well live from moscow city center this is our. one of our top stories here on r.t. one of russia's richest men has become the leader of a political party with big ambitions for the parliamentary elections later this year let's now get more on this marty's person off who is standing live for us in central moscow. could this mean that strong opposition will appear in russia. well it's interesting but recount but often of himself has asked members of the right course for you not to use the term opposition explaining that cruelly the mill use all for russians in the country understand history as a group or groups of. more gentle people.

resources to make real improvements in russia's political system whilst it all sort of the sporty or planning to make a real impact would be want to get into poland's during the next election and become the second most powerful political force in the country right there next to the united russia party. successful a businessman as we know you go to you spoke to him after the meeting today why why has he chosen a political path for himself do you think. we were able to carry. right after his speech and i did ask him this question which is probably on the minds of millions of people right now why does a six such a successful businessman or one of you wealthiest people. decide to go into politics no well his answer was real short in. simple me says that he thinks that

this is the right time to do this he feels that he does have the resources to do this and he believes in himself and in his party to make of the change they are talking about surely me credible. is quite an ambitious man and even though his political career is only just starting he's already reaching for the senior levels off russia's political elite. i'm not the kind of person who tends to dream or plunges into illusions we have particular goals to get into russia's lower house of parliament with the maximum number of votes what i also understand is that i could be a good prime minister if the party successful i would fight for this position. well he certainly has the confidence. but business and politics are not only interests are they he's quite a colorful character tell us more about him. is indeed quite

a colorful character starting from haiti this man is over two meters tall to his love of sports it's no longer. quite an active jet skier more sure it's fair and he's all are all for the new jersey nets us basketball team. leaders to project to be. which is a brand new core being developed truly in russia even though it's not actually being built yet so they're all orders really for years to call them which just shows that almost all the project is going to this man takes up to become successful and we've got a few so. that's why he doesn't believe. this project is going to work out and be a right cause party really does have a chance all right. thanks.

well in other news here on r.t. the us congress has refused to grant president obama authority to continue the military campaign in libya but the very same lawmakers have turned down a motion to cut funding for the american action their votes are being seen as largely symbolic as the white house says it doesn't need congressional approval for the mission. reports from washington. the resolution adopted by the house of representatives is seen more like a message of rebuke to president obama rather than an actual war stopper because when it came to voting on cutting funds for that war the majority voted no so some annalise see elements of a showing the behavior of the u.s. congress saying that many lawmakers don't miss a chance to snub the president yet knowing that this novice won't change much at the end of the day as capitol hill observers say when it comes to waging wars congress has generally been supportive the resolution was sort of a way for the congress to show their frustration over the white house refusal to

come to the lawmakers to seek authorization for the military actions under the u.s. constitution only congress can declare war except the obama administration doesn't call it a war although it lasts more than three months and involves many civilian deaths earlier this month the congressman had a chance to send an even stronger message the house debated a resolution from congressman dennis kucinich that called for an immediate end to the u.s. involvement in. the majority of lawmakers again so they know who that proposal nevertheless the lawmakers don't like being ignored but even those who truly want to stand up against the military actions in libya there is little they can do as one congressman said you can do resolutions until you are blue in the face but still be ignored by the white house but it seems it's not just resolutions that can be more kids also the voices of the american people the majority of whom are against the u.s. involvement in libya there is also an interesting point that some experts have made with regards to the public perception of the war in libya it's off the headlines

american use channels have been focused on congress one winners quite shut for weeks now and there is fear that certain inertia develops in the public perception with regards to the war in libya inertia which some say could be very dangerous. his gun education reporting the meantime the head of the us a set of constitutional rights michael ratner says that president obama is staking his political career on the war in libya. the perspective i have and why didn't the president come to congress and the issue is obviously once a war starts you're in the middle of supporting nato when it's all operation it's much harder to cut off the funding and i think you're seeing a really strong opposition building to the war what's interesting is that i think obama looks like he made a real mistake going to an illegal war that's contrary to the u.s. constitution and contrary to the war powers resolution which is a statute that was passed by congress a number of years ago i miss principally

