the jailed pussy riot members on the greenpeace arctic thirty could be among those set to benefit under a new amnesty bill drafted by russia's president we'll have details with a live report in just a couple of minutes. and plans for a multi-trillion dollar free trade zone across the asia pacific struggles to overcome fears that some countries could fall prey to ravenous corporations looking to take advantage. of area warmer welcome to you from a very chilly moscow it's r.t. international with me roll received this hour's top headlines for you it has been a nervous a night in ukraine's capital where hundreds of troops and riot police have been deployed around protest sites and they have been fears their presence was a signal that force was about to be unleashed but so far police have moved in only to dismantle barricades blocking government buildings while leaving demonstrators on kiev's main square in peace now let's show you some video here on r t international police here are not cracking down on protests protesters they are pushing them back from walkways and civil offices where wor

on the greenpeace arctic could be among those set to benefit under a new amnesty bill drafted by russia's president we'll have details with a live report in just a couple of minutes. and plans for a multi-trillion dollar free trade zone across the asia pacific struggles to overcome fears that some countries could fall prey to ravenous corporations looking to take advantage.

arctic. these companies need to be stopped. >> meanwhile, russian president vladimir putin suggested the greenpeaceactivists may have been acting at the behest of a foreign country in an attempt to undermine russia's develop an of arctic energy resources. putin did not name the country. as for the fact there covered by amnesty and as far as i know they are covered by it, we are not doing it for them. but if there covered, that is good. covered, that are is good. i think what has happened should be a lesson and we should turn to positive work in order to make noise. but in order to minimize empire mental risks, if such risks appear, we are ready for joint work including work with greenpeace. about the more amnesty, we go to st. petersburg, russia, where we are joined by two of the arctic 30 activists. peter wilcox was the captain of the arctic sunrise and has worked with greenpeace for decades. nov, a russianvi born u.s. and swedish citizen, and has worked with greenpeace and's 1989. respond to the amnesty you have received. >> we're glad it happened, but we're wondering why we should need amnesty f

arctic. greenpeace hasn't ruled out future protests in the arctic. that will bring the groups head to head with russian authorities again. it >> india's capital region appointed its youngest chief minister. 45-year-old ar vein is a political newcomer. his party made a debut in elections this month. he's promised to tackle corruption. >> coming up on the program, an election and a football world cup are going be held in brazil next year. will it be people power that steals the spotlight in 2014. >> i'm andrew thomas in a city that sprung up around china with virtually anything you could want - except any people. >> hello, i'm david foster and these are the top stories on al jazeera. students at cairo university will not attend exams in support of protesters on friday. five people were killed and 260 were arrested. >> china has officially eased its one-child policy. china will be allowed to have two children, if one parent is an only child. they will also shut down labour camps. >> one person has been killed after a gunman opened fire at a protest in b

where we could check if everybody was ok. >> andre, one of four russians on the arctic sunrise, is back at work. in the greenpeace office in moscow, they are celebrating his return. >> ahoy there, pirate. shiver me timbers. >> hey, buddy, you buccaneer. >> they plan to keep up the fight for the arctic. >> there will definitely be more protests. we will have to see what exactly. and not just in russia. we are not against russia. we are opposed to any drilling in the arctic. >> but he has little hope for himself and his fellow activists. he fears russia still intends to put them behind bars. >> on december 10, the nobel peace prize will be awarded to the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons. modern chemical warfare began in world war i, and next year mark's 100 years since that terrible conflict began. preparations for the anniversary are in full swing in europe. today, young people can hardly imagine that there great grandfathers once fought each other in trenches, but it's just a short drive from our studio to the mass grave in northern france. >> can a simple object change the course of history?

