levy is in deadlock as thousands flee the unrest with many fear a possible foreign intervention could only add to the problems. people are still out on the streets an egyptian but one of the first arab states to demand an offer seems it's the empty businesses which are now fleeing feeling the bitter aftertaste of revolution. and almost six decades after joseph stalin staff caught a virtual soviet leader is still idolized and demonized equal measures.

in the russian capital you're watching r.t. with me welcome to the program while levy is lost in fears battles u.s. and u.k. forces remain on standby and it fears they could intervene as thousands flee the troubled land many of its residents say they don't want international involvement viewing it as another form of oppression are you supposed to reports. this is the road out of libya but it's also the road that lines the pockets of hundreds of libyans who make their living selling fuel internews year thirteen times the price they paid back home. the libyan get after one. and libya long live from let him stay in power for life. and as much as some may support gadhafi other libyans despise the united states for the moment. the u.s. will not enter libya quite right as they are they don't have

a good. afternoon is libyan for days he's been trying to get medication is inside the border to check up on his family who on the other side you know some of them have been injured the answer he says is not with foreign intervention to libyan people they don't the world was another. robbery i mean so much anger in libya with the foreign nations into giving a little concerned to what libyans themselves actually want there's a debate for a no fly zone is continuing and u.s. warships are sailing not far from the libyan coast i mean if you're come here to libya not for your face help libya for the world for the guys world this is probably. if the u.s. russia and other countries case involved in the know this time next scenes like this are used just i mean should the people here are against foreign involvement they know well the price it is often paid for so-called humanitarian assistance.

history has shown a humanitarian aid in any war zone is more often than not to me disguised military aid during the war in bosnia it was discovered that u.n. trucks delivering aid were in fact transporting military equipment in afghanistan the very weapons america gave to the taliban in the early eighty's came back to haunt the u.s. army following its two thousand and one afghan invasion so it's no wonder libyans whether they support a duck. united in one issue they went to the wolves and america in particular to state something that is poor to see on t.v. land on the chin is in libya. and it's the senate member of the u.s. house of representatives says if washington intervenes in libya the country will be lost to tyranny all over the middle east and north africa you see people rising up and challenging their governments the right of self-determination is an inherent right but it's because it doesn't become self-determination or become something else that any nation intervenes on one side or the other so the fact of the matter

is there are times that intervention is not possible no matter how much we'd like to do it because if we intervene then what we're going to be doing is let's say we intervene on those who are challenging mr gadhafi then he could point to that and say this is the united states trying to knock me off and try to then create more intrenchments which would cause at least half of libya to be lost you know crushing it while egyptian which was one of the countries that started a domino effect of protests rolling into the arab world is still feeling the atco of its own revolt hundreds continue to demonstrate by their earlier success but as our reports there are concerns the uprising may and up costing the jobs of more than just the president. loading on freedom after decades of protest afternoons egyptians a tasting day newly found liberties still unable to get enough of it.

even the resignation of hosni mubarak's close associate as prime minister one of the key demands of the opposition didn't take the steam out of their three squares rally in fact the number of ten c. to residents seems to be getting even higher nazli has been camping on the square for three weeks formerly a special needs educator she quit her job to be here and so far has no intention of looking for a new one we're going to stay here until all the demands have been met and the demands are being met one by one but it's slow the process is taking longer than expected the revolution is not getting over but it's already becoming a brand street vendors who paddles mubarak's portraits just two months ago have now switched to the revolution in more a billionaire a lot of people love revolution everyone wants to be a part of it. means liberation in arabic a fitting the four square has become a focal point in anding mubarak's all to cross a crew

a few profiteering vendors notwithstanding the egyptian revolution comes at a high cost per square is packed with protesters again only now instead of fascination demands they're chanting celebrator style guns the beast the revolutionary intoxication about totally natural is costing injured millions of dollars every day branded as a symbol of free egypt chris chris townsend a stark contrast to another egyptian attraction the slave built pyramids the rolling crowds have scared away visitors with lost revenues already exceeding one billion dollars usually speech on an intra day before is a problem. is. basis after is a problem. many people here don't believe that kyra protests will significantly alter their life prospects for down freedom costs for their ability to feed their

