from low income bad r t gauges global reaction to the news that blood in your putin is running for the russian presidency again next year with dmitri medvedev now placed him as head of government. we've got the announcement now of the analysis join me in the finale the latest global and russian reaction to putin for president . european leaders preparing a rescue plan as they battle to stave off a double dip recession and the prospect of a greek default warns it may not be able to help the weaker economy. and a clamp down on freedom of expression in the u.k. as the historic precedent is set over a ban on marching in parts of london. and in business the russian market slide in

the first hours of trading the r.t.s. in my eyes the trying to bounce back from the week's losses the worst this year we'll have more of the market's performance in office important twenty minutes. eleven am in moscow i match reza good to have you with us here on r t our top story global media has been responding to the news a lot of your putin will campaign to return to his old job as president next year he's been backed by russia's current president dmitri medvedev who's now aiming to replace putin as prime minister or he's a nice in a way has more. the announcement itself not a very big surprise but how and when that happens some analysts are saying it was the best kept little secret in modern history of course social networks went crazy with reaction if we take a look at some of the tweets that came immediately stateside from senator john

mccain not a big surprise coming from him he of course a former presidential candidate in the u.s. in two thousand and eight says surprise surprise shocking news putin is running for president and then here and russia from the presidential aide are quoted for quote which we have nothing to be cheerful about it's better to be playing ice hockey at luzhniki that of course is the stadium where the united russia convention took place and the announcement was made he goes on to say it's high time to switch to a sports channel i know there are another tweet from katrina vanden fugal who's the editor of the nation i says they did it to replace who tend to mock receive russian style not so they were going to hear from a lot of analysts whether or not this is the path to russia creating its own democracy so to state not necessarily. taking the the western model that we see in the united states and western europe but very different reaction on the social networks and this really is just the beginning i think it's fair to say this announcement happens on the weekends too throughout this monday we're going to be

hearing a lot of different analysis about what this means. which is running against a president in twenty years about putting doesn't joy a slightly higher approval rating than president medvedev it's about three percent and really he is known for bringing stability to rush hour after the turbulent ninety's russian citizens of course very much appreciate that ricardo young from voice of russia radio had this to say he's got to start creating jobs just like other presidents other prime ministers have to do across the globe if you start to strengthen russian economic engine. going again reset the economy there i don't think he needs to change this point he has been very. consistent showing himself as a very strong decisive leader and he certainly has done the same with his protege obviously you know a person of good years and this is the kind of political intelligence this is the kind of smarts and i think people respect whether they're in russia or the u.s. he's shown to be very decisive very strong and has

a vision for russia and i think that whether it's the u.s. or russia or any other country you have a leader who has a vision and the strength of the people can see that's the that's the individual you want in office it's made it we certainly have their work cut out for them what they need to do now is convince the russian people that it's their tandem that will take russet through the next decade i move past stability to further development. stay with us here on our team plenty more to come in the program including peace by veto in officials in washington of bullying u.n. member states into delaying the palestinian statehood bid as the security council gathers to discuss the matter what's. the area curfews to shutting down facebook social network sites. about the kit or you'll soon know just historic changes in the u.k. is the home office and police impose a ban on march. first euro zone leaders are preparing

a rescue plan to prevent the escalation of the financial turmoil threatening to send the global economy back into recession this comes as the i.m.f. has warned it may not be able to help out bigger european economies that are struggling to tackle their debt with a greek default now widely considered only a matter of time a priority is to prevent bigger states like italy and spain from being dragged down greece has been hit by another wave of public protests against government austerity measures such as artie's gotta take ya know what the i.m.f. is accused of being too tough on some countries while being too soft on others including the us where the two thousand and eight crisis began. the leadership has changed but the method. have not for a desperate economy the i.m.f. still offers the same bitter medicine of budget belt tightening reeses push to redouble its austerity efforts at a time of deep economic recession and to sell a vast chunk of public assets at fire sale prices some new choice but to cut

dificid know the i.m.f. former head go many extra cons said they're forcing greece to pay back its debts would unacceptably impoverished the country and that everyone must be willing to accept losses on greek debt but philanthropy has never been the i.m.f. strongpoint it's an institution where my main shareholder is the united states of america well any dollar any euro but is invested in the fund goes dark. to the number principle and interest we're not in the business offices of subsidies we're not in the business of giving grants the u.s. and europe are holding the most votes in the organization and veto power despite the fact that emerging economies have been the engine of global growth in recent years the organization's policymaking is been under fire for being biased in favor of its top shareholders one of the functions of the i.m.f. is crisis warning in prevention but when three years ago the financial crisis in

