thirteen people accused of secretly working for russia innocent victims of a stunt by president saakashvili attention seeking before a nato summit. and. this box of blood go will cost a smuggler hundred five dollars in iraq he will sell into ran over four hundred. fourteen iraq forces locals to turn to smuggling alcohol into neighboring iran risking dance across the border in a country where there is a strictly forbidden. alan darcy's close umpteen takes you to one of the oldest towns in siberia now taking all the boxes towards becoming one of the most of all missing arms all in the patient. news from russia and around the world this is the with me thanks for joining us as the rest of thirteen people of georgia accused of being russian spies is a political follow was engineered by tbilisi ahead of a nato summit russia denies anything to do with those held and says this is a deliberate provocation by the saakashvili government aussie's re not going to reports from tbilisi for us this story has all the makings of a spider movie and not a quality wanted that let's get the facts out first if. t

thirteen people accused of secretly working for russia are innocent victims of a stunt by president saakashvili attention seeking before nato summit. this box of blood you're looking at the smuggler hundred five dollars in iraq if you will so into ran over four hundred. fourteen iraq forces locals to turn to smuggling alcohol into neighboring iran risking the death penalty across the border in a country where bruises triplett from britain. and aussies close up team takes you to one of the oldest towns in siberia now taking all the boxes towards becoming one of the most promising clubs for innovation by. international news live from moscow this is the with me you have all of it thanks for joining us. there rest of thirteen people in georgia accused of being russian spies in a political fast he's a political fascinated by tbilisi ahead of a nato summit russia denies anything to do with those held and says this is a deliberate provocation by the saakashvili government. reports now from detainees . this story has all the makings of a spine movie and not a quality wanted that let's get the facts out

thirteen people accused of secretly working for russia are innocent victims of a stunt by president saakashvili attention seeking before a nato summit. led responsible it will cost the smuggler one hundred five dollars in iraq he will sell it to iran over four hundred rand and poverty in iraq forces locals to turn to smuggling alcohol into neighboring iran and risking the death penalty across the border in a country where booze is strictly forbidden lead. close a team takes the water to one of the oldest towns in siberia now taking all the boxes toward becoming one of the most promising hubs for innovation in russia. it's one am in moscow i match reza good to be with you here on r t our top story russia says the alleged spies arrested in georgia have nothing to do with a national special services this comes as georgia's interior ministry has confirmed that thirteen people were detained last month accused of being undercover agents for moscow to our team go has more from tbilisi. this story has all the makings of us by a movie and not a quality wanted that let's get the facts out first at thirte

about six thousand people protested in front of the georgian parliament against president saakashviliregime the rally was organized by the by the opposition which says it's just the start of a drive to get him out and that the national civil disobedience campaign will start soon or the sarah furthur was at the angry parliament protest. heretick gathering today outside the parliament building until a day and there's a movement has been organized by greek known as the people's gathering now this is a great first headed by public figures and though they've been joined by a number of opposition parties are best saying that their main aims are calling for democratic elections and eventually the resignation of president saakashvili and his government's main goal of this. joint and international community. the government really democracy. which will. join. all these rallies today really anguishing the extreme dissatisfaction base amongst the opposition parties and amongst the judean public with turkish billie's regime you know they said his government damaging the country and they've actuall

georgian president mikheil saakashvili as at least two passions one relations with russia as much as possible and present russia as an enemy of georgia the second is to destroy as many people are away i mean the tragedy in some of the city jail as many people as possible. people have been arrested who have nothing to do the special services do nothing against georgia but who once again will be declared enemies of the georgian people this is happening first of all only eve of a very important summit of a lisbon summit where russia and nato are supposed to come together and discuss some very important issues and of course georgia has been trying to get into nato for the last several years also they have to remember that november is almost traditionally a month for the georgian opposition to start yet another round of attempts. to overthrow the georgian government in particular president saakashvili and they did already say that they did plan some massive manifestations later this month now there was this very similar spy scandal back in two thousand and six when former russian officers

