so arjan r.t. almost all the votes counted russia's parliamentary election as thousands take to the center of moscow to voice their reaction to the outcome. we've seen rallies both for and against the ruling party with more than two hundred people detained join me in a few moments in the heart of moscow for more on this. the biggest threat yet to the euro the entire euro zone faces a ratings downgrade while its leaders prepare to make a last ditch attempt to save the troubled currency at thursday's meeting in brussels. and fukushima four tons of radioactive water leaked from the japanese nuclear plant that was hit by the earthquake in march with fears the toxic liquid

may have spilled into the pacific ocean and. welcome says r t it's ten pm tuesday an idea of moscow my name is kevin and first with almost all votes tallied up in russia's parliamentary election four parties preparing to take their seats in the state duma it's clear the biggest force will be united russia or even though it suffered a significant plunge in popularity meantime thousands of people from all sides both for and against the election results have been gathering in the capital to voice their reactions borne that in a moment first of exposed to r.t.c. first has been following the final stages of the ballot. the overall makeup of the new do with the lower house of parliament pretty much clear now bring us up to date with what we know. well the last two days being counted the final results are

expected and about four days time yet pretty clear what the outcome is going to be united there is no surprises out at the front the communist party coming in second place with their russia and forth of either liberal democratic. now we saw united russia failing to push past that psychological percentage barrier fifty percent that's proportional representation in the state dever and in terms of state that would mean that united russia a looking at holding about two hundred and thirty eight seats now that just in public support been seen as so reflecting a why did shift in the political mood among status in the country today hillary clinton waded into the post-election debate saying that the elections weren't free or fair now russia's foreign ministry has slammed the comments calling them unacceptable and called on the u.s. to look to his own electoral system first and foremost is saying that it's no good

applying cliches without trying to understand what's actually happening here in the country and that is for the russian people to decide and define the feature of russia now it is worth noting that the elections worry this thing by seven hundred international observers and their response to the process was mix of it it was hoped that their involvement in that would have gone some way to easing these continued transparency concerned. ok thanks. just like you know as well later in the program we're joined by the asia times correspondent in south polar pepe escobar he's got more international reaction to the results of the election as well and we're closely monitoring the situation in moscow throughout the night as both government supporters and protesters continue to take to the streets over two hundred have been detained artie's pedro all of it is in the center of the russian capital but our cameras there reporting live high again peter we saw thousands out of moscow yesterday monday what's been the scene tonight. wolf things are pretty

much returned to normal the economy is back here at three in fallujah square. early on tuesday evening just behind me this whole area was filled with thousands of protesters who both for united. sure the ruling party in those against those against accusing the ice russia of making accusations of electorial freule it's now . the people who are out here they managed to put your child down this busy intersection until police were able to section them off into story main parts of this area want to go to my left one it's my right and one behind me they've all now since dispersed we're hearing this over two hundred people have been detained they see many of them with my own ice and some of them going quietly most of them going quietly a few who resisted being carried away by several riot police officers know the the whole situation here as i say pretty much back to normal and calm what we did

see was a large group the largest group in fact the center of the loudest were those. supporting united russia those supporting the ruling party here there was low chance of putin rosia and need to get of put good there poppea to the russian would to victory there was some both sides exchanging taunts and chance with each other with the police always there to make sure that there was no no violence could erupt that those tones couldn't go any further than not. fans of the internet of course abuzz with rumors of tanks being sent into central moscow earlier on now you've been on the streets there can you confirm or deny that what have you seen where you are. well i've been on the streets of central moscow all day today in fact i live in central moscow to can tell you the certainly were no tanks full soldiers what we did see was a deployment of riot police to the city center now this is normal stand this is

normal practice due to the fact that we knew that these protests were going to take place not just this one here where i am there's also a very large pro-government protest next to the kremlin and it is standard procedure to bring these guys in we have to remember these guys are the same people if i trow control of football much. they aren't soldiers in any stretch of the would they are riot police and today is also a significant day as well when the reasons that we've seen these people here is due to the fact is the one year anniversary of the murder of a football fan in moscow which sparked violent ultranationalists riots this time last year so police wanting to make sure that that type of situation couldn't be repeated today what we have seen is. following on from monday's protests were around three hundred people were detained we've seen protests on tuesday night in st peters and those protests on monday we're hearing that two leading members of the opposition. were taken into custody they were laid to charge with disorder

