org removed the deadline approaches for kosovo serbs to leave their border barricades after a demand by nato but protesters vowed to stand firm. and in business the russian markets were mixed at the close on tuesday with my six gaining one and a half percent in twenty minutes. live from our headquarters in central moscow you're watching r t with me and he said now way it's seven pm here in the russian capital our top story it's been held as a historic middle east prisoner exchange with the first group from a total of over a thousand palestinians being swapped for just one israeli soldier gilad shalit who has become a celebrated calls in his homeland has now returned to israel after being held for five years by hamas the exchange has been greeted by thousands on the streets on

both sides are these polls here is following the story from israel. this does close the first phase of this prisoner exchange some four hundred and seventy seven prisoners has been transferred to gaza and the west bank they have been welcomed by families and by her masses political leadership there they were given a hero's welcome but it doesn't complete the kind of questions that are there people are now beginning to ask and one of those questions is why has so much international media attention been put on the story of one soldier being released with some people suggesting that it is the well the israeli propaganda machine that manages to see this happen and they was it one incident at the bay to nia checkpoint where the families who had been waiting for their loved ones to come we're told at the last moment that they would not be crossing through there they were so angry they started throwing stones at the israeli soldiers they responded with tear gas and water cannons but we don't have any reports of injuries at this

stage there is also some anger among those prisoners who do not come from gaza who come from east jerusalem and the west bank and have been told that they cannot attend to their hometowns they say that forcing them to go now and live in gaza is sending them from one prison and israeli jail to another prison gaza among those who are being freed are people who were imprisoned without trial we caught up with a ukrainian woman who has been in jail for the last nine years and we understand that she was imprisoned because her husband was charged with terrorism we spoke with her mother. it's a miracle that these two countries reached an agreement and i'm very happy that my daughter is among the first ones to be freed see how many years irina spent here it was twelve years nine of them in prison i think her love only got stronger i'm sure she's looking forward to meeting us and knows that we love her that we're hoping for the best. here at the air force base the israeli prime minister and defense minister have given addresses they both say it that they were sorry that not more

israeli missing soldiers has been brought home and that they hard. a with these missing soldiers indeed this is not the only criticism that is being leveled at this prisoner exchange deal the families of people who were killed by some of the prisoners have now been released didn't petition the jerusalem high court yesterday they lost that position they say that they're very worried that this kind of prisoner exchange not only comes at such a high price but also sets a precedent where palestinians in the future will look at the advantages of kidnapping an israeli soldier when the price to be paid is so high there is also criticism being leveled by families of the missing soldiers they say that the israeli government has done little to nothing to try and bring their boys home certainly not done anything to the extent that it has done in the case of gilad shalit. every day. comes here to a place that looks off to israeli soldiers who are alone in the country who come

from difficult backgrounds but being here is often more of a comfort to him than the youngsters he hopes because it brings him and that little bit closer to his son majesty who disappeared one year before gilad shalit was taken hostage. i have said this over and over again the government and the country are not doing enough for marty you there is the media you know as the option it gave to the show your family there are at the moment seven israeli soldiers who've been kidnapped or who missing in action now as my son measure disappeared while hitchhiking to his army base major want to ride was captured twenty five years ago off his a craft was shot down over lebanon these are the last pictures of him alive taken in a prison in iran guy have a disappeared fourteen years ago he was last seen at his army base one kilometer from the syrian border. it's infuriating it's an acceptable that after fourteen years the government still has nothing to tell us our demand is that the government

bring us any information from a live here in lebanon and syria just bring it. yes but they've brought us nothing . close to certain her son is still alive and well she's pleased gilad is coming home she's disillusioned in a government that made it possible for him but not for her son. it's about media attention p.r. how do lots family succeeded in marketing their son we saw it as a family this wasn't relevant we thought it was enough the guy was an i.d.f. soldier in uniform but we were wrong very very wrong. this is a country that depends on its army for its survival is an unwritten code that every soldier who goes to war must be brought back home that's what the heart of the free gilad shalit campaign for nearly two years were in his family and still to come here in front of the prime minister's office every morning when netanyahu left his

home he was reminded about the soldier who could not return to his. i'm not embarrassed to say that the government and the country are not doing enough for my son and the rest of those missing in action it is important for us to bring our soldiers home as parents who send their sons to war we need to knock the country will do everything possible to get them back org it's done just that in the case of gilad shalit but at what cost will militants now be empowered to kidnap and nothing israeli soldier and will israel be willing to pay this price again. well. a political analyst from ours our university and guards ourselves there's been too much international focus on one israeli soldier rather than the thousands of palestinian prisoners in israel. the international community as well as the enemy there was very busy over the past five years bring to be issue of these way

