it's a good i would. never dream of. tens of thousands of egyptians step up the pressure on president hosni mubarak to resign as they flood the streets of cairo for its seventh day. egypt is bracing itself for the biggest protest in its history join me here in a few moments we'll gauge. the western media covers the riots in egypt as a democratic storm twisting the story and other similar events to suit their own experts say the mainstream view is played by double standards. russia remembers its first president on the universe or boris yeltsin's birth with rumored to be events being held all across the country will bring you more details in just

a few moments. and in business the london high point is set to decide whether or not to look as a russian oil business archies following the developments on the story. you're watching r t two pm here in moscow welcome to the program where we continue our coverage of events in cairo where tens of thousands of people are gathering for a mass rally that's expected to top one million well is the latest in a string of protests aimed at overthrowing the country's president at least three hundred people have been killed so far three thousand injured since demonstrations began over a week ago well for all the latest we can now join our correspondent paula sli or paula you're the heart of all these demonstrations and the egyptian army promise not to use any force against protesters well are there any signs of violence at

this point. well at this point there are no signs of violence as many as fifty thousand people have gathered in turkey a square those numbers are swelling and the plan is for demonstrators to make their way to presidency and palace and hand over their demands now parallel to these demonstrations happening here in cairo there are protests happening in alexandria where ordinary civilians are wearing armbands they're doing the job of the police and they are keeping the situation at least so far under control the official word from the army is that they will not get involved they will not use force the army is saying that they respect the legitimacy of these protests to go ahead but mubarak for his side is applying pressure and trying to choke the organizers attempts of reaching one million people out in the streets of egypt today earlier today the railway lines were shut down buses are not running and from this morning the last remaining functioning internet provider has also been closed down google

is reporting that it's traffic has blinded to a complete halt a zero percent now the united nation's top human rights chief to say is that the number of killings that have taken place is critical and he has condemned those latest figures we have although unconfirmed stand at some three hundred people killed and more than three thousand injured ok well let's talk about mohamed el baradei now this man has emerged as the leader of the so-called revolution what are the local saying about his role in all of this and is he really consider the right man for the job. well people are really asking who is mohamed el baradei he might be well known in international circles but back here in egypt he's simply a figure that not too many off the million with so the questions that are being bandied about on the street as we come from who supports him and the answer people offer to those kind of questions is that he is very much of the same line as mubarak they believe that he is a man who is supported by from the west particularly from the united states they

are critical of their kind of support but having said that they do believe that they need to be an opposition leader at the moment tonight the various different opposition groups here at least for the time being and this is why we've seen the muslim brotherhood which is the largest opposition group here in egypt lending its support to mohamed el baradei but making it very clear that that support is temporary. it's. nighttime in kind of dark empty and scary we we gather every day like at seven thirty pm. we say ok who like to to do the first shift until we'd like to do the second and so on some people are armed you know mohammed 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 themselves for protection they've collected what they can kitchen knives bathrooms sticks poles

rods anything they can get their hands on to keep their home safe. and what security at an all time low the leader who's come forward to replace hosni mubarak is offering precious little to make each option feel safer. a 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 of bored. 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 past thirty years i'm not sure mohammed el baradei really stands much of chance as a senior analyst to say 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. and there is no difference between mubarak and el baradei america supports both of them and the american media has built up. i don't like it 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 when they started but i very. day lived in america we don't know he was an ugly strange thing and telling. 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 is yet to be recognized by the eighty million egyptians he hopes to who are good and the egyptians need national leaders not

american apartments with american agenda if people support al baradei it's only because they hate on barak. which is why amidst the chaos egypt is find themselves turning to each other for protection and reassurance. now whoever it is egypt's next leader will have to deal as an immediate priority with the situation on the ground and that is a situation that seems essential supplies in food and fuel running low we hearing that a.t.m. is out of cash we're hearing that supermarkets literally have nothing else to sell so that is a priority people displayed on the streets and we're just hearing word that the latest figures are more than one hundred thousand people who have gathered into his square here in cairo so those numbers are swelling and it certainly seems at this point in time that organizers woolwich they've goal of some one million people pushing for their demands are given the all that is happening right now these protests have been going on for over

a week hundreds of people have been killed thousands injured now paula what can we expect next. well when you talk to put political analysts here they are really three scenarios that people are pushing forward the first is that the regime survives perhaps not in the the form that it is in at the moment perhaps with someone like almost sort of man who is the vice president at the helm but essentially the policies and the practices will remain very similar to what we see at the moment the second possibility is that of the elections elections are due to be held in september mubarak has been pushing for his son gamal to stand but that is an unpopular choice here in egypt and it certainly seems with these latest developments that that kind of scenario might not play out and then the third option that's being put forward is that you'll have this continued upheaval this continued. witnessing on the streets of egypt today what ever the scenario is one thing is quite clear that these thousands of protesters who are out on the streets of egypt today for all of it with a message and then miss it is that they're making history all right thank you

