live pictures from kiev which is once again burning as russia set fire to independence square which twenty four hours ago witnessed the country's deadliest clashes in decades. that says more than the files and weapons were stolen from the authorities including machine guns raising fears of an escalation of violence. while russia's foreign minister points a finger at the west for encouraging lawlessness and violence in ukraine and siding with the extremists. in other news this angle of merkel is meeting with force to talk him into backing a plan to create a separate european internet free from the n.s.a. spying. and

a gold silver and bronze for russia on day twelve but a huge disappointment for hockey fans as the home side crashes out of the quarter final as we go live to sochi shortly this hour an hour to international. this is r.t. international with the twenty four hours a day live from our studio center here in moscow which is just ten ten pm and eight pm in kiev where there is news of a development causing concern it's reported more than a thousand weapons have been stolen from the authorities just a day after a violent clashes left twenty six dead with hundreds needing hospital treatment for injuries. reports now from the heart of the unrest. last night we reported from the independence square from the protester side this time we'll take you to the other side of the barricade the police lines where obviously the

atmosphere is very tense i just took a stroll through the police lines and the police are seem to be very concerned of what's happening here over there as you can see the police line is here and over there the protesters they lit the tires on fire again the coal areas covered with black smoke it's hard to see to breathe and the police are pretty much everywhere across the place heavy presence right now especially after the information that reportedly protesters in the western part of the country leave on a front cost city stole at least fifteen thousand bullets several hundred handguns and machine guns from the security services arsenals and they're bringing over to kiev that's why the authorities are implementing some sort of counterterrorism operation mode in ukraine would not don't know for sure what that is but that is definitely meeting tougher security measures everywhere across the country tougher police cordons moon but you can see for yourself the movement of the police is they're all taking all the time they're moving their forces now and then it's not particularly violent at the moment although just a few minutes ago we saw from this building over there which is used to be the

police or the revolution headquarters in the form of a labor union building several mortar cocktails were thrown right at the place where i'm standing right now as you can see it looks like a genuine war zone with all the rubble with all the rocks which were thrown at the police the remains of more of cocktails garbage everything so this used to be a beautiful area the central city of kiev is pretty much a telling story of what it has become over the past several days this is a true mayhem and right now you can call it a standstill you can call it pretty much a concentration compared to violence last night and violence on tuesday but you never know what's going to happen next because everyone behind those this line of fire behind the barricades over there they're expecting another assault from the police the police who are standing calmly and doing nothing at all they're just securing the perimeter as far as we can see i spoke to some of them they were not really addressed. if they're not expecting any movement tonight said you can move that because it's going to be quiet but again no assurances of that because no one else with cancer of that size there is documented proof already that protesters

have used live weapons live rounds against the police as well as the police using some of those against the protesters as well so we keep warranting the situation and we're hoping that no major violence will happen during the night as it happened on tuesday night in kiev well graham phillips is a british journalist based in western ukraine and he says this current turmoil is effectively ripping the country into. what you call down my gun box full of thousand fighters that is zero point zero one percent of the ukrainian population all they're asking for is my offer a quote asking for it's an election which will see you have a code which ousted but the majority of the country still back out of college who suddenly showed action when want a presidential election to be held so what they're asking for is is diametrically opposed to what they purport to be for which is of course democracy what you see is the absolute opposite that what you see is terrorism we need to look at the fascist

symbols need to look at the logos and you also need to look at the at the finances and these are going on as a survey show to work on italy from the west of ukraine they've come to kiev and they perhaps came to kiev a couple months ago i think parents who could normally cranes with a logical eyes they'd be militarized and not it's going to transcend it even terrorism the guerrillas sold tickets to our member i was there twenty four months ago and there were two thousand and twelve that was a joyous with the trial for a moment for a country which is still very young but this hope we see him today let's be quite clear this is the end of the crank as we know it there isn't any way after this you can put the crane back in the bottle meanwhile russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov has lashed out at the west for fueling the unrest in ukraine. undoubtedly the blame is on the extremists who have been for weeks and months trying to bring the situation to this exact scenario but i cannot fail to mention

