for asians rule the day. to day of rage syria's opposition calls for more protests the u.s. urges sanctions over the crackdowns but as the uprising spread it could be the iran next in line. the world's biggest oil producer feels the petrol rush exports to keep the fuel running at home. life behind bars in the cards for a russian pilot after the u.s. finds him guilty of conspiring to smuggle drugs but his defense insists there were critical flaws in the conviction. and the cost of borrowing is on the rise in the us as the central bank increases its key interest rates joining me at twenty past the hour in

a place that puts. three pm in moscow i'm not treasurer good to have you with us here on r t our top story syria's opposition is planning a day of rage after friday prayers in the face of a violent crackdown on protesters and u.s. is calling for a sanctions against syria claiming president assad blaming president assad for turning to iran in a way that could unite the two against israel washington's closest ally in the region or he's really glue show looks at the potential for the arab uprisings to spread further east. some like it hot but this string of things have heated up perhaps too much in the arab world egypt's sneezy a libya now syria northern african region and the middle east and often brutal civil wars with the western powers playing an important hand some believe this

won't stop anytime soon so who is next in line for the great upheaval in the region the answer may lie on the surface. president assad is disingenuously blaming outsiders while at the same time seeking a rainy an assistance in repressing syria's citizens this need to be a thinly veiled hint that's where exactly the united states is looking to get involved i think around has been targeted for some time and if you watch the propaganda about syria washington is now claiming. it is helping syria oppress protesters what's different about syria and rare about protest is that in both cases we know for a fact. the united states government those who are our position groups and so it's only those two countries where washington has an interest in intervening to

iran has been a longstanding alliance with syria in this strategically important preachin right next to iran's arch nemesis israel syria syria isn't the same as libya geopolitically we've always realized that syria is iran's springboard in its fight against israel this is why it will eventually make a powerful sunni jet impact on iran's positions this brings us back to the question what country will follow syria if it events in syria progress according to the libyan scenario we will probably see a similar developments in iran are fortunate lee patti's iran will repeat the syrian scenario iranian ships have dropped anchor in syrian court. in numerous books and t. to tel aviv with damascus crippled by crisis iran may lose its footing in the region this is again a continuation of the idea that you use the international machinery to achieve your

national objectives under the pretext that you are actually trying to protect human rights should the u.s. and its allies decide to go through with a habit of aiding revolutionary forces in the region the result may be catastrophic that if there is foreign intervention in syria yes iran's intervention in response that is a definite and very real possibility just as much as it interfered in iraq when the u.s. invaded that country and if suspicions proved true the world may be in for an entirely different ballgame if iran in the u.s. get involved in a real hot confrontation. e.u. officials are meeting later in brussels to discuss sanctions against the syrian regime for more perspective on this we turn to a bar and middle east expert joining us live from madrid carry with us so do you think that any restrictive measures against syria could help stop the violence in the country. obviously working conceded to syrian peace is very far

from the peace for example we've seen been a strategy military strategy that's been built up to be what you can see also be at this point nobody can talk about any success for the same military strategy and we should have on that point that if you can we have. two important ports on the one hand. he's engaged in libya doesn't want to open a new front in syria also. yes. yes but it would be similar to the one we saw in iraq a few years ago for example of for example very one point the other important point . contrary to what prevails in the syria east very sensitive country disclosed least relative disclosed live and then we also know that history and regime has been actions wheezed iran as well as we've seen how mass antibodies hezbollah and

that is why acting or pressure in syria to restrict. syria's allies and open and you generalized violent situation in the region so do you think that we could see more in syria of what happened in libya with a no fly zone for air strikes on i'd like well i mean it's hard to try to determine what the. future of the united states usual statements if you look at what they are talking about by freezing the set so president bush he's really i mean all these elements seem to indicate that anyway there is no room for military action or kora no place in syria in the current circumstances and i would add also in that. union we've also had some official statements from mrs catherine ashton for example of these statements about any military service so i think that we will

have a harsh statement from the european union the united states also we continue with it's hard. but on the other hand i mean unless we have a real surprise i would say that syria seems to be safe from any no fly zone that includes why do you think western efforts to push democracy in the region to promote an arc could be fueling extreme popularity of extremist movements with radicals vying to make their political mark on what the turbulence. obviously i think there is a real contradiction and i really can see for the west's they can as a whole reaches we've seen for example a few years ago the bush administration didn't ever. efforts to promote democracy. came with radicalization on the ground and that is why i think that waste taken as a whole once again shouldn't stand committed to. reason

