leaders speak out about sunday's parliamentary elections following criticism from both inside and outside the country. dmitri medvedev and vladimir putin call for dialogue with worn foreign powers against meddling in russia's political life i'll have more on this in a few moments time. because she wanted you know if on friday we don't find an agreement there is new second chance euro d.-day the french president was the single currency is states don't gather under the brussels umbrella. and security concerns russia says nato is not ready to seriously work together on

european missile defense isn't addressing moscow's concern. in business r.t. russia's largest power grid company m r s k i started trading global depository receipts on the london stock exchange more on this. ten pm thursday night here in moscow welcome if you just joined us my name is kevin owen you're watching r.t. and first president to meter with threat of says asara 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 opening dialogue with the opposition while warning foreign powers against intervening in the country's political affairs let's get the latest from artie's peter all over in central moscow. president medvedev has called for calm across russia and said that

the new parliament should be allowed to get about the work that it was put in place to do now he did say that the final result of the elections that were held on sunday could be delayed to allow a full investigation into allegations of electoral irregularities to be investigated now 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 and a central election commission may decide the final result of the election can be confirmed the now if a some reason it needs more time and has a right to presume publishing them but only based on facts and our election law i believe the questions being asked now about the election results and violations have a right to exist and they have to be carefully investigated that's what the central election commission is for and that's what courts are full there are no other investigation procedures with regards to the post-election situation there are

people who are disappointed we do i believe are disorientated sure what is nothing wrong in this is there is nothing wrong with the rallies that we have seen because rallies are a sign of democracy president medvedev there echoing earlier words from prime minister vladimir putin he said that the protesters had a constitutional right to demonstrate but that they must stick to the rule of the law now prime minister putin also said. he was willing to enter into dialogue with the leaders of the opposition for them to try and hammer out their grievances prime minister putin also addressed comments from u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton she criticized sunday's parliamentary poll saying it was neither fair nor free now prime minister putin said this her words sent a signal to the opposition to take action and hillary clinton continues to see. say that she believes that the russian elections that were held on sunday weren't fair

now with regard to international observers who were looking at those elections but to me a putin said that they will welcome to look at russia's parliamentary system parliamentary vote but that russia would not tolerate outside interference in their domestic affairs not stop but pressure which to our partners shakers 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 what's especially on acceptable it's a flow of foreign money into the electoral process it's absolutely unacceptable but on thursday everything is quiet here in moscow on tuesday we did see some small scale protests there were really too often in numbers by the police and journalists and camera crews who were there now we are expecting it over the weekend to see the

largest demonstrations to date with those who oppose sunday's parliamentary election vote coming out onto the streets of russia and of course we'll be following that closely for you now want to see what the process in russia actually look like but this is one american news channel patrol 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 in moscow lashing out against prime minister vladimir putin and his real united 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 worked. 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 really 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 i do apologize to the ara integrate with even many russian viewers who have pointed out 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. r.t. new york it's the latest day of reckoning for the single currency french president sarkozy says a key two day summit in brussels is the last chance to decide the euro zone's few chips germany and france are pushing for a new e.u. treaty used to bind the nations into a close knit fiscal union with its own taxes and penalties. in brussels.

initially there for expectations maybe they can come up with some sort of a semi solution but right now after the speech is made by. mark merkel and you commissioner byrd also as well as you see the chief drug the expectations sort of went down and markets have been reacting to where the first of all merkel and sarkozy have been using the arguments over this is a make or break day the euro could collapse that if we don't come up with a solution by to morrow evening there is no second chance but on the other hand you can see that they are trying to rally support for their calls for those new treaty changes there are still those who who oppose having to rewrite the treaties and changing fundamentally the european union leading up to this day they were saying they want more punishment for repeat offenders they want automatic sanctions on countries that don't manage their deficits and they also want centralized power in brussels now that raises the question of whether sovereignty would be given over to

brussels national sovereignty but that you have countries like the u.k. who are not part of the euro area who are saying well i'm not they're not going to be signing any treaties or agree to any changes if it doesn't protect the interests of the u.k. whatever cycle as he did say that if they don't manage to find agreement among the twenty seven the seventeen year old will have to move forward with the e.c.b. chief druggy he had been expected to give more of the surance to the markets but that really didn't happen while he did give some concessions first he said they would enhance their access to liquidity to a managed money markets here they put down the key interest rate by twenty five basis points to one percent one thing though that everyone was looking forward to the markets were expecting is the e.c.b. to act more decisively in this euro zone crisis basically to act as sort of a lender of last resort so it seems a very unclear at the moment expectations are sort of starting to go down because of statements being made. to assure silly. old zoo's director of the london based

