the u. seeking to impose tougher economic sanctions on syria's government after failing to boost pressure on president assad through the u.n. draft resolution that was blocked by russia and china. russia's foreign minister calls the western reaction to the double veto indecent and hysterical ahead of a trip to damascus aimed at finding a political solution to the ongoing crisis. plus ensuring greater political involvement if you do for the people through the internet prime minister pulling out plans to upgrade russian democracy a day after mass protests and pro and anti-government protests sweep the country.

and pressure on all fronts to greet coalition government deadlock over adopting new austerity measures needed to secure a second bailout says time for a deal is running out for. eight pm in moscow i might try as a good to have you with us here on r t our top story the e.u. and u.s. want further tough in sanctions on syria in a bid to crank up the pressure on the country's regime that its engine came after russia and china veto the latest u.n. draft resolution on syria moscow and beijing say the wording took sides in the conflict as it soley blamed the government for a violence without mentioning armed extremist groups in syria opposition leaders claim at least fifty people killed in a fresh wave of attacks by the army on the city of homes the government denies.

assaultive amateur footage showing the alleged showing can't be verified as r.t. sara for a report an absence of credibility in video evidence from the country raises questions as to what exactly is going on there just a warning you may find some of the images in this report disturbing. video and social networking sites have for the past ten months been one of the activists he means is offering the world glimpses of the violence this tool in three syria activist groups reports 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. was the way they think. the right way. ahead is 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 there could be as many as two hundred dead 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 the media by the way. because of the objectivity we've been filtering you how can you justify for instance you on the people relying on you tube and 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 trade of the canned has been pretty spun as this graphic video appears to show every poor being hanged with the 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 wedding at the resolution especially in china v tahj the latest proposal many felt it contained disturbing a case of libya russia and china believe the do or a pin for foreign military intervention as a conflict between the two sides as the crisis in syria is becoming increasingly internationalized but a miss is in plays from a poll to try and put an end to the violence the going to have to be very careful not to make the same mistakes made in libya seems to be backing one story increasingly looking like civil war. are not.

indecent and hysterical apps are russia's foreign minister characterized the criticism by some western countries of the russia china double veto sort of rob was speaking ahead of his upcoming visit to damascus where he's scheduled to meet with syrian authorities tuesday or he's peter all over a house more. this was continuing on from that decision by china and russia to veto the recent un resolution on syria from moscow so 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 lovett off to complete his trip to damascus now they were that request were turned down by the u.n. security council so he left off heading to damascus on tuesday bearing with him a message from president dmitry 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. after of a completed that trip now. with regards to the comments that have been 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 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 pattern of foreign minister he said that he was scathing in his response to those comments made from abroad some western comments on the outcome of the u.n. security council syrian resolution vote sounded decent and almost hysterical in this connection i recall the old saying that those who are angry are really right

why does hysterical statements attempts are being made to blur what is really happening in syria and what's really happening is that there are several sources of violence in syria not just one it seems that the resolution cool authors who rushed the vote despite the odds are more interested in simply finding somebody to blame drawing attention away from the armed group. that are receiving weapons and other kinds of encouragement from abroad but with regards to why russia vetoed that resolution over the weekend while russia's position on syria has always been the same they condemn both sides both the aside tilman and the the opposition 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 un resolution on syria john lackland political analysts from the institute for

democracy and cooperation says the countries pushing for regime change in syria are also pursuing goals that why beyond just this middle eastern country it's part of their general program of regime change across the middle east of course to how in syria there is the far more important target of the wrong syria is one of iran's most important allies in the world and certainly in the middle east so we have a target syria targets iran as soon as the international community starts to get involved even even politically never mind by sitting in bombers and troops even politically as soon as it starts to get involved in a civil. situation of civil unrest of this kite then the tables are tipped in favor of the rebels in favor of the rebels in the country in question. because those people think that they can rely on foreign support political or military and it weakens as it were the government position in the street from

stands. a battle against the government so foreign intervention could make things worse because it distorts the natural mechanisms which exist inside any countries resulting in a conflict of this kind. well still ahead this hour on r t a whistleblower nominated for a peace prize a u.s. soldier accused of releasing secret files to wiki leaks now on a list of candidates for the prestigious nobel award we talk with one of the people behind his nomination plus. anders breivik appears in court sharing shocking comments survivors look on in disbelief. but first with less than a month to go before russia's presidential vote emotions are running high as the campaigns shift up a gear following a dead demonstrations in the country a prime minister and presidential candidate putin continues laying out his electoral program this time it's about web shape democracy with initiatives allowing people to suggest their own laws online artie's europe is going off as

more well the main idea of the sort of 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 is about millions of internet users in russia who over the past few years have become very active. stewards of blogs and forums videos of all internet lures political movements and all of them are going on on what the prime minister wants to see the role of the internet and its influence increase more user friendly government websites to provide proper basis for public discussion and not only on initiatives put forward by the states any person any internet user has to be able to put forward their own

