it starts on t.v. dot com. colonel gadhafi is pulling out all the stops to regain control of his country with fresh air strikes being reported american and british forces are on standby but locals fear the intervention will do more harm than good. dozens of course have killed as the opposition struggles to fight all security forces join me poilus here for the latest on the struggle for power. was. egyptians are struggling to cope with their newfound freedom some are still celebrating all those of them are going to further change next year which scares the tourists away costing the country millions of dollars in revenue. and also it's

fifty eight years since the death of joseph stalin but decades on his legacy still divides opinion he speaks to a man who went from war hero to labor camp prisoner on the order of the serving. life from our studios here in central moscow this is r.t. with twenty four hours a day moammar gadhafi has launched widespread offenses with reports of live ammunition in airstrikes used to regain control over the eastern part of libya the british government has confirmed its troops are on standby for deployment to the violence torn area meanwhile two u.s. warships are departed that base in the mediterranean as part of a military buildup around libya and fears of a possible intervention is all it seems paula smith found out. well we certainly hearing that there's a lot of serious fighting predominantly in eastern libya the cities where there's

fighting is concentrated hours away which is some fifty kilometers from the capital tripoli and last 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 media most of the east of the country is firmly in the hands of rebels but we're hearing a very different tune from the government spokespeople and from official media so on the one hand while the fighting is happening on the ground there's a very different fight happening in the media it seems as if each side is trying to make its impression if you look at where the rebels were fighting there this morning we're hearing from gadhafi forces there they seem to be reinforcements that we have no indication at this stage as to who exactly is in control there now 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 were 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 have 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 and we're hearing that american planes have landed in tunisia reportedly 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 world that lines the pockets of hundreds of libyans who make their living selling fuel in tunisia fourteen times the price they paid back home. the libyan graph your 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 or the mom of one of. the u.s. will not enter libya quite right as they are they don't get the aftermath is libyan for days he's been trying to get a prediction is inside of the border to check up on his family who on the other side he knows some of them have been injured and also he says is not with foreign intervention. libyan people they don't. like

every part of me like so much in libya but 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 every. help libya not full review based help libya for the road so does the world this is a problem. if the u.s. russia and other countries case involved in the first time that scenes like this used by egypt to keep watch out for against foreign involvement they know well the price that is often paid for so-called humanitarian assistance. history has shown that many children aid in any war zone is more often than not thinly disguised military aid the war in bosnia it was discovered in trucks delivering aid when 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 gadhafi or not are united on one issue they want the world and america in particular to stay out of the roof is policy r.t. . on the chin is the libyan border we were in egypt crowds are calling for the death penalty to be handed to the interior minister as he stands trial for corruption in current the country one of the first to rotten popular protests is still reeling from the uprising after president hosni mubarak was forced to step down in february. reports life for many egyptians maybe even harder than before 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 death rally in fact the number of ten secure residents seems to be getting even higher now that he has been camping on this 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 or are going to stay here until all the demands have been met and imagining that one by one but that still the process is taking longer than expected the revolution is not to get over but it's already becoming a brand street vendors who paddled 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 a fittingly foursquare has become a focal point in anding mubarak's autocratic rule yet a few profiteering wenders notwithstanding the egyptian revolution comes at

a high cost to clear squares patrick protesters again only now instead of resignation demands they're chanting celebrators slogans the piece of revolutionary intoxication rock totally natural is causing in millions of dollars every day rounded as a symbol of street egypt to clear a square stands in a stark contrast to another egyptian attraction the slave build pyramids the rowing crowds have secured their way visitors with lost revenues already exceeding one billion dollars but usually it is beauty really pretty before is a problem is. business after problem. many people here don't believe that current protests will significantly alter their life prospects for them freedom comes from their ability to feed their families but for now it remains far from certain the business is growing very slow at the moment

we have almost like five. 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 the 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 that's in the work of artsy cairo. as the government revolts rocks the arab it's unclear how and when the uprisings will end across the ocean our own residence in new york. opinion on the. hill 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'm going ramallah i will say seven weeks ago one minute. i reported.

the political situation in the middle east was very very unstable one week after the whole scene in tunisia and egypt change was coming we all knew she was going to remove. this guy it was just a matter of time before these dictators were you know i think she's 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 those. 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 they 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 oh i think it's you know does the time make

a leader or does the leader make the times i've 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. when. different people come into power that they'll say and they'll start treating our people right and everybody in this world we will have to be united states will have to be a police country any more all the social networking that's going on they can no longer hold their people in even the propaganda that they used to do you think this is something that could happen here or in europe or in other places. that's scary you. know. because you're prepared for it but i think it will definitely happen it's a little scary to know that people anyone can have so much influence now i don't

want that leader giving me product and a bit of a little unnerving to know that anyone with a computer can have that kind of. power to you know 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 and remains one of the most controversial political figures in history adored and some he's despised and scorned by others stalin let the country to victory in the war but through the heroes who helped him through it into labor camps of his country his are the reports now on his legacy. and of hitler. benito mussolini joseph stalin some of history's most notorious dictators and for years

were adored 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 you remind me the stockholm syndrome in a way where. after you have been kidnapped processes by some bad person you start loving you. the love is not a 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 turn of the soviet union entered the second world war stalin's personality cult was at an all

