is wide alexia's your skis in warsaw to explain it for us. well this document called the courtesy trade agreement which has been signed by poland and many other countries other countries in fact 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 in central poland we are expecting more protests tomorrow on friday more so the problem about this document is not 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. well joining me now is

a member of germany's pirate party stephen our who's written extensively about actor stephen very good evening you call actor a war created by hollywood executives they put the money into making the movies so why shouldn't activists stop the stealing is what i put back to you. well at least . written by a hollywood boss also that's true the problem with actors negotiated in secret that it's built by by industry and not by politicians this is really a problem with the whole democratic process. left out it's as i said made in secret and this is a main problem with actor on the other hand of course we as a party do not believe in two electoral property. so we have really. loss and treaties which protect very little properties steffen up we'll talk about

that in a minute i just wanted to talk first though about why actors seems to be kind of under the radar a little bit i mean our correspondent in poland has seen the reaction there ok poland's reacting but of course it's not the only country that signed up to this why is that not getting as much coverage throughout the rest of the world is this american anti-piracy bills are making all the headlines. we started with an tactic and pains about two years ago in europe no one really listened to it the media did not cover it so no one cared about it and now when it's nearly too late as always people stand up and say oh no this is not ok and i think in germany for example or of well at least in europe except poland no one really cares about it because it's very abstract and soap and people have been very good examples by breakout of the internet how they would work do the same. so we cannot visualize it

and so it's very hard to do we can pay for that we are so person individual thing to american activism international law where does this leave individual countries own laws then on piracy and copyright infringement will with this user national laws currently in place. as far as i get i turn all the other activists the act the treaty will at least enforce more intellectual property rights and force more to do than it actually the report. does want to that we do so generic and. you have new custom controls with actor so everything is more strict on the federal property rights and it defines property rights another way the trip's treaty which was. the international treaty of the united nations for their property i want to run something past you

stephan that we were widely covering last week the week before indeed everything was going on with soap and i want to suggestion is that washington may be caved in quickly there on its anti-piracy bill because it's got acted to fall back on do you think that's the case. i think this is the case. so. defend with the with the greater amount of human power many many hours on the net had been used to prepare everything and did not pass and it will not pass by the act the treaty is smart made by or by a party and it's made by racial groups and in some countries it needs to be ratified by parliament but not in every country so we have another option the source open people failed but actor is still an option for many many countries different there's a whole nother five ten minutes we could talk about intellectual property rights

etc etc i did promise it was very we are actually out of time but thank you for your thoughts i'm sure get you about another interview about that again stefano about from a journalist pirate party thanks very much. iran is threatening 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 in a bid to force to back into talks over its nuclear program to share in shelf a from the campaign against sanctions and military intervention in iran he explained to me what message this move sends to europe. the grace period that the vision for six months for does go to take place may actually not be that graceful so iran is taking matters into his own hands another issue is that it shows a complex city our feeling in the midst of politics and the power that the iranian parliament holds that is accountable to its people and it's not going to just sit back and watch what's going to happen to the national sovereignty off off the wrong

there the it shows that this can mix between. his harlem and his 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 the european governments on their parliament as well i mean it's not the most ideal situation for iran because iran has to find different consumers for costumers so it's all about either at the same time iran is going to be to decrease this dependence on the petro dollar which is a very good thing in the lot longer and of course they re the middle class the small businesses who would actually do business with a pin business as they're going to suffer but that is that is iran claims that that is for short term and in the long term this is actually going to lead to more independence for iraq as a whole as a nation not just not just one part of the society which is investing in foreign businesses. syrian troops have stormed a heavily populated damascus suburb where government forces pulled out earlier this

week after clashes with opposition fighters the un security council could vote then in the next few days know about a resolution aimed at stemming the escalating conflict the draft calls on the syrian regime to comply with an arab league proposal for president the side of the even pave the way for unity government russia has made it clear it will veto any u.n. resolution that allows foreign interventions or sanctions in syria itself the arab league's crucial monitoring missions resumed for the first time in a week because of the violence that's off the south but which saw six gulf nations pull call on the u.n. to worked out sisera first is they're. saying they get by and heading home if said it's from the gulf states leave the airport then mission incomplete leaving behind a country in a deepening crisis it's never going to be easy to see what the arab league monitors just. want right from the word gay the missions create problematic the

opposition accused 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 observers 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 after damascus rejected their recent proposal that included president 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 this is the most interesting this is something pani will talk about about syria what will have a new constitution we are going to more democratic country. parties was about what about to do about the west come on talk about syria which would be changed and

leave saudi arabia as it is damascus says rejection was no 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 raid to damascus yes you know the remind the spiraling situation. of the observers at such a creature of a bid 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 is get enough everything is concrete everything about human rights abuses on the part of the are so very keen to think so the u.n. and the evidence will be so strong that even russia and china will compel 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 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 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 wallet 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 seems to have been lost in the flurry of diplomatic activity now france and britain have joined forces at the united nations to try to end president assad's rule waving goodbye to that 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 the syrian but the last decision in the hands of the syrian people not in the hands not our bleakness could come soon. so national dialogue through these reforms despite damascus and 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 agreements or 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. artsy damascus syria on the way to divorce versus the crisis. mobile political and economic leaders meet here at the world economic forum to tackle the eurozone crisis and also the arab spring meanwhile those who protested activists they want their voices heard remain locked out. next though the top job in the world's largest countries are highly prized positions of beating the other contenders requires some creative thinking those up for the russian presidency using every avenue available to get their message out there. looking at

