were slovakia bulgaria and partially other countries are seeing that this proposal will never get reality since pressure from brussels by commission and other actors from national states will stop this proposal by in york he also believes that he grain sanctions could push brussels to revive the sultry pipeline project after hearing this it is clear for all the states in southeast europe like austria slovenia hungary serbia area to lobbying much more for the construction of south stream to get a very secure supply of gas and if you crane is not willing to guarantee it there will be other options. transit or would also be affected by a possible ukrainian blockade but russian oil and transport accompanied transit nafta has offered assurances that it will be able to fulfill most of its obligations one option will be to redirect the flow to another branch of the pipeline network through bell routes instead of ukraine the company spokesman said a ban would hit hungary slovakia and the czech republic the heart is the danger of an energy blockade comes the with the some e.u. countries already br

and war slovakia. and partially other countries i seeing that this proposal will never get to reality since the pressure from brussels by commission and other actors from the national states will stop this proposal by yes in york. the south stream pipeline that's currently under construction remains one possible route for russian energy supplies around ukraine its construction however was frozen by bulgaria in june and it's up to brussels said it didn't comply with e.u. regulations will go of itself is highly dependent on russian gas supplies which make up more than ninety percent of its domestic consumption law transit would also be affected by a possible ukrainian blockade but russian oil company trans now has offered assurances that it will be able to fulfill most of its obligations one option would be to read direct the flow to another branch of the pipeline network that's three belo routes instead of ukraine a company spokesman said that a ban would hit hungary slovakia and the czech republic the

through a better route instead of ukraine the company's spokesman said abandon would hit hungary slovakia and the czech republic the hardest. south stream pipeline that's currently under construction remains one possible route for russian energy supplies a round ukraine its construction however was of frozen bible gear in june after brussels said it didn't comply with the e.u. regulations or carriers of is highly dependent on russian gas supplies which make up over ninety percent of its domestic consumption right for more on ukraine's possible sanctions against russia let's talk to tears at dawn fields a political analyst at the berlin center for caspian region studies good to have you with us this afternoon now the gas transit block is just one of a number of possible sanctions how likely do you think here is to go through with this good afternoon from berlin we have a very summary here but. hearing this proposal from prime minister yatsenyuk i was really shocked because ukraine is then targeting more the european union and energy security for its eastern member states than russia becaus

largest oil producer lukoil is going to sell a network of gas stations across the czech republic slovakia and hungry as it continues to scale down assets in central europe the company is said to focus better on russian projects buses to give mobile operators simple calm has seen the light. this rate of customer out flies in trading is the company says are still down thirty seven percent since the beginning of this year not weak performance in vasa still the company's biggest market. i can now it is big. let's join tim cabaye what are you up to the same as being last week all year high katie will is always bureau clock but then again maybe it's actually not because i found out that legendary russian brand of baltic a has actually been completely bought out by foreign carlsberg so unfortunately our investment does not count because it's no longer trading had made a little bit of an error we have to get rid of baltic case as only certainly one of my favorite products on the wheel and we replace it with something that's very russian and both good ways and a couple bad ways i'll save lives mak

. >> the minister was returning to russia from slovakia, where he had been taking part in a world war ii memorial. the incident was a formality due to confusion over whether the minister was traveling by civilian or military flight. the plane was eventually allowed to fly over. russia has reacted harshly, calling the move a "gross violation." the development in ukraine has prompted eu leaders to talk about sanctions again. so. >> foreign ministers are discussing sanctions at a meeting in italy. >> poland's foreign minister handed out surplus apples to underscore his anger at moscow's decision to block polish fruit and visual imports. as the eu considers how to react to developments in ukraine, some foreign ministers said new sanctions and tougher action are imperative. >> we see as collation, conflict, and it is natural the european union should once again very seriously discussed topic -- possible new measures. >> the conflict will not be solved in this way. but we have to make clear that russia is pursuing the wrong path. >> german foreign minister frank-walter steinmeier said a mil

