russia cautions against international calls for change in syria as the u.s. and e.u. urge the president to step down. most who says the syrian regime needs time to implement promised changes and should be given the chance to sort out its political future for more would join the race notion of from damascus in just a few moments. black friday on the markets another day of probable stock sell off as u.s. shares plummet again after sharp falls in europe and asia amid new fears from such a. buzz it's twenty years to the day since an attempted coup by a group of hardline communists against me. helped bring about the end of the soviet

union. and swimmers and russians far east are gripped by terror after two people were savaged by sharks in today's attacks that have never been seen before. by from our headquarters in central moscow you're watching r t with me and you see now it's ten pm here in the russian capital and moscow has refused to back a call made by the u.s. and e.u. urging syria's leader to step down believes president assad should be given time to implement promised reforms of the country should be left alone to sort out its own political future meanwhile twenty people have reportedly been killed by government troops in the right is fighting the notion is in damascus with more. russia's

position has always been clear steer it in italy's reforms the changes are definitely needed required in this country but president assad needs time to do that but. democracy. rejecting the use of wars against people population in the future. there. will be you confirm. him. for growth over the international community to continue building pressure on the big picture of inferior but not pushing the situation in a corner just the people here are. all right who. will encourage you. not be done by india or. are there if you wish and

or in brussels or in more or russian believes that external trash on president bashar assad could only deteriorate things here on the ground and could hamper as a transition to democratic state at the same time russia has all the time been retreating that eve present our side doesn't keep his promises in that case the social community should react russia's delegation is due in the masters very soon on saturday to try to find out exactly what is going on here on the ground and see how assad is full feeling these promises while the situation on the ground he is theory is very complicated and i have to emphasize that the call from the last e.u. for the syrian president to step down comes just hours after president bashar assad has announced that the country operation hundred three is over and has promised more reforms he witnessed the army withdraw. we've seen at least two tanks live in

the city and inside the city we haven't seen and in military laughed police has returned to duty meanwhile we are receiving reports and the run media reports. based on information received from protesters and local residents that the army is still. on the ground in latakia and even the reports that. the soldiers our firing from time to time to peaceful demonstrators but i have to emphasize and this is very important these reports are very hard to verify because of international journalists are not allowed to move freely here in the country as the syrian government has because it's dangerous. but james tense though a mideast analyst to king's college london says the oil embargo that the e.u. has put in place could be a decisive move against syria. the americans have been very clear they know their

influence and ability to change their behavior is limited they've always said that have to reach out to countries that are closer to syria and russia is one such country and a very important country so i think the americans on our european specially really have to work hard to persuade the russians that they are right on syria and that russia is currently right for that is the next important step and i think we should focus on one particular element which is really important to go either way syria's oil exports of the present about ninety percent or so serious oil is exported to europe so the europeans are now come out you know united front against assad does that mean that they will no longer accept syrian oil now syrian oil makes up some a quarter of syria's hard currency budget so could have a huge amount of an impact on the assad regime its ability to control things so ultimately i do think there is more than rhetoric to what the u.s. and the europeans are saying right now. turbulence on the world markets continues as u.s. stocks remain volatile knew they released economic data has made grim reading for

american traders over the week it's a mess tech manufacturing fell to its lowest point since two thousand and nine while the housing market is in a slump and unemployment spiraling. reports from new york. the bad forecast the most recent one is coming from morgan stanley goldman sachs and j.p. morgan chase all three banks in the past day have released reports slashing their expectations for u.s. and global growth now morgan stanley believes that the global economy is hovering close to a recession j.p. morgan chase says the risk of recession has been elevated now this news of course will only cause investors to lose even more confidence and trust in the markets in the u.s. here and around the world we've been seeing that play out with all the volatility hitting the markets around the world and of course the debt crisis in europe is

causing great concern for investors all the drama and debate that took place here in the u.s. caused a lot of concern and so all of this of course is not easing the mindset of of americans we have to remember unemployment here in the u.s. is above nine percent nine point one percent one million people lost their homes in two thousand and ten and another million are expected to have their homes foreclosed on this year so if people are not confident in the market every day folks they're not going to spend their money all of this is tied together all of this damage and of course the united states being the world's largest economy whatever happens here in the u.s. does affect the world we saw that nearly three years ago in two thousand and eight with the financial crisis and collapse and we saw how it had a ripple domino effect around the world and right now many people are wondering life three years later after all the promises all the stimulus plans all the tax

