founder of social media giant apologizes for funding a pro-democratic operation that created over a thousand fake russian language twitter account designed to look like they backed a republican rival. washington expresses concern over russia's new weapon saying there are no effect of countermeasures the. final will successfully carried out on wednesday. a wave of protests spread across after the death of

a journalist to himself on fire protesting the difficulties of being a reporter and much of the country's economic problems. it's six o'clock and you're watching r t international line from our moscow studio with me in india or today welcome to the program. the co-founder of social media giant linked in has apologized for bankrolling a pro democratic party operation which created over a thousand fake russian language twitter accounts designed to look like they backed a republican rival last year republican candidate roy moore and now are losing the alabama state election live to more on who has more details. well. to say the least and here i thought you could get away with blaming rushed.

anything nowadays apparently not but it does set a new loo for democrats making think russian boats to win the elections here's the irony. i find the tactics that have been recently reported highly disturbing for that reason i'm embarrassed by my failure to track the organization i did support more diligently as it made its own decisions to perhaps fund projects that i would reject. the recap reid hoffman who found linked in contributed we've seen lee or unwittingly money one hundred thousand dollars to approve a democrat cyber security company called new knowledge which seems specialized in fraud fake news lies and this information the company created fake facebook pages to confuse republican voters they created think russian boortz

who retreated and followed roy moore the republican candidate in alabama's two thousand and seventeen special election they then publicly declared that that was proof he had ties to russia because i think russian boats were retreating him dirty very very dirty. so surprise the tougher support and more they both have a deep love of country the country's russia but still rock critic or good question is for them it's pretty alarming when a guy lives in a fluent russian or speaks fluent russian this russian is everywhere year later it's moving closer to the oval office. interestingly enough the democrats love to market roy moore when he had to use them of setting him up last year but he isn't interesting tidbit new knowledge she jonathan morgan was

allegedly also the mastermind behind hamilton sixty eight which claimed to track russian online influence operations russian bortz real russian bots.

again sad sort of virally that the guy busted for making fake russian bought was cited by the media's the authority on real russian bots but food for thought the media pounced on roy moore back then on mere hearsay the very allegation of being tied to russia is that damaging. it was more by luck of the not that we found out about this school to see of and might see but how many more incidents like this could there have been that we don't and never will know anything about food for thought. russia has successfully tested and new hypersonic strategic missile named our god president vladimir putin called it a big event for the armed forces and the country as a whole and that earlier in the program my colleague rory sushi responded. to find

out more. tell us about the media reaction to this well this launch did certainly become a top news story all over the world and those analytical pieces that have had a chance to come out there were more along the lines of why the united states should fear this missile and i should say it kind of does carry the same message that we've been that we've been seeing for months really because this evan god missile was one out of five vans two weapons unveiled by vladimir putin back this march and that's when the world just everybody went bonkers and everybody should feel scared even though it has been since the message of the russian government that it is purely defensive that these weapons they are meant to defend russia not to attack any other country obviously a very important launch certainly for the security of russia or and as i said by the russian president vladimir putin he was talking about this system back in march the first of this year but what exactly is well first i would like to stop as to

why exactly this new inch is important it is important because it is the final test before this missile goes into service and now let's just have a look let's enjoy how it unveiled. as for what exactly happened god is well it's just one of the most advanced weapons and missiles in the world here's a quick preview of what it's capable of really. so

it's incredibly it's incredibly precise and also it is classified as sort of a glider message what it means is that it doesn't go beyond the earth's atmosphere it travels through it and this is what allows it to go really low like a prone sort of thing and to maneuver very unpredictably that's why everybody is so concerned that's why even the united states is saying that it apparently doesn't have any means of intercepting it because of its unpredictability and maneuverability but as putin has been saying since day one with the other god system this is to act as a deterrent this is a defensive system was was he involved in any way with the actual final test while he is the commander in chief so he watched this final launch and also it was a bladder putin who announced that this mess the russian military will get the first units of this missile as soon as next year that's why russia kind of made an

