many of his supporters over plans for a bail out referendum which he later cancelled and all of this is added to a growing chorus calling for the resignation of the prime minister correspondent sara firth as more. close certainly counting down to that crucial confidence day and anticipation is mounting and what starts to decide greek prime minister george happened day's political feature now a lot of uncertainty still about exactly what is going to happen the face expected to take place at midnight local time the full that happened self is going to take to the stand and address the parliament and a lot of speculation about exactly what he's going to say no we seen this evening and things coming out all the time is that m.p.'s have had that written huge pool for his resignation that have been seen and p.c. got behind him after the referendum that he announced at the beginning of the week was dropped we heard today from the greek finance minister that that referendum had outside even taken off the table some m.p.'s saying that that had swayed their

decision in the face and that they be giving him a positive but that it really hangs on a knife's edge right now to get a technical majority one hundred fifty one seats in the three hundred seat parliament but is still to play for now we've also heard a lot of the m.p. saying that they will possibly vote yes in that confidence they but only if he shows the intention to step aside one and possibly full menasha new unity government that's another the options that a lot of people are saying is a very realistic possibility remember at the beginning of the week the reports were all about happen j.s address then saying that democracy was in action and that it was absolutely right that the people should have their say no we still that spark turmoil not just among zeroes and leaders in years in countries but amongst his own government see it was really felt by many that that was putting the features of the eurozone in greece is a future in the eurozone under threat we've seen the backtrack on those plans have

that really caused a lot of public anger we see protests turning out once again tonight there are a lot here earlier on the square still people out. side the parliament building again we're seeing and what we've seen since the beginning of this quite says the continuing widening between the politicians and what the people are asking for and people really here is that they just set up a very unstable rhetoric that the leaders will be able to pull them through this they don't believe that any will this really does look like a government now that is leasing credibility that we're seeing these we need schools now tonight the jewish topic day to step down i was speaking to someone here just a little bit earlier and they're saying maybe we're going to see history repeating himself his cap and trade of course coming from a legacy of political leaders his grandfather a prime minister he was easy to resign a lot of people say a jewish type of job they say wait a huge amount of uncertainty in these final crucial hours and that's an see at

a very unstable time the last thing anyone wanted to see now was more this debate say more this instability it really won't be pretty to be a pivotal point for the future of greece and the feature of the year as a and g. twenty leaders of wrapped up their summit in cannes pledging to defend the euro and bolster the international monetary fund's resources eurozone crisis in greece dominated discussions on his correspondent lisa knowing reports from france. for the g. twenty no major breakthrough this time around especially on the euro which of course took over as the greek debt saga began to unravel in all different directions this week leaders did agree to bolster the role of the i.m.f. in order to prevent contagion but still expectations that the euro crisis for some time will remain in the spotlight the ever changing greek drama took center stage in camphor the g twenty leaders hero host nicolas sarkozy protecting what he calls the beating heart of europe till the end because some petitions

a resolution which is very strong. agree on this and we will fight to defend europe and the euro. france and germany took action with this message to greece play by the rules or get out the greek prime minister made a cameo appearance in can return to athens and cancelled an improv referendum that would have more or less allow the public to decide if they stay or if they go when it comes to the euro perish the thought that they should be allowed to decide whether they want these things euro leaders say it is up to greece should look like this if greece is an independent country and i just want to say they are perfectly free i don't want to give any idea that we are trying to get involved in greek domestic politics. but france has given some exactly that idea there is no longer an independent country and has been for a while the conversation is always on what we need to do to satisfy our creditors demands and our creditors are the people who are going to determine whether we

survive or don't survive and the so-called backbone of the eurozone could be trying to save its backside with a statement from sarkozy that those who break deficit rules should be punished some with sanctions even if he is breaking the same rules back home in france they're running a budget deficit beyond what what the rules of mass rich provide for the real irony with that is that the the french banks are are so desperate for some sort of a bailout and if they didn't get one for greece for example they could potentially go on and could be playing a major role in the fight to save the euro. one of the hopes for the euro is help from the emerging economies or the brics but on a condition we heard from president medvedev saying they are part of the i.m.f. they donate money and they want to have more of their voices heard in the financial institutions also in the format of the g twenty and already there seems to be some

headway on that then this summit in twenty thirteen for the first time ever will be held in a brick country in russia capital. an epic seventeen month journey to mars has just completed its mission even though the spacecraft never left the simulated flight took place in moscow was an experiment to monitor the psychological effects of long term isolation on the six man international crew or hear the impressions of a virtual space man who's seen daylight now for the first time in over five hundred days. after five hundred twenty twenty days of this trip around. we are proud to there to to prove that humanity can go to mass this is experiment to see basically the psychological effects a trip to mars would have on the crew and how they would work together inside such a facility now those that took part in this are looking to be part of future martian missions this of

