video on demand. now with the palm of your. machine on the. russians gates of the polls facings being taking place across the country in the parliamentary elections to. be. able to retain this is a popular. pull you think a special election coverage. and in other news the shape of the week terror on tension iranian students stormed the british embassy in response to fresh sanctions prompting the u.k. to close its mission there and expelled iranian diplomats from london. the un human rights commission a cold for international intervention in syria but russia and china voted against

the rebel resolution saying that foreign meddling will only cause more bloodshed. in egypt's main islamist party if the biggest winner in the opening round of the country's first parliamentary election since february is revolution. it is good to have you with us on this sunday you're watching live from moscow with me rule received shy from the two kaliningrad it's decision day for russia millions across the country's nine time zones have been having their say to decide the makeup of the lower house of parliament the state.

now voting has finished in many regions of russia but people in the western part of the world's biggest nation still heading to the polls to cost that ballots are the key issue focuses on whether the ruling united russia party will win enough support to remain the major parliamentary force let's get some more details on this now cross live now straight to our sara first starting point for us sara people are now making their decisions following weeks of political debate tell us how is the election process going at this point. what we're seeing facing continually maybe in the capital people hiding out to any of the three thousand three hundred seventy four polling place that we have here in most cave he was even able to vote as the majority of this polling base in schools but also at train stations and airports and in hospitals as well a hundred and ten million people expected to take part in the state today

as he said russia has nine times and say a large number of the regions across russia we've seen the polls close and the base will be being counted now everyone's been involved feasting people in the far flung posts of russia being able to take part with polling days reaching the highest name avail helicopters some people turning up to the polling base today all reindeer we've even seen the chief postman to support the i.s.o.'s costing their votes from space as they indeed everyone having the chance to take part in that free show. today and now the fighting continuing to eight pm local time here and the last regions the cost of it will be clinton got at nine pm and then i will start getting the results of the polls again to bring in both the needs. and the lafitte and of course those elections being a bad thing by international observers it's a good round seven hundred heavy monitoring for any violations now we've seen today

the un sanctioned rallies taking part in most cases against the elections and in support of various policies we simply have already made a number of arrests. and now they've also been some reports from some of the opposition parties that mind of violations we've had ever both web sites being hacked as well so you know you reported major violations from that they said international observers of course that eva saying that till the very end to keeping watch on that seven political parties battling it out when they see full hundred and fifty things up for grabs in the diva correspondent has been taking a closer look at some of the main political parties lined up.

this right here is the state duma the lower chamber of the russian parliament where laws are adopted and all bills are first reviewed and the term comes from the russian dumont meaning to think it was founded in one thousand nine hundred six but does survive the one nine hundred seventeen revolution whoever it did bounce back in one thousand nine hundred three when a new constitution was introduced and the upcoming election will determine the makeup of the six dubai since one thousand nine hundred three. there are four hundred fifty seats up for grabs in the duma and the elected deputies will serve for five years well as it stands the stay do must be divided between four political parties. cannot ignore for currently has two hundred fifteen seats is the biggest party in the duma it's followed by the communists with fifty seven seats on the liberal democrats of forty seats and a fair russia has thirty eight. well let's look at those parties in detail now the ruling united russia party has

a constitutional majority in the current parliament and is led by prime minister vladimir putin and with the upcoming election of president dmitry medvedev will be at the top of the party's list of candidates for the party's representation in the duma is not only made up of career politicians but celebrities as well such as one of the most decorated gymnasts of two time olympic medalist. former n.h.l. star the salt as well as the first man to walk in space alexei now the party's platform essentially revolves around modernizing the economy. to radicalism however united russia is also often criticized as bureaucratic inefficient and to some extent blame for political and economic stagnation. the second in the number of seats is the communist party headed by its leader gennady zyuganov the communist saw the biggest opposition force in the country constantly in second place and one of the most prominent deputies in this sector us of federal funds a nobel laureate in physics in two thousand of the communist party promises and not

for the first time the nationalization of key industries they're often criticized for sticking to a platform that caters to an elderly constituency that still dreams of returning to the glory days of the soviet union. well another old timer of the russian a state. he's a leader of the liberal democratic party of russia now it's often called a one man party he is widely considered to be a show mad at his over as eccentric behavior and sometimes shocking political views for example he advocated forcibly retaking alaska from the u.s. and openly expressed his hatred of certain ethnic groups from that is it is often turned his words into action while on a lighter note says wrestling champion i'm excited kevin was elected as a united russia deputy there's been no more pools in the state. fair russia is headed by he said again you don't know and as the name implies its platform is based on the principles of fairness freedom and solidarity calling for

