russia's leaders speak out about sunday's parliamentary elections following criticism from both inside and outside the country. dimitri made of a lot of me if you called the dialogue on foreign powers against meddling in russia's political life or this in a few moments time. security concerns or russia says nato is not ready to seriously what gather on european missile defense and doesn't address moscow's concerns. here a de de leader's race against time to save the single currency by gathering states

under the brussels on bedrest they create in leaders the power to govern themselves . a very warm welcome to you this is our live from moscow president to meet them inventive says a thorough investigation into sunday's parliamentary election is needed but called the rallies that followed a sign of democracy it comes as russia's prime minister suggested a putting dialogue with the opposition while warning of foreign powers against interfering in the country's political affairs that seem more now from the role of the here in central moscow for us at peter what exactly has been stabbed. well president medvedev has called for calm across russia and said that the new parliament should be allowed to get to the work get about the work that it was put in place to do now he did say that the final results of the elections that were

held on sunday could be delayed to allow a full investigation into allegations of electoral irregularities to be investigated. on the protesters well president medvedev said the demonstrations are all part of the democratic process however he did stress that protesters must respect the law. the central election commission could decide the final results of the election can be confirmed now but if for some reason it needs more time than it has a right to postpone it really has to be based on facts and our election law but those i believe the questions that are being asked now about the election results in the national employer lay sions have a right to exist they have to be carefully investigated east that's what the central election commission is for but that's what the cool too for there are no other investigation procedures we're talking about the post-election situation there are people who are disappointed we were i believe on to sue orientated bush

well there is nothing extraordinary in this there is nothing used ordinary in the rallies that we have seen because rallies are a sign of democracy is that those numbers get the. president made yet of their echoing earlier words from prime minister vladimir putin now he said that the protesters should be allowed to to demonstrate as they want but as long as they maintain with in the rule of law he also hinted at the possibility of talks with opposition leaders to try and hammer out their grievances now where for me a putin also addressed hillary clinton the u.s. secretary of state who had criticized sunday's parliamentary vote he said that clinton's criticism sent a signal to the opposition. to act and that despite the words from vladimir putin and from other leaders in the government about the elections on sunday this u.s.

secretary of state continues to say that she believes the elections weren't free or fair now with regard to to international observers looking at those elections that were held on sunday. that amir putin the russian prime minister said that russia was open and welcoming to international observers but that international powers should not interfere in russia's domestic issues. not stop but. our partners shake us from time to time so that we don't forget who owns this planet so that we know they have methods of pressure and influence on our country from within we choose to do so when it comes to humanitarian or health issues and that's one thing when foreign money is being invested into internal political affairs that should make us think it's a little much what's especially on acceptable to flow of foreign money into the electoral process it's absolutely unacceptable. mr happy to as you've been saying

we've seen a pro and large anti-government demonstrations taking place in moscow over the past few nights what's the situation like here this evening on the streets of moscow. well on thursday everything is quiet here in moscow chews day we did see some small scale protests there were really dwarfed in the numbers by the police and journalists and camera crews who were there know we are expecting over the weekend to see the largest demonstrations to date with both pro-government protesters and those who oppose sunday's parliamentary elections both coming out onto the streets of russia. many thanks to that housing control over there in downtown moscow for us . so we just see what the protests in russia like but this is how one american news channel portrayed what's happening. america has its fair share of protests and political dissent to be dealing with instead of keeping an eye on the

ball the country's mass media machine has turned to protests in russia and dropped the ball on reporting the facts. the protesters have gathered at moscow's lashing out against prime minister vladimir putin and his reunited russia party the only problem is that this video is not from russia fox news channel aired a video of fires and chaos in athens convincing viewers that this mayhem is playing out in moscow the fair and balanced network paid no mind to the greek lettering in the background in case you're wondering it says greek national bank what matters is that this is what moscow protests have looked like it's not surprising whatsoever that at the moment that there would be any kind of protest no matter how small it be in russia against the russian government that it would be greatly exaggerated in media and used by the u.s. government as well as a way to try to somehow push for

a change in russia that would be more favorable to u.s. interests journalist and author eva golinger believes mass media is washington's most valuable weapon in encouraging revolt elsewhere under the mantle of spreading democracy such as the so-called orange revolution in ukraine. or ruse revolution in georgia. perception is created that something is happening in the country that's not right and that the government is somehow responsible and so therefore if that government ends up being removed it somehow is justified that you know the media has played a key role in creating a justification for regime change similar anti-government demonstrators have been reported and other city in russia u.s. leaders have leveled harsh criticism against russia in the aftermath of sunday's parliamentary election and critics say it's free press has were. to reinforce the narrative the media tends to march in lock step with the government tends to take

