a rally gets out of control in moscow and st petersburg as demonstrators take to the streets in honor of a football player who was killed in a brawl. i'm sean thomas in central moscow coming up we'll have the latest details on all of those possible riots we'll give you all the details coming up on our team . in the heart of the capital a lot injured even more detained as football fans take their aggression out on to the city streets. also on r t torture poverty and police brutality the u.s. is tainted human rights record clashes with its own promise of. ethnic

tensions looms over the first parliamentary elections of the self-proclaimed republic of kosovo the serb minority says this vote is pointless as long as people live divided from each other. the. prime minister vladimir putin puts his singing skills to the test in front of a star studded audience all in the name of charity. live from moscow this is r t how can you say no way with breaking news this hour russian special police forces have detained dozens of football fans who turned a commemoration march into a riot in the very heart of moscow thousands have gathered in the capital and st petersburg. the death of a fan of

a football team spartak moscow where both gatherings got violent let's cross live now to our t.v. you can. and sean thomas who are following these latest developments sean let's go to you first fans are now moving towards a court building what is that like where you are what's happening. well right now it seems that everything is quiet so far but there is a significant police presence that has gathered here in anticipation of a possible group moving here from the square that's what we have been told right now in fact we are in front of the courthouse where chair is being the proceedings against him are being held he is the person who is suspected of killing you go to the very last monday in a brawl after a soccer match that's a little bit of the background this is not the first time with the groups have gathered in protest of this event. spartak fans as well as other soccer fans from

around russia have staged several incidents in st petersburg and here in moscow as well also in that wednesday at a. soccer match there was an incident where soccer fans rushed the field they rushed the pitch they also interrupted the game this is actually a little bit of the background of what's happening here and so we're waiting here to see if these fans will come here to this spot and make their presence known here as well in front of the courthouse. i got three now of course is on yes and they are square where the violence broke out first of all what is happening there and also is this violence all about football. and you say it seems that everything has quieted down so far we have heard reports that the people are moving away from here and towards my colleague john hughes outside of moscow for a house and we have seen a lot of people leaving so far it is quiet but there are still as you can see behind me a heavy police presence here in the heart of the. russian capital of course the

russian kremlin is just a few steps away and the violence that broke out here earlier is not was not all caused by football fans according to what we have managed to see there were a lot of people here shouting out racist slogans. various throwing bottles lighting flares and generally instigating violence and we do believe that some of those instigators were not actually involved in a football fan club or actually football fans at all there are members of groups such as the movement against illegal immigration various other nationalist organizations who protest. and choose a gathering such as these to instigate violence to propagate their nationalist ideas and soul of those that were detained that we've seen detained a lot of them do seem to be belonging to a new nationalist movement as opposed to actual football fan clubs but of course

the violence that broke right here was quite significant and there were a lot of people injured because bottles were being thrown people got hit on the head in the face we know that a lot of the protesters actually clashed with riot police they were detained and dragged off to a police vans and taken into custody driven off to various police stations and it is a quite a frightening sight it was because this of course is the heart of the capital and just before christmas time it is all very beautifully decorated a huge christmas tree stands on money isn't a square that fell victim to all of the violence as well a lot of the christmas tree decorations were broken off and hurled at riot police so it looks to be quite a mess right now but it has quieted down and perhaps this will be the end of the violence today. sean a good got your core theory of a chain of violence as it's not going to have any effect on the team itself. largely believe or. it does in fact on wednesday during the euro police. well

actually during a champions league match there were some incidents where fans rushed pitched e.c. bakiyev and. this is the the way for the actual governing body of this says that they couldn't disqualify spartak from the europa league championship as well so it does actually have a negative effect u.a.e. for governing body are going to make their verdict on december sixteenth whether the fans and their actions will have an effect on the team so it is harming the image of the team even though the team itself has nothing to do with these incidents. get three now we're hearing there's also been violence in st petersburg of course another commemoration was being held there for this what exactly do we know about what's happening in the northern capital. and you said despite the fact that it is very called both in moscow and in st petersburg tensions were running high in both cities and st petersburg earlier there was also

