head and says ukraine's president should call snap elections well in kiev a brief truce between protesters and security forces takes away. he was preparing the ground for syria's rival delegations to meet face to face on friday after day one of the low awaited peace talks was marred by bitter exchanges. and there was worries edward snowden is reportedly planning to ask russia for personal protection after getting death threats our top story. this is r.t. international live from studio center here in moscow which just eight pm and six pm

in kiev where protesters and police have declared a truce which is expected to hold for the next two hours the e.u. is getting more closely involved now with the head of the european parliament saying the country's president should call an early election peter all of it is there gauging the mood on the streets and following international reaction. in terms of what we're seeing from pressure and people taking speaking about what's going on here in ukraine from the outside well we have seen some movement with regards to the european union martin scholtz the head of the e.u. parliament has said that ukraine must call snap elections now that came on the back of the of a phone call between the president of ukraine on a covert john the president of the european union but also which was to put also expressed his deep concern about the situation there was unfolding here in ukraine

and said apparently this well if action wasn't taken to rectify this then the e.u. would be looking to try and step in and see what they could do he didn't elaborate on what he meant by that and what he what he thinks that the e.u. could do in this situation in regards to the response from for misty on a covert she said that a state of emergency wouldn't be declared here in ukraine and that we wouldn't be seeing the military becoming involved in this now he went on further to say that a special session of the ukrainian parliament would be scheduled for next week in which they would be discussing the possibility of of new elections they would also be discussing the. the repealing of all how they would go about repealing new laws new measures that were brought in to try and tackle the violence that we've seen on the streets here now with regards to snap elections what we're hearing from the ukrainian prime minister mr out of his that well in his opinion that's just funds

to fold that they just not possible it's not plausible to hold elections at such short notice now he also was talking about those that have been involved in the clashes these rioters that have been involved in clashes with police describing them as militants not his day saying they're not demonstrators they're not protesters that the there. fact in his words militants now we spoke to we went along over just behind me where the main flash point has been as it's all quite know cheat of the cease fire but we went along there to find out what would be going on if no solution can be found war war we've just seen vitaly klitschko one of the leaders of the opposition here of course the former world heavyweight boxing champion delivering a speech to the right is here on the front line the very front line of the barricades here just in front of the arts say this wall of fire that exists between

the the riots and the riot police right now. he's been talking to to to his supporters and giving their messages here's what we have heard is that this after this twenty four hours of this ultimatum that was delivered to the the victory on a covert ukrainian president. that there could be potentially more violence and we would expect to see that if those if their demands are met. well the center of kiev has become something of a battlefield over the past few days as you've seen on the video which is now this is independent square it's known as my dad it's the main hub of the protests and that's where the opposition camp is right now but some of the most fierce clashes on wednesday broke out on this nearby street now a tires were set alight there and you just heard artie's piece all of the reporting from the scene and two people were killed both reportedly with bullet wounds and

the authorities however say police on the streets do not have live ammunition and they do appear to have been vigilantes with firearms among the protesters as you can see here in this picture well let's talk more about what's happening there in ukraine with daniel mcadams he's head of the ron paul institute for peace and prosperity that the e.u. is really putting pressure now on kiev do you think that this further intervention could perhaps ease the deadlock there no i think the further intervention will make things worse the reason why the protesters if that's what they are to be called have become more radicalized is because they have been encouraged all along by e.u. and american politicians who have been on the ground in the middle of the protests encouraging them and that's simply unprecedented it's unprecedented interference in the in a sovereign nation and maybe there are two million people in kiev and maybe some

percentage of them are protesting but there are another forty million people in ukraine how was it how was it was there any democratic legitimacy. to have a mob on the streets demanding new elections it's really got ugly hasn't it in the last day or so two people confirmed dead over two hundred injured who's to blame for the violence from what you can gather is that the police or the protesters. well certainly the protesters are to blame the police are using violence that's what police do everywhere when they have to break up protests like this there's certainly plenty of blame that goes to the american politicians like the u.s. assistant secretary of state victoria nuland was handing out cookies on the square as we all know her husband was a great is the great neo con robert kagan who's in favor of revolutions all over the world a former advisor to john mccain so these people know all about revolutions and they're all in favor of them and they have to share some of the blame for the

