russia and china walk the western backed u.n. draft resolution on syria with moscow criticizing the text for a balanced approach and denial of dialogue between government and opposition. other stories shaping the week riots returned to egypt there's anger at authorities failure to prevent a deadly soccer brawl spills into four days of violent clashes that already have left a dozen dead. russia's bitter subzero cold doesn't hundreds of thousands joining in record breaking rallies both pro and anti-government ahead of next month's presidential race. one am in moscow i'm at treasure bring you today's top stories and a look back at the week's news here on our team moscow says it's determined to help bring an end to the syrian crisis by implementing democratic change sending foreign minister lavrov to damascus for talks next week saturday russia and china blocked the latest u.n. security council resolution on syria saying it could only lead to more bloodshed because it took sides in the armed conflict our teams were in a port as well.

russia's minister of communication. half a year ago russia topped the european internet users rating becoming the market with the highest number of online users some seventy million people served on the internet regularly and most of them social networks in december. alleges election work coordinated by facebook expected in february and march song of the polling station is. a response to the anxious users officials to provide uninterrupted access to all of the cameras the overall bandwidth. russian networks will be increased by fifty percent. along with the shovel and welcome to the show thank you very much for being with us well let's start with the webcams which is is it really a process unprecedented in world history to have webcams inside the polling stations. perhaps not but big stones you know will be as you've said it two hundred thousands of webcams stations all over the country in each and every polling station and to have a network with two thousand webcams transmitting single tenuously doing unlimited number

a european russia. control center has given instructions to track an artificial earth satellites and. all modern racial information is fed to the outer space control center. first so get a quiet classification official it says lloyd dismissed fourteen fifty as m of three hundred thirty three. the stuff makes no secret of the fact that the russian radar transmitter sees european air space in great detail. on the station's unique radar tracks even submarine launched missiles in the barren sunlight sees the sea of a whole sky and around the north pole. up. our system is being expanded in response to the expansion of the european missile defense shield. the the aim is to match the measures being taken in europe that the new stations are being commissioned here to respond to nato as activities. for them . we will buy new means limited or alter our plans for the deployment of missile defense components in europe. russia has not closed the deal it will continue a dialogue with the united states and nato on the

technology innovation on the list of elements from around russia we've got the future covered. and if you. want to. follow it welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle at least hard times there's no shortage of austerity can the slashing of budgets and the shrinking of the welfare state generate jobs and returns to process.

russia's republic of dagestan and that is your sport for this our world weather is coming up in just a tech and carrie johnson is here with all the news that. well the future of science technology innovation hall believes developments from around russia we've got the future covered. wealthy british style. life on. market why not. come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into cars a report on. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realized everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm sorry welcome to the big picture. stalemate at the u.n. russia and china rebuffed western backed draft resolution on syria with moscow saying its fake wording leave the door open for foreign military intervention. dropped by returns on the west a dozen dead and thousands wounded in egypt as protesters attempt to loosen it but it traces iron grip on power. in russia hundreds of

of course i realize russia's f.s.b. and the idiot you know have to take polonium to london sprinkle it over some heads and leave traces everywhere and their suspect andrey lugovoy is not a fool either it was anger and blind hatred speaking inside of me viger now believes his son fell victim to his own game of double agents now he wants his words to be heard but the media outside russia which once beat down his door for interviews now won't even reply to his requests. why is that one because they like it when i scold the regime i was a rude treasurer for their move in the hall there are very few people who would say as many horrible things about as i did. you know maybe in two thousand and eight but that in between young cole flat russia for sanctuary need to leave is settled in the sleeping quiet town of sunni guy it over did you anonymous life the man claimed putin was his number one enemy so hiding in europe he believed was the only safe solution today by the libyan co is still afraid to open this door not because of