the responsibility of many western states who have been trying to meddle with the events encouraging the opposition to acts unlawfully and sometimes openly cool seeing the extremists drawing out all to many tims and threatening sanctions meanwhile in france italy invaded any real assessment of the extremist and often nationalist action on my down and that russia systematically warned against burying heads in the sand over the years. meanwhile there's been a wave of voices from the west all of them yet again mentioning sanctions only in battle state or he's going to be listening in but we hear reports that u.s. secretary of state john kerry may raise the possibility of imposing sanctions on ukraine there are already sanctions in place against a number of ukrainian officials barring them entrance into the u.s. and it's not clear what new sanctions john kerry may talk about the sanctions are presumably in response to the violence in kiev but in the footage that we've seen

so far you have protesters attacking the police with guns are the sanctions going to target those forces on the streets of kiev while we hear european leaders considering what many of are also described as targeted sanctions against those instigating violence in ukraine and the german leader angle merkel said sanctions would be applied against those responsible for the violence you foreign ministers have only to decide which sanctions should be applied she said the leaders have not specified who they mean when they say those responsible for the violence if it's the radical protestors how are they going to target them with sanctions and are they so lots of questions at this point. well sort of jet code which is the foreign affairs editor for the chronicles magazine and he believes that western politicians a one hundred percent culpable of the unrest we have witnessed brazen hypocrisy from the european union ever since the beginning of this crisis and for the phase

of demonstrations early on the protests had degenerated into hooliganism in mid december and into terrorism since january nineteenth and we can no longer use the term demonstrators i would rather use the term rebels because we are looking at de facto armed rebellion beach to continue listening to the play area and calls from the west and he has also been called by biden and by kerry and asked for restraint would be simply sell defeating because all of these people are up to no good they want regime change they are interested in a geo political control over the key country in central eastern europe well canada has closed its diplomatic mission in kiev until further notice after vonage reportedly broke out in front of the embassy we're closely watching the developments in the ukrainian capital and these are live pictures of nighttime kiev right now here not international we'll be keeping up to date with all the latest

news from there online team is providing a live minute by minute timeline of events had to marty dot com for those updates and of course our reporter lexy us is live there in the capital. right the scene. first struck. and i would think that you're. going to. be in the. time now for a quick update on what's happening in this year's capital a winter sports tsotsi and ever to all studio on the black sea coast and my colleague kevin.

yeah hi there bill everyone i can report tonight sadly if you're a fan of it here it's all disparate saatchi's biggest ice arena earlier the russian hockey star xander of educating his teammates cannot forget about their dreams of olympic gold at their home winter games in fact the entire squad won't be able to compete for any made love to a dramatic loss of fill in the quarterfinals on the ground paul scott other poll taker so the night. yes well there's an air of deflation in and around sochi at the moment the red machine have been eliminated from the men's ice hockey competition of the quarter final stage for the second winter olympics in a row this defeat of course even more painful it happened on the home ice now they actually took the lead inside the bolshoi stone which you can probably just make out behind me with the olympic flame burning set them on the way it seemed to be going to plan the atmosphere was electric but finland then scored three unanswered goals and secured a three one victory and with it a place in the semifinals

a place in the last four there looking to improve on the bronze they want in vancouver four years ago their reward for the victory over russia in the semifinals is a match against sweden. five nil. but there was something to cheer about for the home fans and it wasn't it wasn't total glue. no a gold silver and bronze medal has been added to the tally today and it's a case of keeping it in the family in the snowboard parallel giant slalom vic wild he's actually born an american but he received russian citizenship in two thousand and eleven after he married his. russian girlfriend xena and today they have a double reason to celebrate because he secured a gold medal in the men's competition while she won bronze in the mail a day before the game started while told r.t. exactly why he decided to swap allegiances. i didn't have any good for the united

states and i wasn't going to reach the goals that i wanted. it was an opportunity to get the grooves. you know to be able to do what i wanted to do to me he brought then you say because he's away he's way more aggressive than i am maybe a little more aggressive more like a more of a more of a boss if you if you will and. he made me engage in whatever i'm doing and like to do it one hundred percent. well that is the gold on the bronze medal accounted for in the silver cross came in the cross-country skiing in the men's team sprint elsewhere dolling was part of the norway team that won gold in the mixed relay in the biathlon that now that makes him the most decorated winter olympian of all time he has thirteen medals to his name and eight of them are gold elsewhere for russia this interest on the in the figure skating are you need skier

is about to take to the ice she of course shot to fame with a stunning performance to help russia win gold in the figure skating team event she's about to take to the ice in the women's individual competition. or i'll be following that throughout the night late of the now let's see what a busy day twelve has done to the medals tally showing russia's gains on wednesday put it in fourth position with six goals and with more silverware of course in the bag the hosts are above the netherlands norway is currently ahead of all of it with knowing the germans are hot on norway's heat. now rocketing down an icy track at speeds of more than one hundred kilometers an hour with you head out in front just routine stuff for athletes in the sport of skeleton events in this discipline already over at the sochi olympics the honor to talk with a woman who won silver for team usa in this whirlwind sport. since coming to the studio to see you and was.