bloodshed well the west the media's been largely playing laying the blame all the police pictures show riot police shooting at protesters who tore down the barricades and we're reading that the washington post is claiming that the police were seen aiming rifles why would they assume do you think they were using live rounds and not rubber bullets and on this occasion well it is interesting these will have to find out more about these apparent sniper deaths we've seen in many of these previous protests we saw in iran for example there seem to be these mysterious snipers who seem a lot more like provocations if you ask me but perhaps it's too early to tell and of course much of the provocation is being blamed by the authorities on militants on extremists who all of these people it's almost like a third party has emerged here in all of this who all of a. well there's an interesting symbiosis isn't there between people like klitschko

who is seen in the us is lionized in the us is this great opposition leader and these radical provocateurs in the street who are setting policemen on fire throwing grenades at policeman throwing rocks at them where in the world would this be tolerated and it's all blamed on this new protest law this protest law is virtually identical to any law you would see here in the united states for example you're not allowed i'm here in d.c. you're not allowed to wear a mask at a protest in washington d.c. you're not allowed to erect a tent you saw what happened to the occupy protests violently torn down you're not allowed to have foreign funding of your political organization here in the u.s. it's illegal in poland one of the most arrogant of the countries interfering in ukraine condemning this new law well if you libel a politician in poland you can go to jail for two years so there is an enormous

amount of ypocras involved here just briefly and finally daniel which isn't in serious trouble there is talk of perhaps a revolution but what is the answer is a snap election and early election the alter to stop this violence well i've been an election monitor for a number of years in the ninety's in many contentious areas you simply cannot hold elections in an environment of violence like this it's virtually impossible to do don't you mcadams thank you very much indeed head of the roman poll institute for peace and prosperity live in the states really appreciate your time thanks for talking to us. well far right groups again momentum in ukraine as we've just been talking about now as those anti-government protests continue to rage and they're making it clear that they do not favor peaceful resistance nationalists factions are insisting that the government would only listen to the language of force meanwhile washington has responded to ukraine street violence by revoking the visas of several individuals and threatening sanctions well from the u.s.

point of view only one side is to blame in all of this is. reports the obama administration had upped its rhetoric against ukraine on wednesday warning of possible sanctions that the government continues its crackdown on protesters there the state department spokesperson here in washington said all policy options are on the table but did not offer any more specifics now the u.s. meanwhile has revoked the visas of several ukrainian officials who are allegedly implicated in violence against peaceful protesters no members of the opposition however have their visas revoked by the united states this is something that did come under some scrutiny at the state department press conference when a journalist or raise the issue of a double standard the united states has already revoked visas of several people responsible for violence. several officials ukrainian officials several train officials so there is so there is no opposition protesters nothing like this

ukrainian official. now we also heard from the state department referencing two protesters that had been shot saying that they had been shot by members of the police despite the fact that the investigation on the ground in kiev had not yet concluded president obama himself stayed silent on the recent developments a state department spokeswoman did call on the ukrainian government to abide by the protesters calls for the country to sign a trade deal with the european union instead of turning towards russia the state department's top your of europe official victoria nuland has visited the country several times recently to argue the case vice president biden had also called the ukrainian president to express his deep concerns. well the russian president's spokesman has reacted to western condemnation of what's happening in kiev clete discover says that moscow considers any interference in ukraine's domestic affairs as absolutely unacceptable adding that russia never has and never would do such

a thing the actions of ukrainian police officers have triggered much criticism and we also a former british police officer with experience of crowd control to analyze their tactics for us the minute it starts becoming violent when it. meant they have no option and to react sometimes because once that situation does get out of control like that well then there's two primary and the first they can restore peace quickly in whatever way you can get the demonstrators moved away. and then primarily they're the second part of this to do so as safely as possible for the public first and then to the offices second so i think in some ways when you get back to environment going to police officers in many ways it's not surprising that they haven't reacted as dignity as they have i mean it's not very nice if you look very good and indeed a lot of the police and get. injured as well about human beings at the end of the

day you know they are striving however well equipped they are well trying they are you know this is going to zorn analogy but it's a real combat in the field face to face with some dangerous people many of whom are actually intent on causing them harm where we're closely following what's happening in kiev with peter all of a in the midst of the trouble there across in western ukraine nationalists have captured the regional administration buildings in two cities we're learning about that you can get more details on ukraine's turmoil right now on r.t. dot com with minutes by minute updates. the international mediator for syria will hold separate meetings with the government and the opposition after the warring sides failed to find any common ground during the first day of the geneva two peace conference diplomats hope to bring syria's bitter rivals together for their first face to face talks on friday

