and this strong united liberal party will collect million of wards and seventy percent of people who've been on sorrow or be liberals according to opinion polls listen very well but there is so i was going to say you are a historian and you've been in the studio in this capacity we talked about his history and very process with the well if we look not at the american england but our east european countries post to tell italian countries post to tell a tear in democracies we see that in all of these countries mainly there is the new democratic party and the old socialist or communist who are posing in the russian well who also have begun of. so maybe the future of russian democracy is either put in this partly or the or the near all communists. and there's no place feel for the liberals like you know i don't think so he's either too big you know players when i when i think about russia i think it's very much similar to poland now to check republic to hungary so i mean that we have we have different groups in society we have strong left left left. movement potentially communists an

competitive approach to russian politics president medvedev saying the country needs a strong liberal party that would break the mold of current politics more highlights of what he had to say and plenty more at r.t. dot com. plus u.s. battleships carrying out military exercises off the country's east coast ahead of a deployment to the persian gulf and stop the drill not depict a country resembling a ron find out more at r.t. dot com. meanwhile barack obama orders new sanctions against the islamic republic hitting its central bank and giving us agencies the power to freeze assets late to iran the move is part of an effort to pressure iran over its controversial nuclear ambitions also coming amid growing fears of a unilateral israeli strike on the country's atomic program israel's former head of intelligence tells r t that the country and western leaders are attempting to demonize iran to stoke panic and suspicion. the leadership believes that in order to arouse international public opinion and in order to mount pressure upon the iranians it's necessary to impress upon the world at large and

more competitive approach to politics in russia president medvedev says russia needs a strong liberal party to break the mold of current politics more highlights of what he had to say are waiting for you at r t v dot com. also meet the man behind the mask he's moscow street artist whose detailed artwork and secret identity have earned him the nickname the russian banks the after the british artist. plus three thousand meters beneath the sea russian scientists make a unique discovery find out exactly what they found and its impact on the future of science head to our team dot com. and the greek prime minister is struggling to get a coalition party leaders to buy into harsh new international bailout terms the talks have now been postponed until tuesday that's as pressure mounts on athens with the european commission spokesman saying the deadline has already passed the country must now accept even more painful cuts if it's to get a one hundred thirty billion euro second lifeline from international creditors and if the deal falls through greece is expected to default by the end of march first s

more competitive approach to russian politics president medvedev saying russia needs a strong liberal partyto break the mold of current politics more highlights of what he had to say a click away at r t dot com plus three thousand meters beneath the sea russian scientists make a unique discovery to find out what they found and its impact on the future of science by clicking on our. president barack obama has been ordering new sanctions against iran hitting its central bank and giving us agencies the ability to freeze assets linked to to run at the same time u.s. battleships are running naval drills off the country's east coast with a war game scenario reportedly depicting a potential conflict with the islamic republic let's get some discussion on this with your insurer of the school oriental and african studies joining us from london she's also representative of the campaign against sanctions and military intervention in iran so we know where she stands in recent days not a single new threat has emerged from tehran and we see the u.s. president ordering new sanctions why do you think that i

competitive approach to politics and russian president medvedev saying the country needs a strong liberal party to break the mold of current politics more highlights of what he had to say a click away on our website. plus u.s. battleships carrying out military drills off the east coast of the country ahead of their deployment to the persian gulf it's thought the drill map could depict a country resembling iran find out more by clicking to our key dot com. greece's prime minister is struggling to get coalition party leaders to buy into harsh new international bailout terms talks have now been postponed until tuesday but a massive fifteen thousand jobs cut has already been accepted this is pressure mounts on athens with the european commission spokesman saying that deadlines already passed the country must now accept even more painful cuts if it's to get a one hundred thirty billion euro second lifeline from international creditors if the deal falls through greece is expected to fall by the end of march for more perspective on this i'm joined by next creek as an economic analyst an international

the support rates for the democratic party and the opposition liberal democratic party slipped slightly to around 17%. almost 50% said they don't support any party in particular. the figure is the highest since the current survey method was adopted in july 2004. the results suggest that interest may be shifting from long established parties to upstart political blocks that are now taking shape. lessons from the march 11th disaster was the theme of a recent forum held in tokyo. our business anchor attended the forum to meet a renowned intellectual. >> reporter: the world civilization forum was chaired by harvard university professor. the professor was born in india. he's a nobel laureate in economic science for his research into the mechanisms of poverty and his work in connecting economics and philosophy. >> what the fukushima daiichi disaster brings out with great force is the radical uncertainty that may be present that looked like safe enterprises of great importance to the world. >> reporter: in our interview professor sen says the domestic crisis at fukushima is a problem of world

