the duma had set up a provisional government. at the same time the workers and military deputies soviet was formed two centers of power emerged the period of dual power had begun. the revolution brought new freedoms freedom of assembly. the release of all political prisoners and. equal rights for all citizens. freedom of speech and press. abolition of capital punishment. a few days were enough to put an end to the three hundred year reign of the romanovs. emblems of the old order were destroyed. on march the fourth fifty artists gathered in my flat it was a distressing moment because there were rumors that the monument to alexander the third was about to be destroyed. this is the people's art it belongs to us and we must do everything we can to make the people realize this to make them take and keep what is theirs. the group of artists acted immediately. to prevent the destruction of artistic monuments we the undersigned have resolved to establish a commission for questions pertaining to art the chairman maxine gorky. in order to

the duma had set up a provisional government. at the same time the workers and military deputies soviet was formed to centers of power emerged the period of dual power had begun. the revolution brought new freedoms. freedom of assembly. the release of all political prisoners. equal rights for all citizens. freedom of speech and press. abolition of capital punishment. a few days were enough to put an end to the three hundred year reign of the romanovs. emblems of the old order were destroyed. on march the fourth fifty artists gathered in my flat it was a distressing moment because there were rumors that the monument to alexander the third was about to be destroyed. this is the people's art it belongs to us and we must do everything we can to make the people realize this to make them take and keep what is theirs. the group of artists acted immediately. to prevent the destruction of artistic monuments we the undersigned have resolved to establish a commission for questions pertaining to art the chairman. in order to implement the pl

foreign country and that may help to explain what russia's lower house of parliament did today the duma unanimously passed legislation that would force some international media outlets to register as foreign agents of the movie is seen as a retaliatory step against the united states washington recently demanded that a criminal funded station register with the u.s. department of justice and as you guessed it a foreign agent the legislation has now received the backing of russia's upper house of parliament and president vladimir putin but is expected to have no problem and be signed into law all i want to bring in our correspondent in moscow now emily sherwin emily good evening to use the legislation has now passed the duma can you explain the next steps for looking at. well as you said it will go in front of the federation council which is the upper house of parliament and then it will have to be signed by putin as well now what this log means is it's an actually an addition to an existing media law and what it means is that all media outlets that are registered abroad or that are funded

interviews if you if people have to label themselves as a foreign agent the deputy speaker of the dumapoke with v.w. about this legislation here's part of what was said. at themselves when you do not give into the temptation. of making vulgar statements about our country a nice enough octave which are based not on facts but on speculation as has been happening recently i mean for most of the none of your media outlets will be restricted you think you're going to new would be luddite if you restrict the russian media then russia will have to respond. if you restrict restrict the russian media that sounds like a tit for tat through their media how should we interpret that. well absolutely i think this is definitely part of the tit for tat sort of diplomatic downward spiral of relations between the u.s. and russia that we've seen in recent months and today the deputies at the duma repeated again and again that this is a reciprocal measure aimed against the u.s. after all russian state funded international broadcaster r.t.e. was made to register as a foreign agent on monday so tolstoy told

foreign country and that may help to explain what russia's lower house of parliament did today the duma unanimously passed legislation that would force some international media outlets to register as foreign agents of the movie is seen as a retaliatory step against the united states washington recently demanded that a criminal and funded station register with the u.s. department of justice and as you guessed it a foreign agent the legislation is now received the backing of russia's upper house of parliament and president vladimir putin but is expected to have no problem and be signed into law i want to bring in our correspondent in moscow now emily sure when emily good evening to use the legislation has now passed the duma can you explain the next steps for looking at. well as you said it will go in front of the federation council which is the upper house of parliament and then it will have to be signed by putin as well now what this law means is it's an actually in addition to an existing media law and what it means is that all media outlets that are registered abroad or that are funde

agents russia's own legislation required amendments and they have just been approved by the russian duma and now the draft bill will be moved on to the upper chamber of the russian parliament for a final vote the amendment has it that a media outlet may find itself on the list of foreign agents in russia if it receives money from foreign countries i.e. their governments international organizations or for an organization's foreign individuals as well as russian legal entities which are funded from any of the sources that i mentioned above if a media organization becomes a foreign agent whatever it publishes has to come with a disclaimer plus it has to provide the russian authorities with regular reports on their finances something that was also discussed at the same duma session was a recent buzz feed piece titled secret finding sixty russian payments to finance the election campaign of twenty sixteen but the first thing that comes up on your mind if you're reading this headline is that it's a groundbreaking investigative report on russian meddling in the us election the article tells you

