russian billionaire mikhail prokhorov the country's third wealthiest person has a formally announced he's running in the presidential election for next march. show of strength thousands flood the center of moscow again but this time it's the supporters of the victorious united russia party and follows mass opposition rallies are staged amid claims the results of the parliamentary vote. talks resume on greece's second rescue package amid skepticism over the efficiency of the emergency measure and all the while against the backdrop of widening cracks within the e.u. . occupy protesters take their rallies to the next level as they plan

a shutdown of america's west coast softer a series of police raids those resulted in a picture of camps and dozens of arrests. worldwide news live from moscow this is the with me rory stewart shai candidates have been throwing their hats into the ring ahead of russia's upcoming presidential runoff one of the world's richest men a russian a businessman and office formally announced he's running in the election for next march let's not cross live to all these are going to go more on this. has made his name in the business and is now extending his political ambitions what else can you tell us about this man. believe me it. is number three on russia's rich list

and kind of a jack of all trades not only does he have a fortune of estimated eighteen billion dollars he's also not a dance good ball player in fact he owns the new jersey nets basketball team he's an avid skier while in the french alps actually been to those enough. high class prostitution scandal of course french authorities later house cleared him of all charges and extended their apologies which were accepted she's also been a part of the project in a hybrid and she's also been part of a hybrid car project called gomer pyle a project out of which he pulled out later and this is not his first foray into politics in fact he was a he was a leader of the right cause party in russia just earlier this year if you left that party however due to the disagreements with the other party members although at the time prophet have said that he did so because of the conflict because of the pressure from the kremlin and of course in the upcoming presidential elections will have to run against. prime minister vladimir putin and at the beach head off the just of this day or

a russia party program has not disclosed yet what his election program will be but he did say that we have just to wait and see and of course the announcement that we will run for the poor presidential term has made it into twitter's worldwide top trends so that is quite an accomplishment already of course what happens next we have to wait and see as with the focus has probably it's all right to. live in central moscow thank you very much. for thousands of people have been gathering again in the center of moscow in reaction to the recent parliamentary vote supporters of the united russia party that won the election have staged a rally this following a series of mass protests against the results. of a has been following developments in the heart of the russian capital. several thousands of people who came here. in this square which is right. moscow these were the memories so the united russia

party various organizations the youth groups that supports united russia and its leadership prime minister vladimir putin and president. this really comes after a series of other demonstrations in the center of moscow following the monthly elections that took place on the fourth of december the results sport to france the that has been going on for several days now there have been allegations of a lot wrong and violations people have been coming to the streets both in protest and in support of the results the biggest protest so far that you placed on saturday at around twenty five thousand people and that's the number given by the inter ministry gathered in one of the moscow central square steve was their frustration their number one demand was that the recount of those basically people once the new parliamentary elections to take place in russia these protests was the biggest gathering of russians so in the last two decades the lobby thing done quite

peacefully without any incidents in reaction to the problems as the president. posted on his facebook page according to the constitution the russians it is not because of the freedom to gather around the rights to express their own views he promised it's all the claims of the votes of fraud will be kept in the investigative. reporting right that we've got much more on the developments around the park to be an election and russia on our website. if you have to be exclusive section of all web site you can check out the latest picture gallery of last week's rallies but also find. the events online as well as reactions and in depth analysis and also log on to our you tube channel for all kinds of footage from these demonstrations. you're watching now occupied. testers across america marching towards west coast ports with plans to shut them down it follows

police crackdown on demonstrators come in the area the last remaining one in san francisco torn down on sunday for more let's go to is going to judge a kind of life for us in washington d.c. what's the latest we know all those massive molecules in a time excuse me to shut down these ports well warry as you mentioned scores of americans are taking on ports on the west coast to disrupt what they describe as an economic machine that benefits the wealthiest individuals and corporations this has been the message of the whole lock up by a movement which started three months ago the protesters are marching on u.s. forces from california to alaska this includes poor things san francisco los angeles. san diego los angeles old coolant portland oregon seattle. and tacoma in the state of washington and encourage alaska so this should give you a sense of the scale of the whole protests goldman sachs the fifth biggest u.s.

bank by ass it's a major target of occupy demonstrators who are on a march to shut down the ports they say they want to cut into profits of the company that spurred the financial crisis goldman sachs is part owner. of that provides cargo handling service is the largest u.s. owned container terminal operator now gone they obviously the protesters are trying to get their voices heard they've been doing this for months now but what's been the police response to the latest situation. where were your right is so far authorities have been quite successful when cracking down on these peaceful protesters across the united states dismantling their camps the demonstrators around five thousand peaceful protesters have been arrested in the last three months those arrest don't even make it to the headlines anymore they've become business as usual dozens of arrests get dozens of demonstrators get arrested every week over the weekend fifty five people were arrested in san francisco they

