let. me. russian the billionaire. who's the country's wealthiest person. running in the presidential election next month. show of strength thousands flood the center of moscow again but this time it's the supporters of the victorious united russia party that follows mass opposition rallies staged in with claims of the results of the parliamentary vote. greece's second rescue package amid skepticism over the efficiency of the emergency measure against the backdrop of widening cracks within the. occupy protesters take their rallies to

a new level as they plan to shut down of america's west coast softer series of police raids that resulted in a victims of sandy dozens of arrests. just after six pm on monday here at moscow you're watching with me. candidates have been throwing their hats into the ring head of russia's upcoming presidential runoff one of the world's richest men russian businessman. has formally announced he's running in the election shows you will next march but of course live to what he's really going to go for more details on this. made his name in business and is now extending his political ambitions can you tell us a bit more about them. well of course he made a fortune and a name for himself in the precious metals industry which brought him into the

number three on the rich list according to forbes magazine and he's the man of you can say a jack of all trades he's an avid skier a lover of basketball as a matter of fact he owns the new jersey nets basketball team he's also been. involved in projects for example such as the hybrid car project called global violet projects where she left and now he's in politics this is not his first foray into the sphere of however she was a member of the right cause party earlier this year in fact she was the leader of the party but she left to do just disagreements with other party members she that time go however we program could have said that she has also left due to the pressure from the kremlin now in this upcoming l.-a in the coming election procrit will have to run against it three other candidates who have already said they're willing to run for the presidential elections and that of course is the premise of much of it within and at the head of the fair russia party now michel crawford of

did not specify what exactly is going to be on the he's election campaign he said everything that he has to say he will state in due time so we have just to wait and see in order to find out exactly because progress has in store. all right saudis are going to go there live in the central moscow thank you. for more on the story now that's a talk to alexander about the director of the russia and eurasia program of the german council on foreign relations thank you for coming on the program today so how does a male profit off announcement today actually change the color of the upcoming election. let's see how serious this announcement is because of the. amount of force i mean he's a party he needs in the moment he has the money to. conduct the campaign with. the people who will hope for him. oh i don't think he's quite right.

liberals are looking for a united leader. and the presidential elections i think they have a small chance no rather. than before two to get a good result in the elections the question is only how can unite this various liberal movements in part just have to run here and who the strong be there could be prosperous things that he could be just leave it with but i think anybody of linsky here and maybe someone else would think that they are the better off then of course . the situation who might get this all the time the politicians go to the elections with many candidates and to those now as you would say moments ago to the very wealthy and he's a wealthy businessman he's dabbled in politics before he's supposed to be worth upwards of eighteen billion dollars but he's heading up a party that he then quit a short while later did you think is ambitions should be taken seriously with this

announcement here now that's what i'm getting that he has the money to the concert things in russia. minus not enough. with him to make it work for the presidential elections if you want to get the party behind him think he has no chance you're going to be you are actually registered for the presidential election so let's see what all of this announcement but he i mean he certainly doesn't have to clean it up records in the postie do you think that the the liberal dems could actually get behind him here. no i think that. there are few people who are. him and he will not do something extraordinary for example to go to the next meeting and talk to the people who are. like that he will do that he will go to the streets and try to put the this is support from the ordinary people he will do this they see snow i don't think that

he has any real chance the rules. for sure this this is a against her rivals for this position. who certainly wants to be named as the sole candidate of all the forces for the presidential elections in march next year. as you know well there certainly be now some protests in recent days about the recent parliamentary elections we had thousands turning up in central moscow claiming fraud that some of the votes were rigged in the recent elections or any anything at particular about the timing of announcement coming on this monday off to a weekend of unrest in moscow. this week in the congress has changed the political climate in the russian climatically because before these events the future presidential elections of march or the next year we're seeing this very important elections for it seems clear that whoever put you know would win that was all so that any serious trials could seize him down the fringe of the north and get

out of the run against him but all this petition is there who's in the lead action seventy four years and the two decades before so it looked like you for this would be the easiest sort of the easiest victory all for you since a consultant but now it happens that. way that what you this is risking we've had to move. this party have lost that office of former followers to you will be very lucky if he wins elections in the first of all of the presidential elections if you have to go to the second phone call before the political catastrophe here it will change the situation in russia i never think that clinton will win elections but it will be a very interesting one for all the other contenders for the post for president to try to become what it means to come into the second round and challenge should continue their purpose of after this challenge the second point about if i may just

