this is r.t. live from moscow and our top stories for you tonight a russian woman accused of espionage the right to stay in the united kingdom it was alleged that catches it tried to pass classified information while having an affair with a british m.p. she worked for. egypt's first parliamentary poll in decades attracts a record number of voters as it enters its second day despite days of violent protests against the military with thousands of boycotting reelection. which is on a new radar to guard its western most border strike forces are also on the cards if

nato doesn't guarantee its missile shield in europe isn't a against russia. here's how the still hope for the arab world's future despite the carnage in syria and the turbulent run up to egypt's elections. i'm joined by the coal executive director of the transformer center for conflict analysis based in berlin. dr what are we thank you very much for joining me talking about egypt. is long gone but the protests are continuing the violence is continuing but at the moment there is still no condemnation from the west whilst there is a very different approach when it comes to syria for example first of all the mubarak is gone but the regime still to this explains why the demonstrations and. the. dissatisfaction continue the supreme council of the forces

there are very wary of elections happening now because they see alliance that is taking shape between the muslim brotherhood some remnants of the old regime and the supreme council of the armed forces and they're very worried that elections are. the results of the election would be a victory for this coalition and that would mean that the revolution would be hijacked the worst i believe understands the complexity of the situation is reactions are very sensitive about any intervention or interference in the from abroad and i think the west especially the united states have learned the lesson of not intervening to prematurely taking one side against the other there is now a level playing field in egypt the supreme council of the armed forces they have the power of the state behind them the people in. the power of the people behind

them it's a very complex situation because. neither the supreme council of the armed forces hold the people. homogenized unified social forces the muslim brotherhood it is an islamist oriented organization. we have cases now in morocco in tunisia where other islamist oriented organizations came to power what does this mean for the west and how we act if this tendency continues and spreads over into egypt also there is a trend of sunni islamic. revival in the region what does this mean for the worst. of course. regardless of whether it will be islamic government of not in these countries. the

new leaders will not be as. close to the west as the old leaders. of the bin ali and the good news this is. don't forget that for example if you speak about colorism one of the reasons that people cite for the rise of islamic terrorism is the suppression of islamist politicians in these countries so when these politicians get involved in politics when they start playing the political game they will be a match for the worst in the sense that there will be lots of challenges they will definitely take a firm stand when it comes to something like the israeli palestinian conflict they would not accept. western interference in domestic affairs but other than that it can be. a friendly mutually

beneficial relationship if the west accepts the choices the people will make in free and democratic elections which is the only thing that the west should do actually mubarak's regime is gone in egypt that i think has gone however president assad's regime is still there in syria and. spite the melting international pressure there is the arab league which has imposed this set of sanctions how do you see the situation developing there in syria. syria is even more complex than the case of egypt or tunisia or even libya syria sits in a very complex web of alliances in the region. relationship with iran with hezbollah. with turkey with the rest of the arab countries with iraq this almost impossible to envisage the continuation of the regime in syria as it

used to i don't think that it can never be a return to the status quo ante in syria after the recent demonstrations. how will. change whether it will be a total collapse of the regime will be a part transformation of the region. it's still unclear what is clear to me is that the more the violence continues the more we reach a point of no order to fight as the regimes. if the situation in syria gets more and more violent and more and more bloodshed is built i don't see how the regime could survive for much longer but at the same time i don't see exactly the way by which this regime will fall.

it's still too early to say but it looks more and more likely that we are heading for a long. possibly violent struggle in syria how big are the chances of military intervention we're still so far away from such a scenario. libya and syria are two completely different stories when it comes to the feasibility of a military intervention as i said. gadhafi had no real friends. syria. we have usually been serious still has a lot of very powerful friends in the region. also the nature of the way in syria libya are so different in libya talking about a very large country would be very.

