still these. stunts on t.v. don't come. out the three weeks of mice and rats hosni mubarak finally resigned as president of egypt by going to the demands of its people and international pressure pulse to. wiki leaks founder julian assange will have to wait to hear his extradition fate it follows the adjournment told the latest hearing into whether he'll be sent to sweden on sex crime charges. pyro it's a way of maybe that will stop fights on the league tables and come to an american that turned the behind the swedish wiretapping law that might allow washington to prince espionage charges on the whistleblower.

and welcome to our t twenty four hour news live from moscow my name is you there top story now egyptian president hosni mubarak has resigned hunting power to the military after thirty years of rule and three weeks of nationwide protests unrest began in cairo but spread across the country escalating into violence between pro and anti mubarak protesters police and military power was led by the u.s. a transition of power abandoning their leader who both three decades was their main trial in the arab world because he's going to church account. in 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 pass. his speech was and judging

by the speech alone one could think that the us was not just a bystander in this whole process and it probably will not be the force that's now in. the army that is a 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 to us for thirty years has been pumping billions of dollars in 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's going to be their next leader some analysts say washington is pulling some strings there and he sperry likely that the next leader will be approved by the united states that what they're saying in their statements is that they want to see a leader that's going to listen to the grievances of their people but actually if

you closely watch american television and american politicians speak it's it's all about u.s. interests and not really about egyptians they talk about democracy in egypt but a democracy that will be acceptable to the united states and we remember what happens with the u.s. promoted to a democratic revolution. that happened in kurdistan and ukraine people on the squares there also thought that was the triumph of democracy but the leaders who came to power as a result were later rejected by their own people. farah firth let's not how western powers influence the outcome of events over 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 who ready the west is jumping on the victory bandwagon claiming this is a successful democracy and trumpeting egypt's new found freedom with one perhaps they forgotten that if egypt is now free then it's from a regime that was in two recently largely supported and funded by the western leaders who now denounces support. for such a long time. now talking about democracy and civil right rather than such swift policy u. turns the west might well be better placed to press harder on autocratic regimes such as that restricts political freedoms damage economic progress. european. progress code. for democracy and human rights efficient. in the past we 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 ensuring political commitment to change this now commands rather than timewasting 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 thought 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. for another sarah for r.t. and william spring of christians against nato aggression says that europe has been blind to their translators of the mubarak regime for too long and his departure

shows an arab people affected revolutionary change suddenly the european union wakes up after thirty years to the fact that there's been major violations of human rights watch of they've been doing for the previous thirty years while mubarak was actually torturing people putting down you know opposition by force we turn it in the last week or so we've seen the degree of the barbarity of the mubarak regime the people of egypt of preeminently civilized and capable of conducting their own affairs they don't need a strong man they don't need robert gates to tell them from washington how to conduct their affairs. and peter level and his guests will have plenty more to say about the end of the mubarak regime so stay tuned for crosstalk in the next hour here on r.t. and here's a preview. there's 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 that in age of facebook twitter or instantaneous communication the internet autocracies are inherently unstable they can't sustain themselves not one that the interior world is not generally want to and yet are sure. susan go right ahead this is cross talk you can jump in anytime you want go here. i'm sorry yeah i'd say i wanted to say and this is not a facebook or twitter revolution i think that's a very very oriental a sort of american way of looking at this isn't gyptian revelation it was a revolution of the people. and to some other news now the extradition hearing you know we can make firm that julian assange engine in london has been adjourned for two weeks and you're going to songe appeared in court in london on friday as he continues his extradition to sweden where he praises questioning about some crime and the guy claims the case was fabricated it's the u.s. can be sweden to score knowledge charges and that has been keeping track of

developments from outside the court. we are hearing today the closing statements made by base the defense and the prosecution we essentially heard summaries of the evidence from the prosecution and from the defense prosecution has maintained all along and maintained against day that there's no reason why us all shouldn't this weekend to also these questions during the news about this baby came out through the courts 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 difficulty and the pressure. that we and other people have been. but rather. perhaps we have an opportunity. to set a new precedent. 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 unionist on the defense called that a devastatingly prejudicial attack and said that the swedish pic prime minister had spread malicious lies about you and i saw suggesting that he believes that women's rights a worthless and also suggesting that he's already been charged with these this rate which in fact is not the case it'll be in a any decent country the rule of law is separate from the political process it appears that in sweden it is not 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 julian a solid 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 has essentially written a book about our sons and his relationship with him the most bizarre thing about the allegations that dumpsite burke has made something to do with his cat he said that our sons lived with him for a while envies thought in germany and that has a cat which julian and sid into a war of suprema see 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 others. people in the u.s. have come out very much against him in terms of the relationship between sweden and

the u.s. which is of course 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 us state department they told us some very interesting things about the relationship exists cozy relationship between the u.s. and sweden i prepared this report on the subject bugged and wiretapped at the behest of the us swedish intelligence service the f r a has the power to monitor and intercept all internet traffic in the country and thanks to leak to 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 swedes there was no funny business force to operate under strict data storage and protection of the citizens very concerned that the public may perceive their involvement as an attempt to work around these restrictions by using a foreign intermediary those 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 no no no the purpose is not. is to more than monitor among other things russian transit traffic but what kind of information are they are worth i think the information that is made excess will special services by this law is of course sensitive and there are ways it can harm russia's political interests . but. 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. they have to be presented to parliament and of a 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 and arrangement that will avoid the need for parliamentary review various no parliamentary control over what the. 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. 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 on what kind of information they wanted they see your october 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 direct it left ten or general burgess who'd 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 first extradition all this close cooperation that we've seen may mean his feet won't touch the ground your and it's r.t. . and the leader of sweden's pirate party rick four klinge says why a turpin by sweden has dealt a tremendous blow to the country's reputation as