jump in here moment as you were saying at the political climate with this announcement from has shifted a bit but what kind of people do you think he will actually appeal to this multi billionaire businessman. so you will look to you to. tool over to the same liberal. middle class. who are not on the streets this is a liberal it is there are people who were born in the. interaction of the cross or if you know where i heard this or that's the difference you want all the states. i think they are still a minority in the concert but still they are winning for their becoming stronger all right alexander director of the russia and eurasia program at the german council on foreign relations thank you. now thousands of people have again been gathering in the center of moscow in reaction to the recent parliamentary vote that supporters of the united russia party that won the election

have staged a rally following a series of mass protests as i mentioned a moment ago against the results in a question about has been following developments in managing a square right in the heart of the russian capital. right now we're seeing the thousands of people that are gathering at the main yes the square right in the moscow the organizers of this route they say that around seventy thousand people are expected to come and join how these gatherings these all of the number is obvious it's russia because it is different organizations as a youth groups that's the super bowl it's united's russia and its leadership prime minister we didn't surprise them to me today to this rally comes off to have serious up and down the station was the folds of the a recent parliamentary elections that took place a lot of the december united saussure games almost fifty percent of the vote was a and not the three parties also made it to the lower house of the state the result

sparked the france either has been going on for a several days that been thousands of people coming into the streets of the biggest up protest so far it took place on saturday over twenty five thousand people and that's the number given by the entire ministry came to the block that's where they came over there to voice that there is a monster the number one demand was the recount all the votes basically people wanted the new paula monthly elections to take place and russia. it has been a question of reporting right there we've got it much more on the developments around the parliamentary election in russia on our website r.t. dot com if you get over to the exclusive section of our website to check out a picture gallery you can do so about last week's moscow brownie's and also find out firsthand accounts of the events online as well as the reactions and in depth analysis is also going to argue for all kinds of footage from the recent demonstrations. you're watching r.t.

live from moscow international austerity inspectors the so-called troika are in greece to put in place a second lifeline for the debt ridden country athens narrowly avoided default in december after received a vital cash injection but still remains at risk it's what has cracked so widening in the e.u. after what's considered a major divorce between britain and other members at a brussels summit. as more. it's not easy running a business even a small one like this german company which produces isolation materials for gas turbines loans taxes salaries competition it's enough to keep any business man's head busy but mainly still wonder why rules different when it comes to the big book or in this case the euro. when a business takes a loan and cons paid back in and says it's bankruptcy i think a state which keeps accumulating debt has to do the same it's no different from

a company in that sense you don't borrow money if you know you can't pay it back but for some reason often this doesn't seem to be the case for the eurozone so let's take greece for example besides billions of euros which have already been allocated to bail it out even leaders have approved yet another tranche the aim is to pay off its three hundred sixty billion euro debt preventing it from going under and taking others with it but many fear the tactic will not work it's all about physics review no matter how strong a material is like this piece of metal with the right amount of pressure it will break. and unfortunately for the euro zone the laws of physics are called universal for a reason meanwhile the pressure is rising and the latest e.u. summit in brussels showed the economic crisis is creating cracks in the union britain walked out of a deal put forward by germany and france to revise the e.u. treaty and create a fiscal union with

a tighter grip on finances but analysts to warn the integration may take too long with some countries facing a possible referendum on the deal this year a package will take until march to implement and i think in the meantime the eurozone in particular the mediterranean countries are extremely vulnerable indeed and i do not discount a breakdown of the markets will overwhelm the whole euro problem. that the eurozone countries and the e.u. institutions will find themselves simply not big enough to cope with it meanwhile inspectors from the so-called troika which consists of the european commission the european central bank and the international monetary fund are looking to provide athens with a new one hundred billion euro bailout i would call it lying circus the banks who are trying to save their necks who were put on the line with bad loans to corrupt governments in. waiting and expecting european taxpayers

to pay their bills especially the bonus bills sure christmas is big in europe but billing of the euro for the sake of the banks is becoming one expensive present the dozens of protests that have rocked the e.u. this year alone are a clear sign of discontent over austerity. and it's highly unlikely the new set of handouts for greece will be greeted with anything cheer. or g. germany. just on a quarter past the hour now here in moscow david cameron's for no to the e.u. fiscal agreement received a mixed reaction at home the prime minister enjoyed a hero's welcome from his conservative party but their decision deeply disappointed deputy prime minister nick clegg later on monday cameron was trying to defend his actions in parliament john gone from the vote the u.k. out of the e.u. campaign supporter but has doubts over how the e.u. is going to work with this division in place. i think he was right to stand up to

