where did it take. the latest news and the week's top stories the mass protests and goals in russia in the aftermath of a parliamentary election passed smoothly despite predictions of violence and allegations of provocation. the euro limbs to see another day leaders agree on sanctions politics despite a british veto against any changes that would place the use financial reins firmly in the hands of brussels. also angry and please say the extradition treaty with the us is to one side and want to solve america from taking u.k. citizens despite offering little or no evidence of their guilt.

its a.t.m. of the russian gavel you're watching joshua all come to the program russia has seen a post-election frenzy this week many of those dissatisfied with the results two to venting their anger on the streets this culminated into the biggest opposition rally in the country's recent history but despite all missed predictions it passed peacefully are due to renegotiate joins us live from war. going to arenas so the people have obviously been making a stand against the election results so any more rallies expected. well as you have said of course this has been a very very vengeful week for for russia especially for the russian citizens it all began officially on monday the day after the elections which were held exactly week ago and then tens of thousands of protesters went on the streets of moscow dozens

of people were arrested after what initially began as a peaceful rally taken to an expectedly not the silly violent but rather challenging turns a lot of some people have demanded that they the entire reality in the moscow march onto the kremlin that's when the police decided to. do to take action and prevent people from chaotically marching towards the very very center off the russian capital so when the announcement came that. tens of thousands of people were expected to gather in the center of moscow on saturday of course there were a lot of worries about what could transpire but those thousands of people who have shown up on saturday to the ball on their square actually have behaved very very peaceful and a lot of people have observed that the overall attitude of those protesting was not necessarily challenging there was very little violence of course there were some nationalist groups present and they have tried to stir things up some people have

somebody has thrown. fire into into the crowd but that fire was put out by those people who are actually protesting and actually they're worried portsmouth people tying of actually holding down that person whoever did that and handing it to him or her over to the police so again according to the police there were about twenty five thousand people in the middle of russia yes that on saturday afternoon it all began there additionally the rally was supposed to be held at the revolution square in the center also in the center of moscow not too far from where the meeting took place yesterday afternoon of the. but the meeting was not allowed there yet some people have shown up either to see what was going to happen or maybe in the sort of a challenging protesting way and yet again the police have not done any anything in order to prevent them from gathering there only afterwards they have a walked over

a short way to the block their square where again tens of thousands of people have met and people have put forth several demands among them they have called on to the recount of the polls they have also called on the head of the central excell committee to resign there were several of course several demands of course but again four hours of protest tens of thousands of people absolutely no arrests some people have brought flowers and they have actually afterwards given them to the police so of course there's a sort of a sort of a semi euphoric feeling in the air after this interesting show of opposition unity but people are saying they're not going to stop there they promise if their demands will not be heard by the government and if no action is taken then they will be back on the streets protesting egg and in multitudes in two weeks time. i see around all the election results and rallies against them did go unnoticed beyond russia's borders so tell us what's been said elsewhere. well of course the primary

person to react to to the election results was the united states if essential represented by hillary clinton who has expressed worry about the fact that there are elections in russia are not democratic and of course that's protests which also came slightly not not in the very timely fashion that that sort of sort of shoulder interference with the protest with the with the election result was contested by russia's russian ministry of foreign affairs did not react kindly to it in fact freshet of russia's foreign minister has. caught a suit has ignored his meeting with hillary clinton as a sort of a show of protest no of course there were also some interesting some interesting information surfacing from russian website russian news website called life news who have obtained of course they have obtained documents illegally but they have actually obtained several e-mails which were exchanged between the united states.

the state department and nonprofit non-governmental organization in russia called goalless or voice which was among the which was supposed to officer of the elections and those those e-mails clearly show that in fact a monetary only exchange was going on between the observers and the united states state department which is somewhat peculiar considering that we're talking about russian of russian elections so of course there is this very interesting conundrum and the reaction from hillary clinton and we have yet to see how things develop from there between the two countries in terms of the reaction to the to the elections all right thanks very much indeed for bringing us this update their english go reporting there from moscow. and for more you can go online to r.t. dot com and you'll see anger being showcased in an unconventional way russians who . make it to the streets themselves instead they are toys have a say and

a creative twist to the rallies a flash mob of toys figures from war protest of the election results so you can log on to our website r c dot com to see more of this. now the election rallies have garnered attention worldwide although the facts didn't always match the picture being painted in just its latest wonder america's fox news used violent clashes in the streets ablaze to show what was happening in russia only the food which was wrong. reports. 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 lost value 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 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 in russia u.s. leaders have leveled harsh criticism against russia in the aftermath of the parliamentary election and critics say it's free press has worked to. the narrative the media tends to march in lockstep 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 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 all 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 to apologize for the era of grateful to the 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 during a port nine or r.t. new york why is the times writer pepe escobar says the use of the wrong images by