its cues from the government it tends to you know mobilize its resources to showcase what the government says is true even when later it turns out not to be true as was the case in this a rooney is c.n.n. report well in eastern russia more than three thousand people protested against proposed changes to the country's time zones the video shown by c.n.n. is not of protesters but rather of soccer fans writing in moscow over the killing of a fellow supporter the problem is that we showed the wrong pictures only after the error was repeatedly noticed c.n.n. owned up to its mistake and to apologize for the era integrate with even many russian viewers who've pointed out to us the sloppiness of it or it is reflecting you know the lack of awareness of the journalists themselves many of them are completely uninformed about the world they have opinions that have no factual basis to him but it doesn't stop them because it's what looks good that matters more than

what really is true the truth is that america has its own social economic and political challenges to be dealing with and while washington works on getting its own house in order powerful mass media outlets can work on getting their facts straight marina port nine or r.t. new york. and still ahead for you this hour american lessons in democracy up to seven days a record at the heart of the lobbyist problem in washington villages government attempts to break up the anti corporate movement across the u.s. . and fierce competition among indian universities pulsars the country's brightest and youngest of the four after all. nato is refusing to take more security concerns into account and isn't ready for serious cooperation on a missile shield in europe so says russia's foreign minister who made his counterparts of the us that alliance headquarters he says all syria is in brussels

. going into these talks it was already expected to be tough a long and serious talks extended for an hour in a closed door meeting and at the end of it both both sides gave their points of view on how it went and the foreign minister sergey lavrov had said that he doesn't think nato is ready for a dialogue with russia on fundamental issues and by that he's referring to the missile defense system in europe. were invited to girl a parade would like to be able to discuss the terms but we're told that no discussion is needed because everything has been decided already and we don't need to worry and when we say that there are things that concern us there would be this all over again don't worry this isn't directed against you so if they invite us to cooperate they need to respect our concerns. however on the other hand secretary general of nato has said that they have listened to russia's side of course that is still not how russia feels how it made all of this uncertainty with no legally

binding guarantees on the missile defense system that it is not targeting russia it's all verbal russia has beefed up its defense capabilities especially on its western border and russia had also said that it may be forced to deploy modern weapons systems if again they don't get this kind of on paper guarantees that they are asking for sergey lavrov that nato should respect russia's right to protect its territory and how to explain that of course russia would have that concern because if nato radars are positioned in such a way that most of russian territory is visible then of course russia would have to do something about it but it has to be noted that the in both sides were giving their take they were calling each other partners and they still hope that some sort of agreement will be reached. and has said that hopefully a political agreement will be reached before the end may two thousand and twelve summit where nato will unveil its provisional structure and operational corrector a six of that missile defense shield certainly very important to have an agreement

with russia on that point. now it's the latest day of reckoning for the single currency as europe's leaders are set for a key two day summit in brussels that will decide the region's future germany and france are pushing for new each treaties to bind the nations into close to fiscal union with its own taxes and penalties but the first stop for many of those headed for brussels was must say with the region center right leaders are meeting whilst their french president sarkozy warned europe was at a great risk of disintegrating german chancellor merkel and for closer cooperation within the e.u. meanwhile the european central bank has cut its boring rates to one percent to get a boost to the economy and even his ratings die down but i'm hoarse with the whole e.u. on alert all twenty seven member states are facing a downgrade financial analyst your hand over belts it says if leaders fail to reach a solution of brussels the euro is basically finished. if

by the weekend there is no agreement on how we should go forward or do agreement is very very good or not detailed enough the market's willing to interbreed that kind of result as more or less the end of the road for the euro and at that point in time we will have a real existential crisis of the eurozone which means that in a very short period of time also germany will come under pressure the big question is whether we will have automatic sanctions. on trees are not following the rules in order to save the euro you need this all these member countries and eventually all the european member countries to be prepared to give in on some aspects of national sovereignty that is the basic question that is running through every step question that is being put on the table and the answer to the question of whether

one is prepared to give up on national sovereignty seems to be a quite clear no now one of the proposed powers many don't want brussels to have as your already to impose austerity measures on bailed out countries people in southern europe would likely suffer the most from that in spain many young people are already thinking a better life and opportunities abroad as r.t. said in english reports. it starts off as a simple to abroad for example to peru or argentina or elsewhere but once they get their name the spaniards realize there are a lot more parties for them outside spain and for them latin american and some european countries present a modern day eldorado more than one and a half million spaniards presently reside outside of spain according to the latest statistics a lot of them left in the last couple of years like mary chel a journalist from madrid who moved to argentina two years ago like a moment already then people were losing jobs over my university friends either

