e.u. embargoes on iranian oil exports as we know that china is the number three biggest buyer of iranian oil is a massive market right there with the e.u. putting embargoed on what is essentially a lot of china's oil could we see some sort of backlash on global markets or not and some other shape way or form from china. i'm not quite sure what you mean by a backlash from china well could china do something to retaliate as we know china is a third biggest economy in the world is certainly on the rise with india america already in place or oil of fundamental foundation to world economies this could make this could take a chunk out of china's economy if indeed the e.u. embargoes continue to restrict iranian exports of oil to china i don't see how the e.u. in bugger would china's import olds or you from your own. mr yong region is dying the professor of international politics at the university of bristol thank you for coming on and so it's a day. well you without your life in moscow you can always log on to our website r t v dot com to give us your opinion on the possible results of chancellor m

e.u. embargo was actually masterminded in washington and is actually created to serve u.s. interests. what we're seeing here is not a decision that comes actually from european countries to spain never wanted to go to to prove to be put in place this is something that comes externally from the united states pressure on the european union european union actually had a very good relationship in terms of economy and trade with iran it was retrieved in the last twenty years the connections that have been lost after the iranian revolution and the situation was improving until we came to these new tension and he's not just to spain and italy also greece imports lots of oil from iran and it could be hard hit in a way that would bring them bankrupt in the coming future that would be a complete disaster for the european union and for the euro and that can happen because of the. political move it has now become an economic issue and can have even more. destructive effect if the iranians decide to say strait of almost or even if they now decide to beat europe to it by. by by cutting off their oi

e.u. while also urging beijing support for the oil embargo against iran. and a u. turn in the spy saga the father of the former. poisoned in london six years ago says he was mistaken when he accused of being responsible for his son's death. the first story. in business the russian market. on a positive note making it to the third consecutive. main market move along. just after seven pm in moscow you're watching with me show you it's good to have you with us russia's defense ministry has reiterated moscow is committed to agreements made with the international partners and will continue selling arms to syria russia is against the weapons and saying it would not prevent the arming of opposition groups from abroad although progress has been made at the u.n. syria resolution moscow is adamant it will block any draft which doesn't rule out military intervention moscow was also with the arab league observers a recent report which says both sides in the conflict to be taken into account when the un debates syria dr marcus papadopoulos editor of politics first magazine says

e.u. embargo actually serves the interests of the us. that'll be what we're seeing here is not a decision that comes actually from european countries to spain never want to disembark go to to prove to be put in place this is something that comes externally from the united states pressure on the european union and he's not just to spain and italy also greece imports lots of oil from iran and it could be hard hit in a way that would bring them bankrupt in the coming future that would be a complete disaster for the european union and for the euro and that can happen because of these of these political move it has now become an economic issue and can have even more. destructive effects if the iranians decide to say cut of the strait of hormuz or even if they now decide to beat europe to it by. by by cutting off their oil now because we need this time to find alternative supplies if they cut the supply now we want to be able to find them there will be a huge recession in europe. twenty minutes past the hour here in moscow you're watching are

e.u. embargo serves only the interest of the united states. what we're seeing here is not this station that comes actually from the european countries to spain never want to do some bar go to to prove to be put in place this is something that comes externally from the united states pressure on the european union i mean it's not just displaying a mutually also greece imports lots of oil from iran it could be hard hit in a way that would bring them bankrupt in the coming future that would be a complete disaster for the european union.

e.u. and get beijing support for the oil embargo against iran. and moscow promises to all up past deals are not stop sending arms to syria insisting and involved it would not stop weapons reaching opposition groups from abroad our top stories this hour. international news and comment live from moscow this is. an unexpected change of heart the father of a former f.s.b. officer poisoned in london in two thousand and six has backtracked on accusations that then russian president vladimir putin was responsible for his son's death walter lippmann encodes said his claims were driven by hatred saying he had no idea his son alexander worked for british intelligence. over went to meet him. but. this is how we found mike that leads me and co praying in his tiny telling apartment no electricity no gas no water. what. if it wasn't for the help of various people would have died from hunger or frozen to death the last time i took a bath was on christmas. we expected more because six years ago after his son former f.s.b. officer alexander litvinenko was poisone