the tag is everybody okay with you adriano instead of one of four russians on the arctic sunrise is back to work greenpeace office in moscow they're celebrating his return. coroner pirate shiver me timbers. when you look in they plan to keep up the site to the arctic. and who can teach the kids didn't eat there will definitely be more protests. glad to see what exactly. we'll be sure with that and not just in russia machine. we're not against russia or gasp wrong you were opposed to any drilling in the arctic promo shipper to redeem you. i looked at us has little hope for himself and his fellow activists. the fee is russia still intends to put them behind bars. and that the nobel peace prize will be awarded to the organizations for the prohibition of chemical accidents. what a mechanical watch that began in world war one and soon xd im not. he is since that terrible conflict began preparations for the ancestry are in full swing and europe. today young people from belgium from standing in britain can hardly imagine that that great grandfather's once looked each other and trying to use. but it's just a short

the release of toilet iq outward proves to be members of the post he writes in the arctic thirty through the greenpeace ship arctic sunrise . i the intended on him more. been in. the it is it was the eye. thus the xian. i went to post on nicholas anelka has to like making anti semitic jokes to minors from now on to score going into the weekend mr combet to milk a kind gesture he made was anti establishment and that is not an anti semite or a cyst fool around madrid star and no i did the senior teammate was just a dedication to my canadian friend to donate controversial french meat into donated recognizes popularizing the canal a ruthless style adjusted viewed as a mechanism to taunt european anti hate speech those two don't weigh in on holocaust denial was recently convicted for incitement against and given that the six thousand dollars fine. the style salute to be made by french tourists while visiting sensitive locations such as the auschwitz death camp in part in the anne frank house in the netherlands and jerusalem's western wall many jewish groups have condemned the nokia's goal celebration. he sa

mass amnesty to thousands of prisoners, including members of the pop group pussy riot and the greenpeace arctic. up to 22,000 people will be freed under an initiative proposed by russian president vladimir putin. arctic 30 were arrested in september after trying to stop russian oil drilling the arctic. after the vote, one of the arctic 30 members said she remains worried for her russian colleagues. excited.w, i'm not we are being granted amnesty for peacefully protesting the arctic. we did nothing wrong. we sat in jail for doing nothing wrong and now we are deemed guilty, but granted amnesty. 26 of us will be able to go home after this, sooner or later, but what will this mean for our russian colleagues who still have the rest of their lives in this country? memberswo pussy riot could be freed in the coming days after their arrest for performing in a moscow church nearly two years ago. family members say the amnesty comes too late as they were already approaching the end of their terms. the obama administration is named to lgbt athletes as part of the official u.s. delegation to the winter olym

members of the greenpeace arctic already have begun leaving russia after charges were formally droppedearlier this week. the group of 28 activists and to journalists were jailed for two months for trying to stop russian oil drilling in the arctic. on his way home to sweden, itvinov vowedry l to remain involved in anti- drilling protest. >> i am glad this chapter is over, that the book still remains to be written. as long as there is threat for the arctic, as long as multinational companies like as prom and shall annex on and the puppet regimes are intent on ripping the arctic, we will certainly continue to fight and work toward a new feature. >> and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. >> welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. as iraq faces the worst violence in years, the u.s. is reportedly sending arms to the country. "the new york times" reports the united states has rushed a new shipment of hellfire missiles to help the iraqi government

and well according to the speculation it could be members of the so-called arctic thirty the group of greenpeace activists who were arrested in the russian arctic. and some of the opposition activists of protesters were arrested during a large anti-government protests rally which ended in clashes between basters and of the police now if that's what we do know is that this draft isn't planned to include. who were found guilty of serious crimes so it's very unlikely that for that of course he will be freed from jail but this draft is still set to be approved by the parliament while the president is planning to discuss its details with human rights groups or later on today and of course we'll be keeping you updated right now to you got this going off thank you. well let's have a closer look here on r.t. who falls exactly under the new amnesty bill included of people who committed violent crimes and were given a sentence of up to five years some of the most vulnerable categories those will be pardoned that includes pregnant women pensioners and the disabled military personnel and young offenders wil

serving our current two year prison sentence as well as the greenpeace activists from the greenpeace vessel arctic sunrise. just. now they also fall under the. it was. a serious crime. dana thank you very much indeed for that no doubt we'll be hearing more. from you a little later throughout the day international been of course never thank you very much. well now we return to our top story ukraine's security forces have started to clear barricades from the capital city center and clear roads from government protesters have been out in the streets for more than two weeks now after the country's leadership was put into signing on economic integration deal with the e.u. well joining us live a little later i believe from strasburg is. she is a member of the delegation to the ukraine parliamentary corp committee she was close to the failed association deal between the two powers and that she is indeed joining us live here on r.t. international for this discussion we have historian. and international affairs expert and he joins us from london and here in the studio we have. just returned from. a little