time high and 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. 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 kind of the three i remember the most for a small loss in terms of the local women were all standing on the street throwing things that are spinning and shouting stalin's bandits that's what they called words isms and i remember feeling them a sort of pride because being all leaders bend it somehow close to him and we all wanted that i had that feeling for a long time until i set things straight. in one thousand forty eight if it 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 which the stones mind when he had sold out his country for his life and no proof was necessary after three months of torture left there was ready to sign any document whatsoever we're with you i refused to sign this 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 couldn't let them go for this so i agreed a few months later i was on my way to the polar region to the real school labor camp. eight years later lee has 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 and 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. catchin as our

r.t. moscow. well a little later in the program marty's close up team shows you a different side to one of the oldest cities here. about how people spice things up in the winter and hell sports put let us level on the map as one of the top tourist destinations in the country we have all the details in just a couple of moments. but first let's have a quick look at other news making headlines around the world at this stage of the day israeli soldiers have used to gas and slogan aides against female palestinian protesters in an attempt to disperse them dozens of women among international activists demonstrated in jerusalem calling for an end to the israeli occupation of the west bank which will save you inspired by calls for democracy that toppled over private leaders in egypt and tunisia. to tell the prime minister is back on trial facing alleged corruption charges prosecutors claim the police goalie's media and purchased television rights using offshore companies as part of

a tax structure this is one of four trials that the italian media is currently linked to including paying an underage prostitute the sex and abusing his power denies orleanian actions. shocking amateur video has emerged showing the brutality of the continuing political standoff in the ivory coast seven women were shot dead while many others were wounded on thursday pro-government forces opened fire to running against the incumbent president laurent gbagbo has been using to step down after november election results the u.n. says at least three hundred sixty five people have died since the. well it's the final test day for six states minute russia's cosmonauts training center in star city the international crews of the main and backup florence the international space station hoping to be cleared for the next orbital mission for goes well a blast off from the baikonur launch pad in kazakhstan the end of march the mission will be devoted to the fiftieth anniversary of the first man in space yuri gagarin

the crew will spend one hundred seventy days on the i and two u.s. shuttles and three russian cargo ships a space walk is also planned jury. on the pros little early it's one of the latest in our special series of travels across russia that's heading your way next and this time the focus is the historic city of yet a self. thought he's close up to enjoy it since three hundred kilometers northeast of moscow to the millennium old city of dallas level it's they threw of oil exploration that we've already seen as historical research and culture but one thing we didn't talk about is its fascination with sports leagues in france want to check out how the region's landscapes are not just great to look at but 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 terminal a center a renter sporting leisure situated on the persisting banks of the volga river are poland's olympic gold medalist just smoked past the other women the first day of the races this is a good race. conditionals not in the form of a classic but if you spoke with next it was the men's race valentino ten ish clover herself the first female cast not was a block and finishers. you can view 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 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. and locals want it to be the

new winter destination one that will fill the surrounding restaurants and hotels just as well 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 be in for winter sports in particular. not far away in 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 of on yet the better all year i've been i swimming for thirty years i love it there is no need for any of the home how does that are widespread nowadays. a massive down on the volga river powered moscow with electricity throughout world war two a collection of churches greet tourist spots 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 back in time and now between the skiing and the snowmobiling which they were kind enough to teach me they're waiting for a good burn at the end of the world cup races are frightful brainstormed a 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 sportsmanship in the jaroslav in region lindsey france r.t. .

one and a few minutes from now here in our two you can find out why millions of people die from hunger each year when there's water enough food to feed the entire planet that's coming up in a special report but first a retreat brings us all the latest business news no. 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 to run k b p could participate in arctic exploration together with b.p. and the us net but the thing is shareholders have decided to postpone a decision until their next meeting and paris on march twelfth meanwhile prime minister putin said he was quote unaware that 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 he had every right to join such projects. and believe that

we have a lot according to which all shelf exploration has been intrusted to rosneft and gazprom fifteen g.d.p. of the suitable conditions of course were rationed to either of these two companies why not immutable. and logical as unconsciously from north capitals as to ok could flex its muscles during the upcoming meeting. he has to pay some dividends and part of this is there were billions. and they truly do because b.p. is a part of the earth to. me use the giver them to you. to push b.p. to make a decision in conjunction with our exploration 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 a liberated the citizen of this. drupal is steadily

strengthened over the past weeks largely due to rising oil prices but it was a 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 years twenty nine point three so very close to sort you would think that. i would. make or will be in the second half of the year one of the all of 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 public all day the country the r.t.s. on the high stakes end of the session but there was not much movement as warnings were. 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 in our dollars by the end of friday's session on tension in libya meanwhile telecoms were looking weaker than the market overall of the week was pretty strong. 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 a volatile 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 means the second tears were. turned over has been are understandably decimated and we do expect for this trend with a month or more of liquid names to be read to pronounce going forward into next week. the world's largest bellamy and producer roussel rejected north 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 meaning a shareholder of neural sneakily is that. he's highly bullish on the current mauritius cycle 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 awards princess this year and next year so therefore they'll have. a buying bag shares from all souls one of very few opportunities which would actually create a variance and therefore i believe that there is a good chance the near abuse of the dogs. russian investment holding system is in talks to sell twenty five percent of oil giant best now to india's oil and natural gas corporation ideal estimated that around two point three billion dollars could already be sealed by the end of march and it was reported that n.g.c. had long been considering a stake in basayev with an eye on this is

a placing in the off the oil fields that the russian company acquired the rights to last year indian state company already has a stake in russia certainly in one or the gas projects in russia's far east. that's all from the business team from now the headlines and i cannot seem to stay with us .

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