now president yushchenko which has suspended the deputy sec curity and the defense secretary and also the mayor of a kid they are among the four officials being investigated for allegedly ordering the violent police response to these rallies on november thirtieth of this year but while some are fighting ideological battles on the streets others are cashing in on the protests artie's oleksiak cesky explains. the korean capital has been in a protest mode for more than two weeks now it looks completely different than a month ago people are living here cooking food. and definitely life has changed when the protests kicked off talking about food underneath the square of the protest you can literally chew on the e.u. donuts with the european union flag are now available for sale. i think they're much. and the taste delicious local fridge magnet manufacturers were quick to pounce on the idea of the protest and now you can purchase a very peculiar more ability from sending yellow coverage to prison to localizing international brands. don't wonder that central kiev is the place of many restaur

yushchenko sea knight is being elected as prime minister when the new government in bangladesh are focused on duty open investigations. if i can kill off one wounds so can buy these. i used tissue causing a unit that you don't evolution and said that gravity does off the genocide had no police involvement is hundreds of bonded the sikh activists. he cleaned the campaign against this handmade goods. ditto for the association of london is a dead baby would be of pakistani television tenants in the base. activists and go to fifteenth i don't mean i guess me and said that the kids and is in the ocean was admitted students hyundai the opening month and that's okay. add enough that we see the reason that the macedonians. one of the nineteen seventy one ball victim shot when the investment company ltd is to bind to the action will lead the institution of dealing with now she's that pakistan had always being against the lions. we have good eye and a huge dump the sentence yet they are then he mean by levy its doubting that the convening the levees. this tonight price on ebay should be destroyed an

yushchenko was ukraine's president. what did they sign these papers when they're in power. noah was standing in the way they could have gone ahead and sewing them and that the nie program today. i have images and sounds of the current protest about moving closer to the eu. it's an internal political struggle in signing on loan signing this document is just a pretext to light odyssey which could affect up to twenty five thousand people court sides with a twentieth anniversary of russia's prosecution. members of the suez and greenpeace activists from the so called arctic thirty are expected to benefit bodies that decision was also mentioned including the president steps of the organization itself. woo hoo. then she attends a non exclusive economic zone was not responding and they tried to stay on the platform that they often tend to still move this second but is still the drumming of border guards is that's a civil discussion about protecting the environment. it's just self pr or attends a batman racketeering. all someone's order to use them i'll work on developing resources

protesters last weekend should be punished other key demands include the resignation of president viktor yushchenko vagina's government and an immediate election now on their part the opposition opposition have called for a nationwide general strike and they continue to surround the blockade key governmental departmental ministers have buildings here in the center of kiev for their part the ukrainian security services say that investigating what they are calling an attempt to seize power in the country and it's also much on sunday that the e.u. foreign policy representative catherine ashton is set to visit kiev later this week to try and find a political solution to the crisis on the whole movement really has been boid by support from european officials as my colleague arena galicia now reports we were saying is not the only one neighbor seeing anti government anger on its streets but for some reason cleaves independence square has captured the minds of politicians from here and the u.s. we have seen a variable parade of them here on similar running out was with the opposition leaders and even some

president viktor yushchenko which had a round table meeting today with opposition leaders three of the opposition leaders and the announcements come after that discussion where the opposition reiterated a number of their demands including a snap election now the president has refused to dissolve government but he has made a number of concessions including an amnesty on all protesters who have been arrested throughout the course of these demonstrations and he also says the authorities will not use force on these protesters around me was the implications on any possible a huge deal of being assessed by government now he has promised that there is no alternative to closer e.u. integration but does say for this to happen that they'll need close cooperation from russia now as you can see around me the protesters remain defiant as ever as we head into the course of the weekend and over the weekend we are expecting numbers here at independence square to swell not only the opposition. more and more people to come down to support the movement and we are also expecting a pro-government rally to

