where did it take the. latest news on the week's top stories the mass protests engulfing russia in the aftermath of the parliamentary election passed smoothly despite predictions of violence and allegations of provocation. the euro lem's to see another day readers agree on sanctions politics despite a british veto against any changes that would place the e.u.'s financial reins firmly in the hands of brussels. also washington is right to extradite people from the u.k. without offering evidence of their guilt leaves british i'm all for the abolition of the controversial treaty.

it's allowed any of the russian capital you're watching our team when we were in a joshua welcome to the program russia has seen a post-election frenzy this week many of those dissatisfied with the results to to venting their anger in the streets and this culminated into the biggest opposition rally in the country's recent history but despite all of this predictions have passed peacefully well let's now get more on this from our correspondent. there he is all the way as rallies saw a record turnout is the display of dissatisfaction expected to continue. well we're in a matter of fact there were several main. main points which the prob with it was the protesters have issued a foot forth and they said that it's none of their demands or if some of their demands at least are not met they will come back out on the streets in two weeks time and of course the main demand was the recount a vote saying that the elections which the protesters believe to be unfair and that

the problem that is the central electoral committee has already said they will not do a recount so we may expect to see some rallies in about two weeks time now we also have to remember that some of the more. the more outrageous think of the conservative it was a nationalist movement have not been satisfied with with yesterday's rallies and they have promised to call to come out on the streets today again now this protest has not been allowed has not been permitted by the authorities or by the most of the city authorities so it's it should just see how the events transpire later today whoever is you have said yesterday's rally which gathered more than twenty five thousand people by police estimates have actually pursued peacefully i lasted for four hours and they began at the revolution square a lot of people have been watching that everything with certain apprehension because the gathering of the revolution square was not permitted by the most prestigious dorothy's get people have gathered there anyways but that also has

inspired peacefully people hoffer see to the over to the nearest square where they have joined those who have already gathered there so that the the rally went by rather peacefully at similar rallies were held to dozens of other russian cities the like blood of a stalker saying he does work but the crowd the moscow has went on with that without a glitch no arrests people have actually mentioned how friendly the police were still not to people who did go to the rally actually believe that they were very satisfied with the results and with the gathering which took place in the center of moscow on saturday now the washer results and protests have what to. change of commons as we heard between moscow and washington so what more can you tell us about that. oh yes as a matter of fact the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton has called the election results neither free nor fair and now we have to remind you that according to the results that united russia party has gathered just under fifty percent of votes of course was essentially the

winner in the election with the communists coming in steady second place yet so hillary clinton has a voice that opinion. when the election results were not yet and now so that of course has gathered some very that was a coup of course met with a very cold reception from russia's foreign minister and also russian prime minister doesn't it which has also criticized hillary clinton essentially saying that washington is that behind is that essentially sponsoring those willing to saw discontent in russia in the wake of the elections as a matter of fact an interesting and interesting development has also taken place when the one of russia's new stores this. place has put certain information on their website is those were e-mail exchanges between one of one of the non-governmental organizations which were monitoring her brother observing the elections and the u.s. . state department which is actually which essentially. shown that that

particular decision was essentially getting paid for it was this is the getting paid by the united states. state department and of course that is something interesting to see how that develops in the future. and either ian thanks very much indeed for this update to renegotiate reporting there. and for more you can go online to r.t. dot com and you'll see anger are being showcased in an unconventional way to couldn't make it to the streets themselves instead lead they are toys have a say creative twist to the rallies a flash mob of toys figures from more distant penguins protest of the election results so log on to our web site r t dot com to see more. now the election rallies of garner attention worldwide although the facts didn't always match the picture being painted in just its latest wonder america's fox news

used videos of violent clashes in streets of lace to show what was happening in russia only the food which was wrong artie's marina 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 moscow lashing out against prime minister vladimir putin and his 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 the rules 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 the 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 roominess 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 i do apologize for the era and a great many russian viewers who've pointed out to us the sloppiness of it or 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 times writer pettus cobar says the use of the wrong image is by far was an accidental but he believes it's not an issue that should distract attention from beat out of russia party's response to voters' concerns. look you can take 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 really

a real league not perfection which is most of them of course c.n.n. basically is a mouse piece of the state department but i don't it is cia they will never really is anything that was not free of proved we instances of american government so don't take these people seriously what we should take seriously its quotes really have been inside russia and then you have to pay attention to russian media ok there were some of the regulators in the election just like very real averages in any election in european countries in the us in two thousand and four in the in us in two thousand and four in ohio what's more important in my opinion is what united russia should do to address grievances from arts of the russian population this is the real issue as to what had in just a few minutes libya's dash for cash infused by the revolutionary spirit of the uprising the hopes of pride future bushes here make an international meet for

funds. thank you earth desperate struggle for survival was struck and neither blow this week a british veto shattered delicately laid plans to synchronize their finances all happened at a critical some of them brussels were twenty three out of twenty seven member nations voted to hand brussels absolute oversight over the budgets of all member states are he says are celia 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 and 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 that with what we've achieved move made an important step towards the last and to do it here 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 and economic growth prospects are still bleak for several countries and while the euro live to see another day leaders will 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 bear on the girls back pass 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 susteren. if we were to put this you're a package to the electorates of greece of portugal ireland italy of spain they would all say no i really these countries now find themselves these electorates find themselves trapped inside an economic prison that is called the 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 each other together by means of a common currency. the great worry at the moment is that we're being asked to make

