american and the iranian. later in the program we hear from iran's interior minister who is certain his country will weather the storm of mounting sanctions in the interview with r.t. he said it's the countries imposing them that will end up being hit the hardest here's a sample of what's to come your way in about ten minutes. i think. that i believe they've made a big mistake as this action results in turbulence for the oil and energy of this very fact it can result in oil price growth in these conditions the west judy expect the drop in the rate i am because. of this new decision will result in further economic growth which as we can see the thick to the majority and so far they've been unable to find solutions the decisions taken today by the west unilaterally will result in the escalation of the economic problem. anti-corporate protesters in washington d.c. were evicted this week from a park they'd occupied since early october eight people were arrested when police

using riot here and horses raided the cabinet officer said they were just enforcing a no capping law and are allowing the activists back into the park the demonstrators say it was a full scale addiction movement seen some heavy handed police tactics including the alleged tasering recently of a nonviolent protester but excessive force won't provoke activists according to kevin zeese from the it's our economy think tag telling r.t. the occupiers are too smart to fall into that trap. who knows what's going through their head space on that you know when we i watch that video it's available online and it looked like there was no justification for it when i went to make fears and they'd ask about it people said the only thing he was doing was taking the signs around the tents and said no camping and so that was the rationale for tasering he was dropping values not being as frightening looks like an excessive use of force my sense is that it's not going to provoke the macpherson campers that there are

more. disciplined than that to fall for that kind of trap the occupy movement in a few months has shifted the debate and show you american people that if they get mobilized and organized that we have power we can change the direction this. the future's going to be an american spring that's going to split out of the sea and become more important the presidential race in two thousand and twelve. asia is leading economy china has promised to consider pumping cash cash reserves into the eurozone to help with the blocs debt crisis the offer comes after a strong lobbying push by the german chancellor over her three day trip to the country this comes as the e.u. awaits the conclusion of a drawn out greek debt talks negotiations are key to athens getting a second ballot on are seen as only chance to avoid default at the same time even leaders are working feverishly to force through unpopular financial legislation paul natal a member of the european parliament for the u.k. independence party people won't take kindly to measures being forced upon them.

it's only going to get worse i mean at the moment they're bending gentle flags on the streets of athens i predict it will be rolled next and then there's been you never know it could be toppled as well the tensions between the countries and particularly between the north of europe in the south of europe is only going to get great that and what you've got is you've got protests in the south and what we're seeing in the north is a political revolution or a new parties a spring in all and you'll skeptic parties gets better results than ever before the scary thing here that you have is once you start tinkering with the moccasin you're trying to change things i think you know the very slippery slope in these and what's happening at the moment over here is that the e.u. is really showing get through to chile what it's all about it doesn't want to listen to the people they're talking about an intergovernmental agreement and this will go into primary e.u. law through secondary legislation which means that the people can be bypassed there will be referendums across the continent particularly in ireland where there should be a referendum on this and what will happen is they will bypass the people. and they will get exactly what they want and it is a complete democracy he used to consider inviting your opponent an arch enemy

blaming him for the death of his son alexander litvinenko a former f.s.b. officer this week saw an unexpected turn around from a fierce kremlin critic who now admits he simply said what the western press wanted to hear walter lippmann ngo spoke with r.t. is that catherine mcgrath show ever. but is. this is how we found life that leads me and co praying in his tiny tellin apartment no electricity no gas no court water what. if it wasn't for the help of his people i would have died from hunger over a reason to death the last time i took a bath was on christmas eve. we expected more because six years ago after his son former f.s.b. officer aleksandr litvinenko was poisoned in london he was taken care of by some very powerful patrons like suffix out tycoon boris berezovsky and ahmed zakayev and