antigovernment protests there you can also see activists gathered a bit early to support president viktor yushchenko which is well that was a scene a bit earlier today scott next to the reports from the very heart of the standoff you can see the close. using rallies right behind me is independence square which has been the heart of the opposition movement for the last number of weeks now you can see the barricades that have been built by the protesters and reinforced in the last couple of days but if we pan around to the left hand side now this is european square and this is the scene of a rally in support of the president where you can get a sense of exactly how close the pro and anti government supporters are the line of police separating the two camps just here to my right hand side now if we take you through to the main part of european square where the main pro-government rally is taking place we got to try and show our press corps to walk through this line of police at the moment to main in the main part of european square and as you can see the pro-government rally is in full swing. here we a

last weekend should be punished and other key demands include the resignation of president viktor yushchenko vagina's government and an immediate election now on their part the opposition opposition have called for a nationwide general strike and they continue to surround the blockade key governmental departmental ministers have buildings here in the center of kiev for their part the ukrainian security services say that investigating what they are calling an attempt to seize power in the country and it's also emerged on sunday that the e.u. foreign policy representative catherine ashton is set to visit kiev later this week to try and find a political solution to the crisis and the whole movement really has been boid by support from european officials as my colleague arena galicia now reports the only way in is not the only one neighbor seeing on the government's anger on its street but for some reason cleaves independence square has captured the minds of not politicians from europe and the u.s. we have. in a variable rate of member here one summer we're running out what's with the opposition

we've been following events in and around ukraine online you can find out what president yushchenko which involved me to putin spoke about during their meeting in sochi at r t v dot com where we will also unravel some of the speculation. from a prison cell to terrorist cell the u.k. crackdown on hate preaching behind bars in an attempt to stop impressionable brits from being radicalized plus. click here to here. want to move to paris why he might have to prepare yourself for a shock we have a look at the downside of living in a dream city that and much more after a short break you're watching r.t. . so the workers more of their lives for their pension account there's cash that you can be used to leverage all kinds of synthetic obligations on wall street so that money has to be stolen clearly whether you're in the u.k. or detroit whether you're birmingham manchester sheffield or detroit you know pensions are up for grabs from the shysters on wall street led by the chinese there's a number ten and number eleven of boris johnson they want to take their money and they want to turn it into all

frayn's under fire president viktor yushchenko which stopped off in sochi for a meeting with his russian counterpart vladimir putin on the way back from a visit to china on the cording to quote attribute it to you cranes prime minister the cove it was looking to secure and cement a stronger economic ties with russia what's being described as a road map to remove disagreements between the two countries in the areas of trade and the economy but that's going to be of little consolation to the thousands of protesters that you can still see behind me who are continuing their demonstrations in defiance of the weather really as you can see the weather is up pretty bad here but the demonstrations do continue with organizers say they hope that up to one million people will descend on kiev on sunday now some of the protesters has been caused by the forceful dispersal of demonstrators last weekend the authorities have launched an investigation into those events as my colleague arena calista reports it grew by new delhi now my gun uku the worst moment was when i saw people being beaten on the ground

yushchenko sea knight is be elected as prime minister wheel government in bangladesh. it's time to deal with investigations. if i can kill off one lbs so can buy these. i'm stitching cooking on the net that you don't and even solution and said that gravity does often genocide had no police involvement is. hundreds of on the dc activist. he cleaned the campaign against this handmade goods. ditto for the association of london is a dead baby would be of pakistani television channels in debates. activists and go to fifteenth i don't mean i guess me and said that the kids and is in the ocean was admitted students hyundai the opening month and that's okay. sydney sydney's best known as the name. one of the nineteen seventy one ball victim shot with the dazzling technique it's got to the action really the institution of dealing with now she's that pakistan had always being against the month. we have good eye and a huge dump the sentence yet they are then he mean by levy is doubting that began eating the lettuce. i understood him i use mine that they should be destroyed. and y

