oh geez i'm a to believe movie joint be the children's movie that's the gateway to the brendan piri truly george west coast coromandel you can the let's go toe to toe see don't need to go. run this is the colonel was no joke as you treat. rallies on the streets of moscow and st petersburg turned violent us thousands gathered to remember a freshman football fan killed in a brawl. and protests flare around crisis hit europe in response to harsh austerity measures while economists say countries should abandon the doomed euro. the self-proclaimed republic of kosovo is casting ballots in its first parliamentary poll. but the serbian minority here don't necessarily share with the optimism that today's vote will help the divisions here and cultivate join me on

this event in just a few moments. also on r t wiki leaks supporters waging a war on the companies who cut off the whistleblower while still passing money on to the ku klux klan. or welcome to the weekly here in our team this sunday on you so now with the latest and a look back at the week's top stories first violent clashes witnessed in the center of moscow on saturday were instigated by nationalist groups that's the belief of russia's interior minister thousands have gathered in the capital to mark the recent death of a russian football fan who was killed in a brawl but the peaceful gathering soon turned into a bloody battle with police catherine i was our boat was at the scene when the violence erupted. anger mismanagement thousands of football fans took their

aggression to the streets of the russian capital when the smoke filled riot transforming quiet central moscow as flares in bottles flew overhead riot police detained instigators of the clashes that what started out as a peaceful commemorative rally to know that. some people have reacted very violently the death of the spotlight was good i do believe that some of the dissatisfaction is understandable but it is unacceptable when we have aggression with firecrackers that burst into flames and ordinary people sort of police have already arrested those responsible for the murder of spirit of it and will arrest others everyone is equal before the law the fan in question was shot dead last week during a mass brawl most of those gathered in a city's minute square simply wanted to pay their respects and demand a full investigation into the death of one of their own but take into account the

fact that the suspect in this homicide is from the north caucasus and the story it's an ugly nationalist twist according to officials members of the country's various nationalist movements and not football fans instigated the violence by you but by the way it was we saw that radical protestors joins those spots that fans honoring the dead men and insides of mass protests and fighting the police must act tough but within the law and they did everything they had to act in as the situation unfolded. the clashes didn't stop with just the capital either st petersburg rally in memory of city that quickly turned into a fight between protesters and riot police with many injured and over fifty detained so is this nationalist violence for violence sake or is there have been agenda for nationalists far right is working very hard to mobilize the book into a different nationalist the new nazi groups during. a lot of propaganda with

a lot of success the fans who are or are not exactly blameless themselves just a few days ago spartak supporters disrupted their team's match in slovakia a new way for cup management is already considering serious punishment for the team . the next match a scandal held with no audience in the europa league and on thursday i think next day after the match head coach of sport that all their carbon so that it's not accepted fans to behave like that sans clain they want justice for a friend who had been killed but violence is not the answer saturday's clashes prove that both the story and the aggression are not really about football to the instigators however it's all fair game tensions have been on the rise death you've got to speed up even the better russian called doing nothing to the off templars police managed to restore order to the streets of the capital and st petersburg but many are still afraid this is the be end of the violence. catches are about our

team last. british police have launched a major investigation into this week's violent student protests which took place as the house of commons approved a hike into western phase there's they thought thousands of demonstrators turned out in central london with windows smashed up the treasury and supreme court and even attacked a car carrying. wife travelling to a west end theatre royal couple were on harmed the student union says more rallies and sit ins are likely if the bill is finally passed university fees will triple to a maximum of nine thousand pounds a year opposition labor m.p. jeremy corbyn says the move will effectively bar the poor from higher education. what we see is the end of access to higher education for people of average and below average incomes it's going to be the preserve of the wealthier in the future the trend will be we'll have a less well educated less skilled less qualified population i see education as an

investment for the future we're investing in young people reinvesting in skills we're investing in knowledge we're investing in our future that where is the economic growth of the future where the advantages of to more aware of the writers and the artists and musicians of tomorrow this is causing at the core of society those that created this economic mess that we're in are the ones who should pay for it a transaction tax a wealth tax a tax on the very wealthiest people in our society would help to close the gap there is no need to basically hit the poorest people in our society in order to pay off this debt in march in time we need a more sensible more rational more humane approach to the whole issue we're not getting there from the government at the moment that's why the students are on the streets that's why the so in your compassion and crucially that's why so many others trade unions and people work in the public sector and people are worried about their services are also joining the students in the demonstration. i mean

