day will do it will bring you the figures and of the market's performance in our business bulletin. it's seven pm in the russian capital you're watching r t with me and he said now our top story moscow's vowing to do everything it can to make sure the u.n. security council doesn't sanction a military intervention in syria that pledge from russia's top diplomat as he wrapped up a briefing on twenty eleventh's foreign policy parties peter oliver is at the foreign ministry. 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 though what was new that was said by said again lavrov on wednesday is that the proposed peace talks that are being put

forward by the arab league which could take place in cairo sergey lavrov 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 proper sort out their problems now one thing that sergey lavrov was. there was very strong on was reiterating russia's put stance that they will not tolerate any form of international interference international military interference into syria very 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 poses 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 a far from over it's only the beginning we have to understand that if we want nations to solve their own 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. ousted regime this is a way to avoid scale that will affect not just the region but countries far beyond . the saying that russia supports dialogue in bringing about peace in syria and warns other nations against attending any kind of forward military intervention but

the u.n. security council is mulling over russia's latest draft resolution on syria that was put forward this week the kremlin says it's balanced and aims to appease all sides in the conflict while the u.s. is continuing to garner calls to get president assad to go in syria itself the warring sides have agreed to a ceasefire in a city near the capital but the government crackdown reportedly grinds on in the flashpoint city of holmes later this week arab league observers will deliver their verdict on whether the regime is complying with a peace plan and will then decide whether to extend its mission or ask the u.n. to intervene catherine already proposed sending in troops and even turkey syria's neighbor and former ally has turned its back. for notional looks into the fallout. handshake kisses embraces 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 in 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 turkish which ties support in syria's opposition and aligned with the country's harsh anime the us during thought they have. iran. about iraq. well because now rockets come out quite strongly in support of syria and of course the lebanese government by his war has also been very very

critical of turkey to switch from a zero problem policy with your neighbors to a problem cretin 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 see. co-habitation being an american talking so turkey is helping 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 to graphically politically and religiously took has always been the crossing point of decidedly different worlds so what's in it for them the calculated the only question of cart 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 way the quest for the wave of reform and change in the middle east and to be seen as the leader of this movement and take it 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 it goes ok then so we're tough but if it if it doesn't somehow manage to ride this out. we're going to be going from one place you know you pull back from a position that you had declared actually is not really tenable any longer you've got to deal with a couple you like it or not the renewed two keys no fooling me with three that you

mentioned how dangerous is choice maybe 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 isn't turkey which has started to play a very important role in this conflict some fear it's perhaps too far. r.t. turkey well at his media briefing in moscow foreign minister lavrov also stressed the kremlin is stepping up efforts to prevent war in the persian gulf russia thinks a western attack on iran would be catastrophic for the entire region tehran says it's ready to resume international discussion on its nuclear program but that won't come easy the six party talks broke down a year ago with the west suspecting iran is developing a nuclear bomb. and bargo on a rainy and oil is already in the pipeline and tehran's threatening to block of

vital fuel transit route if restrictions prove harmful but the u.s. says it will use force to keep it open in just over twenty minutes peter the cross-talk to base the effectiveness of sanctions. we had tim geithner going around the world trying to get countries not to import raney and oil i mean from trans perspective that's basically an act of war you're going to choke off their economy why should be why should these people be punished. when it's punished as between economic sanctions and military action one is to within the realm of the. peaceful measures the other something that could spark a war. just could spark a war and it's go to go back to go ahead. and fire too many make the mistake of implying the sanctions are just peaceful means they're not they are coersion they kill the innocent and for the latest round of sanctions i mean you go

back to iraq half a million children died the future of iraq was destroyed and madeline albright turned around the city was worth it now you apply sanctions because you don't want to expend the military expenses you cannot iran to sit back and have no casualties and the war chest would definitely be depleted so sanctions are imposed hoping the iranian people would get so fed up they would overthrow their own regime i it hasn't worked for two years so they're trying other ways other means of making this happen. well every day millions of people turn to one website as a one stop shop for their encyclopedia research but right now they're just seeing this. we could be the is deliberately blacking out its english language website

it's joined a twenty four hour protest against anti-piracy bills making their way through u.s. congress if passed they would allow the government to block search engine links to any web site which may contain what's perceived as copyright material the laws are designed to protect people's work from being shared without permission or payment but internet campaigners say they would go too far well joining me live now is andrew mcdermott he is the policy analyst for the center for democracy and technology thanks for being with us on the face of it stopping people stealing other people's hard work it's surely a good thing what's the problem but thank you for having me i certainly agree that it is the it's a lot of gold and everybody wants to see artists' work protected. but the openness of the internet isn't is just as important represents an important important tool for free expression and for innovation in entire sectors of the economy and the problem with the bills is that some of the measures that they propose to go after