the campaign as vote truck to to talk. i swear it doesn't want is that you were right is that was that it was very soon some time 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 campaigning has gone online in a whole 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 to attract 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 the message 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 spoke with some could use the road at the door you'll make. sure that the word is which when you're part of the wood you. are a part of the what it was just beat them to but of them comfortable. 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 tongues online a year ago he labeled the ruling united russia party of the. and scoundrels the insulting phrase and first appeared on the net but quickly migrated to almost every magical media in russia and beyond a year after 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 with 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 superpowers 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 respond in your 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 your first thought is that there is indeed no future without put but videos from the opposition are just as. an adequate 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 the other person. here from each user of government property or for your comfort or. 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 today about forty percent of the adult population. is predicted to be she deals with online political other tyrants pushing the boundaries of a virtual world without borders exceeding the grandchildren r t. and another kind of online battle upset the start of the us too as we report on r t dot com tonight the f.b.i. is planning to use information from social networks to prevent what it calls possible domestic and global threats now critics saying the move put in danger free speech more attacks on free speech get involved in the conversation yourself at r.t. dot com also russia's minsky truth wins a claim in britain it's to clear the best dance company of the season with an ever so well for more check out our art and culture section online at r.t. dot com. it's the second day of business in davos as the world's financial decision

makers and top brass politicians break new plans to keep the global crisis said barry were making some profit along the way also on the table at the world economic forum in switzerland the fallout from the arab uprisings and try to find ways to breathe new life back into the struggling eurozone wrapping it all up lauren list is in davos for our. 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 number of things that he believes the euro zone needs he said they need a quick speedy resolution agreed 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 we 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 of 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 search bar and cost be very high there so i think people are looking for answers to that and we have a number of events today that are 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. where you can see florida coast for davos week take on the u.s. economy and politics in a show capital account in about five minutes time tonight here on out some other news now around the world let me take you through them in brief some top stories 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 over three people also died when a motorcycle bomb exploded in the northern city of the latest in a string of attacks since the u.s. military withdrawal in december. international medical aid group doctors without borders is suspending its mission in the libyan city of misrata because of torture carried out in 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 several detainees have reportedly died most of them accused of supporting the topple gadhafi regime. an attempted mutiny improper new guinea's been put in a group of around twenty soldiers put the defense chief under house arrest and demanded that the former prime minister be reinstated after he was displaced well abroad of a medical treatment they replaced him said the crisis is making the country

a joke amongst the international community is the latest development in a power struggle between the two men both claiming to be the country's rightful leader. two i rise buildings collapsed in the center of the janeiro five died there nineteen are still missing tonight emergency teams are working to try to find survivors in the rubble eyewitnesses spoke of a strong smell of gas and an explosion just before the buildings collapsed. one twenty four the button moscow time as promised more news analysis from davos in just a couple of minutes then but not before we've got across the latest business figures and news from dmitri now. thanks kevin we start the program with an artsy exclusive from davos the head of russia's state funded high tech corporation tells us it's looking for new investors and so we should buy 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 share of course at the private place but that's very very sensitive for enforcement in our way from the state corporation into the business like a corporation and history of the world was concealed so from my meddled in show me to be and that's why i meant here was the middle range president and we could be in the we are discussing this steps in to solve the bill and the strategy how to increase the approach here holder's participation. the major way should be on the cheek to show investors and i think that we need to what we need to hear is a board will potations russian investors e.-m. the famous four in their investor who are able to invest in a high tech company. of the markets and the oil is still off but there was

a big boost on wednesday is another jump to light sweet up of one dollar twenty four said so as the fed did i mean remind you on wednesday made a decision to keep interest rates low for at least another two years now this has also been supporting major currencies versus the u.s. dollar as you can see there the euro is up but one the thirty one sixty one the ruble strengthened by one point seven percent in my six trading by fifty two copecks. stocks in the u.s. at this hour on mixed and some stocks are correcting after a strong session on wednesday night from the high tech good nasdaq is down point two percent and europe the markets are more a big decision of that c. is up at the close one percent and of course the dax almost two percent and this is the closing picture in the russia another positive session for the r.t.s.

gaining two and a half. i said to myself just one percent because of the difference in the current series because of the strengthening of the ruble check out the main movers on the my six and these are mining stocks they have a style saw a very strong performance in the morning and at the day three percent up not bad nor snicko quite a liquid stock their big player in the market up almost two percent and the second tier of banking stocks both of those did in years one of the outstanding traders of the day but the volumes are both low but still thirteen and a half percent in just one session. but the market seems to be very active. couple of days in terms of volume some terms of quotes. it's really positive for the banks although all the main russian banks and basically all of them are extremely active growing it's also supported during the day by the news from doubles from several of the species of european leaders there of course some more positive guys always ok so fond of america there are always some more cautious men like for example they

would. 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 in the end of two thousand and eleven the owners of polish gold and polymaths own talks to merge the russian gold minus figures ahead it would form the world's ninth biggest producer of the matter with a cap in the nation of about twenty billion dollars at a premium listing in london their companies involved have played down the prospects of a deal saying talks have not involved management even so shares in paul use jumped eleven percent of one point in london to a four month high only matter was up some amount to close to a record since its market debut in october the headlines are next on.

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lights on the. video on demand tease my old calls and r.s.s. feeds with the palm of your. on the dot com. this is our team from moscow it's up os nine pm here my name is kevin zero in taking you through all top stories then i must march in poland as the country signed up for global politics to take down internet piracy it covers everything from movies and music to fashion pharmaceuticals but it's fear the deal will give big corporations too much power to take web users all fly. heavy 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 on a resolution aimed at stemming the escalating conflict. in the battle for russia's top job goes viral with creative thinking the new weapon in the arsenal of politics internet campaign is a youtube videos that fast becoming more powerful tools than conventional t.v. debates. coming up laura listed a cause to me true of the latest straight from the world economic forum in davos the program is called capital account is on there next year on r.t. .