there was no major voting procedures except six. then united russia was in second with 23% trailing the communist party. it seems it was representative of the official count doubled the real one. also 41% of eligible voters took part far more than any recent election. a protest is planned. i plan to go. the way it works implantable two-stage day public rally past two notify the authorities 15 days in advance. they can deny permission and they could be arrested and roughed up. if granted the police will mark off space for the expected number of participants and the metal detector. sometimes unpleasant search procedures than hold the rally literally talking to themselves. hide dislike the legal gathering as i feel i must go. this is one of the times. my friend has a quote from the "new york times" article. she now lives in a keg that says democracy in action from the headquarters she adds if it was not so sad it would be funny. something is afoot but not going anywhere. still unseasonably warm. temperature around freezing and pouring rain. who will brav

even though she shows that the united states has played a major role with russia's extension to the world trade organization those are the . those are these what you can say are on the plus side of the of the relations between washington and moscow but yet there are a lot of issues which they still need to tinker around a lot of things which russia and the united states disagree on. of course the issue with with iran israel and of course syria syria as you have mentioned is expected to dominate the talks of course at this point we do not know exactly what will be said the presidents are expected to meet for another hour the whole meeting will last for almost two hours. of course. we've just mentioned is one of the primary issues on the table. who is now heading the syrian mission from the united nations is was in washington in roscoe on sunday and after talks with the. russian president said. basically intrinsic in order to prevent the bloody civil war in the middle eastern countries you have to remember this is one of the major points where russia and united states disagree on that washi

russia and china. china sent its own delegation this week, apparently pushing for a six-point plan for peace. on wednesday night at the united nations security council, russia, a major supplier of arms to syria, accused libya of running training camps for syrian rebel fighters. russia's ambassador to the u.n. said he had received information that people were sent from there to attack the syrian government. he said this was completely unacceptable, according to law, but libya and many other countries continue to call for some sort of intervention, military or otherwise. the united states has not ruled it out, and senior republicans say it must be done in the right way. >> if we don't do this when we can prevent a massacre from taking place, then i think the united states will have abrogated its responsibilities. >> but none of the measures taken so far have been enough to stop scenes like this. these are apparently wounded activists. it's just one reason why some are so keen to defect. >> now, a question that they're asking in greece, will they or won't they? private creditors will announce whether they'll accept a deal to cut greece's debt burden. the government nee

russia and china and you know they're they're looking out for their interests i i hope that you know these major players the united states and russia and china will all. go out on the side of humanity and human rights and not think about their best interests but think about the good of all humanity. you're president of veterans for peace thank you for your thoughts on the program. five permanent members of the wood security council plus germany have accepted an offer to meet a ran over its nuclear program earlier to run gave the go ahead for you would be clear inspectors to visit a military facility suspected that iran is developing atomic weapons but israel's not backing off from its threat to use force over the issue of this let's talk a bit about this couple of words and he's joining us on the line of the beirut that evening another plan for talks but they tried this package generally last year didn't it all ended in failure then do you think they'll be more of a success this time round. well obviously this is a very delicate position i think very determined to work on their nuclear for peaceful means and i thi

. >> translator: his party, united russia, obtained a majority in the parliament as a result of obvious and this fraud brought people to the streets. >> it was a night that shocked russia and the world. when the polls closed, navalny and others organized demonstrations by blog and on facebook and twitter. incredibly, more than 7,000 enraged demonstrators swarmed central moscow. >> translator: i was arrested. >> as were hundreds of others. navalny was put in jail for 15 days. the charge, obstructing traffic. while he was in jail, the demonstrations grew larger and larger. 5,000 registered on facebook to join the protest, then 20,000, then 50. >> translator: of course we were very upset that we could not be there, but we could not believe that such things were really taking place in moscow. >> navalny was released december 21st. and on christmas eve, an amazing sight. the biggest demonstration since the fall of communism. >> translator: at the demonstration, i said that right now, we can go and take the kremlin, which frightened many people, but it was true. >> the movement had a charisma

political debate where the results of the sometimes parliamentary vote which counted a majority of seeds the ruling united russia. r.t. leading to fruity conditions and mass protests in response to government promised the most transparent presidential election in russia's history nearly two hundred thousand cameras were installed polling stations across the country the online monitoring system which cost over three hundred million dollars allowed anyone anywhere in the world to log on to our website she went online broadcast on russians in the balance. hello gentlemen tim lee only thank you very much for joining us on the show well first of all human the the the font upshift in their mini of the public opinion poll company had published preliminary results just the world couple of days before the for the actual election and they're predicted that putin will win in the first round well this is pretty much the same that we are having today at this minute when we are hearing the first results from the from the central election committee well here's the quote here's how here's how the the public opinion polls are th

