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protest over financial hardship. payment giants nations to await the leaks but continue except in payments for radical groups including. it's five am in moscow bringing you today's top stories and a look back at the week's news here on r t football fans in moscow and st petersburg turned a march to commemorate a spartak moscow supporter into a riot on saturday russia's interior minister says nationalists incited the violence. of a reports. anger and 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 know that. some people have reacted very violently to the death of the spartak moscow fan 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 police have already arrested those responsible for the murder of your spirit of and will arrest others everyone is equal before the law the sangh question was shot dead last week during a mass brawl most of those gathered in a city's main your 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 this story gets an ugly nationalist twist according to officials members of the country's

various nationalist movements and not football fans instigated the violence. we saw that radical protestors joined those fans honoring the dead men and incited 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 st petersburg rally in memory of city to quickly turn 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 a hidden agenda. the nationalist far right is working very hard to mobilize the book into different nationalist and the new nazi groups doing a lot of propaganda 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 . the next matches can be held with no audience in the europa league and on thursday i think next day after the match head coach of their carbon so that it's not accepted founds 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 are on the rise you've got to see that even though there are all doing nothing to offer tempers police managed to restore order to the streets of the capital and seeing petersburg but many are

still afraid this isn't the end of the violence. captured as our of our team boss. exit polls suggest prime minister hoshyar in touch is democratic party of kosovo was leading in the region's first parliamentary elections but as artie's alice hebert reports many from the serbian minority boycotted the vote. well polls have now closed in these historic elections and costa bins will be breathing a sigh of relief that for the most part the vote seeing a pulse spike incident free that were force of a few very minor disturbances in the north and serbian enclaves of course this is still a region deeply divided along ethnic lines no to be between the majority albanian community here they make up some ninety percent of the population and the much smaller minority syrupy in that 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 see daily persecution here high unemployment they're not free to travel around the territory they suffer a very poor standard of living and of course that was the record from belgrade to boycott these elections are supposed to language than used in previous elections of course ethnic divisions and the only problem facing cost of employment is a romp it has some reports put it up between forty and fifty percent of the economy here is one of europe's weakest but many say that institutional corruption is the biggest problem here and these are all it seems that have been identified in the main policies a manifesto the expectation is that the largest policy will take the majority of votes here that is a prime minister how touchy is democratic party of kosovo the p.t.k.

followed by its former coalition a posse the democratic league of course of the k. then there is traditionally the third party he is the alliance of the future of course of a the a a k. but all of those a major policies cover referred to these problems here in the country within the framework of achieving what they perceive to be the ultimate goal of. and nato membership but as i mentioned many here consider corruption to be the biggest problem facing cost in recent polls showing the cost of the have a soft foods a real end to climb in the faith in public institutions here reaching from the judiciary to the parliament and they can do that this itself that was put forward for these elections were just helps says a number of key candidates from across the main policies a county under investigation for a variety of crimes ranging from abuse of office to corruption and most worryingly of all the leaves are all of the a k how to deny is currently in the hague awaiting

retrial for war crimes but what that doesn't mean is that said this has allowed some new of policies to emerge on the scene to make some quite serious inroads in these elections most notably. 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 an e.u. membership and having said to start to focus on the bread and butter issues affecting people's everyday lives here. serbia's minister for kosovo tells r t that reconciliation between albanians and serbs is unlikely to happen soon. almost all the binion list 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 if you really want to move towards reconciliation of serbs and albanians with common 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 armstrong ticking and it's no secret all the international organizations working there know about it our viewpoint is obsolete clear we will never recognize kosovo's 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 obedience have received all they demanded but on the other hand serbs of course all the hot it's absolutely unacceptable. commentary from serbia as minister for kosovo goron bogged down of it speaking with r.t. . more from you this hour when we ask. when we asked if it was sasha scored for russia. it's thought a little star of the country's. football playing seems to help russia the chance to

host the twenty eighth. but first the u.k. authorities have released the pictures of fourteen people watching for instigating violence during tuition fee protests in london on hundred seventy five people were arrested during the four demonstrations that paralyzed the capital and left dozens injured riots erupted after westminster approved a three fold hike in university tuition fees protesters battle lies government property and a car carrying prince charles and his wife camilla came under attack from protesters labor m.p. m.p. jeremy corbyn says the fees hike will impact the less privileged families. what we're seeing 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 cut 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 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 seventy occupations 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. commentary from british opposition labor party m.p. jeremy corbyn further west ireland's minimum wage is being cut but so are the

salaries of the country's leaders to try soaking up some of the anger over the latest set of deficit cutting measures people there face the harshest well fareed auctions in the country's history after its banking system all but collapsed their pain is not being helped by seen bankers sent to score massive bonuses once again which is why european regulators will impose strict limits on rewards as the eurozone battles to keep the euro from disintegrating it's hoped the second round of tough bank tests in february will help ease the pressure you leaders are set to get back to the table to get a firmer grip on the continent wide debt crisis next week business consultant christophe horsetail says countries who are struggling and most need to leave the eurozone. the way we have handled that cannot continue nobody has the kind of funds to cover double or mismanagement of politics and banks to. clearly so for that reason it is very clear that nation cannot afford the euro anymore there must be

a complete resettlement off the debts and that cannot be head within the euro that means greece and others who feel right now should leave the euro the very clear and reinstate their own currency and try to stable themselves how to say apart from the eurozone. for more on this and all the stories we're covering a click away at our t.v. dot com including this rapping for pete's. kid little human lives homey pool and comedian sue was sent to find out about middle eastern musicians who are reinventing the protests so what's. going the extra mile for that adrenaline iraq senior russian base jumper take on an antarctic mountain all that and more and look away at.

