sions that he was asked today and the answers he gives his question to get to the iterates rushes stance when it comes to syria well that stance is that they what they russia blames both the assad government and the opposition for fighting continuing in the country and moscow wants to see both sides put down their weapons and come together around the table to try and hammer out a peaceful solution to what's happening there now what was new that was said by sergey lavrov on wednesday is that the proposed peace talks that are being put forward by the arab league which could take place in cairo said should they break down should they not come to fruition then russia was willing to step in to mediate and broker a peace in it both the opposition and the syrian government were welcome to come here to russia to try and sort out their problems sort out their problems now one thing that for of was. there was very strong on was reiterating russia's push

stance that they will not tolerate any form of international interference international military interference into syria now he pointed a finger towards the united states accusing washington of having led from behind when it came to the crisis that we saw in twenty eleven in in libya. saying that said the level of and the russian government did not want to see a similar situation of foreign military intervention happen in syria warning the u.s. not to try this lead from behind tactic as he puts it when it comes to syria saying that international military intervention of that kind can have huge ramifications saying that it can spread beyond the borders and become a major international incident. of course leading countries are closely watching the situation in the region that changes the a far from over it's only the beginning we have to understand that if we want nations to solve their. only issues we mustn't interfere especially militarily we

must support dialogue between the conflicting signs we have to explain to the opposition forces that they have to find an agreement not oust the regime this is a way to a wide scale war that will affect not just the region but countries far beyond. so gay lover of the saying that russia supports dialogue and bringing about peace in syria and warns other nations against attending any kind of foreign military intervention russia has also been against sanctions on iran's oil exports what course of accent is the foreign minister suggesting on that. circle of rule of pretty much called the sanctions that were imposed against iran useless for the. use what they were they were intended to if the intent of they were put there to do which was to convince iran to step away from its nuclear program no said he said

that the sanctions aren't going to convince iran to stop developing nuclear technologies what it is that they are going to do what they are doing is damage the a rainy in people the man in the street that's going to make their lives much harder and also damage the iranian economy now we heard similar words from the iranian foreign minister he said that the sanctions that were imposed and backed by the united states weren't there to affect the iranian it nuclear program they were there to affect the iranian economy and the economies in europe that we also are staying with iran we also heard sergei lavrov react to the news from the iranian ambassador here in moscow. that iran would be entering into six party talks on the nuclear question those talks to be held in turkey for of expressing delight and could welcoming those those talks as everybody tries to get around the table and sort out what is happening with iran sergey lavrov said it's basically time for the west. to ron to come up with some fresh ideas about how they're going to do with

each other. peter what else is on the agenda what other pressing is serious work touched upon today. of course we're looking back at twenty eleven this was a very very busy year when it came to two diplomacy with involving russia one of the major. points of tension revolved around the proposed american anti-missile defense shield system fit eastern europe now towards the end of the year this did see tensions rise between moscow and washington washington refusing to give russia written confirmation about how far the program would go. today saying that russia was still willing to talk with the united states to try and come to a solution over the placement of anti-missile defense bases in eastern europe it did say that should any foreign power place any type of weapon alongside russia's borders they could hamper russia's nuclear deterrent that russia would not tolerate

it. i don't think there's any reason to believe we're on the verge of a new arms race or cold war but logic is simple if weapons which pose a potential risk to our security deployed near our borders we will answer with appropriate measures that will not allow such risk to us from our talks with our american colleagues we understand that the least don't exclude should their plan the european missile shield will have capabilities to threaten russia's nuclear potential there's still time to resolve the issues but obviously is not limitless. so lots up for discussion is such a gay lover of address the press receiving questions on russia's foreign policy and twenty eleven and artist peter all of our reporting live from the foreign ministry thanks for that. well as we've heard russia is against any foreign military intervention in. syria that's

a red cap to ours recent proposal to send troops into damascus and u.s. calls to increase international pressure on president asad to step aside however syria is now saying it may let arab league monitors extend their mission in the country the observers mandate expires this there or stay but the mask is one to allow any change in the scope of their brief tasked with inserting compliments with a plea to the peace plan the monitors are said to present their findings later this week now or the last the mission has drawn criticism from inside syria for failing to help stop the violence middle east expert on the risk things arab states are being steered into a biased report. while the arab league was very clear and has said that the that there was cooperation from the syrian side it also has said that there have been groups however there will be pressure from the west to take and how to to take a position which is more hand to her side so i'm not sure if the report will

reflect truly the far facts on the ground but i think that the report will be will be politicized in order to show that there are some victims in order to show that for example and the syrian army are still practicing oppression you have to remember here that qatar and maybe even turkey is where all their money and i am used to be a leading sunni voice in the region the only horrible country which has a soyuz maybe to intervene which has a military officer has to intervene he's in egypt and he has procopio with his own internal problems so i think this is mere rhetoric which we're hearing from cult i don't think would have the support of the whole robes nor would it have sort of the support of so in western powers will but one of the closest partners that syria had until antigovernment under arrest grip the country was turkey but it turned its back on its one time ally and neighbor joining the chorus of voices calling for regime change into damascus no snow looks back at the two countries relations.

