that's a great way to go to the grand imperial truly george weston. you can a whisper to her to say don't need to go and. run this in the kernel was her job as a treat. the latest news in the week's top stories here on r t commemorations for a murdered football fan turned ugly in russia and dozens are detained and many more injured extreme nationalists are being blamed on. kosovo both for its first government as internal tension remains as tough as ever nearly three years after splitting from serbia. with the minority serbian. ethnic divide too deep to build a bridge of you to join me alison of it in just a few moments from. also on our team putting their mouth where their money is as to

wish and fee hikes and wage costs go a step too far for europeans angry at paying for politicians mistakes calls rise for the euro to go to stop other countries crumbling. and double standards and dirty money american finance giants are accused of cutting off wiki leaks donations continuing to accept funds from racist groups like the ku klux klan. or welcome to the weekly here on our team this sunday and he said now with the latest in a look back at the week's top stories first a violent clashes between football fans and riot police arrested in moscow and st petersburg on saturday russian interior minister says the fault lies with nationalist groups for turning a commemoration spartak moscow supporter who had been killed into a bloody brawl argues considering those are was in the heart of the capital when

the fighting broke out. anger mismanagement thousands of football fans took their aggression to the streets of the russian capital with a smoke filled riot transforming quiet central moscow as flares in bottles flew overhead riot police detained instigators of the clashes at what started out as a peaceful commemorative rally to know that. some people have reacted very violently to the death of the spartak moscow. i do believe that some of their dissatisfaction is understandable but it is unacceptable when we have aggression with firecrackers that burst into flames and ordinary people suffer the police have already arrested those responsible for the murder of your spirit over and will arrest others everyone is equal before the law the founding 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 honor in the dead men and inside of mass protests and fighting the police must act tough but within the law and they did everything they had to acting as the situation unfolded. the clashes didn't stop with just the capital either 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 nationalist far right is working very hard to mobilize the book into a different nationalist the new nazi groups. a lot of progress with

a lot of success the fans who over 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 . in the next match askand held no audience in the europa league and on thursday i think next day after the match head coach of their car said that it's not accepted fans to behave like that sans clane 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 are on the rise you've got to speed up even though there are some old doing nothing to tempers these manage to restore

order to the streets of the capital and st petersburg but many are still afraid this is the pm the file. catches are about r t. in other news kosovo is holding its first parliamentary poll nearly three years after the self-proclaimed state split from serbia alive now to alice hebert who is following the vote in the capital for spain alice kosovo remains deeply divided along ethnic lines however that spread out in voting patterns especially among minority serbs. all as you say this region does still remain very deeply divided along ethnic lines most notably between the majority albanian community here that makes up some ninety percent of the population of the much smaller minority serbian community here it is expected that some fifty percent of the electorate who turn out to vote today that the vols majority of them will be

albanians servian see if you divided they do want to vote to make a change they. say they suffer discrimination high unemployment they're denied freedom of movement and they suffer very low living conditions but they don't necessarily want to engage in the cost of an electoral system here but they do want to make a real change so what we expect is that living in the north of kosovo and you still very much look to belgrade on a still connected to by road will not take part in these elections they will heed belgrade to boycott this vote however those living in the southern enclaves in the geographically council from serbia will take part in the votes because they have no choice but to engage in the system here and they want to fill those ten parliamentary seats our catered to them but at the cost of an electoral system with genuine representatives that they themselves have voted into power so integration still a long way off here where is albanians say that they feel very optimistic about

this. town to this historical that same sense of optimism is not shared among the serbian minority community have also hours it seems like this election is a major cast her kosovo which of course remains an extremely poor country who are the main competitors here and what exactly are their priorities. well of course ethnic divisions are not the only issues facing. unemployment here is rampant some put it between forty and fifty percent a warring statistic considering the cost of pay has europe's youngest population the economy is among the weakest in europe and then the course there is the issue of thing demick corruption here in the levels of public life so these are all issues included in the manifestos all the major policies here and leading the charge an expected to take the most votes in today's election is

a prime minister has been touchy democratic party of most of kosovo. and then followed by the. coalition partners the democratic league of conservation the l.t. k. and then there's the alliance for the future of. traditionally seen as the third party here but all of these policies talk about addressing these issues within the framework of what they perceive as the ultimate goal which is e.u. and nato membership. recent polls are showing the cost of ins in particular especially compared with others living throughout the balkans has suffered a drastic loss of faith in all public institutions here from the judiciary to the parliament but held by the kind of itself that was put forward for this election a number of days while standing a current investigation suspected of a number of crimes ranging from corruption to abuse of office and most warranty of all the lead to all of the. how to deny is currently in the hague awaiting trial

