gargi dot com. to me to me the bid to value lines the ups and downs of his political reforms gives his view on the protests in russia the fate of the arab spring and the jailed tycoon called the polski the outgoing president was speaking to the media for the last time before leaving the kremlin. a month before egypt's presidential vote confusion and disappointment over the election campaign worlds with the reinstatement help mubarak's former prime minister as a candidate casting a shadow over hopes for a democratic change. or you can build an alexander litvinenko down. british lie detector experts clear a russian m.p. of any involvement in the murder of a former security officer at examine the beginning gold in london six years ago. europe's heralded open borders come under threat sneak up sarkozy ups's and time

aggression rhetoric ahead of the presidential run off saying funds could quit the showing in zone. thanks for joining r t this thursday it's three o'clock here in moscow on karen well recent political protests in russia moscow's relations with other countries and the fate of prisoner called it a cough ski those were a part of a whole range of issues that came into focus as the outgoing president to meet to meet the video was grilled by journalists in the final question and answer event of his tenure let's get the details from our tease even go you know so a lot of things to assess for me the video of who's leaving the kremlin following his four year term the recent wave of demonstrations were among them what was me

attitude to this protest mood in russian society. well considering the fact that these were the biggest show of discontent of the people with the some of the issues their own political arena in russia this was the biggest of discontent over the last ten years of course and if they can possibly have passed by are reacting to was there but he did talk about this particular issue and he did mention that some of it reminded him of but not a really good hollywood blockbuster. regarding people who protest first of all they have the right to but the other thing here is that there can be a genuine protest and there can be a well calculated political opposition and let me say right away i'm not judging anyone on that matter still there's such a thing as in hunger games if you've seen it it's quite a regular hollywood blockbuster i've seen it and those who do such things often pursue some obvious political goals. but he did mention that he was

impressed by the number of people who showed up but he did say that those people are worthy of respect of course there was also a question about the fact that some have questioned the motives of people to show up for those protests continue that perhaps they were acting it after being paid in one way or another oh by the united states the state department and this is what the russian president had to say about that if. i've got a certain sympathy for one of the candidates but that's my personal opinion i hope people continue running washington washington's hand can reach different places but regarding our country we shouldn't demonize americans let alone say that they can influence some serious political processes in our country we are a big sovereign state and no one can interfere. sorting them out and staying with the international in the basement have also talked about the arab supporting which in his opinion he said is turning into a rather chilly. fall or an arab or semi meanwhile comparing the situation in the

arab countries to that in russia he said that russia is experiencing spring in all senses of the word about the controversial case of prisoner and axel tycoon mikhail khodorkovsky began before a very difficult into the kremlin but remained in the spotlight during his time in office what did the outgoing leader have to say about the man's fate. was matter of fact he said that he is not permitted to pardon other cost by constitution that the man had to ask for to be freed otherwise it is not a lie he is not allowed to issue that pardon these are the exact words of me to me that. ok we have article fifty in the constitution which says that every convict. fall in a plea so this is what the constitution which says so definitely there should be a pardon police with an old school it's a place can we go appeal before the verdict should be overturned but this does mean that the board should initiate new spruces and the new should have should always

become there from the personal him so soon new year but it should move. as far as the plans for the future go with me to do it it didn't exactly specify that but he is expected to take over as the head of the russia's biggest party the united russia party as well as he is also going with most likely to be russia's prime minister after he was going to prison takes over on may seventh as russia's president all right now we're going to go listen reporting live from moscow thank you. age of tells announced a final list of thirteen presidential candidates with the vote now less than a month away however there are fresh concerns that the revolution was in vain the last prime minister under hosni mubarak is. back in the running for the top job earlier his kind to see was blocked under a law banning former mubarak officials from taking part in the race party sarah furthur ports from cairo. with yet another twist to egypt selections.

which if the moment the prime minister reinstated as a candidate just one day after he was disqualified from running because he's seen a large number of very controversial disqualifications for a number of reasons and they must fight that from the original. twenty three candidates is still there i knew going to be thirteen almost finalists not among those who have made the cut they got another x. mubarak regime official and of mr he was a former minister back in two thousand and one even think of the muslim brotherhood mohamed morsi. because they considered it to be a potential front runner but where you have a sense of excitement amongst the population at the prospect of the first free presidential election now really you have a sense of anger and frustration and we're seeing is the interference is in the