a tourist former chechen militant both hiding in the u.k. . would you smoke three of them we brought. yes extremist yellow dogs that there are. just give me your pretty here doris you would be. the one biter you to namco sent a letter asking to be interviewed by russian television we expected more of the same but instead. we're going to be made. if you're watching this program please forgive me for all the slander the thai said and wrote about all the hate you know how did you even only i had known my son worked for british intelligence you would not talk about his death he could easily have been shot as a double agent the chinese should be short of story what else can i answer the. only with. the u.-turn vaulters says came when his sons we doe marina been and co

revealed to the british media that her husband had worked for m i six alexander litvinenko was receiving a retainer of around two thousand pounds a month from the british security services at the time he was murdered at first by turnitin and cole like many others claimed his son had been poisoned with polonium to tan on put in order the former f.s.b. officer and fierce critic of the kremlin alexander litvinenko spent twenty three days in a london clinic slowly dying from a toxic substance possibly consumed through a cup of tea even before police in london started questioning suspects the victim's father was actively kissing the russian government today by their admits he was saying only what the west wanted to hear. of course i realize russia's f.s.b. and the idea you have to take polonium to london sprinkle it over some heads and leave traces everywhere and they're suspect and a little boy is not

a fool either way it was anger and blind hatred speaking inside of me viger now believes his son fell victim to his own game of double agents now he wants his words to be heard but the media outside russia which once beat down his door for interviews now won't even reply to his requests. why is that because they like it when i scold the regime i was a real treasure for the movie the whole there are very few people who would say as many horrible things about as i do. you know living in two thousand and eight was the only thing young called flat russia for sanctuary need something is settled in the sleeping quiet town of sinegal it offered a new anonymous life the man claimed putin was his number one enemy so hiding in europe he believed was the only safe solution today by the litvinenko is still afraid to open this door not because of putin though but because of his landlord to whom he owes a lot of money this miserable life has made him

a slave of his sanctuary but surely the namco sold everything he had in russia to come to italy he opened a small business several years ago but it went bankrupt things got worse after the seventy three year old had buried his wife but for now fears here casket could be removed because he hasn't paid the cost of a barrel plot and it's been months since the electricity was shot on your two he looked like he was lost for two euros went on a gas canister and that is gone to no good in the with your name this is how most of us talk at the number of media doing to let the southern wind in sight. there is east only as russia. learned from. children who want to go home to russia but i do want to stay here. in the church over our tea city ghalia eataly. lines coming up in a couple of minutes stay with us here on r.t.

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twelve thirty am in moscow these are your r.t. headlines russia and china block a western backed u.n. draft resolution on syria with moscow criticizing the text for an unbalanced approach and denial of dialogue between the government and opposition. other stories that shape the week why it's returned to egypt as anger at the authorities failure to prevent a deadly soccer brawl spills over into four days of violent clashes that have already seen a dozen dead. and russia's bitter subzero cold hundreds of thousands joined

a record breaking rallies both pro and anti-government ahead of next month's presidential vote. coming up iran's interior minister speaks with r.t. about how his country plans to cope with the mounting sanctions stay with us. the possibility of war between the united states and iran is being debated around the world that's what the mood is like inside the country to discuss that the endowed joined by iran's interior minister. lot that are it's possible thank you for your time mr stone yesterday we're talking several days after the e.u. introduced oil sanctions against iran and i know the iranian leadership has responded by saying the sanctions would do move home to europe now until ron mean here still since iran gets seventy percent of its revenues from oil do you have any fears about negative social reactions including strikes as people may lose their

jobs do you take this somehow into account in your work or. these speculations are new to our country and our government or the power of the people all around ruling bodies or in power as a result of popular voting therefore our government and are all for it is a completely popular and our people have participated in all areas and spheres of our life from the very start of the revolution therefore as i've said there's nothing new about these talks which are actually quite outdated and irrelevant nonetheless they keep speculating on this matter of trying to stir up psychological warfare inside our country or in the countries of the region well probably among people of their own countries that have enough of their own problems attempting to find someone else to blame for them we don't sell that much oil to your of illnesses and our european accounts don't have that much money. so you are starting to get this all started the u.s.

