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a. role in the really emotional in the region country club so villainy sure to come this piece of the first book called sure convinced switzer till closing the whole deal to let me go it's going. to take a turn. i'm not sure what nato is in the twenty first century but i think it's outdated nato's role in the modern world deciding an afghan strategy and closer ties with it lions faces a density crisis as delegates meet in lisbon. what lies beneath r t investigates the potentially catastrophic danger lurking under the concrete sarcophagus called return mobile site of the world's worst nuclear accident. and a get out of jail card for russia's minor offenders fines and community service could soon replace time behind bars to ease the strain on prisons. and

business the government says it's not worried about the u.s. federal reserve intentionally devaluing the currency will make russia income and more in twenty minutes. you're watching r t coming to you live from the russian capital welcome to the program now defining nato is relevance today and in the future what to do with afghanistan and engaging russia well these are the key issues to be discussed at a crucial summit for the alliance in portugal the meeting comes at a hard time for the group of nations which is facing an identity crisis sixty years after being created to open. the soviet union loren listserv reports. it's the biggest and oldest military alliance in modern times but when you think about what its place is in the world today. the answer.

the answer doesn't come easily and not just for one speechless american official decades after the cold war ended with no common enemy originally supposed to define defend western europe against the soviet union nato allies have been at a loss for a new one and at a loss for a clear purpose it doesn't matter what identity crisis for a while we can severely by the seemingly endless afghan war with nato members growing weary in countries such as canada and the netherlands pulling troops out the power of the block is in question. many of the places in the world we're seeing the. lack of. ability to transform. the depths and perhaps the consequences of a growing group of now twenty eight nations driven together but still largely led by the interests of one of the united states is trying to use in the.

directly tries to use need. to fulfill american missions yet everyone feels the strain and with goals not laid out since before the attacks on nine eleven which drove the alliance into war there's not much that's concrete to guide an organization seemingly in crisis which is just one reason why now when lisbon this meeting matters here at the nato summit the alliance will try to buy for modern relevance with the promise of new strategic goals but also here in lisbon are another group of international critics who believe that there is no place for nato and the twenty first century reiner brown is planning an anti nato protest you know i think there is no place for major i think there is no place for me who lives. and you are not in the world because you conned solve any of the global problems with military not and nato is now looking to an old foe for help solving its problems with all drop which has now emerged as a basically

a one of the leading global players it's impossible for nato to deal with such. issues like the war on going war in afghanistan they're looking to russia for help with supply routes in fighting the drug trade and now an organization that famously touted a mission of keeping the russians out and the americans in needs the russians in afghanistan to help the americans get out i'm not sure what nato is in the twenty first century and i think good so i was dated and without a major rethinking of its goals policies and missions and alliance looking for a new place in the world may find itself and. the answer. fumbling along without one boring mr arty lisbon portugal well already caught up with nato secretary general ahead of the summit he gave his forecasts of what

will come out of the lisbon meeting in relation to russia and its involvement in the european security system. nato will decide to develop a nato based missile defense system at the summit and of course we can't expect the russian president to give an answer just a few hours after a nato decision but what we will do at the nato russia meeting in lisbon is to initiate a joint analysis of how. nato russian cooperation on research defense could be implemented and that would be a very very positive step forward saw. i think the nato russia meeting in lisbon will be a very positive and very productive meeting. well

you can watch the full interview with anderson for us mosin in just over an hour here on r.t. meantime political commentator for russia's commerce and newspapers said he struck on this says moscow's agreement to work with nato on afghanistan is a sign of restoring trust. afghanistan definitely this is an uphill battle for the need to. i think it's quite natural that after the years of uncertainty of the years of heated debate whether we have to cooperate with nader finally we decided just not to step in of going to start but to. and to enter the stage of cooperation and in practical terms to ensure the transit routes for for the needed troops this is this is where important because pakistani routes already reask this is this is where the practical question and this is not only the question about containers of dollars about helicopters it bears also important political meaning because by