so pleased to think you very excited yes been a long journey for not just me but for my husband my kids my family and so many people that have made this possible it's just a fairy tale and even more so to present to retarded to i did you. my husband he just said you know no regrets we're going to do this if we can do as a family would you want to do and it was at that time that we said yeah if we can raise enough money will make it happen and we were able to and we came on this journey and now here i am in sochi with a goal and i don't. think it is go all the you know this is where you do exceptionally well ok just just told me to slow do you talk about the reality of your family but evolved that was built by your husband that was then you know in two thousand it was right before the two thousand and ten olympics i had some troubles with my slider my husband said you know i'm going to build you a slide and i said people don't just fill the flat and he said no i'm going to do it so he designed it using three d.

modeling solid works and was able to design and build this flood that's absolutely incredible and i've ended up using it what was it lloyd going to try it's crazy i mean you're running as fast as you can forty fifty meters jump head first onto a little cookie sheet looking thing you go eighty ninety miles an hour if your chain just in talk ice it's it's it's great you have a skid there's times i guess once in a while i get a little nervous i guess i don't think i'd use the word scared you know that when i first started i did i would get scared but not anymore. congratulations to no purpose places to be with us a bit so the nine podiums been occupied on day twelve there's still one more to be decided of course the women's bobsled keeping a very close eye on the ladies figure skating short program supposed to conclude as you've been saying the next hour or so well you can join me kevin i would then for another elin pick up dated less than sixty minutes from now. yes and more from kevin a little later here on our team now in just

a few minutes will have live comment on the idea that europe should have his own cyber space independent from that of the u.s. that's after the break. a transit route to vnukovo report your best way to the heart of moscow.

with. such technology innovation all the list of elements from around russia we've got the future covered. back to our top story now the violent riots that have been gripping ukraine's capital and western regions while the e.u. is being yet again mulling sanctions on kiev we have any paperback a holmes live in brussels now russia's foreign minister said the e.u. and indeed the us carry responsibility for this fondant in ukraine what do you make of that. so i have since a long time advocated to go for those sanctions because i think.

it provoked haitian that some of the political elite in kiev bring their country back to moscow and in the same time they are doing big business in european member states with money which results from several waves of privatization so-called privatization in ukraine this must end and this is also something what those brave people fighting for the rule of law against corruption want us to do so you say you should punish a country exert sanctions on it for so it is firm in the relationship you are asking for forming a relationship with a country of its own choice. why should we punish if you want to do business in russia that's not what i have said no no it's listen i said different say.

different thing i want to punish best special person these are targeted sanctions we are discussing and they are not at all targeted against the whole of ukraine they are targeted against cleanse like the sons of coverage. of mr as that of mr upwards of mr etc what about the fact that the talk about police brutality in the way that this source is a bit dealing with these protests in fact a number of officers have been injured a huge number even killed beaten set on fire and shot why is the e.u. actually overlooking the violence against the authorities there. ok against this so i never said that i have no sorrow for policeman it but i am following the developments in ukraine closely i have been there. i think three weeks over all in two months and the

escalation of violence was started from the site of the government. the president crane and what. part of an escalated would have been prepared. in the government not in the streets of here but what we're seeing are street protests does the e.u. then say that street protests should determine a country's leadership in the future not a democratic process because that's after all what the e.u. is doing is encouraging the opposition to act more fully and for a change of government even before the shuttle actions next year. also this may be an interpretation of what we did during the last month what we'd try it was to bring all the forces in ukraine all the political forces on one table and to negotiate on a peaceful way out of this crisis and the one of those who

refused our president our new coverage and people in his surroundings even would not say it's the party of the region as such but the people surrounding mr young recall that we are against a peaceful solution there could have been a decision on reform of the constitution there could have been a decision to prepare our democratic elections but the president fears to lose elections and therefore he has chosen the power let me let me just quickly ask you people in your show you talk about negotiations and talks but the opposition have an engaging dialogue because in effect it seems they've been hijacked by the extremists the nationalist so therefore does the e.u. still support the opposition when it has that very jupiters violent identity so this is really something i doubt i follow russian media since i'm very

