including the united states. new zealand and others is the reason why tens of thousands of people are taking to the streets in poland is the reason why most of the governmental web sites in this country have been hijacked by the hacker groups including the anonymous hacker group it is well known across the world basically this agreement is all about protecting the intellectual property including movies books pharmaceuticals designer clothes and things like that but ordinary people fear that the big corporations will use it to police the web and to take regular users offline so we've seen lots of protests in poland as i mentioned in the last several days we are also seeing protests being held today in the cities of new berlin and postmen in central poland we are expecting more protests to morrow on friday more so the problem about this document is that it was worked out in complete secrecy bypassing all governments and the general public had no access to it so that's why the regular users are afraid that this document would be used

against them i'll just give you a simple example for instance you create a website and you put links to your favorite movies on this website and big corporations can in fact start a criminal case against you saying that you violate the agreement so nobody knows to what extent the corporations can go in using this document in fact misusing this document as the protesters here in poland and everywhere they protest against it certainly has some resemblance to the american soap bill which is also being discussed in the united states but the difference is that the so-called bill is a moral american local thing the act is definitely international and it will concern all countries which sign it in we are certainly in possibly for more protests across the european continent one of the key problems is that it's completely bypassed people in the government polish liberty activists cousin gina should we give it she's been explaining to our. this same exactly the same tendency

we see in both the internal anti piracy laws that were attempted in the us and the knock time and the main problem is that we see. the ignorance for the real problem of piracy online if pl it's just avoid talking about reforming intellectual property or are they avoid the very concept that something might be wrong with the law as it stands now there was not happy debate at all marked people when they identified a good fact it was extremely linked so we all thought excluded from the debate and this is why we see this practice this just discourage people to express their opposition to this political trend the rounds threaten to switch off its oil supplies to europe before the e.u. embargo comes into force in july parliament will discuss whether to make the move next week the e.u. decided to stop buying iranian oil hoping to force to back to talks over its nuclear program let's talk about these latest developments now we face in the

campaign against sanctions and military intervention in iran cheery very good evening what message does this move send to europe do you think now. well i think there are three. main points to guarding the initiative by the rain in parliament one is that the grace period that the vision for six months for it is going to take place may actually not be that wasteful so iran is taking matters into his own hands and the other issue is that it shows a complex city of feeling in the midst of politics and the power that the iranian parliament holds and that is accountable to its people and it's not going to just sit back and watch of us going to happen to the national sovereignty of the wrong and there it shows that disconnect between. his harlem and him people because this is a model is not something which is going to be to the benefit of european people and there's also a disconnect between european governments and their parliament as well sure the big

three awards that iran would try and close as they threatened the straight this kind of looks know that there may be backing away from that with this new preemptive move. well not really because the initiative is just taken out by the way and parliament is off a different nature. thread or. warning this was given by the rain in defense force but of course not the different. nature itself and regarding the iranian capacity to close off this straight off form was actually a new indian commander said something which was not covered by the news outside iran this is that the foreign forces are welcome to go to the other countries in the in the gulf for example on the omanis side but unfortunately for them they do a graphical fact is that the waters on the omanis flies are shallow and ships have

to go from the rain in territorial waters to get to the persian gulf so they are not going to be allowed to pass through that channel and would run really ever stand a chance against america and european forces it wouldn't really at the end of the day would it sorry can you repeat that would reining in forces really if they ever did try to block the strait of hormuz start a chance against american and european forces. well yeah the problem is that they are not afraid of that because as i said they can. close the iranian territorial waters and by doing that this is completely within international law and is within the range in rights to do that so there won't be a. confrontation in that neither you mention just just now about the economic effects it would have. on oil except trim people burn oil consumers around also saying of course that sanctions won't harm its economy i didn't see his quote

economy is now enjoying stability but hang on inflation is high the currency is dropping how much of this is in just putting on a brave face. well you know you ron is on i mean it's not the most ideal situation for iran because iran has to find different consumers for the customers where it's all about at the at the same time iran is going to be to decrease this dependence on the petrol dollar this is a very good thing in the long long run and of course they remain middle class the small businesses that actually do business with your pin businesses they're going to suffer but that is. wrong claims that that is for short term and in the long term this is actually going to lead to more independence for iran as a whole as as a nation not just not just one part of the society which is investing in foreign businesses cheerless to for a minute about the nuclear talks president reiterated again thursday iran's readiness to engage in talks over its nuclear program the u.s.

