helped me cross the street so the police are back the cars are back shops businesses and banks are opening albeit for a limited time today there are still those thousands of protesters out in turkey a square there well and call has not changed they say they're going nowhere until president mubarak steps down now just yesterday sunday there were talks between the government between vice president omar suleiman and opposition groups those talks do not seem to have yielded much more than set up a committee to discuss constitutional reforms that committee has one month in which to deliver its results and also for the state of emergency to have ended now with me to discuss this further is dr mohammed well wolf who is a writer why is the government meeting with opposition groups is it really trying to bring some kind of new change or is it just buying time. if they succeed to have the appearance of some new changes will prolong the stay of his government. seconds use the time of course but what i'm saying regarding this point is that we

are not in egypt now in the transitional face what is going now in egypt is to bring egypt into the transitional face it what they mean here actually it's a free move reference of everything should be the revolution and some of that revolutionary thinking has many people here asking just how much of a role do groups like the muslim brotherhood have earlier compiled this report. it didn't get more than a passing mention in the mainstream media hizbollah her mass and muslim brotherhood members in a jail break. from here and want to lebanon there is no way to go to lebanon from egypt only to go through this she or to fly so who helped them any one of the thousands of protesters on egypt streets was. support for the demonstrators has fled fast and although the muslim brotherhood the country's largest opposition group with an islamist agenda got involved only on day three that says mom do ramsey is part of the plan the muslim brotherhood will appear when they're sure the

presidency will fall and when they have the support and power to control everything they work in every arab country there they're below the surface and there they're now talking with the government and this support as i hear shouting on the streets in two weeks of demonstrations they are rallying call it hasn't changed step down mubarak i heard and eleven of his friends traveled for forty eight hours to get here they've come all the way from eritrea to be part of what they believe is the new revolution sweeping the middle east i was in eritrea and i watched everything on to i wish i was here before but coming here now is my contribution i am asking all my brothers in egypt to express their opinion without fear you will never leave the blood of her martyrs who were killed in this revolution without giving them the brotherhood get some of its funding from me ran and tehran is already cashing in its foreign minister says the protests show the need for an overhaul in the region and ayatollah ali khamenei has called the protests an islamic awakening there's an

opportunity for an increased role for muslims in the international arena from a political and economic perspective for the first time in quite a long while six years ago the american national intelligence council which is linked to the cia warned of exactly this it mapped out of a port on the global future it consisted of a caliphate one big muslim state created to sow. a slowdown in the economy and fueled by religious movements if such a pan regional union did genuinely come into being such a regional union would necessitate the breaking of very strong very resistant bonds that exist between the us and many of the participants in such a putative arab muslim world and the us is already feeling the heat with confusing messages coming from an administration that's unsure what to do when the protests first started president obama was careful not to abandon his old friend hosni mubarak but his loyalties soon shifted and he sided with the protesters to try and

keep on top of things for sure of the muslim brotherhood reach the top of egypt's though impose those special agenda they'll go ahead to establish a religious state and despite them saying they don't want to be in the government they do they want to rule egypt and it's not just egypt many fear much of the arab world today saying if it happened in the streets of cairo back that it could happen here so democracy does seem to be spreading so as the brotherhood sits down for talks of the government it despises it's not just egypt's future that's at stake but so to that of the region policy r.t. kyra. well wiki leaks founder julian assange inches in a london court fighting his extradition from the u.k. to sweden stockholm wants him on accusations of sexual wrongdoing something a songe denies and says they are politically motivated. and that is outside the court for us. this is the first day of a two day extradition hearing the proceedings which you just start at ten o'clock

this morning and at nine o'clock we thought you know i was arriving here to willits crown court where these proceedings will take place and as you say he is wanted for questioning in sweden over allegations of rape molestation and norful coercion those were made by two women in august over in sweden and she did assault himself has always said that these allegations are politically motivated that these were bit women were somehow either paid or forced to make these allegations against him to bring him down essentially we don't know what the prosecution's going to be arguing at the moment is but unusually the full defense argument is being willing to go on the website of a song he's doing this we know very preliminary arguments they're going to say that his human rights could be violated if he was extradited to sweden and on then the u.s. which is what the defense lawyers are saying that's going to happen they say that there's a risk a big risk that the u.s. will seek his extradition or even illegal rendition to the u.s.

