e.u. politicians to zero. in their eyes in the violence in the protests. caught in the syrian crossfire artsy travels to draw near the capital damascus to meet the survivors of an attack by a hardline rebels who still occupy parts of the stricken said see. also this week bitcoins break in bad one of the digital currencies main advocates is arrested over money laundering connected to the silk road drug trafficking websites.

e.u. politicians go there and nakedly whip up the russian sentiment now this is an amazingly dangerous policy to undertake and this is all part of a much wider policy which has been going on for some years ever since the so-called orange revolution or pushing ukraine into nato now i was over that is a very serious danger that this is a situation that could escalate into a conflict with russia that along with an almost hysterical anti russian propaganda that you come across in the western media you know it these are this is these are the kind of things that do lead to serious conflicts and i think that i see there is a close spiral of the ninety four the in a kind of india logical russophobia with russell phobic. military and foreign policy you know brian i mean i agree with everything that george has said there obviously but brian when it when we look at calculation and strategy i have to go back to iraq afghanistan libya and that's all recklessness in my opinion in very dangerous costs we on the ground in lives and treasury and prestige everything so why would it be different in the pacific

e.u. politicians to open their eyes to the violence in the protests. in the searing fire artsy travels through our drive near the capital damascus to meet the survivors and it's hard by hardline rebels who still occupy parts of the stricken city. also this week bitcoins breaking bad one of the digital currency whose main advocates is the us that all the money laundering connected to the silk road drug trafficking websites. you're watching r.t. international coming to you live from our headquarters in moscow the latest headlines and a review of the week's top stories now leaders from ukraine's opposition one pledges of support from the united states and the european union when they appeared at the munich security form appealing for greater involvement from the west russia's foreign minister called on politicians to look closer at the violence being used by protesters and so question whether that really has anything to do with democracy you go to school for ports from germany. clearly the west has already taken the side of the protests or so u.s. secreta

e.u. . western politicians step up the agreement is to ukraine with the e.u. offering up by.lifeline to win over the new leadership and in other news this hour . a giant bear sheds a tear of farewell as the curtain draws on the sochi two thousand and fourteen winter games that will go down in history for a miracle and record breaking performances. president barack obama's attempts to tame.

e.u. . western politicians step up their pilgrimage to ukraine with the e.u. offering a financial lifeline to win over the new leadership and in the hours of their new. giant bear sheds a tear of farewell as the curtain falls on the sochi two thousand and fourteen winter games that will go down in history for remarkable and record breaking performances. and president barack obama's attempts to tame the n.s.a. may have failed as reports claim the agency scooped out hundreds of german officials after the president forbade them from spying on the country's chancellor . ten pm in moscow i matter as a very good to have you with us here on our t. our top story the ongoing hunt for ukraine's ousted leader viktor yushchenko the chinese once powerful party of regions has prompted some strong statement from russia a statement issued by the foreign ministry says moscow's quote alarmed by the dictatorial and sometimes terrorist methods chosen by ukraine's interim leadership to suppress discontent the text posted on the ministries website urges all connected with a crisis

e.u. european politicians flew in to give their support. among them e.u. policy chief katherine ashton. she gave her reaction to the bloodshed. >> i'm deeply worried by the escalation of violence in kiev and the numbers of reported casualty. this violence and bloodshed must stop immediately. i'm also very concerned abou cot the ultimatum to stop this by force. i call on the yanukovych government, along with the leaders of the opposition to find an immediate way out of this deepening crisis. >> in moscow the european leader are blamed for the violence saying what is happening is a direct result of the conniving policies of western politicians and european bodies. only a few months ago the european union was close to a trade deal with ukraine. now it seems likely to impose sanctions on the country. that seems the only option when european foreign ministers meet in crisis session in brussels on thursday. james bays, al jazeera, vienna. >> a bombing in beirut killing 7 people and injuring 100 people. it happened close to the iranian culture center. a group linked to al-qaeda has claimed res

e.u. and us politicians and the ukrainian rally brawling saying what's that all about what do they want there exactly. what the goal well the goal is to be visible like any politicians they want to be visible them they want to be seen they want to be heard. they want to be recognized but i mean i know the russia's foreign minister has said that the west has chip political interests in ukraine it does or whatever russia what are there to your political interest to my mind is very clear. still in the west there are politicians with a cold war mentality and some people think that if they inspire and to russian forces in ukraine or in any other former soviet republic that will do that will do good for i don't know nato european union to my mind is the biggest mistake. being pro western for former soviet republic does not automatically mean that they have to be and to russian. russia's main economic partner is the european union and. i think that for any former soviet republic the best way of development is having both good relations with both you the european union and the russian federation but