major companies from russia, china, the united states, japan, and south korea are raising their hands to participate in a joint development project. the mongolian government is negotiating with each country, but the process to determine the winning bid isn't easy. we would like to announce the result as soon as possible in 2012. >> reporter: mongolia's growing economy is helping to raise its region's profile. that's put the spotlight on its close ties with north korea. we asked prime minister batbold about the role his country could play in helping japan, the u.s., and south korea monitor the north's nuclear development program. >> translator: we don't want to isolate or exclude north korea from international society. our policy is to encourage north korea to participate in the international community. we will take a more active role according to that policy. >> reporter: the prime minister says regional security remains a top priority. >> translator: mongolia would like to do its best to help maintain peace and security in asia. mongolia is now a democracy. we have succeeded in the d

political debate were the results of december's parliamentary vote which sounded a majority of seats to the rule united russia party leading to fraud accusations and mass protests in response to government promised the most transparent presidential election in russia's history nearly two hundred thousand were cameras were installed all in stations across the country the online monitoring system which cost over three hundred million u.s. dollars allowed anyone anywhere in the world to log on to our website show one oh i broadcast on russians casting their ballots. so this is this is the world the results look like we have them on the screen and here in the studio after the sentencing of political analysts that with whom we will be discussing the the result was that in welcome the welcome to the show well as a result of the results that we see now they they they fully correspond to the public opinion polls expectations this is mean that we aired a clear transparent and fair election is it like clearly what we have to wait a couple of days you know i can see that absolute of the same as it was. but today i mean

capacity as a russian president of course we know that for the last several years russia and the united states have had some major issues of course the official outlook overall seems to be rather positive they do talk about the restart of the relationship of course remember the restart button i think the new start treaty as well was signed that of course all falls in the rose category for the relationship between the two countries but only nearly all other issues especially in things which concern middle eastern conflicts particularly the situation in syria are washington and moscow seem to disagree on almost every single aspect except of course for one and that is the role in importance of. mission in syria those of course are the main obstacles there is only the probably the key issues which are going to be discussed this is going to be an almost two hour meeting president's initiative and obama have a lot of things to discuss of course considering this issue in the middle east in that region at the moment sounds like a very busy one but how much is this summit likely to contribute to global nuclear security. w

his party, united russia, attained a faint majority in december's contested parliamentary elections. since then, a series of unprecedented anti-government protests have followed. joining me now masha gessen, a russian author and a squrnlist. her new biography of putin tracings his political aseptember. it's called "the man without a face: the unlikely rise of vladimir putin." i'm pleased to have her here at this table for the first time. welcome. >> thank you. it's great to be here. >> rose: how is it to be a journalist in russia today? >> it's dangerous. the various organizations like the committee to protect journalist name it as one of the most dangerous countries for journalists to work. >> rose: so it continues. >> it continues. and it's more than being dangerous, it's frustrating. there's no freedom of information act to work with. access to public records is probably as restricted as it has ever been since the fall of the soviet union. the whole political machine is basically closed. >> rose: even historians tell me they previously had access to k.g.b. records and they shut it

the relationship between between russia and the united states and russia and nato and now let's you know the quote here's what put in reality about neglecting some major principles theorize ations coexistence. major principles necessary for any usable civilization would indeed be usable security to a state the unacceptability of excessive use of force and the unconditional observance of the basic standards of international law the neglect of a neo pleased to introduce can only be just to do is ation of international relations it is through this prison but we do see some aspects of us that need to construct that contradict a logical modern development relying instead on the stereotypes of law based mentality. jeffrey here we have again i have transcribed question once again he again mentions the us and its allies as sort of a destabilizing force that neglect the middle aged principles of our civilized relationship so well that doesn't worry washington ok rhetoric what does it all mean the end of a bad medvedev resect well i'm not sure whether the reset really took hold in the first place good thought so. in any case the fact remains that now. the old w

opposition protestors in russia had asked for well foreign policy a major issue going into the presidential election and putin addressing the relationship between russia and the united states pacifically focusing on the reset as it was called in relations between the two countries now with regards to the united states has proposed anti-missile that then shield in eastern europe but to me it putin really saying that reset had failed however he did go on to say that in other realms such as the economy that leaps and bounds had been made as regards to the relationship between washington and moscow the lowest it's an arguable question if three senators borne fruit it hasn't given practically anything on anti missile defense but it was useful on a new wave of incentives we managed to come to green went on for the strategic arms reduction treaty on cooperation in the spirit of peaceful nuclear development and on russia's accession to the world trade organization with direct u.s. supports when it comes to foreign policy and foreign issues at the moment all eyes are really focused on syria got to me a putin using this opportunity to say that he opposed any decision by the w

