the egyptian president hosni mubarak has seemingly pressure at home and abroad. over the past few weeks also. wiki leaks founder julian assange happen simply say his extradition fate inflates the men told the case it's hearing him say whether he'll be sent to sweden on sex crime charges. however sweden may be just a short story for a leaked cables uncover an american agenda behind the swedish want topping that march and washington to process charges.

from our studios here in central moscow this is with you twenty four hours a day so the egyptian president hosni mubarak has finally stepped down and handed power to them in a tree according to the country's vice president it comes after more than two weeks of mass unrest in the country including violent clashes between pro and anti-government protest of western powers including the u.s. have been calling for a transition of power leaving them decades long isolated he's going to cause more from washington. and the u.s. it's presented as a triumph of democracy were heard president obama speak earlier he was very passionate about all this he was talking about how the egyptians made their voice heard this is how the real democracy works he was saying honestly the impression was that he was talking about his own country so passionate his speech was and judging by the speech a long while could think that the u.s. was not just a bystander in this whole process and it probably was not. the force that's now we

. is that the army that is largely funded by the united states washington can hardly be partial when it comes to power struggle in the region is is is a strategic location and it is that neighbor to israel has been an ally for thirty years has been pumping billions of dollars into the egyptian military they don't want to lose that whoever is next in power although the official position is it's up to the egyptian people to decide who is going to be their next leader some analysts say washington is pulling some strings there any spare likely that the next leader will be approved by the united states got to talking to me a little earlier than from washington will ivan eland of the independent institute again in washington says u.s. policy towards egypt's backing of dictatorship while claiming to support democracy is two faced with a clear a more honest approach needed. the united states was sort of taken by surprise

on this because of vacillated supporting mubarak or first and calling him not a dictator the vice president biden and then move to well you need to start the transition immediately then it looked like it swung back to the egypt in government and then of course they kind of shifted in when the protesters started in a big way but i think there is a longer problem with u.s. policy and that is cozying up to dictators in the first place that we really don't need to cozy up to and then when they get into trouble we get into this hypocritical position of supporting our to crack regime when we're spouting democratic rhetoric here in the united states so i think that and this is a this is a hypocritical policy which many countries call the us on and i think it's sort of been demonstrated in egypt that this occurred. and british journalist and war correspondent yvonne ridley gave me her thoughts as to why hosni mubarak finally

decided to resign i think that he had a phone call from the white house that persuaded him to leave the problem facing a dictator like mubarak is that when you have many billions stashed away. he obviously had to seek assurances that wouldn't be frozen as has happened in switzerland to see if heard already there are lots of things that i think he's had to sort out something a lot of deals going on behind the scenes but at the end of the day the victory is with the people they got their way i was in tahrir square just on tuesday and it was an electric atmosphere the scenes from last night i really felt for the people but today they got their rewards that patience paid off.

refers to the western influence on the events unfolding in egypt and the situations developed in the past three weeks. barack his history his steely determination not to resign. as he finally stepped down as president seems a celebration marking an end to the leader's thirty year regime and a new start for the egyptian people. but already the west is jumping on the victory bandwagon claiming this is a success for democracy and trumpeting egypt's new found freedom and one perhaps they forgotten that if egypt is now free then it's from a regime that was into recently largely supported and funded by the western leaders who now denounces support. for such a room. talking about democracy and right rather than such swift policy u.

turns the west might be better placed to press harder on autocratic regimes such as when they restrict political freedoms damage economic progress. european. progress code. for democracy and human rights efficiently. in the past the parents resignation marks a significant moment in egypt's history and there's no doubt that this is a huge success for the people but this time will also be pivotal in determining their future and a real and in curing political commitment to change this now commands rather than time wasting rhetoric however inspiring. terrorist square has been the recent at the center of egypt's democratic hopes the stage for the people's revolution and is there the battle for better governance should be fought 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 sara for our city. in other news today the verdict in the high profile case solve the wiki leaks founder has been adjourned for two weeks june and a songe appeared in court in london on friday as he continues his battle against extradition to sweden where he faces questioning of a sex crime allegations he claims a case was fabricated so the u.s. can do sweden to hand him over on espionage charges but artie's nor emmett's has been keeping track of developments from outside the court in london. we were hearing today the closing statements made by base the defense and the prosecution we essentially had summaries of the evidence from the prosecution and from the defense i 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