and to and to listening and accompanying to a certain extent all the demands of all the popular demands in the mountains in general but on the other hand i wouldn't and by the west not to intervene directly in pairs because otherwise there will come new trends of radicalization and to respond and to promote some actors that would be kind of anti western actors and wouldn't be ready to compose with them directly from of the political front. what do you think. interest in syria's future. well according to syria i think the european union and most specifically the united states already interested in to achieving group with peace process that it would transform into a series of peace treaties between israel and its growth environment and that is why i think the united states has understood and still understand that for example

when it comes to syria and sharon less that seems a better alive in any other agenda because we had in the recent past that struck some in direct negotiations between the syrians and the israelis so if we move to another scenario and if we had to talk all at the whole of or about being sorry the british are less tense regime the problem we. did i dream that you could be a radical after next year and in business i'm not sure the united states and its western allies and i could be able to come to a global peace process did with both or turn into a resolution of these rainy placed in concrete and the creation of what experienced the. middle east expert speaking with us from rhetoric back. turning away in a few minutes how the world is just scratching the surface of governments a dark secret whistleblower in chief tells r.t. that there may be more embarrassing revelations than those published on wiki leaks

. personal russian security forces have killed at least ten militants in a raid in the country's south the opposition operation is being hailed as a major success and part of a series of stings or cross the volatile north caucasus in recent weeks our correspondent nina culture has more. a group of militants. in a residential area by russian security forces and masses they refused to surrender and opened fire the police finds it back and that the and several militants including at least two women were killed in that operation now russian security forces say that among this militants were the local leaders of terrorists in that area. but they were not regular bandits but high profile ones they're responsible for a hundred crimes in the republic of two but if you double corridor and the other regions they were meeting at the base of the house where they were killed this operation was one of the most successful in recent weeks and stands in the same line with the

not the old gratian that also happened this week when militants were killed including close associates to russia's most wanted terrorist still of this area russia's north caucasus remains the main training ground for terrorists in russia and although russia's north caucasus has witnessed a number of successful anti terror operations and dozens of militants have been wiped out in recent weeks including edge chief al qaida agents of the leads out whole for militants as well as close associates to go out of still this region remains the most of all a tile area in the country and they challenge and search operations are going on across the area at this very moment sorties many to cochin over reporter from russia the north caucasus. the man behind wiki leaks says his web site's revelations are just the tip of the iceberg publication of confidential cable

deeply embarrassing to the u.s. and other countries but julian assange has been speaking with r.t. saying it's only a matter of time before more damaging information becomes known if we look at. our work. think about all the stories that have come out. actually happened in the world before two thousand and ten but people didn't know about it so what is it that we don't know about now. there's an enormous hidden world out there that we don't know about until much much later it exists there right now you know it really is a diplomatic cables we only released secret classified confidential material we didn't have any top secret cables really embarrassing stuff the really serious stuff wasn't in our collection to look at it is to update it so what is it. people

need to not be comfortable with what they receive from it from the media. is all that is happening you know it states he's trying to get up an exhibition case for me to the united states united kingdom when stickley at the various levels once that he gets good relationship with united states. so it's u.k. was to reject and you would think solution that would pose terrible problems to any country which he used to be harboring. things and trying to conduct its. face as we presence in the united kingdom. does attempts to exert i mean the united states when it is in a difficult position politically. which is the bulk of people in puerto.

a full interview with giuliana sides coming your way out here on r.t. . russia is cutting petrol exports after fuel shortages hit the whole market as a result prob prices pump prices are burning a bigger hole in motorists pockets italian overcover takes a look at why the world's biggest oil producer is fighting itself going without. russia with no sounds ridiculous yet what you did we went to five different gas stations all of them were closed here we've been waiting in line for hours what is this isn't this supposed to be the oil rich country overnight you prices jumped to twenty five percent in several russian regions as the federal runs out comprise goes out even more their supplies are not only for two weeks world prices skyrocketed at the beginning of the year but russian authorities made an effort to get battle costs at a consumer friendly level as a result foreign markets became much more attractive and profitable for russia with producers. you know. we understand that people have the right to demand for oil