offenses and have been sentenced to fifteen days of administrative a rest in same petersburg on tuesday we've also heard that there were protests with around two hundred people being detained there. all right here all of the thanks for bringing us up to date there with the latest from central moscow who fought so political analysts to me to babiche told r.t. that social media is having a significant influence on the way the public responds to the modern political process. internet and all these things these are instruments they cannot make people better or war so they just helped organize a radius that are going to be good really so bad really such as the one on one year's no we had last year the month which was prepared by nationalists so i think it's just an instrument and i want to it is very room. i would say that this is becoming one of the problems not only the government but even more that position

radio stations social internet networks they are becoming extremely rude to all i just listened to the speeches some of this just heard quite decent i would agree with them in general i think these people deserve all respect to the ones who come to protect their vote but i also don't know of only speech for example there were some things that i would say that i would not call quiet decent and he said like we want to sound united trash i message we hate you i'm not quite sure this is you know i would say this is a good piece. now i heard a few minutes ago from a co-sponsor first about the fairly harsh response from russia to comments made in the us state department on the election results has not discussed a bit further with the asia times correspondent in some public had to ask about a good evening. was annoyed by hillary clinton's remarks after she labeled the elections quote free why would the state department go to such a bold statement you think. because this is standard procedure for the state

department no interfering in other people's elections sometimes directly like in the arab spring sometimes in direct as the case of russia what they should you know they should be looking at the score of the communist party which is almost twenty percent of the electorate they should be worried about that. twenty percent of voters are going into the latest election in russia in fact they they will to go back to seventy five years of russian history this is much more. from an american point of view then the fact that the united russia got forty nine percent of the vote which eve party you know western democratic system would have to have as well . the foreign ministry stress that the u.s. should lecture russia about how to conduct elections and the american voting system itself often been criticized as being far from being ideal well look we had a stolen election in two thousand we had seen my stolen election in two thousand

and four you know hisle not in florida this is documented everybody know that even in the u.s. we have hillary clinton going recently to spec you stand in trees in the progress in. i think probably she means progress that the kerry mode is not boiling open and any more so you know it's an enormous hypocrisy in fact i would see the most important saying for it the russians who are protesting the results of elections would have to be what kind of project united russia has for the country for the next ten years or so i think this is the most important question because all this going on about crop of a moscow been pretty angry currently with the u.s. of the missile system around its borders and refusing on the last to guarantee one target russia what you read into the comments about washington's attitude to resetting relations these days looking at the broader picture. there's no reset carry out so you reset has been dead for the past few weeks in fact because of the

missile defense controversy because of you know that in terms of the end the end the north and distribution network. that goes into afghanistan via central asia will stinks to russia that the end yet exists so the u.s. u.s. keeps pressuring russia like this moscow case suddenly say ok there's no end d.n.a. anymore how are you going to resupply need to end u.s. troops in afghanistan from now on so it's counterproductive but it's part of the state. don't forget that next month started caucus in iowa and we're going to have a lot of russian bashing alongside china bashing as well but here in one of the brics in brazil the elections in russia you know officially absolutely normal and upbeat in know that the brazilian political elite considers it normal that a party that had almost seventy percent. false to forty nine the point seven for instance is absolutely normal. as of us final question about what might happen in

russia now the ruling party does we know is not a significant number of seats after these elections it is need is admitted it reflects the mood in russian society right now presumably the state department is aware of this too. yes they are but i'm not sure they they know what's really going on inside russia in fact you guys over there know more than anybody but i would venture to say i came across something that struck me recently one hundred sixty five thousand russians apply for a lottery to get a green card and immigrate to america what does that tell you about the future for young people in russia knowledge based pricing this is what unites united russia has to address where's deep girl jackets for russia for the rest of the two thousand and ten because if voting is reelected as it comes back as president next year he'll be reelected in six so we're going to have a polluting presence presidency until at least two thousand and twenty four so what

does he plan to do for the shooter of russian generation's i think this is the crucial question not what the state department thinks about all this i'm sure that so these thing about tonight along with the rest of the party but for now pepe escobar times correspondent thank you feel thoughts thank you. as well we've got some information from the interior minister the latest through mentioned earlier on two hundred fifty arrests have been made tonight on the rallies on both sides that seems that number's up to round about three hundred now the latest we got from the russian interior ministry coming up later on the. our artie's business policy exposed what effect the new move may have on russia's economy. since devotees are now coming in for a five year term experts tell business tsotsi a long time will allow lawmakers to implement economic reforms more effectively including the privatization program which is expected to come back on track more on this in around ten minutes time. we're also helping to keep you up to speed on

developments in russia's parliamentary election a web site as well if you know your t.v. you can get across all the latest facts figures and analysis is a great resource it is r.t. dot com. next a series of dire warnings are piling up for the euro zone first the leading credit rating agency standard and poor's issued a downgrade threat from most all of its members now it's put the eurozone bailout fund on review all the hours after french and german leaders push for more decisive rescue action and claim there's complete harmony between them but tess for a city reports that may not be the case. the euro zone crisis has been good fodder for cartoonists but it's no laughing matter.