cuts nothing has changed and it as long as there is a lack of confidence or very little trust it's hard to believe them predict that the u.s. economy and the rest of the world economy is going to bounce back any time soon. well russian markets have also suffered losses today following the jalan turn in stock exchanges around the world let's get the latest from our business that's what the how for us a little bit later in the program kareena obviously fears of a double dip recession and were reflected in the mood of the russian traders. yes that's right it is the markets have recovered from earlier sharp falls but still ended in negative territory on friday and beyond he has closed half a percent in the red demise extended just under a percent lower but still better than what we've seen during the day all in all the russian stock markets lost about fifty billion dollars in a week because the companies included in the my six has decreased by ninety percent

nineteen percent since august first i have more for you. your authorities still to come why the sky's the limit at the international air show with your moscow. studying performances by aerobatics teams from across the world war zone aircraft what does all this mean you must go to the level that's hoping to get stores to the public watch our report later in the program. and there is hard on the beaches of russia as far east as one hundred games for the shark that mauled through young man in the space of just two days. but first it's twenty years ago to the day since eight communist hardliner staged a coup to overthrow. the president of the soviet union but all it failed to topple the government it's widely seen as a pivotal factor in the u.s.s.r.'s eventual collapse archies time barton takes

a look at how it changed the course of soviet history. if you turned on your t.v. set in moscow on the morning of the nineteenth of all this nine hundred ninety one this is what you would have seen tchaikovsky's swan lake. why are so many muscovites because on the streets this is what was really happening. there was confusion and panic even among the tent crews themselves. who ordered to march towards moscow i thought i'd figured out when i get there as we weren't given any information as to what was happening. soviet leader mikhail gorbachev had been shot in his holiday home in the crimea a state committee on the state of emergency declared itself and charge it was made up of high ranking communist party officials including the head of the k.g.b. gorbachev's vice president and the defense minister they were terrified that

gorbachev's democratic reforms and the union treaty due to be signed on the twentieth of august would give so much power away from the center to the soviet republics it would destroy the soviet union. it was an act of treason on the part of gould which often yields in in a circle outright treason they were going to ruin our country. in a press conference later that day they said the call the trough was ill and that they would take over in his absence of their show wasn't convincing on the nineteenth of august wise president kennedy and i have on the other members of the emergency committee sat in this very spot as he delivered his statement the assembled journalists noticed that his hands were shaking and then one twenty four year old journalist blew his official words right out of the water. at eagle

county do you realize that you've conducted a quick high they look pretty are very convincing. just read. meanwhile on the streets the russian supremes soviet building the white house had become the center of resistance to the coup boris yeltsin the president of the russian part of the u.s.s.r. had convinced some of the tank crews just switch sides people flocked to join him and demand talks return. yeltsin tells you that both the yeahs of your command are traitors and enemies whose always will you have be as night fell on the twentieth of august the curfew ordered by the cool denies is raised fears of an assault on the white house when armored vehicles began moving through a row tunnel in the night protesters disillusioned with the communist party rose up to defend their hopes of democracy. of kamar son dimitriy was killed you won't rip

on the fan out onto the roadway his friend legitimate tried to drag him away while the machine rode over my sons had and killed lead to marriage while. the covert failed and what's more it destroyed trust in the communist party which was then bam russia in november ninety ninety one by the end of the year the very system they sought to keep alive the soviet union had ceased to exist tom barton r.t. . well despite the fact it happened twenty years ago there are still some people out there who aren't aware that the u.s.s.r. is no more on target and dot com for all the details of all your find out how some of them are in fairly high places republican presidential candidate michele bachmann she believes that the u.s. troops are still exist and continues to pose a threat to the u.s. . also online for your president to go chavez wants to bring back all the exporting

of venezuelan gold to the country to protect it from financial turmoil turns a possible conflict with our. look now at some international news in brief for you this hour at least forty people have been killed and over a hundred were injured when a bomb exploded at a mosque in kimber region in northwest pakistan wants this report a teenage boy detonating a device during traditional friday prayers many of the injured are in the serious condition no group has admitted responsibility yet but taliban and al qaeda militants are active in the region. twin suicide blasts have rocked the afghan capital kabul close to a compound run by the british government the explosion set off

