russia wins its thirteen's gold as a country breaks away from the pack at the top of the olympic rankings setting the record for medals one at a winter games. and ukraine moves closer to a split the opposition dominated parliament appoints its own acting ministers president while the southeast refuses to banter its will and the arab state is nowhere to be found. in his fingerprints all over their current chaos and the. appears it is study fully in ukraine anti russian rather it takes center stage in western coverage of events in ukraine this by the fact it's the e.u. and the us politicians who were the most frequent visitors to kiev during the protest. and

a spate of suicide by senior bankers turns the spotlight squarely on the finance industry and the pressure it puts on its employees. which are to international coming to you live from moscow with memory and josh in sochi the olympics are nearing its their grand finale and canada has just grabbed the last gold and hard fought hockey clash with sweden russia though is still way ahead in the medal count with its bobsled team adding one more goal to broaden the gap at the top of the table scott is in sochi with the details.

gold rush continued for russia into the final day the host nation cementing their place at the top of the medals table with two further gold medals on sunday the latest coming in the form on pope slay that now alexander golf and alexey voyage part of that crew meaning they've added to the gold that they'd already won in the two man competition that was russia's first pope's leggo since the fall of the soviet union they very quickly added that second elsewhere today there was a first for russia at these games they secured a one two three gold silver and bronze they completed the podium in the men's cross country skiing in the fifty k. must start alexander left called finishing faster more proved to be another thrilling climax so let's see what all of that has done to the medals table as you say russia outright lead is the talk the hosts ladies that best display since the fall of the soviet union an even more surprising turnaround is four years ago russia put in one of their worst ever displays winning only three golds but it seems that the investment in coaching and facilities in the last four years has

paid off thirteen gold medals now on thirty three. but of course that is a fine line between success and failure and a fine line between a joy and despair my colleague andre fama now takes a look at the highs and lows of such a twenty four team. the longest of the tool sri lanka igniting the nice to expensive the most compact and one of the. again stunning backdrops gripping stories of heartbreak in joy emerged on a daily basis russia's red machine taking seconds to light up a nation's heart then deflating it days later with a quarter final exit. russian figure skaters left the world dizzy with a veteran and a youngster helping them grab the first ever team gold but hopes of move glory buckled under a bad back in media hype heaped on tiny shoulders

a need for another star to sparkle and shine and take her country and fans to new a limp a kite the ups and downs came thick and fast. and so did new russians an american who married a siberian sped to snowboarding gold for the hosts while the south koreans slipped to glory in short track repaying the faith there is new adoptive country. these just some of the amazing hollywood like stories such as produced to keep millions chained in world wide and should be remembered long after the olympics flame finally goes over the black sea. and. so. now the winter games have been full of both unexpected victories and surprising lead downs and we want to hear what the most memorable moments were for you had to our team's facebook page to post your

thoughts and also share your opinion on twitter with the hash tag my such moments and we'll pick out some of the best comments for our special coverage of the closing ceremony in an hour's time here on earth you know national. the g. twenty four jean-paul was the week ultimate and exhilarating winter in our team if you join me and you see no way to make seven zero in the rest of our live take news team for sochi twenty four take. it all. now after the most turbulent week in its post-war history ukraine is now undergoing a complete power overhaul since taking over reins in the capital the opposition has been hard at work imposing its own order to work as good off. the situation here resembles more and more cool since the president's fled the city along with some of his supporters those deputies of state or from opposition parties and they have

been passing laws like a printing press the latest include the appointment of the acting president and of the russian as the second official language in the country even though in the east up to fifty percent of those living there are ethnic russians still under the full control of the protesters some of the former officials have been arrested while appointed are known for their fire right. to say that events unfolded quickly here is almost say nothing and for more about how things went all in what's the situation here like on the ground here is a report by my colleague. own hell was breaking loose in kiev on tuesday to compromise with seemingly reached all of a sudden ukraine's capital was plunged into the worst violence is seen so far almost two hundred dead the central streets of one of europe's finest cities looking like a war zone and snipers shooting from rooftops including our crew what we have now

