led by europe's last dictator bellary so he's playing has been allegedly sponsored in the capital minsk something the russian foreign ministry denies assays and it's just and it's a possible connection between. according to experts from the stockholm based international peace research institute sixty two aircraft two course in the middle of february from the air base in belle russia in the town of what i know which and headed for the libyan town of star power which according to experts is indeed a key strategic center in in libya this base from where the bill sixty two airplane took off in bel air was is as represents a stockpile of different weaponry putting rocket launchers and machine guns and all other sorts of weaponry and allegedly they headed for libya now this alleged transfer of weaponry from belarus to libya happened before the u.n. security council imposed an embargo on all weapons sales to libya this is the latest in a string of different allegations connecting minsk in tripoli which surfaced in the last several weeks several days ago media outlets reported that eyewitnesses

these claims have been denounced by the country's foreign ministry which called insinuations against minsk. keep you updated throughout the middle east and north africa and there's also more news as analysis available on our website. well those that are behind the arab uprisings are having no trouble finding friends in the west but it's an abrupt change of heart for those countries that have been supporting the previous regimes for decades paul is clear in our thoughts and the deep suspicion in the middle east that the u.s. and its allies are tailoring democracies to fit their interests. demonstrations for regime change across the arab world have spread like wildfire western powers of com are backing the protests demanding regime change dramatically changing the colors in supporting the ousting of authoritarian rulers they backed only weeks ago as demonstrations sweep across the arab world western governments support a call for change but is it a call for change or is it actually a call for regimes if they want in power it's not the first time the west has shown an approach to democracy in

these claims have been denounced by the country's foreign ministry which called insinuations against minsk. just a you know if all goes to plan we're going to speak to dimitri who goes in russia's envoy to nato in a couple of minutes time to get his take on it which is come out for a meeting we think with anders fogh rasmussen the nato chief so does that happen soon as he comes to the arts studio in brussels will try and speak to him and we will keep you updated of course throughout the day on developments in the middle east and north africa on this also the latest developments as well and analysis online on our home page r.t. dot com. well those behind the arab uprisings really no trouble finding friends in the west but of course that's an abrupt change of heart for those countries who've been supporting the previous regimes for decades his policy reports next on suspicion in the middle east that the u.s. and its allies are tailoring democracies to fit their interests. demonstrations for regime change across the arab world have spread like wildfire western powers of cannot backing a prote

be led by britain's last to take reuss khadafi is played has been allegedly spotted in the capital minsk something we have a russian foreign ministry is denying however. looks no possible connections between it. according to a stockholm based international institute for peace research and sixty four aircraft took off from an air base in belarus heading for libya in the middle of february and headed for the libyan town of star power which according to experts is indeed a key strategic center in in libya this air base and where the plane took off from is in fact a stockpile of different weaponry including rocket launchers machine guns and ammunition now this alleged transfer of weaponry from belarus to libya happened before the u.n. security council imposed an embargo on all weapons sales to libya this is the latest in a string of different allegations connecting in tripoli which surfaced in the last several weeks several days ago media outlets reported that eyewitnesses started mercenaries from deloris fighting on the side on the side of kadafi in libya on monday several media outlets rep

head full of seen the look on my jeep completely demolished it on minsk in game seven of the western conference quarterfinals moving on to the second round of the guardian cup playoffs. saturn hospitalities says from moscow and city st petersburg travels across the dark second sets through russian football supercuts. net loss a rush of the davis cup courtesy of sweden spain meanwhile become the first country to progress to the quarterfinals of the team competition. so i saw a key and they came shell first where western conference leaders luck on one seeds and all this drama minsk in the deciding game of their best of seven series that the russians were hoping for an upset in your us level but ended up conceding six goals in the do or die encounter the home side were wrong from the very start storming out to sunil lead after just six minutes of action in the visitors seem to be caught even more off guard in the third period when looking much the plastic for goals past him out all the regular season the runners up finding their form when it mattered themselves to this anomaly that from

. >> the air strikes have given rebels in minsk new hope that they can overcome the might of -- immense new hope that they can overcome the might of gaddafi from military. the u.n. coalition has not authorized regime change, but it will look to many in the international community like regime change by the back door. there is also a propaganda war. the gaddafi's regime is working hard to prove that that -- regime change -- is the real aim of the air strikes. bbc news, tripoli. >> our correspondent in the brown is in tobruk in the east of the country, which is under rebel control. >> we are here in the town square. you can see some of the anti-but not the -- into-khaddafi graffiti. "bill away gaddafi -- "go away gaddafi." there is a real hatred. in the square and in 1981, several people were hanged. simply because they opposed his will and wanted his -- wanted freedom. tell us what you think about the air strikes over the last few days? >> the air strikes -- the people here are very happy. because we were so afraid of what would happen to them. so, now they are all white and they are expe

