a day of mourning in russia for more than one hundred and seventy people who died after flash floods hit the southern region of crossing over it is the worst natural disaster the area has ever seen. of the get out of with i read people's pleas for help on an internet forum and we rushed here my son and i as soon as we could to at least bring so much media food thousands of those displaced after the tragedy suffer a shortage of essential supplies people across the nation joined efforts to provide much needed. that other headlines today here on r.t. syria's leader accuses the us so fueling deadly violence in the country by partnering with weapons at this holds military exercises on how to tell an attack

from the outside. and in the business bulletin russian billionaire like their pos guy and his former partner battling each other in london's high court all the details in about twenty minutes. a very warm welcome to you from all of us here at the moscow i'm shy russia is mourning more than one hundred seventy lives lost in devastating floods in the southern resort region of krasnodar on friday night over five thousand houses were hit by a wave caused by torrential rain which some witnesses described as being up to seven meters high reporting on the aftermath now artie's tom bot. today is

a day of grief and a day of mourning for the victims of flash floods in southern russia the search for bodies does continue as does the cleanup operation made more difficult by the lack of supplies of electricity gas and fresh water the water came into the town on friday night in the middle of the night with huge force and with no warning it flooded and destroyed houses and flipped cars over in the street many of the victims were elderly people unable to escape in time so rapid was the deluge. all across the town people tried to escape and get to help on roofs and on fences wherever they could find any shelter a criminal case has been opened into why so many people died and it's also been found that a flood warning system did not work properly people here are very angry both at the

lack of the warning and because they say the local reservoir and its dam caused the flooding by opening its gates across the internet there's also been a lot of discussion with some people criticizing the hour for a t's and others using the internet to try and organize donations of clothes and supplies for people who have lost everything authorities deny that the dam caused the flooding saying that it had an automatic overflow system that came into effect but that didn't release enough water to cause flooding an investigation which is looking into the causes will try and find out what exactly happened on that night in friday when all the water arrived people across the town of crim scared today and also throughout the region are trying to start cleaning up and rebuilding their houses and their communities but primarily today is a day for grieving for all those who lost their lives. after the flood

a country mourns. everywhere in the town of crims there is evidence of the force and speed of the waters of bands and it seems everyone here has their own personal drama to tell this used to be members living room this used to be her bedroom the house has been completely gutted from the inside by the water which came right up to the tops of the windows live mail and managed to escape and sat all night on a neighbor's fence while her house collapsed she was perhaps a lucky one though as neighbors say just down the road a neighbor an old woman had her house collapsed on top of all night perched on top of the neighbor's fence the flood surging around her. but the water had risen to more than three meters so i was sitting on the bench praying it wouldn't come higher because i knew i would have drowned most of those who died were elderly too

frail to escape the deluge those who did manage to make it to safety say they will never forget what happened i grabbed the curtain and pushed my feet through the window this can save my life the helicopter did not see me at first but i started to wave my cane and it came back it couldn't land so it didn't pick me up after that or folks and i started to shout they save me for those left behind the basic necessities must now take priority. where looking through the rubble for our things wash them in this water and in their hours dry them the clothes that we're wearing now are actually all we have left as the wave struck we only thought about our children and our lives since the beginning of this tragedy the death toll has climbed steadily and even now not everyone has been accounted for our ten year old nieces lost who were standing outside the morgue all day yesterday no news nothing many here are hungry and exhausted and have no home mr return to and need to start

from scratch or are sure i'm a veteran of the second world war. all my medals are gone everything is gone i don't have anything anymore how do i live for you or should i do now but i thank god that i'm alive and with commemoration service is being held across russia there are certain to be many more stories of personal tragedy and play. r.t. . funerals will take place throughout monday while the number of dead could actually rise this emergency teams continue to search through that devastation over twenty four thousand people have been affected by the flash floods many are still in a state of shock artes to now reports on how they're coping. the flood affected almost every family and every household sold and crims just this morning with all groups of people talking about the damage still trying to find their neighbors and loved ones there was a sign on one of the houses we passed this morning that read i'm alive i'm at my

brother's place there is a lack of local information since there is still no electricity in most neighborhoods with no radio or t.v. in town people share news by word of mouth we saw dozens of relatives visiting the town's morgue where they did the identification of bodies is still taking place those who were lucky to survive now face tough challenges this scale of destruction is enormous and people are taking matters into their own hands by starting to rebuild homes and apartments the russian emergency ministry deployed thousands of rescue workers but there is so much more besides government's help there is a strong feeling of support coming from russia in the broad social networks twitter and facebook in particular are buzzing with information about donations for the victims of the crims chewed up as a child out of with them i read people's pleas for help on an internet forum and we rushed here my son and i as soon as we could to at least bring some much needed food to them i got two emails yesterday from people in brisbane and in chicago

asking about the crims claude's calls for help go beyond traditional charities as volunteers among them private individuals from other cities travel to koreans bringing food water and clothes yesterday were met calls explained cross the border who brought several trucks of supplies. that in his political reporting right there well meantime volunteers are resorting to a whole range of modern communication to aid those affected by the floods activists from russia have started drawing an online map to try and coordinate the efforts of all those willing to help anyone willing to donate food or clothes can find the nearest spot to do that or even create a place of their own and let others know about it the resources are especially useful when it comes to transportation as delivering aid to flood stricken areas is now a major problem with the help though of the map people going to clinics can inform others about their plans and take more aid all volunteers with them all those details for you available right now at r.t.

