called was sentenced to four years in jail thousands of opposition activists took to the streets of minsk as the polls closed in the country's presidential election in december more than six hundred protesters were arrested more than twenty including several presidential candidates face trial political analyst from russia's ria novosti news agency dimitri babich says lucas shank zero keeps tightening the screws in bellers. what happened in december was indeed unique because people are no team terrorists and they were jailed for a long time and the fact that the position activist was sentenced to four years in jail i think it's a very bad message. trying to show everyone that he is serious about his promise to one years old in the eyes of some of the do something about what we need to use for the west on the stand that we should more drawn you are and soon you will which is not isolate any one. opposition in belarus. situation it will. open this event although the. united states may bill itself as the land of the free but it also jails more people than any other country in the world or he'

his daughter or some of the members of the gadhafi family and now headed to our now in belarus in minsk. colonel gadhafi has appointed the head of the foreign intelligence service in libya to try and make some kind of contacts to get these opposition forces now they have their base in karzai in the east of the country that's where operations appear to be in control from what they have a de facto capital that's been set up inside one of duffy's former palaces now completely under the control of the opposition as i say the majority of libya now not under the control of colonel gadhafi well there was downing condemnation from across the world at a meeting of the human rights council you and human rights council in geneva leaders in foreign secretaries from around the globe condemning the violence and saying that colonel gadhafi should step down now among those to condemn the violence and to call for a future where libya controls the future of its own people was russian foreign secretary sergey lavrov. i must say we are pretty useless there on the mass protests across the middle east and no

in minsk, the day after the results, thousands of his opponents became involved in angry clashes with the police, so much so that around 700 people were arrested, some of whom are still in detention now. that did not stop alexander the persian gulf from another inauguration. now poland hasw pushing g-- warned that he risks being overthrown by his own people if they follow the example of tunisia and egyptian protesters. >> no one believes in the results declared is 80%. he did not know in december that he was really, now after the events in tunisia and egypt, it is obvious. >> and the manner of his victories have provoked fury in other european capitals, too. >> what he did on december 19 and what he has continued to do since then has been without parallel doinduring recent year. it was worse than the elections in serbia in 2000. >> be that as it may, for the moment, there is no sign that the man that your calls europe's last dictator is changing the guard any time soon. >> violent clashes are still going on in cairo. at least three people have been killed. many hundreds more are injur

in minsk, days after the results, his opponents became involved in clashes with police. 700 were arrested. some of which are in detention now. that did not stop him from another inauguration. this time, the pomp and ceremony was boycotted by many e.u. countries, angry at the flawed elections. he risks being overthrown by his own people if they follow the example of tunisian and egyptian protestors. >> if he did not know in december that he was losing, after the events in tunisia and egypt, it is obvious. the matter of his victory has provoked furious in other european capitals. >> on december 19, and what they have continued to do since then, has been without parallel on the continent of europe. it was worse than what slobodan milosevic did in the year 2000. >> for the moment, there is no sign of souththat the man who ty call europe's last dictator is changing the guard any time soon. >> you are watching bbc news. the headlines this hour. violent clashes are going on in cairo between president mubarak 's supporters and the demonstrators. at least one has been killed and hundreds have been

minsk to close various office what next. step is just. to be present especially now and i think some trials are coming just to keep the monitoring situation and now we are working on that well as far as and the e.u. intrade years set of sanctions. against the us which moscow considers to be counterproductive so what makes year i mean what makes the europeans think that these sanctions are going to work i think with sanctions maybe they do not have very much would say economical consequences but they have i would say moral and psychological meaning and that's why one hundred fifty seven names. i would say put under a visa ban your opposite number in poland rather sluff sikorsky he's quoted as saying that he's convinced that quote alexander look i shan't go faces a popular uprising such as those taking place in north africa unless he changes course and stop says crackdown on the opposition sooner or later sikorsky he will be forced to seek shelter in that country and quote well looking for a vilnius do you believe that look. really faces in

