foreign minister sergei lavrov says the un security council shouldn't be contemplating taking action against syria while stakes during what he calls a civil war taking place in yemen a lot more not so good later on. and russia's largest company gazprom has announced its boosting its dividend payments and investment program to record levels find out more what's coming out from the annual general meeting of the gulf putting in twenty with a side of the salty. it's five pm in moscow this is coming to life and now with our top story this hour greece is gearing up for another day of protests after thousands clashed with police said wednesday following parliament's decision to pass tough austerity measures the government now has to implement the agreed costs in order to secure a further financial lifeline from the e.u. financial journalists. at square the focal point of the protests with more. things are really quiet here no one's not i gathered yet the protests are supposed to take place around six o'clock where they're supposed to start first first start collecting honest in the square o

the foreign minister sergey lavrov suggested that a lack of trance was in danger of forging no wedge between russia and the other candidate members of the un security council and that's because of the way disease naysay was implementing the agreed un resolution one ninety seven three it was imposed on back in march when the russian abstained. the no fly zone seeming to leave you however russia now please today's actions in libya go beyond that maybe implementing them a fly zone and in fact now we're on regime change and allegedly that's a piece of forcing the opposition and that swindling of trust lavrov today suggested only escalated following very recent visits us about cricket president jiang zemin trip pretty soon in trying the case with colonel get down. b. a visit which was then almost immediately followed by a resumption in they say strikes and today lavrov the data growing a lack of trust could cause russia in the future to pause i think twice before agreeing to any such resolution again. typical connection everybody involved in the implementation of the bridge solution must

foreign minister sergei lavrov says the u.n. security council shouldn't be contemplating taking action against syria during what he calls a civil war taking place in yemen a bit later on. broadcasting around the world of the top news and headlines this is r.t. direct from the heart of moscow glad to have you with us let's take a look at your top story greece has voted on a second bill in the final step towards implementing the next wave of austerity measures it is the last heard. all that athens has to jump to qualify for a new stack of european bailout funds the plans met heavy public resistance with two days of rioting that has left more than three hundred people injured financial journalist dimitri kovtun us right in the middle of the action at the syntagma square. yesterday was the worst day we've seen we saw chemicals used that were not just tear gas we saw illegal chemical use like expect seeding agents and things of that nature you had massive amounts of police brutality and the films all over the all of the internet and

foreign minister sergei lavrov says the u.n. security council shouldn't be contemplating taking action against syria while stake knowing what he calls a civil war taking place in yemen a lot more not so that later on. live from our studios in central moscow you're watching archie with me and he said now a it's four pm here in the russian capital three pm in athens where greece is gearing up for another day of protests after thousands clashed with police on wednesday following parliament's decision to pass tough austerity measures the government now house to implement the agreed cuts in order to secure a further financial lifeline from the e.u. we cannot cross to financial journalist domestic until last who joins us live from athens you're on syntagma square of course the focal point of these protests how

foreign minister sergei lavrov says the un security council shouldn't be contemplating taking action against syria while state during what he calls a civil war taking place in yemen all aboard not the delayed roll. and of the risk of greece's default is reduced russian markets put on the another for the obvious m i six crew putting the streak to three days in a row more on that in the business as you put it. at seven pm in moscow this is r t coming to you live now with our top story this evening greece has voted on a second bill in the final step towards implementing the next wave of austerity measures it's the last hurdle that athens has to jump to qualify for a new stack of european ballot funds but the plans may have the public resistance with two days of rioting that's left more than three hundred people injured. live to the heart of athens where financial journalist timothy joins us he's seen he's been at most of the protests throughout the last couple of days now it's no surprise of course that this bill has been passed it was expected after wednesday's vote but would there hav

