egypt's army says it will not fire on thousands of protesters demanding president hosni mubarak step down but there are fears the man hand-picked to lead the uprising will seek to align it just with washington's agenda. the western media covers the riots in egypt as a democratic storm twisting the story and other similar events to suit their own tune aspart say the mainstream view is a play by double standards. and eighty years since the birth of boris yeltsin the legacy of russia's late first president is remembered that cross the country.

it is am in the russian capital you're watching r t with me marina josh and we start with cairo where a mass rally has been promised by protesters demanding the country's president step down close to a million are expected to fill the streets and fresh demonstrations against the government so far more than a hundred and fifty people have been killed and sauza and injured since protests began over a week ago many protesters claim the u.s. helps to stabilize their country to make it more dependent on them at the heart of our day there is the x. chief of the international atomic watchdog has been put forth to replace incumbent president hosni mubarak even though egyptians want to change they're not sure whether this candidate will serve in their best interests or of those of us are supposedly or has been finding out why the public doesn't fully trust him. in kind of dark empty and scary we we go. they're every day like at

seven thirty pm. we say ok who like to to do the first shift and to would like to do the second and so on some people are armed you know mohamed and his neighbors take turns protecting their property by day they're professionals by night street guards groups of armed gangs are on the prowl and ordinary citizens have to rely on enfold for protection they've collected what they can kitchen knives. sticks poles rods anything they can get their hands on to keep their home safe. and with security at an all time low the leader who's come forward to replace hosni mubarak is offering precious little to make each options feel safer. belated attempt at getting in on this opposition movement well it may be too late he's part of the international crisis group a murky elite group with close ties to western interests i think of the media

aboard two different lines as the people of egypt have shown such courage in the face of such us backed terror that has occurred in egypt for the worse thirty years i'm not sure margaret elbereth i really stand as much of chance as senior analysts to saying washington has yet to officially declare support for the former international atomic energy agency chief but he's someone they recognize as do other foreign powers prompting some to believe president obama's allegiance is now divided between the current president and the would be challenger. there is no difference between mubarak and el baradei america supports both of them and the american media has built up. egyptians don't like him he's lived in europe and united states and hasn't even been here for thirty years. and he came back and called for a regime change prompting critics to point out that he was absent for most of us. lived in america. we don't want him he was. the strange things in telling us he was

abroad but. we didn't choose a borrowed line which was only for a short period of change he's only temporary. he's much better known on the international stage than in his own backyard and has yet to be recognized by the eighteen million egyptians he hopes to rule. and the egyptians need national leaders not american populace with american agendas if people support el baradei it's only because they hate mubarak. which is why amidst the chaos he gyptian find themselves turning to each other for protection and reassurance policy r t. washington has been financially supporting the country for years and us have only invested in its political agenda but when it comes to openly supporting the incumbent president or his suggested replacement some say washington is playing in both fields to avoid losing out. right now we see being promoted by

a number of important actors including important actors in the united states like freedom house that has been served funding resistance groups in egypt however it has somebody who's been out of egypt for for years he's somebody who promotes neo liberal reforms the same kind of that have caused the of an economic devastation in egypt and who doesn't have a real lot of credence within you know broadly within egypt and hasn't been involved in any of the democratic mobilization the muslim brotherhood has a base but certainly not the kind of base that would give it a win in the election the bush administration or the obama administration they've been supporting the mubarak regime for thirty years to the tune of one point five billion dollars a year remes more money than any other country in the world except for israel which is the top recipient and what they're doing is supporting a military dictatorship and they're doing that enthusiastically so this rhetoric about democracy is a complete farce that said there's no chance the muslim brotherhood would win

elections you know the difficulty for the united states is that mubarak has what is really the key that they see has been holding israel and place and as such mubarak and his regime have been complicit in oppressing the palestinian people as well while the u.s. is hedging its bets the u.s. has a tendency to fund both the both the those in power and the opposition because that way either way it wins there is a recognition on the part of the state department that there is great discontent in egypt that there are that there have been riots there that there's the potential for the overthrow of this dictator who they've kept in power for thirty years recognizing that it's important to the state department to make sure that whoever is going to come and take his place will also be an ally of the united states and her apology professor pyne explain washington's position egypt's uprising and stay with a country were the blood scenes witnessed have been dominating headlines across the world the protests and violence have a telling media sensation but as are jesus you are going to has been finding out

