russia and china may feel more pressure absolutely because this is this is in many ways playing out in the media and many mainstream media outlets in the u.s. and in western countries are casting russia and china as the villain in this process they have one position where they want to come to a peaceful they believe that there could be a police peaceful solution agreed upon where you get both sides to come to the negotiation table whereas you have the u.s. western countries and our countries believing that the time has come for syrian president bashar al assad to go. so here you have a divided opinion russia and china may be feeling more heat but i think in the aftermath of what took place in libya those two countries are not going to be quick to cave under pressure because we saw what happened in libya following an intervention that the international community promised would bring more peace to that country that has not come to fruition and russia and china believe that if they open the door for the international community to have free reign in apt in syria there could be a repeat of

after a veto of the russians and the chinese stand in the way of the un but it was vetoed by russia and china secretary of state clinton reacted generally the russian and chinese veto over him change resolution reacted to with confrontation by politicians clinton suggested russia and china will eventually have to answer to the syrian people working along their pain and news headlines attacking the two countries without detail or context so they present a serious newspaper don't get it it was please not my own my answer to your question don't be ridiculous the media not showing the will to explain what led to the veto it's a crack in the wall of was basically were ripping the tissue of lies is being presented by the media here if you look. closely or even at all at what russia was saying that there was violence taking place on both sides you don't understand what was happening was there was an armed insurgency backed by people from the outside but this is an inconvenient truth the media have long dubbed the armed groups a popular democratic uprising and oppressors and the oppressed desperate n

draft resolution that was blocked by russia and china. and russia as foreign minister calls western reaction to the double veto indecent and hysterical that's ahead of his trip to damascus aimed at finding a political solution to the ongoing crisis. also ensuring greater political involvement for the people through the internet prime minister putin lays out his plans to upgrade russian democracy the day after mass pro and anti-government rallies sweep the country. plus the russian mafia and minorities host for their language to be officially recognized in the post soviet baltic states are marred by reports of intimidation being used to dissuade people from taking part in an upcoming referendum. my from our studios in central moscow you're watching r t with me and he said no way it's good to have you with us six pm here in the russian capital our top story the e.u. is preparing to further toughen sanctions on syria in a bid to crank up pressure on the country's regime the decision came after russia and china vetoed the latest draft u.n. res

draft resolution that was blocked by russia and china. and russia's foreign minister calls western reaction to the double veto indecent and hysterical that's ahead of his trip to damascus aimed at finding a political solution to the ongoing crisis. also ensuring greater political involvement for the people through the internet prime minister putin lays out his plans to upgrade russian democracy a day after massive pro and anti-government rallies sweep the country. pressure on all fronts the greek coalition government is in deadlock over adopting new austerity measures to secure a second bailout of the e.u. says the time for a deal is running out for him. the rule reasons why europe's truths of justice winds up the business news into its. its seven pm here in moscow this is r.t. coming to you live from me so now with our top story this evening the e.u. is preparing to further toughen sanctions on syria in a bid to crank up pressure on the country's regime the decision came after russia and china vetoed the latest draft u.n. resolution on sy

ambassador to the united nations susan rice saying that because russia and china both cast a veto on a resolution on syria the blood will be on their hands and i'm sure a lot of a lot of experts may may blame russia may blame china but russia and china will point to several examples one being libya there was military intervention into libya one of the security council approved one where the western countries promised would bring peace and security and now look at libya the fallout and the consequence has made libya more unstable than it was before colonel qaddafi the former lever leader was removed or and foreign intervention took place military intervention took place what russia and china are saying this is what they're saying that governments cannot continue to be removed disposed of when the international community decides there are no longer good for a country this problem in syria specifically russia and china believe is up to the syrian people to decide and it's and the responsibility of the international community is to help facilitate a fair and balanced decision that ultimat

