broadcasting live from central moscow you're watching r.t. now our top story in athens angry protesters have been clashing with police who have fired tear gas at thousands have been gathering outside the greek parliament furious at the level of spending cuts that twenty four hour public sector strike brought the country to halt greek airports were closed hospitals are relying on emergency staff already sir for reports now from. we saw the scenes on the streets of athens day on syntagma square outside the main parliament building really escalating again as the tensions pulled dave with the angry protesters and the riot police clashing we saw to gas being fired we also saw some people needing medical attention the riot police moving on to syntagma square and trying to clear the protesters out of that area really since very aggressive scenes of the clashes between the two sides that we saw the police moving into the metro station chasing some of the protesters here on syntagma the metro you work is on strike and

actually intervening to push back the riot police certainly a very very tense situation we see more and more these are starting measures being passed and has really raised the level of public anger here at the beginning of the day the main labor parties in the country had led thousands of work is public sector workers on to the streets to protest against these measures and again like we said we saw these things that escalating quite dramatically throughout the day people are really losing trust in the eurozone leaders ability to take the country out of this crisis into measures in place that are actually realistic and can be met now what we've seen over the last couple of weeks is the greek government passing more and more of these are starting measures to try and keep the international lenders on side to try and prove to them that they're able to take these steps to try and plug the deficit in their budget the property tax that we saw passed last week and the announcement of possible job losses. on top of people

already in the country having had their salaries cut dramatically most people out to about thirty percent of the salaries of being cut then to have these extra taxes it is really raised the level of anger amongst the public here he said they simply can't manage that now we've seen this all say quite disconcertingly spreading throughout the usa and from the sovereign debt quite is moving now into the banking sector as well and there are fears of a repeat of what we saw a couple of years back and you know once again we're hearing what people are saying is the steps in the measures that were put in place at that time after we saw the collapse of lehman brothers you know it really was a key for that because we find ourselves back in the same situation certainly here in greece we've already seen italy being downgraded by midis and this data from media said that that happened as a result of a lack of trust in the year are you saying governments really does sentiment could not be echoed any more clearly by the public here is others exactly how they feel they just lost trust in the usa leaders ability to get them out of this situation

and face now really they're going to see this meeting for the financial crisis into a very severe economic recession possibly not just because remember that the rest of the year is a countries as well russia and china have vetoed a u.n. security council resolution on syria the european backdraft called the damascus to end this crackdown on protestors or face quote targeted measures well moscow and beijing are concerned the mandate could pave the way for a libya style of military intervention instead moscow wants the u.s. to take action to push all sides towards dialogue russia believes the syrian should resolve the crisis themselves without external involvement or international pressure on a veto by two permanent members has split the security council but moscow is convinced its action is justified artie's it out that he took her for over explains . it's a rare rare case that russia has used its power of veto since nine hundred eighty four it's been seven times only that russia turned to its last resort if you will

and in case of syria russia felt it was necessary to be told that resolution to stop a scenario in yet another arab state similar to what happened didn't leave the option of the u.n. mandate to protect civilians the resolution on e bay a was cost in march with russia abstaining from the vote but that monday it was quickly picked up by nato which sided with and to gadhafi forces helping them to topple the tunnel and russia believes that in case of v.b. at the un mandate was misused and this is why it has not to let that happen again just as china russia as well the told me the only two permanent members of the un security council who are actively trying to negotiate at these full solution to the crisis russia in particular has hosted representatives so full of president bashar al assad and members of the opposition trying to notch them into the dialogue and russia things that when you have to armed sides in

a conflict what you need to do is to bring them both under the same tent while the whole issue all this resolution on the syria came up after a an estimated over two thousand five hundred protesters have been killed in violent crackdowns on ninety of assad forces since march this year at this show damascus claims that it's only fighting somewhat tours who've been killing their security officers and hundreds r.t.d. has obtained a b.t.o. footage which allegedly shows that those at and t. assad protesters are actually carrying weapons and using those weapons fire and we could not see a very fly these small bulk phone footage these are indeed tend to president assad protested they do not look like the day traders only call on the president to step . so what russia is saying that it is a conflict where it's all because the violence has been carried out on both sides

so if you only support one armed side in that conflict you sending it biased message to one side in this case to opposition forces. strong support which will only fuel more tension inside the country let's get more on the situation around syria from very bad men to middle east expert from the american city of washington mr edmund the western powers have criticized russia and china for vetoing the un resolution on syria and he with nato claiming it has no plans to intervene in syria and the draft resolution as well was watered down why have moscow and beijing oppose it do you think how do you assess their position on the matter. i think there are a number of reasons some of them are very clear were clearly stated by your commentator or correspondent i think one of the main things is that russians and the chinese to long with the united states and with the west when it came to pass