some western countries choose to portray events in a matter that suits their own political agenda. riots and outrage have the same peace no matter where on the world map they take place. you were or the middle east britain or egypt when people do this. the world should know it's time to listen to what they have to say although the scale of events doesn't compare the anger does it is that a leadership deaf to the needs and desires of its people what we're seeing play out in tunisia in egypt in other countries is no different than what we saw in in greece and what we've seen in italy and what we've seen in the u.k. are violent at least what is different is how the media choose to approach their cause bridge depending on what country has its streets in chaos you look at the double standard if you burn a bank in greece you're a villain if you burn the party headquarters in cairo you are a hero of the modern military because when recently tens of thousands of protesters

took to the streets of britain in reaction to to wish an hikes in an economy that was dwindling the u.s. media downplayed what was happening so stressing the young age factor the youth in britain are very disappointed and spinning the bad kids at play aspect the smashing of the windows a fire extinguisher getting thrown at a police person as well as underscoring the criminality of what was happening violent criminals who will join in the action for the sake of having a cause to adopt or just a crowd to join and vent some anger focusing on the unfortunate occurrences with charles and camilla. what we know about charles and camilla they're fine right a window was smashed or splashed the car kicked not to mention on any channel the symbolism of attacking the king in waiting seen by many of the british as a remnant of a deeply unfair class system because it is under reporting of substance by the u.s. media have been a way to make sure the message from britain that the common people are not prepared

to pay for the folly of the ruling elite did not ring too close to home. meanwhile as the streets of egypt erupt in chaos rocks stopping people u.s. media has been portraying the events as a struggle of the disenfranchised masses and stressing the need for the egyptian leadership to address the grievances of the population all of those values that we take so seriously here haven't really existed in that part of the world less attention has been drawn to u.s. support of this leadership the united states taxpayers of billions of dollars over the past thirty years some media also threw in wishful thinking it could go all the way from tunisia to obama unlike britain egypt is a country seen as too different to reflect on the us speaking of the people's will and the need for responsive government may therefore be less scary information is a word that seems to be long forgotten by the mainstream american media instead

what you will some been receiving are opinions from people far away from events on the ground but close to a political agenda that operates depending on what kind of impact occurring world events can have on america just as you tried to accede to your. watching r.t. live from moscow coming out of the program kidnapped by the system iran fights to her daughters from swedish authorities who have allegedly with the girls away without warning party investigates the case. and russia is marking that eightieth birthday of the man who took perestroika to another level when the soviet union dissolved or as he elton for years after his death the first president of russia is remembered for his reforms free market aspirations and privatization policies well you know across live to our correspondents boyko and more on this like sana how is russia remembering yeltsin today. well you know it needs to be said that the yeltsin's eight is a bit of

a birthday to celebrate it's much greater than what celebrated his seventieth anniversary series. across the country. of course didn't it is the opening down failing of the monument of white marble all billy's the can you can see behind me but in addition to that a lot of advance a plant across the country iraq concerts will take place here and you might consider in bourg a series of photo submissions a tennis tournament for children tennis was of course the very popular sport the favorites for the boris yeltsin but the sancerre office is of course the city of you considered formerly known as. the home tone of voice yeltsin a city where he got his university degree. a city worry he became. an engineer and where he advanced through the party ranks where he got married and believed for most of his life now why do all believe that you can see behind me

the second born human to boris yeltsin erected in russia the first one was unveiled in two thousand and eight at the nova david chu cemetery where he was buried and in addition to that you couldn't work also see the opening of the main morial centric dedicated to boris yeltsin this tradition to was poured from the united states you know that in the states in america there is a wide net of presidential libraries dedicated to the legacies of former president and some of boosie elton's aids still of that it was a very good idea to establish a similar center here in russia center that will be dedicated to promotion of civil society and human rights it is not a coincidence that soon after the unveiling ceremony the current president of russia dmitry medvedev who was also present here and who how to unveil the morning

when will be precise over at the meeting for consul dedicated to civil society and human rights sign boris yeltsin was of the helm of the country for almost a decade how do people look back on his years in power. well boris yeltsin has always been and remains a harley polarizing figure in the russian society he's generally credited for bringing democracy to russia both of his successors lauded near putin admit to me that if commanded him for making the russian democracy irreversible he was also overseeing a major transition of the world's largest command economy into a free market one but all those reforms came at a very high price for the russian society in her heart of the many people in russia in almost a decade that he was in power in russia external dad has increased by sixty percent russia suicide rate has increased by seventy percent and for many people it was

