bringing you the latest in science technology from the realms. of the future coverage. fresh battles arrived in libya's colonel gadhafi pushes ahead to regain our in parts of the country locals fear foreign forces will intervene but with a sinister hidden agenda. dozens of reports of killed at the opposition struggles to final security forces join me point to see if the latest on the struggle for power. mixed emotions in egypt as people refuse to leave the streets until all their demands are met but their ongoing fight is hurting business isn't costing the country and millions of dollars in revenue and. it's fifty eight years since the death of joseph stalin but decades

on and his legacy still divides opinion in russia party speaks to a man who went from war hero to a labor camp a prisoner on the order of the soviet leader. it's seven pm in moscow good to have you with us here on r.t.i. mattress our top story this hour moammar gadhafi has launched widespread offensives with reports of live ammunition air strikes used to regain control over the eastern part of libya with a country locked in bloody battles the british government has confirmed its troops are on standby for deployment to the violence for an area the u.s. is also gathering its naval forces in the mediterranean close to libya adding to fears of possible intervention archies policy or has more. probably so but hearing that there's a lot of serious fighting predominantly in eastern libya the cities where there's fighting is concentrated are the we are which is some fifty kilometers from the

capital tripoli and rest in our north which is an oil rich port having said that though it's very difficult to ascertain exactly who is in control in each of these distillations it really depends on which media you access according to western and needier most of the east of the country is firmly in the hands of rebels but we're hearing a very different tune from government spokespeople and from official libyan s.k.t. media so on the one hand while the fighting is happening on the ground there is a very different fight happening in the media almost an information kind of war it seems as if each side is trying to make its impression if we look at so we're the rebels were fighting there the smalling we're hearing from gadhafi forces there they seem to be reinforcements but we have no indication at this stage as to who exactly is in control there now it's what is clear is that colonel gadhafi is really going to all extremes to push back to make his presence felt in an interview he gave an interview his son gave today saturday both of them denied reports that

the east was in the hands of the rebels they said that they were in control and that any kind of reporting that the government was killing its own people or simply untrue they blamed the western media for what they have termed propaganda we do understand that dozens of people have been injured and dozens of people have been killed but it certainly will be some time before we have any kind of independent verification on those numbers i've been speaking to libyans on this side of the border and here to express what we're hearing coming out from the other side people here simply do not want the foreign community to get involved they believe that any kind of humanitarian assistance very often is an excuse for military aid and military intervention it is very doubtful so people here that i've been talking to that the international community will respond purely on humanitarian reasons we also know that american planes have landed in tunisia report. city they carrying humanitarian packages in the form of food items and medical supplies for refugees but again people i've been speaking to here on the border thought the course of the

day raising concerns as to what else might be on those planes 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 fourteen times the price they paid back home. libyan gadhafi or one or more 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 for the moment of course the u.s. will not enter libya what rights they have they don't cover to get the f. word is libyan for days he's been trying to get a reduction 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. people libyan people they don't. like are very i mean like so much in libya the foreign nations seem to be giving

a little concern to what libyans themselves actually want to 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 to be based help libya for the world was this is a problem. if the u.s. russia and other countries case involved if nothing was tried it seems like this used just to be sure the people here are against foreign involvement they know well the price is often kate for so-called humanitarian assistance. history has shown that many syrian aid in any war zone is more often than not the need to skies military aid during the war in bosnia it was discarded a few in trucks delivering aid when in fact transporting military equipment in afghanistan if we gave to the town of and in the early eighty's came back to haunt the us army following its two thousand and one afghan invasion so it's no wonder

libyans whether they support you are not united on one issue they want the world and america in particular to stay out of the roof is policy r t. on the libyan border congressman dennis kucinich member of the u.s. house of representatives tells r.t. if washington steps into libya the people and not may be the ones who suffer 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 of any nation or beings on one side or the other so the fact of the matter is there are times that intervention is not caught or no matter how we much we don't like to do it 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 can point to that and say this is just the united states trying to knock me off and try to create more intrenchments which would cause at least half of libya to be lost and you know oppression.