the u.s. was sending devastating shock waves throughout the world the organization proved completely redundant in the face of the united states in a much stronger position warning about the build up financial they're. going to be . completely. and. able to monitor their bitch. ate as well as. it will that ability some experts see the intimacy between the i.m.f. and u.s. corporations as a matter of concern to all of the big decisions that are made by the u.s. treasury department well even the head of the world bank has accused the top advanced economies a few congress in their policies when countries with large fiscal deficits preach fiscal discipline to poor countries what are they really saying they would i say not what i do when countries pay homage to free trade but hold back developing

countries with barriers but do they really say you would i say not what i do and you do what i say not what i do world wealth fracture to the detriment of all. the old ways can and must change with the young men of some wealthiest members themselves facing their own problems many doubt whether the organization will be able to take adequate measures to work off absolutely another global price it's as for lending money to the world's weaker economies the i.m.f. is still facing the challenge of offering viable solutions that do not come with crippling measures but one thing is clear the world demands an i.m.f. that does not work solely for the benefit of the few i'm going to check out with what he pulled off our tea. parties spoke with russia's finance minister alexei kudrin who says in order to tackle the economic crisis countries in the west have to deal with what provoked it in the first place and sooner is up more on these thoughts in our interview coming up a little more than an hour here's

a preview. yes there is a mistrial so the king is going to do a western countries are vital has become somewhat outdated and has huge consumption and little investments and savings have provoked this crisis since points most western countries are not ready to reduce their consumption and preserve the pre-crisis development passion of this does not let them emerge from crisis and their consumption is not substantiated with real economic results because consumption is putting them into debt so western countries have this issue and they're trying to resolve it by printing money which only delays the solution we can't predict when the economic point of view of this printing money and supporting the marketplace will demand kick start the engine of the western economy so far this has not yet happened after all what the federal reserve system must own now we can see the situation has become worse as those measures have not been announced and one can expect the printing of money will resume.

but all the latest coverage of the turbulent financial situation around the globe at our web site r.t. dot com here's what's a click away right now. while you videos of protests the occupy wall street that i've seen been seen in lower manhattan that some are comparing to the american equivalent of the arab spring. it is pastor suspended by his church for speaking out against one of the world's most wanted terrorists read all about it at r.t. dot com. the. palestinian euphoria following their statehood bid at the u.n. is beginning to fade as the security council prepares to discuss the case later today the palestinian authority has given you went chill weeks to decide on the

issue after accusing the. u.s. of intimidating member states to bog down the big bureaucracy the shot of the promised american veto also hangs over the proceedings obama has vowed to prevent the recognition of any free palestinian state without the approval of israel palestinian activists nor oday questions why israel would ever want peace with the stated how so comfortably occupied for so long as palestinians we have a very heightened sense of national pride at this moment that even though we know that the two is most likely coming out of the next week or the other really makes no difference but there is a very high sense of national like she meant at this point because for one south your those very disappointing years of the so-called peace process the political leadership and the popular popular public opinion are in line they're in an on one side of the political debate if you will going back to negotiations is not

something palestinians oppose on principle but if we go back to negotiations with our occupiers and that's what israel is without any terms of reference without israel police early committing to international law clearly committing to its obligations according to international law and relevant un resolutions then it's pointless and as if the un have seen a torrent of criticism of america with many accusing washington of new heights of pandering to israeli interests this has a new report has emerged claiming president obama approved the transfer of fifty five high tech bunker buster bombs to israel only months into his term in office something that even the bush administration had refused to do according to author and historian william blub it's all about campaign funding. well the u.s. has been giving israel or amount of obama's decades in turkey this is nothing new it's not based on a large europe i mean if you ask a rational explanation that is not what he goes he is pro israel because the money

he gets in the us from his election campaign yes i'm rockin to cure lobbies and you hit the virtual that's right. now that's the only rationale he has and i have to agree logical about when he grows. the u.k. government has granted police the right to prevent far right groups from marching through several parts of london for thirty days scotland yard says it's applied for the bad over fears of violence and disorder planned by the english defense league earlier this month but his article or edit reports as prompted concerns that a dangerous precedent has been set in terms of police power and freedom of expression. the view of workers activists on the home office ban on marching is clear it's an attack on the basic democratic rights in this country through september in six areas of london anyone marching like these people did last winter is liable to be arrested and fined or even imprisoned. the ban