emphasis this year to will roll out as many new and advanced weapons as possible keeping the country safe you know you go to talk to me about the balance of power here how does this new apple guard missile system affect global security well sure it's a mess so by definition it is designed to destroy things to obliterate them to do damage but so does pose a threat but there are two different sorts of how you can pose a threat one thing is saying look we have this new fancy mess so we're just going to attack you all now and destroy your countries and another thing is saying look we have this new advanced weapon so we are ready to defend ourselves but only if we're faced with any aggression. and this has really been the case with this message as put by the russian president vladimir putin have a listen to shows the u.s. is now leaving the i.n.f. treaty what's going to happen it's hard to imagine what is the rockets are located in europe what should we do which is of course we will have to ensure our security

with some concrete steps let them not say later that we are trying to get an advantage we're not trying to get an advantage but merely to seek your balance to ensure our security and this really applies not just to this particular missile or as a matter of fact to any other for weapons unveiled by the russian president in march this is about the russian military as a whole because the country has been pushing forward its military capability all year it has been sort of the flavor of the twenty teens so to speak but it hasn't been in the offensive sort of way russia has been maintaining that it is a measure of deterrence and not of aggression. we discussed the new weapons implications for global security with a number of experts. well i think the u.s. is also working on these types of thanks and the first one to launch one doesn't always get to win the contest as the as we saw in the age and also in

the space race but certainly. they the u.s. existing u.s. defenses can't deal with them by existing us and defenses aren't that good against regular missiles so it is stark this. doing away with the a.b.m. treaty is start a new arms race but i think you know we're just building more and more nuclear weapons when we should be trying to limit and the new start treaty is coming which is the arms limitation for the longer range missiles is coming up in twenty twenty one so you know that would be a good time to coeur to you know cool off the arms race and you know lock in some limits on these types of weapons as well i think that is a motive i think it's in the interests of the russian people the american people in the whole world to not see an increase in a new arms race the danger here is that the u.s. military establishment is going to react to this by saying well we need to poorer

ever more money into developing our own hypersonic missile systems and we have a new new escalated arms race of course right now the united states is spending seven hundred billion dollars a year on its military which is more than the next nine countries combined so we know who's leading the way in the in the military arms race but i think russia i would assume they're hoping that this can be a reality check and bring and promote more negotiations and less military development. by in clashes have quit changes here after the death of a porter who set himself on fire. he was protesting throwing economic problems and the difficulties of any living as a journalist the incident has joined comparisons to the events that led to the news is revolution intend to happen which also started with himself and eventually led

to the arab spring. for all people who have no means of subsistence today i start a revolution i'm going to set myself on fire eight years after the arab spring and tunisia is still in turmoil with protests over the economic situation and the high unemployment rate in january of two thousand and eleven the old school dictator ben ali was forced to step down the democratic transition gave way to a new constitution and for free elections that paved the way for pro western

secular forces to dominate the new government back then u.s. president barack obama hailed the progress toward democracy and called it an amazing transformation was the first country to undergo the transformation we know as the arab spring and given it is now the first to have elections we thought it was appropriate that tunisia would be the first to visit the white house that's what progress that's been very good to be this transformation to be inclusive and for. there were very high hopes as well but the recent round of protests sparked by the journalist suicide show that many feel that things haven't really improved and that stability is fragile. the reasons for these young men see. you cite a poll that sea isolation and the difficult circumstances journalists face in tunisia and benefit and this tragedy sums up the status of journalists in tunisia he was driven to do it because of the impossible living costs journalists work with