you were talking about the relationship between russia and syria the relationship between china and syria i know one of the popular analyses given today regarding russia's decision to video was you know that it sells arms to syria and so it was in russia's economic interest i want to play though what the foreign minister of russia russia sergei lavrov said and then we can talk about it ok. deceased in your presence though some western comments on the outcome of the un security council vote on syria sound indecent and almost hysterical in this connection i can't remember the saying that those who are angry are really right again with these hysterical statements attempts are being made to create a false picture of what is really going on in syria and what's really happening is that there are several and not just one source of violence in syria that's always a response to that. love roughest absolutely correct in fact you know what he did he sent older russian amendments to the arab league concocted and then the british french us read back the resolution to hillary clinton personally so mrs

if you believe the news media you should fear china and russia this week let's talk about why if they wanted to china could wipe out the u.s. in probably three minutes but anyone with an atomic bomb could true so why china in particular. chinese people are very dangerous why what is made you think bad have you ever been personally threatened by a chinese person no so why do you feel that way they know kung fu i don't think were in the good of relationship with them so should we fear them is that going to make relations better and we should fear them i think they should fear us i think there's a legitimate concerns about human rights there and i think we need to pay attention to what are their legitimate human rights issues everywhere don't we have them here in the us sure i think a different scale there but but yes we do have another places when there's there was stuff to find out so well that is a step to find out so well that will screw nobody's going to give us some money or would be but we're participating in that why is it their fault because they're acting smartly. it's hard to

russia china veto a u.n. security council resolution on syria condemning president assad's regime for the violence in the country. says the document does not reflect the situation in syria and send an imbalance signal to both sides all the details just ahead. over two hundred thousand people who braved the rushes of bitter subzero temperatures to ensure their views on national politics are heard. received people out on the streets demanding free elections in support of the code russian government join me for more than a few moments. and fighting between police and protesters continues in egypt with twelve people killed and hundreds more injured in the latest crackdown. top news headlines and commentary direct from moscow this is our team glad to have you with us russia and china have vetoed the latest u.n. security council resolution on syria moscow says that's because the draft didn't reflect the real situation in damascus and was sending unbalanced signals to all sides in the conflict. has the latest from n

in a matter of just five minutes after the meeting began russia and china both wielded their veto powers not supporting this draft resolution that was written by. european countries while the draft resolution was supported by thirteen members of the security council russia was asking for. russian foreign minister sergei lavrov. not excessive and. said that russia was urging the west to accommodate concerns to reach a compromise on this draft resolution china during the meeting. or did russia amendments and said for the council to up. there was a divide it did not help. or authority of the security council russian foreign minister sergei lavrov said. using the security council as a tool to intervene on a sovereign country experiencing an internal conflict he believes that could create chaos in international affairs so as we see there was. on this resolution it did not go through and it's because russia believes that as the draft resolution was presented it had a lot of balances in it when it comes to the current circumstance in syria russian envoy to the united nations vitaly churkin did

this to me inmate of china and russia you know western world but i think. china and russia are also understands that they certainly do not want to see and not going to change in the region and they believe that high a number of countries in the region do not want to see a change at this stage now activists in syria though claim the recent violence in homs is the worst since anti-government protests began why would the syrian regime law such an offensive against civilians right ahead of the u.n. security council vote on the resolution. we really don't know syria this certainly doesn't help i believe that the syrian the teen pop group really wants to demonstrate to the world especially to is supporters within syria and outside syria that it has no intention to compromise that it is still wants to hold onto power and full support this may not be wise but it seems soon arrestor know. what of course there are concerns that western countries and those behind the resolution are considering foreign intervention in syria do you think that could really happen. it's po

it's possible but i think china and russia show with try very hard to push. the western powers as well as the arab countries to allow the goal mediation dialogue and compromise this is probably the preferred scenario of china and russia and hopefully. we will sensibly respond to this kind of request. suit believe that this will allow them to buy time. ok professor of political science at the city university of hong kong as of today thank you for joining us thank you bill. well little later in the program we reported on another target of western pressure iran ready to force in the world markets saying it will respond with booming new oil embargo by cutting off the supply before european countries have time to find alternatives. and tens of thousands of web cams will be installed all of russia's own stations at next month's presidential election not everyone helped ensure transparency. doesn't dad and thousands injured the bloody aftermath of three straight days of rioting in egypt they all began after an outbreak of violence at a football match this week. in th