four major rescue packages numerous and popular sturdy measures two years and hundreds of billions of euros in bailouts later it's still in need of a shot for the elusive big the super solution. hopes are high that december ninth e.u. summit will finally be a decisive day for the future german chancellor angela merkel is pushing for a treaty change with a fiscal union as the end goal she wants brussels to have veto powers over national budget plans that breach e.u. limits automatic sanctions for debt violators a day of court for repeat offenders. in a word merkel wants to impose discipline french president nicolas sarkozy is generally on the same page but is resisting giving more powers to brussels whoever pays the piper gets to call the tune in germany pace we've all of you in the euro zone want to keep the single card safe you must be prepared for that you must be

prepared for giving up your fiscal sovereignty but this german m.e.p. begs to differ but what is the sovereignty for germany at the moment paying billions and billions of risk there's no sovereignty we are forced to do this because the euro is with reality so basically regaining sovereignty by sharing it on the european level is what the whole operation is about while germany may be for greater fiscal integration it's dead set against the euro bond idea or euro countries sharing debt and idea pushed by the european commission albeit renaming it stability bonds germany won't let the deficit sinners off the hook by taking on their dad. if sarkozy ever got his way he'd like the european central bank to act as a lender of last resort but again merkel said no and what have other e.u. members who don't use the euro the idea of a two tier europe or the euro zone and the rest doesn't sit well with

a major economy like the u.k. . actually the euro is. because a lot of our trade depends on it but on the other hand to us if there's a group a central group which are in the euro zone another group which is not who makes up the rules which control single market it appears that any plan agreed upon will have to have germany's backing all merkel dismissed the idea of germany dominating europe as absurd although that's how it's increasingly been perceived for better or for worse that's our cilia r.t. brussels. well for inside only use current woes and downgrade warnings by started in polls let's talk now to lord dark with a new from the u.k. independence party is joining us on the line from brussels all dharmas very good evening thanks for being on r.t. good evening let's start if we can with this new treaty being pushed by the french and german leaders not to create that fiscal union they're talking about the british side the british pm threatening to veto it if the u.k.'s entries are

protected will britain be heard and safeguarded more importantly well. there's a there's a new treaty proposal and there are two things a british prime minister should do was one is he should threaten to veto it and secondly he should keep his election promise which was induced by the house of commons and hold a referendum. what i ask you both started in paul is hearing so much about them lately just one of the ratings is of course but this latest one by standard and poor's saying it's decisions have nothing to do with politics but i'm on standing back from this a little bit when they look to threaten to downgrade whole countries of e.u. leaders don't come up with a comprehensive solution it kind of looks a bit like political pressure fair point of no no i don't think that that's a fair point or two with with respect as you mentioned just now stand on pause is a rating agency it just does ratings now son of course are of course not always

right and they got the subprime mortgages the united states spectacularly wrong but the fact of the matter is that when the european political leaders complain about the rating agencies all they're really doing is shooting the messenger there is a problem the standard and poor's and the other rating agencies radio radiators are putting their finger on it and it just is a fact there are fiscal problems with these countries and of course this before with my own country caused by the previous previous government to trash the british economy and i think that's another story so as far as you are concerned. you are happy that they're independent and they take into account the year that the heavy gravity of the reports they come back with and the effect that will have. well well the reaction of the european leaders on the whole has been to try to stop the start of the wars in the other rating agencies actually doing their business and giving and giving ratings no the politics is not in the rating agencies it's all the it's

all with the with the with the political leaders of the euro zone countries now a bit different from germany but germany of course the financial powerhouse of europe now on the risk list to those being considered the safest in the eurozone as the domino effect really reaches far as applause largest and most stable economy now do you think. well if if s. and p. are rights and it's the job in the same way that you do your job and i try and do my job. if they are right it is it is clearly the case that the contagion which began in greece when support and the republic of ireland has now got to spain italy even seems to be threatening germany germany itself the fact of the matter is that the euro is a contraption that should never have. the truth would never have got under way in the first place and now we're seeing the consequences and the only question mark is

how much damage is it actually going to do not just of the euro zone countries but the european countries outside the euro zone in which i include russia and also indeed to the to the economies of countries in the rest of the world. finally the german french leaders are going to use this latest. as a lever maybe to push through their plan for fiscal union this forthcoming meeting with other e.u. members later this week. well the french and german leaders and the european political stablish have a long history of you of of using any crisis any use as a lever in order to push push through. a political union and i think they probably will try and do that but i would make make the point that this summit on friday will be the summit this year each one of this these summits come out with some proposals each one of these proposals tens of been greeted in greeted as

