writes the syrian observatory for human rights it's one of the most widely quoted sources of syrian casualty figures but it's not always telling the truth of an ownership a syrian observatory for human rights is left several media outlets quoting false information as soon rivals find the same name and the original group was hijacked by opposition activists to posting military jets alongside civilian one both sites claim they're the official observatory this is the original site in arabic with an english version on facebook and this is the fake site launched in the center and mostly in english several foreign news outlets have assume they are one and the same thing quoting the fake sites casualty figures the consequence a very different perspective of the crisis the original sites latest figures showed just over five thousand one hundred civilian deaths against almost two thousand military casualties the rival site claims well over six and

a half thousand civilians have been killed and barely six hundred troops a difference many claim suggests this is a lot more than just a numbers game i don't think even the people using these figures are have any objectivity really they have an agenda a clear agenda is the just the fire by any means possible that assad regime is a brutal massacring regime and it needs to fall a soon as possible and we can see the united nations security council when that human rights strategy for regime change doesn't work how annoyed western governments are how have got arab league monitor the original observatory strickly opposes military intervention the man who hijacked it's name disagrees. used to translate at the real observatory he was fired after falsely claiming to be an official spokesman and using a live interview to call for a no fly zone since then he's launched a smear campaign against the original group claiming. the impostors as are we and

these figures have been quoted by the b.b.c. c.n.n. and a.b.c. australia the other groups say they tried to pass some political views censored by calling for no fly zone for international intervention and we made it clear that sit on their victory for human rights. original organization is that we are i guess an interventional we are against the no fly zone all we need is to stop the bloodshed in that is going on in syria as always and his group refused to speak on camera stating i cannot waste my time talking about this is the moment whilst people are dying in homs they're my priority right now he did refer us to another opposition group based in london and they too refused to comment on the ownership of the observatory but they did confirm that reporting military deaths was not in their interest it's not our position to report. of. government troops the b.b.c.

and the guardian had to withdraw material after falsely quoting as always the human rights observatory the un stop counting the death toll claiming it's too difficult to keep track of but it's human rights chief also said five thousand civilian deaths should be enough to provoke international action the real observatory still documents the deaths civilian or otherwise but it may be too late for the numbers to matter either bennett's party london. an israeli website is reporting that british and qatari special forces are already in syria assisting the rebels well let's get more on this latest development from journalist joining us from new york well if the claims of those foreign troops on the ground prove to be true considering nato states and its gulf allies say they are against a libyan star scenario in syria where could this lead.

well it's it's a very dangerous situation because if there are troops on the ground and nato is denying any. involvement or authorization for that. the possibility of an escalation of terrorist action is much greater. also reminiscent of what happened in libya reports that the u.s. and its allies are looking into supporting the syrian opposition including the arming of the rebels and creating a humanitarian corridor that was a world of course we heard during the libyan crisis this does sound suspiciously like that no fly zone doesn't it would but we saw over libya. well any attempt to justify many military intervention. and it opening of a humanitarian corridor could very easily be come distorted news for other purposes. this is a very very delicate area it's very delicate moment it's

a very dangerous situation and i think it's imperative that all sides exercise complete restraint and reason and i think russia's call for dialogue is the only approach which will prevent this from escalating beyond anyone's ability to control will that thought happen if the opposition of being encouraged by nato states not to enter into any negotiations. well i think the likelihood of the dialogue happening under those circumstances is very slight what happened in libya where nato was actively supporting the opposition led to regime change and if that is the goal here it is unlikely that dialogue will be encouraged although officially that is what the obama administration is. is discussing if the goal is regime change

what of the fall of assad what is the aim of this what do the nato countries and indeed gulf states some arab countries want in replacement what to expect well this is a very very disturbing question because. in the event that assad falls we don't know who will replace him we don't know whether it will be religious extremists that seems to be the case in a great many of the so-called arab spring countries the muslim brotherhood has taken power what does what would nato countries want well there's a lot of oil in that area there is a lot of belligerent commentary about iran that's another very very. dangerous it's the well it's probably the most dangerous question of all.