serving their two year prison sentence as well as the thirty greenpeace activists from the greenpeace vassal arctic sunrise who have just recently been released on bail and are currently awaiting trial ensign petersburg and number of fancy kremlin activists who have been charged with the inciting riots and rest and what about russia's highest profile prisoner we called. what about him could he be set free. while it is already doubtful whether. could fall into this category as the amnesty does not impact those people convicted for various serious crimes and one so russia's a reaches man has been convicted of stealing billions from the state on this indeed fools into the category of a serious crime so it is a very doubtful remedy in effect very much indeed for that update not from saddam was going to be the question of. right police have started this mounting barricades in the center of the ukrainian capital and moving protesters away from blockaded streets tensions being high for the whole day with reports of an imminent crackdown frequently surfacing. is that. i am here right now in kiev central de

green piece said it won't stop it continuing its fight against drilling in the arctic. >> greenpeace has not ruled out future protests in the arctic. that would bring the groups head to head with russian authorities once again. hundreds of people have been driven from their homes as a result of sectarian violence. according to figures released from the northern island executive the number of victims is at a 5-year high. the true figures is higher than suggested. >> in 2008 and 2009 there were 288 individuals and families inform the public housing authority they were homeless because they were forced out of their houses, rising to 303 in the period 2011 to 2012, and increased by a third again to 411. raymond is a campaigner against paramill taryism. he joins us live. thank you for joining us. the chief constable said he doesn't believe the paramilitary is getting involved. if he said they were, that would show they had broken a ceasefire. why are you convinced this intimidation is caused by the paramilitaries. >> a lot of the victims here and in northern island - i know who is causing

the country a lot more coming up later this the arctic thirty may be going home soon as russian authorities begin to drop charges against the greenpeace activists arrested in the arctic in september look at how the story developed. next the future of. the number one topic in the foreign media since the former russian all tycoon for a presidential pardon who plans to fight for his imprisoned comrades to putin's reasons for letting him out of jail five days since the exile agog for lisa been full of speculation and analysis marcus papadopoulos of the u.k. magazine politics first has been following the media hype and explained why he thinks khodorkovsky has been over a fight in the west. if. i had done what he had done in russia but say in britain where i live he would have been frozen into jail there would have been no mercy from the british major i'm quite rightly as well of course kate is a criminal but he served his time and that's what the justice system is about but it's important to remember that while his company you course was built on the back of the pain and suffering of the russian people he is not this innocent individual th

meaning live jailed members of pussy riot could be freed by a new year and the crew of a greenpeace ship seized in the arctic could have all charges against them dropped . from jail cells in cambodia and sweden to solitary confinement in denmark the founder of the pirate bay website continued his battle against the authorities in a case with powerful or great interest at play. western powers single a rethinking their support for syria's rebel movement apparently acknowledging that the fall of offloaded could lose six three minutes such as those implicated in a recent massacre outside damascus. ukraine's multi-billion dollar deals with russia drawing cries of treason from the most radical opposition leader who accuses president yet to call which of pawning national assets for attempts to fix the budget. you are an international line from moscow with me and he said now we have breaking news this hour a sweeping out in a sea bell that could pardon tens of thousands of people has passed in russia's parliament not only with the measure give offenders and suspects a clean start but it could also put an end to some

story the greenpeace activists arrested after their attempt to scale a russian oil rig in the arctic may be reach you conclusion russian authorities have begun dropping charges against them with one already set free. scott the story . this story began in september of this year when several of the activists on the arctic sunrise vessel have scaled an oil rig in the russia's northern water they were pulled down by russian authorities and were arrested and later in prison today were charged with piracy because according to russian officials the activists were in fact putting in danger the lives of those who were working on the oil rig and in the injuring the oil rig itself later those charges war dropped to charges of hooliganism the arctic thirty work in jail for some time but were later released on bail however there are the criminal proceedings against them were still going on until the countrywide amnesty which was announced in the middle of december and already saw some high profile releases from coming out from under it and now we are hearing that at least one person from the so-c

