find out what's really happening to the global economy cars report on our. lead years in deadlock as thousands flee the unrest of many fear a possible foreign intervention could only add to the problems. we're going to stay here until all the demands have been met people's voices are still sounding loud in the streets of egypt but in one of the first arab states to demand of ocracy it's the empty businesses which are now feeling the bitter aftertaste of revolution. and it was six decades after joseph stalin staff the controversial soviet leader is still idolized and demonized in equal measures. and t.n.t. b.p.'s shareholders have decided to postpone

a decision on whether the british russian joint venture wants to participate in the . arctic exploration deal or in business in twenty minutes. eleven am in the russian capital you're watching r t with me we're going to joshua welcome to the program while levy is locked in bloody 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 policy or 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 engine asea fourteen times the price they paid back home . the libyan graph here one hour and we are in libya long live gadhafi

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 what rights they have they don't have a good aftermath is libyan for days he's been trying to get to that unity inside of the border to check up on his family who are on the other side he knows some of them have been injured he wants to he says is not with foreign intervention. people libyan people they don't the world. another. reply to me but somehow or other in libya but foreign nations seem to be giving little concern to what libyans themselves actually want a debate for a no fly zone is continuing and u.s. warships are sailing not far from the libyan coast they're ready come help libya not for libya based help libya. throw for us this is

a problem. if the u.s. russia and other countries get involved it was time that scenes like this are used by inches to people here are against foreign involvement they know well the price that is often paid for so-called humanitarian assistance. history has shown that humanitarian aid in any war zone is more often than not thinly disguised military aid to the war in bosnia it was discarded to thank you in trucks delivering aid when in fact transporting military equipment in afghanistan the very weapons american 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 the libyans whether they support khadafi or not are united on one issue they want the world and american particular to state that they with is pussy on t.v. was on the chin is in the libyan border and living author and blogger says it would be a serious mistake if the u.s.

and its allies choose a military path in libya an intervention in libya would really i think the moral force and dignity of these sort of indigenous arab revolt them you've been seeing i think it would be a serious mistake that really would put the u.s. and yet another difficult quagmire if the crisis truly gets on her hand then it's up to the arab league and the asking who have discussed their willingness to perhaps intervene if things did finally get out of hand any military adventure and disastrously regardless of the initial motives even if they are noble and benign which in itself is a roic assumption really you know why it was one of the countries that started a domino effect of protests rolling into the arab world is still feeling the app of its own revolt hundreds continue to demonstrate what top by their earlier success but as art has a kind of voice or reports there are concerns the uprising to end up costing the

jobs of more than just a president. loading on freedom after decades of protest abstinence egyptians are tasting their 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 tents each of residents seems to be getting even higher now as he has been camping on the square for three weeks normally 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 with demands are being met one by one but it's still the process is taking longer than expected the revolution is not yet over but it's already becoming a brand street vendors who kind of mubarak's portraits just two months ago are now

switched to the revolution in more a billionaire. a lot of people love revolution everyone wants to be a part of the largest selling world means liberation in arabic i think the need for sport has become a focal point in anding mubarak's into crappy crew a few profiteering vendors notwithstanding the egyptian revolution comes at a high cost tahrir square is packed with protesters again only now instead of resignation demands they're chanting celebrators slogans the piece of revolutionary intoxication about totally natural is costing injured millions of dollars every day branded as a symbol of egypt to cream squares stands in a stark contrast to another egyptian attraction the slave build pyramids the rolling crowds have scared away visitors with lost revenues already exceeding one billion dollars usually is busy. before is

a problem is. business after is. probably. many people here don't believe that cairo protests will significantly alter their life prospects for them freedom comes with their ability to feed their families that for now remains far from certain the business is growing very slow at the moment we have almost like five four seven percent of the clients and most of them are coming from middle east none coming from europe it's not that they don't support their revolution they're just the first to discover it's very sweet taste and to realize that revolutionary intoxication is almost always followed by had a kind of artsy cairo later in the program will be in new york to gauge reaction to the protests. people were hurt people heard moved to action. the resident laurie hartman to find out how people are viewing the protests

from the other side of the atlantic. plus we raced away to jaroslav to see how locals of this time old russian tell tackle extreme sports. he was praised and idolized by some despised and scorned 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 eight years after his death the dispute over his legacy is still loud and clear as kowtowing as our own are reports and of hitler and we need a mussolini joseph stalin some of history's most notorious dictators who for years were adored by the people of their countries because 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. this is something that remind me of the stockholm syndrome in a way. after you. buy some but worse when. you start moving. the law reasonable true love 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 despite the terrors persecutions and executions he was almost worshipped. by the time 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 he was proud to be coming back alive proud to have accomplished what comrade stalin had asked of him. i remember being marched through a small lot of into the local women were all standing on the street throwing things that are spinning and shouting of stalin's bandits that's what they called the port isms and i remember feeling them a sort of pride because being a leader is bend it somehow close to him and we all wanted that but i had that feeling for a long time until i set things straight. in one thousand forty eight if there was accused of being a traitor and sentenced to twenty five years in a labor camp the charge was simple he survived to get to the rich to stand mind

