the day of calm in moscow october a night of election results reactions saw tens of thousands rallying for and against but the police having just throw the book at some overzealous protestors. a leading us politician calls for air strikes on syria as the international pressure intensifies we take a closer look at the political changes underway in the country. u.n. nuclear inspectors get the green light to visit us secret iranian military facility while president obama defense israel despite its threats to launch an attack on me as logical republican. and investors around the globe was selling on worries about

greece's bailout and china's economic growth with the russian markets closing it was sent in the read more on this in business old soon twenty. thanks for being with us seven o'clock here in moscow on charon taraji more than two hundred opposition members detained after a night of election meetings in moscow have all been released one of the gathering spiraled out of control and police had to move and argues alex a had a chef ski has more from outside the kremlin. essentially it wasn't very much different from the mass rallies we've been witnessing for the last three or four months in russia since the parliamentary vote in december only that maybe this rally was not as big as usual with around twenty thousand people attending in there but still there were there to protest against the vote to protest against as the

prime minister directly the opposition leaders were speaking from the stage including the third place presidential candidate. who was also there until one moment when people already started dispersing from the square from the bush discuss where one of the opposition politicians said that he would not leave the square until putin resigns and then several hundred people followed his school and decided to stay just sitting protest in one of the fountain search suddenly and the operating fountain in the central the square there right police urged him to leave because by the time the rally was officially over the time that the sanction for this rally has already passed so they urged him to leave but the people refused and then the police had to literally push them off this is square that's when some clashes happened and as a result two hundred fifty opposition members were detained by the authorities later they were all released having paid a small fine for for violating the regulation of this particular mass rally we also

know that some group of nationalists also tried to march the streets of moscow beating up a journalist from one of the radio stations most in the process around fifteen thousand people were gathered here where i'm standing right now in the national square to congratulate the prime minister with his victory it was not like a political rally it's all it's more like a party like a celebration with pop stars singing from the stage and the scenes which reminded strongly of what happened twenty four hours before that went on sunday when all the polling stations closed the prime minister the president elect came here himself to thank the crowd for the support it was very emotional about that but certainly this . no time to celebrate now for. the president elect he has already been having a very hard days of work and minutes that he's integration will only come on may the seventh until then he'll be continue working as prime minister so he met all the rivals of the presidential race all of them but again the call me the sponsor

leader who refuses to acknowledge to recognize the result of this voting he did not come to this meeting the meeting which had a very important statement from. the united russia will cooperate with the new opposition force which is to be created by the russian tycoon a third place candidate in the election on may seventh and will be officially sworn in as russia's president for the third time in twelve years and will be coming back to the kremlin this fact has certainly been acknowledged by many world leaders who already congratulated. with their victory in the first round of the election however some of the media still doesn't want to recognize the result of the vote and my colleagues. did everything or from across the atlantic explaining exactly what this is all about go after we even before the election the american audience were primed to believe that the presidential vote in russia had to be a fraud as this one going to be in the west would call

a free and fair election. it seems highly unlikely that there will be a free and fair election in our sense of the term and that is russians made their choice we knew of the results of russia's presidential election therefore a single vote was cast the unequivocal view of these international observers is that this was not a genuinely fair democratic contest that meets international standards. what impudence victory was confirmed not just by the vote results but even before that i need your opinion polls as well the focus of some media on rampant fraud or stolen elections. to leave out of the equation the vast majority of russian voters would be choose magic witness their next president if you look at how western let's look at russian opinion there's a tendency to ignore community and so support for putin is ignored which is genuine i don't know if it's quite as overwhelming as the election results were made but

