he can be called. jones and. it's always personal. except. when choice matters to everyone. humanitarian aid enters the syrian city of homs after government forces push the fighters from their stronghold but local support the prevalence are still in the area and are still killing. plus the majority of e.u. nations on a long delayed deal to make economic discipline compulsory critics fear unrealistic expectations will hit struggling nations. pressuring synthetic contemplation ahead of presidential elections we go online where there is no peace from the relentless campaigning.

international news and comment live from moscow this is r.t. with you twenty four hours a day good to have you with us now the syrian government forces have allowed an aid convoy to enter the city of homs after capturing the rebel stronghold of. this follows a call from the un security council to allow immediate humanitarian access to the worst affected areas a motion supported by russia and china are things more of a national spoke to a resident of the besieged city who gave an eyewitness account of what she described as atrocities committed while the rebels were in control. international red cross and syrian red crescent has reached it's brought food water and medical supplies to the city that suffered from an almost month old siege humanitarian agencies are also expected to create injured from the area many people have been killed in homes as well their bodies have never been taken away and that will be

another part of their mission which used to be one of the opposition's main strongholds here in syria is now under the government's control who called media reports that in the tunnels underneath homes the army has discovered the fighters based out of command and control center highly religious or explosives and explosives the reports also say that they've found hundreds of bodies with multiple injuries and torture marks the situation on the ground still remains dramatic and skill to infrastructure has been badly damaged homes there is no water no electricity and no food no mobile coverage and landslide has also been badly damaged after many attempts were finally managed to speak by phone with homes presidents the woman has called herself the leader without giving us her last name she has said that local residents are afraid to leave their houses. this revolutionaries are real bandits they can shoot in the back the people rob one can

be shot dead for no reason we are afraid to go into the country as our car can be sparked and we can do short the young and on the people from their homes and chant them completely put them in plastic bags and then throw them out she was also said that while retreating from baba amr area the rebels have moved to another neighborhood in homes known as the media and they've killed many people there and most most of them are christian families. i mean civilians are tired of syrians want peace and love. but the syrian soldiers from protect us are being killed every day we've heard that mercenaries from france tunisia. we don't go anywhere. this breed of. people like. shortly after the rebels was draw one of the syrian main opposition groups formed military council to organize. resistance and provided rebels with more weapons the fact that just shows and troops how to play

militarized the conflict in syria has become recently as the country is very close to a civil war. the russian foreign ministry has called on the un to look at the calls to rebels in syria coming from several arab league states a spokesman suggested that but that may go against the un's goal of fighting terrorism actually burn the project a coordinator for the right should see project coordinator for the beirut based conference form believed atrocities committed by opposition forces are being ignored i think there is growing recognition that some of the very fundamentalist islamist groups would probably make up about thirty percent of the armed insurgents that they've been guilty of as much sort of brutality and terrible action as some of the accusations against the syrian army these are been documented in various reports we need to be careful of some of the mainstream media coverage in fact the i.c.r.c. and its local the syrian red crescent have been distributing humanitarian aid

medical supplies water for some days and how much and harms and for example they did get ambulances through to take the injured journalists out of homs there are a lot of on the ground reports including from al jazeera who have confirmed that it was actually the free syrian army who stopped ambulances going in to to evacuate both injured syrian civilians and insurgents but also the foreign journalists who were there. quit over who has just come back from homs she witnessed a scene of chaos and carnage in the water on city. i spent nine days in homes with the syrian red crescent and saw with my own eyes the killing the bloodshed and the bodies on the streets many of the people in homes have not cited by the government all rebels they just want to be left alone and survive but the humanitarian situation is dire with no water no power and little

food the conflict in homs itself is divided into with regime supporters on one side and years lamis opposition on the other i saw many lebanese mercenaries i spoke with members of the syrian army who told me about tunnels that intel between homes and lebanon which are used by mercenaries who are paid a lot of money to fight the army but from what i saw the blame for the violence lies equally with the government and opposition rebels who also fire missiles indiscriminately at government forces. particularly author filmmaker ridley's the expert told me a little earlier r.t. that he thinks all sides of the conflict need to come to the negotiating table. but key thing is where the intermediaries not aligned with either side are capable of pushing both sides to a conference table to agree a solution to this crisis it seems to me the assad regime carries on as if it