for more on the crisis gripping libya and the entire region stay tuned for some opinions from the streets of the big apple coming your way in a few minutes. was given to them we move market update we get this guy it was just a matter of time before these dictators were. things change people wanted change people were hurt people hurt we've moved to action which people are avery they moved to action i believe it's more about power and the unfair distribution of power than it is about real democracy. meanwhile in egypt's capital cairo crowds are calling for the death penalty to be handed to the former interior minister as he stands trial for corruption the country one of the first to iraq and popular protest is still reeling from the uprising after toppling president hosni mubarak last month as archie's oksana boyko

reports there are some fears among their fears among some that life maybe even tougher now and before. loading of freedom after decades of protest afternoons 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 different squares rally in fact the number of tent city 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 but we're going to stay here until all the demands of been met the 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 peddle mubarak's portraits just two months ago have now switched to the revolution a more a billionaire. a lot of people love revolution everyone wants to be a part of the largest selling world. means liberation in arabic a fitting the four square has become a focal point in anding mubarak's all to critique group yet a few profiteering vendors notwithstanding the egyptian revolution comes at a high cost per square is packed with protesters again only now instead of resignation demands they're chanting celebrator 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 the slave build pyramids the rolling crowds have scared their way visitors but lost revenues already exceeding

one billion dollars usually is busy or really pretty before is a problem is. business after. problem now many people here don't believe that kyra protests will significantly alter their life prospects the down freedom comes 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 haven't missed like five or 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. as the wave of anti-government revolts rocks the arab world it's unclear how how when when uprisings war and across the ocean our

own resident laurie harvest got a snapshot of opinion i mean ongoing protests from the streets of new york. you know the insurrections revolutions and uprisings in the middle east catch you off guard this week let's talk about bad are you surprised i'm not surprised. and. i was seven weeks ago on my route. i reported. that the political situation in the middle east was very very unstable unstable one week after the whole thing. in egypt change was coming we all knew she was going to. be with you this guy it was just a matter of time before these dictators were you know 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 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 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 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 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 all the social networking that's going on they can no longer hold their people and feed them the propaganda that they used to say 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 reader 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 smart 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. fifty eight years after his death soviet leader joseph stalin or it remains one of

the most controversial political figures in history in russia he's adored and idolized by some despised and scorned by others was solid lead the country to victory in war but through the heroes who helped him do it into labor camps are his catarina is our of our reports on his legacy and also hitler we need a mussolini joseph stalin some of history's most notorious dictators in three years were adored by the people of their countries the cause of personality phenomenon has intrigued historians and psychologists alike but the simple sounding question of how one person exact sits in fluency over millions still does not have a simple answer and is something that remind me of the stock call syndrome in a way where after you have been killed in the processes by some bad person. you started moving. the

lobby's not a true 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 time the soviet union entered the second world war style and personality cult was at an all time high men and women all across the country were willing to lay down their lives probably believing that bravery and ultimately victory guarantee them stalin's approval. 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 lottery and the local women were all standing on the street throwing things that are spilling and shouting of stalin's bandits that's what they called the word isms when they remember feeling then a sort of crime because being a leader is bandit some hope it was close to him and we all wanted that but i had that feeling for a long time until why separate straight. in one thousand forty if there was accused of being a traitor and sentenced to twenty five years in a labor camp the charge was simple he survived captivity which to stan's mind meant he had sold out his country for his life and no proof was necessary after three months of torture there was ready to sign any documents whatsoever. with their i refused to sign a so-called confessions even after all the torture. but then they said if you don't sign it will bring your parents here and i can let them go for this so i gree a few months later i was on my way to the polar region to the real labor camp.

eight years later. for journey home and the new secretary general of the soviet union denounced stallion'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 stalin evokes mixed emotions with his actions still being debated ensuring in some respect his personality cult still survives. catron as our r.t. moscow. stay with us coming your way a little later in the program our close up team shows you a different side of one of russia's oldest cities find out how he spice things up the winter and how sports put yaroslavl on the map as one but top tourist destinations in the country all the details coming your way soon. first though a look at some other stories making headlines across the globe israeli soldiers used tear gas and smoke grenades against palestinian protesters in an attempt to

disperse them dozens of women along with the international rocket is demonstrated in northern jerusalem calling for an end to the israeli occupation of the west bank palestinian activists say they were inspired by calls for democracy that toppled autocratic regimes in egypt and tunisia. italian prime minister silvio berlusconi back on trial facing corruption charges prosecutors claim berlusconi's media empire purchased t.v. rights using offshore companies as part of a way to dodge taxes is one of four trials that italian career is currently linked to including one paying it for paying an underage prostitute for sex and using his powers a little scone he denies all allegations. shocking video has emerged showing the brutality of the continuing political standoff in the ivory coast pro-government forces opened fire at a rally against the incumbent president will run dog bo who is refusing to step down after november elections seven women were shot dead many others wounded in the incident on thursday the u.n.

