also in mosco on monday that was pro-u. not to rush a rally organized by the party's supporters and that really want along smoothly without incidents all meanwhile several international observers who watched the election process claimed that there had been violations of faxing the funniest of the vote while others say that those violations were insignificant and that the vote in general was transparent and objective a presentation inventive said that any accusations of electoral fraud would be investigated by russian law enforcement and but those found guilty of any encroachments would be prosecuted to the fullest extent. coming up later this hour all these business leaders in explores what effect the new duma may have all russia's economy. that's right now as the privatization of state owned companies is likely to be on the new parliament's agenda find out why being a minority shareholder in these companies really pays in about twenty minutes. and also helping you keep track with this problem it doesn't follow that your le

and from what we've heard from the observers we've spoken to here at the central election committee mosco and from what we've read about the back of the service elsewhere is that generally the election has been very transparent and in fact if there's a quote from for example many. column and. the harm of romney braced on palm mentally praise the parliamentary elections in russia which she described as a big holiday and he was she was also by britain's nick griffin from the european parliament who expressed surprise that actually russia's parliamentary elections are more transparent than that in the u.k. but russia uses a party list proportional representation system in the duma elections four hundred fifty seats are at stake and if a party breaks the barrier of seven percent threshold that means it gets the number of seats proportionate to the number of votes one now to be eligible for any suit you have to take at least seven percent though there is one exception this year if a party gets between five and six percent it secures one mandate one seat in the lower house of the russian parlia

with little more than a million calls into mosco from the region every single day and they're not just from the mosco region they're coming from all over russia the before the new year holidays the amount of cars increases by no less than forty percent must go is in gridlock at this time of the year five years ago it would be the same now. that's all the latest from the business team i'll be back in less than an hour of the event. i am a man of them is. to please. him.

agents everybody understood that all the information was leaving from mosco and that in order to arrest the participants in the be elevation records for staging a state who could come at any time. yes. decisive in strict boris yeltsin had sat in the kremlin instead of gorbachev at that time i don't think we'd have left the forest so easily. the standoff between two political heavyweights mikhail gorbachev and boris yeltsin lasted for several years. and was transferred to work in moscow from the urals and nine hundred eighty five unexpectedly for many boris yeltsin went from being merely a professional communist party a wretched to go bitch off main opponent. as a result yeltsin was stripped of his party post however two years later he was elected the people's deputy. liberal. as with ensuring all those previous decades will never get going again on the contrary. slipping into the bog from which we've just started to emerge. by that time ratings in the country had to drop to almost zero in stark contrast yeltsin hired a new team and started playing by his own rules with gusto nobody. was

mosco calling for another victory after winning the first stage of the year one hundred two or the carling cup back in november russia aiming for nothing less than home ice the first channel cup opener so the house taking on the reigning world champions finland. is in a dilemma billet in those man get off the fast and furious star is putting the visit there is doing t.m. a loss under hail of shots with one of them giving the home side the lead in any clues research showed first finding mikko man best back and only them the net one nil although constantine but only in who was named the russian goalie of the year was busy show north the skills to. alter the goal a second period this big dangerous was forwarded in the third the new face of the russian front line in the spotlight illuminates the piece of the how he art by denise gold that if the that still make a sports arena not to kneel and four minutes from time but instead by jove got another one to set the final score three nil when will this thing and i wouldn't say it was an easy win for us the first two periods are very close game with

mosco. we've got time for one more story at defenders dame school many ghosted they but few will be more spectacular than this one this cracker found the back of the net in the hong kong top flight over the weekend an amazing i had cake that would have made the life of man she likes me go would be green with envy but the trouble is it's a known goal is nigerian defender festus attempts to clear the board in the spectacular fashion fortunately his side says this went on to win three. that's the sport for the moment more later. witnesses. to history in the making. testimony. ten stories that shapes two thousand eleven. british scientists on. the global economy. headlines. the plant that was responsible for causing the world's worst industrial disaster. had been abandoned in a condition where it had become a source of pollution the most recent study that was done shows that this water pollution and spreading. more than a hundred thousand people. need to be. in the sea. five hundred dollars. unp