this bit of quality investigative journalism by buzz feed or maybe not was also brought up at the duma session earlier this wednesday if you're trying to there well we also heard from was benedict he's the executive director of the libertarian national committee and he believes the decision to register as a foreign agent might actually violate the u.s. constitution the united states constitution is very clear when it comes to freedom of speech the first amendment of the constitution says in no uncertain terms that congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech or the press. and there are no exceptions for that when the united states passes rules or laws that inhibit free speech of other organizations that's a violation of our constitution and it's a dangerous direction to go as most news organizations have a point of view they have a bias it's no surprise that our team may have a rush and i as but i don't want the united states government deciding what is news and what is propaganda perhaps every press organization throughout the world and in america should register as a fo

and they have just been approved by the lower house of the russian parliament which is called the duma and now the draft bill will be moved on to the upper chamber of the russian parliament for the final vote the amendment has it that a media outlet may find itself on the list of foreign agents in russia if it receives money from a foreign country i.e. foreign government also international or foreigners in his ations or foreign individuals as well as russian legal entities that receive funding from all the sources that i just mentioned above if a media outlet becomes a foreign agent whatever it publishes has to come with a disclaimer plus it has to provide the russian authorities with reports on its finances regularly now something that was also discussed at the same duma session was a recent piece by buzz feed thai told secret funding sixty russian payments to finance the election campaign of two thousand and sixteen i bet the first thing that comes up on your mind union when you read that headline is that this is a serious investigative report on the russian meddling in the us electi

this bit of quality investigative journalism by buzz feed or maybe not was also brought up at the duma session earlier this wednesday one of america's most popular news websites is getting caught up in the campaign against r.t.e. the drudge report which links to hundreds of new science is under fire from the washington post for showing stories from this channel the science accused of publishing links to quote russian propaganda this is how the websites boss reacted . i've linked to washington post if it's one thousand times in twenty five years of doing drudge report i could only give him thirty seven percent if there were a federal traffic he said bruce who pays news not even a thank you instead you were russian operative so this is completely out of control i mean that article in the washington post about drudge is delusional the one from buzz feed is a joke. they don't see the it's written from the point of view that it's a given that russian television r.t. and sputnik are propaganda well i think that russian media like r.t. is simply giving the russian perspective on the news the

this weekend a law was passed in russia by the federal council and by the state duma finally signed into law by russian president vladimir putin the law itself states that media receiving financial assistance from foreign states or organizations can be recognized as foreign agents it also states that it will be handled on a case by case basis by the russian ministry of justice now cnn's brian stelter decided to use the event to send yet another conspiracy theory involving trump and russia he claimed that twitter had revealed the deep the conspiracy between the two he cracked the case you see it seems that because trump tweeted about c.n.n. international within hours of the law being signed it must be proof of a conspiracy with putin otherwise how could he have no money about it stows own as if the law in retaliation by the russian government was a big secret as if coming out of the blue it didn't fact because i know that facts actually do matter on nov sixteenth twenty seventeen the russian ministry of justice informed all relevant members of the. press and the public that quote in the n

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s are sorting this out we also heard from the vice peaker for the duma he says that according to the drafted amendment news agencies will not be touched but if a news organization is not a news agency but it's from any other country not only the u.s. or if it gets funding from abroad it may find itself on the list of foreign agents in russia. now the pressure on t.v. got off to u.s. intelligence claimed off china was an instrument for meddling and manipulation in america back in september the justice department to monitor we register as a foreign agent tech giants then began brooking our adverts on google hits you by the twista they did that ahead of the testimony congress despite having no previous problems with teeth unless we've spoken to believe the measures against thought see america amounts to a deflection tactic unwilling u.k. m.p. jules got away and virginia state senator richard black that it makes a mockery of. we go around lecturing the world about how they need to have the freedom of the press and freedom of speech and yet here we are are cracking down on free speech i t