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russia they have to keep russia strong and that has that means they have to keep what they have you keep keep obviously keep your your best people in the country i mean that's why it was impossible to solve you hear it right you couldn't open the doors in the soviet period you spent twenty years investing in these people and you had a closed system a closed economy you couldn't just open the doors and say ok you want to go so you're taking our equivalent of i don't know how much is a great brain worth two hundred thousand five hundred thousand just take it and go and then who work in another economy can't do that well and he has. to protest to how much is like a pair of feet worth and if feet from the bolshoi i mean. i mean that's just common sense so obviously that's his job can he do it. i wish him luck because i like this country rich as far as my opinion a long time ago during the period of soviet era we had a very good system of education it was in my opinion that one of the best but it was previous period and the new period has to have the new variance of education which will

there can be a subject that russia or china does the violence or. the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov is on his way to damascus what's his visit likely to achieve. it can represent a just share of reconciliation between the two sides are going to. go about reaching some kind of agreement both kinds can both sides can assert but it's quite unlikely for this purpose to be achieved so from our perspective it might be one of the many ways for the russians to try to influence before the election so as to replace some of the domestic audiences but it might be another question after the election and. the russians have already said its findings must take christ has done his task but i don't think personally i don't think it's possible for any countries to mediate a resolution that can't get such a both sides in syria well in the u.s. has been critical of russia and china's double veto of the syrian two off reservation is this fair. well they bow to the cold war it is a bit you know was famous for featuring a lot of resolutions and the americans are a

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hello and welcome to on the money where the business of russia is business i'm peter lavelle russia protests in the election and perceptions of political risk how investment finally will russia be after election day. to discuss russians going to the polls in the perceptions of political risk i'm joined by quinn martin he is the founding partner at frontier and simon fenton fletcher he is a portfolio manager with renaissance asset managers we also have tom monty he is chief strategist at a critter and nick poole he's archy's business editor but first let's have a look at the issue of political risk in russia as perceived by investors. in the last decade investors had their eyes and russia's nylander stability backed by high oil price and political certainty the protests against delegations of voting fraud in the recent parliamentary election brought the issue of political risk to the forefront after a significant drop the stock markets soon regained all its losses and further protests did not trigger such a nervous reaction on the stock exchange it became clear that the protests had a peacefu

and here in russia trading is also makes the r.t.s. is losing a third of a percent more than my six is struggling to stay in positive territory let's take a look at the main movers there and there's the majors are driving the index lower but a little has managed to sustain the pressure traders say investors are moving their salt from last night the not so after the company increase plan capital expenditures for this year to be has managed to reverse earlier losses and is now adding over a few signs and looking ahead to the rest of the week so monday from the us is russian investors will be waiting for new economic data from europe and the us. us . as well as german augusta production coming. out some numbers on the market. look at those numbers as a reflection of who economy is improving the implication of that is also to be in the in the euro zone if we can get a soft landing in china i'm not stephanie someone who drives russian markets or numbers you could expect he's still names in particular to run. the other you sell rosol the wor

finally to winter sports and in bob's lay russia finished first and second in a world cup of that in canada the crew led by alexander zubkov managed a time of one minute forty two point four six seconds to outpace all their opponents russia's other table captain by alexander county and of came home second fourteen hundredth of a second behind the windows canada finished. that's all the sport for now i'll have more for you in a couple of hours time join me that. let's try to put off by adding them if they're still in the way to see the film on screen if you want to have sex go and have sex. china blocked the western back to one draft resolution on syria with moscow slamming the text for an unbalanced approach and denial of dialogue between the government and opposition. and other stories that shaped this week's riots returned to egypt as anger at the authorities failure to prevent a deadly soccer ball spills over into four days of violent clashes that have already seen a dozen people killed. and bitter subzero temperatures hundreds of thousands join record breaking rallies of both pro

welcome back to headlines now peacemaking mission a delegation led by russia's foreign minister heads to damascus as bloodshed in syria gathers momentum against a backdrop of diplomatic clashes. sacrifices fifteen thousand more jobs for the big two appears its international creditors and source of the ravaged nation state is not a general strike. to libyan dissidents former head of britain's and six spy agency that's a corporation with hundred twenty network but in case of a ship with a dictator back in the spotlight. now as the russian presidential election gets closer we talk to opposition politicians cough about last saturday's mass rallies proselytes interview show spotlight next. hello again a welcome. i'm. a month before the presidential election faced the first major opposition rally in two thousand and twelve tens of thousands marched through the streets of moscow. calling for fair elections though some of them. back to the kremlin others say. they believe. while supporters are protesting against the protesters the result may be unpredictable if the opposition wins as it is sp