population density of the population in libya i think is three or four persons per square kilometer syria it's probably a thousand person per square and the military intervention in the way happened in libya would be disastrous as for civilian casualties or so and it's also not clear whether the west is. doing. really in syria in the same way to intervene in libya. but again. one wouldn't completely such a scenario especially if the cost benefit analysis shows that without the military intervention more and more civilians will be killed by the regime or that the country will slide into a violent and bloody civil war there have already been cases of sectarian violence in syria held the chances of the country sliding into

a sectarian rift this is this is a major fear for the syrian people they look at iraq and they say we don't want to repeat in syria what we've seen happening in iraq before so it is of course a measure of risk that the whole country slide into a civil war that would have a sick to ask. let's just hope that this doesn't turn out to be the case it could possibly be the case. especially again as i said if the violence continues to get your point of no return there's so much anger violence commute it's on dynamics let's hope that it doesn't get to the and somehow before things get to this point of motive and something would happen to allow this regime to draw. saving its face some which i guess is is very is

a very important point as far as the culture of the character of syrians and majority of arabs is concerned saving face is very important there is no clear leader in the west approach on syria at the moment the united states is overstretched so i don't think that the united states would be ready to play that kind of role in syria if such were all. will ever be needed france the old imperial power may want to take the lead but probably that would be totally not more than that. turkey of course can play a major role but it is not possible to imagine the turkey would have its own military intervention in syria without the support of the west and turkey has no interest in doing that so that's another complication facing the

whole scenario of military intervention iran a very powerful stable player it's not been slapped by another set of sanctions but who do the talking i don't think that iran is strong as the west thinks it is. the legitimacy of the b.g. . it is is being told that. the sanctions it is not clear to me how effective the sanctions will be. probably targeting the top layers of the regime. intended to dissuade iran from developing a nuclear weapon. but many voices which are saying maybe we need to. accepting the fact that iran will be a nuclear power at one point and we just have to live with it and of course fears

coming from israel because of the rhetoric of. and of course this fear is justified but on the other hand iran. is a state with. institutions it is not a country that is dominated by just one madman and this is just exaggerating way of. looking at it but of course the rhetoric of a judge is not helping but at the end of the. complex scenario and i think that the sanctions. will probably not be effective in terms of changing iran's policy in case iran really has a policy to acquire a nuclear weapon.

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the top stories tonight a russian woman accused of espionage has won the right to stay in the u.k. it was alleged catch is it to live or to try to pass classified information while having an affair with the british pm she worked for. egypt's first parliamentary poll in decades attracts a record number of voters as it enters its second day in the wake of violent protests against the military however thousands continue to boycott the election. and moscow's which is on a new radar to guard its western most border strike forces are also on the cards if nato doesn't guarantee its missile shield in europe isn't a against russia. next live from moscow choose tonight sport.

hello welcome to the latest. headlines crunch time russian authorities that awful decide on his quote we don't want to form a world champion q.b. my kid and returns to sign a two year deal with red and. us stepping down a chechen leader put out a sign copy it off as president. probably an excited. digging deep also and a coach says his side must first appear to overturn the six point gap to rile the dreaded sacred post by a car. rushing forward on drive every thought he could get off says he'll make a decision about his future by december the tenth after former world champion jimmy reichen an announced he'll return to the sport with next year so if you two year

old reichen won the title in two thousand and seven ben left the sport in two thousand and nine to pursue a. two however fan has decided to return to the f one track he signed a two year deal with rhino which will become lotus in twenty twelve saying three was impressed by their ambition meanwhile with the all finished tenth in the drivers' championship season one place ahead of teammate adrian sutil the twenty seven year old russian has been given a contract for next year but his manager says he'll decide on his future over the next two weeks before writing then his decision wasn't easy one. going back to form one i think the main main reason was that i never really lost a passion and racing in from one but remember all the although the things around it . and i did some nascar races this year. i would start to miss more and more the racing side to see each other because in the rally you race against a clock really so that's what i was missing. chechen leader with

arms and get it off has stepped down as the president of russian premier league side that grozny citing the reason of his heavy workload is that the five year old will quit the post he's held since two thousand and four this year he tries to raise the profile of the club by hiring and then firing that she legend booed hulet as coach and celebrated the opening of the club's new thirty thousand seater stadium with a game against former greats of getting into the marathoner however it's been a disappointing season for the side who were in the bottom half of russia's top flight well that lost their last game three nil with the three month winter break now underway and it was a weekend which produced a total of sixteen goals in the russian premier league and ending cation missed any of them now's your chance to see it in its goals below. live. plz.

