involvement in the establishment of financial markets together the stock market so brazil russia india and china have outperformed the s. and p. five hundred index by more than four to one in the past decade and their economies have grown four times faster than america's and stop contras to russia and the other breaks the u.s. and european economies are presumably headed for another year of stock market volatility high unemployment banking industry and people and we causing fear that can be something profile of the response in places like russia because of difficulties newest united states and europe clearly doesn't twelve is likely to be very careful will be ready for that because the going to be a lot of the economic but also political certainty and war so you and states are ready to look for us in the states and france and other places is one of the few fully functional economies left in europe now she's poised to see foreign investors eagerly jump in the balance on the stock markets may first be tilted in favor of the leading developing countries and should attract more investors to russia t

until to me china india twenty twelve russia presidential elections will be taken place while in china the chines convent of the communist party will be electing the new leader what do you think will the general trends be in the russian chinese relations in the forthcoming year and what role could journalists play in developing biological relations my second question is it's common knowledge that the west is building pressure sanctions pressure against syria could china and russia through joint efforts break and reverse this trend and prevent a repetition of the libyan scenario. russian authorities. have stressed on many occasions that the current level of russian chinese called gratian . is the highest in the history of our bilateral relations with children spect trust taken into account of key interest of each other have become integral components of about our bilateral dialogue with our global about the ship in international affairs. is a natural thing it is not driven by. its immediate interest. it is. oriented had long run our positions are traditionally close we support each othe

people to choose their own leadership the point of departure between the western interests and russia and china voiced by russia this. is whether or not the decision about who will rule syria is made by the syrian people or by nato as it was in libya today again they indicated that they would not allow a resolution to go through that called for regime change in syria without the participation of the syrian people the thing that the western powers want to see in this region is discord they obviously cannot occupy these territories after they conquer them if you look to iraq and afghanistan you can see that that's the case but as long as the people on the ground are busy killing each other the united states can secure oil or in the case of syria for example the port at tartus which would keep russia out of the mediterranean and whatever other objectives they have . well there are alarming reports from syria with opposition activists claiming that more than sixty people have been killed in the latest outbreak of violence that's against the backdrop of the reported advance of armed syrian regime fi

security council wants we don't know what those further measures could be you have countries such as russia china india brazil that believe that there is a conflict that two sides are involved in syria and both of those parties should be addressed now russia has drafted resolution on syria but according to reports and according to what members told me it does not include the cohesive or punitive measures against syria that western countries are looking for the russian draft hold both parties accountable it doesn't call for any type of regime change and that. it is such a thing that russia and china we saw three months ago vetoed a western draft resolution that could impose possibly regime change in syria and that's where you have a difference of opinions but this story will continue next week because from what we're told the security council will meet to discuss the text of this draft resolution well antiwar activist and blogger doand abbas says the latest draft resolution circulating at the u.n. security council doesn't uphold the rights of the syrian people to choose their own leadership the po

because as i just began discussing you have countries such as russia china india brazil that believe that there is a conflict that two sides are involved in syria and both of those parties should be addressed now russia has drafted a resolution on syria but according to reports and according to what members told me it does not include the cohesive or punitive measures against syria that western countries are looking for in the russian draft hold both parties accountable the assad government and the opposition groups and says both parties need to come to the negotiation table it does cause it doesn't call for any type of regime change and that is something that russia and china we saw three months ago vetoed a western draft resolution that could impose possibly regime change in syria india also doesn't support any kind of government change imposed by the international security so that's the difference there is that you have one side that wants to have both. parties in syria come together in negotiate one side of the security council wants the other side that proposed their draft resolu

to try to get something approved by the rest of the security council namely russia and china in these days to come and russia is one of the countries that does have the power to veto it if they refuse the what are the implications of this. well if they refuse you know a resolution just simply can't be passed at the security council if russia vetoes it or china so this is just not going to be a document that can be implemented of course another scenario that russia certainly would not like to see happen is countries beginning to intervene in a one sided manner where they could still go on go ahead and act on on the on the by themselves but this is certainly something that nobody likes to see including the united states even though it's spearheading this the last thing it needs right now is to intervene in any sort of aggressive manner in syria because you know how many wars can it participate in and lastly on assad. to what extent can this situation in syria be compared to libya. well you know we heard just minutes ago secretary of state hillary clinton say that comparing this to libya