marland is cutting its leader salaries and the country's minimum wage in the latest set of austerity measures the struggling in plans to put the banks through another round of stress tests but former manchester united star account tona has come up with a stress test of his own calling on people across europe to withdraw their life savings to us our affiliate reports from paris. the crime a massive financial crisis entire countries going belly up governments be forced to impose a sturdy measures the culprit public sentiment points to banks and the people that run them these are predatory monstrosities made up of weapons of mass financial destruction whose sole purpose is to kill themselves and others or suicide bankers or predatory bankers their financial terrorists and therefore they need to be eliminated for those who agree the question is how. do you know days what does it mean to be on the street what does it mean to demonstrate

this isn't the way anymore three million people with their placards on the street they should go to the bank withdraw their money from the banks and it will collapse a real revolution no stranger to heating a call to arms especially coming from a football superstar the french wasted no time online groups were formed urging people to participate in a coordinated worldwide bank run on december seventh the number of continentals lucky shirt alex janet is one of tens of thousands who pledged to join in on the campaign with sort of fed up of them controlling the wealth in. we could say stop using us when we need to show you that we can have a say in pacts on a. cattle they can mess around with and we can do anything with us however could mass withdrawals cause the collapse of the entire banking system as some economists argue a system the public needs to important thing is that people every realize that have

some power over the birth and you can use it to make some pressure on the bugs but so far government reaction to the pressure has been somewhat mild. it would be funny if it wasn't so tragic cantona's call to arms is grotesque it was not serious. they simply should be magnificently i wouldn't dare to try i think it's best for everyone to stick to a very specialty she saying very kind of counter to doesn't always talking about me well being p. the biggest bank in france taking billions from the federal commerce in america to make up for their shortcomings as a banking institution how can christine legarde doesn't take care of her own banks in our own country who are now hearing themselves out to him to the congress for handouts i mean it's pathetic it may take much more than a few thousand withdrawals to make a dent just far as banking institutions are concerned but for those who want change

they'll keep on pushing until their voices get through to those sitting behind these glass windows tell us are still you are to paris. well still to come in the program for you waging a wiki leaks war hackers launch massive cyber attack reason master card after the credit card giant stop processing donations to the whistleblowers website it's still all our money to pass to race hate groups. and follow our team's close up team as they are to cover the myths and legends haunting the russian city here. but first as election fever grips the nation kosovo serbs are facing an uneasy choice nearly three years after its split from serbia the self-proclaimed state is holding its first parliamentary poll reports from kosovo as capital. this is a region still starkly divided along ethnic lines most notably between the majority

albanian population they make up some ninety percent of the population here in the minority community of around one hundred thousand people. around fifty percent of the electorate who vote in elections today the majority of them will be albanians. divided they say they do want to vote to change their everyday lives they say they face daily persecution and they live in very poor living conditions they suffer high unemployment a lack of basic amenities like electricity and there's a lack of freedom of movement across the region here but they don't necessarily want to engage in the cause of an electoral system and of course there is then the coup for brains to boycott these elections so what's expected to happen is that living in the north of the region and who is still directly linked to serbia by rodin very much looks to belgrade who not vote in these elections but you sabs living in the something place and that will cause all geographically from where

they have no choice but to engage in a selection vote if they are to change their lives and that they will go to the polls today so integration remains a long way off the wall many albanians here are very optimistic about these elections billing them as historic in the start of a new unified era that sense of optimism is not shed among the serbian the community here there are several crucial problems that need to be addressed here and cost. of unemployment according to some estimates that runs as high as forty to fifty percent of the population the current unemployed in cost of zero has europe's youngest relation the economy here is one of the weakest in europe and then there's crime and corruption food to be endemic at every level here in the in kosovo and then of course the candidate list itself. several candidates from across the major parties who carty under investigations for crimes ranging from corruption to

peace of office and indeed one candidate to lead. the life of the future of traditionally called space third biggest policy is that in the hague at the moment on a retrial in front. of you know. how to deny you legs that's the. norm mission here and members of anti corruption n.g.o.s who said that these men should not be standing in these elections to discredit and undermine the legitimacy of the. serbia's minister for kosovo told our to vote the original serbs have no chance of a better life because most candidates in the election are albanians who are sympathetic to them. almost all the albanian lists contain people who unfortunately were under trial or participated in criminal actions or committed crimes in the late ninety's against the serbian community on the territory of course will and middle here if we really want to move towards reconciliation of

