to focus on their job of course the problem is you've got countries in the arab league like saudi arabia like. you now seem to sense that they're preaching democracy to syria when of course they themselves don't have democracy. russia's stance is once again that this should be seeking resolution with alice for an intervention i've actually spoken to the national coordinator council which is the opposition within the country they welcomed the maven again reiterated their stance that as long as there is no move towards foreign military intervention they're very pleased with the response from the arab league mission because you still got observers on the ground it's expected that the mission is actually now going to continue possibly for another month and possibly with the end of their powers and their numbers as well of course what you don't want to see happen now is that the arab league mission which is really the only route there remains a teacher seeing dialogue in the country to now have blocks put in its way so the

question really is how to make the mission the observer mission more effective because as we've been witnessing in the past couple of weeks really at the moment in the country what you want to be seeing is the sightedness and not third the division. or civilization. or. go. to homes the conflict has moved ever closer to the country's capital now many damascus suburbs are also in brussels in the conflicts between government forces and the armed opposition. well this is all that's left of many of the houses now inside just absolutely gutted it's broken glass you've got bullet holes lining the walls you've got clothes strewn around the house where people have left them behind fleeing very quickly you can really see here the devastating consequences that this conflict has hurt the picking up the pieces way prove easy amongst the opposition

themselves there are a worrying divisions and as the conflicts become increasingly violent there are now areas of the country where it's unclear exactly is in control what do the people here in sanford on the image i think the syrian army having control not all it's good to see. not have. a lot of number of the number of seats we see the heart of who's in charge and so. quickly the issue of the division the diversion of the stuff arab league observers look set to remain in the country for another month trying to build the basis for multi-party elections even seen by the international community although you are you do sort of or you are into your position you have to put in your mind that you have to work with the other side it's working with the other side these don't look instead of fighting with thousands kills bringing the different factions to the negotiating table is going to be a major task sara for r.t.

damascus syria the new has imposed fresh travel bans and asset freezes on the syrian regime as punishment for the ongoing violence beirut based political analyst omar nash abbé says the responsibility for the bloodshed should be shared between the syrian opposition and it's time to engage in dialogue. the opposition or what this so-called city and free army or the desert there is from the syrian army have been also using heavy gunfire against civilians they have been using explosives apparently they have been using and the armored. rockets and you know some weapons that can also usually be used in civilian areas and against civilians there is president said also enjoys. popular support and said you know one cannot deny this not even the institute in qatar denied this when they did the research

last month and they found that fifty five percent of the city and population opposed it down for one or didn't even know if president assad it's time for dialogue as i said has has tried some somebody form some democratic reforms there is a constitutional council now in syria trying to rewrite the constitution they will be elections in the coming months they are some of the friends i think that the opposition shows face because if the interests of no one of no one's interests that need to steps in they would be destruction and they would be chaos as was the case in libya egypt is one of the countries where people are now seeing the consequences of the democracy they fought to achieve as a new adventure is the elected parliament hold its first post revolution session and many egyptians say they've been betrayed by the muslim brotherhood and its march to the majority. but before we get to that nations have formally

adopted an unprecedented set of sanctions against iran including a block wide embargo on iranian oil the move targets iran's controversial nuclear program that the islamic republic and says is purely for peaceful purposes russia says it regrets the sanctions adding that they undermine diplomatic efforts to solve the crisis archy's tests are so has more for brussels. it's sensually a total oil embargo it will have immediate effect on new contracts but that existing contract will be allowed to run for another six months they've also agreed on a ban on the gold and gold trade and other precious metals with the iranian central bank all of these of course aiming to financially and economically cripple iran over its controversial nuclear program with western leaders still insisting iran is trying to build nuclear weapons while terror ron denies this now the e.u. embargo follow strict new a u.s. sanctions that were passed into law by president obama in january so as far as the e.u. is concerned by july it will be

a full and total implementation of these new sanctions this is unprecedented in terms of the scope and be desired of potential effects on iran but it is also one president in terms of its potential economic impact on the european union itself let's not forget the e.u. imports up to twenty percent of rain in all its second biggest buyer and one of the twenty seven the biggest buyers within that are elite spain and greece the very same countries that are now struggling to deal with that sovereign debt crisis greece in particular heavily dependent on the range with up to one third of its total imports from iran also it's relying on terror for easier credit terms so they will definitely have to find alternatives for these countries these are what the leaders will have to talk about how to cushion the potential economic impacts on the several member states and of course because of all the uncertainty oil markets have already reacted pushing oil prices up and higher oil prices will just mean higher prices of goods. senior iranian official has said if the imposed embargo affects world oil trade it will go ahead with its threat to walk off the strait of

