dmitri medvedev says that russia will consider establishing diplomatic relations with the libyan rebels but only if they are able to unite the country the russian president also called on the two sides of the conflict to sit down and talk to determine the future of libya lindsey german a london based activist from the stop the war coalition believes that majority of libyans don't want the west to tell them what to do. we have to remember we've been here before we've been here before with afghanistan we've been there before with iraq and i think the lesson from both of those and that actually the message is even coming from many of the rebels in tripoli and elsewhere in libya is that they don't want nato there any more they don't want western troops on the ground and they want to run their own country and i think it would be very foolish for david cameron or anybody else to believe this really vindicates their foreign policy in terms of the war on terror this does. bring to mind some of the worrying ways in which these things are being used i personally think the intervention of the inte

it follows a kim jong il's meeting with president dmitri medvedev in russia's republic of korea kim kim also said that he'd consider implementing a moratorium on the production and testing of nuclear weapons. as out of a is in the republic's capital with more details on this. after a meeting with the russian president the north korean leader kim jong il has announced his country's willingness to return to the six party negotiations aimed at denuclearizing the korean peninsula but it will only reimpose its moratorium on production and testing of nuclear weapons once those six party talks begin the rest of the six party talks members like south korea japan the united states they all want the north korean leader to implement the moratorium first and then have north korea return to the six party talks which have been stalled since two thousand and eight the north korean leader still wants to do it his way but still his announcement is a very big deal there were several signed pointing to the possibility of such a breakthrough even when kim jong il began his journey usually the very secretiv

what you're looking at there is part of the extensive interview that dmitri medvedev gave to r.t. as well as to the echo muscovy radio station and the georgian t.v. channel pick if you'd like to watch the extended version it's on air again here in the next hour. when the revolution is over but few in egypt say their lives are any easier these days even considering the former president's finally on trial charged with killing and corruption them about eric denied those charges against him at the opening of his hearing into accusations of ordering the killing of protesters if he's convicted mubarak could face the death penalty the eighty three year old was in a hospital bed when he appeared alongside his two sons and top aides who were also accused of corruption a mass killing however six months after mubarak was toppled the post-revolutionary chaos makes many egyptians for what went before his maria for national reports this quaint cairo is now one of the most famous in the world many around the globe even those with little knowledge of arabic know its name means liberation well the

dmitri medvedev has told syria's president assad he needs to carry out reforms and talk to the opposition the russian leader believes if both sides can find common ground assad future awaits syrians. nourse it is thought successful in your book unfortunately the situation in syria has taken a dramatic turn we real politicians should follow developments gadhafi in libya gave violent orders to destroy the opposition the syrian president gave no such orders unfortunately a lot of people are dying in syria this is our biggest concern in my private conversation with the president and in the private letters i've sent him i discussed the same ideas reforms need to be carried out so he should establish peace with the opposition establish peace in the country and create a modern state if he fails to do that then a sound future awaits him and at the end of the day we'll have to make our decision we're watching the situation is changing our guidelines are to. the russian president has given an interview to r.t. and other media organizations on the eve of the third anniversary of the setting more spe

dmitri medvedev gave that interview to r t along with a new radio and georgian t.v. channel peak and extend it in an extended version is coming your way the next hour here on our t.v. well stay with us here on r t still to come a look at how s.s. marchers commemorating the dead are bringing nazi ideas back to life in modern extent modernists tonia. but first riot police have surrounded up tent camps set up in ukraine's capital by supporters of former prime minister yulia timoshenko who was arrested friday the protesters fear officers may storm the camps after the after the court where her trial is taking place banned gatherings outside parties alexei he has more from. ukraine's former prime minister yulia timoshenko still remains in detention center in kenya following the decision by according to you have to place on the arrest for that you would have been forbidden to leave the country now she was put behind bars as the judge just explained because of her bad behavior during the trial now. he's being accused of several very high profile economic crimes including str

