work. groups. in the country. the former ukrainian prime minister's supporters. coming into the war in iraq people. of occupation all the u.s. troops leave behind this political destroyed infrastructure.

five pm in a very snowy moscow this is with me. russia's foreign minister has accused the west of turning a blind eye to opposition groups in syria which. the situation create further calls for foreign intervention. has repeated his belief that a one sided approach to resolving the country's crisis is wrong and wants both sides to hold dialogue to broker peace. now joins us live from central moscow with more details on what exactly did the foreign minister have to say. russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov slammed to the west for what he says is a one sided approach by some western states and to the crisis in syria he says

that. he instead of looking for ways to bring to the crisis there to the country some western states are applying more pressure on the syrian afterwards while ignoring the atrocities being committed by some of the problem western groups within the so-called syrian opposition which are actually quite armed and use hostile and aggressive tactics. to the police who are our partners who are calling on us to be decisive i don't want to condemn violence committed to extremist groups which have become increasingly active in syria in the city of homes several blocks have been occupied by militants they regularly attacked army posts as well as administrative buildings hospitals schools police patrols and public transports i think there's no doubt that their goal is to preserve a humanitarian crisis you should have an excuse to coup for outside intervention of

. so you are off added that presenting these atrocities as the syrian opposition efforts to gain democracy by some western states is an inadequate approach at this moment and stressed once again that. cannot be repeated in syria and reminded that russia and china are putting forward bird draft resolution on syria which condemns the violence but does not give way for any military intervention and also said that accusing russia of hampering the work off the un security council in these conditions is immoral and now both foreign ministers of the russian foreign minister and the our syrian foreign minister with all. being one of the arab league have also called for syrian authorities to let. monitors from the organization inside the country so they could see what's

happening there on the spot and then actually. if they wanted to then monitor this from the bric countries could also join them meaning russia brazil china and india of course. you're going to live in moscow thank you. for the violence that is going on in syria so now playing the country for nine months is a recently intensified with the death toll now exceeding five thousand people that's according to the latest u.n. estimates syria's ambassador to the organization has dismissed the allegations as quote incredible and some experts also questioning the source of the figures. there are definite questions on the credibility of the syrian human rights era terry particularly when it comes to the number of victims. victims have the government of . full interview with a specialist on the region. three of our website are. also plenty of other expert

opinion on syria's ongoing unrest and all the latest news from there. watching our occupy protesters in the u.s. have clashed with police as they stage some of their biggest demos yet storming ports up and down the west coast thousands of activists frustration two major shipping hubs from california all the way up to alaska hoping to disrupt trade and corporate profits. can has more on the campaign. seattle police used flash bang grenades to disperse protesters who blocked an entrance to an order of the adult facility police said multiple people have been arrested they did not specify how many of those those protests were part of a national effort to block the west west calls for traffic thousands to go on boards to disrupt what they described as an economic machine that benefits the wealthiest individuals and corporations the protesters cared for in

need managed to disrupt the work of those major ports on the west coast in oakland the port there was almost entirely shut down same in portland in l.a. now a bit about why courts the protesters say they want to cling to the profits of goldman sachs goldman sachs owns have one of the world's largest transportation and shipping out for the occupiers it's a way to make a point to get back over this huge bank wage has very much contributed to the financial crisis in new york occupier 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 lower manhattan headquarters almost two dozen people got arrested during you know what looked like a peaceful demonstration there so far as already said being quite successful in cracking down on those peaceful protesters across the united states this man

pulling their camps of making demonstrators more than five thousand peaceful protesters have been arrested in the last three months and those are as the only me here to be have lived anymore that's what it seems like it seems to be cut to have become business as usual as occupiers are being forced out of there are two five locations in parks and plazas all across america and members of the movement want to make sure that their message doesn't manage together with their host hands there . he's going to try to reporting these latest protests come as a surprise to many who predicted that the movement would simply fall away with the demise of the occupy tented cities but felipe massa seen a journalist who's been covering the group believes the police crackdown has been a trial by fire the protesters have passed it with flying colors after an incubation period with the occupy movement really messaging and getting the message out across the country defying the media blackout and then they began ridiculing it