you're saying this could be a precursor for putting pressure on iran we're going to see this not just as a domestic problem in syria but it's going to stretch beyond that and indeed include iran just very briefly. yes that's seems to be the path this being that's being laid out libya syria and then iran and i think this is an extremely reckless and dangerous course of action thanks very much we thought to leave it there carla stan from the center for research on globalization joining us live there in new york. the greek leaders have reached an agreement on new austerity measures the country needs the concert together the one hundred thirty billion euro bailout from the e.u. and the international monetary fund to avert a default would be the second such cash handout and no details have been revealed yet but the public have already started to voice their anger let's discuss this now with still your loss crystal store me this he's a journalist in athens now the previous round of cuts led to huge rest in greece we

are learning that the unions are now threatening a forty eight hour strike an indian one union leader saying expect social uprising so we're going to see violence once again then are we in athens. good evening from athens i can really hardly hear you because at that moment the main body of the demonstration. from the hotel where we are. now and it's extremely difficult to listen to you but i have to tell you that increased their protest or spend a majority of people i'm not sure about peace agreement because maybe their main three leaders are green about these measures but the thing is that. a lot of people in greece call their leadership offloads three parties of the coalition they already called them employees whole thing international monetary fund sure. if

somebody has to celebrate something i am the last person to understand why he has to celebrate because for example what we get from all these measures. if we have all as you said before he thought then we are in. situation where we have to face slow death from starvation in which case and this is simply the truth. if you can hear me clearly protest there very loud protests in the streets behind you what about the political implications now we understand that greece's deputy labor minister has just resigned over the new austerity measures are we going to see more political upheaval now in greece bearing in mind of course the previous government collapse over those first round of austerity measures. and i am afraid that this is the case because apart from mr couch our fish were yesterday changed his attitude towards this agreement one hour ago one minister for the greek government the vice

minister of employment. he said i am not going to support this agreement it's beyond my. power and i can see the situation going on and here and i'm afraid. he will be followed by other members of the parties and off the government i have to let you know also in russia that. the situation in greece these extreme at the moment we have children playing pink in their school because they don't have proper breakfast and because they don't they don't have enough food so you realize that the situation is greece is getting worse and worse all right if the social implications of that bad what can protest is and unions offer as an alternative. i can i really can't hear you well because the main body of the demonstration i repeat to you he's under the hotel now so i would like you to repeat the last question please you're clearly saying that these social conditions now a very harsh for many great people what do the protesters and the union suggest as

an alternative. ok ok i will tell you at the moment they see the protesters and a lot of people in greece that we have a recession there are measures. bring us more deep to recession we have taxes and taxes we have layoffs and we have a lot of people as i told you that they are hungry at the moment so what they say is that first of all they demand the election which i have to tell you here and now they want elections they want the situation to be changed check and they they have been wondering and i also have to pass this. question to you whose recipe are we following at the moment increases i mean the greek government the recipe comes from the i.m.f. and the recipe simply doesn't work. it's going to do three each old view of the troika gives their main. orders and you know that we get more and more see in the

last two years so far as they say and i agree with them easier to see this time to morrow rice from the west than to see all these orders and all these measures bring us to growth and bring us back to normal life still around also very honest we'll leave it there thank you very much indeed for your live analysis and an account of what's happening there in athens at the moment to be honest chrysostom one more talking to us from last. week i please ask. for one second to add something i have to read something very important to you because you asked me what they propose what is the alternative very quickly so they say a lot of us are very quickly they believe their money old money hundreds of billions of euros to greece from the money that nazis stole from greece they called it forceful loan from occupied greece to nasty germany and others and we know that this is a truth so the next government of germany they say that they don't have to pay

greece anything and the amount together with all i repeat all recognize german finance our obligation towards greece sorry passes seven hundred billion euros in today's prices if. take into account mondo rate interest rates so there is no exaggeration in this and this is money there money really this is the art that give anyone an interesting point there ok thanks very much indeed still there are lots thank you for joining us live. this is r.t. here in moscow with you with the twenty four hours a day still to come for you this are sky high ambitions we explore the russian region the party of the countries aviation industry in our close up series. still to come but first europe has become more dependent on oil imports from iran new research suggests the e.u. countries bought more oil from the islamic republic in two thousand and eleven with the biggest customers being spain and italy but with the e.u.