a whole operation was an international cooperative mission the russian space agency working with the european space agency to put this experiment into into practice now the crew itself was made up from people from all around the world three of them were russian there was representatives from china as well as from france and central america who will find out a little bit what it's like on the scene where the mars five hundred module is we can now cross to tom who is there tom what's going on where you are well peter i remember on june the third last year watching this door behind me shut and sealed and that was the start of the five hundred twenty days which ended when i watched them the door open at last after all that time and the crew emerged little bit white faced little bit bleary eyed into a into a cheering crowd after all that time they all stood together in front of microphones and they said how glad they were to work with their other crew members

and to have got through what is really quite a feat of an juror really to be in isolation and with a very strict routine day in day out for all that time to discuss a bit more about this i'm joined by rene pistol he's head of the european space agency's office in russia rene we never quite knew what to expect when we started this expect experiment what do you think. after this very long stretch of time. i think there are a lot of things. we have learned the first thing i think you say today even without having analyzed all the data we get from the experiments is of course we see that there are no general showstoppers in terms of medical problems personal problems and the truth of six or five hundred twenty days to imagine from. on top of there to be of course also learn so much more to selection process because this was one of the crucial ingredients turns to the working very volatile gather and then of

course there are a lot of other medical effects and things which we have learned solution can apply even first. immediately even for those trying to mars. of course as you say the the selection process and it was primarily a psychological experiment riggers so what kind of problems were the up against what were the fears and how they've been overcome. but of course the biggest fear was that there will be problems with an increase. in five hundred twenty very innocent days in isolation this is very tough for the task of course but i must say that we can say that the crew. has been working very hard very serious or all over the place in a tranche of days each and every day of it and they really proved made it just a success. of thank you very much frank i mean i remember saying that some

bookmakers have put eight to one odds on that one of the crew going insane as a result of this experiment that hasn't materialized and i think they can now look forward to the deep brief periods free of all those tensions well as. compensation for taking part in the mission each participant receives one hundred thousand dollars first they've also had plenty of time to try and work out what they're going to spend that there were serious. point of them being in there was the science that comes from it. and the people behind the mars five hundred project have said this yes it has been a success however in terms of the journey into the far reaches of space they are saying no that it is really not even the first step but the first step towards the first step of mankind flying off and going to hopefully try and set up some form of settlement on mars peter and tom barton following the martian

adventures well remember you can always visit our website r.t. dot com for the latest news comments and videos here's some of what's there for you right now you can find out how nato forces face an investigation from the international criminal court into possible war crimes during its bombardment of libya. and let me put in briggs the dominance of the u.s. and china he now ranks second between barack obama and huge and powerful in forbes list of the world's most powerful people more on that at r.t. can't. the californian city of oakland is reeling after one of the biggest protests the occupy wall street movement has seen at least one hundred demonstrators were arrested and several injured after their rally was broken up by police a u.s.

army veteran was among the civilians that is in intensive care suffering from internal bleeding and a lacerated spleen is the second time in a fortnight a military veteran has been seriously injured by officers. before the police crackdown protesters managed to shut down the port which is the country's fifth busiest train on general strike also took place in the city causing destruction. and r.t. a poet an editor from san francisco told me earlier that he's found a way for a protest message to get heard without the risk of violence. i continued to get but like most people in america these credit card mailers from the nation's big banks these are the same banks that ruined our economy by speculating and gambling on the housing market and the more i got these it finally just clicked that the same things we were protesting out in the street at the same companies were the same ones were clogging up our mailbox so that's that's what got me thinking about it inside these mailers is

a business reply mail envelope the way these work the banks sign contracts with the post office and or make agreements with the post office and the banks only pay postage on the envelopes they get sent back so i thought rather than send back a credit card application which is the last thing i want i could communicate with the banks in this way so i can fold up all the other junk mail i got that day by school catalogs old envelopes newspapers put that in i can also put in a pro union message for the people in the mail room letting them know that the ninety nine percent includes them as well and then because the banks pay more in postage for the heavier envelopes we can also include this as a would shim it's the simplest piece of wood there very very cheap at a hardware store and when we put these inside the envelope it makes the envelope so rigid that it can't be processed by the normal mail folding machines they have to be sorted by hand which increases the postage and increases the labor costs for the banks. when are some more stories making headlines around the globe procrustean

activists say really defense forces seized two gaza bound boats attempting to break israel's naval blockade of the region tel aviv confirms its military chief has ordered the vessels to be intercepted the canadian arash boats carrying medical supplies and twenty seven activists from various countries set sail from turkey on wednesday israel's navy has halted similar protests ships in the past with nine turkish activists killed in the deadliest incident last year. syria has announced an amnesty for opposition fighters as long as they give themselves up to police within a week it follows claims of more violent crackdowns on protests by government forces after friday prayers doesn't appear to be part of the arab league plan which was accepted by damascus on wednesday and cast doubt on whether that deal can end the bloodshed which has hit the country over the last seven months that brings up to date for the moment here in r.t. now martin andrews continues to explore the russian capital in our weekly program moscow art that's coming up very shortly in i'll be back in about ten minutes from

