and wants to study in an islamic country have to go through the anti terror center they tell you to tbilisi you go to the center meet some official and they won't let you go into you say yes to you agree to work for them although i'm of graeme's that his knowledge almost cost him his life following an assassination attempt he was allowed to return to church now with a green light from russian authorities after he asked for forgiveness now he plans to reveal everything he knows he would just come off grossly the chechen republic. and i just soldier and a civilian contractor have been killed in eastern afghanistan and in the parent green on blue attack the incident brings the number of deaths among u.s.

series of corruption and brutality scandals that makes a rush of ski reports now from the capital tbilisi where the opposition has already been celebrating. then wood has not yet been confirmed but supporters of the georgia opposition have already started celebrating their victory ever since the exit poll results came out suggesting that the georgia dream party could win the parliament elections georgia with fifty one percent of the votes in the favor of thousands have been gathering in the central seat of the central square billy seat with people very jubilant about their possible victory and the first preliminary results which were released by the georgian central by the georgian central election commission suggested that this victory may well be and they're right certainly this election is very important for georgia because the party or the alliance the party which wins the majority in parliament will then be able to appoint prime minister and according to the constitutional changes in georgia which are taking effect in next year when the when present secretary is to step down a prime

opposition mega blog georgian dream so far has a distinct lead parties i would say to shift gears in tbilisi with more on the ballot count. a quarter of the votes have been counted and right now all the results are putting the opposition a little over fifty percent with the you and them party of mikhail saakashvili trailing at around forty percent but the biggest concern which is growing now is why this is taking so long because two million people in georgia have cast their ballots and the central election commission actually promised that most of the words should be should have been counted by morning on tuesday and so far it's only been a quarter of the votes which is causing some concerns among the opposition that the pro-government forces may be stalling the vote count and maybe stalling the opposition's victory and indeed these concerns are backed up by one incident which was recorded by n.g.o.s called international transparency also causing some worries in the city of freshly armed men a masked man presumably a spec ops of the government troops entered the polling station after it was

has been following the vote count in tbilisi. statement is as sensational as the outcome of the voting may eventually become he already said despite the voting vote counting still continuing that he sparty admits defeat and now will work in opposition but despite that statement there are still growing concerns among the opposition members that the governing forces may still be stalling the outcome of this vote the vote count is going very slowly it's less than three million votes to be counted but ever since the polling stations closed last night less than thirty percent of the votes have been counted so far and also the international ngo called international transparency in georgia reported a very serious violation and even received the footage of mosques to men entering a polling station in georgia taking everybody out from the polling stations and the that n.-g. o. claims that the result at this particular polling station was altered in the favor of the ruling party the u.n. am as it stands the opposition party is in the lead

you can follow him for the latest details from the streets of the capital tbilisi. nato chiefs admitted the alliance's withdrawal from afghanistan could be exhilarated now because of the taliban's strategy of insider attacks it comes as the number of u.s. soldiers killed during the invasion and eleven iraq you pay should reach the two thousand mark according to the nato secretary general the so-called green on blue attacks on western soldiers have undermined troop morale they've also affected nato afghan relations as the alliance proposed to hand security responsibilities to local forces middle east academic had been gathered from the american university in washington told me he believes nato has brought afghan hostility upon itself. well first of all there are there is the issue of the difficulty of trying to impose order and or a certain kind of order by foreign powers on afghanistan but other part of it has to do also with the policies which have been pursued by nato in afghanistan these policies have not really transformed they question on the ground they have n

. >> pple knew his home high above tbilisi, a futuristic palace designed by japanese architect. this is where his family lives, or he has offices, and his collection of modern art. >> there is a warhol and a mitchell. i love them all. one of my favorites is this painter. look at that. he was so versatile. you can always find something new in his work. you have to have a look at the picasso on the right. >> he says he got into politics because things were intolerable under saakashvili. he said the president had stopped listening to his people. >> i don't know whether you can imagine it. they settled into power. they would have governed for another 20 or 30 years and no one else would have had a chance. but, i managed it with strength, hard work, and if you like, with no how. -- knowhow. >> looking down from his home, he can see the presidential palace of saakashvili. now he will be prime minister himself and according to the new constitution will have more power than the president. he says he is no intention of changing georgia's pro-western course. >> no one has come up with any

