is the total collapse of american and western party seeing that region and these very deep already seen that region which was always to support dictatorship that were supposedly friendly to the west and friendly to israel if your friendly government that unpopular then in the end it doesn't say against you because the people are against you in the government and they're being overthrown and that's what's happening now so you know you can go to make steamiest if you want to there's nothing you can do about it with these so-called extremist by supporting a whole new extremism because why isn't it the extremist to support a government which is vastly unpopular as mubarak has been for many years and ways and. extremist to support israel is to be have been doing for so many years which is not accepting that he doesn't care to try to be accepted in the region and what you know if you live from moscow still have three of the sour when luxury is a problem not an asset where the ford nation and mom are to come by we're looking at how the host of the next winter olympics sochi is hoping to improve the

situation for one guest. and the unrest in egypt is being widely discussed in munich where world leaders have gathered for an annual security conference and other highlight of the meeting will be the exchange of documents on the recently signed start treaty between russia and the us which will officially put the deal into force all we have across live to of course want to know what is unique and he can bring us the latest igor so quiet a busy saturday for those taking part in the conference isn't it. well indeed it is very busy is the second and probably the main day of the conference already heard a speech from the un secretary-general ban ki moon are expecting statements from german chancellor angela merkel britain's prime minister david cameron who is expected to outline britain's new immigration policy a speech by the russian foreign minister to go off was expected to focus on russia's proposal to build up

a legal document which would ensure european security and also is expected to outline russia's proposal for a unified anti missile defense system which would include russia the european union and the united states with sharing the responsibility for the safety of others another event also quite awaited here is the meeting of the quartet on the middle east which includes russia the united states the united nations and the european union that was called up by a russia and is also going to be one of the highlights of saturday. by our sounds like a packed agenda there and this year the conference is even more high profile the key meeting between sergey lavrov and hillary clinton. well that's right i was just saving the basts best for the last this meeting and their actual exchange of the ratification documents off the new strategic arms reduction treaty between moscow and washington has been really

a long awaited since. all new deal continued for over a year until we were signed the treaty was signed by the presidents of the two countries who initially pushed this idea forward this happened last april then almost another year of the discussion of internal discussion especially in the united states until the treaty was finally ratified first by the u.s. congress and then just last week by both houses of the russian problem and after which it was signed by president need to be defined now only a form. exchange of these right a few documents is left. just giving the green light and officially putting the t.v. into force and just. remain between moscow and washington since they. just want. you to see the number of strategic war we record by over one third which is quite significant in terms of all things do you believe between moscow and washington and definitely for global security writing or thanks very much indeed for this

apologies for some technical glitches there was a sound and we are also on the lookout for the news conference from munich so we'll keep our viewers here in our updated or thanks very much. while you watch sergei lavrov speech as i just mentioned at the munich conference live in our channel later today and r.t. also managed to catch up with russia's foreign minister is interviews coming up in our spotlight show and a few hours time. and from navy captain to t.v. presenter no one is off the hook when it comes to political correctness in the united states now many americans say the p.c. overdose makes them keep their opinions to themselves as a wrong word can land you in serious trouble thirty's marina port now reports even classic literature couldn't escape censorship. america is a country that pioneers freedom of expression but is the rising tide of political correctness reigning in the right to say what you think people do hold back to to

actually speak their mind it's almost as though you have a sort of a code to call them sometimes you want to call a spade a spade and sometimes you want to call it trouble according to a museum poll the majority of citizens think the us is overdosing on p.c. turning the land of the free into a nation of hyper sensitive sissies. were even corn chips can cause mass controversy in this ad a priest substituted to read zero for the eucharist the body of christ. the commercial was created for a possible super bowl broadcast but after an uproar among catholics frito lay apologized and pulled the plug on the satirical spot during a commercial being pulled is a classic example of americans freaking out about something insulting to do with religion i understand why the catholic league might flip out that's their job however be able to laugh at yourself folks. the price of humor can end up costing

big maybe captain owen honors entrusted with a nuclear powered aircraft carrier worth half a billion dollars was fired over racy morale boosting videos created years ago having survived eighty five combat missions oh in was shot down by for tuesday style gestures and comments as for the man who wrote nineteenth century classics not even mark twain is protected from present day p.c. two of tweens books are being republished with the word sleeve replacing the n. word it's about laziness it's not about liberal guilt to not want to do a friend or conservatives want to want to sanitize or plain vanilla history and art it's really about laziness we don't we don't want to trust people to do. look and examine to look at something and then go beyond that said what does it mean what were those times like what is the author trying to say when film critic roger ebert took to twitter to criticize the censorship he was criticized for simply writing

