is independence we should never recognize kosovo what's your impression what do you think the serbs in a cost of zero should do if sort of. backs away if it if it abandons its year is diction. nor the cost of how probable is what for example the serbs could leave as they left croatia in one thousand nine hundred. best possible solution would be to divide kosovo the northern part should reintegrate with serbia while the serbian community they would remain in kosovo should enjoy the protection of the serbian state serve money stories in kosovo should have an extra tutorial status the arrogance of the great powers they continue encouraging kosovo's independence makes a solution impossible however the solution could have been possible and it would help stabilizing the situation in that part of the balkans for a long time. since we don't have the leverage to impose such a solution the only thing we can do is continue our policy of non-recognition of course who is independence we should be ready if necessary to give up our prospects of even membership this european path should not come at

from serbia in such a manner disserves in kosovo need help should receive regular financial support from serbia serbia should also support all those who say to leave kosovo and move to live in serbia and help them settle down there instead of having all these illusions that we can do something which in fact should never happen with regard to recognizing because it was independence we should never recognize kosovo what's your impression what do you think the serbs in kosovo should do if sort of year that's the way if it if it abandons its year is the action over northern. how probable is what for example the serbs could leave as they left croatia in one thousand nine hundred eighty. and. the best possible solution would be to divide kosovo the northern part should reintegrate with serbia while this human community they would remain in kosovo should enjoy the protection of the syrian state so money stories in kosovo should have an extra tutorial status the arrogance of the great powers they continue encouraging kosovo's independence makes it a solution impossible however this solution

nato forces in kosovo clash with serves as a local news agency reports. the international community. for. you with us here on our team our top story senior officials from the e.u. and i.m.f. are expected in greece to study its progress in reducing its debt before.

if i can go to you and i know you're an expert on the balkans so let's go all the way back to like kosovo to the present and looking at libya why events are playing out in countries like libya but not bahrain not in yemen not in somalia etc etc what is the track record in your opinion of western military intervention since the end of the cold war. abysmal i think the first in terms of the first and only intervention that actually followed the rules was desert storm or does rather desert shield in iraq in one thousand nine hundred ninety one everything after that has been just a total mockery of international law from the gradual escalation of bosnia to the outrage the illegal war in kosovo to the outright illegal invasion in iraq and now libya which has completely dispensed with even the figure leaf of u.n. authorization and simply went to got the resolution to establish a no fly zone and then proceeded with regime change right away ok what do you think about very and i mean abysmal track record in abysmal history since the end of the second and the cold war. well look the intervention in

checkpoints the budget of kosovo is being pulled up and the finances and economy in kosovo are controlled by international forces and international powers so she is merely fulfilling his tasks and it's very naive to think that his mentors will stop him i think the current government in serbia is unwilling to take any measures to protect the serbs other than to talk to international forces and hope that the united international forces work will protect the serbs there. we all know that serbia is main goal is to join the european union and they will not jeopardize that even if it means giving up on the hundred thousand serbs hundred thousand plus serbs who live currently in the province of kosovo well you're invited to share your thoughts on the story to log on to r.t. dot com where the burning question is what should build a do about the possible so far the majority of our viewers think the best way out is to take it back from the albanians about a fifth say belgrade should have freed all serbs and forget about it all the rest is split between those who suggest recognizing kossovo and join

should realize that they should also understand that we would be unable to reintegrate kosovo i live in you three force or by any other means this is something the serbs should definitely understand but will assume should also bear in mind is that the should never recognize kosovo. who will always remain in the focus of our political interest not for the purpose of having constant political tensions in that territory but simply for giving an answer to the buy it stance of the west we separated from serbia in such a manner the serbs in kosovo need help should receive regular financial support from serbia syria should also support all those who say to leave kosovo and move to live in serbia and help them settle down there instead of having all these illusions that we can do something which in fact should never happen with regard to recognizing kosar was independence we should never recognize kosovo what's your impression what do you think the serbs in kosovo should do if serbia backs away if it if it abandons its year is diction. nor the cost of how probable is this ration when for exa