cooperating in of getting started we restore the atmosphere of confidence. now scientists fear the site of the chernobyl nuclear disaster still has the potential to cause an even greater catastrophe beijing concrete bunker covering the area is nearing the end of its life and no one can be sure just how deadly the debris beneath still is artie's alexei ski reports. almost quarter of a century since the chernobyl fallout a special confinement structure called the circle is still preventing more radioactive emissions into atmosphere this structure the circus was built in nine hundred eighty six just months after the disaster that your noble nuclear power plant back then experts predicted would last for only twenty years until two thousand and six that is but it was strengthened and improved extending its lifetime for five more years the biggest question is how much nuclear fuel remains

under the surface some experts believe that there is none as most of it did very polarizing to the atmosphere and was spread around the chernobyl exclusion zone but many experts believe that there are ninety five percent of nuclear fuel still remaining under the surface and that could be tons and tons of nuclear material that. we believe that the nuclear fuel under the cyclone for greece is no longer a solid mass like it was twenty four years ago there now is more of three layers of dispersed dust so should the presence of scraps we could see a very powerful explosion or facilities as powerful as a nuclear one. in order to avoid another catastrophe europe invested in the building of a new confinement in two thousand and seven french company was allowed to start the construction of an arch like steel structure to cover the facility three years later the project is underway with more than five hundred engineers building the new circle for girls next to the contaminated plant it won't be just the crane yeah

it will be a technological complex as multi-functional crane system will be installed inside the new structure eight. finals at the new safe confinement should provide the safety environment in the works in far the project's initial cost was thought to be half a billion euro now sources in chernobyl report that few. it has almost doubled but in the fight for the continent's safety no some is too much the new confinement is expected to be completed by the year twenty thirteen and is expected to last for another hundred years the only question is what is the fate of the nuclear power plant in chernobyl some say that it may be dismantled under this new dome but that is only a speculation for now we only heard that this is a process which may take another seventy years and there are no technologies to

this date which would allow this to happen. see reporting from the church noble exclusion zone in ukraine and still to come in the program a new hope for russia's first clambers reforms to the prison system could see fines and community service replacing general services from my lines. of bringing democracy style american slammed the government over the billions of taxpayer money used to fund everything changed abroad and the first scenes of reports ahead. moscow says it was a fair trial for a russian businessman to victor boot was accused of arms smuggling and terrorism is now in a new york prison after his extradition from thailand where russia says it will continue to provide him with consular aid but has made no traction at over whether or not he's guilty parties marina portnoy reports. the case surrounding viktor bout has been quite a tug of war between russia and the u.s.

and the presidential aide to dmitri medvedev recently spoke out saying that the charges that the u.s. have leverage against victor boot a russian citizen a serious and russia would like for those charges to be thoroughly investigated and russia is providing assistance to victor boot but russian officials have underscored the fact that that does not mean or should not be translated into a meeting that moscow believes victor boot is innocent or guilty you're. willing to stress to the u.s. authorities are very serious and. russian citizen we have nothing to can see you we do consider this case the. only thing of the we want to see this investigation. all the questions raised by the u.s. he will be given. to students who are there the me we are claiming he's innocent you know. moscow is also accusing washington of double standards and we have to

remember boot forty three year old russian citizen is being accused of smuggling weapons to fork rebels that would have been used to kill americans yet russian officials say that washington did provide georgia with several weapons many weapons that were used during the war in. which hundreds of civilians were killed right now many are speculating about the fact of whether victor boot can get a fair trial in the u.s. boot is alleging and says that during his extradition flight from thailand to the u.s. u.s. officials had tried to pressure him to admit to the charges that have been leveraged against him and in return they promised him some privileges said that he did not give in to what they wanted and so at this point he is now in solitary confinement in a federal prison for it will be in court in early january that's the next time

scheduled to take place that was our. reporting from new york. now russia's petty criminals and first time offenders may soon see jail time swapped for fines and community service well it's part of an ongoing reforms of the country's criminal code designed to put an end to unfair sentences at relieve overcrowded prisons. explores the alternatives in store for some of the inmates currently serving time the fourteen hundred women serving time here have one thing in common at some point in their life they all made a bad choice well you know i went over to my friend's house to get some minor back that he owed me but he refused to pay out so he didn't have any so so he's canary in there and i took it as collateral later the police came and said i stole it after breaking and entering the price for a stolen canary bird bus instead of that i was sentenced history years in prison