and that's why makes it the way tougher to make a decision six time yearly champion says khan mosco are now well on their way to their seventh continental title and i'm to take it angle has been instrumental in the current campaign and was even the most valuable player of the tournaments in october evilest to say a k forty seven is a regular in the national squad where he helped the team on their way to becoming european champions in two thousand and seven these impressive performance earned the prestigious black berry honor at the two thousand and eight olympics in beijing as well as a visit to the kremlin ahead of the games and if russia finishes in that salt three at the wildcard tournaments in july of next year kirilenko could go for a third attempt at a golden dick medal a lot of shows a lot of promising. young guys and that you know we play in the way better as a team young guys you know stuff you know fill out those roles and taking way more responsibility right now so i'm looking forward to you know to see them next year with having a great season right now and you know being in

we're talking here about met mass protests which follow the december for vote protests taking place mosco summit is broken to other cities the biggest one the biggest rally took place in moscow december the temp according to the most mortice estimates at least twenty five thousand people gathered for the rally demanding that the results of the vote council done arguing the very nice of the vote in response to the claims that the election had been raked from a bed if. ordered to thorough investigation fifty criminal cases have been already filed for alleged violations during the election process the results of twenty one polling stations canceled first we have to understand however that twenty one polling stations out of almost ninety thousand across the country is not enough to cancel the results of the vote so this is why the new state duma held its first session yesterday they chose their new speaker former chief of staff said given that by the way one of the first things he told journalists was that nature medvedev has quite concrete plans to reform. and more denies russia's political

parties are the most the imagine has a muzzle that was a pro you naza russia rally taking place in mosco and that really want along smoothly without incidents i mean all international observers some international observers have been saying that there had been violations and election procedures others are saying that those by lesions were insignificant and that the vote should be considered legitimate and that the several locations aren't actually justified meanwhile present. on monday also commented on that and those accuse ations and said that any. any accusations of actual fraud would be investigated by russian law enforcement and that those found guilty of an preachments would be prosecuted to the fullest extent. of the china thank you. love from the institute of world economy and international relations believes the moscow protest is deliberately flouted public order and that was a to get attention. the position was given their best square in downtown moscow even though the place they were given was better than the place of the supporters of their united russia the problem was that t

already said that they're willing to form coalitions in this studio you know while on monday evening in mosco several thousand protesters took to the streets and beyond to their frustration with the duma vote police say that between seven hundred to two thousand people took part in the rally and down like the rightness of this kind it was sanctioned by the authorities protesters chanted we need new elections russia without revolution shame police did not interfere in the rally but when hundreds of protesters want along with the rally throughout the city at attempted to disrupt traffic they faced police cordons it resulted in hundreds of arrests a similar situation wasn't sent because birth while many of those protesting rallied in favor of the sabbat opposition party while others suppose the election as a whole. also and more school on monday that was the pro united russia rally organized by the party supporters and that really want along smoothly without incidents well meanwhile several international observers who watched the election process claimed that there had been violations that back

stan the consequences were the worst sixty thousand killed and over a million people displaced even mosco itself didn't feel secure after the fall of the berlin wall the world breathed a sigh of relief but it didn't last long when nato set about creating a new wall made of. the allies steadily moved towards russia incorporating former soviet republics but leaving most out of europe's new security framework the west broke a number of promises to russia often russia could have expected that there wouldn't be a nato expansion that. russia itself was. perhaps even join nato or become part of a new system of european. collective security the full of the u.s.s.r. put an end to the called war era for ever a fundamental shift in global geopolitics with just a few are now calling the shots and without a powerful counterweight today's world remains far from secure sixteen grandchildren are teen. a former russian prime minister again a primakov was one of the few people watching history unfold from inside the corridors of power in moscow they say he shares his views on the dissolution of the u.s.s.r

