the end of the day it came down to a practical economic decision ukraine simply can't afford the e.u. deal at the moment and russia gave a fairly good terms its talk about that then so we've got the bond purchases which are fifteen billion in toto added to that is the gas discount as well so in combination that would equal twenty billion dollars it's just that the problem at the moment is that that form is our dwindling and that's a real problem because at the moment borrowing costs are really escalating and that's where the risk of defaulting on your debt comes in and it was thought that they accepted the e.u. deal and not be still that russia has now put on the table they may have defaulted in less than six months which is quite telling you asked about the e.u. deal so this unique approach we know he famously called data humiliating and said that it was a sum of six hundred ten million euro as it were offers in order to receive that money they would also have to enforce harsh spending cause also gas increases as while so is at the end of the day it was an economic decision basically i me

table they may have defaulted in less than six months which is quite telling you asked about the e.u. deal so this unique approach we know he famously called it a humiliating and said it was a sum of six hundred ten million euro as it were also as in order to receive that money they would also have to enforce harsh spending cuts also gas increases is while. at the end of the day it was an economic decision basically i mean people would be bearing the brunt of it all in case the e.u. . struck with you which could mean if you think about it lead to more protests in the future and that was a concern as well but there are still going on. people are not happy at all but i can tell you that investors are happy to provide in fact is short they're going to be getting three billion in three days now the point is the e.u. deal would have had long term benefits no one's arguing that but what we are saying is the ukraine economy could have defaulted in getting there. the economic benefits the agreements with moscow have been branded as treason by one of the most outspoken protesters and here the head

table they may have defaulted in less than six months which is quite telling you asked about the e.u. deal so this unique approach we know he famously called it a humiliating and said it was a sum of six hundred ten million euros that was. but in order to receive that money they would also have to enforce harsh spending cuts also gas increases as well so at the end of the day it was an economic decision basically i mean people would be bearing the brunt of it all in case the e.u. . which could if you think about it lead to more protests in the future and that was a concern as well but there are still going on. people are not happy at all but i can tell you that investors are happy about what i can tell you as far as boring cos they have gone down by one percent or so loitering around eight percent seven percent is dangerous so that's how fragile the situation but the point is ukraine need this money now they're going to get three billion of this in the next three days. carney was actually on the brink of collapse i mean is there a deal had been shrug of the economy you would go more than l

association deal with the e.u. i think they are going to suspended for a while but i believe they are waiting to see a new leader which will be more flexible in terms of whether to partner with russia are all with you and then the will have him sit down at the table of negotiations and they will i will want to that's what i think political analyst and xander said about the thank you very much indeed for your time and sound. and here's why the ukrainian government is under pressure now thousands of protesters as well as the opposition parliament want to move the country towards europe but the government things that's premature saying brussels is not offering parks like membership and the privileges was to europeans enjoy that. than there is a believe that live closer to europe would be cheaper but the government warns the deal would actually damage the economy for little compensation the opposition still insists kiruv should resist pressure from moscow but close economic ties with russia including a free trade zone

e.u. trade deal to trying to overthrow the government it's quite clear now that what what is being demanded is the overthrow of the government the overthrow of the democratically elected legitimate government and president the president made a decision and the government made a decision about twelve days ago that they were not going to go ahead with a trade agreement with the european union now therefore he entitle to do that if people don't agree don't agree with that decision then the right way to deal with that is to campaign it in in an election which is only about fourteen months away for the government to be changed democratically according to the law and the constitution and for the new president whoever he is to then go ahead with this proposal with this agreement what if what we're looking at now is on a completely different we're looking at a demand for the president and the prime minister and the government to be removed from power by people in the streets. well ukraine has said it needed time to sort out its ever growing foreign debt and work out how to fund a modernization prog

