russia holds its breath for the final results of the parliamentary election with the ruling united russia party losing its overall majority. coming right. or wrong says it's a u.s. spy drone along its eastern border. with a country being seen as the latest evidence of washington's efforts to destabilize countries beyond its influence. tempers flare again those british police few.

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not want to surf who's in the central moscow with more on this us sarah if issue is also still to come but on the figure of wanting to change much. which is stave in ninety three percent of the vase have now been counted and at the moment the biggest pitting united russia just under fifty percent of the communist party at around twenty percent there are at around thirteen percent and the liberal democratic party at around twelve percent as he said they figures are changing all the time as the base continue to be counted just days pool parties at the maybe the deposit seven percent threshold needed to get feat in the state duma all of a this year as he said previously there will be other parties if they pause between five to seven percent he will gain one o.t.c. in the team a nose you can see from those figures united russia is leading but it has lost its overall majority compared that to the biggest full years again they had sixty four

percent of the very difficult a lot of speculation it was cool that drop in public support as some people pointing to the economic crisis and the way that's affected people's living standards like some of these we're simply saying that a lot of the public still the parties perhaps been in touch too long and that could lead to a feeling of the nation and the political system here in the country and that change is needed that's what a lot of people have been talking about but as we've seen from these figures that will be changed in the numbers that are going to be taking a seat in the state dever president the fate of his that that's the way the results are looking at the name and will provide the stable development within the country . but the party has to form fairly well the party represents almost fifty percent of the population this is the result of the democratic process stuff but taken into account thanks to make amends you still have to forge coalitions with other parties

of the various issues and this is what power limited and democracy is all about and the leaders of other parties so that they're ready for that which in store. now the figures this instead are still being counted and we're expecting the official preliminary figures to be announced later today so what's being said about the way the election was organized. well the election was being monitored by international observers so just around seven hundred who were following the process all around the country yesterday at around half a million service from competing policy as he said monitoring very closely for any file ations we've heard reports from some of the competing party observers. complaining we know that one of the parties here is going to contest the election results they only got about three percent of the value of the from the international observers there hasn't been any reports of major violations as we can

hear from some weeks they can take. the organizational the election could hardly be better. this corresponds to my experience as an observer in russia and in other post soviet republics in organizational terms that are absolutely excellent the ladies it's very often ladies who run the election commissions are extremely competent there's a very tranquil atmosphere that's rather a festive atmosphere in fact in most polling stations. now we did see yesterday in the capital rallies from different presupposing various political parties and there were a number of arrests made to over a hundred arrests were made more rallies expected today as we await the results today's preliminary figures as you said that seven percent threshold very important a proportional vote in russia means that the numbers correspond directly to the seas that will be held in the stadium

a full hundred fifty feet up for grabs and as he said with things in changes in the numbers that are going to be holding they state so we're going to be watching them very closely as they progress as we await days to let me take i. think we will sarah for thank you for that. well we also spoke to prime minister the deputy spokesman to be traversed cough about his knees of election results so far he told us that while the financial crisis has taken its toll united russia still remains the country's foremost political force. this resolve departed to continue its politics to continue its line for the whole country to take a significant portion in creation of the new government and so on and so forth here has to be considered as a victory of the party and we have to remember that this party was a ruling party in the country during a very harsh and very tough period during the last four years it was a period with unbelievable climate crisis on the part of managed to minimize the

consequences of this crisis for the population well certainly we can party cannot satisfy everyone in this country and its way obviously it has lost some percentage some percentage but again i repeat it proved to be the leading political power in the country. where the vote count now nearly over it's become clear that opposition parties have made some of the biggest gains in years and that according to a political science professor got is bound to influence how the conduct of elections in russia is viewed internationally the election. to reshape some of the russian elections is an electoral process it's simply manipulated. the ruling party has lost. any disease looks great it has been expected by the question how this image so the whole building is very. you have international relations and that