artie's policy or talking to us from the egyptian capital keeping us up to date on the events there. and it stayed with egypt washington has been a financially supporting the country for years and is heavily invested in its political agenda while many believe that this could be the reason behind its so-called involvement in the uprising blogger henri marco from canada says the west is looking for a man they can control i think their real agenda is to really move barak and put in someone they can control like el baradei and the and the protestations of support for mubarak are are basically window dressing no question in my mind at this uprising has been orchestrated by. what i call globalists this is another color revolution and that the people of egypt while their grievances are justified they are being. their grievances are being exploited in order for the

globalists to ratchet up their control of the the people who are trying to create a government and they do this by removing local leaders who are too independent and i think they must have decided that mubarak is too independent for their liking that was blogger henry makow talking about the international agenda in egypt's uprising and are staying with a country where the blood scenes witnessed have been dominating headlines across the world while the protests and violence have become a media sensation was artie's at s.s.e. assure cannot has been finding out some western countries choose to portray the events in a manner that suits their own political agenda. riots and outrage have the same piece no matter where on the world map they take place. or the middle east if you're 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 egypt and 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 or pro-choice their cars were and 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're a hero if you're not a mockery of course 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 and so stressing the young age factor the youth in britain are very disappointed and spinning the bad kids at play aspect now the smashing of the windows a fire extinguisher getting thrown at a police person as well as underscoring the criminality of what was happening and

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 the duchess. what do we know about charles and camilla they're fun 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 classes difference this is under the sporting of substance by the u.s. media have been a way to make sure the message from britain is that the common people are not prepared to pay for the folly of the ruling elite did not read too close to home. meanwhile as the streets of egypt erupted in chaos it's not 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 have billions of dollars over the past thirty years some media also threw in wishful thinking it could go all the way from tunisia to world 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 actuates depending on what kind of impact occurring world events can have on america just as europe and i t v are. russia is marking the eightieth birthday of the man who took perestroika to its limits

introduce democracy following the collapse of the soviet union boris yeltsin this remembered most for his sweeping reforms and free market aspirations but four years after his death the legacy of the first president of russia still divides many. school has more on the commemorations. there are plenty of commemorative events planned all across the country here in moscow at the number do just seventy area where the first russian president is buried people have been coming here and down flowers and wreaths course the main events are being held in the city if you consider which is the birthplace of boris yeltsin and there were plenty of events there like marble monument was unveiled there just earlier on tuesday in the events were attended by russia's president who did a list phrased boris yeltsin for his for his work as a russian president you know to appease you jumped on the shoes that only the puff of office president was a very difficult every single citizen of our country realizes this today the first

president always has his work cut out for him which is he needs to change the entire political system and this was the fight that befell boris yeltsin we must admit that he was up to the tone and stood his ground on really the modern but not perfect country we live in today was created franks to boris yeltsin and everyone who helped to build the foundations of a new nation where it's yeltsin took over at a very very trying time for russia many blame him for allowing the soviet union to to decide to just saw all. an equally large number of people believe that that was a good thing but still a lot of people acknowledge the fact that he is the issue he is the man who has introduced basically started russian democracy who has carried on with perestroika who has a city didn't name he very much needed economic reforms and of course his legacy remains very strong in that regard good

a lot of people still believe that he did not take the right path he allowed too much influence from the united states into the country that he was not quite sufficient in fulfilling and carrying out the economic reforms bringing forcing a lot of people out of work and heightening the suicide rate. of course it's still at the end of four years after his death the going majority of people are beginning to take a more benevolent view of russia's first president and the number of his critics actually dwindles as your spots he never doubted he would live to celebrate his country of birth day but instead his widow has to fight back tears while opening an exhibition time to what have been his eightieth jubilee in nearly four years since boris yeltsin's death the agony of loss has given way to quiet remember and when he really liked family gatherings birthdays we usually celebrated with us. most of these photos show yeltsin in his early years in power but he had the backing of

almost the entire country when voicing your political position was still an act of novelty and courage and one hopes of a different life in a better country are still untainted by the harsh reality of the war in chechnya which self admitted it was a mistake the banking crisis that would cripple the already population all of these from the come later and as some argue when fairly obscure all the good that yeltsin had done. anything you are just going to proceed through a distance especially in history i think we still need more time. to give way to serious analysis of what to take tannic figures and really. a diminished chunk of service he's had of protocol for more than eight years and of all the else in explosive character and unpredictable temperament often contravene the dry rules of diplomatic engagement but the mere staff he had never had