people who remember november two thousand and seven when a peaceful protest they're calling for saakashvili his resignation violently dispersed now in that situation protesters at the scenes to the suburban bullets and water cannons it was a very very violent reaction to their protest and say today they're standing their ground saying these concerns need to be heard such as philly and his parliament and government the rights of the people of georgia that they're no longer representing the population of georgia and their food today they're calling for his resignation . there are fears belgium could be next on the growing list of eurozone countries teetering on the edge of economic collapse international bond investors are sounding the alarm after the country's debt level equaled its annual national income comes hot on the heels of ireland's monumental bailout had a mass strike in portugal where the country's on its knees hundreds of greeks have also taken to the streets to protest against tough austerity measures and workers organize a three hour strike which destructive public transport in

if you'll put yourself in the shoes of saakashvili he is really in a very difficult situation he cannot attack south or sit and applies here for the second time because that would be a political suicide and he cannot afford to political pressure diplomatic pressure on russia because he was so badly just created. internationally so the only way for him is to organize all kinds of p.r. stance to try to attract attention to the problem to shoulder georgians that he's at least doing something so we see that oh we have seen all these p.r. stunts in the last few months born of the morning meant for the second of all the war arrestin a turkish captain for fourteen years like this now thirteen people arrested in all beaks spy case all busily he expects a russia at some moment to waltz patience and do something dramatic increase military presence in a pious yourself a satyr you know to do something that would make russia will quake and aggressive. stay with us here on our team coming your way later this hour. for business must say one of the main advantages of having a baby is that when tom says

the glass buildings which were symbols dreamed up by president saakashvili to portray a new chance parents of government now see if grimly ironic. to spend this money beautification projects this is really saying this is really. for the. city in carrying such large debts to the country has also done little to improve the conditions of the population. such. as. expenditure so. economists say this foreign debt is now one of the most serious problems facing the country the georgian government say they've used the money to rebuild the country and forge a bright future but for taxpayers that. carries a multi-million pound price tag that they'll be paying off for a long time to come so fast. you can always find more stories on our website here's a taste of what's online right now. feeling a craving for adventure you like consider signing up for the russian army or a foreigner. and russia leading the way with a sort of help from hollywood mega-star in the fight to save tigers from extinction about all this and more put away at our t. dot com. a cargo plane has crashed in karachi pakistan killing

the old in with the new positions also join the rally calling for the resignation of president saakashvili sarah first reports. here to gathering today outside the parliament building and to believe that the movement has been organized by greek the people gathering now this is a greek that's headed by public figures and they've been joined by a number of opposition parties saying that the main aim of calling for democratic elections and eventually the resignation of president saakashvili and his government main goal of the. joint and international community. the government really did not meet. with the movement say they were. told. this assembly so if you can see they've taken it to the street there really is a huge amounts of people here today thousands of people doing. these readings today really a shame the extreme dissatisfaction both amongst the opposition parties and amongst the judean public with takesh billy's regime now they said his government damaging the country and they've actually said today they called it the verdict of distrust he has monopolized how are creating an authori

it is opposition the regime of saakashvili does not feel safe and they use any possible to again even in their struggle against a position which still is not consolidated body is getting in power more and more. and in georgia the spy story was met with distrust. everything that concerns any information coming from the georgian authorities is highly don't fall and with a healthy dose of irony. this whole affair seemed to be fashioned on the american spy scandal only it lacked on the chaplain the sex symbol but apparently the taster for the same time it's an attempt to lead the situation between russia and georgia to have those collation. but wild tbilisi in mosco exchanged verbal blows one woman continues to wait for justice for her and. i'm not afraid but i know that if need be georgian authorities can accuse not only me but any georgian citizen inspired for any contradiction they donated to right now but when they will they will accuse me of media in those court to be lisi georgia. russia received nato's invitation to call courageous in joint european missile defense system on wednes

the glass buildings which were symbols dreamed up by president saakashvili to portray a new chance parents of government now see if grimly ironic. extensively. to spend this money beautification projects this is really say this is really a fraud. to be held accountable for the. decision in carrying such large debts to the country has also done little to improve the conditions of the population. such. as being. held to expenditure so. economists say this foreign debt is now one of the most serious problems facing the country the georgian government say they've used the money to rebuild the country and forge a bright future that for taxpayers that it seems carries a multi-million pound price tag that they'll be paying off for a long time to come so fast. a cargo plane has crashed into a densely populated area in karate killing at least eight people the russian embassy and checking the nationality of the crew a crash in pakistan's largest city sparked a huge weight casualties on the. if you're like us reports say accommodation buildings for naval officers are now on fire countries' aviation a

