the people and putin russia's prime minister defends the public's right to legally protest and pledges video surveillance to ensure presidential poll. that's got to be a. televised q. and a marathon and it's a quality that seems to be almost people's mind join me in a few moments for all the latest. prison in perpetuity america is on the verge of legalizing indefinite detention of terror suspects without charge or trial. dealing with the debt offers a helping hand for the eurozone crisis doing top level talks between russia and the

e.u. . capital outflow is still flowing out of the central bank so once again it raises. both take out in twenty minutes in the business. one pm here in the russian capital this is r.t. a very warm welcome to you now the annual televised hotline to russia's prime minister is underway and the calls are stacking up but putin is taking some very direct questions not least of all regarding the fairness of the parliamentary elections which sparked days of rallies. and all of that has been listening in the joins us now and will have been plenty of unhappy voices after the recent parliamentary election what's mr putin had to say about. making the upcoming

presidential more transparent. well this is a very important life televised q. and a session for vladimir putin coming as it does just after the parliamentary elections and the protests which followed those and just before next year's presidential elections now addressing. the problems that were to forward the allegations of vote rigging that were leveled or go towards those paula bench elections prime minister putin said that he would be looking to use technology to its fullest extent to try and stamp out any vote rigging or any allege out to stop these allegations of vote rigging coming out further in looking to use that technology in the presidential election in march next year you might even though i would ask electoral commission street stolen surveillance cameras it has been at all that all the stations we have more than ninety thousand polling stations in russia on the mission work around the clock america and doing what our country should maybe just lead us through and everybody will be able to see maybe what is

happening every ballot box nobody will be able to claim that it was any fraud which . well with regards to the problems that the opposition had with the parliamentary electoral votes he said that well that's the job of the opposition is to question the government is to ask questions of the government into a voice their complaints with regard to the protests that we saw with the largest of those protests a last saturday here in moscow. of the timea putin said that people have a constitutional right to be able to protest as long as they remain within the law and those protests all legal like the one we saw on saturday then the should be no problems with people doing not know ahead of the presidential election which will take place next year he warned the voters about being against being influenced by powerful candidates he also went on to defend united russia's. legacy in

power saying that while they'd been ruling the country that we'd seen inflation go down we'd seen unemployment drop and they would also seen wages increase so looking back on his own time in power saying that yes we've done all this before but he did say there was more to be done saying that he wanted united russia to to go on and build on this good work that they've done to. try to strengthen democracy in russia saying that well all russian the should believe that their voice will be heard by the government united russia in that parliamentary poll taking over half of the seats in the state duma and of course not amir putin still hotly tipped to be the next president of the country when he stands for election for that post next year. u.k. artie's peter all of live from moscow thank you. now the struggle is far from over for libya's new government as we report later they fairly

caught their feet under their desks here already protesters want them to go and explain why. terror suspects in america could be held in prison indefinitely without charge or trial that's if the senate passes a controversial bill which has already been signed off by the white house and house of representatives the military will be able to take custody of alleged terrorists version of the question text saying it would be a stark violation of human rights the white house initially objected to the bill but they to change its mind for john grazer from antiwar dot com thanks yet ministration is indulging in smoke and mirrors. one of the provisions primary authors revealed during senate debate it was the obama administration itself who requested the inclusion of language mandating military detentions including u.s. citizens and language so you could say. ministration never really changed minds it

was just sort of doing it for public consumption the bill merely codified into law the status quo i mean that is to say the government has already assumed that they have the power to detain u.s. citizens indefinitely without trial and that's what guantanamo bay is essentially the targeted assassination of. u.s. citizen and law are all lochley proves again that the government has already in every practical sense dismissed the due process rights for americans the senate already passed a version of this bill and the vote was ninety three to seven so only seven senators ject to the literal if this aeration of the fifth amendment so yeah it's expected to pass the senate it's already passed the house and obama is expected to sign it before the end of the week. online at r.t. dot com we take on the american media's two tier treatment of public demonstrations

playing up the protests a broad playing down the undermining disturbances at home or so on our website. we wonder where it will fall russia's ill fated mars move probe that got stuck in orbit after an unsuccessful launch before back to. find out what's in its path at r.t. dot com. the eurozone faces a bleak winter recession despite efforts to stem financial trouble from spreading it's among the priorities set top level talks happening right now which is seeing russia offer a hand to help with its debt crisis. brussels force now at what exactly is on offer