and the west as a how do not conceal that one of the main tasks of these sanctions is to get the oil prices for the iranian oil lower that's decreasing their revenues from the oil iran saudi is they want a two we used to manipulate the political situation. the way was that i believe they've made a big mistake as this action results in turbulence for the oil and energy markets this very fact it can result in oil price growth in these conditions the west should expect the drop in the euro rate and the euro market this new decision will result in further economic problems which as we can see have affected them already and so far they've been unable to find solutions with oil and energy markets will experience instability and turmoil and this factor can boost prices for oil and energy products and jeopardize the market security but this is quite difficult for the markets which going by previous experience is used to consuming certain kinds of oil and energy and this also brings up technical and economic issues at the same

time we're not worried for iran at all we've ensured our efficient planning in advance and with god's help we will continue moving forward but in the year the decisions taken today by the west unilaterally will result in the escalation of their own economic problems covering the story iran ians nav as the rankins with the aggressive and military rhetoric being built up by the west that they aren't as i've said these words are new these speculations have been going on for thirty years and there's no news in it to the iranian people the people of iran are in charge and they always participate in everything we don't sense any problems inside the country. if i may i would like to ask you about the recent killing of a nuclear scientist there have been other similar cases and as far as we understand the investigation into it has not made great progress so far why have there been no substantial results and who might be behind these killings think. this is

clear is day and they admitted mossad and the cia as well as some european security services don't like to see nations progress they would like to have control and a monopoly over everything the great a rainy a nation of follows the path of certain. for new technologies it wants to stand firmly on its feet by means of its own strengths and produce its own knowledge they disapprove of this progress and they don't want to see other nations develop themselves the fact that they come over to such people's homes or attempt to murder an educated and broad minded university professor highlights the grave nature of their situation that it demonstrates that the us and israel have disgraced themselves in this matter that they speak of human rights and at the same time they officially perform terrorist attacks and promote state terrorism expansion. in their slogans we see their idle talk on fighting terrorism their deeds however do not match their words they brought their troops to afghanistan under the pretext of

defending human rights and fighting terrorism and drug trafficking and drug crops of increased forty fold since the americans got there and the number of casualties among innocent men women and children has increased significantly and so has the level of instability in the region that we actually witness terrorism development in the region with the drug mafia and drug related revenues have grown as well and we see contradiction between their words and deeds and the scientists assassination will only make the iranian people stronger and more focused on their goal. you know people understand that they've chosen the right path the one of scientific progress the adversary doesn't want to see this happen as it would cause harm to them in the physical annihilation of people in full daylight as a sign of the adversary is complete powerlessness and despair our initial yes last i now that iran is having parliamentary elections in a month in many countries not only arab ones election may be used as

a way to create provocations there are always some people unhappy with election results and this discontent me snowball i am concerned by this that a similar scenario man followed in iran. no thank god we've had twenty nine elections to date and this. election campaign will be our thirtieth election and it will take place in absolute peace and security like all the previous ones because our dear fellow citizens in all the regions all the cities and villages will willingly come to polling stations and cast their votes to designate their delegates to parliament to serve the purposes of development and prosperity for our country. but that is the rest of the us as you know that r.t. has been comprehensively covering the situation in the arab countries as we have covered the wars in libya and syria we often heard complaints from the leadership that intelligence services of other countries have stepped up their operations on the territories of the countries concerned in the past year the way many are ledged mercenaries in syria and libya who could see with our own eyes that some people

were apparently not libyans but fought on the side of the rebels can you see any increase in the operations of intelligence services from other countries or any attempts to penetrate your territory at least in recent years since the latest events in the arab countries began. you see foreign powers and other enemies are at work everywhere they might also be present in our country but we do not feel we should worry about this of course we should look out for superpowers and our enemies attempting to interfere in the home affairs of arabic countries especially in syria and in all countries where the people are in charge of running their nations they must keep track of such attempts or i don't know of other ways years worth of work until it's been about a year since the arab spring began a first even the iranian leadership hailed the movements in egypt in libya as expressing democratic sentiments but now this one here is past the attitude towards