to protect soccer president saakashvili his name as if the whole world was and expecting that saakashvili started this war and also we know according to this information from the website that several countries including the baltic states and poland they knew about the fact that saakashvili was the one who started this attack on south. but they still went on to protect georgia and officially support the country in that war also another interesting information. published by the website is that the american diplomats some american diplomats have been using rather abuse if. descriptions of world leaders including the russian president and russian prime minister they will deliberating as to who is actually running the running things in russia suggesting that. who is truly in charge despite that he is the prime minister not the president these speculations indeed refer to the two thousand and eight to the george w. bush era probably with the reset relations between moscow and washington the opinions are different now and we are for. course waiting for some reaction from the u.s. diplomats whose

the glass buildings which were symbols dreamed up by president saakashvili to portray a new chance parents of government now see clearly ironic. extensively and to spend this money. this is really say this is a really strong. government to be held accountable for the. decisions in carrying such large debts that a country has also done little to improve the conditions of the population we need . such. as we. help to expenditure so used. to. be really. economists say this foreign debt is now one of the most serious problems facing the country. the georgian government say they've used the money to rebuild the country and forge a bright future but for taxpayers that. carries a multi-million pound price tag that they'll be paying off for a long time to come so fast. you can always find more on this and all the stories we're covering twenty four hours a day. here's a taste of what's online right now. feeling the need for adventure you might consider signing up for the russian army. foreigner. said russia leading the way with some help from a hollywood star in the by to save tigers on extinction

throw the georgian government in particular president saakashvili and they did already say that they did plan some massive minute to stations later this month now there was this very similar spy scandal back in two thousand and six but before russian officers were arrested for spying for russia they were released afterwards but relations between moscow and police went down words from there of course there was also this georgian side sitting we're off two thousand eight hundred which must go supported the city and afterwards diplomatic relations between russia and georgia world all together dissolved and the communication has come basically to nothing a bunch of throwing verbal punches at each other and at this point it seems like the president really does not want to stop continuing this a war of words and sometimes questionable actions. political analyst dimitri bad things the georgian president may be trying to provoke an angry response from russia that could turn the political balance in his favor. you'll put yourself in the shoes of saakashvili he is really in a very difficult si

georgian president mikheil saakashvili at least two passions one relations with russia as much as possible and present russia as an enemy of georgia the second is to destroy as many people are away i mean the tragedy in some of the city jail as many people as possible. people have been arrested who have nothing to do special services nothing against georgia but who once again will be declared enemies of the georgian people the best such from russia's ministry of foreign affairs has been that of indignation they have said that president saakashvili and georgia in general is suffering from chronic spine mania for the last several years and that of course could be seen through several spy scandals that have been breaking out in the country one of those of course was in two thousand and six when the four russian officers were arrested on similar charges of spying for russia they were released later but of course diplomatic ties between russia and georgia were slightly damaged to say the least they have hit the bottom of a point in two thousand and eight after the georgia south the city of war

in with the new the opposition's also joined the rally calling for the resignation of president saakashvili. reports. we're here at a gathering today outside the parliament building until a and it's a movement has been organized by greek known as the people's gathering now this is a great this headed by public figures and though they've been joined by a number of opposition parties are best saying that the main aims of calling for democratic elections and eventually the resignation of president saakashvili and his government the main goal of this. joint and international community. the government really democracy. which will. join. all these rallies today really anguish a mixed dream dissatisfaction based amongst the opposition parties and amongst the children public with turkish billy's regime now they said that his government damaging the country and they've actually said today they called it the verdict of distrust he has monopolized how are creating an authoritarian and corrupt regime that he's put georgia to the edge of economic and social collapse and that he got georgia involved in t

their main aims are calling for democratic elections and eventually the resignation of president saakashviliand his government's main goal of this. joint journey international community. or the government really democracy. which will. join. all these rallies today really anguish a mixed dream dissatisfaction base amongst the opposition parties and amongst the judean public with turkish billy's regime i know they said that his government damaging the country and they've actually said today they called it the verdict of distrust he has monopolized power creating an authoritarian and corrupt regime he's booted to the edge of economic and social collapse and he got george involved in the war with russia by his irresponsible and unwise actions causing humanitarian disaster november is traditionally a month that these types of rallies and some people will remember november two thousand and seven when a peaceful protest there. really is resignation violently dispersed now in that situation the protests this is the scenes to the suburban bullets and water cannons it was a very very violent reaction