after he's been deported to sweden and that there's a real risk of him being detained either in guantanamo bay or in some kind of similar facility they're also going to argue that he will put be at risk of the death penalty if it's a death penalty if he was sent to america as outrage washington by publishing on his wiki leaks website u.s. diplomatic cables from around the world showing how relationships between countries actually worked some of them were quite scandalous for the u.s. government in history he says that because of that they are out to get him we know that the swedish prosecutor's office has come out and said that even if he was extradited to sweden from here would be protected by strictly you rules and in fact sweden wouldn't be able to do just whatever he liked with the songs once he got there but as we are saying today many say that sweden's friendship with the u.s. has got quite a cozy close friendship with the. us may mean that when i saw his extradition is much more likely my colleague ed meese in no way filed

a report on just that let's hear what it says. so we didn't a quiet little neutral scandinavian nation the current foreign policy establishment in sweden has a remarkably close relationship with the united states the country that gave us our flat pack furniture for dollar meatballs top models and long bombshells may not be so neutral after all american influence is everywhere from food to feature films but in sweden it seems to be supersized. the deerhunter film was shown again on swedish t.v. for some sixtieth time it's an awful film it's the worst propaganda politics through the back door like sweden's times with nato you have the military and some politicians pretty intensively with the united states and with nato and the large mass of the population being totally unaware of the stuff going on but

it's not just want swedes are taking in it's also what their leaders are ready to give from julian assange to terrorist suspects to nato support when america wants something they get it but why and what's in it for the so-called neutral nation they get. all the benefits of being an intelligence partner of the united states without the baggage of being in nato it's a partnership decades in the making there is. a willingness to. do the arrogance of the united states over many years from. questions. making asylum seekers in sweden. both to the cia freddy's is particularly strong now with a right leaning government in sweden and with the u. . asked wanting him for spying in sweden wanting him for sex crimes julian

a son is wanted by quite a team and the songe wiki leaks case seems to be just the next continuation of this very old intelligence relationship here's some other relationships we dug up julian assange ticks off the us with fierce reaction from one of the country's most notorious neo cons is not a particularly credible source and love and he is a you know two million homeowners and he's a criminal only ought to be hunted down and grabbed and put on trial for what he has done here these words from karl rove who claims he's part swedish and just happens to be advising the country's pm while the former swedish minister of justice is a partner in the firm who filed charges against a songe for sex crimes with another link to the us thomas von stroheim is claimed to have handed the cia asylum seekers from sweden who were then tortured a question about neutrality became even even clearer thanks to some of the

documents from exactly wiki leaks and if the u.k. can secure asylum for bodies because of ski and ahmed zakayev both wanted for serious crimes in russia it could be argued there's another room in the british justice system to protect julian assange from the united states of sweet merica and let him keep blowing his whistle and he's now a r.t. stockholm sweden. still ahead for you here in the program on our t.v. teams exposed under a drug a holism in russia fueled by a lack of stringent laws to prevent youngsters from being able to buy booze without the need to show i.d. . the president has signed a bill which will fundamentally overhaul russia's law enforcement agencies the force will undergo a complete rebranding new service standards will be implemented that has come off multi-user cut in which you can bring us up to date on the developing story here

and hi to you kathy yes so the force has been badly tainted by corruption bribery and abuse of power scandals in recent years are these the reasons behind this ongoing reform. oh indeed it's a long way to feel it's a key plank of president but it's reform with challenger as a whole these lords police covers. and rides up police officers and is aimed of course in the first place the changing the infamous image of russia's new leadership which will soon be renamed aid to police and opponents of these small though say that many of the mountains four hundred out of but hundred and fifty were not included in the final text and they fear that the group rounding up of these people may be only major change to russia's law enforcement agency but it was several key changes have been introduced and these law is just part of a major reform of russia's interior ministry which presently bet if introduced two years ago ever since the us so that the main aim of this work force is to make

russia's police more transparent and the fact. that. this law defines the status rights and duties of policeman hopefully it will strip them of the functions they shouldn't perform it cements the so-called partnership between police and the public in this country this law was worked out on my initiative and is just the first step in reforming the country's interior ministry . well russian really a bad image for a professional shortcomings for not living up to social rahmatullah protecting and serving citizens the police officers in russia are widely criticised for being. for not following the rule of law themselves the worst example was the so-called you two court case when a police officer went on a shooting massacre at a supermarket and he killed two people and the lives of two dozen other people were

endangered it is just one of the examples russian roads police are often accused for being corrupt preferences. drive on special cars on the chorus with government. number of place rather than to drive us on the roads and of course the law is. changing the mission statement of policing in general and it says the protection of individuals the public and society from criminal acts. rather than the prevention of crimes and administrative chances all right. over their life for us thank you. arwa there's always more news on our website that's r.t. dot com let's have a quick look right now i was waiting for you on line. of march is being staged by one english far right groups prime minister david cameron spoke of failing a multiculturalism in modern day britain.