the events around your country has changed do you still believe those are people driven by their own democratic ideas or do you see hundred other countries in the events of the arab spring. we support any popular movement as long as people's demands are legitimate imperialistic regime of world supremacies is obviously trying to lead people away from the right path and neutralize the popular movement or transform it in favor of their own interests the pure straightforward and righteous path that people have been following and what countries of the region however is stipulated by their willingness to defend their. right which is a legitimate demand from iran's viewpoint what that is the biggest can one say that the instability in the region has considerably increased the narcotic drugs trafficking well we need our long kong yes afghanistan is certainly the focus of narcotic plantations now the americans and europeans are there and since they came narcotic drugs production has increased forty four old and it's

a financial source for most terrorists who infringe the security of central asian states the states of the region and russia itself it's a threat not only for iran but for the region at large and russia but if russia fails to keep an eye on what's going on next to its borders and around the country this threat will most probably become a serious problem for russia itself it's a fact that both iran and russia host the main drug trafficking route where at the beginning of it because the drugs first penetrate our country and then follow to turkey and then to europe and then on the other hand russia was also on the route that its northern end because the drugs penetrate russia through central asia and then go to europe we suffer serious losses on this route more than three thousand seven hundred lives have been lost in the attempt to resolve this issue. given we as humans are convinced we have to go on with this ruthless battle so as to save our people and despite the fact that the world community does not lend us necessary

assistance in this cause we're alone to bear most financial costs and human losses in order to continue the struggle shut down the borders and blockade the territory inside the country in order to prevent the trafficking so it seems iran and russia will have to take responsibility for the problem themselves that they've been in the u.s. in when was the one of our best i was just the pairing for this interview several colleagues approached me at r.t. asking if there was going to be a war between iran and the usa what are you on film. as well as well in let me say this again all those fabrications are not new. to us the islamic republic of iran is a strong power capable of defending its regional security fully and the iranian people being a great and powerful nation are not afraid of those futile threats nothing.

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russia and china blocked the western backed u.n. draft resolution on syria with moscow criticizing the text for an unbalanced approach and denial of dialogue between the government and opposition. other stories shaping the week's news riots returned to egypt as anger at the authorities failure to prevent a deadly soccer brawl spills into four days of violent clashes that have already seen a dozen dead. and russia's bitter subzero temperatures hundreds of thousands joining a record breaking rallies both pro and anti-government the head of next month's presidential reigns paul scott up next with all the latest in the world of sports stay with us.

hello welcome to the world of sport here's what's coming up. net gain reassurance with unfair lawmakers nuts over how russia big spain to reach the fed cup semifinals. twice is nice scottish golfer paul lawrie claims his second cats are masters title after finishing four shots clear of the chasing. and punch-drunk deny my moscow's boxes celebrates a five nil whitewash over the los angeles matadors in the world series. but we start with tennis where in moscow team russia have put their place in the semifinals of the fed cup after a three one victory over spain after taking a tuna lead on saturday ten russia were able to complete the job on sunday spain did haul the deficit when world number thirty three now they have to try the last

in straight sets to collar suarez navarro six six three but that long arc is not sort of a finish by an off with a three sets when i was sylvia so that espinosa the russian easily took the arming set six two but she lost the second despite leading for one at one stage however she came back strongly to take the six two four six six three the final score russia will face a home tie against the belgium or serbia in april some finals this still uncertainty over whether sharapova will once again be available. but we have. the problem with assurance of is not her desire to play but the fact that she is participating in a lot of tournaments held in the states and if she has to fly back to europe for a fed cup match she will have trouble acclimating in three to five days i wish the fed cup would be scheduled the week before a grand slam tournament and not one week afterwards when coups get so lost or momentum in today's match in the second set i also built.