back to basics the e.u. moldova fresh economic polish current president syrian regime to push through a polarizing u.n. resolution. technology to support political activism prime minister putin goes online has failed to prove russian democracy. going to change in the fear of the country's russian minority hopes to win in the coming referendum that could see their native language officially recognize this the next attempt to secure their political rights. and in the business will attend gal's problem has acknowledged to reduce gas supplies to european customers the details in about

twenty minutes. with well news and much more you know with characteristic the european union is preparing a new batch of sanctions against syria which the french foreign minister says will be the harshest yet it comes off to a solution that could have paved the way for military intervention was struck down at the u.n. meanwhile in syria security forces cleared all but two positions strongholds around the capital seizing vast countries of arms and explosives in the. opposition fighters in homs also reportedly attacked a number of bases and police patrols with conflicting reports of casualties of fighting has reached a peak in the past few days with hundreds of pretty killed. since.

each and social networking sites have for the past ten months being one of the activists he means is offering the world glimpses of the violence this tool in three syria action is good support how we got the brick through and we've just seen pictures which the b.b.c. called verify to say many differing numbers and reports getting to the ball some of what's really going on is a major challenge even from inside the country. they think. there was a. head of the u.n. security council showdown this weekend and the violence in syria seemed to reach fever pitch with activists reporting a massacre in homs that was all over the headlines and watched with horror by people worldwide initially the death toll that night was put over two hundred you

see there could be as many as two hundred just in the last hour or two that was later significantly downgraded strict access policies they have made it difficult for many foreign networks to get their correspondents into the country to collect evidence at the end of last year i leveled this criticism at the foreign minister's spokesman we've never banned them by the way. because. we've been filtering you how can you justify for instance you on the people relying on you to. broadcasting one side even though or even on you tube you have also atrocity committed by the elements it's true that to a large extent mainstream coverage of the pro-government can has been pretty sparse this graphic video appears to show every sheen supporter being hanged with a clear picture of exactly. what's happening in syria right now it's hard to know

what the western allies that the un basing their assertions which is not really about genuine concern for human rights and democracy this is all about regime change dissatisfied with the wording of the resolution pressuring china vetoed age the latest proposal many felt it contained disturbing a case of libya russia and china believe the door a pin for foreign military intervention as a conflict between the two sides escalates the crisis in syria is becoming increasingly internationalized but any measures in place from a poll to try and put an end to the violence again have to be very careful not to make the same mistakes made in libya they seem to be backing one side increasingly looking like so where. are they not just syria but as part of the new u.n. resolution some remain optimistic that president assad can still be forced out u.s. presidential hopeful newt gingrich who's america could harm and train the rebels to

challenge ourselves rule political scientists are shrinking as the motives are suspect. it's an outrage for somebody to believe and it's an insanity that during during the time of a u.n. resolution is being taking down towards syria the syrian government is going to actually crack down on homos this is definitely an act of terrorism done by the by the by the gangs that this already been getting money and weapons from different countries so they can bring down this regime so this is an outrage for somebody to actually believe that the government is actually doing so for their own people what's happening in syria and what happened elsewhere in libya is basically to bring it down and be what they need to do and what they're doing is to actually bring down the regime and. to make president assad not be an ally to

iran and this is why president assad was never asked for any reform he was asked from the beginning to change the stances and if he'd done so and never been nothing like that would have ever happened. well stay with us in a few minutes we'll be export designer revolutions. ever since i've been traveling the world and teaching people how to get rid of their pesky dictators. and it's rising all over the world by north and guarded by the us that story coming up. and the steady drumbeat of war keeps coming from washington and tel aviv. that military action against iran jeopardize the future of the entire region. transparent interactive web savvy prime minister putin sees the future of russia's democracy as the outlines his vision for greater social and economic prosperity. his latest article detailing his electoral program. it's going to tell

us more about how the prime minister plans to improve dialogue between people in the government. the main idea of the sort of civil society in russia has grown developed and most importantly become much more active compared to say ten years ago when at the moment the state on its behalf is lagging behind and it's true people do want to be more active they want to have more influence on the country's political life and the prime minister one of the instruments to provide them with these opportunities is the internet and wants to see all government websites more user friendly in order to provide proper basis for public discussions and this doesn't only go for say draft laws proposed by the authorities this practice is already widely used just remember the police law which was widely discussed on the