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e.u. as protests grew leading european politicians flew in to give them their support. among them the e.u. chief katherine. >> this violence and blood ched must toshedmust stop immediatel. i call on president yanukovych and government and members of the opposition to find a way out of this deepening crisis. >> in moscow the european leaders were blamed for the violence, releasing a statement saying: >> only a few months ago the european union was close to a trade deal with the ukraine. now it is considering sanctions on the country. that seems to be the only option when european union leaders meet for crisis in brussels. >> ukrainians living in the u.s. are keeping a close watch on events unfolding in their country. john terrett, what is the reaction from people you've talked to? >> reporter: well, you know, del, we've been garnering opinions from ukrainians who live in new york all morning but we were forced inside because of 9 terriblthe terrible rain in m. we heard from local business owners and a vietnam veteran who is ukrainian by birth, what his reaction is from hi

of that the late conversation from victoria nuland from a couple weeks ago and also american politicians and e.u. officials like john mccain and catherine ashton flying into care of late last year join in the process this in calling for the overthrow of a democratically elected government anyone who argues that the west led by the united states is genuinely committed to democracy and the rule of law is severely misguided because that argument is completely untenable marcus thank you fills in this market papadopoulos said it is all politics versus what is russian balkans commentator live from london thanks very much indeed for joining us here in our international where you can witness the ukrainian drama on. hold on a website don't call them the once picture arrest independence square and flourishing kiev has been turned into a wasteland plotted with a brilliant. people picked their way between raging fire to the it should have gotten shot screaming in clashes as bosses battled with security forces at what you don't come from or footage. of it back in just a moment with more news for you from ukr

e.u. and the us politicians who are the most frequent visitors to kiev during the protests. and artsy investigates the reasons behind the number of suicides among senior bankers to find out what could have pushed them to the edge. you're watching artsy international with me marina call survival welcome to the program well it's sunday and the final day of the salt your winter olympics in russia the home team have excelled now topping of the leader table as you can see right now but there's still room for an upside and medals up for grabs so with that all to play between russia and norway let's cross to andrew farmer who's in the mountain cluster in the song she for us that you are hi there and these so seem russia has done the grow. it's up for question is can they keep it up. yeah well water phonology russia has produced its best performance out of winter olympics in twenty years and it means that going into the final day they are on top of the medals table the question is as you say can they stay there well yes they can if their men can win this morning's cross-country skii

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e.u. and the us politicians who were the most frequent visitors to kiev during the protest. and a spate of suicide by senior bankers turns the spotlight squarely on the finance industry and the pressure it puts on its employees. which are to international coming to you live from moscow with memory and josh in sochi the olympics are nearing its their grand finale and canada has just grabbed the last gold and hard fought hockey clash with sweden russia though is still way ahead in the medal count with its bobsled team adding one more goal to broaden the gap at the top of the table scott is in sochi with the details. gold rush continued for russia into the final day the host nation cementing their place at the top of the medals table with two further gold medals on sunday the latest coming in the form on pope slay that now alexander golf and alexey voyage part of that crew meaning they've added to the gold that they'd already won in the two man competition that was russia's first pope's leggo since the fall of the soviet union they very quickly added that second elsewhere today

e.u. and the us politicians who were the most frequent visitors to kiev during the protests. and r.t. investigates the reasons behind the number of suicides among senior bankers to find out what could have pushed them to the edge. i. live from the heart of the russian capital this is r.t. international with me marina call survivor welcome to the program well it's sunday and the final day of the salt two winter olympics and russia the home team have excelled now it's hoping the leader table and in fact there are still medals up for grabs and norway is hard on russia's heels well it's over to an ace and now we're in our salty studio for all the latest action. it's a decisive moment for the russian team indeed this sunday two golds and a bronze on saturday and here is so you can feel that like never before thousands of fans are here and all those watching around the world know that it all hangs in the balance even a hundredth of a second deprived of first place in the overall medals table and norway is not a team to underestimate when it comes to skiing but for the host nation it's now o

e.u. and the us politicians who are the most frequent visitors to kiev during the protests. and a spate of suicides by senior bankers turned the spotlight squarely on the finance industry and the pressure it puts on its implodes. international live from moscow with me marina josh it's crunch time in sochi were the olympics are nearing their grand finale and contestants are going all out in the final push for glory russia is now unreachable and the medal counts with its bobsled team adding one more gold to broaden the gap at the top of the table as in sochi with the details. gold rush continued for russia into the final day the host nation some. mensing that place at the top of the medals table with two further gold medals on sunday the latest coming in the form on bob slave and now alexander golf and alexey voyage part of that crew meaning they've added to the gold that they'd already won in the two man competition that was russia's first pope's leggo since the fall of the soviet union they very quickly added that second elsewhere today there was a first for russia at these

e.u. and the us politicians who work the most frequent visitors to kiev during the protests. and best against the reasons behind the number of suicides among senior bankers to find out what could have pushed them to the edge. in moscow watching r t international with me marina joshie well there's absolutely no one to stop russia at this point in sochi winter olympics the home team have excelled and have now won the leaderboard breaking some historic records along the way. and are now to the east now in our such a studio for the very latest. it's a big day for the russian team indeed. the host nation is not only now unbeatable on the overall table with thirty two medals overall it's also the only country to win that many medals in winter olympics history fans can breathe a sigh of relief and enjoy the magic moment knowing their team will be on top at the closing ceremony tonight and farmer has more now on how this triumph came about . what a triumph for to finish to russia at these games one two three and a cross-country skiing for the men's fifty kilometer mass start a night