the germans and engage right to stand up to a little but the bottom line is the facts are we are now more isolated than ever we're still be paying fifty one million pounds a day into the but now i have no influence over what so ever clearly the british people do not want fiscal review and clearly david cameron went to brussels trying to stop fiscal union and to stop the current of. the destruction of the banking sector he didn't get what he wanted so he decided to walk out of those discussions and some people say he was a bulldog rather on the political but i think now he has to go even further and asked to give the british people a friend on the subject we want less integration not more integration and certainly now we've got this fiscal union but the whole question is of course how will this fiscal union work how will these f.-u. work can they use the instruments of the i would say probably not and i call we

have a situation where we the british will turn up for negotiations because the twenty six if indeed there are twenty six who decide ever then the day before and just before we leave the room there's a mr cameron come we have another check for fifty one million pounds a day august and he is going to work. on our website r.t. dot com we are interested in your opinion time for you to get involved to tell us what can be done to save the struggling euro zone here are the numbers so far most think that the monetary union should be simply dissolved what about thirteen percent say the eurozone should expel the weakest members about a tenth of the things that a single currency requires a single government and a minority of you support sanctions imposing financial discipline what is your take cast your vote right now at r.t. dot com. america's corporate protesters plan a massive march aimed at shutting down ports on the west coast on monday and the

move comes after a series of police raids on demonstrators camps on the coast with the last remaining one in san francisco are torn down on sunday aside from the usual arrests the police is the latest tactics include infiltrating the ranks of protesters as artie's guy need to count reports. we've seen a lot of police activity in the last three months against the occupy movement which has been generally a very peaceful movement it doesn't seem to be new saying the more we hear about dozens of arrests every week we've seen the latest surge on surge of arrests on the west coast fifty five people were arrested over the weekend in san francisco they were protesting in front of a federal reserve building cuddled up on the sidewalk a witness said there had been no chance or structures overnight the protesters were rustled out of their sleeping bags with cops outnumbering demonstrators by about two to one of the already side some city a law which prohibits sitting or lying on public sidewalks that certain hours of

the day with the protesters argument is that the first amendment of the us constitution which guarantees freedom of speech has to outwait those civil laws and that the city has to let them continue exercising their rights but judging by how actively police had been cracking down on protesters all across america the first amendment doesn't seem to have outweighed anything this latest police raid in san francisco has effectively cleared the city's last remaining occupy protest camp so under different pretenses authorities have been shutting down those camps throughout the country around five thousand peaceful protesters have been arrested in the last three months but apparently police used other methods to deal with the protesters it's been revealed that undercover police officers infiltrated occupy l.a. tent city last month to find out how the protesters plans to resist then eviction many occupiers fear that their message could vanish together with those hands this

monday in order to reenergize this movement they're planning to block major ports on the west coast by marching on u.s. courts from california to alaska protesters look to call attention to inequalities in the country and a financial system that they complain is unfairly killed were while the. he's got a reporting right to bear in mind you can find more stories and in-depth analysis on our website to go to college for a quick look right now and see what's in store for you twenty four seventh's ground control to be says another russian satellite source to the star communications between space travelers and. scenes like this could be popping up along the south korean border put the north not seeing it as a festive treat it says it sold plans to protect the military towers in lights amounts to psychological warfare find out how it all to you.

now twenty minutes past the hour on the russian capital. themed credit card is hitting the u.s. markets just in time for holiday shopping but it relates to one of the most painful episodes in ukraine's history when millions of people starve to death across the soviet union with three million lives claimed in just ukraine alone and as r.t.s. i reports there are many in kiev who view the move as american banks attempts to cash in on tragedy. almost a decades on ukraine still mourns those who died in the 1930's famine in the u.s.s.r. known here as the whole of the more and it's a rare example where political forces more used to in fighting put aside their

differences to unite in common cause now the ukrainian diaspora in the united states is joining in remembrance in a rather peculiar fashion to the application for the whole of the modern credit card. will be able to fill out a second case. and one of the branches the catastrophic nine hundred thirty two nine hundred thirty three famine claimed at least three million lives in ukraine alone with several more million perishing across what is now central russia and kazakstan some one key of insist it was an act of genocide directed against ukrainians most school says it was caused by criminal agricultural policies of stalin's government but those behind the credit card project claim they're driven by remembrance motives only putting all the story debates aside here was another good reason to have it all of them are remembered thanks to the political elite and civil organizations it is well known in ukraine elsewhere besides there are only

