market. why don't what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger or a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to conjure reports on our. thinking to impose tougher economic sanctions on syria's government after failing to boost pressure on president through a u.n. draft resolution that was blocked by russia and china. and russia's foreign minister calls western reaction to the double veto indecent and hysteric go ahead of his trip to damascus aimed at finding a political solution to the ongoing crisis. also enduring greater political involvement for the people through the internet prime minister putin lays out his plans to upgrade russian democracy a day after a massive pro and anti-government rallies sweep the country. and the russian latvian minorities hopes for their language to be officially recognized in the post

soviet baltic states are marred by reports of intimidation being used to dissuade people from taking part in an upcoming referendum. to both rule reasons why you're schultz of. the business news is intense and. it's five pm in moscow this is r t coming to you live from you so now with our top story and the e.u. is preparing to further tougher toughen sanctions on syria in a bid to crank up pressure on the country's regime this is and came after russia and china vetoed the veto the latest draft u.n. resolution on syria will moscow and beijing say the wording took sides in the syrian conflict as it slowly blamed the government for violence without mentioning all. armed extremist groups in syria opposition leaders claim at least fifty people

have been killed in a fresh wave of attacks by the army on the city of homs the government denies the assault and amateur footage showing the old legs shelling verified sara firth reports an absence of credibility and video evidence from syria raises questions as to exactly what is happening in the country. he cheats and social networking sites for the past ten months being one of the activists he means is offering the world glimpses of violence this tool in three syrian activists who support how we got the brick through and we've just seen pictures which the b.b.c. called verify the same many differing numbers and reports getting to the person of what's really going on is a major challenge even from inside the country. do you guys thank you very much the world i think they think they're. right you think. it's

a very head of the u.n. security council showdown this weekend and the violence in syria seemed to reach fever pitch with activists refusing a massacre in homes it was live in the headlines and watched with horror by people worldwide initially the death toll that night was put over two hundred there could be as many as two hundred just in the last hour to put that relates to significantly downgraded street 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 been in the media by the way. because. we've been filtering you how can you justify for instance you on the people relying on you tube and broadcasting one side even. even on you tube you have also

atrocity committed by the. it's true that to a large extent mainstream coverage is the phrase of the can has been pretty. this graphic video appears to show every. being hanged obviously clear picture of exactly what's happening in syria right now to know what the western allies that the were and was basing their assertions on was not really about genuine concern for human rights and democracy this is all about regime change dissatisfied with the wording of the resolution especially in 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 the only measures imposed from a poll to try to put an end to the violence are going to have to be very careful

not to make the same mistakes made in libya seems to be backing one side increasingly looking like so who. are say. well indecent and hysteria about how russia's foreign minister described the criticism by some western countries of the russia china double veto so give our broad was speaking ahead of his upcoming trip to damascus where he's scheduled to meet with syrian authorities on tuesday our correspondent peter oliver listened in on the minister's comments. this was continuing on from the system by china and russia to veto the recent un resolution on syria from moscow said he laughed it off saying that russia had asked the un security council to delay the vote for several days in order to allow mr leavitt off to complete his trip to damascus now they were requested were turned down by the u.n. security council heading to damascus on tuesday bearing with him

a message from president dmitri medvedev a message that's believed to request the assad government make strong democratic changes in the country now the foreign ministry very unhappy about this the russian government very unhappy in fact going as far as to call it disrespectful to allow the not allow the vote to be delayed until. it completed that trip now. with regards to the comments that it be made from around the world following that the session by china and russia to veto the u.n. resolution with condemnation from the united states from france from great britain the foreign secretary in great britain going as far as to say that this meant that there was blood on the hands of those that had vetoed it well so very unhappy about these comments he was speaking at a press conference alongside the foreign minister he said that he was scathing in his response to those comments made from abroad. western comments on the outcome

of the u.n. security council vote on syria sound indecent and almost hysterical in this connection i can't remember the saying that those who are angry are really right. statements attempts are being made to create a false picture of what is really going on in syria and what's really happening is that there are several and not just one source of violence in syria well with regards to why russia vetoed that resolution over the weekend well russia's position on sci. it has always been the same they condemn both sides both the assad government and the opposition talk and want them both sides to put down their weapons and come to the table for talks now as far as russia concerned the resolution was on the table only focused on the government forces and didn't make any requests on the the opposition to lay down their arms and as far as russia concerned that's not acceptable when it comes to a u.n. resolution on syria. was less than

a month ago before russia's presidential vote emotions are running high and the campaign shift up a gear following a day of mass demonstrations in russia prime minister and presidential candidate by the mere putin continues to lay out his electorial program this time it's more about web shaped democracy with initiatives allowing the people to suggest their own laws online if you know how. well the main idea of the sort of go is that civil society in russia has grown and developed and become much more active most importantly compared to say ten years ago and what comes to the state well it's a lagging behind at the moment people do want to be more active and have more influence on the political life and one of the mechanisms providing them with these opportunities is the internet and this is not only about the tens of thousands of people who now take to the streets for this or that rally it's about millions of interest users in russia who over the past few years have become very active. wars

