migration vladimir putin praised what he sees as russia's long history as a multicultural nation a history he says goes back to the days of the russian empire it said that there have been some very serious problems though when it comes to migration and integration of migrants in russia that these problems over the last twenty years since the collapse of the soviet union were very serious indeed in our problems that russia is still struggling to to deal with today speaking about what the results can be of migration going wrong he warned of the rise of nationalism the rise of xenophobia these type of issues that we saw acted out in real life eight in moscow in two thousand and ten with ethnic clashes taking place i'm right next to the kremlin in the heart of the russian capital he hit out at those that seem nationalism right he hit out at those who have a slogan such as stop feeding and stop funding the caucuses saying well the caucuses are a part of russia talking of multiculturalism he said that russia had a very unique system of multiculturalism something very different to say what

happens in europe where he said basically multiculturalism had failed and that russia system was something this country he's a very different manner over to me and said that there's no way that you can completely get rid of all illegal immigration into russia but if he's elected president in the elections in march that he hopes to be able to to make significant cuts to the amount of people that are arriving in russia illegally now he wants to do this by toughening the malls to try and deter people from entering the country illegally he also wants to see a system put in place not just to monitor foreign immigrants coming into russia but also to monitor internal migrants also by twenty thirty he wants to see an exam put in place to those wanting to come and settled and live and work in russia but they have to be able to pass the russian language exam also an exam on russian culture russian history so those are the things that he wants to put in place to tackle the issue of migration and multi. culturalism ed ruscha. as the marjah boat approaches

artie's keeping a close eye on the campaign trail of course you can find more on our website r t v dot com. pre-election scandal flares up around a veteran liberal candidate he may be pushed out of the race because of the violations in the registration process all the details on our web site. the newly elected parliament in egypt has started its first session most of the seats are occupied by the muslim brotherhood and other islam as parties who won an overwhelming majority in the first post mubarak poll are him or if an ocean it tells us many now feel the brotherhood lied its way into power. it is a growing auction here in egypt already that with these new polls in ten just will actually not be as dramatic as people in the revolution demonstrators times have expected them to beat the muslim brotherhood's freedom in just a sponsor who has indeed won the first vote in place barak knows that because he had voted had promised people all aid to house to keep production transitional

transition from ministry to civil power something people have been calling for have been demonstrating for since the supreme council of the armed forces took power from mubarak last february because to them they say that the ruling generals have been actually representing the old regime something they've been fighting against and something actually they revolution has been designed to gets read off but already today we have many signs indicating that these on this day this new parliament the muslim brotherhood as well as some of the business second spot didn't. actually going to call up the rate we called and that's why many people who have been able to speak to he wrote say they feel a little bit strange. parties worried if an ocean is tracking the latest developments in the egyptian capital you can check out our team's twitter feed as well as her personal one for all the latest on egypt's first parliamentary session

and the growing frustrations in the region one of her latest tweets she writes that demonstrators are calling for a presidential elections in two months instead of waiting till june all the updates online for you now. turning a country over in libya at least four people are dead more than a dozen injured after fighting broke out in the former khadafi stronghold of bani walid fighters still loyal to the deposed leader clashed with militia there this after warnings from the leader of the libyan national transitional council that there is the real threat of civil war protests in the city of benghazi forces and the resignation of his deputy this past weekend in. rage the libyans took to the streets of the city which was the center of the opposition in the uprising against gadhafi demonstrators are now accusing me and you see of corruption lack of will force in favor of former government loyalists. to our president of the arab lawyers association tells r.t. that libya may be on the edge of a return to chaos. there is the risk that for two reasons the reason number one is

