america's professor of politics at the university of oxford and indeed we know the god we go to nicholai petro he is professor of politics at the university of rhode island all right gentlemen this is cross thought that means you can jump in anytime you want but first let's have a look at the failed coup of nine hundred ninety one. the president. on august nineteenth one thousand nine hundred one instead of tuning into the soviet national anthem citizens across the u.s.s.r. woke up to a radio announcement that would start a sequence of events leading to the eventual collapse of the soviet union issued by the self-proclaimed hard line state of emergency committee the announcement stated that mikhail gorbachev's efforts to reform the soviet union have gone into

oil company rules petro became the first russian firm to offer chairs to the public and wanted this year it sold a thirty five percent stake to raise two hundred fifty million dollars that values the company at around seven hundred million dollars which is lower than expected bruce petro initially scheduled listing for december but it had to postpone as potential investors showed very low interest ahead of the new year holidays the company which has a whirl assets in western siberia will use the money to boost production and to pay off debts. and that's it for now we're back in fifty minutes but meanwhile you can always find a lot more stories on our side it's our calls watch business. news today violence flared up. in the. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. trying to rule the day. welcome back here with r.t. here's a look at the top stories more sanctions in the works for syria as the e.u. mounts pressure on the regime but russia says it will block any u.n. security council move to authorize military intervention in the country. the angry voice of

oil company ruth petro became the first russian prime to offer chairs to the public in london this year it sold a thirty five percent stake and raised around two hundred fifty million dollars that values the company at around seven hundred billion dollars which is lower than expected and ruth petro initially scheduled the listing for december but it had to postpone since the potential investor interest was very low head of the new year holidays the company which has oil assets in western siberia will use the money to boost production and to pay off debts. and that's it for now but you can always find a lot more stories there any time for you at our t.v. com slash business. the. this is flawed. it's a balancing on the edge of past and present and. missing reality it's nothingness. but if you enter this time. the mystery of supernatural will reach you. shaimaa know siberia on our t.v. . you. are limited. to. the few. can. on the back here with our viewers one of the stories more sanctions in the works for syria is that you bounce pressure on their regime but russia says it will block any

is protestations these countries have anything thinking of ditching the petro dollar so they can evade sanctions by paying of gold and other currencies and you're even saying the rupee action we wouldn't be not going to see military confrontation over this are we in iran i mean if so what would be the consequences . i think when president obama said all options on the table to huge applause in congress at the state of the union it again shows and the united states is playing . to its north again and yet again threats against entire populations unbeknownst to the iranian regime there may well be people planning to support iran via asymmetric warfare there's no doubt that these policies and these pronouncements i know from the cameron government again they have already banned iranian television stations news the first time in history british history banning straddles these countries don't seem to realize what exactly they are playing with as they make these threats because the world is changing and that's why the nonaligned movement supporter of. i really fear for how the un has any rele

frightened tend to say all options are on the table so the real action now is what happens to the petro dollar because the use of shot themselves in the foot over or oil sanctions as india and china or japan or even south korea all say we're not going to follow the sanctions route will just explain a bit more saying they've shot themselves in the foot it's something that so liberal mentioned about sanctions not being effective in counterproductive in what way you could turn has really capitalize on this. already the head of opec has said that the sanctions regime is likely to increase oil prices which will further have an impact on e.u. economies and greece and the mediterranean e.u. countries need iranian oil they're not going to get it it seems or they're going to have to get it through with other sources because iran and you mentioned earlier the proposed motion in the iranian parliament that not only does iran not care about e.u. sanctions it's going to preempt them and make the e.u. suffer for what they've said because. india japan despite the u.s. is protestations these countries

