it is the united russia party so far is forming short of fifty percent of the vote the president dmitri medvedev said the party is ready to form a coalition and other political forces have also expressed their willingness to do so we're bringing you special coverage here on r.t. . also iran's military forces say they have shot down an unmanned u.s. drone in the east of the country according to a state news agency. and in a roundup the week's top headlines the u.n. human rights commissioner calls for international intervention in syria but russia and china voted against the resolution saying foreign meddling will only cause more

bloodshed. it's eleven pm here in moscow you're watching r t live from the russian capital with me. so straight to our extensive coverage of russia's parliamentary election here on special studio in central moscow is following the developments closely my colleague and he said no way is that lisa. exe billboards of course all over russia are being counted now results coming in so far they show that united russia is leading the vote but has less than fifty percent so far and that appears to be

a significant drop in popularity all the data is being published live out the central election committee and our teams are getting a great show is there and joins us to get the reno what are the latest figures that we're hearing and keep looking at them and he is so right now with twenty six point six percent of the votes counted here are the first preliminary results now the latest figures show that the united russia party is deleting with a forty six forty seven point three percent of the vote almost four million people voted gave their voices to the ruling party of the russian federation coming second are because with just slightly short of twenty one percent liberal democrats have one around thirteen point four percent and that russia party has more than thirteen per cent so they're very close the liberal democratic party of russia and russia and according to the polls the other three parties which were taking part in the elections haven't broken the seven percent threshold needed to secure seats in the

newly elected lower house of the russian parliament just a short remind almost half a million russian observance was taking part in the selections and the over seven hundred international observers were also working at different polling stations across the country joining me live now is one of them klein a breast on the torn and observer from the united states thank you very much for joining us mr preston what is your general impression of how the elections in russia persist well from what i've observed and i went to a different stations in moscow in the moscow region were performing well because of the you know the. running of the election years without any events and i didn't see any kind of. we were allowed to go in any of these all the stations and we spoke with the heads of the station we watched voters saying there were no problems in fact it was the press over there had been reports about had core attacks on

several media websites and other groups websites as well do you think that these violations could be considered as a major violations or the fuel for the patients on the day of the elections on the so-called day of silence. well i wouldn't have enough information to answer that because i don't know who's might have. done the hacking of my type massager brought him down but. the federal law does prohibit the publication by any of the parties or campaigning on the day before the election and on the day of election and so if that were part of an enforcement i think you'd be legal do you consider what do you have seen as a transparent election. thank you very much for that you won't lend precedent for any and international observers from the united states taking part in the election fro says here in russia on sunday observing the process in moscow and even most of

the job. will be right because the reporting live from the central election committee we are getting official preliminary results putting united russia at forty seven percent thanks to you and your guests there this hour we'll continue to you of course live on the very latest data as we get it throughout the night let's cross lines artie's daniel bushell he's at the united russia party headquarters of course they are leading many wondering now daniel if united russia will take half of the vote fifty percent there sara appears to have fallen significantly what's the mood among party members where you are. just disappointed in this sense of disappointment here you know it's a gross head just because the vote is not just severely down. on four years ago it's also down almost expectations were for this vote this time around the vote does send the message loud and clear that voters the reforms that have been promised about both me to meet that if i'm glad to make putin and they want them as

quickly as possible both leaders here have spoken off to the voting ended commitment that if claimed the economy he said the economy situation throughout the world is difficult and he said that was the key reason why their vote is down but he warns the russia does need a strong united grocers' does need a strong ruling party in government in order to be able to function effectively let's have a listen to exactly what he had to say selig's the made me question yes nationally but we need good relations with all passengers in parliament at the end of the day we want only good for our country in a case taken into consideration the more difficult configuration of the parliament who have to make alliances because this is what democracy is about we simply. noted russia's the political wing of joins us now that we've seen the forty something percent try and you know to construct govern effectively with such a showing well they're also indicates that there will be at the majority of votes

and the deal my hand the majority of seats and that's the most important result for us because normally to ensure the effective governance of the country to do ensure that we execute the reforms that were promised when he had. fifty percent of seats in the fall that we have won that so that's the major important the major result for us now what reforms all voters calling for and can you deliver well i think the voters are very much disappointed with the efficiency of the gal at the station specially at the local and regional level for the second thing is that corruption of course people are very much disappointed with corruption and the first thing is that people would like to have their lifestyle the same profile and that's a normal thing especially since we have overcome in the crisis of two thousand and eight two thousand and nine and still feel the. wants to solve this dramatically and so they did now to to leave all the forms that take on the civil war you know to go should some say is this joint is just too big to change course that you agree