russia close up on r t. four thirty pm here in moscow you're watching our take it's time for your headlines now russia insists that only bio aging both the syrian government and opposition to lay down their arms can an end to the bloody conflict to be found us while western and gulf countries keep up a regime change rhetoric and recall their ambassadors from damascus. fury in the u.k. as a notorious terrorist suspect dubbed al qaeda spiritually. and europe is bailed and allowed to roam the streets of london that's after his deportation to jordan where he's sentenced to life in prison has been forbidden by the european court of human rights. and the growing tensions between egypt and the u.s. triggered by cairo its crackdown on western n.g.o.s lead to an egyptian military delegation cutting short a visit to washington nineteen americans are among the activists banned from leaving egypt and accused of illegally using foreign cash to fuel the unrest. or to stay with us if you can hear on our next we meet. forme

election fever grips russia added the presidential vote with mass rallies engulfing the capital this thursday the largest demonstration to see the around one hundred thousand people gather at moscow's main stadium to support the current prime minister and presidential candidate by the mere putin. plus concern over the effectiveness of sanctions targeting iran's nuclear program grows as tehran's biggest partners in asia resist western pressure to join the economic warfare israel meanwhile repeatedly defies calls to wait for sanctions to work and refused to rule out the possibility of a military strike. next we hear from the head of the foreign affairs committee in the russian duma to discuss the ongoing conflict in syria stay with us . mr bush could you tell us about the purpose of your visit just syrian you know sweetie. the main objective of my visit to syria is to see the situation firsthand he said as you know the russian state duma issued a statement on the situation in syria ten days ago speaking strongly against outside interference in syria's affairs and against the un and its

the mysterious sons of russia. pull back and watching are you live from moscow these are the top stories diplomatic deadlock russia says no to regime change in syria as moscow slams a proposed u.n. resolution calling on president assad to step down the kremlin's warning against using the world body to impose outside interest on the syrian people. with leaks founder julian assange just to appeal to britain superimportant ganske his extradition to sweden a son is wanted for questioning over alleged sex offenses which he denies claiming the allegations against him are politically motivated. and it is really ad campaign in the us backfires fine and virtually insulting many jewish families across america causing the commercials to be pulled off the air the ads have been criticized for trying to scare it's really jews into returning home. up next hour he talks to india ambassador to the united nations who outlines what he thinks the international community needs to do to resolve the crisis in syria and other arab nations

if russia believes the fence is not needed but it doesn't if you're radical threat to russia. my guess is that the russian government. if you want to spend your national treasure this will help you so it solves the political problem and it provides much more capable defense with the united states currently building. much cheaper. the professor believes that the purpose of nato europe is to track the movements of russian strategic weapons and to monitor russia's new military technology. the real target could be russia but certainly it makes the people of europe less safe it draws them in in fact as a geo strategic pawn by great powers as they maneuver and use the missile defense shield not as a way to defend your not as a way to defend anybody in fact but to provide a first strike a potential capability against the adversary. this is how we are going to train ourselves in order to be ready for any situation . these people crossing a field of. have serious worries about the global situation. they feel that as long as nuclear weapons exist they need to know how to protect themsel

the mysterious sounds of russia. and welcome back you are watching our team direct from the center of moscow with us at least four people have been reportedly killed in fresh clashes as thousands continue to demonstrate across egypt. the country's military rulers after violence at a football match on wednesday left seventy four dead police in cairo fired volleys of tear gas into the crowds as they rallied for a third day. united nations security council is set to vote on a resolution on syria amid reports of escalating violence in the country. a syrian human rights group the army is shelling the city of homes with reports of fresh clashes breaking out in other towns as well. all polling stations across russia are to get their own digital observers as prime minister putin orders the installation of webcams to counter a potential fraud by the march presidential elections the move comes after tens of thousands protested in moscow and st petersburg following december parliamentary elections alleging widespread vote riggi

russia's republic of dagestan. that is all the sport for this hour and that's right leave you paul scott will be here in two hours time with more weather is next. well look. it's technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia.

