how to speak of it thank you for that of course we'll cross to russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov as soon as he starts building questions. hundreds of activists from the occupy wall street movement have rallied on capitol hill in washington d.c. the crying corporate influence in america but event didn't live up to the hype of organizers who hope to draw tens of thousands of people how to check out as more. the protesters have shifted their focus from wall street to capitol hill and here they are hundreds of protesters gathered in front of the u.s. capitol building they have a permit to protest on this lawn but we have already seen several people arrested and. protesters say when the interests of big corporations are at stake their voice their interests no longer count and they're angry at the fact that the influence of money is only set to grow in u.s. politics supreme court's decision now allows corporations to funnel as much money as they wanted to candidates and protesters say it's legalized corruption. the cozy relationship between big businesses on lawmakers here ledge to the

and hammer out a peaceful solution to what's happening there now what was new that was said by sergey lavrov on wednesday is that the proposed peace talks that are being put forward by the arab league which could take place in cairo said should they break

well that's right sergey lavrov the foreign minister has just got underway with his address to those journalists gathered to to listen to speak and then ask him questions about russia got up to the international scene in twenty eleven and what was plan what they plan to do in twenty twelve syria very much said to dominate affairs russia's position on syria that they blame both sides for their individual parts in the the ongoing violence both the government and anti government sides in the middle eastern country for the the ongoing situation then they want to see a peaceful solution through dialogue now one thing that russia vehemently opposes any form of outside military intervention into syria with sergei lavrov said to talk about in his address right now. russia feels that they were let down by by what happened in libya in twenty eleven that is far as russia saw it the the outside military intervention went far beyond the parameters laid down by the u.n. resolution and russia is pushing for an investigation into why that was allowed to happen now another major topic that set for di

and hammer out a peaceful solution to what's happening there now what was new that was said by sergey lavrov on wednesday is that the proposed peace talks that are being put forward by the arab league which could take place in cairo said should they break down should they not come to fruition then russia was willing to step in to mediate and broker a peace in it both the opposition and the syrian government were welcome to come here to russia to try and sort out their problems sort out their problems now one thing that for of was. there was very strong on was reiterating russia's push stance that they will not tolerate any form of international interference international military interference into syria now he pointed a finger towards the united states accusing washington of having led from behind when it came to the crisis that we saw in twenty eleven in in libya. saying that said the level of and the russian government did not want to see a similar situation of foreign military intervention happen in syria warning the u.s. not to try this lead from behind tactic as he puts it when it comes

according to what we just heard from foreign minister sergei lavrov russia will not already. thanks very much indeed for that update from new york that's more important to discuss the ongoing talks i'm joined a little later with some analysis from the u.s. understand our guest isn't quite ready to talk to us at this stage but hopefully we'll get some live analysis on the current developments there in the u.n. and then later here in the meantime syria's opposition have made a chilling pledge to the country's leader they have found that president bashar al assad and his family will be killed like the libyan leader colonel gadhafi clashes between government forces and rebel fighters on the outskirts of the capital and as damascus reports the syrian conflict is beginning to resemble libya. we've got a civil conflict on your houses just seeming to ramp up evidence today by the violence has broken out for the past couple of days between the two sides now that's not being housed by the statement by one of the members of the main opposition body the syrian national council the mother

come here to russia to try and sort out their proper sort out their problems now one thing that sergey lavrov was. there was very strong on was reiterating russia's put stance that they will not tolerate any form of international interference international military interference into syria very pointed a finger towards the united states accusing washington of having led from behind when it came to the crisis that we saw in twenty eleven in in libya. saying that said the level of and the russian government did not want to see a similar situation of foreign military intervention happen in syria warning the u.s. not to try this lead from behind tactic as he poses when it comes to syria saying that international military intervention of that kind can have huge ramifications saying that it can spread beyond the borders and become a major international incident. of course leading countries are closely watching the situation in the region that changes a far from over it's only the beginning we have to understand that if we want nations to solve their own issues we mustn't interfere especially militar

