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 it acquired classification artificial 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. our system is being expanded in response to the expansion of the european missile defense shield. with the aim is to match the measures being taken in europe that the new stations are being commissioned here to respond to nato is activities. thrown at them. we will buy new means limited or alter our plans with the deployment of missile defense components in europe. russia has not closed the deal it will continue dialogue with the united states and nato on

do is east and there's russia through my homeland for. tourists and i want to go home to russia. i do want to stay here. in the great sure aren't t. sity got eataly. time nuff the business update with dmitri. welcome to the program guess appears to be disappearing under mysterious circumstances summer between russia and europe consumers on the continent are complaining about supplies are for them during this period of exceptionally cold weather basically says it's getting twenty percent less than usual while austria and slovakia claim a thirty percent drop the countries get the gas from transit link which goes of through ukraine however both moscow and kiev deny there have been any changes in volumes. market watchers expect the darkness of eurozone debt problems to get some light ratings agencies that pours expects the currency union to gradually climb out of its mild recession in the second half of this year and into twenty thirty the firms the chief european economist. explains. the risks of a more severe recession. that could go into twenty thirteen are significant we estimate

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 don't mind his vision funded relies on russian society and was particular addressed to the country's middle class the second touched upon issues of migration and. this week's article the third is considered by many of the most important so far is a deals with the country's economic revival who didn't present a case for ending russia's dependence on raw materials and sets two thousand and twenty as a deadline for reform. by ban 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 working to 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 gordon is elected or russia is facing major econo

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 was 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 market soon regained all its losses and to further protests did not trigger such a nervous reaction on the stock exchange it became clear that the protests had a peac

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

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

russia china the u.n. security council's resolution on syria and a vote in new york moscow wanted all references to regime change taken out of the draft. over two hundred thousand people have braved the bitter cold across russia to ensure their views on national politics are heard. through the streets. and fighting between police and protesters continues in egypt with twelve people killed and hundreds more injured in the latest crackdown. call up next our special report on the reset in u.s. russia relations and how it's being affected by america's controversial missile defense system in europe. the most vital national security interests of the united states would be most effectively realized not through hostility to russia but through cooperation with it. nicely and russia and the united states can reach a settlement of the establishment of a global missile defense system while. this plan research is in jeopardy even the new strategic arms reduction treaty between moscow and washington has been unable to h

russia and china vetoed a u.n. security council resolution on syria condemning president assad's regime for the violence in the country. moscow says the document does not reflect the situation in syria and send in balanced signal to both sides all the details just ahead. over two hundred thousand people braved russia as a bitter subzero temperatures to ensure their views on national politics are heard . we see people out on the streets demanding free elections in support of the code russian government join me for more the few moments. between police and protesters continues in egypt with twelve people killed and hundreds more injured in the latest crackdown. and broadcasting live direct from our studios in central moscow this is r.t. glad to have you with us. russia and china have vetoed of the latest u.n. security council resolution on syria moscow says that's because the draft didn't reflect the real situation in damascus and was sending unbalanced signals to all sides in the conflict. has the latest from new yor

russia close up on. the. line. to be soon which brightened a few newly bought songs from phones to christianize. whose friends don't talk t.v. don't come. in broadcasting live direct from our studios in central moscow this is our signal that your top headlines russia and china blocked a western backed u.n. draft resolution on syria with moscow slamming the text for an unbalanced approach and a denial of dialogue between the government and the opposition comes amid conflicting accounts that over two hundred people have been killed in the city of homes the government denies the reports while the opposition claims it's the. crackdown since the start of the conflict. in egypt at least a dozen people are killed as anger at the authorities failure to prevent seventy four deaths at a soccer match on wednesday sparks country wide protests clashes between security forces and protesters in cairo have been raging for four days with officers firing rubber bullets to keep demonstrators from entering the interior ministry buildi

russia close up. world with. science technology innovation all the list of elements from around russia we've got the future covered. live from moscow our top stories peace making mission my delegation led by russia's foreign minister is in talks with the syrian leadership at the bloodshed in the country gathers momentum against the backdrop of diplomatic route. sacrifices fifteen thousand more jobs in a bid to appease its international creditors as the. population stages another general strike. the scent of oil gadhafi era documents discovered in libya's implicate britain britain's m i six spy agency in the rendition of this sort of stuff for torture under the dictator cooperation about allegedly involved the u.k. well rewarded. in the world economy again and max and stacey now take a look at how currency wars are heating up around the globe in the kaiser report.

