but how did you come. to be challenger. where did it take to. poland to russia hold the moral services to mark a year since the plane crash which killed the polish president lech kaczynski and ninety five others. nato faces questions of the effectiveness of its u.n. backed no fly zone in libya of reports that two rebel helicopters were shot down by gadhafi forces. also this week a finnish priest is charged with inciting racial hatred of the interview you gave to r.t. in which he spoke out against russia's most wanted terrorists. hello

it's eleven pm sunday night here in moscow you're watching the weekly from our round up of the top stories from the last seven days with me kevin when and first poland is marking a national tragedy today a year since the presidential plane crashed in heavy fog in western russia killing everyone on board including the head of state like chin ski at the time the shared sense of shock so moscow was for experience of thorn historically frosty relations you are looking at live pictures coming through from warsaw tonight we've been reporting on it all day but you can see there the vast turnout thousands upon thousands of come out today to pay their respects and also send particular messages this bill has been reported by our correspondent commemoration of events of being held in russia the still. going on now as well and these speeches of the thousands

of people taking part in that memorial procession on the streets of the capital it was the nation's worst disaster we mustn't forget since world war two apart from the president and his wife maria the crash claimed the lives of the commanders of the forces the heads of the national committee and politicians from. the location to the disaster of the time symbolic delegation was on its way to attend the seventieth anniversary ceremony of the cattle massacre most painful time events. covering what's happening for us. the feeling of grief was quite visible and tangible here in the streets of war seoul throughout the day thousands were here at the square all throughout the day commemorating those who died in the tragic plane crash near by the russian city of smolensk the plane crash which killed most of the country's political elite now at

age forty one am local time the minute of silence was observed to commemorate those who died and the later vigils have been held all throughout the day now as you can probably hear through through the natural sound in the background here the vigil the religiously chill has moved here to the central square from the presidential palace the rally which has gathered thousands here in the central square has had different colors all throughout the day first it was purely about mourning the dead then it was somehow political with banners and slogans all around the place and now as you can see and hear at his turn more or less religious now all throughout the day relatives of those who died in this plane crash went to cemeteries across warsaw to lay flowers and wreaths at the grave yards of their loved ones and the people who died in that plane crash were buried everywhere everywhere across a war so so they did this procession was quite long i observed from one of the skyscrapers in center. the war so a huge procession of people

a commemoration march through the streets of warsaw widow which managed to gather probably ten or twenty thousand people in just one line all this has been happening throughout the day now this central square the rally here has more or less dispersed but definitely the emotions still stays and we understand that the the mourning period will last for another week until next weekend just as it happened last year when the morning peter at last for a week and culminated with the funeral of the presidential couple in the city off the back of the indeed we're talking about emotions here and some experts are set to note that some of these emotions go directly into the political sphere of gold and now some political movements occluding the movement of the former president kaczynski which is now headed by his brother is using the anti russian rhetoric the rhetoric needs of further investigation and even conspiracy theories that the death

of the polish president was conspired by warsaw in moscow as their political tool during the presidential campaign this is something of course debated and speculated by the experts but today it's all about the morning and all about the grief of the people that's what the streets of warsaw have been filled with today. the disaster is also been remembered as the actual site in western russia where that plane went down counties alice habits keeping across developments there. ten zero four she one am local time that's the exact time that the plane crashed down a small remembrance service was held just behind me at the actual suddenly solve the crash through throughout the day mourners here in smolensk both russian and polish have been coming here to pay their respects in the russian capital moscow the russian first lady said nona made that of the late her own flowers and paid her room respects outside the polish embassy and this of course follows on from yesterday's events when the wife of the put the president get on

a comet also came here with the families of the victims to attend a memorial service here at the smith's airfield before moving on to the teen memorial site a very similar timetable so that would be followed by presidents who did it and come out all fifty on monday big to help these very united i'm hoping help or use of grief from both the russian and polish sides we do understand that some in poland time states press their concern at the news that the memorial plaque at the crash site behind me was replaced on friday night we have not heard from the russian foreign ministry on this and we understand that local school authorities changed out because they say permission was door granted flew the original plan and they also wanted a plaque in both russian and polish the old plug that was up the side it was recent purely in polish i'd also made press movies and t.v. canteen a memorial to which that kitchen scheme was flying on that fateful day this new

