the names of russians who the u.s. labeled as human rights violators were published on the people from entering the country russia has also keys american lawmakers of having a recipe for the attitude which damaged relations between the two states. also the saudi heir to the socialist i can charge it squares up against a champion of the free market after a bit about short presidential campaign in venezuela with both vying for leadership over the country with the world's biggest oil reserves. egypt's ousted president hosni mubarak goes on trial again over the killing of protesters during the revolution of twenty eleven i mean growing chaos and disappointment and his successes on the.

international news this is all she would meet you densher paula hello and welcome to the program first playing a tit for tat mosco has evened the score against washington by drawing up a list of americans it's now banned from entering the country due to human rights abuses after the you asked carried out a similar move against a number of assumptions and to give us more impression of what actually sparks and escalates is the diplomatic standoff here is medina with me in the studio medina very nice to have you in the studio with you good to see you too so as promised the russia has finally find bike right who is actually on that list and why russia had to do this true while russia has released to the stealth eighteen officials who are banned from entering the russian federation of. violating human rights violations and now this is really as you just mentioned a direct response to the so-called magnitsky list that was published on. late

friday now before the a macguineas kill list was released russia warrant that the reaction would be in accordance with the rules of parity and now we have received some first comments coming from russia's foreign ministry and now the sanction here regarding maybe we're going to see some of the comments from the foreign ministry anyway so here we go sanctions list includes figures involved in torture ad went on a bait and those infringing on the rights of the russian citizens that and neither one wore off less not were making but russia cannot ignore outright blackmail and the last one russo fabric washington lawmakers responsible for a serious blow to russia's u.s. relations now let's have a look at the list as i sat it includes eighteen officials those who are responsible for on go in human rights violations at the guantanamo detention

facility at as a a so-called one time i'm a list now these are the names to david speers addington who was the chief of staff to vice president in the period between two thousand and five and two thousand and no i don't use legal advisor to the ministry of justice between two thousand and two and two thousand and three and jeffrey miller he was a united states army major general and he commands at the u.s. detention facilities at guantanamo bay in iraq and the last one goes jaffrey harbison the command center of the joint task force one time in amman now there is a second list now there is a second list of those people who allegedly violated the human rights of russian citizens abroad yes right and true for more initially course because in moscow

this countermeasures report from. a theater can a from new york. the obama administration has released a list of russians to be blacklisted under the so-called mug needs act despite moscow's calls not to put such a list together in the first place let alone publish it the list includes eighteen names including sixteen judges and investigators in the united states accused of human rights abuses going to directly to the mother needs case these individuals will be forbidden from getting a u.s. visa as well as have their assets frozen so they might need to keep was a russian lawyer who was arrested for tax evasion in two thousand and eight he died a year later while still in pretrial detention at the age of thirty seven since then the u.s. has eagerly been exploiting the circumstances of his death which president putin said was a tragedy moscow one washington that its handling of the case was a domestic issue for russia and russia alone and that the americans must not interfere responding to the so-called moneyed skew list russia's prime minister

dmitry in the fears of said the us has the right to bar anyone from entering its territory by simply denying them a visa so the purpose of this additional ban is unclear except for its symbolism russia's concern that the release of the document comes at a bad time apart from putting strain on u.s. russian relations it comes ahead of the visit of the u.s. national security advisor to moscow on monday. now this is a word basically came from russia's foreign ministry sergey lover of who also mentioned that the timing to publish this blacklist was very poorly chosen especially considering the facts of the forthcoming visit of the u.s. national security advisor and also there are reports that there are actually two lists and moscow says that the white house decided to act more reasonably and not to go into c.v.i. confrontation as the extended version of the list of the blacklist consisted

of many high level russian officials but it is clearly really clearly sounds a very. and sort of a lover of also mentioned of those who as he believes sound very closely behind this recent us move and let's listen and. look at the school with. the not to simply sometimes the russian move it was conceived by people who are screwed politically and as far as i can tell under the influence of mr broder who earned a fortune in question illegally it's often the jim fortunate surrogate work for him in the criminal case which was opened against mr broder still involved his lawyer mr magnitsky. now who is william browder he is the founder and the coal miner off the hermitage capital management that's a fun that is investing for investment foreign capital into russia and so the game of music he was working there he was of the continent and the old saw and and

