be aware of islam isolation of western europe is a real problem but that doesn't anyone say that man had every right to live in france because there's a french citizen is this therefore a failure of multiculturalism in france and indeed your talk about the rest of europe. because western europe has gone much too far in accepting the islam eyes of its sighted and we should turn back the clock and guys like this who can go to understand get captured their include been in western prison and are limited by taliban should not be able to return and should not be able to do to stay french citizen or so for if he was a security risk is that therefore not a paid on the part of french intelligence well i know from what i heard french knew he was a danger but they didn't do what they should have done keep him out sent back and withdraw his nationality and citizenship but all of these tax from a tax of this nature really avoidable we've seen them elsewhere. well if a guy like this. walks around and it's not a million he's only been this rollo's scrutinized but not withheld from returning back to

media because it makes it more complicated doesn't it well i don't think that the western governments are interested in developing development of democracy in russia but what is the really horrible thing is that the western media really think because they are not at all interested in looking at the issues they have a very strong anti putin and therefore anti russian my gender and the only discuss the issues that are in favor of this and i put imagined what it means so they don't want to listen to the russian people because either the russian people been lied to or they're fools i mean it doesn't make any sense to me well the russian people for western media are false. show total disrespect for for the russian people and their choices ok eric it's really interesting to me is that even the political opposition in russia mit's that vladimir putin is the most popular politician so how do why doesn't that translate into more logical coverage of russia you think. well it follows the this is the fact that the media in the west it's an embedded media player very much like the media that went

we've heard a lot in the western press about how putin was losing his popularity how all the facebook protests in moscow in the demonstrations meant that the regime was on its way out and of course when the polls which i can't give any numbers on but the polls have certainly shown a very substantial rise and that mr putin is going to sweep to victory in the first round so i understand that he is unpopular with some of the foreign powers and perhaps those people who have influence on the foreign press but in russia. overall in the country he remains very popular even if in the studio here with me i mean how would you describe the voter because i mean if you read western mainstream media they focus a lot on what's called the opposition of the new opposition what i called the main opposition here in moscow and there are quite a few people that would probably fall into that category but it's look at the entire country i mean is it a liberal electorate a conservative electorate i mean obviously what eric had to say would say was more conservative well of course it's very difficult to talk

using a lot of numbers here in this program ok eric kraus if i go to you first in madrid reading western media about this election it seems like the russian voter is very unidimensional you think there's a typical russian voter and if there is a typical one how would you describe that voter. well i would say the typical russian voter for going to these mathematical averages is one who's going to vote for mr putin we've heard a lot in the western press about how putin was losing his popularity how all the facebook protests in moscow in the demonstrations meant that the regime was on its way out and of course when the polls which i can't give any numbers on but the polls have certainly shown a very substantial rise and that mr putin is going to sweep to victory in the first round so i understand that he is unpopular with some of the foreign powers and perhaps those people who have influence on the foreign press can russia. overall in the country he remains very popular in the studio here with me i mean how would you describe the voter because i mean if you read western mainstream media the

this is the fischel statements version given by western governments and western leaders so it's intended to hurt ordinary run into the americans by sanctioning the central bank or trying to even prevent iranians from importing. grain or rice and this is you know in the eyes of iranians absolutely disgusting so it's a it's a major violation of the human rights of the iranian people and the europeans and americans are trying to force other countries non western countries to buy this embargo and the sanctions through pressure and through friends so let's talk about the way they are not i ask you how can a fact can quickly all see the way the u.s. is trying to put pressure on other countries who are not supporting it's go on oil exports from iran it will happen or perhaps back far against america in some way by picking fights with other people not centralizing its pressure on iran. well that's absolutely correct the sanctions while they do have a short term effect on iran and do increase in inflation but basically what it is doing is that it is angering independent countries like china like

it's now past the hour here in moscow with the voting is coming to a close in western russia after a day of tough decision making nationwide as people cast ballots for the next president and it's all been happening under the watchful eye of hundreds of thousands of observers and live what comes of every ballot box. and in the week's top stories here on calls for a cease fire in syria grow with reports of more smuggling of the arrest of more than one hundred mercenaries fears of international meddling damascus claims it's a. gunman including quite a few french nationals. all but two e.u. leaders have signed tough new budget controls to prevent nations from running up huge debts struggling people across europe united against the cuts being imposed to save their economies. as the russians choose their next leader and it's what voters expect from the winner of a presidential election. wealthy british scientists. sometimes. markets finance scandals. find out what's really happening to the global economy comes a report on r.t. . can. still. go in welcome across the time period of voting fo