mosco. remind of our breaking news story now a russian oil rig has gone down in a storm in a sea of hearts off the country's far east coast more than sixty people on board including passengers and crew a search and rescue operation is in full swing fourteen people have been plucked alive from the ice cold waters but two bodies of also been recovered strong winds and highways are complicating efforts officials say there's no danger of the cars barely any oil was on board stay with r.t. for latest on this developing story. the military hearing of the so-called wiki leak it continues in the united states with bradley manning having to spend his twenty fourth birthday in court this week he made his first public appearance since being detained for a year and a half ago or hearing is to determine whether prosecutors enough evidence to bring manning to trial if found guilty he could receive a life term the army private faces twenty two charges of distributing government secrets which eventually pas

place on the fourth of december there also been number of peaceful demonstrations including one in mosco when over twenty thousand people gathered on one of the city's main squares to do months in the null mins of the results of the parliamentary elections claiming there the results were falsified polling doubts russian president dmitry medvedev ordered an investigation into the case and already fifty criminal cases were filed in that respect and at twenty one polling stations the voting results were announced however that does not change the outcome over the parliamentary election the state do is going to stay in the way it was shaved on the fourth over december and their own going investigation is not going to change that. when the russian soyuz spacecraft carrying three feet to international space station crew members have blasted into space and is in a near. the soyuz stuffed full of newly developed digital equipment is expected to reach the i s s on friday aussies and he's now a was unlucky witness at the orange. rocket just about to blast off here from baikonur cosmodrome in the co

will be over forty on the latest as we're getting it here at the at the central election committee in mosco and of course we'll see how the parties have fared later through the night but as of now back to you any sense. that's right like you said only thirty nine percent of those votes count votes will be joining you throughout the evening out the central election committee and continue to update you on the very latest data as it comes through united russia party has so far received just sort of fifty percent like you catherine i was talking about there do you know bush is at the party's headquarters and now joins us live danielle counting still underway but with united russia just short of fifty percent what's the mood among the party members is this been a successful action or are they disappointed. people here are very down popess party leaders have just come out to face the press and there was none of the good humor that we saw with the overwhelming victory four years ago they all still hoping to get up to the fifty percent barrier they're saying that's a psychological test that they sh

place on the fourth of december there also been number of peaceful demonstrations including one in mosco when over twenty thousand people gathered on one of the city's main squares to do months in the naaman's of the results of the parliamentary elections claiming their results were falsified and a number of violations took place during the electoral process following doubts russian president dmitry medvedev ordered an investigation into the case and already fifty criminal cases were filed in that respect and at twenty one polling stations the voting results were announced however that does not change the outcome of the parliamentary election the state do is going to stay in the way it was shades on the fourth of december and the ongoing investigation is not going to change that. they want you all to leave new conflict has erupted between britain and the e.u. this time over the u.k.'s treatment of so-called benefit tourists. expires. homeless and jobless this man's too embarrassed to be identified he came to britain from poland five years ago hoping to live a dream but the realities been

need a million calls into mosco from the region every single day and they're not just from the most region that coming from all over russia but before the new year holidays the amount of cars increases by no less than forty percent who is in good look at this time of the year four years ago it would be the same as. and that's all the latest from the business desk i'll be back in about fifteen minutes see about. the ballistics areas. touched by. surrounded by steep long. case paintings on display for thousands of years. the be eastern sun beyond the tiger. on the. mission in. the cretaceous free storage free. range missile treaty.

little more than a million calls into mosco from the region every single day and they're not just from the moscow region that coming from all over russia before the new year holidays the amount of cars increases by no less than forty percent moscow is in gridlock at this time of the year five years ago it would be the same now. that's all the latest from the business team i'll be back in less than an hour of theater nine. it's three thirty pm in moscow these are the top stories on our cheat tensions heat up on the israeli palestinian border as fresh air strikes on gaza leave one person dead and several injured in what televisa says is a prelude to a possible full scale attack. new leaders of the new libya melissa is now calling the sauce in the post-revolutionary country aren't rushing to disarm a trend some fear might result in the number of fights.

