hundred protests what are international observers saying about the way the election was handled. it appears that it's not just the people. that are not satisfied with the way the presidential election was handled apparently. one of the organizations monitoring the elections sending its observers to. polling stations to observe the way voting is going they're not satisfied with the way the election was handled either they said that the election results are not satisfactory that the process itself was not a democratic one and that basically they wouldn't sign off on an election such as the one that took place here on sunday of course the president and president elect . has already commented on this fact telling the.

times. that it came to observe the election not to control. it's not. a somewhat ironic comment one that skeptics already latching on to because of course international observers are not here to simply observe they're also here to draw their conclusions of course. because a. promise. of dollars in financial aid should be signs of a free and democratic election when an organization such as the refuses to sign off on an election as free and democratic. say hello to his fourth term in office but is most likely to say goodbye to all of that money so it's probably not surprising . what about the opposition i mean they're promising more

demonstrations what's the situation like now on the streets of minsk. at the moment and you say everything is calm and quiet of course in very stark contrast to what was happening in this very square last night thousands of protesters with banners flags all came to where we're standing right now a square to protest the results of the election which they believe was falsified they later blocked off one of minsk central walked down to the parliament building and continued the protests there it looked like it was going to be a peaceful protest for a while with people simply waving their flags and shouting slogans long live dello russo of choice and believe that last one of course directed at president lukashenko but the protests soon turned violent when some people tried to storm the parliament building busting down the doors smashing in the windows pushing riot

police trying to break through the cordon of riot police and they of course started pushing the protesters back and that's when it turned violent with riot police using force to push everybody back our camera crew was actually in the middle of the brawl with both of my cameraman getting hit in the face and back by police batons our camera got a little damaged we're not the only crew to have sustained injuries from riot police last night but as far as we know no one's been hospitalized no one's been badly injured the opposition is of course promising to bring more people out into the streets tonight with many of the opposition leaders detained some in the hospital and in the way the riot police dispersed the last night's protest it's not certain whether many will brave the chance. ally and bella ruse what's its position on the controversy. well russia has.

position saying the elections in belarus are its domestic business and it is not russia's business to comment on the way the elections were going the way the votes were counted and of course the outcome of that result the russian president had however expressed hope that belarus will follow a more democratic way of development in the future that ties between russia and belarus will continue to flourish as they have been partners and friends for a very long time but no strict comments about how russia views the election which many say is already a comment in itself all right our. following to develop ments in minsk thanks for that. well the editor of russia and global affairs magazine told me that sometimes protests in minsk took place because many think alexander lukashenko has been in power too long but i think the people who went to the streets they

they dealt the local show he can win but he can't win so much so massively so it's so i think it's gets to be an indication of nervousness of the regime that results are so high and the protests will be. first it seems like people started to be time to look. for it's a long long time second opposition is very. skillful in bed politically because they. were seven or eight persons for very limited. so it's not serious truth of this new body at the same time elections in below she's to be organized and we sure should see me. victory for missing the show this week to see you. fonts there are from fielder who is

editor of russia in global affairs magazine now coming up in the program for you a call to break ties find out why a rainy and m.p.'s want to know prompt end to diplomatic relations with britain. costs a lot when president is visiting moscow for the first time since the soviet union collapsed we've got the latest. but first north korea says it will not retaliate against the south's war games close to a disputed maritime zone calling them a reckless military provocation pyongyang says its artillery shelling of a south korean island last month was a response to a similar military exercise two civilians and two marines were killed in what's considered one of the biggest flare ups between the two koreas since the war in the one nine hundred fifty s. russia has called on sol to cancel the exercise warning it could further destabilize the already volatile korean peninsula. there may be serious or could

have been a division of tension a serious conflict for that matter so in the big chamber when they have this private meeting which was also of course asked for by the russian federation. we reiterated the call or a full forty strain on both parties in the know on certain terms we asked for asked the republic of korea to differing from conducting this exercise at this at this point in time but there are certain political circumstances would try to deal with this situation unfortunately so far the security council has not been entirely successful. professor ruediger frank from the university of vienna of science that these war games conducted by south korea are damaging the country's reputation. rather cleared out solve group b. . you things to gain and very many things to use from such a strategy it seems that domestic policy policy considerations by president embark