a rally commemorating you go to seed of the football fan who was murdered last week but that turned violent as well there was quite a small rally of course not a one of such magnitude as the one here in my new years in esquire and so therefore not a lot of police presence was at the scene but football fans started throwing ice. at the police starting to blocks of ice lighting flares setting off fires that turned violent as well a lot more police officers were immediately deployed to the scene we know that some people have also been detained in st petersburg as well as in moscow so it does seem that these tensions are spreading are no longer located to just moscow but to st petersburg as well where yet another commemorative rally turned violent just a few hours ago all right catherine thomas following these latest developments for us in moscow thank you. and other news the u.s. can. promoting human rights worldwide

a priority but some critics say america's own track record is far from blameless the u.n. has published a report outlining an extensive list of measures washington should undertake to protect freedom and rights back home in important has more. what speaks louder. actions or words we recognize the inherent dignity and rights of every individual a promise by the u.s. president and a requirement outlined in the universal declaration of human rights thirty articles outlining basic standards of life inalienable rights for all people. article three everyone has the right to life liberty and security of person with every drone attack with every invasion and occupation of a foreign country with every overthrow of a foreign government that the united states happens not to like or happens not to agree with every one of those is

a violation of that one article political commentator nima shirazi accuses the us of falling short of a feeling several of the principles it helped create article five no one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel inhumane or degrading treatment or punishment with every detainee kidnapped and rendition and. you know tortured in guantanamo or in bhagam or elsewhere. that's yet another violation the land of liberty is also the land of the incarcerated with the world's largest prison population with. two point three million people behind bars while more than three thousand languish on death row. article twenty five everyone has the right to a standard of living including food clothing housing and medical care at the dawn of the new millennium. we set concrete goals to free our fellow men women and

children from the injustice of extreme poverty us figures indicate nearly forty four million americans are living in poverty even more people lack access to affordable health care and fifteen million. are officially unemployed. meanwhile an estimated one million u.s. families are set to lose their homes this year alone as president made it clear that the united states will do our part last month the u.n. human rights commission made clear in two hundred and twenty eight recommendations on. how the u.s. can improve its human rights record with the. congo p.d. it's not just happening there one city one state is that you know where america needs to stop stars and stripes stained with accusations of police brutality racial profiling of minorities.

and islamophobia. the country most vocal in chastising others for what it sees as human rights abuses is now taking heat for violating a declaration it cowrote maybe american poet ralph waldo emerson put it best when saying what you do speaks so loudly i cannot hear what you say. are new york. we can get more on that story of course on our website or to dot com there you can also find out why human rights activists are appealing to barack obama on another issue we explore how washington is calling for the release of foreign political prisoners bob refusing to free its own lots of interviews there with relatives and supporters as well as other stories for you. muscovites are eagerly awaiting a performance by a british legend sir elton john that all the details but some interesting facts

about the singer mine. also the song is smiling down on us according to russian physicist find out what's making it the happiest star on our new and improved website r t v dot com. this sunday kosovo is preparing to hold its first parliamentary election since it declared unilateral independence from serbia three years ago the vote comes amid calls for partition by ethnic minorities sarah firth has been finding out many of the kosovo serbs have decided to boycott the poll. begun and her family live in a small serbian enclave in kosovo it's a fairly solid she existence here largely cut off from the way the albanian

community and little change from the war in the one nine hundred ninety s. which divided their country and brutalized a generation before with pearl at the height of the course of the war to protect the serbian community behind it from gunfire that would come from the right as it was the albanian populated area and there were names today was followed by a mind of a continuing ethnic conflict. national bed i remember the wall being built after a neighbor was shot by us he worked on the land near the road we still live in fear here it's harder for the children living such a separate existence they begin to think there's just how things are the elections are the first poll since the breakaway province declared independence from serbia in february two thousand and eight belgrade has made it clear that although they went penalized for taking part they do not recognize those organizing the elections

and a week turnout would significantly undermine the vote credibility. i'm not going to vote because for us now it's not the time for elections when we don't lead a normal life. began as per the shows of the families two cars when with cars of the number plates and one with serbian. puppets driving on the room number of police here in cause would be too dangerous. it was an accurate warning we visited drainers a town that's been at the heart of many cars of a albanian nationalist movement of filming was interrupted by the police they spotted our serbian fixes number plates we were detained and questioned before being tailed out of town by locals. also unhappy with our presence there the message was clear serbians not welcome here it was also a stark insight into the divisions of power and fractured governance that remains

