gadhafi has to go russia's president joins the growing international pressure on the libyan leader during a g eight summit and agrees to send an envoy to help broker peace. in general right coming out of his rule fit for extradition to the hague on charges of genocide despite health problems i mean theories he was given up in return for serbian membership to the e.u. . and one is a further anti-government protests in georgia as the opposition accuses the authorities of playing down the number of victims those missing after the dispersal of crowds.

international news and comment live from our studios here in central moscow this is all to be with you twenty four hours a day russia has joined the international pressure against colonel gadhafi and told the libyan leader he asked to step down speaking at the close of the g. eight summit being held in france present dimitri medvedev also confirmed it will be sending an envoy to meet rebels in benghazi moscow has agreed to become a peace mediator in libya and he said now he has more now from the view. russia has never had any illusions about colonel gadhafi and the fact that certainly not playing by the so-called rogue lobel was before that many officials throughout the day from all over the world including of course russia basically in this declaration it says word for word that daffy let go. and russia understands that

resume its individual final news conference here at the g. eight i spoke more details about how russia feels about the situation in libya nationals yes we are in touch with both so it's a new forces and been gonzi and representatives of the we haven't broken diplomatic ties but i think it's useful in any case because we're trying to make closer approaches to reducing the reasons for the escalation of violence which is still doing since we discussed it at the g eight and the declaration says that it could not be regime has lost its legitimacy he must step down russia is pretty much it is really only the only g eight member that could in fact try to cheer for any kind of negotiations there the only one that has diplomatic relations like you just heard from the president and obviously the approach that has been led by the west is not working there's no illusions about that from the g. eight we understand there are some pretty harsh debate to find those doors and others of course a question of what will happen in syria the declaration. relatively strong words

saying that there are told by the violence that's happening there president medvedev mentioned in his news conference that sanctions are maybe not the best way that they haven't proven to work very well in the past as well as of course the u.n. resolution to intervene in libya and we're hearing his side that european nations in the west could be pushing for the same things happen in syria and some pretty strong words in fact from the deputy foreign minister today here at the g. eight saying that russia won't even be let alone find a resolution intervening in syria after the disaster in the. living in the south of france has always been a tough issue between the u.s. and russia and it's a complicated history because so many different treaties were signed last year we have the latest to keep it on struction treaty known as the start treaty that was fine but it's not really a binding document russia has a very serious problem with that here's why. we have to get guarantees that this

system is not just passed known gave us such guarantees we're being told it's against countries that pose a threat when we ask you these countries are you keep silent then we'll ask you these countries have these missiles you know they do not and you handsomely sells russian hands and the conclusion is easy it seemed to us this is certainly an issue that's going to be worked on by both sides for that because president jimmy committed and rock obama when they met on the sidelines they don't deny that it's a problem but they do agree that more intense work needs to be done to come to some kind of compromise that both sides find acceptable there national security. parties and reporting from the french town of the deal where the g. eight summit has now wrapped up well still to come for you here on r.t. will a change of pentagon chief change the pentagon spending why despite america's huge national debt is such a strong opposition to cutting the country's bloated defense budget. plus what

it's like to work on a plan it's called is continent continues its exploration of antarctica today we meet the russian research is living life in the freezer. all that still to come people first a serbian court has ruled former bosnian serb army general is fit to stand trial in the hague and it's family had claimed he wasn't healthy enough to be extradited and the defense will appeal the decision the arrest of a lot of child thursday was a key condition for serbia's entry and some are suggesting he was finally given up in exchange for that membership. as over reports now from great. all of the local newspapers have got his picture on his front page about him after he was arrested of course that's him in his older days we know that according to information law this was working at a construction site a project sponsored by the european union it was visited by the serbian president.

many other e.u. officials and local officials so it's very ironic that the man all of those people have been searching for for nearly two decades was all this time right under their noses many of his coworkers are very shocked to find out that this was in fact the once famous general none of them recognizing him some of course commenting that he looked like the man force any such similarities here in serbia many people as a national hero and have been already at protests in various cities across serbia including belgrade and the city where i live is was arrested we know that a lot of people took to the streets hundreds protesting against the capture and the potential extradition of our. more insight from belgrade to boris i guess he's a canadian film director producer thanks very much indeed for joining us and. the