protracted conflict this should be solved through the particular person we are against the use of force and minsk group established to within the context of toys see. the cultural mission for. the russia process and the i.c.c. work well but also in the music group turkey's also in the middle school a fine yeah a peaceful solution and this i'm proud to be you're hearing the words the use of force oppose the use of force in today's world under the today's conditions are not you know sounding well. we want an early resolution often a lot of corporate problem through the efforts of miss group so in that regard in the same boat. hugh said you're hearing the words use of force in resolving conflicts from who i am hearing these words know i made their point in principle are not hearing. words maybe some years ago but they are giving i think there's a pretty good chairs. resolving to destroy them through the diplomatic means and. the states heads of states or both countries are getting together to. actually i am personally optimistic also. russian role is so important in resolving this problem you know i

conflicts this should be solved through the diplomatic of course we are against the use of force and minsk group. within the context of the ois see. the cochairmen should walk. the russia process and united states work well we are also in the midst group turkey is also in the midst group. find yeah people solution and this are possibly we are hearing the words for use of force of course use of force in today's world and under the previous conditions are not you know sounding well. we want an early resolution to know all of our problem through the efforts of miss group so in that regard we are in the same boat . hugh said you are hearing the words use of force in resolving conflict from who i am hearing these words not i made the point in principle i am not hearing. was worse maybe some years ago but they are giving i think there's a pretty good chairs of resolving a display of them through the diplomatic means and from time to time the state has lost states of both countries are getting together. actually i am personally optimistic also. russian role is so important in the resolving this p

conflict this should be solved through the diplomatic course we are against the use of course and minsk group established to within the context of toys see. under the chairmanship of. the russia of trials and united states work well we are also in the midst group turkey is also in the midst group. whine yeah people solution and this up close we are hearing the words the use of force. of course in today's world under today's conditions are not. going well so we want to an early resolution to the goal of our current problem through the efforts of scroope so in that regard we are in the same ball. hugh said you're hearing the words use of force in resolving conflicts from who i am hearing these words and not i made the point in principle one hearing. was worse maybe some years ago but we are giving i think there's a pretty good chance of resolving this problem through the diplomatic means. the states heads of states of course countries are getting together the. good can actually i am personally optimistic also. russian role is so important in the result in this problem you know it's been a

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so i saw key and they cage fell first where western conference leaders local muncie demolished in a minsk in the deciding game of their best of seven series the russians were hoping for an upset in europe but ended up conceding six goals in the do or die encounter the home side were told from the very start storming out to sunil lead after just six minutes of action in the visitors seem to be caught even more off guard in the third period when looking like even blasted four goals past him out of the regular season the runners up finding their form when it mattered the most of the tsunami output from riga is now up next for the railway men in the conference sami's. with an ounce of pride is action or occasional new comers you grabbed were unable to salvage their maiden season the men from condamine ceased failing to extend their debut past the opening round playoffs losing their best of seven series to metzeler the men from the heat forced him closing out on the road moving into the second round with a confident four one win away from home in a while regular season champions and on guard a

now minsk managed by their best of seven series against local no t.v. putting on thursday the decider will take place in jaroslav on saturday. over to tennis now where russia have fallen behind in the opening round of their twenty eleven davis cup campaign team sweden stormy out sunil lead with eager i'm brave and. really suffering losses in singles action world number four robin softening appeared putting control against one but they have taken the six three six three six one win to give his country and one miliband to stay but i was going to show you the i'm able to pick up the slack against joachim beyond's and in the second singles match of the day that seems serbia hoping to defend their title world number eighteen victim probably ski the highest ranked player for the champs but he had to endure a five seven marathons a beef six hundred twenty ninth ranks roll on and out of the czech republic hoping for their first team title since nine hundred eighty as they face kazakhstan in the last eight or one match to the good against germany move in on team

to ice hockey and take a chill first where western conference leaders local muncie are hosting minsk in the deciding game on. their best of seven series the belorussians hoping for an upset and jaroslav as they honor dogs lets advance to the conference semifinals it is the home side though who are in control at the moment the score in that match is set to nil at the moment the hosts finished second overall in the regular season but failed to secure their playoff future after losing five three in game six. hoping to put that night behind them by prevailing in the do or die seventh game. with an ounce of friday's action where. you grow were unable to salvage their maiden season the men from. failing to extend their dead get past the opening round playoffs losing their best of seven series to mets a lurk and the need for voice rose and mode on the road moving into the second round with a confident one win away from home in well the regular season champions. their series with the mistake you make now the almost team with a difficult when in game six on the road a nifty difficult scoring