you know the president of reports now from switzerland the prime minister i'm sorry to. can you just read of yours you live in new york i live in syria i have. to give the syrian. here in this forum the first day of the conference was expected to be spent listening to formal statements instead it was the scene of bitter exchanges as the syrian opposition pressed on with its calls for president assad to step down i think that is the problem and i said i don't think the problem old any solution without us of going about stepping down and change of power in damascus is something that washington is pushing for as well bashar assad will not be part of that transition government but according to the u.n. secretary general of this is neither up to washington nor any other outside players to be signed the syrians are themselves had the primary responsibility to end the

country determine their party to their system and future and start repeating their country while damascus is willing to discuss anything from commenting territory partial cease fire anything that is except assad's resignation it seems the parties have a different understanding of the course of the talks indeed the only agree on the one thing that a political solution is the only way no one should. know one's trying to gloss this over. that this is the beginning of a tough and complicated process more than organisations and all suggest together how this must end that it has to have an inclusive syria but it's still the statements were indeed emotional and there were mutual accusations but what's most important is that all the parties involved want direct

talks to start as soon as peoples of the blizzard the first round of negotiations mediated by the u.n. and arab league special envoy on syria is expected to last one week after nearly three years of extreme violence it isn't a surprise the two sides of the syrian conflict aren't getting along very well frankly just getting them in the same building may already be considered a diplomatic breakthrough not to mention the talks which are scheduled to continue on friday europe is going off r t montreaux switzerland. will stay in touch with developments of the peace talks as r.t. brings you in-depth coverage from geneva. we stay in switzerland to bring you another global event that's underway there is business and political leaders address the world economic forum in. among them iran's president rouhani who's pledged cooperation with his neighbors and the rest of the world.

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edward snowden has been getting an increasing number of death threats and is expected to russian authorities to help protect whistleblowers whereabouts here in russia kept secret report details of the vindictive hunt for the former n.s.a. contractor. despite his temporary residency in russia it's fair to assume that n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden. then follows what's reported about him throughout the world however it's the recent death threats and robbers descriptive ones published in the us media that is causing the thirty year old to request extra security and protection from russian law enforcement the website but speed quoted an anonymous

u.s. intelligence officer describing how he would have assassinated snowden if he had the chance another unnamed pentagon official has been quoted saying he would have simply loved to put a bullet in snowden's head work he not restricted from killing an american snowden's lawyer says the former contractor is constantly accompanied by private guards but that may no longer be enough to ensure his security. we clearly understand that there is a serious danger for the life and health of edward snowden and n.s.a. intelligence officer says that it's easy to imagine a situation where he walks around for example after his groceries and he accidentally bumped into someone then he suddenly. goes home and dies in the shower in his situation he has to think about his security snowden's attorney stresses

that according to russian law a death threat carries criminal liability he also says the former contractors refugee status makes him only entitled to ask the police for help in the meantime a new poll by pew research shows that while americans are still divided over the benefits of snowden's n.s.a. leaks when it comes to just young americans ages eighteen to twenty nine years old the majority believe that snowden's leaks served the public's interest reporting from new york. are. a family dinner date for tony blair the former prime minister. with a bomb and try to conduct a citizen. arrest and they can face justice over the invasion of iraq even had to come to see how that all worked out. plus details a lot of them the tories hackers suspected of breaking into the computers of george w. bush and his secretary of state who is reportedly being courted by romanian police

details on that story and others just a few clicks away on r.t. . iran says it's ready to engage with neighboring countries and other world powers president rouhani has pledged came at the world economic forum in davos. is that. he is taking full advantage of the president of the country has armory honey all of the devil's economic forum because it's incredibly timely for him we know that the six month interim deal struck between the six major powers has taken effect this week and the message from him is around is open for business and as i say it's only timely because in the audience you've got two hundred fifty people the protests a some of the richest people in the world eighty billionaires hey we got forty heads of state so he's speaking to the right people and it's the first time in ten

years that an iranian leader has come to this of that and he is basically opening up the country to international investment he's worried the likes of any tell you tell shell as well as exxon mobil throughout the day he wants to really drum up support for the oil industry that has been really suffering in the last two years because as they sanctions which will now be partially lifted thanks that interim deal that has been struck now he's got great expectations for his economy let's listen to the man himself. iran's economy has the potential to be among the world's top ten in the next three decades that's our long term goal which we're planning to achieve through our social economic as well as domestic and foreign policy my government is pursuing ideals and economic development democracy and the improvement of iran's foreign relations and that's impossible without our international engagement now considering a run has one of the biggest if not the biggest oil and gas reserves in the world