the n word can the white people say who can speak it has become a battle in court a federal jury will soon decide if white people can use the n. word at work this as a white t.v. reporter is suing a fox news affiliate in philadelphia after being fired for using the n. word during a staff meeting white house chief of staff rahm emanuel has apologized he's apologized and of course the r word can also make you a glorified villain as was the keyes last year when former chief of staff rahm emanuel privately called a group of liberals retards rahm emanuel and i think he has some decent and insensitive ways of being sarah palin is a great talk at e.s.p.n. sensitivity surrounding sex has become a touchy subject announcer ron franklin was fired this month for allegedly calling a female reporter sweet baby that is a political correctness has a neuter in the american language creating

a super sensitive society incapable of laughing things off a p.c. employee that's left more people biting their tongues for fear that freedom of expression would be more trouble than it's worth more important i am artsy new york . and with the taliban is rising every week in america's ongoing afghan campaign a u.s. policy in the country is increasingly under fire in a bid for a way out of a deadlock sound like veteran american diplomat robert blackwell for post partition of afghanistan as the best solution but as our military contributor explains the so-called plan b. is not going to save the situation for the u.s. . despite all the goodwill mr blair will to promote the defacto partition of afghanistan the whole concept is a nonstarter though i stand by his situation and alice's which has proved beyond a reasonable doubt that the us policy in afghanistan has crossed

a point of no return however i cannot support or subscribe to conclusions and recommendations that supposedly come from his impact on a salable analysis of the us policy in afghanistan their defacto politician is a nonstarter because it is a desperate attempt to address different audiences just in one position paper mr blackwell proposition is highly confusing and misleading for different audiences consider it for yourself for native afghans his proposition is it kin to covertly break up of the country for pakistani neighbors it amounts to the beginning of the belkin ization of the whole area starting from afghanistan but is also amounts to open ended u.s. military occupation and commitment to afghanistan we've all developed nation

building and counterterrorism that will be in essence the long term consequences of the implementation of this well intentioned but ill advised plan. now take a look at some other stories from around the world and commodious anti troops sooner to leave fire along their border leaving by at least one soldier dead in the biggest confrontation between the countries in years the fighting has sparked fears of an escalation causing thousands to flee the conflict over an ancient temple which both sides claim it's taking place periodically for years it's not clear why it sparked the latest clash which came after the two sides declared a cease fire. the whole set of the u.s. congresswoman shot in the head last month is to lead why out of nasa's last space shuttle flight mark kelly said he made the decision because his wife's condition

had improved rapidly he was training for the mission of when his wife was shot while holding a constituent reading in an attack that left six people dead with his twin brother scott kelly is a current commander of the international space station. australian government has called on the military to help clear the damage caused by side a ship carrying three thousand tons of food and supplies as those who've been dispatched to the disaster area emergency services are working to and block roads and we stored utility services but the air adverts are being hampered by heavy rains a category five storm one of the most powerful on record devastated communities and caused hundreds of millions dollars worth of damage. russian hotels are the most expensive in europe with moscow boasting a number of luxury accommodations was scarcity of budget rooms in the russian capital many believe new developments in other parts of the country might give tourist a chance to experience russia without shelling out

a fortune. looks at how tough the search is for an affordable night sleep. captivating journey to the heart of russia has never looked prettier this point star hotel in moscow for superb use of the red square and probably everything else that any traveller may dream about from top quality buffet or service to your own personal office decorated with dark cherry and burwood but this any other luxury accommodation this presidential suite comes with a price seventeen thousand dollars a night in some way as price never scares people because people are ready to pay for quality and somewhere if you. gain the confidence of the guests that you are providing quality people are ready to pay for the quality and it is expected and everybody's aware that is an expensive city and expensive it is with an average price tag of one hundred forty seven year of her night russian hotels

a currently the most pricey wants in europe norway is in the second place well sweden switzerland denmark and the u.k. by the rest of the top six hotels in greece seem to be a real bargain costing less than half of what you might be in russia seventy two year olds finding simple and cheap accommodation and has never been more difficult richard wines offers his guests a bunk in a hostel for just a fraction of what you might pay at the ritz and his place is always packed with tourists from all over the world he's certain that the recent hotel craze is simply down to supply and demand there just isn't enough hotels all still the hotels that are his seem to be concentrated in the four bytes area and is very little in like the three star like budget accommodation other experts believe the key to the problem lies in developing new destinations rather than refurbishing and expanding

the old being used in the capital alexander do a ski at the alpine ski resort in the southern russian city of sochi says this newly developed project is. well prepared to suit all tastes and budgets because of this there is only one five star hotel at the resort the rest are either fear or four stars and they're monitoring the visitors needs in any case it's clear that the market will make its own corrections so if you're planning to ship to russia make sure to check out some new destinations slightly off the beaten track with events like the two thousand and fourteen shorts you winter olympics these places offer new impressions for your journey without using your wallet many russian hotels remain an affordable for tourists but that's to change would new chains entering the market but while there will always be a place for luxury hotels in the capital people. such as here in sochi will still have to be able to open their homes to guests and let visitors experience true russian hospitality without spending

