movie which clearly indicated it was not someone well practiced who did that with a bit. more depth on top of that. before moving to the pier. we had been circling and circling for a long time. but. in other words the boat was driven not by a specialist that's true. so the passenger had been trained but not the crew. the scary thought was that was right i'd like to ask this of british and italian press reported develop to the edge of the terms by a rich person just like in the movie titanic seats in the lifeboats and in particular rich russian man you have just. as i have a point here could you confirm and enjoy this more super did you see something of the kind you yet with the i pondered a lot about that as for us we did not see that what is more from the point of

common sense is hardly possible at all it is possible on the contrary to explain why such rumors appear so in this situation was very stressful not only for us but for the inhabitants of their own the jugular some may have seen something maybe some old stories got added and the legend was created one should bear in mind that this cruise was mostly for economy class best interests there were no particular reach russians on this ship the. same as no italian or english it was all rather middle class. yes there were families with children nothing like a man with five mistresses nothing of the kind but there went on a spending spree which i could not see any lady in the evening dress i had seen all the russians one after the other their most fancy dress was a black cocktail dress. no diamonds no rolex watches nearly nobody had cash actually and there was no need for it only cards were used right those. would have

suited me even if there was a possibility of bribing someone it would have created quite a problem just. imagine a thousand passengers on the deck several shops five to six crew how do you imagine paying a bribe. how would you reach a person elbowing your way through. the very wish to save oneself even for money is quite understandable why not save oneself one's wife and children the other thing is that it was technically impossible actually i think it's impossible. to tell you we've just been trampled the last people i know all behaved quite decently in our own group three girls and one japanese gentleman as we call him between us. what we observed was quite the opposite of. this one of them confessed in the whisper she could not swim at all.

they let those people they thought needed to make a sion first of all forwards before them. the elderly people children. there was a pregnant woman and when they told me that they let the pregnant woman go first i stopped being aware of the event and it took me several seconds to ponder as to why it had not occurred to me that i was not as good as a should being as it turned out it did not occur to me. as a room and your instincts might be stronger than your thoughts it happens and it's generally correct me being well we took care of an elderly couple aged about eighty from germany i think a very charming couple there was sitting and embracing each other very quietly and modestly and they went through this trouble bravely and the elderly couple holding each other while facing the catastrophe this also reminds me of

a scene from titanic and it's what they were really very few was similarities this time it was very different i'm not sure if this would help you sleep. but they say these two catastrophes were so much alike that had it have been further away from the shore and in colder waters the consequences would be much worse than the titanic's did you know that i am inclined to believe that the water was warm into the nature of the rupture and other factors were very similar while regarding the saw as can the quarter was more than twenty times larger than titanic and the rescue wasn't organized at all whereas on titanic it was from what i know as you've mentioned you've left all your belongings behind in your cabin the other person just trying to recover the things we saw one individual who managed to bring his small willy back to the lifeboat by the at that point i couldn't even think about it. as my head was taking by other issues but you're not actually allowed to do

this all russian tourists were left with absolutely no belongings at all we had no cash no ideas and so is this forbidding to take your luggage when being rescued are all people incapable of thinking about it in these situations did you think about running back to get your luggage. there weren't any instructions given at all passengers were completely unaware of the real state of affairs like how dangerous it was all when they have occasion would start i think passengers demonstrated a lot of sensibility when they got out to the deck. even if they wanted to go back and get their belongings or i.d.'s my husband suggested that maybe we should run quickly and get our stuff money and so on but i was totally against it so you were left without any i.d.'s our i.d.'s were taken away from us immediately and bacon italy no understand when we got aboard oh so they took away your post to give them