the new the opposition's also joined the rally calling for the resignation of president mikhail saakashvili so forth reports. we're here at a gathering today outside the parliament building in tbilisi and there's a movement has been organized by a group known as the people's gathering now this is a great this headed by public figures and they've been joined by a number of opposition party saying that the main aims according to democratic elections and eventually the resignation of president saakashvili and his government the main goal of this is. join join international community. as the government really did. which will. proceed with amazement say they were a few a place to hold this assembly can say they've taken it to the streets there really is a huge amounts of people here today thousands of people have joined in the main aim today is to bring together these different opposition parties the people and members of the public and to discuss the policies that they feel and most important to me is the country full of calling this a verdict of distrust they do not feel that the government at

and with experts claiming georgian foreign debt is spiraling out of control many blame president saakashvili for a lavish overspending meanwhile critics say the money is not going where it's needed most. italians so beloved joins us next with all the latest sports highlights stay with us here on r.t. . hello and welcome this is the sport news and notes have a look at the headlines this hour. who do get a much needed domestic win but in the long run things are not looking good for the red and blue. dimitar berbatov nets five that's right five goals as much to unite to make to the top of the english premier league. and in golf marking climbers looking to and a great season on the highest notes the jam is making so rival graeme mcdowell in the money race with a win that to be decided the dubai world championship in the final round on sunday . so we could get off with the english premier league night at all three points clear of chelsea at the top and dimitar berbatov became only the fourth player in league history to score five in a single game a dominating display at home to wigan seven one wa

and with experts claiming georgian foreign debt is spiraling out of control many blame president saakashvili a lot of overspending. seven am in moscow good to have you with us here on r t i met tressa our top story the fueling of iran's first nuclear power plant has been completed.

and george is a foreign debt is spiraling on the president mikheil saakashvili is what spreading fear as the country could soon go bang crawl to course you say the money is being wasted instead of actually being spent on people's me still.

of all three and many say it won't do ga any good mosco reacted almost immediately the saakashvili regime suffers from some chronic spine mania fueled by under russian sentiments in recent years the georgian leadership has resorted to fabricating simula scandals more than once cynically hoping to turn political divisions inside the country and abroad some analysts believe the whole affair was an attempt to put pressure on georgia's oppositions the regime of saakashvili does not feel safe and they use any possible to again in the in their struggle against a position which still is not consolidated body is getting in power more and more. and in georgia the spy story was met with distrust. everything that concerns any information coming from the georgian authorities is highly don't fully and with a healthy dose of irony. to this whole affair seem to be fashioned on the american spy scandal only it lacked on the chaplain of the sex symbol but apparently it tastes just the same time it's an attempt to lead the situation between russia and georgia to have those collation. the twelve police in m

the baltic states and poland who openly supported georgia in that who are also knew that it was saakashvili who started this attack and saw the sites here but obviously tried to neglect that fact also that we are reporting that several. u.s. diplomats were talking about different world leaders to europe and in russia discussing on how and who is running the country in particular they discussed the power tandem in russia the. collaboration talking about who is actually in charge of all things here in this country and saying that it was probably putin who despite that he's prime minister that he is running russia in moscow well these speculations are not something completely new basically one could read about it in. the newspaper magazine and besides these these talks these conversations were taking place in the george w. bush era in two thousand and eight and earlier than the us now as long as we have this reset of relations between moscow and washington maybe the opinions of all of the u.s. diplomats are no different but many experts agree that the new findings by the weekly exwife site is

georgian president mikheil saakashvili has at least two passions one relations with russia as much as possible and present russia as an enemy of georgia the second is to destroy as many people. i mean the tragedy in some of the city. as many people as possible. people who've been arrested who have nothing to do with the special services nothing against georgia but who once again will be declared enemies of the georgian people we have to remind our viewers that this is not the first time that aspires scandal broke out between georgia and russia back in two thousand and six four russian officers were detained and also accused of spying for russia as preposterous as it actually sounds they were later released later on but that actually led to the downfall in the relationship between police and moscow and that relationship has been going downhill there was also the south the city in georgian war off two thousand and eight in which russia of course the port. the said here and afterwards diplomatic ties between mosco and the sea were broken georgia's opposition leaders are saying that this