fox was an accidental but he believes it's not an issue that should distract attention from the united russia party as a response to voters' concerns. look if you think folks news seriously that's a major mistake but a americans and by the people all across the world this basically is a p.r. operation of the republican party the real real wingnut faction which is most of them of course c.n.n. basically is a mouse piece of the state department but i don't honestly i they wouldn't have a really is anything that was not free of rude instances of american government so don't take these people seriously what we should take seriously it's what's really happening inside russia and then you have to pay attention to russian media ok there were some irregularities in the election just like very agreeable averages in any you know action in european countries in the us in two thousand and florida in the u.s. and doesn't floor in what's more important in my opinion is what united russia

should do to address grievances from but some of the russian population this is the real issue also we had in just a few minutes right here in our team levy is dash for cash. confused by the revolutionary spirit of the uprising the hopes of a bright future of libya's new leaders to make an international phone for funds. and here is a desperate struggle for survival was struck another blow this week a british radio shattered delicately laid plans to synchronise the finances it all happened at a critical summit in brussels where twenty three out of twenty seven member nations voted to hand brussels absolute oversight over the budgets of all member states are just as are salient brings us this report. reaction has been muted to the e.u. summit deal with observers looking sideways wondering what to really make of it

a two speed europe is being formed almost all of the e.u. members have said they will forge ahead with the franco german plan of a new treaty resulting in a fiscal union with a tighter grip on finances there was only one clear no the u.k. decided to go it alone with british prime minister david cameron essentially saying we wish you the best but we're out i think what we saw was the biggest split in the european union in fifteen years whether david cameron knows it or not what he did was the first step towards the exit door a european marriage has soured britain was dubbed isolated but the rest will give it another go and those at the helm are determined to make the european dream work . i believe and what we richie is we've made in the important step towards the lasting stability of the euro so e.u. leaders have agreed upon a general plan which as expected was no magic solution markets are still on shaky ground growth prospects are still bleak for several countries and while they live

to see another day have to go home and explain to their people why it should and what it would really cost the proper implementation is crucial to get this back on the growth spec passed and member states i believe need to do more to fully implement the country specific recommendations so what does that mean for greece for example european leaders have just approved an eight billion euro trash of aid to prevent the country from going bankrupt in exchange greece promised to cut its deficit to five point four percent of its g.d.p. from a projected nine percent this year translation more tax hikes and spending cuts for greeks still reeling from previous hysteria measures. if we were to put this you're a package to the electorates of greece of portugal ireland officially of spain they would all say no i really these countries now find themselves these

electorates find themselves trapped inside the economic prison that is currently euro their democracy has been stripped from them and my fear is that the kind of civil disobedience and civil disorder that you've already seen on the streets of greece will multiply and what of sovereignty the whole concept of national solvent the has become a very gray zone ones we have by each other together by means of a common currency. the great way at the moment that would be asked to make sacrifices in the context of a plan supposedly for saving the year and keeping solvent which is not going to work so these sacrifices will not only mean sacrifices in themselves and they will be sacrifices that in the end not an investment into a future that that is sustainable either for us over europe specifics of this new treaty have yet to be drawn up and approved by march two thousand and twelve it's so much at stake there will no doubt be a lookout for the devil in those details does or celia r.t.

brussels the great pm look as haverty most expressed his support for a brussels centric e.u.'s stance your crowd himself he believes it's the e.u. is a last chance to correct past wrongs but patrick young of investment firm devi advisors says e.u. leaders are simply creating an illusion of action. everything greek has been devalued for the course of the last year at most well democracy as we all know is an instant greek world and that too has been quite clearly devalued over the course of this agreement i mean we are seeing here a curious kind of hooch i mean france and germany are basically saying we know best we know how the euro zone should be run and this is what should happen not to might be a reasonable idea if their own behavior has actually been exemplary but for those who look back say a decade we used to have a thing called the stability and growth pact and the stability and growth pact said

any person who has a budget deficit of more than three percent of g.d.p. will be strictly strictly told off for what they've done in the euro so what do we find nearly a decade later well we've got you know this physicist turned girl wonder politician markey and her chihuahua sarky running around saying well what we've decided is if you run a thirty percent g.d.p. deficit you're going to find yourself in deep trouble nothing has changed no one wants to obey the rules and france and germany are trying to dictate on the rest of europe how this should run their economies under sensually coral's of them have their own domestic political difficulties that are causing problems now what are the details of the proposed changes to trees a sanctions intended to discipline any nation that fails to comply with brussels economic well by british m.p. godfrey bloom says it's simply too late for punishment and there are those who

broke the rules first have gotten away scot free. the first people to break the rules i think was in two thousand and three with the french and the germans by breaking the maastricht treaty sixty percent of g.d.p. rule so they've been breaking the rules everybody's be breaking the rules they continue to break the rules so the whole thing is a complete shambles and they tried to sell the tape all over it but it's not working the thing is we are now what we're seeing the end game. if the euro had been a hole so they would have shot it on the professional economists i've been thirty five years of professional economists this isn't about politics this is be about economics and i've never known it in the history of the world politics between economics water doesn't flow uphill that's the moment short of it forget my politics it doesn't really matter the long and short of it is this project is doomed to failure it was always tuned to failure and moreover i would have the people responsible i would have the rain and i would have