lead to a crisis and a lot of criticisms being aimed at the ruling military council people who are very much still here that they have a say over what is now happening perhaps in the disqualification where i very much a sense of the ruling military council is in such a very much seen as they are willing to hand over this power and of trying to manipulate these elections to maintain their own interest in the country that's going to be very interesting to see what happens to my last friday of course we saw they see these numbers once again turning out on saturday square to apply pressure now to the ruling military council to send that message that the winning. if you are now saying to be handing over power on seems to be going through this crisis. classically then the egyptian people are more than willing to cut back on the fees

and to keep fighting for that francis pushing for military intervention in syria saying the u.n. should consider harsher measures if an international peace plan collapses violence from both the government and armed opposition forces is continuing despite the cease fire agreement but as oksana boyko discovered average syrians are often being forced to engage in the conflict a lifetime of work burned overnight. this is one of a growing number of businesses in syria destroyed by those claiming to advance the cause of the revolution this factory was a classic example of syrian interpreter ship one hundred and fifty employees producing textiles for furniture and it was never churning out a lot of profit but provided a distant living for its people all of which is now gone north routes no warnings one evening in fabry

a group of young man threw molotov cocktails into the building the owner said they had just enough time to evacuate the workers to safety but the rest of the evening he just watched his entire fortune go up in flames. so much pride a textile machines they bought from spain three years ago had to be sold for scrap lost in place lost their only source of income i don't think it was a personal attack against me i'm not a political person i think the people who did it to me are seeking to undermine the industry as a whole to terrify people into supporting them. aleppo is syria's largest city and its industrial capital prior to the uprising it was enjoying some of the highest growth rates in the region. this industrial park alone housed more than three thousand small and mid-sized factories in the past six months some have gone out of business because of the economic sanctions while others because of industrial terrorism. they had of the local chamber of industry sas it's almost impossible to

distinguish between attacks reach politically motivated and those that are outright criminal we witnessed kidnappings we witnessed. attacks on factories. that are being robberies of trucks burning the raw material or finished goods. threats putting people on hit lists assassinations of course all these activities criminal activities are taking. on the cause of supporting the revolution what they call it the us advocated engineer for us our shahabi says many in industry side with the opposition when it calls for fighting corruption and liberalizing the country's economy but they couldn't disagree more with the means of achieving it. the first thing that older support us.

we will kidnap your son or your kids. because we ask you to pay. for a. cause or peaceful cause and i wonder how can this be peaceful if you are getting money like. organized crime and there are many who succumb to the racketeers to keep their business afloat the owner of these textile factory had to fire his workforce after one of his production shops came under attack when he says he now hands over thirty percent of his profits to those who claim to represent the freedom cars that the i've been receiving threats to stop working people to demonstrations we had to pay the money so that they leave us alone while the support for lepers businesspeople is seen as crucial for the survival of assad's government even the most liberal of them now want nothing to do with the militarized position dealing with corrupt officials may be frustrating but it

doesn't compare to losing your entire business to the wreckage tears. on a boycott see. syrian. and the opposition fighters and sara might be getting help from a different source in the form of training from the us private security firm formally known as the notorious blackwater group security circles reportedly confirm the information which was released earlier by wiki leaks that the company is sending mercenaries from iraq into syria let's not discuss this with our staff our horse who is a government and business consultant he joins us live from germany mr horse so what exactly will these mercenaries be doing in syria. according to my sources in syria the our. cause is doing targeted killings doing terrorist attacks and then are still in gauging and shootouts with security

personnel or interfering in peaceful demonstrations so we are all kinds of activities as in the past but this time it seems as they say that this is axes services furnishing the mercenaries themselves now if the speculation is true what is the u.s. government's role in all of this we can say very clearly and there is ample proof that without the united states of america any interference in syria would not have been possible it is very clear that neither qatar nor saudi arabia nor france nor britain or turkey would dare doing anything in syria without a very clear you can agree. or goal from washington now coffee announce a peace plan implies that all sides must lay down arms yet we have these reports of possible combat training for opposition fighters doesn't really contradict the un brokered peace efforts. yes in fact it and the hill aides of these peace efforts we

have a clear cut down situation once it's your reason is that honest syrians feel. by the assad government and then take up arms from themselves that's one story and for the end only any u.n. brokered peace plan and any planning maybe applying but for the other mercenaries of the services or of anybody or paid as in the last you know enemies conference of syria in eastern borders and we're going to pay them well we know this was a joke they have been paying these mercenaries of the time so for those people of course there is the right to self-defense of the syrian government in support of the peace for the syrian people so there's a very clear cut violation of any peace in syria. being sent there and then means it is vital now that there will be