a closed door meeting however afterwards prime minister for foreign minister that is us and gave lavrov did come out and said that and confirmed that mahmoud ahmadinejad's did confirm to president medvedev that iran is going is that is in total renouncement of clients to possess nuclear weapons and there you have it he their word said that according to mr lavrov had come from deny god now this is important because the nuclear power nonproliferation has been a major topic here at the summit as well as the controversial nuclear program of iran and also discussed at that meeting is the. plan of iran to work with the members of the. members here in order to get rid of the u.n. sanctions because the u.n. sanctions really is a problem proving to be a hurdle. for membership into the c.e.o. but aside from a broad president get it also met with. a start and here they are discussed of course the drug situation in the country which is threatening to security of russia as well as a potential business deals which mean it's a card for these big deals apparently because russia is a willing to contribu

in a closed door meeting and according to a foreign minister sergei lavrov an important statement had been made at that meeting. confirming. its total renouncement of plans to possess nuclear weapons and important statement to be made at a time when there's a lot of international pressure on iran in this regard now russia had also raised the possibility of a more constructive cooperation between iran and the nations referred to the five permanent members of the u.n. security council plus germany as well as the importance of increasing transparency between iran and the international atomic energy agency now aside from the issue of its nuclear program and nuclear nonproliferation iran had also said that it is willing to work with. iran is seeking full membership. in the sanctions against it is proving to be a hurdle so it seems that iran is willing to work on this in order to clear the path for full membership into this group now aside from the president had also sat down with the president of afghanistan hamid karzai and as expected top things that to me take the issue off the drug tra

a visit which was then always to me to be followed by a resumption in they say strikes and today lavrov move that that growing a lack of trust could cools russia in the future to poor i think twice before agreeing to any such resolution again. typical connection everybody involved in the implementation of the resolution must show maximum responsibility for international law and the united nations keeping in mind the authority of the u.n. security council to say otherwise god forbid next time anything of the sort happens we will act differently because no one will take what's being said at face value things like creating a no fly zone all these statements of course come in the wake of a very recent u.n. report which the guy says it's a good glimpse of trust the team is that being committed it may be on the both sides albeit less numerous on the policy your position and of course it comes very shortly off the walls weekend's g. eight when the president medvedev agreed to send over russian envoy to benghazi to it's have suitcase exists inside but on syria minister lavrov reiterates it's mo

foreign minister sergei lavrov says the un security council shouldn't be contemplating taking action against syria while steak knowing what he calls a civil war taking place in yemen i'll have more thoughts of the later old. not from our studios in central moscow you're watching our team with me and he said now it's six pm here in the russian capital five pm in athens where greece is gearing up for another day of protests after thousands clashed with police on wednesday following parliament's decision to cast tough austerity measures the government now has to implement the agreed cops in order to secure a further financial lifeline from the e.u. financial journalists may take off in la is that where the focal point of the protests with more details. things are really quiet here no once not i gather to get the protests are supposed to take place around six o'clock but they're supposed to start first were circulating i was in the square on the afternoon right now most people are probably home resting or looking at footage from last night there's a lot of police brutality footage that's

foreign minister sergey lavrov suggested there's a lack of trust was in danger of forging no way between russia and the other cabinet members of the un security council and that's because of the way the ship the seas nato is implementing the agreed un resolution number one mind seventy three that was imposed on him in march when russia abstained and that allows a no fly zone seeming to really be however russia now but these days actions in libya go beyond merely implementing and those lies and in fact now we're on regime change and allegedly actively supporting the opposition in that building of trust lavrov today suggested only escalated following the very recent visit us about rick and president jiang zemin to try please you can try and make a ca with colonel gadhafi busy. which was then almost immediately followed by a resumption in may say strikes and today love wrong that that growing a lack of trust could cause roster in the future to cause i think twice before agreeing to any such resolution again. looking in which everybody involved in the implementation of the resolution must sh

well during his visit stay with their his bulgarian counterpart foreign minister sergey lavrov suggested that a lack of trust was in danger of forging a wedge between russia and the other permanent members of the u.n. security council and that's because of the way the c's nato is implementing you agreed un resolution number one mind seventy three that was their votes going back in march when russia abstained and that allows a no fly zone to see implemented over the libya however russia now but these days actions in libya go beyond that maybe implementing a no fly zone and in fact now we're on regime change and allegedly to be supporting the opposition that. willing of trust that rough today suggested only escalated following the very recent visit us about african president jacob zuma to tripoli seemed to control on the go say with colonel gadhafi a visit which was then almost immediately followed by a resumption in they say strikes and today lavrov the battle growing a lack of trust could cause rostering the thing to course i think twice before agreeing to any such resolution again. shia