back at the end of your cruise yes there is an unspoken rule regarding tourists from former soviet republics to take away international passports when they board cruise liners wished. i actually find quite humiliating that's why do they do it perhaps the europeans are afraid of a large inflow of russian tourists but they aren't afraid of all durance for instance as you've already made there what else what if we decided to state somewhere with our passports in hand only see they wanted to ensure you didn't get off the boat somewhere so this way you could only get off with a migration card in hand so no you're waiting to get your postpones back from the tel in company now we don't we went to the consulate where they issued us special papers so that we could return from there on our passports became invalid so they can just keep them now we are using our passports waste means having to pay a lot of money and all of running around getting different papers together it's a complicated process in our country it is indeed. a right. in your view among the

passengers spend several hours in this listing boat with this some people who are doomed to die or do you thing that everybody could have been rescued irregular speaking. i don't understand how they could not have rescued everyone considering the liner saying no further than half a kilometer from land in the warm weather and it didn't seem completely in the heart of europe there must have been enough lifeboats for everyone had the rescue operation been at least somewhat organized or some instructions this way i believe we would not have lost anyone in this as a former sailor what do you think most of happened to those who died. well you know firstly. when they began reporting about some failures over the intercom. they only said they had

some generator related problems. we should means the ship was on the control. secondly there were electric failures after the crash. some water might escape. and cabin safes and doors were blocked automatically. not all cabins had two windows or balconies by the way. and some cabins located on the inside pont. had doors only. so when the doors were locked these people got trapped in the well you know some probably couldn't open their doors. also life then can be tricky

they can save your life or cause death. and in many cases you have to dive down under them in order to get out. but not a lot which is basically impossible when you're wearing your best but it was the bush we thank you very much for being with us just a reminder that my guest today we're doing is go along and you have to supply the costa concordia direct and that's it for now from hong spotlight it will be coming to lynn stay on our team and take a place of. on

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syria's divided opposition groups argue over who represents the voice of the people all opinions clash at the u.n. security council with a new resolution against syria drawing harsh criticism from russia. thousands of angry protesters in warsaw cry out against international online. targets the basic rights of internet users. plus the e.u. takes yet another pounding this time with credit rating pitch downgrading five more european nations even as its leaders try to soothe concerns of the world economic forum in davos.

you're watching r.t. a very warm welcome to. all russia has opposed the new arab european draft resolution on syria saying it can't be used as a basis for resolving the crisis the country's ambassador to the u.n. says moscow will carry on searching for ways to end violence there were in the portnoy has been following the latest meeting at the u.n. security council in new york. there has been a lot of discussion taking place primarily because a european arab draft resolution was circulated to the u.n. security council members in which it calls for the syrian president bashar al assad to transfer power to his deputy while a unity government is formed and prepared for new elections cording to reports his

draft text calls for a political transition in syria it also says the security council could quote adopt further measures if syria does not comply with the terms of the resolution now of course this is just a draft text that was written up by france and britain in consultation with morocco germany portugal the united states and qatar this is a draft that is just beginning to be discussed by the security council members we do know that the russian ambassador to the united nations vitaly churkin expressed . deep disappointment with the draft indicating that he does not believe that the international community should impose an outside solution on syria in terms of the conflict taking place there and he also rejected the idea of an arms embargo or the use of force speaking imposed on syria because we should keep in

mind that if this text includes that the security council could adopt further measures if syria does not comply with what the security council wants we don't know what those further measures could be you have countries such as russia china india brazil that believe that there is a conflict that two sides are involved in syria and both of those parties should be addressed now russia has drafted resolution on syria but. according to reports and according to what members told me it does not include the cohesive or punitive measures against syria that western countries are looking for the russian draft hold both parties accountable it doesn't call for any type of regime change and that is something that russia and china we saw three months ago vetoed a western draft resolution that could impose possibly regime change in syria and

that's where you have a difference of opinions but this story will continue next week because from what we're told the security council will meet to discuss the text of this draft resolution well antiwar activist in boca doand abbas says the latest draft resolution circulating at the u.n. security council doesn't uphold the rights of the syrian people to choose their own leadership the point of departure between the western interests and russia and china voiced by russia this time is whether or not the decision about who will rule syria is made by the syrian people or by nato as it was in libya and the indicated that they would not allow a resolution to go through that called for regime change in syria without the participation of the syrian people the thing that the western powers want to see in this region is dischord they obviously cannot occupy these territories after they