clock is in both english and russian as ministers here they say they want people from both countries to feel welcome to mourn here and it makes no reference to the cattiness but let's cost all minds back now remember the details that led to that plane crashing on april the ten twenty ten. the final moments within seconds all ninety six on board flight one i want to point out. it's time of ten forty one am for the tenth. i was outside when i heard the plane it was flying really low with one of its wings pointing down it crashed into the trees and burst into a goal of fire it was obvious that no one was going to survive the flames were as high as a five story house. ground control star there were no conditions to land mass

a request was still made to attempt a trial approach transcripts from the plane's black box flight recorder revealed the crew were acutely aware of the rapidly decreasing visibility but also a pressure to land as soon as possible to go crazy yeah we don't know who he is what we do know is that a senior minister periodic we entered the cockpit throughout the flight and that the chief of the air force himself was present at the time of the crash under these conditions the pilots continue their approach will have been past the point of no return the president's plane began its final descent the dense fog and poor visibility meant that the crew had in fact already missed their target is coming in so land some fifty meters below the runway where the base of the aircraft began to graze the tops of these trees and one particularly tall birch ridge a huge hole out of the left wing causing the aircraft to roll and within just five

seconds the nose at that supply of one five four had hit the ground hard at first we didn't know that there was a crash we now have something wrong so from cutting the here we took a taxi and i we came here as it was possible none of that believe it happened we were talking about that but it was unrealistic incredible that sense of shock and disbelief reverberated around the world is the news began to spread that in a single moment poland had suffered what it's prime minister would later down it's the worst tragedy since world war two and a separate r.t. smolensk region. of war thought of a terrible crash a year ago in the events that led to it let's talk about a christian gates a consultant on aviation security. if you should crossroads. you know it's always easier to speak isn't it with

a benefit of hindsight and indeed two months ago the polish parliament did ban certain high level officials from flying together all together on the same plane it does beg the question looking back why wasn't that commonsense safeguard introduced maybe before this deadly crash and well absolutely you know one of the overriding if so use the lawyer who thought long and hard about in respect to this crash is why so many high level delegates from poland were flying together on the same plane it shouldn't have been the case you know commonsense itself would dictate that when you have. such a large entourage traveling long distances that you separate out those people across one or two aircraft such that it in the event that something goes wrong. that there is a succession in the chain of command was still left behind. russia

published transcripts of the dialogues between air traffic controllers also the cockpit tape recordings were released from what you've heard again you're wrong all the information that's come through could this crash do you think have been avoided if the pilots had thought of the exact instructions that are being issued by russia's air traffic control. well here's the interesting question. you know the the the role of an air traffic controller is to have wise and guide those who were in the sky. from the transcripts that i've seen from the audio recordings it is very clear to me that the pilot on board this aircraft was told that there were no conditions that. continued on the approach to the poorest and attempted to make the fateful landing. you know traffic

controllers themselves cannot prevent. from doing that they can only provide the best information they can provide that information it seems to me was provided but whatever was happening within the cockpit at the time the pilots chose to disregard but that's exactly it isn't it krista tape recordings that were released reveal that there were not only crew members in the cockpit at various times that sully that strictly forbidden i gather do you believe therefore that this safety violation could have played any part in that crash you know strictly forbidden commercial aircraft it has to be so cabin and not necessarily the case with regard to military aircraft. potentially yes but of course you know it has to be said also that the two most critical moments of flight or the takeoff from the landing which point the pilots

in charge need to have all of the attention focused on the job and have no distraction within the corporate environment itself. from what we believe that destruction was and could have played a very significant part in this crash chris we know the public doesn't fully accept the conclusions of russia's investigation what other evidence do you think that could bring to the fore on top of the results we already know is there anything you think they could come up with. i'm not sure that there is. pressure. listened to the recordings from the cockpit transcript of the traffic control conversations. it seems to me that this was a textbook investigation. of this particular crash and

if independent experts from elsewhere were brought in. to take a fresh look at all of the the evidence that's been gathered there would be no other conclusion than this was in part pilot error brought. the circumstance that happened to be the case within corporate the time that this was making this airplane was making its approach to the christians consulted ideations security base in manchester thanks for being on r.t. tonight. when the names is not enough. when it's something really crucial. when you want to get down to brass tacks we bring you our special coverage here on in a place already synonymous with tragedy the world witnessed another disaster that