but the western media takes its leads from western governments where in the world there's a country which the west has a problematic relationship with and providing that countries in a geostrategic lee important part of the world it will start to demonize that governments because it seeks regime change it wants a pro western governments concept and of course western media picks up on merits and starts the whole process or accusing. the leader of that country to be our best sports. you know a murderous tyrants which of course doesn't conform to reality so for example british media are promoting these little pratap. singh. looking a pretty tame when the elections fairly and back at bats in conjunction with what the british government sustain at the moment but as i said just now the issue really isn't about which the elections were fair or not you which they were it's all about vladimir putin what he's done for russia in the last twelve years since he's been at the helm of power in the kremlin and very briefly what course you think putin will take during his third term as president how far w

dominated new order that is led by one man likely were put in and so the the western response was very personalized ok and he turned from time magazine man of the year to through sar putin in a matter of months he hates it you know it's very interesting i think i always find western media looks at it russia is being very simplistic here but if you listen to the oppositions a lot they have some interesting ideas about political reform here and of the political elite here is responding to them i mean there is a dialogue going on here but you don't hear that in western media because it makes it more complicated doesn't it well i don't think that the western governments are interested in developing development of democracy in russia but what is the really horrible thing is that the western media really think because they are not at all interested in looking at the issues they have a very strong and and therefore anti russian again and the only discuss the issues that are in favor of this and i could imagine well i mean they don't want to listen to the russian people because they're either

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troops or western and western forces is truong in syria it's not because of a specific syrian party of the surplus we specifically syrian democratic movement that's not the case but who really would gain any sort of strategic dominance in an area that many say will be plummeting into total and utter chaos if assad goes civil war takes place in syria because all the various factions whether it's iran as you just mentioned or qatar and saudi arabia it really could somebody gain some sort of strategic foothold there and power and influence in such chaotic circumstances. well unfortunately this question is not. those who decide about the wars that are have taken place and last ten years or take the iraq war or the afghanistan war those people who have decided for those wars certainly don't have those natural questions. and i thought. yeah it was good to hear your thoughts thank you very much for joining us live on how he ends up garden a peace activist the journey he welcomes thank you. three years on from the reset in russia u.s. relations earlier optimism appears to have cooled addressin

ok john i'd like to broaden this out a little bit here we don't have much reaction coming from western capitals about the return of water near putin obviously we saw in media that they weren't very happy about it and governments around the world have a pretty much sneered at this election though it's probably the most trite and transparent one russia's ever had and it was but a mere putin that would benefit if with a good clean election in only suffer if there were major regularities what's next now i mean is anybody going to call that amir putin say hey vlad congrats well look forward to seeing you a g eight. well there might be a phone call from peking or somewhere like that but indeed you write in your question to suggest that the really reaction from the western leaders is going to be pretty tepid we know what their reaction is going to be because they started to give their reaction back in september as soon as putin announced that he was going to run for the presidency and within a nanosecond the warm words that had been directed at madrid if the last four years were instantly dro

alone represented half of the world's manufacturing output and the us in western europe ninety percent of the world's manufacturing output so we've come a long way since then and that is really an anomaly when you look at a longer period of time human history china and india were large economies and there was much more of an equality between them so i think that's the world we're moving moving toward doing creates a lot of exciting investment opportunities because i heard you point out in the beginning while the problems were having a lot of problems in emerging markets they don't have they have younger population they don't have the issues we do and there's a lot of work to be done yeah so let's talk about some of them ok let's talk about percival some of the other changes besides g.d.p. because one you point to is liquidity you said it used to be that the amount of shares traded in i.b.m. on one day in new york were more than all the shares traded on a day in shanghai or bombay so how is that changed and why is that an important indicator what is an indicator well i think it's an ind

yeah i mean it's possible that certainly the western media have made an awful lot of these demonstrations although we should never forget that they. in principle represent a fairly small if not tiny select section of the russian electorate my view on the result is that it's actually a mixed result of course it's a victory for putin doesn't hell it held a new era because clearly he's been in power in one form or another since the year two thousand or indeed since nine hundred ninety nine but it's a mixed result for him for two reasons firstly because of course the turnout was not particularly high that can have various explanations either apathy or a sense that nothing will change. and the other reason why it's a mixed result is that his popularity which of course is undeniable is at least in part due to the weakness of his opponents i'm not wishing to detract or rain on his parade because i think he is a very considerable statesman but the fact is he is also blessed with having weak opponents and i think one of the reasons why there might be a change that the kind that ben has referred to

group of countries want to create a new development fund as an alternative to what they consider a western run i.m.f. and world bank very mean to break the command of the dollar in euro was the main reserve currencies archies prius has more from new delhi. today is the main day of the fourth annual great summit leaders from the world's top emerging economies were still russia india china and south africa are here in new delhi to discuss their strategic partnership together these five countries account for forty percent of the world's population and actually are expected to make up almost half of the global g.d.p. in the next year like when each one of many analysts are predicting that because of these countries growing economies they're actually going to have more clout in the political realm as well we're seeing many of these countries russia and china for example daniel up to last year in front three on major issues that are going on in the world like syria we're also seeing the issue of iran many brics countries are standing up on that issue as ball we have india china and russia that a