now william browder is one of the chief suspects in really a major tax evasion case that still goes on in that case still continues and just recently russia's investigative committee event published additional charges against william browder and just for for instance he is also accused for illegally buying. gas from a back in back at the beginning of two thousand and now the investor william browder himself has not set foot in russia since two thousand and five and now he is charged in the. missing a very complicated case indeed and if the block you were talking about right now the only sort of response to america's motion well indeed it is willing it is only a part of the so-called major conference or towards washington's act that consists

really of different articles just for the records. consist of noncommercial are going to law was came into force and november twenty twelfth and now according under that law some american and geos that are actively. there quite active in political activities in the russian federation under that law they may face suspension from a working and doing their business in russia and of course the adoption and of course i need to mention here the adoptions ban now in moscow and all adoptions of russian children american citizens starting from generally this year and the adoptions ban known mostly known as the floor was signed shortly after the u.s. passed the so-called. act and it really provoked why it's probably debates in both

countries and russia and in the united states and it is named. old eighteen month old russian boy who died after his adoptive american father laughed him in a car for several hours but unfortunately that was no isolated case here as well as many many you know of there is there is a string of adoptees in the united states and russia has really long been demanding information from the u.s. authorities on the fate of children after they've been adopted by the u.s. . but with very little success here in that area and now moscow tries to go even further with the issue of child protection as it considers whether to ratify two international documents aimed at protecting children rights yes and

into this one of the documents comes as part of a why did you on convention on the rights of the child right and it was accepted or ratified by almost all the members. of during the assembly except somalia and the united states and we have here us. she explained why actually us failed to put its stamp of approval. what's been reported and seems quite logical that the opposition is coming from conservative religious groups and their opposition seems to be based on that it's going to usurp corrent all rights and. state and federal laws here in the united states these people are very concerned about rights such as that the child shouldn't be able to have the choice to choose his own religion they're concerned about their right to punish their children and they're concerned that ratify this

treaty would interfere with their individual rights. now you would as summing up russia has just recently responded quite directly to the recent us a blacklist magnitsky list that was just published on late friday and russia responded with its own this to eighteen officials well some of them a really top officials in the united states all right medina thank you very much indeed for this for that massud report. ben moving on occasions of plots conspiracies and treachery coming in thick and fast in venezuela copping a short but base a presidential campaign some nineteen the million man is a balance will vote tomorrow for the next leader to head the world's most oil rich nation. campaign and game venezuela chooses a new president chavez choice runs against a free market poster boy for possible venezuela choose after coming down taste

death self-styled socialism or free market model venezuela votes fourteen on r.t.e. . latest exchange the governments accuse the opposition of bringing in colombian pirate militaries to sow chaos and election day a charge that's been a very mentally denied. turn claims to be the victim of a government's may come pain and allegation that's been ridiculed by those who are issues he's test to see the reports now on the faces of the venezuelan actions and that charles is. important elections for the venezuelan people certainly snap elections after the death of this or so about a month ago it has been a short campaign for everyone who has been involved and there are two top contenders in these elections on the one hand you have a nicolas maduro he's the acting interim president of the country he was the vice president during that childlessness time and on the other hand you pick up you this

happened run against us and options in october two thousand and twelve and he's a rivalry with talking about bringing change to the country now there's been a lot of name calling during this campaign period you have a model accusing us of being at the prince of the bush was he not representing the poor calling him some of the other hand he's accusing me of being a liar or using this as a body to run a political campaign now however they did talk to both of them tough on the issue of tackling crime in the country this is a top concern of the citizens here they want to see the crime level addressed and brought down a small as a government bureaucracy and inefficiencies there are those who work staunch supporters very loyal to everything that this is stood for the so-called socialist revolution big to continue this and some of them out of this loyalty vote for nicolas maduro on the other hand you have those people who have been blaming the government for a lot of the problems of the country lot of which is why you want to see what they

say is a bit of stagnation in terms of the way business is going in the country and they say they will vote for the best so many are watching these elections closely not least of which is the you. that stacy has had strained relations with the country during the time of about chavez but for everyone else who is observing and want to know what happens next the main question the one answer really is what step is that isabella going to take in the hands of somebody other than her godfathers. so nicolas maduro may be the heir to chavez and represent a continuation of his policies but he will almost certainly have trouble selling his presidency predecessors shoes that's according to international consultants a trance out there chief who spoke to my colleague kevin. probably one of the main problems of nicolas maduro has that he does not have the same charisma the same popularity sort of surfing on the hugo chavez wave so to speak and that's why he's using a lot of your memory of hugo chavez the image of hugo chavez the actual ideas and