russia. or the ca is election in russia follows the introduction of new laws designed to allow smaller parties to have a voice in parliament even though they may not reach the seven percent vote threshold bottom a call a specialist on russia from the university of london believes this is the right step forward. it would be a big good thing if there were some of the smaller parties more independent minded people because they could had to create a different view from. the united russia because it's the ruling party it will contain the people who are in power the people who want to be in power and the people who work for the government and so on and those in the economy who depend on government contracts and so on outside that you need the others who are not dependent on the government. and all of this can be put into the mix

to develop a russia which is going forward or by all accounts the elections have shattered russia's old one party one power set up and that's something that's left many breathing a sigh of relief but also represents new challenges such as sustaining the country's modernization drive which international experts involved in science and technology projects in russia say's a vital to the country's future modernization is really key for the russian economy is as we go forward over the next ten or fifteen years it's all on gas revenues decline you have to ask yourself what what is going to move in to plug the gap so building an economy that's able to capitalize on the intellectual strengths of russia which is where i see the important changes taking place is really key and my questions are really about things like the skulker innovation project and so on is that which was mr project is that going to continue to prosper if we see. the

decline in the one russia ruling party this is a really crucial issue i think for russia to grapple with together with perhaps some kind of feeling of stagnation in russian politics and a feeling that some kind of change is necessary. where helping you keep your finger on the pulse of developments as counting continues in the russian parliament elections later in the day we expect the announcement of official preliminary results and comments from international observers or you can also track the latest figures on our web site at r.t. dot com. other news now and iran says its forces have shot down an unmanned american spy drone in the east of the country aircraft was recovered on the ground largely

undamaged iranian military has promised that operations against including drones will not be limited to iranian borders american radio host and independent blogger steven landman says the long u.s. history of spying on iran means this latest incident comes as no surprise these drones patrol you were. recorded. even doing so in america for so. many other countries even spying on iran for a long time person cementing still in the. running on of all. we want to change the regime to make it so serious to you which interest. is that is the khorasan notion believes it is the right tools also aren't the to rummage all government to conduct its orders it doesn't have to. watch.

you do you realize because. author and journalist in return see believes that the incident is a clear breach of international law. there's narky one seventy advanced stealth reconnaissance drone which what i'm hearing is said they lost it over afghanistan last week others are saying the iranians must be busily looking at this advanced drone and what a great way of. creating technology transfer this is an incredibly serious event and it's of course against international law the united states yet again breaking international law with these drones it's interesting that even some neo conservatives are criticizing obama saying while we're talking about nuclear facilities iran is thinking about a much bigger game and this is really about influence within the entire region egypt is a big loss to the united states after the fall of the u.s.

back to day to mubarak from the atlantic to the indian oceans and of course even greece backing some oil sanctions against syria against iran this is a case of the western media feeding loads of people the idea that these countries are isolated when in fact the world is now changing. well still coming up in the program transition of opportunity the loss of pakistan's trust threatens to choke supplies for u.s. troops in afghanistan russia next best experts say that could be the perfect diplomatic bargaining chip for moscow. syria has reportedly agreed to the arab league's plan to open the country's doors to foreign observers comes and they have the political pressure only country with the un's high commissioner for human rights calling for international intervention the body claims thousands of civilians killed in the months of rest of syria's ambassador

has warned that he sees interference from deep in the crisis talk to him professor it seems to me jordan says the arab league's position is a long way from being peace. the arab league has basically said that if syria doesn't accept this plan then that's what paved the way for an international intervention on the way that the arab league paved the way for an international intervention and libya and we know what happened about so i think syria has grudgingly accept the 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. 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 fuck pressure from nato the arab league it's not about peaceful resolutions it's simply wants to topple the syrian regime and replace it with a pro-american regime. well that to explore syria's possible escape routes from the deadly crisis r.t. spoke with author and journalist jonathan steele the full version is coming up in the next hour but here's a quick preview for you. there are hints more from france than from britain at the moment that there would be some kind of foreign intervention i mean the french foreign minister perry has just called for humanitarian corridors to be opened into syria with or without syrian government's permission and damascus when he was asked does that mean who would protect these corridors would there be military protection he said of course so in other words they are thinking of having a limited number of foreign military people moving into syria perhaps against the will of the government of damascus.