then they could not be ignored the police began cracking down on the board made it for across the country and now what's been happening for example and other across the country is people are taking those actions into 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 our movement. as they unfold across the west coast. he without he still to come for you this hour in the program who's to blame for the great rift within the. accusations fly in old directions we ask whether it really was in britain's best interests to veto the proposed new european treaty. is nine year war an occupation has been an absolute disaster and we'll bring you expert opinion on the outcome of the u.s.

led invasion all but iraq to the american troop withdrawal drawls near. hundreds of protesters have been storming ukraine's court of appeal that's why the country's former prime minister is conviction for abuse of power is being challenge to michigan case trying to avoid spending seven years in jail. he is outside the court building for us. hundreds of supporters of you going to try to storm the court building the appeal court building in kiev and now they're being held off by the police the situation is still simmering but tensions are coming down a little bit as we speak right now in the fate of ukraine's hold prime minister still remains in the shadows because we understand according to her lawyers that according to the ukrainian law the appeal decision the decision on her appeal cannot be taken without due to a psycho herself presence in the court room and she is not here and there's also a great deal of controversy on that story as well so some sources say that she has

a very serious blood disease other sources say that she has a ruptured spine and she cannot walk by herself that's why she was not delivered to the court building as of today on the other hand. the medical crew inside the detention center report that to her condition is not as severe as it's been told and that in fact she can and she's able to attend this court session so it is a mystery why she was not delivered to the court building as of today now. being convicted to seven years in prison for abusing her power during when she signed gas deals with russia in two thousand and nine. but even if the appeal court brings a positive decision on her appeal she would not be set free media the because as far as we understand there's almost a dozen other charges against her this is only the first day of the appeal hearing and definitely this is not the last protest we'll be seeing over the next few weeks or even possibly months as some experts predict. reporting right there what a lot of us our in our business desk takes

a look at the energy deals now in force between russia and ukraine. well it looks like the ongoing gas dispute between russia and ukraine may soon be resolved the sides have come to draft agreements are forming new joint ventures and this would mean that russia gets access to ukraine's gas transport network in return for gas price cuts more in our business bottom. now eleven minutes past the hour here in moscow the blame game continues in europe over who is responsible for the high level split over a new e.u. fiscal agreement the british prime minister who slapped a firm no on the deal said it lacked sufficient financial safeguards for the u.k. but european commission president jose manuel barroso so the britain itself made compromise impossible by making demands or threatened the entire single market historian and author of things that there was no agreement possible that would have at any point pleased the british government but there is no such thing as britain

and a single national interest britain is a divided class society what benefits the rich in what benefits the bankers and the profiteers in the city is very very different from what benefits ordinary working people and the poor who are being hit really hard by the condo coalition's austerity program what's in our interest is to. end the domination of our economy by the city and by finance capital but also to reject the kind of. horse shit which is now being threatened in europe i would say a plague on both their houses and we've now entered what is in effect the second great depression and just as happened in the nineteenth thirty's europe's leaders are repeating the mistakes that deepened the depression in the thirty's which is to deflate in a crisis in a crisis you have to do the opposite if you eat if you impose austerity if you reduce demand you will drive the european economy deeper into deeper into mass

unemployment deeper into mass impoverishment and that's the road down which they're now moving. and there are many such in for a safe haven in the global financial roller coaster ride and of course max kaiser and stacey hubbard are among them the cars report coming up in full later today but for now a quick preview. mark for 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 yes it's going to fall apart he believes that then the presenter asked him do you own dollars then instead of euro's and look at his response. i have a very special stock keep for you. the same beliefs or. what i prefer to hold which i'm glad he finally has jumped on my bandwagon you know since two thousand and three i've been ninety percent gold and silver 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. he is coming to you live from the heart of moscow now you can always i look on to our website for more stories comment and analysis and here are some of the items are waiting for you there right now there's much western media hype over this footage filmed during election protests at the. u.s. or government surveillance. dramatic pictures right here of a fire raging on this vital piece of infrastructure in russia's far east with hundreds brought in to help fight the flames.