here is that it's so we're hearing about it's going to be pretty much the same document that russia and china vetoed and russia's and china's problem with the text was that it seemed biased to the countries saying that it only named to the syrian government as the main cause of the conflicts going on on the ground in syria but not the armed groups and that's something that continues to be a major sticking point the recognition of two sides to this conflict by the international community. neil clark a u.k. based journalist and contributor to the guardian newspaper says instead of diplomatic wrangles will power should no. signs in the syrian conflict to lay down . and we've got peace in syria over the last eleven months that the government has said they would make concessions the government you know got to talks with the opposition has been picked on by irresponsible western powers and its allies i think we would have had a peaceful solution to this months ago had the opposition not been egged on by the west they are being encouraged to take a very hard line the west has been denouncing the gov

russia and china both exercised their veto. they did so despite extensive efforts made to amend draft resolution to address russia's specific concerns. and in the face of repeated appeals from arab nations. instead they chose to side with the syrian regime and implicitly to leave the door open to further abuses by them. they did so why president assad's tanks encircling and pounding homs of civilians killing up to 230 people and on the 30th anniversary of the massacre in ham as. we regard this as a grave error in judgment by china and russia. mr. speaker there is no need to mince words about this. russia and china have twice vetoed reasonable and necessary action by the united nations security council. such vetos are a betrayal of syrian people in deploying them they have loet down the arab league, increased likelihood of what they wish to avoid in syria, civil war and placed themselves on the wrong side of arab and international opinion. by contrast i thank the other members of the security council for the principle stand they

draft resolution blocked by russia and china. russia's foreign minister calls western reaction to the veto indecent and historic go ahead of a visit to damascus aimed at finding a political solution to the ongoing crisis. ensuring greater political involvement for the people through the internet prime minister putin laying out plans to upgrade russian democracy a day after massive pro and anti-government rallies sweep the country. and pressure on all fronts the greek coalition government deadlocked over adopting new austerity measures needed to secure a second bailout while the new says time for a deal is running out for us at. eleven pm in moscow good to have you with us here on r t our top story the e.u. and u.s. want further tough sanctions on syria in a bid to crank up pressure on the country's regime the decision came after russia and china vetoed the latest draft resolution on syria at the un moscow and beijing say the wording took sides in the conflict as it solely blamed the government for violence without mentioning armed

draft resolution that was blocked by russia and china. and russia's foreign minister calls western reaction to the double veto indecent and hysteric go ahead of his trip to damascus aimed at finding a political solution to the ongoing crisis. also enduring greater political involvement for the people through the internet prime minister putin lays out his plans to upgrade russian democracy a day after a massive pro and anti-government rallies sweep the country. and the russian latvian minorities hopes for their language to be officially recognized in the post soviet baltic states are marred by reports of intimidation being used to dissuade people from taking part in an upcoming referendum. to both rule reasons why you're schultz of. the business news is intense and. it's five pm in moscow this is r t coming to you live from you so now with our top story and the e.u. is preparing to further tougher toughen sanctions on syria in a bid to crank up pressure on the country's regime this is and came after russia and china vetoed the veto the late

russia china vetoed a u.n. security council resolution on syria president assad's regime for the violence in the country. does not reflect the situation in syria and send a signal to both sides all the details just ahead. over two hundred thousand people. subzero temperatures to ensure their views on national politics are heard. we see people out on the streets demanding free elections. protestors continues in egypt with twelve people killed and hundreds more injured in the latest crackdown. you are watching our teeth glad to have you with us let's get right to our top story russia and china have vetoed the latest u.n. security council resolution on syria moscow says that's because the draft didn't reflect the real situation in damascus and was sending unbalanced signals to all sides in the conflict. as the latest from new york. in a matter of just five minutes after the meeting began russia and china both wielded their veto powers not supporting this draft resolution that was written by the arab league europea