en colombia, el alcalde de bogota, gustavo petro, anuncio que a partir del primero de febrero y por tress, queda prohibida en la ciudad la tenencia de armas las 24- horas del dia, medida que busca bajar la tasa de criminalidad en esa capital de casi 8-millones de habitantes... los datos oficiales senalan que el 2011, de mil 632 homicidios cometidos con armas de fuego, alrededor del 10- por ciento correspondio a armas legales... en peru, joran van der sloot, se declaro culpable del asesinato de la peruana stephany flores en 2011... la fiscalia pidio 30-aÑos de prision para el holandes por los delitos de homicidio calificado y robo simple contra flores... van der sloot, conocio a la victima en una casino de lima y la llevo a la habitacion de un hotel donde fue encontrada muerta... luego de aceptar su culpabilidad, la corte anuncio que emitira su sentencia este proximo viernes... en ecuador,el presidente rafael recibira maÑana al jefe de estado irani, mahmud ahmadi- neyad, en medio de criticas de los empresarios por temor a que el viaje perjudique el comercio de su pais con estados unidos o

donde acordÓ con su par hugo chaves una alianza energÉtica para un convenio de largo alcance entre petroonde hugo chÁvez nombrÓ como ministro de defensa al general henry silva, quien era jefe del comando estratÉgico operacional y reemplaza a carlos figueroa, candidato del oficialismo. el departamento del tesoro de estados unidos acusÓ a rangel de facilitar apoyo material a las actividades de narcotrÁfico de la guerrilla de colombia de las farc, nueva corte publicitario y en poco mÁs de dos minutos estaremos con en la oraciÓn >> en una noticia que acaba de llegar a nuestra sala de redacciÓn el gobierno de estados unidos ordenÓ la expulsiÓn del cónsul de venezuela en florida, tras considerar la persona non grata. la cÓnsul acosta habÍa participado en un complot cibernÉtico para atacar agencias de seguridad norteamericana. la denuncia fue hecha por univisiÓn enel documental "la amenaza iranÍ". el anuncio se hace en la vÍspera de la llegada del presidente iranÍ a venezuela. llegÓ la hora del deporte hoy a cargo de ivÁn, adelante. ♪ >> en la corregidora, los gallos blancos recibieron a las a

an angry public demanding and winning the return of huge petro subsidies -- petrol subsidies. assigned to some that democracy is taking root -- a sign to some that democracy is taking root. >> they can mobilize. they're very determined. >> all the encouragement is rather spoiled by the chronic poverty and corruption. there is much talk about africa rising, the continent's economy finally taking off. there is plenty of true to that. in nigeria, the focus is still on the struggle for justice, on fair distribution of the wealth. ♪ powerful voices challenged the very idea of afro-optimism. >> i think it is propaganda by the multinational governments. they keep lying to the public. it is not booming. corruption has been so -- it is now like a big joke. if you want anything to get done properly, you know you have to pay for it. that is not changing. it is getting worse. >> maybe. but listen to the young. better ♪ ♪a grows >> they rehearsed in the slums. ♪ ♪ nigeria grow better >> andrew harding, bbc news. >> from a country that is growing to an area of the world that is suffering, t

. >> that was pretty quick. [ sirens ] >> is there a petro tank in that -- >> i would stand back fromhe window. >> according to the guy he says, oh, that was pretty quick. firefighters show up right away. >> oh, no, oh, no. >> oh, no! oh, no, oh, no! >> yes, it starts rolling backward into traffic, over both lanes of traffic and keeps going backwards. what i think is crazy, these two firefighters start running after it, like what are they going to do running after it? >> with the hose -- just move the truck now. like running after it is going to do nothing. i guess they were trying to stop traffic, keeping people away from this thing. but thank god it curved a little bit. it could have gone right into the building and started the building on fire. >> and it did not hit a single car. it was like it was looking to cross the road at the right time. >> barely missed that silver four-door truck. >> i think the guy in the video, people shooting this, they reacted the exact same way we did. >> maybe they didn't, actually. >> well, that was -- did we react like that? >> oh, look at that. >> l