following the news about this payment due to nationalise came out of the court and made a short statement to the media it gives me hope that we can through this particular case. not simply draw attention. to the difficulties and the pressure. that we and other people have been under. but 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 talking about the sexual encounters that took place with two women in august and we also heard an angry statement by the defense solicitor comments that the swedish prime minister has made recently about julian astonished the defense cool that

a devastatingly prejudicial attack and said that the swedish pick prime minister had spread malicious lies about julian assange suggesting that he believes that women's rights is worthless and also suggesting that he's all. being charged with these this rate which in fact is not the case at all in 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 take the legal process just one more example of the point exceptional behavior in the julian assange 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 julian ourselves at wiki leaks and he is essentially written a book about our sons and his relationship with him the most bizarre thing about

the allegations that dump site back has made something to do with his cat he said that our sons lived with him for a while invest bought in germany and that has a cat which julian and sid into a war of supremacies where the senshi attacking the cat and then pulling back saying he 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.s. and suisun i prepared this report on the subject bulked and wiretapped at the behest of the us swedish intelligence service the f.

are 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 a bit to reassure swedes there was no funny business forced 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 mentioned by a by government representatives that now know that the purpose is not to spy on the swedes it's the morning monitor among other things russian trying to traffic but what kind of information 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 agreement may have to be presented to parliament and a vague constitutional requirement for matters of great importance if so 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 to craft 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 and much of the pressure coming from the united states and from the copyright industries it's being in the swedish government is more than happy to to. to to do whatever the american corporations. 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 is an opportunity to seek precise details on the type of information the united states wants and the 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 brushy is excellent do you a direct hit live tell you general burgess will 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 after it's 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 for starters extradition all this close cooperation that we've seen may mean his feet won't touch the ground your and it's r.t. london. the leader of sweden's pirate party rick fox says wiretapping by sweden has dealt a tremendous blow to the country's reputation as a human rights campaigner. has done tremendous damage to sweden's reputation as an opp holder of human rights it's quite potentially the most egregious violation of human rights in western europe in terms of wiretapping i mean it's every human being have human rights and here comes the government saying no no no no we're not going to wiretap any swedes well it so happens that all

humans have human rights including particularly for some reason the government so the target of those is going to be russia primarily like swedes wouldn't care about . russia will not tolerate japan's radical approach towards the far east and could alliance which tokyo claims as its own moscow's official stance comes as the japanese foreign minister is in the russian capital at the moment for talks the items were handed to russia as part of a capitulation agreement at the end of the second world war as a new peace deal has ever been signed between the two countries. has the details. no radicalism or any preconditions that's the message from russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov right after his meeting with his japanese counterpart if you pointed out for when japan adopts a radical approach towards the peace treaty with russia which had been straight ury and issued by the country's government it's impossible to negotiate these issues

and i said to mr million that we're still ready to work on this piece treaty with no preconditions but the tell you through dispute between russia and japan over the southern crew islands has been going on for over half a century now and swears up every year during these so-called northern territory's the in japan talk your claims that these southern islands are traditionally and historically japanese territory well russia says that a b. or a strategic port 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 coulter and energy to business of course which is only growing every year. with a summary of our main news stories when this happened in just

a few moments john the moscow team in search of that russian spirit in the british capital that's coming up shortly.

the hundreds of thousands of us living in great britain said. as we take a look at recent culture on the street from all the students let's see how recent life is reeling in. me knowing that london is a magnet for many russians the british capital has been the destination of the for centuries and now it seems that little comfort she's following suit to irrespective of any new neighbors you find just how much the same culture is embedded into many aspects of western society. and entire culture has arisen several in fact. becoming more noticeable one thing is machine christians are simply making their mark on the british capital. welcome to downgrade. on thames but many truths would set in just just a few e's and you can hear the amounts of russian language spoken today. i want to

make amazing things going well. i don't think you can. is celebrations of the seventh anniversary of the glamour special magazine the steel new style heating which. several specials on which newspapers and glossy brochure periodicals magazine over time everything to try and project trips to cut . prices to include it was based on cost things on here one of my states that basically you're. working in russia. is a wonderful place to make interesting clients eccentric said russell who was thinking here i think it's one of my i'm. wrong on this well. let's say yes i buy that. take everything out. there my.