says at least three hundred sixty five people died since november. time for the latest in our special series of travels across russia heading your way next this time our focus is on the historic city of your us level. the millennium old city of jaros thought it was some three hundred kilometers north east of the russian capital it's day three of our exploration there we've already seen its historic architecture and its tall chair one thing we didn't talk about is its fascination with sports our lives you france right to check out how the region's landscapes are not just great to look at right on as well. i 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 german now

a center of winter sport and leisure situated on the pier steam banks of the volga river are poland's olympic gold medalist and just smoked cast the other women in the first day of the races third is a suitable racer conditionals the fulfill the classic but a few spoke words next was the men's race where valentino ten ish over herself her first female cosmonaut was a broken english finish. it gave you it's a great event of course i want the women steam to be even better than a tease but they did perform well we have very glad for russia with over four hundred children in the world here during the offer is 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. locals wanted to be the new winter destination one that will fill the surrounding restaurants and hotels

just as booking the school this is a front desk of the city thousands of people come and spend their time here every year and was sure to expand opportunities because this will inevitably affect the number of people who go in for sports in general and even for winter sports in particular. not far away and the historic march in city of festivities are just getting underway to celebrate the winter during a season when most cities are pretty quiet these people are making a party of it most divine yet the better all year i've been i swimming for thirty years i love it there is no need for any of the harmful habits that are widespread nowadays. and massive down the volga river powered moscow with like tricity throughout world war two. a collection of churches greet tourist spots on their first stop for 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 back in time and now 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 a frightful wind storm the summer of two thousand and ten knocked down ninety percent of the surrounding forest locals retaliated by stacking the fallen wood twenty two meters high and 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 sports and sharp in the jaroslav and region lindsey france r.t. . later this hour the spot right team talks to a special representative of the president of turkey amid the current turmoil in the arab world but first dimitris up next with the business news stay with us here on

r.t. . welcome to business our team is good to have your company this week the russian business community and supported a resolution on the issue of how t.m. k d p could participate in arctic exploration together with b.p. and was snapped but shareholders have decided to postpone a decision so their next meeting and paris on march twelfth meanwhile prime minister putin said he was quote are nowhere near k.v. he could lay claims to participating in the project this is the first time the russian prime minister has commented on the widely discussed conflict between the russian british joint venture and b.p. but he added that the n.k.v.d. had every right to join such projects. we have a law according to which all shelf exploration has been intrusted to rosneft and gas prong if. the suitable conditions of cooperation to either of these two companies why not amused. and bloody matters uncover skin from north capitol so it

could flex its muscles during the upcoming meeting. he has to pay some dividends and part of this is the evidence. and they truly do believe because he is a partner of thinking. may use the giver the new. tool to push b.p. to make a decision in conjunction with arctic aspiration project i don't think it's necessarily going to happen but that's what probably be the most powerful tool in the hands of . shareholders to press b p l abrade the seizing on this. ruble is steadily strengthened over the past weeks largely due to rising oil prices but need a lot of goods of from b. to b. capital predicts the russian currency could retreat towards the end of the year when the looming elections weigh in on investor confidence our forecast for the end

of the year is twenty nine point three so very close to sort here but we think that . i would for. the second half of the year on all these. political uncertainty for elections. right here's a closing picture for saturday's session in moscow trading was on as it's a working day out of the long weekend use of how to hold a country the r.t.s. and my stocks ended the session but there was not much movement as volumes were low triggers and the fact that global investors were on the weekend the outstanding performance of the session was mining company net still it was up three percent at the close that's several investment banks gave a positive outlook for the stock energy shares were positive as west texas crude rose another two and a half dollars by the end of friday's session on tension in libya meanwhile

telecoms were looking weaker than the market but overall the week was pretty strong . there's been a high correlation to the market activity relative to the escalating price of oil right now as well as increased correlation to the overall futures which have been rather of i would always as well we've seen some rather pronounced movements especially in the blue chips as a result of these widespread price with some of the more liquid names the second. overall turnover has been are understandably decimated and we do expect for this trend with amongst the more liquid names to be rather pronounced going forward into next week. the world's largest television producer roussel reject ignores nichols' offer to buy twenty percent of its shares for twelve point eight billion dollars but he must look at no more a bank says roussel c.e.o. tycoon alexander pascoe is not about to cede his stake while metal prices are enjoying high levels since we believe the prime reason for a meeting a shareholder of neural sneakily is their. record more disciple so

therefore we believe for as long as the middle prices will have been stronger so is likely to be as a shareholder in the rules however because we also believe that new rules will be generating your will to pick says this year and next year or so before they'll have or buying back the shares from all souls' one of very few opportunities which would actually create variance are therefore i believe that there is a good chance that mary visit the dogs while the. russian investment holding system is in talks to sell twenty five percent of oil giant best left to india's oil and natural gas corp a deal estimated at around two point three billion dollars could already be sealed by the end of march earlier it was reported that over n.g.c. had long been considering a stake in bass net with an eye on participating in the arctic oil fields that the russian company acquired the rights to last year the indian state company already has a stake in russia's settling in one or then gas projects in russia's far east. that's

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