that of course led many to speculate that the meeting also publicized with the russian president dmitri medvedev would bring about some definite breakthrough and we know that there have been further developments in the plans for a gas pipeline that will go from russia to south korea of course. via north korea we also know that a number of many sad been created and this see oh of russia's gas giant gas well has been tasked with overseeing the project so that definitely is still in the works and could be a very lucrative deal for north korea for south korea as well and definitely for russia which is looking to export more of its resources russia's to play a crucial role as mediator soothing tensions between the two koreas says a week's iraq can cause a national campaign to end the korean. bush is in the perfect position to play this role because of their closer relationship with the united states over the past years because of the fact they aren't seen as a lot i did with north korea as china is and because someone has to as a world leader stand up and say this war has gone on for sixty years that

but he's correspondent paula slayer there talking about khaled dmitri medvedev. this is still to come the knights of the sky. the crowds on the ground this is an exciting spectacle but that's not quite the emotion that's going through my mind at the moment because i'm about to see what happens from inside the cockpit oh. all of the day's job and all the thrills and some spectacular stunts from the final day of the mac's international air show in moscow coming up boy. heading to britain next though where two young men have been handed tough jail sentences for using facebook to encourage violent riots the jail terms were praised by prime minister david cameron but slammed by human rights groups as being over the top of a bennett has more now on how the policy of zero tolerance has taken hold in the u.k. . four years behind bars for the riot that didn't even happen jordan black sure and perry sutcliffe kenan were banged up for inciting disorder on facebook no one turned up after their invitation to riot which they later said was a drunken joke but now they face sent

but says part of an extensive interview dmitri medvedev gave to r.t. as well as. radio and georgian t.v. channel peak the full length version is coming up for you later in the program. in israel more than a quarter of a million people took to the streets on saturday night in the later show of discontent with the government that's after three weeks of protest over the soaring cost of living activists demanding the prime minister steps down benjamin netanyahu has responded with a promise of great changes in israel's economy a special panel has been set up to deal with the crisis which is even led to calls for a revolution similar to that in egypt on television street labeled as is where we really are but as part of their reports protesters are concerned it's taken this much pressure just to get any kind of reaction. tens of thousands on the streets of israel angry and protesting for change but is anyone listening when it comes to a lot of the foreign media want to see more of an action movie and this hasn't been a very violent it's been very hasn't been both and als

that of course led many to speculate that the meeting also publicized with the russian president dmitry medvedev would bring about some definite breakthrough and we know that there have been further developments in the plans for a gas pipeline that will go from russia to south korea of course north korea we also know that a number of committees have been created and this c.e.o. of russia's gas giant gazprom has been tasked with overseeing the project so that definitely is still in the works and could be a very lucrative deal for north korea for south korea as well and definitely for russia which is looking to export more of its resources. as the civil war in libya rages many say the country could go the way of egypt and and and with the dissolution society impatient for reform but some believe it could be much was. talks to the editor of a london based upon arab newspaper but he's using recent events that's coming up in a moment. i'm talking to abdel bari atwan who's the editor of the london based newspaper al could be he is obviously going to talk to me about libya and he says that there's a hu

russian president dmitry medvedev warned syria's president will have a sad fate if he doesn't if woman reforms this comes as reports say more than a thousand people have been killed since the unrest in syria began in march. the ukraine former prime minister yulia timoshenko is detained for contempt of court inferior infuriating her supporters outside the courthouse where she's on trial for abuse of power she's accused of bankrupting the premium economy with a russian gas deal but she maintains her innocence saying the trial is a political witch. coming up on the eve of the third anniversary of the war in south president dmitry medvedev spoke to our team as well as at home me radio and georgian t.v. child kate in the interview he gave us some insight into the tough decisions he had to make in august of two thousand and eight and the consequences of the war that's coming your way next. best of russia mr president thank you very much for agreeing to answer our questions then let us go back to the events of two thousand and eight back then you met with the georgian president mikheil saakas