e.u. while also urging beijing support for the oil embargo against iran. and egypt mourns over seventy football fans killed in post match clashes and investigation into the tragedy is underway amid claims of police simply standing by. live from moscow this is our role received a welcome to the program russia's defense ministry has reiterated moscow is committed to agreements made with international partners and will continue selling arms to syria russia is against a weapons and saying it would not prevent the arming of opposition groups from abroad although progress has been made at the u.n. on a syria resolution moscow is adamant it will block any draft which doesn't rule out military intervention. reports. russia says it won't accept even a hint of an embargo on arms embargo when it comes to syria and its reasoning for this is pretty simple it says firstly that the weapons and arms are that russia provides to syria cannot be used against demonstrators thus don't influence anything that goes on inside syria and when it comes to this conflict now secondly

e.u. embargo which is going to go through july first based on what the e.u. voted into place so yeah there are consequences and costs to saying there are costs to cutting off oil maybe it's time to take a harder look at what those consequences are we certainly want to we have dr levy here he's an authority on energy especially while he's also c.i.a.o. of lead capital management an author of this book red alert how china's growing prosperity threatens the way of american life dr levy it's nice to see you thanks for being on the show today thank you so much lorne yeah let's get straight let's get straight to this ok obviously there are concerns over iran possibly halting oil exports to europe we saw that with the reports that came out today but this is something that you have approved to begin july first already my question to you why wouldn't iran want to do this this is seems like a pretty little logical way that they would want to retaliate. well i think that for personal i don't think it's really a grave threat i think that fungible they will be able to eur

e.u. embargo was actually masterminded in washington and serves u.s. interest. what we're seeing here is not at the station but comes actually from the european countries to spain never want to do some bar go to to prove to be put in place this is something that comes externally from the united states pressure on the european union i mean it's not just displaying a need for me also greece imports lots of oil from iran it could be part of it in a way that would bring them bundled up in the coming future that would be a complete disaster for the european union and for europe done. can happen because the. political move it has now become an economic issue and can have even more. destructive effects if the iranians decide to say cut all through the straits of almost or even if they now of the sides to beat europe to it by. by by cutting off their oil now because we need this time to find alternative suppliers if they cut the supply now we want to be able to find them there will be a huge recession in europe. coming your way here in our legal addiction the campaign c

e.u. embargo and to use its influence to persuade tehran to abandon any possible atomic weapons ambitions but political analyst christophe for still believes getting support for germany's economy is the main reason for the trip i would chancellor on a triple begging she wants money for europe she wants you know a support from beijing for the new un resolution which beijing is not going to give and she also wants beijing to cut off its own oil supply which beijing is widely not going to do and of course beijing has also to take into consideration that india its competition in the region is standing straight with iran and buying more rain in oil so i don't think she has any chance of you know talking china out of buying iranian oil that will not happen again i would say she will not put any much focus on it she will she will say that she will look to the ceiling and then she was smile and say let's talk business now her main focus in this trip is the german economy and she's wise to do that she will even not you know lobby very much for chinese investment into europe because she knows in ou

e.u. embargo serves only the interests of the us. would we're seeing here is not the solution that comes actually from european countries to spain never want to do some bar go to to prove to be put in place this is something that comes externally from the united states pressure on the european union and he's not just displaying a neutrally also greece imports long. of oil from iran it could be hard hitting away that would bring them bomb drops in the coming future that would be a complete disaster for the european union and for the euro and that's going to happen because of the. political move it has now become an economic issue and can have even more. destructive effects if the iranians decide to say told the strait of hormuz or even if they now decide to beat europe to its bye . bye bye cut to north their oil now because we need this time to find alternative suppliers if they cut the supply now we want to be able to find them there will be a huge recession in europe and civil society stepping into the front line of russian politics

