president medvedev pledges the opposition will have a better say in the new duma and reiterates that all claims. will be instigated. a deadly attack in belgium as of several men throw hand grenades and open fire on crowds in the city of should say killed at least two people and injured dozens more. sanctions on syria and one sided pressure just don't work russia's foreign minister condemns the west for ignoring atrocities committed by opposition groups who he says aim to create a humanitarian catastrophe in the country. and crowds of the former ukrainian prime

ministers of supporters have stormed the court building where yulia timoshenko seven year jail term for power abuse is being appealed. now just after seven pm here in moscow you're watching with me rule received shite president dmitri medvedev has promised that all reports of violations during russia's recent parliamentary poll will be looked into he made the comments as he met with the leaders of the parties elected to the state duma. small from central moscow. they oversee made mention to the concerns a violation of violations he said once again that all these claims are going to be fully investigated and he will say stake if the role of the opposition again he has to play in the need to be saying that they should have. a committee we

know cool so you know it's a russian losing their parliament she would your seat at the thirds majority to see that the election results were announced we had you know is russia talking about the fact that they will have to work much place with the opposition in the feature and learned from some compromises now you also talked about the importance of including also issue going in the political process and now these talks of course coming on the back and. tens of thousands of people taking to the streets over the weekend they were calling for a rerun of the parliamentary elections amongst other things but now we see russian billionaire mikhail prokhorov throwing his hat into the ring announcing his decision to join in the race for the president to candidacy that's going to happen in march reaction to the news from him was certainly mixed in the polls that he's been betting ninth inning in american basketball team for his exploits as russia's

most eligible bachelor the last three years and in recent times we've seen him play in the political field instead of the opinions makes as he said analysts and some of the protesters who turn out that we can say when entirely sure about mikhail prokhorov political intentions but none of the sea does intense joy in the presidential race now another russian billionaire this being raising eyebrows is the chief executive of one of the biggest media holdings here russia comus and now he's also a better known in the west having a major shareholding it also football club and he's losing control the sea off the firings. chief editor of one of his magazines for publishing a picture she did seen language in relation to the parliamentary elections now closed that's locked out price and journalists base inside and outside the country the claims of abuses of human rights and freedom of speech but none of that

apologize for being published but that ongoing at the moment that's been. raising some eyebrows certainly he said things keeping life in this post-election political . reporting right that you're watching also you live from moscow a deadly attack as a rock to the belgian city over at least two people have been killed up to sixty four injured this hour several men through hand grenades and opened fire at a crowded bus station want to talk or has reportedly died in the incident. as more details. this deadly attack that happened in that's about eighty kilometers from brussels here it happened around twelve thirty noon and that's around lunchtime this is in the city center of could get quite busy at that time now what happened preliminary reports say that there was one carrying a kalashnikov again that has to be confirmed exactly how the attack happened but

then there were explosions and there are a number of killed as well as injured the numbers still have to be confirmed and right now there are a lot of the police are there investigating their helicopters flying around the area all buses in the city have been evacuated to stop the services the shops have been closed in the center there are some people there who are stranded because they were requested to remain indoors because it's reported at least want to be assailants may still be at large all the people there are also requested to stay in their homes and not go out into the streets now this is a surprising especially this doesn't happen. much less in the european european capitals and it reminds people of the latest attack the recent attack in norway where there was an explosion in all slow and then a gun man went to the island of toil where there were students having who joining a political meeting the total death toll there was seventy seven that rocked the norwegian capital there and this incident here in belgium certainly rocking the

country again the details to come as you get. reporting right well still to come here in the program on. occupy activists talk of the trade hubs in america's west coast in defiance of a relentless police crackdown. brok obama hails the coming into the war in iraq people saying that off the nine years of occupation all the u.s. troops leaving behind political infighting destroyed infrastructure and port security. russia's foreign minister has accused the west of turning a blind eye to opposition groups in syria which aim to destabilize the situation and create further calls for foreign intervention so to get it off as 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 not easy going to push going off or points. foreign minister lavrov slammed the west for what it says is a one sided approach by some western states to the situation in syria he says that instead of looking for ways to bring peace to the country more pressure is being applied on the syrian authorities while the atrocities committed by some of the problem western groups within the syrian opposition are being ignored and these groups use hostile and aggressive tactics which only rock the boat and worsen the crisis even further but it's not at all the preserve our partners who are calling on us to be decisive don't want to condemn violence committed so the extremist groups which have become increasingly active in syria in the city of homes several blocks have been occupied by militants they regularly attacked the 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 coup for outside intervention. to go off added to that presenting these hostilities as the syrian opposition its efforts to gain democracy by some western states is an inadequate approach at the moment he stressed that the libyan scenario cannot be repeated in syria and reminded that russia and china are putting forward their draft resolution on syria to the un security council which condemns the violence but does not give way for any foreign military intervention in the country and said that accusing russia of hampering the work of the un security council in these conditions is immoral well both foreign ministers including of course the i was. with algeria being one of the keep whereas in the arab league have also called for syrian off the audi's to allow monitors from the organizations to enter the country see what's going on there on the spot