in kosovo we don't have checks and balances between. political powers here we don't have just is functioning because it's very controlled just in order for themselves to have free hands to do whatever they want the previous ruling coalition party is a tip to favorites to win power again despite controversies including accusations of collaborating with organized crime groups one issue dominates their campaign the main the main point and the main goal is integration within european union it's a familiar catch phrase and one that holds an ace way with the opposition it's pure propaganda in their mouth you know atlantic integration the goal of the integration isn't likely to be realized until cost of a is able to get its own house in order and address the very serious barriers which is still dividing its people surf a r.t.

cause of a. a quarter past the hour let's take a look at some international news in brief a roadside bomb blast in southern afghanistan has killed at least fifteen civilians the homemade device went off when their truck was heading to a nearby bazaar it happened in helmand province one of the country's most violent regions and where nato troops are struggling against the taliban meanwhile in a separate incident in the north of the country of suicide bomber blew up a stolen police car packed with explosives near an army checkpoint injuring four two. delegates at the un climate change talks and came to mexico have agreed on measures to tackle climate change they include setting up a green climate fund that will raise one hundred billion dollars to help developing nations cut fuel emissions and cope with the effects of global warming over one hundred ninety countries approve the deal with only bolivia rejecting it saying the moves don't go far enough but this was overruled. the

leader of a notorious mexican drug cartel has been killed in a two day shootout between security forces and gang members authorities have confirmed that. was gunned down by police in the west of the country the violence began on wednesday when gang members attacked federal officers and torched cars to block roads a baby was among the eleven people killed in the fighting. now at st peter's bird played host to a number of celebrities from all around the world but one that stood out was not an actor or singer it was russia's very own prime minister vladimir putin he even got a standing ovation and this is what it was all for let's take a look. now let's find out why the prime minister was singing in the first place our very own martin anders joins me in the studio he's on top of all things culture as always so

what was it about why did we hear prime minister putin saying i think it's a brilliant story i got texas to this morning say martin you've got competition vladimir putin singing in english and it's amazing that he's actually singing in english because he isn't actually speak much english he famously spoke english for the. last year for didn't you see that but you know when it comes to putin i think it's very rare we get to see him speak let alone saying it was for a charity event in st petersburg in the spectacular ice palace. and everyone there was from from hollywood sharon stone kevin cos the general started a big star show and it was basically for a charity event for children with. cancer and all of a sudden the microphone is given to him totally unplanned and he got up and sang blueberry hill by louis armstrong of course and elvis presley covered it as well and yeah it went down but it's all over you tube it's possible all of the

internet's made interesting use everywhere now you of course are our entertainment expert but you're also a professional singer i didn't even know that give us a note let's see how much of an actor i am blueberry hero wow that's about what you got as the professional singer how was it is he a good singer. well and putin famously said he doesn't love that he called saying he can't dance but just like everybody else he loves doing it and sounded ok i mean it was in shoes and it was i like blue betty. but now it's very sad and also he was he had gestures as well and i think anybody who can or can't sing you know to do it in a room full of up so that you got famous people like so many people and also it's great for his reputation we got the story about the dog recently and the puppy he's it's not the first of the song i got. last year he went to the ministry of defense school for girls i saw his patriotic song with the lovely he tells russian girl and

the more he's just things like this the more that you know people can connect with that leader when there's also the stereotype that he's this cold serious man but he does i mean it's just been working over the past so why not language to have fun as well and you know you've got him you know that the famous judo's you know and he was fishing on the you know the the tool so you know the more that he does things like this the more people can you know see him not as this you know stranger in this political power powerful position but actually as a normal russian guy who enjoys music. on the famous stories that he allegedly hired in abbottabad. you want to get him for twenty thousand pounds from london by freedom of the kremlin called them and the the manager of this this band said that this is the kremlin have a band we want to make and so i think he's amusing and also it's you know showing that he loves what's the culture and it's a great way to learn english doesn't it well he has known for you know his. love of

english songs and i was doing some research and in fact through his english lessons he used his songs to you know improve his english obviously believe probably whatever it is it's a classic not more. thanks for being with us our entertainment expert all things culture he's also the host of artie's moscow thanks for being with us. well back to our breaking news quickly this hour dozens of football fans have been detained after clashes with police just next to the kremlin here in moscow a commemorates march a march marking the death of a found turned into a riot you can all see key moments of what's been happening in the russian capital those crowds getting out of control we're continuing to monitor the situation and we'll bring you any updates as and going to get them. was.