that was russian foreign minister sergei lavrov giving russia's position on this issue but of course this meeting will be taking place in the next couple coming hours at the security council bill what it comes down to is the fact that russia is trying to spearhead an effort of getting both sides in syria to come together and engage in dialogue russia does not support any draft resolution that includes coercive or punitive measures the draft resolution that is being discussed today that is written and supported by western countries does include course of and here it is measures so of course as more details become available on this story we will keep our viewers updated. thanks very much indeed that's marina live in new york well the debate syria. the u.n. most powerful bodies should look to start at seven pm g.m.t. and we bring you the highlights of the meeting lloyd here on r.t. well syria's opposition have made a chilling pledge to the country's leader they have president bashar assad and his family will be killed just not libyan leader colonel gadhafi saying he's lost the chance of

well i think that the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov made it very clear because basically what he was saying in those statements which we heard is that the u.n. security council will not become a body for regime change and now previously what we had seen is that for example during the bush administration military force was being used for the sake of regime change in libya for example we saw in nato now when it comes to syria i don't think you can either see unilateral american military action nor can you see no to action of course when it comes to unilateral military action from the u.s. the u.s. now its military it is overextended the pentagon is decreasing its its budget and also we have america focusing more and more on the chinese threat which leaves that less room to focus on on the other big issues for the reason you won't see any u.s. military action and when it comes to libya a repeat of nato military action syria has a lot more different than the libyan case because syria has very important allies most notably iran and here in lower level of the hezbollah and i think t

sergei lavrov says the islands off hokkaido became part of russia at the end of world war ii. japan does not recognize russia's territorial claim. >> translator: as to signing a peace treaty with japan, including the demarcation of territorial borders, russia understands the importance of resolving issues in a way that is acceptable to both countries. >> lavrov says developing the islands jointly with japan would be possible under russian law. he said he wants to discuss the proposal with his japanese counterpart during his visit. >>> a japanese company is fielding a lot of calls about its life-saving plane. the u.s.-2 is an amphibious aircraft used for rescue operations, but only in japan that could soon change. the government is relaxing its stance on the export of defense-related equipment, creatingn opportunity. nhk world's jun explains. >> reporter: this man is working on a plan to turn his company's most famous invention into a viable export. >> translator: this airplane has the technical sophistication only japan can produce. >> reporter: he created the us-2. it's the w

sergei lavrov said military action would pour fuel on the military -- fuel on the fire in the mideast. back in moscow, the political fire -- the fire of political activism just got even more heated. the league of voters want future elections to be fair, following a controversial votes which saw thousands turned out in protest. >> as moscow emerged from its long winter break, the kremlin will be hoping that the movement -- the kremlin was hoping that the movement had lost its momentum. but activists have been working hard to keep a fledgling movement alive. at a press conference today, a group of russian writers and celebrities formally launched one of the initiatives -- and newly created legal voters -- a gue of reated leauge o voters. >> we want people to know that their vote will be counted. >> before the new year, moscow saw the three biggest protests of the vladimir putin era. tens of thousands took to the street, furious over what they believed were fixed parliamentary elections. the protests inspired and gave hope to a new generation of activists. among them, this man, whose day

sergei lavrov said military action would pour fuel on the military -- fuel on the fire in the mideast. back in moscow, the political fire -- the fire of political activism just got even more heated. the league of voters want future elections to be fair, following a controversial votes which saw thousands turned out in protest. >> as moscow emerged from its long winter break, the kremlin will be hoping that the movement -- the kremlin was hoping that the movement had lost its momentum. but activists have been working hard to keep a fledgling movement alive. at a press conference today, a group of russian writers and celebrities formally launched one of the initiatives -- and newly created legal voters -- a gue of reated leauge o voters. >> we want people to know that their vote will be counted. >> before the new year, moscow saw the three biggest protests of the vladimir putin era. tens of thousands took to the street, furious over what they believed were fixed parliamentary elections. the protests inspired and gave hope to a new generation of activists. among them, this man, whose day

that have been approved by all parties had to shoot in the air and felt russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov fielding questions over russia's foreign policies over the past year the situation in syria and the turmoil there he said we cannot interfere in processes using armed force especially the outside countries who have nothing to do with the region we should support national dialogue of course we'll have more on this throughout the day here on r.t. and that news conference continues a live translation at r.t. dot com. when an uncomfortable question leads to a grave. the. more. the president. someone asking. when the powers to be suppress the voice of those who think different. experiencing very serious problems of the saakashvili government came to power in two thousand and three but if you will that was when the problems began piling up. interviews. they were all from been humiliated in public. temp to protect property put in real danger that we have been deprived of the only nene's to live in i have gone to the originals of all the papers. the ownership rights on the basis of companies.

russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov fielding questions over russia's foreign policies over the past year the situation in syria and the turmoil there he said we cannot interfere in processes using armed force especially the outside countries who have nothing to do with the region we should support national dialogue of course we'll have more on this throughout the day here in r.t. and that news conference continues a live translation i started out. if you do it's. when an uncomfortable question leads to a grave accusation the world who is more is you know far. the president who isn't supposed to hide anything. or someone asking him why do you make a secret out that when the powers to be suppress the voice of those who think different. when you get experiencing very serious problems off of the saakashvili government came to power in two thousand and three if you put it from a book that was when the problems began piling up. interviews were now off limits to our journalists they were often be seen up and humiliated in public and one of the attempt to protect property puts life in real

flared up in the wake of this observers mission being whole says now russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov was speaking during his to of the asia pacific countries and he said he didn't know why such a useful tool had been treated in this way certainly it caused some surprise me seeing this observer mission. to a halt they've haven't really seem to recover from that setback when the gulf states with them on it is last week now at the time i spoke to one of the observers and he hinted that possibly the rest of the would follow and it seems that that's been the part that's been taken now they've been stopped there are questions over whether it will actually restart that's not clear at the moment now the foreign minister had also said that this action having car that at the same time as the government saying that they would extend the observers mission to vend have observers with toward iran as questions of course the arab league had said that they'd go stated with tool that monitors because they felt that they hadn't succeeded in being able to get the syrian government to fulfill their pledg

situation and unfortunately as seems to be exactly what we've seen happening here now foreign minister sergei lavrov was speaking today on his tour of the age of pacific countries and he said that he didn't understand why such a useful tool had been treated in this way we've seen the observer mission start and eventually grounds to hold they never really recovered after that decision last week for the goal stays when they withdrew their monitors now their decision they said was because they felt the mission had failed to hold the syrian government to its pledge to end the violence and it was a surprising decision that's how the foreign minister described it because at exactly the same time that the gulf states made that decision the decision would also be made to extend the mission so just out of a very very crucial time with the situation in the country rather than making this mission stronger rather than trying to make it more effective if you have the goal states withdrawing them on it is now he said that that aroused questions we saw the meeting coming up on tuesday where the as the gaze of thre

open for foreign intervention in libya style incidentally and we can hear the foreign minister sergey lavrov responding to criticisms about russia's stance. when you go to the news interview with him we never said retaining bashar al assad in power is a condition for crisis sentiment we said something different but it's not a part of russia's foreign policy to ask leaders to step down regime change is not our job the decision must be solely syrian only syrians all groups of syrians must gather at the negotiating table and hammer out a deal with the girl if the demand is for him to go and he doesn't know what's next we're calling the air force bombing we've seen that already and the security council will never approve this but i guarantee it. hard part certainly this is a kick the can certainly this is a concerning to violence that have been happening as we've seen this this sort of rhetoric coming from the opposition body itself now it's going to be very interesting to see how this develops because watch how the opposition have responded how they feel they have increasing backing from the we

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 can. we never said retaining bashar al assad in power is 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 regime change is not. the decision must be solely syria only series of groups of syrians must got to discuss using tables and hammer out a deal if the demand is for him to. call in the air force. we've seen it already and the security council will never approve it i guarantee it . as more details become available on this story we will keep our viewers updated. syria's opposition made a chilling pledge to the country's leader they vowed that president bashar al assad and his family would be killed just like libyan leader colonel gadhafi clashes between government forces and rebel fighters a raging in the outskirts of the capital and. in damascus reports the sy