the glass buildings which were symbols dreamed up by president saakashvili to portray a new transparent government now seen as grimly ironic. expensive. to spend this money beautification projects this is really say this is a really strong. government to be held accountable for the. decision in carrying such large debts to the country has also done little to improve the conditions of the population we need to take into account during the same period such the money has been. held to expenditure so. expenditures have. been really. economists say this foreign debt is now one of the most serious problems facing the country the georgian government say they've used the money to rebuild the country and forge a bright future but for taxpayers that it seems carries a multi-million pound price tag that bell be paying off for a long time to come so fast. there's always more stories on our website r.t. dot com here's a taste of what else is online right now. feeling the need for adventure you might consider signing up for the russian army recruiting foreigners. plus russia is leading the way with s

ambassador in georgia for example reported about preparations of by georgia's president mikheil saakashvili to attack. and then it was right before the attack and after the attack he would like to washington with calls to come up with a response to those who don't believe in the innocence of saakashvili a sort of maybe a trying to to. whiten his image or someone in those for example. those documents are also. are also direct calls from saudi saudi arabia to attack you read or detail the cowards of what u.s. diplomats think of the afghan president and his corrupt brother this batch of secret diplomatic correspondence includes some unflattering u.s. intelligence assessments of its relations with many countries and their leaders the u.s. embassy in paris described the french president for example as a as a naked emperor think skinned and all three terry it or the german chancellor angela merkel was mentioned as angela tafel and merkel because so little seems to stick to her or among other things the u.s. embassy in moscow described president medvedev as playing robin to put bettman as you can

change the opposition's also joined the rally calling for the resignation of president mikheil saakashvili. and it's feared a belgium could soon follow greece and ireland down the path towards new i.m.f. bailout. meanwhile the greeks are once again taken to the streets to protest a massive. sporting highlights with. their already so well off the two big nights of football we turn our attention to tennis yes yes it is it's a crunch time at the very near in london where two of the semifinalists will be decided tonight in the world finals cetera so telling mary and sarah. hello and welcome to the sports news live from our team here in moscow and these are our top stories. the day you federer has beaten sidling as murray awaits ferrero to decide who will go through to the last four of the a.t.p. world tour finals in london. while the labor of hope the bow is where now bruce rubin's lost sixteen chances after boss alone but honestly i'm shocked to go through in the champions league. second down under the former england captain shows his diplomatic side as he arrives in australia for an off seas

to protest soccer president saakashvili his name as if the whole world wasn't expecting that second city started this war and also we know according to this information from the website that several countries including the baltic states and poland they knew about the fact that saakashvili was the one who started this attack and saw the said thoughts they still went on to protect georgia and officially support the country in that war also another interesting information. published by the website is that the american diplomats some american diplomats have been using rather abuse if. descriptions of world leaders including the russian president and russian prime minister they were deliberating as to who is actually running the running things in russia suggesting that it was like even put in who is still in charge despite that he is the prime minister not by the president well these speculations are not something completely new basically one could read about it in many western newspaper magazine and besides these these talks these conversations were taking place in the george w. bush era in

the main aims are calling for democratic elections and eventually the resignation of president saakashvili and his government the main goal of the. joint international community and. the government really did not. georgianna. proceed with amazement say they were a few a place to hold this assembly so it's you can say they've taken it to the streets there really is a huge amounts of people here today thousands of people have joined. these rallies today really anguishing extreme dissatisfaction both amongst the opposition parties and amongst the children public with turkish police regime i know they said his government damaging the country and they've actually said today they called it the verdict of distrust he has monopolized power creating an authoritarian and corrupt regime that has put georgia to the edge of economic and social collapse and that he got george involved in the war with russia by his irresponsible and unwise actions causing humanitarian disaster nonevent is traditionally a month for these types of rallies and some people will remember november two thousand and seven when a

on thursday and organizers are promising to keep the demonstration going to turn the heat up on saakashvili his popularity in the country has been waiting after a you ordered the invasion of south the city two years ago. now let's take a look at some other stories from around the world and south korea says the sound of artillery fire has been heard near one of its islands in the yellow sea but it's not clear where it's coming from the reports come as north korea warned that u.s. south the reason naval drills planned for this weekend are pushing the peninsula to the brink of war and a show of solidarity a u.s. military commander paid a visit to the island to the side of a previous artillery attack from the north in which four people were killed earlier this week. police in rio de janeiro say they have regained control of a shanty town to have been taken over by violent drug gangs five days of clashes saw at least thirty people killed most of them tell these were suspected drug dealers although a fourteen year old girl and a sixty two year old woman also died drug traffickers have been groupe