russia close up. russia and china veto the western un resolution on syria with moscow criticizing the text as taking an approach and the realities on the ground. in egypt at least a dozen people are killed as anger at the authorities failure to prevent seventy four deaths at a soccer match on wednesday sparks country wide protests. hundreds of thousands take to the streets in russia and both pro and anti-government rallies had a march fourth presidential election. broadcasting live direct from our studios in central moscow this is our team with a recap of our week's top stories let's get right to it on saturday russia and china blocked the latest u.n. security council resolution on syria saying that backing of the rebels over the government could cause even more bloodshed but moscow says it remains determined to end the syrian crisis by helping damascus implement democratic reforms russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov is due to visit the country for talks next week or he's more important has been f

russia close up on our cheek. thanks for being with us at half past the hour here's a quick recap of what's making headlines around the world russia and china blocked the western backed one draft resolution on syria with moscow slamming the text for an unbalanced approach and denial of dialogue between the government and opposition . riots returned to egypt as anger at the authorities failure to prevent a deadly stop or a brawl spills over into four days of violent clashes that have already seen and dozen people killed. and in russia's better subzero temperatures hundreds of thousands joined record breaking rallies both pro and anti-government ahead of next month's presidential election. iran is bracing itself against fresh western imposed sanctions in our interview up next our friends interior minister or looks at the potential fallout from ongoing economic attacks by the u.s. and its allies. the possibility of war between the united states and iran is being debated around the world that's what the mood is like i

rumors of russia but alone us founded russia's first company manufactures balloons aleksandr to learn off made his first pollution in the late one nine hundred eighty s. it's lining born inscription saying the first soviet made mungo feel. ballooning has gained enormous popularity in russia in the past two years this can be seen from the growing number of orders for balloons placed with our company. itself i don't think the shape of balloons or even the wicker baskets is going to change the balloons of the future will offer a more comfort to inflate pilots or that. things like better navigation smoother knobs and delicate thin cords instead of course ropes tools void getting entangled . sensors will give way to radio signals reporting temperatures inside the envelope with dust and all that will be mainly intended for the spectators at the balloons are most likely to look like the ones built by the brothers montgolfier for a long time to come. all it had was a basket and a burner. one tank costs full two minutes after that it should be changed to me i believe it should be two tanks at

of course i realize russia's f.s.b. and the idiot enough to take polonium to london sprinkle it over some heads and leave traces everywhere and their suspect and a little boy 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 why because they like it when i scold the regime i was a root treasure for them all the while there are very few people who would say as many horrible things about putin as i did. living in two thousand and eight but they're living in coal flat russia for sanctuary needs healing has settled in the sleeping quiet town of sinegal it offered to new 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 living and co is still afraid to open this door not because of putin thoug

do is east only has russia so you my homeland are for. tourists i want to go home to russia. i don't want to stay here. big city on the ground sure aren't t. sity got eataly. and russian businessmen on the look avoid the man accused by the u.k. of killing litvinenko says the spies father dealt a blow to british special services. those comments by live in new york his father reflect what i've been saying for more than five years that all the accusations from prison wouldn't stand up in court and it proves british special services have completely failed in their attempts to discredit russia they have just embarrassed themselves but public opinion about russia in the u.k. will only change if a court makes some kind of decision but i honestly doubt the impartiality of british courts. the draft resolution on syria under discussion at the un security council is reportedly being softened to take into account russian concerns it's likely to have references to president a sad stepping down and an arms embargo removed from the text let's get more now from this development from marty's

