compromise or their formation battle is set to run forever we're asking one of the leaders of the russian pirate party that advocates promptly freedom of the instruments. during the last five years the world has seen the rise of the so-called pirate parties these are groups struggling to reform copyright and patent wars in favor of free transfer of information at the moment there are pirate parties in about forty countries around the globe some of the european ones take part in local legislatures and. even has two seats in the european parliament most of the worlds apart party supported recent protests against the a.m.d. p.r.p. a bills in the last congress they claimed they were a threat to freedom of information and an attempt to introduce censorship. of the welcome to the show thank you thank you very much for being with us today well first of all i would like you to comment on the situation that we see in the united states the draft i mean the soap and people why did these laws why did the discussion of the. provoke such an outrage how could how could it change the lives of the ordinary americans i

just a reminder that my guest on the show today is alexander shubin one of the leaders of the russian pirate party mr shubrick you said there do you have nothing against your books being freely available in the internet but how will authors make their living if their books are available for free i mean there's this is absurd really work of three ways very good for authors and for me as an author i have more than twenty books. involved in this problem first of all. is a mortar of trade and internet and all. trade off for good so which you can have in your hands and where a big part of people want to have books as a reality not only the text in in the computer for example i can say that our intellectual literature in russia now have. three stars and corp is five thousand copies a book and we have. millions of people and of course if my book will be widespread and internet more people want to wait not less it's first seconds for example imagine i want to write three books and i put and then turn the other three were been wanting and see if you prayed for this what money i will promote. will work with

to you and just reminded that my guest today was alexander shubin one of the leaders of the russian pirate party and the third for now from politics here if you want time yourself but like dropping a spotlight would be back with more coverage on what's going on outside russia and so then they are r.t. and take care thank you. this is yours the council will never approve bombing syria i guarantee it shows the foreign minister rules out use of force against syria to settle the crisis there but says that moscow never insisted that retaining the current assad regime was a condition for thieves. and the syrian opposition has rejected a chance for talks with the country's president instead of threatening the assad family with a brutal and bloody. plans to expand the u.s. military presence in asia pacific threaten to backfire on the philippines china call for sanctions against the island nation offering to station more american troops. and this year's first e.u. summit exposes deepening divisions within the union despite most members agreeing to a fiscal were strictures that critics say is an affront t

you in just a reminder that my guest today was alexandra shubin one of the leaders of the russian pirate party and the third for now from politics here if you want time yourself spotlight drop you know what life would be back with more government and what's going on in and outside russia and so then they are r.t. and take care thank you. lucky mission free accreditation free transport chargers free. range missile three per free stereotypes free plug. the old free broadcast plug in video for your media projects a free media dog r.t. dot com. play. play play. play . syria's still reeling from escalating outbreaks of violence as the plight spreads to new york where un security council members seem unlikely to reach consensus on the unrest. occupy d.c. protesters dig their heels in as they wait for police crackdown after the deadline to leave their camp said by city authorities passive. plus a bittersweet victory for the euro twenty five even nations sign up for stricter udev rules while the czech republic joins the u.k. and rejecting the much hyped we're told. if any of the russian capital you're

pirate party. hello nine pm here in moscow my name is kevin owen you're watching r t live from the russian capital and the top story the e.u. says it's agreed in principle to ban imports of iranian crude the sanctions could come into effect by the end of january unless the rand backs down on its alleged nuclear weapons program surrounds responded to the sanctions with threats to block oil trade through the crucial strait of hormuz leading to a continued deadlock in the persian gulf american warships are also present in the region with a mission to prevent any hindrances of passages talk to join political activists the national officer at the stop the war coalition who's in london to get his thoughts about what we're seeing unfolding in front of our eyes here i there sanctions are often used by the west but how effective are they really are they're often criticized or no what do you think the u.s. and the e.u. is really trying to achieve here well i think we have to understand this is a.

pirate party. live from our studios in central moscow you're watching r t with me and he said now it's six pm here in the russian capital five thirty pm in tehran and global oil prices are spiking as the e.u. says it's agreed in principle to ban imports of iranian crude the sanctions could come into a fact by the end of january unless iran backs down on celebs nuclear weapons program to iran has responded to the sanctions with threats to block oil trade through the crucial strait of hormuz leading to a continue leading to a continued deadlock in the persian gulf american warships are also present in the region with the mission to prevent any hindrances of passage political analyst christophe course still thinks e.u. is paving the way to war against iran with the help of the un's nuclear watchdog and a biased media. on paper so to say they're not moving the troops but this is going to happen and washington as we know is constantly every day war gave me the whole.

pirate party. a warm welcome to you from our headquarters here in central moscow this is r t with me and he said it's four pm here in the russian capital three thirty pm in tehran and global oil prices are spiking as the e.u. says it's agreed in principle to ban imports of raney and crude sanctions could come in if into a fact by the end of january unless iran backs down on its alleged nuclear weapons program well the iran has responded to the sanctions with threats to block oil trade through the crucial strait of hormuz leading to a continued deadlock in the persian gulf american warships are also present in the region with a mission to prevent any hindrances passage well let's discuss this further we're now joined live by political analyst christophe for itself is on the line with us live from berlin thanks for being with us iran seems to be feeling the pain of the sanctions already how serious an impact.