officials are at the site of the incident now we spoke to senior lecturer at moscow state university mark sloboda he explained why he believes the city came under attack. well look good is the principal focus simply because it's an easy and close target to the south of the caucasus. just yesterday there the russian security services reported that a principal aide to the self-styled leader of the caucasus doku umarov was killed in dog astonish by security forces i think we can look at this attack today as for more than likely a very rapid reaction presidential attack for the killing of this eight local arms . of course our team is on c.n.n. we will be closely following the developments and bring you all of the latest details as we get them in you can also log on to our team dot com for a minute by minute timeline of the events in volgograd. and on to the week's top stories with our weekly program we start in turkey which has seen a wave of massive anti-government protests reminiscent of the last summer's demonstrations this time public anger was sparked by a corruption scandal and it's all more th

were at the sea site of the incident we spoke to a senior lecturer at moscow state university mark sloboda he explained why he believes the city came under attack although good is the principal focus simply because it's an easy and close target to the south of the caucasus. just yesterday there the russian security services reported that a principal aide to the self-styled leader of the caucasus doku umarov was killed in dog stand by security forces i think we can look at this time today as for more than likely a very rapid reaction force and time for the chilling this will be arms. and to terrorism advisor to the u.s. house of representatives walid for as thinks the motives of jihad as attacks like these are always the same wherever they are. we're talking about asian harvest which is linked to al qaida that is. just in russia but also in other countries including in syria as we know now now the direct motive is not different from the previous attacks on moscow on other locations inside russia and i would say is not so different from my facts that has happened around the world oh i got a

earlier you leadership of my colleague spoke with a security expert from moscow state university mark sloboda talking about the developments in volgograd mass transport has always been a target of these islamic terrorist attacks in russia we've seen several terrorist attacks on trains previously as well as on metro stations within moscow over the last decade plus i think they calculate this as it is extremely disruptive to the savard of russian society it creates a true atmosphere of terror when any average citizen can be affected who uses both of transportation which is the majority of the population although grad is a principal focus simply because it's an easy and close target to the south of the caucasus and has nine kids to be the driving force and they terror threats that. the terrorist the terrorist threats are a loosely based coalition that is all from both the islamic caliphate. that is centered around doku umarov who has taken over several years ago of the larger chechen caucasus terrorist groups doku umarov has taken these groups in a much more strictly islamic fundamentalist actio

politicians have been seen in central kiev cheering protesters on international relations professor mark sloboda told me that it sucks that the bill under international law. the fact that they are essentially on the ground in kiev cheerleading the protesters on calling for a revolution in the country this is a tantamount to the regime change that has been called for in german newspapers earlier today this is a most agree just violation of the united nations charter and international law a violation of the sovereignty and the noninterference of the domestic affairs of other states and i think russia cannot take the whole world community cannot take this agree just act lightly the latest news updates footage and photographs from kiev can be found right now on our website r.t. dot com and you can also log on to get up to speed with how these protests started and escalated into the current situation. this week so diplomatic differences exposed by the historic deal between six world powers and iran over its atomic ambitions amid general cautious optimism hawks on capitol hill israeli hardliners and d

officials are at the site of the incident we spoke to senior lecturer at moscow state university mark sloboda he explained why he believes the city came under attack. well look this is the principal focus simply because it's easy and close targets to the south of the caucasus. just yesterday there the russian security services reported that a principal aide to the self-styled leader of the caucasus doku umarov was killed in dog astonished by security forces i think we can look at this time today as for more than likely a very rapid reaction presidential attack for the killing of the state of the arms . and i wore activist a don de bar believes that the international community should bring it to account the state actors that enable such terrorist attacks people on the ground who did this perhaps may be you know anonymous players just individuals who are incited one way or another but you do not move weaponized explosives into a major city without the aid of very powerful forces state actors usually and so i think that the focus should be for the entire international community to take a look al

senator's unwavering support for ukraine's opposition rallies with international relations professor mark sloboda he thinks their involvement is driven by anything but genuine concern over the authorities handling a peaceful protest. senator john mccain hasn't shown any such concern for occupy wall street protesters when they were brutally repressed in the united states and driven from zuccotti park and from the main centers of america cities across america or with. protesters in europe against neoliberal austerity measures when tens of millions receive like treatment over the last two years indeed just this week in spain in the united kingdom and in italy we saw police repression of peaceful political dissent john mccain hasn't. shown any concern about this what john mccain has always been concerned with is he views russia as a geopolitical enemy of the united states of the greater transatlantic community and. in officials is viewing through this through a cold war lens of trying to separate russia from the ukraine in order to in his mind keep it in a permanently geopolitically weakened state po