confrontation against both russia and china and with them iran we need to see this confrontation what's going on in syria as a part of a bigger confrontation between a coalition of continental powers on one hand which includes. russia china and iran on one hand confronting a coalition of muddy time powers including the united states western europe and dirty and the main scene of confrontation is this middle east and the code of this middle east is syria for the time being so we cannot isolate what's going on there from this bigger perspective what i saw also seems to be i and every sense of the word political outcasts especially an international media even if it was a rebel group behind the bombings assad's really guilty by default as until. well according to western media of course he is guilty because they want to. assad because he didn't comply with their policies he didn't agree to break. his ties to iran he didn't agree to severe his ties to russia nor to china so for this reason they what they pursued for the region was region american controlled that syria should break its ties b

and the west and the arab league but also the veto holding members russia and china they're not they don't just hold this veto power that blocks whatever resolution the united states want the point is that russia has been involved for a very long time in negotiating with syria in really trying to resolve the crisis as well and it's a significant player in this because what essentially is calling for is talks negotiations and avoiding any sort of escalation do not do further harm is really the key element that russia has been calling for so essentially what it would take liz is for the diplomats to get together and make sure that whatever document they vote on it's not just something that the u.s. in the west backs but also important players like russia and china who do have reasons to what they're calling for now the u.s. is presenting this as a humanitarian effort we heard from playing today she said quote we all have a choice stand with the people of syria and and the region or become complicit and allowing violence there but you know russia and china they are not buying this argume

that that is words that can be interpreted in various different ways and that is something that russia china and other member members of the security council are very much against they don't want to see what happened in libya happened in syria the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov says that russia has not and will never subscribe to a campaign of organizing or overthrowing governments of other countries when you go there. we never said retaining bashar al assad in power it's a condition for crisis is something that we should something different with but it's not a part of russia's foreign policy to ask leaders to step regime change is not. the decision most recently syria only series of groups of syrians must have got to do is using tables and hammer to deal if the demand is for him to. call in the air force. we've seen of already on the security council will never approve this i guarantee it. as more details become available on this story we will keep our viewers updated. syria's opposition to made a chilling pledge to the country's leader they vowed that president bashar al assad and

and their actions to prevent intervention he would be supported in russia and china over libya last year and it would be a mistake with russia if the russians think that they are isolated they're not they have world opinion it's just the west will shout the loudest it's france it's americans israel it's the. arab states were backed by the west this is not the world this is not international community this phrase international community should rule the whole world so should russia veto abstain in this resolution i think russia. for its own resolution which calls for syrian solution to this problem and the problem is the solution here is negotiation isn't it when us has an opposition being apparently being encouraged by western countries not to engage in negotiations you're never going to get that are you that is the big problem when. irresponsible the west could have been saying to the opposition look go and meet with the government the government as i said opinion polls demonstrations show the government still has the majority support probably in syria so therefore to say that

security council wants we don't know what those further measures could be you have countries such as russia china india brazil that believe that there is a conflict that two sides are involved in syria and both of those parties should be addressed now russia has drafted resolution on syria but according to reports and according to what members told me it does not include the cohesive or punitive measures against syria that western countries are looking for and that's where you have a difference of opinions but this story will continue next week because from what we're told the security council will meet to discuss the text of this draft resolution. well antiwar activist don de bar says it's nato behavior in libya that makes countries like russia and china block any resolution on syria that implies using military force. we saw how far they would go with libya they carried on a seven month massive bombing campaign that reduced the infrastructure of that country to rubble practically which had been built up only in the last forty years and they installed a group of thugs that are so greedy that they

they're going to try to provoke a confrontation against south korea for instance an ally with russia china or with countries in south america or in central asia for that matter. and the editor of the corbett report current affairs website says further pressure by the u.s. and its allies on iran could push the region to the edge. i think it's quite remarkable to think that france and the us and other countries would be willing to step up sanctions that have already had such a profound effect on the iranian people on the basis of their hunch that era to run is developing nuclear weapons as as france has basically put it it's quite remarkable because that really does is tantamount to an act of war the idea that iran would really close off the straits of hormuz or attempt to do so would only be an absolute last measure resort for a country that relies on the importation of refined gasoline and other things through the very straits that they would be a sensibly sabotaging and planting mines in so it's it's quite remarkable to think that that iran would do that in any other situation other than