also voicing its support for a peaceful resolution why it has there been no progress no real tangible progress yet though. well because because the nuclear issue is really an excuse for for deepening the confrontation between iran and the west i tell you at the same time that the e.u. is imposing does involve those on iran and you see it as some european countries are selling more arms to the countries after the arab countries of the persian gulf so they are benefiting from the iran the phobia thing in the region so why solve the problem with negotiations by some countries are cashing in by deepening the conflict already it's a story we're covering extra extensively what you really closely really appreciate your input as well sure in shy fave from the campaign against sanctions and military intervention in around thank you. syrian troops have stalled the heavily populated damascus suburb where government forces pulled out earlier this week

after clashes with opposition fighters the un security council could vote in the next few days on a resolution aimed at stemming the escalating conflict the draft calls on the syrian regime to comply with an arab league proposal for president assad to leave and pave the way for a unity government russia has made it clear it will veto any u.n. resolution that allows foreign intervention or sanctions in syria itself or obliques crucial monitoring mission has resumed for the first week because of the violence. which saw six gulf countries pull out and call on the u.n. to act artists or a further. saying they get by heading it said it's from the gulf states leave the airport mission incomplete leaving behind a country deeply quite serious it's never going to be easy so you want the arab league monitors to stay. there for right from the word gay the missions create

problematic the opposition accused of all it is it being too closely aligned with the government the government's now accused of being part of a foreign conspiracy. and there were just equal complaints to the observer seemed ill equipped on the ground and there were 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 off to damascus rejected their recent proposal that included president says cede power to a deputy and form a unity government was interesting that these countries is very interested in democracy and they have nothing and if this is the most interesting this is something funny we will talk about. work you will have a new constitution we are going to more democratic country multi parties or but what about. the west talk about syria which would be changed and

leave saudi arabia as it is damascus says rejection was a surprise they sides of the conflict of shame equal willingness 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 rates damascus yes you know they were in mind the spiraling situation. of the observers at such a creature invaded to the country's crisis is seen as clinching show the arab league essentially has no credibility on the arab street what the arab league mission is trying to accomplish he's got enough everything concrete everything from human rights abuses on the part of the also very team to the intake to the u.n. and the evidence will be so strong that even russia and china feel compelled to work but as of now one month after this mission started they seem to know the

monitors thing to know more about what's going on the ground than they did. at the beginning and so it all looks like you know we're going back to square one as the death toll rises earlier propose. being floated to increase the number of observers on the ground and provide them with un training could be a life saving one but for now these plans have been pissed on hold in fact much of the substance of the report that they graded 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 to end president assad's room waving goodbye 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 most of the huns not all believe this could come soon so a national dialogue through these reforms despite

a mask 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 of putting an end to the crisis seem to be slipping further and further as a very. artsy damascus syria. oh well just a few minutes in our tea doubles versus the crisis. global political and economic leaders meet here at the world economic forum to tackle the euro zone crisis and also the arab spring meanwhile those who protested activists that want their voices heard remain locked out. food fuel and a few surprises to the russian rocket heads to the space station for the first time this year they do some cargo that the crew just can't do without fun to watch.

the top job in the world's largest countries a highly prized position so beating the other contenders requires some creative thinking those up them for the russian presidency using every available avenue to get the message out seize a country a good show has been looking at the campaign as a vote to truck to tactics. i swear it doesn't want is that you were right is that was that it was that there was a very suits and ties and slogans called out from the poor d m r the traditional election season fair but they're no longer considered politically in vogue. today's complaining has gone online in a hot new trend in russia. with program in 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 viewers attention not so although that to me you are police video reach millions of the excite line 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 potter became an overnight hit it's an industry doing this you will. see what i see you stuck with something yes the ready to go you'll make it and you're sure that the work is work when you're critical of it would you. put a book on the what it was just beat them. but of them comforts of cuba but apart

