the egyptian president hosni mubarak has seemingly bow to pressure at home and abroad as he finally resigns following the brutal scene over the past few weeks also this hour altie. wiki leaks founder julian assange will have to wait to hear his extradition fate. hearing. on sex crime charges. however sweden may be just a short stop for. an american agenda behind a swedish wiretapping law that might allow washington to press espionage charges on the whistleblower. pushing forward its tough stance on the. which tokyo is wanted back since the end of world war two.

from our studios here in central moscow this is r.t. with you twenty four hours a day the egyptian president hosni mubarak has finally stepped down and handed power to the military according to the country's vice president it comes after more than two weeks of mass uprisings in the country which has been accompanied by a wave of violent clashes between pro and anti-government protesters we'll bring you live pictures at the moment from cairo here on r.t. and after thirty years in power well barack announced more than a week ago he would not participate in september's presidential election western powers including the u.s. have been calling for a transition of power leaving its decades long isolated and. more on the events going up in the u.s.

in washington has there been any reaction from the united states so far as it seems to be strongly involved in egyptian politics. bill in the u.s. it's presented as a triumph of democracy in egypt mubarak laughed and this is what the egyptian people want and that's how a democracy should work but that's the official rhetoric but little leaves no one about what really happened in cairo last night when barak said in his address that he was not leaving until september and why is it that his vice president omar suleiman is announcing his the parcher what also happened the army stepped up the army which is largely funded by funded by the united states and the question is who is in power in egypt right now washington can hardly be considered to be impartial when it comes to power struggle it's a strategic location for the u.s. mubarak has been a close ally for thirty years the u.s. has been pumping billions of dollars into the egyptian military and that they don't want to lose that there is

a great chance that they won't lose that although the official position is is up to the it's up to the egyptian people to choose their next leader but washington is apparently pulling some strings the men who are sort of in charge during this tumultuous transition who is seen as a possible target of two mubarak is a big cia friend it's all marsalis he has reportedly orchestrated the brutal interrogations of terror suspects abducted by the cia also in the run up to the u.s. invasion of iraq in two thousand and three the cia relied on mr sulaiman to beat fashion out of the detainee who said that hussein had connections with al qaeda something that was proven to be false but back in the day was perfect for the americans who desperately needed an excuse to invade iraq so he's an old friend not hostile to israel and that's basically all the u.s. wants from a future leader of egypt. you're saying the u.s. saying this is a victory for democracy we're seeing a positive response from the rest of the west which has been calling for changes of

course but this is that because of a desire to help the egyptian people or perhaps something deeper than that. billing statements of course you have u.s. officials say the demands of the gyptian people are digital and they want to they would want to see a leader who hears his people's grievances but there is a certain you pocker see here just a year ago when asked about human rights violations by the egyptian government i remember obama's response was it is a close ally and it's not the job of the united states to lecture edge of democracy and human rights at the same time the u.s. as we know never shied away from bashing others non allies for violating human rights that the but but in recent weeks the rhetoric has definitely changed the u.s. to cup its old role of democracy pete preacher but if you watch american t.v. listen to american politicians it's all about u.s. interests not really about egyptians they want democracy for egypt but it democracy

that would be. fine with the united states and remember what happened with democratic leaders who were elected you know who came to power through revolutions in the ukraine and cared to stand with a huge support of the united states later on i mean a first everyone was happy but later on they were rejected by their own people. and also by the way just just. we also have a report for you on. outgoing president jefferson president hosni mubarak if you're it. for mubarak is history the words of the danish prime minister today and accurate prediction president mubarak has resigned seems a celebration mark an end to the leader's thirty year regime and a victory for the egyptian people you know all the be able to hear didn't need

mubarak in a more obama. but i've. tried to fix all the problem here and mubarak cantrips mostly because we don't have mubarak who don't know the system if with the right here who will change the system we are the little people here we will fix all of the western willingness to be saying very cool about what amounts to an internal dispute as being fit is an inappropriate interference and a contradictory one at that the turn in opinion coming from western leaders who until say recently supported his name back as a force for stability in the region my belief that an orderly transition must be meaningful. it must be peaceful and it must begin now perhaps stem western policy should have pressed. upon existing regimes such as mubarak's that restricted political freedoms damaged economic progress instead the us gave him one

and a half billion dollars a year for his armed forces alone and it was largely western support they kept the bank in power the fact the egyptian people are well aware of they supported the review for such a long time. they do feel regime and now they are talking about democracy and the spectacle of the right to protest a struggle against the autocratic regime to them fighting against empty promises and weak concessionary comments and not just from the barrick. european and world leaders has a program code in terms of sticking up for democracy and human rights sufficiently . in the past we have parents departure the egyptian people will now be looking for a real political commitment to change both internally and internationally.

