lead. libya is in deadlock is thousands flee the unrest but many fear possible foreign intervention could only i'd to the problems. lead the are going to stay here until all the demands have been max people's voice is still sounding loud in the streets of cairo but one of the first arab states to demand democracy it's the empty businesses that are now feeling the bitter aftertaste of revolution in egypt. and almost six decades after joseph stalin sadat a controversial soviet leader is still idolized and demonized in equal measures and russia. looking for a piece of the oxford clyde norris nichols general basil in

a six working day here in russia joined business for a recap of the top business stories of the week in around twenty going to. news around the clock from around the world it's three pm in moscow i match reza good to have you with us here on r t well libya's locked in bloody battles the u.s. and u.k. forces remain on standby and in fears that they could intervene as thousands flee the troubled land many of its residents say they don't want international involvement healing it as another form of oppression or he's powerless. this is the road out of libya but it's also the road to deadlines the pockets of hundreds of libyans who make their living selling fuel in tunisia fourteen times the price they paid back. the libyan good half year one. and 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 although my mother called the u.s. will not answer a libya quote right as they are they don't have a good deal of murders libyan for days he's been trying to get to the canadian side 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 where people libyan people they don't there was. another. i mean like so much in libya but foreign nations seem to be getting a little concerned 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 ready to come help libya not full review based help libya for the road so does this is a problem. if the u.s.

russia and other countries case involved even though this time it seems like this used such. information to keep watch out for against foreign involvement they know well the price is often paid for so-called humanitarian assistance. history has shown that many to me an aid in any war zone is more often than not thinly disguised military aid doing the war in bosnia it was just going to take you in trucks delivering aid will in fact transporting military equipment in afghanistan the very weapons american gave to the taliban in the early eighty's came back to haunt us on the following its two thousand and one afghan invasion so it's no wonder the libyans we did they support a tough you're not united on one issue he wants the world and american particular to state that the with is pussy on t.v. was l.c.d.'s on the chin is in the libyan border and that is because senator a member of the u.s. house of representatives says if washington intervenes in libya he believes the

country will be lost tyranny all over the middle east and north africa you see people rising up and challenging their government the right of self-determination is an inherent right but it because it doesn't become self-determination or become something else or any nation intervenes on one side or the other so the fact of the matter is there are times that intervention is not called for no matter how we much we'd like to deal with because if we intervene then what we're going to be doing is let's say we intervene and those who are challenging mr gadhafi then he could point to that and say this is just 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 in you know oppression i mean while egypt which was one of the first countries that started a domino effect of protests rolling into the arab world is still feeling the echoes of its owner of all its hundreds continue to demonstrate whipped up by their earlier success but its origins are subtle boyko reports there are concerns the uprising may end up costing the jobs of more than just the country's president.

loading on freedom after decades of protest abstinence egyptians are tasting their newly found liberties still unable to get enough of with. 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 geoffrey squares rally in fact the number of tense each of 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 the demands are being met one by one but it's slow the process is taking longer than expected the revolution is not yet over but it's already becoming a brown 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 the plugs of selling world. means liberation in arabic i think the need for sport has become a focal point in anti mubarak's autocratic rule here a few profiteering renders notwithstanding the egyptian revolution comes at a high cost tucker 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 egypt millions of dollars every day branded as a symbol of egypt square stands in a stark contrast to another egyptian attraction this slave build pyramids the rolling crowds have scary their way visitors with lost revenues already exceeding one billion dollars usually it is busy repaid before is a problem is. business after. 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 but for now it remains far from certain the business is growing very slow at the moment we had were misled that forty 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 bittersweet taste and to realize that revolutionary intoxication is almost always followed by had a kind of like an artsy cairo. so you with us or an hour later in the program will be in new york to gauge reaction to the protests. were people heard we moved to action. the resident laurie harford a surprise at how people are viewing the demonstrations from the other side of the

atlantic plus. we're racing away to yaroslav all the see how the locals of those old tired russian town tackled the extreme sports. first though he was present idolized by some despised and scorned by others joseph stalin was called the father of the nation who brought the country through great war locked away in labor camps the heroes who helped him do it fifty eight years after his death a dispute over his legacy in russia is still loud and clear as r.t. is caterina as our warts and all fiddler we need a mussolini joseph stalin some of history's most notorious dictators and for years we're doing it 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. it is something that remind me of the stockholm syndrome in a way. after you. buy some great person you start moving. the reasonable 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 despite the terrors persecutions and executions he was almost worshipped. by the turn a soviet union entered the second world war stalin's personality cult was 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 of the survivors didn't know is that for most of them life after