news of the a respirator the international monetary fund said that may offer a huge loan choices much as the country's officially announced last fall so as capturing without it you open the door to international money as well as membership of the e.u. . well first of all we have to take into consideration that the serbia is already heavily indebted to the international monetary fund and the world bank so it's hard to say that this would be a sort of benefit from spain for serbia but. we have also taken into consideration that this wasn't really a prerequisite for membership it was only a poor. requisite for becoming a candidate or for e.u. accession and basically does does open the door to each accession talks but is very questionable whether arresting and extraditing radical moderates will open the way for serbia's e.u. membership but would it not strengthen its chances there are many saying that this

arrest could lead to a very strong possibility of it joining the e.u. and in fact this man will sacrifice what would you say to that. well there's a problem with that as well because this is this was not and never was the only prerequisite for serbia joining the european union there are many others of course first of all recognizing cost of all as an independent country having good neighborly relations as relations with close was one of them and of course becoming a member of nato is another one and the third one would be recognizing a unitary bosnia and and accepting either an opt in of republika srpska or mere formal status these are unwritten rules but arresting radical my d.h. is just a very small step towards the e.u. but it definitely does not guarantee serbia anything at all we like to see serbia recognize kosovo. i hope not i hope that serbia will never recognize causal but

if you take into consideration the many steps that this government has taken towards recognizing kosovo and if you also take into consideration that the serbian government led by boris tadic has announced that e.u. membership for serbia does not have an alternative and say that something doesn't have an alternative that means that it should be attained at any cost and i think eventually when serbia is asked to recognize course all that government will not will not be afraid to do so what you seem to be speaking. voice that you're not so keen to see because of i recognize you as a so joining the e.u. it seems very much it's a government initiative from the serbian point of view to join the e.u. to the people of serbia want to join. i think that the people of serbia largely don't even know what the european union is and i think the government is much more keen on convincing them that this is good for them and this is really interesting because something that is good for the people of serbia it should be felt by the

people of serbia automatically it shouldn't take such big efforts by the government to convince them that this is the right thing for serbia so i think the serbian people are definitely becoming less and less interested in e.u. membership in this the scheme is seen by by most recent polls taken so i definitely could agree that the serbian government is much more keen on serbia being a member of the e.u. and the serbian people do just what it was q you're a canadian serbian canadian film director and producer just up from a social point of view just how significant symbolically has this arrest been when you say this is a moment now of reconciliation this is a way that we can come to terms with its past would you agree that this is a significant moment in service history. i think that arresting one man can be the pinnacle of of sort of reconciliation and it can be. any any big steps towards a reconciliation that has to happen on the level of the peace. well not just the level of governments and there could be many more much more constructive ways to.

reconcile these people instead of arresting one man that will be tried at a tribunal that has been very unfair when it came to when it came to justice and treating all the peoples of the former yugoslavia equally of course at the mention not at all. commander who was in charge of the squads around seventy who was walking freely today it was released from a tribunals and of course house in toci who is you know. who has never been indicted by the hague tribunal and who was described as being as leading a organ trafficking trade in kosovo so it's very questionable whether extraditing moderates will actually help towards bringing more equitable and more justice still society in the balkans chorus a lot of us keep thanks very much for joining us live in belgrade. to georgia now and the opposition there says it's ready to hold further protests

despite the authorities cracking down on peaceful crowds on thursday it claimed government is on the plane just how many people were hurt in the violence dozens remain in hospital and many including some top opposition figures a missing. is in the capital tbilisi and sent us this report. with thousands of our the police closing in on all sides and we protest is letting out war cries the main street in seville e.-c. became a battleground. well outside the main parliament building now a very different thing to the one the saw violent clashes a rock thing on the streets as police try to disperse the crowd of protesters. then gas filled the street as police quickly moved among the destroying tasty crowds firing rubber bullets and throwing people to the grounds a police officer takes aim at our camera man realizing in time he's from the media but others were not so lucky my colleague diego stuck in the confusion the

policeman appears ok he was very aggressive with the people and they started it all the people they don't make any hands with nothing and then suddenly being so big pain in my stomach and realized it needed some kind of bullet this kind of politicize the bullet and they gave me i mean we're starting. with least costly outnumbering protesters the operation was fast and severe. the dust settles the struggle continues. many are left searching the hospitals for relatives and friends if anything with this. if you think that here is the least they don't know is that . we told them we came to point to me aged between twenty and we're looking for them and we don't know where the on issues country hospitals believe. and they won't give us any information telling us to ask the police is it. even knowing she

people have now the place to look stupid minister to arrest carries a penalty of up to two months in prison. the leader of the rally they managing to escape the mayhem in a convoy. it's a fight to the end they're winning and it will fall a to. me i was a little bit bigger so but i can't trust anyone anymore i'll never come to a protest rally again i just want to be safe and live. at the military parade for independence day is the circus really focus of courting pete in that speech all georgians and many creators this paid a high price for trying to have their say there is going to be a. president saakashvili accuses moscow of instigating the unrest in tbilisi and the georgian media has been quick to report the same but as the curia former georgian local representative told r.t.