think it's been handled through diplomacy very similar way relationship with canada as well russia russia china relationship compared to the us canadian it's an interesting thing i never heard that before but there is a major difference the first about anglo-saxon countries russia and china are very different what would you start thinking in that direction. frankly not because i think the the major difference is the us canada is a very clear. clearly u.s. is politically leading power kind of the snow compassion of canadian political activities in russia china relationship steel now russia is politically leading maybe not forever but still politically leading china is leading an economically and talking about resources the part of the ox is that what we describe is what. you should be but china is not the bigger. consumer of russian resources here anyway. james put in doesn't mention any any enemies in any actual threats but he doesn't mention the united states the i think is the only country that he does mention in this big article about building up military. muscle well this is that bother you

down they support a resolution they say is aimed at bringing peace and stability to syria but russia and china say they will veto the tax because they say it paves the way for the west to intervene militarily russia and china says regime change is not their business artie's on a stasi a turk and joins us live now from our studio in new york to bring us the latest lot amount of stasia so are they any closer they're coming to an agreement. well liz definitely the events of the last couple of days have been unraveling pretty quickly as we know the arab league and the west spearheaded by the u.s. have been pushing for a regime change resolution against syria that would call for president assad to step down if this was not done the internet within fifteen days the international community would be allowed to conduct quote further measures and of course this is something that russia and china have said they would not support so the last couple of days have been you know days filled with very heated debates and discussions on really still trying to find a compromise but positions have been quite diffe

draft resolution that was blocked by russia and china. russia's foreign minister calls western reaction to the veto decent and hysterical ahead of his trip to damascus aimed at finding a political solution to the ongoing crisis and ensuring greater political involvement for the people through the internet prime minister putin lays out his plans to upgrade russia the bocher see a day after mass pro and anti-government rallies sweep the country. and pressure on all greek coalition government in deadlock over adopting new austerity measures necessary to secure a second ballot while the e.u. says time for a deal is running out for athens. speaking to senior any of this about the reasons for europe's shortage of gas this winter the business news is the twenty. nine pm in moscow i matras a good to have you with us here on r t our top story the e.u. and u.s. are calling for tougher sanctions on syria in a bid to crank up pressure on the country's regime that assertion came after russia and china vetoed the latest u.n. draft resolution on syria mo

to come but as of now the draft text proposed by the europeans by the arab league vetoed by russia and china red cross offer from the stop nato group says that although russia and china valmy not to allow u.n. sanction for an intervention in syria there's a chance the country may still be bombed from outside. but i fear as we may be see a replication of what happened in one thousand nine hundred ninety when the united states and its nato allies launched a seventy eight day bombing campaign against yugoslavia having failed to enlist chinese and russian support for un resolution against a few of those flaws i'm hoping of course that the resolute stand taken the principled stand taking the taken by russia and china against a resolution that we have to remember was sponsored by morocco and co-sponsored by a very interesting group of people they include the middle quality of the world the united states britain france and germany along with four if you're going to include all six members of the cooperation council that is the monarchies and camera in the persian gulf this is not a representative g

suggest that the regrettable decision to veto was at least in part caused by russia and china believing western pow hers exceeded their mandate under u.n. resolution in 1973 when pursuing regime change in libya as they themselves made clear at the time? >> this is not an excuse for russia and china. as i pointed out earlier, there were other nation that's were very critical of our voted for resolution appreciating that it put forward on behalf of the arab league, it put forward a different proposition in how we proceeded in libya because the situation is entirely different. so i don't think there should be advanced as an excuse for what is, in my view, an indefensible veto. >> can my honorable friend to more to work with other kun troiz give logistics and humanitarian aid to those opposition groups ill the stagee reached that we need to expel the syrian ambassador from the united kingdom? >> well, i hope i covered those points. we're not engaged and not planning on engaging in the opposition forces in syria although we will help with that advice and some logistics and practical support

