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he says he's not going to build a joint anti missile system with russia and doesn't find it necessary to provide moscow with legal guarantees the shield won't be targeting the country as plunges the deeper into a stalemate. runs out of missiles for its air strike campaign over libya and germany u. turns on its policy of abstaining from the conflict so it can deliver. to its war on. general recommended as objective from the war crimes court forcing the charge to enter a not guilty plea on his behalf and i did face charges including genocide carried out in the balkans war some subset use the hague of one sided justice. and from our business desk former heads of bank of moscow are facing criminal charges after. regulators discovered a third of the bank's bad loans join me for business bulletin and twenty minutes

from now. international news and comment live from moscow this is. russia and nato failed to reach a consensus on missile defense plans in europe with the anon standing firm on its position nato says it's against a joint anti missile shield and doesn't find it necessary to provide russia with legal guarantees that the shield won't be directed against it. because it has more now from russia's city of sochi where the talks have now drawn to a close. russian foreign minister sergei lavrov described talks on the missile defense shield in europe as long and not going as smoothly as it was expected while speaking at a separate press conference secretary general of nato rasmussen has said that nato never promised those stocks will simply happen overnight lover ups explains that

the reason why a sectoral anti-missile defense shield with the participation of russia is impossible is because nato cannot delegate the security of nato countries to a third party russian foreign minister sergei lavrov said that if a sectoral and say missile defense shield is not possible option and perhaps there are other ones. we would like to reach an agreement which would allow us to work together without any additional risks and agreements that will strengthen strategic stability rather than undermine it we would like to have a guarantee that missile defense systems are not aimed against russia we're not asking for unilateral guarantees we would like all the members of the russian nato council to agree that missile defense will not pose any threats to the security of any of the participants. secretary general rasmussen has said he sees no need of such a proof and once again to try to ensure that i am dealing in here not going to be a threat to russia personally i don't think we need new treaty is what i think we

need is practical cooperation and the best the best reassure guarantee if you show wish that russia could get would be to cooperate actively we want to see two systems that would exchange information. to make that defense of nato territory and a russian territory more effective big part of the russia will be covered by that and fire missile defense shield and russian president's meeting with creative believes that that could be a potential reason for another arms race on the sidelines of the russian nato council and there was no need to be from the russian president's meeting with a very different and the president of south africa now jacob zuma came to present new ideas on how to resolve the conflict in libya the ideas were deprived from the recent summit of the african union and he was here speaking on behalf of the union

now their ideas were her doubts but it seems that russia and nato are still not on the same page when it comes to resolving the conflict let's listen to what russian foreign minister lavrov had to say. we believe that the arms embargo that was introduced by the un security council is straightforward and it is captured this way in the resolution it applies to libya's entire territory therefore any arms supplies are violating this resolution as well as any attempts to send military instructors into libya to deliver military knowledge and know how these cases are covered by the arms embargo and this is our position and speaking of had all of this meeting with russia's and boy to nato admitted our voice and said that he fears that unknown ground operation is just around the corner and if that happens. situation in the region will severely be worse and meanwhile today secretary

general rasmussen once again try to reassure everyone that ground operation is not in nato supplants. with civilian casualties mounting gadhafi still in power no into the conflict inside nato has hit yet another problem a crippling shortage of munitions you know hundreds of people to germany which has previously resisted getting involved in the conflict to chip in that was not easily and are going to discover there are those who believe all too happy to get on board know that there's a profit to be made. more bombs wanted just over one hundred days of airstrikes and with just over two thousand bombs dropped by nato allies on libya the mission has run into an unexpected problem a lack of shells to drop where there is demand there is supply in this case germany has agreed to provide the much needed ammunition previously berlin has abstained from voting in favor of the un security council resolution on libya a move that surprised some and angered others but it may now be backing out of

a decision the germans may not want to participate but they have decided that the position does not preclude them actually sublime weapons in this case or systems some believe germany is under pressure from other nato members particularly the united states france and the u.k. to take a more active part in the libyan campaign at first our. ministries toward the foreign affairs minister don't go into libya it's a very bad conflict it was started by the cia and it's a dirty business don't go there so this is why you voted with russia and china now the backlash from washington is so tough obviously we are under pressure to do something to make up for this decision aside from peer pressure germany may be alerted by the possible financial benefits of making its weapons available for natives use in libya probably germany will get paid for delivering these arms to

other countries but that is normal practice between can't even be in nato countries . out of the twenty eight nato members only eight are actively participating in libya with civilian deaths to which nato recently admitted to a shortage of weapons and the ever relentless more market duffy still at the helm the coalition may be facing just the beginning of its problems. berlin is in a tough spot on the one hand it has. disappointed need to by refusing to support the mission in libya in march on the other by agreeing to supply bombs it may now lose friends in other high places and whatever the real reasons for its contradictory policy may be germany could find that by trying to please everyone it may end up pleasing no one it is a ghost. well not joined by brian johnson thomas sees an arms trafficking expert for the un security council joining me live in the u.k.