he believes ukraine's opposition is no longer able to control the situation and stated that the e.u. deal is only being used as an excuse to overthrow the leadership. numbers really as i see it was going on in kiev has little to do with ukraine's relations with the e.u. it's an internal political process the opposition destabilising the legitimately elected leadership moreover what's going on doesn't look like a revolution but a well planned action but i think they were prepared for the presidential elections in spring twenty fifteen there had to start early we can see world prepared and organized militant groups the opposition is either not always in control of what's going on or is a political shroud for extremist actions are you legal expert alexander of course i spoke to middle early he says the opposition jumped very quickly from demanding an e.u. trade deal to trying to overthrow the government it's quite clear now that what what is being demanded is the overthrow of the government the overthrow of a democratically elected legitimate government and president the president made a dec

protests over the government's decision to pull out of a trade deal with the e.u. . sanctions. was agreed the nuclear deal with iran is a breakthrough but made it possible meanwhile. this agreement. much more dangerous place it will make our partners in the region safer the obama administration is facing pressure from skeptics both at home and abroad. both from washington. down the. corporation tax free childcare and raising the minimum wage. outside the u.k. preparing the ground for next. top stories of the week and today here on international. live in moscow a very warm welcome to you today protesters in ukraine a demanding both the president and the government step down after a crackdown on a mass demonstration in the capital and the use of brute force and tear gas by both the activists on security forces left rallies in kiev now banned for a month at the commotion was a direct response to the country's leadership rejecting a trade deal with the e.u. . now reports on why ukrainian officials got cold feet. from smiles to host dials off to keep said last week would not be signi

dispersed violently after walking out over the government's decision to pull out of a trade deal with the e.u. . so if sanctions all diplomatic action was agreed the nuclear deal with iran is a breakthrough but what made it possible also. this agreement has moved much. it will make our partners in the region safer the obama administration is facing pressure from skeptics both at home and abroad to deal comes under fire from washington. to damaging. to many people. corporation tax cutting free child care and raising the minimum wage scotland outlines how life would be better outside the u.k. repairing the ground for next year's independence vote. top stories of the week end of today here on our international. live in moscow a very warm welcome to you today. protesters in ukraine demanding both the president and the government step down after a crackdown on a mass demonstration in the capital of the use of brute force and tear gas by both the activists and security forces well left all rallies banned for a month and the commotion was a direct response to the country's leadership rejecting a tra

in lockdown protests over the government's decision to pull out of a trade deal with the e.u. . in the ukrainian capital. tough sanctions or diplomatic action world powers agree the nuclear deal with iran is a breakthrough but they differ on what made it possible meanwhile. this agreement has made the much more dangerous place it will make our partners in the region safer the obama administration is facing pressure from skeptics both at home and abroad as they deal comes under fire from both washington and. he would also call a halt to damaging. many people. corporation tax free childcare and raising the minimum wage scotland outlines how life would be outside the u.k. preparing the ground for next year's independence vote. top stories over the weekend today here on the international. live in moscow a very warm welcome to you today protesters in ukraine and demanding both the president and the government step down after a crackdown on a mass demonstration in the capital and the use of brute force and to cast by both the activists and security forces left rallies in kiev now banne

in lockdown protests over the government's decision to pull out of a trade deal with the e.u. to disperse them violently in the ukrainian capital. tough sanctions or diplomatic action world powers agree the nuclear deal with iran is a breakthrough but they differ on exactly what made it possible meanwhile. this agreement as much more do you drew splits it will make our partners in the region safer the obama administration is facing pressure from skeptics both at home and abroad if the deal comes under fire from both washington and tel aviv. to call a halt to damaging. pushing so many people into poverty corporation tax cutting free child care and raising the minimum wage scotland outlines how life will be back outside the u.k. preparing the ground for next year's independence for. the top stories of the week and all of today here on r.t. international. live in moscow a very warm welcome to you today protesters in ukraine are demanding both the president and the government step down after a crackdown on a mass demonstration in the capital the use of brute force and tear gas by b