this course that he gave to the people but nicolas maduro himself really has no special personal power base that he can fall back upon that's why it's really hugo chavez who is in the election through nicolas maduro so to speak on the list take a minute now to talk about the second candidate sure way and he wants to create a free market economy is that something venezuelans want as well well some do some don't some but israel is definitely are very tied in with the interest of the united states hugo chavez and hopefully my doodle have done a very good job for him for the region in the long term something that i'm sure of his accomplice would not because he would completely aligned venezuela into united states requirements and banking global financial interests are stronger ties with the u.s. if he gets in does that mean the dictate the does that mean the u.s. will dictate more to venezuela in the future than. oh absolutely they tried to do

it as a matter of fact they tried to do that exactly eleven years ago when i was in twelfth of april two thousand and two they staged a coup d'etat they orchestrated a coup d'etat where mr completeness was one of the key people in the coup d'etat he was only too young then but mr copley this is definitely the face of washington inside business will. while the us wish their list of political change abroad goes far beyond venezuela and coming out washington's hearns tries to reach every planes in the wild at the country aids political forces in exchange for loyalty if it means a japanese company. free

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this is all she welcome bok the judge presiding over the a retrial of egypt's deposed president hosni mubarak has resigned and referred the proceedings to the khyber appeals court is that if felt unease in reviewing the case mubarak is in court again over the killing of protesters during the arab spring uprising in february twentieth love and has already been sentenced to life behind bars but an appeals court later overturned that ruling their original trial which began in august twentieth and was seen as a symbol of change in egypt but many supporters of the revolution were frustrated by the sentence they deemed too lenient they were trial comes at a time when the current president mohamed morsi is facing mounting protests himself and he's being accused of betraying the arab spring and only pursuing the interest of his muslim brotherhood i made the trail sectarian clashes are on the rise with coptic christians facing increased of violence on the believes say the police have

done little to protect them as though true reports. days after a brute. on egypt's main coptic cathedral activists and opposition leaders meet to discuss a response many of them like tony sabri a christian protester who was trapped inside the church say they're still in shock . because. their taxes from everywhere even from the street next to the gas stations by the supporters the police called insults that are this is going to be one of the civilians bombarded us with molotov cocktails rocks rubber bullets and live ammunition and the police protected the whole market they were painting the. presence of the more the nation was shocked on sunday and bloody scenes of egypt's security posters firing tear gas and birdshot bullets directly at mourners gathered on st marks beach or here behind me one of the main churches to coptic christians president mohamed morsi has promised to investigate and his alleged comments saying

an attack on this cathedral was an attack on himself has done little to satisfy the coptic christian community with divisions deepening between the two religions many fear the worst has yet to come in the aftermath of the attack coptic pope to watch the second criticize the president for failing to protect the cathedral members of the clergy present at the scene also demanded answers. because theater has never been a time before who the people outside the cathedral are going to the police not even attempt to intervene why didn't they arrest one single person. however mariah of egypt director of human rights watch agrees government neglect is contributing to rising sectarian turmoil part of the problem is the way the authorities respond to incidents where there is violence between muslim and christian communities there's a long history of purity for sectarian violence and a fairly it's really acknowledge that there is a serious problem the reason funday is such

a worrying precedent is that we saw the police we saw images of the police finding with people who are throwing stones or sometimes shooting at a funeral grounds leading member of the ruling freedom and justice party dr amr darrag admits the police behaved unprofessionally the claims this state is not to blame the christian community has been suffering from the from the behavior of the previous regime you find all the time people trying to ignite the situation trying to cause chaos trying to spread violence as part of the of the air force to. bring down the revolution so it is very likely that these forces are behind this ago we would like to know who is behind this and bring it to justice despite these assurances with only two prosecutions for sectarian violence since the revolution many believe the new muslim brotherhood government is continuing mubarak's culture of impunity in the meantime thousands continue to demand justice for the cathedral

victims and christians like tony say they will continue to protest in till the government acts this is true for r t cairo. president vladimir putin announced as the russian budget for space exploration is to skyrocket promising more than fifty billion dollars will be pumped into the national space program up until twenty twenty so go online for more russians and vicious to reach for the stars. also online in america the f.b.i. is doing all it can to sneak a closer peek at past not online. communications go to yahoo dot com and find out how much money the agency wants to pry into the lives of its citizens. the u.s. has once again hinted more aid is set to head to the syrian rebels secretary of state john kerry met with the opposition for many this indicated washington's sticking firmly to the trend of supporting