you know there's a reaction to protect civilians in libya but what happened was. from the perspective of the russians the chinese and not only the russians and the chinese but the indians the brazilians the south africans and others felt that the west went too far but they in fact violated letter as well as the spirit of the other solution and they became party to the conflict in libya took the side of one party in libya against the other and how the regime change. there is also these countries had questions about the motives of the west some of them they said yes there may have been some concern about protecting civilians but there are also other issues. which have to do with their economic interests with the libyan well so i think clearly the russians and the chinese did not want to go on the same

route again they felt that they. part and so they wanted to avoid that but there were a number of other factors as well and we can go to look at but let's i just want to follow through on what you're talking about it may be i mean yes that would split the security council at the time but also right now everybody can see what's going on on the ground in libya aren't it isn't washington afraid that if the same path is taken as libya that syria would also fall into this similar situation that libya is experiencing right now i mean it's right there they can see it are they concerned. clearly i think there are some who are concerned what is very interesting is that you're hearing from some members. of the house and senate who are saying especially someone who like senator mccain john mccain who was one of the hawks leading advocate of intervention in libya is now saying

that the american people are not likely to support another intervention. in the middle east nevertheless there are poor who are pushing for this they feel. similar to a solution has to be taken they put most of the blame if not all of the blame on the syrian regime for its sort of pressure of the protesters and this is where that position of countries like russia china and other members who abstained is that effective these countries want to. see a dialogue between the two sides they want to avoid a similar libyan experience where tens of thousands of people died and many many were wounded and they want to see a different group in fact they call also consider. that syria is a very important country geographically strategically in a very important area and parts of the middle east and they are concerned that if

it continues if they go the same route was followed in libya we are likely to see a deterioration in the region and yes it is a look at the proposal of russia for example on this there have been calling for dialogue from the very beginning how realistic do you think this is and how ready are the syrians all factions of the syrian syria and syria right now how ready are they. i think this is what this is part of the problem i think the regime has recently been saying it is willing to implement. reforms it wants to make changes it wants to talk. to the opposition although there are some who question and are suspicious of some of the statements of the regime in syria nevertheless. they have been saying that they do they are willing to undergo reforms and they want to see change on the other hand the opposition even though they have met again recently in

istanbul they established a new council national council there are still different and significant points of difference between the various opposition groups some of them for example are very much opposed to any foreign intervention in syria and that's why they are opposed to you an intervention or u.n. security council resolutions and sanctions are very much concerned about sanctions that sanctions are going to be very costly for the knock out of the regime as much as for the people of syria that it is the people of syria who are going to end up paying a very heavy price. for the sanctions there are however some elements of the opposition some of them have reflected this perspective in some other places who. leave that they that they cannot communicate with the regime they come out on through dialogue with and therefore they need foreign protection because they say

the better team is continuing to press them and so that's why i think this position that was adopted by russia and china is seeking to open a new way and to prevent using this issue of protection for regime change or all their interests thanks very much for your analysis there gary badminton middle east expert from the american university thanks very much. all right well in the u.s. the occupy wall street movement is gaining support on a daily basis labor unions have joined the chorus of disapproval and from l.a. to d.c. thousands of south of the state of the economy and the government's inability to turn things around are protesting for a third week and as for my going in the reports they're determined to be heard. but we don't want that now that is creating more pain where it's not very much more and i think people are taking this it was. more than a thousand people in los angeles. chose to stand in solidarity with the occupy wall

street movement. at city hall the very visible center of government empowered. demonstrators worry that the one percent who controlled most of the nation's wealth have gained a stranglehold over the u.s. government alexander hamilton you know referred to the people it was so afraid of as the great peace in the great peace as a way people of all walks of life turned out for this mass demonstration here in los angeles now a lot of the protesters here say they've gotten their inspiration from the demonstrators in new york and in athens and others are inspired by the revolution of egypt now there's still much debate about whether this is part of the revolutionary movement here in america but one thing that people can agree on is that some drastic changes need to. made as to how this country runs from the east coast to the west coast and a growing number of places in between

