we're clearly not the safest. the host nation since first medals at twenty fourteen with russia's figure skating team taking gold but aside from the celebration of winter olympic sports. the threat of something happening in sochi the western media. launch of criticism raising questions about whether the hype and panic justified in the week's other top headlines on r.t. international. and you know. the message reportedly coming from the u.s. assistant secretary of state. reveals the depths of washington's involvement in ukraine's political turmoil. and switzerland votes narrowly in favor of a controversial plan to put a limit on immigration this in a nationwide referendum. the

entire international news team welcome to the program to show you live in moscow and down to the black sea coast for your latest winter olympic updates with my colleague kevin oh. yeah they believe the. world to them of the twenty fourteen winter olympic games in sochi is given the russians plenty to cheer about athletes and a host nation of war medals of all colors including just the most precious. gold in the biggest competition is just finished let's discuss the success of that with my colleague paul scott is also in sochi with us paul really good day for the russians you're.

all k. will try to pull a little bit later but i can tell you it was a good day listening but earlier on before that we'll try to get to paul in a second a few hours ago paul scott we do have the connection to paul because it's such an important thing that's going to have now if we can make that connection paul is being confirmed in the figure skating russia gold gold. they did not so you can see kind of in the celebrations beginning with the fireworks behind me russia's first gold came in the figure skating team event they sort of challenges from canada and the united states to take the top spot now the event going to take up an insurmountable lead or they will help them that way but one of russia's most famous sporting sons you have got to be pushing to improving the competition away in the men's three program a magnificent performance when you consider that he's been under the surgeon's knife twelve times in recent years meanwhile a new star has been born fifteen year old here in preston part of the ladies' free

and sure programs with people as performances elsewhere on day two for russia there were silver medals for olga lucchino in the women's biathlon seven in the hospital much to spring to an album chunk of the forty two year old project is retiring at the end to these games they are his seventh winter olympics he's coming in second place in the final round of the competition which is just coming to a climax as we speak with the owner of russia's first medal of the games coming up on sunday all good up clay bronze in the women's three thousand made to speed skating event in the arena so let's take a look out the medals table at how things look at the moment and you can see that norway currently lead the way still with the usa on the netherlands not far behind now the reason the russians battle hasn't been registered officially at is because the event is still ongoing but as i say they do have an insurmountable lead so we're coming to the end of the day to the end of the. the fourteen winter olympics and it's the updates that are now finally making the headlines however the sochi

games are still being plagued by negativity in some parts of the american media as my colleague honest to see now reports. hundreds of world class competitions involving thousands of top notch athletes but yet sports fans all over the world rejoice it's time for a live big game fun again and some of them are pretty disgusting but why feed the excitements word of a possible new terror threat character a terrorist threat terrorist threat and your world champion and multiple gold medalist for buzz kill the western mainstream media and the olympics is a wonderful time for a contrast to get together in order to despise each other and in order to treat each other like crap it's only happens once every two four years you know there's not a lot of time you've got to come together and hate each other and not a second has gone to waste from picking any little thing that might be off to fifty

toilets but not one that could be flushed to toilets side by side two toilets right next to each other just spells party that doesn't spell bad conditions three million years to be exact one very tiny room left if that paint there trashing things the problems that that come up in every olympic games as these were unique to sochi olympic stadium has always been accused of being an overpriced boondoggle that was constructed shoddily not ready until the very last second every single one that i can remember a media war against the saatchi olympics taken to a ridiculous extreme but my impression of fox news is that they're just sitting around the office and they go hey it looks like no one's russian to get to sochi and i write i'm going to go eat lunch. there that is fine there's definitely. we're spinning tiny flaws into viral sensations fact or actual sports reporting be damned