then he had sold out his country for his life no proof was necessary after three months of torture you have never was ready to sign any document whatsoever with you i refused to sign a so-called confessions even after all the torture they put me through but then they said if you don't sign it will bring your parents here and i can let them go for those who saw it read a few months later i was on my way to the polar region in the real labor camp or eight years later you have returned home and the new secretary general of the soviet union denounced alan's personality called 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 style and evokes mixed emotions with his actions still being debated ensuring in some respect his personality cult still survives. cashew nuts are of a party moscow. u.s.

military is slowly succumbing to drug abuse with the use of synthetic marijuana also known as spice rapidly gaining popularity among recruits aid midshipmen have recently been expelled from the naval academy for possessing the substance are his military contributor says the problem stems from america's long term involvement in afghanistan it's been almost a year since their 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 synthetic drugs since then dozens of the navy knew chipman has been separated or expelled from the academy unfortunately it was not an exception neither for the u.s. navy north for other branches of the u.s. armed forces so in a way the latest drug abuse investigation is only in a 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 leaders to buy and to raise sail the drugs among their peers there it could be several reasons for such a reckless and criminal action the most of this is that the us navy are jealous of the us marines who are enjoying their poppy fields in helmand and kandahar as a result they just fall back on the artificial stuff the juice and all of that organic very haunted however it did legitimize old kinds of criminal activity he also legitimize the culture of impunity and profiteering and that is probably the hidden agenda of the year as open ended commitment to afghanistan. you can always find more analysis from our military contributor on line here's a taste of what else is lined up for you 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 i assess cruise for a voyage to the stars but not before sitting down for exams to make sure the cosmic author of fully prepare all of their progress at r.t. dot com. take a look at some other stories from around the world the chinese premier has promised to climb down inflation and urgently raising comes in a bid to ensure social stability was addressing the parliament's annual session in a movie sharing the country's rapid economic growth he said the working class and rural residents would receive more help from the government and higher wages plans to turn the economy away from exports to one driven by domestic consumption. and prime minister silvio berlusconi's back on trial today this time of corruption charges he's accused of fraud embezzlement over the purchase of television rights

by one of his media companies it's one of four separate trials berlusconi is currently involved in the most high profile use charged of paying an under-age girls for sex seventy four year old denies the allegations against him. the man accused of the shooting of a u.s. congresswoman has been given a new charge over the death of a federal judge killed in the same attack twenty two year old jared loughner now faces forty nine separate counts relating to the shootings six people were killed as gabrielle giffords constituency event in arizona in early january if convicted could face the death penalty. with long standing leaders already toppled in the arab world and others under intense pressure it's uncertain when or how the turmoil will and this week we have journalist laurie harvest also known as the resident hit the streets of new york to gauge reaction to the protest.

did all the insurrections revolutions and uprisings in the middle east catch you off guard this week let's talk about that are you surprised i'm not surprised i am . i'm coming from all and i will say seven weeks ago in my life. i reported to the board that the political situation in the middle east was very very unstable unstable one week after the whole thing collapse in tunisia in egypt you know change was a coming right we all knew change was going to come. off we had this guy it was just a matter of time before these dictators were you know the things change people want change people were hurt people hurt we moved to action and people were avery they moved to action do you think that 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 mixed blessing for you think all these are going to lead to more and raster more instability yes i believe it's more about power and the unfair distribution of power than it is about real democracy oh i think it's you know does the time make the 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 this is going to be a good test for everyone in power right now to see how they come out yes but what do you think the effect is going to be around the world when i think it's really not going to make much difference. when different people come into power that they'll say you know they'll start treating their people right and everybody in this world we will have the united states will have to be a police country anymore all the social networking that's going on there you can no

longer hold their people and feet on 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. so you're prepared for it but i think. it's a little scary to know that anyone can have so much influence now i don't want a leader giving me proud again but it's a little unnerving to know that anyone with a computer can have that kind of power to you have to be sworn 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. from now to get to know russia close up.