a collective anger is unifying people die die die die die die in the windy city a group has been demonstrating outside the federal reserve bank in chicago for more than a week in boston a tent city in the heart of the financial district means occupiers can voice their discontent with corporate greed twenty four seven and. despite dozens of arrests demonstrators intent to show that democracy does not end at the ballot box families have also been marching in denver and san francisco demanding radical change from the wahoo to olympia to all my hot to orlando according to the occupy together web site protests are being organized in more than one hundred cities point that you by standing behind are worth a revelation and i believe their time and that i think that i did that well it is recognizing that that doesn't work despite mainstream media down plain and even

ridiculing the movement supporters have faith the message will be understood and you saw what happened in london they tried to make that out about a bunch of people that were just you know you know a bad apples that's humanity humanity's got to think some of them something is wrong already bruised by soaring unemployment poverty and foreclosures the middle class are now being told to tighten their belts leading many americans to finally find their voices across in the beginning bigger it looks like the spreading throughout the country and you know they had a arab spring and you know hopefully we have with us in los angeles ramon galindo r t. r t dot com never runs drive interesting videos news and blogs more so than coughing online right now the brits offering from. russia's special services keeps the country's air defenses longer. and uncovers a chinese spy for secrets i am. the king of interviews iconic american

talk show host larry king finds himself on the receiving end of the questions as you gives an interview to r t. only online at r t v dot com. the british prime minister has called for a can do that during a quote anxious time for the country's economy well speaking to his conservative party conference david cameron said the threat to the world economy is a serious today as it was in two thousand and eight when a global recession loomed when gavin hayes who is general secretary of a left wing pressure group composts told me earlier that the priorities of the speech were all wrong. i don't think britain is in a position to be optimistic and we are very very disappointed with the prime minister's speech today i think people all across britain would be quickly coming to realize that this is an out of touch prime minister and that we have a seen

a thing do nothing government firstly on the economy because we're very worried about the economy and the prime minister's lack of a plan b. for the economy you know the government was warned a year ago that they really did run the risk of a double dip recession if they cut public spending as hard and as fast as they have to in order to pay off the deficit in his speech today he failed to allude to any plan b. for the u.k. economy secondly he also talked about the need for people to pay off their credit card debts here on this also seems entirely out of touch with the british people as nearly inns of people struggle to make ends meet every month struggling to pay fuel bills put food on the table and clothes their kids but we heard absolutely nothing again in david cameron's speech about the need to reform the banking

system and sort of cracked down on britain's big banks so i would have liked to have seen much more of a focus on making sure those at the top pay their fair share. now it's a big bash for the chechen capital tonight with massive celebrations marking city day but there is more than one dayer shows to impress visitors to grozny the city has gone through a massive transformation since being devastated by two conflicts against extremists in the one nine hundred ninety s. well arty's within a quarter of our want to have a look. at just ten years has passed and grozny has gone from this this as president. is known far beyond his hometown viewed as an authoritarian ruler in the west but and fact of manager to many fellow chechens and handsome bushes his vision to raise devastated grozny from the ashes and make it the dubai of the

caucasus. i never thought it would be possible in such a short amount of time what's happened in some kind of miracle i can believe my eyes. the proudest achievement is girls in the city a complex of international class hotels and business centers when they were first per post so there was a lot of skepticism they would average build many thought it was just a pipe dream but there there are five believing towers there at the heart of the reconstruction of course the and ours that is recovery following the destruction wrought at the beginning of the millennium but cut it off once to do more than just put a building he's aiming to raise the city's profile on a global scale so as the still much of the yankees attempted to grab the world's attention by inviting stars from the world of sports and show business to spend time in grozny. we've opened a stadium a youth center palace in

a few cinemas so people don't see other places on t.v. you think it's better there than here in the country we want people to come to us. it's not the first time grozny has been rocked by big scale events in my. a legendary football there's diego maradona and luis figo took part in the grand opening of the cities before that other international stars including roberto carlos came to the region some turned years ago it would have been hard to believe that anything so glamorous and high profile could after it take place on the chechen soil but now it's almost become a tradition chechnya has seen massive progress but there are still challenges terrorism remains a big problem here with attacks taking place on a regular basis but locals put their hope in investment the belief tracks more money from outside and the quality of life continues to improve eradicating

terrorism will no longer assume a mission impossible my. reporting from crossly. well that's how the news looks tonight and now the north caucasus remains russia's most a volatile region with terror attacks happening almost daily corruption and a poor quality of life are often blamed for causing violence well next hour to talk to the president's special envoy to the north caucasus about how the situation in the region is being improved.

