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hours a day it appears that libyan leader moammar gadhafi is not only being targeted by nato jets but the international criminal court also has him in its sights two judges in the hague of issued an arrest warrant for gadhafi and his closes on eyes on charges of crimes against humanity our correspondent has more. namely he's being accused of purposefully targeting kids civilians of killing civilians during the dispersal of the protest in february of this year the court's decision and the request for the arrest of moammar gadhafi his son and also his intelligence minister has been issued by one of the prosecutors of the international criminal court and this is only the second time in the courts nine year history that such a warrant has been issued for an incumbent the first such occurrence happened in two thousand and nine and the manner they wanted or were afterwards the sudanese president over that decision has yet to be implemented in reality and the libyan

authorities have already said that they will not comply with the decision in this case they actually questioned its legitimacy and have reminder that libya is not a signatory to the rome treaty which has actually set up the international criminal court we have yet to find out how exactly they will go about arresting the i.c.c. did say that the libyan people themselves will arrest gadhafi but of course gadhafi and he is called wards remain defiant and say they will continue to fight to the very end and they basically said they don't particularly care for this particular decision as a matter of fact there were reports of intensified bombing off tripoli just this morning there were reports that blasts have been heard very close to gadhafi compound this was supposed to be enforcement of a no fly zone in libya and yet already we're talking about. according to libyan

government we're talking about hundreds of civilians being killed as a result of the nato airstrikes of course. until not so long being. at this point is kind of a situation which is just hanging in the air and whether this particular latest decision from the i.c.c. whether that will have any effect on the situation in libya remains to be seen. and constantine cause a child chairman of the state duma's foreign affairs committee explained to r.t. why the of wesh arrest warrants cannot be applied to the libyan leader the decision of the international criminal court. is not legally binding for libya for the simple reason libya is not a member state of the court and there's long as mr pease on libya still retore him and this decision can not be fulfilled in case the decision of the court stays in power or. will mean the. inevitably will try to

stay in power as long as he can and that contradicts the intentions on the international community of the way there are by the security council member states russia included. well to discuss the possible consequences of the i.c.c. decision to bring moammar gadhafi to justice i'm joined live by patrick hayes a london based reporter for online magazine spiked thanks for joining us there patrick now the warrant is issued but do you think the libyan leader is likely to be prosecuted or is it just an intimidation tactic. well i mean i think alternately what this does actually in many ways actually shut off any possible escape routes for him so it means that really he's in a place where he's going to have to fight to the very end now and live up to his promise to fight and die on libyan soil so i don't think it helps matters and it certainly doesn't help matters for the libyan people when the international criminal court comes in and basically presumes all four of the other libyan people

for taking you know for a meeting out justice on gadhafi this shouldn't be any business of the international criminal courts there should be for the libyan people to resolve their affairs with gadhafi so you're saying this could actually along the conflict then you say shut off all escape routes that will encourage gadhafi to stay in power for as long as he can and as some say will lead to further bloodshed. well i think that that's true i mean it does mean that he can no longer decide to you know perhaps go off to a different country and just kind of hide hide away there in a very discreet plans it means now he's literally in a place of death where he can't escape so yes i think the conflict could be prolonged as a result of this but i mean i think fundamentally the thing i find very striking is you know this is the hundredth day of the libyan conflict now william hague is making these claims today of the foreign service secretary of the u.k. saying that the i.c.c. warrant shows why. he has lost all of just mysie and should basically give up

immediately and the idea that the i.c.c. these arrest warrants actually removes any kind of legitimacy from gadhafi i really find to be a parent really it should be always the libyan people to decide whether good that gadhafi is legitimate or not it shouldn't be for an international court of law is to me tell just this ticket afy it presumes basically that there are certain people in the world who are incapable of determining their own affairs and they need more civilized countries like the u.s. and the u.k. to actually make decisions about this and so you know we people who matter so this move won't be greeted by the rebels there with with great optimism but surely they'll be welcome in this when they. well i think the rebels you. know exactly i mean the rebels are quite and they're be less punch in many ways and often a lot of them now unfortunately once you see who are going to put on a pedestal by the west the people that have been cherry picked by the u.k. and the u.s. except are and have already signed up to certain conditions but i mean what

whatever the rebels actually say at this particular point i think it's very important for the future of democracy in libya that the rebels are able to meet ours and deal justice to the formerly ticket efi and then not have to be put into the hands of international lawyers to make decisions for them what about that is for them to shorten drop but what about the claim that the libyan government says the court is preoccupied with pursuing african leaders is that a fair criticism well in some ways it's quite an historic moment because this is actually the first time the international criminal court has actually pursued someone who isn't actually completely black now i don't say this lightly but if you look at the previous five cases of the international criminal court they've kind of pursued their investigations they've been in kenya they've been in sudan uganda the central african republic in the democratic republic of congo despite all the other