going up unemployment going up the industrialisation so i think really didn't have a choice the e.u. deal is a very bad one ukraine already has a staggering foreign debt of hundred thirty six billion euro and just more denies the factories to standards would have cost a staggering one hundred billion or more with the people in the street scared little about such implications if we deserve to be in the euro crisis the deal would have allowed us to get better education in europe during the week e of central square was the stage of the mass protest of those supporting your integration opposing president acknowledges decision not to sign the euro association deal in vilnius and even in a typically violent dispersal of their week long sit in on friday night with dozens detained and injured did not stop the protesters began to call it still insisting the deal with the e.u. will happen most likely in early twenty fifteen but after riot police come to peaceful protesters thousands are converging on the capital kiev to join the opposition's calls for unocal which to hand over the reins alexy reces

having hundred toxics employed by police as people over the president's decision to shout a trade deal with the e.u. . also the top headlines of the week amid general praise for his story deal on iran's nuclear program is well further isolate itself from the international community by criticizing its allies. this government independence movement launches it's a manifesto to claim but critics say the way to text is heavy on detail and light on fun plots. to sound over the dirtiest algon a fully functional metal called me of the world's most iconic pistoles printed with three d. technology it's about twenty five to thirty five hours depending on the machine we put it on and what materials were roman. and we made the engineers a printed three d. firearms to find out whether the promising to kill a tree is actually cause for alarm. the latest news on the week's top stories you will change the weekly hero announcing to national with me. hello and welcome to the program processes in the ukraine. to breach police lines around the presidential administration building hundreds of thousands of demonstrators

protests over the government's decision to pull out of a trade deal with the e.u. this past violently in the ukrainian capital. tough sanctions all diplomatic action while powers agreed the nuclear deal with iran is a breakthrough but differ on what made it possible meanwhile. this agreement has moved much more do. it we'll our partners in the region schafer. administrations facing pressure from skeptics at home and abroad as the deal comes under fire for washington and tel aviv. we would call a halt to damaging wissmann support the season of pushing so many people into poverty. and corporation tax counseling free child care and raising the minimum wage scotland outlines how aligned with the outside the u.k. preparing the ground for next year's independence. the latest news on the week's top stories you're watching the wake me here on our international with me. and welcome to the program. first test is a new crane on demanding by the president and the government step down after a crime down on a mass demonstration in the campus health the use of brute force and tear

protests over the government's decision to pull out of a trade deal with the e.u. and violently in the ukrainian capital. tough sanctions or diplomatic action. agree the nuclear deal with iran is a breakthrough but they differ on what made it possible meanwhile. this agreement has many much more. it will make our partners in the region safer the obama administration is facing pressure from skeptics both at home and abroad to deal comes under fire from washington. to damage. free child care and raising the minimum wage. how life will be better outside the u.k. repairing the ground for next year's independence vote. stories of the week today here on our international. live in moscow a very warm welcome to you today protesters in ukraine demanding both the president and the government step down after a crackdown on a mass demonstration in the capital or the use of brute force and tear gas by both the activists and security forces and left rallies in kiev banned for a month the commotion was a direct response to the country's leadership rejecting a trade deal with the n

deal with the u. but foreign policy analysts from a question of of thinks that the e.u. won't let you claim profit from europe's economy. as european union as he shoals and hands of states try to explain the advantage yourself european membership of. the. even if you ukrainian president there would be able to penetrate the european market and there is only one explanation for that there would be none indeed the european market is very protected market and it is actually the ukrainian market that europe needs particularly in the time of an economic crisis so it is ukraine is viewed as an extension of the european market. let's take a look at how the ukrainian unrest has unfolded in the past couple of weeks the protests in kiev began on november twenty first soon after the government said it was suspending a major trade deal with the e.u. rallies on the capital's independence square last another week with several thousand demonstrators and police occasionally engaging in scuffles on friday night however security forces ran out of patience and raided the camp using sheer fo

