plan to move you to come down through the snow take a look at how russia's president dmitry medvedev shows his skating skills in song. and also progress in leaps and bounds find out how a dog from ukraine has become something of a legend in just a few bob. but before that so world news in brief this hour bahrain police have fired tear gas and stun grenades to hundreds of peaceful protesters in the compas holdman nama around two hundred people gathered at a diplomatic coup and set up to all dissent to well an uprising again and it's still unclear whether anyone was injured but witnesses say at least one protester was detained in bahrain a rising ahead of tuesday's one year anniversary of the first large protests against. singer and actress whitney houston has been found dead in a badly hills hotel room as they age the cause of her death is not yet now but she had suffered from previous drug abuse and have peak houston was one of the world's best selling artists despite a possible problems a glittering career is since the one nine hundred eighty s. with countless the rules and many num

so plenty more to come down through the snow so take a look at how russia's president dmitry medvedev shows his skin skills in sochi. also progress and leaps and bounds find out how a dog from ukraine has become something of a legend in a few minutes. and some world news in brief you this hour and news just in singer whitney houston has died at day just eight because of her death is not have known but she had suffered from previous drug abuse and we'll bring you more on that story when we get it. also daryn police have fired tear gas and stun grenades to disperse hundreds of peaceful protesters in the capital manila around two hundred people gathered as they did last a crucial unsettle to rule the center with uprising a garret it's still unclear whether anyone was injured but witnesses say at least one protester was detained tensions in bahrain are rising ahead of tuesday's one again a vast year old the first large protests against king. one of the sons of the late to libyan leader moammar gadhafi has sought to khadafi has been arrested in new chad according to media reports there he

plenty more to come for you dashing through the snow to take a look at how russia's president dmitry medvedev shows his killing skills in sochi . also progress in the sun bounce find out how a dog from ukraine has become something of a legend just a few. thousands have rallied across europe against the international anti-piracy accord known as people in the u.k. germany poland and lithuania have voiced that fear that the treaty will hold freedom of speech and lead to online censorship. has more from london. in line with hundreds of thousands of people all over europe today these people here in london behind me demonstrating against this act at the anti counterfeit trade agreement this new green line which would make its next step by step see. if they used the pirates it takes a few days to police these activists in the streets with no monitoring all of it there looks to be the primary need the moment i hear none of this is very often where they've got bandits reading to shut down the internet this thing new actor it's made of these and stop internet censorship one of the main objections to th

the runs up for the downhill world cup but just before the race kicked out of russian president dmitry medvedev to the snow to showcase his skate skills and his damaged little ski reports tests of the twenty four games are in full swing. so she's been known to have warm february's in the past but not this year blizzards and temperatures well below zero may be great for some winter sports but for downhill skiing you want good visibility and less snow that's already on the ground and not still falling preparing the posts in such conditions was a challenge put the weather is of course a key factor and blizzards can hold us up it and cause delays but it hasn't affected overall preparations in the resort and it is now ready to host the world cup. despite bad weather delays were minimal and as the mountain skies cleared domestic competitions began in earnest to both facilities to the test the venues here on the slopes and bridges across napoli on there are undergoing this sternest examination yet the head of the two thousand and fourteen winter games for both the organizers and the athletes it's a pe

damascus on this planned visit now he's going to be taking with him a message from president dmitri medvedev it's believed that message will be asking for strong democratic changes in. in syria now russia's stance has always been to condemn both sides in this situation its on the ongoing violence in the middle eastern country they aren't taking the side of one of the other saying well the governments have some questions to answer but both sides have to lay down their arms and get around a peace table to discuss this out how their issues now speaking today speaking on monday what we've heard from serbia love as well an attack against those who came after him we heard condemnation from the united states from france and from great britain over russia's decision to veto that security council resolution and this is what he had to say in response. should. we could have achieved consensus at the u.n. security council and we asked them to give us more time with your so that we could discuss the situation following our visit to damascus on february seventh they chose to push for the vote and it means

security council heading to damascus on tuesday bearing with him a message from president dmitri medvedev a message that's believed to request the assad government make strong democratic changes in the country now the foreign ministry very unhappy about this the russian government very unhappy in fact going as far as to call it disrespectful to allow the not allow the vote to be delayed until. it completed that trip now. with regards to the comments that it be made from around the world following that the session by china and russia to veto the u.n. resolution with condemnation from the united states from france from great britain the foreign secretary in great britain going as far as to say that this meant there was blood on the hands of those that had vetoed it well so very unhappy about these comments he was speaking at a press conference alongside people here in a foreign minister he said that he was scathing in his response to those comments made from abroad some western comments on the outcome of the u.n. security council syrian resolution vote sounded decent and almost hysterical i