it's this large and sincere i think it's easy for westerners to ignore opinions like that because they don't really fit in the narrative very easily and there was an unprecedented monitoring of the elections in russia with cameras seeing all polling stations and almost a million washes volunteered to observe the vote certain violations have been reported here being investigated the question some ask is why would we didn't try to rig the vote when opinion polls before the elections clearly indicated that he had sixty plus percent support very possible to put himself in order any of this stuff but there are supporters or people is a long tradition in russian culture and history of people underlings trying to please people further up the chain of command so it's perfectly plausible that people look you know magistrate sort of governors people in charge pacific regions they want to impress people for the bomb by demonstrating how strong the support of putin was in their area so without the necessity of any input from the center

people can take decisions on their own that they do in order to please their bosses unlike the media and the reaction of the white house to congressional elections was more reserved think congratulated to russian people with their elections and said washington looks forward to working with the president elect and urge the russian government to look into the reports of violations when it comes to the media coverage here it's not just about reporting on certain irregularities which absolutely should be covered but when perception is being created the whole vote was a fraud no matter what the majority of russians say and it caps the shadow not just on the future president but also on those who voted for him i'm going to check on reporting from washington r.p. . london based politics journalist marcus papadopoulos thinks that the u.s. and its allies simply don't want the kremlin to be a powerful rival on the world stage what we can continue to see from russia under vladimir putin is a strong russia seeking out influence around the world and been

a global player as indeed the united states is as indeed the u.k.'s and as in the front seats as well and backs that's the great is seen in the eyes of western powers will flock to me putin because ideally what they would like to see in many western capitals washington and london in particular is a weak russia a compliant russia russia that is dependent on the not only i.m.f. so no electoral system is perfect but the fear the concern in the west is that russia today under vladimir putin for the forseeable future will not be that weak russia that the world saw in the nineteen ninety's. well there's been a wealth of strong reaction online to russia's presidential election and the events that followed we break it down for you on our web site. margie dot com has all of me and also some forecasts still need for the latest videos from the russian

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with much stronger no holds barred look at the global financial headlines. is a report. that eleven minutes past the hour thanks for being with us leading senator john mccain has become the first u.s. politicians are publicly called for airstrikes against the syrian regime he says washington has a moral and strategic obligation to force a saw out thousands of syrians have fled to neighboring lebanon as government troops and armed opposition forces continue their offensive our correspondent maria financial reports. full of presidential candidate john mccain has become the first senator to publicly call for a us led military strike on syria to and eleven month long conflict here in the country draft copies of mccain's speech telling the senators serious charlie says he has reached a decisive moment and the only realistic scenario to preserve innocent lives is

with military add power we're also hearing from the free syrian army here on the ground that it's waiting for more for weapons to arrive earlier it confirmed it received weapons and anti aircraft missiles from u.s. and french sources meanwhile the regional media reports that more french officers have been detained in the city of homs that's become a center of the conflict between the authorities and the opposition here in syria and they're now being held in their field hospital where we have been receiving information earlier that more than a hundred french paratroopers have been detained in the city of homs on the ground political efforts to find the way out of this conflict are in full swing. the need for democratic change pushed the syrian people to the streets last march a year old pro-democracy slogans and mostly forgotten and political reforms passed almost unnoticed wrongly. claims

a member of the baath party who is almost fifty year rule was ended by the country's newly implemented constitution he believes that syria is going through a historic transformation. the country's billions like a nation for a long time a multi-party system will finally pave the way to competition development and in this new syria will be ruinous for all opposition and those who are angry with the course it's a fake. hundred percent fake talk we do not trust our people give much less believing we cannot believe what ever the previous years we tried that too many years ago and too many times and his neighbor be honest but not all opposition members are so skeptical some have decided to take it there and run the parliamentary race ninety days before the elections at least

six new parties appeared their names reflect society's vital need and the party's aspirations for have democratic entitle for either national or solidarity the island's our party is just four weeks old its members say the hardest thing will be to persuade people to actually vote but they believe the ice has broken from susannah finally of a dog that was closed for so many years is open we should use it and activate the political will that have you know get a heads up the skeptics main concern is that this noble impulse could not come at the worst time no one in syria will set the table of the regime why killing is still growing in streets and bombing is still going in the cities. but suffer i could talk for sort of placid believes the reforms could be an important tool in finding a solution to the country's protracted crisis and. i can describe the situation as painful but we can resolve it together our party is preparing documents for the