handshake kisses in braces as close friends do in february when this was filmed turkish prime minister and syria's president where indeed considered friends back in the ninety's the neighbors were not doing that well together syria's support of kurdish separatists draw a wedge between the two but by two thousand and three when turkey refused to provide its territory for the u.s. invasion to iraq golden earing turkey syria relations began with free trade agreement the visa regime dropped and several presidential visits the border areas became especially close families living on both sides felt they shared a common home the turkish leader was even accepted at markets in the syrian city of aleppo but the honeymoon didn't last long following libya's revolution in two thousand and eleven turkey switched sides support in syria's opposition and aligned with the country's harsh anomie the us enduring thought. about

iran. about iraq. well because now rockets come out quite wrongly in support of syria and of course the lebanese government by hizbollah has also been very very critical of turkey has been iran has kind of connections transformed the event into a kind of regional problem is a problem and i should say that compared with another country it is the syrian problem that can bring the arab spring to international conflict you cannot expect this may happen in egypt but syria has potential because of this through connections to switch from a zero problem policy with your neighbors to a problem create an position you need good reason turkey seems to have one america needs another actor otherwise this gap can be fulfilled by you want maybe by russia so there's a kind of let's say. cohabitation between america and turkey so turkey is helping to this in exchange for some kind of stuff and through this channel turkey is

profile is becoming more and more influential some of those who doubt the benefit will be equal for both sides to the turkish economy suffers a lot from the sanctions it supported against syria especially as syria is turkey's expurgated the world for this reason turkey is endeavoring to establish a new exporting of routes to lebanon and through iraq to the gulf states turkey is policy should be more autonomous should not be identical to that of washington or brussels geographically politically and religiously turkey's always been the crossing point of decidedly different worlds so what's in it for them the turkey gobbler calculated the only question of card before the syrian government goes and therefore i think it want to put it want to be riding a wave ok put on the crest of the wave the quest for the wave of reform and change in the middle east and to be seen as the leader of this movement believes that it

is set in the middle and long term turkey has no chance to to to get the benefits of the region if our side goes ok then so were tough. but if if if if he doesn't go for some of the ride this out. of those is going to be gone from one place you know and they'll have your poor back position but. actually it's not really tenable any longer you've got to deal with this couple you like it or not the rude to. me like slippery that you mentioned how dangerous it may be they seems to be. without a u.n. security council resolution it will be vetoed by russia and china and leave a stall intervention will definitely fail in syria change in tactics the western powers turns to this region's countries to get them involved this take is one turkey which has started to play a very important role in this conflict some fear it's perhaps too far.

off turkey here with our to meet live from moscow still ahead occupiers close in on capitol hill and the white house says they denounce what they call a consolation chip between big business and politicians in the u.s. . and after the ousting of the tunisian president to go in a new government found a life of prosperity i want to region rich in natural resources that promise hasn't come to fruition we investigate why in a minute. well the world's most popular online encyclopedia has gone on strike the english language version of wikipedia has shut down for twenty four hours over anti-piracy legislation being debated in the u.s. congress designed to protect copyrighted material critics point out that it could also damage internet freedom investigative journalist tony gosling believes the law is already obsolete but media corporations are still hoping to use it to control

public opinion. who are the real pirates who are the big guns here in the in the media world on the internet the answer is the people with the big money who are backed by the banking system wall street etc i mean what we've seen for example the last few days even rupert murdoch coming out and talking about google as the pirates google piracy this is absolute nonsense of course because all google is simply doing is linking to other sites there is existing law which is perfectly adequate to actually stop people who are doing genuine piracy and also responsible big providers like google and you tube they have perfectly good systems if someone is having their material taken away removed or whatever and just pirated around the internet as they call it then all you do is you you contact those people you explain that this is your material and they're actually very good at identifying that stuff and taking it down when necessary this whole proposal from the industry

is really because the internet is is eating in to their monopoly on what we see and hear and i actually like to see the internet do that more and more in the future because we we're getting a bum deal from the mainstream media in the western world what they're doing is they're spinning for stuff far too much and what's happening is that some of the mainstream media newsrooms are becoming chokepoints for the truth the truth simply isn't coming out because they've decided what messages they want the public to hear in the western world. we're asking online what this anti-piracy bill might mean to you so far if we look at the numbers the majority think it's a conspiracy to kill the freedom of speech is happening a fifth sees it as a class grab by greedy entertainment giants are just about a tenth considered bit overstated band of what started as a noble cause while the same amount believes it's an honest and piracy drive marred by paranoid techies go to argue dot com and have your say vote today.