fired over looking for something or watch their salaries being cut this is she shows that then now more than a year later it's when i was it's more than twenty four percent spain's unemployment rate is one of the highest in the eurozone paying a monthly mortgage bill is a challenge for many evictions have become an unfortunate but familiar sight no wonder many are starting to look for a way out of what seems to be a hopeless situation now people are taking a very bleak view of the medium and long term future and a lot of spaniards all looking at moving abroad and unfortunately for spain they seem to be precisely the kind of people who should be staying very well educated spaniards say under the age of forty or thirty five or so people who speak maybe two or three languages they might have a master's degree or even a doctorate and those kind of people don't see a future for themselves in spain as and when in the naturally if there are no jobs in spain people have to go elsewhere be that europe latin america in fact this

iteration in spain seems to be so desperate that even those who immigrated here several years ago like miguel indurain i know are also packing their bags and heading back home. the catch twenty two is that spanish citizens also cannot find a job so they give the preference to say nothing of the immigrant markets but i mean if for many years we had a positive migration flow that is more people are coming in now it's negative each family male. their own reasons for leaving but i believe the economic crisis which is the main reason. at the recent general elections saw the demise of the leftist socialist party who made way for the right wing people's party but mainly congress agree no matter who is in charge they will have to follow the thorny path of implementing more measures meaning the bright young things disparate for a job who continue to seek opportunity elsewhere it is. madrid. now in the u.s. there's also evidence of americans leaving their country in record numbers that

story among many others is online right now at our dot com head to our web site to find out why the so-called land of asperity is no longer a dream place for the six million citizens. the online feel while the guns fall silent in libya after a bloody civil war we investigate why in a new country with a government in depth there is a decent. washington up to seventy corporate occupy protesters were arrested when police dispersed a mass rally close to the front of the white house it's the latest effort by authorities to break up the movement which is spread across america over the past three months. she can witness the crackdown in the u.s. capital. as far as i could tell there were around four thousand people on the street minutes away from the white house over seventy protesters were arrested and

there was a girl in a wheelchair among them police stepped up arrest when protesters mostly young people blocked the road they were dragging them towards the police cars one person got nearly struck by a police force so seventy people arrested this is being the largest number of arrests in washington says the beginning of the occupy movement this was all happening on k. street which is known as the lobby is street people were protesting what they see as widespread corruption in the government authorities there pretty much cracked down on this occupy movement against corporate greed and government complicity which seems little of actions of demonstrators from their occupy locations in california and in new york police used tear gas on people pepper spray rubber bullets sound and keep in mind it's been largely a very peaceful movement around five thousand peaceful protesters have been arrested in the last three months across the united states probably any country

doing that would be internationally reprimanded for violating human rights but that doesn't seem to be the case when it comes to the united states. i hasten news from around the world this hour now and time and. this isn't the whole year is for insulting the country's royal family the mountains the next from a. biography of the king and posted things online the fifty five year old type who want american was arrested in may would visit the country disease medical treatment for arthritis and high blood pressure he was then charged on this time in st louis against saving the morning. israeli asteroids killed two suspected palestinian militants reportedly planning a terrorist attack along the egyptian border the men were hit while struggling a call close to a crowded parking goals of the explosions that caught fire and wounded several bystanders israel frequently targets vehicles carrying suspected.

syrian activists say an oil pipeline explosion has gone off near the besieged city of homs no casualties have been reported state run news that it was a bomb planted by a terrorist group the explosion is the latest event in the violent uprising that have shaken the country over the past ten months. the u.s. special envoy to north korea has met with his sound korean counterparts resumed stall six policy denuclearization talks the two sides reportedly agreed that pyongyang should abandon its uranium enrichment program and allow inspectors to verify the disarmament process the six party talks last held in two thousand and eight involved china japan and russia and relations between the two koreas worsened last year following two deaths on border incidents. in india one of the world's few growth countries a top notch education is a must but an exploding middle class population being stiff competition of the students trying to get into the country's leading universities as