a fortune there was. so cheap. and i guess moscow our team also got tired of the capital's luxury and barked out an adventure to explore russian history and culture far outside this time they travel to london in search of russian spirit moscow out is coming up in ten minutes but here is a preview. hundred one of the most visited cities in the world to the cultural scene here you see how in many areas russia has been a huge influence fifty years in the past in the west may have battled it out with cultural and political wars but now many believe it's a time when both are working together to celebrate the success of the new wealthy russians the famous london square as an elite central areas of the capital are the places to live in the places to be seen over the past twenty years thousands of wealthy russians have moved to london with large houses in the center benching millions of pounds many local i say taters have welcomed the new russian customers

who have opened why the british capital well that's why that. time now for a business update with her own now. well welcome to our business program i'm sure rona kyon emerging markets will be the driver of global growth over the next few years that's the opinion of joseph stiglitz who spoke exclusively to business r.t. the renowned economist also says western countries will continue to struggle with the consequences of the financial crisis. it's very clear that. for the next many years. europe and america are going to be facing

problems that we aren't going to be able to solve those problems we may be able to grow but growth will be so when you meet that we won't be able to get our unemployment rate down. and it won't be the kind of robust growth that would be an engine for global growth of course high commodity prices are good for russia but bad for the united states a slowing down economic growth is the solution the problem of global imbalance is that we say too little. before the crisis household savings rate in the united states. was zero some quarters negative that's obviously not sustainable. since the crisis since the money up. but still not enough to mohali so savings have gone up. five percent. public saving cisco hand-out national deficit better risk of deficit of around ten percent so in terms of the overall

savings rate of the economy we haven't improved we just shifted from one side to the other is there a risk that we will see a double dip i don't think in the united states there's much of a risk of a double dip. almost certain. of a decline in growth rate winnable said innocent player. and we've gotten a little bit of a boost because of the payroll tax cut that was just a nap it showed that payroll tax cut isn't. my say artificial support good thing to do but it was on from one year and that means that into the new year that's not renewed. that makes it a force that constraints on states and localities the continuing. problems over leveraged. on the whole is continuing problems of financing state governments with negatives would become predominant. almost surely will slow.

the markets russian markets close in the black on friday having climb for a third day energy raisers where the top dinners with oil trading above one hundred dollars a barrel in london amid political unrest in north africa and the middle east. snicko and spare banks both close trading down on the day however at a close to two percent on both horses after that will say that its fourth quarter net income saw a nineteen percent job of the previous three months. with this week's trading mostly affected by the tensions in the middle east oil prices surge. explains why gas paul was among the top gainers there were some people still with the. performance but people guessed from. oil prices there's no. crying on revenue for the spring because gas prices prices. but the taxation for guest from the milk

of their own companies must promiscuous have been efficient incredibly price and the negative we saw in that with the bushes grow from week after used to finance. the sale of throughout the percent stake in that the grab by the street this year and this creates the potential in the market global him with the bushes. and that's all the business news for now stay with us for headline news up next.

well when one deals with water it has to realize that this tremendous amounts of damage that are done not just human damage but damage to the physical environment in which the battlefield takes place tremendous amount of damage done by aerial bombs by napalm boy coming from the city whether it's our sonic boom six tractor marine mammals or it's the burning oil fields here in iraq or are you strong coral reefs in the pacific for landing purposes the list just goes on and on the geneva conventions of nineteen forty nine states that there shall be taken in the war to protect the involved against widespread long term and severe

damage the united states although it is accepted almost all of the provisions political one has taken exception to that. the more people we killed a half year our officers were it got to be like a game like young take us to see who could kill the most people. and the different ways you can prove me keep you killed me i tell you no appears now if you brought back someone's ears you know where we have the most years they will get the most fierce inch a year should be reduced to zero then a few women children and five men around the circle over no on full automatic for him sixty. if you're talking about rape by six or seven people from her family. for most of the year.

this is not a theatrical set. this is a real correctional facility. is there any cultural life behind us. could transform a criminal into a lure a budding citizen. and can performance really revolutionized the penitentiary system. prison or nazi.

welcome back you're watching r.t. live from moscow these are the top stories the world holds its breath over what's to follow an edge of after a massive protest fail to make that embattled president mubarak given to these

people's demands and leave office the demonstrations have now entered their twelve day since they started over three hundred people have reportedly been killed. term on edge it said to dominate the security conference in munich that will also see the historical russian u.s. nuclear country finally come and to force months of debate and political hurdles preceded the adoption of the agreement by lawmakers on both sides of the atlantic. and political correctness over doze a survey shows how a growing number of americans are getting tired of taboos and words on a recent case to have stirred the american public was the sounds or ship of a classic novel by mark twain. that martin anders explores the rich tapestry of russian culture in great britain that's coming up next.

from. hello welcome to the show will be visiting different cities exploring russian life history and culture of a we begin one of my favorite cities in the world london london one of the most visited cities in the world down into the cultural scene here and you see how in many areas russia has been a huge influence in fifty years in the past.