hundreds of activists from occupy wall street movement have rallied on capitol hill in washington d.c. decrying corporate influence in america but the event didn't live up to the organizers hype who had hoped to draw tens of thousands of people going to church to count as more. the protesters have shifted their focus from wall street to capitol hill and here they are hundreds of protesters gathered in front of the u.s. capitol building they have a permit to protest on this lawn but we have already seen several people arrested. protesters say when the interests of big corporations are at stake their voice their interests no longer count and they're angry at the fact that the influence of money is only set to grow in u.s. politics supreme court's decision now allows corporations to funnel as much money as they wanted to candidates and protesters say it's legalized corruption.

the cozy relationship between big businesses and lawmakers here ledge to the complete lack of oversight over wall street which brought about the financial crisis of two thousand and eight and not just americans were affected but the whole world so people here want money out of politics but it's easier said than done and a lot of people especially outside the movement are very much skeptical about whether the protests can actually change something some say that the tents and. banners you know won't change anything what do you say to that i think the tents in the banners are crucial part being publicized and being public about it because it's so easy to ignore movement and once it's in your face do you think the movement has any impact i mean it's been there for four months. on the movement has a huge impact in that a lot of things that are not even talked about in the political agenda usually are now being talked about there is in the news on a constant basis talking about income inequality the fact that corporations are

running our government stolen our elections so many times with all the legalized bribery in the campaign finance system and other things are those legal moving into the night hundreds more you not thousands joined the protest and they marched all the way from capitol hill to the white house. here they are hundreds of people standing right outside the white house. and. the movement has certainly evolved i mean you see the last of the chance of the country because authorities under different pretenses and that is that is they have a victory of the protesters out of their occupied locations but you see more of these one time actions one day rallies like this one which started on capitol hill and fifteen you know all the way to the white house right here these people are

here to get their message across all a lot of young people around but again whether or not these protests will bring any result that that still remains very much on clear. well take a look now at some headlines from around the world the search for the twenty four people still missing after the italian cruise liner disaster has been suspended after the vessel shifted raising fears it will sink into deeper water eleven bodies have been recovered from the wreckage so far most of the above water sections of the ship have already been searched italian authorities have said they will begin a salvage operation soon to avoid a potential fuel leak. and israeli air strike on the north of the gaza strip reportedly killing palestinian has taken place gaza security forces say the strike was targeted at a training camp used by hamas and was followed up by tank fire and israeli

spokeswoman confirmed the attack near the city of beit hanoun but refrain from giving any further information. european commission has launched a legal challenge accounts hungry in the constitution saying aspects of it do not conform to e.u. legislation and garion prime minister viktor orban has been criticised for passing reforms that threaten the independence of the media and vishal system plans cause public outrage and brought tens of thousands out onto the streets in protest. it's been a year since raging protests spurred by high unemployment and corruption brought regime change to tunisia but many economic problems in the country remain unsolved especially one region which is rich in natural resources yet still live in poverty . has the story this is a region where things are run a little differently from the rest of tunisia when. my father worked in the mines

for twenty five years my two brothers were in the mine we live in the mining region days arranged by the sound of the home from the mine not by calls to prayer. the gas a-basin is home to tunisia's phosphate mines one of the key exports in the country which ranks fifth in the world for phosphate production yet for the past three years the workers and their families have been involved in a bitter struggle with their employer gaffes of phosphates that we never took anything from the government and the authorities have always forgotten about us this year the gaffes phosphates company or c f g conducted a competition for jobs just like they did in two thousand and eight we hope their choices would be based on a different criteria this time but they weren't. shares involvement in support of action for the miners during the authoritarian rule of president ben ali resulted in a prison term. in two thousand and eight we went on strike with the miners and were arrested all those who supported them lawyers teachers professors we were told we