a loyal movement so governments at any cost and. the u.s. doesn't limit itself to influencing just one country. opposition leaders in many countries have sought and received washington's backing but u.s. support often comes at a price counting on money and arms from washington and its allies serious opposition coalition has elected a us citizen. to be the leader of an interim government we are serious have to take action we must action the syrian born i.t. executive from texas history he told may have washington's blessing to form a new government in syria but even anti outside voices inside the country say instead of uniting syrians the american leader in syria will sow even more division in order for mr huge all to build a team with which you could have mutual understanding he needs to find these people abroad it means that these people will have no idea what life is like here before

the election i didn't even know his name well this whole election of a government down the prime minister was simply chimerical. for the us the benefits of having a government that owes its power to washington can be considerable and that is the case with the current libyan government but oh the current regime mostly into the united states and the united states will be seeking and are cashing that check very effectively for their own interests in terms of the strategic geographically importance of libya united states and west europe how about in terms of unfettered access to the high recall resources of libya against the resource nationalism with all his government they have for years the u.s. has supported the opposition in another oil rich countries been a swelling in the hope that it would replace the league who could charge its u.s. educated in the previous would be washington's perfect choice in the budget the state department's budget for two thousand and thirteen there was

a paragraph included that specifically said money is for these venezuelan political groups that are aligned with the opposition or that form the opposition of more than three million dollars right wing government under someone like enrico previous a menace well what helped the us regain its influence and dominance in the region it's not uncommon for washington to host prominent opposition figures whether from cuba or china the declared seam is u.s. support for human rights. i'm learning the constitution of the us and the declaration of independence for me to have a better comparison with china so that will help me to improve chinese law in the future but some note throughout the history of washington's dealings with the opposition in different countries there was another common theme it's my experience . after studying. many thousands of u.s. diplomatic cables that. the united states makes a. gain influence and contacts and informants.

we deem opposition movements in order to corrupt them partly you know order to have bets on both. the true leader also and the second in case there is a transition of power having said all that it's not all oppressed opposition figures that washington welcomes for example the us is not going out of its way to free opposition figures in bahrain who are sentenced to life in prison for taking part in protest against the government there are a host the u.s. fifth fleet in the persian gulf so washington has been quite selective as far as who's opposition it supports in washington i'm going to check out. after the break we'll be heading over to our washington studio for breaking the set.

with oil pipes bursting in arkansas people across the usa start to realize that they are moving towards what the atlantic calls the infrastructure cliff in short america's infrastructure is starting to get a bit old and according to infrastructure port org the u.s. needs about three point six trillion dollars of infrastructure spending by twenty twenty to turn things around the site sponsored by the american society of civil engineers gave all aspects of american infrastructure like bridges and drinking water in schools cetera some pretty bad grades except for solid waste removal for some reason in their opinion everything in the us is going to crap except for america's ability to throw solid crap away i'm not trying to sit here and scare you there is nothing to fear this is a big challenge but it is a very possible one to accomplish according to cost of war dot org the last ten years of war have cost about three point one trillion dollars just cutting wars in

half by fifty percent could put a huge dent in the infrastructure spending and what about all those billions in bailout that were spent you see the money is there it just gets wasted if the money stops getting thrown away and start getting spent a well planned infrastructure then the infrastructure will start paying for itself rock'n infrastructure creates wealth so don't fear the infrastructure cliff just stop wasting money or allowed politicians to waste money and everything will turn out to be just fine but that's just my opinion. to live on one hundred thirty three bucks a month for food i should try it because you know how fabulous. i miss. and i know that i'm still really messed up. in the old story so hopefully the.

worst are going to go right out to the. radio guy for a minute. what we're about to give you never seen anything like this i'm telling. you. what's good folks welcome to breaking the set i man well rob lowe filling in for abby martin you know these days it seems that everything in this country pulls down to budget cuts thanks to the a steady measures that we call sequestration one of the victims of these cuts is the department of energy's nuclear nonproliferation program you know the folks trying to limit the spread of nuclear weapons well according to foreign policy magazine under the white house's twenty four thousand federal budget the program would be cut by twenty percent seems like an odd move considering the u.s. has been working tirelessly to try to keep other countries from acquiring acquiring nuclear weapons.