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ukraine cutting this route off yet could be harmful for the industry of some european countries take slovakia for instance or bulgaria for example which are entirely powered by russia many others rely on his gas as a main source as well now of course the scheme could be replaced by the south stream pipeline project bypassing ukraine over there its construction is handed by the e.u. lawmakers but some other nations say they're ready to adjust to the rules to finish construction political analysts mateo's dunfield means ukraine's plan could change the way politicians feel about the alternative supply route. i see that this proposal will never gets reality since the pressure from brussels by commission and other actors from the national states but furthermore it shows that the ukrainian government is not willing to cooperate at all and sees only their own interest after hearing this is for all the states in southeast europe. hungary. and bulgaria to lobbying much more to get a very secure supply and if you create enough willing to guarantee it. in a few minutes we'll tell you how the russian nav

ukraine cutting off the root could be very harmful for the industry of europe take for example the slovakia or ball garia which are almost entirely powered by that of russia and many others rely on its gas main source as well of course the scheme could replace by the south stream which is a pipeline project actually bypassing ukraine right here there was construction is being hindered by e.u. lawmakers those southern nations say they are ready to adjust the rules to finish construction and political analyst mathias don't hold believes ukraine's plan could change the way politicians feel about the alternative supply route. i seeing that this proposal will never gets reality since the pressure from brussels by commission and other actors from the national states but furthermore it shows that the ukrainian government is not willing to cooperate at all and sees only their own interest after hearing this is for all the states in southeast europe like austria still being hungary. and bulgaria to lobbying much more to get a very secure supply of us and if you create is not willing to guarantee it

violence in eastern ukraine however the unanimous support required is falling away and quickly now slovakia's prime minister criticized them as a meaningless gesture that would threaten economic growth in you member states now while the czech president claims the restrictions themselves are ineffective and could lead to a spiral of war saying relations that achieve nothing that divide has deepened even further after russia's retaliatory ban on western produced food leaving exporters facing billions in losses earlier we spoke to the european union's ambassador to russia he hopes for a quick return to business as usual. of course some companies may or may may face some losses and we'll be looking for as alternatives as a set specially those countries and those exporters of market who have been under scrutiny of drop its russian situations have faced certain sanctions and barriers they have successfully overcome by finding a new. however of course we came to maintain that trade value russian customer and i am sure the russian customer values you would be included and i hope will come back to bus

its gas from russia and when we're talking about those in eastern europe such as poland bulgaria slovakia they're the ones getting almost a hundred percent of all their gas needs from russia via ukraine and if indeed the sanctions do go through it means that these countries will be left out in the cold winter and fall of course ukraine is already feeling the brunt of it get a so-called gas war with russia already but now it looks like it wants to follow in the footsteps of european union and the united states impose sanctions on russia to punish moscow but in the way it is going to punish its european neighbors because they will be the ones who will be left out in the cold who will be suffering when the heating season begins and of course those sanctions will actually have to be implemented first but right is already there and we cannot really call this a healthy climate in the european union and ukraine is. a tough couple of months coming through the winter is just really five months away you are going to school they are following up on those says said possibilities of sanctions against

slovakia could veto the eaves attempt to impose more trade sanctions against russia next week the country's prime minister called the measures meaningless and counterproductive adding that there's no point in supporting sanctions like the economy that was echoed to by its czech counterpart who wants to revise the block strategy to further restrictions announced by european leaders at a summit in brussels with the latest escalation in a trade war that since moscow clamp down on food imports is the e.u. tries to curb the impact of that ban some politicians there got their own ideas on how to ease the pain one keeps put you know that. job is a culture minister believes eating up the food which was supposed to go to russia could help local producers moneywise and also put additional pressure on moscow of early estimates show the e.u. could lose up to seven billion euros over the food and bargain and that around one hundred thirty thousand people could lose their jobs as a result you. see here polish farmers who are seeking full conversation with their losses they don't several tons of examples