and i'm currently serving out my first. this extruded aspect of russia's legislation has been questioned by many including the country's lawmakers a system of alternative punishment for a lesser crimes in the works with people found guilty of minor law violations facing fines and house arrest rather than jail time used to put it on me you can't put someone in prison because they still chew chickens our legal system is with these things and effectively there are harsh punishments for small misdemeanors and in some cases when instruments which are too late for me ger cranes we need to balance the system because despite recent statistics crime is on the rise. add that to overflowing prisons abysmal health conditions on the inside tough reintegration into society after serving time and the true nature of this problem becomes even more evident even financially that reform makes sense according to official data over a million people are currently imprisoned in russia with twenty percent serving up

to three years for misdemeanors substituting their jail time with house arrest will free up the prisons lessen the burden of taxpayers and most importantly not give people. a reason to use it. if a person goes following some. of the certain circumstances because he comes out as a lifelong criminal but we have relevance to. the thirty to forty percent at the very least i mean almost half of them would become criminals. but there's much to do before these amendments get implemented into the legal system the electronic surveillance bracelets for example will rely on russia's positioning system and it's not yet ready neither is the legal system with law enforcement not yet capable of the required visual surveillance the proposition to stop throwing those found guilty of minor crimes behind bars is something that the women in this penitentiary

can definitely get behind but even if the law is implemented the people serving time now may have to face the fact that they will have to serve and pay their debt to society in full without enjoying the benefits of an alternative punishment catarina r.t. moscow region all remember you can check out more stories on our website dot com helps keep you up to date and here's what you'll find online right now feeling down about lighting up a new survey reveals russia has more smokers per capita anywhere else in the world . calls a stop. loss customized classes for hitting the town hundreds. american men in a role in a pick up boot camp to learn all the tricks for meeting women for more head to our team dot com. and not to some other world news this hour an explosion has ripped through a quote mine in new zealand south island twenty seven twenty seven people are still

missing five others managed to return to the surface with minor injuries well rescue workers are at the scene trying to make contact with the miners the country's emergencies minister says the cause of the blast is not yet clear. in haiti protesters have clashed with un peacekeepers on the streets of port au prince in anger at the cholera outbreak in the country crowds threw molotov cocktails and walks while soldiers responded by using tear gas peacekeepers from nepal have been blamed for bringing the deadly epidemic to eighty something the un strongly denies more than a thousand people have been confirmed dead from the outbreak so far. unusually heavy small has hit the chinese capital beijing reducing visibility and provoking disruption it's been caused by air pollution from a growing number of factories a village just built on the outskirts of the city two major highways linking beijing with northern cities have been closed health officials have asked people

with respiratory problems to stay at home until the small this is first by cold front expected on saturday. at least four people have been killed after a landslide triggered by heavy rains and strong winds in colombia reversed burst their banks destroying many roads and hundreds of thousands of homes in more than twenty provinces it's the worst rainy season in decades claiming about one hundred forty people's lives so far forecasters say the downpours will continue over the next few days. while the u.s. is stretching its finances to fund too costly overseas wars huge amounts of cash are also going towards extending. global influence in more subtle ways well it's left many americans wondering whether it's a justifiable use of their tax money in the first of a series of reports artistry and half is explains what's at stake. this is what u.s.

backed regime change used to look like back in the days in a bid to ensure u.s. political and economic interests were safeguarded cia backed coup d'etat was announced a democratically elected leaders from hama knows a death in iran to sell the door again day in chile. in their place all too often brutal dictatorships and governments that committed heinous crimes against their people. to replace the overt support for dictatorships a new concept for regime change was born one that sounds and looks better democracy promotion we do this through surrogates and we do this through non-governmental organizations and we do it through people who are less suspecting of the evil that may lurk behind their actions then perhaps they were before. have we learned some lessons of that guard you bet do we do it better you bet is it still just as heinous as it always was you bet the concept of democracy promotion is simple

finance train and politically back local opposition forces around the world that support washington's agenda might in america in eastern europe with the velvet revolution in africa. be the result will be all over all over the world and so the us set up these different mechanisms now for penetrating the civil societies and the political systems that have countries that are going to be intervened and to assure that the outcomes will be pleasing to two washington's foreign policy objectives so while the goals remain the same it's no longer the cia but the u.s. agency for international development usa id and its partners spearheading this effort millions and millions of u.s. taxpayer dollars go every year. into funding for political organizations who campaigns in different countries around the world that promote u.s. agenda and most u.s. citizens are unaware of the fact that that's how their money is being spent to meddle and influence and interfere in other nations affairs the concept of

