of the president's push for modernization to talk more about the russian pavilion and modernization across russia in different spheres is sergey will become a who is the spokes person for ross adam which is one of the major companies of course so in the best of what they have at this year's expo sergei tell us about some of the projects that ross adam and russ are working in cooperation with china and of course why that's so important. that the sector what. are some of you know we have very good you're several years old to. try and have. instructed us to cease fire and then we have to start to use or to find the above the fits. in if you are the people and there are so few. great statistics and developing new pins are they you develop them or so. they used to exist your russian team skis tell us a little bit more just briefly about how this all can help russian moderniz

live from moscow and here with r.t. still ahead for you this hour from boom to bust we look at poverty america's recession battered industrial towns. and retro ride the russian and ukrainian presidents cast aside space vehicles in favor of a storage route late in soviet made cars. suspected russian criminal mastermind is being treated in a moscow hospital after an attempt on his life nicknamed grandpa haasan he is thought to have fallen victim to a gangster war right in the center of the capital r. g.'s a corpse going off has more from the crime scene. vincit it happened here on this quiet sign street in the very heart of moscow at around eight pm on thursday evening cyan also known as grandpa son thought to be a major criminal ward in russia ryan to reportedly visit his son who lives in this apartment building over here and grandpa's son accompanied by his bodyguard were trying to enter the building walking through this door over here the shots were fired the bodyguard went down first and according to reports from the

we're coming to you live from moscow welcome to the program now to our top story huge car bombing in the city of lot of tough costs in southern russia has killed at least sixteen people a suicide bomber is believed to have carried out the attack which also injured around one hundred our correspondent on the house that has the latest on the story right now we are at the scene of the explosion just over there if you look you can see a building this is the market and in front of this market in logic of cars a car was packed filled with explosives the amount of explosives approximately forty kilos off t.n.t. they exploded was so powerful that the local same beds and even think back windows in their houses were smashed out when this happened people were crying so did and of course call into their family as they were trying to find out what has happened we've talked with some locals and one guy said his wife called him just a couple of minutes after the explosion he could only understand she was crying please do not come to the market there was a bomb here and she was one of their lucky on

as the winds of change blow through moscow city hall the former leader of the u.s.s.r. mikhail gorbachev reflected on eighteen years of luzhkov city rule. if you will be in the first years of term as mayor and those were the most critical years when industry collapsed when the situation in the cities across russia was terrible he did a lot of moscow here to size firm controls for most of those resources and distributed them in the right ways he supported women children and war veterans in those years i myself used to say that moscow was lucky to have such a mayor as good as you really school time passed and law school started to change these he had a billionaire wife by the authorities began to look more attentively at private activities where she was a rose whether the mayor had a room to wall to tackle moscow's problems a lot of things have now come to light it turned out that funds allocated for the reconstruction and expansion of my school street in routes were invested in some enterprises from which someone received a huge profit of sanctions in recent years have b

live from moscow the headlines now people from across. the government also measures to slash pensions spain has been paralyzed by a general strike and at least twelve other euro zone countries have been gripped by protests. moscow's deposed mayor is reportedly planning to appeal against his forced resignation. and a court despite falling out with the russian president who ordered the sucking off . could've just dissolved the parliamentary elections amid simmering fears of more violence in a country yet to fully recover from deadly ethnic clashes this summer former prime minister felix school is among the favorites to meet the nation. well up next the munich act of one hundred thirty eight was meant to bring about peace for all time but instead it turned into the final piece of european a piece for the wall hungry third reich we now look back at that event and reveal some of its secrets special report stay with us. chick fil a. is situated two hundred kilometers from. fifty years ago it was called persecuted in germany.

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heart of moscow a major. manages to escape with his life after getting shot and wounded at the center of a. new plan has announced to revive the troubled u.s. economy amid claims the country is recovering from a global crisis but despite new measures millions of other. boyd americans still struggle to survive. coming up tyee japanese vietnamese food you can find it all here in moscow next host martin enders and his crew delve into the diversity of the capital's far eastern cuisine moscow out coming up next on r.t. . of japanese thai restaurants. sushi crazy. on the subject of cuisine the theme for this week's. asian food many russians love it some still haven't even tried it but here the ever changing culture muscovites means more diversity when it comes to eating. starting a. business in the. hollywood actor robert deniro invited japanese chef neighbor might say he's a sensible restaurant and tried back in new york into the partnership to critical acclaim today from las vegas to london and dubai nobu has doz

he is coming to you live from moscow welcome to the program moscow is asking poland to extradite one of russia's most notorious terror suspects. was detained by a polish police upon arrival in the country he's wanted in russia in connection with atrocities in the north caucasus because it's a political asylum in the u.k. and very shortly we would checking in with a pair of correspondents to get the latest on this developing story. all right now a u.s. senate panel has approved the nuclear arms reduction deal signed with russia in april the start treaty which now needs to be ratified by the full senate could see the countries reduce their stockpiles by a third but while the u.s. president is urging lawmakers to speed up the process in-house issues could hamper ratification as artie's guy nature can reports. the start treaty got the green light from the senate foreign affairs committee and is heading for the senate floor this treaty will make america more secure it will assist us in moving towards the goal of less nuclear threat and for that reason we're probably actually took today it

from moscow coming up a little later in the program this series is the view of moscow's streets is the russian capital is marking international carfree day not great was it but all good guys is nonetheless hailed as a success see why in just a few minutes. first the u.s. has vowed to expand cooperation with russia on missile defense global security and conventional arms limits in europe they were discussed at the russian nato council on the sidelines of the u.n. summit in new york let's get more now from a check you know she's been following the major issues of the talks the high so there's been some real progress than in russia u.s. talks here. quite a bit to have and basically at this meeting between nato and russia here in new york several important areas of cooperation were touched upon among them is the stepping up the fight against drug trafficking and in afghanistan secondly security in europe and of course last but not least missile defense cooperation between russia and nato in the last couple of days we have been hearing a lot from nato secretary general saying he believes th