the latest news in the week's top stories president medvedev orders an investigation to claims of election violations last week's parliamentary vote this after tens of thousands take to the streets across russia angry at the outcome of sunday's poll. stepping out britain vetoes a pen european deal to save the euro in a move that many think is the u.k.'s first step toward the union's exit door. libyan authorities asked the un to release billions of dollars of frozen assets claiming the war torn country doesn't have enough cash to implement necessary reforms.

three am in moscow i met treasurer bring you today's top stories and a look back at the week's news here on r t president dmitri medvedev has promised a thorough investigation into all claims of violations during last sunday's parliamentary elections this after more than sixty cities across russia held mass rallies with protesters demanding a revote. has the latest from central moscow. this rally took place a no the central school where where over twenty five thousand people came in the first of they came to the a revolutionary square but of the moscow c.b.s. story it is we're not alone people together they're good that's why then they peacefully proceeded to the boldness square where thousands and us also as of people were gathering and of they were of voicing their demands and the number one

demand was so really the recount all of the old sound of basically people that gathered other this squares of a wanted of the new election so to take up placing russia meanwhile of the essential action can reach the south it will not recount the votes and those of people who gathered out of the to the squares who are gathering up for these a rally is that we're saying that if their demands are not smiled so within the next two weeks of ballot they promise that they will gather again to protons further and meanwhile off through the the end of the rallies up president mitterrand if expressed his own view over of the meetings of the rallies that took place in russia and the mosque group decree he saw that he's quite satisfied with the way everything want especially how peacefully everything want but he disagrees with the slogans on the announcements that were made during those rallies and meanwhile he promised that all the claims of the violations that took place during the parliamentary elections in russia will be

a very carefully investigated meanwhile today on sunday over a two hundred nationalist also gathered at the belong in a square and they were protesting against immigration but these rally and those missing also went quite peacefully and the a central moscow the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton was not that she believed to the parliamentary elections that took place on the fourth offer december in a rush up war of the free. and her comments and her remarks were not to find the a by russia's foreign ministry nor prime minister why do men who to prime minister like going to accuse the us state department of mt lng into russia's national policy but also one of the russians at a news agency life in use has obtained any change of emails between of the russian a non-governmental organisation that was observing the elections and the us state

department's these documents up presents a different common over the top six and especially the financing of the observers a by the u.s. state department brian becker of the antiwar answer coalition thinks the u.s. criticism is motivated by those who want to weaken russia and not seek democracy in the country. hillary clinton in the obama administration's real intentions is it really their ability to parse the election results and what actually happened in the last days in order to make a sound judgment or was this a rush to judgment in fact was that in fact the scripted and choreographed planned response to whatever happened in russia not because of a concern about whether the elections were fair not because there may have been improprieties but because the united states is involved in a multi-pronged effort to weaken russia and to deal with it in my eyes the russian government so it's the height of hypocrisy for this government the united states

government to go and lecture other people about their right to protest five thousand people have been arrested one occupy movement after another has been a victim from their camp clearly they've used all kinds of pretext health and safety with this that or the other thing the point is the government using law enforcement agencies is violating people's basic constitutional rights not just in one city or two cities but in scores of cities simultaneously election rallies in russia have gotten enormous intension from the global media a u.s. based fox news network contributed with a coverage to the coverage with a report allegedly capturing violent chaos and streets ablaze the only problem with that footage it wasn't shot moscow artie's marina porton has more. 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 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 the parliament reelection and critics say it's free press has worked to reinforce. 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 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 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 integrate with even many russian viewers who've 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 for more on the moscow rallies you can log on to our website r t dot com there you can find our picture gallery boasting photos of the biggest demonstrations moscow has seen in twenty years on line exclusive section that's only a week away. there's been a fresh rift inside the e.u. this week britain vetoed a franco german plan to impose a financial pen european financial agreement three countries said they will take the power to their national parliaments other member states agreed to allow brussels to oversee their budgets are his test has the latest. 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 should the best but route 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 so e.u. leaders have agreed upon a general plan which as expected was no magic solution markets are still on shaky ground 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 back on the growth spec. 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 the 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 a sturdy measures. if we were to put this your a package to the electorates of greece of portugal ireland officially of spain they would all say no and what of sovereignty the whole concept of national solvent the has become a very gray zone once we have been around 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 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 international consulting and author adrian thinks the fiscal union will only produce more cracks within the e.u. in this particular instance i would tend to favor the british position here because britain from the murray beginning understood and we still understand far better than the european colleagues the importance of national sovereignty and the importance of having a summer in currency the pound sterling has been issued by the bank of england since sixty nine before and it definitely would not have been a good idea for britain to cede their sovereignty and what europe is now suffering many of the countries especially the smaller ones is a problem of sovereignty i think that we will probably start seeing the europe's elites very soon because greece will definitely not be able to comply would be

a deficit required portugal italy spain undoubtedly will also be the problem people are realizing. it's a little bit like a procrustean bed a bed which is one size that must fit all in greek mythology are stories that made a bit he said anybody who was shorter than it he would stretch them out breaking bones and students until he would fit and if he were taller than his bed he would chop or feet and lives to make sure it would fit so in a way i think it's a greek mythology that they could release is a very case in point where they are trying to impose a one size fits all and we have to understand that in the real world one size does not fit all. analysts say the deal agreed in brussels implies stricter rules and sanctions for those e.u. members who break the guidelines british m.e.p. godfrey bloom says it's those who are pushing for tougher controls that violated e.u. agreements in the first place. 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're trying to strap sell it's a full of red but it's not working the thing is we are now witnessing the end game . if the euro had been a hole so they would have shot it under 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 beat economics doesn't flow uphill lesson long and 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 student of failure and moreover i would have the people responsible i would have the rain and i would have a fiscal crimes tribunals i would like to see some of these people sent to prison. stay with us here on r.t. still to come the u.k.