president and the gulf we call on all parties to start dialogue a military solution and foreign countries have to figure it will only make things worse we should know and to be and we should start assigning. and your constitution is the latest in the package of reforms that also includes the lifting of emergency laws and the release of political prisoners that when he says these changes could be a double edged sword making the country stronger it also will ponder of all the foreign influence. people and their salaries are in dollars reels and drama stars they want to destroy the country we don't want changes we know we cannot imagine just happening we have to spoil reformation and we should stand still to resist it but maybe the fears of change at home just as powerful the syrian parliament has seen many changes in its near century old history this building used to be home to many political parties but in the last fifty years the political life within these walls

hasn't been all the colorful with a total dominance of the vast party the democrats of changes the uprising brought iran are expected to modify the political landscape here in syria but the same for us from ration is are yet to come in people's minds and this is something which will take a lot longer. an option r r t damascus syria. the embassador for the universal peace federation told us that instead of threatening military action the us should never saw the chance to finish as reforms. but the regime is on the extreme a diplomatic pressure you know what could nationally and hopefully not you know any military crackdown by the americans or by the europeans or any nato alliance lay let's say members but i believe see there can be given a chance today to start to stop fire or to have a cease fire today between conflicting reports these are certainly frames has been really initiated by the president himself the new constitution and the vote turnout

for it was a bit successful as to our as to myself actually as an analyst all as an independent analyst today i have witnessed a really important step an intermediary step ahead where syrians can can be independent alexy they were practically speaking and we hope that the governance of democracy will be given a chance inside syria but let us give the chance actually as europeans and as americans i'm mentioning this to them to give a chance to the president himself where he can continue with such administrative political and could be judicial reforms with the people. still ahead for you this hour israel's american arm twisting the threatening tough talk. turned to speak. going to be not just going to be defeated washington vows to stand by its increasingly combative ally despite israel's

readiness to attack. more of the world's main news now yemen's new president is going to pursue the al qaeda militants who killed more than a hundred soldiers on sunday suicide bombers detonated their explosives at two military posts outside the city of jinja bar in the deadliest ever attack on the yemeni army president hadi took office a week ago replacing ali on the loss alair who ruled for thirty three years. leaders in eastern libya have declared semi autonomy for an area stretching between syria and the egyptian border it was announced by politicians militia commanders and tribal leaders at a ceremony in the key city of benghazi the country's national transitional council has warned against creating a self-governing region because it could lead to the breakup of the nation.

the rallies been held outside the chinese embassy and saw in protest over china's arrest of dozens of north korean defectors and its plans to repatriate them human rights groups fear that the captured men will face torture and possible death if they're sent back north korean leader kim jong. punish anyone who tries to leave the country. the man being lined up as india's next gandhi has been dealt a blow in local elections which could derail his chances of becoming the next prime minister role gandhi's party was outstripped by the socialist. why do you party which is also making big gains in other states the vote losses are also impacting on current leader i'm armaan singh's clients for reform and reversing the economic slowdown. five permanent members of the u.n.

security council plus germany have accepted an offer to meet our own over its nuclear program earlier talk rhyme gave the go ahead for you when nuclear inspectors to visit a military facility where it's suspected iran is developing atomic weapon it's but israel's not backing off from its threat to use force over the issue in the next hour a former u.s. ambassador to israel explains a peaceful way out. let's give iran what it says it wants which is a civil nuclear program but let's do our best to create the maximum amount of effective inspection so that's a fire wall a road a road block a break between their civil program and a military nuclear program you ought to know that iran is also bound by the nonproliferation treaty and then on proliferation treaty says you have a civil program which meets civil needs only and doesn't do things that could be used only for military purposes.