this weekend a law was passed in russia by the federal council and by the state duma finally signed into law by russian president vladimir putin the law itself states that media receiving financial assistance from foreign states or organizations can be recognized as foreign agents it also states that it will be handled on a case a case basis by the russian ministry of justice now cnn's brian stelter decided to use the event to spend yet another conspiracy theory involving trump and russia he claimed that twitter had revealed the deep the conspiracy between the two he cracked the case you see it seems that because trump tweeted about c.n.n. international within hours of the law being signed it must be proof of a conspiracy with luton otherwise how could he have known about it those who knew as if the law in retaliation by the russian government was a big secret as if coming out of the blue it didn't fact because i know the facts actually do matter on nov sixteenth twenty seventeen the russian ministry of justice informed all relevant members of the press and the public that quote in the n

want more about this now i'm joined by my do business colleagues with me in the studio and jeanette dumas allowed who is a frankfurt stock exchange for us welcome to you both now firstly. talk us through this because we're mainly talking about gas turbines to generate power where demond has dropped off i mean we certainly don't want to see mass layoffs but could this be a sign that when you were a bulls all dating more attention more orders well all the big players in the market general electric siemens and mitsubishi have heavily invested in the guess turbine market because they believe that the government's what turn to more environmentally friendly sources of power but they made two mistakes and one they thought that governments would favor i guess over coal as coal is not good for the environment as we all know but it seems that many governments hang on to call because they want to protect jobs in the coal mining industry mistake number two they did not see that governments would support and subsidize renewables the way they have done it solar and wind power for instance and that's wh

of the twenty nineteen let's talk to our financial correspondent in frankfurt about this now gentle dumas alone of course in but is one of the most valuable tech companies in the world we know that but it's also plagued by scandal so why would soft bank want it well soft bank in itself is a bit of an interesting case it's not exactly a household name but it's best known in japan as a telecoms provider but soft bank has a very deep pocket and an eye to the world it wants to become a global leader in tech it's looking up and down the value chain and all famously it's guided by a three hundred year plan very unusual in the fast moving world of business and a bit of a hard sell for investors but of course the show that they take the long view on things and their investment in hooper shows that they believe that ride sharing will continue to play a big role in the future of consumer mobility now we see more evidence of this and there are other investments mainly in reverse rivals like d.d. and like crowd so that's also unusual investing in rival companies but it goes to show how convinced they

meanwhile the russian state duma responded to the treatment of artsy america and voted in favor of requiring media outlets funded from abroad to register as foreign agents the russian justice ministry subsequently released a list of the organizations that could be affected by the law and failure to register would lead to prosecution and the outlet could be banned and just like with r.t. america all output by the channels will have to be mocked as a product released by foreign funded media for london mayor ken livingstone believes the current wrangling will actually drive people towards the media. think there's more more of a tent over the years to come to try and suppress what the american people get here because if you american people could see the truth about a lot of what's happening around the world they would be questioning what their government is doing behind all of that and so on the idea that there is a free press is nonsense any in here in britain and certainly in america so many of the newspapers are owned by billionaires who don't pay their taxes locally long to their money offsh

s are sorting this out we also heard from the vice speaker for the duma he says that according to the drafted amendment news agencies will not be touched but if social media then began blocking iran on. twitter and they did that ahead of testimony in congress despite having no problem with prior to that george galloway and virginia state senator. or it absolutely makes a mockery of. well it's a big. where as a kind of birch maybe i should go about our foreign idjit might become droned it might well backfire on d. which underlies the the people who are doing their best to destroy the very freedom of speech and expression they claim to stand for. in other news this evening the u.s. defense secretary james mattis is said that america will not withdraw from syria even after the total defeat of islamic state the announcement comes ahead of u.n. backed peace talks in the future of the war torn country and while syria continues to insist that washington's intervention is illegal mattis claims it is justified the u.n. so the isis basically we can go after isis and we have to take them out but

with russia and it will end abhorrent right in the heart of america in a follow up the russian state duma responded to the treatment of r.t. america voted in favor of making it possible to require u.s. funded media outlets to register as foreign agents the russian justice ministry subsequently released a list of the organizations that could be affected by the law when it comes into force failure to register will lead to prosecution could be banned and just like with anti america or by the channels will have to be mocked as a product released by foreign funded media we sounded at british journalist neil clark and former london ken livingstone on this issue. i think there's a more more of attempt over the years to come to try and suppress what the american people get here because if you merican people could see the truth about a lot of what's happening around the world they would be questioning what their government is doing behind all of that and so on the result of this is going to be more people now finding out are when he was on our t.v. i mean there be people out there never heard r.t.