russia has. offered to everybody to to work together so think of this issue just just to me and so that's why you see that if we are talking about a very sick of party affiliation of missile and missile technology we have a need to tackle this problem a risk of proliferation but what does it mean fret threat means keeping abilities plus intention. well if i'm getting you right you're you're not worried about about the thrill of these american missiles may pose for russia but but. you don't like the idea behind the ideology that's that's behind is that right. you see that if you look at the russian american documents on me. it will be very interesting for you for example let's look at two thousand and nine where by the way it was but is in power already years and we have created a very interesting document on missile defense in joint statement of our two presidents this document consists of three parts first bytes they were instructions to experts to look at threats but we decided to delete the wo

business in russia to develop people who are doing a lot of money they want. or kind of things like contemporary art market because it's a quite good investment now because. that art market. as well it's a good thing for you can join the pieces here by the strategy of the gallery is to exhibit new names from western europe supporting young russian artists however controversial. the art scene is brewing here in the russian capital with dozens of galleries opening up every year and contemporary art especially being explored and developed more than ever before with new and easy laws on taking pieces out of the country this allows various collectors russian or international to take full advantage of the. such a creative process. my friend is going to love it. every year to the millionaire fair. market. on the outskirts of the capital over two hundred companies set up display stands. in everything from. phones to the latest overpriced imported sports cars and there's no shortage of buy here so cheap bargains are hardly on the cards. luckily there's no need to be a

on the money with the business of russia. as washington and its allies step up pressure on the syrian regime with calls for more sanctions the country said progress for random on a new constitution to end single party rule. america's intelligence community.

a month before the presidential election russia has faced the first major opposition rallies in two thousand and twelve tens of thousands marched through the streets of moscow and other major russian cities calling for fair elections though some of them hope this election will bring back to the kremlin while others say put must protect believe the russian change while conservative supporters are protesting against the protesters they warn their results may be unpredictable if the opposition wins as it is split and unreliable itself what some. were asking one of the leaders of the opposition politician of life. when the soviet union collapsed and new democratic forces came to power off was in the foreground of russian politics he represented the main program and party on the boris yeltsin and was first elected m.p. nine hundred ninety three five years later was called to reach the top of his governmental career when he was appointed deputy prime minister with a responsibility for social issues he quits however a few days later say it was not he's an area of expertise after spending fifteen ye

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.

there is east only as russia. learned. to go home to russia i do want to stay here. you know two other news making headlines around the world this hour. at least one person has reportedly been killed one hundred moved to break up a protest by indigenous people the demonstrators blocked a road used by mining operations along that their ancestral lands are also voicing their concerns over state proposals to liberalize the country's modern industry they claim to environmental damage. seventeen bodies have been recovered by rescuers after an overloaded boat carrying illegal immigrants from the dominican republic capsized on saturday thirteen survivors have also been pulled from the water authorities say the number of the dead is expected to go up as at least forty people are still missing the boat was heading to neighboring puerto rico when it overturned. and freezing temperatures across europe claimed more victims on sunday ukraine is the hardest hit with another nine deaths reported in the told to one hundred thirty one one thousand eight hundred people have been taken

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 farmer's 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 and he's even aiming for his first harvest of black caviar from sturgeon as he breeds not far away from moscow if you're ever on the big business simply can't afford to produce ecologically clean product they use pesticides to boost growth and lower the cost of everything i do is pure without a drop of chemicals. this new market in moscow had said and ambitious task to offer its customers and unprecedented range of eco products what started as an attempt to bring organic food to the masses turn. 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 in ru

in africa in russia we have very. restrictive legislation about that no one ruble from abroad could be used and it's very clear and it's very much under control of the state so it's a good example as this movement is transparent. it compare with elections absolutely transparent. and moved by people themselves ok enough to know the claim by those who oppose the opposition is that if you win. the elections or whatever there will be unrest in the country because because the opposition is not ready it said it's not united there are many tensions inside the opposition there isn't a leader ready to take responsibility and. so on and so forth so why do you think that you for example personally that you do have a mandate to represent the people who gave them and you know no one to give them and do it but we have opinion polls we had we made the independent opinion poll on sucker of the new story but it could be according to opinion polls i think television presenters have very high ratings but they can't represent i don't kno