type of movement that ronald reagan had that brought disenfranchised democrats who retired in the liberal party into the republican party and barack obama and nancy pelosi are driving hundreds of thousands of conservative democrats out of that party and rick santorum is the type of candidate that attracts them on those social issues. >> i don't want to spend the whole thing on the social issues. >> ed romney, who has the better economic growth plan? >> at the end of the day, bread and butter issues will be key. >> santorum's got a plan in the wall street journal. before that, mitt romney and they both spoke with the economics club. >> if it's an economic plan, if it's an economic election it's mitt romney. he's got the experience. he's got the plan and the reality check on what works and what doesn't work. if it's about the economy, then mitt romney has a huge tailwind. >> phil muster, do you agree with that? >> i do agree with that. i think ed's spot on. as it relates to this race, though, larry, if republicans watching this program will buckle their seat belts this thing will go to may. there

come into a lot of opposition from the opposition party and also from other sectors, both domestically and in the u.s. ai? >> and the opposition liberal democratic party is likely to raise concerns as well as the farming lobby in japan. >> some opposition from those fronts, but japan's prime minister noda is trying to push that forward, especially since south korea set up its own bilateral deal separately last year with the u.s. as well as europe, and that has helped or is likely to help boost auto and electronics sectors, which japan competes heavily with with south korea. we'll check on that. the focus on toyota earnings today and guidance and outlook. back to you, ai. >> thanks for that. ramin mellegard from the tokyo stock exchange. and let's also look at other markets that are open this hour. >> and that's the latest from business. >>> workers at fukushima daiichi are trying to cool the plant's number two reactor. they are injecting water into the facility but the temperature remains high. spokes persons maintain it is in a state of cold shutdown. tokyo electric power company issues say a thermometer at the bottom of the reactor

may come into a lot of opposition from the opposition party and also from other sectors, both domestally and ihe.s. ai? >> and the opposition liberal democratic party is likely to raise concerns as well as the farming lobby in japan. >> some opposition from those fronts, but japan's prime minister noda is trying to push that forward, especially since south korea set up its own bilateral deal separately last year with the u.s. as well as europe, and that has helped or is likely to help boost auto and electronics sectors, which japan competes heavily with with south korea. we'll check that. e focus o toyota earnings today and guidance and outlook. back to you, ai. >> thanks for that. ramin mellegard from the tokyo stock exchange. and let's also look at other markets that are open this hour. >> and that's the latest from business. >>> workers at fukushima daiichi are trying to cool the plant's number two reactor. they are injecting water into the facility but the temperature remains high. spokes persons maintain it is in a state of cold shutdown. tokyo electric power company issues say a thermometer at the bottom of the reactor monday

speaker, for talking about this, the liberal party, which made record cuts and transfers to the provinces and individuals. or this government, our commitment is clear. we are going to eliminate the deficit without cutting transfers to the provinces or individuals. at the same time, mr. speaker, we have a responsibility to future generations to ensure that the system will be viable for the future, and that is what we will do. >> the conservatives failed in their commitments in the 2004 help the court, including expanding health care, reforming primary care, and getting prescription drugs under control, and now they made the situation even worse by telling seniors he will -- -- he will reduce the helped transfer. fixing the health system must be done by collaborating with the provinces. that is what canadians expect, so why is this government slamming the door in their face? >> thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, as stated before, our government is committed to universal, publicly-funded health-care system. unlike the previous liberal government, we have increased funding to record levels.

this man is the founder to have liberal opposition party. on january 27th, the russian central election commission denied his bid to register as a presidential candidate. the commission cited invalid signatures in his application as the reason. >> translator: lists of signatures are more than just pieces of paper. they represent people's desires and wishes. the refusal to register someone as a candidate is a foolish decision that ignores the people's will. >> reporter: participants in saturday's rally claim russia's government is trying to exclude liberal politicians from the presidential race in order to smooth putin's re-election. >> i want toe see a fair election that brings politics in the real sense of the word in this country. putin must go. >> reporter: there is no end in sight to the protests against putin. the prime minister has made some attempts to quell the outpouring of public anger. it remains to be seen how far the protests will go in the run up to election day. >> joining us now from moscow is our reporter. she's been coverin