could do at this point he has perhaps these are these are reasoned arguments for not wanting to deal with the e.u. but there's hundreds of thousands of people on the streets he's got to deal with them somehow what do you think is the best move. i think it's going to stick. there's no going back now if it does go back to that. point his support those who support. this obviously not going. back to spoil the well though this thing and the other thing we have the pain that. we might michel that i think. you can be all in thousand thought it was not made by the seat it was made by a court judgment which. actions a legitimate elections now that you were dreaming could still be revisited at a later time why do you think the opposition in this case chose protests instead of having more dialogue about the pros and cons of you integration i think. because first of all it's little better than the. arguments about the economics which. so many people up secondly. it's an. basically. eastern ukrainians there that bit more they support the fact of regions that they're what will it still politically apathetic in

e.u. for at least twenty billion euros of a if they are going to sign up with this deal can the really afford that. no no i think that's absolutely out of the question as you recall at the at the vilnius meeting the e.u. table only six hundred million dollars or seven million euro's at that time so jumping to twenty pounds i would question what the e.u. will try and push ukraine of course is to engage with the i.m.f. and to look to the i.m.f. to to get that money but as of course as we know the ukrainian government very reluctant to deal with the i.m.f. because of the very onerous conditions to the i.m.f. will place on any money given to ukraine or they think the government is trying to trying to avoid that so just looking at the financial aspects in a way you had the e.u. dodged a bit of a problem by ukraine not signing up with this trade agreement in the long term well yes and no look you did the basic economics are to your ukraine is economies in recession this year next year the country needs to find at least ten billion dollars to repair decks or it doesn't have that money it cannot cont

e.u.'s top diplomat a deal had been done. just that the six negotiating powers agreed to recognize iran's right to peaceful nuclear energy business including its right to enrichment under the condition that this program is placed under strict control by the i.a.e.a. this year. as we received word of the agreement we got details to iran had agreed to reduce its uranium enrichment from twenty to a maximum of five percent used for u.s. centrifuges while halting construction of a new reactor near the town of iraq. throughout this long list of concessions iran's foreign minister still had a smile on his face and return he won for his country a partial easing of sanctions allowing tarantula regain control of billions of dollars worth of much needed funds in foreign banks we believe that it is the sanctions that have brought us to this negotiation and ultimately today more significant negotiation to follow for a car brands of agreement others have stressed that it wasn't the stress of more punitive measures but diplomacy that won th

take a look at why the ukrainian government is asking so or taking so much flak for not signing the e.u. deal the opposition insists that a move toward europe is the correct one but the government doesn't see it that way because brussels isn't offering e.u. membership or other privileges that most europeans get many are saying there are major economic advantages to working with europe ukraine's leadership though thinks the deal would actually cause an economic downturn we've heard some e.u. officials say that kiev was pressured by moscow to not sign the deal ukraine already has a free trade agreement with russia granting them increased exports and other advantages to the east associate professor of political economy jeffrey summers has the news trade relations with ukraine may hurt their economy if we take a look at eastward expansion of the e.u. we can see that it has in the past produced the industrialization in the east labor migration really east to the west and so we've also seen western european consumer products don't in the east and i think that the e.u. is again experiencing of cours

thousands are on the streets demanding the country's leadership resign over the shoulder of a trade deal with the e.u. . headlines of the week despite general praise for on the story deal on iran's nuclear program president obama is attacked by a hawks in washington who think iran. independence movement has its manifesto to much acclaim but critics say the text is heavy on detail and light on the facts. and in the back of the past seven days top stories and the latest developments this is the weekly. breaking news at this hour as many as one hundred policemen have been injured in the ukrainian capital several arrests were made after protesters used gas and threw stones trying to break into the presidential administration building hundreds of thousands of demonstrators are on the streets despite a month long ban on rallies in the center of kiev. police had to use force to clear out the protests from in front of the administration of the president building the building which was previously assaulted by the by the protesters even had to use a bulldozer to break the police lines they failed so they faile