there are no legal standards also defied labeling schemes for organic produce in russia. so individual farmers define it in their own way but it's really on every farmers own conscience. alexander is a computer programmer who turned to working the land what started as a hobby is now a mini industry with several farms in the moscow region covering livestock fish vegetables and habs he's even aiming for his first harvest of black caviar from sturgeon as he breeds not far away from moscow if you ever only go big business simply can't afford to produce ecologically clean product. pesticides to boost growth and lower the cost of everything i do is pure without a drop of chemicals you need to this new market in moscow have said and ambitious task to offer its customers unprecedented and. grange of eco products what started as an attempt to bring organic food to the masses turned out to be almost impossible in reality no russian farmers can produce all this let alone in quantities needed for a large city so anything truly eco and bio friendly remains a luxury only a few people i

russia's prime minister vladimir putin has recently been sharing his vision for russia's development in this series of pre-election manifestos published weekly in major russian newspapers the first antico outlined his vision funded through lies in russian society and was particularly addressed to the country's middle class the second touched upon issues of migration and zina fulvia these weeks article the third is considered by many of the most important so far as it deals with the country's economic revival presents a case for ending russia's dependence on roman. and sets two thousand and twenty as the deadline for reform. by then russia's hyper exports should double the same is expected to happen to the country's average salary couldn't also offers ways to attract capital into russia's economy among other things he insists on the so-called luxury tax for the wealthy. our general walking to the show thank you very much for being with us well first of all you both read the article have you find something in this article that indicates that if putin is elected or russia is facing majo

once russia. it's been encircled by military base as a new geopolitical reality will emerge we need to take this reality into account already today but take measures to control potential threats to our security. meanwhile the view that the missile defense shield is too expensive is getting increasing currency inside the united states itself it provides financial backing to the armed forces moreover the project is making millions of dollars from nato subcontractors in various countries. between two thousand and five and two thousand and nine the u.s. has spent fifteen billion dollars and the price paid for the entire program that we are dealing with right now here in two thousand and eleven is another hundred and fifty billion dollars that's larger than many country's entire military budgets. some of the funding for the missile defense system in europe is being put to use in poland north the small village of rijeka is home to a high security installation. the base used to be manned by polish air fo

draft resolution that was blocked by russia and china. and russia's foreign minister calls western reaction to the double veto indecent and hysterical that's ahead of his trip to damascus aimed at finding a political solution to the ongoing crisis. also ensuring greater political involvement for the people through the internet prime minister putin lays out his plans to upgrade russian democracy a day after massive pro and anti-government rallies sweep the country. pressure on all fronts the greek coalition government is in deadlock over adopting new austerity measures to secure a second bailout of the e.u. says the time for a deal is running out for him. the rule reasons why europe's truths of justice winds up the business news into its. its seven pm here in moscow this is r.t. coming to you live from me so now with our top story this evening the e.u. is preparing to further toughen sanctions on syria in a bid to crank up pressure on the country's regime the decision came after russia and china vetoed the latest draft u.n. resolution on s

in russia david petit dismisses such concerns saying his company's in russia for the long term. i'm not a politician i'm in business representing b.p. i would say b.p. set a very successful business investment for over twenty years inside of russia we have to be in russia for many decades to come we have a successful business and we have the support of the russian government and the u.k. government. let's have a look at the markets now a stalled of with oil and it's in the red this hour despite reports around halted shipments to europe to mostly asian for a pound in bargo and later this year as you can see light sweet is down point three hundred one point fifty that dollars per barrel brant is over one hundred eighteen dollars per. the asian markets are mixed after a decision on a second very lot of greece was postponed although some japanese says it getting support from a relatively weak yen as you can see nikkei is just a not sharp and the hang seng is point six percent down. is less than one hour ahead of the bell him moscow now the russian markets closed in the black on wedn