a five hour long gun battle between security forces and insurgents with at least ten people killed the taliban which has claimed responsibility says it was marking the anniversary of afghanistan's independence from the u.k. president hamid karzai made no mention of the attacks during events to mark that anniversary urging his people to unite and move the country towards a better future. for the israeli military and goals are exchanging deadly fire after a series of attacks allegedly by. most indians on thursday seven israelis were killed after a bus was billion vehicles and soldiers were targeted in the south of the country will cause a base political analyst dr honey i'll but i think it's significant that the violence comes just weeks before you are in vote on palestinian statehood all palestinian political factions have denied any link or responsibility with this attack on the israeli side despite this we have with this last night military

operations against the gaza strip and which syrian policy were killed more than twenty people were wounded i guess that there is a link between the. authority going to the united nations next month trying to clean policy. i think the israelis are trying to use this as a pretext to launch military bases it is the palestinian civilians and a policy. i think the israeli military would like to do guys any. thoughts to go to the united nations to see for palestinian state this is why. political is. trying to call for calm and to try to call for ceasefire with the israeli side in order to prevent any attack against. the israeli military forces and in order to give a chance for the palestinian authority to go to the u.i. next month to all seek

a palestinian state. but moscow ever popular international airshow continues to soar opening its doors to thousands of new spectators on friday of the most spectacular aerobatic displays are still ahead marks twenty eleven for the show closes in two days' time and it's not just about entertainment many major contracts are being signed as well as you know is there. there are sounds of jet ten propeller engines in the skies scores of various types of aircraft on the ground it means the march two thousand and eleven air show has opened its doors to the public the first few days it's function mainly for official and business delegations those billion dollar contracts some of the biggest names in civil and military aircraft reducers from across the world but now ordinary people can see and even touch some of these planes themselves and there's

a huge variety of them from all months for example this plane is from the times before the second world war to some of the most advanced ones like the airbus a three eighty jumbo jet all eyes are on the skies there's a huge program in store for all the visitors who already seen stunning performances by aerobatics teams from across the world including the russian knights swifts and falcons we're expecting more from them and others in the next few days as well. for those who can't pilot planes but would really want to know just a little bit what it feels like there are seeing we are seeing here as well for example this one gives an idea of what sort of hardware will be installed on airplanes over the next generation this piece while it's won't even need to go out the window all the needed information about the flight will be displayed in a cockpit it's not clear whether some of this hardware is installed on board one of

the headliners off the mark two thousand and eleven but it's just still top secret the fifth generation stealth fighter jets t. fifty and r. g.'s you know tried to with the curtain of mystery find out at least a little bit about this plane. many have heard about it until now only a select few had seen. with their own eyes to admission pounds and teeth fifty is known as pack this is it is still being developed so most of his technical specifications are top secret in fact as close as we can get to the real thing is this model right here the tournaments there still visitors get it sure you need just to see the jets in flight the first ever public display for parts but the jet is being developed by the superior design bureau under the watchful eyes of the united aircraft corporation and the entire project is shrouded in mystery in fact

were presented to vhs of the corporation say the project is so secret they can't even talk on camera about it so i'd rather go yes the united states and russia are the only two countries in the world that have the technological potential to implement a large scale national project for the development of a fifth generation jet fighter as i did russia is demonstrating two models of this year's match here show as strong evidence of russian evasion he's in a very good state has the jets will reportedly be able to carry out combat duty in any weather at any time of day will feature a special coating which will make it less noticeable to anti aircraft raiders and will be able to cruise at supersonic speed but most of the guesswork boils down to this when fully developed the russian fifth generation fighter will give the american after twenty two and f. thirty five a run for their money in terms of stealth capabilities maneuverability and cost

smarter than yours that of this being a new generation fighter it's much more comfortable to fly everything was designed with safety in mind it has thrust vectoring engine nozzles so would fly safely at low or near zero speeds it's safe even with a fly still first up to date environment in a cockpit is also new the fighter provides intelligence support to the pilot or the the jets are supposed to be fully developed by two thousand for. fifteen it's hoped orders for roughly six hundred jets will follow with one third of that number going to russian air force but until the final touches to the project are media the only chance to see the hope and pride of russian aviation is the next air show in the cusco r t you called ski region. or reporters there on the ground and the ongoing international air show in the moscow region of state regard to you for full coverage of markets twenty eleven as we track the business robotic side of the event throughout the weekend. the classic horror movie jaws has become