facilitating regime change to democracy promotion has garnered widespread criticism congressman ron paul once wrote it is particularly orwellian to call u.s. manipulation of foreign elections promoting democracy how would we americans feel if for example the chinese arrived with millions of dollars to support certain candidates deemed friendly to china for years terrible we used taxpayers' money to go over and use our military and our cia and these programs to say this is what you ought to do and influence and there's no authority for that it doesn't work it was a lot of people to despise us and tomorrow segment we'll introduce you to the political figures who became national and international stars of the help of u.s. democracy promotion funding and explain exactly how the system works. are to washington d.c. well ten minutes from now we meet the son of two holocaust survivors who's struggling to find his place in the world first though it's a business news with. hello

and a very warm welcome to the business news trade between former soviet states has accelerated sharply this year at a meeting of c.i.s. prime ministers in st petersburg russia and putin said the such a percent increase was evidence of improved corporation the customs union of russia kazakhstan forms the new trade and us that's the whole reports there are hopes this round of talks well first. teething troubles. russia belarus kazakhstan are gearing towards full scale integration and speeding up the next phase of their customs union the single economic space with a free trade area and a common external trade policy the meeting of the prime ministers of the three countries is taking place within the framework of the u. region economic community which also includes kyrgyzstan to do is because to moldova or renia and ukraine some of these countries are also showing interest in

joining the customs union now the key document which is expected to be signed today is a final agreement on the single economic space of russia belarus and kazakhstan which is due to start functioning next year and to provide more mutually beneficial opportunities for its members in a free trade area now i'd like to remind you that the customs union the trilateral union of russia belarus and council which came into effect this year has been designed to simplify the movement of capital between the member countries under a unified tariff and customs territory now the creation of the customs union has stirred up the long lasting negotiations on russia's accession to the world trade organization after russia said it would see the accession in a joint. account now according to russia's president meeting with beads a few questions remaining in the negotiations with the european union on the matter and they should be solved quickly at the same time the first year of the customs

union has revealed some serious discrepancies currently existing export duties on russian ballerinas almost brought the countries to an oil war bellerose annually buys about twenty million tonnes of russian domestic prices for two years as only a fraction of it at home most of it is being refined. to europe at much higher prices feeding the belorussian budget today's meeting may finally put an end to the conflict as the russian prime minister. with him has promised to lift all the duties for bellerose on russian soil once all the documents on the single economic space bar scientists. let's take a look at the markets european stocks extend their losses on friday after trying to subtle praise banks for quiet reserves that see was dollars in our point eight percent led by low are lower by mining shares such as. both down two percent

german equities are making alone bright support today after the techs hit a new closing high for twenty terms. and here in russia the markets are trading higher in the afternoon session the r.t.s. is up point two percent the mice it says from first to negative and trading a quarter of a percent or the blue chips are in there on the my six and bank is the biggest loser on the one of the send button trend i look cool and gas probably. japan's meeson is to buy a ten percent stake in after us that's according to the head of russian technologists which owns twenty five percent of russia's biggest carmaker. and is going to buy a big stake of ten percent. russian technologies will send this around fifty percent and it seems the other six percent will come from troika dialog to get made so even at stake in the near future. here at federal reserve chairman ben bernanke he has defended the decision to print six hundred billion dollars saying it will

boost the world's economy the critics say the u.s. wants to intentionally devalue the dollar in order to steal a competitive edge in international trade trade manageability countries have raised concerns that a weaker dollar would threaten their economies but presidential aides are quoted but believes russia has little to fear. what is important is that the rate of appreciation of the national currency is not higher rate to of increase in efficiency of labor productivity and energy efficiency and other efficiency indicators we believe that at least at this point in time the medium term perspective. would potential to increase efficiency even faster than the rate of increase in the real will you of robel and this will keep us on the safe side it will not experience the negative consequence so for of

a dollar and you can see the full version of that interview with presidential aide at a crowded market which on spotlight hosted by our good not that long tuesday here on our team that's all the business up day for now i'll be back with more news than what else time and you can get more stories more web site r.t. dot com slash business.

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