left the country devastated. and united two nations in grief. question more on. let me bring you up to date now developments in libya where government officials say it's forces a shotgun to rebel helicopters in the east of the country that's led to questions over the effectiveness of nato as un mandated no fly zone adopted last month meantime in the key city of. nato forces of a good there are fees army and pro-government forces have been trying to retake the area from the opposition doctors say at least eight rebels have been killed that says nato announces it's destroyed a significant amount of government initially and tanks across the country however there's growing rebel disillusionment at the level of nato assistance at the scale of friendly fire casualties since the alliance took over the no fly zone at least twenty and to gadhafi fighters have been killed and dozens injured by their raids

artie's of god has been off so can the some of the rebels in the city of benghazi for us a very. lonely served his country all the way to retirement but now he's fighting for the revolution and is among the few rebels at the front with military training and experience. their forces are not evil we are ready to fight to the death but viz weapons we don't stand a chance against gadhafi since needed to control the north bros on operation we need more than one thousand sorties in from the un's queens around the period of going to the supporters have now been destroyed with the splendid help from the skerries on the ground the rebels are still thinking about running. a liter is free old girl civilians in a strike and we do really have green you monitors. just a week ago because it was a revolution me really it seems the entire c.p.c.

needs all its support but he probably could see that this was the missing piece seems to me it's all the us is perfect except it's crazy as well. this one are becoming a common scene meenie are accusing media are feeling to protect civilians they are asking for help anymore and the are demanding it. well they're way too full for gadhafi to kill us all we demand a new u.n. resolution which would allow us. but after say arming the rebels on wooden helps when the war with the rebels need is what so much arms they can use arms without really being anything we force on our servicing that the us and egypt are called retreat empty than any forces going beyond the mandate of the un resolution that

established in north wales are you going to spin off r g. libya elsewhere in the region syria yemen egypt all also seen unrest this weekend as nato forces a ball down in libya some experts suggest destabilization in the arab world is part of a strategy led by the u.s. to weaken iran and would more clout in the region that is going if you can find out who might be next on the list. as waves of public rage sweep through north africa and the middle east world powers jump on them as many analysts say in an attempt to direct the waves of unrest in a way that's most favorable for them in libya forging relationship with the opposition so that if gadhafi goes there are people there to do business with as syria popular wrath gather steam some experts say western powers might see the advantages of getting involved there to these three countries and syria are the

main countries that will not align themselves or the manically to the global power elite or the western powers interested objectives in north africa in the middle east as for example egypt will do or used to do with hosni mubarak and definitely kuwait saudi arabia syria is iran's closest ally in the region and the cost to support the remark in syria after income was mentions of iran's syria is obviously a strategic ally for iran in the in the region and without syria iran loses there and there are a bridge there a land bridge to lebanon and there here has the one force and so of course hezbollah would suffer if the syrian regime was to fall and that would be stabilizing iran and weaken its cower in the region which would be an obvious benefit to being called american forces some expert even believe that this table lies ation is part of a threat to the west pursues in the region we are seeing with a strategy which includes amongst other points the generalized weakening of the

sovereign nation states of the sovereign genes in the arab world in order to try to isolate iran. with very few perhaps no friendly countries in the region and that will then leave iran pretty much alone at least in the arab world and will facilitate further turmoil inside iran although the u.s. secretary of state has ruled out america's involvement in syria for now the country's defense secretary car. the syrian army to quote empower around volution and follow the example of egypt's military syria. and iran america's list is some eight. just saudi arabia many say iran's would be a tough card and no matter how much washington would want the regime there too far for now it's seen as a mission impossible i'm sure that there are some in the u.s. who would love to attack iran and there are others who would like to take over the

iranian opposition i think they know that the iranian opposition is not so fond of the united states they have a long memory in iran people remember the role of the united states in overthrowing the precursor to the shah of iran overthrowing the democratically elected government of mossad there back in one thousand fifty three so i don't think the u.s. would be welcomed and i think many in washington know that with libya being torn apart by the war and the anti-government protests in momentum in syria the question on everyone's mind is who might be next i'm going to check our reporting from washington r.t. . and coming up on the program searching for solutions the best financial lines gathered to discuss the future global economy but will of merging markets be the driver of economic recovery we try and gauge opinion a bit later in the show. next though in most countries it standard practice to denounce terror but it seems not so in finland right now the priest is facing