families that for now remains far from certain the business is growing let us know at the moment we have almost like five four seven percent of the clients and most of them not coming from middle east not coming from europe it's not that they don't support their revolution they're just the first to discover it's bittersweet taste and to realize that revolutionary intoxication is almost always followed by a headache some of the artsy cairo later in the program will be in new york to gauge reaction to the protests. were people heard we've moved to action. the president lauren harvest find out how people are viewing the protests from the other side of the atlantic. plus we race away to jaroslav to see how locals of this time old russian town tackle extreme sports.

he was brazen idolized by some despised by others joseph stalin was called the father of the nation who brought the country through the war but locked away in labor camps the heroes who helped him do it fifty years after his death the dispute over his legacy is still out unclear as a criterion as are reports and of hitler we need a mussolini joseph stalin some of history's most notorious dictators and for years were do or die by the people of their countries. the cult of personality phenomenon has intrigued historians and psychologists alike but the simple sounding question of how one person exact such influence over millions still does not have a simple answer. is something better to remind me of the stockholm syndrome in the works were after you have been

killed in the process by some but person you started moving the reason or put through a lot but it's a way to save yourself to keep your balance ok. the so-called people's father ruled the country with an iron fist and i looked errors persecutions and executions used. by the turn of the soviet union entered the second world war stalin's personality cult was at an all time high men and women all across the country were willing to lay down their lives for only believing that bravery and ultimately victory would guarantee them stalin's approval but the survivors didn't know is that for most of them life after the war would be much much worse. there was twenty three when he returned home from the

battlefields having survived dozens of attacks partisan missions and months in captivity to use proud to be coming back alive prompted a complex but comrade stalin cast. i remember being marched through a small lot of lonely women were all standing on the street throwing the. bandits out on a pro that's what they called were dozens and i remember feeling down a sort of pride because being old is vengeance i'm hoping it's close to him. i had that feeling for a long time until i said things right. in one thousand forty eight yet i was accused of being a traitor and sentenced to twenty five years in a labor camp the charge was simply he survived to get to the river which to stan's mind meant he had sold out his country for his life no proof was necessary after three months of torture i was ready to sign any document whatsoever. with

a very pleased sign. with all the torture they would be through but then they said if you don't sign i will bring your parents here and i can plug them go for this one so i agree a few months later i was on my way to the polar region in the real labor camp or eight years later yes returned home and the new secretary general of the soviet union denounced stella's personality cult the man who had twice been named time magazine's person of the year had all his carefully sculpted glory taken away. to this day still and evokes mixed emotions with his actions still being debated ensuring in some respect his personality cult still survives. catron as are the arty nuts. but u.s. military is slowing succumbing to drug abuse where the use of synthetic marijuana also known as spice rapidly gaining popularity among recruits eight midshipmen have

recently been expelled from the naval academy for possessing a substance which can be detected and routine tests are his military contributor says the problem stems from america's long term involvement in afghanistan it's been almost a year high seas has acquired a totally new connotation for the u.s. navy in march two thousand and ten it was the beginning of the corruption of the u.s. naval academy at annapolis by sea to drugs since then dozens of the navy chipman has been separated or expelled from their cabin unfortunately it was not an exception neither for the u.s. navy nor for other branches of the u.s. armed forces so in a way the latest drug abuse investigation is only in the tip of the iceberg of the per knishes and negative influence of the american involvement in afghanistan

indeed what could motivate future u.s. navy a leaders to buy and to resale the drugs among their peers there it could be several reasons for such a reckless and criminal action and most of this is that the us navy are jealous of the us marines who are enjoying the poppy fields in helmand and kandahar and as a result they just fall back on the artificial stuff the juice and all of that organic marie who wanted however it did legitimize all kinds of criminal activity and also legitimize the cult of impunity and profiteering and that is probably the hidden agenda of the us open ended commitment to afghanistan. and you can always find more analysis from our military contributor on the line but here is a taste of what else is there a mind out for you or to dot com while the u.s. is quick to condemn other countries for the sexual exploitation of minors thousands