and existing clip on him thank you so much for being with us today thank you president medvedev said that one of the key problems many countries including russia face today is interesting tension and criminality many russians associate the root of these problems with the kook phase you were entrusted to supervise what can we do about it. i strongly object to your putting it this way that the caucus is the epicenter of the ethnic crime unfortunately and it has repeatedly been stressed crime has no national identity i would support those of the opinion that the criminal group in question is of no particular ethnic origin with you in august a high ranking french delegation visited the north caucuses and denounce their decision to invest considerable funds in developing tourism that good this result

in building a cluster of tourist resorts disconnected from the rest of the region where misery and lawlessness still persist. are you saying that there will be a zone where law and order will be installed and chaos and misery everywhere outside that zone i'm asking if this scenario was possible. of course not it i want you to understand that we are not reinventing the wheel here we are not inventing constructions that have never been heard of us it is perfectly obvious that unless the local population is integrated into the tourism cluster development process all our attempts to build ski lives and five star hotels will inevitably fall flat if we disenfranchise the indigenous population the local population must be involved in all of these developments but how do we do that first of all we must gather what i call the starship troopers that's up to ten thousand young people who will be employed in the tourism and service sector these people must be local and live in the areas where these mountain skiing clusters will be developed a second from any residential areas located around those skiing coasters we are

going to select young people teach them and do our best to help them set up small and medium businesses sometimes with the help of the state they may open small hotels for tourists we want people to be able to make money if people feel involved and integrated in this process i see no problems at all austria had the same experience a while back austria's vice chancellor said at a conference that there were also explosions in austria while infrastructure was being built the local population he said was also terribly upset until authorities managed to involve locals in what was going on before the project had incurred a great difficulty oakland wants for mystical upon a new sub the peace through to many in business people and even state officials paid terrorists to ensure their safety and that that money later of used to finance terrorist attacks can be done about dot win even for david fisher than civilians have to pay terrorists. of the greater proportion of all i would say it has to do with a certain lack of trust the business people have in the ability of federal authorities

to protect them from criminal extortion networks recently active in the cold. this situation however is changing now and we're working actively to explain to people that aiding and abetting terrorism is a crime just as destructive as terrorism itself and that any money given to terrorists can be seen as a crime equal to carrying out a terrorist attack today we have many cases of local citizens and business people cooperating with law enforcement the results are improving gradually but again this is a long process i've talked to several leaders of north caucuses republics and their opinions differ some of them say negotiations with terrorists unnecessary while on a thing that there is no talking to terrorists do you think authorities must negotiate with terrorists. i believe there's nothing to negotiate with terrorists but we should talk and negotiate with parents of those children who have left for the woods and haven't committed any crimes yet if there's a chance to bring them back in the woods with the help of our religious leaders or

their parents and families elders councils and any other social institutions we should be doing our utmost to take it we should encourage those who report to us and inform on these people those who are willing to lay down their arms and start living a peaceful life we should consolidate our efforts but once they take a gun and commit a crime there's nothing to talk to them about. how many terrorists operate throughout the north caucuses today. we like giving numbers but it's actually very difficult to make a difference between bandits and terrorists or the overall number that i usually give to media agencies for both small groups of five to six members and large groups of twenty to thirteen is up to one thousand people in all the north caucuses republics we are aware of these gang leaders and we've been working thoroughly on their cases. and they funded from within the conscious by of the country. with a. recent analysis shows the abroad domestic funding ratio is about ten to ninety

the latter being russia they don't need to support of international organizations and other worldwide terror networks such as al-qaeda. the money they extort from business representatives can fund them this actually means that it's not so much terrorism as banditry at the same time i want to stress again that there is indeed a funding inflow for western foundations charities and human rights organizations these funds are used among other things to finance radical religious literature and a number of bondage leaders who exploit children for profits in the caucasus mystical upon him thank you very much for this interview. even the role of. the sacred. is the essence of life. whether it is a buddhist prayer. or

a shamanistic. crossroads of religion. say some strong spirit is hard. to please.

welcome back you're watching our live from moscow here's a recap of all our top stories police fired tear gas and demonstrators in athens as a nation is brought to a standstill by a nationwide strike state services have been paralyzed after thousands of civil servants walked off their jobs protested new social compacts. russia and china blocking un resolution against syria which had the european backing moscow says. the targeting of damascus is based on a confrontation and not a push for pete's. thousands across the us voicing their anger at corporate money and its influence on the government at a time of soaring unemployment labor unison joined the chorus of disapproval. and next we are.