the sources say eu nations are trying to reach an agreement to impose the embargo on petro chemical products in three months, and crude oil in six months. >>> iranian naval commanders threaten to close the strait of hormuz if the emboring oh goes into effect. the narrow passage at the entrance to the gulf is a major sea lane for oil tankers transporting crude from the middle east. they warned the u.s. aircraft carriers to stay out of the area. iran announced last friday, the islamic revolutionary guards will conduct an exercise next month in the strait of hormuz and persian gulf. u.s. naval commanders warned any interference with freedom of navigation will not be tolerated. they threaten military action if iran tries to block the strait. the united states will station two carriers in waters near the gulf to prepare for any cop continue genessee. british defense secretary phillip hammond said they will send destroyers to make sure the shipping lanes remain open. >>> japanese government official held talks and expressed eagerness for them to cooperate in myanmar's development complex. >> trans

. >>> tonight petro is inspecting all of its 2000 series railcars after a problem this afternoon. a disc brake fell off a train at the stadium armory station. it is similar to the problem that caused an orange line train to be evacuated last month near la enfont plaza, but in this place a friction ring fell off a different type of railcar. >>> don't be surprised if you see a lot of bare legs on metro this sunday and it won't be because of the weather. sunday is the annual no pants metro ride. so you can't say we haven't warned you. >>> metro predicted it would lose about three% of its ridership when congress didn't extend the commuter tax benefit for federal workers, but now senator chuck schumer wants to reverse that. the new york democrats wants to make the tax break permanent and retroactive back to january 1st when congress takes up the payroll tax extension. >>> the highly popular pay by phone parking has 200,000 registered users. 10,000 people use it every day in d.c., but a glitch in the system has frustrated some people after getting parking tickets by mistake. reporter: i

introducir armas de fuego y municiones de estados unidos a mexico.el ex guerrillero izquierdista gustavo petroos del 2012, dÉjeme comenzar con una conversaciÓn que tuvimos en comerciales, hay razones para estar enojados, para estar frustrados e indignados. >> hablÁbamos de mÉxico y despuÉs de todo el mundo. >> la primavera Árabe, espaÑa. >> hay razÓn genuina en esta generaciÓn para estar enojados, para estar indignados. de verdad como madre de un adolescente quiero ver eso, quiero ver que ellos se den cuenta que el mundo de nosotros no es un mundo mejor. >> yo coincido, no solamente en amÉrica sino también en europa, grecia, portugal, espaÑa. es muy vÁlido hay mucha razÓn para asegurar que te puedes indignar. >> vamos a hablar bien clarito, es algo con lo que yo estoy de acuerdo, yo prefiero esa gente protestando en wall street que facebook, yo le digo a edgar que lo que pasÓ en mÉxico nunca pasÓ, eran una protesta real genuina que la gente saliera a decir aquÍ estamos. >> no estoy de acuerdo en que propone, estÁ bien protestar, decir no estoy de acuerdo en cÓmo me estÁs dirigiendo, no estÁ bi

since then, petro prices have doubled. this is a huge challenge to a government already struggling on another front, and that's how to deal with terrorist attacks, after which more than 80 people have died. we're following the events in legos. >> this park is named after a niger jan human rights activist, and this is part of the first nationwide strike since 2003. so far it started peacefully. there's police patrolling the empty streets here, normally congested, but we had reports that overnight in the capital, the police dispersed around hoe protesters using tear gas there. overall, we're hearing that banks, shops, and businesses are shut. the unions is claiming the airport is also closed down as they protest the very unpopular fuel subsidy, which was the removal of a fuel subsidy, which was instigated this time last week. >> all this, of course, facing a government, while also content with this islamist, christian split. one christian leader even suggested the country was on the brink of civil war. is that an exaggerated