no contract and earn poverty wages. in fact a large number of journalists live in a fragile situation both financially and legally i see that with a large number of journalists and she needs you since the arab spring tunisia has followed the path of liberal reforms advocated by western leaders and poverty is still widespread the overall living situation hasn't improved the teachers among other public employees have been pretty badly affected there have been calls for mass protests and when it comes to the european union back then the e.u. demonstrated its support for the transition to democracy by implementing the three m's money mobility and markets however the high hopes have been widely disappointed and now it seems that the clout of the european union has declined in the countries that had revolutions many people have lost hope. probably some of them have had high expectations. uprisings in two thousand and eleven

but their government has not been able to deliver. high hopes on the economic situation has deteriorated. and unemployment is really. sky high and in some areas while there have been some improvements we've had elections in tunisia you know. more freedoms enjoyed by the population more freedom of expression and freedom but i had to protest but at the same time social and economic problems the basic infrastructure of problems that existed. prime are still there but whether we will see similar. results this time i think it's truly. there are many similarities but also many differences.

we're seeing as tunisia streets once again fill up with protesters in response to another public suicide it seems that western style free markets and free elections haven't solved the country's woes the amazing transformation seems to have lacked many on satisfied kaleb up and r.t. new york. times judges have cooled off a two decade long probe into the deadly attack on the former rwandan president's plane which ultimately led to the genocide in one thousand nine hundred four the investigation was a stumbling block between the two countries it was looking into several rwandan officials close to the current president in connection with the death of the country's former leader the decision comes after a pause in france also rejected debate by human rights groups to reopen a separate probe into whether the french military shed any of the blame for the deaths of hundreds of people they had promised to rescue.

today we're being asked to leave with the people who killed our families where it's all there sorry they will do it again some people believe that i'm not one of them . but the fighting was triggered by the downing of a plane carrying the french backed president in one thousand nine hundred ninety four hutu extremists blamed the rebels and the rebels denied involvement for the past twenty years paris has pursued those responsible for the assassination but not anymore the inquiry has reportedly been dropped over insufficient evidence we have

to interpret this decision by friend judges as a form of resignation faced with a political context which prosecutors did not know how to fight over the years france suggested the tutsi rebels headed by the current president paul kagame who were behind the attack they even charged seven people close to the leader for pul could garner you the physical elimination of rwanda's then president was seen as the only means to achieve his political ends a total victory and this at the price of the massacre of the. so-called interior the rwandan government flatly denied the allegations and cut diplomatic ties with france fast forward and rolonda has some nice words for the french i think the president. has. put it in. different. i think.

how times have changed the world bank considers rwanda to be more business friendly than much of the developed world and france seems to have an interest macron even back to rwanda as pick for the head of francophonie group of french speaking countries. if there were to be an african candidate to head the francophonie that would make a lot of sense i think that the rwandan foreign minister has all the expertise for that role sure france and rwanda have had their differences and twenty five years since the genocide to justice has never been fully served but for the present it looks like that doesn't have to stand in the way of a little moneymaking donald quarter r t. there are campaign surprised with gratitude for his visit to the country we'll bring you all the details after this break.

people feed the economy because they buy scratch tickets scratch off lottery tickets you know when i was living in the ghetto in new york you know the red apple grocery store uptown had the highest prices in town right in the liquor stores are open and you'd buy you know more expensive in the ghetto and that's how you build an economy it's always built on the backs of the poor america was built on the slave market america was built on prison labor to give them a look at the good times of america the ne'er do wells it's all very well that's over we got to go back to basics. to what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race. theory dramatic development the only really i'm going to do i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical. to sit down and

talk. and. welcome back to the program the united arab emirates has announced that it is reopening its embassy in damascus it closed in twenty twelve. syria sunk into civil war pulis clear has the details. the united arab emirates is reopening its embassy in damascus now this is a diplomatic boost for the syrian president bashar al assad not least of all because the u.a.e. was one of those countries that supported opposition slash rebel fighters against his syrian soldiers over the past few years of conflict it was back in two thousand