. it's really kind of unpleasant to watch more to the point it's pretty counterfactual as well going so far as to say that the games are being held in the war zone as opposed to what's really a black sea resort. even though plenty of work went into security hysteria reigns the airwaves threat of something happening in sochi well it's increasing by the day taking the fear of yes toothpaste to an extreme toothpaste containing explosive material it is terrifying all right did you hear all the tooth paste is going to explode it was even staging tests on hiding explosives and tubes were c.n.n. commissioned this changed i've stopped rushing mighty stop loss and i think that might help solve the problem no matter how much the media out as the doomsayers of the games toothpaste will be toothpaste and nonsense will be nonsense in the end

the olympics will celebrate joy excitement and victory there will be winners and there will be losers hopefully able to move on with at least some snippets of dignity you're not concerned at all no you're not really not real we truly we piece about why and especially if you're going to r.t. new york. well scott spoke to a man responsible for the slating american tourist to come it is such he says his job has been made much more difficult by the negative coverage in the media. we've had some people back out because of what they've heard on the news the i mean why do you think there is such negativity in some parts of american media around so even if a year and a half is unjustified i think because of what they call the ring of steel i think this is a very secure place i think i would be more secure in an american classroom that i would be in sochi itself just because of the security here when when some of those

great time some of those tourists decided to pluck out did you try to convince them how did you sell so i can see them which will say well we told them that the place where we were we would be staying would be in a very secure location. and one of the major parts here of the sochi have lurked at us like a lot and so i think those are about as secure as you're going to get let's talk about the infrastructure that has sprung up around this sochi region sochi set to become a tourist hot spot off to the games you think is going to be a legacy of tourism here while they're in better position certainly because they build new highways they've got great a great train transportation now. you know there are more up to date with the electricity grid and stuff like that so i think they're prepared but as with any city that's going to give birth to a modern resort you're going to have labor pains and you were up in the mountains i believe last night watching this right of course is the name because it is about this but what about the venues how they look and how are they holding up today due

to fall of the ski jump we we saw a men's short short jump last night and i was incredible when you're going up the gondola and overworking the ski jump there is just it's quite magnificent it was awesome a great time. yes stunning we've also the chance to find out what russian ice legend but his love tried yet thinks about the game so far he was the torch bearer lit sochi olympic gold alongside the iconic figure skating arena rock me nothing. those who ignite the olympic flame go down in history for many years to come because it's a task that is only given to the most popular in the most worthy sportsman it means the world to me because i'm representing the team of my youth the hockey team that is an eight time champion i feel honored out of all the players they chose me it's unbelievably beautiful here to see palm trees and snow i think these are going to be one of the best limpy games that have ever been held in my opinion

a very good infrastructure was put together for the athletes here in sochi and everything is very compact the facilities are located conveniently close to each other no public transport is needed it's very aggravating when passes a late whereas here everything's very well put together and the athletes are satisfied we were commentated in prisons in the united states staying in not the most favorable conditions elbert. what we heard there referring to the one nine hundred eighty winter olympics in lake placid new york where athletes including him and many other global sports stars were all surprised for themselves i was in the barracks of a future federal prison but he was coming in as well but i just won silver in the sledge but the real big news of the night gold is going to russia the figure skating we're continuing our extensive coverage of games here in sochi keeping

a close eye on everything that's happening both here at the black sea coast and also for the mountains as well for another back to rory in moscow. thanks very much for that indeed so the r.t. team is in sochi to closely following the sporting spectacle and you can keep up to date or any time by simply logging on to our official instagram page we've got videos and footage from the olympic capital join us on instagram it's our instagram dot com slash our city of course keeping a very close watch on the slopes tracks stadiums and parks counting up the medals following reaction and bringing you all the latest updates of course on air and online at r.t. dot com. the g twenty four team promises the call to make in exhilarating a winter. storm and it's now a make over now and the rest of our lives take justina for sochi twenty four take.

on. why we are coming here live from moscow this week a massive gaffe by a top u.s. diplomat revealed washington's true ambitions for the antigovernment protests that have split ukraine as well as attitude towards other european partners. reports in ukraine we stand for the principle that all people have the right to express themselves freely in peaceful way. and they have a say in their country's future as it turns out washington isn't just cheering from the sidelines. in this video posted anonymously on you tube my understanding from that u.s. assistant secretary of state victoria nuland and the u.s. ambassador in the kieve are heard orchestrating ukraine's political future playing a game of verbal chess with ukraine's opposition leaders i think you know the guy who's got the economic experience the governing experience and he's the guy you know what he needs his cleats into a book on the outside he needs to be talking to them four times