nato peacekeepers in kosovo have been injured seven serbs in clashes at a border area the alliance says it used rubber bullets but a local news agency claims live rounds were fired as well as the x. rays that it says show the gunshot wounds of the victims. and the international community slams israel's decision to build new settlements on occupied territory the palestinians say the israeli move rules out any chance of bilateral peace stop . thanks peter lavelle asked his guest on cross talk whether intervention by the west and other countries can ever be justified and if such action ever brings up positive outcomes for the people on the ground state. can. follow in welcome to crossfire gun control of all western liberal interventionism is it ever justified for such military interventions within the confines of international law is there a case where western inspired force regime change has worked as its plan and in such interventions generate positive outcomes for people on the ground. can. cross talk liberal interventions i'm joined by name ocean isle beach in washington he's a histori

council gathered behind closed doors for hours to debate and discuss growing tensions in northern kosovoserbian foreign minister and his course of our counterpart flew into new york for this our merchant seen meeting that was called for by serbia and supported by russia serbia is urging the council to prevent kosovo's ethnic albanian authorities from using force in northern and close of oh that is an area populated by ethnic serbs now kosovo house and plans to send its custom officials and security forces to the border and to to take it over violence between as nic serbs and albanians erupted there in july that violence killed one person and wounded several others russian ambassador vitaly churkin says kosovar albanians have threatened to use force ambassador churkin says that nato peacekeepers in the area he believes could be cooperating with the hand of the plans of the kosovar albanians rather than venting danger from working out we have serious concerns about where the little this is going and the minister getting she made it very clear that the. entire proposition of european union

kosovo has announced plans to send its custom officials and security forces to the border to to take it over now serbia is urging the council to prevent kosovo's ethnic albanian authorities from using force in northern kosovo that is an area populated by ethnic serbs violence between ethnic serbs and albanians erupted there in july that violence killed one person and wounded several others russian ambassador vitaly churkin says that nato peacekeepers in the area he believes could be won or even with the plans of the kosovo albanians rather than the venting danger from breaking out we have serious concerns about where we're all this is going. to be clear that. entire proposition of european union playing this mediating role in a dialogue between between pleased and belgrade is maybe put in question so this sudden departure from the best of dialogue at the moment when it was beginning to show some promise promise in our view is completely unjustified unwarranted and that it injures now was back in two thousand and eight when kosovo unilaterally declared its independence with the suppor

nato peacekeepers in kosovo what injured seven serbs in the clashes of the border area the alliance says it used rubber bullets but a local news agency claims live rounds were fired as released x. rays it says show the gunshot wounds of victims and the international community condemns israel's decision to build new settlements on occupied territory palestinians say the israeli moves rule out any chance of bilateral he stops. up next year lavelle asks his crossed our guest whether western intervention in other countries could be justified and if the action ever brings about positive outcomes for the people on the ground state with us. can. follow in welcome to cross talk on peter about western liberal interventionism is it ever justified for such military interventions within the confines of international law is there a case where western inspired forced regime change has worked as it's planned and can such interventions generate positive outcomes for people on the ground. to cross-talk liberal interventions i'm joined by new botia my leech in washington he's a historian and columnist for

appears powerless to prevent the threat of violence on serbia's border with breakaway kosovo as the self declared republic sets up customs controls despite local serbs protesting against the move. in the wake of the british and french leaders visit to libya in a show of support for the new authority tonight we look at how the u.k. still invites repressive regimes on a shopping spree for military hardware. the much anticipated sell street gas pipeline moves a step closer to reality as russia signs landmark agreements with talkie repeat energy giants. and russia's ghost town on soil artie's close of series take shoot of war used to be the westernmost softly at settlement and an embodiment at the time of communism. welcome to you watching r t it's just after ten pm now here in moscow this friday evening my name's kevin know it and first tonight kosovo's prime minister has announced that the breakaway region has introduced customs control on its border with serbia that's a move strongly opposed by belgrade local serbs have been trying to prevent it by blocking roads leading to the two border

kosovo border despite nato bringing more troops to the area. china rockets into space history as a launch as the country's first orbiting laboratory with plans for an even more ambitious project down the road its own space station. and debate is taking off up next as peter lavelle and guest discuss the credibility of the u.n. that's coming your way in crosstalk stay with us.