exactly ten minutes past eight mosco time now u.s. court has won a default judgment that iranian officials including its supreme leader ayatollah khomeini provided help to the nine eleven hijackers but on the worst terror attack on american soil the lawsuit was filed by the families of the atrocities victims there was no rainy and representation in the court so interesting story this is painful to tell just adopt the director of the center for research on globalization someone from montreal michel evening what do you make of this case to believe iran aided than the nine eleven attacks but he's absolutely no evidence that iran is the nine eleven attacks there is evidence collection of evidence that there was conspiracy and complicit the highest levels of the u.s. government. of the nine eleven commission report has been refuted and you find you've missed scullers and writers and journalists intelligence analysts there is absolutely no evidence that. all it's kind of that bad weather involved in it i love it thanks it facts if there's a

when its missile defense shield in europe which mosco says poses a threat to its security when washington failed to get written assurances that they show it is not aimed at russia also deployed a rating system on its western most border. we must not let ourselves be intimidated or confused we must clearly understand the goals we are heading for politics is a concrete shame whatever friendly relations we have if we are not being heard we will answer that's what i had to do it wasn't against obama but against the policy that the us has adopted if they continue to be rude we will respond if they hear our concerns we will work together. under in the wake of protests against this month's election results which have been held across russia the president said he saw and heard the people's concerns but he said political changes in the country should be started from within and never be ever solved of outside pressure one rally wrapped up in moscow saturday with a turnout of some one and a half thousand supporters of the yabloko party which didn't make it past the seventy percent threshold needed t

mosco. a reminder of our breaking news story now a russian oil rig has capsized in a storm in a sea of the hearts of the country's east coast there were more than sixty people on board including passengers and crew a search and rescue operation is in full swing nine people have already been plucked from the ice cold water strong winds and high waves are complicating efforts to stay with r.t. the latest on this developing story. the military herring or the so-called wiki leaks continues in the united states with bradley manning having to spend his twenty fourth birthday this week he made his first public appearance since being detained in the home forget the court hearing to determine whether prosecutors have enough evidence to bring that into trial if found guilty he could receive a life term on the private faces twenty two charges of distributing government secrets which eventually plans to wiki leaks and the aiding the enemy and or activist says that he's convicted he's become a nation wan

number of debates about the outcome of this parliamentary election and opposition rallies to place in mosco long some twenty thousand people gathered for a peaceful demonstration against the outcome of their parliamentary elections claiming a number of violations to place during the electoral process following which president david have ordered a thorough investigation the air into the case and the voting results of twenty one polling stations have been counseled but of course out of tens of thousands of polling stations throughout the country twenty one is too small of a number to cancel the results of the parliamentary elections so the lower house of the russian parliament the state duma ways going to stay in the way it was shaved on december the fourth. her entire very much indeed for the subbasement telling on core reporting there from central moscow. now a new year is just ten days away and we are starting our own countdown with ten special reports on events that shaped twenty eleven now we're looking back at major stories through the eyes of our tea correspondents who witnessed them a

this deal allows mosco to present a solution to the gas tensions that we see every christmas in two thousand and nine and two thousand and six ukraine even cut off russian gas to european families european consumers were affected. the trouble for russia continues. russian gas to europe are also affected is that ukraine remains highly politically unstable ukraine's last prime minister yulia timoshenko is in court today fighting her conviction for being too generous with russia on a previous gas deal with many ukrainians still opposing closer ties with this deal could easily be affected if. returns to prominence in key of let's have a look at the markets now or prices are surging outpacing a broad rally in stocks strong retail sales the rosy glow of the u.s. economy and this trading at one hundred dollars the balance. is that over ninety dollars a barrel now stocks in the u.s. cut games turn a negative and late morning trading on tuesday the decline comes up to media reports that german chancellor angela merkel has turned down the idea of boosting the. rescue of the euro. stocks in europe and

