with pro-communist bloggers making fun of the opposition portraying them in prayer outside the u.s. embassy on sundays claiming they are connected to the us state department and the opposition filming funny cartoons about politicians made out of lego. getting information out there is becoming easier all the time but the internet is a very different medium to television while on t.v. it's enough to just look into the camera like this to show viewers' attention not so on the net to make your police video reach millions of lines it's not enough to just have a mass which it also has to be provoked to brazen and sometimes project a whole different image. it's no surprise then that putin as a character from harry puta became an overnight hit it's an entity doing the symbol

. of i don't see what i see you are stuck with something yes they're going to. make it and you're sure that when you're in it would you. propose that what it was just be them. but it don't come from it's obscure but apart from catching images memorable catch phrases are used against those in the corridors of power opposition blogger alex enough while me was the first upload his shot which is the times online a year ago he labeled the ruling united russia party of the apes and scoundrels insulting the brazen first appeared on the net but quickly migrated to almost every magine of all media in russia and beyond a year after party won in the parliamentary elections and reworked the catchphrase philistinism vote for the party of thieves and scoundrels for ten years of economic

growth but the party of these in scoundrels united russia. the mastermind behind that video and state duma deputy robert proved his party can also fight its wars online broke out super powers to use opinion with my aim was to provoke supreme reality darker than that is often i don't agree with such statements in my videos but they do work but i see disputing that russia without whose general region rides why not give away your country your beautiful girlfriend to some foreign guys what will happen to the caucasus nothing less just give it away to you responding or technical this video has made a very professional you can see that a highly paid specialist it appeals to primitive responses but works one hundred percent first thought is that there is indeed no intro without put but videos from the opposition are just as. and i have a whole trend of this election season eavesdropping on politicians and posting

recordings online or those taking part in a massive opposition rally in december were surprised to find out that one of their inspirations. described them in a phone as. hear from its future of government is our property for your comfort or to comfort your. naive to expect from any side when we are living in an election year there are no holds barred in this war not even interfering in someone's private life with. a lack of privacy for today's politicians is already a modern day reality and with fifty million russians going online today about forty percent of the adult population. is predicted to be should build with them online political avatars pushing the boundaries of a virtual world without borders exceeding the gradual ban r.t.e. . one of our stories they has videos are much more valuable for you on our website

r.t. dot com here's what's waiting for you online right now from where t.v. talk with the leaks founder julian assange just to get his own show right here on our team. or you can expect from the program the worldwide reaction to the news on our web site. also use your privacy or lose online access google presence users of its site with a top choice that sets out to gain access to people's preferences contacts and even their personal habits. the u.n. security council is expected to vote over the next few days on a resolution. and appeasing the escalating conflict in syria the draft calls on the regime to comply with arab league proposal which would see present us cede power

paving the way for a coalition government with the opposition it comes as the arab league's monitoring mission to syria suffered a setback the six countries pulled out on an on the u.n. to act. has made it clear to veto any security council resolution up until now for military intervention an estimated seven and a half thousand people have been killed. and months ago when civilians rebels and government forces so for the latest from damascus. saying they get by and heading hey it's said it's from the gulf states leave the airport their mission incomplete leaving behind a country in a deepening crisis is never going to be easy. the arab league wanted to just. i don't want to right from the word gay the missions create problematic the opposition accuse the monitors it being too closely aligned with the government the

government's now accused of being part of the foreign conspiracy and they will it just tickle complaints to the observer seem to liquid on the ground there are concerns that there was a few numbers to undertake such a major task but if things were bad at the beginning now they seem even worse following in saudi arabia's footsteps all the gulf states withdrew their observers after damascus rejected their research. that included president. and a unity government was interesting that these countries is very interested in democracy and they have nothing and this is the most interesting this is something pani will talk about. or will have a new constitution or we are going to more democratic countries. the tea parties are but what about. the west's talk about syria which would be changed.