doesn't realize how heated it is by some sections of the population and the opposition which is now increasingly by the west by its conduit since there inside of you arabia and turkey heart turning our studio this does not help anyone in syria if it goes on like this it's becoming more and more sectarian if minorities christians who are where else are being targeted now by the so-called liberation from forces of the country so i think what it suggests is a negotiated settlement and for people to push both sides to sit on the round of you by the way you can find more footage from syria on our web site r.t. dot com as well as some disturbing pictures from another conflict scarred country this video from post gadhafi libya appears to show a group of africans locked in

a zoo and forced to eat all the flags. and google is at loggerheads with the e.u. as the internet giants are pretty to snoop on users raises fears that pretty is being pushed aside those stories and plenty of others are taking your calls. let me put in is called any attempts to arm the syrian opposition unacceptable insisting it would undermine peace efforts the conflict in syria and many more foreign policy issues were on the agenda as the prime minister spoke with members of the international media in his residence what is your position or brings us more now on that discussion. of course this was a meeting with. foreign journalists so international affairs were discussed and speaking about the relations with the united states the prime minister has said

that the research has worked economically wise but when it comes to washington's plans for the anti missile defense system in europe the reset has failed but most of which one of the sides wants to become totally invincible undermines the strategic balance of forces in the world we think it's highly dangerous the strategic balance has let us avoid global conflicts since the second world war when a country begins to think it's invincible to retaliate and strike from another country it leads to a lot of conflicts and aggressive behavior and it's not just because america is an aggressive country but because this is the way life is now to another issue dominating international affairs syria has called on the international community to pressure the syrian opposition into holding peaceful dialogue with. stressing that it's taking sides in this conflict is not a way to resolve it and is also said and called on the international community

not to supply weapons to the syrian rebels saying that this only leads to more bloodshed and sets back any possible peaceful dialogue between the authorities and the opposition there are months of talks and confrontations a history no disunited e.u. it's probably signed a watered down fiscal pact agreement is supposed to enforce tough new budget rules but britain and the czech republic found that idea too much to take city has more now on the pact feature. it's been talked about for months claimed as a solution to europe's crisis fiscal compact to skype talk to new fiscal rules after another two day summit this fiscal stability contract is signed sealed and delivered. most e.u. leaders have agreed to give it the go ahead and it's expected to be ratified by at least twelve euro zone nations this pact comes with tight budgetary rules that must

be strictly adhered to or else face automatic sanctions. member states must maintain a balanced budget or have a surplus keep a budget deficit of three percent or less enshrined the balanced budget rule into national legislation with it one year preferred within the constitution if budgetary targets are not met the guilty nation could be brought to the european court of justice and be obliged to make penalty payments the reins of strict budgetary oversight will be in brussels hands now we've in europe in brussels we've got our first saw and there's a budget star and he's going to police all the bridges all the member states and these member states will lose sovereignty in the field of budgetary policy. is the population going to accept this. a population that's already been forced to accept want tougher security measure after another good economist in the rules that

if you are doing austerity everywhere you go towards crisis if everybody is no tackling people because if we are cutting expenses they were crushing with the goodies consuming nobody is them but one of the groups is a point of this truth is a continuation or. orthodoxy. so we are exactly going back to what we have done in the last fifteen years. in the us e.u. leaders see the budgetary discipline the civility pact is expected to bring as a step closer to solving the result structural imbalances and help crisis hit countries ease their way out of their predicament but it's a one size fits all approach that has some worried about the impact it could have on healthier economies and could lead to huge fiscal consolidation by us so even those countries the company has your fiscal situation the. course will be there in school accounts which can depress coming. at