. >> we are in dupont -- tbilisi. tell us a little bit more, damien, about this new man in charge. >> as you say, he is the richest men -- one of the richest men in georgia, but he is also one of the richest men in the world. #153. named as a philanthropist for years here. he burst on the the scene years ago and about to overthrow the government. when he got into politics, everyone was quite skeptical. they now have 80% of the seats in parliament with no credible opposition. it is likely he would be able to oust this powerful ruling party, and it is what he has done, partly thanks to a scandal that broke a few weeks ago where prison guards were seen abusing prisoners. arguably, that is what ousted the ruling party from power. >> some of the reports we're getting is that this will now mean a tilt away from the west and towards russia. is that how you read it? >> it is very hard to say. he himself is a bit ambivalent about this. he gets asked about this a lot. he is accused of having links to the kremlin. some suspect h

what we now hear from tbilisi, is that these elections obviously have turned out to become a victory for the opposition. the opposition -- the ballots showed that -- the exit polls showed that opposition leaders -- the opposition led by the oligarch who is accompanied with the president of georgia. >> is at stake? will this determine the future of the country -- >> what is at stake? will this determine the future of the country? >> this parliament will become more powerful for next year on, so does the prime minister. they suggested that this might have been done by president saakashvili to keep his grip on power after he has to step back next year as president after two terms being president. this is telling much about the direction of the country. will it tend further towards moscow's sphere of influence when it will be led by a coalition led by ivanishvili? he has several times into this question. he says he wants to try to get better relations with russia because it is a very important market for us. it is important for us to have good ties to russia to get up our economy again.

damian mcginnis is in tbilisi. >> this is the first time in a decade that the ruling party has been seriously challenged. since coming to power in 2004, his pro-western government has ruled without any serious opposition. he says the country will be thrown back to the crime and chaos of the 1990's if the ruling party is ousted. >> a lot of things are being decided right now in our country. for the future development of our country, for what happens to the european people in this part of the world and what happens to the idea of democracy in this part of the world. >> these are the most unpredictable elections they have known since their on attendance. on the one hand, you have the president's ruling party credited with saving the country from being a failed state. on the other hand, there is an opposition coalition led by a billionaire businessman who earned his money in russia and the 1990's. more than 400 western observers are here to check the polls. georgia is keen to join nato and the european union. the new election could be seen as a litmus test for the country's democratic credentials

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show him meeting with a georgian citizen who apparently has a prominent ties with the government in tbilisi the investigative committee of said . house said that yes he did meet with georgian citizens however he was doing so in order to try and drum up donations political donations for his party left front so no charges brought against him has been released however these all of this is a very serious investigation the charges that are being investigated bring with them a very severe penalty anybody convicted of looking to organize riots or this type of mass unrest could face up to ten years in prison and the investigation continues . the pop diva madonna is want to back in russia although this time it's to appear before prosecutors not her fans that she can material compensation from the material girl insisting parts of her recent concert left people morally damaged. explains. the material girl herself is unlikely to materialize but that hasn't stopped a russian court in russia's second city of st petersburg from agreeing to hear a case a lawsuit against her for more than ten million dollar

of course now from tbilisi. it felt as if georgia had won the football world cup thousands in the streets celebrated the surprising win by the opposition and despite fears the ruling regime may somehow hamper destroy soon their worries were swept aside by the president himself so. it is evident that the georgian dream call it in has secured a majority this means this parliamentary majority has to form the next government for us at least for me the views of this coalition were fundamentally unacceptable and still remain so. just six months ago an opposition win was deemed impossible the ruling party is rating was at seventy percent and nobody could challenge that. really was that he amended the constitution granting more powers to the prime minister a position many bridgette that he would eventually fill himself little did he know he was digging his own hole when he made changes to the constitution again i would see. it is it time to say dreams italy never see the parliament these are the majority of his party we