draft resolution blocked by russia and china. russia's foreign minister calls western reaction to the veto indecent and hysterical ahead of his trip to damascus which is aimed at finding a political solution to the ongoing crisis. ensuring greater political involvement for the people through the internet prime minister putin laying out plans to upgrade russian democracy a day after mass for a way to anti-government rallies sweep the country. and pressure on all fronts the greek coalition government deadlocked over adopting new austerity measures needed to secure a second bailout while the e.u. says time to bring deals with running out for after. midnight in moscow i matter as a good to have you with us here on r t our top story the e.u. and u.s. want further toughening sanctions on syria in a bid to crank up pressure on the country's regime the decision came after russia and china vetoed the latest draft resolution of the u.n. on syria moscow and beijing say the wording took sides in the conflict as it solely blame the government

the new changing russia is killing our children after these deals and it's not only u.s. diplomats that are mounting a strongly worded attack on syria's government the media is missing the mark again promoting american meddling in the middle east but failing to explain how u.s. interests are involved we'll explain. and be careful what you put on the internet these days you never know who could be watching your every move chances are big brother is monitoring of you and that internet chokehold isabel to get a whole lot tighter very soon we'll explain. thursday feb sixteenth five pm in washington d.c. i'm liz wall and you're watching r.t. . well just moments ago the u.n. general assembly passed a resolution that condemns the assad regime in syria the west and several arab countries are calling for the syrian leader to step down blaming him for the brutal crackdown and the deaths of over five thousand people now today's vote in the general assembly is mostly a symbolic one while it is non-binding it does send a strong message that reflects world opinion today's vote comes af

to put the screws on russia and china. gets hit with yet another wave of downgrades as confidence collapses future. e.u. presses ahead of its crusade against greece. and with the russian. painting positive coverage of mr putin's actions he's criticized. the other presidential. plans. from moscow this is a welcome program the un general assembly is preparing its members for the upcoming vote draft resolution on syria the document apparently vetoed by moscow and beijing at the security council and the february the un human rights chief said. to take action on the syrian crisis the president launched to execute. those decisions at the general assembly not legally binding some believe the vote could be used to put pressure on both russia and china. this meeting has definitely last. the entire day we've been hearing speeches from dozens of countries that started early in the morning and of course this comes only a week after a double veto from russia and china blocked in the arab and western backed resolution on syria to the se

there is east only as russia your home learned. tourists i want to go home to russia. through i do want to stay here. in the church over r t sinegal yeah eataly me up in a bit the moscow team is on the hunt for new ways to spend your time and beat the winter friends while staying indoors here's a peek. good morning everybody. hello to all this week program we're exploring the popular subject of hobbies in the working capital from board games to extreme sports the cold weather certainly doesn't put anybody off here but why the mosque well that's because i'm here at the big language school in the center of moscow where this group or even the popular game of maque are. coming your way in about five minutes here on our team but first latest business news with me. thanks matt a war of words has broken out between russia and ukraine over disappearing supplies to europe it's an austrian slovakia say they're all getting between twenty and thirty percent less than usual gazprom says it's perplexed about the declines it claims it to raise deliveries by twenty percent last week t

russia and china have given a firm no the data u.n. security council resolution on syria has defended its move saying the draft fails to deliver a balanced approach to the unrest papers extremist groups which could not even move on its outsize those who are behind the document against the beatles states report not reports now from new york. in a matter of just five minutes after the meeting began russia and china both wielded their veto powers not supporting this draft resolution that was written up by the arab league and european countries while the draft resolution was supported by thirteen members of the security council russia was asking for some amendments according to russian funimation foreign minister sergei lavrov those amendments were not excessive and mr are a lot of said that russia was urging the west to accommodate moscow's concerns to reach a compromise on this draft resolution china said during the meeting that it supported russia's amendments and said for the council to approach a vote knowing that there was a divide i

embargo do you agree with russia's stance. well i agree with that partially but if we're if we were accurate here russia's position is not all you know sunshine and lollipops they they are arming and paying the assad regime which is committing terrible atrocities and there are sort of their aim in this is not you know out of concern for the syrian people they want to push back against western imperialism and they also want to maintain their puppet dictator assad because it affords them a lot of influence in the region but russia is concerned is it not over the humanitarian crisis it wants both parties to cool to get together despite the pressure otherwise from the west and the u.s. . maybe i mean saying that russia has humanitarian concerns is really no different than saying the u.s. has humanitarian concerns what's what matters is what the interests are and i think that the u.s. yes has an interest in intervening in syria the same way it did in libya especially because they have an interest in perhaps replacing assad with a m

