washington the chargers that two iranians for an alleged plot to kill the saudi ambassador to the u.s. accusations tehran it dismissed as. a partnership or said to balance the scales prime minister putin meets the chinese leadership in beijing with a country whose ties to rival western dominance. and an israeli soldier captured by hamas five years ago could soon be going home as along the way to deal will see him swap for over a thousand the palestinian prisoners. live

from the heart of moscow this is artsy with me of all research welcome to the program washington says thwarted plot to kill the saudi ambassador to the u.s. will further isolate iran with allegations of specter to increase sanctions on tehran to iranians that were charged with trying to hire members of a mexican drug cartel and carry out the attack it's something that's dismissed as a comedy show he's going after kind of reports from washington. the u.s. attorney general explicitly said that the u.s. will be holding the uranian government accountable for the plots to kill the investor of saudi arabia to the united states also the u.s. is accusing iran of conspiring to stage two bombings at the israeli embassy in washington and the embassy of saudi arabia also in washington and here is how the u.s. department of justice came up with those accusations the f.b.i. and was broken foresman agency have arrested a new born u.s.

citizen whose name monsoor arps yark u.s. investigators say the man tries to plot the assassination of the saudi ambassador to the united states and for that according to the americans this iranian man turns to members of a mexican drug cartel who turns out to be undercover f.b.i. operatives here turner general said the bank comes fast in the plot and said he was directed by high ranking iranian officials firmly denies the allegations saying it is a comedy show fabricated by america fear mongering against iran has been going on for many years now and what they are not bringing up is possible motives behind accusations like that whether those accusations make any sense at all why would the government if you ran want to kill the saudi ambassador in washington would be rainy and actually do it taking into consideration the fall out by her exit words on american mainstream channels beating the drums of war saying things like we need to step up because it is to undermine the government of iran of course we need to

step up cooperation with saudi arabia and israel as for iran's some experts believe that undermining the government if you ran has been a long time coveted goal of the united states it's not clear how this incident will play out but it definitely makes the drums of war beat louder here in washington. michael sure but a former cia intelligence officer he says that the allegations against this apparent iranian backed plot full of holes. one of the biggest problems in the united states for before telling what the terrorist threat is in our country is that the f.b.i. runs the sting operations and then claims great credit for breaking up a plot that wouldn't have existed except they lured somebody into doing it my initial reaction is if the iranians wanted to kill a saudi ambassador why do it in the united states when it would cause a war between the united states and iran it wouldn't thailand do it in cambodia do

it in saudi arabia but why do it here i think what you need to keep in mind is that the saudis want the iranians destroyed the israelis want the iranians destroyed the congress in the united states is owned by israel and so the congress wants iran destroyed and this is an opportunity for them to push for war and so i think we have to be very careful until we find out exactly who is behind this plan to the iranians are as much a threat to the united states as my shoes are to the united states but what we don't need is any kind of a conflict with the iranians because what that will do is bring the whole islamic world down on top of us. this is r.t. life for moscow now a bonding exercise prime minister putin strengthened russia's partnership with china during his high profile visit two of the world's fastest growing economies came together to share common interests and commercial goals are all aimed at balancing the dominance of the rest deals worth some seven billion u.s.

dollars in energy trade and high tech industries of already being signed and more is yet to come closer ever expects. the today versus was more of course had an economic flavor rather than a political one this was probably just a person's first visit since announcing his candidacy in the upcoming presidential elections and some say it's a sign of a change in focus for us and that the government is now looking east for both russia and china of course members of the brain scruple of brazil india and south africa and the growing economic uncertainty in europe and the u.s. has seriously undermined their dominance of the global political stage paving the way for a margin economy still prime minister putin said the us is currently using instead of monopoly as the only global reserve currency and that's having a negative effect on their financial policy. and you will never see the us was a parasite on the global economy but i do think it's feeding off the monopoly of the u.s. dollar as

a single global currency the problem is not only for the world economy with america's economy as well because it leads to a violation of financial discipline but you're going to do something when it comes to the e.u. vladimir putin server agrees is a big problem but that it could be resolved if question is why the afraid to take action he said of russia and china should have a form of international financial systems and that the brics well should play a bigger role on the world stage. i think it's time to talk about reforming existing institutions first of all i mean global financial institutions such as the international monetary fund and world bank here we agree that the role of the brics countries in those organizations must be enhanced in the growing importance of our country's economies another important issue here was energy corporation running a prison and his chinese counterpart said that all issues and this agreements were resolved when it comes to russia's supply of oil when it comes to gas and though