past here u.s. troops finally to withdraw from iraq by december thirty first that will mark the end of nearly nine years of war u.s. president barack obama reiterated that point at a joint news conference with iraq's prime minister he was on an official visit to washington obama says the troops are leaving. iraq but artie shaw and thomas discovered that many iraqis still wonder what america really accomplished in the first place. 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 but i think that's why they're not.

destroy. the old system is it. and they split they have hope they. will think the new system which is more done from said down syndrome 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 us horses and i know. for sure that the from the profits. from the book now the problem. might determine that voted to come. 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 that political infighting and corruption is blocking any real progress on the military is getting very big footing and i

thought that in the same time will not see yet another new projects going people you know. the city the c b c community just little is left out about this is that i think over 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 need people working and made this world and i do keep. everything so we need not you still believe i'm ready to go on with her. leaving you rockies in a position of continued reliance on american resources in baghdad sean thomas r t. meantime the founder of the future of freedom foundation jacob hornbacher he told us that he believes the u.s. mission in iraq resembled nothing more than a total dictatorship 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 a regime that is dictatorial in every sense of the word there incarcerating people without trial of holding that many deaths alertly 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 complements 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 its giant mess and i'd like to hear and we hear from a former indian ambassador to iraq and the author of the book the ultimate prize he thinks that america doesn't plan a complete pullout from the middle east country i don't know if you are in full next hour before now a preview. i don't consider this an american withdrawal i think it's just

a reshuffling of the pack if you withdraw from iraq completely you leave this why must the oil wealth of iraq in the hands of a shiite led government which very close links with iran to counter this the americans have now thought of withdrawing the troops but at the same time strengthening their position in iraq now the u.s. embassy in iraq is going to be about almost twenty thousand strong it's going to have numerous. offices like training training of troops except for who will be what they call basically americans who would be military men but working for the u.s. embassy by agreeing to withdraw troops as per the agreement they are in a way coming back varying civilian clothes. and in fact i don't see any lessening of american influence as far as iraq is concerned.

just one in twenty minutes past the hour here in moscow a lot of time to post election developments in russia president dmitri medvedev has pledged that all reports of violations during the recent parliamentary poll will be addressed he just made the comments at a meeting with the leaders of the parties elected to the state duma let's get more now from our to you sir for joining us live from central moscow sara would also add to the president have to say at the meeting but it was it in his place selection talk of course with the full policies he made it into the deal with the united russia the communist party affair russia and the liberal democrats because you know we had rather late so what he said from that meeting of course addressed the claims of violations during the electoral process he said again reiterating the claims are going to be investigated and saying the fed decisions should be taken as well and that he also made mention of the opposition on the part that they'll play in the davis saying that they should have let us say in the committees of course united

russia losing the parliamentary majority the two thirds majority and right away also the election results we did see tools you know is russia already making much of the fight they're going to have to work much place in the future with the opposition parties to be making compromises and we will see said that reform of the political system should continue but there's a real need to understand the say should be its new social needs in the. russian house the presidential poll coming up in march of this year how are things shaping up for that. well of course we've just mikhail prokhorov announce his decision to join the presidential race elections happening in ma it is a bit of an unexpected leave for the russian billionaire as he's better known in the process of being the owner of an american boss get will see having been russia's most eligible bachelor that we've seen him in recent times playing the political field now he said. the middle class is his electorate of course this

coming against the backdrop that tens of thousands of people taking to the weekend and making this is. putting his bid in that race joining the other candidates in the presidential race is going to be happening in. central moscow thank you. all right now let's take a moment here to check out the world updates about international headlines for you a gun and hand grenade attack in the belgian city of leach has killed at least two people and injured dozens more witnesses say a group of men threw up the four grenades and fired on a crowd at a bus stop in the city's central square police have sealed the area off and one suspect so far has been arrested other reports that another is among the dead we're also hearing that the firefight with police is still underway. as

