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put to the task as the u.n. general assembly scrutinizes the syrian crisis the move is seen by some as an attempt to heighten the screws on russia and china. europe gets hit with yet another wave of downgrades of confidence collapses over the blocks future this as the e.u. presses ahead with its austerity crusade against a reluctant greece. and with the russian airwaves flooded with pre-election campaigning positive coverage of prime minister vladimir putin is criticized as an unfair advantage over other presidential candidates. live from our headquarters in central moscow you're watching r t with me and he

said now it's good to have you with us two pm here in the russian capital twelve noon in damascus syria but we begin in new york with the u.n. general assembly which is preparing its members for an upcoming vote over a new draft resolution on syria the document apparently echoes the one vetoed by moscow in beijing at the security council in early february and a general assembly meeting on monday the u.n. human rights chief said the inability of the body to take action on the syrian crisis has handed president carter blanche to execute an all out assault and although decisions at the u.n. g.a. are not legally binding some believe the vote could be used in an attempt to put pressure on both russia and china are to be in the future can the fall of the latest gathering in new york. we've been hearing speeches from dozens of countries that started early in the morning and of course this comes only a week after a double veto from russia and china blocked an arab and western backed resolution

on syria at the security council so what we saw. it is an attempt from the saudi arabia and qatar to go to another body of the united nations and attempt to find some kind of decision there even though the general assembly does consist of over one hundred ninety members we have to keep in mind that it's not nearly as powerful as the security council because whatever decision comes out of the general assembly is by no means binding it's only seen as a recommendation by the rest of the international community and what's key here is that the text of this suppose address aleutian that the general assembly will be voting on voted on has not even been circulated yet we're hearing about it's going to be pretty much the same document that russia and china vetoed and russia's and china's problem with the text was that it seemed biased to the countries saying that it only named to the syrian government as the main cause of the conflicts going on on the ground in syria but not the armed groups and that's something that continues to be a major sticking point the recognition of two sides to this conflict by the

international community because the effort to end violence should come with negotiation attempts involving all sharing forces including the government and the opposition in order to start to talk to countries that have an influence over the opposition groups going to him now have been unwilling to commit should exert their power. we've been hearing all of these countries make speeches today see it saying that the syrian government is committing atrocities so really this is another opportunity for those who do support regime change on the ground to send out criticism towards the syrian government many experts are saying really that the fact that at this symbolic diplomatic gesture is being attempted at the united nations does not really mean much because any sort of document is not going to help stop the crisis on the ground unless it pushes for a cease fire so many are saying that should be priority prioritized at the general assembly these days and not just you know a lot of words of criticism. well former u.n.

correspondent in williams says if the action on syria is pushed through the u.n. general assembly it could have unwelcome consequences for some world powers. the arab countries in the western countries want to show that they're doing something. if they were serious then they were oppressed for a special general assembly an emergency special general assembly meeting under the uniting for peace resolution and this you may remember in a field rich with irony was the form that the u.s. and britain used to fight the korean war in the face of a soviet veto in the early fifty's since then it was resurrected by the palestinians to bypass the american veto in the security council and that's a presume that is why it is not being invoked now because i use the phrase a non-binding resolution the resolution that established the state of israel partitioned it was a general assembly resolution so if that was not binding then where do we go from

there you know what we have is some powers say that resolutions they like are binding a resolution they don't like a non-binding. the qatari president of the general assembly could have followed earlier precedent so that there was sufficient support for the special it. special session but it hasn't done so and i'm sure that's because a western pressure. they don't want to establish a precedent they consider these resolutions binding because that would be accepting next on the u.s.b. there is a public good resolution. but alarming reports continue to emanate from the protests hub of homes as opposition activists suggest the city is suffering its heaviest shelling for days with the spiraling violence now being fanned by players such as al qaeda there are concerns that the crisis could become increasingly sectarian thirty's sara firth reports from to mask. the predominantly christian town of many lies in the syrian mountains even here in this. place and the signs of the

patronizing conflict it's tearing apart much of the country right now creeping in in the sense of baiting hangs heavy. locals tell us they don't travel out of this area much they may longer feel safe we speak to the nuns at the monastery here they tell us about the town's preservation of the ancient aramaic language and like their cherished tongue they hate the fine balance of religious groups in the country can be kept even in these difficult times we have been living here with all people regardless of their religion ethnicity and peace for a long time. back in the center and damascus is known as a melting pot of religions south alloa effect are a minority in the country but despite making up around just twelve percent of the taito population heloise haven't he paid elite positions in the government and the military for decades and now there are fears that resentment among the majority

