today's complaining has gone online in a hot new trend in russia. with programming and bloggers making fun of the opposition portraying them in prayer outside the u.s. embassy on sundays claiming they are connected to the u.s. 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 viewer's attention not so although that too may he were police video which maybe is a lie it's not a lot it just. 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 porter became an overnight hit. doing this you will. see what i see you stuck with some could use that to cut their good though you'll make. sure that the when you're part of the world you. are a part of that what it was just be them but you but it don't come to you about you 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 shop which is the town's online a year ago he labeled the ruling united russia party of the eaves and scoundrels the insulting phrase it first appeared on the net but quickly migrated to almost every magine of all media in russia and beyond a year after forty one in the parliamentary elections. and reworked the catch

phrase felicity's a vote for the party of fees and scoundrels for ten years of economic growth but the party of these in scoundrels united russia is. the mastermind behind that video and state duma deputy robert proved his party can also fight its wars online broke out superballs the use of being able to my aim was to provoke her to preen reality darker then that is often i don't agree with such statements in my videos but they do work but i see disputing that russia without putin would rise why not give away your country your beautiful girlfriend to some foreign guy what will happen to the caucasus nothing less just give it away to you spawning a war technically this video has made a very professional you can see that highly paid suresh was did 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. an added

whole a 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 boris himself described them in a phone as. hear from each future of government property or for your comfort. it's naive to expect from any side when we are living in election year there are no holds barred in this war not even interfering in someone's private life but. a lack of privacy for today's politicians is already a modern day reality and with fifteen million russians going online today about forty percent of the adult population she's the future is predicted to be she deals with them online political other tars pushing the boundaries of a virtual world the move. now. if you look at your band r t.

well of our stories latest videos and much more available on our website artie dot com here's what we think you online right now from. the t.v. talk host wiki leaks founder julian assange is to get his own show right here in our t.v. find out what you can expect from the program and the worldwide reaction to the news. on a sort of version of the year of the dragon in thailand went up in flames this fall exploded setting homes a blaze see how it happened. in syria a government forces are reportedly assaulting the city of hama with dozens of people killed across the country over the past twenty four hours the u.n.

security council is expected to vote over the next few days on a resolution and stemming the escalating conflict draft calls on the syrian regime to comply with an arab league proposal which would see press and cede power paving the way for a coalition government with the opposition becomes the arab league's crucial monitoring mission to syria suffer the setback of the six countries pulled out of the u.n. to act russia has made it clear it will veto any security council resolution that would allow foreign military intervention an estimated seven and a half dozen people have been killed since the arrest began ten months ago during civilians rebels and government forces. as latest from damascus. saying make it by heading it said it's from the gulf states leave the airport mission incomplete leaving behind a deepening crisis. it's never going to be easy see one wanted to stay

i don't want to write 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 a foreign conspiracy and they will it just tickle complains to the observers seemed ill equipped on the ground and there are concerns that they were simply too 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 recent proposal that included president cede power to a deputy and form a unity government what's interesting that these countries is very interested in democracy and they have nothing and this is the most interesting this is something funny we'll talk about. what will have

a new constitution we are going to more democratic country two parties are but what about to do about the west talk about syria which would be true changed and leave saudi arabia to max's rejection was no surprise they sides of the conflict of shame equal unwillingness to soften their stance even when 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 yet another remind the spiraling situation. of the observers at such a crucial maybe into the country's crisis is seen as controversial the arab league essentially has no credibility on the arab street what the arab league mission is trying to accomplish is good enough evidence concrete everything about human rights abuses on the part of the are so very easy to then take to the u.n. and. the evidence will be so strong that even russia and china will feel compelled

to work but as of now one month after this mission started they seem to know the monitors things and i know more about what's going on the ground and they think. at the beginning and so you know looks like you know we're going back to square one as the death toll rises early a proposal being floated to increase the number of observers on the ground and provide them with u.n. training could be a life saving one but for now those plans have been pissed on hold in fact much of the substance of the report pieces on both sides seems to have been lost in the flurry of diplomatic activity now france and britain have joined forces at the united nations try to end president assad's rule waving goodbye that gulf state colleagues some observers remain but it's small consolation syria didn't close the doors in for the arab league i think. it's diplomacy would give anyone to help the

syrian but the last decision in the hands of the syrian people not in the hands not of bleakness could come soon so national dialogue through these reforms despite damascus allowing 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 tapes putting an end to the crisis seem to be slipping further and further as a very thorough r.t. damascus syria what coming your way this hour food versus fuel why america's corn production has become a hot topic when ends up on people's plates or at the pumps to help out in nations cars. and activists are waiting to get their voices heard as global decision makers gather the economic forum in davos with

a new business batch. street demos and cyber attacks have been staged in poland against the government's decision to sign an international pact forces into the actual property rights was or is expected to join the us canada japan and others in agreement similar to america's stop online piracy act which led to wikipedia as temperate protest blackout last week. has more. the decision of the polish government to join in with the internet anti-piracy treaty known as the a.c.t.a. has already caused some dissent in the central european state several thousand people have gathered here choose 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 of symbolizing their protest against what they believe could be in fact the biggest censorship

polish websites in this country but this is not the only step which the protesters took against the signing of this treaty we understand that the hacker group anonymous also hacked several governmental websites including the prime minister to six website and digital and cultural ministries. along with a dozen other government the websites which were also hacked 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 this treaty the information would then may be published. this far as wonderstone according to many experts there's no turning back and the agreement will be signed that poland will join this treaty you understand that this will happen during thursday in japan. more people are expected to protest in the egyptian capital in tahrir square already full once again a year after the ousting of hosni mubarak thousands of protesters are desperate for