protestors in the ukrainian capital moscow state university international relations professor mark sloboda says what these officials are doing violates international law. the fact that they are essentially on the ground in kiev cheer leading the protesters on calling for a revolution in the country this is a tenth amount to the regime change that has been called for in german newspapers earlier today this is a most agreed just violation of the united nations charter and international law a violation of the sovereignty and the not interference of the domestic affairs of other states and i think russia cannot take the whole world community cannot take this. act lightly. check out archie dot com for a lead all the latest videos photos and news updates from kiev we have a detailed timeline of events in case you missed anything. his coming week in iran and six world powers are set to draft the first steps towards implementing the nuclear deal that was recently struck in geneva the process though isn't expected to be a smooth one although seen as a diplomatic breakthrough the agreement has alrea

earlier have been seen in central kiev cheering the protesters on international relations professor mark sloboda told us that it's unacceptable under international law. the fact that they are essentially on the ground in kiev cheer leading the protesters on calling for a revolution in the country this is a tantamount to the regime change that has been called for in german newspapers earlier today this is a most agree just violation of the united nations charter and international law violation of sovereignty and the not interference in the domestic affairs of other states and i think russia cannot take the whole world community cannot take this. act of lightly the latest news updates footage and photographs from kiev can be fun right now on the web site www dot com and you can also log on to get up to speed with how the protest started and escalated into the current situation. international this is the weekly stay with us for more world news after the break. weeks between thanksgiving and christmas in the united states a concord roughly twenty percent of annual mall traffic during that period of

of security agencies are all at the scene well the senior lecturer at moscow state university mark sloboda he explained why he believes the city came under attack. well look good is the principal focus simply because it's an easy and close target to the south of the caucasus. just yesterday there the russian security services reported that a principal aide to the self-styled a mirror of the caucasus doku umarov was killed in dog stand by security forces i think we can look at this attack today as for more than likely a very rapid reaction revenge attack for the killing of this a local artist. a policeman was killed trying to stop the suspect just before the bomb was detonated marks a lot of says that great efforts are put into place to prevent such tragedies. surety has been in a heightened condition regarding the threat of terrorist attacks for the last year as we approach a countdown to the sochi olympic games the. several services of russia have already announced that they have stopped a large quite a large number of terrorist incidents throughout the last year. antiterrorism adviser to

officials are at the site of the incident now we spoke to senior lecturer at moscow state university mark sloboda he explained why he believes the city came under attack although good is the principal focus simply because it's an easy and close target to the south of the caucasus. just yesterday there the russian security services reported that a principal aide to the self-styled of the year of the caucasus doku umarov was killed in dog astonished by security forces i think we can look at this time today as for more than likely a very rapid reaction presidential attack or the chilling with this local arts. your research fellow at the international institute for counterterrorism believes that cooperation between countries is essential to avoid extremist attacks. well it's not just blacks are not always not always easy to prevent it and as you know that takes place in other parts of the world gentlemen said that the last several months ago in boston in america again by it we generally came from chechnya for the set up to be all such a cop has to be prevented he must lead a very good intelligence an

but international relations professor mark sloboda he says it's those exactly same european politicians who are now interfering in ukraine's internal affairs by involving themselves directly in the protests. the fact that they are essentially on the ground in kiev cheer leading the protesters on calling for a revolution in the country this is a tantamount to the regime change that has been called for in german newspapers earlier today this is a most agree just violation of the united nations charter and international law violation of sovereignty and the non interference of the domestic affairs of other states and i think russia cannot take the whole world community cannot take this agree just act like. i do have a little left in its piggy bank ukraine wanted time to sort out the problem of its ever growing foreign debt and a range of compensation for modernization program he have said this could have helped safeguard jobs before it entered into any deal with the european union robert oulds the chair of the bruges group a u.k. independent old party think tank he says ukraine has to now l

have been cheering the protesters on in the ukrainian capital international relations professor mark sloboda of moscow state university says that what the officials are doing is a violation of international law. fact that they are essentially on the ground in kiev cheerleading the protesters on calling for a revolution in the country this is a tenth amount to the regime change that has been called for in german newspapers earlier today this is a most agreed just violation of the united nations charter and international law a violation of the sovereignty and the not interference of the domestic affairs of other states and i think russia cannot take the whole world community cannot take this. act lightly. come for the latest videos photographs and news updates from kiev a detailed timeline of events in case you missed them. this coming week iran and six world powers are such a draft the first steps towards implementing the nuclear deal that was recently sealed in geneva the process isn't expected to be a smooth one although seen as a diplomatic breakthrough it's already gotten fierce criticism

politicians have been seen in central kiev cheering protesters on international relations professor mark sloboda has told us that that is unacceptable under international law the fact that they are essentially on the ground in kiev cheerleading the protesters on calling for a revolution in the country this is a tantamount to the regime change that has been called for in german newspapers earlier today this is a most agree just violation of the united nations charter and international law violation of sovereignty and the not interference of the domestic affairs of other states and i think russia cannot take the whole world community cannot take this. act like. the latest news updates footage and photographs from kiev can be found right now on our website r.t. dot com and you can also log on to get up to speed with how the protest started and escalated into this current situation. you're watching r.t. international live from moscow stay with us for more world news after the break. if you're thinking about an alcoholic drink associated with russia it's probably not going to be one that springs into