consistent with hanging that's the finding of the post mortem examination into the death of self exiled russian tycoon boris berezovsky. bellowed burden frustration enter a session fear is mounting in cyprus after the bailout deal that promises to put small on the small island economy on the path to recovery. emerging powers leaders of the world's major developing economies are looking to reshape breaks into a powerful bloc indorsing plans to create a joint bank at their annual summit in south africa on tuesday. it's eight am in moscow i matter as a good to have you with us here on our t. our top story a post-mortem examination reveals the death of russian self exiled tycoon boris

berezovsky was quote consistent with hanging his body was found in the bathroom of his u.k. home saturday examination found nothing to indicate any violent struggle with british police saying no evidence to suggest any third party involvement or sarah for has the details. the thames valley police have released the latest update in the investigation into the death of birth berzinski and they've revealed that the home office pathologist he carried out the post-mortem examination has found that the cools of death is consistent with hanging now there were no signs it said of a violent struggle we know in a previous statement that the police initiate that they said there was no evidence at this point of the party involvement see now what they see bits of the investigation coming together there is still going to be toxicology reports to carry out these are going to take a number of weeks before we'll get the results of that and of course the forensic

investigation being carried out police continuing both pairs of skis and that's expected to last a couple more days yet we've had the details of his life coming out in the media for relatives and friends all of the russians and that's really building up a picture of him and he was a larger than life character but had certainly seemed somewhat were gees in recent times and certainly seem to have fallen on hard times he's had a number of high profile court cases here in the case the most recent of which coming up against a former friend. of proud of it and we know that that had a very serious impact on board presidency from the reports from people who were around him at the time but psychologically and financially to let the investigation's ongoing we're having all these bits of information that are coming out in the media for friends of former colleagues old mr various of skin that's

really helping to build up this picture all of the man himself and what he was going through in the days leading up to his death others believe intriguing twists that again on here we've heard from the russian president's press attash a about the letter the new. the bezos is said to send it which he asked for forgiveness and tooltip his longing to return home to russia now in a separate incident we've had just the day before he died mr perez the ski said to have had an informal tool with a russian journalist again in which he was a detailing his state of mind and his slowing to a ten high of course this is cool thing he to. be controversial character that you have a lot of unanswered questions here this is going to be well the police are doing that trying to tie or they said to get an accurate picture fullback investigation

and they threw out on tuesday we're going to have that for will identification taking place. now for the last decade moscow has been insisting london to extradite the ex billionaire so we can be tried for money laundering and other offenses but with paris off these death a massive thorn in u.k. russian relations has allegedly been removed according to author and i'll list martin mccauley. i think you go down as a band of capitalist. who was more concerned with power than money is political judgment was very very poor because during the year he seemed to be writing very very hard. because of school dooku down as a man who became a don't win it. he became a billionaire under yeltsin but for him tragically misjudged the situation after president putin came to power and ended up perhaps a relief for the poor mad people a very important national interests in fact seemed to come down to the relations

between two countries regarding an individual west remember that because of call for the physical overthrow the president believe putin when he was in power . that's really seen is and he made many accusations. that the recess nation attempts against his life he play most good he blamed russia for that and so on that poisoned relations between mosco and london you could find it always in the english press when his name came up. people expected a scandal and what it was he could say no about moscow and what is what is going to blame putin again for something. now with him gone that's gone as well hopefully we can move forward and if you like some of the poison has been taken out of the relations. last stitch ballo deal for a cyprus may have eased fears of a financial catastrophe but cypriots are still feeling the pinch and it's getting

harder for them to withdraw money from withdraw money and the central bank has decided to keep all banks on the island shuttered till thursday even after that the capital flows will be temporarily restricted. reports from nicosia frustration among cypriots is growing. is that at the heart of the seal with its international creditors to get that ten billion euro bailout it needs and what will happen to this back essentially is it will be split into pieces and people with deposits of more than one hundred thousand euros that are uninsured will have to take a huge here haircut a lost whatever money they have here and many cypriots for the past week have been going to motional rollercoaster wondering what is going to happen to their money to their savings and then look at this example one day it was here the next day it isn't and they're wondering is the same thing going to happen to their jobs to their savings and to everything else they think they have precisely what did you choose and tonio and manager for the country's biggest bank the bank of cyprus has

been thinking all through this rollercoaster week for the first time in my life for thirty years. and then last week and especially. i was. just too. many more. to. say. the bank of cyprus according to the deal will function as the good back it will take all deposits of less than one hundred thousand euros from liking it will however also absorb the debt nine billion euros in loans which like you receive from the european central bank as emergency funding assistance a detail that anger. is like they want to push.