russia close up. the wonders of us politicians have and spier jokes and parodies for decades as a campaign for the twenty twelve election heats up candidates mistakes are in the limelight once again but their critics are laughing as marina for now reports some believe the comments made show nothing more than ignorance and disregard for world affairs. every four years america's top job is up for grabs. with each new election comes a new batch of candidates with compromising foreign policy. credentials when they ask me who is the president of you beki beki beki beki stands i'm going to say you know i don't know do you know i'm afraid that it's a very hard struggle particularly given the situation on the iraq pakistan border you can actually see why russia from land here in alaska africa was a country on the brink on the brink of complete meltdown and chaos geographically illiterate us candidates have supplied comedians with endless material but all jokes aside some presidential hopefuls vying to lead th

contempo hardly in a situation where as far as russia sees it the u.n. mandate was completely overstepped that they don't want to see repeated in syria so they want to make sure that this the wording of any u.n. resolution is strong so that can't happen. we have course we'll continue to watch closely the foreign minister trip to damascus the three questions for diplomacy in this continuing standoff peter all over thank you very much for that update. well stay with us in a few minutes we reveal the export of designer revolutions. ever since i've been traveling the world and teaching people how to get rid of that pesky dictator it's a group that's had its hand in uprisings all over the world financing guided by the us that story is coming up. and the steady drumbeat of war keeps coming from washington and tel aviv story not global concern that military action against iran will jeopardize the future of the entire region. but first transparent interactive and web savvy that's how prime minister vladimir putin described the future of russia's democracy in the

russia close up on r t. russia and china blocked a western backed u.n. draft resolution on syria with moscow slamming the text for an unbalanced approach and denial of dialogue between the government and the opposition. other stories shaping the week's headlines riots returned to egypt as anger at authorities failure to prevent a deadly soccer brawl spills over into four days of violent clashes that have already seen a dozen dead. and in russia's bitter subzero cold hundreds of thousands drawing record breaking rallies both pro and anti-government ahead of next month's presidential vote. eleven pm in moscow bring you today's top stories in a look back at the week's headlines moscow says it's determined to help bring an end to the syrian crisis by implementing democratic change it's sending its foreign minister to damascus for talks next week on saturday russia and china blocked the latest u.n. security council resolution on syria saying it could cause even more bloodshed because it took sides in the armed conflict or he's marine important i has the lates

be by his initials was sent to russia by god. however the many say this song is clearly too much and is just. in the meantime the electoral campaign will resume with more surprises likely among the. party. that wraps up the main news block here in our two businesses next with kareena. hello and welcome to business here in r t thanks for joining me out of the world's largest diamond mine a buy out put myself fourteen percent stake in an i.p.o. the flotation of the state owned company may take place in the second half of this year and you are evolved from the west bank says that the stock will be a unique opportunity to invest directly into the diamond business. the company is in no hurry to attract money from the market but probably the i.p.o. for old also is a question which is a chatroom in russia a world the size is going to be a. one billion dollars it will give flawed comparable to russian metals and mining stocks usually after a public offering companies are becoming more. and more friendly to the public overall and to inves

mistake russia is making by backing this regime too many in the west russia's decision along with china to veto the un resolution on syria is difficult to understand america's u.n. envoy described the decision is shameful and accused the countries of attempting to sell out the syrian people and of shielding a tyrant the right from the very beginning and russia has been very clear on its stance of the crisis in syria and innes continues calls for dialogue. alongside calls for the government to withdraw its troops from cities we wanted to demand that the armed groups also leave the cities and stop the ongoing attempts to take over residential areas suggestions were vehemently rejected by the co-sponsors of the text it looks like these co-sponsors are more interested in simply finding somebody to blame drawing attention away from the armed groups that are receiving arms and other kinds of encouragement from abroad the west has leveled heavy criticism at moscow's continued arms trade with syria saying it's backing the is santa regime who has been overlooked however is russia's continued eff