i have read. that we have read it. many times which is somehow. driven by especially as we see using snipers and so on and which is not controlled by the opposition either by the west directly so everything went out of control just two days later it was a totally different scene to the president make the biggest concessions yet by offering an early election and opposition led government and returned to parliamentary republic there were i think or of the protests didn't buy it was that . if the president does not resign by to me. i swear. i my ten o'clock on saturday they were is nothing left to store all the police were gone and the ruling party and. he lost control over the capital so this is the presidential administration building which used to be the probably the most protected governmental building in the whole of fear of the biggest fight in the

first stages of the protest happened here now as you can see we are taking on an excursion that is no longer controlled by the police or the government the protesters have occupied this building as well this means that you will never be back here as the past the president made to has to retreat to the east of ukraine and was cowardly defiant even after receiving news that parliament had ceased to recognize him as leader by an overwhelming majority and announced an early election . all that is happening now for the most part is then the lead man crimes this is my strong belief i will do everything takes to prevent my country from splitting up to stop the bloodshed it went from bad to worse we have a court which with parliament pleasing our core i will unity my shango from prison sparking jubilation on keeps independence square. actually dreamt of seeing you as a force that changed everything your heroes here is the best of this country has

protesters are in high spirits and the east and south of the country are seeing the different its leaders have the right so governance and constitutional power if you will talk over climate and break up in the country and the. reporting from kiev ukraine well here's a map to show you just how much of ukraine is now refusing to follow the lead now let's take a look at the regions right here there are ten of them ten provinces which are home to over half of the country's population the original meters gathered in the sea of heart which is over here this weekend to spread their disapproval of what's going on in the capital. most of this is starting today local authorities are in charge of political decisions on the ground in these regions we have to protect our land we think that the central authorities are paranoid and that their decisions cannot be considered constitutional. by rioters taking over the capital is not the only

thing people in the east of the country are angry about many now feel they have been abandoned by a president after he made concessions to the opposition and fled the capital. i'm shocked and disgusted by the actions of the president i never thought he'd have betrayed the iranian people i thought but he told them to the end. now a senior rabbi in the ukraine has warned jews living in the capital and that they should leave the city and if possible the country altogether he's concerned for their safety during the unrest in kiev to talk more about this i've joined live by the hat of the world form of russian speaking jewry alex. thank you so much for joining us here on r t well before i ask some questions let's now take a listen to what one of the leaders of the uprising had to say fight against communists and russians comedy a bit. let's now take another

listen to it we just had some technical glitch there let's take another listen. as long as i live and i will fight against jews and russians comedy of this all right have you heard this mr. so having heard what this person just had to say i mean how concerned are you about the situation. in ukraine concerning the jewish population there. well you know unfortunately the history taught us that every. reason a search for identity in ukraine it somehow you know goes against jews this is not a jewish war this is not a jewish topic you know i think that this is a very major ukrainian. crisis of the entity between europe and russia but

definitely jews suffer from this situation will ready saw a few very violent attacks and next to one of the biggest synagogues is so far we really hope that it will go further we saw the last days the last weeks there were no more of semitic activity but we definitely definitely will differently fred in concert and you know this anger will be will be were jews and really hold the jews will. keep quiet in staving in the home and even will not go to places of you know to me daryn in the crowd things where the things happen and they will not be hurt ok well i mean what's happening in kiev right now and chief rabbi is calling on the jews to leave the country what do you make of his. calls i mean is

a justified are his concerns justified or is he just being panic stricken in your opinion. while this call of the chief. was made on friday and i think that very fast we saw that. there is no real risk or danger to jews will hold that this will stay but i really different the things that you know juice. they may different believe they may different the state you know would be at home after all these jews are also you know ukrainian citizens so they want to be at home in their own city but unfortunately unfortunately we have to me jews may maybe be more neutral than in the others because we know that this violent can reach jews we definitely know well you know i got was that at least the not anti-semitic. sorry for interrupting you but just

hypothetical yesterday you know if exaggeration gets out of control what steps are you ready what steps are you ready to take to protect the jews in the country very briefly if you could. well during the last seventy years one being one big thing was done by jews to give them security is the creation of the state of israel which today is the only thing that can really provide security for jews any jew in any planes can feel not secure you can come to the state of israel there is no visa between ukraine and israel so definitely we call upon jews if there is a danger to come to our mr house gave the c.e.o. of the world form of russian speaking jury thinks so much for sharing your views with us here on our international. i don't example of how split the feelings of ukrainians are is the way police officers returning from kiev were received in the south of the country while the opposition in the capital or proclaiming the ryerson

