the explosive device and. the blast injured people from. mr who wanted to receive explosives also talked on city hall with this. lame game between the two countries going. around blaming israel pursues of assassinations nuclear scientists radio host and member of the recent organizing attacks. if i hadn't made my talk start it would be most startling i mean mossad i mean being a critic so apparent story is that it was a great all of them israel there's no compunction about two weeks you use it well as anybody else if it serves their intention israel makes charities american made charities but no way will just provide one thing earth will return after a game already junior patients will be wrist so many accusations flowing against

the return rate no radio no evidence so any theory including its alleged nuclear weapons program is too terribly well because according to u.s. intelligence as a march two thousand and eleven is no evidence whatever prove it well to get more western governments approach towards iran not to talk to brownback a member of the antiwar coalition it's a taste of what's coming up next on. well you says they're not carrying out regime change but in fact everyone who's watching knows that is the u.s. policy to create pressure on iran carry out overt out recalled word operations economic sanctions and now these new sanctions are not really even a like the old sanctions they are saying to the rest of the world if you dare do business with iran central bank if you buy iranian oil which constitutes half of iran's g.n.p.

if you have any business with iran whatsoever you will not have access to american banks to american corporations to the american market this is in fact a blockade. russia is a legal vote is developing that the country's central channels drop their alleged proof in this. presidential election the standing for a fair election doesn't like the positive tone of reports about the prime minister saying it undermines others' choices. over reports their candidate makes use of their lot of their time. the most eccentric media in russia presidential campaign urging to vote for the country's top populist allegedly nazi showmanship and occasionally this. is. so you will. see that this little mangy donkey has become

a symbol of our country the whole country has come to a standstill like this animal can become president we'll get moving again. less than a month to bill and five candidates have plastered the streets with election boosters desmond view is what t.v. promos heated discussions have become part of everyday life. i don't horse in my race the billionaire businessman a whole lot of promise is the arrival of a new russia president known for his height riches and playboy past is the only new face on russia's political scene formally and the tories party animal his reputation was once spent it by an international sex scandal which has come back to haunt him i'm glad we are vegetarian out here with all our body and soul as for the elections will win them anyway you can buy anything so you can buy your victory to the remaining candidates are some of the

a crowd united you've done of the old time communist party leader has always relied on vention of voters to form about one third of russia's population now his laurels all contest is once again you know one of from an ok russia party is in the know should be she can't even afford milk now whether pensioners. the competition has made is he gonna reach out to younger generation and offer them a brand new slogan there's always a choice bloody not put in the running for his that time has refrained from getting involved in a campaign directly he has controversially refused to take part in any t.v. debates sending his representatives instead and his promos never show his face. when he doesn't go to towers or when he is a part of three politics where he is a part of television coverage our. job as prime minister. is there is the only one let's say the only candidate with so many resources so much media

attention i think that he wants to show that he's the only real candidate precisely by not only. there as become pain picks up steam it's expected so will the number of street protests both for and against and it's likely election twenty twelve will be remembered as one that got russians on their feet all of the latest opinion polls also show the level of force and support each song across the country despite the wave opposition protests i think that brought us then to mobile life and score a letter because when people like brought her up are saying that you know that social benefits from the cut that factory is a very inefficient because that's they should not interfere so much i think that the masses of people got across russia is that right we should keep with him there's even a song a recent online secession praising the prime minister's virtues sung by supposedly

migrant worker it claims well you know nothing all d.d.p. by his initials was sent to washington i go. i can't let. go of the many say this song is clearly too much and is just not a hanks in the meantime the electoral campaign will be sewn with more surprises likely along the way the school block party will stem. the latest on the business well that mary. ellen welcomed suppose there's a here i think i would start with the russian crops where mother nature as a once again playing tricks just a year after a severe drought the country sponsons are facing a cold side as was his business psilocybe also has more. the home of crops may have

been damaged by the extreme cold weather say worried farmers italy germany france and poland are also risk from sustained low temperatures which of thirty three in some parts there is expected to still rock at prices for things like wine and bread wheat futures have been thought of the ukraine russian government warned they may limits exports to guarantee their mystic supply both countries are usually big exporters of grain global we proceed eleven percent in the second half of general alone we will russia's top poured over receipts because the suspended load at its grain terminal several times after the black sea froze over for the first time in thirty years a drop from july to november last year has already weakened crops of russia's one company says fifty percent of the country's great crop could be damaged by heavy winds and the worst weather in a cool to of a century first tests in russia sells show one in three great finds have already been lost billions of dollars will be spent

a day in presence of love and there's long been a commercial edge to valentine's day but in these strange times spending habits are changing and for us on how reality is taking a bite out of romance. saying it with flowers is a well established way of letting somebody know you not saying it with a toothbrush though could quite possibly cause bands or perhaps even be. the economic uncertainty is being felt completely shocking even on the most romantic day of the good globally value more money is expected to be spent than ever before . with gifts becoming more practical makes up out of the smiles and the talk was. all the. toothbrushes now according to consumer a great big insight last may's lasting value that record western clothes i just take you know there are people tend to be more efficient with gifts and it's the