a week the embarrassingly conversation goes from bad to worse when washington the senior diplomat drops the f. bomb while dismissing the european union's role in ukraine so that would be great i think to help glue this thing and have the u.n. help glue it and you know the e.u. the state department has shifted into damage control refusing to confirm the authenticity of the audio while admitting that victoria nuland has apologized to her european allies for the profanity she's apologized for a comment to she's not admitting she made which is itself a confirmation that the comment wasn't indeed made but will she hasn't apologized for the plans to midwifery new government in ukraine you know the words she's she's apologizing for you but she's not apologizing for trying to overthrow a government in kiev and calling it popular democracy diplomatic scandal here as nuland arrived in ukraine for her second visit in less than two months back in december she was seated walking around kiev's independence square handing out

snacks to protesters this time around the assistant secretary of state promised to feed the country with financial support if necessary political reforms are implemented at a press conference nuland refused to comment on what she called a private diplomatic conversation this is a devastating revelation and a very important revelation because it should. that washington is not only manipulating the washington is dictating who shall be in the government and they have taken the power away from the people. r t. well victoria nuland the use of strong language was cause outrage from germany's chancellor angela merkel who dismissed the comments as unacceptable. the former deputy speaker of the belgian parliament he says the conversation is a clear demonstration of how america really regards states if you didn't really

lose what you see behind closed doors this. stance will do nothing to state that you're going to wait to. do so you're going to this one small undermines the whole transparency and democracy building and building of political institutions these are all ideological afterwards into one's politics. is that also by the way shows how casual these people can talk about the politics of another country. by so sharing your sunday with us here on r.t. international still to come for you at the corruption eating away at the e.u. a new report reveals the shooter levels of money being lost leading some to wonder why the wrong doings in europe's own financial institutions are not being made public. just.

what's really happening to the global economy.

is. limiting the number of immigrants allowed to come in to work in the country and a plan. for example on issues such as free movement of the critics warning. the country's economy. to understand what's really behind this initiative you do have to look at the numbers switzerland has a population of just eight million people but it's seen a massive rise in immigration over the past decade in fact an estimated eight thousand new residents come here each year one fifth of the population is born born

of that simply to logic according to the right wing swiss people's party which has pushed this referendum forward we think we have to response ability to tell the people we have to change our constitution we have to write that switzerland controls to immigration again and that's what we're going to do now critics of the initiative say that it sends a message that foreigners aren't welcome they also warn that it could cripple businesses this is a colony is actually booming just three percent unemployment here and experts believe that's because of not despite foreign labor especially folks who have skills to work in fields like health care or internet technology and if you look at the arrivals from the e.u. between for example twenty ten and twenty twelve a large majority sixty nine percent in fact were highly skilled now there is also the issue of brussels switzerland isn't a member of the european union but it has signed on to a lot of the blocks policy in order to gain access to that single market i

mentioned earlier where switzerland sells half of everything that it produces that access of course could all be at risk it all have to be very serious problems in terms of labor recruitment and even more threatening there will be erosion of the relationship the european union. initiative is not compatible with the treaties which are signed between switzerland in the european union so this will lead to. the erosion of the existing preachings they will be. finished and switzerland is in this very very slowly. because. really in the european. art on the hour every hour loads of stories being uploaded to dot com including a french far right activists rallying in paris against the old female protest group femen accusing it of provoking the country's christian community hundreds gathered

in the center of paris calling on ferment to shut down its headquarters in the french capital i return to ukraine you can read the full story on our website ality dot com right now. why is there another one for you it's been revealed just exactly how edward snowden managed to get his hands on such a vast amount of classified n.s.a. data has had online you know where the website is. right to see. first rate. and i think you're. going to. be in the. twenty minutes past the hour here in the russian capital a new e.u.

