breaking news at this hour here on r.t. moscow warns it will pull out of the start treaty and stop nuclear disarmament if the u.s. continues to deploy its missile defense shield in europe. and in response russia could deploy its strategic it's clear missiles on its border from eastern let's join me and he's now away from the kremlin with more details. i. thousands of them their anger at egypt's military rulers with protesters staying put in the heart of cairo saying the army is concessions simply are not enough.

protesters gathered here in town here square as reports of a live ammunition and tear gas move from cairo in just a few moments. mystery spy saga with a pinch of global politics five years on the young soul killing of russian a former security agent alexander litvinenko continues to muddy relations between moscow and look. it is good to have you with us this is r.t. live from moscow with me rory sushi straight to our breaking news this hour russia may pull out of the start treaty and stop nuclear disarmament if the u.s. continues to deploy its missile defense shield in europe president ever said that moscow could also deploy its own strike systems like the it's kind of missiles on

its own borders as a response let's get all the. standing by live just outside the kremlin good to see you and he says so with washington and nato seemingly on willing to but president medvedev has made his position clear give us a veto. that's right some very harsh and direct words from president me if i want to tell him. as i was. every day just outside its border we did not find steps of the russian federation to take if nato the u.s. and its european allies don't take russia russia's concerns into consideration when it comes to his defense system i just want to take you through that first on mediately today with the early missile warning systems in kaliningrad support this russia's most western enclave it's just across the border from where many of these defense systems are either being deployed or there are plans to have that point secondly the defense to the defense ministry has been told that it needs to. get at

least strengthen the teaching forces and that the president pointed out needs to be done urgently by his third point was that part that missiles will be fitted with an iteration systems with the latest generation warheads and fourth he pointed out that if this is necessary what will happen is that the system if it is not on your radar system but also a system that could i'll block any kind of data exchange actual control systems. my search result and system he pointed out that given all of those steps are not enough this would be russia's last resort. just because other measures are insufficient russia will deploy a contemporary strike systems in the west themselves in order to prevent further damage from the u.s. missile systems in the system the deployment of us going to missile systems in accounting in that region will be one such step if the situation develop. russia

will resist the rush to cease fire the steps of the moment and arms control. give me an extract of a link between strategic offensive and defensive weapons reasons could emerge from russia's withdrawal from the strategic arms reduction treaty this is a vision within the content of the treaty. i also want to point out that president medvedev made it very clear that it's not too late that dialogue still can and needs to happen is actually encouraged it between i did you last nato with european allies and russia and that there can be some kind of agreement made that satisfies both sides which of course russia has been pushing for if not for years really for decades i mean these teachers aren't actually treaties we've seen three of them they've been revised last april twentieth and it was held as a reset if russia house was that it of course sees it as being forced to pull out of it would be a huge step back to russia he was. indeed any so as we know the u.s.

european missile defense program it goes back to the days of george w. bush carried on through the barack obama administration but their whole idea is they set up these missile defense stations to protect against a rogue state such as iran and north korea but i was most people know america has missiles in iraq afghanistan south korea japan course regarding roche take iran america's closest ally israel in the region has thousands of missiles now if we look at the map of where america is a european missile defense shield is set up at the moment we have missiles in poland we have radars in the czech republic missiles and radars in romania missiles in bulgaria radars in turkey if this is meant to protect european countries from road states like iran north korea why all of these a radar and missile stations being set up right on russia's back. it's

a good question and it's a question. russia has been announcing the west's counterparts in the us and nato for years now one just has to look at a map they were talking about you can really see how from europe johnson the middle east russia's eastern seaboard the country is completely surrounded so it it's not difficult to understand where russia is coming from they say the same thing to diplomats and leaders in the wires that we need some kind of find a guarantee that those systems are not going against us just telling us everything will be ok just believe us it's all against rogue states as they call them like iran is just not enough and really what's happening here is to put it simply is that they keep on hitting the same wall russia says we need to leave behind guarantees the u.s. is no let's move forward any way we want to have separate systems and russia once again today has really put down his foot and says we need guarantees that these missiles and these defense systems are not aimed at us and if we don't get those guarantees we're going to move forward with our own systems. our thinking is now

with a live in from the kremlin are here in central moscow thank you. russia's envoy to nato has stressed russia now expects some serious dialogue with nato partners and said there is a point where negotiations just have to stop. we will carry on thoughts with our american and nato partners until the us passes the point of no return in this one after the point of no return is the finalization of the european and the system if we should make sure that the matter in question is an employment of the sites and locations in which it strategic nuclear force can be monitored our fates adaptive approach will be implemented in full therefore there is still time for negotiations and we are calling upon our american counterparts and nato partners to waste no time and make sure that all european countries involved even those involved against their will get not only assurances but legally binding guarantees based on specific

