this is. this. is this in the this is to. do so this is fresh occupy protests flare up across the us to struggle activists to target ports and trade hubs in defiance of a reckless police crackdown. taking the plunge again russia's a third richest man announces his second attempt to enter politics by running for president. and as barack obama celebrates the end of the iraq occupation iraqis point to that devastated infrastructure and under stable government american troops are now leaving behind.

around the world twenty four hours a day this is r.t. live from moscow with me to show you some of the largest yet occupy protests have erupted across america paralyzing its west coast from the blocked port of oakland to the northern shipping hub all the way to seattle thousands upon thousands of disenchanted all coupon movement activists have taken to the streets in defiance of a police crackdown our correspondent guy nature can now reports from washington d.c. seattle police used flash bang grenades to disperse protesters who blocked an entrance to a port of seattle facility police said multiple people have been arrested they did not specify how many though those protests were part of a national effort to block the way it's west coast. ford truck the big bad

thousands took to two got imports from california to alaska to disrupt what they described as an economic machine that benefits the wealthiest individuals and corporations and that's pretty much that's been the occupiers message from the very beginning they marched on fourteen san diego los angeles o'loghlin portland seattle tacoma and courage in alaska the protesters cared for in need managed to disrupt the work of those major ports on the west coast in oakland the board there was almost entirely shut down same in portland in l.a. the effectively blocked trucks from approaching the board by doing that the occupiers hope to keep the message of the movement alive as they say they say they're targeting corporate greed and government complicity now a bit about why courts the protesters say they want to cling to the profits of goldman sachs goldman sachs owns half of one of the world's largest transportation

and shipping outfits for the occupiers it's a way to make a point to get back to ed ed this funeral bank which has very much contributed to the financial crisis in new york it prior says marched in solidarity with their fellow protesters on the west coast they took their message to goldman sachs directly marching around the banks a little bit lower manhattan headquarters almost two dozen people got arrested during you know what looked like a peaceful demonstration there in houston saying solidarity demonstrations twenty people arrested so far it's already said being quite successful in cracking down on those peaceful protesters across the united states dismantling their camps of making demonstrators around five thousand more than five thousand peaceful protesters have been arrested in the last three months and those are as the only me you can be heard live any more that that's what it seems. it seems to be correct to

have become a business as usual dozens of demonstrators get arrested every week over the weekend you know seventy people were arrested in san francisco now as occupiers are being forced out of their occupy the locations seeing parks and plazas all across america and members of the movement want to make sure that their message doesn't manage to get the window stands there. he's gone a chicken or forty right what are these latest protests of come as a surprise to many those who predicted that with the demise of occupy towns the movement would just fall away but felipe mussina a journalist who's been covering the group believes the police crackdown has been a trial by fire as protesters passed it with flying colors. after an incubation period with the occupy movement really messaging and getting the message out across the country the following the media blackout and then they began ridiculing it then they could not be ignored the police began cracking down in order to differ across

the country and now from what's been happening for example and the other across the country is the people who are taking action of their own hands and they're really sending a message to the system through the power brokers in the country that business as usual the market today will be another mass showing of power and solidarity by the occupy movement or shut down as they unfold across the west coast. without the law from moscow and still to come in the program europe's financial crisis drags on the british prime minister explains his e.u. treaty e.u. vetoed a parliament as greece goes cap in hand to austerity inspectors and once again. also hope springs eternal ukraine's former prime minister challenges host a seven year sentence for abuse of power at the country's highest appeal court as well amid reports that she's in very bad health. six minutes past the hour here in

moscow the race for the presidency in russia has taken a new twist the country's third richest man says he's running for the country's top job in march businessman and profit off ousted from the leadership of the right wing right cause party ahead of the recent parliamentary poll is optimistic about his second attempt in big politics sarah for more on the story. procurer of cool with his decision to join the race for the presidency perhaps the most important of his life now it was an unexpected move from the russian billionaire he made his money in finance and metals it's estimated that he's the third richest man in russia and in the past he's perhaps been better known for buying an american basketball team for his exploits as russia's most eligible bachelor but in recent times we've seen him playing the political field in the summer he agreed to lead the right course party as a new political movement a businessman and intellectuals now he quit that in september and he said that he's