the war would be much much worse. they haven't yet 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 for a small lot of into the local women who were all standing on the street throwing things that are spinning and shouting of stalin's bandits that's what they called the court isms and i remember feeling than a sort of pride because being all leaders bend it somehow close to him and we all wanted that but i had that feeling for a long time until i said things straight. in one hundred forty eight yet i was accused of being a traitor and sentenced to twenty five years in a labor camp for the charge was simple he survived captivity which to stan's mind

meant he had sold out his country for his life no proof was necessary after three months of torture there was ready to sign any document whatsoever. with him i refused to sign those so-called confessions even after all the torture they put me through but then they said if you don't sign will bring your parents here and i can let them go for us so i agreed a few months later i was on my way to the polar region to the real labor camp or eight years later left 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 still and evokes mixed emotions with his actions still being debated and sharing in some respect his personality cult still survives. catching as our r.t. moscow. some members of the u.s.

military may be slowly succumbing to drug abuse with the use of synthetic marijuana also known as spice rapidly gaining popularity among recruits a midshipman were recently expelled from the u.s. naval academy for possessing a substance or 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 and to annapolis by synthetic drugs since then dozens of the navy chipman has been separated or expelled from the academy 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 a tip of the iceberg of the permeation this and negative influence of the american

involvement in afghanistan indeed what could motivate future us navya 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 is 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 over again and murray who want to however it did legitimize all kinds of criminal activity he also legitimize the cult of impunity and profiteering and that is probably a big hidden agenda of the us open ended commitment to afghanistan. you can always find more analysis for our military contributor online because a taste of what else is lined up for you at r.t. dot com so glory in space

a technical glitch means nasa is latest weather satellite crashes into the ocean minutes after takeoff leading to four hundred million dollars going down the drain . saying. russia bidding a hot farewell to a cold winter as a pancake week kicks off with lopez's and traditional food more festivities be sure to put on our t. dot com. take a look now at some other stories making headlines across the globe the chinese premier has promised to clamp down on inflation and urgently raise incomes in a bid to ensure social stability wen jiabao was addressing the parliament's annual session move aimed at sharing the country's rapid economic growth he said the working class and world residents would get more help from the government and higher wages yeah right a plan to turn the economy away from exports to one driven by domestic consumption . prime minister silvio berlusconi back in court today this time on corruption

charges he's accused of fraud and embezzlement over the purchase of television rights iran of his media companies it's one of four separate trials berlusconi is currently embroiled in and the most high profile he's charged with paying an underage girl for a sex and seventy four year old denies all the allegations against him. shocking video showing the brutality of the continuing political standoff in ivory coast a rally against the incumbent president the rock he's refused to accept the results of the members elections pro-government forces opened fire seven women were shot dead. in the incident the. u.n. says at least three hundred sixty five people died since the disputed elections nearly all of them supporters of the internationally recognized winner. six people have been killed in a plane crash in central russia all the dead were crew members the son of one forty eight was carrying out a test flight when it came down on the border between the verona in belgrade

regions to the pilots killed were citizens of myanmar russia's emergencies ministry says there was no casualties on the ground the plane was intended for the me on our air force with long standing leaders already toppled in the arab world and others under intense pressure it's uncertain when or how the turmoil will wrap up this week read journalist marie harf innes also known as the resident took to the streets of new york to gauge reaction from the protests. did all of the insurrections revolutions and uprisings in the middle east catch you off guard this week let's talk about that i used the prize i'm not surprised. i'm coming for a moment i will say 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 same color in tunisia in egypt you know change was a common trait we all knew change was going to come we moved market off we get this guy it was just a matter of time before these dictators were you know i think shay's people want change people were hurt people hurt we moved to action 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 mix a mixed blessing for you think that 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 well 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 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 see and they'll start treating our people right and everybody in this world we will have the united states want to be a police country anymore but 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. because you're prepared for it but i think it will definitely it's a little scary to know that pete 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. in your running shoes time now to get to know russia close. this time our try takes us three hundred kilometers north of moscow to the jaroslav or region thousands of terrorists from all over the world walk there for striking views and millennia old churches and monasteries but it's not just history that drafts people winter means almost thirty seven thousand square kilometers covered in snow making it a perfect spot for sports lovers are to use limbs in france as the slopes. i everyone's going crazy for sports in the yaroslavl region of russia just ask the