e.u. embargo that set to come into force in july let's find out what impact that's having on the markets from our business desk now. for we have seen a spike in oil prices over the past couple of sessions brant is now at one hundred twenty light sweet hundred five dollars per barrel it doesn't look like prices are going to go down until we see some kind of easing of the situation with terror ron and the experts told business r.t. that they don't expect oil prices to go higher at the same time because they say the iranian factor has already been priced in that the u.k. and france are not that much dependent on oil and that saudi arabia has already promised it could compensate for all the oil that iran eventually will not be supplying be in the studio around ten minutes time to tell you. president dmitry medvedev has met members of our registered parties to discuss how to make the country's political future more inclusive is the president's first such meeting with the opposition that it comes in the wake of sweeping political reforms proposed following mass protests over the results of parliame

e.u. embargo that's set to come into force in july let's find out what impact that's having on the markets from our business desk. but we have been seeing a spike in oil prices over the past couple of sessions as tensions were rising between those two sides what we're seeing right now is one hundred twenty. of the one hundred five dollars per barrel and that's a nine month high but i tell business seeing that we're not expecting to see even higher oil prices as the rain in fact has been pretty much priced in already france and the u.k. are not so much dependent on iranian oil and saudi arabia has already claimed it will be able to compensate for all the oil that iran could potentially fail to supply will have more of this in around six minutes time for you in our business. law to make a portent pledge to make national security his key strategy saying russia must be battle ready against any outside threat but strong message comes as part of the prime minister's campaign for the presidential election just under two weeks away sarah firth has the details. the priorities that it lays out clear

e.u. embargo and to use its influence to persuade to iran to abandon any possible atomic weapons ambitions she also wants to offer reassurance that investing in the eurozone is still a safe bet let's not talk to a professor or goes to a sort of from the solder business school in barcelona about angela merkel's trip to beijing i thank you for coming on our team today let's start with the issue of iran beijing has been refusing to support the oil embargo that i just mentioned is there any incentive the chancellor merkel can offer to china to sway it not to increase oil purchases or even reduce than the u.s. treasury secretary certainly failed to do so. it's nice to be with you again i think the good is a very complex issue is not just a matter of asking china to the creators of the earth is from iran's oil and that region. around consistently has been trying to developing what we believe nuclear weapons but at the same time i think we need more more parts we we should at the same time think the chinese would have our ship in finding a new source of oil so we need to give something in return

e.u. embargo that's set to come into force in july let's find out what impact that's having on the markets from our business desk. over seeing right now is brant over one hundred twenty dollars per barrel lights we are one hundred five and that means we are seeing nine month highs for crude oil prices but analysts have been telling business r.t. they're not expecting further growth as iranian factor has already been priced in the the thing is that france and the u.k. are not that much dependent on the rain in exports while for iran the e.u. bloc is an extremely important partner so they're not expecting further countries to be added on to the list where iran will not be supplying oil and we have already heard statements from saudi arabia that it will be able to compensate from for all the oil that iran potentially will fail to supply. let's go to putin has pledged to make national security his key strategy saying russia must be battle ready against any outside threat a strong message comes as part of the prime minister's campaign for the presidential election just under two weeks away sara

e.u. oil embargo that set to come into force in july the e.u. says the ban was necessary to force iran to resume talks over its atomic program europe and the u.s. suspects ron is pursuing nuclear weapons attack iran denies that and says it's ready to resume negotiations that's as reports suggest iran plans to boost the enrichment capacity of its underground site near the city of home middle east expert ali risk says by halting oil supplies to europe attack iran is trying to prevent an armed conflict here iran is trying to send a message that it cannot be you cannot deal with iran in such oil iran has its own weapons while the west for example believes it has weapons and ammunition represented by sanctions iran is also in a country which can also respond in the appropriate manner i think is also a warning that if military action is taken this would only be small comparing to how we want to react in that case i think it's a small warning that while you take action now economic action against us this is what we can do imagine what action we could t

e.u. oil embargo on iran analysts say he is certainly interested in a diplomatic solution in the middle east. china is not our sanctions and i believe that china we not reduce its import off oil from iran it doesn't mean that china is going to increase its import of oil from iran but i think china will lose its influence in the middle east no way which is compatible with the the mantle principles of china as diplomacy and i meet the china even the ease in a very strong body position in the middle east because the gentle look to tel aviv of course israel china is very good relations between israel but china is also good relations we ran so china. a power broker or even in the middle east. now later in the moscow out team on the hunt for new ways to spend your time and the winter freeze on staying indoors. good morning everybody. hello this week's program we're exploring the popular subject of hobbies in the working capital from board games to extreme sports the cold weather certainly doesn't put anybody off here but why the mosque well that's because i'm here at the big wig language school in