as heroes other parts of ukraine are firmly on the side of the law enforcers. now in the crimean city of sebastopol returning officers were given a rapturous welcome by cheering crowds they had been sent as backup to help stand the violence in kiev from the start of the uprising in the capital and it's drawing a little support from the southeast of the country where people fear the rise of radical movements up to twenty policemen are said to have been killed in the turmoil of curing the past. and europe and the united states have played a highly visible role in ukraine's rest but in the eyes of most western media as pressure from moscow that's to blame blaming russia for the chaos has become a recurring theme in mainstream coverage even though president putin clearly distance himself from the situation from the outset. and now explains. the blame

game the western means to media play and repeat as if hell bent finger prints all over the current chaos and the. deadly attai government clashes in kiev have turned into yet another reason to obsess over who else russia or coverage of ukraine fits a larger picture of the american media having cold war attitudes about russia he doesn't represent anything except a subjugation authority authoritarian state this a drumbeat they have marched to for decades to blame for everything that the american media from the threat of terrorism in the world to global warming. the media are determined to criticize one man as if possessed the united states is looking to propagandize the population as much as possible in making russia and specifically putin into the enemy never mind the fact that putin is essentially on the outside looking in especially considering the fact that they have tremendous financial investment on the line in ukraine actual facts have left the building

context and in-depth analysis are brushed aside it appears that putin is stifling ukraine not reported what putin's why do they have to choose why can't we be russia in its time of economic need and europe that was rejected by the west instead it's headlines like these that are taking center stage then again superficial attention grabbing and hate driven media coverage is familiar especially when it involves events so far from the u.s. and so close to russia most americans who are in the media don't know anything about the ukraine they don't know much of anything about former countries that were part of the soviet union i don't think the american press including me has it accurately reported the latter mehr putin highly questionable as a battle of words one target trumps accuracy in the western media and associates. r t new york of course here on r.c.

international we keeping you updated on the turbulence situation in ukraine throughout the day on air and online right now you're looking at live pictures here and you can actually fall down on our website r.t. dot com and of course follow the situation our twitter feed. which aren't international and do stay tuned for more news after this break. yes i feel when i close my eyes i see people. you know sometimes i think that itself is a face covered by. people in both sides of the barricades if you. listen

to me sometimes it feels as if all of ukraine is no. pleasure to have you with us here on t.v. today i roll researcher.

or go back to watching r t international with me or you know joshing or china may be the dominant economic power in africa but when it comes to military reach the united states leaves its rivals trailing on the continent with hundreds of millions of dollars a year maintaining its presence and as we can see on this map right here america has made north somalia a key outpost to protect its interest in the region drones and thousands of soldiers are being funneled into africa with a patent on citing its fight against rising extremist groups are just post here has more. hundreds of millions of american dollars are flowing into africa as the pentagon upset spending on the continent there's plenty of war materials here nigeria a case in point the west african nation is america's fourth largest supplier of crude oil accounting for eleven percent of all u.s.

oil imports. has a lot of investment in that they have invested so much in the oil sector and they need to protect that and that believes rafsanjani is the real reason for u.s. troop expansion in africa not to bring democracy not to help the local populations but to protect american interests and justify the reasons for being here the governess in syria. to you know the collapse of. you know accountability. and of course you know dubai is the difference to show the kind of makeup artist that crisis in the country. by that you know it is to me it in terms of american foreign policy reasons to actually come into nigeria africa is dotted with u.s. bases and a growing constellation of small american drone outposts camp limb or near north of somalia has been america's main facility on the continent for nearly

a decade it houses about four thousand military and civilian personnel but at the end of last year it was forced to stop flying drones in the area after a string of crashes and growing anger from locals problem is u.s. forces are getting stretched very thin there be tasked with missions will be a. numerical logistics capability right now and the danger will have to go like all foreign interventions is new conflicts expand and all the next thing you know the troops and money to sustain these men. u.s. secretary of state john kerry says it is happening in africa so exciting overall and we are really deeply engaged and the president has instructed us to really try to. light our fire under our efforts

throughout the crowd but what's not so exciting is the growth of jihadists and to groups across the continent thousands of american soldiers are gearing up for missions as part of the pentagon's new strategy to train and advise african militaries to deal with the threat it's not impressing those who live here. the americans have failed to combat terrorism in afghanistan or anywhere else and the same will happen here in west africa it's likely that their presence even bring the terrorists to senegal but the president does his calculations saying well this will allow me to be a good friend of the united states maybe attract some investment or strengthen my security forces that from the point of view of the senegalese people we risk losing our norful lot is a number of african leaders have expressed concern about the potential militarization of the continent fearful that america's expanding presence will bode badly for africa and her people policia r.t.

