three. three. three. three blog video for your media project free media r t dot com. the people and crews in russia's prime minister defends the public's right to protest and pledges video surveillance to ensure that presidential poll. it's not a mere putin's tense q. and a session lies with the people of russia and it's a quality that appears to be almost people's mind join me in a few moments to find out what the p.m.'s been saying. prison in tears he america's on the verge of legalizing the need to have intentions of terrorist suspects without charge or trial. dealing with the debt moscow offered to help the ground for the eurozone crisis german top level talks between russia and the keep.

a very warm welcome to this is why from moscow now the annual televised hotline to russia's prime minister is on the way and the calls. taking some very direct questions no least of all regarding the fairness of the parliamentary elections which followed days of rallies. been listening in for us outside time now either been given happy voices have been there since the recent parliamentary elections so what's preaches response been to all. well this is a very important q. and a session with the pm coming as it does just after the parliamentary elections and the protests which followed those allegations of vote rigging being out being put towards the government now and it comes just ahead of next year's presidential

election which will see to me a putin stand again for the post of president now talking about the the fallout from the parliamentary elections which took place just last the other week he was saying that he would be looking to use technology in order to try and stamp out any allegations that any any vote rigging any attempts to rig a ballot when it comes to the presidential elections and will see that technology come into place ahead of that vote in march. very brash and sometimes but i think a very fine now asking the election internationally to install web cameras at every polling station in the country and they're over ninety thousand off the thing that i want to these cameras should be on around the clock so that everyone can see what you how i mean it in every situation which was really learned any obligation which if we were going to get it that way yes. but with regard to complaints from the opposition prime minister putin said well that's what the opposition is there to do

their job is to complain about what the government's doing they also addressed the protesters saying that they should be allowed to exercise their constitutional right to protest but they must remain within the law and that seeing protests like we saw on saturday the largest in recent memory here was a sign of democracy and it's those protests that do remain within the law will be allowed and we also looked ahead to the presidential election next year saying that voters shouldn't be influenced by powerful candidates that they should be allowed to make up their own minds and who they vote for now prior to this kiran a piece of putin's press secretary has had to attend no questions were prepared beforehand have there been any particularly difficult questions have been put to the pm. now we have to remember in recent years a lot of the of putin's actually been answering questions for over four hours so

we're around two hours into that right now and still plenty of course usually over that amount of time you will turn up some well rather colorful questions one such one was with regard to a ballot that was cast in london that had been spoilt by the thought policy of how to take a message addressed to blood to me appeared to lose containing well let's say colorful language mr putin addressed us bought it directly saying this. we didn't run in the parliamentary election but it certainly wasn't a party list and yet everyone seems to hold you responsible as a result of well that's you know that would last a magazine published a photo of a ballot i hadn't seen a message addressed to i would not want to watch it right now but why not go ahead . why don't you the rest is on broadcast. would you think of decided to. yes i've seen that message i found it very amusing and i was even pleased because

there's nothing new in this i have to check i saw plenty of dirt thrown my way back when i was president but i did not doubt myself then nor do i doubt my actions now as far as i know the message on that but it was written in london and we know very well they want to live there and why they don't they're going back there obscene message to simply tells me how much they want to come back but they can't go on i'm in a power i'm not mad about video i'm actually grateful but they came and voted just like i asked them to use them. for well over four hours they were just two hours into this one it's very sort of different what's on people's minds this time. well what we've been hearing from vladimir putin is just a whole host of topics some of them are includes international politics he addressed remarks made by u.s. senator john mccain that would go the same way as get just we know he said that

john mccain basically didn't know what he was talking about already heard enough blood on his hands from his time serving in the vietnam war now here in russia vladimir putin look back on united russia's legacy in power saying that during that time they've lowered unemployment curtain fallacious and raised wages no he also said they heard more to go on and do saying that he wanted to strengthen democracy in the country and that everybody in russia should think that their government will listen to them and that government will listen to their voices so he says it's going to work let's still left to do for united russia of course they have the over fifty percent of the seats in the state duma following the elections at the beginning of december and develop a food lim selby's hotly tipped to return to the role of president following the elections will be held in march of next year. ok peter many thanks for that

