russia regains its traditional dominance in pairs figure skating claiming both gold and silver at the winter olympics plus. some media outlets here have quite hard to make the olympics in russia smell like cold war and will go why the games in sochi have become the target of what some are calling a smear campaign by foreign media. and anti-terrorism it's are on high alert in greece after radical anti-capitalist group admits to opening fire on the german ambassador's residence and calls for a violent uprising against europe's financial elite.

and a study out of the russian capital you're watching our team national with me. another big day in sochi where our team is continuing its special coverage of the winter olympics let's now cross live to an isa now we who is in the host city of the olympic games for us there. hello from sochi where there are high expectations for today's events and a very celebrate tory mood after yesterday's stunning performances in the pair figure skate no host nation had won gold in that discipline in over half a century that's what russia managed though with its top pair maxime time called and all of us are leaving their rivals trailing behind and once more the silver also went to russia. farmer explains there's another contest that's even more important to russian fans. but i have to tell you it was a fantastic because he was in it for a twinkle from the other show but if there is one gold medal that russia wants to win more than any. it is in the men's ice hockey they haven't done that since the

fall of the soviet union and today they open their account against the vignette and that is a game on paper you would think they would win because they have something like sixteen n.h.l. stars compared to you see the news one they also have home with vantage although some are arguing that could bring extra pressure will they russia's main man alexandrovitch and says all the players have the experience they need because i'm pretty sure we have experience and we all do our guys to have another pressure. and i'm pretty sure it's going to be flying as we're going to step on the ice we're going to. think about the game and i think about how to win the game not about. the pressure and stuff and the place do seem to be relaxed maybe take a look at the. twitter feed at the moment you will see posted pictures of his famous pieces but it is time walking around in and around the park and meeting fans

but it's a game they can't take lightly that is the message from soviet legend that is that correct yeah he's a man he should know he's won three gold medals. we're expecting a good game what is really important now is the work of the coaches they need to have the team motivated there are various other factors at play the biggest is the word it's a major responsibility players are experiencing great pressure and on top of that we haven't been champions for a long time i think it's going to be one of the most exciting tournament's of recent times. well just to give you a taste of what this means to russia we managed to catch up with a fifty five. we're definitely supporting the russian ice hockey team and we hope to make it to the match like to wish our guys luck in victory in every match we hope that we'll take the first place at our home olympics. i do that to will definitely go and watch hockey is the best and will destroy everybody our team will

definitely win a limpet gold i was born in russia so who else would i root for while also in the usa they play here today and then the big one is the usa against russia on saturday definitely one team that you would see. if russia does win gold in ice hockey that would make up for the losses in some other disciplines as the country hasn't won the olympic hockey cauchy final in more than twenty years but for now let's turn from the arena to the fans are just martin andrews has been among spectators in sochi and shared his impressions with me a bit earlier. we've got behind this the olympic flame you can see but it's not just the flame that's on fire the whole olympic park is on fire it's like being in the carnival in rio it was just incredible even i was surprised the volunteers there doing limbo when the big flags they were all screaming shouting saying everybody all the volunteers speak english we've got back in the stands we've got russian dancing we've got stages with. all singing traditional russian songs of

course this is from various countries around the world you know cherishing and loving listening to traditional worship music and dancing and it's all brightly colored brilliant so if you can if you don't have tickets to a specific event but you go into the park there's plenty to do. but you need tickets for an event you can go into the park just as a spectator and so what are some of the things that you've seen here. well like i said you've got bounced around with you know traditional singing is it's not just traditional songs i've you've got you've got d.j.'s powers in the mountains lots of lights and i suppose here with you is that quite like the d.j. was a big part of the overall ceremony as well is this modern of course you've got to realize that snowboarding which is a relatively new it's been actually for the last two or fifteen sixteen year olds winning golds up there but right now that you've got to realize that it's the olympics for the new generations. so you've really got to cater for the you know the musical side of it so you do have like a d.j. is playing in the d.j.'s in from all around the world i think it's phenomenal let's