in with the new the oppositions also join the rallies calling for the resignation of president saakashvili. reports. here the gathering today outside the parliament building in tbilisi. the movement has been organized by greek the people's gathering now this is a greek that's headed by public figures and though they've been joined by a number of opposition parties saying that the main aim of calling for democratic elections and eventually the resignation of president saakashvili and his government main goal of the. joint international community. the government really did. with amazement say they were place to hold this assembly so if you can see they take a. to the streets there really is a huge amounts of people here today thousands of people have joined in the main aim today is to bring together the different opposition parties the people and members of the public and to discuss the policy that they feel and most important to move the country full of the cooling this of this trust they feel that the government of the moment to do what they should and they really want to shape the power a

washington with calls to come up with a response to those who don't believe it at the indices of saakashvili in those documents are also direct calls from saudi arabia to attack iran or detailed accounts of what u.s. diplomats think of the afghan president and his corrupt brother this batch of secret diplomatic correspondence includes some unflattering u.s. intelligence assessments of its relations with many countries and their leaders the u.s. embassy in paris described the french president for example as a as a naked emperor thing skinned and all three tarion or the german chancellor angela merkel was mentioned as angela tafel and merkel because so little seems to stick to her or among other things the u.s. embassy in moscow described president medvedev was playing robin to put bettman as you can see some of the wires may sound amusing but never the last one revealed in public they proved to be a major embarrassment for the state for the u.s. state department as i understand a bomber administration is supposed to pay the bills or of the last administration because of the some documents of

political games the foreign ministry described this route as a political farce orchestrated by the saakashvili administration attention seeking before a nato summit involving brusha but as i. reports many georgians fear their government's point man here could land them in prison to. for alina this spy scandal was a horrible deja vu her own husband. was thrown into prison for allegedly spying for russia during the two thousand and eight conflict between georgia and south a city or a very unfair they said some three thousand three hundred pages of data which my husband supposedly sam to russia that's a blatant lie we have presented evidence numerous times that on formation with witchcraft and worked was just his analysis if you look at his case you'll see that it's easy to say that anyone's a spine ga something with. feeling as husband was george's envoy to nato he was named in a documentary just shown on one of george's main channels restudy too as one of the russian spies who didn't get away in fact the film was just part of what seemed to be a spy novel unraveling in a small caucasus country

start an information war and information campaign to clear his name as if anybody doubted that saakashvili was to was involved in that attack and . we also know that it's. supported that several countries including the baltic states and poland who openly supported georgia in that war also knew that it was saakashvili who started this attack and saw the set but obviously tried to neglect that fact also the weekly reporting. that several. u.s. diplomats were talking about different world leaders in europe and in russia discussing on how and who is running the country in particular they discussed the power tandem in russia the. collaboration talking about who is actually in charge of all things here in this country and saying that it was probably putin who despite that he's prime minister that he is running russia in moscow. indeed first of all this is not surprise to me because this was something we could read in the western magazines and newspapers from for a very long time but second indeed the statements from u.s. diplomats came in the george w. bush era in two thousand and eight and earl

really big by georgia standards you know saakashvili accused just about all of his political opponents of being russian spies or influence of russia from his former friends across really do you know bill johnson and ups so basically it's nothing new if you really want to get rid of the opposition he should you know invent something more original all right to me political analyst from real thank you for. where you are we all are to you it's good to have your company today and a plenty ahead for you still this hour including a look behind a sort of blue the independent news of the u.s. sun find out how journalists were engaged to promote war by the white house. one hundred and forty two iraqi civilians who claim they suffered abuse by british soldiers are waiting to hear whether the u.k. has high court to allow a full public inquiry into the. allegations include torture sensory deprivation forced nakedness and stress positions the abuse allegedly took place in british controlled detention centers in iraq between two thousand and three and two thousand and eight the u.k. ministry of defen

change in georgia are thousands gather on the streets of tbilisi with some demanding president saakashvili steps down. and belgium is talented as the next euro zone country to follow crisis in holland and greece and athens workers have once again flooded the streets in protest against massive cuts. are all the talk around the world this is all t. here in moscow russia is stepping up efforts to help nato.