fixtures western conference champions look at my team will start the best of seven series against minskwho have qualified for the knockout stage for the first time to tell them all scope of their campaign against the last man do not lie here in the russian capital elsewhere spark talk travel up north to play star studded skulls st petersburg and finally mosco regions of long will take on superstud. and with three years left before this so she olympics the first asked event was held at the largest venue of the twenty fourteen games constantin was there for us. just fifty kilometers from the russian black sea city of sochi and you find yourself among this stunning beauty of the cookies a small intense however they're not just there to be admired the alpine ski resort of rosa who is situated on the northern slope of the eagle reach the plan is to create a unique here around when you can bring the possibilities for alpine skiing and seaside relics ation i have to say that i'm really impressed by the raising the quality of snow we can find in. this result before. in particular we have skied

here at the moment and like a machine were taken to the limit in the seven four win over the number minsk in the west the men from the hole to have enough left in the tank for game three against the bill of russians to move in on the boers have won all two gharri cups contested they start the playoffs against fellow snow leopards baris from kazakhstan sky and atlanta hoping to go up to. and their games against parts. respectively in emery got back on the list nicky ice after escaping with it since i went against their namesakes in moscow. that game for us. tension raced miles higher with the big game the kitchell playoffs having started on wednesday even more so when it comes to name six deliberate dinamo school and in america star their best of seven series in the russian capital pre-season favorites the blue and was were quick to put the lock ins under heavy pressure here is denise a glare of dribbling through rigorous difference in style early in the first period moments later the muscovites latest signing ball full three sun phone himself in a great position to score but all those cha

came a difficult early hurdle in their guiding top campaign that men pushed to the limit by do now in minsk in the opening game of the western conference quarterfinals the first player to spend well over mashed at first as the conference champions a reality to apply by the second period the belorussians scored three in a row after that but their comeback occurred ultimately fell short period simply not enough to decide the winners of the other three games rather. than overdesigned by their namesakes from the russian capital star studded scott st petersburg needed an extra session to hold off sparks off and that's often or fourth and fifth place . even the match then fill the visitors managed to escape with the big game one win . let's continue with football where there is another big night in europe where two champions league games take center stage on wednesday including holders inter milan taken on by or munich in a repeat of last season's final and then south insider missing the kingpins of that success striker believes. miletus scored both goals in their famous two nil win a dharna batt

me i mean he is supporting the elements and principles proposed by the minsk group as a basis for negotiations and for reaching the settlement of one of those elements just related to your question is that the people of not going to carry back should decide with whom and how they want to live in other words to be the monster in their own life. who then that move from the president believe over their bridge on sat on many occasions that his country may use force to reclaim what it considers to be part of its own territory by what do you think about it. you know actually it's dangerous when someone declares does it daily that one's ready old getting ready to use force is evidently a forgotten how it began the conflict started when they used force again it's not going to cower back and started a military action was more they hired mercenaries with close links to international terrorist organizations you see what it's led to they must have forgotten what is led to evidently human memory is short. then in the google and finally you are a career diplomat and for more than two decades you focused on

western conference quarterfinals of the rally five one lead in the second period but opponents to now minsk schooled three in a row after that however with time running out the belorussians couldn't come play the count back seven for the final score in that one three periods wasn't enough to decide when i was in the rest of the games the star studded scott st petersburg held up spot i felt know was while a long edged out civil style and west run as a school was there last week and they made sakes from brega as well but for now now reports. tension raced miles higher with the big game the playoffs having started on wednesday even more so when it comes to name six deliberate dinamo school and in america star their best of seven series in the russian capital preseason favorites the blue and was were quick to put the lock ins under heavy pressure here is denise gar of dribbling through rigorous defense in style early in the first period moments later the muscovites latest signing ball full three sun phone himself in a great position to score but over those chances we said meaning it was nil nil

