and sudden departure of the or trusted finance minister has dominated this week's news headlines this also prompted an unexpected interview with the president as he took the time to clarify his latest political moves but as our team reports the pre-election period in russia may hold even more surprises. i think this week's headlines have been that if hootin putin made that the news of the jumps was brought up polemic switch russia hasn't seen for quite some time while some criticised others applauded the tandems deal and the kings of photo shop rolled out some of their best work yet with the general mood being that the deal had been done long ago but it was an exciting for just a few days until the first rich shuffles in the corridors of power began. if you think your views on russia's economic agenda is different from mine as president if you can resign. my opinions do differ from your own only take such

a decision after i've talked to the prime minister. you can talk to whoever you want including the prime minister but as long as i'm the president i make these decisions. was the surprise right now between the president and futons long time ally aleksey kudrin left many questioning is there a split in the tandem. the situation with mr cooder it is a matter of discipline in government service we are a presidential republic it's not a problem entry behind it so it implements the president's policy but if you don't agree you should step down meanwhile many read it not as a sign of a split but of a new maturity in russia's democracy i almost far more slayer wish for thing carol all the bottles are born out of these people probably remember the times for the whole world myself i was a rift in the port of the world which ultimately was one of the reasons for the collapse of the u.s.s.r.

and i remember before coming to power and gave an interview where he basically said that russia will not survive another conflict inside the leads the big news the food chain yet again running bush president brought up so many questions that the acting president had to meet. t.v. has to cross the t.'s and dot the i's crystal ball about how well the deal was sealed up to what are you talking about going the election campaign has just started. as a simple question what if all people rejected. the choices made by the piece and these are not mia would be true of any politician any political force may lose an election we've seen this happen time and again country and anything but what you mean everything has been no one but many questions are still in there why would a politician like me trinidad if his approval rating is still so high in russia not

seek reelection and look to move the face of the new head of those who have ministries look like on to him should he become pm with him is it down to the united russia congress maybe rejoiced in the body of the country's top political appointees is finally over and they can go about their usual business but the end of the week has shown that when it comes to the chess game of russian politics there are many more moves to be made before the final makeup of the new government is no. to the trial but our team. and just after president beautiful showed as finance minister as he could ring the door here's a rose that the dismissal could throw the russian economy into stagnation however a london based russia expert martin mccauley thinks the country has the potential to overcome financial hurdles. russia is a pretty good economic situation the present if you look at the oil revenues if you look at gas if you did go tim roemer tails daniel so on russia is

a very strong position in. the world down isn't really affecting russia really because it has reserves are over four hundred billion dollars. it can take some buffeting but a president to get on the situation it is quite good because the i.m.f. is expecting something like four percent growth this year which is vastly superior to the european union america. still to come in the program thousands are driven from their homes in the coastal city of sewerage due to fighting between pro and take it off in fires as the humanitarian situation on the ground worsens. eight months after the overthrow of president hosni mubarak r t looks at whether egyptians managed to get what they were fighting for. the and game is rapidly approaching for greece as its government declares that it only

has the cash to pay its bills for eight more days after which its only option will be at a fault in response to its bureaucratic machine into gear with debt inspectors and desperate negotiation students for more bailout cash for athens the leaders of france and germany also announced a meeting in the coming days to finalize an expansion of the blocks emergency cash for french president nicolas sarkozy and a fan of the cash intensive bailout tactic as an only remaining option but as a tease sarah first reports it may all get to nothing as the greek economy crumbles under the weight of unprecedented staring. greece has been the poster child of the euro crisis with germany voting to expand the bailout fund the country looks set to get that much needed cash injection with the help come with some conditions here in greece that people say the price that is being made to pay simply too high earning that. is deadline day for the first to be hit with the greek government's new