with that there is the problem with this policy is just become too big while the thing is that united russia today brings together two million one hundred thousand people this is a future involves a membership and now that's why we cannot do it probably as flexible as all the smaller projects but the same time we're changing and of course we'll have the lessons learned from the campaign that will continue to have they have to be more flexible i think that if we welcome the competition within their country every bit of this is elections indicates that that political or for this is going on then the political system is developing thank you very much you know it's atrocious to triple a coming of this so we're getting the first results from the far east of russia areas what you call to go places like i'm chats which show that you know to go to shit is down but nevertheless as mr pollock kind of says it goes retain the leading poetry roll so it will continue to bring this country will be bringing you updates as the totals come in throughout the night. that's right artist daniel bush

of the big country it takes some time to count all of these votes let's took him at the communist party headquarters there of course looking to be in second place with just over twenty percent of the vote artie's arena go is there for us or enough what's the mood at the communist party headquarters united russia's of course main rival. well i have to say that the mood here is that not festive but very very decisive because the united the united russia of course is a had but the communists are showing already all showing better results they did four years ago the print at the previous parliamentary elections and back then back then four years ago they were around eighteen percent to day at this point of course the results are still preliminary but they're already showing a rather strong lead they're already beating their previous results so they're rather happy with this there's absolutely no tension but the leader of the communist party you know he's got a was here earlier and he's primary our point of his address to the people who are gathered here of course was the phone with the phone was with the focus on the

violations which took place during the during the election process ah she cited some of the various ways in which the communist party believes that the elections were being violated in various polls they even said that some of the observers from the communist party or actually beaten up at the at the polling stations know what is the communist party like these days let's have a look at that. as russians pick for parliament who are the main contenders in the race for duma seats. leader gennady zyuganov types the achievements of communism from before his time but he's criticized for his record with the russian orthodox church current campaign slogan the politics of the majority is made to when we return the motherland stolen from us priorities free education and housing punishing illegal immigration and introducing ethnicity stumps and passports.

success story second to hold presidential elections since the end of the u.s.s.r. criticized for exploiting soviet nostalgia with pensioners and a discontented industrial working class. for its red flag with a hammer and sickle of the communist party of the russian federation do i lecture two thousand to eleven on r t. just a look there for you at the modern russian a communist party there so far today over one hundred people in fact have been arrested in moscow as political organizations both pro-government and opposition tried to stage rallies on election day are these jacob graves has the latest from central moscow but as we said actually these opposition protests will be somewhat lost on the ground that's right in nature throughout the course of the day there

will be more individuals than say parties or movements as such no less the left front two are in attendance but just behind me outside the credible zone miners square a few of the numbers to tell you by police basically using this tactic with father leverage with these protesters tools and there is a metro station is something they employed as well on the cheap so yes we would loyal to united russia and a few of their members these arrested as they express support for the government this is the scene around the capital throughout the course of the day such as article thirty war bans movement sure she's moving up with a lot of this is a result of their members to tell you by police as you mentioned the reason the police are using these tactics is because that prison is still the day of silence whereby such opinions can be voiced in such a publics stage in case they sway people ahead of the end of polling.

artie's jacob groups reporting there from central moscow let's take a look and bring you up to date on the latest preliminary results in election twenty eleven so far twenty six percent of the votes have been counted they show that united russia is leading with forty seven percent of the vote the communists are coming in second place with just slightly over twenty percent with the liberal democrats and fair russia both having around thirteen percent now according to the data the other three parties taking part haven't broken the seven percent threshold that is needed to get seats in the russian state duma and we continue to monitor the situation and developments live from our special studio here in moscow join us for extended coverage of the election at the top of the next hour right here on r.t. . come

back to our studio here in central moscow let's turn to some news that shaped the past seven days in our weekly update and the latest news from around the world but of course is and he says we will continue our special election coverage throughout the evening. iranian forces have shot down an american unmanned drone in the east of the country that's according to iran's state news agency the aircraft used for spying was reportedly downed with minimum damage and seized by iranian authorities american radio host and independent blogger steven lemmon has told me that these tactics are nothing new from the u.s. . these drones but you were. recorded since. we've been doing it so in america for so doing in many other countries. for since i'm a. brother you all will. be easy we want you to change the regime to make use of syrians to you which interest. is

this the currys the notion believes it is the right. to run it's all government to conduct it's over thirty years it doesn't have to go into war she was disagrees you do realize the costly. to syria now and it's reportedly accepted the arab league's plan to send the mission of foreign observers into the country this comes in the way can sustain foreign pressure on damascus with the un's high commissioner for human rights calling for international intervention she said four thousand people have been killed since the clashes began almost nine months ago we have a series ambassador to the un 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 blocked by russia and china they believe the u.n. continues to ignore reports of atrocities committed by opposition fighters and think that foreign meddling would only make the situation worse well for more on

this i'm now joined by dr evil him going to she's a professor at zaytuna university in jordan so syria has already missed a previous deadline with president assad calling the arab league conditions impossible why has it agreed to let in international observers now. well the way. the way i understand this is that. excuse me i'm hearing the echo of my voice i'm sorry the way i understand this is that syria has no other option but to accept those terms as humiliating as they may be the arab league has basically said that if syria doesn't accept this plan. this would pave the way for an international intervention the way that the arab league paved the way for an international intervention and libya and we know what happened without so i think syria has grudgingly accepted those terms but that does not necessarily mean that