thanks very much indeed for being with us here in r.t. no you are a global arms trafficking expert just how much do you think trafficking is going on in libya right now. well we don't know how much can the gadhafi was hired because there is in theory an arms embargo so they after the arms embargo was announced they were flying into tripoli for those few days before the bombing started from a variety of destinations and it was strange flights from for example damascus from various parts of central asia and elsewhere. particularly the french said that they're dropping weapons i think in some southwest of tripoli as well yes exactly that's exactly what is going to ask you despite its arms embargo the french have indeed admitted to dropping weapons into a certain situation where they're saying those civilians were under threat of being massacred by the gadhafi military that's a column of their own they right in helping those civilians by dropping those arms in the name of a humanitarian mission. now it seems to me

a very strange we're going about it and i thought the arms embargo was laid down by the security council was quite clear that it was arms to both sides were embargoed . and what about those that are reaching the country and perhaps getting into the wrong hands is there a danger of that happening for example al qaeda or drug traffickers and potentially destabilizing the country even further well the interesting thing is that until recently. al qaida was present in the area we know we know that for example some of the militants from somalia. went to libya for training within the last two or three years just documented we have the fly records and everything else so it seems strange in many ways the whole western support of some of the rebel groups in libya must be questioned so that in some cases i think we are effectively arming al qaida so it's impossible to keep track of those

weapons which is supposedly going to what the authorities would say the gentleman recipients absolutely all gun start off being legal who when they get diverted they go god knows we're on the course with a gun you're in a position to commit murders human rights abuses but isn't the answer though to end this conflict as soon as possible to supply weapons to this problem to those who need it isn't that the way forward. no it's not because in any case we're supplying small arms and large weapons they're not necessarily the the decisive things you need to look at africa's quite a large quite a well organized army are you going to take on an r.v. armored vehicles with small arms you know you require fairly sophisticated missile systems to do that on time got to weapons and they require training and involvement and you can do it in five minutes what exactly again you have the problem. of the rebels are made up mostly of civilians they would know how to handle those weapons so who is training them if they are receiving these weapons. yes all this of course

tends to predicate a long conflict a list colonel gadhafi does decide to give up and go away. and that's not likely to happen is it so do you think that good data could cling on and perhaps even survive this. he says difficult to say because at some point presumably the people who work for him will have to make the decision well they carry on doing so all the girls who are it's interesting through yesterday the so the african deputy foreign minister said something to effect that if you look at our view came there was a lot they would let him stay in cape town for a limited time if they were asked. oh well it's interesting development there brian thanks so much for sharing your thoughts there live from worcester there in the u.k. brand. sorry i've just lost your name for a second brian johnson thomas i beg your pardon tracking exposure of un security council thanks so much for joining us on this has deployed commander units in

libya subject we've just been talking about to get rid of colonel gadhafi well that's the claim from one his sons this comes after another son saif gadhafi spoke exclusively to r.t. saying he believes the alliance wants only to feast on libya's riches this country is a piece of cake rich full of gaz oil and we have more than one hundred billion dollars deposits abroad so we have to share this that it and we have to get mr gadhafi because he is the only obstacle between us and the clique. it's as simple as that. when you can check out the full version of this exclusive interview on our website at www. dot com. the hague war crimes

tribunal has entered a plea of not guilty on behalf of former bosnian serb general recommend outage the accused was ordered out of the court for interrupting the judge and speaking out of turn the former general later complained of having having had trouble hearing previously the judge refused to perspire the hearing at the request of without it to threaten to boycott or seedings he's rejected the legal team given to him by the court demanding to choose his own defense lawyers when it is accused of ordering the mass killing of thousands of bosnian muslims during the balkans war of a reports many serbs feel the international criminal court is only taking one side in the conflict. liquid little town of sibling meets in bosnia and herzegovina who looks at dilip you houses are being built people go about their business and in the center of the town a mosque and a church sit side by side but this apparent unity is an illusion sixty years ago the entire region was torn apart by ethnic clashes during the yugoslav war and. became infamous when the united nations stated eight thousand muslim men and boys