that the still in the hands of the various militias or various areas of the differences between the tribal bases and what have you and of the same time the ideas the political views of the people in conflict you have some people who want rights to have more than ten percent seats in the parliament well at the same time you have others who saying you shouldn't have percentages women should have equal rights but no special favors for them you have a situation where people who want islam to be part of the constitution well you have the other the liberals who don't want to do that so you have a conflict on policies as well as the availability of arms. very nose up next with all the latest business news stay with us. hello and welcome to business here on out so we start with the e.u. which as we've been reporting has formally adopted an oil embargo against iran over

its nuclear program this involves a needed ban on all new oil contracts with the country but all existing contracts will be honored until the first of july energy strategist karen slow is save us from b.m.p. power bar believes any sanctions against the middle eastern country will only lead to minor fluctuations in the oil price. we usually oh no i don't think that significant ram exports run about two point two million barrels a day of oil. goes to europe it's only represents run about one quarter over most going to asia so we expect that to. be quite limited but the u.s. sanctions that might take effect towards the end of this year. removing all of the really net sports two point two million barrels a day of that i think will have greater price impacts. let's take

a look out what's happening with the oil prices right now light sweet is currently trading at around ninety nine dollars or thirty four cents per barrel while the brant blends is approaching one hundred eleven dollars a barrel unproved prices are of course heading higher after the e.u. all embargo against iran. look at what's happening in the western markets there are four one that's an early train as investors are still waiting for some more concrete news to come out from europe and let's see what is happening in europe shares there are in the lack of this hour that ukraine's benchmark stock index inched higher boosted by gains for banks and oil stocks but investors are still awaiting news from key that talks in greece. where russia the markets are closed to both the arts yes and in my stocks under the trading session on a positive note for the r.t.s. adding over one and a half percent so let's take a look at the top movers on the my sex russia's a largest oil company was that recovered from earlier losses and gains one and

a half percent sperm bank which was up earlier in the day there never managed to escape the negative territory and drop one percent and greater m.t.s. managed to come around the end of the day over one or sides of the black michael stipe wraps up the day straight for us. on the domestic side. remains quite positive supported by the high oil price without support potentially getting a further boost from news today that the e.u. has imposed an embargo on iran also we noted putin's popularity has risen substantially to highest levels in six months in the latest opinion polls and this substantially reduces the chances of a second round of presidential elections and to some extent improved political visibility. ukraine has strong plans to cut imports of russian gas at least for this year gas former c.e.o.

alexei miller says the country has promised to follow the terms of the existence applied contract now earlier claim that purchases starting from two thousand and twelve as surprised to see a high but must go against the terms of their contract which obliges him crane to buy a fixed amount of gas every year he can only be changed if the parties sign a special agreement no later than six months before the year of supplies. and that's all the business is for now for more stories you can always have to our website r.t. dot com slash business bye for now. so.

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a report. eight thirty pm in moscow these are your r.t. headlines serious slams an arab league plan to solve the country's crisis that required president assad to step down damascus says the initiative was an interference in its internal affairs and an attack on syria's sovereignty. the e.u. adopts unprecedented sanctions against iran which include a complete embargo on its oil a move targeting tehran's nuclear program russia calls of sanctions on a state that undermines diplomatic efforts to solve the crisis that india bardot

ball make iran change its policy. and duration of voting in favor of joining the debt stricken e.u. in a national referendum but a low turnout and some violent protests preceding the vote show there are still deep divisions within the country. coming up the u.s. often calls for democratic change in the middle east but some say it remains reluctant to recognize the right of palestinians to self-determination president of the palestinian national authority mahmoud abbas who's been on a visit to moscow to talk with r.t. about the latest moves in palestine's bid for statehood exclusive interview coming up. visit is the final stop on your european tour. still waiting for a resolution to the statehood issue what do you expect from russia's leadership at this stage when the issue of palestinians legal rights is being decided according to international law. the russian federation as well as the soviet union before it