technical quote syria of missile defense. i got some more insight on this from glen ford a former member of the european parliament are joining us live now here on r.t. . thank you for coming on the program today so we're making its position on the u.s. expand biggest was very clear and what kind of response can we expect from the united states. well i don't know what interests me is the response from the from the european union is former vice chair of the security and defense committee in the european parliament it seems to me that while i agree with. that statement i can understand it because what you have is a situation. well in europe in terms of theater missile defense that does two things firstly it enables the united states to undertake a preemptive strike against a nuclear armed iran but at the same time it changes the balance of forces with

respect to the u.s. and russia. in everyone's interest if we continue nuclear disarmament and i think the european union and the european members of nato have a responsibility to press the united states to actually try and come to some accommodation with. it with russia only smarter the two things would either be cannot employ or provide information to moscow and enable them to be assured that if you want a change in the balance of forces was comparatively small what indeed i mean president yet over the past year or more has been has been approaching nato and saying if you're going to do european missile defense shield then let's make a joint missile defense shield not to be done unilaterally moments ago you said that our having such a shield would enable the u.s. to make a preemptive strike on iran i think most analysts would say the u.s. would leave that up to israel to make a strike on iran but let's talk about people being caught in the middle i mean what is what it's about is actually if there is a preemptive strike on iran by anybody and actually in naples for the united states

to deal with any what you might call or for nuclear missiles that have been missed first time around and the same is exactly true of the f a missile defense in japan north korea and in the same way against china now what about the european countries possibly to a court in the middle here certainly many of them that are right. in a hiring line of right now russian is standard missiles or should that be major concern among among the european countries do you think. well absolutely but i mean of course european is deeply political and someone who comes from the british labor party i i'm certain from a political perspective but of course at the moment one of our problems is that most of the governments in the european union are actually of a more conservative flavor and therefore closer to the united states now when you are when you are mentioned here that americans are transport for a period of strike against rogue states as i say such as iran why do you think the u.s. still does not come up with a legal guarantees that the e.u.

missile shield is not aimed at russia well because it actually it's a tool it's a true purpose deployment it does hey give them the capability of making a preemptive strike or at least responding to a preemptive strike against iran but at the same time it does change the balance of forces between if you will the u.s. nato and and russia and i'm sure this is. a very easily we need to make sure that the european union at least those people in the european union opposed to this more dangerous situation actually person our government to make the. to persuade the americans to do exactly that but now a last year russia and nato do agree to work together on a european and he missile project but when it comes to concrete action the alliance is still quick not being quick in drawing moscow in why is there this constant refusal on the side of nato not to have a joint shield with russia should be more beneficial for both sides to work

together. well i mean that's something that i could agree with but we have to look at the politics in the united states as we can see that in any concession by president obama he's lighting to be blocked by the republicans and certainly in the united states of course you have a. presidential election coming up but all these things are going to be part of the political game all right i couldn't fault a former member of the european parliament live in brussels i many many thanks indeed. but i do stay with us here in our people more breaking news coverage of russia's latest response to the u.s. missile defense shield in europe. now at twelve minutes past the hour here in moscow thousands of egyptians are refusing to leave tahrir square saying they're just not satisfied with concessions being offered by the military council the army has said a presidential election will be held by next summer but people want the military leaders to go right now clashes with police continuing kyra that's exactly where

our very own policy or is now she joins us live. paula we continue to hear the police are going extremely tough on protesters what so what's the latest where you are. all the classes are continuing here into this threat for the moment they limited to the periphery they're happening on the streets at least in and counted tough here the official word from the army is that it has no intention to occupy test here that it's merely trying to protect the interior ministry building a short distance away from here you have this almost bizarre situation that if you are in the squid this is almost a really different reality unfolding people who are saying that they plan to continue with the sit ins for as long as it takes in some parts of the street is almost a crown of the atmosphere where people are selling food people are selling souvenirs and you could be ripped of tens they simply are getting the message that they're in this for the long haul and then in other parts of this way you have these confrontations with ambulances going passes that have been if these two minutes to

save having me interest to make hospitals and shelters across the square and we continue to hear from doctors there that they simply not coping with the numbers of injured now it's not the it's the end of the work day here in cairo but no doubt as night falls we will see more people coming to turkey is where i could see the same kind of numbers if not more than what we saw last night there is still the heavy smell of tear gas in the air and this comes amid reports on international human rights groups that they suspect the army has been using a new type of gas the protesters are not taking chances they were walking around with surgical masks they're coming with lots of fossils that have stuff. medicine to try and make the office mistakes are this tear gas city what you seem to care is that the violence and he couldn't handle the sponsor the army is back firing people saying that it reminds them of the dark days of mubarak and it turns out in line with an amnesty international school to go from ever post it has found that the