talk a little bit more about the serious side of the olympics security it's a big thing has russia managed to have it be secure but not hampered anybody said the security has been faultless but what about the people at the spectators are there waiting in lines then they are there every single train you go through every single cable car every single event you have to go through security it's just like going through ports of j.f.k. or heathrow but it's quicker there's no queues i think i waited more than thirty seconds each one and they've read a case of the for the fact that you've got you've got lots of people here the crowd control is every single person i've spoken to from america u.k. germany whatever have said that the security issues are ten out of ten people feel safe here and the main thing is that even though it's obviously a power it's it's very relaxed so in that ports i've been to around the world. with you specially i have you feel comfortable you feel violated almost but really here in sochi they're doing

a superb job. the lively atmosphere and groundbreaking achievements in sochi are gradually winning over some of the doubters nevertheless some prefer to focus on the negatives and he's going to take a look at where the media criticism of the olympics is coming from. you know some media outlets here have tried so hard to make lympics in russia smell like cold war in their coverage some didn't even bother to come up with new tools new graphics same old bear this cover is from one thousand nine hundred eighty when the us boycotted the summer games in the soviet union of course there were calls to boycott the sochi olympics as well similar images this is the handcuffs and all barbed wire not new as you can see. craig who wrote several books about news coverage in america is here with me to chat about all this. he of negativity thank you so much for coming craig you know russia has come a long way since one thousand eight hundred and some very different country now but

it seems some of these outlets one their readers want their audience to see what russia as if it's still nine hundred eighty. well these are very familiar themes both to the public but also to the owners and many of the old time reporters so people fall into a comfortable pattern that actually extends back many decades and is quite apparent if you look for it as you've done and. it's quite clear that people took the old magazine covers and said let's just updated for this olympics stereotypes are strong. exactly and you know they call it the news industry but in many ways people like the old industry but the old themes but call it news but sometimes you know in the middle of this sea of negativity you sometimes see reports like the one i saw in the new republic the officer went to

a popular gay bar in sochi and writes about how desperate for injury and they start trying to find traces of gay persecution there and they can't those they talk to say no one is bothering them except germany's part of the issue is when people self censor or they believe they know what the story is before they go to the scene and what you're describing sounds like a classic case that happens all over the place where reporters think they know what the story is and all are trying to do is find someone to attach a name and a face to the story that's almost written in the reporter or editors have. missed it. thank you thank you you know even russians who are critical of the government found this old school smear campaign upsetting but for most it's like in

the old russian saying the dogs bark but the caravan moves on to let them bark into the game so i'm going to shut down in washington r t. i think it's fair to say that some of that negative media coverage is the last thing on spectators and athletes minds here in sochi not to mention the gorgeous weather that we're having we will continue to follow all the action as it on rails on day six of the olympics and i'll be back with more news from the games next hour for now back to you in moscow. twenty four jean-paul muscle is the call to make in the exhilarating winter in our . joy and you see no way to make seven zero in the west of olympic news team for sochi twenty four take. all the. popular angering greece torn by political and financial turmoil is reaching alarming a-levels

a radical anticapitalist movement has published a man a fast blaming germany for the dire state of the greek economy and threatening to launch attacks on the country's companies and politicians the popular fighters group has admitted to firing shots at the german ambassador's residence in december last year. has the details. police and security forces are on high alert here in the great capital with riot police patrolling the streets in groups of five or six officers and that's often the evidence was discovered of the dangerous activity over medicare extremist group known here in greece as the popular father group order to say they claimed responsibility for december attack on german ambassador as residence here in the great capital when a group of a known gotten men fired fifty least fifty bullets at the building no one was heard but many could easily happen and another attack this time at the tap and in january