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rest mark the occupy wall street movement six month anniversary of the law leaves many wondering if western nations practice the democracy they preach the top stories this hour. look back at the last seven days top stories and the latest developments this is the weekly. syria marks the first anniversary of its crisis this week violence is spiraling out of control in the middle eastern country but there's also another battle raging on for by media spin doctors working to shape public opinion on the turmoil their efforts are being held by unconfirmed reports and footage from the combat zone it's difficult to verify the information and takes a closer look at the methods of syria's conflict. clashes in the streets of syria have been raging for a year now but behind the scenes there is a media war that's just as damaging as the one taken syrian lives rifi cloth freelance investigative journalist from damascus says he's found what he thinks is proof of media manipulation of the conflict in syria in this video from the syrian town of holmes the camera focuses on the city's all the refinery the sho

the fact that we are in the western pacific is not new. it is not -- it is something that is a part of what we have done for decades and will continue to do for decades to come. we are moving our marines from a concentration in okinawa to guam, to -- as a rotational force into australia, because we have trained with the australians, again, for decades. and we will continue to do that. we also are going to continue to be very active in the region in doing things like partnership building and humanitarian assistance. our marines get a request for humanitarian assistance or disaster relief on an average of once every three weeks. and many of those are in the pacific, and we will have our forces where they need to be in order to get those things done. >> good morning, sir. good morning. >> there you go. >> thank you. bernard bristol, military college. thank you for your comments this morning. continuing with the asia-pacific theme, could you identify key american interests in the asia-pacific as it is today, and how american naval power might

they a pose any concession to western nations on iran's nuclear program. the supreme leader says the election is crucial because it comes at a time when the public should unite in the face of stronger pressure from western nations. he appears to be gaining the upper hand. people have been critical of president ahmadinejad because western sanctions are hurt the domestic economy. most prodemocracy reformists are not running in this election. strict regulations by authorities are working to keep them out of politics. the overall results are expected to come out as early as this weekend. iran is expected to take an even tougher stance against western countries if conservative hard liners expand their hold on power. that would make resolving concerns about nuclear ambitions even more of a challenge. >> russian prime minister putin who is widely expected to win sunday's president election says he may be ready to discuss ways to settle a decade's long territorial dispute with japan. putin told foreign media in moscow on thursday that he wants to resolve the confl

governments and western media would make a huge media frenzy around it but instead there's hardly a murmur being reported or been reported about what is happening in bahrain or certainly paula you know you are is a good point over the past the arab spring when all of these all these revolves around happening in various countries typically the western media was all over it giving it maximum attention but bahrain it certainly seems to have slipped off the map why is that. well grain certainly does seem to have slipped for now i mean if we look at increasing atrocities being committed in that country by and large these are unreported in the mainstream western media and this is despite human rights groups calling for international attention it does seem to be justified by the fact that the lady is a key american ally in the region and as such it is often a question of self interest and whether or not it is in the interest of washington and other western allies to report about the growing violence coming out of the rain the doctors trial has received little attention and so too do atroci

western governments have certainly been taking cyber threats extremely seriously pushing for laws allowing criminal charges for offenders and netting them all over the world but that of the u.k. a pirate party believes are a free web actually helps promote the internet and loving it limiting it is not the solution. joining me is laws leader of the pirate party in the u.k. laws thanks. now you've been a prominent voice in the protests here against actor but why do you oppose it surely will be stopping copyright infringement to start with the act treaty has become just another lightning rod for people's dissatisfaction and public anger about attempts to crack down on the internet we've seen that recently recently for example in the united states with the so per bill. courson a huge outcry because essentially it was draconian in anti internet legislation when it comes to talking about copyright infringement and intellectual property more broadly one of the things the entertainment industry would have us believe there is some kind of crime crisis of piracy while there is no crisis the truth of

they a pose any concession to western nations on iran's nuclear program. the supreme leader says the election is crucial because it comes at a time when the public should unite in the face of stronger pressure from western nations. he appears to be gaining the upper hand. people have been critical of president ahmadinejad because western sanctions are hurt the domestic economy. most prodemocracy reformists are not running in this election. strict regulations by authorities are working to keep them out of politics. the overall results are expected to come out as early as this weekend. iran is expected to take an even tougher stance against western countries if conservative hard liners expand their hold on power. that would make resolving concerns about nuclear ambitions even more of a challenge. >> russian prime minister putin who is widely expected to win sunday's president election says he may be ready to discuss ways to settle a decade's long territorial dispute with japan. putin told foreign media in moscow on thursday that he wants to resolve the confl