a legal issue now although it really reflects the underlying discomfort right now with this war and i think there's tremendous discomfort despite the fact that costs are nothing compared to afghanistan a red stripe the fact we're not losing soldiers are getting sick and tired of war you're with us from moscow now the former finance minister in hosni mubarak's ousted egyptian government has reportedly found a safe haven in the u.k. that's despite the fact that he's been sentenced in absentia to thirty years in jail by a couple court for corruption profiteering and abusing state assets. and it looks at why the u.k. is sheltering senior figures from the regime at the same time as a publicly backs the arab spring. when egypt abrupt it into violence at the start of the year the u.k. was among the first to support the uprising out with the old dictatorship and in with a new era of democracy the old guard was swept aside but many running in fear for

their lives ran straight to a new life in london and the local egyptian community is horrified angry disappointed some of them call it she wanted. because it is a long time now that the british government be allowing people running oil not just from egypt from all over the world. trust garley is just one the former finance minister instead of beginning a thirty year prison sentence for embezzlement in egypt he said to be running around london a free man boutros ghali was convicted in absentia of corruption profiteering and abusing state and private assets he's also been ordered to repay more than ten million dollars and p. andris slaughter has demanded the british government does something about it but is disappointed by the response but expect to see some more action both against the money and other goods has been extorted from egypt and other. arab countries but

also against fugitives from justice in this country and that's what i feel pressing to cover here today exactly we do have a very strong tradition in this country of upholding international law and i want to see that continue i do want the current government to neglect that you take many think they're already negligent in case an international arrest warrant has reportedly been issued by egypt but critics feel money and connections secure a ticket to freedom in the u.k. it is going to be would not have a problem to get into the united kingdom for so many reasons and the simplest one of them is the money has got i mean you get to remain with your money in the u.k. if your money. is. meanwhile in egypt people aren't surprised england they say is where corrupt middle eastern officials go to hide he's not a stranger to the west very much one of the west's men in egypt was one of the

west's men in egypt so that he's found refuge in london is not surprising to anybody the egyptian diaspora in the u.k. is a million strong. community leaders say that people assume there's no guarantee of the day and it will be remain a. big hypocrisy to support the middle east and did not let me. bring the great see you were at it. and are still plenty more to come here on the program on our quick taste of what's ahead for you america's strategy in afghanistan we explore why barack obama is there with all the plans are dividing opinion both within and beyond the country's borders. plus a look at what it takes to work and survive in antarctica one of the most dangerous environments. now at least twenty people have been injured after

a gas explosion in russia's republic of north. the blast in the city of happened in a densely populated residential area where up to ten families could be sharing one private house the casualties have been taken to hospital for treatment it's not yet clear what caused the blast firefighters and police are still working at the scene well it's a state created for millions of jewish people from all over the world to call their home but now and growing numbers of israelis are lining up to leave fears of a security i mean many are opting for the e.u. or even for american citizenship to meet their expectations of a promised land paula has the story. rachel shites has no reason to like germany she was born there before the second world war and within six years had been expelled and most of her family killed but the irony is she now wants

a german passport. get money out of the german citizenship to help my children and grandchildren which might be shocking if it wasn't so common in israel today in the last decade some fifty thousand israelis have applied for you appeal to citizenship a quarter of a million already have a second passport it's unlikely that any other country in the world has such a large percentage of new immigrants preparing to leave. the story because it was a stubborn to become a shill for the jewish people and europe becomes the shell of the sleeve. this is my faith the american heart of tel aviv here you'll hear more english than hebrew and you'll be forgiven for thinking that you're in the us and not the promised land most israelis here have a second passport many of them grew up abroad or have a parent who came from another country. and i would never give up my canadian and probably would give up my israeli the american i wouldn't give up because i have

family there and i want to be out to go there any time british passport or european passport is a doorway to opportunities eight years ago the bar was blown up by a suicide bomber three people were killed and fifty injured the bar didn't close down but some say the rush for new passports heated up in very big of of the suicide bombings when there was a feeling of insecurity so yes there was an increase both in immigration and in the demand for passports and that demand has only grown in the last five years israel has been in two wars and many fear another is not far off and the government's policy of settlement expansion has only isolated the country internationally so it's no surprise this leading israeli journalist gideon levy that people are tired of living in a war zone. basing its leadership on creating all the. fear frying in comparing against anything and the payoff is a population that feels unsafe with one eye on europe. than