her father, justin petro has taken a lie detector test, but the results have not been released. he said he put the 1-year-old to bed at 1:00, the night before. so far, investigators have checked rivers and creeks. >>> a winter storm hammers portland, maine. check this out. we haven't had to do that around here for a while. the city there is digging out the more than eight inches of snow. clouds buried. officials say that parked cars there are usually put in place. but they're only inspecting three inches of snow. and instead, they got 8. 8 is not too bad. you can handle 8 inches. for sure. >> we are talking about maine. they have been so far behind that they're probably more like this is normal. >> we haven't had 8 inches of snow in what? >> a really long time since we've had serious snow around here. and you were saying some of the reports you were just reading with the snow reports. >>> finally, in vermont, some of the snow reports there were finally opening up some of the mountain areas that were closed. they got more than 20 inches of snow, something like that. >> it's amazi

this serves the interest of the health insurance companies the big pharmaceutical cartel you know the petro chemical interests i mean we could go on or not it suits them fine this is why they've basically encouraged this and this is why they like people like glenn beck and rush limbaugh who are the tribune of this moment. understanding a bit more about how propaganda woods and i went to examine its use as freedom works close to the first ever national tea party in washington d.c. we just spear the government takeover of all the businesses we care the government takeover of our liberties we've got releasing the constitution and. we have sat at home and not said anything but not believed in what was going on and finally we have done that by the couch and come to do something and we're not going to stop the. american. ballet or the. tunnel. and. the research you got the thunder car. the earth. socialism has taken over it's got a script on it you know always leads communism you'll think you're saying that we're against us to listen in america we wouldn't risk the constitution the bill of rights

actually serve to to benefit iran in the long run from getting them off of their dependence on the petro dollar. and stay with us here on r t still to come in the program the twists and turns of russian politics as electoral campaign intensifies presidential hopeful but if you're in the wanted to get tough on immigration. but first an entry ticket has been approved by the people of croatia the us wasn't as solid as expected with more than half of croats failing to vote in the national referendum the country will become unions twenty eight states by july of next year if the other member states ratify the move croatia was split on the issue with those in opposition saying there is nothing to be gained from a country joining a bloc that's experiencing its worst ever crisis as artie's tom barton reports from zagreb the divisions may be there to stay even after the yes vote. violent scenes in the croatian capital it's the country's referendum but setting. limits to be made behind me the police come to the protest as only they take protest is late six ways. in the creation capital and financin

january 30, and on this occasion, i hope we will be able to take the decision on the embargo oil and petro from iran. we are working on the measures and things are looking good. we need to reassure some of our partners. we need to provide them with an alternative, that these solutions exist, and i think we will be subjective by the end of january. >> now we're here with cricket news. michael clarke, if ever he was doubted as a suitable captain, he stamped his authority on the australian game, hasn't he? >> the former captain has put the stop to those retirement rumors. australia doing particularly well. michael fox, 329, and just breaking all sorts of records and could have broke an lot more, which is what's particularly interesting for him. as captain, he decided to go with the team spirit rather than going with his individual effort. some of the records he set, that was only the sixth australian scored, the first, and he declared on 659 for australia against india, and he could have gone on. there are various records he could have gone to if he wanted to carry on, but he decided for the

actually serve to to benefit iran in the long run from getting them off of their dependence on the petro dollar. well stay with us here on r.t. still to come in the program the twists and turns of russian politics as electoral campaign intensifies presidential hopeful blood in your putin wants to get tough on immigration. but first in the e.u. entry ticket has been approved by the people of croatia the u.s. wasn't as solid as expected more than half of the croats simply ignored voting in the national referendum the country will become the nation's twenty eight states by july of next year if it gets the approval of the other member states curry show was split on the issue with those in opposition saying there is nothing to gain from a bloc that's currently experiencing its worst ever crisis was artie's tom barton reports the divisions are here to stay even after the yes vote. violent scenes in the croatian capital it's the country's be the referendum that setting. let me run. the risk of being made to mind me the police going to the protest as always they take and protest his way six ways