that was the message delivered as the dmitry medvedev met with the ukrainian president. >> a friendly exchange of handshakes for close political partners. serious talks are expected to follow. kiev would like to open negotiations on their gas contracts and russia has issues they would like to talk about. >> we have a lot of topics to discuss and as always, we want to be direct and friendly. >> russia is unsettled by the ongoing legal proceedings against the former prime minister. the russian foreign ministry said that she acted in accordance with the law when she concluded gas supply contracts with russia in 2009. moscow hopes she will receive a fair trial. >> russia is not defending her but the gas deal that she signed and is now serving as a pretext for these proceedings. >> instead of eliminating one of his rivals, the proceedings may only alienate one of the foreign allies. >> the president was even taken by surprise. it was vladimir putin who negotiated the controversial deal. >> the u.s. will give $17 million in aid for eastern african countries hit by the worst famine in decade

reforms need to be carried out if he fails to do that then the senate future awaits him president dmitry medvedev war and syria's president tell. sad fate if he doesn't implement reforms thirteen more people reportedly killed in a fresh wave of protests only days after a fierce crackdown in the city of hama this comes amid estimates that more than a thousand people have been killed since the underestimated back in march. and ukraine's former prime minister really really a timoshenko detained for contempt of court infuriating her supporters outside the courthouse where she's on trial for the use of power she's accused of bankrupting ukraine's economy with a russian gas deal but she maintains her innocence saying the trials of political witch hunt maintains the agreement that ended the two thousand and nine and european energy crisis was concluded legally and. time now for our documentary on how the republican has arisen from a conflict to become once again a holiday destination stay with us here on our. ancient greeks and romans built that towns here they live side by side with local tribes in two

bring back the moratorium on nuclear production and testing it follows his meeting with president dmitri medvedev in russia. and a major breakthrough in the. case investigators say they know who ordered the russian journalists it follows truce.

. >>> russian president dmitry medvedev and north korean leader kim jong-il held talks on wednesday. a spoke woman for medvedev says north korea is ready to resume without preconditions the six-party talks on its nuclear program. medvedev met kim at a russian military facility outside ulan-ude in eastern siberia. it was the first summit between the nations in nine years. >> after the talks, a russian news agency qteth pridtiposwans yi k io impose a moratorium on testing and production of nuclear weapons. medvedev told reporters both sides agreed to construct a natural gas pipeline from the russia far east to south korea by way of north korea. >>> kim jong-il's visit to russia is his third since becoming leader of north korea in 1994. >> reporter: after succeeding his father kim il-sung, kim jong-il worked on enhancing diplomatic relations with a number of countries. he made his first trip to russia in july 2001, taking his private trn a 24-day, 18,000 loter journe kim held a summit with then russian president vladimir putin in moscow. thleaders ised a joint declaration, callingorlose

expected to arrive in ulan ude east siberia where he's expected to meet with russian president dmitry medvedev. kim arrived in russia saturday on his first trip to the country in nine years. he visited the largest hydroelectric power plant in the russian far east before heading west by train. kim is expected to arrive in ulan ude as early as tuesday morning. ahead of kim's arrival, russian and north korean flags were raised at the train station. security at the station was stepped up with a metal detector installed at the entrance and all vehicles moved from the square in front. sources at russia's presidential office say the meeting between kim and medvedev is scheduled for wednesday. the two leaders are expected to exchange views on the resumption of the six-party program as well as economic cooperation between the two countries. >>> tension continues in libya rebels are pushing for complete control of the capital tripoli and the capture of leader moammar al gadhafi. many citizens had already gathered in the square in the city center celebrating their freedom from gadhafi's rule. the rebel-l