serbs and albanians what kind of kinds and such people in the future in conversations with state officials we emphasize that is a black hole that is crime in the spheres of money laundering and human drugs and arms trafficking and it's no secret all the international organizations working there know about it our viewpoint is absolutely clear we will never recognize courcelles independence but we are ready to discuss the issues problematic for both ethnic communities in this particular case serbs and albanians in the current situation are binion's have received all they demanded but on the other hand serbs of course all the hard it's absolutely unacceptable. the us justice department is looking into cyber attacks on companies that have cut off donations to wiki leaks the whistleblower supporters have been waging an online war against firms like these and master card and also pay pal the company's all suffered online outages after ricky leaks founder julian assange says bank account was frozen he's

currently in jail in london finding extradition to sweden on sex crime allegations the hackers are promising more attacks meanwhile as can reports the firms which have cut off wiki leaks are continuing to support other controversal groups. the u.s. government has presented no charges against julian a song but that hasn't stopped government officials from reportedly putting pressure at the highest level to cut off we kill leaks money supply a senior executive of america's money transfer giant pay pal said the state department had written to the company claiming the online whistleblower was involved in illegal activities so pay pal along with massive card and be so are no longer accepting cash donations for the controversial website it's the threat of this has some impact on national security and when you say that in the united states everybody. you know what's their parents and they do what they're told.

and so i think that it's a misconception in some cases that people think that the u.s. is purely a money driven society it's not the government has certain parag particularly over national security no court ruling no legal procedures were needed to crackdown on the media organization later pay-pal backtracked on its statement it had acted upon the government's request master card and visa were most of a sieve on the subject but the general explanation they gave for not accepting donation payments for we kill it says that the site quoting courage is promote facilitates or instruct others to engage in illegal. look to vittie but on the other hand neither master card more have any problems processing donations for say nuku clark's clan racist movement and history is the history of extreme violence with the goals of racial segregation and white supremacy and yet it takes seconds to make a donation to the klan

a number of senators including the chairman of the homeland security committee joe lieberman were quick to pat those companies on the back for cutting off cash to weiqi leaks but americans cracked down on the organization that appears to be fighting for transparency and freedom of speech leaves many asking what happens to american values of freedom of expression these are very difficult things for us to face as americans this is not what we believe in a country we believe it's a country that respects the market a lot are going to be shown that we're the actress who is not easy but us politicians do not shy away from flashing their democratic values when rooting for a chinese fighter for freedoms he won the nobel peace prize so there you see the governor standards of western of the so-called international community where a son is targeted for having released information knowing what's what you should be doing and you have got

a case where the same people will be pushing for a candidate which is a dissident within the people's republic of china so they are playing double standards with that regard some even suggest why not give the prize to juliana sarge at this year's freedom of speech will surely. be a rational explanation for giving it's to wiki leaks others can't help asking if u.s. officials are so down on we kill leaks why are they after the new york times in the same way or the british newspaper the guardian or german is there should be good those are the week. partner papers one other incredible thing about the prosecution is that so many people are falsely reporting that we can leaks has dumped two hundred fifty thousand documents that's not true at all they only were putting stuff up on their web page when either the new york times or der spiegel. or the guardian or by us were putting up. so what could possibly be the legal rationale

for going after we can leaks and not going after the new york times there are a lot of unanswered questions about week one thing is on the surface the u.s. shows it can interpret democratic values however it wants depending on its gains ganesh check on r.t. washington d.c. . but words were put in says they arrest him julian assange shows the west doesn't follow the democratic rules and preachers russian prime minister rebuffed the link us criticism of democracy in russia during a media briefing alongside his french counterpart. chief about the informational not renowned site wiki leaks did you really think the u.s. diplomatic corps is a transparent source of information as finished as some if you're pushing for democracy push all the way why then did they put mr solution jail is that democracy at work there is a saying about the pot calling the kettle black that would be my response to our

u.s. counterparts. you can always get more on the day's news at our two dot com here's a taste of what's just a click away on our website a minute from the egypt struggles to keep tourists entertained as the majority of beaches and sharm el sheikh are closed following a spate of shark attacks. and making history in the antarctic a russian gets into the record books for becoming the first person to perform a base jump off a three thousand meter peak free falling for around forty five seconds find out more and our team. european union has backed moscow's bid to join the world trade organization next year after almost eighteen years of negotiations the union voiced its support at the russia e.u. summit in brussels this week president medvedev was at the talks which were seen as a sign of strengthening relations with the e.u. w t o accession opens the door to new agreements on strategic economic and security