the proper functioning of a welfare state. this is the usual working place of the deputy no bells and whistles just a mike and a device with which to vote but not all deputies are interested in the daily debates over bills last year a huge scandal emerge when it came to light that some deputies consistently missed sessions and simply asked their party colleagues to vote in their absence now only after public criticism from the president if they return to work now despite the shortcomings of russia's politicians there are still hopes of the country will be able to put together the kind of polling that it needs to address its people's demands and navigate russia's future so who exactly will be filling these four hundred fifty seats of the state duma they won't be long now to find. and we will be bringing you a detailed account of this day of decision in russia throughout the day but first a preliminary results are expected to be released at five pm g.m.t.

just shortly before that at four o'clock g.m.t. will begin our special coverage correspondents will be reporting live from the central election committee as well as major party headquarters bringing you all the reaction and analysis as it comes. a campaign closes. the people prepare to speak. in duma election eleven. in-depth coverage of has won the hearts and minds of the russian people or to. you watching the weekly here at r.t. and over the past seven days we've seen a dramatic rise in tensions around iran with western nations on leashing more pressure on the islamic state britain along with the u.s. and a kind of us tehran with fresh sanctions as punishment for what they believe to be a covert nuclear program is sparking outrage among the iranian public i don't choose to be angry students stormed the british embassy the u.k.

shut down its diplomatic mission in response while twenty four iranian diplomats were also expelled from london it comes as washington is preparing its own crippling sanctions against iran central bank but political analyst chris bambery believes provoking tehran will just have disastrous consequences as the. sanctions against iran and there is talk of some strike against iran over this you could program we should remember that really in nationalism runs very deep in people one memories of when for instance britain and america wants to one thousand nine hundred eighty three to overthrow a democratically elected government which had nationalized british american oil interests and installed the shah of iran and the nationalism is runs very deep and really enthusiasm present. many of the mood around against any notion of sanctions against iran or a british american need to strike against the right. of america and britain between

them have enough weapons to destroy the world many times over make sure you call weapons it does not have. the americans and the bruce do have plans for eventually a military strike is whether or not the kind of and i think those people who are committed to. peace and don't want to see you know war should be concerned about this pressure in washington london paris to stop any talk of for the sanctions or any talk of a military strike against iran and from iran to syria now where the arab league has given syria an ultimatum to accept a mission of observers by sunday and the un's high commissioner for human rights as call for international intervention in the country to protect civilians from president assad's forces she said four thousand people have been killed since the clashes began almost nine months ago however syria's ambassador to the u.n. of responded by warning that the solution to the crisis cannot come from abroad a resolution that could have paved the way for military intervention in syria was

a lot china people leave the u.n. continues to ignore reports of atrocities committed by opposition fighters i think that foreign meddling would only make the situation worse political analyst dr question is just who the sanctions that have been imposed are actually aimed at. these sanctions are meaningless actually i think they're meaningless and on every level on the level on the economic level and on the security lab and it will not stop the violence western powers particularly the united states now to use these sanctions and the other to use the decisions of the arab league for their own purposes to put pressure on syria to put pressure not for the syrian regime to stop the killing as they put it but you know what they want is to weaken the city and to g.m. and to weaken the alliance between syria iran and lebanon i don't think they they. so much for syrian blood in libya more than one hundred thousand people were killed

by nato bombings and the country was devastated that nobody said anyone so i can't actually believe that they're now searching about three thousand syrians when they are not actually what is. about more than one hundred thousand libyans it has nothing to do with stopping violence on the contrary they're feeding the bods we can't expect the syrian government and the syrian army to end the violence if the other if the gags do not stop the atrocities against the forces. you with r.t. live from moscow are still ahead for you this hour the never ending story of saving the euro. every week we have a news every week we have new hopes and nothing happens well monday's meeting between the german and french leaders actually offer anything new to ease public discontent a little bit more on that just ahead for you in the program here. plus as u.s.