known regime change and allegedly actively supporting the opposition and that swindling of trust lavrov today suggested only escalated following the very recent visit of saddam's broken president jakob zuma trip pretty soon talking trying to go see a with colonel gadhafi visit which was then almost immediately followed by a resumption in they say strikes and today lavrov warned the data growing a lack of trust could cause russia in the future to cause i think twice before agreeing to any such resolution again. couldn't assure everybody involved in the implementation of the bridge solution must show maximum responsibility before international law and the united nations keeping in mind the authority of the u.n. security council to say otherwise god forbid next time anything of the so what happens we will act differently because no one will take what's being said at face value figs like creating a new front essentially statements of course come in the wake of a very recent u.n. report which says i sit it's a glimpse of trust the team is that being committed it may be on the both sides albe

foreign minister sergei lavrov says the un security council shouldn't be contemplating taking action against syria whilst ignoring what he calls a civil war taking place in yemen are not so good later on. just after midnight here in the russian capital you're watching r t thanks for joining us and now to our top story greece has voted on a second bill in the final step towards implementing the next a wave of a sturdy measures well it's the last hurdle that athens has to job to qualify for a new stock of european bailout funds well the plans met heavy public resistance with two days of rioting that's left more than three hundred people injured the national journalist amaechi coffee loss is right in the middle of the action at the syntagma square. in the front where you might hear some screaming that's where people are standing in front of my yes which is a street that passed in front of parliament and that's where more of the tonton goes on that's where the laser police that's where they taunt police so you have you have the political type of movement that's that is growing right here

the foreign minister sergei lavrov says the un security council shouldn't be contemplating taking action against syria while state during what he calls a civil war taking place in yemen olive oil not so later on. russia's gazprom says it's boosting its investment program and raising dividends to record levels find out more block him out of the a.g.m. of the company in our business. just after ten pm in the russian capital you're watching r t thanks for joining us and now to our top story. greece has voted on a second bill and the final step towards implementing the next wave of hysteria measures it's the last hurdle that athens has to jump to qualify for a new stock of european bailout funds all the plans met with resistance with more than a three hundred people injured in two days of riots financial journalists and media is in the heart of athens where frustrated crowds continue to grow. they already started to gather around the parliament right now they're quickly starting to amass a number on the street in front of constitution square and on this on the streets perpendicular as the su

on syria with moscow calling for a strictly defined how the solution the foreign minister sergei lavrov says the un security council shouldn't be contemplating taking action against syria whilst ignoring what he calls a civil war taking place in yemen i'll have more notes of that later on. russia's largest company gas giant gazprom has announces boosting dividends on his investment program to record levels from the company's a.g.m. and all business proceedings wednesday. just after nine pm here in the russian capital you're watching r.t. thanks for joining us now to our top story greece has voted on a second a bill in the final step towards implementing the next wave of a sturdy measures was the last hurdle that athens hostage jumped to qualify for a new stock of european bailout funds but plans met with resistance more than three hundred people injured in two days of riots national journalist dimitri coffee mass is in the heart about this are frustrated crowds continue to grow. they already started to gather around the parliament right now they're quickly starting to amass a number on

organization's position on syria saying the crisis warrants a peaceful solution foreign minister sergei lavrov says the security council should be calling for action all ignoring what he describes as a civil war in yemen. next we talked to british union leader marks or what who says public sector workers won't stop until they achieve their goals. today i'm talking to mark hughes one of the brains behind the thirtieth of june nationwide strikes in the u.k. he's head of the public and commercial services union three hundred thousand members are walking out of a proposed reforms to the pension scheme thanks for talking to r.t. today now this is possible to plan to cut public spending in this country just how drastic are these cuts going to be give us an impression of what they might mean for the cuts of the big most people will have seen in their lifetime are projected to mean half a million jobs lost in the public sector six hundred thousand jobs in the private sector as a direct result we're seeing changes in the delivery of welfare cuts in funding of education for young people and also a tax o