mosco. russia's political priorities were set straight by the country's leaders this week after several rallies against the parliamentary election results promise of lithium a potent promise to make the presidential ballot in march more transparent that is and he will live q. and a session with the public putin dismissed allegations of fraud during the vote but he did say that web cameras are set to be installed on polling stations next year president very verge the ruling united russia party to move with the times and bring in fresh faces saying that people grow tired of the old system he also warned the u.s. about its missile defense shield in europe which moscow says poses a threat to its security says washington still won't give written assurances that it's not a russia the radar system of its own in its western most territories. we need those with means that we must not let ourselves be intimidated or confused we must clearly understand the goals we are heading for politics is a concret

mosco. the military hearing of the soldier accused of passing secret american government data to wiki leaks got underway on friday bradley manning's already spent more than a year and a half a detention hearing to determine whether there's enough evidence to put manning on trial if guilty he'd spend life behind bars private manning served as an intelligence analyst in iraq and is accused of leaking classified military and diplomatic data to the whistleblower web site former cia officer ray mcgovern told me the american people needed to know about the alleged abuses carried out by their army. these charges or greatly over rosh. gates's term so there has been no indication of serious damage to u.s. personnel or those who cooperate with the united states what's the damages is the revelation of things that the merkin people should know about and that's what bradley manning was doing by his own players own e-mail see indicated that he wanted this to lead to a discussion in a debate and some recon

people gathered for a mass demonstration mosco are getting very nice all the votes that they've been also a number of illegal north arise rallies set up and most consent is broken to the cities they resulted in people disrupted traffic there were cases of some activists calling for violence like in the case of local i did see nobody that followed that was followed with a number of arrests in particular has just been released up to spending fifteen days in a detention center and actually today there was an unauthorized rally taking place outside the duma building as a result of that twenty people were arrested now as a in response to those claims that the elections had been raped diminishment that if ordered that they were investigation. fifty criminal cases have been already filed for alleged violations to ring the elections results of the results of twenty one polling stations have been canceled of course we have to understand that twenty one zero took over eighty thousand polling stations across the country is not enough to say that the vote was. can not be considered legitimate an

where is an option out mosco. well r.t. business will have more on how russia's membership of the double game could make a big difference that's a view that in about twenty minutes time. before then the band hugh humiliated the world's biggest military machine gets his day in the dark. the truth is actually undermining our national security there's something wrong with the truth we keep. bradley manning off on the air here with a court martial later more than a year and a half after his arrest. the u.n. security council is mulling a new draft resolution on syria which russia is putting forward it condemns all sides in the ongoing conflict calling for violence to stop but there's no mention of sanctions the kremlin's u.n. envoy says the balance to draft should be passed. we made no secret of the fact and it is reflected in the text that we call on the violence to be stopped from all sides we're concerned about weapons smuggling and the armed groups operating in syria as you know from the outset. our assessment of the situati

clinton calling the elections in motion i just read you know fed up those comments had been planned by mosco he called them unacceptable saying that the u.s. should first and foremost be looking to the intellectual system and that is for the russian people to define russian speak show to the conclusion about the sufficiency or insufficiency of the parties is an area of responsibility for the russian authorities not for international we're going to. monitor the quality of elections and violations. but the issue is the country's political system it is none of their business there will soon be telling us how to write our constitution. there was his foreign ministry all say i think that it was a nice move for the us to simply apply cliches without trying to understand properly what's going on within the country you know the final results expected within a couple of days but it is pretty clear right now what it's going to look like no surprise if the united rushes come out in front of the communist party in second place affair russia taking the place and the liberal democratic policy in full and

mosco. and we are online at home whenever you want to catch up with what's happening in the world. is looking at you this russian rocket successfully launched from french guiana carrying about that satellite keeping i. tell you. the sort of read on our website about a tentative agreement under which north korea needs to suspend its uranium enrichment program in exchange for us today. the military hearing the soldier accused of passing secret american government data to weaken the eggs got underway on friday bradley manning had already spent more than a year and a half and detention hearing is to determine whether there's enough evidence to put manning on trial if found guilty he would spend life behind bars private manning served as an intelligence analyst and a relative and is accused of leaking classified military and diplomatic data to that with the growing website after these private bradley manning support networks and if so what you will want to receive a fair trial after president obama has stated that he's guilty. but we think that manning is not someone who's a traitor he