for war crimes how's the meant is that this election has seen the emergence of the new policies here with the potential of making some real inroads most notably the meaning self-determination and fed of meaning new spirit that both expected to take some votes today and these new a party said shall i do away from mentioning nato and e.u. membership as a serious goal they've instead really decided to focus on the bread and butter issues affecting people's everyday lives here that will have to say oh all those factors play out paul's. thank you very much. now a little later we tell you how wall street is on the rebound and is not afraid to show it off find out why the big shot corporations are dishing out bonus is worth over a hundred billion dollars well millions of americans rely on charity handouts. but

first british police have launched a major criminal investigation into thursday student protests which were the worst seen in the u.k. for over a decade the unrest came after m.p.'s voted in favor of increasing the cost of university tuition allowing fees to triple in england violence flared across the british capital with government property vandalizing even prince charles his car coming under attack from demonstrators over thirty people were arrested but opposition labor and pay jeremy corbyn says the fees. will almost certainly put those for less privileged backgrounds added disadvantage to. 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. where is the economic

growth of the future where the advantages of to more aware of the rights of the artists and musicians of tomorrow this is causing at the core of society those that created this economic mess that we're here are the ones who should pay for it's 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 that from the government at the moment that's why the students are on the streets that's why the sun your capacious 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. british opposition labor party m.p. jeremy corbyn there. now further west arlen's minimum wage is being cut but so are

the salaries of the country's leaders to try and soak up some of the anger over the latest set of deficit swashing measures people there face the harshest welfare reduction from the country's history and their its banking system all but collapse the paines not helping by seeing bankers itching to secure massive bonuses once again which is why european bank regulators are to impose strict limits on rewards as the euro zone battles to stop things euro to send a grading a second series of tough bank tests in february will help ease the pressure the readers are set to get back on the table to get a firmer grip on the continent wide debt crisis next week the european parliament member joe hagan says he fears the irish banks system is already broken beyond repair. the reality for the irish economy and for irish capitalism reside inside or outside of the euro. it faces are just austere because it is so we can no label to develop society but i do predict that the level of debt now is simply payable it is

on question to be the case to there will be a default in the next thirty years so we see while you wait for the end and subject of our people to enormous pain and suffering for nothing we should just refuse to pay the bondholders now immediately that's the key point and then develop a plan to redevelop our economy what we are making a sacrifice for in fact is the international bankers and billionaire speculators who ruled the financial markets looking to make a quick buck we all of them nothing in terms of the irish people those speculative debts were incurred by the private bankers in private to the dealings we say you cannot fix this system which is broken beyond repair just causing enormous suffering to tens of millions throughout europe the speculators are simply watching their next target which will be portugal or spain now to the got what they want it in ireland. here with our t.v.

live from moscow in a few minutes our close up team goes down to explore the mystical magic that lies underground in central russia. the pogo ice is full of legends as well as the perfect example of the beauty that the forces of nature can create but the aren't the only thing that's unique to the region it would be easy to see. supporters of wiki leaks declared cyber war against companies they see as obstructing the anti-secrecy website mastercard visa and pay power all came under attack after they stopped taking donations for wiki leaks and as the swiss bank account of its founder julian assange was frozen he has been arrested in britain and is awaiting extradition to sweden where he's accused of sex crimes meanwhile i was going into camp found out the firms have cut off working links appear to have happened would have been happy to take twenty from outspoken hate groups among their clients. 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 weiqi 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 carted viso are no longer accepting cash donations for the controversial website it's the. threat of this 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 people think that the u.s. is purely your money driven society it's not the government certain parag particularly over night. security no court ruling no legal procedures were needed

to crackdown on the media organisation later pay-pal backtracked on its statement it had acted upon the government's request mastercard 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 quote encourages promotes facilitates or instruct others to engage in illegal activity but on the other hand nine their master card more said i have any problems processing donations for say nuku clark's clan racist movement and his was the history of extreme violence with the goals of rachel thanks again 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 weak elites 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 our country we believe it's a country that respects the markers you lot are going to be shown that we're the opposite is not easy but us politicians do not shy away from flashing their democratic values when rooting for chinese fighter for freedoms he won the nobel peace prize so there you see the current standards of western of the so-called international community. is targeted for having released information knowing what what you should be doing and you have 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 julian

a song 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 aren't 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 weak elites 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 you go to the new york times your spiegel or the guardian or us we're 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 one thing is on the surface the u.s.