sunni muslim sunni sags to run. the country that until this crisis breakout was religiously divested of tolerance now the calm increasingly polarized genuine fears about just what that these divisions my laid is a sectarian tensions being further exploited have been staked by the emergence of an al qaeda video looking for holy war davis trade the assad regime the new city violence is just not going to end we see it happening and iraq neighboring iraq sectarian violence that is catastrophic and nobody is reporting on that the reporting on syria and they're not focusing on the potential problems that syria could lead into another iraq on the streets through an increasingly desperate population has called for help in whatever form it comes up as long as it stops the violence this is a time for them to think about long term sick carrying risks as many of them are worrying about daily survival anyone over thirty hours we are ready to hear out to

syria yes or anyone over there so for this regime yes everyone in syria right now the split still largely remains along political lines but there's concern that as this increasingly bloody conflict continues it could turn into a sectarian one as well south r.t. damascus syria. well still to come on the program superpower games washington beijing representatives to meet to discuss cooperation while the u.s. moves its forces into china's white yard. and there could be an attack on iran by this summer about the protection of russia's general staff as they blame as the blame game i should say between tehran and tell of the vasculitis with allegations surrounding two bomb attacks on israeli embassy. yet another wave of credit rating downgrade has hit the e.u. with moody's one of the big three rater slashing the scores of italy spain and four

other nations this is the bloc labor's to erect a debt barrier around greece and its hopes that extreme austerity there will will halt any possible contagion parties jacob greaves reports it's a plan that already seems to be unraveling. system on the seach m.p.'s drowned out the pleas of tens of thousands of demonstrators amassed within a short passing another round of unpopular cuts. the results proved incendiary. uganda protests turned violent as protesters including fringe and kiss clashed with police again leaving their mark on athens. a day on this is the remnants of public anger but glass isn't the only thing that's been broken as the government's past increasingly unpopular austerity cuts will be left asking who can they trust serve their interests to measures and very very tough

part of the poor people especially and this is the reason that we feel. today i think more measures have been taken and they're not going to work in the end they'll be another bill. and. hope for the best but i don't see it coming. under pressure from brussels berlin and the international monetary fund the greek government has cut more jobs slash funding for the nation's pensions a minimum wage but current policy appears to mainly expose those most vulnerable to crisis conditions is a mindset some feel is doomed to fail we already have destroyed the whole generation of young people and their dreams destroyed. infrastructure of the whole country we know that it is. a piece there that we have now signs that the disease lauro do. we cannot continue like that

because the policy but the government is following actually increases the day yeah instead of finding a solution at the heart of activists claims is their search and that they've known us there. he for the best part of five years now and the time taxes have risen incomes have fallen but the country's deficit only seems to grow and in this austerity cycle is something sought by an increasing number despite the turmoil the governor wallace would follow but what is above our political system is the break up the idea exactly the date even more. by these third or four. years they are going to come the only way out of this point is the default default is good to be very tough for us but there's going to be a better solution than it is so slow death for now relative calm has returned to the streets of athens smashed buildings have been patched up the signs of damage

swept away by the simmering discontent hasn't been a mass force medicine appears to bring nothing but pain many are continuing their call for terms of treatment greece athens. that is by greece passing its harshest austerity package yet there's no guarantee it will get more bell out cash avin still has conditions to for failing clued in further cuts to protect against a greek default but international consultant and author adrian she says the country is locked in a vicious cycle. are bankers that stupid that they always make the mistake of lending too much money and are governments that stupid that they take loans much more than they can pay back or insist is this part of a model where like shylock's pound of flesh you ability of the solver and this is literally used to control the entire country and it's so sad to see the same

sickening scene time and again protests taking to the streets they are repressed by the police who tear gas they throw stones somebody gets injured hundreds get in because somebody always ends up getting killed and i always figure that it's the poor people on the streets fighting the police who are also poor and i always wonder if there are a cigar smoking perched on the fiftieth floor boardroom looking down of these horrific scenes and just laughing at it all the troika of greek lenders are due to meet on wednesday to give the athens balance their preliminary approval the final say however rests with the german parliament something that's not sitting well with max kaiser coming up next our unique take on europe's debt crisis in the keiser report. greeks approve tombstone austerity deal with troika so we see over and over there's a great deal there is not a great deal there's a great deal there's not a great deal you. on again off again there is