dozens of the british m.p.'s across the political divide have united in london calling for a review of what they see as a one sided extradition policy with the u.s. drawn up in the chaotic aftermath of nine eleven the decrease that washington can demand anyone's extradition without proof and britain is obliged to a bay but artie's other bennett reports patience is wearing thin. all take and no give that's the growing feeling in britain's parliament against america's controversial extradition treaty it was signed in two thousand and three in the post nine eleven panic and makes it far easier for the us to take people from the u.k. than the other way around now forty five m.p.'s from the three main parties have crossed the political divide and joined forces they finally forced a debate and parliamentary vote on what they call an injustice was a mistake in the first person in history i think it was a mistake it's not

a level playing field even with a partner like america we need to make sure that we of being equal and we are being fair to our citizens and that is not the case of the moment britain must present evidence for any extradition but america doesn't need to a long awaited independent inquiry recently ruled this relationship was balanced but the numbers suggest otherwise one hundred twenty three people have been surrendered to america under the treaty since two thousand and four only fifty four have gone the other way america's ambassador to the u.k. is branded these figures myths and in accuracies where they were figures he's embassy refused to reveal he's even accused m.p.'s of willfully distorting the facts in the run up to this crunch vote in parliament that could shift the balance but m.p.'s aren't backing down joining a battle some have fought since the treaty was signed i think you know the seeing

how many injustices have been caused because of it it was meant to be for terrorists offenses it wasn't meant to be for the ken things they use in janice's son is gary mckinnon a mainstay on america's extradition wish list he was arrested ten years ago after hacking into pentagon files he says he was merely searching for u.f.o.'s gary has asperger's syndrome and according to. his mother should be tried in the u.k. on medical grounds but america's not giving up on one of their most wanted is so vengeful. you think it was a summer been watching it is so over the top they left him one is internet three and a half years after the arrest if gary was the slightest threat that wouldn't have been done but it's very much i think he embarrassed them and because of that they were very angry at him there were nine cases currently fighting extradition to america richard o'dwyer is the latest he's wanted on copyright charges for creating

a search engine for pirated content it's not even considered a crime in the u.k. but at the moment that doesn't matter the us can still get their man the coalition government promised to change this while in opposition now is their chance to deliver either bennett r.t. london. dates for years and comments are always just a click away at our website r.t. dot com let's take a look now at what you can check out there right now celebration madness goal posts torn down and crowds trampled the stands of fans burst onto the playing field of a stadium oklahoma turning the joy of victory into violence. and the world war two alert it was six decades off and ended. as residents are back to a different german city as experts work to defuse two world war two bombs. american one person one point in time all the experts.

recent a deadly air attack on pakistan has put the u.s. mission afghanistan in danger with supplies cut off washington may soon have to turn to other transit states to keep its military effort going among them as russia and the south he's going to take on reports this could mean some well timed diplomatic leverage for moscow. on the. supplies are would keep the war running nato actions have put all operations in afghanistan in danger after attacks that killed twenty four pakistani soldiers islamic part cut off one of the alliances major supply routes to again a step. i would like to extend my most sincere condolences. to

pakistan washington's condolences were not enough to repeated incursions by the u.s. military in pakistan really left no choice and also the humiliation that the pakistani military faced in front of its own soldiers and the pakistani people left no choice before the government this time but to cut off the supply line good relations between the u.s. and pakistan as unstable as ever in order to keep the war in afghanistan running nato relies more on its other major supply route coming from the more. here it is the northern distribution network you see all these blue lines and here is the route that pakistan shut down now the northern supply network was thought it when russia agreed to provide this territory and air space for transit if not only thought supplies to nato troops in afghanistan it proved to be a very reliable route more reliable than pakistan now it accounts for half of nato as non-lethal supplies on trucks railroads and by air supplies travel through

russian territory from europe and from russia's far east all the way to afghanistan and the reliance on this route is set to expand in the last three years russia's cooperation on of ganesan is being teacher nato operations. i set down with professor michael lee hoss who stressed he was speaking in a personal capacity the u.s. has a very tenuous kind of placement. afghanistan and it is highly vulnerable it's highly vulnerable. pakistanis but it's more vulnerable to russia i mean if russia were to withdraw its permission for us to use its rail lines we would be in a very difficult position in afghanistan the northern supply now work could now be in danger because of a failure in diplomacy moscow says because washington turned down all of its proposals on the missile defense issue russia might have to resort to other