conquer them if you look to iraq and afghanistan you can see that that's the case but as long as the people on the ground are busy killing each other the united states can secure oil or in the case of syria for example the port at tartus which would keep russia out of the mediterranean and whatever other objectives they have . well there are alarming reports from syria with opposition activists claiming that more than sixty people have been killed in the latest outbreak of violence that's against a backdrop of the reported advance of syrian regime fighters towards the capital damascus and while some see it as a sign of liberation others. discovered remain unconvinced. a clear message from the protesters in this damascus as a funeral takes place. we don't want killing we don't want to. see. children killing we don't read them we don't know what we will do to

live. here i mean this this is going to all come to us you know they feel safety is being provided by the free syrian army the guerrilla body made up of mainly army defectors who say its presence is unable protests like these to go ahead. because the free syrian army is attacking us we support the free syrian army and we support. the former army colonel heads the f.s.a. from the brute he's been steadfast from the start and his cools the foreign military intervention. has a far voided partnerships with any other opposition elements differs significantly inside the country and the national khuda nation council one of the leading opposition groups remains adamant that foreign military intervention would make an already to tear erasing situation even worse

a whole lot of security positions cost some are used to get out of control and it seems that there is a war between two groups on the outside the country and it's the syrian national council pitching itself as the main opposition but it too has failed to unify the many different opposition factions and this lack of unity has hampered the quote includes the direct u.n. involvement question china remain firmly opposed to a resolution that would leave the door open to foreign military intervention and in a far cry from previous coups the dialogue qatar and saudi arabia now talk to the opposition and they've listed cost even more lives the same and he seemed to find real. groups you have to work with the other side working with the other side. of. the f.s.a. say they have little choice but to use weaponry to protect civilians. who have these means square here in town where the people come out and protest. security

forces trying to come in but we protect them but this is what's happening here but it remains a precarious situation in a moment of confusion the crowd gets nervous and starts to run at one point gunshots still says where they come from or from i know you can't believe it that a lot of confusion here on the face even though we were reading in a different direction not exactly sure what's going on that really you know as safe situations very right now and all of this happening just fifteen minutes from the city center just a day before its major pro-government demonstrations so position can show continues to gain ground the divisions within the country have never been clearer. was. a good idea. coming up in the program when pressure from the west backfires iran and all support

the european union preemptive move and many believe the books economy calm but stand. forth on the struggle over the food industry in india and went head to head with the international superstar john. thousands of people have gathered in warsaw to protest the signing of a new treaty forcing intellectual property rights on the internet opponents say the international act document is censorship and a violation of human rights want to ski has been here in the demands of protesters first hand. a passer by from england confused scenes on friday in central warsaw with filming of a sequel for the hollywood movie v. for vendetta judging from the number of masked men and cameras such resemblance was tangible the film character fought for revolution these people are all still standing for change to stop the anti counterfeit trade agreement act from becoming

law in poland minus fifteen degrees centigrade is definitely not an excuse for thousands who gathered in central warsaw friday common it's a week of numerous mass rallies across with people protesting against internet censorship actor may have a positive aim to protect intellectual property but these protesters fear it will be used to police the web and take harmless websites offline. engineer martin says he's working under threat because of actors obscurity with the international pact worked out in complete secrecy issues. first of all. the. possibility of legally censoring information. is very unclear the negotiations have lost since two thousand and four and nobody's been to anything unlike the week's massive anti active protests in