player into the last eight meanwhile it's all square a two piece which we look in the teeth and ramming minsk afghans and service down also facing each other to choose the evening. well to time the current cup winners act past remain on course for a third time after beating kazakh side bar east pool to on monday to secure a four no series lead also making the quarter panels are still about to live and once again crush the beer five mill the final score not one that's a leg and regular season champions are going to go out squares of their respective series at all. i saw a great lad is left with jack says russia has every one to fear at the upcoming world championship including his nation slovakia as the legendary soviet netminder spoke at a press conference that was lacking embassy here in moscow. not that that would be good if you got one you know whichever side plays it always plays above themselves the fans are cheering you on so i think our coaches will accordingly make adjustments make extra attention to defense and counterattacks again can you hear it like it or not the going crowd will

high government i built a locomotive through the cage conference seventies after thrashing the nano minsk so the big question is what's next well next regular season champions of unguarded their playoff opponents will square off on sunday in game seven of their series now somebody series is a david and goliath encounter well that's true of unguarded rivals and it's a he make on the finished fifteenth in the league so it's a big surprise that it made it this far but these cells are not coming out right. hello and welcome to support an r.c. bringing you the latest from russia and the around the world with the rim on culture of let's take a look at our top stories in brief. head full of steam the luck in which he completely demolished it on men's team game seven of the western conference quarterfinals moving on to the second round of the guardian cup playoffs. sather inhospitality says come moscow and city st petersburg travels across the dark and sets through action football super cup. net loss to russia bow out of the davis cup courtesy of sweden spain meanwhile become the first country to

probably get duffy's private jet has landed again back in the libyan capital after spending time in in minsk and it's believed that this is the same private jet billowing to get out the that was denied permission to land in levanon last week and it was believed also that on board that private jet was 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 that may have been the same one from libya landed in valerie's the allegedly contain 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 good this wouldn't be the first time if it is true has harvard and him 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 in union that has followed the united nations in varying sanctions on libya and on the libyan regime now these include things like. free a ban on movements also arms embargo one

the winning that was and up along to move along with an unbeatable force or leaves only did number minsk manage to tie this series with looking like steve waiting game six to decide who will take place in euro slalom on saturday. now mosco is set to host instead snowboarding world cup event at the weekend with while the most popular winter joggers the parallel slalom due to take place right in the heart of the city richard vaughan paul flayed has the preview. total earnings of russia the country presents some of world's best special women saw it suffered a russian on a rare chance to see them in action replayy but they just think it's noble. but also if you've got all of this slope years on the short side then everything will happen very quickly and i'm really counting on the fans think you can have it's really nice to be able to race at home here in russia as everything is so much closer than having to travel abroad while mark parents and friends will be able to come along in the launch in fact all the top songs are here including a number of russians very fast however. there's a lot of

and another minsk an atlantean service also facing each other which choose the evening. well to use on the darren cup winners actas remain on course for a third title up the beach in towns like side barry support two on monday to secure a foreigner series lanes and also making the quarter finals are still about few live once again thrash severe five nil the final score in that one wrestler and regular season champions are my god it's where their respective series that's a tool. and meanwhile from ice hockey great love to start to t.x. says russia has every one to fear the upcoming world championship including his nation's. back here as the legendary soviet netminder spoke at a press conference that was a back in embassy in moscow i'm not going to leave. you know whichever side plays it always plays above themselves the fans are cheering their team on so i think our coaches will accordingly make adjustments like paying extra attention to defense and counterattacks in the open he would like it to not be one crowd will force the silver to go out especially against russia th

against metz a little meets of course on wednesday western leaders a local nazi thrashed it out of minsk earlier to reach the next stage the railway men will be hosting did emery go in the next round game one is on tuesday. the stay with winter sports where you can see the knights of the get confirmed herself as the world's top parallel slalom snowboarder with a victory at the whole world cup station right here in moscow rich of the forty reports. you can feed into the good sugarcane into the latest world cup event in moscow was the woman to beat she'd already won four times a season on the circuit and was looking for with number five in front of a home than. the rest of native manage to cruise into the later rounds the same could be said you could be no you cannot and triple honorable because we're both knocked out of the competition in the early rounds which encouraged you just because there i found the course here on the short side at the last events in south korea the slope was much longer as is the case with the majority of the places where we raced on the world cup tour i would hav

although the world number one power lies as nancy history to the quarterfinals of russia passes by to minsk because russian obviously one of the. founders finish with one of the newest and most exciting extreme sports cliff diving in competitive terms it's just over ten years old and there's one russian who's already astonished his name in the sport. an experienced. land. bridge taking this he's guiding the route stream where he'll be and nature to become one. it's one of the newest force in the planet as it became keep a. close ally in the air condition which usually do enter the years jane and rochelle with a physically diver could be proud of and james you can get you a six year early days of his first victory they would need series in a displaced year and entered the season as the favorite along with nineteen a champion landed you kid. and let's see if we know gary hands one who believes me isolated and mystical fleeces revenue me all of these jews mostly surely going to keep a venue where you claim to be leavened world series can't believe jenkins was the first in children and the chri