and you will cross country race to find out more about it just head over to our website that is dot com. moscow has reacted strongly to japanese criticism of last year's visit by dmitri medvedev to the caribbean islands sort of off said tokyo should tone down its rhetoric and would do well to remember the islands known in japan as the northern territories to remember though that they are russian. people with each skew the expressions used by the japanese officials are far from diplomatic and in great contrast with the polite and friendly tune of the meeting between president give and prime minister noda can and you can. i don't know perhaps it's due to the so-called northern territory's day that's been celebrated in japan today at the same time as we have said repeatedly we are still willing to closely cooperate with the japanese partners in carrying out specific projects lose regions of russian. japanese prime minister

called and viewed as a visit to the islands as inexcusable rudeness now some are territories in japan on monday protestors that dragged the russian flag along the ground outside its embassy and called for a return of. after the second world war and international agreement gave russia ownership of the area claims the koreans were never part of the deal insisting they are historically japanese territory more on this we're joined by to be tree stood outside of head of asian and african studies at the moscow state university of international relations good to see you so monday is the day that the japanese are commemorating what they call the day of the northern territory's why are the japanese so attached to these islands we're talking there fifty six of them some of them are just rocks. you know. japanese treatment of these these very emotional. roots in. these territories

are considered to be. the territories which which are historically associated with japan so for many decades japanese government japanese media insisted that these territories the birth of northern territory is the matter of national dignity you're talking national dignity you're saying there's an emotional historical tie between. and in these northern islands here we're talking about sixteen thousand square meters here six thousand square miles but in one hundred fifty one the san francisco treaty between allied powers said that japan must give up these to the international realm russia got ownership of the creole islands they've been russian territory now for decades so surely japan should just accept the fact that these belong to russia and i just move on well the matter must be resolved within the by a little treaty and. the fact that the soviet union. has never

signed some fransisco treaty. shows us that the use of should be resolved within the treaty between japan and russia but i also am i correct in believing that russia has made an offer to japan to appease this ongoing dispute. i think that there is a there is a legal document between russia and japan not the son from cisco treaty but that the ration the one hundred fifty six duke really ration where diplomatic ties were restored. as for the territorial dispute there was a formula of. resolving this. which has never been implemented but still. retains its actuality for to say russia has made some moves to try and

resolve the dispute with japan here but i'm running out of time here forgive me please but the rhetoric here comes just days before the japanese foreign minister's visit to moscow do you think this could increase pressure on russia over this issue . well i think that. the japanese prime minister's statement the visit of japanese foreign minister to russia should be trip to separately because the constant months refers to that to reach your. north third tour is date. every year. sort of. performance and this is an ongoing performance here is there an issue of national pride and understandably so or i will dmitri starts off we're out of time here but you are the head of asian and african studies from the moscow state university of international relations thank you you thank. well let's take a brief look now at some other world headlines. that he will support the southern

part of the country's succession ahead of the announcement of the official findings of an independence poll the preliminary results from a late january show that of the three point eight million valid votes nearly ninety nine percent wanted a split from the north but instances of over voting meant some ballots were discounted southern sudan will officially become independent on the ninth of july. and two bushfires driven by hot summer winds are raging on the outskirts of fun australia's west coast fifty nine homes have been destroyed and many more have been damaged the strong winds are hampering efforts to contain the places with water bombing aircraft affected meanwhile the clean up from the floods and cyclons on the country's east coast continue the floods have been the country's worst in decades killing thirty five and causing an estimated five point six billion dollars and. while it's never been easy for teenagers in russia to buy booze without being asked

for id it's fueling underage alcoholism with no stringent punishments many store owners turn a blind eye to selling alcohol to minors. or went in with hidden cameras to uncover the scale of the problem. these teenagers just may be russia's future and it's looking rather bleak. the problem is that kids start drinking around fourteen fifteen years of age regularly dependence it takes a few years to four so when they are brought to us the grossest has already been for and not always we can pull them out of this stuff situation according to n.g.o.s there are anywhere from twenty to sixty thousand teenagers in the country and many blame the fact that it's far too easy for a teenager to buy alcohol legal drinking age in russia is eighteen years old so how easy is it for a teenager to get his or her hands on. some hard liquor we're going to follow a couple of enthusiasm a russian youth organization into that liquor store right across the street which

