after three weeks of monsoon the reds tolls unable to argue finally resigned as president of egypt battling to the demands of his people and international pressure also. expanded to you know songs will have to wait to hear his extradition fate it follows the judgement told the latest hearing into whether he'll be sent to sweden on sex crime charges. coelus we've maybe just a short stop for a song in the cables and cover an american agenda behind a swedish wide topping law that's my summer a washington to press espionage charges on the whistleblower.

news from russia and around the world this is all she was me thanks for joining us egyptian president hosni mubarak has resigned handing power to the military after thirty years of rule and three weeks of nationwide protests the rest began in cairo but spread across the country escalating into violence between pro and anti mubarak protesters police and military western powers led by the u.s. a transition of power abandoning believe that for three decades was their main frenchman in the arab world he's got a trick on us and. in the us 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. passion of his speech was and

judging by the speech alone one could think that the u.s. was not just the bystander in this whole process and it probably will not be the force that's now we are 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 egypt is is is a strategic location it is it is said neighbor to israel barak has been an ally to us for thirty years the united states 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 the spirit likely that the next leader will be approved by the united states that what they're saying in their statement is that 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 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 for the united states and we remember what happens with the u.s. promoted to a democratic revolution. belong to it happened in kurdistan and ukraine people on the square as they are also thought that was the triumph crissy but the leaders who came to power as a result were later rejected by their own people. and now with mubarak gone questions the name of the halo watch will taking its planes international policy generalised pepper ask about the united states will do anything it can to make sure the egyptian government will be a friendly one. for the u.s. egypt represents one of the essential pillars of u.s.

foreign policy one is egypt because of the relationship with israel in one nine hundred seventy nine camp david accords and the other one is saudi arabia because of the oil now one of the pillars theoretically might have collapsed formed point of view of the cold war mentality in washington let's not necessarily. very important what took place today in a jeep in egypt was a military coup in a military coup inside the army and they have a very close relationship with the pentagon and very very close to robert gates they talked on the phone at least five times this past week so all was leaked washington will be supervising any sing that happens. intimately connected with disagreeing military council so it's still a military dictatorship we are still trying to digest what happened these past eighteen days and what especially what happened today it's like a mix of seventeen eighty nine the french revolution the lights of the middle east

and nineteen eighty nine the fall of the early wall altogether in terms of a. new dawn for the arab nation because this is not only about the two this concerns what arabs three hundred fifty million of them called the arab nation and egypt is the heart of the arab nation so now it's the possibility of a new beginning don't be a lot of interference from washington from european capitals and from tel aviv and from riyadh because they were very close with the mubarak regime course thirty years and so about the war. how western powers influence the outcome of events of the last 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 nice start for the egyptian people. it's already the west is jumping on the

victory bandwagon claiming this is a success for democracy and trumpeting egypt's new found freedom on a forgotten that if egypt is now free that it's from a regime that was in two recently largely supported and funded by the western leaders who now denounce it supported. such a room. now talking about democracy and respect the right rather than such swift policy u. turns the west might well be better placed to press harder on autocratic regimes such as when they restrict political freedoms and damage economic progress. european and world leaders. program code. for democracy and human rights sufficiently. 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 that future and the 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 instead of the battle for better governance should be for western involvement now needs to tread carefully to ensure that they're encouraging genuine and lasting reform as opposed to simply fuelling an impassioned revelation that risks replacing one tyrant according for another surfer. well in spring of christians against nato aggression says that europe has been blind to their trustees of imbarked regime for too long and his departure shows an arab people effecting revolutionary change. suddenly the european union wakes

up after thirty years to the fact that there has been major violations of human rights watch of they've been doing for the previous thirty years because actually torturing people putting down you know opposition by force eternity in the last week or so we've seen the degree of the ball balloting of the mubarak regime the people of egypt are preeminent 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. to some other news a sob exhibition hearing a we can make fun the german asuncion london has been adjourned for two weeks so you're going to sonship it in quarter london on friday as he continues his battle against extradition to sweden where he faces questioning of a sex crime and a gay friends he claims the case was complicated you ask sweden to her and her