to soldier gilad shalit to the attention of the. world community although it hasn't been said much about the palestinian prisoners even though the palestinian authority the palestinian resistance the groups have tried all the time to bring the usual palestinian prisoners to be a thin ssion of the world community and many international conferences many press conferences have been held over the past years to bring this is sure to the attention of the world community but unfortunately the israeli media support those of israel all over the world were much stronger in bringing the issue of gilad shalit more than bringing visual of more than seven thousand palestinian prisoners who were some of them have been nailed for decades inside this way to jails and prisons well have your say on the story just log on to our web site r c dot com

today we're asking for your opinions on what the prisoner exchange will mean for attempts to bring peace and political settlement to the middle east let's take a look at some of the results so far the majority think it's just an overhyped media event which is unlikely to change anything around a third believe the deal with aimed at winning more public support for israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu fourteen percent say the deal is and under speed of victory for hamas and a blow to israel others hope the exchange will become a step towards peace in the middle east during the debate mark on to our dot com and vote. in other news new york police officers may be given a sharp rap over the knuckles for the edge of the heavy handed tactics against occupy wall street protesters it's this video which was taped last friday that gave ground for one of the inquiries. the officer thought to be a deputy inspector was filmed grabbing an activist from behind him punching him in

the face knocking him to the ground zero an independent agency that deals with complaints against the n.y.p.d. says it's also looking into an officer using pepper spray on peaceful protesters the campaign against big business and banking in the u.s. has now entered its fifth week and as our teams lose the coffin of reports the movement is becoming more and more popular. one here in zuccotti park liberty plaza as it has been dubbed by the occupy wall street protest movement here in new york city this was the scene of thousands of demonstrators who had converged over the weekend to show their support for what they called an international day of rage that's all occupations and demonstrations spread not only across the united states but across the world thousands have been averted in times square where they were peacefully demonstrating only to be met with an unprecedented show force by the new york city police department approximately ninety protesters were arrested for partaking in those demonstrations we also saw instances of police officers on

horseback riding into the crowd police officers on scooters injuring several protesters who had gathered peacefully as the demonstrations roll across the country it does appear that the police response is growing in force as well on monday morning we saw in seattle a total of about nine protesters arrested after about two hundred fifty of them refused to take down their tents in the occupation there over the weekend we also saw the arrests of more than one hundred protesters in arizona in two separate occupy wall street demonstrations and in chicago as well where thousands had gathered to demonstrate their support for what they call a movement against the proceeds corruption in washington and wall street about one hundred seventy five demonstrators arrested there as well despite the fact that it's a week take despite the fact that folks out of work to go to the movement does seem to be spreading whether or not it's going to have any effect on the political and economic system in the united states remains to be seen but the numbers continue to

grow for our team i'm lucy kaplan of in new york. well in light of america's economic problems in europe greece is adding to the current financial turmoil. he does move to do more. movement for the sort of over the people. coming up later in the program greeks lash out at the government saying that desperate battle to avert default moves the conjuring towards an even deeper economic abyss. serbs in northern kosovo say they'll take defensive action against any nato attempts to clear their road blocks near the border with serbia tuesday is the deadline for them to go otherwise nato peacekeepers have threatened to force them out the barricades were built after kosovo took control of two border crossings assisted by nato e.u. forces. has the story. stones and sand are the only weapons the serbs leaving the closer they have in their arsenal to make the others listened to

them the roadblocks they set up throughout northern part of the region and making headlines and getting feedback. morning we ask you not to participate in any event with me or threaten your safety or may have negative consequences for you and for your country bastards who are talking about us well the only negative force present here local resident by two ways written in the flat k. four and they tonight international peacekeeping force in kosovo has been sprayed in here recently look at their propaganda by oh we don't want them here don't like you buy it we don't want to talk to them he's the mayor of the northern coast of a town of leprosy which is talking to kay for drunk who has been among the four delegates from serbs to negotiate with peacekeepers on dates and terms of the barricades for movie k. four has announced a monday deadline but than postpone it took tuesday the serbs have claimed they

need even more time let me go to police and institutions to leave northern kosovo and never return here if they leave will remove roadblocks and wednesday but if they don't meet all demands will put them back again. initially designed to prevent kosovan custom officers from reaching the checkpoints at the northern border with serbia rubble of the roads have made trouble for many cave for complain they had access to their troops in the north they're using helicopters to transport supplies and soldiers and the serbs themselves suffering to. this days ago a forest area where they struck and always lived the ground here is still freshly dug the serbs are building new roads and tentative roads to reach serbia from cos of zero as the main roads have been blocked with their barricades in the last several weeks the only are the alternatives a train but a trans only once a day and always packed in so it doesn't really count this is why new bypass roads