is one of the largest supermarkets selling hard alcohol to find out whether or not they will be successful in getting their hands on a couple of bottles of whiskey we've been in with a hidden camera but the experiment didn't work the first time around so no go here the teenage girls were not sold any alcohol they were else for them to the case and when they didn't provide it they were refused service but we're going to go to another place just down the street and see whether they will be able to get some vodka or beer there was. sure enough each of them had no trouble getting a beer from this kiosk. when confronted this serious woman got defensive but didn't seem too fazed with breaking the law oh no never how many times did we tell you not to sell alcohol to the under-aged and you still continue to do that. unfortunately practically every second or supermarkets sell cigarettes and alcohol to adolescents and we have to mark positive tendencies to russian parliamentarians have been

trying to implement stringent punishments for those who sell alcohol and cigarettes to minors but so far there has been very little progress parents are responsible for the children until they turn eighteen and i think if we make parents pay a fine when the kids know good drink we will raise the level of responsibility because presently teenagers do all these things practically with a parent's permission. several routes of this alcohol became an intrinsic part of the russian culture after world war two we have a tradition to drink for any reason and that's a huge problem we need to tackle fortunately many youngsters themselves realize the scope of the problem. they want to relax to feel grown up but i don't think if you drink two three bottles of beer you automatically become an adult as things stand there is. little consequence or punishment for kiosk or store owners willing to cash in on minors health but it could be the country's future at stake it even goes

corti moscow. and in just a few minutes here in oz he will be talking to moscow's police chief to discuss how to lower the capital's crime rate but first the latest business news with kareena. very well welcome to business good to have you with us italy's biggest insurer generali could become the anchor investor in the privatization of the t.v. better misty daily reports generally may buy up to a five percent stake in russia's second largest lender that's as the z.b. which is currently eighty five percent state's own starts a road show to saw a ten percent stake in the bank to raising all three and a half billion dollars it's the first big big sale in russia's ambitious privatization program but will stumble tosh a deputy head of research at what he credits says b.p. is a special case. i don't think it's excessive displacement real have an

influence on on the whole production program this kind of special case the possible investors will be of use to investment firms where they just sort of investment funds or insurance companies for example or certain today but i think it's rather mr froggatt problem sure so it's going to be. a long term investors which are interested in the russian financial markets. as they connect the markets european stock markets advance on monday that's following wall street's strong finish on friday and a good start to the week for the japanese market london's footsies gaining point seven percent germany's dax twenty point nine percent higher banks are among the strongest performers and shares of mobile phone maker nokia rallied on reports of a planned management shakeup at russia's market the trading in the red in the afternoon the rise xs losing nearly half a percent energy and banking shares away on the indices busy setting point eight percent of them isaac's weakness in the bank's current share price is seen by

analysts as a buying opportunity while colley and silvie need shares gains are reports that shareholders had approved the merger of the two companies. and rest of largest in the bed and gas produce another tech expects to buy up to fifteen percent this year in january and perform better than gas which decreased production by about three percent compared to last year no attack is currently building a platter the gas which arctic peninsular first field is expected in five years time the company says it's investing one hundred million dollars into the liquefied natural gas project this here in addition the gas producer is looking for strategic partner to take a forty nine percent stake. there's shell there's talk of there is very. exxon mobil has looked at it conoco phillips smaller companies i've looked at a couple japanese firms a lookout so we're looking at

a series of foreigners who have studied the particular geology who have studied the concept we're finishing the exploration side we're drilling three wells this year there's already been fifty five exploration wells are drilled and then will engage the contractor who which was c.b.i. lomas to start with what we call the feed study and so we've completed the initial work and now all the infrastructure activities are underway in the i'm open and so on. and that's it for now i'll be back in less than one hour.

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economy in. the headlines. the government has offered new concessions to ease the tension in the crisis hit country but the opposition is holding firm. for president mubarak's immediate resignation meanwhile. after two weeks of violence. and court to fight extradition to sweden over alleged sex crimes. a cozy friendship with washington might see him traded to the united states could face the death penalty. of thousands of his military documents and diplomatic

cables from russian president dmitri. branch of the country's police us. make corruption a thing of the past the force will undergo a complete. will be in. order for more this overhaul as well as the crime problems in russia's capital artie's so if we spoke to the moscow police chief. this interview is coming up next here on the program. thank you very much for joining us today.