report this week pointed to a wave of corruption sweeping through the block brussels believes that losses thanks to shady deals amount of billions of euros their estimation that corruption costs in the european union is no less than one hundred twenty. here and that is the equivalent of an annual budget so it's a lot of money we're talking about the figures were revealed by the e.u.'s home affairs commission in its first ever annual report on the subject the agency's chief called the problem breathtaking and warned it's eroding trust in democracy for the claes an m.e.p. for the flemish nationalist party he says while highlighting bribery on a national level the report ignores a brussels overall complicity. the problems in some member states are huge and widespread and the problem within the european union is that all the member states are in danger of being contaminated by this problem because when you are in the

euro zone for instance and when one of these member states in the eurozone has a big corruption problem well this problem will be felt by the other member states within the eurozone that's a problem with greece for instance so the problems in one country are becoming more and more the problems of the other member states what i find surprising and what i found interesting at the same time is that the european commission has made this report on corruption in the european union but it didn't make a survey of corruption within its own institutions and it didn't have any specific information about corruption with the e.u. funded projects. the turkish government is pushing through new internet laws that would allow authorities to block even more websites without a court ruling internet providers would also be asked to store data on exactly what

people are looking at online and the measures sparked massive street clashes between protesters and riot police that was on saturday crowds of people hurling firecrackers and stones of security forces response police fired water cannons and tear gas at hundreds of demonstrators on istanbul's main square in cairo based journalist connelly he says in reality it's the old thirty's who are losing the battle. years old literalistic good causes. you to look for moves to get closed because you did you know have to go a little bit is getting. on movement. that dot accordingly i'll give do this to people throughout that. day may both sides. leave me because there are other mentors to be doing. it is realize that

it's good to have more i usually get the releases last week showed that optical gear balls are anyhow but i believe that by the government there is always in the media. the edge of a that is you want to be vigil of good will this bottle. is closing up for this so far. all right in brief the r.t. was up a for you very quickly here on the program to yemen now a bomb planted on behaves car c. killed a senior intelligence colonel and wounded two people nearby the blast happened outside the oil ministry building in the capital sanaa the latest such attack on top officials islamist militants with ties to al qaeda thought to be behind the attack. around three thousand protesters waved play. says flags and lit fires during a rally against what they called state repression in the spanish capital the demonstrators are unhappy with the government's recent legislation allowing them to

be fined for filming police in joining an authorised rallies spain such as regular protests ultimately because of austerity measures and twenty six percent unemployment that is one of the highest in europe. two owners of a clothing factory have been denied bail after they surrendered to your thora to use on sunday the husband and wife are facing the homicide charges for a massive father killed one hundred and twelve workers two years ago the couple could be sent to prison for life if found guilty the town's rain fire considered the deadliest in a nation that uses cheap labor and relies on garment exports to the u.s. and europe all right more news here from moscow and in about half an hour's time in the meantime though worlds apart that's next.

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hello and welcome to worlds apart the collapse of the soviet union seemed to agree or for capitalism as the only viable economic system only to see it and major crisis a few decades later as the whole world still struggles to recover from the downturn brought about by the greed and excesses of the select if you count capitalism really trusted to reform itself well to discuss that i'm now joined by russian soldier one of the founders of the conscious capitalism movement mysticism it is thank you very much for your time and you know in the later years of the soviet union when structural deficiencies for already obvious some of the fishelson talked a lot about the need to create socialism with a human face and a deal was that it would be based on this. same with comic principles but with human experience add the core of its value system and i think many thought it was redundant because social is by its very definition it was supposed to be humane and

had these human streak about it but isn't capitalised by its very definition supposed to be conscious and rational well let me go back to your premise which is about socialism being inherently homemade to me the way in which it was expressed actually ran counter to human nature because human beings want to be free and we are unique species that actually not only creates value but exchanges value with each other this is something we're almost programmed to do and if you look historically across civilizations and of human societies every time we have been given the freedom to focus on what we choose to focus on and then to be able to exchange with others we have prospered for the wasn't deny that in the ideology of socialism their idea was that your god was the highest form of freedom when you could contribute to the society and by doing so also improve your own

wellbeing that was at least the ideology that was arguably never put into practice i think the underlying premise of socialism is the motion of a fixed by and therefore the onus is on the fair distribution of those limited goods or those outcomes. fundamentally what capitalism shows us and what business is all about is an expanding by that there's almost no limit to the amount of value that can be created when people come together and they cooperate and they elevate the amount of value that there's exchange constantly and if you look at an i phone you buy it for a few hundred dollars this several billion dollars of technology that's inside of that but through the system we're able to get access to that are relatively much lower amounts and there is you know the opportunity to create an expanding pool for you whereby then the equal distribution of that becomes less of an issue because within that system there will be inequality the.