rest in egypt gathering momentum as hundreds of thousands of people converge on the capital cairo in the latest attempt to force president mubarak to step down. hundreds of thousands of protesters marched on the streets of egypt and vowed to stay there until president mubarak steps down and point to syria join me in a few moments for more. a day of tribute to one of russia's most controversial the. only it is the first three of his birth the country remembers the late former president boris yeltsin for details just ahead. and islands expelling a russian diplomat over spy related accusation. in the russian secret

service office doing the real irish identity speed order to cover up its secret operations believe that its speech find out more in the program. a very warm welcome to you this is r.c. line from moscow with me alice head but first to egypt were recalled rallies underway in the capital in the country's capital well at least a quarter of a million people have gathered in the center of cairo with the latest attempt to force president mubarak to step down also fall three hundred people have reportedly been killed and over three thousand injured since protests began over a week ago well for all the latest that's cause live now hall correspondent paula samir who's are following the events for us in cairo paula we hear the protesters

have been that seeing peacefully so far but what about all position leaders around the all forty one have they taken today. well and i said really depends who your sources are in the latest word we're hearing from the egyptian state television is that the vice president almost element plans to meet with the demonstrators throughout the day tuesday the state television was broadcasting pictures of the quiet streets of cairo now you've seen the pictures here that we've been running on russia today the pictures on other foreign channels they are in stark contrast to those supposedly quiet streets that the state television has been pushing forward hundreds of thousands of people turned out into harry square in cairo in cairo demonstrators arriving in other cities alexandria sewers and numerous smaller villages and towns throughout the country organizers had hoped for one million difficult to say whether or not they reached their figure but no doubt the army kept to its word not to get involved only reports we're hearing from the army are

that they did thugs and saboteurs the police though were busy on the streets they stopped many hundreds of thousands of protestors from reaching their destinations you know their people were blocked and kept on bridges people prevented from actually reaching their final destination. down as the crowds are calling for the home of the alberta days been named as a possible candidate for the president's post but what do you. fill. i'm afraid we appear to have lost connection with our correspondent paula in cairo for us we'll try to reconnect with her as soon as possible to stay with r.t. for the latest of what's happening in egypt. ok staying with events in cairo now where mass protests and violence continue to dominate world headlines almost as the chicken examines how some western media choose to betray self defense

and a lot of it seems their own political agenda. riots and outrage have the same piece 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 all the scale of events doesn't compare 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 approach their cars 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're a hero if you're not a mockery of the voyage 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 a plea aspect 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 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 was this under reporting of substance by the us 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 popping people us 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 united states taxpayers of billions of dollars over the past thirty years some medio also threw in wishful thinking 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 who are away from events on the ground but close to a political agenda. depending on what kind of impact occurring world events can have on america just as you turkey i t v. well as cross funks to our correspondent paula say who is in the clear a for us paula if mubarak does step down as we were saying earlier that is the way that is the reason rather why hundreds of thousands have taken to the streets of cairo how much better than i it is one man that's being bandied about as a possible candidate for the president's place but what do you it seems themselves make of him. well i spent a few hours at a downtown today talking to protesters and as soon as you mention the name one hundred people start shouting they start yelling they do not like him firstly they do not know him he is a man who formulated his reputation on the international stage so he's not there

well known here but certainly those people who do know him believe to quote them that he's an agent of the united states now the mood on the streets is very erratic you go from forming and people cheering and laughing to them sunny's being suspicious that you're israeli or their true american and people are very happy to find out that we were in fact russian but that just gives you an indication of how the mood here changes from one minute to the next album a day is perhaps the white man for the job right now but their job is an interim job and serving the opposition parties have said as much he needs to be elections there needs to be free and fair elections with our baradei saying he's prepared to head an interim government until such time. time in kind of dark. and scary we we gather every day like. we see who like to to do the first shift and to would like to do the circle and so on some people or you know muhammad 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 bathroom grooves 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. believe. giving in on this opposition movement well it made. 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 are shown such courage in the face of such u.s. backed terror that has occurred in egypt for the worse thirty years i'm not sure ma

bell baradei really stands much of chance as senior analysts are 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 has 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. today lived in america we don't want him he was an other strange things in telling us it was bread. and a little bit of a we didn't choose our 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 is yet to be recognized by the eighty 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. the latest word the latest word from the opposition camp is that they have given mubarak and told friday to meet his demands they are saying that they are prepared to meet with his vice president omar suleiman but they they will not meet with mubarak directly to discuss their concerns for mubarak himself we're hearing that a state of the nation televised address is in the pipeline but when this will happen and what exactly he will say remains to be seen many people here hoping that