slovakia could veto the e.u.'s attempt to impose tougher sanctions against russia this week the country's prime minister called the measures meaningless and contra productive there's no point in supporting sanctions that could hurt the economy that was echoed by his czech contre part he wants to revise the block strategy the further restrictions thought to have been agreed by group in leaders of a summit in brussels would be the latest escalation in a trade war since most school clampdown on food imports the e.u. tries to curb the impact of the bomb some politicians there have their own ideas on how to ease the pain. he keeps pushing over it. germany's agriculture minister believes eating up the food which was supposed to go to russia could help local producers moneywise and also put additional pressure on the us. early estimates show the e.u. could lose up to seven billion euro over the food embargo and not a run one hundred thirty dollars in people could be jobless. european farmers are already demanding compens

leaders are gradually turning against sanctions slovakia's prime minister criticize them as a quote meaningless gesture that would threaten economic growth in e.u. member states austria's agriculture minister confirm the industry has already lost some six million dollars as a result of russia's tit for tot food ban while the czech leader claimed their strict sins themselves are ineffective and could only lead to a spiral of worsening relations that the chief nothing. on top of those the leaders of hungry in finland have also changed their tune motivated by a potentially huge losses the face western agriculture company farmers face billions of dollars in losses from russia's food sanctions on its europeans who do stand to lose the most the e.u. is already brittle economy is not facing recession over the trade war with russia and experts say brussels is desperate to avoid landing into yet another crisis. more headlines for run the world in brief pro muslim brotherhood demonstrators have lit fires in the streets of egypt capital cairo as the call for the president mohamed morsi to be reinstated an

welcome back you're watching r t international line from moscow slovakia could veto that his attempt to impose more trade sanctions against russia next week the country's prime minister called the measures meaningless and the counterproductive adding that there is no point in supporting sanctions that could hurt the economy and that was echoed by is check out a part who wants to revise the blog strategy the further restrictions announced by european leaders at a summit in brussels will be the latest escalation in a trade war since moscow clamp down on food imports as the e.u. tries to curb the impact of the ban some politicians there have their own ideas on how to ease the pain. keeps food you know but. germany's agriculture minister believes it ing out the food which was supposed to go to russia could help local producers money wise and also put additional pressure on moscow. early estimates show the you could lose up to seven billion euros over the food in bargo and that around one hundred thirty thousand people could lose jobs. now this polish farmers are seeking full compensation

many european countries won't have enough fuel to get their industries running or their people warm slovakia and bulgaria are the highest risk they're almost entirely powered by russian gas many others largely rely on it as well the alternative pipeline project bypassing ukraine that's the south stream could help avert the threat but its construction is being hindered by brussels citing violations of market regulations the executive director of the ron paul institute please keep his plans to block russian gas supplies will hit by the ukraine and europe hard really what ukraine is is doing is committing economic suicide in the us it's so demanding that the e.u. apply its own sanctions is demanding that the europeans commit economic suicide but remember ukraine is spending six million dollars a day on its war against the people in the east of that country this money is is borrowed money well i find it ironic that the most bellicose of nations and i'm thinking particularly of poland and its foreign minister radek sikorski he is the one who is taking the most pleasure and sticking it to russia w

blaming it for the violence in eastern ukraine however the unity over sanctions appears to be fraying slovakia's the prime minister though criticized them as meaningless a gesture that would threaten economic growth in each member states while the czech president claimed the restrictions themselves are ineffective and could only lead to the spiral of worsening relations that the chief nothing we spoke to the european union's ambassador to russia expressed hope for a return to business as usual as soon as possible of course some companies may or may may face some losses. will be looking for those of us as a set specially those countries and those exporters of market who have been under scrutiny of. russian situations have faced certain sanctions and barriers they have successfully overcome. however of course we came to maintain that trade we value russian customers and i am sure that i should just i'm a values product and i hope we'll come back to business as usual soon. meanwhile a global campaign in support of a russian photo journalist missing in ukraine is certainly picking up pace at the u.n