the foreign minister of russia that if we take the united states for example in russia that he sees them as branches of the european civilization the eastern branch being russian the western branch being the united states and the relationship between russia and nato kind of makes the rules for the relationship in the main matters and one of the biggest stumbling points remains the u.s. is planned for the anti missile defense system in europe and now this discussion is still underway it's actually a deadlock and there are different opinions coming from various sides. of parties in europe stand for unilateral. missile defense system which would include russia and the european union nato and the united states washington says that it's ready to cooperate but it has to have a tough stance always going to its defense while the foreign minister says that this is russia's foreign minister says this issue through etan's the positive relations between these two branches the eastern and the western branch of the european civilization like they said russia and the united states but of course there a

the so-called reset in russia u.s. relations has been struggling to make headway with on with the ongoing dispute over america's european missile defense shield more coming up in our special report. the most vital national security interests of the united states would be most effectively realized not through hostility to russia but through cooperation with it. my senior russia and the united states can we just settlement of the establishment of a global missile defense system by which. this plan research is in jeopardy even the new strategic arms reduction treaty between moscow and washington has been unable to help. at a time of warmer bilateral relations needs whose top brass decided to deploy a missile defense system aimed at protecting europe but they were setting up too close to russia's borders and moscow didn't view it as a friendly gesture. we want to defend the whole europe not just some european countries we want to european allies and friends to join our missile defense strategy. lucina in the event of the s

the mysterious sounds of russia. are. mosco says it won't pack a weapons and ball go on the syrian government because god knows would still upon their way to the opposition groups which some un members refuse even to acknowledge . u.k.'s high court considers a plate of bacon it's found that you in the song she is wanted in sweden on allegations of sexual assault case facing accusations of political motivation we go live to london a little later here in our team. and israel's ad campaign insults jews based in the u.s. already feeling alienated by their spiritual homes policies. in business altie facebook is about to list on the nasdaq and this i.p.o. is to value the company at the round of one hundred billion dollars but analysts tell business l.t. this is too much more on this and twenty. internet . and you can comment live from moscow this is good to have you with us russia will lot agreed to an embargo on weapons to syria moscow says doing so would not prevent the continued arming of opposition groups in the country the

draft resolution that was blocked by russia and china. and russia's foreign minister calls western reaction to the double veto indecent and hysteric go ahead of his trip to damascus aimed at finding a political solution to the ongoing crisis. also enduring greater political involvement for the people through the internet prime minister putin lays out his plans to upgrade russian democracy a day after a massive pro and anti-government rallies sweep the country. and the russian latvian minorities hopes for their language to be officially recognized in the post soviet baltic states are marred by reports of intimidation being used to dissuade people from taking part in an upcoming referendum. to both rule reasons why you're schultz of. the business news is intense and. it's five pm in moscow this is r t coming to you live from you so now with our top story and the e.u. is preparing to further tougher toughen sanctions on syria in a bid to crank up pressure on the country's regime this is and came after russia and china vetoed the veto the lat

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there is east only as russia your mother who learned from a tourist i want to go home to russia. through i don't want to stay here. r t c golly i'm eternally. well discuss this now with journalist neil clark is a contributor to the guardian newspaper in the u.k. well as we've just been hearing me a little. farther says he was wrong to blame his son's death on putin and he also admitted her husband was working for british intelligence while six years ago she actually denied it it's a job to know what to believe in this case isn't it. but it is an x. thing back it actually could in november two thousand and six or five years ago now and we still don't really know exactly what happened what we do know is at the time of the murder there were all kinds of conspiracy theories floating around russia and putin for this there was a real campaign in the west which without any evidence. of this in the russian services but what about the press reaction now in the u.k. do you think the. comments will be covered in the british press after no i just said no i don't and that tells the story beca