well up next here on r t it's the weekend business with charlie. and i welcome to the business program here on our team with me folly demand for world oil be higher than expected next year it will stay haul into two thousand and fifteen as according to the international energy agency brant crude traded over ninety one dollars this week ahead of the apec meeting on saturday but analysts a split a longer term outlook for the oil price touch and poor colbert report. in contrast with many traders russia's finance minister. has a green prediction for oil prices sixty dollars per barrel within three years among

those who agree with him feature rating agency says it's a fair price justified by fundamentals and stripped off speculation it is our view that a lot of overdue sing country. these are quite comfortable with a level of between sixty to seventy because it helps them balance their budgets but also think the price of between sixty to seventy companies can actually conduct and carry out some of the higher cost of projects for instance or all signs in canada future lives the current level reflects the supply demand balance however as a result throughout to that long term equilibrium which suggests if china's middle class follows american patterns and moves to the suburbs the number of cars could skyrocket as well as the need for gasoline in five years chinese demand could grow to the limit and a half million barrels a day from the current nine international and their journey agency predict global

oil demand could exceed the pre-crisis peak of two thousand and seven already next year and to the average eighty eight point eight million barrels a day analysts suggest okereke may come under pressure to increase supplies in the new year present member states i keep hearing about five and a half million barrels a day off the market that's yemen but a global business are two. lukoil is planning to sell one point five billion dollars of convertible bonds due in two thousand and fifteen is the russian oil giants first sale of such debt and with a decade secured bonds we have a coupon of two point five to three percent or we convertible into a deals misted in london a spokesman for the company declined to comment on the reason for this. time to see how the markets are holding now russian markets ended mixed on friday with the r.t.s. game in my stakes we have been down with the way with nicole was the biggest winner

in the yes over one point five percent bucking the trend with all the shared point six percent telecom one point seven percent higher error for shares of drop four point three percent on news of the stakes a. russian markets began the week strongly after last friday's rally on the back of a successful world cup bid but slowed by mid week mainly due to profit taking john hazel from citibank russia recaps that week. that might exchange for the most part this week is flat because i think the incredible enthusiasm we saw last friday last friday's trading after the after russia won the world cup bid for twenty eight team a lot of that died out throughout the week this profit taking cetera so the only real the main events this week was with x five finally announcing the acquisition of paper that acquisition looked to be done a pretty much. your average market valuations it doesn't look like they got into

a bidding war with wal-mart that was good for x five but as a whole the market was basically flat on the week. russia is to join the world trade organization in two thousand and eleven after seventeen years of negotiations at the same time it's already a member of a custom jeannine with kazakstan butterworth now as love is the village head of research at daughter bank in russia says the union members will not suffer russia's double action it's not necessarily bad for the future of the customs union if anything this will serve to accelerate russia for it to. gain membership in the w t o and once russia is in the w t o this should facilitate the efforts of kazakhstan and to join the w t o so overall this should be a factor that will bring all of the countries of the customs union into the w t o which in turn is again a very important catalyst for the development of this integration group of this

customs union. in other news russian businessman alexander liver dave has confirmed he's planning to sell around four percent of arafat shares the deal was estimated to be worth one hundred ten million dollars as leverage of cells the forty four million shares in russia's national air carrier shares are to be sold for private placement organized by u.b.s. analysts believe the main reason for the sale is to generate finances deliberative troubled national reserve bank which is deemed capital outflows after a number of state inspections. russian prime minister vladimir putin has made his finnish counterpart in st petersburg economic issues were on the agenda as russia is still the prime trade partner for finland bilateral trade has recovered close to its pre-crisis level eleven billion dollars during the first nine months of two thousand and ten as always a quarter on the year both sides have signed several agreements including a ship building venture which would help russia embrace

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