arguments including its cooperation with nato on afghanistan. there are processes which are critically important for russia which are about russia's national security one of them is nato expansion into russian borders and the fact that washington goes ahead with a robust missile shield program in europe without taking into consideration russia's concerns that gives moscow the right to use any leverage it has to be heard by its partner but even the mere possibility that russia could cut off the northern supply route threatens the viability of all western operations in afghanistan nato risks leaving almost one hundred forty thousand of its troops in afghanistan without vital supplies if diplomacy doesn't win the day with pakistan it's about people there being fed up with russia it's about their national security if washington does not seriously address the concerns of its partners even the best partnerships can fade i'm going to check our reporting from washington our take. on the crosstalk coming up at seven thirty g.m.t.

his guests discuss what ten years of foreign occupation and brought in afghanistan now that withdrawal is in sight here's a preview for you. if you are still leaves and environment that's more secure than it was say a year ago two years ago that the afghan army and the afghan central government is able to exert more control than they are now which is to say that there is not a hasty withdrawal and that the gains that we just discussed have been solidified chris you want to jump in there go ahead but on real hard don't know where you get your facts and statistics from in the i r r base my opinions on the united nations and according to the united nations afghanistan they still virtually on the bottom of the human development index on almost any. parameter you want to judge it things have got worse for the afghan people over the last ten years the infrastructure is on the differences and so they're justified if you're if you're

metrics have to do you're going to. we're increasing to your knowledge according to the reuters poll which shows that afghanistan is the most dangerous country in the world for women. and. if you want to. or the latest business news is up next now with the tosh. twenty five minutes past nine am here in moscow you're watching business on our t.v. if the euro were based on the strength of the greek economy it would be worth less than one dollar according to better bank the single currency is more than thirty percent overvalued when measured against greece's financial health by contrast burbank's says the euro is undervalued by about five percent for germany and france giving them a competitive advantage analysts say to resolve the situation and level the playing

field it would be easier to allow inflation in france or germany rather than a deflationary. time now to check out the markets or oil is trading higher and speculation about tensions in the middle east will permit supplies iran says the world could reach two hundred fifty dollars a barrel if it sees more pressure on the nuclear program another move is coming from here worth then you were telling prime minister mario monti could spend around thirty billion euros on a sweeping austerity package. asian shares are higher japan's nikkei zagging less than half percent building on weeks have to games the index is now trading above its twenty five b. moving average which many see as a good technical sign and hong kong the hang saying is putting on a third of a percent this hour. or less than one hour ahead of the opening bell here in moscow

the russian markets ended last week pretty much what the my six out of just a notch while the r.t.s. showed a less than a tenth of a percent. looking ahead at the trading week experts see two major events the first is the european central banks meeting on thursday follow it followed by the e.u. summit on friday the two should provide a clearer picture on how the block is coping with the crisis your calls are verifies and capitals says he expects the market in russia to remain positive in the first half of the week with a focus on the energy sector. oil and gas sector since oil price is quite high it's . one hundred ten on the back of this. news about iran although once. arrives back on the market and it's all we see market we think that high beta names like metals and mining sector like electric utility sector would be better in every markets would be slightly positive to this year's a meeting is after such

a significant rally there will be some retracement. not that big but more or less there would be there would be positive. pressure is the largest country in the world and is home to the biggest a railway system but the lack of high speed trains means the railways is no alternative to flying speaking france they had overshot railways and it has avoided foreign rail and giants to help change the situation. we're going to hold the tender in building the country's first high speed rail road the next year it's an absolutely new project russia will foresee a lot of problems and that's why we're just incorporating with companies who know how to build and manage high speed rail ways we offer opportunities which are not found anywhere in the world is the plan to build thousands of kilometers of high speed routes. that's all we have time for in this edition of business you can always find more any time at r.t. dot com slash business.