appear with phenomenal speed we've seen at least seven of them. carol rule of march . i mean a lot dimmer is among volunteers here his one of the cost of one serves and speaks for all of them serving the spirit i never felt i completely get i worked there i also i feel like we're returning to the barricades in the movement people are still there all of them have their usual jobs teachers engineers. but here they call themselves soldiers and use war rhetoric on. them this is our land we will not surrender that's for truth for the future for our children and motherland that if. they say one man conta in a war that together people may form a real force like that even if their weapons i just tons and sound. refreshing

r.t. kosovo. well on our g.'s twitter page maria says k four officer has assured the service there won't be any forceful clearing of barricades today follow our twitter feed at r t underscore com to stay up to date on the story on march. sixteenth. ukraine's president is between a rock and a hard place after last week's controversal jailing of acts prime minister yulia

timoshenko alexei yourself ski explains. president you look over his aspirations to join the european union may be in tatters as he is not going to even meeting in brussels whether that was counseled by the euro commission or by the president the congress himself is still unclear but experts have no doubts this is related to the seven year prison term received by the country's former prime minister yulia timoshenko and we've also had a reaction from the russian president medvedev on that controversial trial who said that all trials in ukraine must be held only in those with a coup in accordance with the country's legislation must not have an inside russian context and must be and must not jeopardize the interstate gas agreements of two thousand and nine the two presidents having met in the nets also discuss the future of gas price between the two countries and i'll tell you more about that in our business bulletin just stay with out see in just a few minutes. but they were curtains decision to run for the presidency next year has dominated the news in russia for almost a month now he's given his first big interview since confirming health stand and he

said having the backing of the current president and the ruling party does not mean the election is a foregone conclusion. as regards my return nothing is decided until the people have voted but there are people who criticize me and dimitri mediated for more they say that if your humble servant takes part in the election that would mean there would be no election at all perhaps that would be the case for them but an ordinary citizen always has a choice to make so our critics might see it their own way but in this case they ought to present their platform and what's more important not only to present it all to prove in practice that they can do these john better there is another important aspect here the most active part of the political spectrum people who talk about democratic institutions their concerns the democratic processes may be ruled back this is definitely not going to happen i. will bring you more from vladimir putin's interview with some of russia's leading

t.v. channels later this hour here on r.t. . a number of lingering strikes across greece are gaining momentum ahead of a crucial part of the military vote on a new round of tax hikes and wage cuts the approval of a new austerity bill is needed to secure the next batch of a bailout loan to prevent the country going bust but angry greeks believe these measures by their government is bringing temporary respite are driving the country deeper into recession. then you have actually because of a very a make or break week for a nation with an upcoming forty eight hour general strike parliamentary face and a nice summit decision the fight for greece is reaching fever pitch was. a does nothing more a protest movement it is a movement for the sort of vibe all of the people we've got a jewel ready littering the capsule is positive ongoing action the country set to once again come to a standstill as flights are grounded and public transport grinds to

a halt i think the situation in greece is getting out of control. that workers especially very very under. their words are decreased by about twenty percent to thirty percent. or more and more taxes coming in the future. they don't see any future. i'm going to leaks and they and statements will fit in with an angry public demand being some sustainable action to help get the country back on its feet. from the vantage points of many euro skeptic southern european countries such as greece should never have joined the single currency but of course they did let the crisis runs deeper there are now calls for a radical rethink of the entire year. we will have the euro zone and europe changing direction which will mean what does that mean that means the

central back acting like a serious central bank like the faith or the bank of england and actually trying to reduce the recession by reducing interest rates lending to come to tolerate me either we will have the governments cooperate on their fiscal policy or that we have a new marshall plan to help the economies of the fact sheet to be able to compete within the euro or the euro will result it's something need governments have been desperate to avoid. rushing to find solutions to the debt crisis to try to halt the world economy sinking further into a financial quagmire. many of the measures implemented in greece amongst the wage cuts and tax hikes have simply served to push the country deeper into debt is in leaders who face increasingly harsh criticism they continued inability to stem the spiraling debt crisis increasingly unpopular greek prime minister has once again

called the solidarity pleas of unity coming at a time though when the people in their parliament never seen so far apart. as the country continues to find ways to boost its debt laden economy one thing remains clear that greece the road to recovery is going to be a long and difficult one. athens. and we take a wider look at the economic crisis in the kaiser reports shortly as max and stacey discuss some unconventional ways of saving money and creating jobs here's a look at what's in store for you. lightner fly commercial to help cut the deficit each flight of this kind cost at least one hundred fifty thousand dollars so you could apply this is like a shovel ready project max you take timothy geitner at the wharf and you throw him across the country for a flight saves money it employs a lot of people this is untrue so if tim geithner wants to go from a state to new york to l.a.