seem to some to really determine the process he needs to show strength lose people probably also up the cost of a loss of foreign policy is also a measure of the surplus trying since the yourself to be a u.s. ally of according to all soft in the media is at its very best state as a president who internationally. is taking a very great place because it's not north korea most of the kind of expect from the poles because what you always do south koreans in the last few years were able to display themselves as the good guys as the peaceful the constantly being who died in north. korea itself takes such a hard time they are measured approach. through quickly how has the public opinion of local changes in regards off of the as the part of the problem so the actual moral high ground who has been occupied has now been endangered many

ways. russia's foreign minister has warned the new strategic arms reduction treaty with washington cannot be amended or renegotiated voiced his hope that the u.s. senate will ratify the treaty soon and said russian lawmakers are ready to do the same on sunday brock obama's democrats fought back another republican attempt to amend the deal a senate vote turned down calls to air and effectively kill off the start treaty held as one of the u.s. administration's main foreign policy achievements starwood slashed the two countries deployed nuclear arsenals by a third signed by the and barack obama in april it needs to be ratified by both the american senate and the russian duma it's a race against time for the democrats whose majority in the senate will be reduced in january the current need they currently need at least nine republican votes to pass the treaty obama is now phoning senators personally urging them to support

start. with last year gripped by the economic recession the baltic state now wants partnership with russia while dissolved visit is the first by a lot field leader to moscow since it gained independence in one thousand nine hundred one are. reports. the two presidents discussed by alleged role trade and economic cooperation and signed a number of treaties now just to remind you that he is currently going through a deep economic crisis and this is particularly important for largely as it is seeking economic partners and investment many analysts say that best me take could be the first sign of the movement of the relations of bloc in russia the two of the former soviet republics there is a number of thorny issues which has been really making their relations of the two countries difficult in the past two decades and the main problem is the all the

rights of more than a half million of ethnic russians living in not in law to be out of the more than three hundred thousand roughly fifteen percent of latino population have the status of nonresidents those who have the status all can be derived of their basic political rights such as for example they can to a vote in any latvian elections as well as a social and economic rights russia's president meeting with it is said that the problem has been discussed it is indeed a very sensitive issue as the lives of many people impacted and he also said that the problem primarily needs to be dealt with by the local authorities now of course the other problem between russia and lots here is the different reading of history at large he has always maintained that was occupied by the soviet troops russia has always disagreed with that sounds and the nationalist moves and rousseau phobia are

quite strong in latvia now the two presidents agreed that a special commission will be created to deal with these differences in the reading of the history allowing the cadet makes and scientists to discuss this issue in detail however most analysts. agree that this first visit by life is president could be the first step towards normalization of the relations between the two countries here with r t you lie from moscow on the way wiki leaks worries find out what the united states thinks and porter have in store for the troubled arab nation yemen. a group of influential iranian m.p.'s have voted for tehran to break all diplomatic ties with the u.k. after its ambassador criticized the country's human rights record the move comes on the back of iran's claim that britain's intelligence service doesn't valving the assassination of a top you know scientist russian showery are was killed during

a bomb attack in the arabian capital last month tehran based political commentator tian mokhtari says the threat to break off diplomatic ties is a warning that you stand for britain. you don't don't seem to have a problem with britain and the us for as long. i could i mix and scientists are not assassinated in broad daylight in tehran very little happens here when things like this happen when bombs go off it is almost always from overseas seems to still be you know a person funeral type of. and it feels that it can speak out against the domestic other nations it will whereas iranian lawmaker is quite clearly disagree but this is too strong a morning well a strong warning this is to send the warning to to britain that iran is prepared to

go as far as that if such as alleged actions by proxy terrorist organizations are not stalled. amid a flurry of wiki leaks to have shed more light on us foreign policy were revelations about washington's involvement in counterterrorism operations in yemen the website has provided more details of how fears are growing that the arab nation is becoming a terror hotspot there's arts he's got each to canvas been finding out some are concerned about it turning into a new war. america's secret aims in yemen are secret no more as confirmed by recent we came leaks this patch of classified diplomatic cables u.s. special operations forces are carrying out strikes against suspected terrorists in the yemen and the yemeni government is taking the credit in exchange for yemen's cooperation the u.s. heavily finances the country's fragile government but u.s. plans in yemen go further than strikes the military are discussing the long term