terrorist square has been the recent at the center of egypt's democratic hopes the stage for the people's revolution and instead of the battle for better governance should be for its western involvement now needs to tread carefully to ensure that they're encouraging genuine and lasting reform as opposed to simply fueling an impassioned revolution that risks replacing one tyrant according for another surface r.t. . well peter the veld we'll have more on the resignation of the egyptian president in his show cross talk that's later in our program and here's a brief preview for you. a long ways to go this is the beginning of a very long term process and really we've witnessed the first internet revolution we've seen the first indication in an age of facebook twitter instantaneous communication the internet autocracies are inherently unstable they can't sustain themselves not when the interior has not changed i want to know what are sure.

susan go right ahead this is cross talk you can jump in anytime you want go here. i'm sorry yeah i wanted to say and this is not a facebook or twitter revolution i think that's a very very oriental is sort of the american way of looking at this is an adoption revelation and was a revolution of the people. coming your way a little later. we're going to be live from the russian capital with you twenty four hours a day and just to remind you for the latest developments in egypt and other news from around the world you can always log on to our website which is r t dot com now russia will not tolerate japan's radical approach towards the far east and could allow it in switch tokyo claims as its own moscow's official stance comes as the japanese foreign minister is in the russian capital for talks the on one hundred to russia was part of a capitulation agreement at the end of the second world war however formal peace to has been signed between the two countries. has the details. no

radicalism and preconditions that's the message from. right after his meeting with his japanese counterpart if you pour your full when japan adults are radical approach towards the peace treaty with russia which had been struggling really and issued by the country's government it's impossible to negotiate these issues i said to mr million that we're still ready to treaty with no preconditions the dispute between russia and japan over the album crew islands has been going on for over half a century now and swears up every year during the so-called northern territories the in japan tokyo claims that these southern islands are traditionally and historically japanese territory while russia says that a b. or a strategic part of the russia and that is one of the outcomes of the second world

war so we continue standing firm on their positions but nevertheless both sides said that they are ready to talk more about this issue and also to work together in many others years from culture and energy to business of course which is only growing every year. you got a specialist on japan says the escalation in tension over the issue is due to some recent moves by the japanese. today's talks were held in rather tense and straight atmosphere do you talk in this position really this collation of the debate started on the dip in the state more than a year girl where japanese adopted the law claiming that. to be the territory of japan and also to parent didn't agree to a russian initiative to russian proposal to try to find

a new creative approach to the problem and to conduct joint economic activity in this region well now in. the news today here in our to the verdict in the high profile case of the founder has been adjourned for two weeks in the sand appeared in court in london on friday as he continues his battle against extradition to sweden where he faces questioning over six crime allegations he claims the case was fabricated so the u.s. can use sweden to hand him over on espionage charges. has been keeping track of developments from outside the court there in london. all we're waiting for now is the verdict and that is due to be delivered we now know on the twenty fourth of february so in a couple of weeks' time we were hearing today the closing statements made by bass the defense and the prosecution and now the judge is going to presumably retired to his chambers for two weeks to think about the evidence that he's heard and then come up finally with

a verdict today on the twenty fourth of february we're not expecting that to take very little military everyone will just go out ahead and the judge judge will tell us what he saw he says in terms of what we've been hearing on friday morning we essentially had summaries of the evidence from the prosecution and from the defense prosecution has maintained all along and maintained again today that there's no reason why us all shouldn't go to sweden to all articles questions during the news about this baby and gina nationalist came out of the court and made a short statement to the media he used that statement to highlight what he called the injustices of the european arrest warrant under which his extradition is being requested let's hear what he had to say that gives me hope that we can through this particular case. not simply draw attention. to the difficulty and the pressure of that we and all the people who have been under. threat rather. perhaps we have an opportunity. to set

a new president. about the abuses of european arrest warrant we had some quite graphic details from the defense about these alleged assaults sort of almost making light of the of these allegations as the prosecution said it's talking about the sexual encounters that took place with two women in august and we also heard an angry statement by the defense solicitor about comments that the swedish prime minister has made recently about shooting a song to the defense cool that it's a devil. state singly prejudicial attack and said that the swedish pick prime minister had spread malicious lies about you and us are suggesting that he believes that women's rights are worthless and also suggesting that he's already being charged with these this rate which in fact he's not the case at all in a any decent country the rule of law is separate from the political process it

