political violence and the ride has spread from tunisia to egypt where tens of thousands have defied curfews to clash with police what is sound and the implications not just for the region but we represent well. the comparison is already being made between them dressed in the arab world and become evolutions in post soviet countries over the past decade we find out why. on russia's state duma considers a new terrorist alert system after the so sad loss of moscow's demanded a battle in which thirty five people died. you can sleep with bush the americans have done their bit we also have finished these procedures the historic new strategic arms reduction treaty between moscow and washington is becoming as

real as ever after the russian president signs gratification documents. and welcome this is all see coming to a line from moscow and volatile main story now tens of thousands of egyptians continue to clash with security forces in defiance of a national kind of heat. at least eighteen people have died during the days of the nationwide protests bill so issues have come to internet access and blocked mobile phone service in some areas troops are trying to enforce a catchy title kind of right but they're rooting policies h.p. was torched by until i straightened within the last hour of president hosni mubarak said his to dissolve the government but made no mention that he planned to leave office himself and rest in egypt comes weeks after

a month of tales in tunisia which saw eighty deaths and the president being toppled before fleeing into exile political scientist stephen coverage says that turmel could affect not just north africa but europe. well if everything breaks apart and particularly in the french speaking of north africa that could lead to massive waves of immigration and that is a worry for europe especially the european countries on the northern shores of the mediterranean spain and france and italy but the france would be the major point of destination for these waves of immigrants because most of them also have some friends they speak french after all these countries were part of the former french empire and they're also with france a lot of arabic speaking population and so if any country is extremely worried about this or could be worried about it it is france. and also his political contributor wayne matson's as the rest in egypt shows the need for us german to have groups like hamas and hezbollah are some of the me still. there is one

opposition movement that was formed on facebook one of the reasons of course they had cut off the internet. and you've also got i would say the official opposition now this is where you get into maybe groups that have been nurtured by the united states the national endowment for democracy in other words we've had contacts with the opposition but i think because of the economic situation and the number of people have gotten out in the street the u.s. is not in control of this necessarily we are going to probably have you know a blowback effect we may have nurtured some of this but we never thought that mubarak was going to be toppled from power and i'll tell you who's next in line the saudis are looking at this very closely if that regime goes then all bets are off if we look at what the u.s. policy is on the new lebanese government which as hezbollah involvement the heavy amount of it i think that the u.s. is locked itself into these positions hamas is

a fact in palestine has more lies of fact in lebanon the muslim brotherhood may be a factor in egypt and the islamist party in tunisia is probably going to be a fact if we refuse to talk to these then we're painting ourselves into a corner corner we're not going to have a middle east policy worth anything if we stick to these old policies. and as north africans continue to take to the streets houses unexcelled russia takes a look at similar events from the not so distant past. georgio two thousand and three. and ukraine two thousand and four. cutest on two thousand and five. and egypt twenty eleven i think these are all completely different revolts well think again and not only because they're raised fist was one of their symbols if you look

more closely you look at the people who are leading those are being coached in the they're being coached by u.s. intelligence services the same way the orange revolution was an in ukraine or the roles revolution was talking freely and in georgia a string of revolutions some bloodless some north to rock the boat soviet space at the beginning of the twenty first century there were a number of common factors an uprising against the regime rooted in a popular dissatisfaction with standards of living hence the collective name colored revolutions amazingly the outcomes have been quite similar to six years ago key of independence square was the birthplace of the orange revolution it promised a new dawn and major changes for the country but ultimately all aspirations came to nothing. lawyer grigori sudan is one of those disenchanted with the outcome of the orange make over he says the bright promises of the revolutions leaders have in