then yes he tossed from person to person to person in a train or york to l.a. or forgive all those grounds tim geithner would not be spreading the taxpayer money and ever works out we can toss them around the world i want to have any job to help the economy by abroad as we were. introduced euro tarp. a look now at some world news in brief for you this hour a bomb explodes in your a baghdad liquor store has killed seven people and injured eighteen many of the victims were police officers but it's unclear if they were the target no group has claimed responsibility for the blast but she had militants have often been blamed for targeting security officials and shops selling alcohol in the past. cleanup work at the site of an oil spill off the coast of new zealand has been halted by bad weather a cargo ship hit a reef there almost two weeks ago with

a salvage operation underway ever since three hundred fifty tons of oil has already leaked into the sea with much more estimated to remain on board the cleanup bill has already cost over three million u.s. dollars but that figure expected to rise sharply. i'll be back with the headlines followed by the kaiser report but first let's check in at the business desk with your dad. thanks that is the time for the business update russia and ukraine are nearing a compromise and. president richard that if it is meeting ukrainian counterpart to be executed quaritch who is seeking a lower price for imported natural gas arches alexy it is falling gas talks in the ukraine. well we haven't reached the end of this deadlock yet but the two presidents gave a clear hint that we may be seeing some developments on the story in the nearest

future they said that and then you are a future they are planning to finalize the price for the russian gas which ukraine has been buying and bring this whole dispute to an end and resolve this crisis and they will all obviously and now it's their decision publicly now i'd like to remind to our viewers that this whole issue about the gas price between ukraine and russia has been going on for more than six months already with ukraine being unhappy about the current price it is paying for the russian gas and is trying to find a new contract this of course cost some concerns in the european continent which keeps in mind the two thousand and nine jazz dispute between the two countries which left some of the european continent without the supplies of the russian gas but the two presidents have once again reassured the european consumers that regardless of how they will settle the gas price this time the european consumers have nothing to worry about and that the gas will be delivered to europe on time and in full according with the agreements made between russia and europe ukraine

will not try to block the transit of russian gas as it happened two thousand and nine so of course we're very optimistic that this story could be resolved by the end of by the end of this year. time for a check on the markets or less fluctuating up to china's side its economy grew at the slowest pace in two years and u.s. cruise stockpiles were forecast to increase brand line just trying to get one hundred nine dollars a barrel while the w d i a is that on day to seven dollars a barrel. and your stocks on the rise are raising an early decline as german chancellor angela merkel said lenders recapitalization will be discussed this weekend financial shares rally it has kind of american rose more than six percent ass credit quality improved and european stocks the makes the debts is higher weighing on the u.k. bestest goldman sachs report on its second question in last in twelve. years as a public company buying stock minus losing the drop on the food scene and also on the decks a diamond is suffering on decline in european concepts. and here in moscow the

markets ended tuesday on a positive note my six games of one hope the sun the r.t.s. finished flat let's take a look at some of the individual share moves on the minus six still make us work trading in the red as all the six main metals dropped on the london much much changed novelist's still has lost more than two percent despite reports of a twelve percent increase in production in the third quarter lies make up from finished high up its production rose seven percent in the first nine months of the year old bonds back from their losses and gained over three percent at the quotes. old german engineering giant siemens was going to invest a billion euro russian projects over the next three years the company's chief says most of the money will be allocated for the energy sector including building electricity sorceress as well as developing wind power simone's has been put to

good sanatorium to russia's atomic power industry two years ago it agreed to create a huge joint venture with russia's nuclear corporation but it had to drop those plans this year when germany decided to phase out nuclear power following japan's fukushima disaster. that's all we have time for now you're up to date more stories on our web site archie dot com slash business.

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maidens hotels believe pagosa louis don't produce and ship he was punished but they protest cuts. with ards the line from moscow omnis now i read the headlines over a thousand palestinian prisoners in exchange for one israeli soldier need said he'd returned home after a massive media campaign put out there israelis who had family members missing for years asked what about them. the long and disorder the new york police officers could face punishment for harsh tactics used against anti-corporate campaigners on wall street. and move or be moved the deadline approaches for close of a service to leave their border barricades.