pushing tokyo out of the red and hong kong the hang seng is gaining thanks to energy stocks including petro china and china petroleum chemical corporation. and it's less than one hour ahead of the opening bell here in moscow both the why six am the r.t.s. going to monday's trading session in the red the r.t.s. lost more than one percent of the bisects last point eight percent. russia's economic expansion is losing steam the g.d.p. rose four point two percent last year according to a mid january estimate by prime minister vladimir putin the final figures coming out later on tuesday while retail sales grew last year amid wage increases industrial production growth was cut house to four percent as the euro crisis tighten the demand for exports. samsung will open more than one thousand branded corners and russia's top more while phone retailer euros set the south korean giant hopes the noble help reduced its market share the company will span from two to sixteen thousand dollars on setting up each corner euro set says the number of branded outlets within its chain could grow to three thousand i

costumers where it's all about the same time iran is going to be to decrease this dependence on the petrodollar this is a very good thing in the lot longer and of course they rein in middle class the small businesses who actually do business with a pin business as they're going to suffer but that is. wrong claims that that is for short term and in the long term this is actually going to lead to more independence for iran as a whole as as a nation not just not just one part of the society which is investing in foreign businesses while the u.s. and europe continue to hit iran the sanctions and strong rhetoric the suggestion of military action against the islamic republic leaves many americans cold but he's going to church and he's in the country's capital to gauge opinion. so while the obama administration says war with iran is still on the table and washington hawks come up with even harsher statements we could break the iranian regime i think within a year the majority of americans may says that their opposition to more wars which is reflected in all recent polls is being ignored in washi

professor of russian studies and history at new york university and in providence we crossed in a quiet petro he's a professor of politics at the university of rhode island all right this is crosswalks gentleman so you can jump in anytime you want stephen you're in the studio with me here in moscow let's talk about the significance of establishing the commonwealth of independent states after the soviet union collapses because ever since twenty years on there's the accusation that russia wants to rebuild the soviet union minus the baltic republics bad birth sometimes give birth to bad lives the commonwealth of independent states c.i.s. was formed by yeltsin and craft shook that then the leaders of russia and ukraine on december eighth one thousand nine hundred one when they abolished the soviet state because they knew there was a lot of opposition to it and they wanted to give the impression at that moment that they were recreated heap imitation or it's already done communist version that's right a soft union. therefore they had no choice they had to present something to get this ratified by t

professor of politics at the university of oxford and indeed we know the good old we go to nicholai petro he is professor of politics at the university of rhode island all right gentlemen this is cross thought that means you can jump in anytime you want but first let's have a look at the failed coup of one thousand nine hundred one. on august nineteenth one thousand nine hundred one instead of tuning into the soviet national anthem citizens across the u.s.s.r. woke up to a radio announcement that would start a sequence of events leading to the eventual collapse of the soviet union issued by the self-proclaimed hard line state of emergency committee the announcement stated that mikhail gorbachev's efforts to reform the soviet union have gone into a blind alley it also declared a six month state of emergency in various regions of the country by that time gorbachev had already been removed and detained in his villa in the crimea with motivated the plotters to overthrow the existing order was the new union treaty designed to decentralize political power within the u.s.s.r. and indirectly weak

pushing tokyo out of the red and hong kong the hang seng is gaining thanks to energy stocks including petro china and china petroleum chemical corporation. and here in moscow the markets are on a positive note tracking the upbeat sentiment in asia the r.t.s. is up more than one and a half percent in the second hour of trade while the my six is gaining around one of the four percent. and now the biggest movers on the y. sexes burbank has higher on ease concerns about the euro debt prices and as you majors are also higher with ross daft more than half percent of the block and russia's biggest drugstore chain thirty six point six is among top gainers that's on the news that a plan still going at drug discount chain to boost sales. stronger oil is pushing the russian currency higher against the dollar however the ruble is still a lower to the euro the dollar's also lower against the european currency as some progress has been made in talks with the greek bond holders as i mentioned already . samsung will open more than one thousand branded corners and russia's top mobile phone retailer euro set