a time when the banks face problems and they're going to tell you want to and not a desirable scenario where the new buzzwords are growth and employment class are still your archie brussels. slogans promises and pledges of the usual attributes of any presidential campaign but this year's race in russia has seen some brand new creative weapons unleashed the internet has become one of the major battlegrounds although the content can be scandalous and not entirely innocent now it is a country of china which at the online arsenal. there is been a lot of singing dancing drawing and even cooking this election season as presidential campaigns go he's been hot and creative. with. issues of opposition is a ford hard in the online wars from rapping and slating the put in the dead of

tandem to posting not so innocent video fakes. charges against putin and could embezzle meant financial fraud and abuse of office. compactor the graphic anti kremlin campaigning the proved put in videos can seem a little toothless. if you believe that if our. the topic of ukraine not paying for russian gas proves that this video has been made on the kremlin's orders otherwise i don't understand who would be interested in spending money on this but even for putin is

a useless video if someone made up their mind to vote for putin this video carefully won't make them any firmer in their decision on the contrary if there is peace in their free will made them change their mind this prominent journalist and blogger believes it's not only losing the war of creativity other candidates desperate to. avoid the latter students sound as yes. where bush. wants to see a mole not just only zero zero zero s. . no i was right this was. to me all the candidates videos are annoying it seems that they hired the cheapest directors to film this fast food horrible quality this only proves one thesis about these elections none of the candidates are striving for a victory one is the outspoken leader anyway and the others think of this campaign as a dollar ritual they have to go through which they don't really want to spend too much

money on. so what the real candidates barely putting in an ad for it supporters or opponents are taking the lead using the internet as a free medium to play a bigger chill politics however when we go offline critique it is set aside giving way to clear images advantage of camera angles and easily understood slogans a tried and tested method which has steadily secured roads for several generations of politicians in this country. if there had been five candidates breathing down each other's necks then every creative video could win votes from the other in our case there is a firm core of put in support us thirty or thirty five percent which is very hard to shake and i cannot imagine what put in or his office could do in the last few days before the election to lose these funny videos won't change anything a small percentage of undecideds but some are willing to do whatever it takes to

win over those floating voters right to the last minute. this planted from what i wanted. to happen and i. go to shane you. good girl. take her away. the carol. we have sound. good now get the next one in here exhibit a great show of on our t.v. . well that's your update for them i'll be back with the headlines in a little over ten minutes from now and the meantime are off to explore the best vegetarian eateries russian capital with more than anders in this week's edition of .

the. christian cuisine is. famous for its dumplings pizza pies beef stroganoff and hearty brock's but if you ever wondered about a meat miss moscow. about five to ten percent are in fact vegetarians

personal preference religious or ethical reasons all causing a stir in the person council. has. become a modern requirements in a competitive petropolis restaurants are promoting free alternatives on the menu you're nicaea is one such i'm a chef don't you feel paul's is well aware of his rising vegetarian and vegan markets so i. basically just marinated autotrophs. some solid leaves various different types of ostrich cooked in different now. and obviously not a pattern of eggs and meat. no animal products of any sort. salads to condition is. veggie this and that you name it kitchens around the council have it's a reinvent themselves on a regular basis. so how is the old difficult is it to have

a meat free diet in modern day moscow i'm here to meet this week's guess who i hope to answer all my questions. limits me nice to meet you so you're the president of the international women's club here in moscow that's right and you're a vegetarian yes i am who vegetarian that's right how long we been very well are going to volatile nervous stride as i come from a family who are already. flyer never really got a taste for non-vegetarian. part of it was tradition in the found. religion initially and then once it becomes a habit then once a vegetarian always a vegetarian and regarding food the investor nisan us to see the huge change we got in restaurants people's opinions and yes needs oh yes absolutely i think ten years

back i mean the restaurants were always there you know and but i've got to change what i feel in last ten years is that this time last many more rest restaurants and lots more choice for vegetarian and. more fun. names children author of the more the hindu gods to you is this interest been among the most popular mr venue's vegetarian. juveniles menu is a mix of international vegetarian cuisine fishery indian time i like sickle chinese towns european socialist. if you are the east inside the restaurant i'll choose from a range of i just tell you products from the shop to cook something. so nationalistic we started in a small flat more than twelve years ago announcing i can offer is a large chain which you can use to restaurants a food shop and the health products online store we also publish a vegetarian magazine and produce our own brand of products with many spices and