imperative elections the purpose behind the new parliamentary bill introduced by president dmitri medvedev the draft proposal and this it is an election process with less bureaucracy and more representation that also take into account the country's vocal online community where correspondents piece all of the has more on the proposed changes. this bill is being put forward by president proposes a major overhaul of the electoral process in russia and some of the key points in this bill is put to. rights. polling stations to video and photograph what is happening also allowing of course the the web cams that we will see across polling stations across russia that will not just be broadcasting the live from the polling stations but also the count taking place. now the system of proportional representation in russia will remain. we will see changes to how the country is divided up now what is being put forward has been put forward. two hundred and twenty five. the country will be into all of them roughly equal. it's expected. a lot more parties from all over the country. going for seats in the d

move for years to come they get done through this snow so take a look at how russia's president dmitry medvedev shows his skill and skills in salt . and also progress in leaps and bounds find out how a dog from ukraine has become something of a legend just a human. but fast and thousands have run it across europe against the international court known as access people in the u.k. germany poland and it's where near have voiced their fear that the treaty would harm freedom of speech and lead to online censorship on his laura smith has more from london for us. in line with hundreds of thousands of people all over europe today these people here in london behind me are demonstrating against the anti counterfeit sick trade agreements and disagreements which would make instant service by this time she was killed in the use of pirating it is defending these activists in the streets with no mo money and strength of the in their love for me i mean very nice anonymous. me and none of this is very often where they've got banners we didn't want to shut down instead they're saying no actor culture is made of

damascus on this planned visit now he's going to be taking with him a message from president dmitri medvedev it's believed that message will be asking for strong democratic changes in syria now russia's stance is always keen to condemn both sides in this situation it's all the ongoing violence in the middle eastern country they aren't taking the side of one of the other saying well the governments have some questions to answer but both sides have to lay down their arms and get around a peace table to discuss this out how they're issues and this is what he had to say in response. to that we could have achieved consensus at the u.n. security council so that we asked them to give us more time with your so that we could discuss the situation following our visit to damascus on february seventh but they chose to push for the vote but it means that they wanted to find someone to blame for what's happening in syria and to distract the public from the actions of armed groups which received weapons under devices from abroad so now the main problem that russia had with the resolution as it was that it

event sampling the runs for the down here world cup there's the russian president right there dmitri medvedev also taking to the snow to showcase is a pretty slick skiing skills and as artist and reports tests for the two thousand and fourteen sochi games are evidently in full swing. so she's been known to have breweries in the past but not this year. blizzards and temperatures well below zero may be great for some winter sports but for downhill skiing you want good visibility and less snow that's already on the ground and not still falling preparing the posts in such conditions was a challenge but the weather is of course a key factor heavy fog and blizzard can hold us up and cause delays but it hasn't affected overall preparations in the resort it is now ready to host the world ski cup. despite bad weather delays were minimal and as the mountain skies cleared domestic competitions began in earnest to put facilities to the test the venues here on the slopes and bridges across napoli are now are undergoing the sternest examination yet the head of the two thousand and fourteen winter games for

market sperm bank is closing the long awaited deal to purchase ostracize vaults bank international dmitri medvedev has more. sperm bank has finally got the platform for foreign expansion after more than a year of searching and negotiations it's finally closing the deal to buy austrian sports bag international here in vienna now since sealing the deal way back in september sperm bank has managed to receive several sweeteners for the deal with the final price being almost half of what was initially agreed and that's five hundred five million euros now the final price cut of around eighty million came through. hung garion operations coming in with poor performance now with these deals burbank now gains access to financial sectors of twelve countries where folks bank operates excluding romania which was not included into the deal now this is of course a very important step towards establishing itself as a global brand although the strategy for business development of banks has not yet been revealed it will be revealed in april it is widely expected as burbank will be focusing on retail operations and