appears that in sweden it is not and not the prime minister has i am afraid to say so or to change the legal process just one more example the point exceptional behavior in the jury understand case another factor this is also a case that has descended at times into farce and today is no exception there's a new book out by a man called daniel dumpsite burke who used to work with student ourselves at wiki leaks and he is essentially written a book about our son and his relationship with him and he says that our son has an emperor a complex that he wants to be the king and the old powerful person he meant everything and he also alleges that a son has turned into the sort of man that he used to hate the sort of man that he used to want to bring to justice but the most bizarre thing about the allegations that dumpsite burke has made is something to do with his cat he said that our sons lived with him for a while and restart in germany and that has a cat which julian and sit into

a war of suprema see where the senshi attacking the cat and then pulling back saying who would win sometimes the cat one sometimes i saw one and he says that that shows that ourselves is some kind of power hungry maniac we haven't heard any more about the espionage charges that the u.s. is said to be preparing against julian astonished but we do know that politicians and other people in the us have come out very much against him in terms of the relationship between sweden and the us which is a call to what all this hinges on essentially if you look at it from that perspective we have had access to some wiki leaks cables from the u.s. state department they told us some very interesting things about the relationship exists cozy relationship between the u. . yes and suisun i prepared this report on the subject bugged and wiretapped at the behest of the us swedish intelligence service the ethyl a has the power to monitor and intercept all internet traffic in the country and thanks to leaked u.s. state department cables we now know the controversial law was adopted after

pressure from washington and the security services were deliberately kept out of it to reassure the swedes there was no funny business force to operate under strict data storage and protection laws for swedish citizens they are concerned that the public may perceive their involvement as an attempt to work around these restrictions by using a foreign intermediary that's poisoning any chance for success the u.s. interest is clear eighty percent of all the internet traffic from russia travels through sweden and from there to america but most men from by by government representatives that know know that the purpose is not to spy on swedes it's the morning monitor among other things russian trying to traffic but what kind of information are they are almost or i think the information that is made accessible to special services by this law is of course sensitive and there are ways it can harm russia's political interests oh it was the law has been slammed by some

as the most far reaching eavesdropping plan in europe and prompted widespread protests ahead of its implementation cables also suggest the swedish government was colluding with the u.s. to avoid involving the public at all costs. the agreements may have to be presented to parliament and of a constitutional requirement for matters of great importance he said the process will take considerably longer and be subject to public scrutiny something the government of sweden will want to avoid as the ministry of justice continues to analyze the proposed text it is also considering how dick. in a range meant that will avoid the need for parliamentary review there is no parliamentary control over what they are for us. and of course the general public in sweden has even less control much of the pressure coming from the united states and from the corporate industries it's being in the swedish government the more than happy to. to to do whatever the american corporations. ask through

the american government judging from the date on the leaked cables while sweden was debating whether to pass the bill the americans were already negotiating with the swedish authorities or what kind of information they wanted they see the twenty third meeting has an opportunity to seek precise details on the type of information the united states wants and overall aim of the agreement and it's clear the us ended up getting what it was after at least in terms of information on the eighty percent of russian internet traffic that passes through sweden our intelligence cooperation with sweden on brusha is excellent do you directed left to general burgess who'll be here next week for exchanges with the swedes on russia and of the topics now it's not just information on russia that the us is off to its reportedly carrying out its own investigation into wiki leaks founder julian assange still

says all this information to see if it can bring espionage charges if it can and applies to sweden first extradition all this close cooperation that we've seen may mean his feet won't touch the ground floor and it's r.t. . twenty minutes past the hour here in the russian capital time now for a brief look at some other major headlines from around the world in all of the date hundreds of. across iran for the country's national day of these pictures. the thirty second anniversary of the islamic revolution established in one thousand nine hundred ninety islamic republic was created. by the late ayatollah coming. to greece now and hundreds of transport workers in the greek capital protesting against planned sector reforms workers from athens metro system its trams trolleys and buses. the demonstration is the latest in a series of disruptions in the city of homs a part of a public sector cost cutting exercise which is being implemented

a multi-billion euro bailout aimed at rescuing greece's economy. well. as discovery of the western area continues the get an inside look into the culture and traditions of the region and the city of. they were public is known for its rich culture and traditions many of which are being passed through the centuries from cuisine to music the region's creative spirit has given rise to a wealth of local talent some of which is spread around the world but in a going to. song that gets moving. when you come to shift you're in for surprise though it's known for its weapon producing factories and plants the first thing that catches your eye is the city's architecture which seems to have changed a little over the centuries and once you dig deeper you find the more people are