police continue to crack down on anti corporate protesters some officers are changing sides one of them who explains why he joined the chorus of those are not happy with the current economic policies. egypt's state newspaper is reporting islamist parties have taken an overwhelming lead in the opening round of the country's first post revolution parliamentary election the muslim brotherhood's freedom and justice party reportedly gained forty percent of the vote with the fundamentalist elnora party thought it a claimed maybe about twenty five percent however the results are not final as most parties are said to go through to further election rounds over the next two months results as paul asli reports from cairo many in the streets feel their voices will not carry any solid weight. long. and the record turnout a sign of political interest in a country where dictates of dictatorship has moved little appetite for the power of

the ballot the faces of the small town of mindfulness in the street and why are excited to be both teams in a real mix and these same meaning holds nothing but. i ran to you but i just tried. to meet you down with. you there are tens of thousands like misnomer hammad young unemployed and frustrated they think it doesn't matter who they vote for because the military will still make all the important decisions the problem is you know what are they actually going to produce a parliament that cannot appoint ministers that cannot appoint a government whose constitution whatever it turns out to be is going to be guarded by the army many in egypt say they will continue to camp out on top here square the center of the revolution and in front of the parliament building youth movement leaders like ahmed dravot are protesting of what they see as an intern vote

offering no democratic mandate who will be you. show to make sure you will not go inside your office we have to stop you and you have to go and we do. two more rounds of voting still need to take place but a strong showing of the muslim brotherhood leaves little doubt that the islamic parties will have a significant majority in parliament for what it's worth although claims of a record sixty two percent turnout is already being questioned after a series of irregularities were reported the country's only female candidate for the presidency is not surprised. monitoring the election just before letting their mistakes their fraud we have no way for democracy but the west has been quick to praise the election as an important step towards change although the americans are beginning to say well no the army must go back to barracks deep down they'll be perfectly happy to keep the

army where it is in egypt if you give one point three billion dollars a year to the egyptian army which the americans do you are you expected to do what it wants which leaves little room for the people to get what they want sitting the stage for more to hear turmoil r.t. . and paula continues to monitor the situation in egypt you can just follow quite simply all of our updates on twitter screen right now i want to our latest tweets she reports on the words circulating around tahrir square those who attacked female journalists were planted by the regime to make protesters look bad follow paula's personal feed for more updates and insights or you can just read their read tweets at r.t. underscore. you're watching the weekly on r.t. on monday europe could move closer to what's been described as the budgetary intervention in the running of e.u. member states german and french leaders are to thrash out a deal on creating

a fiscal union of eurozone countries and that would mean the financial policies of e.u. nations would have to be approved by brussels with penalties for countries which break the rules this week belgium and greece saw massive strikes as people expressed anger at the painful austerity measures brought into control but economic analyst michael moore us believes european leaders are just creating a facade of action because the problems are here to stay. every week we have a new emergency meeting every week we have a news every week we have new hopes and and nothing happens so this is the prognosis the forecast also for the e.u. summit next week and when angela merkel says no to euro bonds this means nothing else then no to the euro because you must not be an economist to know that the common currency cannot work without a common bond market in europe we are twenty seven different countries with

different cultures and different ways of living and of course they don't want to be ruled by brussels and nobody wants those also the germans don't want it and this is the real problem that we have with this common currency it is not backed by the several governments if you want to have a common currency you have to have one single rulership in europe russel's for example but nobody wants it so we are in a contradiction we only cool the cirque so i don't know how you will solve this problem. well for the meantime as you watch the weekly here and police in riot gear have arrested more than a dozen occupy protesters are shutting down this time in the u.s. city of portland police by overnight stays that tense have been set up but some activists refused to go by demonstrators accuse officers of using tough tactics against a peaceful rally pushing people to the ground a teenage protest a claim to an officer hit him in the face with a riot stick police action it came as part of

a wave to dismantle occupy headquarters across the u.s. in the past few weeks more important are reports the movements message is beginning to resonate even with those whose job it is to control. the streets occupy wall street has become an undeniable american household name. and police crackdowns against the democratic movement have become something of the norm not so normal is seeing one side endorse the other. retired philadelphia police captain ray lewis became the game changer on nov seventeenth arrested while demonstrating with occupy protesters on the streets of new york city the twenty four year veteran was held in police custody for eleven hours and received one comment from a new york cop nobody this one individual said that i had the testicles of an elephant although all of america's police force is part of the ninety nine percent

captain lewis says cops secretly supporting o.w.m. face dire consequences by going public menace fear of losing their job being disciplined being fired and then what do they do everybody in the ninety nine percent figure they're police officers also they cannot risk they have children they have one what would they do once you're fired there are no jobs available the nighttime raid on zuccotti park and subsequent arrest of dozens of journalists covering the story. are among many reasons captain lewis says he temporarily transplanted to manhattan that's close to dictatorship when you exclude the media. that's what the papers around the world go to and that is very scary brutal scare tactics such as pepper spray the tongs and flash grenades canisters have been used against occupy camps throughout the u.s. open california resembles something of an urban war zone this fall leaving