planning to cut off trade in july in line with the international sanctions against iran then on the continent of voicing concerns that the move will backfire iran is also warned europe that it's shooting itself in the foot view is shared by spain's ambassador to iran who says his country suffers the most from the continuing e.u. pressure against the islamic republic and southern madrid believe the oil embargo has been forced upon europe. what we're seeing here is not at the station that comes actually from european countries to spain never want to disembark go to to prove to be put in place this is something that comes externally from the united states pressure on the european union european union actually had a very good relationship in terms of the economy and trade with iran it was retrieved in the last twenty years the connections that have been lost after the iranian revolution and the situation was improving until we came to this new tension and he's not just to spain and italy also greece imports lots of oil from

iran and it could be hard hit in a way that would bring them bankrupt in the coming future that would be a complete disaster for the european union and for the euro and that can happen because of these of these political move it has now become an economic issue. and can have even more. destructive effects if the iranians decide to say cut off the strait of hormuz or even if they now decide to beat europe to it by. by by cutting off their oil now because we need this time to find alternative supplies if they cut the supply and now we want to be able to find them there will be a huge recession in europe. to not update you on some world news in brief for you this hour and one of the most senior al qaeda chiefs in pakistan has been killed by an american drone strike along with three other suspected militants the attack took place close to the border with afghanistan but a monsoor is thought to have killed dozens of people in the country and abroad that

comes after the bureau of investing of journalism found hundreds of civilians have died because of similar cia ordered aerial attacks. a criminal court in the mall visas issued an arrest warrant for us to president mohamed nasheed this comes a day after the leader was among dozens injured when riot police used force against protesters as unrest deepened his asking resulted from a police mutiny and popular protest over a controversial decision to arrest a top charge nasheed claims he was forced to resign at gunpoint and promises to return to office. turkish troops have killed thirteen kurdish insurgents in two separate clashes in turkey nine people died near the town of bengal and four others near the town of sirte after rebels attacked a military station there it's less than a week since turkish warplanes bombed three suspected rebel targets in northern iraq tens of thousands of died since nine hundred eighty four and the kurds fight for autonomy in turkey's southeast. spanish human rights judge baltasar garzon has been convicted as part of

a what up in case he's found guilty of ordering the illegal recording of corruption suspects talking to their lawyers on has now been barred from practicing for eleven years with no chance to appeal against the decision to spend it gained international fame for his attempts to extradite chile's former dictator augusto pinochet. back in one nine hundred ninety eight. self-assertion presidential candidate. has been reportedly been hospitalized after police stormed her headquarters in the capital val authorities say they wanted her for questioning over an attack on the country's central election committee last year g.o.p. ever was one of the front runners of last november's disputed election which was an old by the a certain supremes court due to a number of violations she'd been planning to hold her integration on thursday despite the fact that fresh elections are due to be held next month the acting head of the republic called action and attempted coup so officers a former georgian republic to gain independence in two thousand and eight following a brief with georgia. we could always far more news online just log on to r.t.

dot com here's what's waiting for you there right now. the anniversary of army why egypt's new government is deploying more tanks and troops across the country just one year after the fall of mubarak's regime. and also the painful aftershocks of the war heavily armed fighters carry out a bloody attack on a refugee camp on the outskirts of tripoli you can read the analysis on that online at r.t. dot com. in a moment with the business but for now join r.t. on an adventurous tour of russia with our close up team. we've traveled almost a thousand kilometers east of moscow to the early on off screen the main city is best known as the birthplace of let me alone and during the soviet times the region

flourished as the center of the country's military and aviation industries but as counteracts has been finding out it has all the potential to win back that reputation. it was in the late seventy's that the reality aviation complex was created obvious star is. one of the largest manufacturers of passenger planes as well as re modernizing of existing cargo planes that travel worldwide their islam plane is one of the largest operating cargo aircraft originally designed for the russian military but when the soviet union fell a demand did too obvious star has been renovating existing response and are now planning a major comeback. a new construction line will launch which will cover the production and the modernization of unique airplanes in the world that are popular such as the roost one. voted new but airlines have used their response freighters to assist in un and red cross relief projects but they'll haul satellites yachts and even the sukhoi superjet two can imagine. kilo's of those this brother