such accusations are nothing new and totally groundless. this is typical sign of a signature of sarka sure south across that rule he always tries to find a scapegoat he always. thirty hours crossing the border of my country and tries to stop the lies situation that the mystical in georgia which is wrong. the most. of us intimidate and destabilizing factor of. the. inside of the country and he's the one who needs to be blamed for it but the watch. by the way you can find more analysis of the situation in georgia on our website also there first hand impressions from the violent crackdown on protests in syria blog. and you can check out our facebook account to see the video of that brutal dispersal of protesters filmed by our crew who were caught up in the mayhem that i'm probably

more for your facebook dot com slash. america's outgoing defense secretary has warned the nation's paymasters to keep away from the pentagon's massive budget probably kate said using defense money to ease debt worries would limit the ability of the u.s. to project force wherever it sees fit for explains. from another trip as robert gates winds down his time as secretary of defense. he isn't as eager to wind down

america's six hundred ninety billion dollars a year in military spending even as the u.s. faces a one point five trillion dollar deficit the defense budget is not the cause of the deficit and debt problem that we have as a country. once the secretary who denounce no bid contracts and redundant military spending in the war on terror the attacks of september eleventh two thousand and one open the gusher of defense spending that nearly doubled the base budget over the last decade the gusher has been turned off and will stay on his last weeks in office to warn that kill many cats could spell danger for the united states it is important to not repeat the mistakes of the. economic times when the winding down of the military campaign leads to steep and wise reductions and defense it's also warned against closing some of the u.s. has more than one thousand military bases worldwide our record of predicting where we will use military force since vietnam is perfect we have never once gotten it

right. i mean there is there isn't a single instance in grenada panama the first gulf war. the balkans haiti. no military spending increased by twenty point six billion in two thousand and ten and nineteen point six billion of that was the us alone other countries are closing deficits by reducing their defense dollars the united kingdom for instance has started the process that started the process of greece and turkey which had a long time rivalry have had discussions about mutual reduction. virtually all the countries in europe face this problem. but the pentagon budget continues to grow. the outgoing sex. defense also called for a continued u.s. presence in iraq even as president obama's timetable mandates a total withdrawal by the end of the year i hope they figure out

a way to us and i think that the united states will be willing to say yes when the former defense contractor michael o'brien says the gap is likely to be filled by defense contractors who want to keep the number of soldiers possible because it's a political hot potato but nobody bats an eye one hundred thousand contractors to the same fear of operations. then analysts say america's military spending is too powerful for any defense secretary to control whether he heads into the private sector to watch it's part of this revolving door culture that we have or not and still i think feels protective towards interests he also recognizes that. pentagon is big business in the united states as robert gates prepares to head the reins of the pentagon over to leon panetta at the end of june he says quote all of the low hanging fruit have not only been put they've been stopped and crushed but i think that's across the board many americans say they want to see the pentagon tighten

its belt as well healing for our t. washington d.c. . time now to have a look at some other world headlines in our world update at this stage of the day in the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton says american pakistani relations are already a turning point she was speaking during an unannounced visit to pakistan ties between the two countries were strained after the killing of osama bin laden almost a month ago operation carried out by u.s. forces was condemned by pakistan's leadership as a breach of the country's sovereignty. flight recorders retreat from the air france plane that crashed in the atlantic showed the captain wasn't in the cockpit during a fatal three and a half minutes ascent the plane hit the ocean surface nose are part the stalling killing everyone on board in may two thousand and nine boxes recovered from the ocean almost a month ago and investigators believe the plane's speed probes may have start causing the disaster. in egypt thousands return to tahrir square

in cairo for what's being called the second revolution protesters are urging the military leadership to speed up democratic reforms in the country demonstrators are also demanding the country's alstad president hosni mubarak goes on trial over the killing of protesters during the uprising in february. one are you think that life taught to research station is one of lonely seclusion with loved ones thousands of kilometers away however scientists working on the planet's coldest climates have a different story the nazis sean thomas enjoyed a warm welcome. within a month. in one of the most extreme environments on the planet this is antarctica and people have to be aware that they are far away from civilization sean thomas discovers what makes antarctica so special and attractive for many life in antarctica is. the.