also this week the founder of the whistleblower website wiki leaks says the pentagon is planning his prosecution in a documentary aired in sweden julian assad says he's disappointed with how swedish justice has been abused thirty nine year old is in british custody after stockholm issued an arrest warrant in connection with the rape allegations that assad is firmly to die earlier in the week supporters of the website that has published hundreds of thousands of classified u.s. cables staged decidable war and financial giants master card visa pay pal all came under attack when they stopped accepting donations for wiki leaks meanwhile is artie's guy discovered the firms are still happily accepting payments for hate 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 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 card and be so are no longer accepting cash donations for the controversial website but 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 patents 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 it is particularly over national 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 a government's request master card and visa where most of

a sit 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 activity but on the other hand neither master card more have any problems processing donations for say nuku clark's clan racist movement and his to 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 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 market a lot are going to be shown where the accuracy is not easy but u.s. 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 and 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 price to julian of sarge this year is 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 sold down and we kill leaks why are they after the new york times in the same. they are the british newspaper the guardian or germany's they're speaking 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 have the new york times or der spiegel . or the guardian or by us we're putting up. so that 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 weiqi leaks 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. flight amir putin rebuffed the leak u.s. criticism of russian democracy saying the arrest of

a songe exposes the west for not following democratic rules that it preaches the prime minister's comments came at a media briefing alongside his french counterpart scene from about the informational not renounce 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 pull calling the kettle black that would be my response to our u.s. counterparts. two militants and a suspected accomplice have been killed by police in russia's southern republic of dagestan one policeman was wounded in the gun fight militants barricaded themselves in a house which special forces stormed 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 that left four policemen and seven civilian women dead authorities are cracking down on militant groups in russia's

south but the region remains volatile prosecutors say the number of terror attacks this year there has doubled. turning out as mother stories making headlines across the globe swedish police have launched a terror investigation to saturday's twin bombings and stock home the first attack saw a car explode in a busy area packed with christmas shoppers although there were only a handful of injuries one man was killed in the second blast he's thought with and carrying explosives a warning giving prior to the bombings to now sweden's military presence in afghanistan and a swedish authors controversial cartoons depicting the prophet mohammed. nato says six u.s. troops have been killed by a suicide car bomber in southern afghanistan khandahar province insurgents targeted an army checkpoint in the zari district the alliance has been stepping up fighting in the south of the country in recent weeks it's a particularly hostile region with taliban strongholds near the pakistani border.

and a suicide bomber blew up his car outside government offices in the iraqi city ramadi killing up to seventeen many more were injured including children police reportedly found a second bomb at a nearby parking lot that they safely detonated the attack comes as the country's prime minister attempts to form a new cabinet to try and end bunts of political impasse. and powerful storm has struck america's midwest closing major highways and canceling more than a thousand flights at least two people have died as a result of severe weather the snow also caused the roof of the stadium in minnesota to collapse forecasters say the blizzard is now heading to surrounding areas including chicago. when russia scored the ultimate goal it's to host the twenty eighteen world cup many wondered what could be behind the success some say it's from sasha from russia a young star of a winning promo who made the hearts melt in moscow's favor or he's maria if an

ocean went to meet the boy behind the big. it was a movie. and when russia won its world cup they'd sashing indeed woke up as something of a celebrity sasha was the star of one of russia's videos videos to sway the fifa committees fades their way full juggling across the country sasha finds himself on a football pitch at a key moment to choose was there we're here in the world cup was italy tied it was ten seconds left to play and russia was social steps up. was so who isa show or more to the point who are. the no one i am i tell me he has met them so who sasha then he's just a caption the maybe they chose the name because it runs with russia fashion russia

there wasn't much in the way of casting to become the joint face of russia the director wanted yon identical twin food buller's and there's not many of them or rather were. they called out dad and told him they needed twins because i was much time it meant that while 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 habits of player and his son's first coach says it was worth it that was on the happiest father on earth no joke russia one a mud boys played a role too i'm so proud of them. he'll be even prouder if his kids now just young fullbacks playing for a moscow football club ever take to the pitch in the colors of russia's national team. yes the old rule 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 son was showing dreaming of scoring the we didn't go in the world cup final that's when mike seemed relieved that dream could come true at least in twenty eighteen during the tournament here in russia for two seventeen year olds written optionality most. block when it comes to paying the price for their recession most workers agree they're bearing the brunt while those at the top of the financial pile get to keep their cash for harford it's also known as the resident people in new york if it's time for the wealthy to fork out 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 have rich people you don't have poor people so you think that everyone should be taxed at same way 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 that 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 that is 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 pick them up and go for. the you wouldn't feel too bad about it that 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 that no it's not a goal of mine do you think that people in this country focus on being rich more than the other place that 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 formulate your opinion you might want to consider all of those out there who are truly less fortunate than yourself.

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