a fiscal crimes tribunal i would like to see some of these people sent to prison. coming out for you here in our to russia nato with missile shield stalemate. i think the idea is that political pressures at home if they don't continue of course that way is that miscreation will be used as weak moscow says the audience isn't ready to go operate a missile the fans we've got analysis on why the blog is dead set in its way. worn down by finding militias that are armed to the teeth lamie is new authorities are striving for cash they called on the u.n. this week to freeze assets worth an estimated one hundred fifty billion u.s. dollars to pay wages and rebuild state institutions i guess exxon a boy co-founded many libyans wondering who is going to fund their future. after months of waking up to gunfire residents of tripoli now have to get used to a new alarm till the city of two million people has an extensive rooster population and the birds have all but replaced rifle chatter as the heralds of the new dawn.

there was no exchange of gunfire the situation is ok. while the revolutionary rush has spared hardly any wall in tripoli people here are clearly fatigued by eight months of civil war this may be deliberate could lead to its very few wanted to break free from the obligations of the old regime on the surface of things that the normal full life in tripoli has been restored a city where many homes didn't have access to face to face a lot in few months ago already has its fountain running but the new leafy field facing the danger of running it wrong is shallow waters of national politics much for its absence remain frozen between the government's ability to pay salaries and subsidies it has already become a major part of the revolution the risk we first met muhammad in august on the front lines of bani walid one of the final strongholds of the gadhafi regime

a former engineering student who joined two of his brothers in what he says was a win or die fight for freedom. at the beginning everything was absolutely peaceful there were no guns we want to. put them the dictator used gone far against us and we lost money on rebels three months later mohammad is definitely in the driver's seat revels of the country's new heroes popular with women and the public at large if not with a rifle by his side muhammad would be like a twenty seven year old in any other country cruising around on a saturday night good years. and it's not like he was underprivileged under gadhafi regime he certainly leaves in a three hundred square meter. house in the prestigious area of tripoli they say the revolution has brought them along the way to democracy but is yet to translate into concrete benefits we had free education on health care on the gadhafi of course we

expected to remain free but it also needs to be improved the new authorities also have to decrease prices on raise salaries so that ordinary people can join all the benefits of the revolution. here exactly how the new government can afford to do so in a country ruled by war and stripped of much of its budgetary income is everybody's yes the forty two years of get his rule had told libyans to rely on government for just about everything and the level of expectations of the new york authorities is very high. i have big plans for my life in a year or souls god willing i want to finish my education get a good job and save enough money to marty and it's all become possible for us now. and in the national economies i'm not big i think the fact that they were willing to destabilize a regime that had demonstrably one of the highest living standards in north africa goes to show the fact that they were not so interested in what benefited the people

as a whole in the first place they were more interested in forming their their economic ties to the american oil companies yet for the moment the future seems bride not least because it's also very blurred somebody's got heart sr tripoli. libya may have been torn apart by revolution but it's still a land of last resort for a desperate few cows and unemployed of god will seek shelter there in an effort to escape the violence in their own doorstep as israeli bombs pound the palestinian land. and around fifty anti wall street protesters have been arrested in the us as police weeps ruining works where it's tearing down their at hands.

british m.p.'s called for a renegotiation of what they see as biased extradition treaty with the u.s. this week agreed in the chaotic aftermath of nine eleven it allows washington to demand the extradition of u.k. citizens without evidence of any crime and britain is bound to comply but as our t's i better reports from london patience is running low. 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 and what they called 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 at 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 kenneth things they use and no 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. another 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 uses some of bin ladin is so over the top they left him on his internet for 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 are 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 there was their chance to deliver on the bennett r t london. wednesday session are the russian nato council broad no progress on resolving the deadlock over a planned allied missile shield in europe moscow says the us led bloc isn't ready to cooperate on the issue russia has repeatedly asked for leo guarantees that the planned missile defense system won't be aimed against it and have been warnings of a new arms race of nato nations continue to ignore moscow's concerns washington claims the shield will terror aggression from iran and north korea by lawrence krauss from arizona state university says it's only needed for political reasons. there is no threat right now neither country has missiles that could carry nuclear weapons and only one of those countries has a nuclear weapon in the first place and also you would be very difficult to imagine

a country of that size aiming a ballistic missile at the united states because it would be like marking the country for annihilation with a big x. is a ballistic missile is ballistic that means you know where it came pro we're using a defense that doesn't exist against an aggressor that this point doesn't exist the worst thing. looks like is that you're weak on defense so if people say we can build a shield as some people say then why not do that so i think the idea is those political pressures at home if they don't continue to push that way this administration will use it as weak and it doesn't want to be viewed as weak right now from a strategic perspective going into a national election and i had a look at the top stories coming your way shortly so stay with us. on.

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