a deal now there were german were crazy were trying to milk you dry and still the elegant marbles but the u.k. already stalled. well the arrival of the chinese vice president xi jinping in the u.s. comes as a testing point in relations between the two economic giants there to meet with his american counterpart joe biden the tour expected to work on times against the backdrop of a u.s. military buildup in the asia pacific michael ross guide to france analyst at the rajaratnam school of international studies says the visit is a chance for china to share its world view. twenty twelve is also a very important year in chinese political system it's a year where you'll see a generational shift in chinese political system and she jinping basically

represents a fifth generations of new chinese leaders which will take the helm after after this year he's basically posed to become a chair general party secretary you know tolbert these here and there are becoming china's future president and secondly he wants to give us a sneak preview of if he wants to basically show himself a little introduce himself to the u.s. now there's a very little information on what he was what he's really worldview what he's world views are so i believe there will be tension there but most of all it will be very important how do you generations of leaders especially in the china will be able to manage the own domestic problems and how they will be able to communicate with the americans and vice versa. but the chinese vice president's visit is being used by u.s. activists in washington to try and further the cause of sanctions on iran a group of former national security advisers have urged him to support the western embargo on iran's oil exports which china is now the biggest buyer meanwhile russia's military has made its own assessment of iran's near future artie's peter

oliver explains. i'm nichelle i'm account of the chief of the general staff of the russian military has said that he believes that there could be an attack on iran by the west by the summer of this year now he's basing that claim on intelligence since the start of the arab spring last year now he doesn't name one particular nation only saying that it could be from western powers this comes just after two israeli diplomats cars were targeted on monday in both the indian and georgian capitals now has blamed iran for being involved one of the bombs the bomb in policing in georgia was able to be disarmed but the bomb in india actually detonated injuring four people just five hundred meters away from the residence of the indian prime minister now this is all part of the the ongoing blame game between tel of eve and terror on iran alleges that israel has been behind

a two year operation to assassinate a rainy and nuclear physicists. well to get more on western governments approach towards iran are to talk to brian bakker a member of the answer antiwar coalition here's a taste of what's coming up for you in less than fifteen minutes. the u.s. 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 operate covert operations economic sanctions and now these new sanctions are not really even a like the old saying 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's

league of voters is demanding that the country's central t.v. channels drop their alleged pro putin bias ahead of march's presidential election the league's standing for a fair election doesn't like the positive tone of reports about the prime minister saying it undermines others' chances as artie's daria pushkov reports every candidate makes good use of their allotted air time. what i would like to shout yell a few days he did so for the most eccentric video in russia's presidential campaign urging to vote for the country's top populist bloody midget in our skin famous for his showmanship and occasional fist fights with fellow though make is. so you will see soon that this little mangy donkey has become a symbol of our country the whole country has gone to a standstill like this animal if i become president i will get moving again. less than a month to go and five candidates have plastered the streets with election posters

desmond view is with t.v. promos heated discussions have become part of everyday life. after. i don't cause in the race the billionaire businessman mikhail prokhorov promises their arrival of a new russia with a new president known for his quite riches and playboy past he's the only new face on russia's political scene formally and a tourist party animal his reputation was once dented by an international sex scandal which has come back to haunt him on the web we are vegetarian alveolar for the our body and soul as for the elections will win them anyway you can buy anything so you can buy your victory to get the remaining candidates out of them in the a crowd united to ban of the all time communist party leader has always relied on the pension of voters who form about one third of russia's population now his laurels all contested by siggy middle of from with a russia polity is the notion of b.g.

can't even afford to milk whether pensioners. the competition has made zyuganov reach out to younger generation and offer them a brand new slogan there's always a choice bloody mad putin running for his that time has refrained from getting involved in the campaign directly he has controversially refused to take part in any t.v. debates sending. representatives instead and he's promised to never show his face. when he doesn't go to television when he's a part of st paul it takes what he's a part of television coverage oh he's a job as prime minister he is there is the only one let's say the only kind that 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 going there as the campaign picks up steam it's expected so will the number of street protests both for and

against putin and its likely election two thousand and twelve will be remembered as one that got russians on their feet powa village just being in polls also show the level of support keeps rolling across the country despite the wave of opposition protests i think that brought us tend to mobilize his core letter because when people like drew her are saying that you know the social benefits should be caught that factories that are inefficient because that stage would not interfere so much i think that the message that people gather cross russia is that like we should keep. busy even a song and recent online sensation praising the prime minister's virtues sung by supposedly. it claims to. be by his initials was sent to russia by god.