president obama's stated hell use any power necessary to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon that includes backing israel even though it's kind of thing or on the trigger as liz wahl reports. it's an annual tradition more than thirteen thousand people gathering in the nation's capital for the american israel public affairs committee annual conference because people from all over the country is to come and revitalize their pros real roots it is very important the united states will back up israel as well apac is considered to be one of the most powerful lobbying groups in america and they host this conference each year showcasing american israeli unity to see how much power this group has over u.s. foreign policy there is controversy speaking at the conference president obama reiterated america's dedicated to fostering strong ties with its closest ally the

want to comes to preventing iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. i will take no options off the table and i mean what i say. that includes all elements of american power statements like that make the world one there is a war with iran just around the corner. are pushing us into a regional war that. cataclysmic potential apac supports more jewish voice for keyes and many jewish americans are in the side of peace. they're also protesting the lobbying groups enormous impact on u.s. politics politicians know that if they attempt to speak up on this issue they're going to be not just vilified they're going to be defeated apac affiliated groups

pump exorbitant amounts of money into political campaigns and in meeting in the white house israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu told obama that we are you and you were together and while netanyahu stress israel will always be a master of its own fate obama insists united states will always have israel's back when it comes to israel's security this after israel has warned they will launch an attack against iran without giving the u.s. notice and washington as well r.t. . business check for an announced and spent a rocky ride in russia's markets dimitris across the numbers for r t any chance of ending the day on a higher note well no chance now that we're seeing a loss is all across the board the russian markets ended the day on an extremely said no so if you look at those figures the losing more than four percent four point three five percent dead in my six almost four percent now we've also. been

saying that the odds yes has a close. under a very important mark of seventeen hundred points the fact that it's still below the mark at the closing of three means that we could be seeing a beginning of actually a downward trend not just a correction which was pretty much long in the making that was moving the of my sex let's take a look at the energy shares are of course lower no support from oil we'll look at it in a second gazprom down three and a half percent financials taking a beating was burbank four point eight percent lower and mining shares were also showing a very big losses except for just one stock and that's only natural he was up by just a notch at the end of the session now in the us pretty much the same picture as in europe the dow jones is down more than one percent nasdaq one point three percent this comes from losses in blanks notably goldman sachs and morgan stanley goldman

sachs for the first time since two thousand and eight has reported a loss in its asian operations and that's sending chills across investors' minds and best selling off financial stocks and the banks are also suffering in europe where we're seeing the footsie decline one point six percent of the exit to our present mining stocks also i'm not feeling very well there now everyone's also worried about the state of greeks greece's bailout fund notably about how private investors are told around twenty percent of the bailout money will be participating in the in the bond swap oil is showing a decline and i think it's increasing by the hour with the light sweet and brands blends declining one and a half dollars per barrel at this hour. and if we take a look at the currencies the ruble is of course very much dependent on how well is faring and it's losing twenty nine kovacs versus the dollar and around ten copecks

versus the euro no support coming from commodities and the rubles losing some of the gains we've seen over the past couple of weeks in the. on the global market the euro is strengthening is weakening story of the dollar. now now that the presidential elections are over in russia the question everybody's mind is what is next fitch ratings agency is worried about the state of russia's federal budget and says russia risks seeing a kind of its long term rating if the new government does not do anything about its budget policy now agency says putin's election campaign promises will cost the budget a whopping one hundred sixty billion dollars putin also pledged to increase the economic growth pace to around seven percent a year in the country but you're getting a dog from a of cases tamar is skeptical about these products just doesn't look real unfortunately or with. all the structure of russian economy and mostly resource

oriented export resource around the country we are not capable to grow faster than four percent a year for four four and a half percent a year and if it's even possible something disintegration we can see the situation even in the thousands eleven thousand and thirty eight so if we want to grow seven percent a year in real terms we need changes and that's exactly what's not clear. and that's the business news this hour we will be back in fifty five minutes time to bring in our market update of course join me if you can. the the.

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