the crisis in syria will be resolved i think the recipe for the solution is going to create a bigger problem because it's going to encourage more and more attacks on the regime and it's going to cause more violence within syria it's going to give the impression that the syrian regime has caved under the pressure of the arab league which is and pressure from nato in some ways you could say the arab league has reduced a bit of that pressure because it was very tough on syria suspending its membership and imposing sanctions but now it has actually given damascus another chance doesn't it. well you're talking about few hours let's make a comparison to other situation and the reeds and other situations for example the situation and palestine despite all the aggression committed by the zionists in palestine their thoughts on lebanon two thousand and six that talk on gaza and two

thousand and nine and everything that takes place within palestine destroying houses. arrests the daily killings that they place within palestine the arab league has done nothing in fact in two thousand and two and march two thousand and two that has proposed the arab peace initiative which until today nine years after the fire israel has not responded to and the arab league still has not withdrawn the arab peace initiative so if you make a comparison between the two cases you can see the double standard taking place here syria was given few days then few hours as opposed to nine years given to israel to respond to the arab peace initiative so i think we're talking about a different way of dealing with things here syria is as a founding member of the arab league and is in the center of his i'm not just the arab league itself and therefore what's taking place now is in fact an attempt by

the arab league to be used by the united states and nato against one of the few remaining states in the arab world that say no the united states influence just briefly russia and china their stance could that position how i thought i think part. i think russia's position especially has improved drastically over the last one week before we have noticed there was some wavering but in the last few days especially especially since sport than the clerk that he was running for elections officially i think there has been a strengthening of the russian position and that is looked upon favor favorably on the arab street i assure you that more and more arabs are seeing through the bars. of lawyers listen for amaze just information just finally could we then possibly see a peaceful resolution to all of this very briefly please not because the arab league

is not. it simply wants to topple the syrian regime and replace it with a pro american regime dr abraham aleutian thank you so much for your time joining us live there in jordan thank you. this is r t still ahead for you this hour as u.s. police continue to crack down on a corporate protest as some officers are changing sides we meet one of them who explains why he joined the chorus of those unhappy with current economic policies. that's still to come but first egypt's state newspaper is reporting islamist parties have taken 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 a lot of party sort of claimed around twenty five percent however the results aren't final as most parties are set to go through to further election rounds over the next two months as artie's ports live reports from cairo many in the streets

feel their votes will carry little weight. long queues though to stay fingers and a record turnout over a sign of political interest in a country where decades of dictatorship has left little appetite for the power of the ballot the faces of candidates now down to one for most of the street corner and juanita sons are excited to be voting in a real hickson these same many hold nothing but false. iran to boot but i just tried. the road to meet you down down with me. 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 or that she's going to produce a parliament that cannot appoint minister of the counter-point 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 in tough to square the center of the revolution and in front of the parliament building youth movement leaders like dravot are protesting of what they see as an empty vote offering no democratic mandate and will be here. to make you will not go inside your office we have to stop you and you have to go now and we do. two more rounds of voting still need to take place but the 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 either we're. monitoring the election just took or elect their mistakes and 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 egypt and if you give one point three billion dollars a year to the egyptian army which the americans do you aspire expected to do what it wants which leaves little room for the people to get what they want sitting the stage for to hear turmoil course they are t. . paula continues to monitor the situation in egypt and you can follow her updates on twitter screen one of the latest tweets she reports on the word circulating around that those who attacked female journalists by the regime to make protests is no. personal feed for more updates and insights or you can read the. on the school . police in riot gear arrested more than

a dozen occupy protesters shutting down their camp in the u.s. city of portland police overnight stays at parks where tents have been set up but some activists refused to go demonstrators accuse officers of using tough tactics against a peaceful rally pushing people to the ground teenage tester claims an officer hit him in the face with a right stick can essentially kind is part of the way to dismantle headquarters across the u.s. in the past few weeks result is more important reports the movements message is beginning to resonate even with those whose job it is to control it. goes through i occupy wall street has become an undeniable american household name no no no no no 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 this held in police custody for eleven hours and received one comment from a new york cop nobody spoke to me 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 ws face dire consequences by going public tremendous fear of losing their job being disciplined being fired and then what do they do everybody. and police officers also they cannot risk they have children they have one what would they do once a fire 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 as close to a dictatorship when you exclude the media. as with dictators around the world 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 us oakland 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 active cop who's gone on record with his support like i totally agree with occupy wall street even to understand what i am a part of the ninety nine percent but most our 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 unwavering 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 a little interest for the first time i had an officer break ranks yesterday. a white officer named officer and introduced himself and if you question i said do you know the risk you're taking and he was so brave they 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 of corporate america and america has got to be stopped marina port r.t. new york. to recap boss stories coming up in just a few minutes here on our t.v. stay with us life in moscow.

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