were an organized gang who wanted to overthrow the regime. the government's been and gone since then but the problems remained so the strikes continue unemployment in the region is at a staggering fifty five percent and while local residents believe they should be given priority when it comes to filling jobs at the mine the c.g.s. has been employing people from other regions and there are no jobs for those whose parents died or were injured in the mines their families never received any compensation for their loss who have been protesting here for six months will stay here for a year to me here is how ever long it takes to resolve this problem. though many tunisians hope the ousting of autocratic ben ali will improve situation in the country the reality is rather bleak. evolution hasn't solved the economic issues which have been happening for months now the provisional government hasn't even

begun looking at ways of better than poverty. for these workers any delay in solving this crisis cost lives. people are killing themselves others are leaving. country and some have died because they were too poor to afford medical help. after the tunisian revolution and the new provisional government has brought a life of prosperity and better employment opportunities for workers in this mining town once passed by but the miners say the situation has only got worse the original location far from the political center of the country means their plight is as unreasonable to the new government as it was to the old one if you go. tunisia. businesses next year in order to with katie stay with us. hello there welcome to the business program this hour a number of european energy fans will now get cheaper russian gas and energy

monopoly gas problem has eased gas supply term seeking to keep its market share amid economic troubles in the region artie's done your bushes that gas from headquarters here in moscow. they've shown it goes from the willingness to compromise despite the efforts of some to paint it always in a negative light it is adjusting contracts with e.u. suppliers including g.d.s. first sue is a frog's also germany's windass which will make the price cheaper one source says the price will come down significantly now of course the euro crisis the euro dec crisis has squeezed demand is cut demand for gas making it harder to make a profit for those suppliers but the question is will the suppliers pos on the savings to customers they would be unhappy to raise prices when the price has gone up but not always sometimes pocketing the difference when the price comes down ukraine is this month also tried to unilaterally cut the amount that it takes to the amount of gas it takes from russia with that country's economy really suffering

from global economic woes for years goes from zero paying close have tried to switch its long term contracts with russian gas to so-called sport rates which are more based on current more keep prices goes from has always warned be careful what you was for because when prices are relatively low of course that means lower prices on spot raise but the price can suddenly go up and should come much higher than it was under those long term contracts. yes and debt problems have made the world bank covers two thousand and twelve global economy growth forecast a tuna healthy sense this means the bank also lowered its outlook on russia however is economy is expected to grow faster than most countries a rate of three and a half percent a share vice president for europe and central asia while bank says that's because russia is unlikely to be directly impacted by problems in europe.

every situation on the record in russia is that quite strong as we see it. however it's true that. also not as exposed as the eastern europe for example in the eurozone crisis when there can be any direct link to the crazies or silver in crisis in the euro zone the direct link would be that the eurozone. grows to trigger a slowdown worldwide that means turn effect russia's for the price so for its commodity exports if the eurozone that's a big if. translates in the slowdown of the world economy. ok so let's help them all kids are dealing with that news right now starting with. the footsie on the tides are brushing it off so it seems they are both in the black abyss. that news is overshadowing it reports that greece is nearing a debt deal with private credit says. in moscow the markets are recovering from the

losses is going to roll the choppy day here in the russian capital but most of my sit down there. managed to get themselves in the line. ok and how the individual shanny's getting on top all company rosneft house notes back in the us despite those strong old prices crashes largest then just bad bank has had a change of fortunes and it's now funny itself in the. us electricity producer. as well the company's sales rose nine point three percent last year. so it's a noble market small business in fifty five minutes time joining the.

when the clinton comfortable question leads to a grave accusation the world sues moore's you know fog. the president who isn't supposed to hide anything. where it's someone asking him why do you make a secret out that when the powers to be suppress the voice of those who think different. when you go experiencing very serious problems often the saakashvili government came to power in two thousand and three but. that was when the problems began piling up. interviews were now off limits to our journalists they were all from beeston up and humiliated in public when the attempt to protect property puts life in real danger in fact we have been deprived of the only names of own in living and i have gone to the originals with only papers so they legalized the

ownership rights on the basis of the company's freedom becomes just a stage prop. at three thirty pm moscow time these are the top stories on our team process says no to violence or foreign military intervention in syria it is ready to host talks between all sides in the conflict talk at a q. and a in moscow foreign minister lavrov also criticized sanctions on iran thanks have ron is ready to hold six party talks over its nuclear program. the largest online encyclopedia we could media temporarily sucks up salt in protest over proposed u.s. anti-piracy legislation critics fear the bill could lead to what they call genuine pirates that is major media outlets taking over the web. and

occupy activists have descended on congress and the white house saying it's now money that makes all the decisions at the top but the event didn't live up to the hype of organized artists who had hoped to draw tens of thousands. next it's peter the bells debates so cross talk. the old. technology innovation all the latest developments around russia we've gone through a few jerks covered. and if you. want to.