opposition protestors in russia had asked for well foreign policy a major issue going into the presidential election and in addressing the relationship between russia and the united states pacifically focusing on the reset as it was called in relations between the two countries now with regards to the united states has proposed anti missile defense shield in eastern europe but i mean putin really saying that reset had failed however he did go on to say that in other realms such as the economy that leaps and bounds had been made as regards to the relationship between washington and moscow when a country is under the impression that it's invincible twenty tell us and strike from another country it leads to a lot of conflicts some aggressive behavior and it's not just because america has an aggressive country by definition but because this is the way life on account of anything about us and we think it's very dangerous. when it comes to foreign policy and foreign issues at the moment all eyes are really focused on syria to me of putin using this opportunity to say that he opposed any decision by the west that would see he would oppose any decision by the west that w

relationship between between russia and the united states and russia and later two and now let's hear another quote here's what i put in reality about neglecting some major principles of civilizations coexistence. major principles necessary for any fusible civilization would indeed be usable security to all states the un acceptability of excessive use of force and the unconditional observance of the basic standards of international law and neglect obey any of these principles can only lead to the gist of those ational international relations it is through this prison that me to see if some aspects of us need to conduct that contradict the logic of modern development relying instead on the street touch of the law based mentality. while here for here we have it again and i have transcribed question once again he again mentions the us and its allies as sort of a destabilizing force that they like the later principles of a civilized relationship so well that doesn't worry washington ok what does it all mean the end of a bad medvedev reset well i'm not sure whether the reset really called him the first place good point. but in any case the fact remains that n

going on of the here than meets the ah i and of course the the major issue is that the united states does not want to have china or russia to have access to the middle east oil and i think they're with. what syria has also been for the u.n. security council but russia accused libya of training the syrian with the fighting government forces it was part of a broader discussion of the situation in countries with moscow also demanding nato apologize for causing civilian casualties during last year's day rates and once he's been following the meeting in new york. a new report that was quietly released by the united nations on friday that report was an investigation that found in part that nato has not since sufficiently investigated the air raids that conducted on libya in two thousand and eleven that killed at least sixty civilians and injured at least fifty five more people despite the findings of this two hundred twenty page report nato officials have refused so far to further investigate the state's holidays or because he's got this report was referring to now the russian ambassador to the united nations batali churkin al

discuss what to do about iran iran's nuclear ambitions have caused a major split in the united nations with the u.s. on one side and russia and china on the other but it looks like there is a divide within u.s. congress as well senator rand paul blocked in efforts that quickly passed a bipartisan bill imposing tough sanctions on the country memon is one sentence long it states that nothing in this act is to be construed as a declaration of war or as an authorization of use of military force in iran or syria i urge that we not begin a new war without a full debate without a vote without careful consideration of the ramifications of a third or even a fourth war in this past decade or so while the measure by the u.s. the time it needs to discuss its options or is the u.s. on the tap to inevitable intervention to answer those questions senior editor for reason magazine and reason dot com brains already joins me now welcome to the show brian. so this bill would impose new sanctions on iran what's controversial about it and how can it be seen as a possible push toward war. sanctions in and of themselves are essentially an act o

russia on the lingo they need to be ready for action at any moment. my dress. attention. come on major section chief says all reporting unit is ready. fully in. yes for the aggregate for. full haste. the so-called intercontinental ballistic missile known as the s.s. twenty five to make this move a twenty one meters long it's almost two meters in diameter and weighs about forty five tons of fuel. despite its impressive propulsion the russian missile still its targets with absolute precision mage's on its if joe is making sure that the missile launches always in working moving military home. he's always full of danger. this is a highly accurate weapon is a range of up to ten thousand kilometers and lands within not more than two hundred meters from targets. you certainly realize that for the purposes of a nuclear strike this means a direct hit. the united states cannot give russian legal hearing teeth that the missile defense system is not directed against it this would be the wrong move as the matter consumes the defense of need two countries. russia feels compelled to take countermeasures because the united states has refused to give legal gu