sacrifices in the context of a plan supposedly for saving the euro keeping greece solvent which is not going to work specifics of this new treaty have yet to be drawn up and approved by march two thousand and twelve with so much at stake there will no doubt be a lookout for the devil and those details does are still here r t brussels the greek pm look as poverty has expressed his support for a brussels centric e.u. stance your kratom self he believes it's that you use the last chance to correct past wrongs but patrick young of investment firm devi adviser says even leaders are simply creating an illusion of action. everything greek has been devalued for the course of the last year and most well democracy as we all know is an ancient 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 could chew 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 just might be a reasonable idea if their own behavior had 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 of what they've done in the eurozone 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 why the huge run their economies under sensually coral's of them have their

own domestic political difficulties that are causing problems one of the details of the proposed changes to e.u. treaty is a sanctions intended to discipline any nation that fails to comply with brussels economic well but british and i p godfrey bloom says it's simply too late for punishment and that those who broke the rules first half god no way 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 strap sell a 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 be think

a moment ics water doesn't flow uphill lesson on the 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 doomed to failure and moreover i would have the people responsible i would have them arraigned i would have a fiscal crimes tribunals i would like to see some of these people sent to prison and coming out for you russia nato its missile shield stalemate. i think the idea is those political pressures at home if they don't continue to push that way this administration will use as we. must there says the alliances in writing to cooperate on missile the fans we've got analysis on why the block is dead static and it's way. worn down by fighting militias that are armed to the teeth levy is near thora these are striving for cash they call them 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 artes of saddam boy co-founded

mattingly 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 until the city of two million people has an extensive rooster population and the birds have colbert replaced a rifle charter as the heralds of the million dollar. there was no exchange of gunfire the situation is ok. while the revolutionary russia has spared hardly any wall in tripoli people here are clearly fatigued by eight months of civil war this may be deliberate and believe it's very few wanted to break free from the obligations of the old regime on the surface it seems that the normal full life in tripoli has been restored to the city where many homes didn't have access to face to face or laffin few months ago already has its fountains up and running but the new leafy is still facing the danger of running in the shallow waters of

international politics much of its absence remain frozen limiting the government's ability to pay salaries and stuff it is it has already become a major part of the revolutionary spirit we first met muhammad in august on the frontlines of bani walid one of the final strongholds of the get out here regime a former and nearing student he joined two of his brothers in what he says was a win or die fight for freedom because at the beginning everything was absolutely peaceful there were no guns we want to freedom and fairness but then the dictator used going far against him we lost money on rebels three months later mohammad is definitely in the driver's seat rebels of the country's new heroes popular with women and the public at large if not with a rifle by his side mohamed would be like a twenty seven year old in any army country cruising around on a saturday night is good. and it's not like he was under privileged under gadhafi

regime he certainly leaves in a three hundred square. their 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 have 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 and 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 a ruling by war and stripped of much of its budgetary income is every bit as good as the forty two years of get his rule had told libyans to rely on government for just about everything and the level of expectations and the storage is very high. i have big plans for my life in a year or so god willing i want to finish my education get

a good job and save enough money to mari it's all become possible for us now. and in national economies. 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 two american oil companies yet for the moment the future seems breivik not please because it's also very layered actually where you are to tripoli. libya may have been torn apart by revolution but it's still a land of last resort for a desperate few unemployed and gaza seeks shelter in the area in the 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 u.s. as police sweeps through

a new york square tearing down their tans. british m.p.'s called for a renegotiation of what they see as a biased extradition treaty with the u.s. this week agreed in the chaotic aftermath of nine eleven allows washington to demand the extradition of any u.k. citizen without evidence of any crime and britain is bound to comply but as artie's ivor van of 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 on what they call an injustice was a mistake in the first with this ministry i think it was a mistake it's not a level playing field even with a partner like america we need to make sure that we of being equal and we are being fair to our citizens and that is not the case of the moment britain must present evidence for any extradition but america doesn't need to a long awaited independent inquiry recently ruled this relationship was balanced but the numbers suggest otherwise one hundred twenty three people have been surrendered to america under the treaty since two thousand and four only fifty four have gone the other way america's ambassador to the u.k. has branded these figures myths and in accuracies but 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 seeing how many injustices have been caused because of it it was meant to be for terrorise the fences it wasn't meant to be for the ken things they're using no janice's is gary mckinnon a mainstay on america's extradition wish list he was arrested ten years ago after hacking into pentagon files he says he was merely searching for u.f.o.'s gary has asperger's syndrome and according to his. the mother should be tried in the u.k. on medical grounds but america's not giving up on one of their most wanted is so vengeful. you think using some of the arjun is so over the top they left him one who's internet for three and a half years after the arrest if gandhi was this latest threat that wouldn't have

been done but it's very much i think he embarrassed them and because of that they were very angry at him there were nine cases currently fighting extradition to america richard o'dwyer is the latest he's wanted on copyright charges for creating a search engine for pirated content it's not even considered a crime in the u.k. but at the moment that doesn't matter the u.s. 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 of the russian nato council brought no progress on resolving the deadlock over a planned allied missile shield in europe moscow says the u.s. led blog isn't ready to cooperate on the issue russia has repeatedly asked for legal guarantees that the planned missile to fan system won't be aimed against it and there have been warnings of a new arms race if nato nations continue to ignore moscow's concerns washington

claims the shield will deter aggression from iran and north korea by the 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 what it 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 their country for annihilation with a big x. is a ballistic missile is ballistic that means you know where it came from we're using a defense that doesn't exist against an aggressor that this point doesn't exist the worst thing to look like is that you're weak on defense so if people say we could build a shield as some people say then why not do it that's so i think the idea is those political pressures at home if they don't continue to push that way this administration will give you is as weak and it doesn't want to be viewed as weak

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