charges of inciting racial hatred after he spoke out against the man behind the moscow metro an airport bombings and he's a country which over reports now from helsinki. these may be the last days these man where is his pastor's call are you home while the re faces been defrocked priest speaking out against i use the word word here east used words president. and he's in. internet mouthpiece becomes cost center the site was the first to publish the terrorists' words on the taxi claims the netsky express and also a matter of warming sea and most recently the my dad of our ports attack the website is banned in russia but in finland it enjoys quite a comfortable standing and not only on the internet but also in downtown helsinki the priest was the first openly say this was an outrage and the reaction was quick

to follow. this guy. it's hard to preserve. this what does the letter say is low though the evil eye. defied. away from work on the real you home laurie wanted police but in stand and being prosecuted himself being sued for criticizing what finland calls illegally operating organization and the same people who are promoting terrorism against russia they are promoting public opinion a little more equally with more ease or reduces. their leverage rhesus the. orchestra's people of the church and which is of course not the truth because war is only representing the internationally acknowledged opinion of. international terrorist people walking down these quiet and prosperous streets may be unaware of

the disturbing case of you harm or the reader they're used to thinking of their country as fair and politically correct but it would be remain just as neutral if tragedy knocks on their door here in helsinki people travel on public transport without fear of their neighbors in russia only four hundred kilometers away aren't quite so lucky. a troll it's only a step from mixed. to action and there is seldom a warning call we're fighting against a minority strong minority who want to do terrible things. if the being. there are only one thing the where. there is quite a team after the past or now the lance prosecutor's office the church and some of the world's most determined terrorists you hummel are a has already changed address and divorced his wife to avoid putting sure and his

children at risk his now considering a move to russia it's in the church over our tea house in key finland and you are interested to know we spoke at length of past mahler a after he was questioned by the finnish police if you'd like to sing that full interview streaming on our website any time you'd like to see it along with the rest of our stories as well on our website address is r.t. dot com. the financial dominance of europe at america's coming to an end with developing economies no taking the leading role that's one of the main themes indeed of a summit being hosted by billionaire tycoon george soros in the american town of bretton woods is loyalist a report from the for. if these hills could talk the economic theory they would expound upon. ladies and gentlemen please welcome ideas they could change the world of futures of predetermined or at least

billionaire george soros bringing together ph d.'s and nobel prize winners with the backdrop of historical bretton woods would suggest someone is hoping they will. it was here allied nations came during world war two in crisis searching for stability they formed the international monetary fund the world bank and established the us dollar is the global reserve currency. it's here that decades later in the wake of a financial crisis a group of influential economists and former policymakers have gotten together to try to rethink that very framework to reflect a different world we've got to have a serious plan to restructure the internationally reconstruct the international institutions for the times that we were not for the past times that have gotten bygone time says brown are the centuries of american and european dominance with the bric nations of brazil russia india and china fueling more of global growth and

they need a bigger seat at the table critics say in with the new should win out with the old orthodoxy of bretton woods the i.m.f. for one i think i am. has mostly played a very destructive role by promoting financial liberalization in many parts of the world which contributed tremendously to the financial meltdown and the handling of that meltdown in the us with the billions to bail out banks that are still too big to fail is just one reason some of these critics give for questioning the u.s. dollar as the global reserve currency if you have crony capitalism and you lose confidence in us institutions which has happened to some degree since two thousand while with the or if the dollar and the quality of new yorkers are for the actual so there can deteriorate are remarkably and deterioration in political will for tougher banking reform as some concerned we may be headed for another crisis turns on what one says about a crisis but i have to say yes the concentration of power in finance is greater

today than it was before this crisis but here it's mostly western academics talking shop a new road map won't be drawn up this time at bretton woods according to the man who still has obama's ear his former top economic aide and no one is going to run to washington to pass legislation next week but over time these kinds of ideas in sphere after severe have had very important effect effects hard for some to see at this point and this fear. where's the political will for reshaping the world economy who has a proposal that's actually workable there's plenty of conversations particularly around the role of the dollar and what would economy but no consensus at all on how to replace them. just consensus on a need for change they hope will reverberate beyond these hills lauren mr r.t. new hampshire. pm here in moscow in just a few minutes with a special report for you on the path latvia took after the breakup of the soviet union that's coming up after a quick break an update of today's in the week's top stories from our team moscow

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