an order well first of all i wanted to ask you about your meeting with the recent meeting with mr lavrov the russian foreign minister where you said i quote it's of paramount importance that our balcony become part of the european security system well obviously you meant membership in nato. so also members of the european union ok right and are you sure that that nato is the main factor that will guarantee security in europe is that is that the belief i'm absolutely positive because if you look at it. things historically you will see the the last twenty years in the balkans we have seen so many worlds and so many divisions among ethnic groups and religions that we have a historic opportunity actually more than that and we have a historic responsibility to make sure the war will be impossible in the balkans and the way you make war impossible in the balkans by bringing in the neighbors in the west welcomes inch of the european union and nato but achieves two things two very important things first it provides for a common framework of laws and regulations to allow for the development of ea

dmitri medvedev and iran it was a closed door meeting however afterwards foreign minister sergei lavrov did come out and said that iraq would emma did the job it did confirm to a president may get if that if iran is in total renouncement of plans to possess nuclear weapons how this is important because the nuclear nonproliferation has been a major topic here at the summit as well as the controversial nuclear program of iran and also discussed at that meeting is the. plan of iran to to a get rid of the u.n. sanctions because the u.s. side has really is a privilege to be a hurdle. for membership into d.s.t.o. but aside from iran president head of it also met with editor of the on his side and here they had discussed of course the a drug situation in the country which is threatening to security of russia as well as a potential business deals between the two countries big deals apparently because russia is a willing to contribute a lot to the rebuilding of the country but if they do touch on a whole range of important issues that are happening in the world today as expected they had been a

energy agency ali asghar soltanieh thank you for joining us today the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov has told the press in our star no the president recognizes the importance of talks for resolving tension around your nuclear program because it does it does it mark a more positive phase in your talks with the i.a.e.a. to you. is a pleasure to talk to you i just want to reiterate that for the last eighty years. i'm pleased that cooperation with diane about fire. thousand manned the inspection has been made and no evidence of diversion have been found to military purposes this is a clear be love harolds the guardian of course negotiation and talk we have always welcomed negotiation and talk and respect and of course without any precondition. guarding the release in comment interview with the r t of lady ashton i am rather disappointed because this sort of thing is that means. ignoring their fact that there are a has clearly made there is no evidence of diversion and. reports clearly even the last of the for sure all of these with activities and every gram of uranium ease and therefore.

foreign minister sergei lavrov says the un security council shouldn't be contemplating taking action against syria whilst ignoring what he calls a civil war taking place in yemen i'll have more not so good later on. just after one am here in the russian capital you're watching r.t. thanks for joining us. now to our top story greece has voted on a second bill and the final step towards implementing the next wave of hysterically measures well it's the last hurdle that athens hostage john to qualify for a new stack of european bailout funds where the plants met heavy public resistance of the two days of rioting that's left more than three hundred people injured and national journalists need to cough and us is right in the middle of the action at the syntagma square it the more you have this type of resistance i mean yesterday was the worst day we've seen we saw chemicals used that were not just tear gas we saw illegal chemical use like fixating agents and things of that nature you had massive amounts of police brutality and the films all over the all of the internet stand as evidence fo

the foreign minister sergei lavrov suggests a bit of a lack of trust was in danger of forging no wedge between russia and the all the permanent members of the un security council enough because of the way the ship is sees nato is implementing the agreed un resolution number one mind seventy three it was the folks who don't get mobbed when the russia abstained and that allows the no fly zone seemings it over the libya however russia now but these days actions in libya go beyond that medium financing and mayflies a that in fact now are on regime change and allegedly actively supporting the opposition and that swindling of trust love are off today suggested only escalated following the very recent visit to south african president jacob zuma to tripoli you see talk and try on the case today with colonel gadhafi a visit which was then almost immediately followed by a resumption in they say strikes and a lot of wrong move that growing a lack of trial scrooge cools rostrum if you just pull as i think twice before agreeing to any such resolution again. to look like an issue everybody involved