of blogs and forums videos of all internet wars between political movements and all of them are going on on the web and the prime minister wants to see the role of the internet is influence increase more user friendly government websites to provide proper bases for public discussion and not only on initiatives put forward by the state any person any internet user has to be able to put forward their own draft law and if it gains say one hundred thousand. approval signatures from other users that has to be reviewed by the parliament the internet also gives another opportunity to evaluate civil servants for example if locals of a district of any city are not satisfied with the way the head of the local police department works or a judge or even a principal of a local school they have to be able to voice their concerns on the web be heard by the authorities so that the civil servants can be substituted but let's move the

web aside for a bit and focus on other initiatives like reintroducing the elections of local governors was initially put forward by the president and supported by the prime minister now another initiative in this sphere is easing the rules for registering new political parties which should make way for more competition now this brings us to another problem of corruption and the prime minister is proposing to increase the salaries of civil servants in exchange for their complete transparency and put together a list of the most corrupt jobs and it's in the ninety's many people wanted to become all the guards now there a need for civil servants because these positions are often viewed as possibilities to make easy money and according to the prime minister. it's time for that to change as well. well tens of thousands took to russia's streets in the election run up with rallies for both for and against the government many said it represented a serious divide in public opinion but political analyst me bob it believes there's

no real struggle between the people and says and that the protests will have a positive influence on the country's politics it's mostly just emotions fueled by the media some people were obvious that you would be to seen the same two faces on television maybe to march in the last few months especially some people were terrified when they saw the opposition and it's small and sudden when they failed and all the west behind it so it's mostly media driven there is no real cost struggle behind it there are poor people and reach people even more three of us there are people all kinds of ethnic groups in both threads so right now i think it's it's very and mostly a positive effect because it's sort of wakes up the government to the needs of the people so until now the consequence is more and more stupid as to how i hope it will continue. that way if there is

a real split in society of course it's not going to be good for the country we could always read more on our top stories twenty four hours a day on our website r.t. dot com here's what's online for you today the man behind the mouth of the moscow street artist detailed artwork in the secret identity have earned him the next the nickname for the russian banksy after the british artist. plus three thousand meters beneath the sea russian scientists make unique discovery find out what exactly they found in its impact on the future of science head to our team dot com . well the greek prime minister is struggling to get coalition party leaders to buy into harsh new international bailout terms the country must accept even more

painful cuts if it's to get a one hundred thirty billion euro second lifeline from international creditors if the deal fail falls through greece is expected to default by the end of march for more i'm now joined by economist yanis varoufakis. thank you for being with us again the conditions demanded by international creditors are horace so you can understand the greek people's frustration there are already angry we've seen that for well over a year now how much more can they take. well he does a book on this bit and. i mean even though it's come out and the vast majority of greek society you know obviously you can always be done more to pull is it is that i have absolutely no basis on logic but it is basically. the kind of politics which i must read to you to be you know has

descended to. the greek prime minister has been struggling to convince party leaders to agree to the new ballot condition he even reportedly threatened to step down so will the debt crisis be added to by a political one. well this is always been a political failure of the bard of european leaders including of course going to be leaders but what i am afraid is happening at the moment is a shadow play with the charade we have the green. party leaders and the prime minister supposedly negotiating very harshly. in my estimation i hope i'm wrong but all of the i am this is just. the decisions are made the deal is already in place all we have these three political leaders who are trying to find a way of presenting what is an. illogical package to the greek people then great

worry is that they're going to be decimated in the end in the next election which will not be long before it takes place so they want to be seen to be negotiating and in the light of very last moment but i think mark my words when the last moment comes when it's in the european union it will die of them when that moment is there will sign on the dotted line and i'm afraid that the agreement that it will be agreeing to will be detrimental to not just greece because it was on as a whole. politicians who are opposing the creditors demands openly say more austerity measures will only make the situation worse of course adding to a vicious fight asshole downward cycle how much truth do you think is in that. it's perfectly true an economy which is caught in a vicious deflationary spiral can ill afford. but it is not true that they're going to do anything above it's also the politicians have already

conceded officially last night actually they did they have agreed to another direction in government spending of one point five percent of g.d.p. that this huge given the state of the growing economy so they were only agreed to those thirty but they're pretending to be that's my estimation it's their bending to be driving these negotiations out with a sticking point is that neither here nor there really you know to be seen to be doing the right thing by the greek people when they're in reality they're not. i mean you've already made it clear that you believe that germany and france are just fighting really for the rest of the eurozone how is it possible that that's what you think a lot of critics are saying that no one really is openly talking about. i'm afraid it's not even that it's just germany france is simply doing what it's told by germany and not germany in general of the country of germany the political elite of germany and my great fear is that the political leader of germany needs