he will at least a man's that he does not plan to stand in the next elections today has seen the biggest rally take place since protests began over. there you were in cairo you spoken to people on the streets is there a feeling that the end is in sight or is the country just bracing itself for more of this. it's very difficult because from one moment to the next the situation here does change the cabinet has held its first meeting and this did not go down well with protesters they simply see this cabinet as being completely illegitimate one of the possible scenarios that is being touted is that of a new government being structured with possibly almost superman who is the current vice president at its helm that is something that might be tasteful to opposition groups but the one rallying call behind which they are all united is the call for free and fair elections at the moment though it does seem as if the situation will remain unstable you speak to protesters and they say they're not going anywhere

until mubarak steps down we're hearing from mubarak's office though that he has no intention of doing that thanks for keeping us updated artie's policy there reporting on the latest from the egyptian capital cairo. russia is commemorating the man who precisely did over the fall of the soviet union and the country's turbulent transition to democracy today would have been better celts and eightieth birthday remembered for his sweeping reforms his legacy four years after his death still has many russians divided artie's reports of course there is a variety. the country being held to mark the eightieth anniversary since wars since birth here are more in the center of moscow than our do it you seem to read people have been coming since the morning hours laying down flowers wreaths his family was here among a lot of visitors they flew in actually from from you could soon board in their

hometown of the late former president where the main commemorative events were held as special marble monument to was unveiled there today and the then set the current events and has been would agree were attended by a russian president with humans very different who said that the legacy of boris yeltsin is hard to underestimate. the path of our first 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 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 task and stood his ground on really the modern but not perfect country we live in today was created fangs to boris yeltsin and everyone who helped him build the foundations of a new nation and also when you consider would

a memorial center on the ring the late former president will be opened and that will be dedicated to civil society and human rights something which a lot of people in russia connect to boris yeltsin with a lot of people say that here it took over at the very hard time for russia the country the soviet union was dissolving at that point and a lot of things were falling apart literally and the verb really and if it was really a hard task for any leader and boris yeltsin tried to discuss a lot of people say that he took over and. put further implications and further extensions to put his story that he essentially started democracy in russia at the same time a lot of people say that they cannot make reforms which he conducted or allowed to be conducted were not done properly and a lot of people seemed to suffer from them so i give it the say is so again even four years after his death a lot of people cannot agree cannot come to one conclusion also what for seals and

remains for russia for michael to get sort of like a spoke to some people who were close to him and she shares their views in this report. he never doubted he would live to celebrate his hundredth birthday 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. he 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 novelty and courage and went hopes of a different life in a better country were still untainted by the harsh reality the war in chechnya and himself admitted was a mistake the banking crisis that with cripple the already impoverished population

of these would come later and as some argue when fairly obscure all the good that yeltsin had done. anything largest better perceived from a distance especially in history i think we still need more time for the emotions and troubles to give way to serious analysis of what to take tannic figure in really was. but diminished chance has served as he's had of protocol for more than eight hears and of all the else in the explosive character and unpredictable temperament often contravened the dry rules of diplomatic engagement but the mayor says he had never had a better boss. he never thwarted a single event and he was never a lace 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 that 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 for grabs for not fulfilling all of them and it was only after yeltsin passed away that he's country can start to design in his legacy in all its complexity yeltsin seven to perth there were celebrated part poor accolades but one difficult later even those who criticized him very harshly. i'm trying to be gracious investment character polly says because even they have come to realize that with all his ups and downs yeltsin was the very epitome of the ninety nine toss in a way to artsy moscow so as controversial a figure as boris yeltsin he is still not likely to be forgotten by russians for a very long time well sort of a stroke in a political analyst from russia. this is how of the controversial i think it got us else and built the foundation for the country's prosperous development several

years after his death. president gives of course the first president off independent russia remains a very controversial figure and he's legacy is really a hot potato issue which is dividing the russian probably some like communists and the nationalists would never forgive him of the demise of the soviet union or the great problem how how he how they call it ah this definitely would applaud him saying that he was the person who crushed communism and who brought the wind of change and we all democracy to russia he had some was a controversial figure he was on the one hand a democrat but at the same time. rah rah no ronald the point. that today even nine hundred ninety three he didn't hesitate to use. to show a problem and in the constitutional crisis they were also. in wars this is also part of he had some legacy. that's why of course this is the history which is more

of the blood no one can deny that but at the same time you does it equally true that we managed to undergo those tests and we are as a strong power. of course there's always more new views on blogs on our website dot com here's just some of what's waiting right now on the line the e.u. and the u.s. to raise a ruckus and new sanctions on valerie's even december's post-election violence they say the bans will only be lifted when everyone detained obviously browns it is really just. find out what happened when a top seed model got her clues into russia's prime minister big caps on biceps. islands expelling a russian diplomat accusing moscow of stealing the identities of irish citizens for use in spy operations doubling claims the stolen impossibles were used as cover for