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live live. live . staying with football as the inquest opens this tuesday into the death of wales football manager gary speed who was found dead at his home in england on sunday age forty two police say there were no suspicious circumstances the news sent shock waves throughout the sporting world tight five hundred thirty five games it being a premier league and fans of his former clubs have been creating memorials at their grounds scarves football shirts cards and personal messages have been left at leeds

everton newcastle bolton and sheffield united speed also captain wales and one eighty five international caps and took over as their manager last december leading them to victory in four of the last five matches and has been described as the perfect professional by a host of friends and former colleagues. you know often privileged to have known him for. this rich a long time you know be part of my life he was a great friend to the most professional football you know yet how did the privileges of me in him at the start of what looked like a very long and short. managerial career mean united football career the. second to none in you in the premier league in. the show injury or that he was going to do a fantastic job with the welsh national team sure. it's just terrible. for me you know broke in the first team and manager he was one of the guys with of the sheriff who always do well for the young lads coming to the reserves to give him

confidence to feel welcome around the place and. is a real good role model not just because he's a good player on the pitch was off the pitch. for me while the welsh football association says it has no immediate plans to start searching for a replacement for speed as the national coach adding this a suitable grieving period should take place out of respect for his family. one day we will but at this moment in time of course our condolences are with the family anything that we can do to support the family we will i want. point we will look for but today it's not that. this tuesday sees the first three of the four carling cup quarter finals point cardiff will host the city stadium for speeders in charge of his last game for wales he'll be remembered by fans this tuesday evening as well as by blackburn manager steve kean who was a good friend on another much as astro are up against premier league leaders manchester city you have one of the gunners for thirty six years and chelsea play liverpool who drew wanted him to city in the domestic league on sunday something

that didn't surprise chelsea assistant manager about going to. what she gave us as well the play very well. impression i mean they have spent a few quid in the summer as well so it's a competitive good team very good players have a good good squad saw i'm not surprised not surprised at all in the meantime striker didier drogba looks set to quit chelsea after rejecting their latest offer of a one year deal with a thirty three year old is out of contract at the end of the season and could sign a pre-contract deal with an overseas club in january the first his agents say they says drug but will go where he's offered the most money it could be the united states cats are russia was somewhere in asia. in spain muscle any coach pep guardiola says his side must post severe as they look to overturn the six point gap to lead as well madrid as they has got a condo in the league at this year's day the defending champions will be looking to

recover from saturday shock one nil first defeat of the season at a cafe which left them still in second but six points adrift of their arch rivals. haven't lost at home a season but for draws and only two away wins tell the story spain midfielder's and there is a yes that is as fabregas will return for the catalan side tuesday but the other dismissed his side's form as just a bit. we're going to have a look at it as put is to do but when you look back at a football career six points mean nothing the challenge is to do things right on a daily basis to shape that will defend the name of an institution like morrison that is the biggest challenge it isn't the first time that we're going through a bad belts we're getting results we know we have a strong rival in front of us and we have to do things right in order to win. finally i saw the action from the k h l where to sky one two nil a time today namo in the moscow dobby to go sevens in the western conference

alexander costs have given the army man they needed the period. of yes put to live in the second and despite a lot of dynamic pressure at home side held on their night home win of the season now who are second in the west did get the puck over the line once but it was ruled out for the use of feet they just couldn't find a way past as that goal to their masters last hour was in fine form producing an impressive forty saves they had a great game to go and. say that first break away and the second one day. looked at the video said it. was a trick to it so we were a little bit lucky there but as i said we played a solid defense and solid p.k. and that's what i think is a big key to the entire. and that's all the sports news bison.

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