comes on an important day for abkhazia as it was this day three years ago when russian president dmitri medvedev recognized cause years independence from georgia the primary reason for that was the georgia had attacked south of setia that another tiny caucasus republic in august of two thousand and eight and it came on the back of that and fears that there may also be violence here and that ended a long struggle for independence for the abkhazian people which started after the breakup of the soviet union all that conflict though left of cars is infrastructure very damaged and very weak and its main industries are going to need a lot of building up and i think that's what the really going to want from the next president. obvious reporting right now emergency crews have so far failed to find the wreckage of the unmanned russian spacecraft that crashed on wednesday experts say parts of the progress vessel may have burned up in the atmosphere while falling down the spaceship was carrying supplies to the international space station when it malfunctioned shortly after launch it crashed in the southern

with my colleague dmitri medvedev in about half an hour from now in the meantime it's a special report for you on the epidemic of domestic abuse in the u.s. which delves into the psyche of both the victims and their abuses. of abuse to me. i can sum it up in one word despair. and i just pray that if you didn't find me if i could just live through the night that i would get my kids out of here because i knew that what was going to happen was that he was going to kill me. i love this guy and i promise to be his wife into honor and respect and cherish you know this is what he did to me. the look on my son. is the thing that i can stop this dad. it's really important to ask her are you being hurt are you afraid to go back home if we don't as we won't find out. she had a bag packed that was in her bedroom shame on their backpack that was in her car our assumption as she told him that he was that she was leaving. the portrait of abuse is fine that is extremely frightening extremely dark even though it looks silly and that as a community we can provide that ran home. just one case of the must

president dmitri medvedev there speaking to our t.v. echo most of the radio station and the georgia based a pick television channel he was talking looking back at the two thousand and eight to such an award touching on a sensitive issue such as his relationship with male saakashvili as well as the recognition of a cost well there's much more that he'll be talking about if you missed it you can log on to our web site that's r t dot com there you'll find the full version of the interview will all be back with more news in a few minutes. close up in the cool down region. from all over the world had a few centimeters to come. this time go to the i would reach. for the gold rush still gets people like to. try to save its culture. where cranes are protected in the first official nature preserve. what should close up on our. the leap. the litmus tests . seems. to be absurd. was. the few moments of the folks bringing you the latest in science technology from around the russian. we dumped the huge earth covered. me he. explained. c. c. wealthy b

a third of the company leaving the controlling stake untouched so weeks ago russian president dmitry medvedev said the state will not rush the privatization of left outlined the decision will be made as he says it is considered necessary. and now to the news though something about pay pal is wayne plans to open an office in moscow this autumn according to the better most newspaper of the world's largest online payment portal aspirants invest twenty five million dollars in russia paperless come in hand in hand with its own or as i mentioned earlier online auction site e bay and in order to operate a russia eating needs to sort out not just its own line transactions but also the delivery and while it's in talks with the h.l. about postal services pay pal will be transfer in the money analysts say pay pal as move looks reasonable given russia's booming online payment markets. prices for drugs in russia are about to take off again the country ski suppliers raise fuel costs by up to ten persons on tuesday while companies say that high global crude prices and domestic shortages are spurning crease

plans with no preconditions the announcement came as the country's reclusive leader met president dmitry medvedev in russia on a rare trip abroad kim jong il rolled across siberia in an armored train also to discuss a vital energy deal for his state struggling economy. was following. a man of mystery north korea's kim jong il prefers to stay out of the. like the great leader as he's officially known at home constantly fears for his life which is why he avoids planes has armored cars and eats chopsticks designed to detect reasons but the fear of ongoing sanctions and tough financial times proved more significant as he can john l. embarked on a widely publicized trip to russia making tracks from pyongyang in a special armored train gifted to kim's father by stalin the leader crossed the border with russia and made his first stop in the far eastern town of class on from there he traveled on the translate beren railway to the baikal region with the republic of borneo to as his final destination and a meeting with president medvedev his ultimate goal but before meeting with his current russian counter