was prompted by plans by the anti muslim english defense league seen here in luton in february to march through tower hamlets the area with the highest concentration of muslims in the country but instead of banning one march on one day the home office banned all marches in six bars for an entire month activist richard seymour sees a wider motive once the bias pastors in a certain way so that marches and just means that the police just more powers and that's part of the wider problem that if you're restricted to a static construction police have a right to pen you in. a restroom a very. small number for instance these people behind me are amongst the lucky few they still can march just by pure accident of geography we're here in lumberton which is not one of the six bars affected by the patent but if as many fear the

government extends and widen the plan to take in more parts of london the scenes that you see behind me both small and large marches through london and many other cities across the country could be a thing of the past the band comes hot on the heels of widespread rioting in many english cities in august it also coincides with the introduction of government austerity measures which some say amounts to the dismantling of the entire welfare state many say public fear of civil unrest is being manipulated to prevent unions from turning out to protest fierce cuts and pat. reagan from the workers revolutionary party says it's just the tip of the iceberg for the border area curfews we're talking about shutting down facebook social network sites we're talking about it or your civil war measures because what they're doing in britain is creating historic change in which inevitably. the majority of the population

will oppose them and the home office can only stop marching it's powerless to prevent people from gathering but workers' organizations argue it's no good just standing there you've got to be able to march to make a statement as the unions did in march when more than a quarter of a million people turned out to protest the cuts activists say that's exactly what the government's trying to stop just in terms of where we are at the moment in this country with the process of a stereotypical by the government trade unions are one of the major gawks opposed to the public or the exclusion does tend to be used to construction workers something that's very clear i mean there's been some recent examples of people being all of a glance and not obviously we can say resistance to. freedom of expression and association in shrine didn't u.k. and european law with the u.k. renowned for its powerful union organizations but the ban gives police the ultimate

power to step in and arrest demonstrators merely for exercising their right to speak out against the government and that's a dangerous precedent to set a bit arty london. so you look now at some other stories making headlines across the globe with these rulings trains and national the national transitional council is reportedly struggling to form a new government as fighting continues near the city of sirte still loyal to fall and leader moammar gadhafi the ongoing civil war has been the lies of an estimated thirty thousand people so far meanwhile in the capital tripoli a mass grave was uncovered estimated to contain almost thirteen hundred bodies believed to be the remains of the inmates of adoptee's top security prison and how to sell it to celine the site of a massacre in one thousand nine hundred six. syrian tanks and machine gun positions have started the bargemen to the opposition held city of all rostov in the west of the country reports say three people so far been injured in the are these preparing

to storm the city this follows a sharp spike in anti regime sentiment around the country with syria seeing some of its biggest protests in months president assad blames the arrest on foreign meddling aimed at the stabilizing the country. the french senate elections took a historic turn with the left aiming enough seats to win control of the upper house it's the first time that's happened for more than fifty years the change comes just seven months before the presidential election and is a serious blow to president nicolas sarkozy and the conservative government. and to spain where the last scheduled both fight in catalonia has entered ended in clashes between fans and anti bullfight campaigners stuff broke out near a reading in barcelona after the end of the show there a ban on both fighting brought in by catalonia is probably comes into effect in january after pressure from animal rights activists but many still see bullfighting as part of their heritage and want the tradition preserved.

at least one person is reportedly killed and several wounded in a militant strike on the u.s. embassy complex in the afghan capital the attack targeted a building used by the cia which has yet to comment and nato officer did so. a a single isolated incident happened with the situation now under control it's the latest in a string of attacks on pub war taliban insurgents staged an assault on the us embassy two weeks ago leaving dozens killed and wounded just days ago a former afghan president and keep peace negotiator was assassinated in his home and u.s. officials are blaming pakistan for the surge in military attacks military contributor thinks washington just doesn't run to admit it may be losing the war. so during the latest u.s. senate armed services committee testimony admiral mullen and the new u.s. secretary of defense leon panetta jointly accused the pakistani military

and specifically of the pakistani intelligence. in a connivance and complicity in orchestrating the hakani network attack against the united states embassy in afghanistan there was nothing new in these accusations and allegations except there have been hearing them for almost ten years old the other side of the american top brass accusations against pakistani military and intelligence community because once again demonstrated to what extent the american intelligence leadership that has moved from langley to the pens again has completely lost the dynamics and the overall picture of clear and present danger to the interests of the united states in the region specifically in afghanistan and pakistan in the