libya they do not agree with further military involvement in such situations also foreign minister lavrov had issued a statement on syria saying that russia has not and will not change its position on the matter and that russia would be against any u.n. resolution on the syria again security in the region that was at the top of the agenda and they want to continue terrorism b.b.b. have been holding a lot of joint military operations. from what they have been saying today it is expected that they will continue these but also they want to bring the fight to cyberspace they also want to come up with security. presence of here has been very important it has brought a lot of issues to the table afghanistan is here as a guest and they want to be observer to the c.e.o. one of the key issues is the post made to a future of the country that he's members do believe that the stability of afghanistan is essential to stability be entire region and president hamid karzai had specifically said despite doubts of the past of the country's us and its ability to handle the situation in the country after nat

libya they do not agree with father military involvement in such situations also foreign minister lavrov had issued a separate statement on syria saying that russia has not and will not change its position on the matter and that russia would be against. the u.n. resolution on the syria security in the region that was at the top of the agenda the presence of a here has been a very important it has brought a lot of issues to the table i've got a status here as a guest and they want to be on the server to be a c.e.o. one of the key issues is the post made to the future of the country that members do believe that the stability of afghanistan is essential to stability in the entire region and also of course topping that agenda with regard to. the drug situation this is very important for russia and they have all acknowledged that they have to come up with a common strategy in dealing with this president. let's hear what he had to say on the matter. afghanistan. can be. hugely important. and also they had made a statement on the fact that a unilateral missile defense system is going to be a th

and foreign minister sergei lavrov says the u.n. security council shouldn't be contemplating taking action against syria while stake knowing what he calls a civil taking place in yemen a lot more not so good later on. to softer eleven pm here in the russian capital you're watching r t thanks for joining us now to our top story greece has voted on a second bill in the final step towards implementing the next wave of a ceratin measures well it's the last hurdle that athens has to jump to qualify for a new stock of european bailout funds. plans about having a public recess two days of rioting that's left more than three hundred people injured let's cross live to the heart of our financial journalist to meet a coffin also joins us well thanks again for being with us at this hour in the last time you spoke to our to you said if people were massing around us and talk to square what's happening there right now well it's pretty amazing actually it's what we usually see on nights but tonight it's just the crowd is just much bigger it's reall

the west on this economic sanctions question let's look at russia russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov reiterated again that russia in view of the chaos that we've witnessed in libya would not support any u.n. resolution that might lead to military action is that a justified worry. of course it's a justified worry once you start putting you know big economic sanctions on a country then you have to do you know if it doesn't bring down the regime and you're starving the people what are you going to do either you lift the sanctions which never happens or you have to go in and and under the regime because you can't just start people forever. syria of course most of the get to the crossroads of the middle they see a strategic a very volatile region what are the risks of a civil war do you think tonight it would have had a scruffy consequences if it did. it would you know we don't it's hard to read the future of syria the situation could bubble along the way it's going now for some time. this is what we've seen before is that you think that things are going to reach a climax they're going to

the libyan regime change scenario in syria will only spell doom but according to foreign minister lavrov latest statement let's cross live for our correspondent alice cooper chief following developments for us our telephone more about what circular broad had said. foreign minister sergei lavrov he she did number of statements today during his meeting with his bulgarian counterparts of the russian foreign ministry building behind me on syria he said that the international community must be careful against implementing any provocations and to securing everything changes in the country as he said that that could destabilize syria which would have played to stop taking precautions to the region however he did say that president saddam not to believe that he's implemented the promises promised reforms within his own country this is what's hard to say on syria. just because you would see syria is the key country in the region be changed to to state. it's the situation that may incur disastrous consequences the world community must fully understand this must not provoke this kind of situation t