some of the national sources are not only russian sources. and also quite a number of open sources by the way in serbia information to be. very much in the in the open to mean so. you said something about who is too general or maybe who has the monopoly to judge nobody has the monopoly to judge others and does everybody have the right to judge. well i would say that. well we all have sort of the right says states and it's not too probably to judge use of judges not be the right word to. underline the existence of problems yes i think every every country has this right and we did this very important struggles you don't consider. your paper to to to be judging we are not judges we're here you're trying to highlight the problem with highlight their our lives and we are

a we are making it clear the problems do exist many of them are trans border as we call them problems or common issues and problems and a very important message you know report and i hope that this message has been taken and we heard that it is taken by many that we invited to broader and more intensive international catering why is your report so selective because it's mainly situation in the united states and in major western western countries. as we call them countries of europe why you self selected doesn't that make you biased when you become selective because we're not judging. the u.s. so this is what you care about well the u.s. report well the u.s. report it depicts a describes the situation in all other countries of the world with one exception yes which is the united states of course the. you can guess why but.

we do not follow this pattern and we do not want to mention a country only for the sake of mentioning it but we wanted to show once again better issues and problems exist everywhere including in the most developed code and called democracies and it is it is not just to criticize for the sake of criticizing it is to invite those countries and others. are you biased. well to be to be frank do you feel that you are sort of biased i don't but i think we're biased i mean if you if you look and if you read the report and i believe you do that. there is nothing in that report which is not altogether which is altogether unknown to the international community or we shouldn't be mentioned by those as it was this is another what's the point what's the point of making a report based on papers already published by international organization like you mentioned the amnesty international midsole software and the others they're all

already open figures what's the point of putting them together in here in the report. the point is to get it to give a different angle a different attitude of well we do generalize we do system and there is a little bit definitely we're not just to come piling. we are we're not cooking it went we're we're not just compiling and the idea is to. express our views on just to make it clear that we do observe certain issues and problems in the number of in a number of countries and there are quite a number of countries i mentioned in our report and. i mean the scope of the report. this essentially will remain unchanged because it develops i mean it depends upon big developments in the field of human rights which we can. i mean we don't exclude that maybe some other countries can begin to mention the next time so we'll see well about other countries and this is

a nerve the thing that makes me think i think when i read your first report of some wise you you mentioned you speak a lot about the united states about europe but this report does mention some countries where the situation in the field of human rights is. worse or not at least not better than in the united states and some european countries some of the russian neighbors why aren't you mentioning them why aren't you interested in the situation there will be better or worse you know i always remember that beauty is in the eye of the beholder you know you never you never know what it is if you have difficult to say better or worse but. i tried to describe the logic which we followed when we prepared the first and. i would like to underline this is the first report and the first experience in russia but the countries which you mentioned well there are certain issues obviously even worse than even the kremlin says once in

a while that they are concerned with the human rights situation for example in belarus right and the foreign minister has said right on the on one occasion yeah it does not the absence of. the sort of country in our first report doesn't mean you are happy does not mean that we do not know in the morning that the situation is going to of course and we do not. or that we underestimate the problems which exist now but are we. as i said i would report is not the one only channel through which we can can we so there are other channels including in the russian foreign minister. russian policy of russian foreign policy is becoming more and more problematic which is good the reason why i've started talking about a bill the rooster countries like syria which are more dependent russia is there i think that that the criticism coming from moscow towards countries like syria would be more effective then criticizing that states don't you don't you agree but i do

think we're not criticizing them. we are definitely we do express our views including. those countries which you mentioned and not only but once again there are different channels and we are doing. speaking of syria we are doing a lot as a russia to. promote the political process to which would result definitely obviously in bettering the situation in the field of human rights but political process not the external external interference in the syrian matters so we are contributing and we are of course frankly telling our friends and partners when we see certain things which are wrong i mean in the field of human rights we don't hit it could you give us an example of the human rights violation that there is cited in your report that wasn't common knowledge i mean for for for

for the white audiences in some country before you published it before you made it made it public. it will hard for me probably to guess what was not known to the wide. public but i would like to i would lend one issue. which we unfortunately face and witness on their more and more regular basis which is not good you know and means i'm speaking about territorial. proliferation of you know all projection or all the u.s. law. i would say that the united states and we have seen a number of instances when the russian citizens have been illegally extradited to the united states from the third countries without without junot if occasion of the russian of the russian government. under the consular convention under the