s are sorting this out we also heard from the vice for the duma he says that according to the drafted amendment news agencies will not be touched but if a news organization is not a news agency but it's from any other country not only the u.s. or if it gets funding from abroad it may find itself on the list of foreign agents in russia. that would just to remind you then the pressure began the u.s. intelligence claimed channel was an instrument of meddling and. lation in america back in september the justice department then demanded we register as a foreign agent social media then began blocking our adverts to you on google you tube and twitter and they did that ahead of testimony in congress despite having no problem with r.t. prior to that analysts we spoke to believe that the measures against r.t. america remain to a deflection tactic and an unwillingness to acknowledge domestic problems let's get the views now from senator richard blackies the virginia state senator and joins us now good evening to you richard thanks for coming on firstly what's your reaction then to the news that

s are working on that and we just heard from the vice speaker for the duma he says that according to the drafted amendments news agencies will remain untouched although if a media organization is from another country it doesn't only it's not only about the us of course here or if it gets funded by anyone from abroad they may have to be on the list and we'll see when this amendment this draft amendment finally gets approved of course tell you about it since with moves in parliament already if lawmakers come up with anything else no doubt you'll come back to update us for how they relate to trying to thanks very much for that. just to remind you the pressure on r.t. started with the u.s. intelligence community claiming our channel was a so-called cog in russian meddling into american affairs back in september the us justice department then demanded that we register as a foreign agent despite no proof that russia had any impact on the us election social media then began blocking our adverts on google you tube and twitter they did that ahead of testimony in congress despite having no pro

nesting the story next and we can go across to beirut and speak to our correspondent chloe dumas. good evening chlorate what's the climate like way you are and what our people there in lebanon hoping to get out of saud to release meeting with president emmanuel not call tomorrow. well good the first thing that so people expect here and and that's probably the most important are the most. pressing in urgent. feeding is that. people nt prime minister had you need to leave it saudii. tererritory since hee announced h h resesignationn saudi televisionn. about two weeks ago of the prime minister hasn'tt been back. to l lebanon and. there are l lots of rumors that arere circulating i'm here in beirut j just talkig to the people they're asking thememselves of whether this resignation was of forced on her pririme ministeter had eighties. i if he is being held capae in sauaudi arabiaa or even t when thehere are any off his wowords can be trusted w whe speaeaks from saudi arabia . his arrival to frfrance will hehelp in to answer some of these queststions. thee lebanesese expectt.. fututure

s are sorting this out we also heard from the vice speaker for the duma he says that according to the drafted amendment news agencies will not be touched but if a news organization is not a news agency but it's from any other country not only the u.s. or if it gets funding from abroad it may find itself on the list of foreign agents in russia. other pressure on r.t. began after u.s. intelligence claimed our channel was an instrument for meddling and manipulation in america back in september the justice department demanded we register as a foreign agent tech giants then began blocking our adverts on google you tube and twitter they did that ahead of the testimony in congress that despite having no previous problems with r.t. lists we've spoken to believe the measures against r.t. america amount to a deflection tactic and an unwillingness to acknowledge domestic problems we've also discussed the issue with former u.k. m.p. george galloway and virginia stale virginia state senator richard black. well i think that it makes a mockery of brief speech in the united states we go around lectur

s are sorting this out we also heard from the vice peaker for the duma he says that according to the drafted amendment news agencies will not be touched but if a news organization is not a news agency but it's from any other country not only the u.s. or if it gets funding from abroad it may find itself on the list of foreign agents in russia. just to remind you the pressure on our team began after u.s. intelligence claimed her china was an instrument for meddling in. in america back in september the justice department then demanded we register as a foreign agent social media then began blocking our adverts on google you tube and twitter they did the head of testimony in congress this point having no problem with hard to prior to that. we have spoken to believe the measures against our team are to a deflection tactic. unwillingness to acknowledge domestic problems. let's say awesome questions now go to markets papadopoulos markets is publisher and editor of politics first marcus always good to have you all on the program just in the overall thing that's happening here why is r t do yo