. they had quarters of reset us back in the outskirts of athens as well the group sent a twenty page manifesto to a weekly leftwing satirical magazine titled the mouse in greek explain that that was their reaction their response to greece's protracted financial crisis for which they believe germany is to blame and declared it's part of a campaign against the german capitalist machine calling on all greeks to join their fight so why germany been blamed the country is the launches dorna for greece's bailouts the country has been relying on since two thousand and ten we each have forced greece to introduce harsh austerity measures that have been truly increased dramatically unemployment here in the country risa high that many greece could get behind this and his group calling on the residents of this country to

join their fight has been covering financial crisis since the beginning and we heard many tragic stories and even this time we were able to speak to some residents of athens and i can say that the tide news and despair are among the most . when feelings here in the say ten people say they're tired they no longer have power to even take to the streets to protest and moreover they no longer believe that to change anything that's how. sold. well journalist robert harris says years of crippling spending cuts have broad greece to breaking point. it's always a risk where do you have out employment twenty seven percent of many people it didn't ruin by what has happened in the us a lot of ill feeling between greeks and against germany because of the euro

austerity measures which had been full staunch the greek people and eighty's tilted greece at the seas by the germans therefore there is resentment in a greek sought stupid they're very sophisticated modern developed society they know that a lot of the money that he's given to greek government to help the greeks anybody called eighty percent of that money goes straight back to west banks to german and french banks very large as it was unwise to let money to the greek government. will be exploring the murky waters of the financial world and because the report so what's that on our team later today and coming up in just a few moments our reports on the future of the critic.

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no c n n the m.s.m. b c news have taken some lightly but the fact is i admire their commitment to cover all sides of the story just in case one of them happens to be accurate. that was funny but it's closer to the truth from the might think. it's because one call attention and the mainstream media works side by side the joke is actually on the you look. at our teenagers we have a different approach. because the news of the world just is not this funny i'm not laughing dammit i'm not i look. at.

you guys sort of jokes i will hand over the stuff that i've got to. welcome back this is are to international new york city is drawing up new rules to regulate the virtual currency a bit quaint and combat money laundering and that's after a large scale attack by cyber criminals brought down several online exchanges but despite the obstacles the digital currency is continuing to gain ground as are often the found out at a big coin conference and berlin. they've come to speak to make the land to promote their vision of an alternative financial system and investors businessmen and

curious citizens all gathered here in berlin for our conference on what they call a bit point of revolution it's the first digital currency that's not owned or operated by any sort of bank it's guaranteed payment without a middleman you can buy it with the real currency and online exchanges and that's an extract of option for those who think that today's financial system is in fact mean of an overhaul as people see how big coin is used online and they see the advantages the instant transfer of funds the security not having to see your personal data to make these transactions i think a lot of people see these advantages they tell their friends they tell their coworkers they want and they tell the merchants that they do business with and they expand the sphere of decline and that's a view that seems to be growing more popular nowhere is that more evident than right here in berlin in fact this neighborhood boast the highest concentration of businesses assumption the currency in the world its growing list of bitcoin

establishment includes a record shop up for in-store a boutique and this bar. and here are getting your hands on some bitcoins while they digitally speaking and busier than ever instead of buying them from an online exchange you can use this big coining t.m. to trade your uro's into bitcoins and use that to buy your happy hour drink and i have four of course bitcoin isn't without risk and the past few weeks haven't been too kind to the cryptocurrency apple remove the last native bitcoin wallet application from its app store and the currency saw its third mega crash in the past few months when the largest bitcoin exchange stopped customer withdrawals because of a glitch in the software of course that led the currency to lose value by a stunning twenty percent just for a day but it's a sign that bitcoin may have a long way to go before it's a safe bet reporting in berlin for r.t. and lucy catherine of. and now is take a look at somewhere online stories today

a curse a day and the british capital. had to r.t. dot com to find out why so-called christian patrols are alarming officials in london also there are some eye catching aerial stunts at this year's singapore air show had to our in motion section for all the highlights. right to see. first street. and i would think that you're. on our reporters would. be in the. now take a look at some other stories from around the world and up to four people have been killed in clashes between rival pro-government and opposition protesters in

venezuela's capital caracas armed supporters of president who were reportedly opened fire on student protesters a police officer and the leader of a pro-government group were among the fatalities it's the worst unrest the country has seen since last year's post-election riots. in pakistan a suicide bomber has rammed and a bomb laden car into a police bus killing eleven officers the incident took place outside a police academy in the southern city of karachi more than forty people marry of them civilians were injured and the blast the city has been plagued by sectarian and political violence for years with frequent attacks on security forces. terry intentions show no signs of letting up in the central african republic after a mass grave was found at a muslim rebel compound in the capital meanwhile human rights groups have can dampen ongoing attacks by christian militias on muslim civilians calling down ethnic cleansing over six thousand international troops are currently deployed in

