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r.t. the headlines from. the greek capital is braced for more balance amid a general strike and huge protests of course the six were injured in clashes with police the un rested comes just ahead of parliament's key vote on even the measures to avoid defaulting on debt. the greek economic turmoil is the first challenge for the new international monetary fund chief christine lagarde the first woman to head the organization she also faces the tough task of fighting off the perception of a pioneer is biased in favor of western countries. and fears grow under arrest in syria writes drivability improving his beloved weapons it's stored there to lebanon threatening to stoke up further trouble in the region and while israel is reportedly to point you missile defense systems near its border with

lebanon. the georgian opposition leader in a version has been in brussels recently as part of a round europe trip the visit was aimed at giving an inside account of last month's abundant police crackdown on protesters. told r.t. that georgia's costly p.r. campaigns can't hide the truth about president saakashvili yesterdays and t.v. . a week of protests aimed at ousting georgian president saakashvili ended in violent dispersal of protesters by the riot police joining us now to talk of more about that particular circumstance in instances and georgian politics in general is the recognized leader of georgian opposition you know. mispronounce you think you very much for joining us today the first question unfortunately will be a somewhat sad one we will have to ask you about that which are attributed to you

were supporters of the there on the night of the protests personal could you tell us more about what happened that night people to maybe government will use the force against that demonstrates that we said many times when we appeal to the population and to the people who are standing in front of the parliament buildings it may be governmental years of course but these people were really very much of a team and they many of them said to me and to us the leader so national assembly directly we are ready for. even for you the force against us but we will show example for the rest of the population of georgia i think we have to fight for our dignity and for our rights but of course nobody was waiting the. government will use such a brutal force in the people nobody was waiting as the place will be just

demonstration of force and this will be operation to punish the people who are in front of the parliament joy just special forces surrounding the people where in trip there was no way out there was no possibility to leave the square. as we understand special forces received special instructions to arrest all demonstrations and then nine hundred demonstrators have. being arrested that night to beat people brutally especially in the hands heads and many people received serious injuries and were transported to the hospitals and they had the special instruction and not to allow me the leaders of national assembly to leave. place. so. it was a real punishment to the people and it's not an accidental when one of the main supporters of the war is this mr burton to kids whose quality world knowledge even

in. the places said that it was a kid is that the government used the such a brutal force against the demonstrations tomorrow as they will think twice until they will participate in any demonstrations so one person or supporters who died despite the fact that the government was broadcast thinking t.v. that he died because of car accident which thanks to my cars which is not serious fortunately there were footage which shows that this person had been beaten until the day by ten fifteen by special forces representatives and you can see these three do with each on youtube and on our website following the clampdown many people were arrested a lot of your supporters in fact have gone missing so do you have any information on their current whereabouts do you know anything about them right now about two

hundred seventy eight people are rest most of these people have been arrested not only twenty six in the morning but afterwards and all they have. to call the resistance against police results any evidence is real evidences from the side of the government of course sure that these people are political prisoners. they will appeal to the court concerning all these cases what has to change in georgian politics for the country to move forward to step away from its i would say post soviet. style than move forward towards westernized country or to prosper you know i will not say right now that george is a post soviet country it was into cells and into cells and forward to selves and five until two thousand and late two thousand and eight even despite of the war right now it's a typical soviet style country it's enjoyed you're right now it's

a real bullshit. with all signs of soviet regime violation of elementary constitutional norms. while ation of elementary human rights control of media. police. just doing everything despite of legal obligations if it's coming from from the political decisions towards a typical soviet country where every person who is against the regime is the enemy of the country i remember in soviet time even when i was small girl not afterwards during that period but before i read it in the books but every person who was criticizing soviet regime was. support us or.

secret agent of imperioli right now in georgia it's the same you can change the world imperialism with russia and every person who is criticizing saakashvili and who is against his regime all of them just beginning for me it's a very serious place we rochelle kremlin we are just trading days we are enemies of the people every single sane and. you can't imagine that if you tore them for myself that you. enjoyed your people right now not everybody of course for. that many people are afraid even to call to your place to ask you how are you so afraid to come to the funerals if. it's family also people who are not just agree with. you and if you have a different point of view if you are supporters of a position you have huge reach very high reason to lose their job to find

finding your pulpit drugs all gone and you have a high respect to be religious outside there of not only political but real life in georgia so this is a typical soviet country modernized i call it the modernized soviet union. which is the ruling right now in my country the perception of the united states officials changed all of the president saakashvili has the support windowed would you say and yes without any doubt saakashvili has right now and his regime less personal supports than it was before during president. bush's presidency but you know the problem is that united states is too big and they have too many problems and georgia is not priority number one so that is why quite often i have a feeling that not indeed tales are high officials in the united states know