supreme council of the armed forces has been funding for the the media presence of the clues so what people are saying is it is simply the place of one dictator or another. paul i understand that you're saying that with the protestors that remain dissatisfied in the house and nine months now since you were saying mubarak was deposed now the military's are ruling out and it's not pleasing to the people but as far as we understand the army has already agreed to make concessions so why are the protesters still in a state of rejection. when i think we only could make as many concessions as one but it's not going to satisfy the real desire of people here which is why no need to sit down there's a joke that's being bandied about here and it goes that the only reforms that the army has introduced is a new type of teargas says one imagine people feel completely betrayed by the army that happened to give me was a person and i think they feel very suspicious of any kind of concessions i mean we first found common sense how many saying that he did accept the resignation of his government the benefit the main power as

a caretaker government and so the new government is formed so this raises a lot on health people here tell me also said that the part of into nations which i hate on monday the presidential elections would be polled by makes a mixed marriage true now people are very suspicious reading one of those elections can happen on monday and middle of the spine is and as far as the elections in june well that is only going to be the start of a very and mean feat in this whole process so with everything that the army is promising people here have a non-so of what it very suspicious that those promises don't materialize. policy of life in many things. watching r.t. live from moscow an independent commission has found that the authorities in but rein used torture and excessive force against detainees arrested in crackdowns on this year's uprising the report was just released within the last hour and includes findings of overly harsh repression of the regime protests officials are also accused of multiple violations of human rights just hours ahead of publication

fresh clashes flared up as police used tear gas against the crowds let's get some more details on this now we're joined live from the region with our joined by rather political analyst and activist chris light. mr nigh hello thank you for joining us today live from london won't the accusations made in this report actually serve to provoke further violence do you think. any violence from the people of course the violence has come from the crown prince and his. regime. a report which can during the regime should lead to violence but of course you never know with. these residents i mean they may try to lash out. even even more so who knows we've seen excessive force used against protesters in both in bahrain and in egypt there's no where there's been no strong condemnation from western countries or washington as chided the violence but not the crackdown at the very same time they love syria but why the double standards do you think. i

can hardly hear you but i try i try and i try not to. but there's just a double standard on the part of every regime in the world it seems to me that around the world increasingly we're seeing dictatorships we've seen dictatorships impose even in the eurozone five eastern most so-called technocrats. each of these dictatorships accuses. some other tradition of obvious but i've seen violence and sort of social folk the rest is completely. double standard breathtaking how they accuse the gadhafi regime of war crimes i mean no don't really of course. but. we just had a tribunal which was found guilty of war crimes. so i mean this is this is normal all of these regimes in my view and i'm and i know that the people in cairo the

people are across kunis the people in some polls in london occupy new york you would agree all of these regimes all of them got to go quite as you say double standards essentially perforates are all forms of politics worldwide but if i may let's turn our attention to that of egypt in just the first few days of what's already being called egypt's second revolution two thousand people injured protesters here cast but there's still the fire how long can that last and do you think nato might be tempted to get involved. i mean we sort of very beginnings of a revolution didn't we last last in february and the revolution goes through numerous trade routes and clearly the people of realize that they've got to free themselves from the core of any regime which is the arm to bodies of men until the until the soldiers begin to mutiny and disagree criminal orders from their superiors and join with the people on this revolution won't be completed as for

nato getting involved. we must do everything possible to build. went the worse from doing to me gyptian revolution what they did in libya which has turned it into a military intervention and through the extraordinary obviously technological superiority of the west. poison that revolution and it and is still one to one dictatorship in place of another one so we got it. i do apologize for interrupting we are running low on time here on r.t. when it comes to what is going on in egypt let's talk about the ripple effect do you think the under arrest in egypt could trigger a chain reaction in countries like libya and two years you who as you were saying moments ago have also seen similar and the regime uprisings. well i think that's putting it mildly i think rising in current has already begun triggering a train reaction on a potentially global level we have to remember what triggered these events in the first place that was the collapse of lehman brothers and they could be quite natural crisis in the severe almost like