special tax it's one of the measures they it's in place to try to secure the next tranche of money the country needs to flee bankruptcy the extra tax which is doubts about another week a sense that people are. supposed to help plug some of the most of the sick in the budget bill to move in a year's salary cuts rises in living costs people who already at the breaking point the last two. almost everybody has at least thirty percent of his. era cost analysis from the opposition movement entitled pay he tells me how the meat expanded rapidly in recent months as more and more people hit that financial wall before of the people most of the people were not paying because they wanted to protest against the unjust situation know there are thousands and dozens of people

who will not pay because. people's desperation has become increasingly evident on the streets of greece by its repeatedly play can out between riot place and protest as she sticks through even more clashes this parliament and feted yet another measure of any property tax where organizing or. to put goodies on there are. just for. lunch and critics do not need. many people in greece now question just here it is the thing control unfortunately today very early this euro zone are the bankers. there. is mr. bunker. again and again and again are the. taxpayers in the euro zone despite germany

having baited positively to expand the size and power of the european bailout fund the ready critics are questioning that. concise now turn to the many challenges. still faces if. you will move. them to german banks. even germany. being you know. just. being you know with past measures failing to have the facts this political leaders continue to struggle to convince the public. still hangs in the balance that these protests. many people. that greece is a country now at risk of having financial the democratic deficit as well. and

rushing to intervene in the greek crisis officials are offering solutions that will only make matters worse and that's the opinion of british. you cannot tax your way out of recession or despair depression is simply isn't possible and the great winston churchill's quote on this trying to tax your way out of a recession is like trying to lift yourself up in a bucket by the handle they simply come from the cern is the politicians the bureaucrats nobody else faced the truth of this crisis the sooner we can start to get out of it people are beginning to understand that they will be better off by defaulting what we need to do the rest of the european union the eurozone and indeed the i.m.f. is to help live in a stable control's default in the same way they must be fools

as argentina did in two thousand and two only we're down to complete and total collapse style in the structured way the european union isn't part of the solution here the u. european union is part of the problem it's the european union in the eurozone which has created this terrible cataclysmic problem so new is not part of the solution mr berg so least of all meanwhile in the u.s. at least seven hundred people have been arrested after a police crackdown on the young going anti wall street demonstrations in new york dubbed the occupy wall street movement they say they're protesting against the tremendous influence and misdeeds of corporations and billionaires artist greenport nine has more on this. this clash and confrontation between and why he did the new york city police department and thousands of protesters took place on the brooklyn bridge the police showed up and basically cornered off both sides of the brooklyn bridge and started to move in on the protesters to make arrests that's when things

got ugly to say the least the protesters were were banging drums and chanting the whole world was watching police moved in there were paddy wagons brought to the scene and things got very physical and this is just the most recent incident that is taking place in new york in the past weeks last weekend we saw demonstrators get maced in the knees five police officers police officers using netting to our ras demonstrators that have been camped out on wall street now these protesters have been demonstrating for about two weeks this is a group occupy wall street a group of americans that have called on all those that are frustrated over the u.s. economy over the fact that people are losing their jobs people can't get their jobs people are struggling to find money to to make ends meet and these americans are now saying this is their their american spring and there are they are planning to stay down there through the end of the year and i can tell you this week by week

this group of demonstrators that you know call themselves out by wall street this group is getting bigger and bigger there's no doubt about that. now reporting there now it's not only america where protests are under threat across the atlantic so arrived there are being undermined as well after a summer of demonstrations londoners from find themselves gathered by their own government after a large chunk of the city's hit by protest bad. violence flared up again this week around cos it was northern border as nato troops attempted to dismantle a serbian roadblock local serbs don't recognize oppression administration as a legitimate authority and have barricaded roads to disputed checkpoints that albanians seized earlier with the help of k. four troops are you went to costa to witness the deadlock. in some parts of the world this rocky road would probably be part of an extreme safari in kosovo it is