she actions are still ongoing both and says that they're in the final stage an energy consumption that is expected to increase dramatically in china and russia. could convert that actual divine pain in doing so for this right and their strategic partnership. reporting from beijing what are still ahead for you this hour here are a lot of mass disapproval for the whole world is singing unison criticizing the ukrainian court for its guilty verdict over the former prime minister one of the most high profile women in politics. and serbia faces another obstacle in its long struggle to become an e.u. member find out if recognizing cause of over proves a step too far for belgrade. tel aviv has agreed to exchange over a thousand palestinian prisoners for one israeli soldier was captured and held in gaza over the past five years another deal with hamas has long been in the making

however some high profile detainees will remain in israeli jails these are reports from tel aviv where the return of a gulag shallot is being eagerly awaited. there are some one thousand and twenty seven prisoners who will be released there will be released in various stages but later as we've been you know we're hearing is that the first act will be released possibly as soon as next week when we understand that he could be taken to egypt egypt of course broke at this bail and behold explain what will happen in egypt since we are the actually it was taken captive back in june two thousand and six now at this stage we don't have intricate details of who's on the list of prisoners and what the deal involves but certainly it does seem to suggest that there has been not that much movement on both sides in terms of the deal over the last few years which is why many are saying it's the israelis who have given mary and certainly the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has a lot to gain from such a deal he's facing immense political pressure both internally and internationally

a must for its side is coming up the winners of this deal so they have been celebrations throughout last night and they continue today particularly in egypt by you're with camp in gaza so that is why you are hearing some voices in israel some voices of concern that the capture of one soldier is going to be something that is encouraged on the palestinian side because the price one soldier is the tickler the high at this moment there are more than eight thousand prisoners who are currently being held in israeli jails among them or many women and children some three hundred children many of the prisoners are also there without having been tried now there are some prisoners who are currently undergoing a hunger strike they protesting against the general conditions in the prisons we've been hearing from human activists who say that particularly political prisoners they have basic rights like bathing that are being denied to them ever since collection it was taken hostage some five years ago there have been heavy restrictions on goods both coming in and out of gaza among the prisoners who are to

be released a fair number will return to the gaza strip. so here's our policy right i was a bit earlier here r.t. i spoke to i talked to a man who is a university professor in gaza and he believes that the palestinian people have already paid a heavy price for the capture of gilad shalit one thousand palestinian the president actually mentioned in the deal it is something very very good for palestinians actually this is not the first time i can remind you in one thousand nine hundred eighty five two israeli soldiers were. in lebanon and those with the two israeli soldiers will release. more than a thousand. palestinian prisoners actually as it isn't of the capture of gilad shalit actually but the people of does as we here in gaza we. actually been a very heavy price since the capture of the senate in two thousand and. two

thousand and six we have very very heavy price in gaza for the people of gaza and the blockade that the israeli closure of the war against. israeli invasion to many areas of gaza from time to time thousands of palestinians since two thousand and six till now with. thousands with. their hundreds of. houses with demolition actually palestinians of gaza david harvey so a heavy price for good actually. out here is coming to you live from moscow now international chorus of disapproval has hit ukraine over the verdict handed down to former prime minister yulia tymoshenko she's been sentenced to seven years behind bars and find almost two hundred million dollars for abuse of power when signing gas deals with russia in two thousand and nine by the vertical butter commission goes lower it will appeal

a spot of mass protests among the army of her supporters not intellectually or scheme has more from here. the situation is still pretty much tense to because several hundred protesters supporters of the country's former prime minister stations in their in their town here on the main street of kiev the simmering tensions on tuesday. the radiant capital of course there were thousands and thousands of people here the biggest protests we've seen so far in the last three months the international reaction has been furious. regardless of where you look which part of the world everyone have been very disappointed with the verdict the united states washington said that perhaps if you release the european union different parts of it also express their concerns and indignation over the verdict sentencing the country's former prime minister to seven years in prison and confiscating all of her property russia also reacted furiously to this decision by

saying that those gas deals which were signed back in two thousand and nine were completely legitimate they stress that once again and saying that the decision by the chance court in kiev in fact neglected russia's concerns over the legitimacy of these all these gas deals in two thousand and nine and also the russian foreign ministry stated that the decision by the purchase court is in fact has a has in fact some and side russian pretext in it he is now finds itself in a very very difficult situation when their standard according to the european union that a possible agreement on the association of the european union and ukraine would now be canceled and some even say that they invitation to miss the president of ukraine to attend a meeting in brussels in the nearest future could be even counseled certainly following all the developments and we'll bring the latest information as we get it . and actually just get it right out of the courthouse with about it came down about twenty four hours ago i'm now weeks after the street movement started in the