. well right now the details are still to come i mean these are preliminary preliminary talks between the top level officials you have the european council president herman van rompuy and european commission a chief. who had met with president medvedev before the summit which is yet to start and they were talking about the role that russia could play in helping to resolve the eurozone crisis and one of the things on offer is possibly a contribution of about ten billion euros or dollars again about still not clear to the international monetary fund that we have to remember that there is a european financial stability fund this is the one that was set up when the eurozone crisis started however russia prefers to contribute through the i.m.f. and of course this will be very clearly looking for really beneficial agreements we know that moscow for example has been advocating for a long time now the reform of the i.m.f. to have more influence to our developing nations and this could be a win win situation depending on the agreement they come up with of course this

comes after last week's will fractious summit of the leaders to rally behind tons of financial rules doesn't it yes indeed and after that some of that was on december ninth the euro zone countries essentially plus some of the countries had agreed to come up with a fiscal compact that's integrating their fiscal policies and having stricter rules but at the end of the day what we're looking at here is the reaction of the markets is whether the euro has actually improved but in fact it has it had fallen at least in value compared to the dollar and also markets have not been reacting well they still have to come up with a definitive solution to this eurozone crisis so that's why they're still looking for a solution hoping that russia could come onboard and help them sort it out because russia gets to do into the world trade organization shortly what role will the e.u. play in this. that's another big thing here the accession of russia to the w t o in the very near future and. is russia's biggest trading partner

a foreign partner and also. more than forty percent of russians reserves are are in euros so it's clear that russia has indicated that they would benefit from a stronger economy and also if the w.t. you know you expect more liberalization you expect more import tariffs to go down and that would definitely benefit russia and in terms of liberalization they will also touch upon energy talks so many things on the table here a lot of it to do with trade and. ok with it there are two brussels correspondent there joining us there thank you. fresh clashes between tribal groups have erupted near the libyan capital the situation in the country has been deteriorating since the toppling and killing of colonel gadhafi libya's new leaders the national transitional council struggling to keep the peace now they're under pressure from thousands of angry protesters in benghazi where the revolution began demonstrates. to resign saying it's not doing enough to bring change.

the country is back on the brink of civil war. now you're going to see. people are very dissatisfied the way teams are going they fought hard especially in britain guarded don't think they're being properly rewarded and now you're going to see the country just fall apart into different areas of warlords just like in afghanistan i don't have the competency in t c those people in t c are all complicit in the dark it's crimes they're going to step things up so they're going to do very well again and they're probably going to try and emerge as the new rulers the new dictators of libya which is where is going to be headed for example. who heads the empty sea was gadhafi justice minister that just made a joke of the whole council his response of for a lot of crimes and a gadhafi i don't blame these people been guys ever having no trust me n.t.s.c. at all. but was accusing the e.u. of overstepping its powers by hindering a russian humanitarian aid convoy carrying food and supplies to serbs in kosovo thirty five russian trucks were stopped at the checkpoint on tuesday by you

controlled customs officers after refusing an escort through the territory because serbs then prevented eleven police cars from heading to a village in northern kosovo the area has been in dispute since july when cost of a sentence own customs officers to the checkpoint the minority serbs reacted by with up barricades because of those controlled by ethnic albanians who declared independence three years ago it is home to more than one hundred thousand serbs. so ahead this hour get closer to the caucuses to russia's city and tell you how it stood the test of time. so more world news for you there this hour. there's been a new string of violent attacks in syria troops fired on a civilian car traveling through the village of which burst into flames killing five people inside eight soldiers were then shot dead in retaliation for violence comes after the military entered the city of hama and antigovernment protests as an

aside is facing increasing international pressure to stand down a civilian death succeed since the. contaminated illegal likker has killed one hundred two people in eastern india and left dozens more in hospital the first victims late on tuesday to drinking alcohol that was laced with methanol a toxic substance generally used as fuel police have arrested four people in connection with making and selling the mixture. president obama has marked the end of the iraq war in an address to soldiers returning from the conflict speech he promised to have all soldiers withdrawn by the end of the year and the five thousand troops are still present in the country since the war began nine years ago more than one hundred thousand iraqi civilians killed. and egyptians are heading to the polls for the second phase of the country's elections