leaders are gradually turning against sanctions slovakia's prime minister criticized them as a meaningless gesture that would stretch of economic growth in each member states alter is ugly culture minister confirmed that industry has already lost six million dollars as a result of russia's retaliatory food ban while the jag leader claimed to the restrictions themselves are ineffective and could only lead to a spiral of worsening relations that achieve nothing. on top of those the leaders of hungary and finland have also changed the tune motivated by the potentially huge losses they now face while some angry culture companies and fama sways billions of dollars in losses from russia's food sanctions and its europe peons that stand to lose the most they use already brittle economy is now facing recession over the trade war with russia and experts say brussels is desperate to avoid descending into another crisis as an r.t.a. we meet people living with a red genetic condition making them look decades older than their real age. i was trained. in december two thousand and ten. more likely to be r

ukraine or are supplying arms to anti-government forces are simply incorrect he made the comments to slovakia's media earlier on saturday. so it's gross. ukraine was part of the soviet union and there were many arms depots across the soviet union and when russia and ukraine became separate states millions of automatic rifles mines no tillery systems were left in ukraine's territory there were warehouses with arms on the turrets you were a kid is now conducting its punitive action against its own people and these warehouses came under the control of anti government forces people who took up arms to defend their rights so to speak about russia supplying arms to the net school lugansk is simply wrong just look at what ukraine's army is fighting with its fighting with russian arms or soviet hands to be exact. in while european leaders are at a summit in brussels and joining them ukraine's president is going to step further in his accusations against russia. go as claimed there are thousands of russian troops and hundreds of tanks on ukraine soil he says they pose a grave threat not only to the coun

international slovakia could veto the use of tam to impose more trade sanctions against russia next week the country's prime minister says the measures are meaningless and counterproductive and that there is no point in supporting sanctions that could hurt the economy further restrictions announced by european leaders at a summit brussels will be the latest escalation in the trade war since moscow imposed a full import ban as brussels tries to curb the impact of this ban some western politicians have put forward their own ideas on how to lessen the pain. keeps food you know that. german agriculture minister believes eating away the food which was supposed to go to russia could help local producers moneywise and also put additional pressure on moscow. early estimates show the e.u. could forfeit up to seven billion euros over the food embargo and this means around one hundred thirty thousand people could lose their jobs and some say the e.u.'s first attempt to plug the hole with one hundred twenty five million euros compensation just won't do. well these are polish farmers angered by the s

moscow however even inside a year of the unity over punitive measures appears to be fracturing slovakia's prime minister criticized them as a meaningless gesture that was threaten economic growth in either member states austria's agriculture minister concerned that the industry there is expected to lose six million dollars as a result of russia's retaliatory food ban the checked leader claimed the restrictions themselves are ineffective and could only lead to a spiral of worsening relations that she nothing actually is the god he's going to have looked at the squabble and its possible consequences for the past few months we've definitely been witnessing a rising tensions between russia and the west but what's happening now is already being described by many as a full blown trade war first in late july the e.u. slapped russia would sanctions targeting whole sectors of its economy four major banks were hit and one airline was completely grounded but then russia announced counter measures banning the import of billions of euros worth of fruit vegetables meat dairy and other products european

the violence in eastern ukraine however the unity of punitive measures appears to be fraying now slovakia's the prime minister criticized them as a meaningless gesture that to world that would threaten economic growth in the e.u. member states while the czech president claimed the restrictions are themselves are ineffective and could only lead to a spiral of worsening relations that achieve nothing now that divide has deepened even further after russia's retaliatory ban on western produce food that left many european companies without access to a key market earlier we spoke to the european union's ambassador to russia he expressed hope for a quick return to business as usual of course some companies. may face some losses. will be looking for alternatives as i said specially those countries and those exporters market who have been understood unity of. sanctions and barriers they have successfully overcome by finding new munitions however of course we came to maintain the trade value russian customers and i'm sure the russian customer values product and i hope will come back to business as us