a son has processed nearly five thousand applications for a second passport in the last ten years that works out at about forty passports a month and he's only one lawyer working in the field the fate of the jews in world war two. the one who are favored were the ones who got the wide. or. if you're going to go. that can help you to move. all of danger zone then you do it every year more jews leave israel for europe and the skates and then the other way around when you find the soviet cheese has already returned home and with no israeli palestinian peace talks on the horizon and growing israeli insecurity about the arab demonstrations on the doorstep this so-called insurance passport is unlikely to lose popularity any time soon point c r t ten events. now

a quarter past the hour here in moscow at least sixty people have been killed in eastern afghanistan after a suicide car bomb blast at outside a medical clinic one hundred twenty others were hurt with some in a critical condition this comes just after barack obama announced a partial troop withdrawal from afghanistan but not everyone is happy with the president's plan by the military contributor says despite staying in the country for ten years conventional u.s. war tactics have yielded few tangible results. if anybody was impressed by a baracoa obama speech regarding the tempo and scale of u.s. forces was drawn from afghanistan it was afghan president hamid karzai on the one side their afghan leader was a happy camper regarding the american president announcement and on the other side there was so much apprehension regarding very action from the u.s. military and from walks popularly as far as the military is

concerned it was mostly limited only to armchair commandos and the u.s. secretary of defense robert gates in fact of the admiral michael mullen opinion represents the bunker mentality and conventional wisdom of conventional thing only a part of the u.s. military and intelligence community to have a grasp of the situation. less likely to step up to the t.v. cameras and to spill their guts there after ten years off us of he'll they're all in afghanistan it turns out they're ninety percent failure can eventually all force is due to conventional thinking here with r.t. live from moscow now to some other international news for you this hour in the eleven on the leader of the group has captured three spies among its low level

members claimed two of them were recruited by the cia although the agents were not considered a serious threat to the movement the u.s. embassy in the country has dismissed the militant group's claims as quote empty accusations. new york lawmakers have voted to legalize same sex marriage the decision sent hundreds of people today to celebrate what they describe as a victory for civil rights new york has become the sixth american state where gay couples are officially allowed to marry and have families it comes after president obama encouraged lawmakers to support the rights of sexual minorities. thousand and two government protesters have marched across syria with twenty people killed in separate cities after security forces fired on crowds syrian state t.v. says that identified gunmen were responsible for some of the deaths this comes as the u.s. introduced fresh sanctions against a mass damascus for its crackdown on protesters thousands have fled to neighboring

lebanon and turkey to escape the violence. well in the us bankers are being laid off in huge numbers almost twelve thousand jobs have already been cut since the beginning of the year well that's hardly much sympathy for the wall street high flyers among ordinary americans but as a financial journalist casio watch told explains they should be concerned as it hints at a new low for the u.s. economy. i think that what happened was there was kind of an idea that was happening that maybe a recovery was on the way because banks were making money again there were huge bonuses being paid out last year and that was an issue there was a lot of backlash and i think that's one of the reasons they actually salaries instead of keeping bonuses the fact now that they're not making money shows that perhaps the economy isn't growing as fast as i thought it was the numbers keep coming out suggesting that growing across various sectors and i think that if

there's not money being made on main street. kind of a fix the financial sector as well and if you're not making money trading then these banks can keep the bankers on. this was a business insider watched showing her opinion on america's stuttering financial plight but what do people in the streets think about these problems the resident talk show host laura healthiness finds out in new york. all the latest data indicates the global economy is going limp are you personally affected this week let's talk about that have you felt the facts of a bad economy need a better job this economy is not get me a better job here does i try to go to college and i can't because car my car gas is all expensive at school so expensive so it's more in the vicious cycle is really bad but i'm happy because brazil is growing like for me is good so is that kind of