and while this employee the worries about the health of his bank other cypriots worry about when we open if at all we have no cash we are just the truth behind the. him waiting to get some tabs for how you know and while this you are. a complete banking meltdown for many sixty minutes feeling towards is one of frustration it's better to go back to the power of the time we get to. it with these us but i think it was. meant to be fun with the pounds he said from. january two thousand and eight when you had to be you're the only other side upside down so slowly so you were about to these kind of situation so if. we had such. a situation i have

to wait but. today because it's going to take so long and for now cypriots are forced to wait for banks reopen for cash to start flowing for jobs and life savings to be secure again. does so sylvia are nicosia cyprus the president of cyprus is defending a controversial rescue package admitting it is painful but in the best interests of the country meanwhile the troika held the plan saying it places the country on a sustainable path to recovery but the deposit levy is raised fears of the same thing could be done in other struggling banks across the continent here's what the head of the euro group is saying quote if there's a risk in a bank or first question should be what is the bank going to do about that and this prompted fears across the eurozone as the cyprus deal has now created a new template for resolving future banking problems as a professor of international finance should arizona remain explain to my colleague bill died earlier the bailout has not only scared small savers it may trigger big

investors to start pulling their cash out of other e.u. banks. it's good we tie him on to the greek social economic debacle that we are seeing the supreme it is going to go into a deep recession and this is going to be another decade lost for this country clearly the europeans and the i.m.f. they have broken one of the most basic tenants of financial crisis management and that is safeguarding the small saver what they have done is put the fear of god into small sievers about their own little banks and that's the beginning of the end for any financial market and specially for foreign investors coming into those markets no one's going to be putting money into local southern banks anymore and indeed even those economies spain france which really fragile at the moment but big economies i mean if if the investors are sort of pulling money out of those countries that is significant isn't it there is a huge probability that it might actually start to happen because we have opened

pandora's box right now and we can shut the lid on this now. max keiser take says you need to look on the cypriot financial crisis saying chaos and uncertainty are beginning to dominate. max kaiser welcome to the kaiser report cyprus banks are going to open today no they aren't yes they are no they're not are they they are cut other depositors ten percent now it's fifteen percent now it's forty percent now it's zero percent or maybe it's one hundred percent cyprus is leaving the euro no it's not leaving the troika back to the plant now does a back up plan yes or no does a welcome to the new world order it's called yes now maybe and maybe you'd have gold silver and bitcoin taking out of this mess or else or well there's going to be well yes no or maybe in a way. stacey exactly max you know there's one thing that's never uncertain about all of these plans they have and that is that yes none of them will work. bottom

line analysis yes they all don't work. mounting fears cyprus is sliding into deep recession and unemployment with possible repercussions for other elling euro economies on our website r t dot com we're asking now that the bailout deal is sealed what do you think is next the majority almost forty percent say it will be a total collapse in the trust in european banks aggravating the fiscal crisis thirty percent predict other countries are in line for a similar bailout deal less twenty three percent say the bailout will result in widespread protests and more and a minority ten percent think cyprus will eventually be forced to exit the euro zone what do you think. cast your ballot. for the world's biggest merging economies gathering in south africa tuesday looking

to reshape the organization leaders of brazil russia china and india are the host and the host nation south africa aiming to form a joint development bank and a joint business council egypt's president mohamed morsi also set to attend the summit hoping to join the bloc in the future as he looks airshows he reports expectations for strengthening the brics bond are high. since its inception in two thousand and nine many have been wondering what brics is all about a symbol of growing global multiple or a counterweight to the e.u. and nato the leaders of the member states have been cautiously downplaying its role saying this alliance is purely economic and exists mostly on verbal agreements officially it's not even a legally bound international organization the greeks leaders are only now contemplating setting up headquarters in one of the capitals but just look at every brics country separately russia the world's largest exporter china the world's second largest economy and the source of

a cheap labor force india cheap intellectual resources brazil with its enormously powerful agricultural sector and the republic of south africa the continent's leader in natural resources but the country's economic status together the numbers are not. last year the brics countries average four percent g.d.p. growth whilst the g seven countries came up with only zero point seven percent and their collective gross national product already exceeds twenty seven percent of the global output and this economic might of the group of five could diversify into a joint brics development bank this idea appeared during last year's summit in new delhi and there are certain indications this year's meeting in durban could pave the way to its creation should this prove to be the case the world may see a new powerful financial institution we are now on the verge of a formal decision. it would be a substantial in terms of capital and the capital of a substantial new international and huge development bank. is probably