crimes and wars that are going on across the world from iraq the gaza strip the international criminal court focused solely to this point upon black people and obviously you know they seem to be moving. focusing on gadhafi now but still very much focused on africa the sense very much seems to be that the international criminal court is the place where the west judges the rest is where the international criminal courts presumes that they can have this kind of civilized legal istic perspective on the world which is lacking in african countries who are unable to determine their own affairs properly and the guiding hands of western lawyers and politicians. will leave it there thanks very much indeed for your thoughts on this patrick a london based reporter for the online magazine spiked. thank you well still to come on the program democracy with a catch the u.s. announcing programs to help others issue movements across the globe some suggest

it's just a convenient way to overthrow governments. that's still to come but first a flotilla of humanitarian aid ships carrying supplies to gaza is set to depart from greece it's reportedly made up of ten vessels with some five hundred activists on board israel warns that its military is gearing up to intercept the aid a model but has dropped earlier threats against journalists that they could be banned or deported for covering the events. has the latest from. this me. thinking how it plans to handle foreign journalists that are on boil board their freedom for ten to two exits from european waters and heads towards gaza later this week what we do know is that earlier the israeli government press office said that any journalist on board would face arrest would face detention and would also face a band of up to ten years that would not be able to return to israel for at least a decade we are now hearing that the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu

first heard of this only this morning monday on the news and he is said to have said it is problematic he has urged his cabinet to rethink it and he's also said of the way journalists are dealt with it's different to the way so-called infiltrators are handled this doesn't know how to answer the question as if and when the israeli government indeed finds the second for tenet to be in violation of international law which is of course what it found the first to tell a guilty of how they will journalists on board be dealt with the security cabinet held an emergency meeting today off to that meeting it issued a statement in which the government ministers say they were determined to prevent the for tella from reaching gaza with as little friction as possible we're talking here of about ten ships some five hundred passengers on board representing some twenty two countries well certainly no one wants a repeat of what happened last year and news radio parties are at pains to try and make sure that all they ducks on the road to prevent the same kind of incident occurring that first attempt happened on may the thirty first there were six ships

involved they had six cells from the turkey and the largest of those ships known as the mother mama came in conflict with israeli commandos who were lowered into the ship via helicopters from helicopters there was fighting that ensued both sides blaming the other questions starting the conflict but the fact is that nine turkish activists who were on board were killed nob the israeli government has said again and again that it will not allow any ships whether this particular attempt to another one to actually reach god that the israeli authorities saying. they insist on actually so too through all the goods on board to make sure that there are no weapons no ammunition there and that one still satisfied that there isn't they will then be personally responsible for transferring the goods to gaza it is important to note that the reason why the activists are carrying out the second fratelli in as many years in two years is that they do believe that the blockade on gaza is facilitating a humanitarian disaster we are hearing reports of increasing teachers in food

supplies in medical supplies in basic items that people need to keep on living and so this is the second attempt by activists around the world to draw attention to gaza. and you can find footage of last year's israeli aid for the assault on our website r t v dot com there are also plenty of other stories waiting for there including the latest news politics and culture blogs and expert analysis here's what's on line few right now. if you're a vegan part of goblin or no and phaedra rights are under represented one group is aiming to defend your cause you can find out about russia's growing youth movement for in human rights. and animals are having their rights protected too you can find a story of a monument to a dog that's raised thousands of dollars to help stray animals across russia. or that on our website now the japanese government is starting radiation checks on millions of people living near the stricken from nuclear plant it's been revealed

that fifteen people living over forty kilometers from the facility showed signs of internal radiation exposure when examined last month and as. many no longer trust the safety warnings. in a culture that is generally non-confrontational and obedient when thousands take to the streets of tokyo against nuclear energy it is a serious sign of discontent if after this crisis it is true that the people are more conscious and we need to take advantage of it this is the first time since the second world war the japanese people have no trust in the government he was a coastal city devastated by the earthquake the tsunami and on the edge of the radiation exclusion zone is starting on the long road to recovery but the people living here say the government just isn't doing enough from the city hall iraq city they said different things like perfect or they said different things and the government they said different things. they are not together. or. part of the