and twelve that the u.a.e. closed its office in damascus and at that time all gulf countries close their missions as well with the exception of a mine in protest against the ensuing violence. certainly the fact that the u.a.e. is now opening an embassy does suggest that this is an opportunity for improved relations between syria and the arab league and many are suggesting that really

this is the first step that we'll see syria being really involved and we united as part of the arab league community. all charmed by his wife have paid a surprise a christmas visit to u.s. troops in iraq commentators called it a rock star entrance as from a signed autographs and soldiers took selfies with the president. the visit didn't all go to plan low also on the agenda was

a meeting with the iraqi leadership however the two sides couldn't agree on the format of the meeting which then ended up being replaced by a phone conversation the head of one of two main blocs in iraq's parliament was not at all amused by trump's surprise visit to the country branding it a blatant violation of sovereignty. and it appears trump agrees that u.s. leaders should stop interfering in other country's affairs america should be doing the fighting. for every nation on earth not being reimbursed in many cases at all. if they want others to do the fighting they also have to pay a price and sometimes that's also a monetary price the pentagon has active military personnel in thirty eight countries the biggest contingent is the german base ramstein where will the nine thousand people are reported to be stationed political analyst chris bambery believes a shift in u.s.

military policy is underway but only for the middle east. i think what he is seeing is is that he is in favor of pulling out of from the middle east and from that region is basically come to the conclusion that american intervention in the middle east in the way the region has been a bit of a catastrophe is not going to pay off and is not that central to his concerns which are more in the far east more lewisham ship to china and the developing trade war and only for essential american military who don't like this are under the military's but they have to recognize that their priorities in europe were incidentally i think the americans will stay in militarily because really it says nine hundred forty five they have been very keen to have a military presence in europe in order to secure the domination of the region and keep our eyes in why in. the north our i'll be back in around thirty minutes time thank you for the kind of report.

my son doing drugs my nephews was still in drugs my sister just with doing drugs it was like an epidemic of drug abuse america's public enemy number one in the united states is drug abuse he started going after the users in the prison population sewer we started treating sick people people who are addicted to these drugs like criminals while i was on the hill. then the war on drugs was a mistake there are countless numbers of people who are in prison for. certain sins for boren or minor offenders in the drug trade it's a lot watching your children grow up and miss you in waves and say by daddy as you're walking out of a business it's just it doesn't get easier. i've been

saying the numbers mean something they matter the u.s. has over one trillion dollars in debt more than ten white collar crime families each day. eighty five percent of global wealth you long for the ultra rich eight point six percent market saw a thirty percent rise last year some with four hundred to five hundred three per second per second and bitcoin rose to twenty thousand dollars. china is building a two point one billion dollar a i industrial park but don't let the numbers overwhelm. the only numbers you need to remember is one one doesn't show you can't afford to miss the one and only.

i am merrick's kaiser this is the kaiser report the big year for curved a lot of slow downs also downs oh let's get the updates from so you are just a warning i do have the giggles for some reason so just in case you know i had a very good christmas i had still the giggles from it but as we pointed in previous episodes december has been the worst month of december since one thousand thirty one for stock markets it's also been the worst december for coincidence back in what twenty thirteen twenty fourteen so we've had a pretty bad year twenty eighteen in bitcoin and i'm going to look at some of the data that has come out in the second half are going to be talking to tony going to go deeper deeper deeper into between and the whole outlook for it but this is an interesting story that happened right before christmas just in coin base

moved five billion dollars in crypto as part of an upgrade it was worried would take a toll on the market quote the five billion dollar number represents five percent of all big queen eight percent of the total supply of ether and twenty five percent of all like queen so queen base didn't announce this before they did it partly because they were afraid hackers weren't trying to somehow get inside it and steal that but also they were afraid that it was going to cause. market to crash. that somehow they people would be able to see their wallet because it is open it's an open ledger so people can see these huge movements of coins. it only costs like a dollar to move that five billion dollars in big coin but the interesting thing is that jackson palmer who does this.