housing's control of their life from school for. now the q. and a continues and you can of course follow it. right for you ask dot com now the struggle is far from a very often libya's new government has been reports and later and they found their feet on the vessel ready protesters woman to go with explain why. now terror suspects an american could be held in prison indefinitely without charge or trial balance of the senate policies a controversial bill which has already been signed off by the white house and the house of representatives the military will be able to take custody of an edge terrorist that chain without question. critics say it would be a stunt fondation of human rights the white house initially objected to the bell but need to change its mind don't laser from the and he want to calm things ministrations indulging in smoke and now it's. one of the provisions primary

authors revealed during senate debate that it was the obama administration itself who requested the inclusion of language mandating military detentions including u.s. citizens in that language so you could say that you ministration never really changed minds it was just sort of doing it for public consumption the bill merely codified into law this 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. a u.s. citizen and we're 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. well online. dot com when you take on the american media is to cheer treatment of public demonstrations playing out the protests abroad while playing down and undermining disturbances at home also on the web sites. where will it all russia's ill fated mars moon probe has got stung you know where after an unsuccessful launch before batter dan releveled find out what's in its path would call. the euro zone it faces

a bleak winter recession despite efforts to stem financial trouble from spreading russia's offering a helping hand to the e.u. it top level talks taking place right now which are also looking at easing visa restrictions between them as are sunnis in brussels has more on what's on the table . the european council president herman van rompuy and european commissioner chief also 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 and 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 the abyss will be very clearly looking for mutually 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 another big thing here is the exception of russia to the w t o very near future and. russia's biggest trading partner a foreign partner and also for more than forty percent of russia's reserves are are in euros so it's clear that russia has indicated that they would benefit from a stronger e.u. economy and also with the w t o 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 business. now fresh clashes between tribal groups of iraq to the libyan capital the situation the country's 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

fouls in the violent protest is happening ghazi by the revolution began demonstrations that won't be and he seemed to resign saying it's not doing and not to bring change physical journalist david brown the country's back on the brink of civil. now you're going to see. people are very dissatisfied the way it seems 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 any confidence in t.c. those people in to see or all complicit in the dark it's crimes they're going to stir things up so they're going to do very well again and they're probably going to try and emerge as the new rulers a new dictators of libya which is worse going to be headed for example. who heads the n.t.s.c. 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 and to see

it all. from moscow is accusing you of overstepping its powers by hindering a russian humanitarian aid convoy carrying food and supplies to serbs in kosovo twenty five russian charts was stopped at a checkpoint on tuesday by e.u. controlled customs officers after refusing an ascot through the territory they call serbs that prevented eleven police cars from heading to a village in northern ca survey the area has been in dispute since july when kosovo's it is own customs officers to the checkpoint the minority serbs reacted by putting up barricades kosovo is controlled by ethnic albanians who declared independence three years ago this home to move the hundred thousand so. still ahead this hour for get closer to the caucuses we're going to rushes over to see tell you how it stood the test of time. and check out some more world news in brief you this hour and the former french president jacques chirac has been

convicted of corruption a judge found the lead to good use of public funds to pay phantom salaries for other politicians whilst he was mayor of power the seventy nine year old wasn't in course to hear the verdict because of ill health has been given a two year suspended sentence the judge will now. the side effects should be a penalty just like is the first postwar french leader to be convicted. troops fired on a civilian car travelling through the village of hearts harbor which burst into flames killing all five people inside eight soldiers with and shot dead in retaliation the violence consol to the military and to the city of hama to end anti-government protests president assad is facing increasing in south russia to stand down those civilian deaths exceed five thousand since the conflict began.

contaminated illegal nicad has killed a hundred and two people eastern india and there are dozens more in hospital the first victims fell ill late on thursday or tuesday a lot of drinking alcohol but was laced with mass and of a toxic substance generally used as fuel people have arrested four people in connection with making and selling them extra. gyptian to heading to the polls for the second phase of the country's lengthy elections is the most parties are expected to resume but the biggest packing and become the longest blog voting violations are being will proceed although the army is vowing to clamp down on abuses with the country's first democratic ballot since president mubarak was ousted in february. time now to take a trip through thousands of years as we visit russia's oldest city.

