those foreign office and the u.n. i want to bring this argument is that assad is having a crackdown on dissidents these are not dissidents these are in some cases armed insurgent and they're being backed in a material way by the u.s. and by some of these countries who actually are in the league guitar also has an interest in regime change in this country libya has sent a lot al-qaeda fighters under the command of their tripoli governor to go and fight in syria this contravenes all united name and laws ok and if the u.s. is actively involved in supporting this then they are culpable in international court. egyptians are once again heading to the polls in a third round of parliamentary elections it's widely expected that islam is groups will come out on top and take over from the current military rulers but the run up to the vote has seen clashes between the army and protesters as well as police

raids on non-governmental organizations as a renewed now reports this can towns where the current regime is running high. the revolution may have toppled hosni mubarak the manager accused of corruption and suffocating freedom but no it's the ruling supreme council of armed forces which finds itself in hot water with the west following raids on human rights organizations last week i feel this is a very dangerous situation because you have your actions on the one hand. but the people on the streets pushing for change of secularists who have links with these groups so that the big tension really between washington and kyra. dob cell phones and more than twenty boxes of documents were reportedly seized during raids by the police authorities promised all will be returned yet several persons are mean what prompted the raids and what could possibly be so suspicious about it and you operations in post revolutionary egypt. the members of the arabic

center for an independent judiciary never did get an official explanation for the confiscation of their documents or the victualling from their office that followed . we don't know what they were searching for we told them we could give them anything they wanted but they came in search of everything and didn't give a simple answer whether they wanted bank statements or anything else from him sitting on a sidewalk by their former office the vixen to n.g.o.s workers point out a certain irony this never happened when mubarak was in charge says i would surprise. the police but the. consistently style system just. can't do. it's just. the human rights. says. this is a. human rights activists in egypt believe the razer are attempts to punish them

for accusing military rulers of failing to carry through democratic reforms but western observers say the authorities are becoming increasingly wary of the ever watchful eye from washington and the true purpose of raids is to prove foreign funding. which authorities accuse of destabilizing egypt seems to be a strand of opinion in the military machine that. is very disillusioned with the old friendship with the west and may be trying to find evidence to prove that some of the trouble on the streets. has been in some way fostered by. washington tirelessly repeats the old adagio of the importance of its relations with egypt as a key player in the middle east but polite talk may hide a very different agenda washington doesn't want stabilization they want permanent so that they can you know use that as

a lever in the entire region egyptian activists aren't too happy with western help which they say can do more harm than good. and i don't like the way foreign countries with pressure on egyptian authorities that's pressure has to come from the egyptians and we as a human rights organization should provide it. only for must whatever the real reasons for the reigns of n.g.o.s offices the increasing internal strife in the country could portend a shipwreck not just for egypt's relations with the west but for the country's revolution in cairo. r.t. . and coming out here on r.t. making the russian army fighting fit we worked into how moscow is reversing it down . words for its military with billions poured into reforms and new weaponry also. is making the big news we want to. hear from residents of a quiet german town are determined to stop you know the damage from spreading but

are there after it's enough r t s to get. iran has successfully test fired a selection of different missiles on the last of ten days of naval war games in the gulf western powers have described the exercise as evidence of iran's volatile behavior france said the missile test sent out bad signals to the international community iran also held an exercise that simulated shutting down the strait of hormuz though it said it had no immediate intention of actually doing so earlier to iran threaten to block the world's most important oil route if the west stepped up sanctions against the country's nuclear program on saturday u.s. president barack obama signed a bill targeting iran's oil and financial sectors side mohammad marandi from the university of tehran says america's provoking iran. it is really the americans that are being provocative they are trying to make ordinary iranians suffer at the same time you see senior american officials and politicians constantly calling for the