goods difficult to find in regular supermarket. mix of soil products so you milk and cheese are produced with a special machine called the soil how exciting and how to house your kitchen claimed by some as the miracle health food of the twenty first century so it is the basis for many budgetary and products and in fact it's so popular in moscow that there's an organization called the family club of soy consume is its members often visit the special shop where they can get very slow products based rights on the schools that it's probably come up with this new products to meet our consumer very rigid regan's andriy resides in. my style as well as diabetics and those with cardiovascular diseases in total there are around eleven thousand families in the moscow region in our. how easy is

it to gain access to all ingredients in moscow in moscow it's god's ways i mean i see the change in ten years ten years back we had to you know a simple thing in indian cooking like a korea and a green coriander is so vital you know and i personally elevate one hundred and everything it wasn't it was very difficult to get it done yes but all that is here and i'm just giving you a simple simple example now you add it twelve months a year and you have not only about indian in all kinds of educating. all kinds of diseases but the rigs. indian of italian a chinese i don't find it difficult i find the markets very well stocked so the markets are not show much more international than they used to be and the number of supermarkets definitely has an east and a lot. of the loved ones is where your fruits and she comes

from especially in the middle of the cold snowy winter how fresh and clean is the salad in the plastic packet. well this makes company featuring its busy factory floor might suppose some of those questions. meaning whites country house is a group of companies the production of fresh cut salads being one of its businesses just look at the amount of machines in this room it has the capacity of fifty tons of ready products i'd say a vegetarian seven kids eat whizzing unwary in order to get you the most garden fresh crisp produce available. by going to the road occurred all that i never knew green could be start like thing and then find you are going to walk a lot of value out of your idea on the premise that credit growth rates of the day .

we produce a wide range of both mono and makes salads made of different kinds and couldn't reconcile in spanish and by any others. regarding vegetarian food let's cut to the chase is it boring is it less exciting. it depends how you look at it i mean a person like me who's never been who's never had meat is a vegetarian all to life so for me what i eat is very exciting and i have a very ideal. whether it is italian and. chinese continental. whatever so it depends. how you look at it but i think being a vegetarian is exciting. in fact there is no time to be poor if you're a vegetarian in the russian capital various conferences gatherings and exhibitions

often organize your fellow plots it is at a recent event in a small about more food was highlighted and hundreds gathered to attend classes and presentations of new products also taking the chance to meet new friends with the same lifestyle. very tasty maybe this healthy food i'm vegetarian lifestyle is something worth thinking about. as invited to speak at the first roll food called press row for a vegetarian congress in moscow i think it really comes from the idea that very few people actually want to look like their parents i think really from the foundation of that idea is that we have to maybe look at changing our dark tinkering with our guard to get a new type of paradigm and to actually get a different type of generation in regards to how we have parity. our final location is the restaurants and loving hearts situated in the cotswolds shopping mall outside the city center there are dozens of delicious healthy meals

and drinks on offer here the menu features only if the conditions alcoholic drinks juices and all kinds of cocktails as well as a fine selection of green. and fruit cities. that you are happy vegetarian here on with a happy vegetarian in moscow i enjoy. and it is not difficult at our. leisure and i'm going to. place to thank you pleasure. fitness and health has always played a large part in young people's lives in russia but now it's. other countries has. to sustain. there are several. societies festivals and events that take place throughout the year with the aim of proving that anyone can have a. plus minus thirty. it's the

stroganoff and. so impressive. as. i possibly carry myself quite possible. what. will still be. on this program until next week. vice. president archie looks at the five running for the kremlin top job. to see the two time presidents actually try minister and face of the united russia

party. the record. points to stability he secured after the. years praised for overseeing a booming economy. mission russia's presence on the world stage play the presidency modernization fighting corruption maximizing russia's impact in international affairs controversy criticized for centralizing power in russia and staying at the helm to long. for personifying the problems positions and aspirations of modern russia. presidential election two thousand and twelve. look. more news today lynn says.