a better boss. never thwarted a single event and he was never. really he could be absolutely unpredictable and do what no one expected him to do like his famous conducting of an orchestra for example and then. he turned his head. that was the only one whose objective dragging him away all the other people running were. he was illustrating to power by the great folks a few people who left office full of regrets for not fulfilling all of them it was only after yeltsin passed away that he country can start to examine his legacy in all its complexity yeltsin seventeenth birth there were celebrated with far fewer accolades but one taking plater even those who criticized him very harshly and drawing a bit more gracious investment of character in his policies because even they have come to realize that with all his ups and downs yeltsin was the very epitome of

russia and the ninety nine it's a work of art see moscow. the deputy director of the yeltsin foundation told r.t. that besides the controversial legacy of the late president his main achievement is that he took russia u.s. relations to a new level. has wisely rejected the legacy of the cold war. american the russian relationship was based on this zero zero sum game which meant that what is good for russia to soviet union was meant to be bad for america and vice a worse of what was good for the united states it wasn't for that but for russia established. relationship with washington they had both friendship with that american president bill clinton and he made russia of a civilized. civilized international community.

of partnership and friendship with the united states. that was the deputy director of the yeltsin foundation if again evoke their. and now to some other stories around the world south korea's president is demanding pyongyang admits responsibility for two attacks last year ahead of the planned peace talks if held today would be the first negotiations between the two since the north shelled a south korean island in the. insists this was in retaliation of souls large scale military drills close to the maritime border of the south 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 forward. against a belorussian government over december's post-election violence visa balance antifreeze

or foreign assets had been imposed on president. and other top ranking officials it follows europe's condemnation of the use of force against opposition supporters in the country washington and brussels so you can all that this will be lifted only when all of those detained all the little grounds. haiti has agreed to issue the president with a passport opening the way for his possible return. was ousted to seven years ago and has been living in exile in south africa the move comes at a critical time with the final results of the first round of the disputed presidential election due on wednesday well the government says as soon as it receives an official request for money steed to grant him the passport will be the second ousted leader to return after the arrival two weeks ago of exit to do what you. are warning residents of queensland that

a powerful tropical cyclone is heading towards the northeast state experts say it's set to be one of the worst storms to ever batter the area and could be life threatening it comes on the back of severe flooding in the region. which claimed at least thirty five lives cycle yasi is expected to hit the coast on wednesday. now members of russia's political opposition are being released by police after being arrested and held overnight well they were detained for holding an illegal meeting in the middle of moscow on monday dozens of anti-government demonstrators had failed to get official approval from the city's authorities to hold their gathering instead they took advantage of a different meeting taking place nearby and crowded beside it chanting slogans several protesters were arrested after they refused to disperse. well head to r.t. dot com for more stories we're online for you twenty four hours a day and here's

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that's right time for your business update and all eyes are on the. deal as the london high court is set to decide whether or not to block these assets with russian oil giant well the russian owners of b.p. filed a complaint seeking to stop the deal on the grounds that it violates the tane shareholder agreement last month the british company and ross nafta agreed to former joint venture for arctic oil exploration and take cross shareholding analysts say whether the disputed dualism likely to be blocked. the main. or. russian sir called us of to is not to stop this deal because this is the extremely important for russia and i am sure the people as. they all want to stop this very important deal well that is why in this case. the

russian stock holders of think i. have some small benefits in other questions that go into the problem or for example deal with the problem of go in. and staying with them be the british company has announced it will pay dividends for the first time since the gulf oil spill after posting a profit in the fourth quarter of two thousand and ten despite an overall loss of five billion dollars last year and this comes as russian because shareholders decided not to approve a one point eight billion dollar dividend half of which would have gone to b.p. . so a look at how the markets are faring this hour stocks are higher in europe investors seem to be a bit less cautious about the western edge of people's decision to pay dividends whether didn't impress the investors the company shares a losing one hundred percent of the footsie. and in russia there are tears in the my six of posting strong. tracking be upbeat investor mood closely the indices are

gaining ground after monday's losses showing that correction on the markets will supposedly short term let's have a look at those figures rising oil prices are pushing energy shares higher gas probably quell and snapped us seeing approximately the same gaves edging on average one percent mining shares are also posting high gains severus stylus climbing two point three percent. nickel have skyrocketed five and a half percent on higher prices after monday's three percent drop the banking sector is also higher than the market. point eight percent. and branch current prize has retreated after hitting a two year record of one hundred dollars a barrel on monday fueled by growing instability in egypt link their prize drop with china's industrial growth slowing to a five month low signal and demand may not tris as quickly as they world's second

largest oil. and present value it has fired the head of russia's united corporation for failing to seek in the patient following a meeting on morton ization a presidential aide said the bosses of some of the stage on but is may follow he also said companies should appoint a vice presidents including specialists from abroad to be responsible for innovation. some other companies will be thoroughly analyzed in order to take additional measures if needed so the time frame for adopting innovation programs is quite tough sort of the president stressed that if the companies fail to meet the deadline be consequences we hard all that we have to dismissals of. money there. that's all we have time for now more in less than fifteen minutes.

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