indeed a very very hard transition they blamed him for not preventing the collapse of the soviet union and for not softening the blow for the majority of russians but at the same time it needs to be sad as the time goes by most trust a growing to be most sympathetic. galson and there's a number of polls to support that delayed us one was released by the lead by the center an independent polling organization just a couple of days ago and it found that the number of people who viewed yeltsin's legacy in negative terms has decreased from some sixty percent in two thousand to thirty five percent in two thousand and eleven while the percentage of people who had are there and nurture a positive opinion of his policies has increased to over sixty percent so indeed times proves very healing would be damn only a really good laugh you know everybody else are pretty glad to see that march. but

i will tell you just like the miner viewers and we are watching live ceremony there from a country where the ceremony of unveiling of yeltsin memorial is taking place and before we let you go we know that apart. being a politician yeltsin was of course a family man so four years on what's his family's abiding memory of him. well it is sure you know what was said by by would go and tell. all of them were present at the ceremony today and now to the xbox if you really heartbreaking and really it's hard to take that route to serious here if you could to work around this very post as it was known at the time they got married. a year after graduation and they stayed together for more than fifteen years that name and yes and this is brando was present at the ceremony today was moved to tears to see his

morning whale that. he still greatly missed on this day. he never doubted he would live to celebrate his hundredth birthday but instead his widow has to find a back tears while opening an exhibition time to what have been his eightieth jubilee in nearly four years since boris yeltsin's delf the agony of loss has given way to quiet remembrance but she really liked family gatherings birthdays we usually celebrated with our daughters. most of these photos show yeltsin in his early years in power when he had the backing of almost the entire country when voicing your political position was still an act of noble to encourage and one hopes of a different life in a better country are still untainted by the harsh reality the war in chechnya which some himself admitted was a mistake the banking crisis that would cripple the already population of the east

would come later and some argue would end fairly obscure all the good that yeltsin had done sure any fuel are just better perceived from a distance especially in history. we still need more time for the emotions and troubles to give way to serious analysis would it take tannic figure you'll soon really was. but because service he's had of protocol for more than eight years and of all the else in the explosive character and unpredictable temperament often contravened the dry rules of diplomatic engagement but diminished he had never had a better boss there when he was the will never threw water to single event and he was never late but emotionally he could be absolutely unpredictable and do what no one expected him to do like his famous conducting of an orchestra for example and again he was overwhelmed by emotions he turned his head and saw the shift change that was the only one who's objecting dragging him away all the other people around

him were applauding. he was there shooting to power by the great hopes of his people he left office full of regrets for not fulfilling all of them and it was only after yeltsin passed away that he country can start to design in his legacy in all its complexity yeltsin seventieth birthday were celebrated with far fewer accolades but one day called later even those who criticized him very harshly growing a bit more gracious investment of character and his policies because even they have come to realize that with all his ups and downs yeltsin was the very epitome of russia of the ninety nine towards the work of art scene moscow. to other stories now human rights activists are accusing swedish authorities of separating innocent families for monetary gains they say children are being put into foster care without evidence of any wrongdoing at home as any so now we were poor it's swinish

law does little to help the parents get their loved ones back. christmas gifts never given. so covetous of my children are in someone else's hands the most don't and i don't know what's happening with them or how they're being treated it's been over a month since natalia a russian citizen living in sweden has seen her twin girls wash and leave a mother's worst nightmare their children taken from where they're supposed to be most safe and not by kidnappers or child abusers but by the swedish government that are used when girls were taken out of their music lessons at this school without any warning and for an entire week she had no idea where her daughters were until she received documents from social services for what she says are false statements about the family's life the complaints filed against natalia claims she and the girls are psychologically troubled and could be enough to send her daughters into

foster care for good under swedish law without sufficient proof it is considered legal because of the law or is a protection law it's a protection for the children. so it means that even if there is a flight thus to risk even if there is no evidence sort of there is there is no witnesses there are three nothing but there is. a risk of something happening sort of. then the law sort of the social workers within the law are able to to take the child into. sort of their to the social office. take take them away from the family attorney has been advised by human rights activists that this is only part of a much bigger welfare system and her case is that you will have been where social services have paid ten thousand swedish. that's about five

hundred new goods thirty one. archie was unable to get a comment on a tiny is case from swedish social services who cited a privacy policy. they steal they don't generally steal children but money apartments property and children are human goods to them with course we just language skills a lawyer appointed by social services and little money natalia has been told the chances of getting her girls back are slim and that they are most likely now with a swedish family and that it should be protected by international laws and conventions but loopholes in the swedish system allow cases like this to go unnoticed through consensus country. and people are more. prone. to speak up against the consensus so it's very quiet in this way and the consensus is.