a reality and russia's far east which has been terrorized by a marine predator a cash reward has been offered by the local authorities for the capture of the shark that savants two people started preschool over tells the stories of the victims who are lucky to be alive. nothing like this has ever happened here before russia has never seen a shark attack let alone two in two days this sixteen year old boy was diving one hundred meters off shore when it appeared the young man's wetsuit service protection and saved him from death but both his legs were severely wounded. who cry help help shark. but it was dying out so some guys went out on to receive him and the first day only the area twenty five year old man lost his forearms trying to defend his wife when the couple was saved witnesses are shocked

at what they saw but i would estimate if it was really scary a countryman describe it the man's hands were chewed off and the boat was full of blood. the attacks happened in the far east and criminally region that shares a border with north korea it is known for its beaches and clear water and swimming here has always been safe dangerous sharks don't usually go that far north in the sea of japan side is believe the predator was a white shark a man eater and are trying to work out what it was doing here. this type of shot really comes to our waters is a species that lives in trouble in subtropical waters of the ocean but with global warming they're now starting to move more and more to the all out of roughly three hundred sixty spaces of sharks just over thirty are known to be the injuries to few mins the rest are either too small to live to be but most experts agree that any shark with sharp enough teeth and longer than one point two metres can cause

serious injuries especially if there's food or blood in the water and while scientists are looking for the reasons for these recent attacks the swimming season in the area is over at least for the time being carried over r.t. moscow. now it's time to get the waiter's from the world of business with korea there with r.t. . hello and welcome to our business update this hour it's been called the largest infrastructure project any europe press part of the russian back toward stream gas pipeline is finished r.t. sarah firth witnessed the final stages of construction. well this is the very last weld in the first flight of the new extreme pipeline that's a vault hundred thousand of these in this life this was the golden well because this is the final one but also because he was arrested and they're being tested

when they bring water through the pipeline at previously this one has to be golden because it's going to get its first test when they feed a russian not sure that's the first time directly two years and that's going to be happening very shortly i joined september it's not only the world's longest pipeline a bit twelve hundred kilometers low it's also the thickest the nature withstand extreme conditions including temperatures as low as minus fifty degrees celsius it shuffles under the both sixty of course in need can only exist in the five states and it's been described as an example of multilateral cooperation and energy currently russia supplies around a third year its gas and there are concerns that europe will become even more dependent on russian hadzic carbons now russia's anstice by saying that this is really a new stage in energy and gas security they're going to be able to bypass transit

countries and the problems that we've seen in the past and have die right delivery of russian national golf to the european customers. global indices have seen wall swings with fears of a double dip that was fueled by poor data from europe and the u.s. let's take a look at how the markets performed on friday here's wall street u.s. stocks back in the low investors wait for the next signals on the u.s. economy whether it's headed for another recession major indexes swung into positive territory within the first hour of trading on friday and saturday again by investing still down markets in europe are recovering the worst of the day's falls after a steady a start for u.s. shares for which he handed over a percent of the red wealth of the german dax. this down over two percent credit markets were sharply lower with polls of more than three percent for some leading indexes some banking shares were hit again lloyds banking group was down five percent and in london and france and being heard about down nearly four percent and

here in moscow the markets have recovered from earlier sharp falls but still ended in negative territory the aussie has closed half a percent in the red in the nights of my six and a just under a percent lower but still better for a lot we've seeing during the day russia's stock markets lost about fifty billion dollars in a week the cost of companies including the lies its index has agreed by nineteen percent since august for the first. and here's the snapshot of the markets movers m i six banking stocks among the worst hit area bank lost nearly three percent energy may just fell as well the fall of ralston oprah down hydrofoil the most two and a half percent gazprom pushed up a bit after trading two and a half percent lower in the evening session. for process the slightly up after an almost six percent decline on first day concerns about the global economic recovery awaiting on crude over the we could go is giving some support light sweet is trading at eighty three dollars per barrel while brant is up to almost one hundred

nine dollars per barrel guns a quick look at precious metals gold is trading at a new record high level of uncertainty about the global economy is pushing investors back to say patrons the stock price is now at about one thousand eight hundred forty nine dollars per ounce and so what is also involved is gaining point a half percent discount. royce nickel has offered to buy about fifteen percent of its shares owned by other million producers the deal is worth eight and a half billion dollars and price is no exchanges i don't little over three hundred dollars it's part of the long running battle between billionaires losing a part time and a leg three pos cup over control nor is who sells who has until the beginning of next now. separately or otherwise the world's largest maaco producer will go to small shareholders with the same offer. that's all i have for you this hour but join me in about forty five minutes from now with some more updates.

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