go from possible through the country's air space the minister was on his way back to moscow from slovakia as a result the aircraft had to turn back and land in bratislava we're following this and other stories here on our t.v. international. up next a look at some of the most important advances in science and technology on the planet don't go away. no a famous politician is tweeting that a foreign government is using excessive force against protesting citizens does this mean we're going to see yet another intervention to democratise their government into the dirt like in iraq or libya wait wait nothing is going to happen because that politician is russian but why is this so why can the police beat up or terrorize protesters in some countries but in others if you lift one finger you're going to get a nato lesson in human rights well the answer is simple this tweet any attempts to intervene from do a member of what happened because unlike what they tell you in school might does it make right for you young ones out there old grandpa kirby remembers the cold war and back when there were two g

now statement by statement evil leaders are gradually turning against sanctions slovakia's the prime minister criticized them as a meaningless gesture that would threaten economic growth in new member states then austria's agriculture minister confirmed that the industry has already lost six million dollars as a result of russia's tit for tat food ban meanwhile the czech leader claimed that the restrictions themselves are ineffective and could only lead to a spiral of worsening relations that achieve actually nothing now on top of those the leaders of hungary and finland have also changed their tune motivated by the potentially huge losses that they now face western agricultural companies and farmers face billions of dollars in losses from russia's food sanctions and its european union says that stands to lose the most the e.u. is already brittle economy it's now facing recession over the trade war with russia and experts say brussels is desperate to avoid it landing into yet another crisis. to other news now a curfew imposed in the us town of ferguson missouri has failed to stop peo

root off could be harmful for the industry certainly of several european countries you can take a slovakia or ball garia for example here which are almost entirely powered by russia and many others rely on as gas as a main source as well of course on the scheme could be replaced by what is called the south stream line right there it's a pipeline bypassing ukraine there was construction is currently being hindered by a small group of lawmakers are going over some laws to deal with it there are now many southern nations saying they're ready to adjust whatever rules in order to finish that construction political analyst mathias don't feel believes ukraine's plan could change the way politicians feel about this alternative supply route. i see that this proposal will never gets reality since the pressure from brussels by commission and other actors from the national states but furthermore it shows that the ukrainian government is not willing to cooperate at all and sees only their own interest after hearing this is for all the states in southeast europe like this will be hungary. and bulgaria t

leaders gradually turning against sanctions slovakia's prime minister criticized them as a meaningless gesture that would threaten economic growth in the e.u. member state. culture minister confirmed that the industry has already lost six million dollars as a result of russia's tell you true food ban while the czech leader claimed the restrictions themselves are ineffective and could only lead to a spiral of worsening relations that she nothing on top of the. leaders of hungary and finland have also changed their tune motivated by the potentially huge losses they now face west some argue a culture companies and farmers a phase billions of dollars in losses from russia's food sanctions and it's europeans that stand to lose the most they ease already brittle economy is now facing recession over the trade war with russia experts say brussels is desperate to avoid descending into another crisis earlier we spoke to the eason bassa to russia who said he hopes for a return to business as usual. of course some companies. may face some losses. will be looking for alternatives as i said especial

could be very harmful for the industry of several european countries or we can take for example slovakia even ball garia which are almost entirely powered by russian energy and many others rely on his gas as a main source as well of course the scheme could be replaced by this right here that is the south stream pipeline project that clearly bypasses ukraine there was construction is being hindered by a very small group of e.u. lawmakers making various complaints there were a large group of southern nations say they are ready to see past any complaints in finnish construction political analyst matthias dorn felt believes ukraine's plan could actually change the way the politicians feel about this alternative suppliers . i seeing that this proposal will never get to reality since the pressure from brussels by commission and other actors from the national states but furthermore it shows that the ukrainian government is not willing to cooperate at all and sees only their own interest after hearing this is clearly for all the states in southeast europe like slovenia hungary serbia and bulgari

