and the year after the riot police brutally broke out opposition demonstrations in the georgian capital critics accuse the country's state media of silencing the voices of discontent. and much more this is r.t. on kerry johnston it's a million strong task supporters of scottish independence wants their bid for a declaration that could see the nation break free from a union in the u.k. the scottish national party believes if a million people put pen to paper it will secure a victory in a referendum they want held in twenty fourteen altie is laura smith explains what's involved as the campaign begins. it is to collect a million signatures from scottish people by two thousand and fourteen in support of a yes vote and then following on from that a referendum will be held which will be people whether they want independence from the u.k. whether they want scotland to be an independent sovereign nation in its own right to have full control over its own fiscal economic and political affairs and if it succeeds scotland with break away from the union by two thousand and sixteen we here and this i

and destroying the sad with elections ahead the georgian regime still got no appetite for opposition a year after violently dispersing independence day rallies. hello eight pm saturday night here in moscow this is our names kevin and first supporters of independence for scotland have launched the campaign which they hope will let them break free of the three hundred five year old union with england the scottish national party and now gathering the one million signatures needed to call a referendum in twenty fourteen but it won't be easy as laura smith explains. it is to collect a million signatures from scottish people by two thousand and fourteen in support of a yes vote and then following on from that a referendum will be held which will be asking people whether they want independence from the u.k. whether they want scotland to be an independent sovereign nation in its own right so to have full control of its own fiscal. political affairs and if it succeeds scotland with break away from the union by two thousand and sixteen we hear and this is a union that's been in place for the l

it's been a yes since georgian government forces broke up a rally demanding presence really quits and opposition voices us still feeling the full force of suppression the clashes last may saw two people killed as police using water cannons and of a bullets to disperse the crowds dozens were injured and hundreds arrested when officers try to kid away from the country's independence day celebrations will hold problem in presidential elections later in the but as money of the motion the found out there's little to. of ourselves to study to me one of george's main television channels like slogan proclaims news is made here is the ads from the country's journalists charter complains that sometimes it's literally so and works equally for all georgian major broadcasters i mean yes they do not cover news they make it their in their offices behind closed doors in georgia where there are only three national channels broadcasting news channel one a state ran while the owners of the two others are starting to and in mehdi had close ties with georgian president mikheil saakashvili and his administ

state strand while the owners of the two others who study tooth and imagine have close ties with georgian president mikheil saakashvili and his administration they are the main sources of information for the country's almost four point five million population ziad says the news reports these three air often repeat each other which raises concerns over the editorial independence especially as the country enters election season five months before parliament voting is very quite black and white circus really is good opposition is bad but they really touch georgian politics at all when i watch it i have the feeling that there are no problems in georgia and their main mission is to entertain people not to inform them other channels content is more diversified from the corruption in the country's elite and political prisoners to a controversial purchase by the president's mother of a historic bilton in central but to me for just one larry which is less. than one us dollar but these are turning to the media sources can hardly get an audience outside the capital tbilisi. local authorities prevent

but first it's been a year since georgian government forces broke up or demanding president saakashviliquit opposition voices are still few feeling the full force of suppression the last clashes saw may last touches in they saw two people killed as police use water cannons and rubber bullets to disperse crowds dozens were injured and hundreds arrested when officers tried to clear the way for the country's independence day rallies georgia will hold parliamentary and presidential votes later this year but as artie's notion of found out there's a little cheer for anyone hoping for change. to stop. one of georgia's main television channels its slogan proclaims news is made here is the answer from the country's journalists charter complains that sometimes it's literally so and works equally for all georgian major broadcasters. they do not cover news they make it there in their offices behind closed doors in georgia there are only three national channels broadcasting news channel one a state ran while the owners of the two others were started two and imagine had close ties with georgian presi

they're quite black and white circus really is good opposition is bad but they really touch georgian politics at all when i watch it i have the feeling that there are no problems in georgia and their main mission is to entertain people not to inform them other channels content is more diversified from the corruption in the country's elite and political prisoners to a controversial purchase by the president's mother of a historic bilton in central but to me for just one larry which is less than one us dollar but these are turning to the media sources can hardly get an audience outside the capital tbilisi. local authorities prevent us from broadcasting in the provinces although we do have a license the people running the biggest company the former minister of defense and the head of the government communications committee who are also co owners of the three biggest channels all of them are friends with the president apart from financial markets says the authorities practice other kinds of pressure to include in what he says is a feature of any offer tarion regime. our journalists have

their quote black and white circus really is good opposition is bad but they're really coached georgianpolitics at all when i watch it i have the feeling that there are no problems georgia and their main mission is to entertain people to inform the. other channels content is more diversified from the corruption in the country's elite and political prisoners to a controversial purchase by the president's mother of a historic bilton in central but to me for just one larry which is less than one us dollar. but these are turning to the media sources can hardly get an audience outside the capital tbilisi. there is opposition of the fact they create many problems with already to prevent us from broadcasting even promises on the we have a license also we get almost no money for commercials as the market is monopolised the people running the biggest company of a former minister of defense. and the head of government communications committee are also co owners of the three biggest channels all of them are friends with the president so ninety two percent of the revenue from commercials goes to th

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i think is going to be the future, if you look at what happened when russia and, invaded the two georgianprovinces the first thing they did is a cyber attack. to take down the command and control, take down the communications of the georgians, and that is becoming ubiquitous, we have all become dependent on networks, we have all become dependent on communications on, and on vast amounts of data moving back and forth and i think that we are making some huge strides in cyber, i think we still have a ways to -- a ways to go, but we are on, i think, a pathway to get us to where we need to be in terms of cyber, it is so complex, and there are issues outside of just the mechanical issues. one is a cyber attack, is it an act of war and when can you respond to a cyber attack with a more conventional response? those sort of things are debates we are having now and we need to have so that if something like that happens, we are on solid grounding as we respond. >> rose: it is great to have you on the ram. >> charlie, it is great to see you. >> rose: secretary of navy, back in a moment, stay with us.

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the south side here where georgian forces invaded so office that they would russia had to respond and had to learn some lessons from that so the neighborhood isn't particularly peaceful and there are other powers in the region that are arming as well so you have to you have to be prepared and that's the kind of world do it and that's what the arms form does that have to keep your politics. exactly. and if we have president putin on the about for a third term we will see how the. she's military can work with that so i wouldn't even friends nato we'll see how that will unfold relatively sort of the chicago so much coming up which is it will not be a russian state media which was a very important we'll see how mr putin will be about what has been said very much on foreign policy but then again he's only been president again for like what today . this is his first major public event. after the certainly the presidency of the. heated words what form would have stayed home. although it does contain sort of a future you know. there's been a certain targets for objectives which you know as he

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we see this in the life of a georgian, a man named david snelling. and david snelling was born into the slave owning class. but his parents died when he was young. and he was adopted by one of his uncles, his mother's brother. and he found out right away that his uncle hated his dead father. and to get revenge on the dead father, young david was forced to work in the cotton fields along side slaves. he's a white boy. and his uncle made him work in the fields along side slaves. and he doesn't go to college, which his cousins did, he doesn't have any of the privileges that he was born into. he's a farm hand. and he comes to know slaves as human beings, comes to sympathize with them, he becomes a very strong critic of slavery and when the civil war broke out he ran away from home and he served in the union army. so he could fight against slavery. now that's very unusual. that didn't happen too often. what happened to david snelling. one thing that puzzled me. what time about the neighbors. didn't the neighbors in that community in georgia think that was

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it's a year after riot police approved broke up opposition demonstrations in the georgian capital resort two people killed but only on a verse three critics are still accusing the country's state media of silence in voices of discontent. the next alga know of russians a justice minister under the spotlight to ask about the challenges facing the country's legal system. glen. powell again a welcome to spotlight. on. the . russian city of st petersburg has recently become the place for a legal profession to gather and share. the second. farm took place there attracting specialists from over fifty countries probably because in the modern world different legal and judicial systems just can't help but copyright conflicts so what's. the cost to the candidates thank you for pouring out. the rough justice to. the main ideal the st petersburg legal forum is to provide a dialogue platform for lawyers politicians and economists it was founded by the russian justice ministry and for now is the only band of its kind in scale this year over two thousand people from fifty one countries came to the forum

the bottom line is, we, as atlantans, as georgians, don't have a choice to protect the river. we need to leave it better than we found it, and it's really been a political advantage for me, not a disadvantage. people laugh about me being the sewer mayor, but they remember what i'm doing. griffin: we want people to understand, when they see one of our work crews out working on the mains, that that work is necessary in order for them to have good clean drinking water or to have a good, functioning wastewater system. franklin: you don't put a roof on the house one time. you don't fix the plumbing one time, any more than i get my hair done one time. if we don't continue to invest for the next 20 years, we'll find ourselves back at the same point that we were in the late '90s. if we don't protect water, we will be without water. we will be without industry, we will be without jobs, we will be without a healthy economy, and our people will be sick. so we don't really have a choice. we're going to find out why that's important. it's a question of, who's going to pay, how much you're

that only but he did the actions on the georgian side led to deaths among them a russian peacekeepers children women the elderly a dying in south of setting it most of them are citizens of the russian federation so those responsible for the deaths of our citizens will be punished. them right the misconception that russia attacked georgia put serious strain on international ties into an independent council of europe report up held that georgia launched the attack for months madrid of foreign policy was overshadowed by the war but it wasn't long before a warming in u.s. relations something many argue is his foreign policy legacy the words of the russian president the reset. press the u.s. and russian relations devoutly and for over the next few years by twenty ten medvedev and obama signed a new start and cut both country's nuclear arsenals by a third. as a result of hard work we've created a treaty that fully complies with the interests of both russia and the us back home medvedev wants reforms focusing on the justice system and rule of law you wanted less people behind bars. this pers