hormuz oil transit route but james corbet editor of the news website the corporate reports as the threat is unlikely to be carried out anytime soon. i think there's no doubt there is some provocation and some testing of the waters quite literally and figuratively going on right now and certainly with iran's recent threats to to block the strait of hormuz now we see the americans sending ships through there to sort of test the defenses so to speak so so i think there is definitely some cat and mouse going on right now and i think at this point it is saber rattling and testing both sides testing to see how far the other is going to go candy and as i say at this point i would be extremely shocked to see iran actually pulling out the the option of of mining or otherwise blockading the strait of hormuz because that seems to me that that's that's pretty much the last part of their sleeves so i don't think they want to put it on the you know on the table too early oddly enough i think the further that iran is pushed into a corner here than war there their position will strengthen over time as they as they develop alternative routes out for their for their oil exports if they for

example increase their trading partnership with china or russia and india as we've seen in recent days they've been scrambling to establish exchanges in other currencies including their local currencies including even asking india to trade in japanese yen so we could see really a fundamental shift in the in the entire dynamic of this that is energy export economy that that's taking place right now and it could actually serve to to benefit iran in the long run from getting them off of their dependence on the petro dollar. well stay with us here on r.t. still to come in the program the twists and turns of russian politics as electoral campaign intensifies presidential hopeful blood in your putin wants to get tough on immigration. but first in the e.u. entry ticket has been approved by the people of the u.s. wasn't as solid as expected more than half of the croats simply ignored voting in the national referendum the country will become the nation's twenty eight states by july of next year if it gets the approval of the other member states curry show was

split on the issue with those in opposition saying there is nothing to gain from a block that's currently experiencing its worst ever crisis as artie's tom barton reports the divisions are here to stay even after a yes vote. violent scenes in the croatian capital it is the country's referendum but setting. limits to be made to find me the police came to the protest as always they take and seize protest his labor six ways to many seats in the creation capital and financing has been calling believe the pyramids well now. these are empty protests to say the government is trying to suppress the dissenting voices they are the ones that joining with surrender the way she is independence to

brussels. in another street nearby the foreign minister is trying to convince people to session is vital to the current economy and to leave the stability that scoundrelly into the created trading of creation. that is translated into membership of the european union creations budgets would be in serious trouble everywhere you turn in croatia the e.u. is being discussed the women's most of the political class no longer. question the europhiles stands for public views differ widely in this it doesn't tell us what to into or see and touch all our fish and that's our biggest plague you know if you go there after you though but they told us we have to bathe the e.u. is regulations those that don't want to they must stop trading here in memphis even if we have two sons hire an employee and mainly because of that i would be prior to being raped or murdered if you simmons were you know the you to meet worries about

solvency local industry and economic well being a form of street and there are still some voices in parliament that think the benefits of what joining us would be the coasters that we better than what we're now going with our heads high up we're going in our knees because our economy our non-existing our exporting is pretty bad our b d p is very low so we don't really have anything to offer if you back out on the streets the arguments quality will not continue with ferocity with such strong emotions it seems unlikely this referendum result in the nation's division and the european membership top box of. i and there still tension and one of the newest member states romania the country's foreign minister has been sacked for criticizing the protesters angry at the government for more than a week now people have been demanding the president and minister step down this

against a backdrop of wage cuts and tax hikes in a new second state which is struggling to meet demands of international credit seitel barton's whole point was in the middle of the recent violence in progress on our website or to dot com. with russia's presidential race is just around the corner candidates are ramping up their campaigns prime minister and hopeful candidate blood in your putin is proposing stricter immigration rules in his second major newspaper article in the run up to the vote archy's peter all for as more. but talking on multiculturalism a 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 it 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 a hit so to. see nationalism writing hit out at those who have slogans 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. very different 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 him. place to talk about the issue of migration and multiculturalism in russia. as the march vote approaches r t is keeping a close eye on the campaign trail of course you can find out more on our website our t. dot com pre-election scandal flares up around a veteran liberal candidate he may be pushed out of the race because of violations during the registration process you can find out all this and more on our web site r t dot com. us is also counting down to its presidential election with republican

primaries underway to pick their candidate huge amounts of cash already been spent by backing the contenders coming up in the next hour debate on the so-called super pacs which allow unlimited campaign spending but are opposed by many americans. still the law says that they can't coordinate with the super pac and now you're criticizing them for a hearing to the stupid law that you're insisting upon but they are coordinating that's are doing ours coordination rules are coordinators the rules are going to be everyone's going to be. seated you believe for one seconds and not coordinating former staffer for a candidate and i don't probably want them coordinating because you posted a problem in coordinating i don't have a problem with them coordinating this is free speech. it really elected parliament in egypt has started its first session most of the seats occupied by the muslim brotherhood and other islamist parties who won an

overwhelming majority in the first post mubarak poll but as artie's marie if an ocean tells us many now feel that they've been the lied to by the islamic brother. there is a growing auction here in egypt told ruddy that with these with this new palm and changes will actually not be as dramatic as people in the revolution demonstrators protesters have expected them to be the muslim brotherhood's freedom and justice party has indeed more on the first vote in post barak egypt mostly because it had voted had promised people all aid to help to support such an 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 the revolution has been designed to gets rid of but already