the bill will grant release of greenpeace activists involved in an arctic demonstration and members of the punk group pussy riot who was arrested at . >> it was denigrating to women. >> reporter: pew ton cut neighboring ukraine 's natural tax tax 30% and promised to helped the nearly bankrupt country $30 million. >> we just see that ukraine is in a difficult state, and it is necessary to support it. >> reporter: for almost a month now thousands of pro west ukrainians have taken over independent square in the country's capitol of kiev. they're protesting viktor yanukovych's decision to reject an agreement with the e.u. and instead tied ukraine to russia. many see that as a way to polish its image just before the world descends upon russia just before the owe olympics. >> we are the host country, and the main thing for us is to create equal conditions for all the sports men so every one of them, no matter which country he represents can show his best qualities, make our and his fans feel happy and bring significant contribution into the development of olympic movement. >> reporter: but i

and the state also the so-called arctic thirty the group of greenpeace activists who were arrested in the russian north and or charged with hooliganism were released from jail on bail but should see under this amnesty all charges dropped against them as well and also is expected to affect some of the protesters were arrested during a mass protest rally in moscow on the witness square which ended with clashes with stories however we do know that this draft is not affecting those found guilty of serious crimes because of that of course is very likely to be released from jail sooner than his sentence will and now to more of the lower house of parliament has passed that and the amnesty should come into force before the end of this week the scope of amnesty is sweeping as you mentioned only nonviolent crimes with relatively short sentences can be pardoned it aims to provide relief for the more vulnerable members of society pregnant women pensioners and the disabled among others the bill could become law as early as tomorrow the point of it is to strengthen trust between the state and its p

parliament it's good news the two for the public protest band pussy riot as well as the greenpeace activists arrested in an arctic drilling protest. and ukraine's multi-billion dollar deals with russia draw cries of treason from kiev's most radical opposition leader president going to coach of poorly national assets for a chance to fix the budget. if you just joined us it's ten pm here in moscow my name's kevin now in our top story neither a killer nor a terrorist but an online activist an alleged attacker and yet he is being held in conditions worse than those of some mass murderers one of the founders of pirate bays and tangled in a complex legal battle accused by denmark of stealing millions of personal id numbers. are all of the reports. abroad since he was arrested in august twenty twelve pirate bay found a ghost for its walk home vog seen the inside of jail cells in cambodia sweden and now solitary confinement in denmark it's just terrible as his mother to see that he is being treated like in this way like as if he were a terrorist hard criminal or violent criminal or some kind acquitted on computer hacking

lot more and just a bit later this talk about the arctic thirty they could be going over russian authorities now begin to drop charges against the greenpeace activists rushed the course of the arctic in september we look at how this story is developing. but the future of mikhail khodorkovsky we'll talk about that first has been the number one topic in the foreign media since the former russian all tycoon free after a presidential pardon from khodorkovsky plans to fight for his imprisoned comrades to putin's reason for letting matter jailed the five days the last five days since his release have been full of speculation and analysis marcus probably dopplers from the u.k. magazine politics first has been following the media hype that explain why he thinks khodorkovsky is big glorified in the west. if. he had done what he had done in russia but say in britain where i live he would have been for an instant there would have been no mercy from the british major i'm quite rightly as well rico could of course kate is a criminal but he served his time and that's what a justice system is about but it's important to remember that while his company yo

come a bit later this hour with me kevin or in the arctic thirty may soon be going home as russian authorities begin to drop charges against the greenpeace activists the rest of the course of the arctic in september we look at how that story is developing tonight. but not before the future of mikhail khodorkovsky has been number one topic in the foreign media since the former russian oil tycoon of course walk free after a presidential pardon from khodorkovsky plans to fight for his imprisoned comrades to putin's reason for letting metta jail the last five days since the actually release of been full of speculation analysis of him like well mark is probably dopplers from the u.k. magazine politics first has been following the media hype and explained why he thinks called a cult is being glorified in the west. if we. had done what he had done in russia but say in britain where i live he would have been frightened into jail there would have been see from the british major i'm quite lightly as well become could of course kate is a criminal but he served his time and in fact swapped a justice system is a pow but it's important to remember tha