because that is a feasible goal for the country and their relationships between iran and the west are now warming up thanks the sanctions being partially lifted and investors are keen to get involved as well. news for you know from international motorcycles have killed policemen and wounded two others in egypt would happen to the checkpoint. has escaped from the scene over two hundred fifty security personnel have been killed since the military toppled. president mohamed morsi last july. capitalising thousands of people the government imposed. state of emergency in force under a sixty day decree maintaining law and order until february lection but i agree crowds are insisting that the government resigns no i mean trying to work at state ministries central bangkok to. work out of the pentagon. generals though it's cleaning and catering staff who say they're fed up

with low salaries. and get president obama to put an end to poor pay for contract employees at federal facilities from a paid less than an hour around forty percent less than what researchers say is a living wage in the area. the job business part of the former oil tycoon mikhail khodorkovsky has been granted an early release by russia's supremes court. has been due to have been due to walk free in may but will no do so in just a matter of hours. as the details basically the decision was made in both cases. he was actually released a presidential pardon as part of the nationwide amnesty and left prison time was remaining in the colony and he sentence was reduced to just.

over ten and a half years but seeing as he's already served he is free to go as soon as the prison that he's serving his sentence and in the north of russia receive the official papers it could be as early as today it could be tomorrow basically now we're just waiting for that. be delivered to the prison officials now when it comes to the other part of the case that the supreme court was looking at it has upheld the earlier ruling that whether he must reimburse the state just over seventeen billion rubles in taxes which he owes and that actually is part of the case because both of course negative have been serving their prison sentences on charges of tax evasion as well as money laundering and embezzlement basically the case for the two men and now is closed and the supreme court has also left an opportunity for judicial rehabilitation for bald. more news within the team in just over half an hour from now in the meantime you're

a few moments away from mexico as this latest showdown with high flying. scammers that's after the break. recently facebook was ablaze with likes and shares about the twenty fourteen no pants subway ride this is a yearly event that has grown in popularity and spread way beyond its native new york to cities across the globe according to fox news and such and thousands of people ride the subway in their underwear as if it were a normal day what you're going to say is a prank collective the cause of scenes of chaos and joy in public places yeah i guess this is kind of funny i mean hey i like wackiness but think about the effort and propaganda takes to get thousands of people the world over to simultaneously do something and then with all that effort and all those thousands of participants all

you do is walk around your pants on this idea must've been created by some people with a pretty decadent lifestyle because how could you even think of organizing people for the goal of spreading joy when a lot of us can't even afford to put dinner on the table in the future could you guys please try some pantless food donating or pencils recycling or maybe best of all and artist of all pencils job creating wackiness is fine but when you have the power of thousands of trousers volunteers please use it responsibly and productively but that's just my opinion.

welcome to the kaiser report i'm max kaiser last week the heritage foundation and the wall street journal presented their annual list of economic freedom for the seventh year running the u.s. has dropped down that list now residing at twelfth most free cuddle me in the world while the us used to be number one it is now behind ireland at number one on yes the same ireland which was a vassal state of the troika until mid december when it gained at least an appearance of economic sovereignty which makes you wonder what exactly their idea of economic freedom is max this is important to know because of course that was has been happening this past week and they're trying to deliver us economic freedom i think what we're going to see from them and what heritage foundation wall street journal when they looked at ireland what they see is this what nigel for ukip m.e.p. said we all run by big business big banks and i'm sure with mr brace so big bureaucrats

so true it's fascinating how far down this league table the u.s. has plummeted it's the only country that's actually dropping the other ones are kind of in status to some degree or other all of the u.s. is really you know plummeting down this list yeah but like i said i don't know if it's a bad thing in the way that they determine what economic freedom is they don't care that ireland was occupied by foreign banking powers until just a few weeks ago allegedly now i want to say that here in the u.k. they're number fourteen on this list and they could be rising very soon if they determine economic freedom and the being occupied by banks because h.s.b.c. face a seventy billion pound capital hole warrants hong kong analyst h.s.b.c. could have overstated this assets by more than fifty billion pounds and ultimately need a capital. injection of close to seventy billion pounds before the end of the decade

according to an incendiary report published by a hong kong based research firm and the research firm is called forensic asia this is seventy billion pounds which equals about one hundred ten billion dollars who is our accountant. and why. no actually it was k. p.m.g. . i believe from last year it was p w c o b w c. and i mean why not the low end juice not going to show that in what not to not be the music not all the same it's own big acronym you could just get rid of all those acronyms and replace with f r a you did see for all their all the same they all collude they go to battles and they collude and they all work off each other's playbooks and it's fraud the fraud that they found from forensic by the way this is run by two guys named thomas monaco and andrew haskins thomas monaco is a former new york fed guy and actually haskins was an analyst at h.s.b.c. .