the country trying to tackle sectarian violence that has claimed over two thousand lives. now storm has battered the southeastern united states claiming up to eleven lives tens of thousands of households have been left without power and hundreds of flights have been canceled the storm which is now heading northeast is expected to affect up to one hundred million people and is likely to last for two more days. cockroaches may be an annoyance for households around the world with manny willing to pay a fortune to get rid of them but for other spear proving surprisingly useful artists are a furthur. the stock at trials on the hit t.v. show i'm a celebrity get me out of here where celebrities are encouraged to eat disgusting dishes has inspired a whole host of creepy crawly cullen re experiences this restaurant in london serving up locusts and crickets among other things on its many things that's not

just london customers that have a taste for the unusual according to prisoners magazine inside time one inmate claimed in a letter that prisoners had been trying cockroaches of the watching the t.v. show inside time say the letter read my favorite snack to supplement the poor and me go to prison diet is cockroaches there are many cockroaches here and the best way to catch the is by placing empty crisp packets on the floor and turning the lights out letter went on to say cockroaches have a nutty taste so when you dip them in chocolate they taste like. to free to not bar is celebrity to eat them in the jungle then why shouldn't hungry prisoners get a bit of protein to the ministry of justice told us there is no truth behind the allegations in the letter a prison service spokesperson said in the last two years we have reduced the average cost of prison food by around eleven percent to one

pound ninety six per prisoner per day within this budget prisoners have access to a range of meals that meet nutritional requirements no good ministry of justice say that there's no ukraine to the allegations the prisoners eating cockroaches. well. i have a motor. going all gone yes of course. and you can. go and as a science also want to construct the first lady gaga that's what my son my son in law corps those. were not really he called parties because my mother like a concert i was almost. i know he's not going to really. get some crumbs he doesn't quite sound like the rehabilitation method lieschen the government has long

been promising he spoke to the chief inspector of prisons he told us that cook which is all republican in prisons generally and that he championed liverpool the prison the letter was allegedly sent from underwent a new inspection recently but the details of that will be released until next month in the meantime it is things that some people keep on taking a leaf or indeed americans out of but eating programs and supplementing that this is some places now consider to be a delicacy sarah first i see london. i can't believe he did that well coming up next we delve into the financial world and boom bust with host erin ade here on r.t. international.

transit route to vnukovo report your best way to the house of mosco. ten a group wants to erect a statue to the lord of darkness in oklahoma city which is the logical name capital of oklahoma the cygnus want to build the monument of a goat headed devil in or despite a monument to the ten commandments that was put up in two thousand and twelve yet

they maybe should have put up of honor into the ten commandments on public property but does that mean that satanists nazis the other whackos have the right to put up their own twisted monuments well that is it depends on how you look at things technically in western liberalism everyone's beliefs by law are equal even if ninety nine people are christian and they cannot impose on that one poor satanist which sounds nice but in reality that means that those ninety nine christians have to tolerate a monument to the infernal master and defiler of the innocent on their way to work every morning part of having a culture means having a group of people of common beliefs and values if you just include anything into the culture then you longer have a culture all that remains are scattered individuals all i'm trying to say is that it's ok to abuse the dead. well guys but that's just my opinion.

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our lead story today mr john or zine and accountability now in march of two thousand and ten john cores on the former governor of new jersey and ousted head of goldman sachs announced he would become the new c.e.o. of m.f. global now as soon as corazon arrived he began to radically revamping the company into a full service service brokerage firm one that would buy and sell stocks and bonds for clients as well as use its own money to help clients trade and to place its own bets however corps lines ambitious plans all came crashing down in october twenty seventh. when moody's downgraded m.f. global to jump status this after a six point three billion dollar bet on the bonds of some of europe's most indebted nations left the forty billion dollar company bankrupt bankrupt and of course on trying to sell off what was left of the firm but all that ended what with all that all of that and.