the latest news in the week's top stories here on what started with good intentions and nationalist hatred commemorations in russia for a football fan who was killed resulting dozens being detained and others a report. polls just closed now in kosovo's first parliamentary election amid hopes of change nearly three years since splitting from serbia. but the minority serving in the media c b s the ethnic divisions run sooty to build up bridges in the seams joining me honest debate in just a few moments from will. also europeans frustration. things

rise in salaries many are refusing to pay for politicians mistakes that are calling on countries to abandon the euro. plus double standards and dirty money american finance giants are accused of cutting off wiki leaks donations while continuing to accept funds from races groomes other coup klux klan. hello this is a scene my name is kevin and it's now nine pm here in moscow and first the violent clashes between football fans and riot police erupted in moscow and st petersburg on saturday russia's interior minister says the full lies with nationalist groups for turning a commemoration to a spot moscow supporter who'd been killed into

a bloody brawl. out of it was in the heart of the capital when the fighting broke. was anger mismanagement thousands of football fans took their aggression to the streets of the russian capital with a small field riot transforming quiet central moscow as flares and 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 fed with 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 sort of police have already arrested those responsible for the murder of your spirit all that 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 for profit and instigated the violence. i. saw you but by the way it was we saw that radical protestors joins those spartak 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 the nationalist far right is. working very hard to more than put both of us into different nationalist new nazi groups. doing a lot of propaganda with a lot of success the fans who have or are not exactly blameless themselves just a few days ago spar tax supporters disrupted their team's match in slovakia a new way for cup management is already considering serious punishment for the team . that measures can be held with no audience in the europa league and on thursday i think next day after the match the head coach of sport that while there carp and says that it's not accepted founds to behave like that fans claim 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 that you've got to speed up even though there are some called doing nothing to offer tempers police managed to restore order to the streets of the capital and st petersburg but many are still afraid this is the b.n. file. catchers are of a party lost. in the last few minutes voting zeh ended in kosovo which has been holding its first parliamentary election nearly three years after it broke away from serbia on the seller's habits in the capital prishtina for a spring is a day with the latest developments there tonight very good evening ali so how did the voting go what are the observers saying have there been any security issues or concerns. while polls have now closed in these historic elections and cause the bins will be breathing a sigh of relief that for the most part the vote seeing a pulse spike incident free there were pools of a few very minor disturbances in the north and serbian enclaves of course this is

still a region deeply divided along. lines know to be between the majority albanian community here they make up some ninety percent of the population and the much smaller minority community here the expectation is that some fifty percent of the electorate would have voted in today's elections but the votes majority of them will have been albanians serbs have been divided on the issue many want to vote to make a change but they don't necessarily want to engage in the cause of an electoral system they say they saw. in the high unemployment they're not free to travel around the territory they struck a very poor standard of living and of course there was the cool from belgrade to boycott these elections albeit in softer language than used in previous elections so the expectation is this that have been a very. cool from living in the north of kosovo the still very much looked to

belgrade and who are in fact directly connected to my rage but those serbs living in the southern enclaves in geographically close off from serbia will we think have voted in today's elections as they have no choice really elvin to engage in the electoral system here so integration remains a very distant dream here and while albanians have tell to these elections is historic a new beginning of a new era. haven't necessarily a shared sense of optimism but all across kosovo will be breathing a sigh of relief tonight that this historic vote the first general election since a unilateral declaration of independence in two thousand and eight has passed by for the most part incident free for getting the first first indication. in some comment. interfax just sending us a law i know we're hearing according to them anyway that the two parties that used

to form the coalition i'm quoting here leading the race according to the exit polls . looks like there's no great change on the cards ahead with this election despite the low turnout despite what i've just said it is being seen as a major test isn't it for kosovo which as you said in your report in the in the past year extremely poor there's an awful lot of unemployment the especially among the young people who are the main competitors one of their goals what. will of course ethnic divisions are not the only problem facing kossovo unemployment is rampant here some reports put it up between forty and fifty percent also worrying statistic considering the cost of a has europe's youngest population the economy here is one of europe's weakest but many say that institutional corruption is the biggest problem here and these are all issues that have been identified in the main parties a manifesto as you mentioned in as indicated by those first exit polls the