what in reality going on in georgia from another side the way our state department's conclusions in two thousand and nine two thousand and ten are whereas they were speaking about a little corruption where they were staying at speaking about selective justice but i think that. nevertheless even as this support which that gosh really had right now has right now this is a mistake from the side of united. states because this kind of support in the eyes of many georgians creating a lot of questions people don't understand why one of the most democratic country in the world continued to support. even less but now is the is the region which is absolutely undemocratic over the georgian president has been seen as a sort of freedom poster boy by a lot of people in the west not just the united states but in europe as well so right now is your staying here in brussels and meeting with people do you find it difficult to change that mindset that perception of the georgian president you know

mainly the. international community is a no real face of the country quite well of course diplomacy means that they will never say it in public but you can compare our position of these people before to selves and seven before their selves and eight before even twenty six of may and right now but of course you need time you need time. to. hold a real face so. really a real face of georgian democracy. lots of community this very year to. p.r. companies. but nevertheless if you can see quite critical obstacles and send him to so you can buy many things. money which is really spending for p.r.

and lobbyist companies but you can't buy everything and everyone you can to lie for a short time to ruin but you can't lie to everybody so it's meant to have time but of course we need to work very seriously and that his way here what has for you personally changed since you left the georgian government and switched over to the opposition side you know my life in the government was not competent. because i had lots of problems with governmental the team. it was very difficult to be responsible for the many decisions which was not supported in the close circle from my side but i am a person who is playing accordion groups as i was a part of the team quite often i was taking responsibility for the decisions which . was decided despite my protests and despite of my.

decisions but i was a part of the team when i saw that. i don't want to continue like that i don't want to be responsible in front of my people for what i think is not right but never still it. was done by the government i decided to leave you know personally of course being the speaker of the parliament i'm more comfortable you have security you have a lot of people around the you have just as there are a lot of people around who are trying just to say at least hello to you right now of course many things have been changed even for my friends let's say trying to avoid to see your speak with you or sometimes just making just. doing that in this case that they didn't see you in just the public places and of course it's a personally not not comfortable. to be leader of

a position party enjoyed your really difficult because there you are responsible into in front of the people who trust to you. and you can't protect these people even when you know that these people are absolutely innocent and right and of course the emotionally it's very difficult i remember. i can tell you is that even more difficult for me was twenty six days. twenty seven says that night until i received any information that some people had been died when i was on . the side of special forces more difficult it was the second day said day when i was receiving every minute in my phone information but this person had been arrested that person had been arrested this person just we don't know where he's and you have you can't do anything absolutely to protect these people. in any case you can just don't think you will you'll have to continue to fight we're wishing

you the best in all your endeavors thank you very much for coming in talking to us again thank you. wealthy british style it's time. to. market. find out what's really happening to the global economy for a no holds barred look at the global financial headline news you need to do is a report on our. twenty years ago largest country. to some degree. what i've been trying. to teach began the journey. where did it take.

the greek capital is braced for more volunteers thousands of gathering by the parliament building for a second day of protest it's just hours before lawmakers proton even harsh austerity measures that have triggered unrest and a general strike. greek economic turmoil is the first challenge for the new international monetary fund chief christine lagarde the first woman to head the organization she also faces the tough task of fighting off the perception of the i.m.f. is biased in favor of western countries. and fears grow that unrest in syria might strike the militant group hezbollah not weapons it stored in lebanon threatening to stoke up further trouble in the region meanwhile israel is reportedly deploying new missile defense systems near its border with lebanon. atop the sports news that with three months some people say will come be a dirty game but you found something that takes that phrase to

a new level well i think almost everyone knows the regular variety of eleven a side that's a competitive sports and not everyone enjoys that but i'll tell you about football where everyone has fun. coming up shortly. oh i'll come to a sport on r t come and see a live from moscow i'm on call for a band these are the headlines. red hot favorites maria sharapova thrashes the many cuts a bull in the odds are an hour and it will play wildcard sabine lisicki in the semifinals at wimbledon. while it's out of his job former world cup referee repairs or is it he signs up to oversee the progress of russia's match officials. and thrill seekers are cipro profiles arguably the most dangerous and daring sport on the planet and

feature on cliff. but first to tennis where maria sharapova has stormed into the semifinals at wimbledon after thrashing many cuts a book about in straight sets on the rain effect today in london that looked like a walk in the park for sure who also won the grass court grand slam back in two thousand and four the fifth seeded russian needed just one hour flat to brush aside the slovakian sharapova reeled off eight straight games at one point six one six one win and has become one of the favorites to win the title she has yet to drop a set. it's great the fact that it had the experience of being. in those stages but i haven't been for a while so it's a nice and fresh feeling to have an. put a lot of work into to get to this stage but i still feel like. tournaments and i know. standing in the way next is