to mask says rejection was no surprise both sides of the conflict of shame equal a willingness to soften their stance even though it's been the daily death toll in the country continually rising the killing of the head of the syrian arab red crescent was on the road to damascus. the remind the spiraling situation. of the exact visit such a crucial david to the country's crisis is seen as controversial as the death toll rises the earlier proposal being floated to increase the number of observers on the ground and provide them with u.n. training could be a life saving but for now those plans have been pissed on hold in fact much of the substance of the report that they graded pieces on both sides have been lost in the . france and britain have joined forces that nation's. best interests. waving good bye to their gulf state colleagues some observers

remain but it's small consolation syria didn't close the doors in front of the arab league i think. it's diplomacy would give anyone to help but the last decision in the hands of the syrian people not in the hands of the screwed council so a national dialogue through these reforms spite of the mission to be extended for another month and the observers officially saying that they can continue with the task behind the scenes and the sentiment is much less optimistic. it's a gloomy outlook for the country with little regional or international agreement on what action should be taken to stop the violence and putting an end to the crisis seem to be slipping further and further as a very. damascus syria. coming away this hour an anti capitalist critique of the world economic forum in davos. overall are saying that improving

the state of the world. to me. fairly arrogant and hubris stick to take activists waiting to get their voices of global decision makers government down for a new business bashing. and verses fuel while america's corn production has become a hot topic whether it ends up on plates or pumps to help how the nation's cars. street demos and cyber attacks have been staged in poland against the government's decision to sign an international pact that enforces intellectual property rights also as expected to join the u.s. canada japan and others in an agreement to simulate america's stop online piracy act which led to wikipedia as temporary protest blackout last week. the decision of the polish government to join in with the internet anti-piracy. has

already caused some dissent in the central european state several thousand people have gathered she was the evening in front of the presidential palace here in warsaw to protest against what they believe could lead to serious censorship on the internet now the protesters held banners saying down with the censorship and also had their mouths shut with sticking tape as if symbolizing their protest against what they believe could be in fact the biggest censorship among polish websites in this country but this is not the only step which the protest against the signing of this treaty we understand that the hacker group anonymous also has several governmental websites including the prime minister website and digital and cultural ministries. along with a dozen other government. by the group they also published a very stern warning a message saying that they have some very sensitive information about the polish

authorities and should they continue with the signing of the information with published. understand according to. the agreement will be signed the poland will join this treaty you understand that this will happen. and we understand that this is. the country's prime minister who said that the country would definitely join this treaty however experts say that in order. to take a fact it has to be ratified in the country's parliament and that's where. it can still be. even though we understand that the ruling party the prime minister is in fact having the majority in the parliament and hence there's practically no chance that this treaty would not be ratified and. that it would take effect. the

world's business elite is searching for ways to reform the current state of capitalism as those most affected by the financial turmoil shunted to the sidelines of world economy forum at the swiss resort of davis is to open its doors for a second there debates parties loyalists. the there is an official agenda at davos and then there is an unofficial agenda at davos which is one that you also hear about and also that you see when you're on the sidelines and not in all of these sessions that are kind of the official program we heard on the stage some concerns about capitalism some criticism about capitalism also we heard some defensive because of course at davos there are plenty of people to defend the current system of capitalism which they have benefited from brian moynihan the c.e.o. of bank america of america is one who was saying you know the western capitalism is subject to boom and bust this is part of it but come on there are so many people that we talked to when interviewed on our show that talk about how long and how painful the costs are of this bust that is it here by accident and has

a lot to do with maybe some of the bailouts that his bank has benefited from and the boom years of easy money that they did as well so there obviously are plenty of defenders and we'll have to see if anything really comes out of that conversation i've seen some reports of billionaires depending. concerned about inequality and having concerns about capitalism in that regard we'll have to see if it just amounts to some talk because i'm seeing a lot of little business action go along on the sidelines with participants who are bringing up inequality in this issue of inequality so i did talk to them and their concerns were some of the concerns that have been concerns from outside of davos over the years that these are a bunch of elite getting together to talk about solving the world's problems in a way that's not democratic as if they have actual implications and they do turn into policy in some way shape or form there's a lot of people locked out of that conversation but there is an occupy tinge to it and definitely a world economic forum focus so let's just hear from from their words what one of them had to say to me but overall they're saying they're improving the state of the

world and. truly are going to you bruce stick to to take on these shows that their decisions and or the networking they're doing and what they're discussing is going to have global ramifications that are going to affect the entire seven billion people on this planet. there is a big line at star con a mess all those people still be speaking not on the record some of these are in closed door sessions that press aren't privy to at all but some are they're really about talking about the impact of democracy the in baghdad people that are upset over inequality or is this about figuring out where the best investment opportunities lie that's what we'll have to find out we'll keep you posted but for now i'm lauren lyster here in davos. oh yeah the ousting of egypt's hosni mubarak cairo's iconic central square has been occupied once again thousands of protesters have gathered to call for the interim minute you government to be deeply relinquish power dozens have been killed in recent months as troops cut down on several demonstrations americans currently on trial over there to surrender that some of