but first the standoff continues in northern kosovo with local serbs reinforcing their barricades and nato calling in more troops to the region tense relations between serbia and kosovo plunged to new depths tuesday after nato forces tried to dismantle barricades causing violent clashes with local serbs the roadblocks were set up in july when cosa been a foreign he's tried to seize checkpoints to enforce a unilateral trade embargo artie's alexei or she has more. now i'm standing beside one of the manmade barricades one of the manmade checkpoints created by the kosovo destined to cart off both the k. four and the cost of police forces from the serbian part of the village as you can see it is pretty calm now here with people sitting by the fire waiting for something to happen being on guard every minute but there are certain indications that the tension is mounting in here in this region with both. reinforcing their checkpoints these piles of sand they put here to block the road look quite fresh and we also have information that from the local from the local people here reporting that t

now it was back in two thousand and eight when kosovo unilaterally declared its independence with the support of the united states and western european countries this is something that was not approved by the security council in russia was one of the security council members that warned there would be escalating tensions to follow for years this is an international issue that russia serbia and many other countries believe needs to be addressed now before violence as leitz and in further. he's been hearing increasingly isolated serbs in kosovo won't be able to rely on belgrade's help certain canadian documentary maker but it's not of course he says they're at the mercy of forward proper tears because serbia won't jeopardize its chances to join the e.u. . it's very naive to think that you lex and kay four are actually helping the person in government no it looks thank you for just continuing their policies. under the banner of protecting you since the but with the establishment of course of the customs that is checkpoints the budget of course was being filled up and the finances and eco

just after ten pm now here in moscow this friday evening my name's kevin zero in and first tonight kosovo as prime ministers announce that the breakaway region has introduced customs control on its border with serbia that's a move strongly opposed by belgrade local serbs have been trying to prevent it by blocking roads leading to the two border posts and hundreds of them of protest against the move in the northern city of mitrovica our correspondent sara firth is they'll be catching up with her just a little bit later on in the program meantime political analyst alexander private says the nato led mission in kosovo assisting the breakaway republic in installing customs controls is violating the original un mandate. ok for meeting nato have absolutely overstepped their mandate their un mandate is clear they're supposed to be neutral down there they're supposed to be keeping the peace they're not supposed to be taking anyone's side they're clearly taking the albanian side the secession is the government increased tonight the capital of kosovo and so this is bound to stir trouble and they've

serbs living in the kosovo definitely area now remains in. the whole region has been very sharp responses on the international level with in particular the russian foreign minister saying that this particular this particular incident destabilizes the situation in the whole region and lead to very serious consequences. now if you missed something on the air just log on to r.t. dot com where you can find more details on all of our stories here's a flavor of what's waiting for you online right now. if there's any truth to the rumors colonel gadhafi is certainly earning his air miles at the moment with sightings in different countries on a daily basis has its own take on where the missing might be hiding head online for more. former ukrainian prime minister yulia timoshenko is back in the dog after a two week break and she's clearly the happier for it go to our t. dot com to find out why and check out our youtube channel for some of the stories you won't find anywhere else. is. it is china's turn to stake a claim it to the stars as it launches it

assisting kosovo in the move is violating the un mandate. ok for meeting nato have absolutely overstepped their mandate their un mandate is clear they're supposed to be neutral down there they're supposed to be keeping the peace they're not supposed to be taking i mean one side they're clearly taking the albanian side the secessionist government increased to the capital of kosovo and so this is bound to stir trouble and they've openly sided with them together with the western countries the western powers that are sitting in the security council so caution toci has a lot to thank for as far as they're concerned we have the security council we have five states each with veto power we have three western states and two non western states on the security council with veto power so really if the west decides to support any unilateral action. you can't stop it and you can't give a mandate to the u.n. to do anything about it because either the united states great britain and france will put a veto veto to it and that's been clear from the start so i