were massacred by bosnian serb forces today a memorial for the deceased sits in the grounds of a former un military base the sibling it's a memorial ground as well maintained and frequently visited by locals journalists and tourists who get boston from the bosnian capital of. what the tourist aren't shown are the thousands of serbian graves that line cemeteries all around us that have been used to region. thousands of people were killed during the balkan wars of the one nine hundred ninety s. but cemeteries like these with entire families of murdered serb civilians only get visited by the very few remaining survivors. but only comes here all the time his entire family lives here he says a bosnian muslim general is responsible for about you know i was only nine years old when the us had already struck away everything i had in life the first to kill my mother then my father and brother i was wounded and taken captive they held me

for fifty six days and only god knows how or why i survived. but even then but on a survive his loss just like that of thousands of people here is being ignored. each was at the hague tribunal and i was supposed to be a witness in his trial but in the end me and about thirty other witnesses were simply cast aside they didn't call us didn't ask what happened to our families and the tribunal only gave him two years in prison. the balkan war so heinous atrocities visited an all sides and perpetrated by all players but the version most often propagated by western media is rather one sided in blaming the serbs the purpose of that is to set the stage and create a rationale for so called humanitarian interventions which in the occurred in considerable number in the mouth of stock in it so that so-called

precedent can be traced through the years and into today's headlines bosnia iraq afghanistan and most recently libya have all played unwilling hosts to nato troops and u.s. imposed no fly zones it is very important in the creation of the. scenario to make sure that in the minds of most people. was a drone inside which was preventable but for whatever reasons the so-called international community didn't do anything about it. simmered say the journey from seventy needs that of benghazi via baghdad and kabul could now be traced as a kind of nato road map but as with any road paved with good intentions there is only one possible destination. castree knows are about r t bosnia and herzegovina

barack obama's recently announced afghanistan drawdown plan has been slammed by republicans they say withdrawing thirty three thousand troops by the end of next summer is too much of a military risk not as lorna's to finds out that the talk of change may just be a symbolic gesture as there is no end in sight to the u.s. presence in the country. the aftermath of a taliban attack in kabul. a luxury hotel frequented by foreigners earlier this year taliban gunmen wearing suicide vests storm a guest house used by u.n. staffers. last year another attack on hotels this is where your. examples are strewn through the near decade war familiar aftermath we have anybody pegged down here in the south only now americans heard this declaration before news of the blast we're starting this drawdown from a position of strength about u.s. plans to begin pulling troops out of afghanistan but there are declarations on the

ground from afghan activists of military might that's left a different mark democracy never come by a completion democracy never come by military invasion democracy never come by cluster bomb by white phosphorus by muscle car by bumping our wedding parties and in washington talk of winding down war in one country does not wind down talk of tackling the global terrorist threat as the focus seems to shift to neighbors should be refocusing resources on pakistan yemen somalia parts of north africa and other locations i've always believed pakistan is more central to what happens in afghanistan a change in the guard at the department of defense with robert gates retiring and former cia chief leon panetta getting sworn in signals this change of course to critics i see no difference between and between him and robert gates and for afghanistan we now hear a presidential pledge to pull thirty three thousand troops out by september two

thousand and twelve fully we're covering the surge i announced at west point well it certainly sounds like what the american people would like to hear for the first time ever a majority want u.s. troops out of afghanistan as soon as possible fifty six percent while thirty nine percent want troops there until the situation is stabilized you can see the trend is really flip flop. but what is the reality of obama's plans for troop withdrawal all that thirty three thousand he's calling for is a minority of the one hundred thousand american troops that are there that's not including another forty two thousand nato troops and ninety thousand department of defense contractors meanwhile the u.s. has reiterated a long term commitment to the country there certainly has been an agreement that following two thousand and fourteen there will be some kind of continuing presence . of presence and financial burden some see as permanent observers believe u.s. bases are in the forever future lauren mr r. t. washington d.c.