from catching images memorable catchphrases are used against those in the corridors of power opposition blogger alex enough while me was the first upload his shot which is a tongue online a year ago he labeled the ruling united russia party the. and scoundrels insulting brazen first appeared on the net but quickly migrated to almost every magical media in russia and beyond a year after the party won in the parliamentary elections and reworked the catchphrase felicity's a 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 words online broke out superballs the use of being able to 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 these putin and russia without putin would rise 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. respond in a war technically this video has made a very professional you can see that a highly paid special is digital it appeals to primitive responses but works one hundred percent first thought is that there is indeed no future without put but videos from the opposition are just as blatant. and add a 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 for the recent self described them in a phone as. hear from each user of government property or for

your property comfort. it's 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 but. a lack of privacy for today's politicians is already a modern day reality and with fifteen. million russians going online should be about forty percent of the adult population if you churn is predicted to be she deals with online political avatars pushing the boundaries of a virtual world without borders it's even a gradual than r t scale. ok well of course another election battle for as well in the u.s. and r.t. dot com is a place to find updates and opinions on that online right now using this state promises of prosperity and equality failed to fight off the disillusionment with the bombers first term felt by many americans that's one opinion that's voiced online and you can catch it now at our teeth dot com also threaten us with an oil

embargo if you want to but we'll turn off the tap first as we've been reporting tonight around considering leaving europe high and dry even before its new sanctions begin details adoptee dot com. it's the second day for the world's business bulletin a world business decision makers and top brass politicians planning it keeping global finance afloat not forgetting to make a profit along the way also on the table at the world economic forum in switzerland is a fallout from the arab uprisings and finding ways to breathe life back into the struggling euro zone lorad list and then said so words properly next from. today we heard from david cameron u.k. prime minister who had quite a different message than what we heard from angela merkel yesterday when she opened up davos so david cameron came out and said that a number of things that he believes the euro zone needs he said they need a quick speedy resolution to greet debt issuance is and fiscal transfers and order

to deal with imbalances so sounds to me like he's calling for some kind of euro bond said that there needs to be a firewall big enough and said you know really right now the euro zone has none of these things now this is in contrast to angela merkel yesterday who said we're not going to pledge more bailout money even though maybe the investment community wants it we're promising news that we believe this fiscal integration will solve the problem along with structural reforms geared towards things like creating jobs so different message from u.k. prime minister today but a couple things i thought were really interesting so he was asked about what all this means for the future of free market capitalism which is a debate going on here at davos and the emergence and rise of state capitalism and david cameron continue to tout free market capitalism and the european model as the best for freedom and democracy but one thing that came to mind is what we've seen with the technocrats installed that are now running the governments of italy and greece and pushing through these reforms that were very much dictated or influenced

by germany and what germany wanted today we see the focus shift to the arab spring which obviously is a political geopolitical issue but was very much has economic ramifications as we see reports that davos investors are questioning what is the prospect of the change in the arab spring nations and what the prospects for investment are we've seen economic impacts of the geopolitical changes we've seen yields in egypt for example bahrain cost be very high there so i think people are looking for answers to that and we have a number of events today they're geared towards discussing that very issue with some prominent leaders from tunisia and egypt here at the forum this year we've seen the occupy movement gather such steam and. and really of course they would be expected to be at davos at the world economic forum the irony is that as i was reading one analysis they were saying it sounds a little like klaus schwab the founder of the world economic forum is channeling occupy and his rhetoric about the problems of capitalism the irony of course is the

occupy protesters and activists are part of the conversation here at the forum so other news from around the world in brief this hour in baghdad ten members of a single family have been killed as they slept after the house was blown up by insurgents two police officers their wives and six children died after explosives were planted around the home three people also died when a motorcycle bomb exploded in the northern city of kirkuk the latest in a string of attacks since the u.s. military withdrawal in december. if international medical aid group doctors without borders is suspending its mission in the libyan city of misrata because of torture carried out in its detention centers they say they repeatedly treated patients who've been interrogated also the u.n. is concerned about the conditions in which some eight thousand five hundred people are being held in the country right now several detainees reportedly died most of them accused of supporting the topple gadhafi regime. to high rise buildings the collapse of the sense of real visioneer of five died there at least nineteen are