u.s. protests are still going strong and spreading fast there. sponsored by law enforcement officers also grabbed headlines with over one hundred demonstrators arrested for participating in the occupy boston splinter them are about despite the crackdowns social media consultant rob collins says the movement will continue and could have far reaching consequences. what's happening here could be as big a deal as the space program when we first started the space program we were talking about we launching a satellite into space a rocket up there we didn't know that an explosion of technologies that everybody would use every day that would change our lives we didn't know that the satellites that would be to set up would be used for cellphones eventually that didn't even exist what's happening here is is a phenomenon that's huge it's an explosion and well you're right there are people like orrin hatch who are saying this is dangerous he's great but he doesn't have

a clue how dangerous it is people are waking up there are so many things that when there's a lot of anger about this people are furious that they're getting ripped off that the system is broken that it no longer represents the people that that the congress represents corporations now this is a very common thing that whether they're democrats or republicans it doesn't matter who you vote for because they're going to take care of the corporations first not the people. now a quarter past the hour in moscow if you missed there anything we've been covering on air just to head over to our t.v. dot com lots of news and comment waiting for you a quick take on life right now we take a look at how the case of a russian businessman accused of arms dealing is casting a shadow over the u.s. justice system. and a russian attracts a driver rescue dozens of people from a burning building and he drove his vehicle next to the window so people could jump to their safety from or just over the arts he thought.

the euro zone's rescue plan for the indebted nations has been put on hold by slovakia as the country voted against expanding the region's bailout fund the rift caused by the decision letter the collapse of slovakia's ruling coalition however it has since joined forces with the country's main opposition force as they agreed to work together to approve more cash for the fund the baccy i was the last to vote and the only country to say no to increasing the facility which needs the green light from all seventeen year olds are not as if the country would have to contribute about one percent of the four hundred forty eight billion a year mark for the fun but as financial advisor patrick young says it's in no rush to foot the bill for other nations. ultimately this is a question of not just principle but actually rational economic well being of the ordinary working people of slovakia they have injured incredible cuts during the

course of the last few years in order to keep the slovakian economy going and ultimately therefore we have this political leader richard of the freedom party who's saying enough is enough why should we have a situation where five million slovakian people are expected to pay seven billion euros in order to pay for greek people to have pensions three times larger than the old age pension can survive here and ultimately that doesn't make sense i mean slovakians are the lowest wage earners in the euro zone they're incredibly fiscally pragmatic they've run their economy in a very sensible and intelligent way and ultimately they feel very very are in green with great justification avoid paying for greece that is ultimately an economy where the government lied about their figures in order to get into the euro in the first place. but some countries haven't been deterred by the us financial troubles serbia has long been eager to join the union it's kind of to see performed by the

european commission just on wednesday however it's a political rather than an economic compromise that belgrade will have to make recognizing breakaway cause of a sovereign state and so forth reports. starting a new life together and in doing so you think you want to ensure you chasing your partner wisely someone you can trust to have your best interests at heart. we love each other and we love our country too we wouldn't give up on each other and we won't give up on our land you know i see is a ceremony in kosovo it is a time when the church is divides but once again the focus of international attention is couple social commitments. this is our territory that's not going to change. the fact marriage very similar to the partnership. that's fifteen membership the better the west the richer for poorer in sickness and

health is going to have to stand by your choice because many you countries are learning the hard way by many marriages the reality is often far from picture perfect times beginning could be filled with uneasy compromises and the biggest hurdle in service potential membership just how. close of a question if it came down to it and can also have a light in the recognizing what with oks response i think we have a long way to go and we will certainly do everything we can to avoid such a you know question to be put in front of so serbia cannot give up on its constitution and on its territory and serbia in the same time is not willing to give our polity european integration so it sounds really. you know unresolved so it is already done much to weave its potential. killing many of the great here

is that by the we can see to be an option the rest of the final war crimes suspect wanted by the hague in connection with the yugoslav wars in the one nine hundred ninety. the country. it's now firmly on the right track recent visits are even being seen as a positive thirty and like. to see the action because they could be the deal breaker and it is much more is the ease to intention so he has got many many more hoops to jump over before he can get anywhere close to a new membership and it is often the case sometimes it's unions that will not started any particular love. you serve your gives not only to you integrations is. jeopardy to become isolated once again and we know. when your eyes only when your eyes really did you cannot fight. politically or diplomatically for your