the. strains haven't been able to do in the constitution on the military still seem mubarak in a state of emergency no one has finally been lifted. through and the risk says that change is little. i don't see it as being that big of a shift i mean we lived under military rule for thirty years and that gave the government the authority to do just about what they wanted today we live under military rule so to me it's just a formal matter and that they they lift emergency law while we live under the rule of a military dreamt up since the military took over gender twenty eight's over fifteen thousand civilians that we know of have faced military courts and they have received trials of anywhere between six months to fifteen years and the for lifting emergency law means absolutely nothing when we have a newly elected parliament that is still under the thumb of militarily they've

tasted power they have massive economic interests in the country again everything that's happened in egypt really needs to be looked at from an economic perspective in that there's a group of cronies of one box and his government that were in power they've been moved out of power. and there's a new group of cronies that are in place and central to that group of power hungry rulers today are the military generals and they will not just let go and hand over power like that without having guarantees that their interests will be security. or some world news in brief for you now the south. story building has collapsed in the center of. the natural to take some saying that up to eleven people died dozens of firefighters and paramedics are working at the scene looking for survivors thick layers of dust and debris cover the surrounding area making the search difficult i witness is reports there was a strong smell of gas an explosion before the building collapsed.

libya's defense minister has arrived in the town of bani walid after loyalists so formally the market seize control of the area on monday the minister has begun negotiations with militiamen who drove out pro-government forces three days ago and . killed and twenty five others were wounded in the. taking of the town is the first major operation against the country's new. the company behind the cruise liner that capsized off retired coast to lloyd's terrorist ships attempting to change the vessels route this comes after captain francesco schettino told a friend he was pressured by managers to steer the ship to the area where the mission occurred company says the temperature was going on too fast to be so close to shore to raise the house arrest for some charges of manslaughter and abandoning his ship sentence graduated from the us. now global oil

prices are at risk of a thirty percent hike if iran is forced to halt its crude exports as a result of u.s. and e.u. sanctions journalist and author john bradley has spent many years living and working in the middle east he says the sanctions are an ill conceived attempt to bring iran to its knees you can hear more of his views on that interview in just ten minutes time. what we're seeing essentially is the first phase of economic warfare against iran and the problem is that the west has iran all wrong just as it has the middle east the wrong people leave the sanctions will increase a divide between the regime and the people who also hopes that if there is serious instability as a result then because iran is very ethnically and geographically divided but certain groups will rise up against the regime or there will be a popular uprising but again it's wishful thinking it's not going to happen until

the hawks are in washington there are allies in saudi arabia and israel are absolutely absolutely determined to bring iran to its knees and it seems like it's now or never and they're going for broke. the russian progress cargo rockets has launched from the baikonur cosmodrome in kazakhstan there's now it's way to the international space station this is a first space flight of twenty twelve it's carrying more than two hundred tons of food and supplies the ice could speak live with the scientific equipment to launch comes a day after recently progress from florida microsatellite into space before returning to that. you know the farms of rural america produce around thirty nine percent of the world's corn every year but not all of it ends up on dinner tables instead of feeding the hungry almost half of the u.s. corn supply goes to making ethanol in order to power american cars as artie's

christine for their reports this has many are asking which is more important food or fuel. it is a process that comes. with the price tag for the american way not just from farm to. but from farm to fuel and this is where it all starts where the thieves are planted and the corn grows it is the most simple part of a process that has become anything but simple the production and youth of ethanol one largely considered an environmental one has become very political being blamed for everything from the power of the state of iowa to world hunger fifteen percent right now of the food increases in this country that you've seen in the last year are directly associated with this policy that policy a subsidy paid by the u.s. government to encourage the production and use of corn ethanol it lasted thirty

three years and cost more than twenty billion dollars oklahoma senator tom coburn led the charge to do away with the subsidy and won but the government mandate requiring oil companies to use ethanol is still in place so just about anywhere you go ten percent of what you put into your car is ethanol. even if your car is a race car. nascar's partnership with ethanol a sign that the pressure on the corn supply will continue forty percent of last year's corn crop. went to ethanol that leaves the other sixty percent to go toward food for people and animals and with the price per bushel more than doubling in the last five years it's no wonder food prices are going up when demand goes up the