basis and asking for more than a billion dollars to fight al qaida there some of bin laden had a dream for him in a nightmare for us it was to involve us in in inconclusive wars in distant lands that would cost us a fortune there's a kind of intelligence national security bureaucracy. in this country austere and americans are irrationally scared when the parcel bomb hysteria broke out in october the us twenty four hour news machine did not fall short of creating americans worst fears a second suspicious package from yet it was found and a better facility that an ideal country. o'conner years ago already believed out in the arabian peninsula is behind the shipment the packages from yemen gave rise to a lot of confusion as to whether they were really parcel bombs but one thing that was beyond doubt the fear trigger has been pulled out the yemen was in the news as

a terrorist in a matter of days the u.s. officially deployed predator drones in yemen and started talking about bases there they deliberately over blow all of these incidents because there is a huge constituency a huge business national security business which is paid for by the u.s. taxpayer it's a way of capturing the political support the way of doing a lot of different things but what it's not doing is getting the most generous estimates suggest there are perhaps several hundred al qaida members in the poverty stricken striped horn desert. yemen u.s. special forces have been chasing them we years causing dozens of civilians and what the u.s. is doing in yemen is really inflating the prominence of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula this is a group that probably would have very little street value in the arab street or the muslim street if the united states wasn't propping up on wall a lockie of the sort of second coming of osama bin laden i think that it goes to show how little we've learned from the boogeyman days of bush and cheney and how

our own policies in danger us more in many cases that his policies on the surface american leaders are motivated by the fear of one day receiving a parcel bomb but some say disaster has other layers of motivation you're not going to make the technology of a letter bomb go away by attacking what you think is al-qaeda in yemen you're just going to make it move to another place u.s. government is basically very much into a marketing campaign to make these things look like the government is being effective in light of modern u.s. wars and their coverage in the media we've learned that the objective pros and cons of waging a military campaign can be muted whenever fear comes into the picture and fear can justify almost anything going to check on our team washington d.c. . now some other world news this hour a series of bombings in baghdad killed one police officer and injured over a dozen iraqi officials say the first blast which exploded in the center was asked

why a road time bomb targeting a passing police patrol to other devices went on through eastern baghdad in a mainly shia neighborhood. twelve people have been arrested in three cities across the u.k. as part of a major anti terror operation the men are aged between seventeen and twenty eight it comes after intelligence agencies in pakistan europe and the u.s. intercepted plots strike european cities police are searching the suspects homes for further evidence. freezing weather and severe snow is continuing to cause massive disruption to travel throughout the world's busiest international airport london heathrow has been reopened after having been closed for most of the weekend but is operating on a limited schedule flights were also cancelled or delayed due to icy conditions in paris frankfurt and amsterdam temperatures are predicted to last well beyond

christmas. in taiwan four children were injured when a man planter's car through the gates of a primary school as pupil. driver was a sixty seven year old who then lit containers of petrol inside the vehicle in an apparent suicide attempt teachers and parents who witnessed the incident were able to put the fire put out the fire saving his life to ease media have reported that the man was having problems with his family. now for many struggling to make ends meet in the republic's central asia russia is seen as a land of opportunity despite a recent law banning foreigners from working in russia without authorization millions still flock here every year in search of a better life most are forced to work you legally and live in fear of persecution as now ports. here for the federal migration service comes in the door at four o'clock in the officers say they arrive

at this early hour before the immigrants need for work which usually happens around six am due to the pro or so srijit conducted in order to find illegal immigrants usually we have about seven or eight trades a month. this time around the federal migration just a few people without permission to work in the country one of them is a twenty two year old. i don't have documents i don't know russia i've been in russia for about a year and i don't understand the rules and customs of the country. is one of a dozen immigrants who were apprehended during the raid but officials say there are millions more undetected in russia. there's russia needs foreigners yes it does but only as many as are required for the economy whereabouts of people living in that tiny little room right there we're going to go down the corridor into a kitchen and you can see for yourself that the conditions here are far from