roster of professional athletes speeding through the international city federations cross country world cup at germany a center of winter sport and leisure situated on the pier steam banks of the volgograd are poland's olympic gold medalist just snuck past the other women the first day of the races this is. conditional is not admissable from the classic but if you split with what you think about the course oh you see the. 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 ten ish over herself the first female cause may not was blocking the finish of. it because 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 the women steam to be even better than

a tease but they do perform well we have a very glad for russia with over four hundred children enrolled here termino 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 for what it really is. locals want it to be the new winter destination one that will fill this. around in restaurants and hotels this is but you know this is a front desk of the city thousands of people come and spend their time here every year and we're sure 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 city of pledge festivities are just getting underway to celebrate the winter it's massive down on the volga river powered moscow with what tricity throughout world war two its collection of churches greet tourists votes 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 its 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 girl you know i've been i swimming for thirty years i love it there is no need for any of the home feel how does that are widespread nowadays circumcised and go down for a dip in the pond. back in terminal between the skiing and the snowmobiling which they were kind enough to teach me there waiting for a good burn at 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 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 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 which is what enthusiasm alexander sergei up oh so a little light on that for us why is it making such a big changes to the band's. well it's developing c.d.'s and hopes to develop every year develops more more something more different threats. and we have a lot. here's a great opportunity to train even in summer. to roller skate so it's great to me i do it myself i like it very much i like skis i think 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 twenty five. with us here on our teaching me trees up next with all the latest news so the russian markets are having a rare saturday session that's absolutely true it's a long week six working day in a row and russian markets are pretty much the only ones trading so it's a quiet session a look at that in a second but first of all let's take a look at some of the main stories of the week and first of all to shareholders have decided to postpone a decision on whether the british russian drug venture wants to participate in the b.p. and rosneft arctic exploration deal and now planning to convene and paris on march twelfth in order to address the issue once meanwhile prime minister putin said he was quote unaware. he could make claims to participating in the project this is the

first time the russian prime minister has actually commented on this widely discussed conflict between the russian and british joint venture and b p but yeah that he had every right to join such projects in those regions of means we have a law according to which all shelf exploration has been intrusted to rosneft and gazprom if the people of the suitable conditions of cooperation to either of these two companies why not list them used. russian investment holding system is in talks to sell twenty five percent of oil giants bash nafta to india's oil and natural gas corp the deal estimated at around two point three billion dollars could already be sealed by the end of march it was reported that the n.g.c. have long been considering a stake in bassinette with an eye on participating in the arctic trips in the arctic trips to top world feels that the russian company acquired the rights to

last year the indian state company already has a stake in russia's sakhalin one orland gas projects in the pacific. and yes it's another working day for the russian markets ahead of a long weekend huge of public holiday in the country and my socks are trading positively though quite unlikely due to the absence of foreign benchmarks so you look at some of the stocks the outstanding form of the session is mining company metro it's up two and a half percent and saturday session that has several investment banks have given a positive outlook for the stock and the shares a positive as the west texas crude rose two and a half dollars by the end of friday's session on tension in libya meanwhile telecoms are looking weaker than the markets. the ruble are steadily strengthened over the past weeks largely due to rising oil prices but because it was a from b. to b. capital predicts the russian currency to retreat towards the end of the year with the moving elections weigh in on investor confidence our forecast for the end of

the year is twenty nine point three so very close to soar to work with think there probably are there. i would fall. make or will be in the second half of the year on the fall of these. political uncertainty for elections. one of the largest element in producers rejected north nichols offer to buy twenty percent of its shares for twelve point eight billion dollars levy was recovered no more a bank says tycoon and a good person is not about to cede his stake wild metal prices are enjoying high levels since we believe the prime reason for meaning is shareholder of neural sneakily use that. is highly bullish on the current mauritius cycle so therefore we believe for as long as the middle prices will have been stronger so it's like it's just the as a shareholder in the us however those rules the rules for the generating awards

excess cash these year and next year so therefore they'll have. a buying back shares from also as one of the very few opportunities which could actually create value and therefore i believe that there is a good chance the near abuse of the dogs by the state so now the headlines are next on a true statement. the

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