dot com we have all the details for you also online the arctic thirty greenpeace activists are just a step away from leaving russia moscow dropped all charges against them for trying to board an offshore oil rig and issued exit visas get the full story at archie dot com. and it turns out that evolution's hollywood big shots and even vatican officials don't always practice what they preach when it comes to piracy as it emerges they've been downloading huge amounts of illegal content. right. search string. and i think you're. on the record with. julian assange the wiki leaks founder has been holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london for over a year hiding from prosecution glenn greenwald the reporter who broke the n.s.a. scandal and whose partner was held in question under terrorism laws and jake about the wiki leaks hacker detained a dozen times at the u.s. border today they will be have miners at a major conference in hamburg on surveillance and privacy or just peter oliver is there to. well as the thirtieth anniversary of the chaos communications conference here in how member gets

passed parliament it's good news for the punk protest band pussy riot as well as the greenpeace activists arrested in an arctic drilling protest. but ukraine's multi-million dollar deals with russia drug crimes and treason from key.

parliament it's good news then too for the public protest band pussy riot as well as the greenpeace activists arrested in an arctic drilling protest. and ukraine.

dot com right now the arctic thirty greenpeace activists that just one step away apparently from leaving russia up to moscow dropped all charges against them for trying to board that offshore oil rig they've now been issued with exit visas to if want to keep up to speed that story got the latest on line r.t. dot com and it turns out that e.u. politicians hollywood big shots even vatican officials don't always practice what they preach when it comes to piracy it seems they've been submerged they've been downloading huge amounts of illegal content from that story we've got it online. first. and i think. hello again julian signs the wiki leaks founder who's been holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london for over a year hiding from prosecution glenn greenwald the reporter who broke the n.s.a. scandal and whose partner was held in question during the terrorism laws and jacob appelbaum to the wiki leaks hacker detained a dozen times at the u.s. border today that will be headliners at a major conference in hand work about surveillance and privacy i think peter all of us that. well it's the t

news update about the arctic thirty greenpeace activists they just apparently step away now from leaving russia moscow dropped all charges against them for trying to board an offshore oil rig they've also been issued with exit visas match and keep up to speed about one i doubt he will come. i'm reporting to attend the u. politicians hollywood big shots even vatican officials don't always practice what they preach when it comes to piracy it submerges they've been downloading huge amounts of the legal content wrote the story about it from the. first street. and i think that your. orders would. be in the. sands the wiki leaks founder who's been holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london for over a year hiding from prosecution also glenn greenwald the reporter who broke the n.s.a. scandal and whose partner was held in questioned in the terrorism laws not forgetting either jacob applebum the wiki leaks hack of detained a dozen times at the u.s. border they're all headliners at a major conference held in hamburg on surveillance and privacy all peter all of it was there to. well it's the thir

president just now and they say that there is a good possibility that these so-called arctics thirty the group of greenpeace activists who were arrested in the russian arctic they could see charges against them dropped also me be freed from jail before the sentence ends and other opposition activists may also see charges dropped against them as well but that's still speculation what we do know is that this draft isn't planned to fact. those who have been found guilty of serious crimes so it's very unlikely that that of course will be free from jail in the near future but in general this was like i said quite a friendly atmosphere the president also quoted nelson mandela saying that to be free not only enough to get rid of him but to continue fighting for freedom all across the world. live that from moscow thank you very much indeed for that we appreciate it. russia's president has ordered the armed forces to focus first and foremost on a new frontier global warming is granted opening out the north pole to shipping and has spawned an international rat race for its resources let's have a child now about this