has been regarded as one of the key and principal hopes for the palestinian people since the nine hundred seventy s. when the late palestinian president yasser arafat visited moscow our nations have enjoyed good relations it's not only the result of the role that russia plays in the region but also due to the fact that russia is a great power a member of the united nations security council and a member of the quartet of middle east mediators this is why we focused so much on strengthening our relations and why we expect russia to play a positive role recently the quartet took a number of steps calling for negotiations without doubt we coordinate our position with russia and several other countries to get an understanding of where palestine stands what it should do and what it shouldn't but this is why we visited the u.k. germany and have now come to russia we hope that the talks with israel currently underway in jordan will result in a positive outcome but if they fail we would need to have

a list of further steps to be taken and in putting together the action list we want to listen to the opinions of the countries i mentioned earlier and russia in particular. by the mr president. some time ago you said the board was leaning towards israel and the talks was sixteen months. old exploratory talks with israel in a manner that revealed many contradictions in several areas of the peace process that apparently any was. yes that's true these meetings revealed a lot of contradictions in our positions those were talks just for the sake of talking unfortunately but we don't want to miss a single opportunity we've never stopped negotiating with israel even with george mitchell as the u.s. envoy we continued an exchange of opinions at the meetings held within exploratory

or indirect talks which we have never shown and mutual contacts to be honest we've never broken off negotiations with israel. well. there were no grounds for negotiations because of israel the basis for negotiations is the acceptance of the nine hundred sixty seven borders or any other positions agreed by both parties that's not a unilateral stance it's the position of the international community of course it's closely linked with the issue of security which is a huge problem for us and we don't accept the israeli concept of security it would mean another forty years of occupation of our legitimate territory in this concepts name is further occupation. criticised for saying there's no point in continuing the twenty year long negotiations that has under pressure from the u.s. and israel however you have repeatedly accusations saying that there is no alternative

to peace talks. confident that. there is no alternative to peace talks at the moment we're assessing our testing the ground for future talks to comply with the quartet's demands. of the negotiations are just a way to gain time they say the talking games will not bring about solutions or agreement which will make. how do you. stand behind that statement. means they want to preserve the status quo something we completely reject all illegal settlements all illegal buildings must be torn down and removed from palestinian territories perhaps the israelis have a different vision although in the past they have left their illegal settlements on the sinai peninsula and sharm el sheikh and returned back to their borders we have the same situation in lebanon and believe some of the settlements there even with

that they want to preserve the existing situation of the palestinian territories and seek to convince the international community to accept that they want to make us accept this vision we will never accept it. netanyahu said that he gave you a twenty one point detailing the israeli position what i doing so he refused to meet in ramallah despite. the document all about. i met him three times in september two thousand and ten the first time in washington on an invitation from president obama and the second time in sharm el sheikh out of the third time we met was on the twenty fifth of september at his house in jerusalem where we talked for four hours and discussed all the issues at the talks ended with no positive results no discontinuation little development of the occupied territories no changes to security policies the israeli way they

intend to occupy the west bank and the ice for another forty years. this is a colonial policy and colonialist a lodging at this is not the logic of a person interested in constructive talks and peaceful coexistence with his neighbors i don't refuse to make but i need to have a good reason now i guess twenty one point proposal and what are these twenty lines are they just some headlines or indeed a list of twenty one issues that need to be addressed by our people and as of today we only need to discuss and solved two issues borders. why would we want more issues to the agent did he think it was some sort of a secret but it's no news and it's not of any practical use either but it is not appropriate for a prime minister to submit this way document that simply enumerates some issues such as borders curacy the jewish state etc with no clear indication of what is actually expected of the other party. that you think

current events in the arab world could strengthen your position in the peace talks and the palestinian issue internationally. there's still no clear position common to all arab countries yes there are revolutionary changes taking place but it will take time to figure out what results they brought about the countries we want to work with in order to strengthen our position will need time to get back on their feet and build their states under the new conditions however the general arab stance on the palestinian issue has not changed and that the people who lead these revolutions are the same people who supported the palestinians in their pursuit of in the end and these people have not changed what has changed is that attitude towards their leaders and their governments but that is their internal matter and we don't get involved the arab stance on the palestinian issue has remained the same.