to cage fell fast where western conference leaders look a mighty of destroyed our minsk in the deciding game of the best of seven series and the russians were hoping for an upset in the build but ended up considering six goals for him side wearing control from the very start storming out to a two zero lead off to just six minutes of action and the visitors seem to be cooled even moral theology in the period when left behind series blasted small goals monster nama their regular season runs of finding that out of these do not allow space from riga is now up next call the railway man in the conference semifinals. sold us one more if they can spot left in the last stage of the case shell and it will be all the guys either by one guard or next to make as they play game seven of the series on sunday all pressure is on the underdogs now as the size of match takes place in loans and several last time. the russian bubble towns are awaiting the start of a prolonged primal league season next saturday the needs and says sky will kick things off in the supercar the later on sunday it was of course h

destroyed the number minsk six want to reach the next stage law court will faced in the reagan that in the conference semifinals. in tennis russia are out in the first round of the davis cup after losing some of these doubles in four sets me to their sort of and even when it's unfair to up aiming together to time champions back on track after the team lost both friday's singles in straight sets they were only able to win the onset against sweden cmon al spillane and norbit lin start making bilbo's four in the series three love to the house. meanwhile spain eased into the quarter finals in shock and awe in belgium off to cleaning the doubles for another dust can feel the sun a lot this seemed to be steve dusty and only via great sat score and six three there that spain will play even chile albeit like the states next in arkansas completely leaving that match up dog says it is doubles elsewhere argentina are also through at the expense of romania while the rest of the time is will get decided in sunday's race singles. now in golf rory so but seen it continues is great draw on a form of t

specifically there were reports that a private jet allegedly by gadhafi himself actually did this minsk on friday with claims that it could actually be helping take it well out of the country would make things so no you know that is a personal wealth is this to me to devote seventy to one hundred billion dollars which is a staggering amount for such a small country as libya so we know that many are since the dark and his clan have been frozen all over europe and all over the world so now gadhafi just probably needs some kind of a safe haven for his money so it's quite likely so it's quite likely that gadhafi is looking for partners all over the world might receive in some amount of fear and hard cash. how close would you think the relationship is between. you know there are a lot of similarities between those two. leaders and but i don't think it's a personal relationship i think it's a business deal because it's and desperate need of money or khadafi is in desperate need of security so it's perfect business environment to broker a good deal. coming up later this hour how you can. now t

go into the last eight meanwhile it's all square to a piece between committee accounts to nominate minsk and atlanta with about also a speech either this tuesday evening. well if you find the current cup winners at grass remain on course for a third title off the beaten path like side by recent four two on monday to secure a four don't see recently also making the quarter finals i ask all about your lie of drugs again crash c.b.s. five males the final score in up one. and regular season champions are by god squared their respective serious up to two or three meanwhile former ice hockey great love is laughter jack says russia has every one to fear the upcoming world championship including host nation so back here a legendary soviet netminder spoke at a press conference at the slovakian embassy in moscow. i believe that if you don't want to you know which have a safe place it always plays about themselves the fans are cheering the team on so i think our coaches will accordingly make adjustments like extra attention to defense and country takes until you hear it like you cannot even tell yo

new nuclear power plant in belarus prime minister vladimir putin met with his russian counterpart in minsk on tuesday to reiterate russia's position. it was not really sure but we are facing a crisis related to what is happening in japan which will certainly influence the global economy we intend to go ahead with our plans to build a nuclear power plants and bulbs the project we're going to develop on campus leaders c.t. and technological advancements. a. second ago how an asian markets reacting to a situation in japan would have reacted rather massive selloff on tokyo stock exchange continued on tuesday investors will try to guess just how bad the transmitter company could be there for the nikkei is down ten and a half a sentence heard consecutive slap on contango bank records motors closing the session and down almost three percent the increased losses were compounded by japan's prime minister's statement that a quote from standstill amount of radiation or anything the regime a nuclear power plant. what we have seen today is just an over reaction to what's going on in japan the market ho

those elections was neither free nor fair, thousands of byelorussian people took to the streets of minsk in protest and the luckashenko regime responded with violence and brutality. this resolution would put the united states senate on record in response to the crackdown launched in byelorussia on december 19, a crackdown, i would add, mr. president, that continues in significant ways to this day. more than 600 people were swept up by byelorussian security forces on election day and in its immediate aftermath. among them, journalists, civil society representatives, political activists and several opposition presidential candidates. it's hard to believe that this kind of behavior still exists in this world today. the detained continue to be denied access to family, lawyers, medical treatment and open legal proceedings. while their really tiffs and attorneys endure harassment by luckashenko security forces. this resolution will do several significant things. first, it will send a strong and clear message to luckashenko himself that his actions are unacceptable and will carry significant co