a she's ations in the security council of the united nations against the u.s. and are their supporters in this syrian war under the table as a card now what about the international community how can we expect them to act to preserve the already fragile cease fire. now in fact the international community has the duty according to our international right and the u.n. can to defend the sorrentino peace of syria and that means there would have to oppose policies projected by the years both france great britain turkey qatar and saudi arabia and others who might interfere there. i understand that also germany is involved in secret services. personnel on the ground so this cannot continue this way we cannot allow a group of countries even if it's needed and i am an aide to this it is in you know to plunge peaceful nations due to war even if we are criticizing assad's

government and the style of it of course there was torture there were prisons there were killings yes but this is not the reason to stage an international. christophe our horse on managing director of course on networks live from germany thanks for being with us thank you. british lie detector experts say a russian m.p. on that a lot of oil considered by the u.k. as the main suspect in the murder of a former security officer an exam that the young girl had nothing to do with his death well government passed a polygraph test conducted by a specialist from the u.k. as part of a new documentary artist laura smith looks at how this revelation might affect a case long been a stumbling block in russian british relations. did you do anything that led to the death of alexander litvinenko no. were you involved in alexandria has been in cause death you know. have you ever had any dealings with polonium no

another step towards proving his innocence in a test administered by british experts andrei lugovoy passes the lie detector polygraph science says he didn't kill alexander litvinenko in london in. two thousand and six when i get a result i am certain in my mind that the right result if or not i don't get result is inconclusive i want my guns one hundred percent and if it was admissible in court i would be very pleased the good thing called a skeptic might say that as a former security services agent look up voigt might have had training to cheat the test but alexander corrupt core a documentary maker whose idea it was for leucovorin to undergo it thinks that's unlikely even every american police station has a polygraph test and if it was so easy to fall why security services would use it. to date as far as they are concerned examiners they say that this is the ultimate

way to determine if one is lying or telling the truth it might not sway british courts where lie detector tests on tech set it as standalone evidence the u.k. authorities are unlikely to make an exception in this case given the extraordinary lengths they've gone to to get their hands on look up or even asking russia to change its constitution to allow his extradition so we were clear that while it was a reasonably big ask it was not unreasonable to say that they should change the constitution to make possible the sort of judicial co-operation foreign minister sergei lavrov gave his british counterpart short shrift a new government remains in russia but he knows there's nothing his country can do to persuade the british that they're accusing the wrong man. if i did the scene with the help of russian specialists that the british would have been suspicious about the results so i insisted that the tests should be administered by british

experts the people who came to test me are members of the british polygraph association with us and we will invite these experts as witnesses in any court proceedings i don't expect any serious change but for me it was the moment of truth i did it this this is just the latest step. that andrei lugovoy has taken to attempt to clear his name with the british authorities last november here at some point chris coroner's court because wife marino won the rights to a new wiser ranging inquest into her husband's death hugo voice said he well continues and also it's to give evidence by video link lugovoy realizes this won't close the case but for him it's more evidence to suggest he's as innocent as he's always claimed norris made r.t. . an expert on russia at the university of london mark macaulay says the polygraph test results can become the first stone in a foundation for improved political relations between moscow and london i would see

it as a positive step forward of course the next step is for scotland yard common to look at the evidence and whether they think it's a step forward like to examine it and so on and so forth then after that it would be for the british government then to make a move because the lugovoy case litvinenko case is really solid and do russian relations for several years both countries need to move forward so therefore if this problem could be removed then one could look forward to a much more positive chapter in the russian relations. earlier artie's spoke to the father of an exam that lead thing in goa who explained why he no longer believed russia's security services were behind his son's murder you can see our lives of the interview on friday here on r.t. . europeans could soon see the end of the show and in free travel zone with france set to push other e.u.