are being trafficked in america each year. and the next guy says group is set for a voyage to the stars but not before sitting down for exams to make sure that because i'm an odd sort of fully prepared all of their progress at r.t. dot com. so take a look at some other stories from around the world in a man accused of the shooting of a u.s. congresswoman has been charged over the death of a federal judge killed in the same attack twenty two year old your lawn or now faces forty nine separate towns relating to the shootings six people were killed as gabrielle giffords held a constituency event in arizona in early january victor it could face the death penalty. search teams in new zealand have confirmed no bodies have been found in the rubble of christ church cathedral that have been feared more than twenty people were inside the city's centerpiece when the devastating quake struck the city last month one hundred sixty five people have so far been officially

declared dead although the death toll is still expected to rise. with longstanding leaders toppled in north africa by popular revolt and other leaders there and in the middle east under intense pressure it's uncertain when or how the turmoil will end this week web journalist laura hartman is also known as the president hit the streets of new york to gauge reaction to the protests. did all of the insurrections revolutions and uprisings in the middle east catch you off guard this week let's talk about pat are you surprised i'm not surprised i am. i'm going for a moment i was seven weeks ago and by the way i reported to the board that the political situation in the middle east was very very unstable unstable one week after the whole thing collapsed in tunisia and egypt you know change was

coming right we all knew change was going to come i mean moammar gadhafi this guy who it was just a matter of time before these dictators were you know things change people wanted change and people were hurt people hurt we moved to action but people are avery they moved to action do you think the world leaders are caught off guard by this. i think they're caught off guard in knowing what how to react because they i believe they know the world is going to be more unstable but they have to support the idea of freedom so it's a mix a mixed blessing for you think that all these are going to lead to more on raster more instability yes i believe it's more about power and the unfair distribution of power than it is about real democracy well i think it's you know does the time make a leader does the leader make the times though that's always like an ongoing question when it comes to stuff like this and i think we have to wait and see if

this is going to be a good test for everyone in power right now to see how they come out yes what do you think the effect is going to be around the world what i think it's really not going to make much difference what i hope is that when different people come into power that they'll say you know they'll start treating our people right and everybody in this world we will have the united states will have to be a police country anymore but all the social networking that's going on they can no longer hold their people and feed them the propaganda that they used to do you think this is something that could happen here or in europe or in other places definitely that's scary you know you know so you're prepared for it but i think it'll definitely happen it's a little scary to know that people anyone can have so much influence now i don't want a leader giving me problems and but it's a little unnerving to know that anyone with a computer can have that kind of power to you have to respond enough to know what

to listen to and what to ignore whether or not you think anyone has any idea of what's to come next the bottom line is that there's no denying this is a time of change. time now to get to know russia close elf. some three hundred kilometers north of moscow wisely jaroslav a region thousands of tourists from all over the world flaw there for striking views and millennium old churches and monasteries but it's not just history that attracts people when their means only thirty seven thousand square kilometers are covered in snow making it a perfect spot for sports operas artist means of friends at the slopes.

i everyone's going crazy for sports in the yaroslavl region of russia just ask the roster of confessional athletes speeding through the international ski federation's cross country world cup at germany a center of winter sport and leisure situated on the machine banks of the boulder river poland's olympic gold medalist just schmoke pass the other one in the first day of the races this is a race. conditionals low in the form of the classic but if you split with what you think about the course you see the. hoops not supposed to talk to the media yet i admit i snuck behind the lines before i was in my. next was the men's friends valentino ten ish clover herself the first female cosman off was blocking the finish. let me tell you it's wonderful if you look at this one but all of them skied well it's a great event of course i want to give the student to be even better than it's nice

but they didn't form well we are very glad for russia with over four hundred children enrolled here terminal offers the average middle class russian a chance to realize their dreams as a sportsman and offers the foreigner a chance to see this place what it really is. little want to be going with your destination one of the surrounding restaurants and hotels this book you misquoted this is a front desk of the city thousands of people come and spend their time here every year and we're short weeks. because this will inevitably affect the number of people didn't go into sports in general and being flew into stores in particular. not far away in the historic merchant's city of new pledge festivities are just getting underway to celebrate the winter it's massive down the hall the river powered moscow with electricity throughout world war two its collection of churches greet tourist boat on their first stop from moscow from the church of john the