not excessive and mr are a lot of said that russia was urging the west to accommodate moscow's concerns to reach a compromise on this draft resolution china said during the meeting that it supported russia's amendments and said for the council to approach a vote knowing that there was a divide it did not help maintain the unity or the authority of the security council if russian foreign minister sergei lavrov said that moscow does not support using the security council as a tool to intervene on a sovereign country that is experiencing an internal conflict he believes that could create chaos in international affairs so as we see there was two vetoes on this resolution it did not go through and it's because russia believes that as the draft resolution was presented it had a lot of imbalances in it when it comes to the current circumstance in syria russian envoy to the united nations vitaly churkin did go into detail about those imbalances but i do work in the security council has not yet reached its conclusion that you know the draft resolution put to the vote does not adequately reflect the real situation in syria the concerns and. the co-

western powers seek to hit syria with more economic sanctions after russia and china vetoed a u.n. resolution aimed at increasing pressure on president assad. meanwhile ahead of his visit to damascus russia's foreign minister slams the west's reaction to the double veto as indecent and hysterical. also ensuring greater political involvement for the people through the internet prime minister putin that lays out his plans to upgrade russian democracy a day after massive pro and anti-government rallies sweep the country. and greece announces thousands of civil service job cuts amid mounting international pressure to agree austerity measures needed to secure a new bailout. and welcome you are watching our team glad to have you with us take a look at your top stories. the e.u. and the u.s. wants to further toughen sanctions on damascus in a bid to crank up the pressure on president assad's regime the decision came after russia and china vetoed the latest draft u.n. resolution on syria moscow and beijing say the wording was biased and only blamed the government for the violence without me

russia and china vetoed the u.n. security council resolution on syria in a vote in new york. more than two hundred thousand people braved russia's bitter subzero cold to ensure their views on national politics are heard. we seem people out on the streets demanding free elections in support of the code russian government join me for more than a few moments. and europeans demand a free internet as people flood the streets in protest against an anti-piracy act being signed across the continent. eleven pm in moscow as a good to have you with us here on our team our top story this hour russia and china have vetoed the latest u.n. security council resolution on syria let's get more from all the latest from artie's maria port naya live outside the u.n. in new york hello marina so moscow and beijing made their positions clear tell us more. it was quite clear in a matter of just five minutes after the meeting began russia and china both wielded their veto powers not supporting this draft resolution that was written up by the arab league and european countries while the draft resolution

this weekend, russia and china veto'd a resolution. strange sight in damascus. reds of assad's supporters are thanking russia and china. this is how secretary of state hillary clinton reacted yesterday. what happened yesterday at the united nations was a travesty. those countries that refused to support the arab league plan bear full responsibility for protecting the regime in damascus. >> ambassador susan rice had tough words of her own for russia and china, calling it do disgusting. when you look at the aftermath of what happened this weekend, an activist in homs says she's counted 30 bodies in a hospital there following a rocket attack. security forces operation is reporting kill 3:3 people. in the short term, what can the united nation s do in syria? >> well, soledad, what happened on saturday when russia and china chose to veto a resolution that would have given political backing to an arab league plan to begin a negotiated transition, is that they put a stake in the heart of efforts to resolve this conflict peacefully. the resolution on the table would have

here is that it's that we're hearing about it's going to be pretty much the same document that russia and china vetoed and russia's and china's problem with it said that it seems biased to the countries saying that it only needs the syrian government as the main cause of the conflicts going on on the ground in syria but not the arms groups the armed groups and that's something that continues to be a major sticking point the recognition agata two sides to this conflict by the international community i think is an important point you make regarding the difference between the u.n. general assembly the u.n. security council what's the point then i mean if the u.n. g.a. despite having a lot more members has a lot less tower one of the actual points of today's meeting are they just trying to send a message are they trying to put pressure on russia and china what do you gathering is the point of all this. the luckless scene from what we understand the message the point of this really is to send a symbolic message to the syrian government more so that russia and china because we've been hearing all the