cemetery or convenient this is like a kitchen space something between a bathroom and basically a place where people cook and wash themselves as well. so why do vietnamese chinese in many other asian countries continue to flock to russia. although they get paid a lot less the native workers were paid for the same job is still a lot more than they would have been back home migrant workers are very valuable countries we've developed economies they do paid job security no one in the country wants to do. russia has the second largest number of immigrants in the world after the united states and there's plenty of jobs in industries such as construction and retail the flow of migrant workers doesn't show any signs of drying up even if the hours are long in the living. conditions are cramped it. will spoil. well don't forget our web site has

a lot more to offer you whenever you want it here some of what's online right now at r.t.e. dot com if you're tired and think in your heart out of all that snow every morning well now you don't have to find out about the service in st petersburg offering to do it for you any time any day. and russia's father frost is kicking off the holidays not the kremlin by delivering a century old christmas tree to the very center of moscow log on to our t. dot com to get into the festive spirit. well the latest edition of cross talk is just ahead as peter lavelle and his gas debate whether the middle east peace process needs a new power broker to replace the u.s. that's coming up in a few minutes but next the business with kareena stay with us. hello

and welcome to our business bulletin it's good to have you with us alitalia as dropped russian playmaker sukhoi for a possible five hundred million dollars regional jet order italy's flagship carrier cites delivery delays saying it can't afford to wait for the super jet one hundred planes despite naming them as first choice instead i tell you says it's opting to lease poison planes from brazil's embraer. twenty seven billion dollars found in the ground huge positive platinum has been discovered in russia's northwest the success has not come overnight perspectives had been exploring the area for seventy years before finding the five hundred ton field as if the size of the budget was not enough just say the mining process should be easy as most of the precious metal lies near the surface so. now let's look at the market's performance u.s. stocks are raised against

a drop in technology shares wipe out an early rally the dow jones is up eighteen points twenty four points with chevron beating on the index gaining over a percent for intel most three percent on concern it may delay its seven eight seven dreamliner again. following reports that the chip makers proposal purchase of mcafee faces secret scrutiny from europe to trust regulators and stocks in europe are in the black with miners driving and between billiton and rio tinto both are point six percent of footsie with british airways and with brands that shed over a percent as snow in northern europe stops flights. the russian markets closed in the red on monday which both theology has in my eyes it's ending less than a quarter of a percent most energy stocks were down at the close as light sweet stays under eighty nine dollars a barrel oil has lost one point thirty five percent were all kali is coming under pressure after it revealed in the details of its merger with the lies a company to beat it says it will be paying one point four billion dollars to

acquire a for. twenty percent stake in the power and snow believed it has reversed only against this new company phones it's stronger than expected third quarter profits at five hundred sixty million that warned of a price squeeze in the coming months. so this pharmaceutical holdings novartis plans to invest half a billion dollars in russia over the next five years the world's number three pharma company will built a drug production plant in st petersburg the plant who produced one has billion generic and proprietary mentions a year margins also plus a double investment and its russian research and development program. consumer demand has been key to russia's recovery from the financial crisis mark rubenstein from metropole thinks that that will help shares in burbank outperform the market no bank is a proxy for the russian market and also a proxy for the russian economy too is that it is. fundamentally on numbers it's

growing at its it is doing really well the financial results three there's a speculative dry wood next year we expect their banks a.g.r. program to be launched and that's going to bring. many more years for investors into the name because the bank will the shares will become accessible internationally. and that's the latest that you can find most or is all website i t dot com slash presence.

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on demand parties mine told costs an r.s.s. feeds now in the palm of your. question on the dot com. crosstalk is coming up here on r t but first a look at the headlines bellow roosters dealing with the aftermath of a violent protest by the opposition to alexander lukashenko when in the presidential elections hundreds of people were arrested including a number of the presidential candidates who claimed the vote was rigged meanwhile a west c.-e. monitors are demanding answers on the roster and ballot irregularities. north korea calls artillery drills by the south a reckless military provocation but to refrain from retaliation despite previous

threats moscow has warned sold to cancel the war games to avoid further tension. and russia is battling with an overflow of illegal immigrants from the trend shows no sign of slowing down even though they come from four central asian states they are not doing much better in this country stand up in poor living conditions and with low paid jobs. now it's time for cross talk with peter lavelle and a look at whether the u.s. should continue as the main broker in the search for middle east peace. and if you. still. want him to. blow it welcome to crossfire prime peter lugo embarrassing failure this is how many describe washington's most recent attempt to reach a peace settlement in the middle east.