mr president. that you wouldn't take any action at international level until january the twenty sixth but if the top according to you have to mount unprecedented diplomatic pressure on israel to make it completely isolated rather like south africa when the international community condemned it. we want to live together to co-exist with israel but at the same time we want to stop its illegal settlements on the land that does. and belong to it we want to tell the world that israel's policy is unlawful or their occupation of our land is illegal yes but we're not saying that israel as a state doesn't have a legal right to exist so the diplomatic campaign that's underway is illegal and that we have already been recognized by a hundred thirty states and i'm sure that in the near future the list will grow to include one hundred fifty hundred sixty countries it's an allergy to continue this

work what is going to happen after generally the twenty sixth at the beginning of february the arab peace initiative follow up committee will hold a meeting where we'll present a full report on what has been done and what still needs to be done now as well as our vision of the future of the peace process will work out of the final positions based on the committee's decision but we don't want to tie up all of our plans on the need to be a certain order in. the torture. and what the hey there is the president that if your address to the u.n. general assembly was very emotional truly be golden historic event but as it turned out a deal wasn't enough to convince nine members of the u.n. security council the sight of iran the palestinian authority the status of fully when membership has been possible to continue with the talk if you agreed to the status of our nonmember observer state. in the united nations security council we received eight votes that we need nine still may

not upset everyone is pressured to vote against our membership today we refuse the idea of being a nonmember observer state though everything is possible i'm not saying that it can't be everything is possible if you ask me about the official position of the palestinian state on this issue i'll give you the answer we seek full membership or we will apply for a second or third time etc until we get our bid approval that they would. in a number of arab countries are now at this. with the idea of overthrowing existing regimes while palestine. reconciliation mr president why did they attempt to create a national unity government and in failure. what has been achieved in terms of social and political reforms. but a blood sample first of all our attempts didn't. we don't wish to create a national unity government but my personal suggestion was created

a neutral transitional technocratic government a non aligned government comprised of experts that would work until the election that's not a national unity government and its creation is already underway we have achieved agreement on many issues and i sensed some significant political improvement during the talks in cairo when hamas delivered an agreement there was an abyss between us earlier but now they've agreed to switch to a nonviolent standoff mode with more bloodshed they agreed with the requirement of a stablish in the nine hundred sixty seven border line to run in the election in may this year that means we can talk about progress here our committees are working hard to implement these plans as soon as possible and reforms are underway and the government will be a transitional. thank you very much for being with us to the every possible success in the implementation of political reward and creation of a palestinian state.

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a low turnout and some violent protests preceding the vote show there are still deep divisions within the country. ok it's up next with all the latest sports news stay with us here on r.t. . thank you for joining me the latest sports country with the headlines giant killer and see did you catch that in a car of our stars five time when it's arena williams in straight sets to set up a straight you know open quarter final against fellow russian maria sharapova and champion novak djokovic is also his for a. while the final two the new york giants and the new england patriots win their conference titles in thrilling style to set up an east coast super bowl showdown. playoff games the n.h.l. is most prolific latvian sunday as a lynch speaks exclusively to r.t. about upcoming the number of readers prospects like a shelf this year. his first though and former champion maria sharapova will take

on serena williams congress cutting the mccarver in an all russian quarter final at the australian open germany so we know this is ski became the first woman to take a set off sharapova but after dropping the opener the twenty four year old russian clawed her way back into the match to win it three six six two six three turned to the quarterfinals for the first time since winning the title down under four years ago. and standing in the way next is left handed going patrick mccarthy who served up the biggest upset of the tournament so far beyond seed is twenty three year old knocking out by this arena williams to roll into have made grand slam for final. surprise because she's a great player it's really fast to blow against her. but i don't know i just feeling so good i'm so focused so i play my game and. i won against syrian and it's amazing player.