allegations of corruption and a prison abuse scandal all season except he must have secure ports now from tbilisi . running in this election but the main battle is understood to be between the party of the president the ruling party of the united national movement and the businessman whose fortune makes up almost half of the country's budget a mystery ivanishvili has sponsored georgian dream it's actually in fact an alliance of six opposition parties on saturday the country saw the biggest political rally in its more history with two hundred thousand people protesting in the streets and definitely this adds a lot of spice to this election the importance of this election is that. when he steps down next year the parliament of the majority parliament will be able to elect the prime minister who according to new amendments in the constitution will have almost the same powers as the president so definitely the party which wins this election will have the future of georgia in its hands right now the surveys suggest that the ruling body is in a slight lead but still the opposition still has a very good

been falling during the fault you can follow him for all the latest from the streets of the capital tbilisi. the. syrian crisis dominated every day of the u.n. general assembly meeting in new york but fiery speeches and discussions still bring the international community any closer to finding a solution when given the floor on the final day of the gathering syria's foreign minister made it clear that peace cannot be reached while several countries persistently arm and finance the opposition parties marine corps nine has the details. well he. spoke at length about the ongoing eighteen month civil war taking place in his country he accused the u.s. france turkey saudi arabia and qatar of inducing and aiding terrorism in his country by those countries actually arming financing and supporting the opposition groups in syria he went on to say that the holes that western countries are making for president bashar al assad to step down is not only provoking more bloodshed in his country but he says it's also a believe an interference into syria's domestic affairs he said this success of any internat

in tbilisi with the latest. well in fact it still could change this is only at the results it's never an official result we are certain to be waiting for the official results come during the night presumably at three o'clock three o'clock in the night local time the first results will come out but i was told that the exit poll results come so early on. in parliament the majority area in season parliament have not been counted have not been included into the exit poll results and the situation may still change but definitely with already conceding defeat the situation is looking very interesting and the mood here in central beliefs is already a celebration with thousands already here in the streets driving their cars that have at a fast speed their horns in celebration of what they believe to be a very crucial victory in a very crucial election i'd like to remind you of us that the pacha which gains majority in parliament following the stroke will then be able to appoint prime minister next year when he steps dow

long monopoly on power parties lecturers esky has the latest he's been following the vote for us in tbilisi. it is a definitely a very sharp turn around for georgia because the people who were in opposition to the current power just yesterday are basically days away from becoming the ruling party in this country and nobody expected this to happen just six months ago and largely this happened because of the scandal in september when the future of prison torture and sexual abuse in georgian prisons was released and this according to some experts changed the situation dramatically the writing of the current political party of the of the presidential party dropped by nearly twenty percent so definitely the situation is unfolding very interesting nobody expected such results certainly there's a lot of work ahead a very hard work ahead for the opposition and it's interesting now to see where it will go even if it's really the head of the georgia dream party and possibly georgia's future prime minister he's a very new man to politics he is a billionaire with his fortune making up almost half of ge

those results this early stage will have the full details from our correspondent from the capital tbilisi next pretty moment for the night as coachable business now just a bit after twenty four minutes past eight o'clock about moscow time dimitri on the business of the russian markets and the very them dreamer. mission and free accreditation free zones for charges free to make amends free. free studio time free. download free broadcast plug in video for your media projects and free media oh don the r t dot com. overcoming a barrier like this seems possible. but then you crave something higher. and when you reach stuff you. know do whatever it takes to get on the top of the world on r t. oh and welcome to the business updates on our team we start with facebook has had mark zuckerberg has come to moscow he's been on red square got some burgers and mcdonald's but also visited the residency of russia's prime minister dmitry medvedev they had a personal meeting and they talked about different business issues such as some may be organizing a tech center for facebook in russia but other media sp

conflict in georgia and elect say will be keeping us updated on the vote counting and the mood in tbilisi of the day goes on but you can catch up on what's happened there so far on his twitter feed. the syrian crisis is the result of a coherent collective effort by gang of foreign states that is the message serious foreign minister laid out for the u.n. general assembly his trance that damascus remained open to a political solution to the civil war which is ravaging his homeland but as aussies marina port now reports this is not what the u.s. backed rebels are aiming for. well he. spoke at length about the ongoing eighteen month civil war taking place in his country he accused the u.s. france turkey saudi arabia and qatar of inducing and aiding terrorism in his country by those countries actually arming financing and supporting the opposition groups in syria he went on to say that the holes that western countries are making for president bashar al assad to step down is not only provoking more bloodshed in his country that he says it's also a believe an interference into syria's domestic a