this is the founder of the liberal opposition party. on january 27th, the russian central election commission denied his bid to register as a presidential candidate. the commission cited invalid signatures in his application as the reason. >> translator: lists of signatures are more than just pieces of paper. they represent people's desires and wishes. the refusal to register someone as a candidate is a foolish decision that ignores the people's will. [ chanting ] >> reporter: participants in the rally claim that russia's government is trying to exclude liberal politicians from the presidential race in order to smooth putin's reelection. >> translator: i want to see a fair election that brings politics in the reel sense of the word to this country. putin must go. >> reporter: there is no end in sight to the protests against vladimir putin. the prime minister has made some attempts to quell the outpouring of public anger, but opponents aren't satisfied. it remains to be seen how far the protesters will go in the run-up to election day. >

the main opposition liberal democratic party wants a parliamentary committee to question the prime minister, kan. they say kan should provide greater detail on how the government responded. >>> a working group at japan's nuclear overseer has come out with recommendations on the disaster. members propose setting up two separate facilities to help communities respond to possible crises. an off site emergency response center failed to function properly during the meltdown at fukushima. rising levels of radiation and the impact of the earthquake and tsunami prevented local officials from gathering at the center five kilometers from the fukushima plant. a working group of the nuclear safety commission submitted its list of recommendations on tuesday. it proposed reinforcing the emergency response system by creating two separate facilities. one would serve as a nerve center to give local residents information and evacuation instructions. it would be set up in a preif he can tour office building away from the plant to avoid risk of radiation. the second center would serve as a front base to monito

we've seen the demonstrations have sort of been renewed and there is a bloc of activists and be liberal parties that have come out with a platform for the military to turn over executive powers to an elected civilian president. and, in fact, you know, my sense from reading the news is that there's an effort to sort of build public consensus around this demand for the military to hand over power. but the military is resisting this, and the understanding is that they want to maintain control over the drafting of the constitution and to build in protections of their major interests. and yet when the protesters attempted to advance on the parliament, interestingly, i think, to hand their demand for transfer of civilian power to this new elected body, the muslim brotherhood, um, blocked, blocked that event. and be so what i'm wondering is are we facing the counterrevolution in egypt? you know, is there an effort now to solidify the new reality which people in the streets, um, feel is not consistent with their original demands for, um, empowerment, dignity, i don't know, civil liberties given the int

, they say we never, we won't cooperate with the extreme us in limbs they will go to the more liberal parties like happened in tunisia also. >> rose: when you look at the possibilities except for, except for syria, i mean, do you believe that arab spring is really the arab spring and not the arab winter? you know, i hate to use the word arab spring, because in spring you don't have the bloodshed and all of these revolutions, it was really very painful and i think that many arab leaders are getting less and trying to change, an and i believe that king mohammed of morocco is really a model of what other arab states could do and fast. >> rose: what do you see as the role of turkey? >> well, turkey is still in a vacuum in the arab world. >> rose: even though it is not an arab state. >> exactly. and remember, turkey was all the way from qatar, to iraq to north africa. >> rose: right. >> so clearly, i value my friend very well and it is still in a vacuum. egypt is busy with its internal situation and iraq is involved in their situation also and saudi arabia right now is trying to assist here and th

there are rallies in support of veteran firebrand politician blood in me as you know of his liberal democratic party supporters putting on a demonstration saying that they want him to be president also a rally in favor of canaries uganda of the leader of the communist party and also taking place they are well though thought rally taking place in the city will be in favor of none of those candidates and in fact nobody at all this is going to be a rally against basically everything that's going on right now well since the parliamentary elections in december of last year we've seen a real spike in political activism in russia we saw mass protests i must demonstrations then it may. in december not really continued through it just last weekend we saw car rallies taking place in central moscow on saturday and sunday on saturday in favor of prime minister vladimir putin to be the next president on sunday i can slot of me being the next president now in coming up in just a few days time we're going to see another. demonstration by those who are wanting free and fair elections in the country and also opposed

the main opposition liberal democratic party wants a parliamentary committee to question former prime minister kaum. members say he should provide greater detail about how the government responded. a working group at japan's nuclear overseer has come out with its recommendations on the disaster. members proposed setting up two separate facilities to help communities respond to possible crises. an off-site emergency response center failed to function properly during the meltdown at fukushima. rising levels of radiation and the impact of the earthquake and tsunami prevented local officials from gathering at the center about 5 kilometers away from the fukushima plant. a working group of the nuclear safety commission submitted its list of recommendations on tuesday. it proposed reinforcing the emergency response system by creating two separate facilities. one would serve as a nerve center to give local residents information and evacuation instructions. it would be set up in an office building away from the plant to avoid the risk of radiation. the second center would serve as a front base