good at preserving their heritage and not just on the outside in the culture for me is a part of my life it's the way of my life you know my mom is a lullaby it's my grandmother's song. and fairy tales told this is very eco logical very educational to think them coming and turn very close to nature culture but of course to get a full taste of the culture you have to get out of the city and go to the village where traditional songs dances food and drinks are still very much a part of everyday life so we hit the road trudge through the snow and ended up in the village of gran of a and the home of a local celebrities who made waves in russia's last bid for your vision song contest glory but don't expect to find any short skirts and hair extensions here most of the stars are over the age of seventy and dress much more tastefully when.

we come here in the evening meet so watch t.v. and seen during the commercials globalist all these grandmothers became an unexpected hit coming one place short of a present in their country but they still caught audience's imagination with their songs giving some of the world's best known hits a new sound barrier that route. thank. you. your reading you after your vision we wanted to come home quietly that would more shy people and we didn't want to make a fuss but people found out and when we got back to our village they gave us a grand welcome back party with songs and dances. and these bugs take

a creative hands on approach to everything they do but i'm trying to do right now is helping israel. which is sort of like me you make this but all i ask is what the stuff in the side and this is a traditional dish and try it comes out of it the people here seem to have a song for every occasion be it a wedding gapped is a birth or see need young man after the army or whatever life throws at them the good will to find a way to market believe it's that approach which has kept these traditions going strong for hundreds of years. it even goes. up about one look at our main stories in just a few minutes after the business update with dmitri dmitri good to see that any immediate reaction in the markets to mubarak stepping down so many world stock markets are actually positive but is falling because of concerns about supplies coming from egypt well look at that in the second first of all norris nickel is trying once again to resolve the shareholder dispute but dogging the company

russia's largest miners matre them proved offered to buy twenty percent of its shares from alimony and roussel for twelve point eight billion dollars in assembly miner offered to buy all twenty five percent of themselves shares for twelve billion dollars which was promptly rejected on their calls other major shareholder interoffice have been fighting with yourself for control of the company since june and a further blow to. its ambitions on friday was our last court case filed in siberia to cancel nor cynical election of interest back to board members. british oil major b.p. looks set to get its dividend from t.n. k b p now they are all the russian partners in their joint venture had promised to block the estimated one point eight billion dollar payout for the fourth quarter now that was off to b.p. and washington will join more sniffed announced an asset swap an arctic exploration deal they are claimed but that deal compromised the competitiveness of t.

and k b p and run counter to the terms of the alliance but like simple cough law firm called pete says they are have little chance of blocking the dividend if it goes against the shareholder agreement. i think it would be quite difficult for them because as i've heard shareholders agreement provides for an obligation of the to be at least forty percent of the net income. each quarter and it makes no real difference if such payout it brought to shareholders or not. gazprom expects to supply an extra nine percent of gas to europe this year and predicts prices will be fifteen percent higher now that would give an average price of three hundred fifty two dollars per thousand cubic meters compared to three hundred six last year exports to europe are planned at about one hundred fifty two billion cubic meters of gas this year but they're still below pre-crisis levels of

one hundred fifty eight point eight billion in two thousand and. fifteen largest oil producer and gas from subsidiary gazprom has increased its profit by eight percent to three point three billion dollars in twenty ten turnover rose to almost thirty seven billion dollars that's a thirty six percent gain on the previous year. so the markets now start with the united states they opened negatively but then switched into positive territory as mubarak stepped down and there are now that's also send a positive sentiment a wave of positive sentiment for out other markets for example europe ended the day pretty positive nokia however their ships shares dropped almost fourteen percent after to greet to software partnership with michael the biggest forward. here in russia's stocks recovered a little after three days of losses now it was helped by

a stronger oil price earlier in this nations now down around two percent following the equity markets closed world slid one percent as i said yeah as egypt's president mubarak stepped down too late for shares he had to react on that first day russian markets suffered their biggest one day four in seven months more detail on stocks before friday's session nicol rally the most in five weeks trading after the world's biggest nickel producing creases offer to buy back shares from groups in a bid to end an ownership food and shares that closed up one percent on the news that gas promise sold its ten percent stake in the gas producer for a thirty percent discount for gas from came under pressure as investors showed bad displeasure with the deal. that's all i have and i'll be back in a one time with plenty more.

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