leader of georgia's newly elected ruling party line to artist tom are now the latest details tom while tbilisihas already denied responsibility for starting the war what prompted today's unexpected statement. well good sceneries vanished really georgia's prime minister in waiting stood up in front of the georgian parliament and attacked mikhail saakashvili and his party as for provoking the two thousand and eight war over south the six year calling it a grand provocation he addressed directly saakashvili s m p's and said that you are to blame for the current damaged relations with russia and that the americans and europeans recognize this they did go on to say that he does still consider south asserted to be part of georgia saying that russia has tried to take control of our territory for centuries but that you provoke them and that they know or keep our learned but he was hopeful for the future saying that he hoped perhaps not to morrow perhaps not the day after to morrow but eventually that the status of abkhazia and south would set you could be agreed upon and that by the late relay. sions

show him meeting with a georgian citizen who apparently has a prominent ties with the government in tbilisi now the investigative committee of said. house said that yes he did meet with georgian citizens however he was doing so in order to try and drum up donations political donations for his party left front so no charges brought against. has been released however these all of this is a very serious investigation the the charges that are being investigated bring with them a very severe penalty anybody convicted of looking to organize riots or this type of mass unrest could face up to ten years in prison and the investigation continues . germany finds we needs on the path to a green a future find out how turning away from the dangers of atomic energy might be a step too far on its neighbors build nuclear power stations on the doorstep. also online reports suggest the boots of american troops may want to stop the deadline date that they promise to leave afghanistan their stories and plenty of others at r.t. dot com. six russian sailors and one estonian crew member being kidnapped by pirates

corruption and cracking down on activists who speak out against the government the opposition claims tbilisi of using dirty tricks to retain its image and the skin off of course there are claims that somewhere at the expense of georgia's northern neighbor. the outcome of a recent alleged police operation near georgia's border with russia's republic of dagestan eleven suspected terrorist dead the b.b.c. says the armed men were chechens who crossed into georgian territory and kidnapped around ten locals before being caught by police the news spreads quickly but not everyone's buying it you know this was all organized by georgian security services the lack of transparency and details about the incident has led many to believe the whole so-called terror operation was a complete hoax georgian authorities have been very successful in creating an image of a modern western civilised state a beacon of freedom by george w. bush once called it but in this case the opposition to accusations are fighting supporters on the other side of the caucasus meet them if he spent two decades fighting on the side o

leash in which they should be a georgian citizen who's a prominent figure within the government in tbilisi no so good thoughts of according to this interview that was given by the investigative committee to a russian news agency has admitted that yes he did meet with georgian citizens but he didn't say who these georgian citizens were at that meeting was in order to obtain financing for his political party left front. is one of the most high profile opposition figures here in russia and we've seen a small crowd of around fifty people coming out now. side of the investigative committee headquarters to show their support for him. good as they say as though at the moment he has not been charged with any offense should this investigation which is ongoing decide that somebody should be charged but they're quite serious offenses in deed in fact they bring with them a maximum jail term of ten years in prison for anybody who is convicted so of course we'll be keeping you up to date here on r.t. exactly what's going on at the moment the investigative committee saying that they will be released and

current regimes decade long monopoly on power not his lecture is your screen following the events in tbilisi for most of the twenty four i was just now live alexy evening so the results this stage no highly likely to change are they what's next the without in mind for georgie with the ruling and opposition parties now having the looks of it swapped places. it is a definitely very sharp turnaround for georgia because the people who were in opposition to the current power just yesterday are basically days away from becoming the ruling party in this country and nobody expected this to happen just six months ago and largely this happened because of the scandal in september when the future of prison torture and sexual abuse in georgian prisons was released and this according to some experts changed the situation dramatically the writing of the current political party of the of the presidential party dropped by nearly twenty percent so definitely the situation is unfolding very interesting nobody expected such results as you can probably hear people are still celebrating a cars are speeding by hon