officials seem keen on pushing the e.u.'s deal through. brussels all but shut the door and signing it through or tweets from the man in charge of e.u. expansion it's unclear whether it's a matter of the e.u. not budging on ukraine's pleas for more financial help upon signing the agreement the previous offer of six hundred million euro was branded as humiliating by unocal which or brussels rumored willingness to seize any talks with this government this latest they were by the european always so also puts huge pressure early on the coverage because he has been saying all along he was a doing press corps is that we european officials and the opposition that ukraine would not be your integration. he was all expecting to sign your association deal in what year is the future and with the news that this prospect is as remote as ever the broadcasters resolve is now also being hardened by a rallying cry from the newest arrivals from america alexey resets the r.t. reporting from kiev in ukraine. it's not the first protest over regime change where se

e.u. trade deal president putin saying that russia continues to help ukraine with massive financial benefits although at the end of the day moscow must help its fraternal patna though he did say that at the end the day it perhaps it's more of a political fallout. and it's not so much to do with a possible e.u. trade deal just briefly of course hardly any time on here here at the international jazz very very briefly though the it scanned missile system came of the european missile defense system of one reporter saying there's a bit of an outcry in europe that russia is putting this will be putting this disc on the missiles in kaliningrad and president putin saying look this is a deterrent it's in defense of russia's national security and interests as this european missile defense shield is not essentially going off to iran or north korea but is in in any way shape or form it's ultimately pointing at russia finally one last moment here on r.t. international mr putin president putin was asked you are the number one politician in russia who is number two in terms of influence and perhaps have yo

also you know we see that the e.u. deal that sparked riots in kiev doesn't imply green joining the e.u. automatically and in fact it would mean massive cutbacks for key if so why do so many people still want it to be signed. it's been portrayed in the ukrainian media simplistic terms as what is called here a civilizational choice in other words if you hope enough for you to embrace you they will unfortunately the the association agreement doesn't say anything at all about membership and. does not address that or does not encourage that at all what it is mostly about is an effort to open ukrainian markets to e.u. goods that trade imbalance is already very substantial in favor of the e.u. and it's only likely to get worse if the association agreement is signed ok we understand the position on this but what's interesting now is to look at the position of the united states we're hearing that the u.s. assistant secretary of state who is in cave at the moment and she just announced that she will be holding meetings with the oppos

e.u. leaders for instance claim ukraine's economy would be boosted by more than six percent in that businesses would save money on import duties ukraine's leadership though thinks the deal could actually cause an economic downturn and we have heard some e.u. officials say that kiev was pressured by moscow not to sign the foreign ministers of sweden and poland among the latest to do so ukraine already has a free trade agreement with russia that gives it increased exports and other advantages to the east associate professor of political economy jeffrey summers says why he thinks the ukrainian economy could be hurt by the strengthening trade relations with the e.u. . if we take a look at eastward expansion of the e.u. we can see that it has in the past produced dnd us realisation in the east labor migration from the east to the west and so we've also seen west european consumer products dumped in the east and i think that the e.u. is again experiencing of course of the past four five years economic crisis and it sees further eastward expansion as a way to resolve their own problems in west europe. so who will end up benefiting from the ongoing unrest current affairs blogge

streets there to voice support for the author origins and the decision to suspend the trade deal with the e.u. recent polls now showing the country is sharply divided on the issue more than seventy percent of those living in the west of ukraine favor the deal with the european union though while those with the same pro e.u. moods are actually shared by less than thirty percent in the east are let's get some more details on this now and speak to political analyst dmitri babich are joining us live on the program good morning to you sir so far we've only seen moderate pro-government rallies in the east do you do you still forecast them increasing do you think to try and match the protests in the capital. well historically the majority of ukrainians is pro russian and usually the broader russian candidates or at least the canadians who said they were barraged won the elections in ukraine the only exception was the so-called orange revolution in two thousand five hundred viktor yuschenko brought western kind of warning. after a very. do you be a section in the center of kiev when pro-west and demo