prices a lot further worse today in russia petrol is thirty to forty percent cheaper than in neighboring countries ukraine to mention the bow to. the outcome of a fair price has had a questionable outcome for buyers and sellers as a result of companies pulling out of the domestic market what's left is becoming more and more expensive as natural becomes a scarce resource that the price is going up and no one likes it and we're afraid prices will rise even more and then what meanwhile in the russian capital it's small gas retailer stations that are under the threat of being closed down it's a going to be not profitable for the oil giants to sell fuel to them down this road alone we saw three county gas stations no petrol no lines. in the russian capital during thousands of other petrol stations to choose from but the region of the rich is beginning to find pieces against the oil companies and we've. owned companies

illegally limited all stopped supplying an independent is fueling stations in the region who are going to take them to troil tryin to supply demand putin has ordered an increase in expert on russian oil starting from me so that's companies can't make extra profit selling for higher prices abroad leaving them in a no win situation and those in need of fuel have been promised thousands of tons of natural are on the way now to move into our team. played a lot online for more stories that we're covering here's what else is on our website for you right now. california's change of fortune what was once the land of the gold rush is now a desperate dash as a job hungry residents pack up and move on. and getting europe's leaders to face the naked truth over the bombings of libya is steadily klyde sleep experts suggest because of grotty governments aren't getting enough good that i find out about their new single solution at r.t.

that i also find our eye catching video reports are you should try and. if. you get in the. business. turn out some other stories making headlines across the globe. this is live video here from london that's what billions of the viewers have been waiting for the wedding of britain's prince william to his heart middleton just taking place here watching their travels from westminster abbey to talking and they're on their way along a route that been thought to have drawn up to a million well wishers the new duke and duchess of cambridge promised to love

comfort each other as they engaged wedding rings the service happened in the presence of between members of the royal family as well as a host of celebrities and the. number of people killed by powerful tornadoes sweeping some through the southeast united states is rising rapidly nearly three hundred people have now lost their lives most victims were in alabama where the storms were described as the worst ever two major cities have been decimated by the deadliest tornado outbreak in nearly forty years many homes are left without people are left without homes or leg tricity while dozens of roads have been blocked. if their poll says the attack on a cafe in morocco in which fifteen people were killed was most likely a suicide bombing this happened thursday in the top of his main square which is popular with tourists most of the casualties were foreigners no group has yet

admitted responsibility for the bombing the last major attack in morocco was casablanca in two thousand and three when forty five people die. a new york jury has found a russian pilot guilty of conspiring to smuggle drugs into the u.s. constantini irish bank who was arrested during a sting in west africa last year and brought to america he denies the charges are he's honest r.c. church in iraq ports from new york. words not deeds landing foreigners behind bars in the us russian pilot constantine your shango has been found guilty by a manhattan federal court jury of conspiring to smuggle drugs across borders the man was scooped up by u.s. officials in liberia last year and promptly taken to america along with three other suspects from africa what your shimko face to me was was a ten month wait for a trial a month long hearing and now a guilty verdict the pilot and his family maintained his innocence at least part of

the facts were fabricated all the tapes were distorted by the prosecution u.s. officials played a leading role in the arrest of the russian citizen posing as drug dealers american secret agents conducted meetings with the floor resulting in hours of recordings the prosecution then put forward as proof of your cousin tends to conspire to smuggle tons of cocaine to south america and later into the u.s. in liberia he was surrounded by five agents the second he stepped off the plane he was accompanied by guards he spent day and night in his room only during the trial did he find out that all he had around him were agents they introduced him to some men who transported drugs that's it nothing else happened they wanted to jail him and they did he or she was defense team echo's this defendant did nothing. other than wishing the floor. he was

with the united states meanwhile your show has never even set foot on american soil that is until he was handcuffed and brought to america by force in may of last year russian officials were not duly notified of his arrest the man was effectively missing for a month and moscow cited a breach of international law we have. apologized to russia the state department's excuse we pressed the wrong button on the facts which has. to be really for all. notifying rumania instead of russia to observers this seemed a joke on the day of the guilty verdict the most important question why this trial is being held on u.s. territory remains unanswered there are doing is the issue that was decided before a trial. related to the concept of manufactured jurisdiction which the church disunited preach against. that idea we would be stupid to.