country. they are a part but some believe it is too early to tell what the real dangers of the situation or are scientists who know that large doses of radiation given in one blast is a significant health threat but they say there isn't enough information about long term exposure to lower doses of radiation and the types of damage it can do if you check it here or ideation level and then you check debriefs and when you take water you always feel half different values because it's so close and it's so changing so you can hardly say but it's really exceeds what a normal person would have by a year one of the frightening things about this entire incident is that there are no concrete boundaries that can clearly guarantee your safety one example is this looks like a beautiful lush green valley behind me but in fact this is the very head of the twenty kilometer exclusion zone that the government has set up in fact we're trying

to get a little bit closer but we're scored out by a police officer and a type of personal now although this is supposed to be a safe area the radiation levels here are still between seven and ten times higher than normal weather for a misinformation or me. understanding the people who live in the affected areas don't always take the proper precautions here a volunteer works to clean up toxic radioactive hot spots with hardly any protection at all a problem that some say is compounded by government propaganda accentuating the benefits while neglecting to inform about the dangers of nuclear waste. the first thing the government should do is let the citizens know the real cost of nuclear energy until now the priority has been to profit from energy the p.r. machine of the government has been emphasising the benefit of nuclear energy and the citizens have been brainwashed to believe it now in the wake of an international crisis and there are allegations that the government and the power companies have worked out a deal to help each other and that the media has been bought off the t.v.

channels need the money from advertisement and the nuclear energy companies pay a lot with at this money they cannot survive and for that reason i have to shut up about the situation the newspapers have this problem as well a move that if true keeps the important information hidden from the people saving face for those in charge in japan chiang thomas. u.s. state department's plans for spreading democracy around the world have been greeting what's been greeted with speculation that washington is planning a program of foreign regime change it will provide finance and technology to opposition groups but the attach strings could be used to steer other states where america wants them as he's going to check on the reports. the u.s. state department now generously hands out cash and technology to dissidents throughout the world its bureau of democracy human rights and labor has announced the request for proposals on how to foster change in a number of countries in the middle east and north africa as wallace cuba the u.s.

claims the best of intentions saying it wants to strengthen independent civil society groups in those countries it's just in really another form of provoking regime change they're just trying to do it under a different guise under a different facade saying that somehow and with the best of intentions they're promoting democracy but in reality it's just promoting us agenda among other things the state department is financing the creation of stealth wireless networks that would enable activists to communicate outside the reach of governments in countries like iran and syria and libya according to participate in the project other programs include a so-called internet in a suitcase a powerful portable wireless transmitter that activists king used to set up their own networks in order to circumvent state control but at the same time american companies provide authorities in bahrain saudi arabia and kuwait with the technology to effectively block websites those double standards. and everybody

should be fully aware of things and understand the. us or united states government austrian regime change since we all revolutions our technology is not all the us provides to instigate change in certain countries some opposition movements get. direct cash supply for example we keep leaks cables show that the state department has for years secretly funded syrian anti-government groups it's done in general to create a world that is more aligned more specifically more controlled be aligned with the views of the united states i'm now looking at the state department website that promotes grants for those willing to bring about change in communist cuba and here is one of the requirements i'm going to read this it is preferable for these personnel to speak spanish fluently possess a solid understanding of the cultural context and have prior experience on the

island in order to maximize their effectiveness in this unique operating environment and of quote sounds very much like recruiting agents but instead of doing it the traditional secretive way the u.s. does they're right out in the open on their website help most often comes with strings attached many say opposition leaders in libya who now get financial and political support from washington are sure to get instructions on how to return the favor essentially their eight years in the system with. agents of the u.s. government even if they don't necessarily. get a check on r.t.e. washington d.c. . baltimore america's democracy spreading programs on joined by jeff friesen he's an independent researcher and historian in the u.s. thanks very much indeed for joining us well the u.s. says it's helping democratic opposition movements abroad but the question is who decides who is democratic and who gets that aid. well

it's not about democracy at all i mean there is one thing that i've learned is that the united states foreign policy power and power alone the idea that somehow there is benevolence see that there is a caring grandfather figure here in the united states who wants to help. foreign countries become better it is it is a job and i think that if you have. this idea that there is something positive coming with the democratic regime change is that that's that's not true at all so therefore explain what they hope to get in return for this what they hope to get in return is to establish a greater empire. i think you know i'm not being overly cynical at all when i say that there's there's nothing but military power and force at work here and if they

don't like somebody in particular country then they're going to rid of them one way or the other and this is just a new technique of how to do it. the idea of. bombing somebody into submission is kind of old hat. the new idea is to say hey guess what it's christmas and we're going to give you a great big present it's called democracy but in fact the leaders that they put in are corrupt and they they have only one thing in mind and that is how the u.s. interests well we just saw in that report from going to take on that the u.s. state has openly recruiting activists in cuba where the all the likely targets that . well syria right now is on the hot burner and you know there's a russian naval base there and that makes that a real interesting situation for the entire planet because here we have a direct conflict between the two superpowers obviously iran is through is the key