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discuss. of middle range accommodation in the russian capital let's meet this week's guest you know it must be lovely to have heard. about the rove well i think it was a clever move from my dad who started the first tell here in moscow about fourteen years ago so it was probably a way to get me interested in the business and now of course it's a huge responsibility to have my name on the sidelines when you have more than one hundred yes we have to have your moscow one populates camp and one here on russia now accommodation it is a little bit of a problem as well the hotels in moscow as you probably know they're all very different we have a lot of five star hotels and we have quite a few old soviet style hotels and there's really an issue that we feel that is not well not filled that it's related to me it's not clean and we feel that there

is a big demand and that's exactly where we are working it's only about your well i think that we try the essence of what we tried to deliver is a convenient state so we would never charge for breakfast for example who would never charge you for internet for wife i would have it all through the hotels in a hotel very far as the hotels are. now and it's like water isn't it so that's really important and we included that about three years ago and it's always included in the rate and what we have done is also maybe. a very convenient thing for business travelers but also for tourists is that we have included the mini bar in the rate and we have set we have seen statistics over the years when people take from it it's usually water a little snack you know really not even if you're working with you coming home late you just want something small you know dreaded toward room service and way for half an hour we need something from something small and for us it's actually costs more

to handle that kind of the sales of it than just. it is always included in the rate yes. yes. yes. and we always sad to say that we are three plus that you know it's hard to say what is a three star what is forced out of our service i would say five star but then maybe we don't have that twenty five meter swimming pool that would. thank you very much. and what other two or three star hotels are worth taking note of the hotel. is located in building in the historical area of downtown moscow constructed in the nineteenth century was a part of the nobles family mansion of course current interiors of the many hotel nothing like the look. of the old house but quit with new furniture and facilities such as. various categories.

four thousand roubles around one hundred thirty dollars per night cheaper economy rooms and even. the hotel in the north of the city is a three plus. with ninety six rooms aiming to combine european companies with russian hospitality. not only standard accommodation but also several designer rooms named . you'll even find you can use the right in the center of the room. cool so the people. in the west of moscow. square there's a large hotel called. providing over two hundred rooms accommodation. around one

hundred dollars per night. hotels under the segment. and that. means. the hotel is not close to the city center but there is a free of charge shuttle bus. station. if you prefer a closer to the action of the. might be a choice for you. five minutes walk to the kremlin central street. designed in a minimal. thirty five rooms. but you will have to pay more for the hotel's convenient location single standard rooms cost two hundred dollars. by no means least we travel to the northeast area of the city.

acquainted only three star hotel in comparison to a large hotel chains hotel forty five here. a comfortable location and living conditions european standards recently renovated the rooms are bright and contemporary there's a real. surprise that there are. more. in the hotel industry i think the fact that it's in desperate need of. the. three. countries. and a large library of books are. very. in the hotel forty five. are also free to use the shared kitchen. this is. the family home. here.

in the many areas of its everyday life where the hotels restaurants or clothes shops growth and development why the choice and competition. can be daunting the price of a budget travel is yes but now you have seen for yourselves hotels with price tags you will do sleep over until you go shopping. so some great choices for you see the recent capital doesn't have to be so expensive to roll. well unfortunately that's all the time we have left on this week's program on two and three star hotels. at the same time next week until then for me and the rest of the crew from the hotel forty five year.

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to have you with this is our live here in moscow top stories now this hour the fate of the greek government is on a knife edge is fury over the prime minister george papandreou bailout referendum stand threatens to destroy his government in a parliamentary vote of confidence. in turmoil in greece ounce of the trouble for global leaders at the g twenty summit in cannes who agreed to boost the power of the i.m.f. to try to stop the debt contagion spreading. and back from mars a simulation the mission to the red planet ends a six volunteers locked away in steel choose for more than five hundred days for the longest open space experiment with emerge from place a nation. that's it for me today my colleague ship of another should be here in less than thirty minutes as the news continues on r.t. in the meantime join peter level in these guys as they discuss the end of the soviet communist party and how that triggered the collapse of the.