by alice however many say this song is clearly too much and is just a club the headaches in the meantime the electoral campaign will be sewn up with more surprises likely along the way down party moscow. well take a look now at some other stories from around the world this hour a radical muslim cleric with a. going strong. and said to have been in lot of right hand man has been released from prison on bail in the u.k. extreme or extremist preacher i should say abou qatada has been in jail for six years but last week tribunals ruled he should be free british officials say he poses a threat to the country's security but attempts to deport him back to jordan to face terrorism charges have been blocked by the european court of human rights. police have fired tear gas and stun grenades at protesters in bahrain capital ahead of the first anniversary of pro-democracy demonstrations crowds were attending an

anti-government rally heading for a pro round about where the country's uprising began year ago at least sixty people have died since the shia led protests began last february they're demanding constitutional monarchy. that serves the northern kosovo are holding a referendum on whether they accept the current rule of the self-proclaimed republic they hope results of the tour de bow will have legitimacy to their struggle to reunite with serbia belgrade though has condemned the referendum saying this will complicate dialogue with the breakaway state of kosovo declared independence in february two thousand and eight but its status is still not recognized by many countries. well gearing up for the playoffs kick off in the moscow frost a preview of tonight's game between rubin and greece's condos coming up in our chief sports bolton in about twenty five minutes but first the business.

hello and welcome to business here on the south where the russian crops whether mother nature is once again playing tricks just a year after a severe drought the country sponsons are facing a cold test once again in our business on a less than noble show has more. to hold groups may have been done. by the extreme cold weather say we're informers it's only germany france and poland are also risk from sustained low temperatures which is thirty three in some polls that's expected to skyrocket prices for things like bread week futures have been of the ukraine government warned they may limit exports to guarantee the mystic supply both countries are usually big exporters of grain global we proceed eleven percent in the second hole for general alone we will russia's top or never received suspended

its grain terminal civil times of the black sea froze over for the first time in thirty years a drought from july to november last year had already weakened crops the head of russia's so than one company says fifty percent of the country's great crop could be damaged by heavy winds and the worst weather in a quarter of a century first. show one in three great points have already been lost. let's take a look at the markets now start with exchange rates the giro is trading just a notch lower against the dollar and that's after being down an early age in trading due to rating downgrades by moody's will tell you about that a little bit later but the move five all right an agency weighs on the ruble which is seen moderate losses against both the euro and the dollar. let's take a look at oil prices crude makes their hovering around a one month high and that's after the austerity plan approved by the greek parliament and tighten sanctions on iran. one day over two percent after companies

in control of more than one hundred times worse that they would stop loading cargo from iran. european stocks are mixed this hour with sentiment weighed by a fresh crop of downgrades and weightings cuts by moody's the rating agency knocks two notches off that rating and cut its outlooks on the u.k. and france too negative. here russian markets are now in the horses of territory with my sex addict i was. half a percent. in the mover's i've heard you majors are makes the sour of rolls and i've read them traders say investors are moving their stock from the company and that's after all snuffed increased planned capital expenditures for this new year meanwhile the call is one percent higher and these has reverse early losses and is now adding over one percent. outlines what stocks investors will be focused on this week. investors will be most focused on stocks which almost leveraged on a successful outcome for greece and also relatively well supported modestly prices

in tradition in russia that what we call the heartbeat of stocks that still names on the financials as well so the market should be quite focused on names like you have arise likes of a star and much zero. amongst them are expected to be a lot will depend on how the market interprets the events in greece. and another rosol the world's largest starman minor by output may sell forty percent in the i.p.o. accordance of commerce on day leave the flotation worth over one billion dollars may take part in the second half of the year. and in germany beer lovers will soon have the opportunity to enjoy a new brand of their favorite beverage and that's because russia's six largest brewer shock of our has decided to set up production in the european country the company plans to increase its presence in the german markets handful of this year by brewing five million liters of beer a chuckle or says it's forced to expand the broad. regulatory pressure on russia's

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