dot com. also there the latest footage and photos from the disaster zone as well as a timeline of the tragedy on our web site you can discover stories of outstanding bravery during the rescue and of course our correspondents will continue to provide fresh updates you can log on to twitter dot com to access the latest tweets from artie's tom barton he is at the heart of the disaster. the official. your on the phone oh i pod touch from the.

video on demand. and. now in the palm of your. on the dot com just not turning out ten minutes past the hour here in the russian capital this is our t.v. now syria's president says countries like the us saudi arabia qatar and turkey are all hindering peace in his country by supporting those that he calls terrorists bashar al assad accused washington of being partially responsible for the deaths of innocent civilians by partnering with the rebels the syrian army has started large scale drills simulating defense outside of the attacks some opposition leaders previously appealed to the west for foreign intervention against the regime but as artie's wary of financial reports from syria many in the country are fearing for

their lives if indeed the rebel forces get what they want more. since the uprising in syria escalated the west has been consistently calling on assad and his government to step down effectively to give the nod to the demands of the armed opposition but it seems so far there is no clear understanding of who exactly they are. so. these fighters of the syrian opposition they're brave determined full of pride they took their fate in their hands. but for some taken control of their destiny meant taken up arms in this amateur video posted on you tube which cannot be independently verified gunmen calling themselves members of the opposition militia from it live explain why this man was hanged and which he helped the syrian regime and what's killing the rebels they say i am. on behalf of all friends let me express my admiration by their

bravery over the norm but this kind of justice only adds more anger to what has already been called a civil war. with a terrorist group or those murders i believe is necessary for any citizen to leave in peace. we cannot ask the opposition to unilaterally give up their struggle for justice dignity and self-determination in other vidia whose origin is hard to establish these men say they captured the syrian air force officer then they dispense even more rough justice. the united states will continue providing non-lethal assistance to help those inside syria who are carrying the fight to organize and better communicate.

i found much in this video of the boys hand cameras says the fight must go on it warns this will happen to anyone who cop arrays with the assad government and. their top criminals these people are top of criminality how do they have the right feel sad when you find your country destroyed our country we've been building our lives. the whole world wants to see a political transition from this illegitimate regime regime to actually see one that can take care of its people and many here however fear that should such people force assad to leave since like these will become a familiar occurrence and have little faith in a western force democracy. where they talking about democracy in the gulf or in other countries we are syrian people we should decide these things ourselves. this mantra that the syrian people alone should determine their country's future has

been repeated by many nations and has finally been recognized by major world powers but it was some states continue to call on assad to leave and support in his opponents fears mountie in syria that it's the people that will pay the ultimate price. from damascus in syria and you can see the timeline of the turmoil in syria you can do that online it's available twenty four seven we've got the latest updates on the syrian files of secret documents recently released by wiki leaks the so-called anonymous group says it teamed up with the most famous whistle blowing web site and how active over two million e-mails on syria. plus rather over heated debate on syria of this happening in jordan with a member of parliament starting a fight throwing a shoe then pulling out a gun at all of this during a live on air t.v. discussion.

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from moscow this is r.t. thanks for joining us today on official counts in libya suggest that liberals have a lead in the country's first nationwide election in nearly five decades the official results from saturday's poll maad by gunfire and violence just a bit later this week and see an eyewitness of the anti kadafi uprising says libya is unlikely to have a democratic future following the vote. democracy at gunpoint you can watch libya now if you visit libya and see the weapons are over a country militia controlling the. country you cannot elect a freely in this atmosphere how can i go to the election knowing that there's a gun on my head telling me words to go. elected you cannot kill your own people

and in the name of democracy you cannot. leave you one and a half million lives in egypt and tunisia and other parts of the world. and nearly thirty thousand of prisoners in prison being tortured and being killed they call good dictator because if you break refused to receive that was before your duffey you may get. be taken to prison now if you glorify a kid that you will definitely be killed now the u.s. the took an active part in nato its military campaign in libya that helped overthrow gadhafi his regime is now reportedly expanding its secret intelligence operations across africa but in addition to washington's existing military presence on the continent later today people of l. and his guests on cross-talk will debate what could be behind that activity.