lukashenko is warning comes just days after the first person involved in last year's mass protests in minsk was sentenced to four years behind bars thousands of opposition activists took to the capital streets of polls closed in december as presidential election over six hundred protesters were arrested and more than forty now face trial including several presidential candidates the editor in chief of the magazine russia in global affairs told us that all both the opposition in belarus is weak it's still making nervous. opposition belarus is not serious enough to really challenge his rule and actually the election results we should force was falsified by you in the fair and free election i'm afraid of the question can you not as much but he he would do it the same time it's quite strange that he blames the position for being so much important but. why in this case. huge repressions saw it seems that the question because steele is quite nervous about any kind of. allowed activities in belarus oprah's issues week show because there was. a look now at some of today's major headlines from aroun

probably get duffy's private jet has landed again back in the libyan capital after spending time in in minsk is it's believed that this is the same private jet following to get be there with denied permission to land in lebanon last week and it was believed also that on board that private jet was these daughter and other members of his family and this isn't the only story concerning planes belonging to the libyan leader. that's been coming to light we're hearing that a plane may have been the same one from libya landed in belarus the allegedly contained gold and diamonds belonging to the leader bello russian foreign ministry of vehemently deny these claims saying that there's no such plane has landed but this wouldn't be the first time if it is true that bella reese has harbored an embattled leader of another country just last year back here of the former leader of kurdistan sought solace there when he was dismissed from power in his own country well so on monday there was a meeting of the u.n. human rights committee meeting and give a chance for many of the world's leaders to put forward th

is warning comes just days after the first person involved in last year's mass protests protests in minsk was sentenced to four years behind bars thousands of opposition activists took to the capital streets as polls closed in december's presidential race more than six hundred protesters were arrested and more than forty now face trial including several presidential candidates yet or in chief of the magazine a russia in global affairs tells r.t. that although the opposition and valorous is weak it's still making luka shanklin nervous. position below so as not not serious enough to. really challenge his rule. actually the election results which of course was falsified by you in the same case with fair and free election i'm afraid of the person who would leave the military as much but he he would do it at the same time it's quite strange that he blames the position for being so much important. and why in this case. he would repression so it seems it will crush him because steele is quite nervous about any kind of. allowed activities and. his weak show his nervous. remember r.t. dot com is w

probably good duffy's private jets has landed again back in the libyan capital after spending time in in minsk now it's believed that this is the same private jet billowing to get southie that was denied permission to land in lebanon last week and it was believed also that on board that private jet was after his daughter and other members of his family and this isn't the only story concerning planes belonging to the libyan leader. coming to light we're hearing that a plane may have been the same one from libya landed in belarus the allegedly contained gold and diamonds belonging to the libyan leader. the bell russian foreign ministry of vehemently deny these claims saying that there's no such plane has landed but this wouldn't be the first time if it is true has. an embattled leader of another country just last year of the former leader of kurdistan sought solace there when he was dismissed from power in his own country so we'll be looking into that one further anything more we get on that we'll bring you here on our t.v. well on monday the lead. a u.n. i beg your pardon on monday the u n huma

thursday's postseason action western conference leaders a local with seats down by the visiting to now minsk coristine finding the nets for signs with under a new kind of scoring grace the best of seven series now goes back to bill or ruth died at one game apiece. you probably expected dinamo school to revamp in such a major way against their reagan namesakes colleagues now rocks georgia smashing their rivals eight four after its one overtime loss in game one wire tempered canadian veteran chris simon open the scoring and ended up with a brace in that winning effort. now there may have been a feeling of deja vu for those following this it was between scott and spartak moscow the st petersburg man overcoming the red and whites by a four three scoreline in overtime for the second straight game swedish international star next year spain on the ending proceedings in the south and it's the session muscovites now the only western conference team facing a sin game deficit in the first round. sever spot will be heading back to the hole by satirist winning the first two games without rods in the mosc

lukashenko the comments come just days after the first person involved in last year's mass protests in minsk the city of franco father was sentenced to four years in jail thousands of opposition activists took to the streets of minsky's the polls close in the presidential election in december of the six hundred protesters were arrested in time i'm twenty two and several presidential candidates are facing trial spoke to political and some russians. we know this to be his agency to me that should tell you that you can keep song i think screens but that's. what happened in december was indeed unique because people were not seen terrorists and they were jailed for pretty long time and the fact that the position activist was sentenced to four years in jail i think it's a very bad message. to a question of this trying to show everyone that he is serious about his promise to punish those in eyes or solve the december what we need is for the west on the stand there we should more drawn you are and soon you will push is not isolate anyone. opposition in belarus democracy in belarus rule north the win