a human rights campaign it. 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 said that every human being have human rights and here comes the swiss government saying look 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 says the target of this is going to be russia primarily like swedes wouldn't care about. russian foreign minister has great stance on the far east and korea islands in the pacific ocean wish talk here claims at the time that he was made clear during talks with the japanese foreign minister on friday in moscow before islands were handed to russia as part of a capital ation agreement at the end of the second one who however no formal peace

deal has there has added been fine between the two countries it is going to have the details. no radicalism and preconditions that's the message from russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov right after his meeting with his japanese counterpart if you point out when japan adults are radical approach towards the peace treaty with russia which happens regularly and issued by the country's government it's impossible to negotiate these issues i said to mr million here and that we're still ready to work on the peace treaty but with no preconditions 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 crew islands are traditionally and historically japanese tutorial russia says that a b.

or a strategic part 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. here pre-date and just a few mothers join the moscow team and such a russian spirit in the british capital.

for hundreds of thousands of us and living in great britain. as we take a look at recent culture on three. let's see how recent life was thrilling in. london is a magnet for many. centuries and now it seems that mythical fishies following suit irrespective of any new name is. fine just how much christian culture is imbedded into many. culture has

arisen several in fact. becoming more noticeable one thing is machine christians are simply making their mark on the british. welcome to belgravia. on thames but many troops would just just you isn't. hey the amount of russian language spoken today. most amazing things about it well the rest. of it. you can expect. tonight is a celebration of the seventh anniversary of the glamour special magazine the steel new style the english. several special language newspapers english language periodicals magazine the times of everything to try and project trips to cut. prices included was based castings on year one of my states it basically here.

to start working in russia. was a wonderful place to make sure clients said frank said show us what's happening here i think it's a wonderful thing i love my life. now. holiday yes i buy that. take everything out. there my free my. sense of style what they do they know what i want and they make an offer and we will work very well to get. the love fashion that i'm passionate about the party and the right. way i get asked the man then that. night that the ideal day madiba a man. with more move russians actually moving to the u.k. ever you know went to calling the campus of london grads and the fact many experts say that russians about that this is yeah they're actually losing the british i

mean. some might be afraid 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. various russian plays are often performed on the stage by both russian and british companies. whenever there is a play. usually trickles there is no doubt almost immediately when the national. or any private company or even. smaller french companies put on a russian play. in terms of there is a future about forest recently the shelf is hosted a performance staged by the prominent russian director say you are the chef title

the marriage the play is a comedy by the outstanding writer. britain almost two centuries ago the production remains popular still today performed by thieves come to moscow the event was caught in the states a festival called russian classics of the mexico theater in great britain. one of the oldest most famous offices in five houses which is founded in london in the seventeenth sixty's and sell week twice a year for the ocean itself. 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 it 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 chrissy's to door more than three hundred lots of russian fine art including paintings imperial porcelain jewelry and furniture. fifty million pounds twenty four million dollars in. actually we had quite a rag house agree on every concentrated option that we sell on the eighteenth century right up to the present day so for example in this option we have nineteenth century rights twentieth century rights basic template and one of my favorite waxes says that she this by levittown which you called by the water's edge which is a fantastic probably eighteen ninety's through a private collection here in the u.k. it's really really special saying it chris says let's meet this week's guest.

ok let's meet you thank you very much for your time but tell me about your position here at christie's my position the international head of the russian department kristie is. a study to look at christie's twenty five years ago in devotion to paul when i became the head of the department in london in ninety one and i believe i became the international head i mean of the five seven years ago and it seems that russian arts has exploded here in london and paris and new york recently well i think it's the great paradox about it it's has always been present in the old market. yes you have kind of a boom in the field which still to five six years ago but you need to keep in mind that it's very strange in a very strange way to second book you read you had to boom in the late eighty's with one thousand eight hundred nine at the time of the perestroika people who

could grit interest emotional. and we've got a military says especially well i presume there were many restrictions about what you could take in and out of russia or your ceasars it was that well you're putting your finger on something that's. 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 what's wrong in europe around the states that in fact 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 i was not the main by is always i'll doubt the russian but to say that it's only

russian to buy a russian of it 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 four were known by us what are we talking about. everything you when you're talking about. the nineteenth century it can be twenty century. one thousand century early twentieth century. we used to stop to see. but. everything.

to the particular spot so. has. been happening because it's ten years from. 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 the you actually used to allegedly. offers dozens of different flavors of the great. taste see menu. drinks mixed in

shaken to action. absolutely delicious. from taking the newspapers to making major moves within the fashion art scenes appears the russians are now fixing everyone's lives in the u.k. while some are skeptical of these new foreign businessmen and women others and brace the collaboration and opportunity it brings seems russians and the amazing culture they offer are in london to stay. not just here russia is now closed to many european cities that you think and on our next moscow our special series we should be visiting durham and historical city of paris exploring it through the prism of russian influence while listeners begin to understand the well through history of the largest country in the world better or worse is love the fat little things european shows no signs of abating.

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