a few living witnesses left and they're already over eighteen years old. however it's not only about the intangible one percent of each purchase made with a holder more card will be allocated to a special charity fund ukraine's main monuments commemorating the 1930's famine was built in two thousand and eight amid recession and millions of us dollars were used from the state budget people behind the hole the more credit card project say that the money they raise may be used to build more monuments and memorials this apparently benign initiative however was met with an avalanche of criticism in ukraine and that's not only because there are practically no survivors left who could be helped with the money raised this political analyst says buying groceries with. famine inspired card is a blasphemy if the idea is completely immoral it's an attempt to popularize a great tragedy and use it for commercial needs i can only think of a proven tragedy the holocaust but the jews are not putting on

a credit card in fact such an attempt was made by a us company in two thousand and nine the blue card but it had no direct reference to the holocaust and it's not so popular across the atlantic where the whole of the more card will be more successful can be seen when it hits the market in late december just in time for christmas shopping. r.t. reporting from kiev in ukraine and before we get to the business with kareena let's check out some other international news headlines for you this hour militants in pakistan have ambushed a convoy of nato bound tankers before setting them on the blaze as i'm about recently decided to block nato supply routes to afghanistan after an alliance airstrike killed twenty four pakistani soldiers last month the blockade could continue for weeks until new rules are established with washington meanwhile u.s. forces has left pakistan's shamsi base after being told to go as a result of that deadly strike. israel has approved the construction of forty homes

on the farm near bethlehem plans for the new neighborhood were approved by israel's defense minister but the settlement watchdog peace now said the project shows israel's intention to seize the region in any future agreement with the palestinians israel has come under criticism since a government decision last month to speed up construction in response to palestine joining us. right well coming up here on the program the palestinian m.p. my stuff about booty tells us why the sides in the middle east peace talks are failing to converse first though the business with korea. thank you rory hello and welcome to our business update the salt for an a high tech firms are getting funding from russia state nanotechnology corp in recent months has invested hundreds of millions of dollars into chinese israeli and american firms the head of the corporation says acquiring foreign technology is the quickest

way to develop russia's innovation sector. we need the best and that's where you find the burst in china movie. you for in the burst in africa movie or some africa you're going to burst and you notice this when we think you know the series which we are doing but. not to the country we're committed to transfer to russia the best we were book was to move on to what will be the shero foreign projects in the us now the portfolio will be here for a parameter of twenty five percent so in the for some of the russian bodies to hold a printer for some of the cost of commuters who are running for the for a project here the total commitment will hear from. these two three hundred. rouble. for twenty five percent of the project which was. normal or somebody just. let's have a look at the markets now oil is lower on concerns europe might fail to tame

instead prices come spring signs iran will call for production cuts at this week's opec meeting brant is trading at one hundred seven dollars about while w.i. is that over ninety seven dollars a barrel european stock markets are lower on fresh dollars that measures agreed the last weeks at last week's e.u. summit would be enough to keep the sovereign debt crisis at bay banking stocks lead the declines with shares of i n g group falling over six and a half percent in london shares of royal bank of scotland group fell four point seven percent after the u.k. financial services authority said a multitude of factors led to the bank's near collapse during the financial crisis kerry russia the odds as analyzing trading lower with the artists and my six. down over two and a half percent and evening session and let's have a look now at some individual shambles on the mindsets russia's biggest blunders bear bank has reversed from earlier games and is in the red after close gas producer number tech is over four percent lower as well that's despite news that

the company plans to invest one hundred billion dollars. it was a gas production by funny funny and thank you b.p. shares are also also in the red in the red all reports two of its independent board members with a company. accounting is rarely glamorous but it is important to make russian business more transparent all is that companies will be obliged to report their results according to international standards by two thousand and fifteen this will force around a third of all russian firms just switch from reporting only local standards which are often ignored as they are considered reliable it's hope that the change will improve the investment climate and make it easier for companies to attract finance . but you repeating an international financial standards is a film that's accepted so when you company which provides results in these standards it's free to move around the globe and be transparent understandable and predictable. and finally we go with sports business is playing well despite

economic uncertainty accounting firm price waterhouse coopers expects the industry's revenue to grow revenues to grow twenty percent and for years to almost one hundred fifty billion dollars most of the growth will be driven by sponsorship contracts ahead of the winter olympics in sochi and the summer games and the reason . for this i do join us in fifteen minutes for more here on the start.

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