today we have many signs indicating that the islam is in this new poll that the muslim brotherhood as well as some of the business second party that warn of vote are actually going most likely to cooperate with cough and that's why many people who have been able to speak to here in prague road say they feel a little bit strange. in libya at least four 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 a clash with militia this follows a warning from the leader of libya's national transitional council that there's the real threat of civil war protests in the city of benghazi forced the record the resignation of his deputy this past weekend in the range libyans took to the streets of the city that was the center of the opposition in the uprising against the khadafi regime demonstrators are now accusing the n t c of corruption and a lot of reform in favoring former government loyalists almost our president of the arab lawyers association tells r.t. that libya could be on the edge of returning to chaos. there is the risk that for

two reasons the reason number one is that the still in the hands of the that it's militias the various areas that are the differences between the two on a tribal bases and what have you and at the same time the ideas the political views of the people in conflict you have some people who won't rights to have more than ten percent seats and 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 firearms. take a look at some other stories making headlines across the globe the founder of a sharing website mega upload kim dot com will remain in police custody after a bail hearing today in new zealand prosecutors argue dot com who also goes by the

name kim schmitz was a flight risk because he has several identities access to cash and a history of criminal charges u.s. wants to extradite dot com claiming he made nearly two hundred million dollars by copy and sharing copyright in the war dot com denies the charges. two more bodies have been recovered from the capsized coast cruise liner off italy's coast seventeen people still missing after the ship ran aground a week ago environmental fears continue to grow as a sudden shift in the vessel could rupture its fuel tanks there's about a half a million gallons of heavy fuel and hundreds of tons of diesel still aboard. marina joins us with all the latest business news after this short break stay with us.

hello and welcome to business here on our start with a u.s. as we've been reporting and we have more details on the when this oil embargo against iran over its nuclear program and that's involved and the media ban on all new oil contracts with the country but all existing contracts will be honored on

still the first of july and i just sort of just pass low as they have us from v.m.p. parra bob believes that and the e.u. led sanctions against a middle eastern country will only minor fluctuations in the oil price. the e.u. sanctions on the oh no i don't think that significant 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 the impact of the e.u. sanctions. the u.s. sanctions that might take effect in the end of this year. removing all of the rain you know sports two point two million barrels a day and i'm going to i think we'll have greater price impacts. us take a look at what's happening with the oil prices right now can see that light sweet is currently trading at close to one hundred dollars

a barrel while the prime blends is out one hundred eleven dollars and fifteen cents per barrel and of course crude prices are higher after the oil embargo against iran . over the u.s. markets have slipped into negative territory where the greek that jitters dominate in trading the dow is losing point three percent of all the nasdaq is down by point three percent over in europe markets closed in the black and reached the five month high the case benchmark stock index and higher boosted by gains for banks and oil stocks and investors were all sorts of mystic about greece and its creditors agreeing on a deal to write down that buy up to seventy percent. here in russia the markets closed end of the trade in session on the horses of knowledge both the ideas and the my sex clothes with my segues down point five four percent of all the arts he has done over one and a half percent a second look at the top movers on the my sax russia's largest oil company ross

they have managed to recover from our their losses and gains while the half percent bank which was up earlier in the day didn't manage to escape the negative territory and drop point one percent greater and c.s. came around and at the day over one percent. and the black michael stipe so much great there wraps up the day straight for us. on the domestic side sentiment remains quite positive supported by the high oil price without support potentially getting in for the boost from news today that the e.u. has imposed an embargo on iran also we note that 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 into some extent improves political visibility russia has found a new market for its giant stockmen gas fields gas from c say miller says the other

two monopoly and this partners are considering supplying liquefied natural gas to japan the country is expected to increase consumption often after it decided to reduce nuclear power generation gas from has been counting on the u.s. as a market for stockmen but it has to start looking for alternatives following a spike in u.s. domestic production. and that's all the business is for now for more stores you can always had so our website that's artsy dot com slash business by for now.

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the face. brightened if you knew about song from feinstein christians. who threw stones on t.v. don't come. ten thirty pm in moscow these are your headlines syria slams. arab league plan to solve the country's crisis that requires president assad to step down to mask who says the initiative was an interference in its internal affairs and attack on the country's sovereignty. the e.u. would dobs unprecedented sanctions against iran that include a complete embargo want to spoil a move targeting tehran's nuclear program russia calls the sanctions a mistake that undermine the diplomatic efforts to solve the crisis adding the embargo both make the iran change its policy. and for

a show of voting in favor of joining the deathstroke an easy win a national referendum but a low turnout and some bottle of protests preceding the vote show there are still divisions within the country. the u.s. often calls for democratic change in the middle east but remains reluctant to recognize the right of palestinians to self-determination president of the palestinian national authority mahmoud abbas who's visiting moscow talks with r.t. about the latest moves in palestine's bid for statehood interview coming up. on european tour palestine is still waiting for a resolution to the states would 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 russians.