and actually said go over also said that if the moscow's wanted then monitors from the bric countries could also join them meaning brazil russia india and china of course. ok now let's discuss this further i'm joined live from italy by the main caller sort of the who's a professor at university thank you for coming on the program today so russia's foreign minister has called the western approach to syria one sided and inadequate you see any can inconsistency isn't what's being said in the west about syria. in syria in libya you know. this is a regular issue in these. media contradictions and to begin to really. try to solve these problems they are worse than power to. make these

contributions was. actually. finally. my new technologies were used. on clancy's it's a mixture size of. violence against the peaceful so you know you mention the issue of hypocrisy and inconsistency here perhaps falls into line with what we heard today that seven syrian soldiers are being killed by army defectors and why does that kind of story fail to attract international condemnation like the government's crackdown doesn't like what we saw in libya. you know you already said the exercise in the overwhelming power. of the news technologies and the products are one side in this case to. me. but i'm. sure your money.

now just today syrian border guards a stopped a group of vomit turkish militants from crossing the border now it's not the first time we've heard of foreign mercenaries fighting against syria's government all the while most of the outlets the news outlets talk about a western intervention western power such as nato getting involved here we see an example of turkish militants getting in there is it possible that regional forces are really trying to get involved in syria think of interim east or the east of the west and bought their western to. try to say in the east into binge on an intervention on thursday that new short on the. i you see there they danger at all for. east. and. china should we look we will. or will

try to deny they want to make sure that the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov said in the recent hours talking about tackling the crisis in syria he was explaining that his country is opposed to sanctions against damascus saying that they never work but what practical alternative to sanctions. the problem easter not showing sean or not i believe their most important problem is i can quote this speech of an american. president franklin delano. he said during the second world war there the international community needs to implemented for free dom's therefore to free don't. for almost. any count least account lives and their. aggression the

scoundrel can more. democracy their rule of law and in this case see the must be free from from the fear from from they feel their aggression. their first. implementing a solution of big crisis in syria he said to. say that western powers must see to. domenica. university life from italy that's all the time we have for today thank you very much. the hundreds of protesters have been storming ukraine's court of appeal and that's where the country's former prime minister's conviction for abuse of power is being challenged yulia timoshenko is

trying to avoid spending seven years in jail but couldn't be present in court to the poor health meaning the hearings were postponed until wednesday. explains. the fate of ukraine's former prime minister still remains in the shadows because we understand according to her lawyers that according to the iranian law the appeal decision the decision on her appeal cannot be taken without your 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. it's

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 immediately because the stars you 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. the reporting right when i think of this hour here we will turn to our business to ask you take a look at the energy deals between russia and. well it looks like the ongoing gas dispute between russia and ukraine may soon be resolved the sides have come to draft agreements on forming a new joint ventures and this would mean a loss against access to ukraine's gas transport that working with time from gas price cuts the more it happens more. quarter past the hour here in moscow occupy protesters in the u.s. have clashed with police as they stage some of their biggest demo so far storming

ports up and down the west coast thousands of activists took their frustration to major shipping hubs from california all the way to alaska all the while hoping to disrupt trade and corporate profits he's got into account has more on the ongoing campaign. seattle police used flash bang grenades to disperse protesters who blocked an entrance to a quarter of the adult facility where we said multiple people have been arrested they did not specify how many of those those protests were part of a national effort to block west calls or try to make thousands to go on boards to disrupt what they describe 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 before 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 half of one of the world's largest transportation and shipping out for the occupiers it's a way to make a point to get back at this huge bank which has very much contributed to the financial crisis in new york occupier so 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 killing their camps and making demonstrators more than five thousand peaceful protesters have been arrested in the last three months and those are as the only me who can be her live anymore that's what it seems like it seems to be hope to have

become business as usual as occupiers are being forced out of their occupy the 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 those ten is their. power. reporting or not you can always log on to our website for more stories. some of the items are waiting for you right now. election protests claims that the stranger. was a u.s. . government surveillance drone. dramatic pictures right here fires raging on a vital piece of infrastructure in russia's far east hundreds eventually brought in to help to fight the flood.