reality pushed the country into an abyss. and corruption in greece. became divided on the. issue was nothing changed for the better it changed only to the world's victor usually the next elections revolutionary hero received only five percent of the world the lowest percent. acting president of the world it was a similar story in georgia where the head the optimism of the rose revolution soon gave way to disappointment and eventually to mass protests their anger with president saakashvili was met with a response that was all too familiar as gas grenades and water cannons were used to quell the unrest and then stand the revolution of two thousand and five also quickly turned sour last years so yet another popular revolt but those false dawns and bitter lessons are far from the minds of those clamoring for change in north africa. when a danger emerges when the power overturning the government which they thought

illegal and autocratic like in the case of tunisia and egypt does not have a political platform and the government apt to put things in order in the country the danger lies in the personality of those who desired to use the revolutions which happened in the arab world we have to take care that the far right or any other forces with an imperialist acknowledge will not take advantage of the situation if those are really people's movements they should not have let anyone in to feel with their theirs and that. experts agree that it may take some time before the world will see whether the revolts in tunisia and egypt will change things for the better in these countries just as they have a common opinion that if these uprising flop europe will be the first to suffer from waves of immigrants. and you can always learn more about developments in egypt and tunisia and the history of color

revolutions in former soviet states at our website dot com go on line and share your views too which we of course welcome. to. russia's state duma is considering a new terror alert system following monday's bomb at moscow's demented airport in which thirty five people died president dmitry medvedev has already fired several officials of a security lapse as related to the tragedy are two three now going to small as it stands right now russia does not have a unified system of warning or action which would allow the country and the

security services to act together in unison in case of a terror threat now that the system will be somewhat similar to the american system of warning basically there will be three levels of terror threat which will be imposed in the country first level color coded blue will mean an increased level of a terror attack a second level yellow or mean a high level and this thirty five will be color coded red and it will be critical level also federal security service has proposed that a certain unified governmental body be created in order to act where that where and if any of these terror levels will be imposed on the country just look how much we needed the system in light of the drama did of attack you know they are trying to find the culprits and they will find them and the culprits will be punished some have already been punished but what. everyone is seeing is that there was no relevant information and now according to the war we will have to inform the society about the threats facing the russian government has always hated more than

one hundred twenty million rubles to help the families of the victims and the wounded some of that money will go towards the funerals which are being held today in moscow and in the moscow region and of course a lot of that money will also go towards treatment of the wounded horse who are still in hospitals more than a hundred people remain hospitalized and are being treated for their wounds which they received in the terror attack and my call the guards on the border has met with some of them devout muslims these to france usually pray five times a day but the jumma did have a blast change it all ever since multiple shrapnel wounds bound them to hospital beds they've been praying nonstop. the only thing i ask for is that i never have to witness such carnage again they came to the airport to pick up their reality of flying in from to him is the explosion by several minutes i still can't make sense of what happened in the morning and people who did it come up possibly call themselves muslims

a true muslim should be striving to help others not killing innocent people those who did it will answer for. yet for many of those whose life was damaged by the blast the promise of the almighty is rare earth is not enough the domodedovo airport had already been implicated in terrorist attacks in two thousand and four when two passenger jets were blown up me they're using it to teach everyone who is in charge and makes decisions in the company the airport management must face justice some or. as some russians vented their anger with mullen foresman for not being able to prevent their attack others through the initiative into their own hands hundreds of volunteers turned out bad blood than a few stations is a first comer and the explosion really seemed to prick his. it is worse of syria when going from when something like this happened before i was concerned like everybody else but i never did anything to help but based on a fool's i had to get involved instead of just bashing you know security services

and blogs and you can always go to pick one up while the tragedy at the airport prompted many russians to ask what they can do for their country improving security is still the main thing that country can do for them accent avoid r.t. moscow and from vice president of counterterrorism and corporate security charge for a front of a global risk analysis says that not technology will help stop terror attacks or lead without human intelligence there has to be a careful balance in essence you need very granular intelligence to tell you who to look for and what kind of ammo you also need the technology to help you there's some very good technology that's available to do that they can be deployed but at the end of the day in essence if you look at a lot of these catastrophes that boils down to human failure blood boils down to very good human intelligence on very specific terrorist plots the problem is