well earlier today i spoke to our financial correspondent jeanette dumas allowed in frankfurt and i also asked her how investors were reacting to the news. well investors are certainly celebrating from this and the share price has been pushed up more than two and a half percent making making it one of the clear winners in today's trading and this positive reception of course is something that fox fan could really use it shows that it's making gains in the rather lofty goals that set one of them of course being to invest twenty billion euros and electric vehicles by twenty thirty now of course there are challenges up ahead how fast charging infrastructure in places like china catch up also is a fact that we don't know yet but at least the costs of building these so-called new energy vehicles have been dropping as more manufacturers get in on the action of course that creates economies of scale and that's something that investors are quite happy about because it increases the chances of a quicker adoption of electric vehicles so if you know more access to the chinese market something europ

s are sorting this out and we also heard from the vice for the duma he says that according to the drafted amendment news agencies will not be touched but if a media outlet is not a newsagent and if it is from any other country not only the us or if it gets funding from abroad it may find itself on the list of foreign agents in russia and talking us through it will just remind you the pressure on our t.v. started with the us intelligence came. claiming earch on a will to a so-called cog in russian meddling into american affairs back in september the us justice department then demanded we register as a foreign agent now it's the spy and no proof that russia had any impact on the us election social media then began blocking our adverts on google you tube and twitter they did ahead of testimony in congress despite having no problem with prior to that the experts we spoke to think the pressure on r.t. america is a deflection tactic away from domestic problems in the us. the question here is why have the a.c.l.u. and amnesty international and all of these other civil liberties and human rights

s are sorting this out we also heard from the vice beaker for the duma he says that according to the drafted amendment news agencies will not be touched but if a news organization is not a news agency but it's from any other country not only the u.s. or if it gets funding from abroad it may find itself on the list of foreign agents in russia. a little bit more but prone to this the pressure in r.t. began after u.s. intelligence claimed dirt channel was an instrument for meddling and manipulation in america back in september the justice department demanded we register as a foreign agent social media then began blocking or adverts on google on twitter they did the head of testimony in congress despite having no problem with r.t. prior to them unless we've spoken to believe the measures against r.t. america among to a deflection tactic. on willingness to acknowledge domestic problems west delve a little bit further into this and noble. he uses that anymore which you know you could do with with possibilty say the b.b.c. america b.b.c. world of foreign agents because they put forward. bri

is forcing their hand in this case as the deputy speaker of the duma said this morning again and on friday the speaker of the doom of lloyd and said that that russia must protect its citizens and must protect its country from what it called bald faced meddling from abroad and specifically from the u.s. in internal russian affairs so the representatives here in the politicians are painting this certainly as a purely reciprocal measure to what happens to r.t. ok now for its part r.t. the russian state backed broadcaster is saying that the russian agent labels entering its work in the united states us listening to that. was the see a little bit magine you work in the media and you have to write produced by a foreign agent under everything you do how does that make that media outlet look and how does that look to the audience you have to disclose personal information and the conditions of your contract you have to report all the interviews you do to ministries and to the u.s. administration. that's not work those are conditions that are aimed at destroying us as a media outlet. can you give us

strictly reviews for any of the jets in the sky before they begin driving in her child in duma peers to be. in with rob or another he has had homes in the theme routine. this is why rescuers continue to ask what updates on aircraft activity while they drive. activists say artillery or mortar shells triggered unexploded munitions left behind by cluster bomb attacks syrians in the besieged suburbs say the bombardment has been relentless. from the rubble of the homes and apartments some survivors emerge . as dawn breaks it's clear that many of the dead remain buried. in the early hours we closed the store and when harm fifteen minutes later a missile hit was a different kind of missile in another missile over there killed people and then there was another one people are still under the rubble. it's been a week since the syrian government and its allies increased attacks after the fighters took over the largest military barracks in the suburb of damascus. syrian state media say military forces are carrying out what they call intensive strikes against terrorist positions. that's not for t