everybody has its own interests but russian foreign minister sergei lavrov re-offend that most k. would not authorize a un resolution involving military intervention has struck a resident chord with the main opposition in the country. we refuse on principle any type of military foreign intervention because it threatens the freedom of our country often model damascus has promised to push through reforms including parliamentary elections she later this year to some head that's simply not enough. this could have been done in the past but the killing in the violence pushed the population and the opposition and the people not to believe anymore in the promises of the regime. protestors had started by calling for reforms and now more than ten months into the unrest and they simply want president assad to go on. your back. that many in syria right now simply want peace in their country they hate reforms might be a way to achieve that. the president announced we will have an expanded government and independent opposition all the parts were included this would be better for us all having d

follows a shipload of military cargo which came under question from other countries foreign minister sergei lavrov says the shipment checked all the boxes under international law. you're pretty we believe we don't have to explain or justify ourselves as we're not breaking any international agreements or any u.n. security council resolutions the only items we sell to syria are those not prohibited by international law you certainly sanctions that have been adopted unilaterally and imposed by the us e.u. and some european countries cannot be viewed by us as legitimate to russia's actions generally unilateral sanctions always undermine the collective efforts with regards to iran and syria or any other situations. you without a lot from moscow are still to come for you this hour in the program when fear of lawsuits comes at the cost of human life but how rescue services in the u.s. coming under fire after a number of cases where they looked the other way during emergencies. the e.u. has banned the import of crude oil from iran in response to its nuclear program the latest round of sanctions prohibits

and hammer out a peaceful solution to what's happening there now what was new that was said by sergey lavrov on wednesday is that the proposed peace talks that are being put forward by the arab league which could take place in cairo. should they break down should they not come to fruition then russia was willing to step in to mediate and broker a peace in it both the opposition on the.

continuing calls of a dialogue between both sides we can hear now from russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov responding to criticisms on russia's stance when you're going to. we never said retaining bashar al assad in power is a condition for crisis sentiment we should something different it's not a part of russia's foreign policy to ask leaders to step down regime change is not our job to decision must be solely syrian only syrians all groups of syrians must gather at the goose eating table and hammer out a deal with you or if the demand is for him to go and he doesn't then what's next we're calling the air force by. we've seen that already and the security council will never approve this but i guarantee it. is going to be very interesting to see how this develops because it watch how the opposition have responded how they feel they have increasing backing from the west this conflict is just getting bloodier and bloody and more and more violent. with the stones of gunfire and artillery. oh yeah i was afraid tests from the streets and the increasingly loud an email international opinions bri

dialogue between the sides to try and bridge this gap and we can hear now from the foreign minister sergey lavrov speaking about some of the criticisms of russia's stance on the situation when you are going to do a good we never said retaining bashar al assad in power is a condition for crisis something that we should something different with it's not a part of russia's foreign policy to ask the leaders to step down regime change is not our job the decision must be solely syrian only syrians groups of syrians must gather up to the goose eating table and hammer out a deal with the good if the demand is for him to go and he doesn't then what's next group. call in the air force bombing we've seen that already and the security council will never approve this but i guarantee it. it's very unfortunate recently that what we saying is that this moderate middle ground as it was as essentially being trampled on you've now got very very strong sides certainly within the country does the sense that right now you're right before we were against this conflict is just getting bloodier and bloodier more removed

everybody has on interests but russian foreign minister sergei lavrov reaffirm that moscow would not authorize a u.n. resolution involving military intervention it struck a resident chord with the main opposition in the country. who refuse on principle any type of military foreign intervention because it proves the freedom of our country a profit model he was speaking to the head of the opposition here inside the country he told us that he had met russia's ambassador to syria just a few days ago and that the opposition are planning to go to most again next month to continue the dialogue damascus has promised to push through reforms including parliamentary elections later this year to some here that's simply not enough. this could have been done in the past how we were and the killing and the violence because the population and opposition and the people not to believe anymore in the bruises of the regime. protesters had started by calling for reforms and now more than ten months into the unrest and they simply want president assad to go on. your thank god that many in syria right now