one of the major deliverables having brics more and more prominent in the area of economy international finance the element of infrastructure the common standpoint among the brics states and major international issues could also be a huge factor in global geopolitics the war in syria is just one of the examples the group of five has been insisting on a peaceful solution to the conflict and with the moscow and beijing firmly standing within the u.n. security council against any military intervention no wonder experts say bashar assad recently asked the group of five to help bring the conflict to an end many experts believe that despite brics being an informal group its geopolitical weight is already very high as for political rule bricks it's quick huge actually is a major international institution which preserved the whole human kind of. solving economic problems for example the g twenty. i think at this point the decisions of

g. twenty have proved it to a good position brics so brics has yet to become an officially established organization but the russian president already said cooperation within this law. will be more foreign priority this year and considering that at least five countries including mexico in the knees and egypt are willing to join the world may soon see a powerful alliance of developing economies which experts say even in its current configuration may become the world's wealthiest union of states in. the brics agreed the brics group viewed as a potential game changer for the international arena something critics didn't expect five years ago when the block was created dr sharon chali a professor and dean of the gentle school of international affairs thinks russia and china are driving forces behind the box growth from the early days when it was seen as an upstart that was still getting its act together and resolving and ironing out some differences we have come

a long way in five years the fact of the summit center continuing to be heard all of the life some of the critics who said that this was just a marriage of convenience or just a short piece i don't for a photo op and nothing more what we're seeing now is that their agenda is quite advanced especially the economic economic integration and one that in america asia and africa has been spearheaded by the legal of the brakes definitely russia and china i would say the central pillars of bricks if you remember this deal in the old unit of the concept and many of us brought along so to africa india and brazil to play a larger ruler and also russia and china are much more global in their overall approach towards the world order and trying to transform the world order the other three are i would say a little more student school east do you want to move towards more people already.

stay with us here on archy's still to come israeli soldiers and social media we take a look at why i.d.f. troops are getting prison sentences for online antics as inappropriate conduct in the ranks threatens israel's online the list of the campaign. first u.s. officials at guantanamo bay at a dollar more prisoners have joined the hunger strike over alleged mistreatment three captives are in the hospital with ten detainees being force fed defense lawyers are voicing alarm over one of the most sustained protests at the base with a strike now into its eighth week saying the majority of the hundred sixty sixty trainees are refusing food and accusing officials are downplaying the actual number or he's gonna take a look. despair among one tunnel detainees grows now even their lawyers are denied direct access to them attorneys say they had a visit scheduled for early next week with one of the clients who lost thirty pounds since the strike began at the beginning of february that is it was approved

by the military but the attorneys say they've just been informed by the authorities that they cannot visit the client because the military flight scheduled for next week was canceled also most recently the navy decided to discontinue commercial flights to the camp so tourney's are really struggling to find out the true extent of what's happening in guantanamo now as u.s. officials obviously try to downplay the hunger strike more criticism is coming in from the international community with heard criticism from the u.n. commissioner for human rights very strong words from amnesty international they call guantanamo an american gulag this is what the head of their security with human rights campaign said quote instead of justice for the nine eleven attacks one tunnel has brought us torture indefinite detention on fair trials and hunger strikes so i made a very broad international criticism of what the u.s. officials do basically nothing if you months ago state department shut down the office that was working to close the prison which effectively means that the detainees are stuck there in this legal limbo indefinitely their attorneys fear

that we're going to see more suicides human rights organizations say there were hundreds of suicide attempts at the prison at least seven suicides have been reported so far including a detainee named. he had spent eleven years in guantanamo he was cleared for release by both bush and obama administrations he took his own life in september last year there is a growing sense among the detainees there half of whom by the way have been cleared for release that the only way out of guantanamo for them is in a coffin in washington i'm going to. our website our bring you the latest updates on our top stories and news from around the world including apocalyptic animal death tolls in china after sixteen thousand infected brought in he says find out what else was mysteriously been. fished out of chinese waters. also online u.k. prime minister david cameron announcing a massive crackdown on immigration as the british economy continues to falter this and more on r.t.