the interim military government to be neatly relinquish power but dozens have been killed in recent months as troops clamp down on several demonstrations barack is currently on trial today surrendering that some of these key allies are stupid and strains in parliament has been elected and is joining the constitution by the military still reigns supreme the mubarak era state of emergency law has finally been lifted an author and filmmaker for 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 lived emergency law while we live under the rule of a military dreamt up since the military took over january twenty eighth over fifteen thousand civilians that we know of have faced military courts and have received

trials of anywhere between six months to fifteen years and a formal matter like lifting emergency law means absolutely nothing when we have a new elected parliament that is still under the thumb of the military 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 secured. the world's business elite is searching for ways to reform the current state of capitalism as those most affected by the financial turmoil. shown to to the sidelines the world economic forum the swiss resort of the voices of stores for a second day of debates. 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 this day some concerns about capitalism saying criticism about capitalism also we heard some defenses because of course at davos there are plenty of people to defend the current system of capitalism which they have benefited from dr warning and 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 talk to when interviewed on our show that talk about how long and how painful the costs are a vis 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 defending are 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 that improving the state of the world and. truly are going to you bruce. have to tell you that their decision. 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 only on the record some of these are in closed door sessions that press are 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. but progress spacecraft has launched from the baikonur cosmodrome in kazakhstan and is now on its way to the international space station this is the first space flight of twenty twelve it's expected to reach the softer to the journey the cargo ship is carrying more than two and a whole tons of fuel food in the equipment as well as personal packages for crew members from their families there are currently six people stationed at the r.s.s. monitoring and conducting scientific experiments. there are some world news in brief for you this hour and eighteen a story building has collapsed in the center of rio de janeiro say that people are

dead and up to eleven could still be trapped under the rubble dozens of firefighters and paramedics are working at the scene looking for survivors. of dust and debris cover the surrounding area making the search difficult eyewitnesses say there was a strong smell of gas an explosion before the building collapse. libya's defense minister has arrived in the town of bani walid often though in the form of the market down the seize control of the area on monday the minister has begun the go she ations with militiamen drove out to pro-government forces three days ago four people were killed and twenty five others were. retaking of the town is the first major challenge to the new government's authority. one of the owners of the cruise liner that capsized off the code. did not rise telling the ship's captain to change the vessels route this comes after capt inference of scripture tina told a friend he was pressured by managers to steer the ship to be area where the

collision occurred because he says the captain was going far too fast to be so close to shore or to reason while under house arrest facing charges of manslaughter and abandoning his ship before all passengers were evacuated from the vessel. the foams over rural america produce around thirty nine percent of the world's corn every year but 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 cause. christine those are reports this has many asking which is more important food or fuel. it is a process that comes. with a 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 use 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 for corn for the farmers plant more corn is that ethanol and they can't it's not so 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 meals for their families. the price hike has been devastating. 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 the fat though 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 tea. the toucher is here for a snow day suspiciousness. twenty three minutes past the hour you're watching business r.t. and larger markets are suffering from their biggest capital outflows since two thousand and eight investment advisors cross border capital says in the past four months it reached two and three quarter trillion dollars and russia is no exception

last year money was leaving the country faster than predicted but speaking at the davos economic forum the head of the country's direct investment fund told r.t. the negative trend should reverse after the presidential elections of march. people if we could evolve you know we got the election. to the successful people it will do the elections the way that you felt was a risk we believe that. we cover the chicken hawks if you like three because russia my group called was very strong because what you get when you go for it looks like there are be slow discussions with the leading investors to the world like the best russia we hope our lives would not stop with the sections of the next one votes it would be close election. it's been a record year for russia's investment company the t.v. capital the board chairman says two thousand and eleven brought

a strong portfolio growth and expectations of double digit returns and an interview in davos you resolve you've told business r.t. about the company's expansion plans. but we started doing some things and soon the senior piece like here will commute some of the compass and in the balkans these be specific tension in the region where we continue to be hardening in towards. the end of the world has become we didn't feel when you hear yourself speak it was it's only because. we see expansion grounds in the numbers. and let's take a look at the markets oil for standards heading higher the sour got a major boost on wednesday when the us federal reserve kept interest rates at record lows the low cost of borrowing supports the u.s. economy boosting oil demand this hour the w.t.r. as topping one hundred dollars a barrel brant is at one hundred ten and three quarters. and now into equities

asian indices a mixed two q.'s nikkei continues to slip into bread sliding down from wednesday's close near nearer three month high in hong kong the hang seng is gaining value it's now all more than one of the house percent hires traders come back after the lunar new year holidays. and the russian markets wide bullish on the second hour of trade in fact the r.t.s. has already managed to put on more than two percent the my six is more than one percent higher and let's check out some individual shares on the why six banking stocks continue to rally on improving sentiment about the eurozone debt crisis is very bank is up one half percent of the sour russia second largest lender of the t.v. is also adding roughly want to have percent at oil major rosneft is up half a percent. russian banks increase their assets by a quarter last year and while the t.v.

managed to grow almost sixty percent this burbank is still staying 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 it managed to increase its assets by almost forty percent after it went through a sanitation procedure and received record state support. love the latest from the business team i'll be back in less than an hour asking about.

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enforce an anti piracy door in poland thousands of people on to the streets on the wave of cyber attacks on government websites testers are saying the agreement designed to protect intellectual property rights will lead to censorship. max and stacey to clear this support for a new kind of movement because report is next. max kaiser this is the kaiser report you know we hate banks there but we hate hollywood even more stacey max there's been a call to revolution kill hollywood this is a headline from the reformed broker dot com and josh brown says when the revolution begins and becomes apparent one doesn't.