and europe i know both between russia and the united states so it is all of those borders god words god and therefore. the gold hold the major parties to be expected out. of security challenges at the moment facing us up. here and how they work together as a nuclear arsenal from both sides he's a major target but there are also all decide to see over the neighborhood they're going to be influenced told to go developments inside the group of the group behind them and then also. believe the developments even you like crazy simple become his wife let me go to the home it reads to me get told this is a major concern for me or something that the president touched on as well took a look secretary general up to the girl thank you very much for coming out speak to us here and heard see the security bureau with transit security especially coming to an hour i just want to highlight again the main thing that all sides seem to be able to work beyond is that it's cooperation that will take both parties forward but there's still a lot of work to be done back to you because you need to know that life in central moscow thank you. european l

majority of seats to the ruling united worship. leading to fraud accusations and mass protests in response to government promised the most transparent presidential election in russia's history nearly two hundred thousand where cameras were installed polling stations across the country the online monitoring system which cost over three hundred million dollars allowed anyone anywhere in the world to log on to our website show one oh i broadcast the russians cast in their ballots. how gentle until really only thank you very much for joining us on the show well first of all gentleman the the the font up chest in there many of the the public opinion poll company had published cruel luminary results just a couple of days before the for the actual election and there it predicted that putin will win in the first round well this is pretty much the same that we are having today at this minute when we are hearing the first results from the from the central election committee well here here's the poll here's how here's how the public opinion polls over there has been predicted that the voting will be well how accurate is that how how how good were were were they of the stairwel

they did say that russia and the united states have to work together to support coffee and on this mission and to avoid creating more problems in syria cost of course this is the major issue on which moscow and washington have been disagreeing as of late. has encouraged peaceful solution to the crisis in the country and did praise the efforts of coffee announce mission from the get go whereas washington was seemed to have bent on seeing regime go of going out to get rid of the assets regime and work seem to be determined to make that happen however it does look at this point that the two countries have agreed on the diplomatic on on working towards a diplomatic solution when it comes to resolving the crisis in syria of course this was not the only issue. which was discussed during the meeting between the leaders of russia and the united states a lot of other issues where of course when it comes to. the missile defense shield in europe countries did stand on their previous grounds of that is the united states saying that it's necessary and russia is saying that it's somewhat wary and suspicious of having the weapons the missile shield so close to its borders but they

united states and around the world. our interests in investments reflect the enormous potential for the russian economy in the segments which are especially significant for our business. russia can become a major contribution to meeting the world's fast-growing demand for food and forestry products as the global population expands and becomes more affluent. let me close with a few word about deere's business experience in russia. our experience overall has been positive. yes, with frustrations from time to time, but little different than in any other emerging market. we understand the challenges of doing business in russia, but we recognize the enormous opportunity as well. enhancing trade relations and strengthening business connection also improve the overall business climate to the benefit of both the american and ss pntr with russia is simply put a benefit to the united states rather than an accommodation to russia. there is a strong business case for congressional approval of pntr. i urge the congress to carefully consider the matter, but then to act quickly to ensure that u.s. companies, their workers and shareholders receive the benefits from the outset of russia's long-awaited wto memb

united states are. in other news warrior against women rush limbaugh is still can't shake his slut gate controversy or do a new bloomberg poll a majority of americans aren't satisfied with russia's apology or the exodus of advertisers from his radio show they want to see a rush but can't it be three percent of americans who are rush fired even within the republican party for which he is the unofficial mouth piece one third of respondents want rush gone and for republicans who thought that bringing up the contraceptives would win them good favor among voters if iraq rumored also discovered that a whopping seventy seven percent of the nation said the issue of contraceptives which republicans brought up when economy started proving a good about him are should not be part of a national debate. so what the republicans do now well they create hughson conspiracy theories i saw who are over a talking points memo points out republicans have turned their conspiracy machine on sandra fluke that woman who got rush in the republican party and all this trouble to begin with among the conspiracy circulated by right wing media look is a secret agent working for the white house and since preside

united states, we have neither. in the last 10 years, 30 different major economic power-house countries have lowered their tax rates. britain did it and they are open for business. we are higher than china, russia. take a look, all around. as a result, jobs and money are leaving the country. >> greta: small businesses, with the high tax rate, by the end of the year, let's say they have $100,000 left over with high tax rates ndecember, they will off-load it, buy more copy machines or invest in something so they can zero out by the end of the year, the calendar year. so in that way, they are spending money to rev up the economy. is that not true of big corporations? we want them to off-load, whether it's by dividends or buying thicks or invests and keeping a high tax rate, they are more inclined to? >> they have been spenning money overseas and the monet and profits there are taxed at a higher rate in the united states. so they are more likely to hire people-- >>> why overseas? >> a lot of is -- of it is there now. the incentives right now are to be overseas. i am more worried about the jobs for american workers. i want to get people back to work. we have 20 million american who is are unemployed