states to curb open borders if nicolas sarkozy has his way the sitting president said he no longer wants what he called a c.v. like europe claiming that a union which cannot control migration flows is finished his stance is widely seen as an attempt to harness far right votes for his re-election bid parties here get this one off reports. no border controls within the jenkins zone is surely one of the strongest symbols of european unity but this immoral mino be under threat since france and germany want to see each member of the zone to be able to introduce border controls without the approval of the others the interior ministers of the two countries are formulated a document in which they did see that such steps would be measures of last resort and wouldn't last for over thirty b.s. but in reality it could mean the reappearance of checkpoints illegal immigration is a very serious issue both for germany and for france both have been trained we

criticizing your lack of control on the european union's extrude borders especially when it comes to countries like greece and its border with turkey or italy which has been waiting for two thousand of refugees from arab countries which then go to other european union missions france is already threatened to pull out to extend the end zone hold together if you know serious measures are taken to help improve the situation but millions of europeans have been enjoying free travel since one thousand nine hundred five and many analysts have said that the reintroduction of wood of controls would be a serious hit to european unity which hasn't been exactly going through its easiest times we do through the euro zone crisis. let's now take a look at other news from around the world as our u.s. republican presidential candidate newt gingrich is expected to end his campaign for the white house next week that decision comes just days after republican front runner mitt romney swept five state primaries all but assuring himself the

nomination gingrich has only won two primaries south carolina and georgia since the election season began in january fellow republican candidate rick santorum suspended his campaign two weeks ago. international war crimes judges have found former liberian president charles taylor guilty of war crimes. but cleared him of involvement in a joint criminal enterprise in sierra leone the court also found taylor criminally responsible for aiding and abetting illegal actions in the african nation sentencing has been scheduled for the sixteenth of may and. news corp chairman rupert murdoch has been questioned about his dealings with u.k. prime minister david cameron during an official probe into british media ethics his involvement with u.k. politicians is now a key issue following the phone hacking scandal which brought down the media tycoon's news of the world tabloid speculation grew after murdoch's son revealed he

discussed a proposed takeover of a lucrative satellite broadcaster during a christmas dinner of cameron rupert murdoch continues to give evidence today. israel's top a general benny gantz says iran has not and will not build a nuclear bomb however israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is continuing to push for more sanctions against iran retired u.s. colonel douglas macgregor says israeli lobbyist in congress are driving the war rhetoric. so i think the american israeli public affairs committee and it's a subordinate elementary affiliated elements that represent enormous quantities of money that over many years have cultivated the enormous influence and power in congress and you should be were talking just to appease the lobbyists well i think you've got a lot of people on the hill who fall into two categories one category that is

interested in money and wants to be reelected and they don't want to run the risk of the various lobbies that are that are pushing for military action against iran to contribute money to their approach. you can watch that interview in full in the next hour. and sound cross a business desk and join the so it seems the oil has found a way to significantly increase its all production absolutely and is doing so by investing into iraq a bit more on that in just a minute but first let's check out the equity markets europe first and europe is trading mixed at this point the footsie is managing to stay in the black as you see there but the dax is shedding value mainly pressured by a bank which is shedding value after it posted at thirty three percent drop in first quarter profits and of course said the european commission's latest statement

is also adding to the pressure outside the euro zone's economic sentiment indicators still is the lowest it's been since december and here in moscow the markets are also dropping in afternoon trading and that's after the u.s. futures turned sour they're pointing to a lower opening on wall street and some of the biggest movers on the my six at the moment include the rosneft it's underperforming the company said it's going into the debt market it will it plans to sell around three billion dollars worth of bonds to finance its massive investment program and plans to invest. up to one hundred twenty four billion dollars by the year two thousand and twenty and the truck maker come oz is outperforming as you see there gaining more than three and a half percent and a case of stanley is losing value and that's despite reporting a sixty percent growth in net profit for twenty eleven somehow investors seem disappointed the u.s.

markets will open up in a couple of hours using the closing figures right there let's see those figures here they are and as you can see it was a pretty good day on wall street mainly thanks to our poll of the company posted a pretty robust results for the first quarter driving the nasdaq to pose the biggest daily gains so far this year and apple itself did quite well posting a nine percent gains for the day to close at six hundred ten dollars a share today will be watching pepsi and starbucks and the world's biggest publicly traded oil company exxon mobil is expected to report strong results on the back of high oil prices speaking of oil prices they are actually ric's to the sour at the moment the w t i is actually shedding value as you can see there while brant is still managing to gain and staying with the oil sector russia's biggest private oil producer lukoil has started production at one of iraq's richest oil fields it's

called west corn to the company hopes to boost output to five hundred thousand barrels a day by twenty fourteen that would be a quarter of new cools current daily production the project requires up to thirty billion dollars of investment spent on other things on clearing the area thousands of land mines left there from the time of the war with iran in the eighty's and that's all we have time for in this edition of business i will be back in about fifteen minutes we'll see that care all right natasha thanks for that update but i will be delving deeper into the world of business in just a few minutes as the cause a report unveils scandal. on the financial headlines that's after recap of our main stories stay tuned for. the.

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