money that's going to be seeing the spending on top of their lives all very nonstick. from our as to now according it's to a pulp i supect of thought very louis percent of respondents said that we're going to post a poem for the love which is great which is absolutely gone as long as it's well worth a if not i could leave a girl hungry for more. let's take a look at the markets or almost start with oil which is down but still hovering around the one month high and that's after all staring to find approval by the greek parliament went through and so i said citations all of it wrong the futures climbed over two percent of the companies in control of more than one hundred times worse so they would still float in cargos from iran let's take a look at the asian markets which have managed to reverse earlier losses and that's after the bank of japan supplies the market by expanding its assets purchase program very says the additional one hundred twenty eight billion dollars will be

used to buy japanese government colleagues and here in russia it's an hour ahead of the opening bell on monday the markets close in the blank with a nice sites even the most in five weeks and there's wagers means to figure skaters . the warehouse all rose saw the world's largest diamond miner via outlook which may sell fourteen percent in an i.p.o. that's according to commerce on diet day and he was also says the float seriously worth over one billion dollars may take part in the second half of the year. but that's how business works this hour while the back with more in about thirty five minutes i carry snacks for the headlines. over.

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to cook. eat eat. you're watching latinas have a look at the headlines. put to the test as the u.n. general assembly scrutinize a syrian crisis and lucy my so messed up tent put the screws on russia and china. europe gets hit with yet another wave of downgrades as confidence collapses over the great speech at this as the e.u. presses a head of its austerity crusade against the reluctant bleeds. into a new round in the blame game between israel and iran that's going to leave accuses

tehran of orchestrates attacks with diplomats. on next door to interview shows spotlights today out and over his guest focus on the report on human rights abuses around the world issued by the russian foreign ministry. hello again oh welcome to the spotlight begin to show our arts and i'll be offering today my guest in the studio is constantin. the russian foreign ministry's purse to report on in just pulls in how the country's last polls discouraged it's learned the worst are in particular and very confusing rights records doing something years for this mainly critics say the report is the product will just another round of how the russian america without called out yet for new free flights to publish such

reports every year just like the u.s. department faced so can the russian fuming was bloodsuckers really become common practice and all of these kind of reports reliable source of information or a new diplomatic trick for asking the foreign ministry's commissioner for human rights democracy and the rule of law constrained to tell the. world's most well known governmental human rights record is the us department of state that covers the record of the most united nations members at sap the last and usually criticizes make up plans for a justice and violation of the first country to respond to the american criticism was china which has been reporting on the rights of the ras since nine hundred ninety eight the russian retail focuses on the grass truth mentioning people in total bay prison and violation of the rights of american muslims it also covers the european union meeting members and georgia. eat eat.

i will miss the role thank you very much for being with us hello thanks well first of all. the question about at your current position about. job ury here upon the position of the spoiler special envoy within the foreign ministry was established just this year or so or for a few last year let's really have an effect i don't hear a couple of months ago right so who decision was it what was decided in the kremlin in the foreign ministry or well the position has been established as you put it last year it was. more than a couple of months it was established last april actually and this almost a year time flies and the decision has been taken by the russian leadership obviously and of course. by the leadership of the foreign minister mr weber and the idea was kind of. to

profile even more our country russia or in the field of human rights democracy and rule of law and those are very much interconnected in the in the link elements obviously and spheres. to provide for additional opportunities for their like with our partners and when i say partners i mean make way for a broad spectrum of those. countries. internationally going to lesions and institutions non-governmental institutions. and also of course to monitor first and foremost they will see it and one of the situation in the field of human rights democracy the rule of law. abroad and on the rope. the underlying idea is their. human rights are universal this is the general recognition of the common recognition it's a trend in the universal declaration and many other humans in common and so on on

human rights it means there. for everybody. all people have the right to enjoy their liberty to endure a human race on the other hand all states have to. understand what. i your day to day activities i mean other than writing this annual report will we be hearing from here some common some major world events concerning human rights and well i believe there are you already hearing it's not my first name on russia today and is a bit of a back and i have already had an opportunity to provide some of my assessments of russia to be named said he and spotlight it is a bit of absolutely and the hopefully the first but not last time but yes i've been commending on different issues and situations in the community area and human rights fields on a regular basis sometimes on a daily basis but on a regular basis and we. are putting some of the. commons.