baptist to the church of princeton mitri on bloody fields in commemoration of young prince dimitris gruesome death in fifty nine one the place is steeped in tradition but it has a way of breaking out of that shop during a season when most cities have to take five of these people are making time in the most colorful way because it was here i knew it was the rule yet i've been i said winning facility you know i love it there is no need for any of the home food habits that are widespread nowadays if you set them aside and they don't think they will you. look back at them and between the skiing and the snowmobiling which they were kind enough to teach me they're waiting for a good burn the end of the world cup races thanks to a frightful windstorm this summer of two thousand and ten ninety percent of the surrounding forest was knocked down locals retaliated by stacking the fallen wood

twenty two meters high then registering it in the guinness book of world records they'll burn it into a massive bonfire the final race i know that is competitive sport. winter sport is making big changes to the community out here and ribbons and here to shed more light on that is local. which is part of alexander sergei on satellite on that for us why is it making such big changes to the band's. well it's developing c.d.'s helps to develop every year develops more and more something more different tracks. beauty. we have our local skiers the great opportunity to. train. in summer we haven't seen fit to roller skating so it's great to me i myself i like it very much alike skis being a local for local citizens like to ski on it's other people's worlds it's very

important your national character yeah yeah of course thank you for joining us and here for close up wednesday for. me it. all brings a look today here on our t.v. show and we were preparing to be dazzled as we visit the trainee is jewelers in moscow before the ad will catch up on the world of business with. polo and a very warm welcome to the business day. holders have decided to postpone a decision on well the british russian joint venture wants to participate in the b.p. and brosnan's arctic exploration tilt the meeting was held in florida you know on friday after it was initially pushed forward from that original date of february twenty fifth two to be pretty fair ling to turn out their gentle the next to be

meeting shuttle to march twelfth will include dividend questions but in return calls from north capitol says this may become an ace in the company's hand. give the has to pay some dividends and part of the. measure relieved to be because b.p. is a partner to the team gave me use the dividend issue. to push b.p. to make a decision in conjunction with our tickets were rationed project i don't think it's necessarily going to happen but that's probably be the most powerful tool in the hands of. shareholders to press b p l agreed the season on this. the world's largest telomere producer rejected neurotic nichols offer to buy twenty percent of its shares for twelve point eight billion dollars but. no more bank says

the c o two. is not about to cede his stake while metal prices are enjoying a high. since we believe the prime reason for a meeting a shareholder of merrill snooper. is highly bullish on the current mauritius cycle so therefore we believe for as long as the middle prices will be in strong souls like it will just be at the show in the us however because we also believe that the rules with the jiggering awards are excess cash this year and next year so therefore they'll have saw buying baby shares from all souls' one of the very few opportunities which would actually create for i believe that there is a good chance that mary views of the dogs. and a quick look at how the markets are faring on friday in russia actually has and then my six ended in the red on friday as sun profit taking was underway here but overall that we could follow farmall strongest monitors were still high since group

one percent in five sessions and the r.t.s. four point one percent. and more than a third of russian companies claim they have employees that are too smart around those and whose intellect brings more harm to the company than good a smart employee may cause trouble if he develops bad about us personal problems or at grasping that it's a sickness ok and while forty two percent of companies say they do not have such employees they trouble them one wage or in the job location interview instead prefer an ordinary but hard working people such a police side south to the work was better than very intelligent ones well too smart workers could soon start expanding their terms to the bottom. and that wraps up the business bulletin and join me in less than when i was time for more business news here on our team.

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a. harsh winter makes her even more enjoyable. where everyone can train to be a stop. to the. pressure close up on oxygen. more news today violence has once again flared up. these are the images and seeing from the streets of canada after. china operations are over the day. that has become normal and global is to meet creation of the bill the food system

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