breweries group which campaigns against more european union for kerry should very good evening good to see you on the program so do you think a solution will be firm to moralists come to the choice. well all they're going to be able to do is put off the evil day until the euro does finally collapse at the heart of the problems in europe is the euro in the on competitiveness that this causes for the countries of say greece and italy and the other mediterranean and reem countries that's the heart of the issue and throwing more money at the euro now or just be putting good money after bad and putting off the evil day when it will actually collapse and more centralization in you you won't actually help in the long run because of the heart of the issue is the euro and the and competitiveness that this causes so president sarkozy is calling this the final chance you don't think there is a stay of execution or going wrong no. well it's an attempt by the elite of

the particularly president arcos in chancellor merkel to try and push for more e.u. centralization more power to be handed to the possible since the two sions and of course the franco german access so they can have dominance over the policies of the other member states which they disagree with so in a sense it's a big push for centralization but that would be ultimately it would be a mistake because it will mean that democracy in the e.u. will be all but finished because britain's in a bit of a pickle here is it goes into morrow refused to sign any treaty that would harm its interests it's its fear moves like this could affect if we create two very different blocs than the countries which have got the year and those that don't is is that a dangerous thing. well it's bad for those countries that have the euro to be locked into a fiscal union where their tax and spend policies are effectively being dictated to by the institutions of the e.u. in frankfurt and brussels and luxemburg that would be wrong the franco german axis

is telling countries what to do and those countries that are outside of the euro will be able to benefit because they will have their own currencies which can be competitive and can compete in the world rather than burdened by the excessive regulation to bureaucracy of the european union robert you're a learned man in our expert here you don't agree with what. barack obama has come out and said he's said that europe is wealthy enough that there's no reason not to solve the economic problems sweeping the continent say he is hopeful so there's going to happen tomorrow what do you think of his comments well that's the audacity of hope isn't a really it's what we would expect from president obama but the issues in the you are the are so severe that there's threats to even downgrade germany's debt status even some credit rating agencies even thinking that germany might not be able to pay its debts is that severe and really the heart of the issue is the euro and just

propping the euro are artificially or just good money after bad and put off the evil day when countries would have to revert back to having their own currencies which can be competitive and which can compete to just remind us what is that good to me what when the buck stops if this happens as you say what's a good i mean who average person on the street in europe has are going to. well they won't have the authority to elect or dismiss their own governments we've seen that the u. has effectively were placed the governments of greece and italy with non elected governments where they put in technocrats which will do the bidding which is more and more and greater and deeper austerity which is hurting economic growth and eventually the public of those nations will will argue that they want to be buying their own countries again they want to have their own government accountable to their own interests and end the destructive policies of severe austerity which is causing a great deal of economic hardship in greece italy and spain and portugal as well

and that will be time when they could that could cause divisions within the european union because they pushed centralization too far everything going your own did a full circle robert oulds director of bruges group which campaigns against small european unification thank you for your thoughts still ahead on this channel r.t. moscow occupy washington strikes at the heart of the lobbyists have up to seventy protests the rest of us trouble with the latest government attempts to break up the anti corporate movement across america but cameras were there we've got a report for you coming up. nato is refusing to take moscow security concerns into account in isn't ready for serious cooperation about a missile shield in europe so says russia's foreign minister after a russia and nato meeting in brussels after the talks both sides admitted that no progress had been made lover of said nato should understand that russia can't allow alliance radars and missiles to cover most of its territory and that it needs legal

guarantees that the shield isn't directed at it something nato has refused to do the alliance is separate general anders fogh rasmussen said they did take russia's concerns into account but that's not the impression moscow is getting. got them go do it or if we are invited to call great would like to be able to discuss the terms . it's all 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 is to give us the same reply over and over again don't worry it's the shield isn't directly against you but of course from that sort of trust we need legal guarantees because intentions however good they are good change military interest in potential is a totally different manner. clearly but with the absence of that guarantee russia deployed radar and its western most territory last month in response to nato as missile defense plans it stresses the facility in the exclave occluding ground is not aimed