international law in general. this is a very worrisome trend and we have been underlying it. constantly to our american partners and. i can different refer to a number of cases but with me he is one we can see mr boot who is well this is one of yes there. is another case quite recently just a few days ago another russian citizen has been extradited from switzerland to the united states misters that i mean and once again it is very important that all the necessary. for mellitus and provisions of international law are followed by the u.s. government all these cases all these cases i mean russian citizens rights abused abroad are they your priority or your. only concern about for example the the rights. of the citizens of other countries being violated even if it is a huge priority definite so you're see other russians abroad i am working. for the

russian foreign ministry and i'm a russian diplomat obviously the legitimate rights and. and freedoms of russian citizens this is a big concern for me for my government for the russian foreign ministry but i am also i am also. monitoring a lot of the implementation of human rights in general you know in general thank you thank you very much for being with us and just to remind you that my guest today was constantin del boy russian foreign ministry special envoy for human rights and that's it for now from all of the spotlight will be back with more pressure to comment on what's going on and outside russia until then stay on our team and take it it. as .

the u.n. general assembly prepares to vote on the arab resolution putting the blame for violence in syria soley on the government that's amid fears the country might soon plunge into sectarian chaos. a fresh wave of downgrades sweeps across the struggling euro zone as six nations get their debt rating scott all this while greece faces further valid hurdles from the e.u. despite its latest partial sturdy plan. and russia's military predicts the west might decide on a strike against iran before summer as clouds gather over tehran following israel's accusations that the islamic state was behind monday's attacks on diplomatic

personnel. live from our studios in central moscow you're watching are with me and he said now it's six pm here in the russian capital four pm in damascus syria but we begin in new york with the u.n. general assembly which could soon wrote on a new draft resolution on syria which is believed would put all the blame for violence on the country's government saudi arabia and qatar drew up the attacks in a fresh bid to pressure the syrian president the move follows the recent double veto of virtually the same document by russia and china at the u.n. security council or he's an associate is following developments. this meeting has definitely lasted the entire day 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 as an attempt from the saudi arabia and qatar to go to another body of the united nations an 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 and china's problem with the text was that it seemed biased to the country is saying that it only named 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 we should be able to go to the effort to end violence should come with negotiation attempts involving all syrian forces including the government and the opposition in order to start the talks the countries that have an influence over the opposition groups who went to him now have been unwilling to meet 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 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 syria's opposition say the rebellious city of holmes has come under some of its heaviest shelling from government forces yet rebels claim around four hundred people have been killed in several days of an intensified assault but the syrian authorities blame violence on armed terrorists operating in the city now adding to the increased turmoil in the country there are fears syria could soon plunge into sectarian chaos as sara firth explains. the predominantly christian town of million lies in the syrian mountains yet even here in this hauntingly beautiful place and the signs of the polarizing conflict that is tearing apart much of the country right now creeping in and a sense of foreboding hangs heavy locals tell us they don't travel out of this area much longer feel it's 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 in peace for a long time. back in the center and damascus is known as a melting pot of religions a sense allawi sector a minority in the country but despite making up around just twelve percent of the total population heloise have occupied elite positions in the government and the military for decades and now there are fears that resentments among the majority muslim sunni stacks could or ups the country that until this crisis break out was religiously diverse as the tolerance now the calm increasingly polarized genuine fears that as well that those divisions my laid his a sectarian tensions being further exploited have been staked by the emergence of

an al qaeda video link the holy war illustrate the assad regime 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 as long as it stops the violence there's little time for them to think about long term sick carrion rests. well as many of them are worrying about daily survival anyone over the last we are ready to hear to say yes to anyone over there so far this regime yes anyone 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 staying with the mideast police in bahrain now fired tear gas and stun grenades at protesters trying to occupy a landmark square in the nation's capital and happen on the eve of the first anniversary of a pro-democracy uprising in the gulf coast on monday hundreds of protesters marched through an hour much marker well that was crushed by security forces middle east expert terry kelly told r.t. there's a huge difference in how some world powers treats oppression protests in the region . those going to increase which i regard it is as though we're still stooges of the west basically. criticized regularly very rarely do we have coverage it's not just the gulf states and bahrain in particular it is also going to create like yemen was brutal dictatorial present to prison former president is going to be in the united states receiving medical treatment and no reporting is taking place from the yemen there were demonstrations in saudi arabia

a few days ago which got very little coverage of course the so these have no democracy at all it is probably the most undemocratic a concrete leanto there are who are much much more undemocratic even though libya was no one talks about this because it's a useful country it has always lived elsewhere the west starts to mention in bahrain was greenlighted by the united states which is very strong in their principles and they crushed the uprising and they were brutality so on to improve on the teats which are dealt with in a different way and how the problem in bahrain is that seventy to eighty percent of the population feels it has no representation whatsoever and yet nothing happens on this front. well still ahead for you on the arts here this hour u.s. and china at a crossroads as representatives of the two powers meet in washington we explore