shows it can interpret democratic values however he wants depending on its gains going to check on r.t. washington d.c. . now christmas is fast approaching but there's a little faster cheer for all americans millions are still unemployed and battling debt after the recession things are definitely more merry on wall street parties were important i have been finding out about the big apple big shots who are still living at large. next the sculpture thirty thousand dollars now in the first roy thirty thousand to thirty two thousand if an artist were to illustrate something of today's new york city fifteen sixteen seventeen eighteen thousand nineteen thousand it may just be money bags twenty four thousand dollars to twenty six from you amid the lackluster american economic climate christie's is seeing sunny days this painting sold for a little over six million dollars with over six hundred million dollars worth of impressionist and modern art sold this year. since two thousand and eight we've

seen an increasing return of confidence to the art market new york has once again become one of christie's selling sites sixty five. you would like to think you're just as wall street's wealthy and powerful. after you. are back to indulge it pampering at the law at the ritz carlton involves wearing decadent hors d'oeuvres i recommend this skin caviar body cream cream costing more than seven hundred dollars for less than four ounces while the caviar fish show costs more than three hundred we do have a very very very large corporate following so corporations will come in and give their employees coming at a time when corporate america is banking record breaking profits with fifty. seven from choice to. business at wembley jewelers has spiked but only those making

top dollar can afford pieces with price tags that exceed the average annual income of three u.s. households combined expecting a very very busy call your. business boosted perhaps by bonuses coming from a one street street the symbol of the finance industry the financial collapse and record breaking compensation one hundred forty four million apparently up four percent from last year's record haul if anyone would know about business it would be we always want to make everyone happy here here at rick's cabaret happiness comes bearing lots of skin and beauty but doesn't come free for an evening six seven eight thousand dollars two thousand dollars it's hard not to have a good time when you're surrounded by nearly beautiful women who've seen a boom in business as wall street has rebounded and these guys are getting much deserved bonuses and they want to celebrate the bonuses. and hearty and have

a great time particularly pretty for financier's working for america's biggest investment banks where employee pay is expected to average how the million dollars or more no such promise is here on main street were fifteen million americans are officially unemployed and u.s. poverty levels have reached a fifty year high forty four million people ironically that figure marks new york city's most expensive residential sale this year a seven floor fifth avenue mansion purchased for forty four million this as more than two million homes have been swallowed up by foreclosure in two thousand and ten still in the early eighty's all the dollars in this so-called rebounding u.s. economy. going to purveyors of all things luxury are in fact surging while the majority of americans are left wondering when life will finally begin looking as pretty as the painting marina port r.t.

new york. two militants are suspected accomplice have been killed by police and russia's southern republic of kyrgyzstan one policeman was wounded during the gunfight officers say one of those killed was the head of a local terrorising his release have taken part at least one major attack in two thousand and nine in which four policemen and seven civilian women were killed authorities are cracking down on militant groups in russia but the region remains volatile prosecutors say the number of terror attacks there has doubled this year. let's turn now to some of today's main world news nato says six foreign troops have been killed in southern afghanistan their nationalities are not get known the alliance has stepped up its fighting in the south of the country in recent weeks it's a particular hostile region with taliban strongholds in both kandahar and helmand province is. swedish police have launched a terrorism investigation into side. today's twin bombings in stockholm the first

tacks saw a car explode in a busy shopping area packed with christmas shoppers although there were only a handful of injuries one man was killed in the second blast who is thought to have been carrying explosives a warning given prior to the bombings denounce me to its military presence in afghanistan and a swedish controversial cartoons of the prophet muhammad. a suicide bomber has blown up his car outside government offices in the iraqi city of ramadi killing up to seventeen people many more were injured including children but he's reportedly found a second bomb in a nearby parking lot which was safely detonated the attack comes as the country's prime minister attempts to form a new cabinet to try and end months of political impasse.

now we go as far east as europe gets next as we guide to around russia city of peril peter all of our takes in nature's beauty beneath the ural mountains and dabbles with the devil but only in the name of art 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 common good ice caves are a few hours drive away from the city of perth and provide visitors with some or inspiring views. normally 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 the uniqueness that has led to a string of stories becoming attached to the five kilometer long cave system. 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 me 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 networks 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 say here is a ball of myth legend as well as the perfect example of the beauty that the forces of nature can create but they aren't 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

of the indigenous kami people continues making to welcome visitors and regale them with legends from their past to song and dance. here a rather extraordinary artist thrives. these devils are here just for decoration i started carving devils i believe in evil forces and these are village dude's singing a song they've been here since one thousand eight hundred eight. you go to your club and has been working with wood since he was a small boy drawing his inspiration from local mythology he hung his skills working the land. i spent thirty five years working at the soviet farm on tractors and excavators i looked 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 events in his life are reflected in his work. i started carving them in

the one nine hundred ninety s. when life was really tough journey perestroika they all turned out angry looking as i was angry at life at that time. where the you journey into the freezing darkness of the congo or kids would visit the vampires of the commie be careful your visit to the polar region doesn't result in you being the subject of future it's. peter all over r.t. perm region. the royals are foreigners adopting russian kids are soon to be changed as we discover in just a few minutes but i look at the world weather is straight ahead.

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