e.u. oil embargo that set to come into force in july it says the ban was needed to force iran to resume talks over its atomic program europe and the us suspect iran is pursuing nuclear weapons to iran denies that and says it's ready to start negotiations a team of u.n. you can inspect is on its way to the country a second such visit within a month. and what's the top he told me that a lot of that he thinks enron's imposing its own on in boggo to show it won't be bullied. economic sanctions are a game that two can play and turnabout is fair play in international affairs the european commission and the relevant powers have been making a big noise over the past couple of weeks about how they are going to embargo and boycott all iranian oil starting on july first well it's pretty obvious the iranians decided not to wait around until july first they've decided to to impose their own embargo boycott on the offending powers and they're starting with the the two biggest imperialist bullies on the schoolyard the british and the french who are now so weak that they can only act together they are a kind

e.u. oil embargo by cutting off the supply before european countries have time to find alternatives. and at the same time and the german chancellor wraps up her lobbying tour of china where her anti iran rhetoric found little support. a dozen dead and thousands injured in the bloody aftermath of three straight days of rioting in egypt and it all began after an outbreak of violence at a football match earlier this week an episode that claimed the lives of seventy four people are correspondent maria financial has more from cairo. it's an early morning here in the egyptian capital and at this time the square that i hope you can see behind me may look calm and peaceful but these few last days have been absolutely chaotic and devastating in aged and also tragic as far as the egyptian authorities are reporting since saeed massacre when seventy four people died in. one of the cities. twelve of the people have been killed in the balls that followed and twenty five hundred others have been injured it's worse to point out that since mass protests took first took to the streets of the capital c

e.u.'s oil embargo that was set to come into force in july chris bambery from the international socialist group says there are also plenty of other reasons for tehran to try and retaliate but i think they're listening to what's the rhetoric from london paris and washington and understand that that rhetoric is being hyped up all the time we've had this week the u.s. defense secretary that there was going to be a reunion terror attacks inside the united states although he also said there was no evidence they could produce the evidence for that today elsewhere in tel aviv i read a supposedly respectful commentators saying the arrears had missiles which he could fire could hit the united states of america that quickly just simply before strikes but we are seeing a ratcheting up of the red and rhetoric in the west at the same time there is going to be very very nervous about the american build up inside the got inside the persian gulf if you look at the map of iran it is surrounded by american military bases incidentally bases which are also in that russia and china so i think in some ways the

e.u.'s oil embargo that was set to come into force in july to explain what this could mean and more we'lltalk to chris bambery a political analyst who joins us live from london. so do you think which certain states do you think iran is referring to here. well i think it's obvious the so is that iran is talking about the united states and the. in the european union with britain france of the lesser extent germany in the joining seats and i think they're listening to what's the rhetoric from london paris and washington and understands that that rhetoric is being hyped up all the time in today we've had claims this week the u.s. defense secretary that there was going to be in the rain in terror attacks inside the united states although he also said there is no evidence they can produce the evidence for that to date elsewhere in tel aviv i read a supposedly respectful commentator saying the arenas had missiles which he could. it could hit the united states of america that claim is just simply the posters but we are seeing a ratcheting up of the right and tyranny and rhetoric in the west and a

e.u. sanctionsnd embargoes are enforced? besides the government let one syrian citizens in information work is regime. foreign journalists are of embrace citizen journalists risk their lives to share videos of their freedom cheers and that was slaughtered. ladies and gentlemen, we don't have a way of establishing a precise a man-made disaster in syria, the figures of over 7005 under inhumane circumstances accounts of in hungary talus enough. these are people like you and i. in an increasingly globalized and connected with the top of the citizens and the middle east under 26, we must be very conscious of who the future generation will remember as the one defending their freedom and rights as though they were our own. >> thank you very much. one minute please. >> thank you, madam president. the dramatic situation in the bloody regime of bashar al-assad cannot be that senate aren't different. we cannot abandon the people. but the suffering will what can we do. we have to denounce the ngos and germans can be allowed to circulate