at the u.s. led alliance or moscow is also deploying missiles along its western borders and threatens to pull out from the strategic arms reduction treaty washington sealed deals with poland romania and turkey to host elements of it and he missile system wants it ready by twenty twenty. quick look at a few stories you got lined up a few online. americans leave their country in record numbers no websites now you can find out why the so-called land of plenty appears to be no longer a dream place for over six million citizens because of their stories online and when the guns fall silent in libya after the bloody civil war we investigate now why in a new country with a new government but it is future still appears so elusive for so many people living here. in washington up to seventy corporate occupy protesters 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 has spread across america over the past three months. 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 been the largest number of arrests in washington says the beginning of this occupy movement this was all happening on k. street which is known as the lobbyist 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 with little of the actions of demonstrators on their occupy locations in california and

in new york police use 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. around the world now. coastal first images of the u.s. spy drone last week the craft was grounded by a radio military cyber attack is it flew over the country's airspace the reports of the drone is equipped with highly advanced surveillance data gathering and radar systems the machine notice a sense of that was the first to be lost by america. syrian activists say this but explosion of an oil pipeline in the besieged city of homes no casualties have been reported but state run news said it was a bomb planted by

a terrorist group the explosion is the latest event in the violent uprisings in the shaken the country for the past ten months now. thousands of joy the feel. of two palestinian militants killed in an israeli airstrike the men were hit while driving a car close to a crowded parking cars and. the explosion set the car alight and wounded five bystanders israel frequently targets vehicles car and suspected insurgents fueling the conflict with the hamas government in gaza. and india one of the world's few growth countries right now a top notch education is a must these days but exploding middle class population means stiff competition for students trying to get into the country's leading universities as a result many looking abroad to persuade them pursue their economic academic aspirations and economic to addie's prius street reports next. with the 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 or 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 going where you know 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 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 literally just one mock and 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 that india needs to focus on a stablish in more higher education programs. students and even when i was in college sure here in india i think there seem number of colleges with same number of seats available the drop in the number of colleges and number of seeds has

really not kept up with the growth in the population for now pallas 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 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 really that you know this they got in placing her bets on the west to avoid the competition at home preassure either r t new delhi india. got their support. in a couple minutes not about twenty minutes before but we explore the impact of the debt crisis in europe what it is having on economies around the world too is spreading far and wide that's coming up shortly to after the business after this quick break .

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as taking a first step to the full listing on the london stock exchange on c s i the bennett reports as trading in the russian firm's global to bolster seats 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 depository receipts 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 in the company stock so 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 and to make the conditions important is for current international investors to make more reliable and the more attractive 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. all right let's take a look at what is actually happening on the stock market in the u.s. stocks are lower despite jobless claims coming in at the lowest level in nine months that's because the e.c.b. chief mario draghi says the bank's hands are tied and bond buying power is limited and they can't go ahead with monetary financing so really what's happening in

europe is shaping markets around the world the second leg of what is actually happening at the close in london and in frankfurt and they're down a central bank has cut its a key lead to grow. by twenty five basis points the e.c.b. i mean to one percent this widely expected move follows a quarter point cut in november for the underlying rate hikes delivered earlier this year the world bank of england has decided to leave rates stimulus measures and. am here's the closing picture perversities trade in a moscow the markets are higher in in the end maintaining a growth of for around half a percent but the arts yours mine site if we take a look at the main movers on m i six these are based on financial results that companies have been presenting for the food the water rose is up point two percent so it's worth a quarter net profit rose one percent to three hundred thirty billion dollars deal makers have a stone is down two point three percent its net profit reached one and a half billion dollars in the first nine months of this year and b t v's also

gaining point two percent for the second largest bank has doubled net profit during the first nine months of the year reaching two point three billion dollars now the bank has benefited from a record performance of its retail sector as well as corporate investment operations company's chief financial officer herbert most reflects on the results. at a time when the western banks stepped out from russia significantly we are taking the market share next year we take a much more cautious stance. we are thinking of much more debt long growth the longer off will be at around twenty percent. at the same time we remain pretty constructive on the profit forecast we think will cherry a profit or at least the same magnitude that that this year the headlines are next on r.t. . the

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