the way it goes when when some countries are hurting other countries can prosper more yeah greece is looking bad spain is looking bad i feel like we're on the right . so they're just exaggerating not in greece and spain no no i feel like the reports in the u.s. are i'm actually in the military so i feel it at all that's the only perk that i'm one perk my job i've been getting steady paychecks for five years yet i can't see that the american military is going to go out of it if they do any time soon and i guess we have bigger problems to worry about the economy and you had. to we had to come back even more would show we could take cruises should come to new york this. crucial british a first time in new york city today so that doesn't sound like you're hurting that it sounds like you're doing ok we have a comeback or a lot of other things you think that we've seen the bottom of this crisis or are we headed for bread lines and even worse things that we've seen the bottom of what is

the bottom look like. well it was pretty bad during the great depression is a bottom that we can compare it to i don't know if we'll get that bad but i don't think we're there yet so do you think we can fix it i'm a global level or do you think it's time countries started looking at themselves first i think we have to fix it on the global level but i think we reach country have to lower their their expectations of. the living standard i think we all have to go down whether or not you've been personally impacted the bottom line at the global economy apparently continues to fall flat so. you with you live from moscow and forget to check out our online lot more news and catching videos on our website or here are some of the often find out for you right now. dot com. by any other name correspondents found in bin laden's compound

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the official. video. feed the palm of your. now twenty four minutes past the hour here in moscow it has one of the most unpredictable climates in the world but for people who go to the top in the name of science dealing with environmental extremists is a daily reality in the latest in a series of special reports sean thomas has witnessed how people survive at the ends of the earth. antarctic storms are known to be fierce sometimes forcing those who have to endure them to take safe harbor it was pretty bad it was . and it was thirty to thirty five. so it was just rolling

around for a bit we had to. get this in between us. so we were rolling around. trying to make sure you carry on a good road or we could have secured the crew of this ship was able to pull through the tempest and even work with nearby stations to repair their damaged vessel but they were lucky operating in such a remote environment means that replacement parts aren't always available and the workers here have to make do with what they can it is pretty hard to get here good equipment to get here sophisticated equipment so. one challenge is to try to make your big science was a very small amount of equipment because of the hearts and extreme weather conditions and thought that there is considered one of the most dangerous environments on the planet and because of this operating down here logistically it can be more than a convenience it can be downright deadly during the same storm the crew from that

were going on t.v.'s base lost one of their team when a jeep rolled down an embankment into a frigid antarctic lake. it was most difficult experience in my career in such moments i start to think that good just once was to try is out here. but in antarctica time is a valuable commodity and work crews have limited time to prepare the base for winter after the accident happened we didn't even have time to make a stop which the moment required a stop to think to express compassion we had to go on with our work which we finished at about four am the next day the incident sparked an outpouring of international support from the surrounding bases but in a twist all too appropriate for the harsh realities of working in antarctica the chilean air force plane that was to airlift of the body back to south america suffered an explosion in the left engine as it was taking off the pilots on board of hurting another fatal tragedy by a matter of seconds still the southern continent doesn't provide the opportunity to

dwell on the difficulties when the key thing is all problems as soon as possible or the opportunity will be lost when there is no immediate response because and avoid actions that me get one of those hurt for example when the airplane engine field we have avoided doing anything that could have gotten any of us hurt in any way so we don't have to airlift anybody else here we have avoided any wrists until another airplane arrives when a system derived from unfortunate necessity which keeps those living and working in the face of danger and safe is possible in antarctica sean thomas. you can always. read more about sean's adventures in all corners of the world on his blog on our website he took. one of the most extreme environments on the planet. and people have to be aware

that they're far away from civilization. so special and attractive from the wildlife. and. expedition to the bottom of the earth. and i'll be back with a recap of our top stories for you in just a few moments to stay with us. if

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you want to go. see. this street still keeps it secret it's time to reveal the truth of the soviet files on the. snow at three thirty pm on saturday here in moscow you would od see the headlines now one of russia's richest men mikhail prokhorov has become the high profile new leader of a political party the billionaire is targeting second place in december's parliamentary elections and is even hoping to become prime minister if his party is success. the .