intervention in issues and countries like the ongoing conflict in syria and the western sanctions oniran there was also lots of talk from all of these leaders about reforming the united nations on let's take a listen to a little bit of what russian president dmitri medvedev had to say in today's top. of the e.u. . one of the priorities for bricks through the years to come should be strengthening the key rule of the u.n. security council and maintaining international peace and security and also ensuring that the u.n. is not used as a cover for regime change and unilateral actions to resolve conflicts situations. and actually the russian president is expected to hold up bilateral talks with the indian prime minister who also acco the same sentiments that president medvedev just said right there and so there was a lot that was being discussed at today's summit and i'm actually where i'm john kirton who's the co-director of the great research group joining me for more so john first of all you know i want to talk about this development bank that was being discussed by these brics countrie

is that have to have to happen in that area whether there is a large outcome for the western selma. this is not really about forcing any aspects of the outcome. these are reasonable issues called out by the community. >> by supporting this today, the board is not going to be, this is not about going to support of the plan. >> these are specific to the community today. >> thank you. >> i would not support this if i thought this was a controversial piece of the plan and some do involve wonder community discussions. but this is specifically around traffic coming for three alleyways. these are priority pedestrian safety issues for the district any way and we would like to see this move forward regardless of a plan. if i can say one more thing, i want to appreciate chester who is here today. i think they did an outstanding job of out reach to the community and coming back with a plan that reflects what the committee would like to see in terms of the dead trees safety in that area. >> one other clarification, the out reach in terms of determining the priority, that is going to the transpo

plus the western nations quick to point the finger at others who don't share the same ideals and leave some to wonder if it's democracy they preach or put crissy. stories to become a first this week the us named the soldier accused of killing sixteen civilians in afghanistan last sunday sergeant robert bales is now in a military detention center in kansas for the latest deadly incident involving american troops it sparked outrage among the afghan people and another round of apologies from u.s. officials but as our reports afghans are not convinced by the excuses. sixteen innocent afghan villagers slaughtered in cold blood nine of them children u.s. officials are going out of their way to present the american surgeon who apparently committed the massacre as just one bad apple. this incident is georgia can shocking and does not represent the exceptional character of our military and the respect that the united states has for the people of afghanistan this is not who we are in no way does he represent the. ethics and morality of the american serviceman and service woman and i think afghan

governments and western media would make a huge media frenzy around it but instead there's hardly a murmur being reported all being reports of about what is happening in bahrain and this is despite human rights groups calling for international attention it does seem to be justified by the fact that the rain is a key american ally in the region and as such it is often a question of self interest and whether or not it is in the interest of washington and other western allies to report about the growing violence coming out of the regime the rallies are continuing with demonstrators taking to the streets calling for an end to the violent crackdown of the regime but the regime insists that it is implementing reforms or the people on the ground and activists say that these reforms are too little and are not changing the reality on the ground. paula said that correspondent with global research figured cutting them was in bahrain i witnessed some of the doctors treating the wounded during the crack out he thinks the bahraini regime is persecuting the medics to prevent them from telling the

countries where the creation of a new development fund as an alternative to what they consider a western run i.m.f. and world bank they're aiming to break the spell of the dollar and euro is the main reserve currencies or he's pretty sure you get reports from you joe. today is the main day of the fourth annual great summit leaders from the world's top the emerging economies brazil russia india china and south africa are here in new delhi to discuss their strategic partnership together these five countries account for forty percent of the world's population and actually are expected to make probably the most popular of the global cheney p.c. in the next year by plenty of money many analysts are predicting that because of these countries growing economies they're actually going to have more clout in the political realm is well known we're seeing many of these countries russia and china for example standing up to last year in countries on major issues that are going on in the world like syria russia and china recently with both sides that they value the u.n. secretary general kofi annan say

feeling is this is not something that is the business of the united states britain and the other western powers that when we talk about all of the math in syria we should remember we do have something to judge by we've seen what's happened in iraq we've seen what's happened in afghanistan these have been disasters by any standards and the idea libya which was only last year. which is perhaps the most directly comparable or you see fantastic levels of corruption of destruction of the country the idea of democracy and progress that really very very far from being a change what's going to change this regime change and it is not the business of the united states or anybody else to affect free. will who should be able to do this or the people of the country themselves occasionally referring to you in brussels here lindsay's already hold on what's good it's going to be let's go to brussels first ok lindsay says an intervention has already started so maybe the peace plan is really just kind of a piece of paper i mean there is an intention it is an intention and we we've already heard from hilla