sense of style what they do they know what they want and they make an offer and we will work very well it's got. to love fashion i'm sure that the party and they have their outfit they are good have i met them that. night that the ideal maybe not a man. with more move russians actually moving to the u.k. ever you know went to calling the campus of london grads on a fact many experts say that russians about that this is yeah i actually do think the british economy. is some might be afraid of the relationship is such emerging markets others take the bull by the horns and cherish in a new opportunities include trucks they bring. russian playwrights and i can schools have been very popular around the world for decades and the british capital is no exception various russian plays often

performed on the stage used by both russian. companies. whenever there is a play on. your. there is no doubt almost immediately when the national. or any a private company or even a. small fridge company is put on a russian play. it's so. certain in terms of there is a future about forest recently the shelf is hosted a performance staged by the prominent russian director so you are the chef titled the marriage the play is a comedy by the outstanding writer. britain almost two centuries ago the production remains popular still today performed by themes come from moscow event was cos the states a festival called russian classics of the mexico theater in great britain. one of the oldest most famous opera system five houses chrissy's which is founded in

london in the seventeenth sixty's and sell week twice a year for the ocean itself chrissy's organizes. to give collectors a better chance to examine to learn more about the art pieces on offer to dish and . i just happen to coincide with chris. but i think that is more. to say now is thing very serious. that she take time. and need to make a decision about what they want and they collect a pretty party for the sound system event the b.b.c. get a. living aboard including artists and descendants from autistic families as well as collectors of the latest ocean they gathered at christie's to door more than three hundred lots of russian fine art including paintings imperial porcelain jewelry and furniture which were sold for almost fifty million pounds twenty four million dollars in total but actually we're quite

a. bit option that we still are in the eighteenth century right up to the present day so for example in this auction. we have nineteenth century rights twentieth century rights basic template and one of my favorite waxes says that she this by levittown which you could buy the horses ads which is a fantastic but probably eighteen ninety's through a private collection here in the u.k. it's really really special saying it chris let's meet this week's guest. ok let me thank you very much for your time but tell me about your position here at christie's position the international head of the russian department kristi's. started to work at christie's twenty five years ago in the version to paul when i became the head of the department in london in ninety one and i believe it became the international head i mean sort of the five seven years ago and it seems that

russian art has exploded here in london and paris and new york recently well i think it's the great paradox about it's always been present in the old market. yes you have kind of a boom in the field which started five six years ago but you need to keep in mind that you it's very strange in a very strange way to second book you read you had to boom in the late eighty's around one thousand nine hundred nine at the time of the perestroika people who could grit interest emotional. and regarding the tases especially well i presume there were many restrictions about why are you could take in and out of russia or the us is ours it was that well i mean you're putting your finger on something that was interesting that at christie's or thing even in a certain way even with all the auction houses we saw significant put it this way

russian of arts around europe around the states that in fact could not in russia. and people buy russian or in europe and in a certain way bring it back to russia but we're not sourcing this. in russia which explains why us specialists are pretty busy in the russian field sort of travelling around europe or the states and when you're traveling who is by person not the main by is always russian but to say that it's only russian to buy a russian would be totally wrong you still have sort of strong buyers who are not russian who are interested by russian all it's far more difficult for them to. to be. put it this way during the auction but very much present i mean you have to keep in mind that for the meet up to the ninety's the.

russian bods what are we talking about. everything you when you're talking about. can be nineteen century it can be twenty century. one thousand century early twentieth century. we used to stop to see. but. everything. time. to look into the night spots so. some say has been revolutionized. when the sun. has never seemed so popular. every day.

to the british. it's a great place. just. the work we have here. is one of those that we actually used to allegedly. offers dozens of different flavors of the great. tasty menu. drinks makes me shake action. absolutely delicious. from taking i mean these papers to make a major moves within the fashion art scenes appears that russians are now putting everyone's lives in the u.k. while some are skeptical of these new foreign businessmen and women disney brace

the collaboration and opportunity it brings seems russians and the amazing culture they are in london to stay. not just here russia is now closed to many european cities that you think. on our next moscow our special series we should be visiting and historical city of paris exploring it through the prism of russian influence while listeners began to understand the well through history of the largest country in the world better or worse is love the fact that all things your shows no signs of abating.

culture is that so much of a definitely a huge decision a minute to mark the transition in the middle east with the resignation of the egyptian president is there now a path to real democracy what does the future hold for this country. as. player.