what turns their ties might take in light of america beefing up its military in beijing's backyard. and with just a few weeks left before russell's presidential election we'll look at who exactly the candidates are appealing to in their media campaigns and somewhat unconventional tactics that they're using. when the debt ridden e.u. has suffered another blow from ratings agencies moody's has downgraded the debt ratings of six e.u. states including vulnerable portugal italy and spain it comes as the box struggles to provide greece from default by offering balance and returned for more austerity but argues jacob greaves reports more and more greeks feel the measures will only make things worse. 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. that uganda protests turned violent as protesters including fringe and a kiss clashed with police again leaving their mark on athens. a day on this is the remnants of public anger big losses and the only thing that's been broken as the government's past increasingly unpopular austerity cuts have been left asking who can they trust serve their interests the measures are 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 it's not going to work in the end it will be another bill here clearly bad and. oh i 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 to 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 and they already have destroyed the whole generation of young people and their dreams they will destroy the structure of the sabian the infrastructure of the whole country we know that did this in a piece there that we have now signs that these illegal or old news we cannot continue like that because the policy that the government is following actually increases the day yeah instead of finding a solution at the heart of activists claims is there are solutions that they've noticed there. the for the best part of five years now and the time taxes have risen incomes have full 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

government warns would follow but what is about. is the break up of that idea exactly even more. by these third or four. years they are going to come the only way out of this point is that default default is going to be very tough for us but there's going to be a better solution than the 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 but the simmering discontent hasn't been and was forced medicine appears to bring nothing but pain many are continuing their call for turned to treatment greece athens. well despite greece passing its harshest austerity package yet there's no guarantee it will get more bailout cash there are still conditions and those needs to fail including making written assurances that the agreed measures

will be implemented but international consultant and author adrian she says the country is locked in a vicious circle. are bank of that stupid that they always make the mistake of lending too much money and are governments that stupid that they take the loans much more than they can pay back or insist is this part of a model where like shylock's pound of the pay you ability of the solver of this is literally used to control the entire economy and it's so sad to see the same sickening scene time and again since taking to the streets they are repressed by the police who tear gas they throw stones somebody gets injured hundreds get in here 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 boardrooms looking down of these horrific scenes and just laughing at it all. later today we'll bring you

a unique take on europe's debt crisis in the kaiser report the full program coming up for you next hour. here so just from athens is that from two thousand and nine two thousand and ten two thousand and eleven or two thousand and twelve can you tell the target by any other year or still a sweep greeks approved 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 draw and steal the elegant marbles but the u.k. already stole the. well china has promised to help resolve the eurozone debt crisis but it's made no specific promise to invest

a new european balance fun sang song so from the center for international monetary research and remy university says china will invest in the e.u. but only under certain circumstances. if europe except the provider to the right preconditions for chinese. rescue farms i think china side that we have given we'll provide some from the for the rest of your own crisis for example i think of the european union issue of the recall the study of market economy for china and also the model for his or for the market of chinese investments in your eyes or soul and we are taking measures you should take more measures to prevent the protectionism in us and time to trade for two charities the rest of the trigger so i think right now all the future of dependence by that's will be to your china has

a stone. munchie in those years so i think. we also will provide help if the two sides reach right conditions. but as international pressure on iran amounts russia's military has assessed the probability of a western strike against the islamic republic as being high concerns of pending military action grew after israel blamed tehran for two bomb attacks on its diplomatic staff on monday and today's blast in bangkok peter oliver is following developments. the chief of staff of the russian armed forces said on tuesday that he thinks a plan for a western attack on iran could be in place by the summer of this year and he's basing that statement on the fact that since the arab spring started a year ago russia has been monitoring the area of the wider middle east very closely enough to looking at the findings from that monitoring this is what he's come up with now and this comes just a day after two israeli diplomats were targeted with car bombs in the capitals of

georgia and india now the bomb in georgia was able to be defused however in india that car bomb exploded very very close to the residence of the prime minister of india and injured several people now israel was very very quick to point the finger of blame for those attacks at teheran despite terror experts looking at the findings and coming up with saying all this pretty much no evidence that was behind those attacks this is all really part of the ongoing blame game between tel of the terror and the iranians claim that the israelis have been behind a two year campaign of assassinations on their nuclear scientists well on tuesday in bangkok what we've seen is a rainy unmanned taken into custody by police after an explosion two explosions in bangkok injured several people there now it's really media very very.