are going russian president dmitry medvedev submitted before and final bill which is part of his so-called liberalization campaign seen as a response to the latest opposition rallies in the country following the parliamentary vote in december the latest amendments concern the formation of the lower house of parliament peter all over explains well the idea behind this bill is to try and make the lower house of russian parliament the duma more representative of the whole country and not just a disassociated political party in moscow it's to involve the whole of russia in the political system now the country's going to be divided up into two hundred twenty five electoral districts each one of those districts guaranteed to have at least one duma deputy coming from there now these districts will be roughly around the same size in terms of the amount of people who were. in those groups know. what the idea is to get people away from voting for a party or a leader based in moscow and to get local people essentially voting for a local politician. that will represent their needs in the state duma th

this hour with our team's new show capital account on the air less than ten minutes from now and dmitri medvedev right now. bluto you know when welcome to business r t a bank funded exclusively by emerging nations is being discussed by the brics group of nations brazil russia india china and south africa suffered as western leaders pulled out billions of dollars in the wake of the credit crunch the brics a bank that would fund infrastructure projects in these states the fastest growing economic bloc in the world it would also count away the dominance of the i.m.f. the world bank which of always been headed by politicians from europe and us. it's a bank bonus season that i knew all right of big money and even bigger egos but the party may be over in the russian banking sector the country's central bank is taking steps to avoid excessive payments it will make the fees depend on the lenders financial performance and that's just the beginning reward systems will also figure in the rating in the future the regulator also wants to fix half the bankers salaries the other half being performance space wh

so plenty more to come for you dashing through the snow take a look at how russia's president dmitry medvedev shows his kings goes insult change . also progress in the lead son bound to find out how a dog from ukraine has become something of a legend in just a few. thousands have rallied across europe against international antiparos so-called known as access people in the u.k. germany poland and lithuania have voiced that fear that the treaty will hold freedom of speech and lead to online censorship lower smith has more from london for. in line with hundreds of thousands of people all over europe today these people here in london behind me are demonstrating against accept the anti counterfeit sick trade agreement disagreement which would make insensitive by the sixty responsible thing they used was pirating it is defending these activists in the streets will not moan moan it's tearing of the hymns their love to me i mean very nice anonymous. be anonymous and very often where that they got banned is waiting to shut down instead they're saying no actor culture is made of copies and stop interne

going russian president dmitry medvedev submitted the fourth of the final bill which is part of his so-called liberalization campaign now it's seen as a response to the latest opposition rallies in the country following the parliamentary elections in december the latest amendments concerning the formation of the lower house of parliament and for more on the proposed changes let's cross live to r.t.c. peter oliver with the latest peter can just tell us exactly what this bill is going to change in the election system well the idea behind this bill is to try and make the lower house of russian parliament the duma more representative of the whole country and not just a disassociated political body in moscow it's to involve the whole of russia in the political system now under the current system there actually some parts of the country that do not have a deputy at all that aren't represented in the duma now what we won't see changing is the method of election russia will stay with with proportional representation but with a twist now the country's going to be divided up into two hundred twenty fiv

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president dmitry medvedev has met members of unregistered parties to discuss how to make the country's political future more inclusive it's the president's first such meeting with your position it comes in the wake of sweeping political reforms proposed mass protests over the results of parliamentary elections in december tens of thousands of people have been gathering all over russia demanding fair elections with more demonstrations planned ahead of the presidential vote in march. for more on the president's meeting in the politics section of our web site here's some of what we've lined up for you online right now. u.s. presidential candidate ron paul america is on a dangerous path with broken government. joins. russia. countries planning to buy weapons to fight terrorists. and. wealthy british. markets. find out what's really happening to the global economy. global financial headlines. it's all designed to keep you close in your. world as a prison. somebody in there for a couple hours like. you have this fear of the unknown in this stress sort of building. ten twelve hours they chose

more competitive elections the purpose behind a new parliamentary panel introduced by president dmitry medvedev the draft proposal envisages an election process with less bureaucracy and more representation and also take into account the country's a vocal online community let's get more on the proposed changes from our correspondent peter oliver peter well what exactly is being put forward here. while this bill is being put forward by president proposes a major overhaul of the electoral process in russia now some of the key points that are in this bill if it is put through the dealer becomes law what will mean is it will establish rights. at polling stations to video and photograph what is happening there also allowing of course the the web cams that we will see across it polling stations across russia that will not just be you're counting the life of the polling stations but also the count taking place where those votes are added now the system of proportional representation in russia will remain as it is however we will see changes to how the country is divided up now what is being put forwar