thousand and four when the country stood still for months in support of the western backed viktor yushchenko but things have changed over the years the orange revolution worked because people didn't know what it was about at the time. nine years later things are a bit more clear all the promises that were made then have been repeatedly broken the crowds in key of are clearly disillusioned and a bitterly divided parliament has a tough task in building bridges a job made all the more difficult by western nations fueling what could become another revolution and the demise of a democratically elected government in kiev in a close call r.t. . while the executive director of the wrong paul into chief peace prosperity says kiev has been seeing a pattern of provocation throughout the two weeks of public dissent. u.s. and the e.u. talk a lot about european values and western values but is it a western value to allow a foreign country to come in and influence politics on the streets of course it's not see a pattern here of of escalation in provocation i think really the protesters on the ground they h

thousand and four when the country stood still for months in support of the western backed viktor yushchenko but things have teens to over the years. the orange revolution worked because people didn't know what it was about at the time. nine years later things are a bit more clear all the promises that were made then have been repeatedly broken the e.u. has run out of money to bribe people obviously it has enough to still pay activists on its payroll otherwise there wouldn't have been these demonstrations that is not to say every one of the hundreds of thousands on the streets of kiev is getting paid by the west people are generally disappointed in get another government but that doesn't mean the whole country is willing to descend into revolution. if you go sco r.t. . the opposition has failed in its bid to topple ukraine's government cabinet surviving a parliamentary vote of no confidence. and that's led to an outcry from the opposition only one hundred eighty six m.p.'s voted for the motion falling forty votes short of the two hundred twenty six needed for it to pass meanwhile nine people

who violently crackdown on the demonstrations last weekend the resignation of president viktor yushchenko over it and his government and an early election now one opposition leader even went as far as saying that if those demands are met within forty eight hours then protest as should march on the private for private residence of president. now for their part the opposition of cooled at the moment for a nationwide strike and protesters are continuing to blockade and surround key governmental administrative buildings in the heart of kiev around may the ukrainian security service say that they're going to investigate what they are calling an attempt to seize power in the country and it's also on sunday that the aid use foreign policy representative catherine ashton is to visit kiev later this week to try and find a political solution to the crisis on the whole movement really has been boy this weekend by support from european officials as my colleague arena ghoulish to reports. the ukraine is not the only one neighbor seeing anti government anger on its street but for some reason cleaves in

thousand and four when the country stood still for months in support of the western backed viktor yushchenko but things have teams to over the years. the opposition has failed in its bid to topple in crane's government with a cabinet surviving a parliamentary vote of no confidence. and that's where to now cry from the opposition only one hundred eighty six m.p.'s voted for the motion falling forty votes short of the two hundred twenty six needed for it to pass in while nine people have been arrested on suspicion of inciting young dressed in ukraine's capital on sunday anyone camps executive director of the ron paul institute in kiev seeing a key of it is seeing a pattern of provocation that's why he says. the us and the e.u. talk a lot about european values and western values but is it a western value to allow a foreign country to come in. in influence politics on the streets of course it's not you see a pattern here of escalation in provocation we've seen it before in these previous revolutions i think really the protesters on the ground they had a very large program provocation a few night

thousand and four when the country stood still for months in support of the western backed viktor yushchenko but things have changed over the years the orange revolution worked because people didn't know what it was about at the time. nine years later things are a bit more clear all the promises that were made then. have been repeatedly broken the crowds in key of are clearly disillusioned and a bitterly divided parliament has a tough task in building bridges a job made all the more difficult by western nations fueling what could become another revolution and the demise of a democratically elected government in kiev in a close call r.t. . meanwhile nato leaders a condemned what they call the excessive use of force in kiev as russia's chief diplomat also comments on foreign leaders getting vocal on ukraine's crisis after meeting nato secretary general. but you look at putting in with the accuser we consider the events in ukraine an internal matter i'm counting on ukrainian politicians to bring the situation to a constitutional path and we're asking that no one interferes with this ongoing cri