draft law and if it gains c. one hundred thousand approval signatures from other users it 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 or judge or even the 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. 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 supported by the prime minister now another initiative in this fear 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 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 they're aiming for civil servants because these positions are often viewed as possibilities to make easy money quick and according to the prime minister. it's time for that to change as well. remember you can always find more on our website r t dot com on line right now the kremlin wants a more competitive approach to politics in russia president medvedev says the country needs a strong liberal party to break the mold of the current politics more highlights of what he had to say all there for you at r.t. dot com. plus the man behind the mask the moscow street artist whose detail our work has and secret identity earned him the nickname the russian banksy after the british artist. plus three thousand meters beneath the sea russian scientists make a unique discovery and find out what it is they found in its impact on the future

of science by clicking on our web site r t v dot com. the greek prime minister is struggling to get coalition party leaders to buy into a harsh new international bailout terms talks have now been postponed till tuesday this is pressure mounts on athens with the european commission spokesman saying the deadline is already passed the country must now accept even more painful cus of its to get one hundred and thirty billion euro second lifeline from international creditors if the deal fail falls through greece is expected to fall by the end of march for more on this i'm joined by trevor evans a professor at the berlin school of economics and law so greece is facing an ultimatum now make cuts or no cash injection what outcome do you see from this deadlock well but the moment it's

a very close play that putting great pressure on greece to make these cuts greece is having enormous political difficulties in making the cuts but furthermore if they do many of these cuts are just going to drive greece into an even deeper recession which means it will have even less money to meet its foreign debt repayments. do you think greece should be given another lifeline by proving itself to be after proving itself to be an unreliable creditor greece will never be able to pay its debts back if you drive it into a deep deep recession the only possibility of greece but also portugal or ireland repaying their debts is if they get long term financing that means that they can begin to invest in projects that have a future that are based on skilled labor not on cutting wages and driving the country into a recession and the german chancellor is once again confirmed today that she wants greece to stay in the euro zone at the same time recent polls suggest more than

half of the german people wanted to leave the euro zone why do you think the discrepancy in the country is thinking well the german leadership is definitely committed to the project of a common currency and strengthening of the european union the problem is that the german government has over the years continually stressed a very conservative view of fiscal orthodoxy and the result is now that when some countries don't meet that they the government has been telling the german people you must make cuts must you must cut back on public spending so that people in germany have been told that the countries that don't follow this are on the wrong track now what's your view in general of the e.u.'s austerity policy do you think it's the right approach i'm sorry i didn't hear that question that's ok i'll ask it again do you think the austerity policy in general is the right approach.

definitely not i mean the problem in the euro area is not fiscal deficits fiscal deficits are a result of the crisis that we've had in europe that began in the united states and governments in the europe were forced to bail out the banks in europe it caused a deep recession in europe which meant that governments had to pump money into the economy to stop the recession to weaken the recession lead to a full in tax revenue that the fiscal deficits in the europe didn't cause the crisis they are the result of the crisis so focusing on fiscal deficit as the german government is doing as the german government is forcing the e.u. to do is forcing on a symptom and not the underlying cause of the crisis finally president sarkozy urged greece's political leaders to agree to reform saying the crisis must be solved quote once and for all but do you think this is a realistic proposition to find such a once and for all solution to this the fundamental problem is that they introduce

monetary union without having a fiscal union and a common wage policy that with ten years of euro massive imbalances built up in in europe germany built up a massive trade surplus of two hundred billion euro the countries of southern europe greece spain italy and portugal built up deficits of between one hundred fifty to two hundred billion euro that failing to deal with those imbalances is that the root of the problem unless the european union and mrs merkel and president sarkozy address this problem they will not get to grips with the crisis all right trevor evans professor at the berlin school of economics a lot thanks for your time you're welcome. the name private bradley manning a u.s. soldier accused of passing classified material to the whistle blowing web site wiki leaks has consistently made it into headlines mostly in connection with his trial but now his name is on a different list that of more than two hundred nominees for the nobel peace prize

his nomination was put forward by the parliamentary group of the movement of the icelandic parliament and we're joined now from reykjavik by one of its members bridget a young dog. so thanks for joining us here out of all possible contenders why do you think bradley manning deserves this prize how do you think its actions contribute to achieving world peace well i mean one part of. who we should nominate and we don't want to be that bradley manning. because through all he said let's leave now we don't know if that are responsible who are not but at least this nuisance been sitting in jail for needed two years where as he you know he's women who are long whistle on war crimes and it's our opinion that it is not. a criminal have blown the whistle war crimes or to blow the whistle on any crimes we feel that. now by these leaks for

example the video collateral murder. the wall. and in particular the peta people that have. put their name to the war in afghanistan in iraq through the government need to know what is really gone on there and by knowing what is going on there and we citizens can apply more pressure on our governments to be accountable for the crimes that have been put out in our name and and our opinion work to raise awareness about situation with private bradley manning rules only way too few people not and the fact that you see him now for marshals it was we saw this week and. it makes it even more important to people who follow his trial which we feel that is not going to be a fair trial and we feel about spies falsely. for example the information