so nearly twenty minutes past the hour here in the russian capital u.s. troops finally to withdraw from iraq by december thirty first 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 leaving behind. iraq. many iraqis still wonder what america really accomplished. as two thousand and eleven draws to an end and historical chapter for iraq and the u.s. is finishing as well the occupation is over but. i'm glad that the americans are leaving but we're still concerned because after the troops leave we do not know what will happen next meanwhile despite all the efforts by the u.s.

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. on. the old system is that. they were hoping to have one thing that this thing which is more done from said downstairs and that's i want to talk 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 problem with u.s. forces but i know. for sure that the from the off. but now the problem. why didn't you is that voted to cut. 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 is something very big foot and i think so but in the same time will not see get out of politics going to be thinking you know. the city this is the security just need to just like that about this and 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 hear people working in great to see actually better education. everything. so we need. somebody on the. ground. leaving iraqis in a position of continued reliance on american resources in baghdad sean thomas r.t. . a little bit later here on r t a we hear from

a former indian ambassador to iraq and author of the book called the ultimate prize things that america doesn't plan a complete pullout from the middle east country and if you are coming your way in full next hour before now a quick clip of what's to come. 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 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 etc who will be. 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 no way coming

back varying civilian clothes and in fact i don't see any lessening of american influence as far as iraq is concerned. what you got to you know let's get back to the latest post-election developments here in russia presidential candidate company has announced that he plans to buy the commerce on a publishing house news comes just after the media group stirred up a scandal by publishing a picture with obscene words linked to the recent parliamentary election come asunder swiftly apologized and the c.e.o. and an editor of the magazine were both fired some journalists are calling the sacking a violation of freedom of speech. all right i'll be back with the main headlines in a few minutes after corrina on the latest business news.

very welcome to the business here in r.t. thanks for joining me this hour there's been progress in the gas dispute between russia crane but gascón says a deal will not be done by the end of the year media reports in kiev say the sides have come to a draft agreement on forming new joint ventures this would effectively guarantee russian access to ukrainian gas transport network in return for price cuts on gas supplies don't push for has more. 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 rush 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 the you know because on thursday. russia and this deal allows mosco to present a solution to the gas tensions that we see every christmas in two thousand and nine

and two thousand and six ukraine even cut off russian gas to european families european consumers were affected that 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 the russian bloke returns to prominence in key of. the markets now whatever balance from the two weeks though after a report showing improved investor confidence in germany could drop to the most level in around two weeks on concerns about the eurozone prospects when blind is trading at one hundred and eight dollars a barrel as that just overnight dollars per barrel now stocks in europe open higher on tuesday after a successful government auction in spain and upbeat economic data. structure

abounds following government data that shows the nation's retail sales climbing just point two percent of the. markets in europe have recovered supported by resource stocks banks demand the pressure on to sell for the solvent at prices kevin says getting a boost out of maker fox wagon rolls over what i have to say that after they farm reported that november sales of its core power. and your car brands growth nearly fifteen percent from the mere earlier. times here in russia markets closed in the black. and over one half percent of the mars' six was over two percent in the black as well let's have a look at some individual samples of my stats home ages among the main gainers with finishing over three percent. in the black precious metals might have put his gold bounce back from early losses it lost three percent on monday after its main shareholder russian billionaire who helped broker announced he would run for

president and to make a service dog again the news of a possible merger. deal going shareholder tensions in russian british. could see another twist b.p. is calling on the oil venture to file a lawsuit against the board members nominated by russia known as. according to newspaper the major claims are new about people's plans to form an alliance with rosneft in advance did not inform the board they are eventually blocked the proposed to put. on the basis that it broke the shareholders agreement with b.p. that's all we have for you in this edition of our business report but join me in less than one hour with.

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