cooperation the head of the european commission also affirmed brussels support for russia's modernization efforts dr frazer catherine who is a political analyst leslie you is being pragmatic by pushing for russia's w to your membership because europe would benefit to. the most important point for the european union is that it embeds russia in international rules based system the e.u. had the same experience with china better to be inside for being bound by the rules of the w t o being outside now it's not the same dimensions china is more important for the european union overall in terms of trade but in terms of developing future relations between the e.u. and russia russia membership of this group to you is really essential because it would take is almost to complete the negotiations between the e.u. and russia present ultimately to a free trade area between the e.u. and russia so two very important points. now just some other world news this hour

a suicide bomb has rocked the iraqi city lobby seventeen people more than twenty others were injured police say the explosion went off on provincial councils office comes as the country's prime minister nouri al maliki is attempting to form a new government after eighteen months eight months i should say of deadlock. swedish police have launched a special investigation into saturday's twin blasts in stockholm which the country says were a terror act one person was killed and two others injured in the explosions a swedish news agency says it received a warning ahead of the blast a message to announce the country's military presence in afghanistan and support for the author of controversial cartoons of the prophet muhammad. in new york the son of jailed financier bernard made off has been found dead on the second anniversary of his father's arrest mark made off was found hanging in his apartment just days after he was named in

a new lawsuit by the liquidators of his father's empire mark and his brother andrew are under investigation but haven't faced any charges in the massive ponzi scheme which was the biggest investment fraud in u.s. history seventy two year old bernard medo was sentenced to one hundred fifty year prison term when battling billions of dollars. in the u.s. envoy to afghanistan and pakistan richard holbrooke is in a critical condition after emergency heart surgery in washington he was rushed to hospital after feeling ill during a meeting with secretary of state hillary clinton president obama says he was praying for the health of the sixty nine year old veteran diplomat who helped broker the accord that ended the war in bosnia. now from haunted ice caves to mythical creatures russia's city of param has a lot to offer visitors nestling near the ural mountains europe's eastern most cities thrives on ancient legends and as artie's peter all over discovered param is

an adventure with. yes. the perm region is full of myths and legends and there are plenty of places for visitors to the area to get up close and personal with them the congo the ice caves are a few hours drive away from the city of perm and provide visitors with some or inspiring views. normally cave ices grow at certain heights but this particular case has them right near its mouth you can come across this phenomenon anywhere else in the world. it's that uniqueness that has led to a string of stories becoming attached to the five kilometer long cave system of. the most ancient tale is about the legendary at the minute mark who conquered say bierria he lost his way and had to spend the winter in this cave each period gives rise to its own myth one modern myth that played out for visitors to the cave concerns the white spelling ologist someone who studies caves it said that he fell

breaking his leg while exploring with a colleague his partner ran off leaving him to his fate and now the white spelling ologist wanders the cave network searching for traitors. there's also a number of underground lakes within the caves these two have legends attached to them the water dripping into one lake legend has it as the tears of a beautiful young woman tricked into marrying a cave spirit giving to it being known as the lake of tears the congo i see fall of myth and legend as well as the perfect example of the beauty that the forces of nature can create but they are the only thing that's unique to the per region of visitors to this area. out in the rugged countryside the traditional way of life for the indigenous kami people continues making to welcome visitors and regale them with legends from their past to song and dance was.

here a rather extraordinary artist thrives on. these devils are here just for decoration i started carving devils as i believe in evil forces and these a village do singing a song they've been here since one thousand eight hundred eight. you go to utah been has been working with wood since he was a small boy drawing his inspiration from local mythology he hung his skills working the land yeah i spent thirty five years working at the soviet farm on tractors and excavators i look for the right kind of logs and brought them home this is a huge guy from the perm legends he threw all the mongols and tartars out as with any artist event in his life are reflected in his work. i started carving them in the one nine hundred ninety s. when life was really tough john perestroika they all turned out angry looking as i

was angry at life at that time. whether you journey into the freezing darkness of the congo or kids would visit the vampires of the komi be careful your visit to the pound region doesn't result in you being the subject of future minutes. peter all of our arty perm region. well it's more than a dog's life for one canine who now resigns at the height of russian politics this week prime minister putin finally chose the winner in a nationwide contest to name his you quote from thousands of entries but then you're settled on buffy for the copyright was given to him by his old harry and counterpart in sofia last month and it was submitted by a five year old boy from moscow to be inside his other dog labrador economy is getting on well with the rapidly growing newcomer. now coming up our two interviews child writes about how will our who talks about

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