assassination of iranian scientists of iranian military commanders of politicians and the constant threat of attacking and bombing the country so really the problem lies with the united states the maneuvers in the persian gulf are basically to show the united states that iran is strong and can protect themselves and it is basically the only way in which to force the united states to recognize that certain lines just simply shouldn't be crossed if the americans and its allies try to make the iranian economy suffocate the iranians will have no option but to respond in a sea of severe manner this is a region where an extraordinarily large amount of oil and gas. goes through and if there is insecurity in the region it's not just the strait of hormuz if there is a conflict in the persian gulf tankers who will be at risk that boil installations

will be at risk war is hell and this instability will go beyond the person involved it will i think of oil exports and gas exports will be at risk in central asia and throughout the middle east and there will be a lot of. backlash from the public throughout the region. since the collapse of the military oriented soviet union russia's armed forces have suffered a gradual decay and major reforms have now been put in place to put them back on track moscow will pump more than six hundred billion dollars into refitting the army over the next ten years and there is a new man in charge as well russia's four man boy to nato will now put is long experience to good use helping with down the country's military bar and explains why changes are needed. the russian armed forces the pride of the nation or are they the russian forces certainly falling behind enough for

a behind some of the larger arrivals new equipment is a priority there's also a dire need for reforms in organization with crude meant training pay and military doctrine the government has promised six hundred forty billion dollars over the next ten years to buy new weapons russian arms manufacturers are no longer what they used to be me she just army now is in need of contemporary modern equipment and if the russian defense industry can't yet provide us with what we need will bite it brought new purchases include this london ship in a strong book from france lorries from italy and flying drones from israel drones to through the particular problem the defense ministry dismayed by the russian company tasked with designing and building them yet. i asked them what was their problem and what prevented them from producing good vehicles the enterprise's bosses found plenty of excuses such as the absence of engines gliders exactly but i

now know how much money they received and i saw the rubbish they produced not all new russian made weapons are falling below standard the su thirty four fighter bomber is widely considered an exceptional aircraft but so few have been delivered that the older models they were to replace were starting to fail although russian designers come up with some excellent hardware for instance in terms of fighter and combat aircraft some time the industry has trouble in maintaining these at a high level and producing about the kind of numbers of the armed forces needed and the reform still have angry opponents to both in and outside the armed forces many of them argue that the we are mint is going just fine and that buying foreign weapons undermines russia's military. we are becoming dependent on foreign suppliers of spare parts for military equipment on foreign military personnel training on foreign supplies with specific fuels and lubricants and other

substances needed for the new equipment. in two thousand and eight russian forces pushed the children out of south in just five days but experts were dismayed that how outdated clumsy the russian army looked when faced with real position it reinforced the need for serious change the money being thrown at the problem is vast regiments of rubles on the road all into enough most here at the defense ministry no no before the armed forces are ready for more conflict a very long and very demanding war for for. here in the corridors of government and in factories around russia and moscow. and so i had for you this hour here on r t the key to success. the same question everybody answer the former all over the world that we radiate so we like it i do it because. when we started i

didn't know anything about it but the more i worked on the line the became a far more the more i really felt i was a person we hear from the man who moved to russia years ago to explore some of the country's neglected lands and transform down and to flourish in business success he reveals his secret secrets in our special series pathfinder. and now let's take a look at some other stories from around the world tens of thousands have rallied in central budapest to protest against the new home garin constitution a day after it came into force activists chanted anti-government slogans and denounce president viktor orban center rife regime as dictatorship they say the new laws undermine democracy and threaten judicial independence legislation was pushed through parliament last april despite criticism from the us. in the u.s. republican presidential hopefuls are competing to win over the people of iowa while the first election of a voting season the polls are the first in

a state by state qantas to choose the republican contender for barack obama's white house chair in the presidential election later this year candidates ron paul rick santorum and mitt romney are the current favorites around one hundred twenty thousand are expected to vote in tuesday's party election. massive forest fires have swept through chile's southern and central regions with one confirmed death and over twenty thousand have to as a force destroyed hundreds have been forced from their homes as firefighters battled to control the fears blaze that spread across three provinces chilly south this currently is suffering from a prolonged drought and the heat wave making it highly susceptible to fires and israeli tourists has been accused of negligently starting the blaze while camping in the region's tourist still paid national park. up to fifty thousand people have fled their homes in south sudan and scores are feared dead in