still missing and emergency teams are working to try to find the survivors in the rubble i want to sue spoke of a strong smell of gas and an explosion just before those buildings collapsed. the first space mission of the year is underway and it got more than a few essential is on board as well a russian cargo spacecraft heading for the international space station having launched earlier from baikonur in kazakhstan the progress ships expected to reach its destination in two days it's carrying more than two and a half tons of fuel food and equipment as well as some presents for the proof from the families that are currently six people stationed in all but they were monitoring and conducting scientific experiments looking ahead in just a few minutes we'll talk to a british author on the middle east to explain exactly was pulling the strings he thinks in the arab revolt also we've got sport coming up too with you in including news of maria sharapova dominating down under but it is thursday business next live from moscow.

well welcome to the program we start with an r.t. exclusive from their boss the head of russia's state funded high tech corporation tells us it's looking for new investors and has only issued by says he's in the alps to meet leading bankers to help turn into an operation that's more like a public company. well this year we will sell ten percent shares of course at the private placement that's very very sensitive for and for now away from the state corporations into the business like corporations and this terrible do with concerts all from my middle inch and we could be and that's why i made here was the middle inch president and we could be in the we are discussing this tactic steps interest of the strategy how to increase the approach or hold as participation. the major way should be on the

cheap to show investors and i think that we need what we need to hear is a board will potations russian investors in. the famous four in their investor who are able to invest in a high tech company. second to the markets so while it's still in the black it's lost some of the steam that got a major boost the previous session on the u.s. fed reserve kept interest rates at record lows still at least the second half of twenty fourteen the low cost of borrowing and supporting the u.s. economy boosting oil demand this our light sweet is slightly below one hundred one dollars per barrel now when it comes to con sees the dollar is weakening versus the euro one thirty one fifty seven what we're seeing right now in the ruble is on the high oil price strengthening versus the dollar also by fifty two coke arrives. u.s. stocks are mixed this hour the dow jones up by just point three percent the nasdaq

correcting after a strong session on wednesday and in europe the markets are still have been following that fed reserve decision they expect the potential strength of the u.s. economy to benefit those across the ocean the vote c. is up by almost one percent the dax to how. this is the goes in picture for the session in a rush the r.t.s. m i six very strong the r.t.s. percentage points higher than the my sack so this is big. cause of the currency difference the r.t.s. is mainly nominated in dollars prize take a look at what's the moving in the my sax a boost in meadows demand is pushing miners higher service now has lost some of the steamer we saw at the beginning of the session up just three percent at the close to one of the biggest gainers known as nickel also strong among banks and those those dania second tier still was the outstanding before march thirteenth and this is. even more seems to be very active. couple of days in terms of volume and terms of quotes. it's really positive for the banks although all the main russian

banks and basically all of them extremely active growing it's also supported during the day by the news from there was from several of the species of european leaders there are of course some more positive guys ladies in case of fungal america there are always some more cautious man like for example they would cameron. anyways they seem to be closer and more on the same side in terms of their positions on the ways to solve the crisis than they have been the end of two thousand and eleven or i'll be back in fifty five minutes time to bring you an update the headlines are next with. if you.

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seem. to. see the big. banks. from moscow or top stories a must march in poland as the country sides into a global pact to take that internet piracy it covers everything from movies and music to. fashion pharmaceuticals fear the deal will give big corporations too much power to take web users offline. every clashes in syria as troops storm a densely populated damascus suburb after a confrontation with opposition fighters last week he would security council could

vote in the next few days now on a resolution aimed at stemming the escalating conflict. in the battle for russia's top job goes viral with creative thinking when you were put in the arsenal of politics internet campaigns and you tube videos are fast becoming more powerful tools than conventional to do but. next are to talks to a british author and middle east expert who explains what he believes was the arab spring turning point and that still stoking the rest. i'm talking to join our brantley he's a foreign correspondent who's dedicated his life to writing about the middle east publications all around the world in the wake of the arab spring he says fall from the democratic pluralism that the west assumed would take over was in fact rushing into the power vacuum is. john l. bradley thanks very talking much for.