a friendly way by the market and when it has sunk in how little these these proposals do to actually do anything substantive or material to solve the crisis the markets then plunge straight back and i suspect that that is what will happen this time and i say this not in a body in sorrow for the peoples of europe who are having to suffer because of the completely misplaced policies of their leaders we seem to be continuing your so i'm alone tonight from brussels thanks for your thoughts thank you. it may be a financial roller coaster for many in europe right now as it struggles to fix its finances were some international investors nonetheless are making record profits from the chaos the ethics of making money is just one of the subjects scrutinized by max and stacy in their own unique way in today's kaiser report. what bank breaks the law they change the law if the government is failing to do

what they were elected to do they change the definition of what it is they're supposed to be doing or they change the statistics that they are reporting to somehow reflect them in a better light because that's how in fact they make money they probe the globe's financial orifices and they root out all the detritus that they find there as collateral for five hundred trillion dollars worth of a nest collateralized j.p. morgan spent their bonds which are the basis for jamie diamond christmas bonus. because report on the air just over an hour's time around forty five tons of radioactive water is league from the fukushima nuclear plant in japan that was badly damaged in march as earthquake and tsunami it's thought some of the toxic water may have spilled into the pacific ocean over the weekend dr robert jacobs research so shit professor it was shima piece institute believes

a plant operator tepco is keeping a lid on just how bad and severe the situation really is we're talking about tepco the company that knew that there were three nuclear meltdowns within two or three days of the tsunami and took three months to speak about it publicly in admitted publicly the credibility of tepco is not a very high level and unfortunately their only source of information about what's happening at the plants and the secondly there's a crack in the building where the water is being filtered sandbagging the crack in the wall is the kind of remedial step that just indicates descale of the difficulty of responding to these problems by tempo if it's sandbags that are going to keep this strontium ninety out of the scene and that's not really very encouraging. just like you know in twenty minutes sport bulleting kate will be here she's got the latest on tonight's crunch champions league game in portugal could be a bit of history in the making by

a russian side they'll find out more later right now though business with dmitri. byrne welcome to business r.t. markets in russia ended sharply lower on choose though the r.t.s. lost over four and a half percent my sex was down almost four percent with oil trading in the black europe and the us flat and there's believe there's reports of political tensions that are pushing some investors into cash in russia. the morning looked like general some general uncertainty it was a european situation the chinese but later became quite evident that it is all due to specific russian fact the only fact is obviously political uncertainty well first the market doesn't like any political seconds of muslims the market doesn't like political tensions the result of which would be kind of more concessions and power to the left leaning parties so you can imagine it will not be good for business or companies in particular to morrow we'll see some really bad guys then i

think russia will be number one in useful and it's hard to see how the market will be able to withstand the pressure. must take a look at those figures both indices are deep in the red at the close but that's also after several strong sessions if we look at the main or movers on the my sags energy shares are down gas probably is losing five percent of the close financials also under pressure bt be losing five point seven percent of biggest losers among blue chips and gold is not a safe haven with what is called down three point four percent. meanwhile russia's my sex and the london stock exchange is a competing to secure a strategic partnership with the kazakstan bourse now according to the financial times they're offering to update the trading system and collaborate on other issues the proposals come as a central asian exchange plans to conduct the people's i.p.o. to raise up to half a billion dollars deal would allow moscow all london to get in early on as it

stands emergence as a natural resources hotspot. also in brief russia's biggest mobile phone retailer your upset is planning to buy one of its rivals telecom commissar daily says the seventy million dollars deal would help you reset at another five hundred twenty stores to exchange bringing the total number of its outlets to more than five thousand. and russia's insurance companies seem to be resilient. against the global economic downturn research by consultants all of a y man shows that most insurers expect their business thirteen percent this year and up to twenty percent next year they also forecast more consolidation as a result of new capital requirements reducing the number of insurance firms from more than five hundred eighty to about two hundred within four years. and the global gambling industry is seeing robust growth despite economic uncertainties

it's set to rock about more than nine percent annually for the next four years pricewaterhouse coopers predicts high roller market revenues to grow from last year's hundred eighteen billion dollars to one hundred eighty three billion in twenty fifteen we also expect the asia pacific to out run the revenue of the biggest gambling market li united states in just two years russia though is mostly set aside from the the street due to strict legislation. coming up next i'll see the headlines do stay with us.

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