engaged in ukraine so that this is terrorism that these are extremists in the streets of ukraine this is only maybe a small part of the troops mainly they are very very normal people they come from east and west they are fed up with the corruption of the elites in ukraine they want the rule of law and maybe this is an unconvincing truth in russia because russia is facing similar problems i would therefore to attack and try and burn down government buildings to attack parliament that's an acceptable way of protest. this was not the way which has been shoes by the movement i can really i can promise you that i have talked to many people from east and west ukraine they want a peaceful solution they even now would be ready to sit on the table but ask crew

is refusing this and who prepared special forces to write kill people to torture people to hit people so this is really not what the movement should absolutely but surely also the fact that the authorities the police officers have been accused of brutality by the e.u. any form of protests that we see in ukraine we see the likes of that happening in madrid and london and paris because you will it was very cold months of protests in independence square sorry i'm just saying that the protesters have been there again when this gain i regret i regret all the bloodshed in ukraine i think everybody who dies. a person too much but avoid this government has to really draw from this prepared civil war from what we see today what has been announced for tomorrow is the way to apply in martial law without any decision to have this martial law in ukraine and i think

also in russia in moscow there should be the same interest to stop this way into. future for your fame because in this european and russia right let me let me just what about this development today where apparently five thousand far arms now could be in the hands of rioters now that is threatening the entire authority did not get your question there's a disturbing development today there not to understand your question there is a disturbing development today that russians have got their hands on something like a thousand firearms including machine guns now we are now seeing serious serious turn of events now where the entire authority of a democratically elected president and his cabinet are seriously under threat now what is the state of that. but so i have not heard about this theory since a long time that might be very very tough escalation but who

can stop it who can stop it those who can stop it are part of the government of ukraine and a president who cool with it is the first. to say we go back to the table we never see eight we don't want further bloodshed rebecca lives there in brussels thank you very much for time very good to get your perspective on this and thank you for joining us live here on r.t. international very much appreciate it well the german chancellor angela merkel is taking her project of creating an e.u. only internet to france in the hope of getting president land to back the i did the european communications network is designed to prevent user data from leaking across the atlantic let's discuss this now further with a speaker from the german party and storm but now merkel is courting all land over this initiative will he and other european leaders jump on board.

thank you for being here today well i hope that they are intelligent enough not to do it because what merkel proposes here is in my eyes just an act of desperation what do you really need in europe is a european spy agreement with the us and the big five ok but. building borders on the internet was simply not virk in my eyes because they spying in germany or in europe is done within germany ok so an anti spying agreement would each country actually trust each other over that. well i think that the big five you know the u.s. and great britain and australia canada they already have this ok so there they have an agreement that they don't spy on each other and i think that we need to build more trust between the european union and between the us and you make a good you make

a good point about trust and surely merkel's idea actually undermines the trust doesn't it because germany and the us are allies and there she is saying we want to write internet protected went away from the n.s.a. . he has that's what i tell you it's an act of desperation so it's simply it simply is not really a solution but maybe it's something to subsidies up for the german telecom and for other for that for the french orange telecom maybe so that could be could be her intention yes great to talk to us thank you stumble live from munich well more news for you and of course as developments and he have coming up in just over half an hour from now in the meantime a special report on the driving force behind that more violence in ukraine. than.

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flounders all sides talking at each other to date there hasn't been much with so much particularly since the us keeps demanding the transitional government be installed to replace assad can peace be brought to syria if washington's only real goal is regime change. playing drums in the future one show we go into sometimes stun where we meet some of his sons innovators in the night sometimes we find out how the big black queens for compazine cruft plumes will float in a modern day funking could still manage to take some smokes but the album said monday here on r.g.p. please go to the future cover. good leverage sure kirby was able to build a most sophisticated robot which all unfortunately doesn't give a darn about anything tim's mission to teach creation why it should care about

humans and world this is why you should care only. when i close my eyes i see people. remember best of all of it combatants and they're all wearing masks. sometimes i think that itself is a face covered by i was. just the only people in mosques on both sides of the barricades and sometimes you said it feels as if all of ukraine is no must.