most intelligence services lack that granularity on any specific threat so your base to a lot of your security ramifications on threat assessments looking at probability and also trying to evaluate your intelligence gaps when you look at this kind of threat what you don't know is almost as important as what you do know . it's been a long time coming but the world is concentrating to decades have been approved by russia and the u.s. president dmitry medvedev signed this start ratification document on friday with hopes it would come into force and next month. for. after more than a year of hard line negotiating and ten more months of internal dispute it's finally done moscow and washington are stripping down their nukes which is leisure

most of which this is a very significant event for our country due to agreements we have with the united states the americans have done their bit we also have finished these procedures first the state duma and then the federation council gave the bill the green light now that is signed by the president only a formal exchange of ratification documents is left before the new start comes into force for the next ten years many hope it will not only restrain the two nuclear superpowers but become an example for others to follow this first of all is about the security of the united states and the security of russia this is about unwinding the excesses of the cold war this is about bringing both countries back to the same level of nuclear weapons because we read fairly in saying levels during the cold war i think it will have a real international implications and affect other countries as decision making as well mans to become the symbol of a restart of evolution's between moscow and washington the deal was initially

backed by both presidents but it didn't come easy most of the us republicans fell into opposition demanding amendments and the internal disputes stretched for months before president obama finally pushed the deal through the congress ended up making two so-called special statements securing washington's right to modernize its remaining strategic arms and insisting the deal would not affect america's missile defense plans but the statements are non-binding meaning they will not affect the actual implementation of the deal the original text remained untouched but unfortunately for the first time the republic bought all of us on the war against three d. which of the rather strange but i think it was. bamma and in most of the the obama administration and basically i don't think that was so much of it three d. russian deputies also made non-binding special statements illegally linking

offensive and defensive weapons which was one of the main stumbling points in the negotiations secured moscow's right to step out of the agreement if it feels threatened by u.s. missile defense plans in europe and stressed statements previously made by the us congress do not free washington from its obligations they hope that the coming years will show that both americans and us russians show responsibility in fulfilling these obligations and that will create a new spirit of mutual confidence and trust then you start is not the first such agreement between moscow and washington the first two were signed in one thousand nine hundred one and in ninety three but neither managed to bring russia and the u.s. this close it's expected the leaders deal will open many new doors of opportunity to also moving forward on the russians w t o accession america is very supportive but it's not enough we have to have more time as we have to have more docking

mechanisms we have to have more bridges the more dependent we are the better it is for our future a future which has become a little clearer the exchange of the ratification documents officially enforcing the new start could happen as soon as the fourth of february even though the treaty is set to reduce the number of strategic arms by over one third of it still leaves both the nuclear superpowers with the north warheads to blow the entire planet into a different solar system so perhaps it's not numbers that the new start is all about but trust by reducing the number of strategic arms russia and the united states are in forcing their strategic partnership at least for the next decade you've got this going off r.t. moscow. and up next aussies motion entries next fall a taste of russia in the very heart of the you today.

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i'm from. here in the one. changing. the streets of london. russians have made their presence felt for centuries. the first occasion is a quintessential british pop. green it has been no thanks here from him. three hundred years it's

a fantasy day so mr densher business area in the early twentieth century it was a home of leftism. originally known as the crown and anchor public house many drank here he published the russian social democrats these papers to the spot not far from here during his exile in london. the good old english pub everyone loves me including possible leaders lenin visited london six times between the year one thousand nine hundred ninety eleven and allegedly lenin stalin for the first time inside this these two it must library just down the road east frequent have a lot of strength elsewhere. and i think you believe used the scots so this is a very leftist sort of area and we have we have a lot of tourists coming in just because of that side. however there is another story that infest mr allen at the bullshit congress insider spillane in nineteen or