now there have been people in that bed for over five thousand years since it was founded as a fortress by opposing king its position on key ancient trade route twenty was heavily fortified through the thin trees and controlled by different empires down the ages today there the imposing edifice is russia's southernmost city is a draw for businesses rather than innovative for many centuries the city developed between two natural walls of 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 a band stood on the silk road enclosed by strong walls reaching to the sea and the watch towers 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 part of the biggest one was picked to host one of the five

a major tourist complexes to be built across the bay area of north caucasus but that's what the future and for now locals are content with their past managing to preserve large portions of the area and today they've opened some of the same trees old vic roads of this portrait to us in the years gone by it was never this easy to get to the nineteen column fortress then armies would do battle storming the walls to get inside it has become a second home. he's the key one of the most beautiful columns castles in the region going you do not see that 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 especially 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 average day a local historian meets dozens of tourists and tells this story of not in color

some of the. what you see from here is the old part of data bint we call it this is the oldest city in russia in the past caravans used to come to the gates of this fortress they paid a total and only after that could they continue their journey to. this place guarded one of the strategic passes on the silk road and was used well into the nineteenth century however a large portion of the fortress was destroyed in nine hundred twenty s. 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 place and the ground and left to die there from hunger new criminals were thrown their own a regular basis but none of the bodies were after removing not even cost downs on the whole life speak in the city and overlooks the caspian sea too many rules

enclosed all part of deadband only to the street buildings that lie between those two story the walls every minute of the parts of or is. this is the jewel mosque one of the most ancient in the world many believe that it was through here that the muslim religion spread into russia the walls of the small scuffs or through same trees of history and during the soviet union or even used as a prison the 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 dagestani 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. i wanted to let you in at the beginning no one understood me all my brothers were horsemen but 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 endured 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 old gates of the sets. the russian republic of dagestan which translates as the country of the mountains is located here in this volatile area of north caucasus the republic is also famed for its athlete and linguistic diversity being home from wasn't thirty eight languages and to discuss this more i'm now joined by nist no go for dave hayden thank you very much for joining me today pleasure to so i've heard that you come a long way from the states to this region of pakistan so what prachi over here a jury really. you know 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 dr stone. to the english speaking world thank you sunny so considered to be one of the most dangerous places in russia maybe 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 bill responding right right here there was a special operation a couple years ago where when i was sitting inside the staff a. so so i understand the dangers i mean i know when you live in dogs on long enough will you know see things here about things but you know you have to take up

the 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 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 you 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. and can you see what's going on now in the world of business cases up next.

a low ball mall kinds of business here on our say capital is still flying out of russia outflow reach ten billion dollars in november forcing the central bank to once again rice the full cost of the whole year to an estimated eighty five billion dollars a small and double last year's title. to be capital says cash light is down to a lack of structural improvements the fundamental reason for a sustained difficult for for free is that the russian economy can digest all this much when you have again and that you may have some sort of fixed exchange rate with a flexible exchange rate the capital flight has become important for the leader or for you going to going to this bill and the basically a recluse bubble from developing but another means that there are other options to invest also the fashion show better than openness to western side of fashion.

because mobile so no longer a very good option right so this means the structure of the russian economy because of labor market there's because i wasn't clever additions or he's not able to you just look up the well it's good to see generate all this crypto through saving expense for. some analysts are saying investors should forget china and put their 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 well they're discuss how to make their business ties even stronger because of the take a look at what's making africa more paling 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 heads 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 gas from 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 oil 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 check out those markets tank crude is higher despite news or carter. i pad graba is out raising his helpers saving lives like crude prices have also shrugged off speculation that europe's worsening debt crisis could curb demand for commodities as european stocks are trading higher after rebounding from a two week low amid speculation this year's slump in equities is not commensurate

with the outlook for corporate earnings both of those in the dax are up although they haue both shared those early against the russian markets opened up here moscow in the red for the second day in a row the my sense it is getting back earlier losses but it they are both still sorry much in the red the r.t.s. and the my sex that does have a look at some individual moves them are good energy majors are heading lower ross now is dropping over one and a half percent despite those high oil prices banking stocks are also under pressure to be is point seven percent in the red i'm talking the trend is a loss hydro is adding a percent is that what i'm not so we got five of us a business news i'll be back in about fifty five minutes for another edition good buy.

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