serbs refused to dismantle their barricades along the serbia kosovo border despite nato bringing more troops to the area. and in business class of economic policy will continue as of course that by alex they couldn't says deputy finance minister sergei starts at details coming up in our business bulletin that's. nine am in moscow i matras are going to have you with us here on r t our top story kicked into action by a market panic unseen since the financial crash of two thousand and eight germany's government scramble to improve on massive expansion of the use emergency bailout fund new measures mean berlin now personally guarantees an astronomic contribution of two hundred eleven billion euros most analysts though agree that yet has to be more has to be done to prevent the highly anticipated greek default from shattering the eurozone you negotiate hers also return to athens for a restart on talks on more bellow payments the government's last chance to abate a collapse later this month but it's hard to see our first reports the fuel for the greek governments will lead close austerity e

oh geez alexia show us the reporting from kosovo you'll stay with us here on our t.v. there's plenty more coming your way and you can always find much more on our team dot com here's what's a click away right now. if you missed the frankfurt in order show no worries just hold her head on over to moscow where government officials have managed to blow more than one hundred fifty million dollars on luxury cars. and a police officer was attacked by a muslim man in brussels after he demanded the man's wife remove her veil full story on that r.t. dot com. libya's national transitional council says a role form an interim government to the whole country's liberated and cited off the forces have already taken the airport in the fugitive colonel's hometown of sirte one of the last remaining could off in strongholds reinforcements and also been called in and ready for a fresh assault in the face of strong resistance to civilians continue fleeing the besieged city anti-war activists and director of the answer coalition brian becker nato may only be adding to the country's problems

mediated talks on kosovo who's also been of the disputed points. the fun of it she is now calling on both sides to resume discussions and has shared his views on a possible solution to the problem. wrote to full normalization off our relationship with cristina and of course that normalization. doesn't mean by any way our recognition of independence of course so we believe that the only way out is through a dialogue actually to an agreement how these two crossings to gates will look like because right now what christina did was a one sided attempt to change the reality on the ground which is against all the agreements before is to death in this attempt and they breached their own mandate they breached their status their position toward kosovo and serbia and we are really satisfied we do small and it's against security council resolution for all forty four it's against the mandate of ulick's it's again six points by and by bank you move which was supported by security council states that dos two gates should be different and yachters and they should

and serves refused to dismantle their barricades on the serbia kosovo border despite nato breme more troops to the area. eight am in moscow i match reza good to have you with us here on r t our top story kicked into action by a market panic on the scenes as the financial crash of two thousand and eight germany's government scrambled to approve a massive expansion of the e.u.'s emergency bailout fund the new measures mean berlin now personally guarantees an astronomic contribution of two hundred eleven billion euros most analysts though agree that yet has to be yet more has to be done to prevent a highly anticipated greek default from shattering the euro zone you knew she had hers also returned to athens for restart talks on more bailout payments the government's last chance to evade a collapse later this month but authorities are first reports the few for the greek governments will let those austerity engine may be quickly running out. the patience is running out amongst the people having greece take you back out and leave that was the message from the. day the finance ministry and i

plus peacekeepers in kosovo are on high alert as ethnic tension in serbia as a breakaway republic reaches a boiling point. near it in moscow treasure bring you today's top stories in a look back at the week's news here on r t turning first to libya where fierce fighting rages on between pro and anti khadafi you forces loyalist troops are making their last stand in three cities that are under heavy assault by the relentless fighters who are backing the country's new government syria to bani walid and sob now witnessing house to house battles with hundreds of civilians caught in the crossfire and it's thought colonel gadhafi who is still on the run could be hiding in one of the besieged cities meanwhile life is returning to something close to normal in the capital tripoli but as our she's marie if an ocean reports there are some libyans there who already want gadhafi. and months after tripoli fell into rebels' hands those who backed the old regime remain defiant but fearful in parts of the city the rebels triumphant campaign feels like it's never happened or did so somewhere else. we will d

serves refused to dismantle their barricades on the serbia kosovo border despite nato bringing more troops to the area. ten am in moscow ryan matras are good to have you with us here on r t our top story kicked into action by a market panic since the financial crash of two thousand and eight germany's government scramble to approve a massive expansion of the e.u.'s emergency bailout fund new measures earlier and is now guaranteeing an astronomic contribution of two hundred eleven billion euros most analysts though would read that more must be done to prevent a highly anticipated greek default from shattering the euro zone new negotiators also return to athens to restart talks on future bella payments the government's last chance to evade a collapse later this month but is ours the sour first before it blew for the group governments were left us alistair in the engine running out. the patience is running out amongst the people hailing greece take it out and leave that was the message from the protest is that outside the finance ministry the organizations the little people who are being made