are a solid failed to go to off in their series against a number of minsk after losing game two at home. more results are virus have won all two going crops gone faster than the recent the first match of the opening series in the east scant the move to have two zero against spartak moscow long flaws the game to just sort of start and is one all in that series and illusion here enough so another series get even between two not more eager and there are namesakes from moscow. in tennis was not always well on her way to quenching her past title of the season the russian overcoming danielle had to go out in the last stage of the qatar ladies' open and took about beads the night over just a few weeks ago and put tire but was unable to repeat that feed this time around the suv of those still way south from the world number two with eventually prevailing seven five six seven seven five takes on the young could reach next to defeated lucky loser. and final. world number one pairing was not he's also through with the easiest of wins over easily is love it that's a six to six love to the day it wa

libya but a bounce libya is really newspapers reported that colonel gadhafi private jet is being in in minsk in bellary starts now arrived back in tripoli now this is the same jet that was believed to have been refused entry into levanon last wednesday colonel gadhafi has appointed the head of the foreign intelligence service in libya to try and make some kind of contact to get these opposition forces now they have their base in benghazi in the east of the country that's where operations appear to be in control from what they have a defacto come until it's been set up inside one of duffy's. former palaces well there was damning condemnation from across the world at a meeting of the human rights council you and human rights council in geneva leaders and foreign secretaries from around the globe condemning the violence and saying that colonel gadhafi should step down now among those to condemn the violence and to call for a future where libya controls the future of its own people russian foreign secretary said a good lover of. mass protests across the middle east and north african countries th

cough was sentenced to four years in jail thousands of opposition activists took to the streets of minsk is the polls closed in the country's presidential election in december over six hundred protesters were arrested then more than twenty and thirty seven presidential candidates are facing trial a political analyst from russia's reno steve news agency dmitri babbage told me that look at chen could keep some tightening the screws in belize. what happened in december was indeed unique because people were not seen terrorists and they were jailed for pretty long time and there the fact that the position activist was sentenced to four years in jail i think it's a very bad message. this trying to show everyone that he is serious about his promise to punish all going to as a sort of the december event what we need is for the west on the stand there we should more drawn you are in sin you are which is not isolate anyone. opposition in belarus democracy in belarus rule not to win thanks to isolation it will win thanks to openness in there and all of these the us maybe the self-proclaimed land of

lukashenko is warning comes just days after the first person involved in last year's mass protests in minsk was sentenced to four years behind bars thousands of opposition activists took to the capital streets as polls closed in december as presidential election more than six hundred protests were protesters were arrested and more than forty now face trial including several presidential candidates the editor in chief of the magazine russia in global affairs says that although the opposition valorous is weak it's still making the nervous. opposition below says not not serious enough to really challenge his rule. actually the election results which of course was falsified by. a fair and free election i'm afraid that the questions will be not as much what he sees he would do at the same time it's quite strange that he blames the position for being so much important. and why in this case side show huge repression so it seems that will crush him because steele is quite nervous about any kind of. allowed activities and opposition is weak he is nervous. the food stamp business is booming in the us

lukashenko those comments come just days after the first person involved advanced years mass protests in minsk of a silly percent call for sentenced to four years in jail thousands of opposition activists took to the streets of meniscus the polls close in the country's presidential election in december it was six hundred protesters were arrested and more than twenty getting several presidential candidates are facing trial to talk more about the story tonight across live to our political analyst from russia ria novosti news agency. evening to you david good to see you tonight so a peace activist jailed the west calling for the authoritarian leader to free political prisoners sends out doesn't it a bleak message to anyone hoping for political reform in the country. i quite agree with you i think not only there but were russian public but all saw a lot of people in russia and in the west who are war chin they begin over these first dry also opposition leaders to see if mr will question be serious about repression what happened in december was indeed unique because people in. terrorists and they w