sites dedicated to infringement would do more harm than good and would compromise that openness i would pedia and other sites that have joined in this protest there blackouts have undoubtedly raise awareness around the world i mean twitter and facebook are talking about this all day but what kind of difference can they make in terms of decisions that are taken in congress i think they can make a huge difference if only for the reason that they make people stand up and take notice i mean we've seen a tremendous outpouring from all sorts of internet communities and all sorts of internet companies over the last few months since the discussion of these bills has really heated up and and we're seeing senators and representatives starting to take notice i spoke to the wicked media chief in fact last hour in the u.k. and he told me that it's impossible to check every source of every bit of information because the internet of course is to establish and it's too big so what then is the solution. i think that's right i think that's why we see what

we've seen for the past decade in the united states under the digital millennium copyright act which does not place an obligation on service providers to monitor their sites for infringement but rather requires that they take down content that's infringing when when notified of it after the fact of specific instances of infringement in terms of a solution for the gaps that do exist in the law i think that focusing on the payment providers and the ad networks that are the source of revenue for these sites that make a business of infringement will have a far greater impact and not represent a threat to free expression that the other measures proposed in these bills would now no one of course wants to see a government controlled internet what do you think might be the repercussions on the u.s. if it has down the road with this bill and it actually becomes a law. i think that's a great question and it's repercussions for the u.s. and the world beyond i think the u.s. has historically stood out as as

a leader for free expression issues particularly when it comes to internet policy we've seen statements from secretary clinton at the department of state advocating the benefits of one global internet that looks the same wherever you connect and bills like this that embrace the very tools like attempted site blocking through the domain name system and search engine modification by government embracing the very tools that repressive governments used to restrict their citizens access to the internet would undermine the u.s. position to make to make those points around the world. if you wrote a bestselling novel or a platinum selling song how would you protect your work on the internet. certainly think that all work needs to be protected i. just in my family that want to see their work protected and i write in some work myself. i do want to see it protected and i think that there is room for

a law that takes careful targeted action at those businesses those websites that make a business of infringement but i also recognize that the the internet is a key factor in how artists today are distributing their work and reaching their fans and we don't want to throw that out with measures to crack down on the actual bad guys right andrew mcdermott joining us live from washington thank you very much from the center of democracy and technology. now greece is another standstill with a mass strike underway just as the country's global paymasters pay another visit thousands of workers hit the streets to voice how destructive the cuts are even though more may be needed european central bank and i.m.f. delegates are there to try and beat a deadline for greece to get vital funds to slash its almost unserviceable debt well economist and professor younis borrow fokus now joins me live from. which is

at the university of athens thanks for being with us first off if a deal is not soon struck greece will default will this latest meeting get those results and time greece afford to yield any more than it already has. well the goods will be full of not will depend ultimately on the official sector because again you can be met with it they're prepared to fork out the money which is necessary in order to meet its repayment of the late last the latest the bond issue which is maturing in march and it seems that is what everybody keeps saying is that germany particular is not going. to fork out. the billions which are necessary not to do that so the idea was do or die down part of the debt through the spirit side of his head even not to do allow for germany and the european union general to bring themselves to bring the money which is necessary for greece to me to be patient this creditors so this whole. set of shenanigans

concerns from here the now the installment in the nicely slow process to default which in the end is inevitable. that once again a very familiar scene and situation in greece with thousands getting vocal on the streets over these deep cuts are they making any difference i mean we saw people out on the streets all last year. yes and you know on the one hand nothing that happens in greece makes any difference because the overly porton decisions are reached in brussels and frankfurt and paris simply. on the other hand to the extent that good politicians to corey these days to walk in the in the street bar to attend meetings to give speeches to give talks well this kind of downer of that has been inspired in the minds of politicians is not insignificant

they have received their comeuppance so to speak and there it hopefully there you know they think much more carefully these things about the decisions that they make . the i have said on wednesday that it needs to raise up to five hundred billion to buffer the world against any further european slump do you see this as support for greece or perhaps it as other nations may be protecting themselves because they think greece might go under. the i.m.f. moves to shore up its own finances ignore good to extend good lines to get a good. it's going to stick and countries are concerned not you can sense it or natalie to. the europeans have failed to put their house in order to their feet to come up with a plan which we. did we'd see good existing could have been connected with the banking sector on the one hand and all member states of the you