of speculation around who may benefit from it it could be members of the saw or the arctic thirty the group of greenpeace activists who were arrested in the russian arctic also pussy riot and some of the opposition activists of protesters were arrested during a large anti-government protests rally which ended in clashes between the protesters and the police now if that's what we do know is that this draft isn't planned to include those who were found guilty of serious crimes so it's very unlikely that for that of course he will be freed from jail but this draft is still set to be approved by the parliament while the president is planning to discuss its details with human rights groups all later on today and of course we'll be keeping you updated. the parliament is still having our fine print but let's consider who might fall under the bill for now known violent offenders jailed for up to five years could see their crimes pardoned some of the country's most vulnerable could also start anew as the bill intends to wiod their criminal records this includes young offenders combat veterans and pregnant women a

greenpeace said today where detained in jail back in september when they staged a protest in russia's arctic. under this amnesty bill they now are expected to get visas and be able to leave the country now. putin has been today he was extremely once continues with categorical in his defense of what he sees as russia's right to develop the arctic rush is part of the arctic that is he sees greenpeace as trying to interfere outsiders coming in in interfering with what he says is russia's clear right to do it once on its own territory and he insinuated he didn't mention any nation by name but didn't say it explicitly but insinuated that greenpeace was working under instructions from outside governments from western governments basically trying to undermine russia's efforts to develop those resources left to get arctic very rich in resources. did he may be about to let those that creepy sound of activists go back home but he's not stepping back from what he says is righteous absolute right to develop that region was there but it was a forest by itself the kgb he also had words to say about the cu

talk about a pushy riot which should benefit from the upcoming honesty end of the so called arctic thirty. greenpeace activists were arrested in the russian orphan or are being charged with two of hooliganism. these should expect seeing these charges all of these charges a listed i guess the man the president of commons on the organization itself saying that he admires everyone. four flights of for the safety of the environment but he doesn't agree with the methods that greenpeace users. the rush to move to initiate a dented on exclusive economic zone in the snow was not responding and they tried to scale the formula take the opposite end of the blue that this second but is sculpted from a noble cause is back to civil discussion about protecting the environment. it's just self pr or intensive batman racketeering they pull someone's order to test the well welcome to the team sources look at what happened to seven's a lesson in all its ups and only greenpeace into an f as i can leave them on environmental risks instead of just making a fuss of libya. of course these are only a few subtext which show we

speculation around and may benefit from it if he could be members of the so called arctic thirty the group of greenpeace activists of what the rest is in the russian arctic also pose to rise and set out some off the opposition activists of protesters were arrested during a large anti government protests rallies which ended in clashes between justice and the police now if that situation what we do know is that this draft is unplanned staying cool. souls who were found guilty of serious crimes. so this they only do that. how about this he will be freed from jail but said the strap is still set to be approved by the palm and while the president is planning to discuss this and he does with human rights groups alito seasonal force will be keeping you updated and to still hashing out the fine print but let's concede that in mind for under the belt for now. note the vine and offenders jailed for up to find dance can see that crimes content some of the country's most vulnerable could also start to eat. as the bill intends to one of the criminal records. this mph in ghana and is home but doctrines and pregnant w

bill meaning the jet members of the bride to be free by new year and the crew of the greenpeace ship stays in the arctic could have all charges against them dropped self helping cambodia and we get into solitary confinement in denmark. the pirate bay website continues his battle against the parties in the case with powerful corporate interests that way western powers in l a

if you right now if you don't call the arctic food to greenpeace side was just a step away from leaving russia we've got the latest dropped all charges against them for trying to pull that offshore oil rig we should exit visas to you get full story. also it turns out that are you politicians hollywood big shots even the vatican officials that don't always practice what the preach when it comes to piracy is it emerges downloading huge amounts of illegal content the story we've got it. right. first right. and i think the true. julian assange is the wiki leaks founder whose of course holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london for over a year no hiding from prosecution glenn greenwald the reporter who broke the n.s.a. scandal and whose partner was held in questioned and terrorism laws jacob appelbaum the a wiki leaks hacker detained a dozen times at the u.s. border today they will all be headliners at a major conference in hamburg on surveillance and privacy peter all of us there to . it's the thirtieth anniversary of the chaos communications conference here in how strongly more and more