were protesting in front of a federal reserve building cuddle up on the sidewalk they were rustled out of their sleeping bags it was outnumbering demonstrators by about two to one in this latest police raiding san francisco was effectively cleared this it is the last remaining occupy protest camp so under different pretenses authorities have been shutting down those camps throughout the country and many occupiers fear that their message could vanish together with those tense. all right so it's going to live in washington d.c. thank you. remember you can always or find more stories or comments and analysis on our website that's our dot com let's see what's waiting for you right now twenty four seven a ground control to be i.s.o.'s another russian satellite source of the. communications between space travelers and. scenes like this could be popping up along the south

korean border with the north seeing the festive side of it it says it sold plans to predict military towers in lights amounts of psychological warfare howard r.t. dot com. now a ten minutes past the hour here in moscow international austerity inspectors the so-called troika are in greece to put in place a second lifeline if the debt ridden country. to default in december after received a vital cash injection but still remains at risk that's why it's cracked so widening in the e.u. after what's considered a major divorce between britain and other members at a recent brussels summit. reports. it's not easy running a business even

a small one like this german company which produces isolation materials for gas turbines. taxes salaries competition it's enough to keep any business in one's head busy but many still wonder why rules different when it comes to the big book or in this case the euro then i wonder when a business takes a loan and cunt 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 e.u. leaders have approved yet another tranche the enos to pay off its three hundred sixty billion euro debt preventing it from going under and taking others with it many fear the tactic will not work it's all about physics review no matter how

strong the 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 europa. and 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 the lying circus the banks who are trying to save their necks who are put on the line with bad loans to corrupt governments and. waiting and expecting the 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 are a clear sign of discontent over austerity. and it's highly likely the new set of handouts for greece will be greeted with anything cheer. or g.

germany. david cameron's note of the e.u. fiscal agreement was received with a mixed reaction at home and the prime minister enjoyed a hero's welcome from his conservative party but the decision deeply disappointed deputy prime minister nick clegg letter on monday cameron was trying to defend his actions in parliament gone from the u.k. out of the e.u. campaign and supported but has doubts about 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 sarkozy 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 than the political but i think now he has to go even further and asked to give the british people 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 the other twenty six if indeed there are twenty six who decide ever then the day before and just before we leave the room or so mr cameron come we have another check for fifty one million pounds a day august is going to work. on our website artie dot com we're always interested in what your opinion is and what can be done on that to to save the struggling eurozone we're taking your votes right now on our web site bringing up the numbers

here we are so far most think the monetary union should simply be dissolved what about thirteen percent say the euro zone should expel the weakest members about a tenth of the things that a single currency requires a single government and a minority support sanctions imposing financial discipline what is your take will eric live at our dot com. in syria the violence intensifies as clashes between government forces and army defectors spread this sunday twenty three people have reportedly been killed in battles in the south of the country when you fight of a ruptured to the north west to discuss the ongoing violence in syria now joined live from beirut by dr rania mastery is a professor at the university of thank you for coming on the program today these are recent reports about clashes in fatalities seem to come from just one source that of the syrian observatory of human rights actually based in britain how credible do you think this source is being so far away from the heart of the

conflict. well there are definite questions on the credibility of the syrian human rights of surfer tori particularly when it comes to the number of victims that they are victims of the government atrocities and many a time anyone who dies in syria they claim that these are victims of the syrian government atrocities what we know is it is really hard to find a credible source it be it's what we're used to in the arab world which is as good as the it which is no longer credible syrian human rights observatory which there's questions on its credibility or even the syrian government which of course there are questions on its credibility so we're faced with a lot of questions and yet what we do know on the ground is happening as we know that there is were pressure being committed by the syrian government there is violence being committed by the syrian government and there is also a small group of armed protesters that are also committing violence against the syrian army in terms of the numbers the numbers are unfortunately quite unclear. let's stick with the issue of credible sources here because we've got similar reports that already prompted the un the high commissioner for human rights to

directly call for foreign intervention in syria now if we continue to hear about spreading violence and the growing number of victims do you think that could actually happened. yes there could be foreign armed intervention in syria this has been something that certain western powers have been working towards primarily the united states france also supported by turkey the league of arab states has a very unclear position on this so that there have been moves internationally for well armed intervention and what is worrisome is if they place armed intervention under the rubric of humanitarian assistance and personally i don't understand how we can provide humanitarian assistance through bullets or through bombs or through weapons that is not how humanitarian assistance is provided so it is a worry when we talk about armed intervention now if the united nations is that we really interested in credible sources there are ways that the united nations can find out exactly what is happening on the ground they did it previously with regards to the thirteen years sanctions imposed on iraq and with regards to the

longstanding u.s. occupation of iraq there were ways that organizations were able to go into countries unable to find credible information on an armed intervention has never i do what was i was going to do the issue of bringing i know i'm sure there are many other people around the world who say that the sanctions don't work and others when it comes to syria is it a case of using violence to quell violence or sanctions are they really the only option. you know no i didn't specifically i'm opposed to sanctions and what i was saying is if we wanted to figure out more specific credible sources on what's happening in syria we can do that but sanctions can be another weapon of mass destruction we saw that in iraq we need to be very clear if there's going to be sanctions on syria what is their official purpose and how targeted are they and who are the forces that are imposing these sanctions and how credible are those forces and how legitimate are those forces so it's a very complicated situation and i will i am very reticent to simply be calling for