know the euro zone so we have to sort of get the idea that this is a tragedy and it's kind of the farcical situation where you have a situation where listen to this italy is going to be extending loans there. are start of this new language the math will be supporting it if you this is what didn't what we would come to but this is the result of two years of good night on the part of the european union. we have told ourselves we europeans look just we geeks into the laughing stock of the world but the people don't want austerity we've heard this voice like i said throughout last year it seems like it's going to continue into this year but greece needs foreign money so what greece be better be better off now to kind of cut itself loose and maybe go its own way how do you see this developing throughout the year. well there is no question of greece receiving

any more money whatever money we receive from now on from today on goods it would be used in order to repay the banks so the big state whatever money they receive it will go into one pocket and we exit from the other pocket and it will go back to the banks so that the big state sector the public sector by private sector are not going to see a penny of it so the question that you are asking effectively is what is better to carry on by debts of all the big states so that the banks can be repaid or cookies to default within the euro zone there's no reason to give you three years and then the official sector leader again you know that could they actually let it go because the banks i think they love it would make much more sense but since it's not the drawing card these days more than that for the last two years in that you know if you that we're going to read economics professor young as viral from athens

university thanks for being with us this hour if you. in other news several hundred occupy activists rallied in washington d.c. on tuesday marking the movement's four month anniversary but the protests would stretch from capitol hill to the white house felt to attract the thousands that organizers anticipated are just going to supplant join the demonstrators. 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 on 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 the banners you know won't change anything what do you say to that i think the tents and the banners are crucial part of being publicized and being public about it because it's so easy to ignore movement unless it's in your face do you think the movement has any impact i mean it's been there for four months right 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 has stolen our elections so many times with all the legalized bribery in the campaign finance system and other things that are most 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. the movement has certainly evolved i mean you see last of that the country was already under different that is 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 continued 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. it's twenty four minutes past the hour a look now at some more world news and the search for missing people on the capsized cruise liner has been suspended after the vessel shifted slightly it was to protect the diverse we're desperately searching for twenty four people still unaccounted for hopes of finding anyone else alive have all but faded eleven bodies have been recovered since the coast the concorde sank five days ago captains under house arrest accused of selling too close to shore and abandoning ship before it was evacuated. more opposition leader aung sun suu kyi will run for part of the minute april it will mark the nobel peace prize winners return to official politics

since her release from years of house arrest and twenty ten but with only forty eight seats up for grabs the election is unlikely to change the political landscape in the military dominated country. israel has launched an air strike on northern gaza killing two people one of them a teenager palestinian security sources say the raid hit a field used by hamas and as a company by tank fire tensions between the coastal territory and israel has been a column in recent days following an increase in rocket fire attacks in december. next business with current. time for business thought it would be coming to malakhov thanks for joining me here as all debt problems have made the world bank cut its two thousand and twelve global economy growth forecast to two and a half percent the bank also lowered its outlook on russia however its economy is

expected to grow faster than most countries and reach three and a half percent this year jacob knell from morgan stanley outlines the reasons behind russia's up. russia had a very deep downturn in the crisis nearly eight percent fall in in growth. in two thousand to knowing and a slow recovery and what we saw in the middle of twenty eleven was a strengthening of consumption investment a full blooded recovery second thing is fiscal policy last year it was fiscal consolidation in russia of four percent over four percent g.d.p. and think of it actually ran a surplus an election year which is quite so impressive this year in budget twenty twelve. programs about two percent of g.d.p. fiscal expansion that is increasing public sector wages for the police and military increase in military pensions and a cut in the payroll tax that will support consumption particular at the start of the year and then later in the year i think after the election when the new government is formed and the policy direction is clear i think you'll have

a recovery in investment which is still depressed compared to pre-crisis levels. the international monetary fund proposes to more than double its lending capacity in order to save the global financial system from the worsening european debt crisis bloomberg agency says members to add five hundred billion dollars to its reserves earlier the lenders managing director christine legarde and fund is studying options to increase its war chest work sorry war chest bloomberg sides a group of twenty officials saying the i.m.f. is encouraging countries like china brazil and russia to become the talk the top contributor. taking a look at the markets now more three futures are modestly up on hopes that international monetary fund will get a cash infusion and a head over post of u.s. economic reports most european stocks are high on news that the international monetary fund proposed the new lending program markets are also supported by

successful debt sales in germany germany's dax is up over a quarter of a percent and the footsie is up just a notch now years in moscow the markets closed in the black and a rather choppy trading day mys its close half a percent higher while from isaac's and it point seven percent of the r.t.s. and a point seven percent and the. other back in less than fifteen minutes with mine.

why from the russian capital our headlines moscow reaffirms is a push for talks to solve syria rejecting any military intervention and questions when sort of the run off the rise and this as america and some allies mount calls against the syrian regime has kept are prosing to send in troops. millions of wit computer users are heading this brick wall right now the world's most popular online encyclopedia is on a twenty.