e.u. and the us politicians who are the most frequent visitors to kiev during the protests. and r.c. investigates the reasons behind the number of suicides among senior bankers to find out what could have pushed them to the edge. of life from the hearts of the russian capital this is artsy ensor national with me marina call survivor welcome to the program well it's sunday the final day of the salty winter olympics in russia the home team i have excelled and have now won the leaderboard with the men's cross-country skiers winning all the medals and their events well it's over it's so nice and now we're now in our software studio for all the latest. that's right a big day for russians fans ecstatic here cheering as russia's cross-country skiers all the podium in the fifty kilometer run just grab gold silver and bronze the country of course is now first in the overall medal count and it looks like it might stay that way as the olympics wrap up let's cross lines are andrew farmer he's in the mountain class has been following these games andrew what a triumph. what a triumph what a finish

e.u. and the you once politicians who were the most frequent visitors to kiev during the protests. and r.t. investigates the reasons behind the number of suicides among senior bankers to find out what could have pushed them to the edge. here watch an artsy international with me call survivor welcome to the program well it's sunday and the final day of the software winter olympics and russia the home team have excelled now topping the leader table while there is still room for an op said the medals are still up for grabs so with that all to play for between russia and norway let's go to andrew farmer who's in the mountain cluster and saw two for us hi there andrew well we're open source tablets connection will be with us in just a second andrew. if you can hear me from the moscow studio it's a big day for. you i can just he ok well we're just talking how it's the final there is little battles out russia yeah to use his best performance at the winter olympics in twenty years that means it goes into the final day on top of the medals type of the big question is can they stay there and

e.u. regarding corruption so you are a politician so without naming names have you witnessed corruption. of the person on the witness corruption a member of polity that's always been very critical about the way that the situations work and even as the national level of this is the same the so we have never been approached by any people to do any corrupt business and we are all over and we have always been the critical towards the lack of transparency the lack of you know accountability and that's often found in me in the public business so no i personally have never wished that witnessed it myself well you know what's interesting here is that because of the findings detail of the massive scale of corruptions we're out of the european union and you know i'd like to ask you what is driving the strand and what's behind all this which is a. well you of course the situation is different than in the different member states of the european union and some member states there is a widespread problem a huge problem whereas in other countries especially the nordic countries this is less of a proble

western politicians step up. with the e.u. offering a financial lifeline to win over the new leadership in the hours other news. giant bear shedding a tear of farewell as the curtain falls on sochi two thousand and fourteen winter games i will go down in history for remarkable and record breaking performances. and president obama's attempts to tame.

western politicians step up to ukraine with the e.u. offering a financial lifeline to win over new leadership. a giant bear sheds a tear a farewell as the curtain falls on sochi two thousand and fourteen winter games i will go down in history for a remarkable record breaking performances. president obama attempts to tame the n.s.a. of apparently failed as reports clean the agency spied on hundreds of german officials after the president forbade them from snooping on the country's chancellor. midnight in moscow i am at present very good to have you with us our top story this hour the ongoing hundred for ukraine's ousted leader viktor yushchenko between his once powerful party of regions prompted some strong statements from russia issued by the foreign ministry this statement says moscow's quote alarmed by the dictatorial sometimes terrorist methods chosen by ukraine's interim leadership to suppress discontent the text posted on their web site also urges all connected with the crisis to show deep responsibility to prevent further escalati

e.u. in general not just for housing where the politicians don't want to restructure bad debt they'd rather print money and try and inflate their way out of the problem and it's not working so here in the u.s. of fed's kept rates very low they've been trying to essentially deal with the problem through inflation and they can't make inflation go up in fact a failing it's been going down in this respect so you know we have a problem that everyone wants to ignore but what you've got to remember is that in the one nine hundred twenty s. when the housing bust started in one nine hundred twenty seven it went for about three or four decades before you soaked up the excess inventory in states like florida and the southwest even in those days so we're really playing that movie you could see florida struggling in terms of home prices for years because nobody wants to deal with it particularly the northern part of the state that's not as attractive meanwhile down in the south miami that area you have large and times italian right half a latin america move in there it's capital flight so it's a very in

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into force in ukraine as the country's opposition cozies up to western politicians of the security munich once again warning the e.u. against taking some. of the weekly around of the top stories that helped shape the past seven days. and first tens of thousands of people have been rallying in paris and also in the city of leone in the latest wave of demonstrations for traditional family values of his in the french capital. demonstration we're seeing right now is the latest in a wave of unrest that swept across france the campaign is that are out on the streets marching through central paris they say that they're marching in defense of traditional family values now they say they're against proposed changes to the law that would make alternative ways for homosexual couples to have children legal naysay that they want to quash proposed laws that have been put forward now the demonstrations that we've seen in the past have on occasion to end violent haven from the other week we saw a so-called day of rage a day of anger across the country where thousands and thousands of people were out on the streets and that did end

western politicians to step up their pilgrimage to ukraine where the e.u. offering a financial lifeline to win over the new leadership.