economic sanctions or diplomatic sanctions or armed intervention because there are all teary or motives that play here externally and i would say that there is there is no government yes theory of motive you to world syria motives play what what are some of those motives if you would. well i mean what you could say we haven't a several different function factions here working here of the united states and france and turkey and certain members of the league of arab states that of course are working very strongly to push for an allied government in syria our government that would do its wishing as a government that may be more akin to the truth a new government more it came to what the mubarak was in egypt prior to his downfall so i government that that would not not support resistance against israel a government that would work towards a peace agreement with israel a government that would open up its economy is fully for the united states so there is that group and then of course on the other side you have russia and china that are trying to maintain particularly russia that's trying to maintain its sphere of influence in the region with syria being its main stronghold so you have these two

factions you have the external syrian opposition that of course is trying to win western favor to place it within syria for it to replace the syrian government and so then it's telling these western factions what they want to hear you have the syrian government that's trying to light self even closer within the russian with russia and all the while you have the syrian people that are caught in quite a difficult position right now where they're continue to face repression on the face of the government and they continue to face a great deal of armed k. also with as many people have witnessed the year of two thousand and eleven the arab spring and the issue of regional reverberations of this past week there were also several incidents of violence in syria as in neighboring countries or one where an explosion struck southern lebanon and that's the story storming of the syrian embassy in jordan is there a danger of violence spilling over the syrian borders do you think. most definitely without question there is a danger of violence spilling over i mean if chaos continues in syria then yes we can expect violence to spill over i see that as being

a very likelihood scenario i thought irani of us re professor of the university above and talking live from beirut thank you. pleasure. you're watching are today. now a family themed credit card is hitting the u.s. markets just in time for the holiday shopping but it relates to one of the most painful episodes in ukraine's history when millions of people starve to death cross the soviet union with some or three million lives claimed in just ukraine alone and as artie's alexy got a few reports there are many in kiev who view the move as an american banks attempt 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 the application for the whole of the modern credit card. will be able to allow the south occasion. any one of our branches the catastrophic nine hundred thirty to nine hundred thirty three famine claimed at least three million lives in ukraine alone with several more million burnishing across what is now central russia and stand 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 you know what it's another good mechanism to have all of them or remember that 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 eighty years old. however it's not only about the intangible one percent of each purchase made with the 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 the. 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 so let's. see reporting from key if in ukraine our time off the world up it here on r.t. some other headlines from around the world for you this. militants in pakistan have a convoy of nato ballantine because before setting it all ablaze islamabad recently decided to block nato supply routes to afghanistan alliance airstrike killed twenty four pakistani soldiers last month the blockaded could continue for weeks into new rules are established with washington meanwhile u.s. forces have left pakistan's shamsi base after being told to go as a result of the deadliest strike. israel has approved of the construction of forty homes and a farm near bethlehem plans for the new neighborhood were approved by israel's

defense minister but the settlement watchdog peace now said the project to show 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 kyra. i do stay with us here on r.t. now it's a. business update. my. welcome to our business update this hour four and high tech firms are getting funding from russia state knowledge technology corporation recent months was not only has invested hundreds of millions of dollars into chinese israeli and american forums 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 why you find the burst in china move. you for in the burst africa movies in africa you're

going to burst and you notice this when we think you know the stories which we were doing but. not to the country we're committed to transfer to russia the best we were book was to launch 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 four percent of the us from base to hold a printer for some of the cost of commuters were one hundred thirty for a project the total commitment here from. these two three hundred be long and we do have both twenty five percent of the project which was. no notion based. as i look at the markets now all those lower on concerns that you have my fail to tame its debt crisis countering signs iran will call for production cards at this week's open thing where does trading one hundred seventy dollars a barrel or. is that nearly nine hundred dollars a barrel stocks in the u.s.

drop as investors question whether the measures announced by the eurozone leaders last week would be enough to stem the sovereign debt crisis morgan stanley shares fell more than five percent leaving the losses among financials on the s. and p. five hundred index. pretty much the same picture in europe western markets all lower movie said it will still review the ratings of all european union countries during the first quarter of next year banking stocks are leading the declines she has a giant she group fell over six an hour for side and lloyds banking group dropping seven percent in london in frankfurt commerzbank and alliance are both losing six percent. here in russia both the r.t.s. and my six are down over three and a quarter of a percent after close let's have a look at some of the individual samples of my sex russia's biggest lender spare bank has reversed from earlier games and is in the red at the. closed down over three percent gas producer no much tech is over four percent lower that's despite the company plans to invest nineteen billion dollars in oil and gas production by

one point the i'm getting to b.p. shares have also in the red over both but two of its independent board members are working on. it so we have time for in this business update but i'll be back in less than fifteen minutes from now with more. culture is that so much i was about to fail and though i think if i'm going to give it really be i would feel almost immediately and the collapse of the soviet union

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