corn. farmers plant more corn. and they can't. research scholar tim searching or says that leads to the shortage and increased prices of other crops and it's not just this country in other countries where people rely on corn meal as one of the only meal for their family. price hike has been devastated. ethanol farmers and plant workers argue that the claims are exaggerated since leftovers are actually used to make high protein animal feed everything else from the fiber from the protein. and fat the corn oil is left over that is what over and ready to put animal feed and still it doesn't change the fact that one sixth of the world's corn supply is burned in american cars that is enough corn to feed three hundred fifty million people for an entire year. raising the question of fairness in the increasing competition between fuel and food. in iowa

christine freeze out our teeth. as hannah who hates this business. almost twenty five minutes past eight am here moscow watching the business on r.t. russian export as will be able to get cheap loans thanks to a new agency created by a giant state bank the e b it will give out credits of just a three percent interest rate here that compares with an average nine percent russian banks charge now in the interview at the world economic forum in davos the head of the new holding peter fraud called explain why russian firms have a hard time competing with foreign rivals. intuitional business is so simple it's clear for example in order to support what you're right from brazil or was there exporters risk free for herself. or the temperature here at the here so the russian

jets get along the way it's a civil aircraft to the point for example there's such resources but more we are doing this procedure by which. we believe there are three years. very few called up to do the right the first. ongoing problems in the global economy are not stopping certain industries from returning to growth to give you a call from their roles can i call says demand is strengthening across a number of sectors. the demand for our markets is quite good so will care for our increased cost sales some production which translates into increased demand for our peachy arm some. thirty some girl since family still production which is a medicinal source of demand for our nicola come down with her farm which is a proxy for global economic growth something still to come some girls from the wall

so some regions might be in trouble but you know overall. global economy is growing . and let's now take a look at the markets well first and it's heading higher this hour and then a major boost on wednesday when the u.s. fed reserve kept interest rates at a record low the low cost of borrowing supports the u.s. economy boosting oil demand the sour the w t i is edging closer to one hundred dollars a barrel brant is that around one hundred and a half dollars. and now on to equities asian indices are mixed tokyo's nikkei has slipped into red sliding down from wednesday's close near a three month high the hong kong in hong kong the hang seng is gaining value as traders come back after the lunar new year holiday. and two hours ahead of the opening bell here in moscow the russian markets finished wednesday's trade session with games thanks to rising oil prices. more than one for sounds at looking ahead

to thursday's trade in russia you again you cut your losses from alpha capital says the focus will be on external. never going to see rule of ball go for us micro cannot make data which is to be the best too so it will happen initial jobless claims will have home sales data will have goods orders so all this should give us a bit clearer picture was going on in the us economy of course the market will be sensitive also or think the solution of the grid problem is to come all shortly probably says the measure factor which hinders markets from rolling. russian banks increased their assets by a quarter last year and while the tb managed to grow almost sixty percent as bear banks still stay ahead of its rival its assets exceeded three hundred seventy billion dollars which is twenty percent more than the year before bank of moscow rounds out the top five that managed to increase its assets by forty percent after

it went through a sanitation seizure and received a record speaks of. that's all the latest from the business team although back in about fifteen minutes i'll see you. won't do that. this month by particles that make up the fabric of the universe find

what you're looking for in the deep siberian forest prevent a fire with the help of lasers in fibers pull out your tablet of a new game in egypt and libya and feature begin all of that here in the with severe subject knowledge of danger here on a larger we've got the future covered. talk about the headlines now drawing for votes online a new dynamic in russian politics as millions of people take to the internet to have their say we're just over a month left so we country chooses a new president campaign is holding more sway than ever. the u.n. is under pressure to act on syria following the departure of six gulf nations from the arab league observers mission to the country the security council is expected

to vote in the coming days on a resolution that calls on the syrian president to step down. and plans to enforce. the law in poland thousands of people onto the streets in the wave of cyber attacks on government websites such as are saying the agreement designed to protect intellectual property rights will lead to censorship. talks to a british author whose recent book after the arab spring predicted the revolution he gives his expert views on the middle east. i'm talking to join our bradley he's a foreign correspondent he's dedicated his life to writing about the middle east publications all round the world in the wake of the arab spring he says fall from the democratic pluralism the west assumed would take.