if indeed it was private bradley manning the leak that that is the cable to get. many people have got to see it all over the world to see in writing what i knew but if you get verified and i think it is extremely important to this day and i that we honor the whistle blower's of our world or not we do not. let the bradley manning case be because of his in just treatment in the course of silencing all the people the courageous people that want to do their civic duty by reporting all crimes the corporates the state or military giuliana sergeant self was nominated for the peace prize a year ago he didn't get it do you think manning has a chance or you're just trying to make a political message raise awareness of the issue. i. i'm primarily making

a political message but i can think of all the different nominees bradley manning has the as much chance as anybody else the mini they could nominate obama. without him having actually done anything then i'm sure that they can. and you have the prize and then i'm sure that they of course will consider this no carefully like any other nominee. what determines that and who gets the nobel peace prize right now do you think it's the real merit in the work of promoting peace or do you think it's more politics. i think it's always been a mix of bowl and of course many people have forgotten. the nominees or the people that got it this year or last year which is where it's really really amazing women and i think. you look at many of the people that are often there warped by you know had the kids in here and if you study history you

are possible by why a person like him will get the nobel peace prize but you also see people that really deserve it so are i guess it's always. a hard decision to make i guess that the people behind the nobel peace prize can make the will also think you know what sort of impact can this prize have all of those that are fighting for peace because that's an ongoing struggle. hasn't been able to achieve. what his people want to achieve even though it's there to back instead of living in the back without being persecuted and gradually. gradually destroying their culture their life and some very serious situation there right now and so it's an ongoing process for anybody that wants to contribute to peace in our world. and i guess it's almost going to be quality to some degree

false peace just like morris a very political issue all right thank you bridget a younger daughter member of yours lead a parliament for the movement speaking with us from reykjavik thank you for having me. let's turn now to some other stories making headlines across the globe romania's prime minister has resigned and dissolved the government saying he wants to preserve social and economic stability in the country this after weeks of protests over austerity measures introduced in two thousand and ten to secure financial aid from the e.u. and i.m.f. the prime minister urged the country's politicians to bridge their divisions and vote in a new government as quickly as possible. anders breivik the norwegian who admitted to killing seventy seven people last july told a court that he deserves the medal of honor for the murders he extremist also demanded his release survivors and relatives of the victims sat in on the last preliminary hearing before his full trial starts in april said the attack was

against quote traitors who he claims are embracing immigration to promote an islamic colonization of norway. palestine's two rival factions islamised hamas and secular fatah have reached a deal to join to form a joint interim government they have agreed it will be led by palestinian president mahmoud abbas before the general parliamentary and presidential vote to deal brokered by qatar is seen as a major step toward reconciliation between the opposing groups that more than four years separate governments in the west bank and gaza but the israeli prime minister has slammed the agreement saying palestine has abandoned the way for peace. and it is up next with all the latest business news stay with us here on r.t. . welcome to business was goes promos acknowledged that it temporarily reduced guest supplies to european coast them as at the end of last week deliveries to some countries were cut by ten percent this was due to high demand the russia cools the unusually cold with all

the energy joins there is no made up the shortfall in supplying to europe and is pushing production to the maximum. last week of december the month jumped twenty five percent and gus was in a position actually to meet hundred percent of the inquiries but the first week of february it was another jump of the month plus thing too but it was a previous twenty five actually were plus fifty percent normal and dissipated well . sport gas prices in europe have shot up to their highest level since two thousand and six but alexander medvedev says the market is an illusion as there is no extra gas in the system. support market that demonstrated that actually there is no real support market in the usual market is fragmented there is no williams it's a lot of speculation to the there's a sport prices there's a price of a long term contracts on leverage and continue to grow but there is no there is no

gas in bogata that is a million back so it's only a marginal war in so we'll go in b.p. . same with gas from it seems the energy remain under state control for the foreseeable future prime minister vladimir putin says privatization of the energy sector isn't favorable on the current market conditions because the economy matures such a possibility can't be ruled out however he has the government is reluctant to give up some control of key assets. let's check the markets now on the current sees the dollars dollars join the euro in the red against the ruble but the euro's edged into games against the greenback this sell off brant meanwhile would be all priced over one hundred fifteen dollars a barrel but investors remain jittery a key meeting of greek needers on the new bailout has been postponed till tomorrow traders fear failure to do a deal with confidence cutting the mall for crude. now u.s. markets have opened on the back of bad economic news in greece and europe there's

also profit taking going on after a strong performance last week over in new york european shares have recovered a little bit remain down for the day concerns over the greek economy is the main drag on the indices let's look at russia which had a late surge to end the day flat let's take a look at the some of the main movers on the my six on monday gazprom followed the overall market into the black in the last hour of trade the precious metals producers were on the rise the price of polymath so reached an all time high earlier today although investors are cashing those gains the t.v. bank is down on news it will use its own profit to compensate the losses of minority shareholders the government has all the buy back shares from over one hundred thousand investors who bought the stock in two thousand and seven roughly double the current market price. of gold is posting have to gains more than eleven percent that's off the gaining a whopping thirty five percent on friday with the company's capsulize ation

reaching almost nine billion dollars and just mention a number of factors among them a possible merger of polish gold and its russian rival poly metal also the company is expected to buy about four percent of its stock from minority shareholders. that's the business in all fifty five minutes with.

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