internet but it's also goes for. put forward by society itself and for example if this or that internet user. put forward an initiative which is supported by at least one hundred thousand people which leave their approval signatures but that initiative has to be reviewed by the parliament the internet can't be under estimated to its influence is only going to increase in the future and if we talk about numbers this is not about thousands of people we should take to the streets all that protest rallies is the organized first of all through the internet but this is all needed to the iceberg and we're talking about much much more people hundreds of thousands if not millions and in the past two years or two or three years the internet has become their sort of ground for all this

discussion and one of the other opportunities that it can provide and that's very important also in the political life is the public evaluation of civil servants also plans to be introduced for example if locals a district of this or that city in the country are not satisfied with the way the local head of the police department works or the local judge or even the principal of a local school then they can voice their concerns on the internet so that that civil servants can be substituted for another one a more effective one if we take the web aside for a second and focus on the other initiatives for example the injury introduction of elections off the local governors and the easing off rules for

registering new political parties which are also supported by the prime minister initially the will put forward by the president there are several several problems and issues which need to be mentioned here for example for. look at the reintroduction off the elections that mechanism was already operating back in the ninety's when it comes to electing local governors and it did show quite a few flaws for example back in those days it was often the case of those with the biggest amount of money had the biggest influence and ended up being in politics and the way why this isn't really as positive as it seems is that a person can't have. any goals when he goes to politics indeed. improving society or the political system or his or hers own well being and this

doesn't really this mechanism doesn't really provide to differ one from the other and that's also goes for image makers it doesn't really matter if a person can be an effective civil servant or not as long as his image is successful then he could make the did win the election and according to the prime minister in order to prevent this from happening it would be control from the center has to be has to me has to look over all these processes and also the control from society has to be there as well through the internet so these two combined should make. an effective and balanced system of control from the authorities and from society onto the entire system now another initiative. goes to the fight against corruption and that is to hire is to increase the salaries for civil servants in exchange for their total transparency and also put

together a list of jobs which are most likely to be affected by corruption now all this is part of the idea to put in when you when you fast as he plans to run for president during the upcoming. all in more and this is already the fourth such order got published since he announced his plans. this kind of thank you for that. well with the presidential elections approaching russians have become move vocal in their opinions hundreds of thousands gathering to defend their political views political analyst says the protests are driven by media. it's mostly just emotions fueled by the media some people were obviously irritated seen the same two faces on television maybe too much in the last few months especially some people were terrified when they saw

their position in it slogans and when they felt the hand of the west behind it so it's mostly media driven there is no real cost struggle behind it there are poor people and rich people in both radius there are people of all kinds of ethnic groups in both threads so right now i think it's mostly a positive effect because it sort of wakes up the government to the needs of the people so until now there are consequences mostly positive i hope it will continue in that way if there is a real split in society of course it's not going to be good for the country. but i can catch more of that story and many more on our website here's a look at what's waiting for you right now the russian street artist making his opinions heard through these minerals guerrilla tactics the secret identity then the nickname the russian bensky british onsets. plus one you know some of

us business people just sex dungeons the workers who say it's all down to politics an economy the full story and much more autonomy dot com. turkish officials criticize the notion of military action and ongoing western sanctions against iran the new security conference in munich they warned that any armed conflict would be disastrous for the region. beirut based political analyst believes that iran's opponents already focused on the confrontation. all the inspection by the nuclear agency. found that iran is actually weaponize ing their system they are actually following the nuclear treaty agreement there is no

violation to that end but no matter what they saying that sanction are coming at iran because that's a suspicion are there. no matter what they are justifying or opening their facility there is some judgement already been rendered against iran's a brand said very clearly they're willing to cooperate with the international community but you have to wonder what really the international community wanted at this point and what the american one at that point and as i said there's a lot of politics in it specially election. probably there is really coming desperate at this point because they think if you have one reach the level of capability of building the nuclear what then would be devastating for. it to catch up at this point and i think before six months we might we might heading into a major confrontation in the burgeoning gulf. here is witnessing