expedition to the bottom of the earth. building's thousands station it is one of seven permanent russian research stations in antarctica but it's not just the location that makes this a special life here is anything but ordinary. people in antarctica you have to have a well developed instinct of self-preservation instincts of kamerad or e if you don't have that you will be able to help each other because in critical situations here people are more open we're kind and are always helping each other. and each summer around forty people call this place home and only sixteen people live here year round each day is run according to a strict schedule of business hours are between eight in the morning and ten at night where researchers work in their labs and in the field while the rest of the crew work around the clock to keep the place running. but they will belong to those that every year is getting better and better their daily life and everything else we renovate all our buildings the machinery is getting newer and we hope the new

people in the team get used to it. every person living and working in antarctica have to earn their own house or whether you're a scientist or researcher a mechanic or even a journalist. and if they hire bases gathered together. long hours added responsibility and isolation from civilization certainly can take its toll on a person. so finding time to relax in antarctica is just as important as the work. in this edition i always have something to do when i need to relax i enjoy playing pool well we don't have a store here it's my alcoholism and x. i have my hobby here that i can always get busy with i still have some unfinished works and i've set the go for myself to finish them and as billings hausen is a true russian station life here wouldn't be complete without a traditional burn yeah. but not only does the buildings housing crew keep each other company. when there is

a need for even more culture there is outreach to the other stations as well. actually. station russian station wouldn't go that it is the wrong place to get crazy to get you know bad about being lonely about being. a man because here we have lots of different international international activities with all of our chinese q.n. or why in france korea and france all of them are trying to keep one big family and many people working together to make their home at the bottom of the planet seem more comfortable in antarctica sean thomas archie. and. shawn thomas' expedition to antarctica continues tomorrow so stay with us for that but when a few minutes weekly program must go out reveals the secrets of the russian capital but first we're crossing over to kareena for a business update. welcome

to business the south thanks for joining me the economy of belarus is struggling to stay afloat its government is in talks with russia over i don't watch and see a bailout russia is ready to provide the caste with strings attached it being market reforms including proud of his age also have to sell state assets for over seven billion dollars russia's gas partners in talks to buy out the remaining stake in the belarus and gas pipeline system but i will says it's no pushover going to sell state run companies and parking basement prices whatever the price agreed on privatisation appears to be only the only solution to the country's economic deadlock. in religious lesion is one of the main source of so foreign currency and it's needed to support the balance of payments and so all the currency problems and well the rules and all privatize it would mean not getting this foreign currency and so not solving these problems. privatization is one of the conditions

were the loan being issued. well let's take a look at the markets now all continues to rise all speculation that the global economic recovery will sustain the demand for crude that's after the g. eight said the world economy was strengthening with a weak dollar boosting the appeal of call for commodities stuff in the u.s. are high on friday after another round of economic reports offered mixed results on the u.s. economy banking stocks are leading all the dow taking morgan chase and bank of america are both i think we're in a sense and european stock markets ended higher on friday with financials has gaining because he closed nearly set high on the tags gain of a half set our financials were leading across europe in the party borrows one point eight percent so it isn't all added one point nine percent in paris and in london a lloyds banking group jumped over to the half percent. and here in moscow the stock exchanges closed higher health by the stronger all prices the r.t.s.

game two point three percent and the rise excited one point nine percent here are some of the market movers on my six energy majors were among the main gainers as crude prices improve shares of rosneft added nearly four percent supported by the news the company may join explore the arctic the arctic with shell banking stocks were on the rise as well with the t.v. gaining over two percent and the deputy head of the asset management department at alpha capital sums up the week for us. this week was the worst week of crawl since we started to correct. in the middle of a pretty natural after having for them by over fifteen percent this year as high as we have pointed them out of boredom are going to start growing a bit or where i was still quite unstable so we've been watching today which was controversial however polite. investors interpreted bruce data mainly just because

of her special it was seen on friday with gastro ross now after some model stocks growing by zero were true for a person around. i think if he is looking to buy into one of the largest oil refiners in poland it is submitted a bid to acquire around thirty percent of lotus and the stake is worth half a billion euro tank a b.p. has no assets in europe and is trying to get better access to consumers that analysts say it's the right time for a deal as the profitability of world processing in europe is on the rocks. and that's all i have for you this hour but remember you can always find more stories just log on to our website r.t.e. dot com slash business stay with us.

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