a more strategic and flexible policy where the resolution says that ukrainian president viktor yushchenko which is decision to postpone plans to sign the eighty were association agreement was a major missed opportunity however this all comes on the day the president yannick overage said to government delegation to brussels to try to negotiate on the deal which he says in its current form would simply be too damaging to the cranium economy which is fragile right now just by the article that has to stop washington saying it could hit the country with sanctions if violence returns to the streets of kiev. are strong message was on the ground all policy options including sanctions are on the table in our view but obviously that still is being evaluated. well the mood amongst the protesters right. now seems to be as defiant as ever my colleague alexy our is in the crowd behind me now there is a delay on the line but alexey if you can hear me what's the mood like down there. we're now outside one of the barricades which was installed to separate the protests square the heart of the protest and t

not to respond to what he calls this provocation now it's also a much on monday president viktor yushchenko which is going to have meetings or i meeting on tuesday with three former ukrainian presidents to discuss the matter while a u.s. foreign policy chief catherine ashton is also arriving in kiev on tuesday to try and find a political solution to the crisis or the moment we are simply waiting to see what the next move is now also today pieces of the learning statue that were that was brought down by protesters on sunday night of emerged on the internet auction sites the protesters the most men took a sledgehammer to the line and start your brought it down despite calls from the opposition for the protests to remain peaceful as my colleague arena galicia reports. and then toppled and smashed the statue of one revolutionary has fallen victim to a new generation of our listeners they call him the ultimate evil but somehow take their cue from his methods as lenin did a hundred years before then protesters in kiev have kept to barricade a handful of civic buildings. right now the scene there

yushchenko was ukraine's president. what did they sign these papers when they're in power. noah was standing in the way it's the kind of go ahead and sewing and mending the new program today. i have in jesus and sounds that come to protest about leaving places in the field. it's an internal critics. still signing on loan signing this document is just a pretext that it seemed like no other reason why news about the makeup of course became such a surprise is that because that the embassy that the authorities that we are working on and that should affect up to twenty one thousand people. that was just us and for the first time putting all these years no one actually asked a question about temples during the actual conference itself but they did talk about a pushy riot which should benefit from the upcoming honesty end of the so called arctic thirty. greenpeace activists were arrested in the russian orphan or are being charged with two of hooliganism. these should expect seeing these charges all of these charges a listed i guess the man the president of commons on the organizat

yushchenko was ukraine's president. what did they sign these papers when they were in power. noah was standing in their way to get it going ahead and sewing and mending the new program today i have images and sounds that come to protest about leaving places to be easy it's an internal critics could struggle with guilt signing on loan signing this document is just a pretext to mike. odyssey which could affect up to twenty five thousand people court sides with the twentieth anniversary of its prosecution of members of the suez and greenpeace activists from the so called arctic thirty are expected to benefit. for the steps of the organization itself. we want to move to initiate a dented on exclusive economic zone was not responding and they tried to scale the platform but they also tend to still move in the second biased off the drumming of border guards his baths a civil discussion about protecting the environment. it's just self pr or attentive batman racketeering. will someone order to use them i'll work on developing sources. what happened she said is a lesson and you know i

notable outcome of that revolution was of course the so-called prophet macwrite forces with viktor yushchenko and yuliya tymoshenko and yet the ukrainian people. after their coming to power. you know fairly quickly had a period of disenchantment and they were voted out of power so if the opposition manages to secure power once again what do you think should be done differently this time around to make sure that people's aspirations are indeed mad. well there is a lot of disappointment in petitions of all kinds here and there is some disappoint in pro-democratic forces as well but once again if you think about the last parliamentary election these three but as we share in opposition got majority of the vote votes in the party of actions at the last presidential election unit a motion called lost and of course sean is three percent so we can say that it remains as a very competitive country in terms of politics and as of the moment to the point that the polls clearly show that people people are not tempo's what's happening in the country even before these events on the air around sixteen percen