a war vet in critical condition and the eyes of an eighty four year old burning from tear gas oakland police officer fred chavez is the only octave cop who's gone on record with his support like i totally agree with occupy wall street even to understand what i can broker i am a part of the ninety nine percent for the most part people are peaceful and i want to see change many believe the biggest change could calm when or if u.s. law enforcement officials stop suppressing the right to assemble and begin supporting it despite his arrest captain lewis is back at zuccotti park showing on wavering support for the occupy movement standing roughly ten or fifteen feet away from him a group of new york city police officers yes they're here securing the area but some are beginning to show little interest for the first time i had an officer break ranks yesterday at the barricade line a white officer named officer murray and introduced himself and he started asking

if you question i said do you know the risk you're taking and he was so brave that you said this is still america and until a supervisor ordered ordered me back to the line i'm going to talk with you i hope to get mainstream america involved the players involved realizing that world victims of corporate america and corporate america has got to be stopped marina porter r.t. new york. but i figured you can find more of that story online also lets see what else is waiting for you right now at r.t. dot com sizzling smartphones the hottest hottest touchscreen may indeed be apple's i phone but two of them have gone up in smoke within just a short week. and break dance battle top stars clash in an international contest is being held right here in the russian capital i do check out the bone bending footage in full at r.t. dot com. and out of some other news from this week iran r.t.

pakistan is boycotting an international conference on the future of afghanistan are due to take place in germany next week is the latest sign of a deepening crisis in relations between washington and islamabad following the most recent deadly nato air raid on a pakistani border post pakistan shut down a vital alliance supply route to afghanistan in response to the helicopter strike that killed twenty four of its soldiers the is the incident was described by a top pakistani officer as a quote deliberate act of aggression triggered anti american protests all across the country some experts predict that the troubled relations will get worse as the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan comes nearer. i think that both the united states and pakistan have this very strange relationship that they need each other and that probably before it absolutely ruptures there will be some concessions but you know the the united states it's planning to leave by two thousand and fourteen all its

troops there what will be left behind pakistan is determined to have a force in kabul that actually pakistan wants to support it in other words for similar to the taliban that is pressure to the base this is quite opposed to anything that the west wants so i think that the next two years are going to be fascinating when you've got two wholly different dynamics unfolding there and next hour we talk to pakistan's former head of intelligence on the latest blow to u.s. pakistani relations. now the newly elected president of kyrgyzstan has called on the u.s. to abandon a military base that's been in the country since two thousand and one character's locals are near the base support of the decision saying american troops have made their lives increasingly difficult to socks on a boy tells us what's fueling their frustrations. they call it operation enduring

misery several times a day u.s. military planes take off from an airport near the characters capital bishkek there and gins generating a lot of anger and mung the locals that's why there's it's so noisy here i can barely sleep back in soviet times the village of morocco and there was famous across kyrgyzstan for years gigantic whatever melons but ever since the americans landed here ten years ago locals say the quality of their crops has been steadily declining like most of his neighbors further nicholai which is convinced americans a dumping fuel on the field surrounding the base which is commanders deny yes. i wish the u.s. planes come and go several times a day i know there should be the noise is disturbing but i sort of got used to it what's really bad is that they're killing nature the fields and the crops and people's health is getting worse to the good this air base represents the shortest

and the most efficient route to deliver you supplies and servicemen into afghanistan nicknamed the gateway to how it's the last safe start on the way to combat but for the residents here getting rid of the base is a battle in its own right but i'm going to have seems we're going to america has so many enemies it's fourteen wars in afghanistan iraq libya what if it's enemies want to attack us smiling. one former kid is pressed than sunday americans and the vixen notice only to negotiate a three fold lease increase a few months later the following year he was ousted from all. office on allegations of corruption some really did to payments from the us base mistrust and even has still it's you between the locals and use troops abroad are hardly anything new many countries are hosting american bases despite sometimes very strong objections of the indigenous population but here in kyrgyzstan the issue so politically

charged that it has already shown the power of making or breaking once presidency yet america's presence in the region has its brutal benefits to military gear in accessories have long found their way to bishkek it's bizarre as thanks to a shady network of buyers and sellers secondhand u.s. military uniform is how in a very high regard here the owner of this business doesn't want us to show his face he usually gets it from american troops on the ground for a couple hundred bucks and he sells it to a wide range of clients many of whom come from all over the former soviet union according to the bases commanders. to be nice in addition to sixty million dollars a year for the least use personnel in kyrgyzstan have done volunteer work and raised money to renovate the local school and the locals are appreciative they say they have nothing against the americans per se except that they have long outstay

their welcome back some of the artsy. going to i'll be back in just a second. me easy easy. easy easy to.