the consensus is that the state is always right reservoir jacobson burke is persona non grata here in sweden for his outspoken views on the system he says social services can take children away using their own criteria by working together with doctors psychologists and lawyers all wrapped up in a big business say you have six foster children or you make a fortune for now only tell you can do is wait for a hearing on her case which is so far been postponed several times during our senior most of their birthdays coming up when will my children be why they already missed christmas. and will miss turning thirteen this week at home with their mother who sweden has just tried it is at least for now not going to be their mom and he said no way are to be stuck. and i was take a look at some of the stories from around the world and south korea is for me and

showing its responsibility for two attacks last year ahead of planned peace talks if held they will be the first negotiations between the two since the north shell the south korean island in the vendor consists it was in retaliation of souls large scale military drills close to the maritime border the south has agreed to take part in talks in a step towards easing tensions on the peninsula but has rejected the north's offer to move the date forwards. haiti has agreed to issue a former president with a passport opening the way for his possible return jobber trauner steed was ousted seven years ago and has been living in exile in south africa the move comes at a critical time with a final result of the first round of the disputed presidential election do on wednesday the government says as soon as it receives an official request from aristide to grant him the passport and aristide will be the second ousted leader to return after the arrival two weeks ago of x. dictator john claude duvalier. australian officials are warning residents of

queensland that a powerful tropical cyclone is heading towards the northeast state experts say it's said to be one of the worst storms to ever bad for the area and could be life threatening and comes on the back of severe flooding in the region which claimed at least thirty five lives cycle and yes it is expected to hit the coast on wednesday . well that brings us up to date and time now for the business news with you it took away. that's right time to have a look at the world of business t m k b p's russian shareholders have decided not to approve a one point eight billion dollar dividend for the fourth quarter of twenty ten half of which would have gone to british patna v p well this comes after an extraordinary board meeting of the a our consortium which owns part of the joint venture with b.p. last month b.p.

and crossed nafta agreed to former joint venture for arctic oil exploration and take a cross shareholding but the russian owners of the have filed a complaint with the london court to be heard today seeking to block the deal on the grounds that they have fifty bras that tire out violates the tame p.v.p. shareholder a cream and analysts say however that they are consortium is not likely to block the disputed b.p. deal. the main aim of. russians holders of tin could be is not to stop this deal because this is that is extremely important for russia and i'm sure the people there's some new stuff for you model nice a big city be able to do all but one route to stop this very important deal that is why in this case the main aim of the russian stock holders of drink i believe in my opinion is do have some small benefits in other questions that get into the problem or for example deal with the gander the problem of coequal and so on. let's have

a look at what's happening to the price of oil brant crude has hit their one hundred dollars per barrel mark for the first time since two thousand age on worries of growing instability in egypt on monday mood is raging agency change the country's outlook from stable to negative in the second downgrade since mass protests erupted last week there gyptian economy is relatively small but it is home to stu's suez canal a key shipping route for oil all the weekend a dusk to dawn curfew across egypt brought on warnings of potential delays to shippers now. let's have a look at how the markets are faring this hour in asia both the nikkei and the hang saying that trading in the black the solid resource shares are pushing stocks higher a stronger aspect through data and surging commodities prices set fears that undressed and egypt could spread to other parts of the middle east. and the protests in egypt

unsettled global markets on the very beginning of the trading week and russia also showed signs of strain the r.t.s. in the my sibs closed down on monday as they tracked those global losses. from a b. to b. capital says the middle east tensions will continue to weigh on the russian stocks . will see a continuation of the same picture a little bit of a downward trend nothing to maybe to the tune of half percent of percent. few years of history of europe have been a little bit disappointing but there's nothing really dramatic going on there i think the situation in the list would continue to be the focus of the nurses attention and obviously view because you know deals which takes place this week and then the week after will be. price movements and market sentiment. not now we gen telecommunications company tele nor is taking russia's mobile operators to

arbitration over its planned six billion dollar purchase of telecoms groups wind and or askant telenet holds thirty six percent of the voting shares that but the deal would reduce the stake to twenty five percent telling all which is simple forms second largest investor has also asked to postpone immunity the russian companies shareholders that are expected to approve the transaction will lead and or score more currently controlled by egyptian tycoon i get so worse if the deal goes through it will create one of the world's largest mobile operators. that's all we have time for now please join us in an hour's time for more business news and get more from our website r.t. dot com slash business.

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