five i don't wake many feet legs and he is in london still very relevant to. the cultural center pushkin house was founded in one nine hundred fifty six a routine that catered in notting hill and moved to this new bag in bloomsbury square in two thousand and six now they have over four hundred members or friends as they're called and every month they have a range of cultural activities including exhibition this is called actions. showcase for russian culture in london focused. cultural exchange. sent to provide educational information in russian language and culture and is an excellent resource and networking center for individuals and institutions. to see people coming in different people russians russians alike. we welcome will everybody from

from central asia all the nations that used to be part of the soviet union that's very important for us to know if it's a wonderful people coming in here people like people like there was only one of the group in chicago of of the great bob musician who's been here three times sometimes he comes who tries out his new songs with us before he recalls them which is fantastic finds came here and read a short story by check of. a cough came here. came here so it has some really wonderful people and they come here they enjoy coming here and we look after them and that's how i see push the house you know in the years to come besides its own events pushkin house welcomes and encourages collaboration with other institutions and groups dedicated to russian culture to rethink resource right in the center of london's west end. case is an exhibition space in st james. is on display today the focus is and when

she first century person artists who left the service you know after the revolution and sure sounds iraq a showcase works by abstract nine hundred fifty s. a non-conformist i want to see first and to the western european art scene in the one nine hundred eighty s. . at that point. we tried to showcase and explain this art to russian immigrants mainly to basically. travel between russia and other european countries but it is also very important for us to attract the attention of the native british wardens to the culturally represents. the russians are famous around the world for the love of parties crazy night life. is some of these a club in circus known as one of the main v.i.p.'s and celebrity party spots in the bush proposal it has several. spaces in. my russian from isis

i can see that every time i threw to anyone for the u.k. you're right they start to respect trust us more and more for the power that they have to be cultured to the group and for the pains that they are to seize to achieve and that they really cheap and lost and they start investing the best they go to the best and i think the russians. actually becomes a kind of a trend in a lot of that. there are some shops in them where you can buy russian food. posts traditional russian delicatessen that also has not only groceries but also homemade dishes including. the cakes various salads and soups including goldfish using. the venue chefs combine traditional

recipes with some. healthy eating. and that brings us to this week's guests. real reason me. now tell me how did you on the pier in the u.k. . a marriage in the sky. as it happens and i was working. working for a television. news program. and. i spoke. my husband didn't speak i knew. it's quite difficult to find a job. so you're working full time business developer but you also work as a narrative for a magazine. story about this this is our this is this magazine style. ten years ago by a couple who. by then already had a successful run

a newspaper which was the first russian language newspaper now there are several but we won't worry about that. and this started is just a glossy supplement to direct businesses and tourist come travel agents and and soaps where you can buy russian produce and books and various things and over the years it developed into a prop work portaloo glossy magazine aimed at. firstly the huge russian speaking community in this country also people who are interested brits who are interested in learning russian and finding out about the scene and the personalities and what's going on and various other things like we. have photographer was the result of talent russian talent in this in london and in

other parts of the case and we hope the magazine showcases a i'm not in the magazine is in russian it is in russian and yes i. ride the edge his entry edged his letter in two languages so for example for prospective advertisers they can get an idea what the quantum sold the magazine is and and for anyone who is interested who doesn't speak russian can see what. was in the should. magazines read to superiors currently about twelve thousand people. but with call from million russians live in all russian speaking people. as the estimate live in this country we hope but there is room for expansion and people will more and more people will enjoy reason and right. love it to me to learn everything i'm going to very much like to.

our final location is the restaurant located on german street in the heart of london's west end. menu. dishes from around the world including a wide selection of russians through. such cuisine. all of. the fell in love with the boys and since. the early sixty's. make it russia. for them. too late. for lunch. runs a mismatch statues and. on the private groups.

and restaurants and just like the range of other cultures on offer in the british capital it's something you will never forget. wow looks great bourse in london brilliant. in the british capital literally. that is just delicious. perfect well suppose you believe me. the same time next week for me and the rest of the crew here and.