russia close of. 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 and 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 as the latest

russia is now a very average capitalist state if you want and in russia like in many states we have house us in the apartment buildings which have already been built and they stayed empty sometimes for decades just because people cannot sell these apartments and i think i think that is true and i think the housing issue is very interesting what he did say that he would like to see if you'd like to see he promised that housing prices will come down twenty to forty percent amending on the region you know that if you had twenty to forty percent decrease in housing prices and a lot of places that would be an economic catastrophe so it's going to be a very very it's an important process housing has to become more accessible but it's a very difficult process to manage it's a very complicated economic process has taken on a vested interest and we see very little detail but we wouldn't expect to see this community is about how to do that i would address that question to be true which we do you believe the prime minister or the president of russia does have a mechanism to reduce out the priz

is russia really to challenge. europe it's a very interesting issue and so very interesting question the problem what is the problem why they don't want to give us a little about insurance why for example they would like to have a legally binding document on the reduction of nuclear weapons with the russian federation and the why they are not ready to go about it with such a limited by the insurance. for example i can predict there may be another candidate from republican party called wien for the future elections and for example he can see that i don't keer old political commitments which mr obama could give other national federation could continue all of the. fulfillment of missile defense plans sort we don't want to want to be a hostage of political situation and the white house we will blank to see all in agreement with the united states on a very serious issues like missile defense like nuclear disarmament to be legally binding it's what i mean it's clear and by the way there is one other question if for examp

for local businesses are striving to build the aviation capital of russia. that's where the four by fours are made mention be tested to the limit. welcome to the screech of. russia close up on r t. four thirty pm here in moscow you're watching on t.v. 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 end to the bloody conflict be found us wild west and on gulf countries keep up the regime change rhetoric and recall their ambassadors from damascus. fury in the u.k. as a notorious terrorist suspect dubbed al qaida xp. spiritual leader in europe is bailed and allowed to roam the streets of london 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's 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 accuse

if russia believes the fence is not needed but it doesn't pose a theoretical threat to russia. my guess is that the russian government will say ok if you want to spend your national treasure this will help you so it solves the political problem and it provides a much more capable defense there with the united states currently building in goods are also much cheaper. the professor believes that the purpose of nato is radar in europe is to track the movements of russian strategic weapons and to monitor russia's new military technologies. 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 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 kelp have serious worries about the global situation. they feel that as long as nuclear we

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.

in russia the markets are also in the black this would be r.t.s. gaining more than one percent of my sex more than half of the sentence now let's take a look at the main movers on the miser xander g mages are gaining momentum thanks to crude prices gazprom is up four point six percent this financial stocks are also strong as burbank continuing its impressive climb we've been seeing the past two weeks is up another point eight percent and russia's biggest. be a brew a bowl ticket is among the main game is that's all news its parent company calls will buy the remaining twenty percent stake in both with a green. now to currencies so we are seeing the strengthening of the euro versus the dollar that's on hopes that the european leaders would sign off on greece's a second bailout package and on china's one treaty zing over the weekend the ruble is strengthening versus the dollar but we think slightly versus the year foreign investors are eyeing russia's regions that's according to keel dmitry of the head of the country's investment fund speaking at an e

draft resolution that was blocked by russia and china. russia's foreign minister calls western reaction to the veto decent and hysterical ahead of his trip to damascus aimed at finding a political solution to the ongoing crisis and ensuring greater political involvement for the people through the internet prime minister putin lays out his plans to upgrade russia the bocher see a day after mass pro and anti-government rallies sweep the country. and pressure on all greek coalition government in deadlock over adopting new austerity measures necessary to secure a second ballot while the e.u. says time for a deal is running out for athens. speaking to senior any of this about the reasons for europe's shortage of gas this winter the business news is the twenty. nine pm in moscow i matras a good to have you with us here on r t our top story the e.u. and u.s. are calling for tougher sanctions on syria in a bid to crank up pressure on the country's regime that assertion came after russia and china vetoed the latest u.n. draft resolution on syria m

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

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