bombing and that's twenty twelve neared syria found itself in a similar set up for intervention russia and china fearing a repeat of the situation in libya as civil war intensifies this is a direct effect that direct clash between the u.s. and nato on one side and russia and china on the what you know on the other side much more david was in libya protests continue in egypt libya syria and many more arab countries as the year ends. the battle to save the drowning single currency left board rooms and banks in twenty eleven and flooded the streets of europe most commonly and violently in athens greek debt became the centerpiece of the euro crisis protests raged against desperate austerity cuts to qualify for i.m.f. bailout germany and france vying for influence in the debt ridden zone i think we will see an exit of greece given the situation in which the greek economy find itself has become really unavoidable draining the economy of big brother germany can't go on forever greece and italy are now led by on a lark to brussels back technocrat leaders who are trying to curb the crisis coming into a n

that was good friends with the tribute to the central team in china india twenty twelve russia presidential elections will be taken place while in china the convent of the communist party it will be electing the new leader what do you think will the general trends be in the russian chinese relations in the forthcoming year and what role could journalists play in developing ballad troll relations my second question is it's common knowledge that the west is building pressure sanctions pressure against syria could china and russia through joint efforts could break into hers strand and prevent a repetition of the libyan scenario. in your question authority as you. have stressed on many occasions that the current level of russian chinese called gratian . is the highest in the history of our bilateral relations with children spect trust taken into account of key interest of each other have become

the two countries that have replaced are china and russia. this goes back to 1995 when the u.s. was imposing the largest sanctions at that time. 15 or 16 years later, it has become quite true. did they put the screws to iran? >> i would say the turks have, based on their own interest, they are a rising power and their economy is doing well. they have ambitions of becoming a top 10 economy by 2023, which is the 100 year anniversary of the secular turkish republic. in that, they cannot afford to do that. then he ran for energy and they're trying to balance the relationship. they understand there will be a rivalry between iran and turkey for hundreds of years. these are to very powerful states and want to balance that as well. the competitive element of that relationship will not get out of control. they are facing increasing difficulties in doing so, particularly in areas like the situation in syria where iran and turkey are increasingly coming out loggerheads. >> the three events recently -- and i don't want to lose sight of the revolt within iran a couple of years ago, but three

suggest they didn't ever actually try to pick a fight with china is a stupid thing to do they would probably be a bit more antagonistic towards russia than the obama folks but i think you know you could very easily find some very stridently anti china things that someone like kagan is written or said in the past i don't think that would be a guide to romney policy they're not stupid people they might disagree with them about the best way to go about things but they're not foolish enough to actually try to pick a fight or start a war with someone like china or even some like russia they talk tough or bully would really do a whole lot but looking at their track record. a lot of these guys are hardliners you know they're not afraid to use torture tactics using this really harsh rhetoric so now that romney is surrounded by these guys how do you think what kind of route do you think they'll steer romney to take. i mean i think it's pretty clear you know romney is very much his foreign policy goes very much in the mold of george w. bush and i think it essentially be a third george so. bush administration look at all these guys they played

the evidence will be so strong that even russia and china would feel compelled to work but as of now one month after this mission started they seem to know the monitors things and i know more about what's going on the ground than they did. at the beginning and so it all looks like you know we're going back to square one as the death toll rises the proposal being floated to increase the number of observers on the ground and provide them with u.n. training could be a life saving water but for now these plans have been pissed on hold in fact much of the substance of the report that graded pieces on both sides seems to have been lost in the flurry of diplomatic activity now france and britain have joined forces at the united nations to try to end president assad's rule. waving good bye that gulf state colleagues some observers remain but it's small consolation syria didn't close the doors in for the arab league i think. it's diplomacy would give anyone to help the syrian but the last decision in the hands of the syrian people not in the hands not our bleakness could come so it's a gloomy

islamic terrorism islamic fascism stuff like that is the rising powers so he talks about china and russia and places like that before he gets into terrorism which i think is actually pretty noteworthy and you know for someone like kagan who has been preaching for quite a while now that russia and china are part of you know trying to create some kind of alternative authoritarian world system i think that actually makes quite a great deal sense so you think that this is his way of trying to win over the conservative base yeah i think that our base level and i think to a serious he probably believes that he's flipped up so many times back and forth it's really pretty hard to figure out what point does his actual you know honest to god opinion start at what point does the kind of posturing begin but yeah i think this is very much he's trying to present himself as being in the mainstream i think it's a very strong contrast especially with someone like ron paul who is you know the last people he would ever have on his campaign staff is unlike robert kagan or michael hayden i think it's just aga