a new president. has been sworn in and now leads a transitional government becoming the country's first leader after the popular uprising almost a year ago longtime rule president. ben ali was ousted after weeks of public protest the election of the interim leader follows approval over the weekend of temporary bylaws to guide the nation until a new constitution can be adopted. kind of a has pulled out of the one nine hundred ninety seven global warming kyoto protocol becoming the first nation to reject. with japan and russia the country said last year it would not accept new kyoto commitments because the treaty won't help to solve the world's climate crisis the departure comes a day after a further climate talks in south africa lead to a new agreement which is set to replace the kyoto protocol by two thousand and fifteen. or the recovery of our top stories with me rory sushi just moments away that's after the business with kareena.

thanks rory hello and welcome to a business update this hour there's been progress in the gas dispute between russia and ukraine but gazprom says a deal will not be done by the end of the year media reports in kiev say the sides have not come to a draft agreement on forming new joint ventures this would effectively guarantee russian access to the ukrainian gas transport network in return for a cut price gas supplies jenna bush has long. on the face of it this is a success for all sides so supply transit to ukraine and european gas customers most importantly finally gets a say in the point line but politics are always just below the surface of any russia ukraine agreement current ukraine lead the cove which is pushing a hold to get as cheap russian gas as possible for ukraine but this may be a case of there will you know because on thursday. russia and this deal allows moscow to present

a solution to the gas tensions that we see every christmas and winter two thousand and nine and two thousand and six ukraine even cut off russian gas to european families european consumers were affected. the trouble for russia continues. russian gas to europe are also affected is that ukraine remains highly politically unstable ukraine's last prime minister yulia timoshenko is in court today fighting her conviction for being too generous with russia on a previous gas deal with many ukrainians still opposing closer ties with this deal could easily be affected if. returns to prominence in kiev. let's have a look at the markets now or as we balance from a two week low after a report showing improving investor confidence in germany dropped to the lowest level in two weeks sounds about the eurozone prospect and is trading at one hundred eight dollars a barrel. over our european stock markets recover some ground

in choppy trading supported by resource stocks banks from pressure our shares outstanding suffragette prices german shares are getting a boost out of make of. what a half percent of the farmer born in november sales of its core passenger car brands in fifteen percent. and here in russia markets are in bounding. up over one sat and have a look at something different. this hour. all majors among the main game with ross nafta over. two percent precious metals line a point is gold is bouncing back from your loss as it lost three percent on monday after its main shareholder been having had announced he would run for president and to make a sever start is also gaining up to eight a possible merger with the bible. the russian government has made high tech development one of its key modernisation plans but leading antivirus software

company lab is still the only russian company in the software top one hundred list the company's founder however believes it's only a matter of time before russian companies make a breakthrough i believe that russia cover a lot of what he termed the engineers and there are a lot of what you need just to be here one of the most visible counters in there are a t r on the global ideal inskeep still there are some when you go by some fortune player because of several reasons and when the reason i think it's still the draw of their money jewels of the company is they are they were born in the soviet union and still they care that i don't got them in mines. they don't speak english or of the afraid of making big news business outside of russia or outside the for former soviet union countries. but they believe that in the future there will be more and more new work in the just the new start ups. and i'm sure that in the future we'll

see more russian companies outside of russia. the russian standard is mixing a wine and baka business cocktail commissar newspaper says the owner of a well known vodka brand is buying italian alcohol producer gunship the deal is worth at least one hundred fifty million dollars country's main assets are sparkling wine brands which it sells and sixty countries russia standard has long been struggling to overseas assets and alcohol business earlier tried to acquire vodka producing enough for three hundred million dollars however the deal failed because of a shareholder complex and the ukrainian company. that's all we have for you this hour but remember you can always find more stories just log on to our website artie dot com slash but.

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