a result many are looking abroad to pursue their academic aspirations aussie's pressure to reports. with one point two billion people trying to make it to the top in india can be tough most indians believe that the key to success is getting a good education but with one of the fastest growing middle classes in the world more people than ever can afford a college degree meaning competition for spots at the top universities is fierce there are some schools which are just so you know academically oriented where you know and then extreme cases there's you know there's even suicides if you know the board exams if your results aren't you know a ninety percent plus percent entrance into india's colleges and universities is based solely on the results of a high school students board examinations this year students wouldn't even be considered for delhi university's commerce program unless they scored at least one hundred percent on their exams in a twist to india's traditional brain drain where india's top talent was looking to

the u.s. or europe for better opportunities now india's smartest students are exploring the west as a backup plan if their dreams of getting into an indian institution don't work out so ironic because you know in the u.s. which is sort of like you know the barrier going for. amazing secondary level studies i mean higher level studies is actually our safety as compared to india but it does happen and it's in fact not a possibility it's it is a problem molecule powell is applying early decision to princeton university in the united states she believes she actually has a better chance of getting into the ivy league american school than she does at being admitted to a prestigious indian one and the u.s. admission process is much more holistic in the admission process it's just one mock and in an interview experts in indian college admissions are also seeing the trend

of indian students heading abroad out of need rather than desire they say the india needs to focus on a stablish in more higher education programs. students but even when i was in college sure in india i think there seem number of colleges would seem number of seats available though the drop in the number of colleges and number of seeds has really not kept up with the growth in the population for now pal is focusing on her princeton application in the hope that if things go her way she won't even have to take the dreaded indian board examinations in the spring ideally i'd like to see myself in the us i know a lot of people who have been so relieved that they got there early decision and they just sort of slacked off when as far as the boards went and it was a relief that you know this they've got it placing her bets on the west to avoid the competition at home preassure either r t new delhi india. just a few minutes we explore what impact the debt crisis in europe is having on

economies around the world but first the latest business update with me. and welcome to business are to the power grid operator. in the first step to a full listing on the london stock exchange. bennett reports trading in the russian firm's global post receipts gets underway. m.r. s.k. holding just became the latest russian company to list on the london stock exchange it was a ceremony here with a countdown to the moment trading began on this first day is shares are being listed as g.d.r. as global depositary receipt each one representing two hundred of the company's shares to begin with though this is just a technical listing so no actual money will be made here instead the whole point of this is to boost the liquidity the company stocks are to raise awareness of the company in the city here and to increase investment as the company c.f.o. explains where here or are direct. new investors to widen the base for

international investors to make the conditions are important is for current international investors to make more reliable and more direct attractiveness for them to realize their shares in the trail shares here in the m.r.i. scanner holding is the largest electricity distributor in russia with over two million kilometers of power cables but its performance this year hasn't been strong due to the current market conditions its shares are down fifty percent this year so listing here in london one of the global financial capitals is obviously an attempt to boost that already several of the russian companies listed here some even big enough to break into the footsie one hundred the mining companies poly metal everyone's for example recently started listing as premium companies and today m r s.k. holding although it's just a technical listing it's taken the first step towards a full listing here. at the markets this hour and we start with commodities and

world prices are still climbing the market looks forward to further measures by the european central bank to support growth look at the second light sweet is up thirty seven cents brant is up by just ten cents a barrel this hour. in europe stock markets have reversed into the red as easy the president mario draghi holds his news conference and is that interest rates have been cut by twenty. five basis points around one per cent and therefore increasing liquidity on the market but also mario draghi has said that we need treaty prohibits monetary financing and therefore we are seeing a negative reaction to the speech meanwhile the bank of england has decided to leave rates and stimulus changed. here in moscow another twenty minutes to go before the close and they are tears in my six have lost most of their gains as europe has reversed and we are waiting the us to open by the way jobless claims have come in better than expected and have reached

a nine month low over there if we look at what's moving the my six you'll see the slew of russian companies have reported their financial results most is dynamic space on this. is up by just a notch as first quarter net profit rose one percent to three hundred thirty million dollars steelmaker seven style this hour is down one percent of companies net profit reached one and a half billion dollars in the first nine months of the year and d.t.b. is gaining have a percent russia second largest bank has doubled net profit during the first nine months of the year reaching two point three billion dollars the bank has benefited from e.u. record the performance of its a retail sectors well as corporate investment operations he company's chief financial officer reflects on the results. at a time when the western banks stepped out from russia significantly we are actually taking the market share next year we take a much more cautious stance and we are thinking of much more debt long growth the longer it will be at around twenty percent. at the same time we remain pretty

constructive on the profit forecast with think we will cherry a profit of at least the same magnitude that that this year. and also for now we will be back with pretty more in around fifty five minutes time.

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