the latest rash into tribal violence over the weekend thousands of armed tribesmen descended on the town of bor forcing their rivals take refuge in the bush the un and south sudanese governments have bolstered their forces in the area in an attempt to bring the situation under control the un has warned that the escalating violence could lead to a major a humanitarian tragedy. in the past few years many e.u. countries have seen a growth in new nazi groups and in germany more and more young people are joining them some point to poor economic conditions others say immigration policies are to blame it work is going off now reports on what's driving youngsters along such a dangerous path. a quiet down disturbed. a small community divided. it began with the appearance of nazi

symbols then the local social center was burned to the ground your own office was also vandalized says for him the final straw was when your nazis marched through the town's main square. i used to be afraid but it helps not to act alone to have supporters i became a public person with our initiative and it sort of my protection the end the initiative is actively supported by around fifty locals many are retired and armed with posters they stand up to those who are often much younger and looking not too friendly like this young man who openly calls himself a neo nazi and admits encouraging a teenager to set the social center on fire he now faces up to two years behind bars in this new book but we won't let me go now sees rule here yet not all locals agree the initiative is often criticised the neo nazi party even being three percent of votes at the most recent poll and in the election they put on ten

thousand beans that had split our town some say where exaggerating and are only making things worse by attracting too much attention but i think they're simply afraid. activists say it's easy for these to recruit new members especially among disillusioned and dejected teenagers with poor infrastructure and high unemployment and few social skills which the town can offer it's often simply boredom driving them to streets with a population of just around six thousand people thoughts on is a typical small german town far away from large industries and financial centers life here is cause and peaceful or at least it used to be before two thousand and nine mr van. and the other activists do say they're not going to back down until life returns back to normal but unfortunately the problem with neo nazis in germany exists on a much wider scale thousands of new gather for

a new and. often clashing with police and activists and german authorities called two suspects believed to be members of a terrorist so that it is keep them for use in killing at least foreigners but. it's money struggles with. the trouble of course economic. causes. conflicts and. solved we have a kind of rage but now. as you know escalated. education germany's spending billions to pull the eurozone crisis but ignoring economic trouble at home could be. checked it may be for disenfranchised youth the entire country toward some of the biggest mistakes of this past. germany. civil rights groups have slammed

a controversial new to fans bill signed by president obama the law authorizes indefinite detention of terror suspects without charge or trial president obama said he had serious reservations about the bill and will not make use of all of its provisions but human rights groups call it a blight on obama's legacy as future presidents could use it to its fullest extent this comes as the notorious kuantan of a bay prison remains open almost four years after president obama promised to shut it down sara flounders from the international action center says the new bill violates the basic democratic rights that the u.s. claims to fight for around the world. mass detention. without our trial without charges being held by the us military who previously could not legally operate within the us only around the world the us says that they're speaking for democracy around the world for human rights around

the world well really the us wars are a form of absolute terror there is no other way of explaining secret rendition torture kidnapping targeted assassinations drone attacks on countries which the us is not even in a declared war this is coming at a time of new struggles here in the us at a time when there has been a mass movement the occupy wall street movement in more than a hundred cities across the country and every one of those occupy movements were shut down illegally by the police both president obama has violated the very pledges he made to shut down guantanamo to expand and open the rights here and yet you have an even more reactionary hoofing pledging more wars expanded us agenda of broad and against the rights of working people right here at home and all this

is in a time of great economic crisis and hardship for millions of people right here a huge calculus meltdown of the economy rising unemployment and homelessness and new struggles. with plenty more stories news and analysis on y. and r. t. dot com here's some of what's lined up for you right now tough times for the euro the ten year old single currencies prospects for our grand as recession looms large on the horizon we've got the details online. and zooming in on israel secrets a turkish satellite is to blur the lines for its image sends a former ally leaving and focus for the rest of the world to see all that much more at our team dot com. if you.