seeks to review its extradition law with us. to make sure that we being equal and we all be fair to all citizens and that is not the case of the religion why members of parliament are demanding better protection from british citizens plus. find out what came out of the international conference on afghanistan's future and why a key player in stabilizing the region pakistan boy how to be a vet. but first with libya's civil war now over its people are calling on the government to implement reforms n arrays salaries but the authorities say they're struggling for cash and asking the u.n. to release billions of dollars of frozen assets artie's oksana boyko has details. 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 all but replaced rifle chatter as the heralds of the

new dawn. there was no exchange of gunfire the situation is ok. this may be deliberate complete 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 a city where many homes didn't have access to face to face the last few months ago already has its fountain running but the new leaf it is still facing the danger of running in the shallow waters of national politics much of its assets remain frozen limiting the government's ability to pay salaries and 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 gadhafi regime a former engineering student who joined two of his brothers in what he says was a win or die fight for freedom 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 is good yes. and it's not like he was under privileged 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 have free education on health care on the gadhafi the new authorities also have to decrease prices and raise salaries so that all of new people can join all the benefits of the revolution. 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 taught libyans to rely on government for just about everything. 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'm not stopped being i think the fact that they were willing to destabilize the regime that 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 and in the first place they were more interested in forming their there and economic ties to two american oil companies yet to the moment the future seems bride not least because it's also very layered actually got artsy chip kelly. don't forget you can find plenty more stories comments and analysis a click away at our t. dot com online for you right now are painful touchdown for some american football bat more than a dozen oklahoma state supporters injured when people jump from the stands and the

landed on their fellow fans. desecrated the honor of the u.s. military used to dumping the ashes of cremated soldiers in a suburban landfill site all the details online. an international conference on stability in afghanistan's promise continued support to kabul after the planned withdrawal of nato troops in two thousand and fourteen the meeting in germany world leaders pledged to provide financial aid to afghans government to the afghan government up till two thousand and twenty four when it's hoped the country will be economically self-sufficient the gathering was boycotted though by pakistan seen as a key player in restoring peace in the region refused to send envoys in protest over a u.s. airstrike two weeks ago which killed twenty four pakistani soldiers and also

continues to block nato supplies to afghanistan and the u.s. has been forced to vacate an air base used to launch drone attacks and in a columnist with foreign policy in focus magazine is critical of washington's role and their reach. the attack itself it's hard to see that as an accident because of the way that it took place and then the response of washington afterwards i think what's happened is that the united states has made some decisions about its strategy in the region both in central asia and in the south in south asia that essentially is going to cut pakistan out of the formula and i don't think united states cure is very much what's going to happen after withdraws its troops in two thousand and fourteen and i think they would rather not do with draw other troops which is the nub of the problem because just on november second russia china iran and pakistan had

a meeting in istanbul which they all agreed that they would pressure the united states not to leave troops in afghanistan and i find it very difficult to imagine it is fallout in relations between pakistan and the united states is not somehow try to that position i think this i think this chess board is much broader than we than we imagine it to be and that it includes really multiple zones some of them worldwide. russia could boycott its summit with nato in may if the two sides don't agree on a european missile defense system the statement came after a meeting thursday failed to resolve the deadlock over the issue washington claims the shield is aimed at iran and north korea american verbal promises failed to ease the kremlin's concerns over the potential threat to its nuclear deterrent that president medvedev announced a number of military measures to protect russia's national security lawrence krauss for arizona state university thinks countries shouldn't appear to have weak defensive capabilities when 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 know what it would be very difficult to imagine a country of that size. he's aiming a ballistic missile at the united states because it would be like marking the their country for annihilate 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 at 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 that some people say it that why not do that so i think the idea is that political pressures at home if they don't continue to push that weight this administration will use as weak and it doesn't want to be viewed as weak right now from a strategic perspective going into a national election turnout of some other stories making headlines across the globe fresh violence has killed at least eighteen people in syria as clashes between activists and military forces continue syrian president bashar al assad recently

rejected accusations that he ordered the deaths of protesters the u.n. estimates four thousand people have been killed since clashes started nine months ago reports on the arrest are unconfirmed as damascus has refused access to the media and foreign observers. palestinian protesters clashed with israeli troops as they held a funeral for a fellow demonstrator the deceased victim was killed after he'd been hit in the face by a tear gas canister fired by israeli troops saturday the army's use of gas canisters has come in for strong criticism in recent years the west bank has seen frequent demonstrations in its rural areas against jewish settlements and the building of israel's separation what barrier which has compromised palestinian farmland. and amazing video from melbourne extra of a petrol tanker exploiting the driver was offloading fuel when the rig started to get becoming involved in flames the blaze said many scrambling for safety investigators still trying to determine the cause of the blast. finally in this

news block the u.k. parliament is set to vote on an extradition treaty treaty between london and washington drawn in the aftermath of the nine eleven attacks that allows the u.s. to demand the extradition of any u.k. citizen regardless of criminal evidence but as our he's ever been reports m.p.'s are certain that better protection for british citizens is needed. 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 u.s. 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 called an injustice was a mistake in the first place despite 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. 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 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 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 then people say you think you are some of the arjun is so over the top they left him one is entering it three and a half years after the arrest. if gagne was this latest threat that wouldn't have been done 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 now is their chance to deliver either bennett r.t. london. we're back with a recap of our top stories in a few moments stay with us here on r.t. .

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