serbs refused to dismantle their barricades along the serbia kosovo border despite nato peleg in more troops to the area. noon in moscow i match president good to have you with us here on r t our top story kicked into action by a market panic unseen since the financial crash of two thousand and eight and germany's government scramble to approve a massive expansion of the e.u.'s emergency bailout fund the new measures mean berlin now personally guarantees an astronomic contribution of two hundred eleven billion euros most analysts though agree that more must be done to prevent a highly anticipated greek default from a shattering the eurozone you negotiate has also went back to athens to restart talks on future belo payments the government's last chance to evade a collapse later this month as r.t. sorrow for ports from athens to fuel for greek government relentless austerity injured may be running out. greece has been a place the child of a year i think a crisis with germany baiting to expand the bailout on the country look let's get the much needed cash injection to help come with some

and indeed i think one can make a case for saying that there are parallel structures now in kosovo the european union on one hand and the united nations on the other but legally speaking it should be the united nations the european union itself in a state of advanced collapse while there is serbia trying to join it and why is serbia determined to sacrifice part of her own territory a very historic part of our territory for that goal that's the reality and i'm afraid the situation won't improve until belgrade abandons this in my view suicidal goal of joining the e.u. . we're a few minutes away from hearing how free speech does come out a cost even much loved american celebrities like cream and bennett and then also me when speaking their mind in the land of the free it's coming soon. the international community has written to israel for its decision to build eleven hundred disputed easter we sent a process says it's deeply concerned with the plan and hopes it will be reversed and the us also joined the chorus of disapproval of prime minister benjamin netanyahu defended israel's right to

as standoff kosovo thirty's with e.u. and nato forces on one side ethnic serbian protesters on the other keep it for us this is our land our territory it's refusing to accept the cause thing government's attempts to take control of two border crossings here in the north the protesters are standing firm at the barricades that they erected is the game of nerves and night this side willing to back down i don't think anyone in the room can come to these people here in the north and tell them give up simply go home and accept that you are leaving independent cost or even more do it the time being the protesters seem calm you don't have to look hard to see signs of the underlying tensions or along the roads here in the north you come across these makeshift roadblocks serbian people using gravel rocks bits of wood whatever they can get their hands on really to disrupt the flow of traffic in this area protesters to vow that blocks will remain in place until a dialogue begins about who man the border posts and what will happen wit

london and other top stories tonight from tensions on serbia's border with breakaway kosovo intensify following friday's takeover of two disputed border posts from police with the assistance of nato led forces have placed customs officers no checkpoints previously under-estimate control locals have tried to prevent what they call the unilateral action of kosovo's or bone eons of further reports from near one of those cities checkpoints. well we're at one of the border crossings you renny and the roads leading up to it remain bloke's by the protesters now we actually can't get too much play so when you go up to the front of that cross thing you're stopped by the bubble and we can see some of the k. full forces on the ground there we saw helicopters coming across and the you like helicopters dropping off some of the police forces to these crossings also the albanian cause the police a very needy actually got to. each of the checkpoints at the moment and that only for the time being in an observatory role now of course the plan is for them to eventually take a the control and that's what

council members met behind closed doors for hours debating and discussing the crisis in northern kosovo but the failure to produce any kind of consensus came from western countries some western countries disagreeing that there is a need to oxer now this emergency security council session was called for by the initiative of russia and called for by serbia in an effort to prevent and the escalating tension and violence in northern kosovo and this is where most of all ethnic albanians have sent its customs and security forces in to take over two crossing borders with serbia as you mentioned kosovo as prime minister said that customs control has been established on that border now of course this was a very pressing issue because it was just back in july we re saw clashes take place there that left one person dead several others wounded the russian ambassador to the united nations batali churkin urged the council to issue a press statement calling on belgrade of to resolve all issues through dialogue to not act outside of any kind of a dialogue or or you know conversations to keep things saf