so i will get across to you later today for now though it happens only once every two years to the russian president vladimir putin outlining russia's foreign policy to his ambassadors and envoys here at moscow let's listen in and see what he has to say because we now have a minute of silence please. thank you. colleagues. but the magic. core here. this is first of all go to meeting placing. it on the video when we mark the. hundredth anniversary me what. we're seeing that is such meetings are very useful you know

you are my dear colleagues. and your subordinates. but if you're gay to. promote the interests of the russian federation abroad. that's they we could buy that eventually thing and promotes the stance of the russian federation media and held to boost its influence. and the current priorities have been defined by the executive order of the president. he'd more make it we should we had was signed on the seventh of may two thousand it's well some of the publishing as we see it and when you need a national relations are transforming but it. is an issue in the activities of your department of your ministry that you can be very important it is needed so easy to give everyone a very accurate and promising assessment and also to give a forecast but we should not be passive here because the. kilogram as

you know of the why we're following the developments should not just follow the developments you need but you need to. influence the situation where russian interests are at stake we need to assume one of those we forecast the situation and be prepared to any scenario even to the worst case scenario international relations are getting more and more complicated saying you do feel this and you every day work today we cannot evaluate them as balanced and stable and on the contrary we see that the result tension in the world today and more uncertainty that. while the confidence and trust are not into mantissa as we see the international community is far from building and into visible security system of course everyone supports that. the national in their statements but if we take real

actions some of our partners are after their own absolute security then they forget that surface with all the threats that act and challenges are transnational we all . these threats when you really it's the really you need them not at the spread of nuclear arms drug trafficking environmental concerns and the lack of forwards security. and then we don't see any real options overcome the financial crisis he was in in. the year we. are not promising over the year and he's. on the hook to mcbride almost on the brink of recession and that's just the tip of the iceberg of one of the problems is the international kona me going to me. and we see that the u.s.

the e.u. and japan are who previously were. kind of a giant of a man when i now losing their position when we see fluctuations of prices in the energy and commodity market has. only been youth and we see those internal social problems because they developed economies of the way more undermined the dominating positions of the west this is a fact because we make a living hard and cold fact and europe do it and i would like to say that we're not happy about it. well know should not green add it if you will it can only be a cause for concern for us because we don't need no water we will be the mayor we're gonna make you consequences of these make changes. and of course these changes will be in the international relations. ideal which ethnic if we sing some

of the same yes by some of our partners to keep the status quo to go their influence in some of our partners who are taking you know attractions pretty well in defines of international lore and we've all seen this humanitarian operations the air strike democracy and interference since the mystic. conflicts on that you know we see that reforms in north africa and the middle east are not balanced and the tragically in the libyan events we all remember them. and of course we should not allow a repetition of this scenario in other countries for example in syria there would believe we must we must do all we can but in a good conflict to shift the forces of the warring parties to sit down.

and. find a solution through dialogue. we need to use and promote this dialogue to advance and of course it's a more complicated more subtle work than just brutal use of force from the outside but only this. complex work could bring the solution of a long term solution and stability to syria. to put on the b. to go on a course you can negotiations need to be a priority in peaceful negotiations peaceful ways. to resolve a crisis that should be an imperative. and there also applies to have ghana's done north korea and iran and to any other regional or sub regional issue as they meet in the next couple of years russia will post some of the major events and forums is

the g twenty eight the shanghai cooperation organization summit the brics summit and the apec summit. in the matter of fact this will reside there will help to promote russia's interests and people promotes the. principle of international law and. the. worse. work hard to promote the principles set forth in the church and un charter. and in any cases when military force needs to be applied. should be only the security council of the united nations that shoots the tops of the resolutions and no unilateral sanctions well it could be productive in this case. the most russia's foreign policy will always be independent ads as it has always been we see the result of a legacy and it reflects unique

a unique role of russian international affairs and with a role that has evolved over the past centuries and. it has nothing to do with an isolated approach more with a confrontation on where we want we see integration more than in global affairs human. influence need to be pragmatic and flexible. and this is true from within this for economic interests where it's very important task and it's a very difficult one that we have. to admit that very often we're losing ground to many of our international partners. who are more aggressive in lobbying their economic interests are going to get one with you know we've been speaking about the instruments of diplomatic work for

a long time here looking at the but we have not been able to achieve any breakthrough so yes we do have some progress but no breakthrough yes no major achievements in the russia's business very often you can trust and confront. and there was some of the limits and you know very often we see protectionist measures applies in european countries and we talked about that of the g twenty summits. and we want to not give up on. this question bluntly course a lot has been said about it. and no instruments again these protectionist measures have been developed and we need to be more active in my russia's business russia's businesses and needs of active support from diplomatic corps we will meet with. of course russian businesses that need to keep us updated on their plans on their projects in the future and diplomatic missions you need to help them and to

implement their economic plans and projects and always respond to any new concrete cases of discrimination and soup if you fight any unfair practices we need to promote russia's national military products around the u.s. france israel and other countries. i. have long made this work as a kind of national policy and have been very aggressive in lobbying their interests and we will soon need to take advantage of the. of our membership in the w t o of course there are risks but we need to catch on this window of opportunity that's the one fear the developments of our integration processes cross the cia that's at the.