is the most parties are expected to see the biggest backing become the largest bloc voting violations are being reported over the army's apparent to clamp down on abuses the country's first democratic ballots since president barrack was ousted in february. well timed to take a trip through thousands of years now as we visit russia's just city. yes they've been people and bent for over five thousand years since it was founded as a fortress by a persian king its position on a key ancient trade route was heavily filtered through the centuries and controlled by different empires down the ages today though the imposing edifice in russia's southernmost city is a draw from this it is rather than invaders for many centuries the city developed

between two natural walls the mountains and the sea on a strip of land just three kilometers long over the years different nations gave the city different names but all were connected to the word gate the reason perhaps is that debian stood on the silk road enclosed by strong walls reaching to the sea and the watchtower's the beauty of this area has always attracted visitors from across the country but soon there will be an added incentive to come here this point of dagestan was picked to host one of the five a major tourist complexes to be built across the bay area of north caucasus but not for the future and for now local second time two of their past managing to preserve large portions of the area and today they've opened some of the same trees all thicker it of this portrait to us. in the years gone by it was never this easy to get to the net in call a fortress then armies would do battle storming the walls to get inside it has

become a second home. he's the key keeper of one of the most beautiful const castles in the region very near the north and it will almost forty years of my life i spent here all members of my family works here this is a tradition for everything here is special for me i want to save every piece of it for the future. and the younger generation of dagestani man is following in his footsteps averaged a local historian meets dozens of tourists and tells this story of not in color some with. what you see from here is the old part of data bin we call it my god this is the oldest city in russia in the past caravans used to come to the gates of this fortress they paid a toad and only after that cut they continued that journey to the north. this place guarded one of the strategic passes on the silk route and was used well into the nineteenth century however

a large portion of the fortress was destroyed in nineteen twenties during the russian civil war most of what remains date back to the seventeenth century this is what's left of what was once one of the most violent punishments in the caucasus the criminals were thrown into this post and the ground and left to die there from hunger new criminals were thrown their own their regular basis but none of the bodies were after remove not even cost downs on the highway speak in the city and overlooks the caspian sea too many rules enclosed one part of their bent to the street buildings the delay between those two story the rules every minute of the prices but for instance this is the jewel mosque one of the most ancient in the world. many believed that it was through here that the muslim religion spread into russia the walls of the small scuffs through through same trees of history and

during the soviet union or even used as a prison locals are not only trying to preserve buildings but also their traditions for centuries dagestani man were known for their horsemanship they raised horses and sold them to the caravans coming to the city d'agostini horses were well known in the north caucasus for their strength and stamina but now that age old tradition is being challenged by a woman who wanted to religion was at the beginning no one understood me all my brothers were whores mine was i was a bit into following them because i'm a woman it took me years to become what i am now all my life is dedicated to raising who think. people are getting used to that. after just a few hours indebted and you can feel the history coursing through the veins of the narrow streets and if you concentrate hard enough you can almost hear the clatter of horses answering the gates of the city. the russian republic of dagestan the

which translates to us that the montreal for the mountains is located here in this volatile area of north caucasus the republic is also famed for its athlete counseling diversity being home from wasn't thirty eight languages and to discuss this more i'm now joined by nist will go three days hayden thank you very much for joining me today pleasure a so i've heard that you come a long way from the states to this region of pakistan so what prachi offers here a jury really. you know as as you mentioned august on is the most ethnically one of the the most ethnically complicated regions in the entire world and it's actually for a long time been my passion my dream to come here to study. and really a goal of mine is to introduce dog just on. to the english speaking world thank you sunny so considered to be one of the most dangerous places in russia me and what do you think about it so you think it's safe enough to stay here. yeah i do think it's

safe enough to be are in fact i'm here with my wife and my three little children my my oldest daughter and my and my oldest son they they both go to a local school. yes it is dangerous at times a fact right here but we're standing right right here that was a special operation a couple years ago were when i was sitting inside this cafe or. so so i understand the dangers i mean i know when you're in you live in dogs on long enough will you know see things here about things but you know you have to take up look at it from a comprehensive perspective and know there's dangerous places all over the world and really when you when you look closer at the situation here the dynamics you find that things like petty thievery things like violent crimes and armed robbery and rape these things are very rare here very rare you know versus. a place like moscow and you know the chance to raise my kids with such probably strong family