a growing outcry as the country's russian minority voices its anger with escalating state level discrimination and then upcoming referendum could see their language officially recognized the movie viewed by many as the first step on the long road to restoring their basic political rights he said. as the story. this professor from a lot of wants everyone in his country to have equal rights that's why he had no second thoughts when the initiative of a referendum to make russian the country second state language came up you can't accept the policy of true true to my friends from the russian minority those who also voted for independence in one thousand nine to one we were shoulder to shoulder back then but now they're being treated like garbage new citizenship for them and no jobs here that's why i signed for the referendum ethnic russians make

up a third of the us population the idea of holding this referendum came after what they describe as ethnic discrimination had reached a critical point if radical nationalists initiated their own referendum to close russian schools in latvia they failed but it was a worry in cool that's why we gathered signatures for a language referendum to legally protect ourselves after we did the ruling nationalists when hysterical trying to jeopardize the votes in the minority points to a recent statement by the country's president but yes at the referendum means voting against blood to be proof of escalating state level discrimination the nationalist camp denounces all such accusations however they believe their vote carries a threat to the country's sovereignty and are sending a stern warning. we allow these people to live in our territory after the collapse of the u.s.s.r. we said you can live here under certain conditions but if they are trying to alter

the foundations of our state then we will have to be tougher and make new laws. and some lothians have already started to act this lawyer told us you have numerous reports of people being blackmailed from taking part in the voting those who would not talk on camera afraid of sanctions but. some are already scared to go voting their employer. do you see a stamp in the past and the two pardon the language were random then he would immediately fire them. the russian speaking minority and a lot of it is estimated at three hundred thousand people out of the population of almost two and a quarter million another three hundred twenty thousand ethnic russians are classed as non citizens and are forbidden from voting this ban experts say could prove to be crucial russian may become largely a second state language only if at least seven hundred fifty thousand people vote for it organizers of the referendum say realistically there will be only half of

that the result will be then deemed unconstitutional but may still become a major talking point lot is russians hope that the referendum will help brussels notice their distress call and have a hard talk with the vote takes place on february eighteenth with a final official results a few days later. r.t. reporting from in la. now to look at some other international headlines in brief greek party leaders will gather again to resume talks at a one hundred thirty billion euro rescue plan comes after a meeting on sunday and deal with the country's prime minister because they missed the seeking support for tough reforms as a condition for the bailout to avoid default greece has to secure the package one. people including foreigners will stand before the council of the alleged illegal

funding of government. human rights watch when the government dropped the charges washington is threatening to review its aid to the country comes amid renewed violence protests demanding the current rules of power to a civilian government. now democracy has become a profitable export for one international group and started off as a student in serbia with the backing of the us became a worldwide brand revolutions. the cost of such production ultimately falls on the taxpayer. this is the business of selling a look at the sky high heels barely there clothes revolutionary styles exported from the fashion capitals of the world hello i am moderately moderate and this is the business of selling well drivel shit is fresh exporting how to lessons and revolution aided by the democracy capital of the world

democracies after all aren't born knowing how to run themselves a decade ago merivale launched the serbian student movement that helped oust president slobodan milosevic. the group was called out for resistance and it bore the now familiar symbol of the clenched fist but behind the spontaneity of the uprisings was a carefully researched strategy guided by the west no boy somalia is a balkans columnist who's been chronicling the events in serbia since one nine hundred ninety nine the or poor movement itself was just a tiny student organization that it got subverted taken over the operatives then expanded it turned it into a branding empire and ended up basically one ing the ground the grassroots level of the revolution thus turning it into an astroturf they were run by the needy which very openly goes in and says our goal is to more promote democracy