route here the ukrainian route could be harmful for the industry of some european countries six slovakia as well as will gear right there for example which are almost entirely powered by russia many others rely on its gas as a main source as well now of course the scheme could be replaced by the south stream pipeline project bypassing ukraine its construction is being handed by e.u. lawmakers but some other nations there they are ready to push through construction political risk analyst eric rolls or says the situation could force the west to rethink its involvement in ukraine. well this would be excellent news because that would source the utes to stop playing games with the situation and to get seriously involved to broker a peace deal if you've got to realize that if he keeps reaching would hold up maybe forty eight hours without support in the west so their freedom of actions very limited and if they push it to a crisis well that might end some misery for each of the people it's to ukraine. one is coming your way shortly including the palestinian humanitarian catastrophe in gaza will

ukraine cutting the route off could be harmful for the industry of some european countries take slovakia or indeed bull dariya for instance which are almost entirely powered by russia many others rely on its gas as a main source as well of course the scheme could be replaced by a site stream a pipeline project bypassing ukraine right done here on the mop its construction is being hindered by e.u. lawmakers but southern nations say they're ready to push through construction foreign affairs experts in the voice and knowledge police washington is pushing for a gas blockade with little regard for the use well being well it's not question i would want people who are running want because let's face it the government is the question is how much is being controlled from washington not if if the regime in kiev is entirely under control of washington then this is an attempt another attempt to make the sanctions. the e.u. far more than the russian sanctions already have. and it's basically the european union is paying the price of washington's attempts to restart the cold war. still to come in the

three ukraine cutting off the roads could be harmful to industry and some european countries take slovakia garia for example which almost entirely powered by russian fuel many others rely on its gas as a main source as well of course the scheme could be replaced by the south stream pipeline project bypassing ukraine its construction is being hindered by e.u. lawmaker is this other nations say they're ready to push through its construction executive director at the ron paul institute believes that the consequences of a gas blockade will be drastic for both ukraine and the e.u. . really what ukraine is is doing is committing economic suicide in the us it's so demanding that the e.u. apply its own sanctions is demanding that the europeans commit economic suicide but remember ukraine is spending six million dollars a day on its war against the people in the east of that country this money is is borrowed money well i find it ironic that the most bellicose of nations and i'm thinking particularly of poland and its foreign minister radek sikorski he is the one who is taking the most pleasure and

leaders are gradually turning against sanctions slovakia's prime minister criticize them as a quote meaningless gesture that would threaten economic growth in e.u. member states austria i grew culture minister confirmed that the industry has already lost six million dollars as a result of russia's tit for tat food ban while the czech leader claimed the restrictions themselves are ineffective i could only lead to a spiral of worsening relations but achieve nothing on top of those the leaders of hungry in finland have also changed their tune motivated by the potentially huge losses they not face western culture companies on farmers face billions of dollars in losses from russia's food sanctions and its europeans that stand to lose the most the user ready brittle economy is now facing recession over the trade war with russia and experts say brussels is desperate to avoid landing into yet another crisis. the spy tensions with the west russia must not isolate itself or sever relations with partners that was the message from president putin during a visit to crimea where he met with politicians and m

was move on with this story because the minister had actually been on his way back to moscow from slovakia and as a result the aircraft had to turn back and london bratislava poland's aviation orthe already as blaine incident on miscommunication. britain has raised its terror threat level to severe in response to the conflict in iraq and syria prime minister david cameron has been outlining new measures to stem the tide of people wanting to head abroad and join the conflicts that we're in a quarter of a report from london the decision to raise the threat level to the second highest position was made by the joint terrorism and the alice is censored due to developments in syria. as groups are planning attacks against the west what we're facing in iraq now. is a preacher and deeper threat to our security than we have known before foreign fighters who travel from britain to syria and iraq taking part in terrorist acts and they come back to threaten our security here. and the scale of this threat is growing we need to do more to stop people traveling to stop those who do go from returning and t