been preparing for his presidential bid in the months since that business split he also said he'd be. at the middle class's his cool electorates now he'll be running as an independent candidate in the presidential elections will be happening in march of course his announcement coming against the backdrop of tens of thousands of people taking to the streets on the weekend to demand a rerun of the parliamentary elections now this happened last week when we saw full parties win seats in the dream of united russia the communist party affair russia and the liberal democratic party now president medvedev is going to be meeting the leaders from these parties later on today in a post-election meeting and of course we'll be keeping a state and all the latest information from that as it when it happens. r.t. sara furthur right there are pockets of chances of victory are uncertain but some analysts say at the very least he'll bring some fresh blood into the presidential

race it makes it more interesting because he's a very good mathematician these are finance ear he's a businessman he's a sports personality he's internationalist so therefore he's a name that people will recognize and he would bring some. youthful vigor if you like to the proceedings one would expect him to articulate some views from a purely economic point of view he hasn't much experience of politics but you could argue about finance you can argue about the way ahead for russia he may in fact attract the new class of the young professionals the under thirty five's them so on they want a voice and. made fact off of that but of course being an extremely rich man he's not going to attract the poorest population so i would see it was really going for the new middle class young professionals of the people who would like to be like. and a little bit like business just takes a look at the effect that presidential bid has had on his

a financial enterprises katie company as he says i buy the cow. that he announced he was going to bed the president say in russia the companies included point gold a media holding all the state interest gold lost three percent on monday b.c. dropped around nine percent however it does cover most of its losses to live in the didn't make much of an impact all of us will start. companies on not included in the list of top form as well the thousand in ten minutes time in the business but if. i do without you life from moscow it is a crucial day for former ukrainian premier yulia timoshenko but the country's highest appeal court now hearing her attempt to overturn a conviction for abuse of power she's trying to avoid spending seven years and jail not of course live to see whose are following developments for us in here so what is the lady of ukrainian politics are hoping to achieve. well certainly you know

too much shankar ukraine's former prime minister is hoping that her seven year prison term which she received in october the eleventh for abusing her power when she signed gas deals with russian two thousand and nine would be revoked by the highest appeal court in ukraine which has just started reviewing this case experts say this may take months they are uncertain on whether when this reviewing will happen whether the appeal would be rejected or approved in any case actually have little doubt that the appeal would be most likely denied and even if such a thing happens as the high people court says that the appeal is granted then. has several other criminal cases launched against her including a case for tax evasion including a case for the unlawful usage of money which ukraine received from signing the kyoto protocol as well. has several cases launched in connection with her business

more than fifteen years ago when she ran the united energy systems of ukraine company and struck deals with the russian defense ministry so this procedure here in the court would probably mean nothing for the former prime minister and the only reason she may leave the detention center as many experts say is her very poor health condition sources close to you that i'm ashamed to report that she has very serious spinal disease and also possibly have blood disease and she can hardly walk and she has to be carried by guards when she leaves her cell in detention center so the situation around her is very uncertain but it's really unlikely that should be leaving the detention the detention center anytime soon alexi what about this point what about the reaction from tuition to supporters. well you can probably see for yourself several hundred supporters of you have gathered here in front of the court twice as many policemen are here pushing and shoving each other all the time so the

atmosphere here is always. as electrifying and as loud as always in the last several months since the units of a single case ended its final. stage anyway the defense of us was saying we're defending as well as his supporters believe that this case is politicized has been orchestrated by presidents he could be on the court which himself and they demand that you are too sanguine to be freed immediately the authorities at the same time are adamant that the case is being conducted in full chords with the country's law and so we've been seeing this stalemate for the last four months or so and we are not expecting this to end anytime soon as i've said the experts are predicting that this particular appeal would be reviewed for at least several months and today she was the is only the first day of this review also the tension is pretty high concerning the story of ukraine's former prime minister yulia timoshenko all right just be there live in kiev thank you. and i don't hesitate to log on to our website

on call me if you've missed something we're covering it is the best place to get all the updates the comments and analysis as well a quick look now what can be found at this moment find out the how of the post office chief in moscow life to make sure that local pensioners get their winter payments despite being shot by writers. also secret no more iran says it will design its own cutting edge spy craft based on the brand new american stealth drone was shot down over the country earlier this month. the war in iraq is coming to an end so as barack obama with the withdrawal of u.s. troops set to conclude within weeks he was speaking at a joint news conference with iraq's prime minister he's on enough. fishel a visit to washington obama says the troops are leaving a sovereign and self reliant iraq but iraqis say after almost a decade of occupation the country has simply been cost a draft thomas reports. as two thousand and eleven draws to an end and historical