ministers website so they are easier to access and. also obviously participating in in the drafting. of the reactions by the foreign ministry through on on different issues which are within my. scope. you mentioned reports the reports. hopefully to become and you will. but it doesn't mean it will be for another year or two to. share some of our assessments and some say regions on how now humor a situation develops in the world and we have different generals have been in that share and this is my part of my job description a good impression and i am in the regular version with the russian and then foreign

journalists and. with a definitely. with our media. donors who are now on t.v. definitely are a different channel so we. think that it is absolutely important to know how the situation develops because quite a number of new shoes and if you will of human rights in the field of human rights are common issues. i would say even ubiquitous sometimes and not a single country in the world today he's immune to those issues so let's mention some of them for instance racism racial discrimination discrimination of ethnic minorities. for their intolerance in a broad sense of so it provides a great opportunity for preparation well let's take a look at the history of international human rights reports here's the story from spotlighting them to me. one of the first ever reports and human rights

was produced fifty years ago by amnesty international the only thing in sixty so thank you one commission on human rights becoming active in condemning human violations which were also documented in an annual report ten years later another international organization joined in us human rights watch despite so many international bodies doing the job the u.s. state department decided on the show when it sold human rights for. in nineteen seventy six and document often contains scathing and now as abuses originally in the you with the sun and later russia another country highly politicized in the u.s. state department reports china decided to strike back and came up with its own account of human rights violations in one to ninety eight russia has always alleged thank

you were state department report was more asked and question the right of any nation to bear. however december two thousand and eleven so russia's foreign ministry issued its own accord on human rights. well the us department of state the united states was criticized criticized by the soviet union by russia late later for these reports of this kind we said i remember that america's positioning itself as a judge for other country for the situation human rights so why did russia have decide to follow this example well first of all. i'm working in the in the foreign ministry of the russian federation and definitely as our minister sergey lavrov excellent people did so yesterday during his press conference on the. year two thousand and one where our foreign policy is not

an ideological for enforcing and it is. very much preventing one and. that's why when we criticize we do not criticize our way the logical. for a logical reason we have we do. observe and one of the how the situation stands in the united states and some of the countries we do. i would lie on certain issues we have and we do have certain certain problems. we are and it's very important we be using ourselves not just on some conjectures will be using else fails on the assessments given by pretty much authority if international is a list of but russia as we remember it the foreign ministry for one has reacted pretty angrily every time we were sharply criticized in their reports of this crime especially in the united states report for the situation human rights in russia we

did give them and they're angry reaction so what kind of reaction do you expect. it to europe for it which is also pretty critical well of the wall. you mentioned. and your reaction will we react in a negative sense and some famous media you can say angrily when criticism of our foreign policy you can this is more well a practices and situation in russia in the field of human rights these are biased one when it is a strange one and unfortunately. in the state department's reports. quite a number of. assessments and conclusions are falling into this category and that's why we have to react but we do not react angrily to any criticism which is a constructive one because the shoes do exist and i wouldn't read the problems that

exist and we are we are now literally absolutely rapes to meet it but efforts are being done and when the vehicle leaders when efforts are not when efforts are underestimated then definitely we have we have to point to two point zero and the reaction to our report. let's. maybe distinguish between two sorts of reactions or reactions one is official reaction and we hear from her facial reactions. department of state which you mentioned in that from the united states from finland from some other countries and i must say that it was the reactions there as official it would have been pretty much. i can see you know we construct you for well maybe you reserved you know we were not different to negative air although i would expect some of

those countries which have been mentioned in our reporting and they did not to be governments not to be very much happy with some some provisions of the report well you talking about the official version reckon we'll talk about the i'm officially actions your political in a minute after we take a break just a reminder that consenting is i guess. wealthy british style. markets china. can. find out what's really happening to the global economy

which might cause or are no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kaiser report on our tea. party culture. could. culture some resistance on the market. you know how sometimes you see a story and it seems so for life you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm sorry big.

fish to. catch. fish to. welcome back to spotlight and al green of in just a reminder that my guest in the studio today is constantin they'll go off russian foreign ministry special envoy for human rights democracy and the rule of law this dog of you just told us about the official reaction to your human rights report which you call constructive what was the i'll invest you in drone of a general but it is the unofficial reaction what kinds of other threats the reactions have you got were they angry well our official reaction was i will see that the rituals for instance in some media years there has been critical reaction

to. our reports it depends upon. upon the media and on the newspaper and the way that we in some newspapers reaction once again was very quiet . acceptable and even quite positive in some other so yes they have been criticisms well what are you to judge us on this including this rings a bell the only rings in buildings. and rules the point there are two we fell for the target because work the idea behind the report was to once again it was it is based on objective sources and objective information from international human rights organizations human rights council the u.n. and so on and so forth but they do you want to point our top to underline the existence of problems even in bills countries which count themselves as the developed democracies you know what sources of information do you use them when you

prepare your report. i would say why. i mentioned some of them are for instance. assessments and conclusions from the universal periodic review of the un human rights council and also. assessments given by such i would say should well known non-governmental organizations as for instance amnesty international human rights watch war and it's nonsense on here also we also use the definitely some over the some of the national sources but they're not only russian sources. and also quite a number of water sources by the way in serbia information to be. very much in we in the open i mean so. you've said something about who used to judge or maybe who has the monopoly it was yes nobody has the monopoly to judge others and everybody.