sergey lavrov there outlining russia's position when it comes to international involvement in syria russia firmly opposed to any kind of military intervention there. russia has also been against sanctions on iran's oil exports so what course of action is a foreign minister suggesting in that arena. well a whole new type of scenario is needed with with the west dealing with iran according to said a gay lover of the foreign minister critical of sanctions imposed on the islamic republic saying it that they don't serve the purpose that they've been said that they supposed to do that they sanctions have been put in place apparently to get iran to stop their nuclear development program well the foreign minister saying that they won't do that at all all the sanctions will do is effect the the lives of every day normal a rainy and as well as damage the rainy an economy of saying that perhaps this was the the overall adventure by the people putting the countries putting in place the sanctions that they are perhaps a attempt to stir up unrest an attempt to produce a a revolt by the people in iran sa

russian foreign ministry says that further attempts should be made to engage with damascus well sergei lavrov has been saying that. both sides were to blame for the cold plagues and said that it was in fact expect that the syrian authorities would not respond to unrest russia believes that for the most part opposition groups are both official damascus however russia blames condemns both the syrian authorities and the opposition and that holds on to and become fact but he believes that the conflict should be solved by the syrians themselves without any outside any foreign military into theories. of course russia fears that syria would pull the paul believe be able to face to military intervention and russia urges the world probe into nato action game levy is saying that it has gone far beyond its mandate meanwhile russia supports arab league foreign observers mission in syria which came to the country late december however most go to raise that to these mission of service mission is not authorized to send peacekeepers to the country and also russian foreign ministry today again repeated that s

very unfair position taken by the united states and their allies and russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov has asserted that moscow will never approve military intervention in syria but has the battle is shifting now to the u.n. security council in new york with its members set to negotiate a new resolution allegedly backing the arab league's peace plan that is more important as a preview. the united nations security council will hear a report from the arab league today detailing findings from its recent monitoring mission in syria this of course coming as an arab european drafted resolution on syria is already circulating among council members the draft calls in part for syrian president bashar al assad to transfer powers his powers to his deputy this draft resolution also says the security council could quote adopt further measures if syria does not comply with the terms of the resolution in the meantime russia has said it cannot accept the draft resolution in its current form because it simply ignores moscow's position in addition russian officials say they would like time to study the

dialogue between the sides to try to bridge this gap we can hear now from the foreign minister sergey lavrov speaking about some of the criticisms of russia's stance on the situation. on the good we never said retaining bashar al assad in power is a condition for crisis settlement we said something different we sent the decision must be solely syrian only syrians groups the syrians must gather at the negotiating table and hammer out a deal if the demand is for him to go and he doesn't show them what's next in the air force bombing we've seen that already and the security council will never approve it i guarantee it it's yours. i mean it's very unfortunate recently that what we've seen is that this moderate middle ground as it was as essentially being trampled on you've now got a very very strong side certainly within the country does the sense that right now you're either for or you're against that really you're saying the country become increasingly polarized as i said very very disappointing that statements like this being made because it's just going to seal the said the genuine fear that

always calls for talks and negotiations first take a listen to what the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov had to say about this. it's not a part of russia's foreign policy to ask leaders to step down regime change is not our job the decision must be solely syrian only syrians all groups of syrians must gather at the negotiating table and hammer out a deal with the good if the demand is for him to go and he doesn't know what's next we're calling the air force bombing we've seen that already and the security council will never approve this i guarantee it. well as the russian foreign minister just said there we have seen this before we saw this with libya and this is exactly what russia fears when not with libya a no fly zone was voted on at the security council and what happened was a full blown military intervention this particular latest resolution that the west is pushing what does basically give the syrian president fifteen days to step down if he did not do this the you when would be allowed to carry out further measures and this is something that we've heard before so russia is very f

follows a shipload of military cargo which came under question from other countries foreign minister sergei lavrov says that shipment checked all the boxes under international law. you're pretty we believe we don't have to explain or justify ourselves as we're not breaking any international agreements or any un security council resolutions the only items we sell to syria are those not prohibited by international law certainly sanctions that have been adopted unilaterally and imposed by the us the e.u. and some european countries cannot be viewed by us as legitimate for russia's actions generally unilateral sanctions always undermine collective efforts with regards to iran and syria or any other situations. here with r.t. and still ahead of you in the program here one sided limits. very disappointing in fact discussed stayed at home the banks from that you are the faces extradition to the u.s. on charges of breaching copyright to a british american treaty that's being slammed as unbalanced. and no pay no spray the american embassy workers letting. people drown because they fear lawsuits. eleven min