dot com. the i.d.f. is cracking down on inappropriate behavior from its troops israeli soldiers have recently posted online dance videos and other images that have quickly gone viral but there are fears that the videos may be hurting the government's attempts to use social media as a public relations tool artie's policy or asks if it's offensive or just a bit of fun offensive and damaging fun a picture of an israeli soldier with mud on his face titled a bomb a stone posted on facebook by none other than the head of the i.d.f. social media unit should have don't wish to miss just as the government uses social media for explaining complaining for propaganda spinning it also has to do with private soldiers using new media every soldier is a broadcast station. it looks innocent enough but this will jerk off to the next in the military prison. after posting these pictures on his facebook profile this

infantry fighter was brought to book full of talent and misuse of army weaponry. these soldiers turned a patrol in hebron into a dance move. it angered the i.d.f. but others felt they did a far better job of showing the human side of the army than any spin doctor ever courage under the military code of justice offense and i think that sergeant and above which is in fact any conduct which is unbecoming an i.d.f. soldier would would would be for real or potentially at least exposure to criminal liability could actually find yourself in jail but it's not always fun and games neither is it so clear cut the i.d.f. told r.t. that a sniper who posted this image was dealt with appropriately it's the problem of free speech i don't see how you can control it i don't think that the dancing is abusing power i do think that putting your sniper

a mine. innocent person is an abuse of power and i think this is that it's thinks in the. gear you gave was an officer with the paratroopers unit he says he'd brief his soldiers regularly about what they could and could not post online but many were careless or childishly unaware of the impact one could have you have to remember that soldiers are. kids. eventually they're just they're just kids that misuse the misuse of power just for them and just one is not shooting the kid is not trying to kill the kid the irony is that the i.d.f. itself put so much emphasis on social networks using them extensively to promote its actions. the idea of has taken its war to twitter facebook instagram and even tumblr turning its social media tool box into the most globally visible arm of the israeli defense force it started during the israeli

gaza war at the end of two thousand and eight but the idea of social media department flexed its online muscles during the futile incident a year and a half later distributing regular video taken from an israeli assault craft and tweeting in sixteen languages after the most recent israel gaza war last november the erstwhile embarrassed i.d.f. social media guru boasted his unit had beaten the enemy some claimed foreign media asked more questions about the idea of twitter activity than about the army's bombings in gaza but when ordinary soldiers start using the same platforms or that positive public diplomacy threatens to be undermined one click at a time. will disappear r t tel aviv. turning now to some other stories making global headlines as our leader of the syrian opposition claims the movement has rebel fighters in the ranks of the government in order to secure chemical weapons and the sure they don't fall into

the hands of extremists is comes a day after the f.s.a. again blame assad troops were firing chemical weapons at rebels warring sides started trading toxic accusations a week ago after a rocket attack killed twenty six people in your aleppo you are launching an investigation into the chemical ourselves. egypt's chief prosecutor has ordered the arrest of five leading political activists after clashes in the front of the muslim brotherhood headquarters last friday activists will be questioned over inciting violence during the protests were nearly two hundred people were injured this after president mohamed morsi warned he would employ any measure necessary to quote protect the nation. u.s. secretary of state john kerry invited the taliban to reopen peace talks on monday during a surprise visit to afghanistan's capital this after this just weeks after afghanistan's president hamid karzai accused the u.s. and taliban of colluding in secret talks and us recently handed over control of the

last prison under their rule as they ready to hand over national security to afghan officials. partridge's up in a couple of minutes with this week's sports highlights stay with us. wealthy british style. that's not on the title of. markets why not i'm going to find out what's really happening to the global economy with max cons or for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to kaiser report

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hello and welcome to the r t sports show with me kate partridge with a busy week of sporting action from russia and around the world and here are the top stories. it's no joke russia's world cup qualifier in northern ireland is postponed after two attempts to kick off were thwarted by heavy snow but fabio capello's men stay top of group. plus the european court to skull seal a place in the playoffs but he has two games left to book their birth after an eventful round for the russian teams in the europa league. and the daddy of all fences olympic bronze medalist nicholai cover the off comes back from paternity leave to win individual gold at the star studded moscow say that. but first let's kick off with football as the russian national team flew out to

belfast last week to play northern ireland in the fifth game of their world cup qualifying campaign but heavy snow meant that two attempts to get the match underway were lost to the elements were given porfiry documents a weekend of frustration for both men and their fans there was much expectation as russia took to the training field ahead of their world cup qualifier with northern ireland they were top of the group with one hundred percent record and hadn't conceded a goal in their four games so far the trip to belfast was going to be one of the toughest of the campaign however head coach fabio capello was more worried about when. and not to go serve the feature of the game is a very good motive is the reason that the pitch i have to morrow. will be lower how are the wind was and the only thing capello should have been worried about heavy snow would.