who brought it from africa to. north from the europe for a. special celebration with ollie also transported one hundred thousand kilos of beaujolais wine from france to japan he says without ever breaking a single bottle many little boys dream of becoming pilots but the path to get there isn't always an easy one here the only one of six civil aviation school it's the only place in russia where one can get a higher education with courses offered in academics meteorology and over one hundred fifty hours of flight time. students start the training of these models which gives them the complete feeling of what it's like to sit in a real aircraft flight. and it's true the images on the screen and vibrations of the simulator made even me feel

like i could be a pilot i'm joined today by. director of corporate communications of the united aircraft corporation thank you for being with us olga since obvious star has been in existence since one thousand nine hundred eighty how do you evaluate the development of the corporation today. we are working to get. new strategies to cells and eleven the new strategy comprises the development segments in the russian space industry its military aviation its commercial aviation and its transport. one of the major perspectives the goals of their star in order and russia throughout working over the realization of the program of building. a craft. to get first orders for the.

coming up to twenty four minutes past the hour here in moscow business update is next for catching. thank you bill hello to you welcome to the business program at this hour we start with the story that's called the whole of the russian market talking minority shareholders and the country's second largest bank vitti bay to get all the money back they invested in the company's i.p.o. in two thousand and seven that's despite the share price currently being hauled off the list price business unless the new bushel has mall. the to be will buy these shares at the price investors paid in two thousand and seven so-called people's lives here with thirteen point six copecks it's almost double what the current share price is which is seven copecks but ima putin says the money will come from the lenders profits not from state funds although the government

will remain the main shareholder but will buy up to sixteen thousand dollars worth of shares from each shareholder in total the move will cost the bank up to six hundred million dollars that's one fifth of the tepees net profit post today said such buybacks won't happen again. but we live in a special time characterized by deep and prolonged financial crisis the instruments that work for decades are failing today otherwise the germans would not be rescuing the greeks the e.c.b. would not be giving interest free loans of course such moves cannot be the every investor must understand he's responsible for the shares he bought but in russia this was one of the first share placements and back in two thousand and seven none of us really understood the world was heading towards a global recession one. hundred caused in there some ordinary people do feel tricked by v.t. because lavish advertising for the public back in two thousand and seven which

suggested big returns with a low risk of losses the buy about will happen within a month in other words before mr putin stands in presidential elections on march fourth her some see the move as following the voice of the t.v. minority shareholders paid for by the banks main institutional investors they're being excluded from the buyback and have threatened to sue analysts invest cafe calculate based on the balance sheet the current share price of seven copecks is actually the fair one. the prime minister has also discussed another plan likely to pose to the electorate putin said a way must be found to close the subject of unfair privatizations in the ninety nine says he suggested that the tycoons that took control of the country's resources should pay a one time fate he acknowledged that the process of privatization after the collapse of the soviet union was dishonest the exact details of the plan have not been what sounds huge and said this should be done with the public and.

the markets stocks in europe closed higher after a deal was struck in greece and as you can see investors were really they finished the day's session on an optimistic note there the footsie up around a third of a percent on the downs over hoffa percent impulsive territory. it was a different story though here in moscow the markets closed in the red as you can say the my sex dropped almost a percent while the r.t.i. shed a third of a percent. on the individual moves that let's see how they got on today google finished up overhaul five percent and the red cross net was nearly two and a half percent in the rads a v.c. baby was at point four percent down following the buyback announced. as all the business news when else a chain saw let's say the headlines up next. well

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with twenty four hours a day in moscow top stories now the u.n. is considering a joint mission with the arab league to end the bloodshed in syria but with conflicting reports of the number of casualties proving hard to get a true picture of events. the greek government plans to secure one hundred thirty billion euro bailout amid public anger but the technocrats in brussels say even these measures won't be enough to win the rescue plan. is europe going to move could hit countries most dependent on the rain in crude like spain. would more no stories other developments. washington. politics meeting

capital account with. your watching. good afternoon and welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. here are your headlines for wednesday february eighth u.s. republican presidential hopeful rick santorum won all three republican voting contest last night let me remind you of some of his thoughts on foreign policy. on occasion scientists working on the nuclear program in a wrong turn up did. he go to wonderful but. a wonderful thing he's also advocated arab.