chapter for iraq and the us is finishing as well the occupation is over. i'm glad that the americans are leaving who are still concerned because after the troops leave we do not know what will happen next meanwhile despite all the efforts by the us there is doubt that anything significant has been accomplished in implementing a new form of democratic government and i think that's why they're not. done on. the old system is that. they were hoping they will think this thing which is more done from said downstairs and that's for generations iraq has been plagued by sectarian violence now moving forward there is concern whether different parties can agree to work together for the benefit of the country and the public know that with the u.s. forces but i know. for sure that the from the top to pick.

up now the probably. going to determine that voted. for this in their view and this is what we are so one of the problems here in iraq is that the infrastructure it was already crumbling but as the conflict progressed it was all but destroyed now the people living here say there's a lot of rhetoric about rebuilding but the political infighting and corruption is blocking any real progress on the military getting very big footing and i thought that in the same time we will not see yet another new projects going people you know. the city the same the security just little is that this is that i think oh oh. and beyond the political challenges there has been an exodus of critical thinkers and educated talent in the country a much needed resource for any developing nation we hear people working in great to

see work or do you keep. everything so we need you still believe i'm ready. for. this storm but it could take. your will your what what what do we take sure ok we will leave but you will come to me. no leaving iraq easy in a position of continued reliance on american resources in baghdad sean thomas our team. and the founder of the future of freedom foundation told us here about see that iraqis will never put up with a regime brought into power by in fact this this nine year war and occupation has been an absolute disaster you killed countless number of people with this invasion occupation you've got us regime that is dictatorial in every sense of the word

there incarcerating people without trial holding that men definitely i mean it's part of a dictatorship that just happens to be democratically elected and there's people there that are never going to accept a regime that came into existence compliments of foreign empire that went in there invaded it without any cause and then what happens with if iraq decides to go totally independent and oppose the u.s. government then what happens with all those arm is just another recipe for a giant mess. what you not see in about eight minutes it's the business news but for now russia's foreign minister has accused the west of bias concerning the unrest in syria speaking at a news conference a sort of he left office said it is wrong to criticize one side of the conflict of violence while the north of the crimes of the other is that you've got us going off now. i just live with more details on this you go to so what exactly has been said . by the foreign ministers of russia and algeria which is one of the key members of the arab league have called on soon afterwards to allow monitors from the

organization's into the country and actually sergey lavrov also said that if because of wanted then representatives and observers from the bric countries meaning brazil russia india and china could also join them and be to foreign ministers of called on soon authorities to cooperate and negotiate peacefully with the opposition in the country but at the same time a russia's foreign minister has criticized what he says is a one sided approach by some western states to the situation there since according to him some groups within the soul hold opposition are using very hostile unpeaceful aggressive tactics which is only rocking the boat and worsening the crisis even further that stops russia but not to go to the opposite our partners who are calling on us to be decisive don't want to condemn violence committed by own dick stream is groups which have become increasingly active in syria in the city of homes several blocks have been occupied by militants they regularly attack

army posts as well as administrative buildings hospitals schools police patrols and public transport i think there's no doubt that their goal is to provoke a humanitarian crisis to have an excuse to call for outside intervention. russia's chief diplomat also stressed once again that the a libyan scenario cannot be repeated in syria and reminded that russia and china are putting forward very draft resolution on syria to the u.n. security council which condemns the violence going on there but does not give waiting for any foreign military intervention in syria are full of said if that if some western states think of the entire up. position in syria including these armed militants of fighters for democracy that i brought your boarding to aware of is inadequate and he also said that if you see a rush of hampering the work of the security council on this matter is the more.