values as i get to do your darkest on but to me that's worth it there are some dangers but it's a good place the people are incredible we are thank you very much that i was dave hayden and the snow here in this region of dagestan and meanwhile our team continues to bring you the latest picture of life down here in russia's north caucasus and the republic of dagestan on the fourth of that crossing which the business desk now enjoying. hello welcome to the business program here and i'll say capital is still flowing out of russia reach ten billion dollars in november all forcing the central bank to once again reisa four calls the whole year to an estimated eighty five billion dollars now small and double last year's total alike seem. to be capital says cash

light is down to a lack of structural improvements the fundamental reason for sustained. is that the russian economy can't digest much money that they can't. fix the change rate with a flexible change for the capital flight he has become important for the leader. going to going to the development and the basically a recluse bubble from developing but another means that there are. also the pressure on russia but it offers to the side the fashion. because bubble so no longer a very good option right so it's means that structurally russian economy because of labor market there's because i wasn't clever additions or he's not able to you just look at the well it's good to see generate all this crypto through saving expense for. some say investors should forget china and park the money in sub-saharan africa if they wish to benefit from the growth in emerging markets a delegation of russian officials and entrepreneurs is heading to ethiopia where

that discuss how to make their business ties even stronger but may nichols not even takes a look at what's making africa more appealing than ever before. most people associate africa with an abundance of natural and that were cultural resources like oil gold diamonds minerals cocoa and coffee but investors can't help but overlook a long history of currency fluctuations poorly developed markets and political risk so when analysts say the west has peaked in terms of economic growth and the best emerging markets are in africa it leaves some scratching their head the african landscape itself on the political and economic front has been changing significantly the political environment is becoming far more stable fewer conflicts in terms of the macroeconomic story in africa far better economic management all of that which is contributing to making that as a more interesting investment destination at the moment some of russia's the

biggest business heavyweights are active in the continent there's a gas problem in algeria roussel in nigeria and guinea and in go up all of them have spent billions of dollars there are others include metal group you have ross and oil giant look at oil as well as a number of banks but while africa has ten percent of the world's all of reserves forty percent of gold and around eighty to ninety percent of crum and platon the metal groups there's a lot left untapped the emergence of an african middle class getting wealthier and spending more money has made investors take africa seriously for more than just resource extraction but international monetary fund estimates that sub-saharan africa's economy will expand by five point five percent this year and five point nine percent in two thousand and twelve experts warn investors may be missing a giant business opportunity if they fail to pay attention to africa and it's

a mistake russia is keen to avoid having decided the reward outweighs the risk of not being part of the next success story. let's take a look at the markets crude is higher despite news. peg raising its output c.-leg looks like crude prices also shrugging off speculation that europe's worsening debt crisis could cut demand for commodities as european stocks are trading file after rebounding from a two week low amid speculation that this just slump in a good days is not commensurate with the outlook for corporate earnings the thirty is currently up over half a percent on the dax is up just under one percent. the russian markets opened up here in moscow in the red for the second day in a row the my sense is gaining back earlier losses now trading five percent on the altar yes it is just over half of the seven. let's have a look at some individual moves energy majors are heading lower last night is dropping one off percent the new cars are shedding half of the senate banking

stocks also under pressure. point seven percent in the red bucking the trend is rust harjo is adding a percent this hour. russia is hoping the e.u. will give its concessions on the hotly disputed third energy package during the twenty eight bilateral summit which tosses one state to new roles prohibit a gas supplier from also owning the means a transit and distribution. costs. so please a sovereign debt crisis is weakening europe's negotiating position. brush a face in the current situation by its face value and obviously totally realize this advantages and the possibility to be a little bit more aggressive right now the other part of the story is europe in this media recession it has very deep debt problem for

europe to reach a point of normally go she should and that would be a very unfortunate situation for the russian delegation because russia wants to touch nerves of europe but it doesn't want to cause there was a breakdown therefore politics diplomacy everything must be smooth. and politically correct. and done some amazing industry now japanese come make us the borrow is considering setting up an assembly pound it looks up at the pound very lies production that should roll out thirty thousand cars a day if the final decision depends on import tariffs the spat part which the bar is now negotiating with the russian government. as if and now i'll be back in about fifty five minutes the more business news.

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