some three hundred kilometers north of moscow lies the jaroslav region thousands of tourists from all over the world flock there forward striking views and the lay of all churches and monasteries but it's not just history that attracts people winter means almost thirty seven thousand square kilometers are covered in snow making it a perfect spot for sports lovers art historians and friends hit the slopes. everyone's going crazy for sports in the yaroslavl region of russia just ask the roster of professional 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 volga river are poland's olympic gold medalist just smoked past the other women in the first day of the races this is. the conditional is very difficult for the classic

but if you split with what you think about the course i know you sort of. hoops not supposed to talk to the media yet i admit i snuck behind the lines before i was allowed next was the men's phrase valentino tennis court by herself the first female cosmonaut was blocking the finish. anything you it's wonderful if you look at this one but all of them skewed well it's a great event of course i want you winning student to be even better than it's nice but they do perform well we have very glad for russia to go over four hundred children enrolled here there were no offers the average middle class russian a chance to realize their dreams as a sportsman and opera's the foreigner a chance to see this place what it really is. no course wanted to be the new winter destination one that will fill the surrounding restaurants and hotels

just like in the school to go to this is a front desk of the city thousands of people come and spend their time here every year and we're short to expand opportunities because this will inevitably affect the number of people who go in for sports in general and in for winter sports 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 on the volga river powered moscow with like tricity throughout world war two its collection of churches greet tourist boats on their first stop from moscow from the church of john the baptist to the church of prince dimitri on blood built in commemoration of young prince dimitris gruesome death in fifty ninety one the place is steeped in tradition but it has a way of breaking out of that shell during a season when most cities are pretty quiet these people are making a party of it in the most colorful way possible not to buy new cars though you know

i've been i swimming for thirty years i love it there is no need for any of the home feel how it is that are widespread nowadays it's set them aside and go down for a dip in the pond. back in termino between the skiing and the snowmobiling which they were kind enough to teach me there waiting for a good burn the end of the world cup races thanks to a frightful windstorm the summer of two thousand and ten ninety percent of the surrounding forest was knocked down locals retaliated by stacking a fallen world twenty two meters high then registering it in the guinness book of world records they'll burn it into a massive bonfire after the final race now that is competitive sportsmanship. winter sport is making big changes to the community out here and ribbons and here to have more light on that is local winter sport enthusiasm alexander sergei zero zero so a little light on the out for us why is it making such big changes to everybody

it's. well really it's developing city and helps to develop every year develops more more something more different threats reveals that. we have a lot. those two years have been great opportunity to train even in summer i would have an opportunity to roller skate so it's great to me and i do it myself i like it very much i like skis sounds i think a lot of a lot of citizens like to ski on saturday for sports it's very important to your national character yeah yeah of course thank you for joining us and here for close up on monday friends. from russian crown jewels to the latest brands and diamonds in a short while our moscow team pays

a visit to some of the most exclusive boutiques in town. i've been asked like to create a ring from scratch another company finds themselves in creating one of the tiny pieces for any occasion and first my damage check several times continuity in costs current clarity and. the jewel of those deposits in the said think to be sure that the gems but publicly a showcase as much as possible. absolutely it's was it all i need to do that and somebody to get it to. nascar's here in just over an hour before that bell will take a look at what's happening in business with jojo. hello time to get the latest business news a very warm welcome and. shareholders have decided to postpone

a decision on well the british russian joint venture wants to participate in the b.p. andros left arctic exploration deal the meeting was held in berlin on friday afternoon it was initially pushed forward from the original date of february twenty fifth juge of b.p. failing to turn up meanwhile prime minister putin said he may not join the offshore projects that it offers gazprom suitable conditions this is the first time the russian foreign minister has commented on the widely discussed confidence in. the agenda of the next to be. on march twelfth will include dividend questions but in the russian coffee from north capitol says this may become the ace in the company's hand to give it he has to pay some dividends and part of the guns will go a major relieved to be because b.p. is a team team and may use the dividends you. two

to push on. to make a decision in conjunction with our biggest worry from a 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 the old brave decision on this. and it another working day for the aggression markets ahead of the long weekend due to a public holiday in the country there are chairs in the mice and some lighting and trails we baptists as of saturday the activity of praying is likely to be minimal due to absence of benchmarks. and the ruble has steadily strengthened over the past weeks largely due to rising oil prices but but calls it from the t.v. capital projects the russian currency to retreat towards the end of the year when the looming elections weighs in i don't us just confidence our forecast for the end

of the years twenty nine point three so very close to sort two words with think they're probably of the capital i would for we'll. make or will be in the second half of the year on the back of all these. probably political uncertainty of elections. and more than a third of russian companies claim they have employees that are too smart and whose intellect brings more harm to the trump any than good a smart employee may cause trouble if he develops but that has personal problems or a progressive banish a sickness when while forty two percent of companies say they do not have such employees they turn them away during the job occasion interview instead preferring ordinary but hardworking people such employees adept of the work of a very intelligent ones and while choose smart work this could soon start dictating

their terms to the boss. and that wraps up the business bulletin join me in less than one else time for more business stories here on archie. leach and discovery.

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