outcome of that revolution was of course the so-called prophet in a crowded forces with viktor yushchenko and yuliya tymoshenko and yet the ukrainian people. after their coming to power. you know fairly quickly had a period of disenchantment and they were voted out of power so if the opposition manages to secure power once again what do you think should be done differently this time around to make sure that people's aspirations are indeed mad. well there is a lot of disappointment in politics and several times here and there is some disappointing in pro-democratic forces as well but once again if you think about the last parliamentary election these three. just which are in opposition got a majority of the vote votes in departed elections at the last presidential election unit tymoshenko lost and of course only three percent so we can say that it remains as a very competitive country in terms of politics and as of the moment is the polls clearly show that people people are not tebow is what's happening in the country even before these events on the air around sixteen percent of the popula

latest from kiev demonstrators are calling for a new ukrainian president because president viktor yushchenko it refused to sign with the e.u. professor mark allman a historian at oxford university though thinks the street protesters don't speak for the majority of ukrainians. i think we should be careful of attributing what's going on to the majority of people i suspect that the tragedy of the greatest great majority of people rather passive uncertain of all the dissolution about politics when both equation the risk now is that we have a hole that it's in to minorities and it may be that the group home streets with kind of paramilitary nationalist support from the west not just western from some of the were pretty new countries they feel able to strip states of kind of who was seen in any one time of same time and this could change go but it could lead to a very violent situation and it could be a question look at the ukraine is five it was a state just finally brussels evil's very surprised when they made this u. turn and decided not to join up with this agreement is it worried about losing

notable outcome of that revolution was of course the so-called project accredit forces with viktor yushchenko and yuliya tymoshenko and get the ukrainian people. after their coming to power. you know fairly quickly had a period of disenchantment and they were voted out of power so if the opposition manages to secure power once again what do you think should be done differently this time around to make sure that people's aspirations are indeed mad. well there is a lot of disappointment in petitions of all kinds here and there is some disappointed in program a critic forces as well but once again if you think about the last parliamentary election these three. does which are in opposition got majority of the votes votes in the party of actions at the last presidential election unit tymoshenko last year and of course only three percent so we can say that it remains as a very competitive country in terms of politics and as of the moment to the point that the polls clearly show that people people are not tebow is what's happening in the country even before these events on the air around sixteen per

events in kiev that mr rader is calling for a new ukrainian president now because president viktor yushchenko which refuses to sign on with the e.u. but professor mark allman historian at oxford university thinks the street protesters don't speak for the majority of ukrainians. i think we should because of attributing what's going on to the majority of people i suspect that the tragedy of the great majority of people rather passive and certainly all the dissolution about politics when both equation the risk now is that we have a hold of tickets to minorities and it may be that the group home the streets with kind of paramilitary nationalist support from the west not just western plane but also from some of the were pretty new countries they feel able to strip states of kind of who was seen anyone in time of same time and this could change go but it could lead to a very violent situation and it could be a question of the ukraine is viable state just finally brussels it was very surprised when they made this u. turn and decided not to join up with this agreement is it worried about losing face

thousand and four when the country stood still for months in support of the western backed viktor yushchenko but things have changed over the years the orange revolution worked because people didn't know what it was about at the time. nine years later things are a bit more clear all the promises that were made then have been repeatedly broken the crowds in key of are clearly disillusioned and a bitterly divided parliament has a tough task in building bridges a job made all the more difficult by western nations fueling what could become another revolution and the demise of a democratically elected government in kiev in a close call r.t. . and shoulder here in the latest show of european support for ukraine's opposition the german foreign minister there is as a writer for. in kiev for a pre-planned european security meeting on thursday a get a vest of well i was even pictured tearing independence square alongside opposition leader and former heavyweight boxing champion fatality klitschko there they are together these photos were treated by the german foreign office may well russia's top diplom