support of veteran firebrand politician lot of me zhirinovsky he's the candidate for the liberal democratic party his supporters will be out on the streets of the russian capital today as well as the communist supporters will also be a fourth rally taking place today by people who are in favor of well nothing people who want to agree with any of the politicians or the policies that are on the table at the moment in russia that's expected to be a rather small gathering taking place in the city today now this day is a public holiday in russia which is why so many people are expected to be able to come out onto the streets and show their support but really what we've seen spalling the the call and then chill actions which took place at the end of last year a real spike in political activism across the country though even in the past week last weekend we saw two two road rallies taking place around the capital one in favor of letting me have putin for president with a good spot to be approved by the president and coming up just a couple of days' time we're going to see. another protest by people anot

seen supporters of the to me of putin for president also spins horses of the leaders of the liberal democratic party and the communists as well as other groups coming out and showing their support for the particular candidates that they want to see take the top job. next sunday's presidential elections. as we are there next sunday russians will choose their next president from a number of candidates who would be. hitting the campaign trail but a contender keeping a relatively low profile is stirring some buzz abroad as artie's laura smith reports from london. russians a used to seeing putin in all manner of surroundings not only in top level meetings also out in the wilderness and even singing to a hollywood's a list crowd. but there always need height to scale and currently find him looming large on a london icon the double decker bus. is coming it proclaims so may find the wording of the slightly sinister but it's all to do with a new book which analyzes putin the man not the politician the books the results of a six year collaboration between a british author and russian journalist alexander caug

the leaders of the liberal democratic party and the communist party on the same day and just last week we saw rallies around this garden ring again one day for putin on the next day against putin's candidacy and today has been the one week away from those those presidential elections so it's only going to it's only going to heat up from here on out so i wouldn't expect to see an end to these these rallies in favor of all the different candidates who are going for the top job on well they'll be voting for next sunday i think. going to keep on going for a while you're peter all over live for us from moscow thanks for that update. out of the presidential elections next sunday the media is abuzz with candidates promos but the front runner vladimir putin has kept a relatively low profile but it's another story outside of russia go on our to dot com to find out how prudent maybe taking over britain albeit in book form after interest in russia's top politician reaches a fever pitch abroad. and also online shocked villagers in brazil witness what they say is a u.f.o. was a fifty kilogram metal

the well veteran firebrand politician in the leader of the liberal democratic party now there was also a demonstration a rally from the supporters of the communist party as well as other smaller groups as well since the parliamentary elections in december of last year we've seen a real spike in political activism here in russia following those elections there was mass protests here in moscow as well as elsewhere around the country and that's really continued through lots of things going on ahead of those elections that are taking place on the fourth of march just over a weeks ago as i say political activism very much at fever pitch here in russia full coverage for us of course as the election draws near and moving in all those results as well full coverage from acidity. zero growth a continued recession and more austerity that's the latest economic forecast for the e.u. as predicted by the european commission itself the latest figures are especially worrying given growing skepticism over the impact of the second bailout for greece major financial players already come out and said it si

the well veteran firebrand politician and the leader of the liberal democratic party now there was also a demonstration a rally from the supporters of the communist party as well as other smaller groups as well now since the parliamentary elections in december of last year we've seen a real spike in political activism here in russia following those elections there was mass protests here in moscow as well as elsewhere around the country and that's really continued through lots of things going on ahead of those elections that are taking place on the fourth of march just over a weeks ago as i say political activism very much at fever pitch here in russia day with us here on r.t. still to come a statistical nightmare europe's financial troubles predicted to get even worse as the water prepares to flush with more taxpayer cash it headed to repay the previous world. and the man by one of the largest leaks of u.s. army data set to go on trial you look at a. of whistleblowers of a country whose was good soon make it impossible to expose government secrets. but first television says deciding whe

liberal democratic party of russia who want to see veteran firebrand politician politician. elected president also the communists holding a rally today as well that the those were fired wolf by the numbers that we've seen here dilution of the stadium there's also some smaller parties that have been holding rallies of the still ongoing at the moment now sit this is all part of the build up to the the presidential elections which will take place in just over a week's time really since the parliamentary elections at the end of december we've seen a real spike and political activism here in russia just following those elections there were mass protests in. in the russian capital as well as elsewhere around the country and even just last weekend on over the weekend we saw col rallies around the center of moscow on saturday a rally in favor of law to me and putin being the next president on sunday want to get the prime minister taking over the top job in march now being elected into the top job in march now coming up on sunday we're also going to see another protest by the the gro