they try to do what they called a color revolution couple years back in iran during the election process there and failed to do so it was called the green revolution and my gosh you know i think that if they can take over iran i think the whole ball game is going to change and so i mean if if you have syria and iran both shiite. as a bloc and they're looking to break that apart and create a new middle east or israel likes to say you know a greater middle east but the greater threat but just looking from an historic perspective don't post attempts to spread the book same parts of the world suggest future success is very likely with this initiative. i have to agree with you i think the go ability of the population is extreme there's no doubt that people have

good intentions there's no doubt that they want things to be more democratic but what they don't realize is that the i.m.f. is going to come in and restructure their economy to suit the world bank and be the ministers of finance and this is this is not something that they understand and it's not their fault and so as long as the united states can continue to sell a feel good idea without any real substance then i think people are going to continue to fall for it and that's that's a shame because we're certainly hoping. that the people get something real yes something that actually will change their lives for the better and not just fall for. what we would call. an advertising slogan like we did here in the united states where we got a pharma and things got worse hope and change right there's your slogan so as long

as people fall for slogans and. quote unquote democracy campaigns been. i think the success will continue i'm afraid for people in different countries because they need to know what's really going on jefferies and thanks very much indeed for showing us your thoughts on this independent research on a story in the u.s. joining us live there on his webcam in portland in the usa thank you the man who blew the cover of a group of russian agents in the u.s. last year has been found guilty in absentia of treason and desertion by a moscow court intelligence colonel alexander patea fled the country before the scandal last june which saw ten agents including anna chapman arrested catherine is out of a has been following the proceedings. this very high profile case has been deemed top secret and classified so most of the proceedings that took place in moscow's military court were held behind closed doors and every shred of evidence and witness statement that was submitted throughout the course of the trial was also

classified and top secret but we do know that i think saw that has been stripped of all of his military ranks and achievements and found guilty of treason and sentenced to twenty five years in prison of course at the moment that really doesn't affect his life that much because of course he's not in russia courting to the court he's most likely hiding somewhere in the united states and he left for the united states just a little over a year ago and according to information voiced in the courtroom that was a complete surprise to everybody including his wife she found out that her husband had deserted her her family and her country from a text message which he sent to her saying mary i'm sorry i hope you find a way to forgive me this isn't for a while this is for and for the quite see it has been working with us intelligence officers for at least a decade out of those people whose cover he blew and chapman perhaps one of the

most famous and a media. liked characters she picked him out of a photo lineup saying that this is in fact the man that she met with in the united states according to her statement she felt somewhat uncomfortable after her meeting with him and contacted her superiors in moscow which then confirmed her suspicions but of course by then it was too late and ten people were sent out of the united states being found guilty of being unregistered agents of a foreign government their terms are of the i'll be back in a few minutes time to join our top stories. with the latest business. hello and welcome to business here in r.t. thanks for joining me russia needs to diversify its economy as oil production is not expected to grow in the next decade finance minister says the key challenge is

to create an environment to develop energy sectors the source that would mean. the sleep will decrease its role in companies and give way to private investment the government is going to sold most of it shares and key enterprises in the next three to five years this relates to play natural energy telecom and transport sectors. and russia's biggest airline air flight is the latest company shadow for privatization according to russia's finance minister the sale will take place within the next three to five years the state owns around half the company and the size of the stake to be privatized is yet unclear the government has to sell a number of assets in the future to raise up to twenty five billion dollars. crude oil futures decline on lingering concerns about oversupply this comes after the international energy agency decided to release some teachers are on the market. the range of between eighty and one hundred dollars but it is reasonable. and produces

and as long live the prize keeps it reasonably wouldn't even be slim and there is no need for anybody to plan it there is plenty of oil there is no shortage of oil there's plenty of oil a day in the ground is capacity available it's limited to insufficient two hundred the market is the real difficulties. light sweet is currently trading at around one thousand dollars a barrel its lowest for about a year brant is hovering at around one hundred five dollars about. stocks in europe and flat on monday as investors awaited greece's crucial vote this week of austerity measures banking stocks among the losers across europe shares of commerce bank slumped five percent while deutsche bank fell one point four percent upside telecom equipment. rose three point four percent handset maker nokia at two point eight percent and here in russia stock exchanges closed in the red on monday on negative sentiment over greek debt minus six and it and the cent lower than the us has lost.