a new york times investigation documented the extent of u.s. assistance according to journalist roger cohen poor was no ramshackle students group but a well oiled movement backed by several million dollars from the u.s. but the objective is regime change the objective is to install a government that will execute orders the worst thing about all this is that it's undermining a concept that enabled the united states to claim moral leadership in the world in the first place with milosevic gone ivan marriage now spends his time advising activists abroad ever. since i've been traveling the world and teaching people how to get rid of their pesky dictators so you come up with these three easy steps so you too can get in on the action and laugh your way to freedom the video was made by students at the school of authentic journalism in mexico for narco news t.v. but ivan has helped develop a video game called a force more powerful in which players can practice scenarios like organizing mass

protests and overthrowing dictators today are poor is called canvas and with the help of the internet their methods and symbols are exploited the world over from the color revolutions in georgia and ukraine to venezuela and the arab spring uprisings in egypt william engdahl has written for over thirty years about washington secret geopolitics he's convinced the canvas is not acting alone the instigators of those so-called spontaneous protest was twitter revolts in cairo and tunisia and so forth have all been pretty organized and seducing some of the people leaders of the protests have been trained in belgrade in serbia by all poor activists financed by the u.s. state department. this thing has state department and u.s. intelligence all over it three easy steps and that's all it takes to overthrow your very own government so this revolution become a commodity a product that could be branded packaged mass produced an export out all across the

globe well just like ivan's video this too of course is a spoof but the game of regime change is quite real and it's unintended consequences can be downright dangerous. since the ultimate for the american taxpayer i think is getting. the short end of the bargain because there are there are bankrolling people that are going around the world fomenting astroturf revolutions that are eventually backfiring and they're backfiring all over the place and once the people find out who was behind this their anger turns. to the american government india where can people once your bus service be you can be good . and easy recipe but the aftermath may be the hardest to see catherine of r t washington. but next the business news with natasha.

twenty four minutes past the hour you're watching business are cheap russia's gazprom has acknowledged reduce gas supplies to european customers over the weekend the firm's deputy head krugel over a good knowledge the gas giant had to cut deliveries to some european countries by as much as ten percent this against the backdrop of unusually cold weather in europe as fuel demand in some countries to the highest level in more than three years austria poland and six others claimed last week they were getting below the amount of gas specified in the contracts earlier gazprom blamed ukraine for taking more fuel from the pipes the gas monopoly now says it's restored supplies in the fall but it's still struggling to meet the increased european demand. the current period of profound economic change has some talking about the new world order who's the winner and who's the loser marcos troil the head of a brazilian based think tank the center for business diplomacy offers his verdict.

but we're in the midst of a transition phase what are the elements in disposition phase that i think will shape the world over the very straight very strong state owned enterprises from brazil russia india china a renewed innovative capacity in the us in knowledge intensive sectors they will create new facebook's new google's new microsoft and that is going to be good for parts of the american economy it will also widen the gap between the nose and the know not just the haves and the have nots. and i think we're going to also see a time of sacrifice in europe there appears going to have to have. those of dynamism being inserted into its economy otherwise it's going to be stalled for a number of years. crew is seeing some profit taking the following is zigzag trade and the previous week posting deigns on friday the overall mood remains pretty

bullish but while this might be good for producers such as russia they international energy agency says the market can backfire if the rally resumes. all the approaches are to be very very hard just too hard for the consumers and if such become did turn the oil production is a major risk for the global economic recovery in europe in asia in china from the producers for you to confuse the question or maybe you could use yours maybe not enjoying this reduce but they should before get to the meat customers it has to economies. and let's take a look at the markets now oil first stand in the red it's been six zagging for most of last week right now light sweet this trading at around ninety seven dollars a barrel while brand is topping one hundred fourteen dollars and now on to equities

asia shares a gain in value and better than expected statistics on u.s. jobs that came out like late friday but we'll see if that optimism wafts one of the european traders start their day there was no progress in greek debt restructuring talks over the weekend bill continue on monday this hour the nikkei is adding more than the one percent they hang saying is up around half percent. and it's less than one hour ahead of the opening bell here in moscow the russian markets closed with gains on friday thanks to the job statistics already mentioned both indices out around one and a half percent global funds investing in russia tracked at around half a billion dollars in one week and that's level since last april. that's the latest from the business desk i'll see you back here in about fifteen minutes.