now a fighting chance of. ever says july's border dispute many lives have been dependent on this godforsaken grable road through the mountains now this is the only way that belgrade can use to deliver food and petrol to the tens of thousands of serbs living in northern kosovo the course of the serbs have been barricaded in the road since july in response to the kosovo police checkpoints which enforced the trade embargo between belgrade and on tuesday the situation turned critical again clashes between the barricading serbs and the k four troops led to multiple injuries on both sides ok for blame the cause for starting the violence but injured alexandre of each a father of two saw it differently. we were standing by the barricade when the soldiers started shouting and shooting at us i didn't know what they were shooting with so i got scared and started running away and i was hit on the shoulder and it

turned out to be a power for a chain wound of my lung a little bit nato forces also claimed they used only rubber bullets and tear gas against the protesting mauled this was quickly rejected by doctors in need of its fuelling speculation as to who remains started. to control. we have seven men in a critical condition gunshot wounds fractures and those who are not from rubber bullets not a single one of them had a rubber. delegation take us to the region on friday people she gave to the barricades serbs but they came too late to talk to trucks pulled up at the border crossing k four had already forced to the barricades how exactly nato troops managed to disregard the un's plans is unknown but they quickly set up at the limits to their weapons and journalists and issued should do q. . border for anyone trying to penetrate it nato is not definitely acting as an

occupying force there's no question about it they've totally and openly stepped out of the un mandate and they're really really now just like during one nine hundred ninety nine during the bombing when there was the air force for the albanian separatists. their infantry so they're not a peace factor at all they're total factor of war and this position belgrade has reacted with indignation and halted negotiations with kosovo until the dispute is resolved meanwhile gate for refuses to comment on their actions and bulldozed their border barricades the border is open now to serve trucks blocking a breach just speech is a way to destroy block suggest this battle is far from over banners like this one are scattered all across northern kosovo and they pretty much reflect the mood of the local serbs it seems they would never give in and accept the fact that they're living in a self-proclaimed state and in this book kenyan melting board nobody knows where

this standoff go and in the mind of the troops or become yet another frozen territorial dispute let's see or sense to see reporting from kosovo balkans political expert mark told r.t. that nato moved into cost of only to push its own interests and keep a military presence in the region. i do hope that the international criminal court will will have a look at least since the special criminal court claims to be very interested in the way civilians are treated i hope that they won't make an exception for western powers in the way they treat civilians they've decided who they want to sponsor they want to sponsor the greater albanian project through which they see their own interest they see camp bondsteel the biggest military base in the world having a permanent presence in the heart of europe for t.g. please look ated completing that encircled of russia which is always one of the serious aspects of a game plan that's what they're about they're about controlling the flow of oil controlling the security of energy supplies through this the region they're about

control nato is about control of territory and control of resources that's why they can stay on the side of those whose country it was not they will reward the organ stealers and the great albanian terrorists with the country because then the albanian maffia owed them big time that's the nato plan. and i will keep you updated on the tense situation in the region but again always watch the latest videos from there on our you tube channel so you'll find there all the latest news features interviews and analysis and you can also give us your feedback by the comment section and that's all at youtube dot com slash our.

revolutionary euphoria an edge of back in february soon gave way to disillusionment with both the people and political forces dissatisfied with the way the country is being run post mubarak many feel let down by the transitional military council which has so far failed to implement promised democratic reform artist any so now we went to cairo to find out more. we knew that change would come to egypt a new chapter of freedom and democracy don't judge a book by its cover when reading post mubarak egypt it's between the lines where you'll find the new chapter hasn't been published ended or slightly revised we still have the supreme council of the all important those.