while this week an investment banker saw himself off the top of the hong kong skyscraper where he worked and his was just one of a handful of suicides in the doggy dog finance sector during the last months tesser cilia reports. there are untimely deaths grabbed headlines three of which happened within a week be it the big investment banks they worked for the senior positions they held the public nature of their deaths or all three once again it raised questions . about an industry largely blamed for bringing the global economy to its knees into two thousand and eight financial crisis michael taylor a former goldman sachs bond salesman who calls himself a recovering banker knew this world well it's so extraordinarily competitive and so focused profit above all on the transactional that every moment like pressure turns carbon into diamonds you know extreme pressure can both accelerate human

achievement and some cases break people the pressure and calling the shots the form of banking we've got at the moment has no interest in the people it affects. because in a sense and legally responsible to invest and stockholders you make a moral decisions without thinking about the impact that it has on the people the job losses people losing their home and so on and so forth pressure to rake in profits or the pressure to put in more hours than your peers after the spate of recent deaths big firms did try to ease tension by telling their junior staff to take more time off or at least to try not to work on weekends it's kind of a disconnect between what they have the weekend off will also make a ton of money and ultimately making a ton of money is what's going to keep you around so now you strike me as a real solution to your sly and spent a year demystifying bankers interviewing dozens of fine us workers on the condition

of anonymity the degree to which bankers are trapped. has been really a really important finding i think we keep on projecting this idea on bank of. masters of the universe you have everything we want but if you look at their actual life they can be fired in five minutes this is the g.d.p. dysfunctional and ought to be abusive system so there's this real taboo in banking like the army to own up to one soldier but it. does or so you r.t. . global headlines for you right now a protest attracting more than a thousand people has descended into violence in brazil's largest city of some power more than a hundred people were arrested for vandalism as protesters show their anger at alleged official corruption linked to the upcoming football world cup protests erupted in june last year when a million people marched against in public transport prices.

clashes have broken out in france between police and protesters angry at proposals to build a new airport near the city of now and demand demonstrators through cobblestones and other projectiles officers rampage through at police station organizers say fifty thousand people took part in this whole rally work on the controversial airport was due to begin two months ago but hasn't yet begun. up next the story of the confrontation from both sides of the barricades and stay with us.

transit through to vnukovo report you'll best way to the house of mosco. recently swiss voters nearly passed a referendum to put a strict quota back on immigration switzerland is a relatively small country and some estimate that almost a quarter of the population is made up of immigrants from e.u. countries that is a lot of people and the swiss are worried that the increased foreigners will also mean increased crime rent prices burd the state and erode traditional local culture as modern immigration almost always does the swiss population's democratic choice to restrict immigration is no actually being blasted by the e.u. brass what threats to cancel bilateral agreements how dear you have a different version of democracy than we in the you have switzerland how dare you i don't think this event will have much effect on the e.u.

bureaucratic machine nothing could make them change their hyper liberal minds but i think the swiss anti immigration referendum will have a huge effect on local populations of countries like germany and the u.k. which are seeing horrible effects of open borders and growing anti e.u. sentiment as i speak i don't like to make predictions by i think a lot of disenfranchised people across the e.u. are going to become quite jealous of the swiss move and demand the same type of changes at home but that's just my opinion. this is the media leave us so we leave that maybe. by the same potions to cure the other party physical. pushes that no one is asking with the guests that you deserve answers from it's all on politics only on our t.v. .

when i close my eyes i see people in mosques with them talking to them but people are remember best of all of the combatants and they're all wearing masks. sometimes i think that you are my gun itself was a face covered by a mosque. was the only people in mosques on both sides of the barricades and you know sometimes you said it feels as if all of you crave is no lost. john from. he's lived here all my life i have two children and a wife that i love very much yet interesting i want to say it because it's real history taking shape right before my own.