expectation is that the largest party will take the majority of votes here that is a prime minister hesham touchy democratic party of conservation the p.t.k. followed by its former coalition a posse the democratic league of conservation l.t. k. then there is traditionally the third party here the alliance for the future of course of eighty eight k. but all of those a major policies have referred to these problems here in the country within the framework of achieving what they perceive to be the ultimate goal of e.u. and nato membership but as i mentioned many here consider corruption to be the biggest problem facing cosco in recent polls showing the cost of the have suffered a real climb in their faith in public institutions here reaching from the judiciary to the parliament and the candidate list itself that was put forward for these elections were just helps says

a number of key candidates from across the main parties are currently under investigation. for a variety of crimes ranging from abuse of office to corruption of most worryingly of all the leads are all the aka how to deny is currently in the hague awaiting retrial for war crimes but what does all mean is that said this is allowed some new of policies to emerge on the scene to make some quite serious inroads in these elections most may simply. meaning self-determination and fed it meaning new spirit both these policies expected to take some votes today and i'm like the bigger traditional policies they've stayed away from talk of nato and a new membership and having said preferred to focus on the bread and butter issues affecting people's everyday lives here. and we were me ask if it was who scored for russia it's all the little star of the

. video big you may remember at its football player dreams help russian at the chance to host the twenty eight world cup just ahead the boy was. news now 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 rise three fold in england and fled across the british capital with government property even prince charles is coming under attack demonstrators over thirty people were arrested opposition labor m.p. jeremy call been told us the fees hike will almost certainly put those who are less privileged backgrounds at a disadvantage. 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's 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 cutting 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 quick 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 sound the occupation and crucially that's why so many others trade unions. when people work in the public sector and people are worried about their services are also joining the students in the demonstration. so there are

british opposition labor party m.p. jeremy colvin all the rest being felt across europe with e.u. leaders getting back around the table next week to get a firmer grip on the debt crisis but a french football legend got a different idea of getting paid back eric cantona suggest people withdraw their cash with the big banks and pull the rug from under them to call that story. the crime a massive financial crisis entire countries going belly up governments before simple as 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 are suicide bankers and predatory bankers and 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 any more three million people with their placards on the street 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 compton as 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. 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. they 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 sort of thing instead people every last that have some

power over the birth and it can use it to make some questions about 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 and is not serious . they simply should be magnificently i wouldn't dare to try and think it's best for everyone to stick to the very specialty she saying eric cantona doesn't know he's talking about me well b.n.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 come christine legarde doesn't take care on banks around the country who are now hearing themselves out to empty the congress for handouts pathetic it may take much more than a few thousand withdrawals to make a dent as 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 does our silly arty paris more top stories for most of the week supporters of wiki leaks declared cyber war against companies they saw as obstructing the anti secrecy website must a card visa and pay pal all come under attack when they stop taking donations for wiki leaks and after the swiss bank account of its founder julian assange has frozen now he's been arrested in britain and is awaiting extradition to sweden where he's accused of sex crimes meantime art is going to find out before ever sort of cut off we can leagues of here happy to live outspoken hate groups among the cloud. 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 keep 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 radio going ization later pay-pal backtracked on a statement it had acted upon a 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 promotes

facilitates or instruct others to engage in illegal activity but on the other hand neither master card more have any problems processing donations for say nuku clarke's clan racist movement and his. history of extreme violence with 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 our country we believe it's a country that respects the markers to log on and to be shown that we're the

opposite it 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 and there you see the governor standards of western and all the so-called international community. 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 i mean she has 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 and 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 speaking those are the weak elix 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 or spiegel. or the guardian or you swear 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 we kill leaks one thing is on the surface the u.s. shows it can interpret democrat. values however he wants depending on its gains ganesh check on r t washington d.c. . two militants in a suspected accomplice have been killed by police in russia's southern republic of dagestan one policeman was wounded during the gunfight the militants barricaded themselves into a house which was then taken by storm by special forces after negotiations failed

authorities say one of those killed was the head of a local taring who was on the most wanted list is believed to have taken part in at least one major attack in two thousand and nine which four policemen and seven civilians were killed authorities are cracking down on militant groups in russia's south but the region remains volatile prosecutors say the number of terror attacks there has doubled this year. so you know to some of today's of the world news stories swedish police have launched a terrorism investigation into saturday's twenty bombings in stockholm the first attack saw a car explode in a busy area that was packed with christmas shoppers although there were only a handful of injuries one man was killed in the second blast he's thought to have been carrying explosives a warning given prior to the bombings denounced sweden's military presence in afghanistan and the sweet issue of his controversial cartoons of the prophet mohammed. nato saying tonight six foreign troops have been killed by