in. this country towards the walk receive barak may be gone but his policies are not that hosni mubarak's case is ongoing at this tribe you know new figures from human rights watch claims more civilians have been forced to face military trials for the last six months some twelve thousand. during the entire thirty year rule of mubarak average civilians are giving five to. seven years in prison a lot of torture has occurred since skaf has come into power. actor. doesn't clown around when it comes to the supreme council or scaf he has taken part in protests since day one and still has scars from being detained. he said very long they told me they have to stick at home in the three months that's all shot through the stun gun beaten with bats on the head. only because of

well now leave the country for thirty years according to you know if i have to seek asylum stay and fight for freedom like mubarak's kaftans to support it needs to rule egypt from rwanda. that we get from the us that one point five billion a year the easier krissy is from from the usa. most of it entirely goes to the to the supreme court to the army you know the scout and while the west coast history books will change for the better the arab spring is a massive opportunity to spread peace prosperity democracy egypt sions are left reading the writing on the wall in many areas it's the same as before. it's getting more worse and he's now a r t con. one of gadhafi stronghold stands on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe red cross aid workers have managed to bring vital

medicine to the coastal city of syria described the situation there as dire and the team also sad they saw the city hospital being hit by rockets meanwhile libyan revolutionary forces say they have surrounded sered and are preparing a final assault on their the chair. alpha national transitional council said he's called a two day truce to let civilians fleeing the report sat having a rocket and mortar fire continue rob alliance deputy editor of the independent online magazine spike has made us intervention in the past on things from bad to worse. this is the inevitable consequence of the think things that i got rolling back in february the kind of half hearted intervention was always going to end with the last stand by khadafi forces in fact is this is the kind of lost on that we expected in tripoli a few weeks ago that never happened and clearly there's

a loss on that and the thing about the the role of the international community no could be making things worse not simply by bombarding the city but boy actually having made such a fuss about civilians being injured or even by the leader hafiz but by saying that if given the khadafi forces a real offensive to keep keep those civilians in the city probably a good. many of them would like to get out of there no. effect as they become a kind of shield by which the they can they can stay there for a high on for a bit longer. and find more stories comments and videos on you tube weapon our website or rather our t.v. dot com fields of despair thousands of farmers in india take their own lives devastated by a one of the driest seasons in decades. one activist group speaks out against what they say are you a first glance to make ukraine a destination for sex tourists you are and euro two thousand and twelve their

tactic topless protest. the right to protest is something the u.k. has long upheld and a fan of but now as the british government slaps a month long marching band on several london districts there are those who argue that civil liberties are under attack or am it has more. the view of workers activists on the home office ban on marching is clear. 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 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 one day the home office banned all marches in six baros for an entire month activist richard seymour sees a wider motive. doesn't necessarily mean to say that march isn't going to happen it just means that. more powers and that's part of the wider problem but if you're restricted to a static demonstration the police have a right to. arrest very. small fences or fences these people behind me are amongst the lucky few they still can march just by pure accident of geography where hit in lumberton which is not one of the six affected by the ban but if as many fear the government extend and widen the ban

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 to the talking about area curfews that talk about shutting down facebook social network sites they're talking about it or you know civil war measures because what they're doing in britain is creating a historic change in which inevitably. the majority of the population will oppose

them the home office can only stop marching it's powerless to prevent people from gathering but because organizations are just standing there you've got to be able to march to make a statement as the union did in march when more than a quarter of a million people turned out to protest because 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 the stereotyping pushed through by the government trade unions or one of the major books opposed to the. public order legislation does tend to be used against striking workers i mean that's been very clear. there's been some recent examples of people being pulled off the picket lines not to obviously we can see any resistance to. freedom of expression and dissociation enshrined in 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. our teeth london. brings us up to date here on our if you remember for more there is our website r t v dot com i'm back shortly with more. if you.

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welcome back you're watching r t here is a look at the top stories of the week free election fever grips russia would present be a force to clarify both his power swap plans with and the sudden departure of moscow's long standing finance minister. greece on the brink e.u. debt inspectors scramble to secure more bailout cash for the crumbling economy with just a week to go until meltdown the french president warning of a new global crisis. and an explosive standoff serbian blockades at a disputed border post in northern cos of our nato troops leaving several people injured. next and insight into why going middle east conflict now sees israelis turning against one another.