to continue to drive down the nation's debt political analyst eric yen efik thinks the way the e.u. deals with its economic crisis can't be described as affective however you look at it. what we actually like to see is more transparency and now it is we are in the situation in which basically the troika. acts like a governor. and visits its colonies tells them what to do the measures they come out with are not they're not always very effective they also cause a stereotype and also the reduction of the economy at the moment the troika is free to do what it wants and that is not right in a democracy the issue basically is how much time do we have when all the economies of greece italy spain portugal cyprus growing again now i don't know how long it will take if it is going to be one or two years like in ireland it will be very good but if it's going to be ten years it's going to be very long and i'm afraid that many citizens in those countries will not accept this particular not if this is going to be a stagnation zone for ten years to come i think this will have very serious political cons

well the news of an e.u. deal possibly being frozen brought out hundreds of thousands of pro europe demonstrators but present panic over it has plenty of supporters saying these people on the right are waving his party of regions flag after coming to kiev from all over the country for the weekend high profile e.u. and us politicians have made it clear they are aligned with the opposition american senators john mccain and chris murphy. mccain says the u.s. could take action against the ukrainian government we do not want to impose sanctions it is not our desire to do show but obviously the american people would want to react. to support the people of ukraine in case of violence and that's just what we have done you know other cases throughout the world. before mccain the murphys arrival assistant u.s. secretary of state victoria nuland handed out stats on kiev central square on wednesday but what are high profile american and european politicians doing there among the protesters legal experts and blogger alexander

e.u. he was expected to conclude a deal with vladimir putin instead, but nothing has been signed. ll, pro e.u. and anti-yanukovych protests in kiev are now in its third week. it began when yanukovych pulled out of a deal with e.u. will there be a deal be made between russia and ukrainian is? is it still going to happen? >> reporter: they haven't signed on the dotted line but discussions are still open and ongoing with moscow. unlike for the moment negotiith the european union, which you were saying were rejection of that trade agreement. sparked off these pro european demonstrations. some reports even suggesting that the ukrainian president may be aging towards a deal worth $17 billion with moscow. now he desperately needs that. but the economy here is in dire straits. the deal with moscow clue the possibility of a cheap deal on gas and perhaps direct aid because reserves here are running out fast. the central bank quite simply is seeing its stock pile of cash ebbing away very quickly. >> tim, we can see behind you the di demonstrateors are still there. what would you say the mood

mallets has told us that few of those on the street really understand the costs of signing a deal with the e.u. . from a purely mathematical standpoint the deal with the e.u. would have completely bankrupted ukraine the e.u. demanded basically an unconditional surrender demanded a unilateral. dismantling of ukraine's rail networks full compliance with european regulations which there are hundreds of thousands of pages now the protesters they might say oh this is civilization this is europe this is our destiny to put you right now is greece it's spain it's ireland it's italy it's corruption it's poverty it's our. banks toure's running out of control it's cyprus it's confiscation of private bank deposits i mean that's the e.u. right now that's a new reality so i'm not really sure that the people that are on the street demanding to join the e.u. know this or are quite sure what that entails several polish politicians including the former prime minister and the vice president of the european parliament went to kiev to support the protesters john laughlin from the institute of democracy incorporati

e.u. integration deal. in guantanamo prisoners is double agents some of the world's most dangerous man reportedly freed and paid for collecting data from abroad plus. residents of the u.s. state of texas sounding the alarm bells over a string of increasing tremors something the area hasn't seen before. the damage that is. going to be. is going to go on for many many many years and it's not something that you're going to be able to undo many of them pointing the finger at controversial fracking technology both for their health and the environment. for am in moscow i met a very good to have you with us our top story this hour protests against ukraine shelving any you integration deal has been going on for more than a week and happening in the country's capital as we speak these are peaceful scenes but police dispersed one rally with tear gas stun grenades and buttons on saturday demonstrators want the president to resign after he said no to europe or he's like sarah chefs' he has more from kiev. during the we