where it's all about either at the same time iran is going to be to decrease this dependence on the petro dollar which is a very good thing in the lot longer and of course they remain middle class the small businesses who actually do business with your pin businesses there are going to suffer but that is the iran claims that that is for short term and in the long term this is actually going to lead to more independence for iran as a whole as a nation not just not just one part of the society which is investing in foreign businesses. syrian troops have stormed a heavily populated damascus suburb where government forces pulled out earlier this week after clashes with opposition fighters the un security council could vote then in the next few days know about a resolution aimed at stemming the escalating conflict the draft calls on the syrian regime to comply with an arab league proposal for president assad to leave and pave the way for unity government russia has made it clear it will veto any u.n. resolution that allows foreign interventions or sanctions in syria itself the arab league's cr

actually serve to to benefit iran in the long run from getting them off of their dependence on the petro dollar. stay with us here on r t still to come on the program the twists and turns of russian politics election campaign tense a vice presidential hopeful a lot of your putin wants to get tough on immigration. but first an easy you entry ticket has been approved by the people of croatia the us wasn't as solid as expected with more than half of the croats simply ignoring him to vote in their national referendum but the country will become the twenty eighth member state by july of next year if it gets the backing of all the other members was split on the issue with those in opposition saying there's nothing to be gained from a bloc currently experiencing its worst ever crisis as artie's tom barton reports the divisions are there to stay after a yes but. violent scenes in the croatian capital it's the country's be the referendum but setting. me up for history being made behind me the police trying to push the protesters away as they take and see protest as a way six way she missed a chan

customers where it's all about at the same time iran is going to be to decrease this dependence on the petrodollar this is a very good thing in the long run this is actually going to lead to more independence for iran as a whole as a nation not just not just one part of the society which is investing in foreign businesses. while the u.s. and europe continue to hit iran with sanctions and strong rhetoric the suggestion of military action against the islamic republic leaves many americans cold aren't you going to choose you can as in the country's capital to gauge opinion. while the obama administration says war with iran is still on the table and washington hawks come up with horror show statements we should brace iranian regime i think within a year the majority of americans may sense that their opposition to more wars which is reflected in all the recent polls is being ignored in washington residents of charlottesville in virginia took the matter to their city council which passed the resolution calling on the federal government to end all its wars and avoid starting the new one with hugh g

actually serve to to benefit iran in the long run from getting them off of their dependence on the petro dollar ten minutes past the hour here in moscow this day and coming away her later in the program the twists and turns of. the electoral campaign intensifies the presidential hopeful lot of me and put him that once they get tough on every great . and e.u. entry ticket has been approved by the people of croatia the us wasn't as solid as expected with more than half of croats simply ignoring the national referendum the country will become the union's at twenty eight state by july next year but only after all the other members are ratify the croatia was split on the issue with those in opposition saying there's nothing to gain from a bloc currently experiencing its worst ever crisis as ati's tom barton reports the divisions are here to stay even after the yes vote. violent scenes in the croatian capital that it's the country's referendum that said to. me. mr b. behind me the police going to the protesters away they take and protest is over a situation in many states in the creation capit

they are forming a observer group but the majority of the countries that represent the arab league or petro monarchy dictatorships so it is far as judging the democratic democratic process is and so forth i don't think the arab league really has a real democracy mandate in terms of what we understand freedom in the west it's a bit of a oxymoron really the oblique what's the state of the syrian army now we're hearing about this reported defection of the top syrian army general mentioned just now just one of the latest in a line of military figures to switch sides why are we seeing defections at this stage ten months on from that initial revolt. well this is a really murky area this issue of distracting military defectors and so forth with regards to the united states and britain normally what they do when they're destabilizing the country was what we saw in iraq the main incentive was financial ok they shipped in a lot of dollars and they managed to buy off and this is admitted by dick cheney oh huge portion of the iraqis national guard revolutionary guard with regards to libya the promise t