the consequences were the worst sixty eight thousand killed and over a million people displaced even mosco itself didn't feel secure after the fall of the burden wall the world breathed a sigh of relief but it didn't last long when nato set about creating a new wall made of me sells the allies steadily moved towards russia incorporating former soviet republics but leaving most out of europe's new security framework the west broke a number of promises to russia off in russia could have expected that there wouldn't be a nato expansion that. russia itself. joined will become. a new system of european. collective security the feel of the u.s. is sark put an end to the cold war era a fundamental shift in global geopolitics with just a few now calling the shots and without to paul full counterweight today's world remains far from secure sixty immigrant children are teens. or is interested in your opinion today we're asking what you think the collapse of the u.s.s.r. meant to the world dot com have your say in our latest web poll right now thirty nine percent say it would have been good if nato h

with russia this deal allows mosco to present a solution to the gas tensions that we see every christmas in two thousand and nine and two thousand and six ukraine even cut off russian gas to european families european consumers were affected that the trouble for russia continues cloying russian gas to europe are also affected is that ukraine remains highly politically unstable ukraine's last prime minister yulia timoshenko is in court today fighting her conviction for being too generous with russia on a previous gas deal with many ukrainians still opposing closer ties with this deal could easily be affected if the russian bloc returns to prominence in key of. let's have a look at the markets oil rebound from a two week low after a report showing improved investor confidence and germany dropped to the lowest level in around two weeks all signs about. brant blend trading at one hundred and eight dollars a barrel at. just over nine dollars a barrel this hour european stock markets recover some ground and choppy trade support by spotted by resource stocks banking the banks remain under press

mosco. we've got time for one more story at defenders dame school many ghosted they but few will be more spectacular than this one this cracker found the back of the net in the hong kong top flight over the weekend an amazing i had cake that would have made the likes of mine she like when you ring the guy would be green with envy but the trouble is it's an own goal is nigerian defender first attempts to clear the board for a spectacular fashion fortunately though his side says the same went on to win three two. that's the sport for the moment more like two. witnesses. to history in the making. testimony. ten stories that shapes two thousand and eleven on our t.v. . wealthy british style cycles in the us not on. markets. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines two kinds of reports. this was the plant that was responsible for causing the world's worst industrial disaster and now it had been abandoned

mosco well business team has been the crunching the numbers for you and take a closer look at what membership really mean for business in russia that's coming your way in around fifteen minutes time. now the u.n. security council is pouring over the details of a new draft resolution on syria put forward by russia it condemns all sides in the ongoing conflict calling for violence to stop but there's no mention of sanctions they're trying to mediate a peaceful solution for months but there's little let up in the. dolphins' state security officers were killed in recent clashes by defectors the free syrian army claims to have more than twenty five thousand troops fighting to bring down president assad questions they still don't acknowledge that anti regime protesters are wrong to middle east politics professor jeremy sold says the main task now is to persuade all syrians to put their weapons and down. the government. has made in the bronx been one one way. force was directed towards. and it's been very little reference to the gangs of on gangs contact their bonnets began almost from the beginning

what more than a million calls into mosco from the region every single day and then not just from the moscow region that coming from all over russia before the new year holidays the amount of cars increases by no less than forty percent must go is in gridlock at this time of the year five years ago it would be the same now. and that's all we have time for in the sedition of business but you can always find a lot more stories there online at r.t. dot com slash business. thank you. moved. here with our to recap of our top story the privilege of rebuilding libya countries which on the state rushed to cash in on its destruction thus while those who vocally opposed intervention including russia and china remain hesitant to reclaim their business deals. us of warms it will take action if iran goes ahead with it's about to close of bottled water way to boil traffic around threaten to block the strait of hormuz response to western plan sanctions.