right are these are you going to is going to live in central moscow thank you. now at twenty minutes past the hour here british prime minister david cameron has taken a stand in parliament to defend his firm no to a new european union treaty he said the changes were not in the country's interest sufficient financial safeguards in southern europe debt ridden greece entered a round of meetings with international austerity inspectors seeking a new tranche of a debt bell out i talked to the chief economist at standard chartered bank says that with the latest rescue attempts the eurozone is just heading further and deeper into crisis the euro can't survive in its current format what we saw last week apart from the u.k. veto was once again a copout from the european leaders they haven't come up with a comprehensive solution so we're seeing a further muddle through i don't think it's going to collapse but difficulties will

remain to survive in its current form the euro area needs to become a political union the germans have a clear mandate but what we saw last week we didn't see enough comprehensive action to remove all the worries overhanging either the european economy itself or the euro currency itself and more economic forecasts coming up on the. report just after eleven thirty am g.m.t. it's time for the banking big shots to duck for cover here's a quick preview. mark barber dr doom he was on bloomberg this week and he was asked about this whole euro zone crisis and what he's doing and basically yeah it's going to fall apart he believes that then the presenter asked him do you own. dollars than instead of euros and look at his response. i have a very special dog keep for you. the same bullies or. do

you know what i prefer to hold which. is jumped on my bandwagon since two thousand and three i've been ninety percent gold and silver and that's what we've been telling people to do it's worked out with this past decade it will work the same the next decade. watching a google is at the center of a spy scandal the internet giant is accused of compromising u.s. national security that's because one of its applications shows a classified base used for testing top secret military drones and. things this case exposes washington's hypocrisy what the news organizations that that spotted this saw and have published is a photo that very clearly shows what seems to be a drone the super secret drone on

a secret air base near yucca lake in nevada and of course this is the type of technology that the united states government is desperately trying to keep away from prying eyes we know with this recent development with iran having commandeered and then taken down a drone and now they're reverse engineering it and learning about all the parts that then governments are under pressure like never before how are they going to keep their secrets governments themselves are extremely hypocritical they want to know everything about us and of course those drones are doing the exact same thing that the google satellites are doing their zooming all the way in and they can actually see people's vehicles and who's doing what you're taking pictures of everything so they want to be able to essentially pry into everyone's lives and have no one brought into what they are doing. coming up next on the inside story on iran from the former indian hockey dad that's off to

a quick business update with katie. welcome to the business program the russian government has made high tech development one of the k. most analysts isin plans bob leading antivirus software company. is still the only russian company in the self help one hundred the company's founder however believes is the only a matter of time before russian i.c. companies make the same breakthrough. i believe that as a cover for engineers and there are a lot of what you need to be one of the most visible counters in the right. the global ideal inskeep still there are not so many companies some for. several reasons and the main reason i think it's still. the companies they are they were born in the soviet union then still they have the i don't mind. they don't speak

english or of the afraid of making big news business outside of russia outside the far former soviet union countries. but they believe that in the future there will be more and more new. startups. and i'm sure that in the future we'll see more russian companies outside of russia. you can guess the full interview with mr casper ski on autoconf or with clash of business now let's look at all is high out. in the previous session. in around two weeks. as i'm prospects blind is trading at. about ninety eight dollars. european stock markets are higher and sharply trade with gains for how full of mining stocks banks on the line the first three is gaining ground whole five percent while the dogs is the record is that this hour. after starting tuesday's trading session in the red following on from overseas losses

both e.r.t.'s of the my sites are now up by about a third of a percent and overhaul five percent respectively. let's have a look at some individual sad news in the my stacks all marriages are gaining this our lot was brought. up and precious metals myna gold is bouncing back from earlier last says it's lost three percent on monday after its main shareholder russian. proper off and now he would run for the president say and still make us have a stall is in the red following news of a possible merger with rival. own like ask us thoughts from capsules as investors all staying away for the rest ahead of the christmas holidays the market rule remain range range broad we're nearing christmas holiday is in this rule. for performers either before or after christmas all those who are entering the year and obviously there are no reasons for year and really that's about certain and at the

same time there's a lot of uncertainty mainly stemming out of europe and so i think arranged and work is what we'll see throughout this week and the next and probably towards servian of year as well given the level of concern seeded does look like a challenging year again it will press remain they'll be. disposed to for for the oil and gas sector there will be providing have to have cash flows in the coming years. russian standard is makes me a wine and vodka business called tell because it used paper says the owner of the well known vodka brand is buying its honey and alcohol producer can see but this was only one hundred fifty million dollars in fees main assets off helping wine browns which sells in sixty countries russia service has a long struggle to add overseas. business in earlier try to acquire vodka producer never saw for three hundred million dollars however the duo filed due to a shareholder conflict in ukrainian company. as if i'm a sinner i'll be back next hour with more business here not

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