russia by train his first trip abroad in almost a decade kim jong il will be meeting president dmitri medvedev for talks in a few days time the visit comes as pyongyang struggles under a set of western sanctions while military tension on the korean peninsula rumbles on artie's jacob group's reports it's thought that energy cooperation is largely essential to these discussions as david summit at present made it his self as champion quite recently and when it comes to these two countries always in the background this is the issue of the denuclearization of north korea and russia heavily involved here in the six party talks are ongoing trying to meet that end goal because kim jong il himself wolf packs this is his third visit to russia is first occurring in two thousand and one and i was on the quest of prime minister vladimir putin then president he stayed for three weeks came back in two thousand and two it's the third time this time he's been invited by president better if that's the first time these leaders are going to meet face to face and that's expected to occur next week in the russian r

pm most of time next on the eve of the third anniversary of the size of such a war president dmitri medvedev spoke to r.t. as well as echo must be radio and the georgian t.v. channel peak and speaks about the action he took and the legacy of that decision this is what the russian leader. i said russia mr president thank you very much for agreeing to answer our questions but let us go back to the events of two thousand and eight back then you met with the georgian president mikheil saakashvili your meeting took place in st petersburg and there was an impression that points both into d.c. and in moscow that we had arrived at some sort of an accord and they just you could not be allowed to pile over into an armed conflict and i reiterate that it's feelings present both in moscow and it's d.c. kitazawa the managed to agree on anything with the georgian president that. pushes the question you know catherine i had the same impression at the time but i can still recall meeting president saakashvili for the first time it was in some petersburg we met in the constantine palace and mr secretary arrive

on an important day for a cause here as it was this day three years ago when russian president dmitri medvedev recognized causes independence from georgia the primary reason for that was the georgia had attacked south of. that another tiny caucasus republic in august of two thousand and eight and it. on the back of that some fears that there may also be violence here that comes at the end of a very long on a very bloody struggle for independence for a cause you really started after the collapse of the soviet union in one thousand nine hundred one and to this area was sealed for a long time and the result of all that fighting is the immense damage to the infrastructure of this small republic we don't need the new president whoever he may be to try and bolster that and make sure this country doesn't just rely on the fact that it's. a struggle for independence. reporting there and watching i think going to life from moscow we're here for you twenty four hours a day and remember you can watch the news you want when you want it on our website that's r.t. dot com here's a quick look at what we've go

stationed out of the south ossetian capital were among the first to experience the georgian president dmitry medvedev recalls the tragic events of that low. let me remind you what was going on there on the night between august the seventh and august the eighth i received a phone call from the defense minister i was on vacation at the time sailing down the volga river and the whole world was looking forward to the olympics that were about to take off in china the minister told me that georgia had launched a full scale combat operation so i looked to be honest my initial reaction was complete doubt that i told the minister that we should check this is really completely out of his mind maybe it's just a provocative act and maybe he stress testing your seconds in trying to send us some kind of message and i will later the minister reported to me that if this is no bluff they've unleashed an all out artillery barrage and they're using grad rocket launchers and whatnot i said all right i'll wait for another update some more time passed and the minister called again i have something to tell you i believe th

but first russian president dmitry medvedev has warned syria's leader of a sad fate if government crackdowns on protesters keep up the statement came during an extensive interview with r t along with the radio and georgian t.v. channel p.-i kate you can see the full interview and of the interview later this hour here's a preview. unfortunately the situation in syria has taken a dramatic turn we real politicians should follow developments gadhafi gave violent old is to destroy the opposition the syrian president gave no such orders unfortunately a lot of people are dying in syria this is our biggest concern in my private conversation with the president of syria and in the private letters i sent him i discussed the same ideas reforms need to be carried out he should establish peace with the opposition establish peace in the country and create a modern state if he fails to do that then a sad future awaits him and at the end of the day we'll have to make a decision we're watching the situation it is changing guidelines to live with. me while at least ten people have been killed six wounded in cl