a damned to reproduce itself especially the next. election are pursuing policies which will end up hurting the vast majority of the germans as well and that is why i am being so adamant about this is because let's face it we have a common currency a common a united economy europe and we are suffering a crisis it's a structural crisis there is session but is it felt throughout europe now when you think is it worst hit part of it which is island portugal and so on and use the living daylights out of them all you're doing is you're straining the contagion through of the region but i'm afraid that the interests of the global divisions only are such that. they clash with the interests of everyone in europe including their own people. right economist yanis varoufakis live on the line from athens thank you very much for your in thank you. well look at some other world news in

brief for you this hour romanian prime minister has died and dissolve the part of the government thank you wants to preserve social and economic stability in the country this follows weeks of protest over austerity measures introduced in twenty ten to secure financial aid from the moon and i.m.f. the pm urged the country's politicians to bridge their divisions and vote in a new government as quickly as possible. alice finds two rival factions hamas and secular fatah have reached a deal to form a joint in term government they've agreed it will be led by palestinian president mahmoud abbas before the general parliamentary and presidential elections the deal brokered by counter is seen as a major step towards reconciliation between the opposing groups after more than four years of separate governments in the west bank and gaza. now britain is celebrating sixty years since queen elizabeth the second

a sex session to the throne but jubilee year in the u.k. is also marked by preparations for a referendum on scotland's independence coming up in two hours time on r t peter the bell and his guest debate what happens if people say yes to separation that's in crosstalk. well look at the figures and i'm sure you i'm sure the viewers will be able to judge the figures from themselves are publicly available but let's let's look at this issue the last four years it was from the weeks of course the u.k. only once in the last five years of an economy grew so there's to be a lawyer says we're supposed to be lower in scotland but in the u.k. average those those figures are going to be doing so vermont ok gentlemen i'm going to be one of your reasons why so many gentlemen let me jump in here david i guess who's going to be interlopers here ok this would look like these two people should be together look at all of the differences. that russians make up near the thirty percent of lot of us population and a referendum is being held to. recognise their native language officially in the

baltic state lottery as language policy prevents the official use of any language other than latvian well this policy has prevented russian speakers from working and resulted in the closure of several russian schools over the last decade or two as alexei yourselves he explains why the vote could be a step towards restoring basic political rights. this professor from a lot of you 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 out. of the cannon to 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 citizenship for them and no jobs here that's why i signed for the referendum ethnic russians make

up a third of luckiest 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 worryin coup 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. as collating state level discrimination the nationalist denounces all such accusations however they believe their vote carries a threat to the country's sovereignty and are sending a stern warning. we allowed 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 had 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 told them that should he see a stamp in the passport and the part in the language referendum then he would immediately fire them like this russians hope that the referendum will help brussels notice their distress call and have a hard talk with the. 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 would be then deemed unconstitutional but may still become a major talking point. r.t. reporting from reader in la. let's get the latest from the business desk now with.

welcome to the business program here north sea russia's goes from has acknowledged that it temporarily reduced supplies to european customers at the end of last week . spoken to the company's c.e.o. who told us the reasons for the cuts. what he told us is that indeed the company had to gas supplies to europe via temper sad for just a couple of days that according to media he said that it was partially due to these i'm usually called temperatures that are still holding to russia and their grip alexander mitigated also pointed out that europe be in demand for gas has increased by about fifty per se january bob the ball games that were initially constructed big gas from official also use the situation to make a rather unpleasant comment about spot market for gas now some european officials

usually presents markets as a sort of alternative to the traditional routes of delivering gas to europe mainly pipelines ad according to the video of this whole situation and the inability of the european countries to contract as much gas as they need all the support markets show a bad spot market is still under developed it is still unreliable. picture that is looking in the us to look at this for going into that is. it's a little speak to the. prices there's a price for for a little time conflict or leverage and continue to grow but. so it's really remarkable what. it will be. now investors main focus on monday is the talks between greek party leaders europe is waiting for

athens to say if it's ready to accept the strict new terms of a bailout deal with l.t. greece is facing a high probability of a default in march let's have a look at the markets now exchange rates first the euro is slightly lower against both the dollar and the ruble the greenback is gaining to the ruble this hour. now oil fears the euro crisis will cut demand have pushed it lower is now a dollar down for the day brant is still just under one hundred fourteen dollars per barrel european shares are continuing to slip in afternoon trade concerns over the greek economy is the main drag on the indices london is down half a percent this hour. following europe into the red with declining oil prices a drag the my six has slipped into negative ground in the last few hours. point two percent down. and also moves on the my six today gazprom has slipped into the red but precious metals producers are on the rise the price of polymath to reach an all

time high earlier today whether investors are cashing those gains at the moment polish gold is the best performer this hour extending last week's rise. for the school just posting fifty games called an eleven percent to gaining a whopping thirty five percent on friday with the company's cup sly's ation reaching almost nine billion dollars this mention a number of factors among them a possible merger of polish gold and its russian was poly metal also the company is expected to buy back four percent of its stocks from minority shareholders. period of profound economic changes some talking about the new world order who will be the winners and losers are the head of a brazil based think tank the center for business diplomacy offices verdict. but we're in the midst of a transition phase what are the elements in this transition phase that i think will shape the world's. 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 airfares 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 less all the business in about fifty five minutes for financial news here in ulti.

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