a heart attack of western capitalism which happened in september two thousand and eight that led to increased unemployment increased. students being. kind of nothing to do with higher prices for food prices and so on these are the underlying causes of all of these events so what's happening in egypt i regard it as the beginning of a massive grow ball uprising against all of these dictatorships across the world but yes you're quite right i'm sure i'm sure the immediate effect and feelings and maybe in libya will be you know will be more more direct political analyst and i could mr chris knight many thanks. for all of the whole issue when it comes to egypt it's a case where poisoned spread much further than the intended victim excuse me which turned out of the story about the issue of five years since now the death of russian former security agent alexander litvinenko of course that was in the u.k. the diplomatic spat it triggered between moscow and london it shows no signs of

letting up and as artie's smith reports the court of justice still isn't running smooth i. five years on and still an immovable thought in the side of ross a british relations. extradite britain's chief suspect in the two thousand and six murder of alexander litvinenko because andrey lugovoy is a russian citizen and person refuses to hand over the evidence so russia can conduct its own investigation britain insists extradition is the only path to justice russia wouldn't go against its constitution and past both governments in a position where it's very difficult to converge on either side giving anything fortune to the slogan in question you know which we've gone through over the last five years. with more. agreement. than either side really. anywhere near the middle. difficult to see how it's going to move forward

in london because if we don't have a reader has successfully lobbied for a new wide ranging inquest into her husband's death look i've always says he welcomes the news and has offered to give evidence by a video link he also welcomed serenely opinion because admission that her husband was working as a consultant for the british secret service is look i've always said that he himself was branded a liar for saying the same thing but it's not just the truth that's most of basing her your younger brother out but she didn't like the position of the british government who were against widening the investigation as he was a need to do wasn't operating alone he was acting in accordance with some kind of orders and some kind of command structure so the british secret services restore her knew by close to his death so in her mind they should take responsibility and that means paying the lawyers who are expanse of the british street should pay prisons for the good variable marina has legal costs could run to one and

a half million dollars and international relations have paid a heavy price to. bear lurks in the background of every diplomatic visit as a business deal between russia and britain and the new hearings in which accusations from both sides will be heard in open court unlikely to mend fences this is unfortunately the key area can improve relations between moscow and london and the interests of both governments. would be very welcome if this problem could be solved in this case. because you can't do anything with lugovoy. beyond. if you can move the case forward you can probably or he doesn't have a monopoly. because against him it looks like that person will be to meet she coughed formally a suspect he was with binion and lugovoy here at the millennium hotel. was

poisoned he was investigated by german police in connection with traces of polonium that were found in his hamburg apartment but the case was dropped but of evidence despite that report suggests cold tune is moving back into the british police this great following the closure of the criminal case in two thousand and nine got hold of the police evidence against him he doubts they'll be able to pin anything on him this time around either culture will give evidence at the new hearings by video link to so far as an interested party five years on since. there are still a lot of interested parties ready to put their case but there's little sign of anyone being held accountable nor a smith party. with current.

i don't welcome to our business thanks for joining me foreign direct investment in russia is up forty three percent a year through september at twelve billion dollars however most of the funds still come from cyprus where many big domestic for observe registered the emerging markets private equity association says russia remains one of the least attractive investment destinations among developing economies but the head of russia's new recreated direct investment fund he's optimistic this will soon change speaking into r t highlights the sector has to meet. the mortgage is definitely going to be interested but also as was major interest to invest in infrastructure and to invest in search is a benefit from the growth of the russian middle class there is massive grows in the middle class which fuels roles in the agriculture in the medical field for was to the gold services in all sorts of sectors. i'm looking at the markets now all as low oil is lower as investors speculate that rising gasoline stockpiles in the u.s.

and slowing economic growth in europe will reduce the demand for fuel is trading at ninety six dollars a barrel brand is one hundred over one hundred seven dollars a barrel this hour european markets are lower in evening trading sentiment has taken another knock after a failed german bond sale government was able to sell only two thirds of the six billion euro action and of the say this is the worst result in recent memory that suggest investors now see high risks even if it's the safest of the euro zone's economies russian markets are trading mixed at close the us has is lowered by nearly a quarter of a stent. and the isaacs is. over half a percent investors are concerned over how europe and the u.s. will solve problems let's take a look at some individual channels and spread bank is up just a notch hydras getting over one percent. what is gold is in the red this hour investors are buying into precious metals amid the current volatility though.

russia's top lenders very bank wants to cut the price and offer to buy the eastern european union folks but the bank wants to pay pipe hundred million euros that's fifteen percent less than the original all for german media report the bank loans to pay less after the german bank reform worse than expected. russia's economy has expanded over four percent in the first ten months of the year the seasonal rise in agricultural production help speed up growth in the also becoming ministry's considering raising its cross domestic product forecast for the whole year for the for the statistics service says more local entrepreneurs that the economic situation to get worse in the next six months. so we have time for on the back with more interesting minutes trying to.

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