former i.m.f. chief potential french presidential candidate dominique strauss kahn is about to face new sexual assault allegations a french writer who claims he attempted to rape in two thousand and three has decided to press charges for this follows the case of a new york hotel maid who was accused of sexual assault in a case was we can go to prosecutors admitted that credibility had been compromised . fellow socialists fear the new allegation could ruin his chances of running for presidency while to discuss the situation and i'm joined by paul craig roberts the former assistant treasury secretary under the reagan administration and a former wall street journal editor thank you very much indeed for joining us on r.t. why do you think this latest alleged victim waited so long to bring these charges. from what i've read of the case it's a very weak one and the new york case which seemed to be initially a very strong case was something that the trench woman could tie her case to

and thereby gain credibility for her charges well that case of course the new york case next is that it's going to fall apart so do you think that's what's going to happen to these new charges being brought. i suspect that that french attorney will or will reconsider the case because the new york. the new are sorry the new york case having fallen apart. it doesn't give much prospect for the french case so he'll probably reconsider and he may withdraw or you may advise her to withdraw it on the other hand it may be a political act. as sort cozy may be behind it and therefore it may be pursued for these political reasons that might be the origin of the case well that's of course not a fast time we've seen what you could describe as a political assassination but you're actually saying this could be something that

suck lizzie is behind i mean after all he is a i know he's a rival but that's quite a statement well don't you know the french press has reported that strauss kahn said before he came to the united states that he expected sarkozy to pay some french woman a million euros to braying sex charges against him and he said that was because he was leading the sarkozy in the polls for the french presidency and that he stressed khan said that would be sarkozy's response and the french press has taken a serious so i don't know i'm just saying that's what has been report. well could then this play into the hands of strauss can and perhaps boost his popularity and perhaps he could find his way to being the next french president or would he

actually have to leave politics as a result of this i don't know that it will be up to the french that will play out but the american case i believe it's over but don't think sort of sorry there's a lot of talk do you think the french public the french media are more forgiving over these sort of scandals than in other countries like where you are in the u.s. . well they may be. they may also be less gullible. and they may not believe the scandals. the the encounter that strauss kahn may have had with french woman. it could be that she said some signal she did intend to send and that he misinterpreted from what i read of the case that is one possible explanation just briefly and i've got to finish but from your sphere your treasure sector and of the reagan administration what do you make of his abilities as

a politician and of course and he said previous role with the i.m.f. what do you make of him as a man just briefly. i think you got in trouble because he began questioning the i am ousts use of its power to force the cost of the bailout of the banks onto the backs of just ordinary people he started questioning that he was meeting in the united states with the economist joseph stiglitz who was a big critic of that way of bailing out the banks and i think he was sending signals that upset the financial community so it may have helped him with ordinary people but john it made him a target for. the establishment paul paul we'll have to leave it there thanks so much for your time always good to hear from you paul craig roberts joining us live on his webcam there in florida thank you. well that to brings you up to date for the moment next all the latest business news with kareena.

her welcome to a business here in russia is having to face up to its own banking scandal former heads of russia's that largest lender bank of moscow are facing criminal charges after its huge bailout regulators discovered a third of the bank's assets were in bad loans lying across or out the details. everything sorted when v t p took over bank of moscow and discovered bad loans worth knowing a billion dollars which is about one third of the bank's assets but this isn't the first time the bank is involved in the scandal the all the one involved the building that you see it right next to me which is at the mayor's office and that was because the former had all the bank of moscow unviable to do was accused of shady loans to construction companies are run by the former mayors wife now he has since fled the country and the warrant has been issued for his arrest the bank of

moscow now getting fourteen billion dollars which is the biggest bailout in russian history that will be given over a ten year period at an interest rate of half a percent now this amount as three times bigger than the capitalization of the bank and it's smaller than the amount that was given to all of the banks here during the financial crisis process finance minister has since called for a criminal investigation into the bad loans to figure out who was responsible and what happens at alexander morales a from ages b.c. says the bailout shows the state is expanding not reducing its dominance in the banking sector in accordance with the president's program. continue very expensive into the russian bank and psychiatric ward more and more but goodness so it's not spread in significant the pension to due diligence before very dubious kind of deals hold. shows where it's. right to leave

it and then the to do food in the queue so for the difficulties would go to help them. now let's take a look at the markets oil traded near a two week high after the european union also rises a loan payment for greece light sweet is trading at ninety five dollars per barrel brant crude has gained as much as point four percent trading at one hundred and eleven dollars per barrel. u.s. markets are closed for public holiday independence day in europe equity markets closed higher on monday at london's footsie ended just under half percent of the black held by gains for john edwards group and british land called company banks well go up to standard and poor's ratings services warn on the rollover debt and russian markets closed in the black of well at half a percent while reality has climbed point six percent stocks were high after loan paid for greece east speculation countries prices will do rail the region's become like recovery now let's have a look at some individual moves on the minus six lows energy may just traded in the

black heavyweight p.t.b. was putting pressure on financials the bank fell over a percent amid a scandal with its new people bank of moscow and more than two percent on reports sales of lot of cars rose by a third of us how are you. that's all the business here's what i find most always about websites out to dot com thanks for watching. other.