mother on a spare knowledge charges outings in the war and it has been keeping track of developments from outside the court. 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 prosecution has maintained all along and maintained again today that there's no reason why us all shouldn't go to sweden to all answer these questions following the news about this basement in iceland 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 difficulty 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 of these allegations as the prosecution said it's talking about these 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 coolth that it's a devastatingly prejudicial attack and said that the swedish pic prime minister had spread malicious lies about julian assange suggesting that he believes that women's right. so worthless and also suggesting that he's already been charged with these this rate which in fact is 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 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 student 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 n.v. started in germany and. has a cat which judean and said 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 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 us 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 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 leaked u.s. state department cables we now know the controversial law was adopted after pressure from washington and. 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 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. 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. 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 palm entry review there is 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 copyright industries it's been in the swedish government is more than happy to to. to to do what they are. 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 the twenty third

meeting as 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 know a direct left turn in 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 u.s. is after its reportedly carrying out its own investigation into wiki leaks founder julian assange is this still most of 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. london. russian foreign minister has japan

a stance on the far east and korea islands in the pacific ocean which tokyo claims as its own view was made clear during talks with the japanese foreign minister on friday moscow for islands one hundred to russia as part of a company asian agreement at the end of the second what however no formal peace deal has ever been signed between the two countries has the details. no radicalism and three conditions that's the message from russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov right after his meeting with his japanese counterpart if you. when japan adults are radical droege towards the peace treaty with russia which opens regularly and issued by the country's government it's impossible to negotiate these issues i said to mr million here and we're still ready to work on this piece treaty but with no preconditions the 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 if he 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 cauldron energy to business of course which is only growing every year. and just a few moments join the moscow team in search of russian spirit in london.

among the hundreds of thousands of person living in great britain. as we take a look at recent history. let's see how recent life is thrilling in.

london is a magnet for many. centuries seems that little come fishies following suit to take to any new name. the fine just how much . has several in fact. noticeable thing is the show christians are simply making their mark on the british. welcome to belgravia. on thames. just a few e's and you can hear the amount of language spoken to. make amazing things well. the rest. of the credible you can effect. is celebrations of the seventh anniversary of the glamour special magazine the steel

new style the english. civil line which newspapers and glossy brochures periodicals magazine of the times everything to try and project trips to cut. prices to include it was based castings on year one of my state's bicycling you're. working in russia. it's a wonderful place to make your clients said frank said to us it was thinking you're going to be the one i love my life. now from the most well. holiday yes i buy that. take everything out. there my. sense of style what they do they know what i want and they make an offer and we will work very well together. to love fashion that i'm passionate about the factory and of the russian. i get. them that. night yeah

yeah ideal that anybody. with more move russians actually moving to the u.k. ever you know once in a calling the campus of london grads and the fact many experts say that russians about that this is the crux the bruising british. some might be afraid of the relationship is such emerging markets others take the bull by the horns and cherished 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 pays off and performed on the stage used by both russian and british companies. whenever there is a play. usually trickles there is no doubt almost immediately when the national to theatre does it or any private company or even

a. small fridge company is put on a russian play. it's. certain terms of service there is refuted about forest recently the shelf is hosted a performance staged by the prominent russian director say 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 thieves come from moscow if it was cost the city it's a festival called russian classics of the mexica 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 a russian 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 piece on offer to dish a new they've always been to. say tradition in london it's always been. just

happens to coincide with christmas. but i think that it is more. to say now is thing very serious. that she take time to do things and we need to make a decision about what they want and they collect a preview party for the soundsystem 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. we're quite a fractious agreed spirit option that we still are in. century right up to the present day so for example in this option we have nineteenth century rights twentieth century rights act based template and one of my favorite places says that she this is by levittown which you could buy the water's edge which is

a fantastic but probably eighteen ninety's through a private collection here in the u.k. it's really really special and it's staying at christie's 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 pull when i became the head of the department in london in ninety one and i believe it became the international head 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 russian audience has 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 do very straight 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 we got in the ninety's is 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 i mean you're putting your finger on something that's. at christie's or thing even in a certain way even with or all the auction houses we saw significant put it this way russian of arts around europe around the states that in fact not in russia. and people by 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 not the main by is always the russian but to say that it's only russian to buy a russian or to 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 option 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. when you're talking about. the nineteenth century twenty century.

one thousand century early twentieth century. we used to stop to see. but. everything. to look into the night spots so. when the sun. has never seen. every day. to the british. it's a great place. just. we have here. is one of you

actually used to allegedly. offers dozens of different flavors of the great. tasty menu. drinks makes me shake. absolutely delicious. from taking any newspapers to making major moves within the fashion art scenes appears the russians are now think 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 closer to many european cities than 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 with all things european shows no signs of abating. hunger for the full story we've got it first hand the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers.