r.t. dot com. now activists across dozens of countries have held rallies to call for the permanent boycott of genetically modified food with biotech giant monsanto the main target of their anger hundreds of cities across the world from australia to europe were involved demonstrators claim crops produced by the company could be harmful to humans even resulting in death some of the biggest rallies took place in the u.s. where people also accuse the multi-national company of aggressive lobbying and suppressing food safety and he now is in washington for arctic. many cities across the u.s. took part in this second organize march against the agricultural giant monsanto protesters rallying against the company's use of genetically modified organisms and trying to raise awareness about its corporate practices some protesters told us that even though the government is shutdown months onto a lobbyist are hard at work here in washington many concerts by actually came up to activists what we were standing ther

r.t. dot com. up next here on our team find out how america seems to have given itself the right to do as a pleases and how this affects the wider world a special report on exceptionalism. switzerland will soon vote if they should start giving out thousands of dollars in cash to every adult citizen in the country you heard me right there's a grassroots campaign that is trying to get the government to give out to every adult says a two thousand five hundred swiss francs approximately two thousand eight hundred dollars per month the motivation for the project is that many in switzerland fear that the financial crisis has caused wealth inequality to skyrocket you know i'm not an expert at swiss culture so maybe people there are different but if they gave out thousands of free dollars per month anywhere i've lived you would see the majority of people going into early retirement and not working at all and sort of like how they tell people not to feed the bears at parks because then the bears lose their

march against monsanto a look at the drugs on r g r g dot com and i look at what a website r.t. dot com has for you today this one has a lot of people clicking on it intelligence reaction brazil is determined to act against n.s.a. snooping into houses sum it up all cross border spying and the laws of the internet that story and the background on why brazil is so upset is all online big. brother walking dead at a higher man tries to prove he's alive and well two decades after he was thought to have passed away but according to future declare him alive despite him being at the hearing this story is the subject of one of our many cartoons go and see the whole collection at r.t. dot com. right. first. and i think you're. on our reporters would. like to welcome back to our t.v. now the u.s. is reluctant to admit how many civilians have died in the cia led drone war in pakistan but one u.k. nonprofit group is digging for the truth the bureau of investigative journalism is seeking to name all the victims of u.s. strikes in the region in the hope they could put a human face on what's hap

r.t. dot com. i should add was snowden be considered a hero for revealing how you were surveillance programs operated one of the most prominent figures in the technology world thinks so or to use the world the parser done with apple co-founder steve wozniak who explained his views on the m a c leader and his revelations. i believe he's a hero i believe he's coming directly from his heart that he feels some goodness that he wants to be truthful to the american people that he believes in and loves his country america so strong with and that's all true and that he took a very drastic step and made a sacrifice and i wish that i look around he certainly fit in my life that i could do a quick call to his make the sacrifice i would do it i don't have knowledge information to expose you know on our. government bad activities that they do secretly because nobody would really think it's the right thing so i'm i'm very. i'm very glad that he exists among us ians a hero and i wish that somebody five in the sam

r.t. dot com includes how the machine was captured reverse engineered and decoded and why there you can alsocheck out this story on r.t. dot com about a range from orbit a european science satellite expected to fall back to earth after two and a half years of certainly working overtime though it will split into more than fifty pieces during re-entry where the debris ends up without anyone's guess. just turning twenty minutes past the hour here in moscow in his latest official statement on n.s.a. spying in france the u.s. has labeled allegations that it logged millions of phone calls a lie but that doesn't stop the newspaper le monde from. this one about how america got the diplomatic upper hand by bugging computers at the united nations more than half a billion dollars reportedly used to keep the so-called genie spy program running a genie being the sibling of the notorious prism project it allegedly saw millions of machines fire walls and routers all getting infected and dominique de villepin who served as the country's prime as well as interior and foreign minister he says once again the u

r.t. dot com for the latest updates and videos and expert and house. america's buying practices are not the only issue on the minds are the european leaders gathered in brussels for the east summit the message of illegal immigrants are said to be discussed a weeks after hundreds of people have drowned while trying to cross the mediterranean that is key to all of our want to discuss and discover how those who are hardly welcomed build their new lives away from home. we have feed we are not anymore we have feeling we all want to be jobless homeless and thousands of kilometers from home this is the reality for refugees who were forced to flee violence in libya and twenty eleven there is no option not even allowed to work in germany since i've been to germany i just slip and eat what i do they arrived in europe through its early however the italian authorities told them they couldn't stay and sent them packing with five hundred euros and give me some money i should go bank and collect the money i have the right to go anywhere what i want to go in soya just

r.t. dot com. well imports are surging in china making the biggest energy importer on the planet you can see here beijing's increased oil purchases steadily in recent years finally produced in the u.s. just last month the rapid growth of industry to infrastructure has created new sociable demands of fuel from of looks of the benefits only implications of china's ongoing ambitions. yet again china is number one this time surpassing the united states as the world's biggest importer of oil what's more according to u.s. government findings china is expected to remain the top global gas guzzler well into the next year part of that reason is china's economy is growing as well as rising auto sales that has increased demand as a result china has used more oil than it can actually produce having to turn to outside sources in order to fill that gap americans still consume more oil per person but china is slowly catching up on the one hand it is a sign of progress the economic boom has raised incomes and boos

r.t. dot com. the annual key suburbs of asia pacific leaders of barley has just spoke about economics is year i guess unsurprisingly syria's once again become the focus of russia u.s. talks on the sidelines of the gathering with both the russian president and foreign minister praising the progress made on the elimination of the chemical weapons there how to support scotsman following the summit for. had been hyped that russian president vladimir putin and u.s. president barack obama would have been able to discuss the topic of syria on the fringes of this the economic summit apec here in bali however president obama's enforced absence today with the financial problems and continuing shutdown in the united states put paid to that however president vladimir putin saying that his absence would be a hinderance to the ongoing cooperation between the two nations today in a press conference is saying i believe that there is no need to hold meetings only for the sake of meeting him a person was not the onl

r.t. dot com. and there's already a different drama playing out in the hague where a group of policeman allegedly beat a russian diplomat recently osco now wants explanations and apology from the netherlands the dutch foreign ministry says its government would only apologize if a police probe finds that the officials of unity was indeed violated to be true bodin reportedly open the door to a group of security officers who said his wife was in a car accident then they broke into the official's those nuts apparently when they attacked him with a weapon in front of his children before briefly telling him now russia's embassy in the netherlands also says the dutch police officers accused of mistreating his children his part president putin described these soldiers a blatant violation of the vienna convention russian affairs analyst mark macaulay told me the police knew they were attacking a diplomat. the usual thing then is to ask a dutch diplomat to leave. and if that happens then the dutch will expel

r.t. dot com. also they bluster the u.s. state department electronic communications this in a piece up next you know at this highly sensitive information check out report on that online. soaring rental costs putting a strain on a working londoners being blamed for the rise in homelessness in the british capital but a charity has come up with a novel solution to the problem archie sara further investigate when addressing the issue of the foldable housing one london charities been thinking outside the books but when it comes to the solution it's a little insight that counts meet the my i pad shipping container doubles as a low cost. renting in longs and is to take chile expensive and once again we've seen rents hit record high so we're going to go up and take the consolidate and see what this is all about. thank you very much i had to go yes this is my palace yeah this is the my. desk here inside the my pants been designed to provide these who need it most with the food of all independent living and just certainty five pounds

r.t. dot com. the head of america's national security agency credited with a major expansion of the organizations covert surveillance operations as you to quit early next year army general keith alexander who's the n.s.a.'s longest serving chief come under intense pressure since whistleblower edward snowden revealed a vast scale of government snooping ati's one important is called the story. the man who has made indiscriminate global surveillance and data gathering part of the fabric of america is leaving his position general keith alexander director of the national security agency is reportedly stepping down from his reign within the next six months it would be hard to deny that this unexpected exodus would be happening if not for whistleblower edward snowden general alexander's eight year tenure at the n.s.a. came under worldwide criticism earlier this year after snowden a former n.s.a. contractor revealed details about the n.s.a.'s global gathering of telephone e-mail and social media data forei

r.t. dot com. the birds may be watching you and that's not paranoia a new surveillance drone dressed up as an avian predator and with the same fly performance is being marketed to armies across the globe are just their first went to check it out. is it a bird is it a plane well actually if you guessed. you'd be almost right this is one of the newest trains on the market is this company maxim's defense unit x l this behind the creation of this unmanned aerial vehicle o u a v but this is a drone with a difference is being designed to look like a native birds now it's already in operation as a bird strike avoidance system but expo say that they want to expand its uses as a surveillance drone could also eight firefighters all be used in drug trafficking operations the known as shepherd milk was showcased at this year's international in london the average price is one hundred thousand euros and giving a whole new meaning to bird's eye view the company claim it's so well camouflaged compared to standard

r.t. dot com. the elimination of chemical weapons was recognized by this year's nobel peace prize the international watchdog that's currently monitoring the destruction of syria's stockpiles receive the award c w experts are working inside syria at the moment as part of a binding un resolution brokered by russia and the us political analyst mark macaulay describes the main challenges facing the group. in a war zone some of the chemical weapons may be in rebel held territory. how do you access to rebels who say they don't have it. we'll have to verify that would be very tricky because a little negotiate with rebels and how many rebel groups are the dozens of them but this is a very very difficult decision for them because previously globalisation always operated if you like. peaceful this is the first time the really got involved the middle of a civil war and it's really a challenge for them they may in fact put one hundred people in the. hopes that they are secure and that they actually get on with

r.t. dot com. now the organization in charge of destroying syria's chemical arsenal says damascus officials are cooperating and giving them access to whatever they want to see the group that recently won the nobel peace prize says areas change hands from one day to another making their job very difficult and they also claim they can get through to some sites because it would mean going through rebel held territory meanwhile. fighting continues despite a star of a major forty muslim holiday as rebels fire motor shells in the capital and the government retail us with claims of raids in the suburbs of damascus a car bomb in the northwest leaving twenty seven people dead on monday a blast came a day after twin car bomb struck this year in capital the same time a seven red cross workers were abducted by gunmen four have since been released by the others remain in captivity spokesman for the international committee of the red cross sharma choir says the organization's work must go on even though three wo

dot com. welcome back this is r.t. as a human cost of the spiraling syrian conflict amounts civilians are being increasingly caught up in the fighting and some are now facing no other choice than to your list in the military and head to the front line artie's bosley or met one syrian mother who's taken the safety of her children into her own hands miriam is getting ready for work like women around the world she enjoys putting on makeup before heading to the office but miriam's job is a little different to most the twenty three year old is heading to the syrian frontline it gives me great satisfaction being able to defend my country against terrorists who want to destroy it. it's strange to find women here in the line of fire even more so because miriam is a mother her sons are just four and six years old. i signed up because of them i'm not afraid any move because i've stopped worrying we're in a state of war but every day miriam sees the reality of war more than one hundred thousand people most of them civilians kille

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dot com. you're back with us on r.t. then nobel peace prize winning group in charge of destroying syria's chemical arsenal says damascus officials are called prating and are giving them access to whatever they want to see now the same can be said about being allowed into some rebel held territories the head of the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons says the inspectors are being held bagged by ongoing fighting and have renewed calls for all sides to call parade now meanwhile a car bomb in the northwest has killed at least twenty seven people and wounded many others powerful blast came a day after twin car bomb struck the syrian capital one of the a hotel where the international come across weapons inspectors will stay in the explosions that interrupted a lot of iraqi t.v. brokaw's from damascus let's take a look at that video that's emerged online video. of our blog but it's. not. a term a lot of cosette on a search of another cassette imo while he called us worrying. because a lot. nicer is largest oppo

dot com. i know i look at what our website r.t. dot com has for you today this one has a lot of people clicking on it and others reaction resilin is determined to act against n.s.a. snooping planning to harry's a summit about cross the border spying and the laws off the internet that story and the background on why brazil is so upset is online for you. and the walking dead and ohio man tries to prove he's alive and well two decades after he was thought to have passed away but a court refused to declare him alive despite him being at the hearing the story is the subject of one of our many called jews go and see the whole collection. and i think. on our reporters. on to the facts of the u.s. trying to now the u.s. is reluctant to admit how many civilians have died in the cia led drone war in pakistan but one u.k. numb profit group is digging for the truth the bureau of investigative journalism seeking to name all the victims of u.s. strikes in the region in the hope we could put a human face on what's happening artie's playboy co has

r.t. dot com there are more first hand reports from guantanamo bay prison also for you at r.t. dot com for this hour a toxic. japanese government plans to take up with the cleanup of the fukushima nuclear disaster away from the progs operator that means the expenses could al fall on the shoulders of taxpayers. i'm glad i'm here put in place for rock obama as forbes most influential man of the year i'll be at the praise comes with a liberal dose of ready made it dictator cliches. are to live from moscow this is our to step aside because abby martin breaking the set is coming your way next. the office of civil rights in the city of seattle washington has told city employees that certain terms may not be used in official emails and discussion scoring to google fox news these terms would be brown bag and citizen ninety nine percent of americans when they hear the expression brown bag think of taking a nice healthy lunch you know in a brown paper bag to work with themselves but in politically correct insanity land these words are obvious reminder of the days when a person's skin colo

r.t. dot com. now more news from around the world a blast at a sweet factory in northern mexico has killed one person and left at least forty others injured with manny people still missing it's thought that a boiler exploded on the second floor of the building causing the floor to collapse three hundred people were inside during the incident and rescue teams are searching for survivors. police and students clashed in the spanish capital madrid and thursday night after a day of mass demonstrations across the country several people were said to be arrested and injured and that's after thousands poor it into the streets protesting against austerity cuts higher university fees and education reforms over half of young people in spain are jobless as a cash strapped government has cut public spending across the board. german police have arrested a thirty six year old man who barricaded himself inside a fast food cafe with twelve other people the suspect who is of kurdish origin cold police saying he would

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r.t. dot com later today. i read across study has concluded that europe's spiraling down to mass unemployment and inequality that's wiles' in i favor due to illegal immigrants and political and social unrest are ripening and the zone where one hundred twenty million people are now living in all very close to poverty the report also claims the e.u. is tackling on the debt crisis will be felt for decades it says all these factors are combining to create a europe whose future is more shaky and at any time after world war two chris clark from the nottingham business school in the u.k. says governments don't realise the scale of the new main disaster i think. at the moment what you're seeing is european financial leaders the commission the governments all telling us how they've solved the problems when they haven't actually done anything at all in the last couple of years to sort out any of their problems and you know i do agree with the red cross that they are facing a catastrophe in europe and i think back to ask

r.t. dot com also online today for a. school boy from canada pleads guilty to hacking government websites and passing the data to anonymous in exchange for video games learn more about a twelve year old prodigy on our team dot com. well you're watching live from moscow and more news will be coming your way shortly don't go away. two years after the force ouster of khadafi by nato forces libya stands at the abyss the lack of a strong central government weak rule of law and the endless violence in a country awash with weapons has resulted in libya facing failed state status activists the presence of islamic militants can things get any worse in libya. speech or language. programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on. reporting from the world talks about six fifty i p interviews intriguing stories are you. trying. to find out more visit our big t.v. dog called. welcome back this is r.t. now as the human cost of the spiraling syrian conflict mounts civilians are being increasingly caught up in the fighting some are no

r.t. dot com. government buildings in italy's capital came under attack on saturday by a furious mob angered by rome's cost cutting drive that's off the tens of thousands marched through the city denouncing the budget for next year which paves the way for more painful austerity but if you go to personal reports. forty percent off youth unemployment and the worst recession since the second world war critics say the two thousand and fourteen budget will not do enough to solve the economic problems for three days italians have been taking to the streets of protesting against the government's economic policies are bringing along tent saying they won't leave until their voice is heard previously on saturday tens of thousands of protesters took part in a mass rally in the center of from which started peaceful many brought their families along and even children but it ended in clashes with the of stories when a group of young radical of protesters started throwing eggs at the finance ministry and bottles

r.t. dot com. whenever you see the president talk about exceptionalism. what he's trying to say is the rules of civil behavior. doesn't apply to. wiki leaks founder julian assange talks exclusively to u.s. exceptionalism and his vision for the future of the freedom of information. one hundred twenty million europeans live in or on the brink of poverty the red cross raises the alarm suggesting a stir to policies of pushing the e.u. into de decline. in the u.k. activist seek to name all the victims of u.s. drone strikes in pakistan. to bring return that the people still manage to return to flight but that people won't move the statistics were told to x. rays from the bureau investigative journalism for looking beyond just the casualty figures caused by will be cause for signal strikes. international news and comment line from moscow this is a party with me franks for joining us. american exceptionalism is merely an excuse washington uses to break the law at home and abroad that's what julian assange has told auntie's eva golinger exclusive interview there w

r.t. dot com. this week the olympic torch began its long journey from moscow to sochi and the twenty fourteen winter games the flame embarked on a four month relay covering more than sixty five thousand kilometers across russia and also space it was lit last sunday in greece before traveling by plane to russia . and the flame was met by a group of bikers who were on hand to escort it to the kremlin. and then president putin looked ahead to the games by hosting the ceremony to start the torch relay after visiting nearly three thousand cities and towns across the country be limping symbol is expected in sochi on the seventh of february to open up the games and you can enjoy the highlights and see the reports from the relay ceremony over at our website at r.t. dot com. after the break we've got all the latest economic news from around the world in venture capital with eighty people. millions around the globe struggle with hunger. what if someone offers a lifetime food supply no charge. they can they'r

r.t. dot com. activists across the world are preparing to rally against genetically modified food giant monsanto hundreds of cities and more than fifty countries are expected to take part in saturday's march demanding a permanent boycott of what they call franken foods and. this international protest m a brought around two million people together they blame the g.m. john for polluting the environment and falsifying safety reports the company insists it's playing a key role in feeding the world's rapidly growing population with jeffrey smith who's written extensively about the dangers of g.m. foods begs to differ. when you look at the animal feeding studies of genetically engineered foods the american academy of environmental medicine they said there's gastrointestinal problems immune system problems excel aerated aging organ damage reproductive disorders there's massive infant mortality multiple massive tumors early death there are so many things that are going wrong with the animals that are being

r.t. dot com. else take a look at some other stories from around the world despite the horrors of recent tragedies in the mediterranean boats packed with immigrants and refugees continue to have for southern e.u. countries hundreds were rescued of sicily's coast this week by italy's coast guard at a summit in brussels european union leaders promised to revamp the blocks asylum policies and take active measures on the issue after a plea for help from rome now let's take a look at a map here which shows that some of the shows some of the routes the asylum seekers are taking many set off or you are because they fear for their lives fleeing homelands torn by conflicts like the civil war in syria for example more of them move to find work and make money most north african immigrants and the e.u. three italy southern islands and others attempt to make it to spain or france which is among the most popular final destinations alongside germany and the u.k. but it's italy and greece the bear the brunt is acc

r.t. dot com. many of the deaths in u.s. drone strikes in pakistan are unlawful and not to war crimes claims amnesty international a new damning report released today looks at recent incidents and cites a riff examples of the killing of children and the elderly the human rights organization wants justice for the victims of unlawful strikes and calls for greater transparency and a thorough investigation and there could be a lot to look at it all began in two thousand and four when president bush was in office two thousand and six was the deadliest year in his presidency when almost one hundred civilians were killed just by two strikes two years later drones became much more frequently used and then barack obama became president in two thousand and nine and that was the year we saw the biggest number of killings one hundred and sixty two well in the next twelve months the strikes almost doubled there were more than one hundred of them and the program goes on be there it is attack in pakistan happened

r.t. dot com. now after the break an attack on a dutch diplomat in moscow strange relations even further between the two countries . a bizarre story of a violent deception and intrigue as a dutch official is attacked here in moscow we'll bring you the twists and turns of the deepening diplomatic spat between the netherlands and russia. and an explosion in syria kills over twenty civilians the latest in a string of bombings and kidnappings our correspondent reports from the war torn nation. wealthy british study all. the time to explain the findings will. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines two kinds of reports. on the new mom and a lot of these new college face i think you know. pleasure to have you with us here on t.v. today i roll researcher. welcome back this is r.t. now at least twenty one people including women and children have been killed in southern syria after a minibus there

r.t. dot com. you're watching are to you and me to them with their more news just ahead don't go away. two years out of the force ouster of gadhafi by nato forces libya stands at the abyss the lack of a strong central government weak rule of law and endless violence in a country awash with weapons has resulted in libya facing a failed state status add to this the presence of islamic militants can things get any worse in libya. please be told language. programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on. reporting from the world talks about six of the i p interviews intriguing stories for you. in trying. to find out more visit our big dog called. but. i would like to know that you know the price is the only industry specifically mentioned the capacitor's and. that's because a free and open process is critical to our democracy that albus. will. in fact the single biggest threat facing our nation today is the corporate takeover of our government and across several we've been hijacked why handful of trans national corporations they will profit by destroying what our founding fathers once

r.t. dot com we've got more on guard as well as the current whereabouts of the games iconic symbol. a year on and still no answers for a pakistani family which now only survived a cia drone attack they traveled thousands of miles to capitol hill to tell their story the strike killed their grandmother but no militants so the victims oss congressman why their horror was started in the first place. most of the briefing. this was the first time actual victims of us drone strikes were in congress and apart from the congressman who initiated this briefing i saw only four other members of congress it's no secret the u.s. congress generally approves of growth strikes so it's very difficult to expect a sudden change of heart even though hard was what these drone victims were appealing through on october twenty fourth of last year a u.s. drone strike left this pakistani family devastated a nine year old girl and her thirteen year old brother nearly escaped death that day their sixty seven year old grandmother was killed while picking vegetables in the garden. i no longer love blue skies i pre

r.t. dot com for that full story. plus i know we didn't town deprived of sunlight injuring the winter has plays a giant mirrors on top of the surrounding mountains that will bring light into the valley to cheer up locals on our website we have the details. right to see. her street. and i think you're. gonna reply when. i. am. right our next story russian police have detained a man carrying a grenade and several blocks of t.n.t. on a bus heading to moscow the arrest happened in russia's southern state of raw pole region authorities have opened a criminal case against a thirty year old on charges of illegal arms trafficking incident comes just four days after a suicide bomber attacked a bus in the southern russian city of volgograd killing six people. ten years ago or today saw one of the murrays publicized arrests in russia that of oil tycoon mikhail had a cough scheme now he's been portrayed by the media as both a martyr and a villain i do you got the skin of has been cutting through the spin for us. he was the riches

r.t. dot com. the head of the notoriously u.s. spying agency behind sweeping global surveillance is to leave his job keith alexander is the n.s.a.'s longest serving director and has a vigorously defended the snooping programs as lawful and essential for national security now his departure next spring is likely to have been spurred by the snowden leaks as marina explains. the man who has made indiscriminate global surveillance and data gathering part of the fabric of america is leaving his position general keith alexander director of the national security agency is reportedly stepping down from his reign within the next six months it would be hard to deny that this unexpected exodus would be happening if not for whistleblower edward snowden general alexander's eight year tenure at the n.s.a. came under a worldwide criticism earlier this year after snowden a former n.s.a. contractor revealed details about the n.s.a.'s global gathering of telephone e-mail and social media data foreign embassies the united nations and even heads of st

r.t. dot com. this and more you just mentioned the geneva conventions and the geneva conventions make it pretty clear that. they were primarily designed to protect people quite not part of the conflict or no longer part of the conflict and so while the geneva convention clearly give protection to civilians or to combatants they do not leave combatants without any protection not the same protection as civility can go in there will be women is a woman the woman didn't seek according to did she need a convention have the same right to medical treatment as superiors have. in just three days the u.s. will be forced to make a decision that will affect the entire global economy if lawmakers don't find a way to reopen the frozen government and agree to raise the national debt ceiling america will default on its debts and if that happens the shock will be felt well beyond its own borders and he's in eastern our house the details. well there's been no headway over the weekend between democrats and republican

r.t. dot com we've got the footage of the incident and all the details. puzzle while you're there one of the world's largest sources of fresh water is under threat as officials plan a nuclear waste facility near lake who run on the u.s. canadian border. up ahead it's breaking the set with every month in thanks for being with me. a spanish language teacher of texas has been fired for posing nude in playboy before she became a teacher parents and found out about this demand that she be fired because her past was inappropriate and that it was a distraction the classroom well this was something she did in the past which was legal so this i mean if you pose for playboy you are forbidden to work in the normal world also as a former teenage boy i can tell you that any young attractive teacher will cause a distraction with the boys and wolf you can fire people for being distracting that when they have to for every teacher with a handicap or abnormal appearance on the other hand though teachers are supposed to be people for children to respect and to look up to an

r.t. dot com. or snowden became washington's most wanted man after exposing the extent of america's global surveillance program with revelations sending shock waves around the world it set him on the run from u.s. prosecution but also one in recognition and praise he's been given the sam adams prize for integrity in intelligence and it was awarded to him by a group of whistleblowers and activists all of whom have unveiled hidden secrets themselves in the past they joined kevin owen here earlier on r.t. and told him how snowden is adjusting to his new life in moscow doing remarkably well under the circumstances in which he came here we're obviously keen to find out personally how easy you know what to look like these days. i thought he looked great he seemed very centered and and. brilliant smart funny very engaged. i thought he looked very well considering the amount of pressure. do you think that's taking any toll at all on the psychological toll i think it would in ordinary circumstances but this

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r.t. dot com. this week the olympic torch began its long journey from moscow to sochi on the twenty fourth day in the winter games the flame embarked on a four month relay covering more than sixty five thousand kilometers across russia and space it was late last sunday in greece before traveling by plane to russia the flame was made by a group of bikers who were on hand to ask ordered for the kremlin president person looks ahead to the games by hosting this ceremony to start the torch relay after visiting nearly three thousand cities and towns across the country the olympic symbol is expected in sultry on the seventh of february to open up the games and you can enjoy the highlights and see reports from the relay ceremony overhead how web site r.t. dot com. right after the break. next time nobody could find out. thanks about the n.s.a. scandal. i recently read headlines all over the russian internet screaming in full paranoia mode that china has just bought five percent of ukraine now they're writin

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r.t. dot com. plus video surveillance backfires on police in the us as an officer is caught on camera shooting a mentally handicapped man who showed no signs of aggression we got that shocking video and the full details on the story over on our website party dot com. right now see. first street. and i think that you're. on our reporter's. instrument. that has been exactly a decade since the name how khodorkovsky first grabbed the global media's attention russia's then richest man was arrested on charges of fraud and tax evasion and has remained behind bars ever since with almost a year to go before his release the former oil magnate still divides public opinion as are now explains. he was the richest man in russia and one of the wealthiest in the world while his or company us at one point was the waters in the suddenly in two thousand and three me felt that of course he was arrested and then found guilty of fraud and sentenced to nine years then in a separate criminal case against him along with hi

r.t. dot com we have in depth coverage of the grand spectacle in athens. the olympic torch is on its big journey to structure. one hundred twenty three days. through two thousand nine hundred towns and cities of russia. relayed by fourteen thousand people or sixty five thousand to one. in a record setting trip by land air. and others face. a live torch relay special coverage on our. americas a national surveillance agency is in an apparent crusade against any online privacy according to another fresh revelation from edward snowden's leaks the n.s.a. has repeatedly targeted a web service that is often used by journalists and businessmen to make their internet communications anonymous meanwhile several tech giants including google and microsoft are currently suing the u.s. for the right to disclose the scale of their cooperation with the agency artie's lucie county office more. in the wake of the u.s. national security agency scandal much of the tech industry has been critical of government snooping some companies named as partners in the n.s.a.'s prism prog