last decade the u.s. foreign policy in pakistan has suffered a total and complete moron back its nature of threats and complaints and military and financial incentives turned out to be totally counterproductive and personally it has made this highly respected flag officer admiral michael mullen and his new boss leon panetta one of the most popular laughingstocks and scapegoats of the u.s. failure in afghanistan. a few minutes our special report looking at life in a stone year twenty years on from the demise of the soviet union but first kareen is up with the business news. hour and welcome to business here i see thanks for joining me this hour russian

markets are sliding again after suffering sharp losses last week just in the news that like you put in will be making another bid for the presidency and that is a quarter and could be stepping down as finance minister now more globally european leaders have made some progress on agreeing the size of the bailout critically not not how it should be funded now let's get the latest on the us markets from the peter all of us who is r.t.s. stock exchange right now hello again peter so one hour after the opening bell what's the mood like now. well the markets have opened down on monday this follows the well they had been hoping to try and reclaim some of the ground they lost last week really it was a a torrid week for the russian markets hemorrhaging points on both the my six and the r.t.s. that was the reason for this there are many different factors that have come together to cause this dropoff in the markets know a gloomy growth analysis from the united states didn't help things there was

a knock on effect from knoxville so led to the the ruble dropping some points against the dollar there's also the situation with the debt crisis in europe you know it's predicted that it could be around two trillion euros that's needed to bailout the debt ridden debt riddled i beg your pardon countries in the eurozone all this not helping foreign investment coming into russia and also the vsto into the mix the fight for blood in the of putin's announcing that he will run for the presidency in twenty twelve meaning that they could be a place for the current president dmitri medvedev as prime minister something that finance minister alex you could put in says that he will not work under he said he wouldn't work under a. good of his prime minister would rather step down no this would be a significant blow to foreign investors coming into russia could it is

a highly respected finance minister both here in russia as well as abroad should he step down then that would cause how the knock on effect to all of these factors coming together to produce what we're seeing right now which is a drop off in the russian markets how kadyrov are thanks very much and now let's take a look at the figures that we see here in moscow the r.t.s. is down three percent and isaacs is losing over two percent this hour now let's have a look at some index more of us on the rise x. and he stalks among the worst performers in that week of crude. all majors will snap his losing over two percent financials are also under pressure with country's biggest lenders where banks are losing almost four percent in the red it's almost two percent in the red and so the communications giant rules telecom is no exception the company lists twenty five percent of its preferred shares in london. now european markets open in the red as well with financial stocks leading the losses both approaching the dax are shedding over one and a quarter of

a percent december and let's look at asia where stocks are also sharply down adding to reason losses as a lack of progress on solving europe's sovereign debt problems fuelled risk aversion and sent investors out of equities japan's nikkei is down two points over two percent catching up with a heavy sell off in asia on friday exporters are down with consumer electronics make a sony finishing up over four percent lower and hong kong shares are also losing the tank sank down three percent. now let's take a look at some of the markets oil is trading near the six weeks low investors are speculating that europe's sovereign debt will cut fuel amount and that surprise supplies brand wind is trading at one hundred three dollars a barrel and is at seventy nine dollars a barrel. now to other stories ukraine says it has achieved significant progress in natural gas talks with russia that big three get a college met russian leaders late saturday to discuss the terms of gas transit

supplies and what is agreed to hold them into government meeting in ukraine at tobar ukraine claims it is paying too much under the current past ideal and wants to change the terms russia says the pair to provide a discount but in return was a stake in ukraine's pipeline network because i can see you have found the national energy security phone police is the simplest solution for here. we must solve the problem of. who will do the problem who will do the appropriate all this biplane in my opinion is the most realistic way to give russia at this fifty percent in this pipeline system russia will be a serious discount because its position you do the merging of this problem with the gas price in ukraine will be the same as in russia now the price in russia everything prices across from the one hundred twenty dollars so three times cheaper than ukraine the so very simple solution but if you crean. will be disagree with

this proposal you fear it will still insist on discount without solving the problem of the pipeline system so my idea is very simple if ukraine doesn't want to do proper do one particular system soon ukraine will kill no other choice but to give property on all equal new york with countries so the choice is very simple. that's all the business for now joining me for more on the market's performance next hour thanks so much.

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