are you for sure. talk from the. video. on. the palm of your. i always you need to introduce you to foreigners who have achieved success by doing business and russia and our pathfinders here as we talk to ex-pats have discovered and realize the country's full potential.

john used to make his living trading coal in great britain but fifteen years ago he moved to russia and became a farmer now married to a russian he owns one of the country's most profitable daily farms. when we went on these lines people hadn't worked on the between the years we had folders growing today these lines are now working we have a well over four thousand take does this year ten twelve years ago the people applying approval for old milk and even as a rule we started our project we thought we could make money out of that we talked to various parties they said it's a good idea the milk market will be there and we went ahead. the first problem we encountered i think with normal was that the workers expected that they'd lost by by mr started and now john had arrived in the first year that we were here we were changing ninety percent of the start of the month we couldn't find anybody that we

thought could manage such a modern farm so in the end we decided to cover our risk we would look overseas and i interviewed many people and in the end we have a young american now running the farm he's been with us for six years with his family we should look at the manure more what do you think it's good it's. made color. cows are the easiest thing to manage it's people that cause the problem probably number one problem i saw with people was they never had to take on responsibility for themselves now we've kind of. made this a team effort here where people have personal responsibility and. we go as far as to tell them each day what they have to do and what has to be serious and certain forms to fill out so that we can see they did their job you love money or you love russia without that you can't work it because the frustrations of the bureaucracy is the main thing there are just too many laws every day you just finding new ones

in a farm in the west to husband and wife and an accountant an external accountant to run the farm here i've got fourteen people in the office it really is the sense that in order for you to get a desired it's a very long road in the west it's faster you need to do some treatment which. typically here on a russian farm there's someone that's your boss. and someone's boss is someone else's boss here we don't have that it's me i'm the boss of the farm and then we have workers that's it there's no middle management. it was much harder ten years ago we had to go running around. in these ten years the market has evolved we've got investments now we've got. we've got. one from germany we've got company and we've got pepsi if you work it properly you've got big plans you can do big problems and should really efficiency of scale because learns more efficiencies that's the real big advantage in america we don't have that chance anymore because

the land's all taken it's very expensive to begin farming here we have a chance to take as much land as needed because it's not used. their ears are cold and temperature was ok this morning there's always a challenge and america gets boring after a while everything's there everything is simple here. the same question everybody has a farmer all over the world that we radiate so we like it i do it because. when we started i didn't know anything about it but the more i worked on the line that became of the more i mean he felt i was a person i come here and i see that affected the lives of over one hundred people the local community now in the shops become better and we're producing something that really is worth something i spent all my life selling and buying millions of tonnes of coal i never sold a colored paper here i'm seeing the product i get a great sense of satisfaction by doing.

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russia blows up. while the back you're watching r t here's a look at the top stories arab league observers say syrian leaders have both having weapons out of key cities and for at least three and a half thousand prisoners but the body confirmed snipers are still a threat and called for an end to the shooting. egyptians head to the polls in the third round parliamentary elections where the vote expected to be dominated by islamist groups was recent raids on foreign n.g.o.s it's clear the military is a power could remain as strong as ever. and iran's missile tests in the gulf draw western condemnation tehran also held an exercise simulating the shutting down of a key oil route said it had no immediate intention of actually doing so critics say

the u.s. the boat. into iran by slapping down evermore crippling sanctions. well next we talk to former german chancellor and current chairman of the north stream gas pipeline her trotter he tells r.t. about the benefits of energy cooperation between russia and the e.u. and discusses ways for the eurozone to escape its debt crisis. goes through the world charles love germany from nineteen ninety eight to two thousand and five he's no chairman of the board at north stream russia's new gas pipeline under the baltic sea to europe mr schroeder why should that increase its dependence on gazprom. opinion. we're not talking about russia's dependent we're talking about cooperation between russia. and the european union in the year.