poland friday's showdown had clear political overtones while the majority of the crowd was voicing no to the treaty a large chunk was directing their anger at the government experts saying the scale of public dissent has managed to make more soldiers nervous the government was promoting itself as being modern. people probably internet and people trying to keep them accountable so when they discover that the government is supporting something with actor it was. no we don't believe this but this considers the harm governments are pretty nice in the steadily. their point of view a tactic and the and no that they might not. and they will have a second fault so after a week of ignorance i think suddenly they realize that the protests are much deeper much broader and. to become a law in poland act and needs the approval of the polish and european parliament nobody knows for sure how long this might take but protesters say they will

continue piling the pressure on the authorities to stop this happening i think it came as a complete shock nobody expected nobody expected. to. do this kind of thing i think there will be a lot more. because. i think. actually regulation prime minister has been adamant war so would not give in to blackmail in the streets but what was initially acquired social protest has become politically broader with every rally ask elating in both the numbers present and the level of aggression. reporting from warsaw poland. well tony. the helsinki foundation for human rights says that governments should communicate with users before preparing sweeping internet laws. the way it did

substrate it's my violating the basic freedoms and in their you know to my sure the freedoms are used without really touching. the big violators of the internet and those internet providers those companies which are taking advantage of the fear i think in the internet and the first thing we should be aware of this process is that people are feeling that they were cheated by the government then that something is wrong and that there were no consultation and there was no possibility of a debate before therefore as of the signature of the document there were many at times in the recent year or recurrence minds two of the internet and every time people have the same pressure and that the government is taking some steps without compensation without hearing in turnout and the internet users. we can head to our

website party dot com for any stories you missed as well as the latest news and comments also there for you mother nature spectacular your way use the world and night to remember sit back and enjoy one of the most breathtaking rides displays in the city. and it's off to a great start to this year's first cargo spacecraft named progress successfully docks with the international space station bringing in tons of bottle supplies including a special birthday gift one of the crew. terran is ready to cut off oil supplies to europe as early as next week the move comes in response to the e.u.'s ban on crude imports from iran due to be enforced in the

summer but with oil prices already rising rapidly experts are warning that the actions of the european union could do to block more harm than good but meanwhile a senior group of i.a.e.a. officials and weapons experts are preparing to meet in tehran due to arrive this weekend for the highest level talks over the iranian nuclear issue in more than three years policy consultant. told r.t. that by threatening to turn off the tap for europe iran is hoping to cushion the embargo blow. the calculus from iran's perspective is going to be if a preamp by cutting exports the forward to july first date that the e.u. has set for cutting the exports and iraq preemptively cut its three four hundred thousand barrels worth by exports to the e.u. would be able to drive prices up enough by doing that to offset for that you know right now what is going on with iran is that they there is an existential threat to

the government and quite frankly. from the u.s. perspective i don't think there's a lot of hope that these sanctions will actually get you want to stop its nuclear program think the real on written objectives here is quite frankly in and call it by different name but it's regime change ultimately they want to put as much pressure that as they can on this government coming up this late in the program we hear from the people out on the streets of new york i. think most people are willing to change their day behavior even though they are proud to call it selfish you know they don't really care about the planet until until it affects them personally. americans ready to sacrifice their daily routines and they move environment found out without his knowing how often this. bureau is still taking a hammering fitch one of the big three credit rating has announced five more downgrades for european economies that has struck the suv on another front the debt crisis

around which in the rose to top billing at the world economic forum in davos what he's learned this to has more first we're going in today for a davos at the world economic forum and today we'll hear from a number of economists and kind of thinkers about where the global economy is headed we'll have to see how much attention the eurozone captures though because it really has overshadowed a lot of other things that happened on the official and unofficial agenda here at davos we heard from a number of euro zone finance ministers and e.u. officials speaking with a lot of optimism about a big euro zone solution saying they believe the fiscal compact will be reached with tighter fiscal discipline in that this will really help the debt crisis that the eurozone is dealing with they also said that greek bond holders will come to an agreement on haircuts for greek debt by this weekend to hopefully presumably avoid default which is definitely not a certain thing at all and that d.-day for greece is march twentieth after that optimism which was kind of the headline coming out of.