a suicide car bomber in southern afghanistan and their nationalities are not yet known the alliance has stepped up its fighting in the south of the country in recent weeks it's a particularly hostile region with taliban strongholds in both kandahar and helmand province. a suicide bomber slowed up his car outside government offices in the iraqi city of ramadi it's killed up to seventeen people there many more were injured including children police reportedly found a second bomb in a nearby parking lot which was then 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. so you are what you're clicking on in our brand new web site r.t. dot com tonight while there i can. reporting on russia's attempts to improve its human rights record it's got a lot of clicks maybe independent monitoring in the country now but it's not enough for russia's human rights commission to. find out what else you have to say on line tonight this chilly outside moscow tonight expect spicing up

a cold winter night for the cocktail king from a few classic concoctions to those who pack a punch to keep the chills out specially this time of year the details until tito. when russia school the ultimate goal to host the twenty eighteen world cup many wondered who could be behind the success some say it's such a from russia the young star of the winning pro move made fifa hearts melted moscow's favor. at the boy the bid. was moved out. and when russia won its world cup they'd so showing the deed woke up as something of a celebrity sasha was the star of one of russia's videos and used to sway the fee for committees fades they way full juggling across the country sasha finds himself on

a football pitch at a key moment the tension is was there was italy time was ten seconds left to take and russia was so she steps out thank you. thank you i was so who isa show or more to the point who are. still no one's i am i tell me he has met them so who sasha then sasha he's just a caption the me they chose the name because it runs in russia fashion russia there wasn't much in the way of casting to become the joint face of russia the director wanted young identical twin food buller's and there's not many of them their mother was you was that they called out dad and told him they needed twins because i was much time it meant that one of us went the other one could sleep and this is how we

worked was it to four weeks to make and a lot of work but the boy's father and i know it's a player and his son's first coach says it was worth it yes the first hours on the happiest for the owner no joke russia won and my boys played a role too i'm so proud of them. he'll be even prouder if his kids now just young full backs playing for a moscow football club ever take to the pitch in the colors of russia's national team i use the old room where if one day it happens and i'll say it again in ten years they'll play for free just for the pride of appearing in the shirts of the national team in. video presentation nine year old sasha was showing dreaming of scoring the we didn't go in the world cup final at a time when maksim believe that dreams could come true at least in twenty eighteen during the tournament here in russia for two seventeen year olds written

optionality moscow. when it comes to paying the price for the recession most workers agree they're bearing the brunt right now while those at the top of the financial pile seem to get to keep their cash laurie half an ist also known as the residence people next to new york if it's time for the wealthy to fork more for the less fortunate. should the rich pay more in taxes this week let's talk about that one percent of the population of this country makes more than all the rest of us combined and i think they should be helping the rest of us alone do you think that's a form of penalizing them for their success no not at all if you don't average people you don't have poor people so you think that everyone should be taxed at faintly and we should have a flat tax like most countries in europe the tax burden is ridiculous for everyone

not just the rich and i think we should not have class warfare we need to do something about the deficit and because there's no reason to give them a break they paid taxes in the used to under clinton and that wasn't tough times if you were one of the top one percent would you feel the same way apps yes i believe i would warren buffett does and he's at the top of the top so i don't lot of people say it's a way of punishing them for their success because they listen to fox news we should come up with something is fair and equitable for everybody i don't know there was necessarily have to ask people to pay more just because they make more but perhaps the structure could be made more fair for everybody so there's more equitable across the board that's what i would like to see do you think that we could ever create a structure that would satisfy everyone know what kind of car would be your dream car. limburg you mean or. if you had a lamborghini how would you feel driving it past someone that's homeless i took them up and go for. the you wouldn't feel too bad about it but soon get over it i

think but. do you think we in this country value money and seek to be rich more than people in other countries way too much is being rich something that you aspire to i aspire to be happy so if for me having money lisa happiness sure if. doesn't know it's not a goal of mine do you think that people in this country focused on being rich more than other places yeah i'm sure i don't think it's just part of our culture whether or not you believe the rich should pay more in taxes the bottom line is that before you form what your opinion you might want to consider all of those out there who are truly less fortunate than yourself. the residents of spoken a bit later are to report some extreme and risky forms of flying an action packed far but lies ahead for you to something i would not be for of a day to do on our top stories in a few minutes i'm kevin and you are watching r.t.

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