be patient. and appeal cannot be filed until after the sentencing but hopes are dim u.s. appeals courts are generally reluctant to reverse decisions made by jury court the sentencing offenses here are sometimes expensive three months once a license eats he will find out his destiny on u.s. soil to choose russian pilot faces some ten years since it's the hindmarsh country which he committed no crime is that's a trick in our part see. constantini are shackles cases being likened to that of another russian an x. ray to the us from a third country he was arrested in thailand on arms trafficking charges and is on trial in new york investigative journalist wayne madsen the says the u.s. should stop interfering in cases that should be investigated internationally. the problem here is the extra territorial imposition of u.s. law. on people who have really no in both the victor boot case selling even if you

believe he was selling weapons to the colombian fark what does that have to do with the united states now that the federal government says well the those weapons would be used to target american citizens that's that's kind of that's a giant leap to that cocaine was coming from the colombian fark and making its way through africa into western europe well where's the connection the united states and whatever happened to interpol in these matters why is it that the united states is trumping interpol there's many things about this case that are strange first of all we know that the irish apparently was offered a deal by federal prosecutors to if he would testify against speaker boot they're actually in the same prison in new york the southern district of new york is notorious it's one of the places but the cia likes to use the. records in addition to the u.s. it's record washington d.c. in the u.s. it's records are ginia they're the prize cia courts to try these cases and i think

we have to look at the impartiality and i don't think the impartiality is there pretty melican is up next with the business headlines stay with us. welcome to business thanks for joining me the cost of borrowing is going up and the central bank has increased its key interest rate by twenty five basis points to a point twenty five percent is the second. bank finance rate. two months ago the bank cites high inflationary expectations and the uncertainty on the financial markets as the main reasons behind the decision consumer prices of us have risen overfocus said since the beginning of the. what is most popular search engine yandex is hoping to raise up to a billion dollars in its upcoming i.p.o. in new york the company will start knocking the listings next week the number of shares is yet to be determined yet it is placements come six non-self to the one

billion dollar london float of its biggest russian rival male dowry. got a gasp on the reported results for last year net profit rose by a quarter over thirty five billion dollars that's higher than the pre-crisis level just on benefited from strong local demand would sales up twenty seven percent sales in europe slipped one percent however analysts expect a month to pick up partially due to supply disruptions from the middle east and africa. those things were. present when we expected russian much much better in the thousand results of the revenues were going to tensions that informational should go that's dictations very small when it's interesting spends in the hunger games from the mouse the sales this year seems to be in a very good year attention for some plans for mentions of sales of their fingers a fair chance to get in terms of revenue streams from may not suffer from the

seasonal slowdown it's a new one for me and second because it's fun for instance on price and you are in europe. now that's a click of the markets europe is trading flat on our all day long the markets closed closed for the world what a national holiday other markets outweighed by toll callen dying there the dax is trading a quarter of a percent higher dollar is itself the corner of the dax setting one point eight percent. care law school equity markets are trading makes this sound the r.t.s. is slightly higher while mother wise it's using half a percent let's take a closer look at something to virtual shab moves energy majors are trading in the red still on lower comprises rawson after russia's largest oil producer is losing point seven percent of the this hour despite reporting a sixty percent increase and net profit for the first quarter positive financial results to prevent gas processed from the client over eight percent and banking stocks are also down with these people shedding a quarter of

a percent. is going to tough second quarter so far for the russian stock markets and strong it won't rise did little to encourage investors in april with both the odd years and and a good month to lower than where they started so winsome davis from world of asset management explains what's putting off investors both domestic and foreign. as long as we have weak dollar as long as we have persistently high quality demand which seems to be the case russia in general is is actually in a very good position from that standpoint the problem for the russia or related not to you. business it's related to individuals it's related to policy it's related to you an absence of judicial organs and systems in place which make it i think in general much less attractive for foreign investors to put money in russia which is why or if the guy is just completely timidness and then he's change. it with the

wedding fever gripping the u.k. one russian companies taking advantage of that event russian helicopters has placed an advertisement in british newspaper the times congratulating prince william the company wants to draw attention to its upcoming initial public offering on the london stock exchange which hopes to attract up to five hundred million dollars russian helicopters a specialized management company set up in two thousand and six and controls thirteen manufacturing subsidiaries across russia. that's all for me in the business to hear not say but you can always find most always on our website auto dot com slash business headlines up next an update on. a little.

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