national interest despite that is that it will never recognize an independent course of a reality the great us corporations and banks make it very difficult for the government to make any decisive action when it comes to. just a couple of minutes away from the business with kareena but for now it's the world up here see some headlines from around the world a sour at least twenty three people have been killed another sixty injured in baghdad after a string of blasts were. right across a group of course is official say there were at least three separate explosions with suicide bombers targeting local police stations it came just days after iraq asked for more than a five thousand u.s. military instructors to stay on the formal draw of december thirty first. meanwhile as a general amnesty for more than six thousand prisoners has begun with dozens

including political detainees already released from misty international reports that among those due to be freed are some two thousand two hundred political prisoners who have been held in poor conditions and subjected to torture by their release was a key condition of the united states to remove western sanctions imposed on the country's former military government. the captain of a container ship aground off new zealand leaking oil into the sea has been arrested he was charged with breaking a vessel and causing unnecessary danger or risk now face a year in prison or the ship ran into the reef about a week ago causing the country's worst environmental disaster in decades but over three hundred tons of heavy fuel already released from. a roadside bomb has killed six officers and a tribal elder in southern afghanistan but police were escorting him back home from nearby kandahar city when the truck hit an explosive device investigators believe

the blast was remotely detonated in the tribal elder was the target militant activity in kandahar is increased since nato handed over security to local forces all right so you know just a few minutes we lift the lid on the ancient chinese culture of wisdom first though the business with korea. and welcome to business good to have you with me our top story this hour russia and china are close to a gas deal that's been on the cards for many nonce with both sides having over the price now to discuss the issue i'm joined examine the roles of chief economist for russia and the c.i.s. at h.s.b.c. bank thank you alexander for coming to the program so what's been the stumbling block well you see it since you do a prize districts that are the best or of what all it should be is to also about one hundred. tolls go on fossil could be commuters or price threshold obviously pointed to higher prices just curious obviously but that's more prices but for

russia the key benchmark of course is our best prices that we show russia supplies that scarce to europe china wants are cheaper besser so it's a quite a commercial beast with them but it's very good for both sides so what we're very close to we would deal before rush it's very important because it enables so girls from my end of the country to diversify its exports their supply lines but how this port how important is the deal with china i mean obviously russia is expanding to the east and not just the west but the east as well as product i mentioned dissertation about exports routes its importance because if you do not see a strong demand on the european markets you can benefit from stronger demand on the asian markets and the chinese are developing markets and there is demand exactly and if it's a quite obvious but on top of that indeed the should have a broader perspective the bride development the chain economic pricing of china or

exports of or for supplies of energy our goods rushing mabel's developments or food source i didn't bargain for a restart as you know this problem on the developed compared to european parts of europe what's really important in terms of overall profitability. well let's speak about this joint venture that russia and china are planning to create. i mean is it food fuel could be possibly important for both countries. remains to be seen the heart was from the grow grow what is unusual contribution for one billion dollars from china about the overall size of a fund going to be as high as the dollars according to the russian government what is good about don we deal with china i use that cheney's investment corporation phrase very good experience saying the best in all similar phones elsewhere woodwards and therefore expertise comes along the money lots of it's going to bring the home this is the benefits it's from bring it along here for

a good deal so basically china is more expert than the russian it's a woman she has not completely taken carol to china and chinese investments for the longer term perspective and not shop on perspective and lots of looking for high return on immediately it's a lot of money it's possible to invest that it's money in good in in the longer term investment projects will generate in the polls but not immediately. in the future that would benefit russia long term economic growth as far as would benefit china how long do you think that would be if you talk about long term ten years well it's a problem that major fronts usually private equity firm don't have a rise in or far for twenty years so a priest is ok well thank you alexander for for sharing these thoughts with us thank you very much you're welcome and let's look at how we still have time for the markets so let's see how it was doing or prices are advancing the sound speculation

that proposals on european bank recapitalization will support economic growth your consumption now european markets are edging higher despite slovakia's rejection of the plant's expanding euro zone's rescue fund late tuesday footsie is up nearly. half a percent and the dax is gone up over one percent in the black and russian markets are back into positive territory the noise six and the r.t.s. gaining over three percent let's have a look at some individual shambles on the rise at this hour and if you majors are broadly on the rise with gazprom among the main gainers norris nicholas lower the russian daily betting is to force the nine in may need government approval for its buyback program citing a letter from the russian trust regulator and russia's grain and sugar producer prices rely is down two percent of news the country's government may tax grain exports once they reach twenty four million metric tons for the year.

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