last october, russia and china vetoed a resolution condemning bashar al-assad. this time around, russia says it cannot support any call for the syrian president to give up power. western diplomats insist the council could not stay silent as the situation deteriorates. >> i think we are at a critical point where the violence is escalating, and indeed, with each passing day it seems more and more civilians are being killed and more and more people are being killed. and that is a grave concern. >> pressure for international action is indeed mounting on the ground, with a sharp escalation in the conflict. in recent days, the violence and become so bad the arab league says it was forced to suspend its monitoring mission. furthermore, the west and the arabs are bringing in their big guns to weaken russian opposition. the head of the arab league and the prime minister of catarrh will address the council and western foreign ministers will be here to show she poured -- support for the plan. one possibility, if it does not happen, is an increasingly bloody status quo where

looking for alternatives that's the phase that we're in right now but if you look at countries like china russia brazil they're all holding in massive amounts of u.s. dollars and u.s. that china i mean japan and india south korea these countries are all dependent on their their reserves their dollar based reserves and they're fearful to so they're looking for alternatives or trying to figure out ways to trade with one another using their own currencies we've had announcements from russia china brazil trading in things like oil but settling those accounts in their own currencies rather than the dollar and every time a major announcement comes out. i remember specifically one time i was sitting in a hotel room in dubai and there was a headline story in dubai which is twelve art. twelve hours ahead of the markets open in the u.s. where there are. some finance ministers from saudi arabia and the gulf six countries had gotten together and suggested that they might put together one currency back it partially buy gold and then begin selling oil in that in that new dinar i remember there's going to be i

they're going to try to provoke a confrontation against south korea for instance an ally with russia china or with countries in south america or in central asia for that matter and have elso want to talk more about china where you say the u.s. is a new cold war what do you mean by that. well it is a new cold war in terms of what happened with hillary clinton's trip to central asia about a month and a half ago obama's trip to south seas australian southeast asia months and a half ago more or less and this deployment of marines to darwin in northern australia and the progressive in the minds of washington of course encircled of china in the south china sea and the intersection between the indian ocean and the south china sea. this is completely crazy because what is stead of america proposing a project for celsius. for the countries in the cells trying to see or a vision for the future it's another military drive and the chinese of course because the chinese diasporas they are extremely powerful know this solves this station so when there is something to be negotiated in the south china sea

so not russia china iran where certain certain websites you can visit them in canada you can visit them in mexico but only americans would be pretty venet from visiting them i did not have to so you can visit any website you like and copyright infringement costs firms billions of dollars a year we can't get away from that fact surely though the counter-argument is that some up to date legislation is necessary to protect people from effectively steven stealing material you can argue against that could. well look i think a lot of the numbers in question by independent researchers it's very unclear exactly how much is lost to copyright infringement and it's clear that whenever there are legal opportunities to download music and movies they're very popular look at the success of apple's i tunes but the point is even if it were true even if it was a big deal the solution is not going to be getting rid of the entire court system i mean many people are upset about rape but the solution hasn't been no trials for rapists who are suspected we need to continue to have due process becaus

and this could be a war against the regime it means the entire region could become in flames russia and china for strategic interests in the region the gaited ball to protect them in syria alone is you know russia has it all the mediterranean based entirely syria it does not want to lose it it will do what it needs to to protect it so we're talking about a clash of titans and one more thing the real target for america the real two targets for america all russia because of its military strength china because of its growing economic strength. and china is certainly don't want to spill into every one but russia is the big one between russia and america they have ninety seven percent of the world's nuclear arsenal and sophisticated delivery systems stand in many ways russia is their number one target for that reason sooner or later that clashes comey this new law comes as the u.s. looks forward to the upcoming presidential elections in twenty twelve barack obama is running for a second term but who he will be running against is not yet known now our correspondent marina porter tells us if there i

technology officer at about college says that seven viruses are originating in internal networks in russia, china and other countries have been combing through all the computers on campus. one recording keystrokes and screen shots and potentially transmitting personal information for over a decade. the college is now reevaluating settings for its to computer firewalls in this upgrading its anti virus software. we're back with more after the break. >>gary: and st. louis, the baseball world jim's go to the white house. where is larissa? that is coming up later in the broadcast. >>pam: new details about san francisco's sheriff, newly released court documents stated he mistreated his wife in two different incidents last year. the document also suggests he told his wife he would gain custody of their young son because he is very powerful. >>pam: a 14 year old suspected rapist turned himself over to police today. he is enrolled as a freshman at oakland high school and accused of robbing and sexually assaulting two women who are twice his age. in each incident he is accused of pretending to have a handg