a young german sabine lisicki who was watched by u.s. open goal champion rory mcilroy the twenty one year old wildcard shellshocked number nine seed marion bartoli the french woman had knocked out last year's winner siriano williams in the fourth round but she lost the opening set before battling back to win this second on a hard fought tie break and show lost momentum to concede the decider six one lisicki battling into her maiden grand slam semifinal after hitting a stunning pick the winners along the way and she's also the first german to reach the last four at a major event since steffi graf right here wimbledon in one nine hundred ninety nine. it was definitely a really tough match against. she really likes to play and. she plays well. you know. i was really wanted to win. a game and all i had i was fighting for each point and didn't want to let it slip away meanwhile check number eight seed bedrock

of all is a second straight wimbledon semifinal after a gritty three set victory over bulgaria's. despite losing the second set of a managed to find strength and to close out the match with her ninth ace. i am so happy that i win the first game and said that i am very. then. the match between austria. and number four seed. was stopped due to rain after just one game and resumed up for moving to a set of court from court one the move did not put off as though it will outlast her opponent to secure a six three six one victory in the last four sure will face check. pretty well you know looking at their rankings and everybody keeps saying oh you

should have been. was a great win for me you know to finally go through that it was important and then just to be given some fun looking forward to work even when the men's quarter finals take center stage of wins they were all of that's all four seasons are through to the last eight world number one rafael nadal will face more the fish from the united states in the quarterfinals now another spaniard lopez will play the crowd favorite and also frenchman. will face better after beating federer in the previous round wild. takes on rising star bernard so much from australia. now following the arrival of world cup winner roberto carlos there's been another high profile appointments in russian football former referee or roberto rosetta is taking charge of the country's match officials the forty three year old it's out in has been brought on by the russian football union following this sacking of his predecessor city gaze with a march result he joins on a four year deal and one of his encourage youngsters to become professional

refreeze and prepare them for international careers that his own career stands twenty seven years and paints a surprising and at last year's world cup in south africa it's a lot of favor with after a controversial decision in the argentina versus mexico last sixteen match and. nasser that incidentally fellow former coach and mentor. is doing this same job in ukraine. now let's move to the lighter side of sports there are many different versions of the beautiful game these days such as a mini football beach soccer and food sell arguably none or as or as messy as this it's known as swamp soccer and it's world cup has just been held in a scottish capital edinburgh the sport was introduced in the u.k. for the first time five years ago and is apparently on the way to becoming a worldwide phenomenon tournaments are held across the globe including countries

such as brazil poland and russia the final seoul the russians pens a sensor crushing their side jesus muscling years by a sixth russia becoming the latest small soccer world champions. i want to come back. up on get back to. my mom's washing machine we're going to buy. extreme action cliff diving it's only became competitive in the year two thousand but was quick to attract thousands of spectators are. on takes a closer look at arguably one of the most challenging and eye catching sports on the planet. and to see creation. theory. freedom. three steps fall by resurfacing didn't know until

the school dealing with any i don't ever price for the school during peace just proving it was nothing impossible the only things we seem to be. playing dice from the dizzy heights of pool with twenty seven meters. almost three seconds of freefall into the water is this beautiful hundred kilometers. this is one of the moves dangerous sports in the planet is just a slight mistake the result in broken boots much worse. in didn't we don't ever see this they have to fight their nerves before every single fight. yes it's beer but it's not panic it's good when you're scared it would be far more dangerous if we weren't before any high dive i realize how risky it is but you should be positive it is. scary and thrilling.

but that's part of the enjoyment. there is a danger factor but we train. for many many years to become divers. professional. high quality and so the risk of danger is minimal this is the french serial flaw to share the police were the brits taking height conditions. come together to chill and elite cleave dubbers for the two for high diving comes within just a few hours of the high tide while a stiff atlantic breeze of up to eighty kilometers parole makes the st nicholas sole platform one of the toughest sports the world cleaved during serious have to all four with a win like this it's a bit hard to stand there on the platform and one of the even more important you'll have to keep your belt on with a high dive but. these guys proved they've go it takes until i said dangerous

weather conditions and the low paid for itself but all the pressure and research these dear devils take they off as they would they get in the and east to them priceless you turn to the surface and take a deep breath. and it is such a big burly you and you've built up so much emotions before the dawn. finally when you when you hit the water everything's ok you know so i really. it's a long describable failing. here with the feeling you get doing high dogs can hardly be compared to anything it's a competition it gives you an amazing drive especially when all the best gift divers come together and you manage to. its extreme. it's been competitive since the year two thousand each passing season he takes yet more skill

in complicated high does too when we want a perfect takeoff we want that perfect position then the perfect bottom just because it brings a nation new elements doesn't mean that the church has to give all points for this we want perfection we're looking for perfection and we judge according to. the biggest evil crowd of seventy thousand spectators witnessed twelve men demonstrate their stunning abilities in the latest flick of the world series in leadership it's been a colossal cliff diving is an up and coming sport there are a lot of different locations all over the globe which can host high diving competitions i'm a classic platform diaper and my sport never attracted as many spectators as cliff diving never do the french leg comes to know what rules and spills continues in italy next month stay tuned for moon in the build up to the. public but the new party. i'll be back with another update in

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