russian agents operating in the us. not the details. ireland claims that this deportation of the russian diplomat as a result of an investigation we started right after last summer's spy scandal between moscow and washington when a group of people were found guilty in the united states of being secret russian agents some of them had irish last names including such popular surnames as murphy and farley irish authorities say that they started looking into how that was possible and now they're accusing the russian intelligence service of stealing six real existing irish identities in order to forge irish passports which were allegedly used to cover up some of these secret operations in the united states and just to remind you this was the biggest spy scandal between moscow and washington since the cold war era the whole group was deported from america in exchange for another group of people serving time here in russia after having been found guilty

of being foreign spies it was largely covered by international media that's when the name of shopman first turned up with the russian young successful businesswoman who was also accused by the united states of being a secret russian agent and quickly was deemed by the international media as the real james bond girl so far concerning the deportation of the russian diplomat from ireland so there hasn't been any reaction from the foreign ministry here in moscow dublin also hasn't really been giving that much information we don't know this diplomats name we don't know whether she was directly connected to this or waged forgery and we don't know why exactly he's going to be deported but irish of stories did say however that they hoped this incident would not affect the relations with moscow. now its all things making headlines this hour and pyongyang seoul having talks despite the south korean president earlier demanding north korea

takes responsibility for its. deadly attack it's not just you if help the feds will be the first to go between the two sides since the north shelled a south korean island. so responded by staging massive whoopings of the yellow sea further ratcheting up tensions. a request to move the talks of forward. to. hear jordan has replaced his prime minister and five the government timid swelling on unrest that is missile follows several protests across the country spotted by food prices and poor living conditions. a former premier general was appointed by jordan's king abdullah to head the government is not yet know who's also a former ambassador to israel will name his company. residence in the flood ravaged australian stage of queensland to preparing for a new sign clarion only

a day after one hades experts say it could be one of the worst storms to ever go back to the area some two hundred fifty patients have been evacuated from a regional hospital as a precaution it comes on the back of severe flooding in the country which claimed at least thirty five lives scientists say is expected to hit the coast on wednesday . well in just a few minutes but if the head of protocol reveals some unique details about the first russian president's work see in an exclusive interview with alice eve as they this council should raise their school they say because this is for. the welcome to the business news i'm sure. and let's take a look at our top story this hour the london high court has suspended the b.p. ross neff deal to the twenty fifth of february this is the date which the court has set for b.p. to go into arbitration proceedings regarding its assets walk with loss nest this

comes after the russian owners of the joint venture to n.k.v.d. father complained seeking to stop the deal on grounds that it violates the t.i.n.k. b.p. shareholder agreement earlier the c.e.o. of the british company said the pm rosneft could include chanted p. and there are good projects deal signed last month robert dudley also said he is confident the standoff over the share swap will be resolved soon. a look at the markets in russia the r.t.s. in my sex closed on the day and posted strong gains tracking the upbeat investor mood globally the indices gained ground after monday's losses showing that correction on the markets was apparently short term. and rising oil prices are sending energy shares higher gas prom and lukoil are seeing approximately the same gains adding on between three to four percent respectively mining shares are also up on the day as sever stock climbed to one and a half percent. and the my sex stock exchange has agreed that it will buy out

a controlling stake in the r.t.s. bourse for roughly one point two billion dollars first deputy chairman of russia's central bank a majority shareholder of my sec says the price estimation includes a thirty seven percent premium archie correspondents are for reports. brushes two leading stock exchanges my thanks and have succeeded now in reaching a preliminary agreement for my sex by a controlling stake in r.t.s. now we know that this is just a verbal agreement the maven a documents had been signed and sources say the stakes to be based on r.t.s. is appraisal of between one point one five billion and one point zero eight billion dollars now we know in a vendor two thousand and ten that my take made a friendly take a bit to r.t.s. shareholders that we had at the end of two thousand and ten nothing if anything was going to happen would be happening until two thousand and eleven the certain from

those within the financial sector we've heard that you discrepancies in the way the tea stock exchanges operate this is so sometimes cause confusion for investors as they certainly the feelings between the two would be better is what we're hearing from people who are very much pushing for this merger to go ahead now that is going to really strengthen most case future position as an international financial center . the idea of this merger first came about after russian made it a priority early last year to push moscow as a global financial center one of the main problems preventing this development was the existence of two separate forces which stuff many investors from putting their money into russia however each stock exchange has its own strong point to benefit the deal. as a some. are going to shift based on the disease stock exchange. managed. positional most of them are.

what we want and this is a. seriously bristow's a management tool for two years to do good six. years of my six with the financial basis very good support of the state. and that's your business update for this hour join us for more and one alice title thanks for watching.

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